philipino, hindi, and six or eight speak spanish. -those are the numbers. >> de think that is enough to serve in the access fees -- >> mandarin is the highest population out here, but we don't have officers had speak different languages. we use language alliance, we get an interpreter to talk to people. the increase in rate, i read the report and i try to determine if there are patterns or anything happening. it is not one guy going around

or raping people, the majority of it are people that are acquaintances. for some reason, we have a spy and it is not one area of the district, it is different parts of the district. >> is there anything being done to try to address this? gosh not so much at our station, but i know that some of these victims are students of the college because they drink too much or they use drugs or something and they stay up all night, they are intoxicated and in certain cases, they stay overnight and are sexually assaulted. we talked to them and to say, can you put this out on their newsletter, such as assaults, burglaries, things like that. for the burglaries, that has

been going up that that is something we are trying to get a handle on. we know when one generally is happening, it is during the daytime. we have groups of people, certain suspect descriptions that are different than going through people's houses and burying the doorbells. if no one answers, they just kicked the door anin and ransack the house and are out. some of the cases, we have the victims inside the house for whatever reason don't answer the door and they hear a loud bang and when they come to the front of the house, someone is there. that is how we are able to get suspect information. the things we are doing to combat that, we flood an area with officers than the two-car

and the three-car. we need to the officers tuesday in that area during the daytime. the problem is, how there is not a lot of people out there during the daytime. they see the officers and in the case of plainclothes officers, if you're trying to follow someone, it is only you and that person. it is very difficult. we have had success in burglary arrests. we are of this year to date, but we still have a lot of burglaries'. our community policing advisory board, the thing that i mentioned, getting the e-mail list easily sort of bull, that is the biggest thing. we had a fire made up regarding break-ins, how to prevent it.

we still live from the station, we had a good template. we put that out and had it that the business is so that people can take it out. one of the things we're doing right now, he is putting together a drop box, a web- based program where we can put crime prevention chips on a variety of crimes like auto burglary, robbery tips, scams against people to steal money from them, so we have a computerized so it is a place we can get easily and we can share with other people. >> how do members of the public get the information you mentioned? and it looks like a fire or something. >> of the fliers that we had,

they used their own money to have it made and she gave it to the members and they put it out at certain locations. that is all gone right now. and unless someone wants to pay for new ones, we want to be doing that. the drop box is in progress. when we get everything together, will figure out a way to share with people. >> information can be translated in chinese and russian, so that it meets the needs of the community members here, the more hopeful it will be. >> this is an example of what we cut. this is the english version on a way to keep yourself safe. >> real quick. a quick follow-up.

with regard to the residential burglary, when the residents actually here and realize that the burglary is there, what happens? >> usually, the burglars run away. >> in years past, we of heard a lot of concern about ocean view playground and the drug dealing, the activity of there. how are things in that area? recently we had a shooting there, is it still an open air drug market? >> i think it has changed. we try to keep them in that area because they have worked there so long, they know everyone down there. the public here, the people in favor of it have told me that when they are there, crime goes down.

there have been some recent crime in that area, a shooting last night that the department is looking into. two days ago, there was another shooting. no one was hit, but these things are occurring. >> of the daily report, that is why i asked. as a prosecutor and as a parent, it was an open air drug market on saturdays during sporting events. commissioner kingsley: i forgot to mention in my introduction, i live in the district and capt. lum are arranged to have a drive around, so i have seen quite a bit of the district. i wanted to know, the project

within the community policing devise three boards and their of dating and organizing, the basic directory, i guess, of businesses and community organizations to enhancing the community efforts of the district, i have not heard that before from any of the other district. i don't know if they are doing it or not, but i think that is a wonderful activity for the community policing advisory boards, and i am grateful to them for doing it and for the collaboration involved to have that kind of data base updated and available for everybody, that is something that could be shared with the other district so that they can be borrowing from you as we are borrowing from richmond. you mentioned in your

presentation that you are looking at and examine patterns, and in particular, a round of burglaries. when addressing the questions regarding that, it sounds like most of the burglaries are residential instead of businesses, is that the case? >> yes. a commission king -- commissioner kinsley: and cars going to the beach is one of the hardest-hit areas? >> there lies the question. >> is there any specific information regarding clusters, trends, movement as to what we can expect, perhaps, going

forward? it might help them be more proactive or understand that where they live and do business, there is a particular problem in that area? >> allot of the victims are asian, chinese. because the district is mainly asian, one of the things that we tell people when we go to community meetings, and don't have a chinese decoration on your door or window. don't leave shoes outside because burglars think that chinese keep a lot of money inside the house, don't use and banks and have a lot of jewelry. they go to these houses, they ring the doorbell, and no

answers, so that as one of the things that we see, sometimes. for burglaries', commercial burglaries and businesses, that happened that night. >> is there anything you can shed light on? >> they are all over the district, all over the sector. next week is out here, and is over, in that sector. one thing that we did have, we identified a cluster. we were working on that. last month, burglars were going into the apartment, going into

the back and kicking in the door, breaking the window. we made some arrests, it went, down, back out. it is something that we constantly have to work on. >> any questions? >> i will ask one more. since you did public comment, there were questions about the neighborhood team. can you elaborate a little bit further about what the plans are for this team and to address the request for making sure there is enough people involved? >> one of the things that the team had was one sergeant and four officers. they worked together all the time, and sometimes when we

have special things to do like we are doing an enforcement operation, the tnt officers work with a plan close does hand we have a big group of officers. right now, the sergeant has been transferred to down town. i don't have enough sergeants to -- they are very proactive, since there is greater danger for them. it is not shared a senior officers that had to be responsible for that. what i was considering, something i am thinking of his changing the system.

the officers will still be down there, they just won't be called tnt. and how they are still in that area, but there will be covered seven days a week. >> you are dismissed.thank you . that will lead us to item no. 5. >> adjournment. gosh i move that we adjourn. >> second. >> thank you very much for coming, everyone.

>> why don't we call the meeting to order. ok. >> [roll call] item approval for the april 10, 2012 meeting. >> approved? >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> number three, comment on executive session. ok. executive session. >> so moved. >> second. >> ok. >> executive session conference with legal counsel and real property negotiator.n open

session. >> i think the mics are on now. >> i move to reconvene an open session. >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> i move to not disclose anything discussed in executive session. >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> back in session. >> ok. >> please be advised the meeting -- the meeting of use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised the chairman ordered the meeting room any personal responsible for ringing of or use of cell phone, pager or other similar sound producing electronic device. please be advised a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent public comments on each agenda item unless the port commission adopts a shorter period on any item. item 7-a, executive director's report. >> good afternoon port commissioners, port staff, members of the public.

thank you so much for joining us here today. i have one item on the executive director's report but first i want to pause and wish our vice chair a happy birthday. please -- [applause] and thank her for giving us your time on your special day. i really appreciate that. thank you very much. and happy birthday goes out to jerry and denise turner as well. very fortunate day for the port of san francisco. next, i want to wish the port of san francisco a happy 149th birthday because it is today that the state legislate legislature adopted a bill called sb-90 which created the state of board harbor commissioners 149 years ago. so we are now going to launch 150th, i believe it's called a sesquinn centennial, a word we

hopefully will have rolling off our lips over the next year, using the port, remind people of the port's purpose and interface with it every day through activities or commerce or just plain relaxation. but the port as i was memmingsing was created in 1863 by the state legislature, interestingly enough that was the same year that the state adopted an eight-hour work day. also the same year the stock exchange was created and at the same time that the board of harbor commissioners was created at the local level, a board of title and trust commissioners was also established, which is no longer so. is the port of san francisco in its current fashion of which you are the heirs or successor entity has been around 149 years, almost 150 years. what led up to the creation is that the water front kept expanding, shoreline kept moving and it was being done in a very chaotic way. there were not great strong rules or laws about that what

could be done. it was done mostly by individuals and private entities and so around by 1850, almost 6,000 feet had been built with about a million dollars all by private interests. so then in 1850 the state actually granted control of the waterfront to the city and county of san francisco for the purpose of building out the war at the end of all -- wharf at the end of all streets. that's why we have these peers at the extension of the street grid mapped ott by forefather when's they mapped out the city overall. so wharfs were built, some with permission, a lot without permission. as they were being built, no one was paying attention to the shoreline or navigation. so navigation started to suffer and in the middle 1850's, the state investigated and found that they needed to have more control. and so they established the port commission almost ten years later in 1863, and the main job of the board of harbor

commissioners was so build the sea wall and take control of the port and most importantly be a self-administrative agency, both operationally and by revenues. so at that point in time that was a very unique status and we are the only entity that has lasted as a port in the united states that has lasted as both a public agency that is self-supporting for as long as we have. so we're very proud of that. the staff in those days consisted of engineering department, wharf insurers department, belt railroad department and maintenance department and commissioners were three commissioners appointed by the governor. the sea wall began in about three years thereafter and ultimately it wasn't finished until 1938. so in just before world war ii, the sea wall was actually finished. it was overseen by 12 separate chief harbor engineers and so there are, i believe, 42 segments to the sea wall and many of them are constructed

differently depending upon who was the chief harbor engineer. in 1913 during the port's tenure, the port adopted a state law for civil service reform for purpose of being able to hire its staff based on merit and not for political reasons. and back in 1913 the port began establishing its advisory committees. and at that time the advisory groups consisted of ship owners, merchants, labor and other interests. of course, in 1914 the panama canal opened and the port had to be very responsive to that and at the same time world war i started. so there were some very chaotic times for the port. during the depression era, the port actually partnered with the federal public works administration, which was the agency set up under the new deal to do construction throughout the country and then, of course, in 1934 there was an 83-day strike, labor strike at the port resulting in bloody thursday and

other attributes. and so that is a is he important part of our history. in 1939 world war ii started and port became primarily occupied by the amy and navy and it was our job to supply all of the personnel and much of the goods to the pacific, defense of the pacific and then in 1950's after everything finally settled down, containerization started and ports began to think about how it was going to continue to mauve nuver itself and how it was going to evolve for purposes of maritime commerce. and then we get to the history we all know, which is in 1969 the jurisdiction of the port returned to city control and development projects started to begin starting with peer 39 development in the early 1970's. in 1991, embarcadero freeway came down and that really brings us to the present day. so the port was recognized and continued to be recognized for most of the heritage as a pioneer of port operations and as a model of what a large port

administration should look like. it was for a very long time an important commercial and transportation hub. it was lauded for its design and construction of its facilities, which are now listed on the registry of national historic places and as i mentioned earlier, it remained under port control. in the last 150 years the port is created and maintained a sea wall, portfolio of unique facilities including 39 peers and 80 wharfs. it's been a steady employer and provider -- provided homes to numerous maritime commercial enterprises large and small. and so as i mentioned in the next year we want to gear up to celebrate the centennial and use the birthday to remind the public of who we are and what activities are available and outside our room, there are seven imens of i believe 15 posted, which we hope to display throughout the next year and throughout the celebration, reminding people of what we are all about, which is now a very,

have i diverse set of activities. we have established a planning committee for the 150th anniversary events and internally those are led by our own renee martin, with assistance from dan, jerry, mark pious, damon, wendy proctor, and consultant ken mailei. we are looking to do -- as a host committee we are looking to partner with many partners of the city, many of whom have a shared history with the port and we're very excited about the year ahead. and in the year ahead we will probably be coming back and talking to you about events in april of 2013 to celebrate our anniversary. 2013 will be a great year for us because we will start with our birthday. the exploratorium will open the doors at peer 15. louis vuitton challenger series, final match fleet week. bay bridge opening. the list goes on and on and on. and so we've had the privilege of partnering with a number of different departments and being

that transportation hub one of our sister agencies that's very important to us is the municipal is transportation agency and they are celebrating their 100th anniversary and so we thought it would be a great time to celebrate together and so tonight following the port commission meeting, we will have a reception right outside to launch our beginning of our celebration and we invited cheryl brinkman, who is the vice chair of the m.t.a. to say just a few words about their anniversary and, again, invite all of you to join us after the commission meeting. >> thank you very much. president, commissioner, executive director. thank you for the opportunity to represent the san francisco m.t.a. on this day as you begin to mark your 150th anniversary here at the port of san francisco. i'm standing in for tom nolan, our chairman of the board, who couldn't be here this afternoon but does he plan to join you this evening. as you know and monique mentioned, muni is celebrating its centennial this year.

it's very appropriate our two agencies have decided to team up and remind people what amazing things we've done for the city in terms of transportation. this is the building where our muni cable cars and street cars come down to meet the water borne transportation as they have done so long. so people can board ferries to locations around bait and ships to destinations around the glone. the most important thing about a city and its growth is mobility and transportation. and the fact that our city, which was basically a peninsula of sand dunes and marshes has developed into such an amazing global city. really speaks to the synergy that exists between the port and muni. and providing the requisite connection between our vehicles and your water craft and your areas. as an enduring premier city on the rim, san francisco continues to provide the vital transportation connection to those of us who are lucky to live here and the millions who visit us every yore. in the years tom could, we're confident we will continue to balance the mobility equation in

this city for the best interests of all of us who want to continue to move around this city. speaking for all of us at the sfmta, wleek forward to working at the port to ensure vital mobility for generations to come. thank you for the opportunity to be here today and congratulations on beginning to celebrate your 150th anniversary. thank you. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> we're looking forward to the reception, where we will actually celebrate some more, the anniversary and birthday. thank you. >> that concludes my report. >> public comment. >> executive director's report. hearing none, we will move on. thank you. >> item 8-a request approval of resolution supporting mayor edwin lee and board of supervisors placing a neighborhood and waterfront park's general obligation bond measure. on november 6, 2012 ballot. >> so moved. >> second. >> public comment. sally stevens.

>> hi, my name is saly stevens. i'm here representing the san francisco forest alliance. city wide collision of people concerned with rec and park department plans to cut down thousands of healthy safe trees just because they're not native. part of the rec and parks natural areas program. we're concerned that they use huge amounts of truly nasty herbicides and plans to close miles of trails in our city park. there's growing opposition to knapp. in a short period of time the forest alliance has a petition to stop knapp with 25 signatures and more coming in every day. our first public meeting was standing room only. people are furious at nap's plans for quarter to a third of the city parks but why should you care? the 2008 parks bond contained a pot of money for trail restoration that could only be used for trails in ur