budget committee and so we would like the leadership to make those reference and to work with our staff and to refer those sections of the policy to other committee to do the same kind of, i know, tough and complex and detailed work that we are doing. so that is the report, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> commissioner? >> yes, i wanted to add to that. what she is talking about and it is just tedious to go to the committee wheres that work is appropriate. i would like them to add this on as an information item that you take a piece of it every meeting. so you can get through it and not expected to get through the whole thing in one of your committee meetings and just take a bit at a time so you can get through it and you can get that work back to the board. >> i could just say one thing. i think that we need to, you know, officially it needs to be referred by the board through or by the board leadership to a committee. actually it should go first to the staff liaison of those

committees because you will have the same issue. everything that we have and everything that everybody else has and see how they can be integrated and what we want to have and what... and i actually think that is a mistake that we made is that we said, okay, let's just try to integrate what we have and then we have a huge amount of stuff and we are unable to make a huge amount of judgments i think that you need the staff work first. >> i think that we will as the chair or the present request that staffing of chose committees look at those particular policies. so, are there any other standing members report? >> i don't think so. >> if you have a date of your next meeting, please announce it. >> so, personnel labor will meet on the 26th of september. starting at 6:00 p.m. >> anybody else? >> commissioner?

>> september 17th meeting of building and grounds has been canceled due to rosh hashana and so we will convene on october 15th. >> commissioner? >> yes, the curriculum program committee met yesterday and we got an update on the athrough g and how many of our students are on track and how many are off track for the 2014 class, is the first class that will have to graduate with the new graduation requirements and we received rather disturbing news, high percentages of african americans, upwards of 80 percent and latinos almost 80 percent are off track to graduate. the 2015 class is projected to be about the same numbers at this time next year. so we are looking at ways to do interventions. we are tweaking the numbers and making sure that they are correct, before we absolutely publish these numbers to the public. even though we had great gains

this year, just a reminder that we have a great gap and a lot of work to do. having said that, our next curriculum meeting is october first. >> at 5:00. >> thank you. >> are there any board delegates to the membership organization report? >> if i see none, are there any other reports? >> commissioner? >> thank you, president. >> i want to report quickly, about the consideration and defer deportation for childhood arrivals at mission high school this past friday and saturday was so well supported by our staff and volunteers from the community. i just want to thank everyone, everyone that came with honest and true and direct information for those people who were eligible so that they could be educated and find out how to apply and really how to avoid folks who are putting out fraudulent information are trying to take advantage of

eligible participants. we really did note that there is even though there is such a great opportunity here, there is still quite a bit of fear surrounding this process. and i believe that we along with those partners will continue to work to bring this to light and much of the attendance was word of mouth. as much as we did publicly here and through those organizations, our community-based partners, still this was really attended the word of mouth so that so important that we continue to talk with our cbo partners and let them know that if we are able to host another event, that we get the word of mouth out to schools so they can pass it to those families who are eligible. and i want to thank the deputy's support, part don me, superintendent, i got used to say the long intro. for showing up and really being so supportive of families and

staff. and i so much praise for you and i was so surprised to see you there and they were really thrilled and thank you for coming and anderson also for coming on friday evening. and just to really, show more support for this action and thank the mission high school community for being such leaders around this endeavor. >> thank you superintendent. >> thank you, president lee. >> thank you. so item t, report of closed session actions? >> for september 4th, 2012, the board of education by the vote of 6 ayes and one absent approved the contract for one director. in the matter of zo verses sfusd case 2012070067 the board of education by a vote of six ayes and one absent approved the settlement of $31,100.

item u, other informational items. no other staff reports tonight. wendy lee, i do not want you to get used to this. we end this meeting a little after 7:00 every time. >> meeting adjourned.

>> the renovation of balboa park, the oldest in the city of san francisco, and now it is the newest part in the city of san francisco. through our partnership, and because of public investment from the two thousand eight fund, we are celebrating a

renewal and an awakening of this park. we have it safer, happier, more joyous. >> 3, 2, 1, [laughter] =--[applause] >> it is a great resource for families, to have fun in the city, recreation. >> this is an amazing park. we have not revitalized it without public and private investment. the critical piece of the process of this renovation was that it was all about the community. we reached out to everyone in this community. we love this park dearly and they all had thoughts and ideas and they wanted to bring their own creativity and their personality to bear on the design.

what you see is what the community wanted. these ideas all came from the residents of this community. as a result, there is a sense of ownership, pride and responsibility that goes along with what is going to be an exciting park.

>> president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting. madam clerk, could you please call the roll. supervisor avalos, present. supervisor campos, present. president chiu, present. supervisor chu, present. supervisor cohen, present. supervisor elsbernd, present. supervisor farrell, present. supervisor kim, present. supervisor mar, absent. supervisor olague, present.

supervisor wiener, present. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> president chiu: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, given that it is september 11, 2012, i'd like to ask that we take a moment of silence to remember the victims of 9/11. >> president chiu: thank you very much. if you could please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> president chiu: colleagues, we have our july 31 board

meeting minutes. motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor farrell. without objection those are approved. madam clerk, any communications? >> angela calvillo: i have no communications. >> president chiu: could you call our 3 pm special order. >> angela calvillo: first item of business is policy discussion between mayor and linley and board of supervisors. this week representing the even districts, specifically district 4. the mayor may address the board for up to five minutes. the president will recognize the sproofers who will present her question to the mayor, as long as the entire discussion does not exceed five minutes per supervisor. >> president chiu: mr. mayor, welcome back to the board. >> mayor lee: thank you. good afternoon, supervisors, and to the public, thank you again for inviting me here to present answers to your questions. before i begin, i want to welcome everybody back from the august break. and, also, just to add to the moment of silence, we had

earlier for 9/11 victims, if i might just ask you to remember our local heroes, as a part of that, and in addition to the -- some almost 3,000 people who lost their lives for us in san francisco, one of our many connections, is betty yong and mike bingham for saving the people that they did and struggling with that tragedy. thank you, mr. president and the board. we're back to work, and appreciate the question. >> president chiu: thank you, mr. mayor. our one and only question for today was provided by our colleague from district 4, supervisor carmen chu. >> supervisor chu: i am pleased to offer the one question. the question is the area you have to support economic growth in our neighborhoods in march we invited you to participate in a merchant walk on taraval street where you saw blocks of vacant

storefronts and saw thought of city investment. what specific physical improvements have your departments completed in the naks six months on taraval, and what specific actions has the office of small business or the office of economic workforce development take in in the last six months to reach out to property owners and business between 31st and 33rd avenues. >> mayor lee: thank you for that question. on our merchant walk on taraval street, it really did emphasize to me the incredible potential and opportunity for transform in change in neighborhoods. i'm pleased to share with you that as part of the 2011 repavement and street safety bond, that the department of public works is implementing, we prioritized 1.6 million dollars for improvements along taraval, particularly between the streets of 46th and the great highway. these improvements are based on a conceptual plan that was

prepared by one of your community members, and was given to me while we were on that walk with you in march. the next steps will be to work closely with your office and certainly to organize a series of meetings so that we can confirm, with feedback from the community, and then refine this conceptual design, and we would be prepared and dpw and the other agencies will be prepared to start construction pursuant to that agreed-upon plan as soon as summer of 2013, which is next year. in addition, the office of economic and workforce development has funded the sunset neighborhood beacon center. in fact it's funded, that center, since 2009, in terms of hosting a part time corridor manager that specifically dedicated to assessing and addressing the unique needs of that street and that area. this corridor manager talks to property owners and businesses along the street, encouraging

them to upgrade the storefronts, what were they see fit, to be able to utilize effectively the 311 system, fill, and have ideas to fill vacancies, as they occur along that avenue, and participant in the neighborhood cleanups. because i believe we can do more, i also made sure that taraval street was part of our new invest in neighborhoods initiative, which will leverage resources from the various departments, and all of the economic development tools that are currently available to us. on public safety, we are also working closely with our police department to increase the number of patrols along taraval, particularly in response to the uptick in criminal activity, especially in front of that seven-eleven store on 31nd and taraval. you know, although it's slightly outside of the few blocks that you've identified in your question, supervisor, i want to mention that we have partnered

with the community and your office, to increase visitors to the area, including the promotion of movies in mccapen, a series that had great success this past month of june. in fact it had such success that we intend to provide funding for a second series of movies that will begin every friday night during the month of september. i'm also pleased to report that we're laurening a new ad -- launching a new ada improvement program in district 4. for you other supervisors this might be something you would be interested in as well. we're partnering with the the asian neighborhood design and mayor's office of disability to complete free assessments for businesses around ada compliance. some of you have deliberated around what the businesses are facing to ada compliant matters. so providing this free

assessment would be helpful and i would be glad to entertain other requests from your supervisors as well to help our small businesses. and then after these assessments are done, supervisor, the businesses will then be encouraged to apply for grant funding through the sf shines program to make these improvements. i would like to invite everyone here to come and continue this conversation at the community coffee, which will be held this saturday, in district 4, saturday, september 15. and i know supervisor, your concern about your constituents as the others are, and so am i. i look forward to productive working relationship, both this community coffee, as well as the community clean team effort that's scheduled for this saturday for both district 4 and district 7. thank you very much. >> president chiu: thank you, mr. mayor. i think that conclude today's question time. >> mayor lee: and i want to especially acknowledge and thank the other supervisors for their questions as well. thank you.

>> presisident chiu: with that, madam clerk, why don't we go to our consent agenda. >> angela calvillo: items 2 through 5 compromise the consent agenda, and will be ablthd upon by a single roll call vote. if a member would like to discuss a matter it shall be removed and considered separately. >> president chiu: colleagues, anyone want to sever any of these items? roll call vote on 2-5. >> angela calvillo: supervisor farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor mar, aye. supervisor olague, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. president chiu, aye. supervisor chu, aye. supervisor cohen, aye. supervisor elsbernd, aye. there are 11 ayes. >> president chiu: those ordinances are passed. items 6. >> angela calvillo: an ordinance amending the police code to eliminate certain requirements for secondhand and antique dealers, modify permit

requirements, and to set the secondhand dealer permit application fee at 200. >> president chiu. >> president chiu: thank you. first, i want to thank the sponsor of this legislation, supervisor wiener, for his work in moving this through and i think he's dealt with a lot of the issues that were raised, both from the public safety community as well as from the secondhand community. there was one question and i have an amendment to address the situation. i want to appreciate the fact that this legislation really does help to minimize bureaucratic hassles for secondhand dealers interacting with city government and to focus on goods that are more often than not the subject of criminal activity. one of those goods that was emoom rated in supervisor wiener's legislation vosms jewelry. i was approached by several small business folks within my district, who asked to ask that we exempt out jewelry that

involved minimal amounts that typically would not be involved in criminal activity. so i have circulated a brief amendment that states that jewelry and watches would be encompassed by this legislation unless they have a fair market value as a secondhand good of $40 or less. this was a number arrived at after conversations with the police department, looking at these activities, as well as by secondhand dealers dealing in jewelry and watches. i want to thank supervisor wiener for his engagement in this conversation and ask for your support. >> we have a motion by presidet chiu. supervisor eastern. >> supervisor wiener: i wanted to note i support the amendment. >> president chiu: can we take that without objection? without objection. can we take this item, same house, same call? same house, same call. this ordinance is finally passed. madam clerk, can you call item 7. >> angela calvillo: an ordinance amending the

administrative code to authorize the airport commission to enter into leases with entities providing aviation support services without competitive bidding for a term not to exceed 10 years. >> president chiu: colleagues, same house, same call. this ordinance is passed on first read. item 8. >> angela calvillo: and ordinance waiving the fee in the public works code for temporary street space occupancy as part of the ocean avenue arts and cult festival october 15, 2012. >> president chiu: same house, same call, passed on the first reading. >> angela calvillo: item 9, an ordinance setting san francisco's property tax rate and establishing pass-through rate for tenants 2012-2013. >> president chiu: same house, same call. this ordinance is passed on first read. >> angela calvillo: item 10, resolution approval a port lease commission with ammunition llc for office space located at 10 lombard street, roundhouse 2 in the northern waterfront with a 52 month term. >> president chiu: same house

same call. this resolution is adopted. >> angela calvillo: item 11 a a resolution authorizing the exercise of a 10 year option to extend the master lease at 124 turk street with department of health. >> president chiu: same house, same call. this resolution is adopted. >> angela calvillo: item 12 resolution authorizing a contract amendment increase with alliant insurance services for an amount not to exceed 15.1 million. >> president chiu: same house, same call, this resolution is adopted. madam clerk, could we call a number of items related to treasure island that came out of the budget committee without recommendation. >> the clerk: item 13 a resolution the amendment to treasure island master lease to extend the term to november 30, 2012. item 14 resolution approving the 37th amendment to the treasure island master lease. item 15 resolution approving the 16th amendment to the treasure island master lease. item 16 resolution approving the

eighth amendment to childcare master lease. item 17 amoving the 24th amendment to treasure island event master lease. item 18 resolution approving and authorizing the treasure island development authority to enter into a modification of the cooperative agreement with united states navy to extend the agreement from october 1, 2012 to september 30, 2013. >> president chiu: i understand the director of treasure island is here to make a presentation but i'd like to acknowledge the district supervisor, supervisor kim, to make some opening comments. >> supervisor chuopening. >> supervisor kim: thank you. given the new concerns regarding tida no longer as a redevelopment agency and the city attorney's memo regarding potential increased liability on the city's general fund, we did bring this item to the board of supervisors without recommendation so that colleagues could take additional time to read through the items and to feel comfortable with supporting these items which we

actually have been routinely bringing before the board over the last 15 years, i believe. we did also request hearing just because there has been new news potentially radiologically impacted sites on treasure island. of course there have been concerns amongst residents and we want the board to have opportunity to learn more about these reports and also ask any questions as necessary. so we have the director of the treasure island development authority here to present on both items before us and to answer any connective questions that we might have regarding the navy which is the party we are contracting with, as well as questions about liability. so i did wan want to introduce merriam from the treasure island development authority. >> president chiu: supervisor avalos. >> supervisor avalos: thank you.

and, yes, that's exactly how we had our discussion last week, colleagues, that we had some concerns about the recent reportings of potential radiological contamination that still remains or may still remain on treasure island. actually, it does remain. we're trying to figure out what level it is. and i have concerns -- there were different reports that have come out over the years and most recently from california department of health that there are some known unknowns about what exists there on treasure island. and what i wanted to make sure is that we could get a report back from what is the latest discussion from the california department of public health which seems the last entity that's really involved in looking at review of potential radiological contamination that's there. last week as well, there was an article that came out in the east bay express, probably the third or fourth article that came out, that expressed a lot of concerns as well and i would

like that to be touched upon by ms. sons of the treasure island development authority. and if you want to go on with your presentation, be able to touch upon those concerns, and i'll probably ask follow-up questions as we proceed. >> president chiu: supervisor kim, last comment you want to make. >> supervisor kim: i wanted to clarify what is before us today. we have two separate issues before us. one is the items that we actually are voting on today, items 13 through 18 which tida will walk us through the master lease amendments along with the cooperative agreement. one of the concerns that has come up through that process is with the aging infrastructure on that site, owned by the navy, who is then responsible for improving that infrastructure, whether it is the navy, the future developer, or the city and the puc. so i think that is one of the issues that i think members of this board will have questions on because that directly relates to the agreements that are before us today. but tagging along with that,

because the navy is one of the parties to which these -- the master lease and the cooperative agreement are with, we certainly have concerns now that there is news that there is additional sites with potential radiological impact. what is the city going to do to ensure that we are doing the proper cleanup and the safeguards that need to take place to protect our residents and of course our workers on that island. i wanted to separate those two issues out. >> president chiu: why don't we go to the authority, madam director. >> mereian sighas, director of operations at treasure island, president chiu and members of the board. i just want to first just make some remarks with regards to the items before you today, and then quickly get into the issue at hand with regards to the recent media report. so with that, 15 years ago, tida -- the board of supervisors approved the resolution establishing tida as