in guiding us and reminding us that we owe a great debt of gratitude to our armed forces in everything that we do in the city. i also want to thank our chief protocol officer for helping welcome all of the visitors and elected officials here as well. i also want to thank captain hardin again for an impressive ship we're on here today. you are occupying the very space that, in a couple of years, will hold the ships that will raise in america's cup 34. some of the 18 ships will be located right here. for now, this is a great occupancy of this particular pier, and i look forward to this afternoon when i have time to be able to see all of the equipment located upstairs as the sun comes shining out. you know, every year, fleet week is, of course, paying tribute to our women and men that are probably serving in our navy, coast guard, and marines. it is remarkable that in recent

years, this week has developed into much more than just a sights and sounds of the parade of ships and the blue angels, as i said earlier. the newly established focus on disaster preparedness is an ina valuable thing for our city. since 2004, our city has conducted approximately 100 disaster exercises with the department of emergency management. approximately 250 training exercises and workshops city- wide have been conducted with first responders and other key city officials. many of these training and exercises have gone well beyond our government agencies, and they now incorporate non- government, eight -- faith- based, and it committee-based organizations, businesses, and schools. we have revamped our cities outdoor public warning system, using homeland security funding, and today, there are 109 sirens

with voice and tone capabilities located throughout the city. as part of our regular exercise on tuesday afternoons in our noon testing, we record announcements and announce them in english, and there followed by announcements in spanish and chinese in some of the areas. we also enacted alertsf, sending a personal use on a weekly basis to make sure that things are correctly being sent out to all of our citizens who sign up. that text-based message system delivers emergency information to cell phones, pda's, e-mail accounts, and to date, 16,500 have signed up for alertsf. we also have our award winning website, 72hours.org that provides information on how to a great family emergency plan,

build a disaster kids, and get involved in training before disaster occurs in volunteering to help out afterwards. that information, again, is available in english, spanish, chinese, russia, -- russian, and vietnamese. in addition, we also have a fun website, a web site called quakequizsf.org, where it tests the knowledge of what to do when an earthquake strikes while you're at home, you're driving, you are on public transit, or even at the beach or at work. we have also enhanced our preparedness throughout the city department from using homeland security funds to conduct training, planning, and exercises, as well as purchase valuable equipment. since 2003, san francisco and the bay area region have received approximately $322 in homeland security grants precisely for that training and equipment.

some of our other major accomplishments in emergency management include renovating our city's emergency operations center, adding state of the art technology and equipment. we have continued to revive our disaster council, which i had, and expanding the council to include not only our emergency management partners that nonprofit community, labor, and business associates. purchasing major emergency response equipment, using homeland security grants, that include field care clinics and care and shelter trailers. in fact, i have been personally involved in recruiting and training people to help our department of public health erect those field care clinics in precisely the time its takes in a very quick fashion. we're training people and volunteers to do that exactly. and we have earned the national weather service designations for storm-ready and tsunami-ready designations.

in addition to these efforts, it is isn't so that we all work together and share the best practices -- it is essential that we all work together ensure the best practices so we can better respond to emergencies. this one and a half day seminar is a truly unique learning in relationship-building opportunity for all of us. representatives from a broad range of agencies at the local, state, and federal level have come together for this seminar and for the tabletop exercise that was conducted by our dem earlier this month. we're getting to know each other, but individually and organizationally. in advance of the next disaster. that is really what we want to be able to emphasize most. we need to do more in advance. we need to prepare people in advance. we need to keep practicing, because every time we looked around, there is new people coming into the city. there is additional immigrants to do not speak english as their national language.

their new neighborhoods and new parts of our neighborhood that are already -- always being developed. we need to get all involved. we need to involve everybody. that is why i am so proud to head up this effort and to join the secretary, join the major, and all of the volunteers in our fleet week to join in our effort to make sure that we do our best. this seminar is exactly that focus. thank you very much, and i hope you enjoy your stay here today. thank you. [applause]

>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the september 26, 2011, meeting of land use of the san francisco board of supervisors. my name is eric mar, and to my left is supervisor wiener.

clerk: please turn off your cell phones. items to they will appear on the next meeting agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: thank you, and i would like to thank the staff at sfgtv for broadcasting us today. mr. young, gratefully we have only one agenda item today. could you please call that? clerk young: this is for dedicating them to public use. supervisor mar: thank you. and we have a staff presentation. quickscat afternoon, supervisors, chair. i am with the planning department. today's resolution is before

you. it is a resolution that gives the improvement, and i have a quick slide show for you powell street. it gives the improvements that the union square business improvement distric install on powell street, thanks to money they receive from audi. unfortunately, the image on the screen is cut off. i would just cycled through this.cally, what we did is an extension along powell street to abo two blocks, along that corridor. powell street enjoys about 1000

pedestrians. it is one of the most active pedestrian street in the united states. we removed or re-purposed the sidewalk parking zone, which was not parking but just loading, and we were able to identify a location for the loading demand. we had an extensive community process. the business improvement district, over one year worth of engagement to ensure that we got the design right. really quickly, the images. as i mentioned, -- unfortunately, not going to be seen, but i think you can get the idea. supervisor mar: on the computer, if you use control minus, it

reduces the size. it may not be the screen. >> i apologize for that. so unless there are any questions, that concludes my presentation. when we were originally permitting this project, the department of public works and the business improvement district, at that point, we were talking about the process, and that is where we are today. the project was permitted as built by the department of public works, and the business improvement district is part of regifting. it will continue to maintain it, so they are going to keep that. thank you. commissioner torres: thank you -- supervisor mar: thank you. let's open this up for public

comment. is there anyone who would like to speak? three minutes, but if you can keep it short, that would be great. >> that is my pleasure. i am the executive director with the business improvement district, and it is our pleasure to make this get offered to you, and we hope you will accept it. as he said, the traffic on powell street is tremendous. there is the construction over on stockton. this is a fair amount of pedestrian traffic. this would be the second kind of get we have made to the city. the earlier one was through the recreation and parks department, and it was for furniture that the public can enjoy out on the square, so we are committed to maintaining the project through its life, and we hope you will be our partner. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. is there anyone else from the

public who would like to speak? seeing none -- please come forward. is there anyone else from the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this forward without objection? thank you. mr. young, is there any other business before us? clerk young: that concludes the agenda. supervisor mar: thank you. meeting adjourned. [gavel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> in this fabulously beautiful

persidio national park and near golden gate and running like a scar is this ugly highway. that was built in 1936 at the same time as the bridge and at that time the presidio was an army and they didn't want civilians on their turf. and the road was built high. >> we need access and you have a 70 year-old facility that's inadequate for today's transportation needs. and in addition to that, you have the problem that it wasn't for site extenders. >> the rating for the high

viaduct is a higher rating than that collapsed. and it was sapped quite a while before used and it was rusty before installed. >> a state highway through a federal national park connecting an independently managed bridge to city streets. this is a prescription for complication. >> it became clear unless there was one catalyst organization that took it on as a challenge, it wouldn't happen and we did that and for people to advocate. and the project has a structural rating of 2 out of 100. >> you can see the rusting reinforcing in the concrete when you look at the edges now.

the deck has steel reinforcing that's corroded and lost 2/3's of its strength. >> this was accelerated in 1989 when the earthquake hit and cal came in and strengthened but can't bring to standards. to fix this road will cost more than to replace. and for the last 18 years, we have been working on a design to replace the road way, but to do in a way that makes it appropriate to be in a national park and not army post. >> i would say it's one of the most ugly structure, and it's a barrier between the mar sh and

presidio. and this is a place and i brought my dogs and grandchildren and had a picnic lunch and it was memorable to use them when we come here. what would it look like when the design and development is completed. and we are not sure we want an eight lane highway going through this town. and it's a beautiful area in a national seaport area on the planet. >> the road is going to be so different. it's really a park way, and it's a parkway through the national park. and they make the road disapeer

to the national park. >> and the road is about 20 feet lower, normally midday, you go through it in two minutes. looking back from the golden gate bridge to presidio, you are more aware of the park land and less of the roads. and the viaduct will parallel the existing one and to the south and can be built while the existing one remains in operation. and the two bridges there with open space between them and your views constantly change and not aware of the traffic in the opposite direction and notice the views more. and the lanes of course are a foot wider than they are today. and they will be shoulders and if your car is disabled, you can pull off to the edge. and the next area, the tunnel

portal will have a view centered on the palace of fine arts and as you come out, you can see alkatrez island and bay. and the next area is about 1,000 feet long. and when you come into one, you can see through the other end. it's almost like driving through a building than through a tunnel. and noise from the roadway will be sheltered. and the traffic will be out of view. >> when you come out of the last sort tunnel and as you look forward, you see the golden dome of the palace of fine arts and what more perfect way to come to san francisco through that gateway. >> it will be an amazing

transformation. now you read it as one section, the road is a major barrier and then a wonderful strip along the water. all of those things are going to mesh together. >> right now the road really cuts off this area from public access. and with the new road, we will be able to open up the opportunity in a new way. >> this bunker that we see now is out of access for the general public. we are excited to completely rework this side and to open up the magnificent views. and what we want to do is add to this wonderful amenity and restore this coastal bluff area and respect its military

history and the doyle drive project is allowing us to do that recorrection. and this area is not splintered off. >> and we can see how dramatic a change it will be when doyle drive is suppressd and you have a cover that connects the cemetery to this project. it's historic on the statewide and national basis, but you could rush the project or put thought and time to create something of lasting public benefit. >> we really want this, for everyone to feel like it's a win situation. whether you are a neighbor that lives nearby or a commuter or user of the park. that everyone will experience a much better situation than they currently have.

>> the human interest to me is how people could work out so many challenging differences to come to a design that we believe will give us a jewel. landmark of a place. >> i am sure it will have refining effect like embark did. and there were people about that and no one would think of that today. and when you look at growth and transformation of the embark, the same with doyle. it will be a cherished part of the city and a worthy addition to what is there. >> it will be a safe and beautiful entrance to a spectacular beautiful city. it will be the entry to golden gate that san francisco deserves.

>> good morning. my name is carmen chu, chaired the committee to i am joined by supervisor mirkarimi and supervisor kim. the clerk today is mr. victor young. at sfgtv, we have marked and nona. the we have announcements? >> yes, please turn off all cell phones. if you wish to speak, please turn in a card to myself. if you present documents to the committee, please provide a document to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors agenda on october 18, 2011 unless otherwise stated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. call item number 1. >> resolution approving the fifth amendment to the agreement between the city in western states oil increasing the total

not to exceed amount of the contract from $50,500,000 to $75,580,000, pursuant to charter section 9.118b. >> thank you very much. >> good morning petraeus of the assistant director of the office of contract administration bigger story here to talk about the fuel contract with western state. it is for gasoline, diesel, biofuels, and that began on september 1, 2009, and it is in its third year. the city's been approximately $25 million a year on the term contract to last year, the city spent about $27 million a year. the increase was due to increase in fuel prices across all types. we anticipate this year's fuel usage will be on par with last year and have requested a small contingency in the event that fuel prices continued increase. we concur with the report and recommendations we are requesting approval for the

court to increase the total contract amount to $75,580,000 to cover fuel spent during the option time. these expenditures have already been approved in the department budgets, and what we are requesting today is the purchasing authority for this contract. supervisor chu: thank you very much. these items have already been allocated to departments in the budget, correct? >> yes. supervisor chu: you mentioned that the increase in expenditures were primarily due to rising fuel prices and not necessarily more mileage it to you -- more mileage is being used by the city? >> that is correct. supervisor chu: thank you. let's go to the budget analyst report. >> madam chair, members of the committee, based on our analysis, as shown in table two of page 5 of our report, we estimate that the total not to exceed amount for this second one-year auction time, for september 1, 2011 through august 31, 2012, should be increased

by $27,800,000. that is over two -- $2 million more than the increased amount. this would result in a total not to exceed needed amount of $70.3 million, instead of the total requested amount of $75,580,000 under the proposed resolution. therefore, as stated on page 6 of our report, we recommend that you amend the resolution to increase the requested increase the amount by $2,720,000. likewise, increase the total requested not to exceed amount of $75,580,000 by $2,720,000. we recommend that you approve the resolution as amended. supervisor chu: thank you. if we do not have comments,

let's open this up for public comment. any members of the public who wish to speak on item number one? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we take the budget analysts recommendation? we will do that without objection. to the item as amended, can we move that forward with recommendations? >> [inaudible] supervisor chu: with that require a continuance? ok, -- [inaudible] -- we are going to have to continue this item. colleagues, can we continue the amended item for a week? we will do that without objection. thank you. item number two, please. >> her item number two, resolution authorizing the amendment of an existing lease at 160 south van ness avenue with stuart b. and myrna j. aronoff revocable trust and trudy cohn as tenants in common,

for the human services agency to provide construction allowance and extend the lease term. supervisor chu: thank you very much. >> good morning. john updike, acting director of realistic. i am joined by a member of the human services agency. this is a lease extension for 160 south van ness avenue, a property that the human services agency has been in for quite some time, since 1999. what this lease amendment does is facilitates a tenant improvement project, allows the city to defer its repayment of the expense affronted by the landlord to provide needed improvements to the space, particularly for the investigations division. there are some safety and office control issues that are addressed by this approximately $54,000. what we have before you is a three-year extension. it maintains the base lease rate. there is no real increase. it simply amortizes the cost of

this $54,000 of improvement over the three-year extension at no additional expense. there's not a path through administrative costs or enactment of capitalized interest. it is a pretty good deal for the city, which is a pleasure to bring before you. additionally, we did some market analysis to be sure that, in our opinion, this rate is consistent with market, and it is from what we found, considerably under market. finally, the budget analyst report, there is a suggested slight amendment to cap the amount of $54,000, and we're certainly comfortable with that a man that suggestion. certainly, we're here to answer any questions you might have. supervisor chu: thank you very much. >> madam chair, members of the committee, as we point