tv [untitled] October 24, 2011 3:30pm-4:00pm PDT
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>> the meeting will come back to order. mrs. miller, can you recall my number-one? >> item number one, the ordinance for bowling alleys and theaters to provide alcoholic beverages. supervisor kim: there is a conversation today about making an amendment to the legislation in the mission and i believe
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this project may be moved forward in the mission, but i don't know if we can ask a question to the city attorney about whether there would be a deferral to the planning commission. >> after consulting with miss hayward, it sounds like planning did not really contemplate or consider the idea of having this theatre. they considered the idea of a single-screen theater for this legislation. and the modification to the planning code amendments, they have to be referred back to planning for reconsideration. >> i have to say i do support this amendment, however, we did start this process early in the summer and many businesses we work with are working on a specific time line.
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i would prefer that we pass this out of committee today, with legislation that i am happy to co-sponsor. >> thank you. supervisor? >> i move that we eat for this with a positive recommendation. >> do we need to open for public comment? let's hold off on the motion and open this up for public comment. is there anyone who would like to speak from the public? >> chair mar, supervisors cohen, weiner, kim. i would like to talk about the proposed legislation moving forward. it is crucially important to the local area, and i worked a block away from there for five years
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and have seen the economic revitalization and job creation and i am speaking on behalf of the new mission theater, a few blocks on 21st. we are looking at a few different uses, a few different uses for that theater. hopefully the ultimate adaptive reuse will be supportive. this is for the multi-screen theater, with a large cultural entertainment facility or a combination of the culture -- for the movie screen use and the different things that we are looking at would bring up to 100 more jobs for the community. this is a very important revitalization project for the mission, and i will be working with supervisor campos and
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supervisor kim on that legislation. we have met with the planning department and some of them have come to see the theater to look at the different options, and i am here to support the motion going forward and just to say hello, so you know that we will be back before you before too long. thank you so much. >> the next speaker? >> your theater will thrill me in the night make the item turn on the beverage and alcoholic alright you're fighting for your beverage license in the night creatures come out on the theater you'll be scared like you should and creatures great and small
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make it turn out good and all. thrill me by handling this item right ♪ >> is there anyone else would like to speak? public comment is closed. >> i do know that we have given us -- this the positive recommendation -- and i hope that he will continue to be patient with this issue. i do continue to favor this -- this is a hindrance to business as -- that does not make any sense, with the undermining of different kinds of businesses, and we have seen this with the bowling alley and a single- screen theater, and over time, all three of us -- more and more
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businesses will come to us to say, we have an exemption to this or that and i believe we should exempt because of this theatre and that we will continue to accept this, and i look forward to the special use district. >> so we can move this forward with the positive recommendation without objection? thank you. i look forward to this as well. thank you, everyone. please call item no. 2. >> the ordnance for the transportation code to authorize information on a residential permit application. >> we have diana from the mass transit authority. >> good afternoon, supervisors. the item before you is the transportation code for administrative penalties, for
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fraud on the resolution -- residential parking permits. the only action that can be taken -- we have identified the fraudulent permits. this is to notify the parking control officer. with approximately 70,000 permits issued each year, it is hard to isolate these vehicles. the only recourse is a residential parking violation ticket. the process does not have a great deterrent against fraud. we will be allowed to establish penalties, looking at an estimate of up to $500 for each violation. i would be happy to answer any questions. >> can you explain, people at work in the business near the residential areas near where
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they live, to get this permit? who are the people who would be fined $500? >> there are a couple of examples. one issue is that people were using the post office box, and listing the post -- post office box as a unit, rather than an actual address. there were incidents where we found that the address -- after the investigation we saw this was a post office box. in time could be said for the business owners. >> thank you. seeing no questions, we will openness for public comment. >> good afternoon. ♪ ask a parking patrolman. i don't want to pay that fee.
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can't you see. i want to park this car but you can do something in between parking patrolman, i'd like to park my car. you can ask supervisor eric mar. beep beep beep beep yeah beep beep thank you ♪ >> is there anyone else from the public to would like to speak? public comment is closed. can we move this forward without objection. and are there any other items before us? the meeting is adjourned.
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commissioner murphy, commissioner walker. commissioner lee is expected. supervisor mar and oak commissioner romero excused. the next thing on the agenda is president's announcement hackettstown -- announcements. >> good morning. welcome to our october meeting. first, i would like to really encourage everyone, given that the lawn of prieta earthquake took place almost three decades ago comments and the category of we need to do more, and we need to do it now, and i am looking forward to some strong support of the community, but also with the city. i would also like to just bring attention to those that have really continued to provide the
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level of service to the community in the category of where letters of appreciation have come out, especially from patricia evans, who was recognizing duane ferrell as part of this better service to the community, and also for michael gunnell, who was named in an article in the biscayne times, an article that really lauded san francisco's building department. it was an article from october of this year. it is really good reading. and that is it. thank you. >> ok, item number three, update on earthquake safety implementation program --
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sorry, is there public comment on the president's announcements? seeing nine, item number three. the earthquake safety implementation program/capss. >> good morning, commissioners. director sweeney, thank you for the invitation to come back. in conjunction with the 20th -- the 22nd anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake, there was a press release announcing the availability of the draft plan bank. i know when i was here last, i let you know about the version of the plan that was then current. this is now supposedly available on the city administrators website. so we are continuing to get the word out on this plan, and it does, as pointed out last time, include the timeline that lists the 50 different projects and programs that we hope to
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accomplish over the next 30 years. this is now in the public realm. we are continuing to actively talked to various groups about this, to build support. we have had further meetings and discussions with representatives of the harvard kennedy school, with the tenants' group, with the apartment owners group, so we are continuing to get the word out. i think taking the step of releasing it publicly, having it on the website is a great next step, to just continue to educate and build support for these proposed programs. we're very excited to see that come out. i am excited to continue having those discussions. i am also working with the disaster council, with staff to get the schedule for the upcoming disaster meeting, to do a presentation for those folks. i have not yet started engaging with chief hayes-white, but i would like to get it scheduled for the fire commission as well, and just give them a briefing as
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well. we are pressing forward. there are some slight changes to this version, i think, from the version i talked about the last time i was here. mostly just some changes to the timeline. other than that, if you have specific questions about that, i will ask laurens to come out and help address that. but it is by and large, as discussed previously and as proposed. continuing to press ahead, and would be happy to come back at a further future date to give you further updates. commissioner walker: thank you for coming in and talking to us about this important project we have all been working on together. is there any update about potential funding? we have looked at the potential of miller brews coming together to support a bond for our next
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round of strengthening, especially the soft story wood frame buildings. have you identified any improvement in that arena? >> there have been encouraging developments with respect to the melarus financing. they adopted a plan recently that would allow that type of financing for solar energy upgrades. we have gone back to our outside on the council to request an opinion from them, because the previously wanted this to stop, given the uncertainty with the federal government, fannie mae and freddie mac. so we have gone back and said if this other city or county can do this, can you please revisit whether we can do it, and we're thinking specifically for this program, although there may also be an advantage to take effort of it for solar. we are waiting, but we're hopeful that we will have good news. with respect to any future bond,
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i certainly think that has to be on the table for discussion for financing possibilities. that is why it is so important to keep having these conversations, keep getting out there, talking to any interested groups, making sure that everyone understands how important this is. so if we get to a point where we do say, you know, this is an element of this program that we really have to seek approval for general obligation bonds to finance it, hopefully we will have that groundswell of support and understanding of the importance that will allow us to have a successful bond campaign, as opposed to what happened last year with prop a. commissioner walker: thank you for the work you're doing, and thank you to lawrence. >> thank you. thank you again for your continued support. >> since we ended this back to the city, it left the jurisdiction of dbi.
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can you tell us a little bit about what has happened since? what kind of progress you have made since that time, 6, 8, 10 months ago? >> sure, the biggest progress is the drafting of this report. >> i have a copy of that. >> and the public release is the next step in that. and just putting together a 30- year project timeline that contains those 50 different projects. >> ok. i was not sure what commissioner walker's question was regarding the bonds. what is the bond for? all homeowners? >> it is for private property owners to ask the city to look at options to help them fund the programs that we have been looking at in order to make sure that the buildings here are safe. it is to help the private property owners seismically
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strengthen their homes in the form of loans that are hopefully affordable for these folks. president hechanova: that is wishful thinking on my part. >> a great, glad you support it. >> i also wanted to let the commission know that jason elliott, who has really been very involved in all this and very supportive on the mayor's office behalf is here, if you want to hear a few words from him. thank you. >> jason elliott, mayor's legislative director. i have nothing past what the city administrator said other than that the mayor is fully supportive of the plan that you have an stands behind amy as she implements this. he is willing to dedicate his time and energy to this. thank you. >> i do have a question
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