staff has agreed to drop the electric charge, which we appreciate, until the metering is done on the piers. so that is very good. what i am concerned about is the staff does not seem to have listened to the concerns of the tenants regarding the parking and setting of rates at parity with other public harbors and i find there is minimal understanding or compassion regarding the lack of parking down there. and they are saying to live with it. we have had 205 spaces, but 205 space goes back to 1985. it was a little quieter back then. there is a little more going on at the waterfront. and that is a lot of people running around that parking lot. there seems to be that the pier

40 space was included to allocate about 100 spaces, but nobody can put their finger on that lore. so i think a little investigation has to be done with that regards. the west harbor is totally reconstructed and our harbor is 25 years old. according to the ordinance that was passed by the parks and recreation department, by the board of supervisors,the east harbor is still at rates very comparable to south beach harbor. they are at $8.75 a foot at my boat and i'm paying $8.70 and that was not included in the vary, that the difference in those two harbor as far as i know. san francisco marina gets two parking passes and we get one and have to pay $600 a year for the second pass. i recognize they are hunting licenses, just like a residential parking permit is a

residential license like in my neighborhood. i think the port ought to think about giving us a discount on rates if we're only going to get one parking space, especially given the fact our harbor is 25-years-old and probably the east harbor is 30 years old. so we're comparable in age i would suspect. the port staff in some cases seems to treat the report as gospel and not taking into account other studies down by other agencies. have i run out of time? for my lot, they want us to walk out to our boat, and back to the boat for a parking permit. that is a half a mile walk for me. at the end of the pier.

i'm okay now with walking that distance, but in a couple of years i might not be. they want us to use the loading zone with 50-60 boats in the harbor on friday night, that loading zone is not going to be big enough. the only loading zone i am aware of unless they restriped the lot is f dock right at the end of the harbor. so i would suggest and hope that you would redirect the staff to redouble their efforts to determine how to meet the loan requirements of the 6.6 parking spaces per slip. i'm happy that they allocated 20 additional spaces at at good, but i think they can do a little more. thank you for your time. >> thank you. bill adams. >> just want to romind you when the bell rings the three

minutes are up. >> my name is bill adams and i'm a tenant at south beach harbor and i'm pleased that you now have a member whose name is adams as well [ laughter ] the reason i'm coming here today is because i'm concerned about the process of evaluating the rates, the parking conditions and the revised contracts, the revised terms under which the south beach harbor tenants will be operating. i appreciate the efforts of peter daly and elaine in listening to the harbor tenants. however there is a very big difference between listening and actually considering rational, logical arguments. it's important to understand what is being proposed is to raise the rates of our berth payments by about 40% and that

is unreasonable. 10%, 15, 20% maybe. 40% is unreasonable. and what they are presenting is that the north harbor rates for the fully revised, refurbished harbor should be given to the south beach harbor. and it's wrong. it's unreasonable. it's unsupportable. it's not logical. and the rationalization for this increase is the tattersol report that is being represented as indicative of market value and it's flawed, biased report that shouldn't be used to determine market value. there are other reports that indicate that lower rates are more appropriate to market value. for example, the east harbor operated by parks and recreation is more typically of market rates and it's consistent with our current rates. and i want to urge you to direct the staff to reconsider

the tattersol report as an establishment of market rates for the revised conditions for the south beach harbor tenants. the possessery interest tax has been taken away from our harbor and pledged by contract to be used for debt service and interest on the loans and as justification for the increase in our harbor rates the explanation has been given that we're underwater. we're losing money because we have to pay the principal and interest on these loans. and on the bonds. if we were to have the possessery interest tax and other taxes pledged to be used for principal and interest on the loans, we would not be in the situation we're in and it would not be necessary to raise our rates in such an egregious

manner in order to meet these budgeted financial projections. i also want to speak to parking. the commitment was that.6 parking spaces per slip. we're not even close it that. they are taking parking slips away and putting meters on our parking and the proposal in general, both for parking, for the berth rates and for the conditions of use of the south beach harbor are under the city and port of san francisco is unreasonable. it isn't justified and logically inconsistent and while your port staff while being kind and sincere are misdirected. thank you very much. >> is there any further public comment? hearing none, do i have a motion to adjourn? >> motion to reconvene in executive session. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> now adjourned.uhp

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community win and a celebration for us all. >> to learn more about the helen diller playground in dolores park, go to sfrecpark.org. >> chair kim: good afternoon. and welcome to the rules committee. today for thursday, september 6, 2012. my name is supervisor kim, and i will be chairing today's meeting. i apologize for the late start because i know we have many members. public that are ready to present to the rules committee. i am joined by vice chair supervisor farrell and supervisor david campos. our clerk is linda wong. we would like to acknowledge the staff at sfg-tv who records each

of the meetings and makes the transcripts available on line. we would like to recognize jesse. are there any announcements? >> linda wong: please make sure all electronic devices and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file shall be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the september 1 board of supervisors agenda unless others with stated. item 1, repointing malia joint powers board. >> chair kim: this is a roiment to supervisor malia cohen. is there any comments from colleagues? seeing none, we will open it up for public comment. if you'd like to speak on this item, please come up.

>> i just want to say i want to see -- ♪ i want to see her in your morning, i want to see her in your board of supervisors night ♪ ♪ let her change what city's rong and make it right. ♪ let her wander through the city's wonderland that we all share. ♪ all i ask you is let her be there. ♪ all i ask you is let malia cohen be there, now. >> chair kim: thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. colleagues, do we have a motion on this item? >> motion to send malia -- ms. cohen forward with full recommendation to the full board. >> chair kim: we do have a motion to move this forward, and we can do that without

opposition. madam clerk, could you please call item 2. >> linda wong: item 2 motion to approve -- the president of the board of supervisors, supervisor david chiu's nomination to -- to board of supervisors ending july 16. >> chair kim: thank you. this is also a reappointment. we recently heard her speak at rules committee. but because she came on near the end of the previous term, she is already coming back to us for reappointment. and i'm not sure if ms. hurtado is here given she's spoken to the rules committee a couple of months ago. is there any comments from colleagues? if you'd like to speak, his apph the mic. public comment is closed. we have a motion. >> yes. actually i think ms. hurtado just came in. >> chair kim: i see her.

>> i don't know if she wants to say a few words. >> chair kim: can we have you come forward. thank you for being here. we know you were with us a couple of months ago and answer the numerous questions from the rules committee. of course you came on near the end of a previous term that you were filling, and we appreciate that -- served for a couple of months now and coming back for a reappointment. if you'd like to speak briefly and maybe a couple of comments. >> thank you for inviting me back. hello again, supervisors. i apologize for being a little late. i just wanted to thank you for the opportunity to be here again. we did speak a few months back when i was first appointed to the board of appeals, and i guess just to remind you who i am, and my qualifications for the reappointment, i am speaking reappointment. it's been a very fruitful two months and i very much enjoyed the service and welcome the opportunity to continue serving in this capacity with my

colleague from the board of appeals. i have been an attorney for 15 years. i am currently deputy director of the national center for lesbian rights, a national lgbt national organization based in san francisco with offices in d.c. as well. i have served numerous roles as an attorney and advocate, and a community service -- a person who really believes in community service. and i believe that my experience and my skills can be brought to bear on the board of appeals. i deeply believe in the process, and that stems really from my work as public defender, serving indigent criminal defendants in san francisco for over 10 years. and so i believe that all of those skills enhance my ability to listen to all sides of an issue, given people due respect,

evaluate all sides of whatever issues come before the board of appeals, and really try to come to a fair determination based on the facts and the rules that apply to the situation. so with that i'm here to answer any questions you may have. >> chair kim: seeing no questions from colleagues, and i think we're certainly appreciative of your willing to serve on the board of appeals. it's a very important board, as you know. and i know that you spent the last couple of months but we grilled you at our last rules committee meeting and we appreciate you coming back for your reappointment and your service. if there is no other comments, is there a motion? >> madam chair, it is my privilege and honor to move that we forward ms. hurtado's name to the full board with positive recommendation. i think that her stellar

qualifications are -- when she came before the rules committee last time, and, you know, i think she's doing a great job, and has already distinguished herself in the last two months. and i think that the city will be well-served by her continuing in this position and i'm just grateful that after doing it for two months you still want to do it. so that's a good thing. so i'm very thrilled to see th that. if we could quickly -- i couldn't agree more. thank you for your willingness to serve. i've heard great things. maybe we make it as a committee report. >> yes. >> chair kim: before we do that, we need to amend the motion so that it's a motion to confirm the appointment. >> so i move to confirm the appointment, and to do that as a committee report. >> chair kim: so we have a motion to amend. the motion to be a motion to confirm and we also have a motion to refer this item as a committee report to the full board.

and ms. hurtado thank you again. i was impressed with your presentation, of course with your background and skill set that you bring to the board of appeals a couple of months ago and am excited that you're willing to continue to serve on behalf of our city. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> chair kim: we have that motion and we can do that without opposition. >> thank you, supervisors. >> chair kim: thank you. madam clerk please call item 3. >> linda wong: item 3 hearing to consider one member term ending april 272013 to the sunshine ordinance task force. >> chair kim: thank you. we have one seat and we have three applicants. i know one of the issues that had come up prior that we had not necessarily discussed at the previous rules committee was whether we do need to appoint a member to the sunshine task force that is a member of the disability community. i just want to confirm that. >> yes. the sunshine ordinance provides that at all times one member

must be a person with a physical disability. that physical disability requirement doesn't attach to any one particular seat on the task force. but at this time, i understand there are 10 seats that are occupied by people who are not physically disabled, and the one open seat you should appoint to someone who is disabled. >> chair kim: supervisor campos. >> co-chair campos: thank you. we want to welcome mr. givner who is assigned to be the counsel to the general board of supervisors. we appreciate his being here. one thing that will be helpful going forward as these appointments come before the rules committee is to the extent that there's a specific legal requirement that calls for a specific kind of appointment, i think it's helpful for us to know that as we're actually

reviewing the applications. because at the time that we discuss -- we were discussing the sunshine task force appointments that issue did not come up. and in fact it wasn't until after the fact that we realized that one of the appointments needed to be someone from the disability community. so i think that if we find ourselves in similar situations with respect to other commissions, that i think would be helpful for us to have that information in advance and certainly have that here at the rules committee meeting as the discussion happens. >> absolutely. >> co-chair campos: thank you. >> chair kim: thank you. at this time we will call forward the three applicants that have applied for seat 11 and i'll call you in the order that you are listed on the agenda. first we have bruce wilson, francine simon, so if you could step forward. because we have i believe 44

applicants for our next agenda item, i am asking all applicants to be brief today, and to limit their comments to under two minutes. mr. wolfe, i know you presented at our last rules committee meeting but if you could speak to your experience on the sunshine task force and reasons why you would like to continue your priorities during that presentation that would be great. >> i appreciate that. i'll make it brief. my name is bruce wolfe i served on the sunshine task force 2005 with one year hiatus. i became interested in it because of various issues surrounding city college at the time. and just in general, i think it's a great idea that we all, you know, have some oversight and some look-see at transparency and making sure that the public and the city family has their just due in making sure everything is clean, and moves forward smoothly. i have pretty extensive research

and background in studying constitutional law, and in construction, and in these areas. and i really enjoy serving on it. it's not a political position for me. i enjoy being there. i have no aspirations of moving in anywhere else. and really that's about it. i'll be open to any questions. i want to say one last thing. considering what the past issues have been around my appointment, i just want to say that i've -- you know, in hindsight, it would have been probably much better if not just me, but maybe other members of the task force, also we agreed to bring some of these issues forward to you much more ahead of time, so if there were any red flags or anything like that, i think that would have been prudent at the time. thank you. >> chair kim: thank you, mr. wolfe. are there any questions from committee members? thank you. next, we have francine simon.

and then we have kai wilson after that. >> hello. my name is francine simon, and i was actually informed about this position by the department of rehabilitation, because i am disabled. i actually was born here in san francisco, but moved to the east bay, and recently returned. i've been very active with the barack obama campaign and active with the late matt garcía, who was the city councilman in fairfield. i worked closely with united way to do fundraising for the homeless, and for the needy. i also pass out brown bags, and bread for the senior citizens in the east bay, as well as here in

san francisco. i've worked for bank of america for 25 years, where i was advisory assistant engineer. and because of a car accident, i have to take -- had to take early retirement. and after five years of physical therapy, i'm now back on my feet and ready to start working somewhere, and would enjoy working for this rules committee f sunshine ordinance task force. government is something that i've always had a very high interest in, and i think that this would be a good starting point for me. my family has been certainly very active here in san francisco. one with my cousin, timothy simon who is a public utilities commissioner, my late betty

simon, who has done so much for the city of san francisco, as well as lat i lati'vea who hasd with civil rights. i'm very well versed on government and the local part of san francisco and what needs to be done. >> chair kim: thank you very much. have you attended a sunshine task force meeting before, prior to today? >> no. this is my very first one. >> chair kim: okay. just for clarification, today is the rules committee meeting. the sunshine task force is a committee of citizens that the rules committee gets to make a recommendation to, who do appoint, which then goes to the full board. but this is not a sunshine task force. >> right. yes. i was reading that, the sunshine ordinance task force is what you're looking for someone for. >> chair kim: yes. and i'm very appreciative to hear of your interest in serving. we have numerous commissions and task force. i was interested specifically -- i know that your interest in

applying was in an interest to serve. but was there a specific interest around sunshine that yuyud like to pursue going forward? >> i've been interested in working with the public and being fair. and when i see things that someone needs to say something about, i'm usually a person who does. so that would be a good place for me to start, since that's what they do, correct? >> chair kim: yes. my last question, only because this is -- we do need to appoint a member to the task force that has a physical disability. do you have a physical disability? >> yes. i have two herniated disks. also my rotator cuffs are all from the 1998 car accident. >> chair kim: thank you. are there any questions from colleagues? seeing none, thank you very much, ms. simon. >> thank you. i actually worked with la latifa

simon. thank you next we have kai wilson forsley. >> i'm kai wilson forsley and i'm a little excited to be here to serve on this particular task force. i'm sure you guys reviewed my information because, i guess have to. in terms of citizen access, i organize event in which individuals can engage with their public servants, as well as work with those individuals. i put on a yearly event in the tenderloin, and i work with the police and the schools, and things like that, in terms of public access. i'm also on a library committee that's sponsoring a series of voter education events. i'm a leader on that committee. and i've been appointed as one

of 12 people by the city librarian, to make policy recommendations for the public library. and as we know, the public library is the largest public accessible learning institution in the country so that definitely speaks to public access and civic access qualifications. in terms of participation in local government, me being here with my ample qualifications for local government, people always say they want -- underrepresented as well as youth voice. i'm here, trying to be active. in addition my case set a precedent with the sunshine ordinance in terms of accountability. so no matter how close various ties were, my proof was there. i'm also a committee member with -- excuse me, a board member with the san francisco black young democrats. so that has to do with my participation in local government. i'm the volunteer coordinator for the