mou. mainly i am puzzled as to why it was assigned to this committee. it seems this is a financial matter rather than an audit and oversight matter. i do not know whether it actually belongs here. i have a feeling that maybe it is here because there is something else to do on this committee. i find that a little hard to believe, but maybe i am wrong. i would like to thank mr. feldman for his comments. he is part of the new 1021. in my opinion, it is a vast improvement over the previous 1021 i had to endure with. hopefully, this mou, whichever way it goes, will benefit the union. hopefully, the union will continue to improve itself. we have to be optimistic in the future, even though, according to my interpretation, the union sometimes cooperates with the employer to often. it is kind of like the nfl

situation, where you need a commissioner to put down the hammer on people that obstruct justice. the last thing i have to say it is -- who is the next coach sean peyton? chairperson farrell: thank you. next speaker. >> gabriel holland, san francisco but the coordinator for 1021. i want to thank the city for bringing this to your city. i hope you support it. our union supports it. as gus feldman mentioned earlier, deskilling captures part of the picture. to go more global, it is about valuing the work of people of color. that is why these classifications years ago had a raise. we had a comparative for the study and found those positions were underfunded because the

were primarily women and people of color. 80% to 90% women and people of color. the value of their work, because of sexism and racism, is considered lower. those wages were increased. we were sorry to see the decrees and fought vigorously against that, as some of you may know. we are pleased this wrong was addressed before. we are pleased it is being addressed again. thank you very much. chairperson farrell: thank you. any other members of the public that wish to speak? seeing none, a public comment is closed. colleagues, any comments? entertain a motion. a motion to send this forward with recommendations to the full board. can we take that without rep -- without objection? so moved. >> there are no further items. chairperson farrell: meeting adjourned.

there are so many ways that the internet provides real access to real people and resources and that's what we're try to go accomplish. >> i was interested in technology like video production. it's interesting, you get to create your own work and it reflects what you feel about saying things so it gives perspective on issues. >> we work really hard to develop very in depth content, but if they don't have a venue, they do not have a way to show us, then this work is only staying here inside and nobody knows the brilliance and the amazing work that the students are doing. >> the term has changed over time from a very basic who has a computer and who doesn't have a computer to now who has access to the internet, especially high speed internet, as well as the skills and the knowledge to use those tools effectively. . >> the city is charged with

coming up with digital inclusion. the department of telecommunications put together a 15 member san francisco tech connect task force. we want the digital inclusion program to make sure we address the needs of underserved vulnerable communities, not communities that are already very tech savvy. we are here to provide a, b and c to the seniors. a stands for access. b stands for basic skills and c stands for content. and unless we have all three, the monolingual chinese seniors are never going to be able to use the computer or the internet. >> a lot of the barrier is knowledge. people don't know that these computers are available to them, plus they don't know what is useful. >> there are so many businesses in the bay area that are constantly retiring their computer equipment that's perfectly good for home use. computers and internet access

are helping everybody in the community and people who don't have it can come to us to help with that. one of the biggest problems we see isn't whether people can get computers through programs like ours, but whether they can understand why they need a computer. really the biggest issue we are facing today is helping people understand the value of having a computer. >> immediately they would say can i afford a computer? i don't speak any english. how do i use it. then they will start to learn how to do email or how to go back to chinese newspaper to read all the chinese newspaper. >> a lot of the barrier still is around lack of knowledge or confusion or intimidation and not having people in their peer network who use computers in their lives. >> the important thing i learned from caminos was to improve myself personally. when i first came to caminos, i didn't know anything about computers. the second thing is i have

become -- i have made some great achievements as an individual in my family and in things of the world. >> it's a real issue of self-empowerment where new immigrant families are able to communicate with their families at home, able to receive news and information in their own home language, really become more and more connected with the world as well as connected even inside their local communities. >> if we value the diversity of our city and we value our diverse neighborhoods in the city, we need to ensure that they remain economically viable. equiping them and equiping residents in those areas with jobs that will enable them to stay in san francisco is critical to that. >> the important thing that i see here at caminos is it helps the low income community, it helps the women who wouldn't have this opportunity otherwise. >> the workers with more education in san francisco are more likely to be able to working that knowledge sector.

where they are going to need that familiarity with the internet, they are going to find value with it and use it and be productive with it every day. and half of the city's population that's in the other boat is disconnected from all that potential prosperity. >> we really need to promote content and provide applications that are really relevant to people's lives here. so a lot of the inspiration, especially among the immigrant community, we see is communications with people from their home country but we as much want to use the internet as a tool for people to connect within the local san francisco community. >> i think it's our job as public educators to give them this access and give them this opportunity to see that their efforts are being appreciated beyond their immediate reach. >> you have to blend this idea of community network with computer equipment with training and with support. we can pull all that together, then we've got it. >> it's as much about social

and economic justice -- in fact it's more about social and economic ustice than just captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor elsbernd: good morning. welcome to the city operations in neighborhood services committee meeting. we start the meeting with a motion to excuse supervisor chu. >> move to excuse supervisor chu. supervisor elsbernd: taken of that objection. madam clerk, please read item number one. >> item number one. hearing to consider that the issuance of a type 20 off-sale beer and wine license to 1749 union street, to lorrie hoel for wine's about you, will serve the public convenience and necessity

of the people of the city and county of san francisco. supervisor elsbernd: thank you, madam clerk. inspector, welcome. >> i am ready. good morning. the african has applied for an application with the department of africa -- department of of all and beverage control for 1749 union st., located between octavia and gulf of st.. the applicant originally applied for a type 42 on sale beer and wine permit any type 20 off sale beer and wine. after receiving multiple complaints, the wrist -- they withdrew the application for type 22 with abc. the applicant's plan that hours of operation is 10:00 a.m. until

10:00 p.m. daily. there is no opposition from northern station. the applicant premise is not located in a high crime area. it is located in an undue concentration area. at the time of this report, dated march 5, 2012, there were two documented letters of protest. march 8, 2012, i received notice that both of those protests since withdrew their protest. there is no record of support, and a l u recommends approval with following conditions. one, sales of alcoholic beverage to be permitted between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. daily. no. 2, no noise shall be audible beyond the area under the control of the licensee as defined in the abc 257.

three, no person under the age of 21 shall sell or deliver alcoholic beverages. four, petitioners shall not make structural changes in the premise interior without prior written approval from the department. 5, the sale of beer or malt beverages in quantities of 16 ounces, 22 ounces, 32 ounces, worth 40 ounces, or similar size containers, is prohibited. 6, the petitioner shall utilize surveillance and recording equipment that is able to view all exit and entrance points of the exterior of the premises. this electronic surveillance recording shall be operational at all times that the premises is open to the public. said the electronic recording shall be maintained for no less than 72 hours and shall be made available to the department upon demand. thank you.

supervisor elsbernd: is there any public comment on this item? seeing no one, public comment is closed. supervisor olague: seconded. supervisor elsbernd: taken without objection, move forward without limitation. madam clerk, please read item number two. >> item number two. hearing to consider that the transfer of a type 20 off-sale beer and wine license from 2339- 3rd street to 351california street, to landmark retail group for cvs phamarcy, will serve the public convenience and necessity of the people of the city and county of san francisco. supervisor elsbernd: thank you, madam clerk. inspector? >> the applicant has applied with an application for the california department of alcoholic beverage control, seeking a type 20 of sell beer and wine license 4351 california

st., located at the southeast corner of california street. 351 california street is a commercial building the 16 floors. cvs pharmacy will be located on the ground floor of this building. the projected grant -- projected grand opening is april 29, 2012. there is no opposition from central station. the african premise is not located in a high crime area. it is located in an undue concentration area. there are no records of protest or support. we recommend approval with the following conditions. no. 1, sales of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. daily. no. 2, no more than 5% of the square footage of the premises shall be used for the display of alcoholic beverages. number three, no malt beverage

shall be sold with the alcohol content greater than 5.7% by volume, except for microbrew, kraft brew, organic, or special products sold under such designations as stout, porter, i croupier, and ps be. this is intended to eliminate high alcohol, low-cost products that are frequently abused, but not prevent the sale of specialty craft beer products. no. 4, the sale of a single beer or malt beverage in the quantity of 16 ounces, 22 ounces, 40 ounces, or similar size containers is prohibited. 5, no malt, beer, beverages, wine coolers, or beer coolers shall be sold in quantities of less than manufactured multi

unit quantities of four or more. 6, no wind shall be sold with an alcoholic content of greater than 15% by volume except for dinner winds, which have been aged two years or more and maintained in a coke bottle. >> thank you. i am in receipt of a document from the board president, the supervisor representing his neighborhood, who has asked us to, in addition to the conditions you just articulated, add the following four conditions to this license. i believe that we have a representative from the operator that these are conditions that have accepted. for the record, the following four conditions are interior security cameras must be installed within the store and concentrated in the area of beer and wine products. they will be monitored during onside hours by on-site management and made available to the sf pd for 30 days upon

request. condition no. 2, in addition to security cameras and they will allow employees and management to monitor activities visually. condition number three, all checkouts will be equipped with electronic scanning equipment and prompt cashiers to provide proper identification before sale is complete -- completed. loitering will be prohibited on the adjacent sidelocks to the store. store management will be responsible for store security during hours of operation. with that, is there any public comment on this item? >> good morning, supervisors. on behalf of the landmark retail group, cbs is committed to crafting the conditions of approval for each of its new locations to meet the needs and concerns of each unique neighborhood in the city. in that spirit, we agree and are happy to incorporate approval.

>> thank you very much. any other members of the public that wish to speak? seeing no one, public comment is closed. anything else on this item? >> no. >> i would like to move this forward with the conditions articulated by the inspector, as well as the ones that i've read. madam clerk, i will give you this e-mails of you have the conditions. without objection, that will be the order. thank you, madam clerk. please read item number three. see you in a couple weeks, inspector. >> item #3. resolution authorizing the recreation and parks department to accept and expend an urban greening grant in the amount of $710,779 for cayuga playground and clubhouse funded by the safe drinking water, water quality and supply, flood control, river and coastal protection bond act of 2006. supervisor elsbernd: thank you. >> good morning, supervisors.

i am the project manager with the recreation and park department. tony is also joining me today, he is the brand manager for the recreation and park department. we are seeking authorization to accept and extend an urban greeting grant. under the proposition 84, also known as the state's drinking water water quality flood control river and coastal protection bond act of 2006. this grant would supplement the department's park bond for the renovation of the cliff house and would pay for the green elements on that project, including landscaping. the grant requires that a memorandum be filed and that the site be used for recreational purposes for the next 20 years. in the unlikely event that the site is sold or transferred, it

prohibits indirect costs. lastly, in preparation for the resolution, it has taken a bit longer than we had anticipated in during that time the project had actually begun. therefore, the department is respectfully requesting that the resolution be amended to state that this would be a retroactive authorization. i am available to answer questions. supervisor elsbernd: can you give us an idea of when the project will be complete? >> the anticipated completion date is november of 2012. supervisor elsbernd: this year? fantastic. and generally speaking, are we on budget with the project? >> absolutely. we anticipate a surplus at the end of the project. supervisor elsbernd: thank you very -- thank you very much. is there any public comment? mr. [unintelligible]

>> good morning, supervisors. my name is douglas. i have lived in san francisco for 60 years. i would like to speak in favor of this resolution. i feel that many neighborhoods in san francisco have been underserved by part in iraq -- parked in rack -- park and rec, so it is good to see the that area is getting what it should have gotten a long time ago. i used the comparison to the playground i am very familiar with, which underwent a beautiful renovation and i think that other areas of the city, especially the lower income neighborhoods, need the same kind of treatment. i also noted that on today's agenda there is only three items, so i would like to suggest an item that was in the examiner last thursday, march

the eighth, entitled supervisor the bad behavior. it is a real eye opener. by. supervisor elsbernd: seeing no other members of the public, testimony is closed -- public comment is closed. can we do the amendment to accept this retroactively? done without objection. seeing no other questions or comments, we will send this forward without -- the recommendation, without objection. seeing no other items on the agenda, this meeting is adjourned.