>> if there are no other comments, -- i was about to make a motion to continue to allow time for the parties to get together with planning and building. >> i want to make sure that this is worthwhile.

>> i'm willing to work with the appellant. we can zero in on what is necessary. we don't want to be going on a tangent. if you do this, you never get things done. that is my recommendation. i would be glad to work with you. the limitation would be too wet areas concerned him. we cannot have different issues to be exposed later. if it is that area, i am ok. >> i appreciate the opportunity to continue the discussion and i want ad there is some basic

confusion, i completely understand the issues that what goes on in the inside of the building is the matter for the property owners themselves. there are two responses, in a property that is in the national register, this would cover the whole building. i was not mentioning the matter of the interior door because i am objecting to it. i want to find the right solution to preserve this spot and allow them to do everything they want to do on the inside and whether that interior door looks like it is accomplishing what an architect might well drop out which is a way to deal with the accessibility between units when you are on the slope. we're talking about restoring

that door, and on the other hand we have the fact that the store fronts are like this. we can continue that in the future. thank you very much. >> does that answer your question? i will make a motion to continue. they are very full. >> i would like some time to deal with this. i think after may 25th is acceptable for us. i would like to have someone there personally. >> we will not have a full board.

we can go to may 25th. >> is anything that needs to go forward that we're not thinking about? >> if the permit was to be released, we would get a -- >> this does not affect the ongoing operation of this building? it does not affect the cooking school? >> we should add project sponsor. does this create a hardship? >> it surely does. we are very limited in space as

it is. i don't think it will take us very long to work out our differences, i really don't. this is minor. it is getting back to the agenda which is important. >> the specific point that you just raise has to do with the actions or lack of actions having to do with upholding or lifting the suspension or aspects of the permit that is yet to come before us. >> if we can uphold the department's permit, we are glad to work with you.

>> we have no problem. >> if we was up holding -- if we were delaying the suspension, i can guarantee you i would willing to bet a very large sums of money on the fact that the permit its issued without some effort to have worked out the issues at a time, it will be appealed. this has to do with the permit that is with us tonight and how much effect that will have on you. >> we have to get the documents

for the bidding process. this is public money. >> in the long run, we are saving you time. >> i think so. >> we're trying to have your process sooner rather than later. >> we appreciate that. >> if there is no amicable revolution, then it is entirely certain that the permit applications will get a --

>> i and a stand. >> then, the question was whether you would be ok with a continuous to may 20th fit to give you time to meet with everyone and hammer out a list that everyone is happy with. >> i will agree. >> thank you. >> if you reach an agreement, there's nothing that prevents them. >> i made a motion. >> to allow the parties to miss the permit to see if they can resolve this matter. you wanted a list of those that have been pulled on the property.

do you want to indicate from whom you would like that list? >> you have said the parties to get together. >> planning is one of the parties in this matter. did you want to allow for any additional briefing? >> how about we say five pages, three minutes. >> do you want this at the same time? >> commissioners, or you have a feeling about that. >> i think that's fine.

this would be the thursday prior to the may 25th hearing. >> right. >> on that motion -- >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> there is no further business. we are returned. -- adjourned.

>> good morning, volunteers. good morning. can everyone hear me? yes, good, good. this is really exciting for me. this is my very first project connect, and i and the new director, so i look forward to getting to know each of you. just today, we want to thank you for your help. there's no way this project would exist without you guys. you are the lifeblood for this program, and that just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. we had a couple of speakers who are here to support the program today, so the first one i'm going to introduce -- i'm not

the world's greatest public speaker, so bear with me. first of all, let me start by giving thanks to a few different organizations that have helped out. one is trader joe's. they have given us bags throughout the years. next is san francisco food bank, one of the greatest assets that we have as well, so thanks to them. [applause] walden house and also a big thanks to our event sponsor, who i will be introducing in a second. not only did a financially sponsor the event, they bring many doctors and volunteers here today, which make the event happened. today, warren browner is the ceo of the largest hospital here in san francisco. he is part of better health. he has lived in san francisco since 1975, so he is still pretty young, right? he has two children who were

born and raised here. he is trained in internal medicine. you can find him in his gym clothes moths that is around 1:00, buying produce at the farmers' markets in early rally, which is exactly where i am at the same time, just not-jim close, so welcome, dr. browner. [applause] >> thanks so much for that introduction, which was a little bit too revealing, perhaps. anyway, welcome, everybody. i am delighted that we have the chance to sponsor this event. again, we have been here almost from the inception, and i think we're going to have about 100 of our folks here. in fact, do the wave if you are from cpmc. great. thanks, everybody, for coming. this is a really important thing that everybody in the city has a chance to do. it is kind of a yucky day, so i'm sure that people waiting

outside are in a hurry to get in here and get the services we are providing today. this is a meaningful opportunity to do things we do not often get to do, but to go with those of us working in more administrative or non-clinical roles, so roll up your sleeves, and thanks so much for turning out. thank you. [applause] >> the next person i get to introduce has become one of my favorite people, having just moved to san francisco. she is a visionary who believes in what we are doing and really believes in making services client-based, and that is the director of the department of public health, barbara garcia. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. this is number 38. [applause] how many of you are first- timers? all right. i want to thank all of you.

it is a great honor for me today to present to you our new mayor, ed lee. he is new to some of you, but he has been very much involved since the beginning. mayor lee. [applause] >> good morning. look at all of you. it is wonderful. in 2004, when dad and newsom -- when gavin newsom became mayor, he had a heart to heart talk with all of us about homelessness, and he wanted to something different, something that would touch the lives of people on the street, and -- because there were so many of them, and they were all hopeless. he gathered a lot of us together and talked very seriously about what really can we do. there has been a lot of things in his life that he appreciated, as well as mine and others that worked with him, and that is, of

course, the way we have been able to gather volunteers. volunteers -- for you today to do what you are going to be doing all day today is something that i think is part of the history of this great city. we have always found a different way to do things. back in 2004 when we started project homeless, and now, this is the 38th time -- you are making and continuing a piece of history that over 220 other cities in this country are trying to copy. 220 other cities. we helped out over 31 dallas -- 31,000 homeless people. we had over 20,000 volunteers like yourself today, and i want you to take a moment and looked at each other, look at yourselves. this is the duty of san francisco and the bay area right here in this room.

i love you all for doing this. a large part of my life has really been to work with volunteers. you get the greatest things done when you do it from the heart. not doing it for money. not for fame or politics. today, what you are going to be doing is offering probably one of the few smiles that people on the streets get. a genuine look directly into the eye. an offer of assistance of how i can help you. what do you need? what can we do today to make their life a little easier? and then, hopefully, with all of this great service that we have today sponsored by cpmc, and i think all the volunteers here today, but i also want to note that there will be a moment today, hopefully, that you will be able to talk to somebody who is on the streets and maybe suggest that there is a way out in the long term.

that is what these opportunities have suggested to us. there is always a way out. you do not have to be stopped, and you can get the services here today, but you can also get them every day. a life can be changed. you are part of that great opportunity. you are going to be part of that direct opportunity to talk with someone, to give them resourced, f, hopefully, they will receive that with the amount of care and the amount of compassion that you have. so i want to just say to the bottom of my heart, thank you very much for volunteering to give. thank you for being part of this historic event, and i know that one of these days, our lieutenant governor is going to come back and see us, and he will be very proud of all of you. thank you very much for volunteering today. [applause] >> today, it is really exciting because together, we have created a solution. we are coming together to make

one-stop event where people can come together for holistic services, and that is because of your work. again, thank you, and have a wonderful day. [applause]

commissioner mirkarimi: good morning. welcome to the san francisco county transportation authority meeting. i am are his mirkarimi. >> avalos present, campos present, chiu and accept. chu absent. chen absent -- cohen present. elsbernd. elsbernd present. commissioner fairly. present. commissioner kim absent. commissioner mar, absent. mirkarimi, present. >> weiner present. we have a quorum.

commissioner mirkarimi: read item two. >> approve mendoza of the january 25 meeting. action item. commissioner mirkarimi: motion to accept minutes by commissioner campos and seconded by commission farrell. >> item two, commissioner avalos. >> aye. >> campos, aye. >> champion chu. >> kwlie. elsbernd, aye. roll call. >> there are eight eist, and it passes. commissioner mirkarimi: would

you read items three and four? >> chair's report, item four, executive director's report. information items. commissioner mirkarimi: i have brief brief marks. this meeting will be brief. we had another busy month at the authority. there has been quite a bit of activity in sacramento as i am sure you have been hearing and reading about relating to transportation funding as the can he bait over the state budget continues. what we have seen so far in ferms of the governor's proposal is encouraging. the administration recognizes to the need to maintain funding commitments and the potential negative consequences of not keeping those commitments. there is a recognition that investment in san francisco is a key actor in reactivating the economy. we have worked to develop a consensus on sustainable communicate strategy. the latest chapter is

introduced as bill 57 which proposes to give cities of oakland and san jose one representative each on the m.t.c. the move would effectively give alameda and one ought county with three votes and other counties just two. this is a serious time when we are trying to build a consensus about the path forward in terms of how we are going to grow over the next three decades. san francisco won't take this, and we have called the united nations for assistance. just kidding, seeing if you are listening. san francisco needs a stronger, not weaker representation, and we are going to make sure we make that opinion heard. we have a position on the bill at the authority, and commissioner wiener has introduced ledge slakes which i hope we will be able to get behind. san francisco is called to bear a larger burden of housing and development in the region over the next three decades, and we

need to make sure that trance and other infrastructure services will be there to meet the demands of growth. the region needs to be prepared to help us get there, we should not have to worry about how many votes each county has on the m.t.c. at a time when that debate happens, but nonetheless, this is a crucial discussion. on other matters i remind you that the legislative advocacy trip is coming up in mid march, and that our presence in washington, d.c. is important this year in the context of the expected re-authorization of the six-year surface transportation act. there is no better way to show support for our projects than to be there exchange them to the people making the tough choices. i am going to ask all the commissioners to consider if they would like to go to the conference, and you should talk to t.a. staff in that comports with your schedule.

this concludes my report. thank you again for the good work of the p. and p, finance committee and all commissioners. please, director? >> good morning. i am the executive director. i have a report on your desk and several things i would like to highlight. the first one deals with the regard pressing issue of the short-term and longer term structural deficit problem that cal tran is confronting, currently pro can't jecting an annual $$30 million deficit for fiscal year 2011-2012, which as you have heard, if left unaddressed could result in a drastic elimination of essentially all but other services. that