ahead and provide some of the knowledge that i have gathered over my years of service at san francisco beautiful and apply that on the graffiti advisory board. thank you for your consideration today. >> thank you for your interest on this committee. is there any public comment on this? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> colleagues, can we move the nomination of jonathan goldberg for seat 13 of the graffiti advisory board forward and continue consideration of seat 14 to the call of the chair? so moved, okay. with no objection, this moves. [gavel] >> madam clerk, item 3, please? >> item number 3 is the hearing to consider appointing three members, terms ending march 28, 2014 and march 28, 2015, to the pedestrian safety advisory committee.

applicant shirley chan has withdrawn her consideration for seat number 8, therefore now there are three seats and two applicants. >> okay. robin brasso, please approach if you'd like to make a comment. good afternoon, supervisors yee, cohen, and breed. may i give these to the clerk? i have some letters of recommendation. thank you. i am here asking to be reappointed as child advocate, seat number 7, on the pedestrian safety advisory committee. i feel i am well qualified. i have taught in san francisco public schools for 37 years. i have been retired since 2004. and i have served prior to serving as child advocate as a district 7 representative. i have many ideas that i would like to see put into action on

this committee. i worked with the pedestrian safety task force that worked to lower the driving speeds going to and from public school. we have done this at 150 public elementary schools to make it safer for youngsters to get to and from schools. and so that they will be more likely to walk to school if possible. i'm also trying to bring a program called the bicycle ambassador program to the city that i think would make it safer for pedestrians. ~ i live in district 7 and recently a couple walking across the street on vicente, west portal was hit. it just so happens that i knew both of them. tanya madsis died a few days later. i had gone to school with david.

and i think that san francisco is a particularly difficult and dangerous city for pedestrians. i would like to see a lot of changes taking place, more lighted crosswalks in district 7, more or no left-right turns when pedestrians are crossing the street. i hope i will be considered for reappointment to the committee. thank you. >> thank you. yes, you have a question. >> thank you. ms. brasso, sounds like we should be electing you to the state house. [laughter] i do serve on the [speaker not understood] legislative committee on the state level. so, we would do this there, too. >> thanks. you're already on your way. thank you. i was wondering if you could just expound in just a few sentences about the bicycle ambassadors program. sure. >> and how that actually relates to pedestrian safety. absolutely. this is a program that i found

out about in new york city. and when i was back in new york, i talked to the young man there who works with this program. they have something called transportation alternatives, which is a combination of walk, walking or pedestrian safety organizations, bicycling, and public transportation. and they know that in new york as in san francisco, bicycling has increased exponentially throughout the city. and what they're trying to do there, they've trained ambassadors to address bicycle safety by encouraging bicyclists to -- these people that train, they go out in special little shirts and they bring with them pledges and the rules of the road, saying you have to stop for stop signs, red lights, and yield to pedestrians. so, they are trained to talk to bicyclists who don't do this very nicely. even when i was coming here today, there was a bicyclist on

the sidewalk. they're not supposed to do that. a pedestrian was crossing the street. a bicyclist had a stop sign, didn't stop for the pedestrian, just went right through. so, i feel that if we have these people out there on the street, very nicely talking to people, giving out the rules of the road examine reminding them how -- what they, too, have to observe the rules, just like it is a moving vehicle. >> yes, thank you very much. that's actually very timely policy when you consider i think just last year there were -- san francisco lost a few people to bicycle injury deaths. exactly. >> thank you, mr. chair. i'm finished. >> thank you. next i would like to call sonja kos. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is sonja kos, and i

live in district 6, south of market, and i work in yerba buena so i walk to and from work when possible. sometimes it's a little difficult. so, my concern is with pedestrian safety. i work for talk tell, tenants owners development corporation, which owns affordable housing south of market and we have a lot of seniors in our building. and because of the construction in south of market along with the central corridor, there are a lot of pedestrian issues that need to be addressed. and i think that they should be addressed, bicycles on sidewalks, skate boards on sidewalks, and elderly folks just trying to do their everyday business. there are a lot of concerns in district 6 with the safety of all, children included because of the yerba buena gardens and the children's museum. so, there's a lot of pedestrian

activity along with the moscone conferences. in dealing with the volume of people when conferences are in play, and the mix bicycles, cars, construction, et cetera, it is a major hub in need of pedestrian safety [speaker not understood] including stop light signals, walk signals, et cetera, and the timing of that with everything going on, especially between mission and king streets. along fourth street, it's very, very needed area for inspection. but i would think that i'd be a good representative because i live it every day and i would be very honored to represent district 6 for this committee.

thank you very much for your consideration. >> thank you. supervisor breed? >> yes. mrs. kos, i want to ask you about your -- kos, yes. >> i wanted to ask you what are your thoughts around dealing with issues of bicyclists and skateboarders using the sidewalks. well, for bicyclists, i think the bicycle program robin brought up, that new york's recommended, i think that would be good here. but as for skateboarders, i think there would have to be a person on the streets that would give tickets, that type of thing. because skateboarders are a little bit different in terms of how they're to be regulated. and if there are no regulations, so, i don't know if the regulations that are on the books should be enforced

and that would have to mean that, you know, feet on the ground type thing. so, that would be my suggestion. it's a difficult situation with skateboarders. >> thank you. yes, thank you. >> thank you. any public comments on this matter? you have two minutes to speak. [speaker not understood]. ♪ safety, safety yeah come on city, sing it with me, safety, safety yeah sometimes the safety work gets kind of hard and you have to be real careful so you don't get hit by a car remember safety, keep it always cool and the city, remember, don't be a pedestrian fool at the city crosswalk safety yeah, yeah, yeah come on now and sing it with me

safety, safety yeah hey, it's safety today one of those rules you've got to obey hey, we've got safety today are you really gonna pay talking about a safety safety at the crosswalk yeah sometimes the work gets kind of hard safety and you're going to be real careful unless you're gonna get hit by a car: remember always be cool and the city remember toshiba don't be a pedestrian fool that's the city crosswalk safety yeah ♪ >> come on up. any more public comments or songs? [laughter] public comment from i, john alex, vice-chair of pedestrian safety advisory committee and former seat holder then called seat number 8 transitioned over

to seat number 7 representing child advocate and schools for port organizations. i come up to endorse and recommend your approval of both sonja kos and robin brasso. they're both fine. i have worked with robin extensively in the past on psac and i have met sonja and appreciated her commentary during psac meetings. so, please, submit to the board of supervisors a recommendation for both to take their seats on the pedestrian safety advisory committee. thank you. >> thank you. any other public comments? supervisors, my name is zach marks, the chairman of the san francisco pedestrian safety advisory committee and i just want to thank you, supervisor yee, for hosting the forum that we just had earlier today. and also supervisor breed was a very nice kind note read during

the meeting. so, thank you so much. i definitely endorse robin brasso. she's one of our best members on the committee. and also endorse you appointing sonja to our committee because we definitely need new members. thank you so much. >> thank you. any other public comments? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> i want to thank both sonja and robin for wanting to continue with your role in the pedestrian safety advisory committee. it's, as you know, this is a real important issue for me and i'd like to see strong, good, you know, passionate people on that committee. and you two seem to represent what i'd like to see on that committee. so, you know, definitely i'm supporting both of you on this. colleagues, supervisor cohen? >> thank you. ms. kos and ms. brasso, i want to take a moment to say thank you for your leadership and stepping up. sometimes people can become

encumbered with titles of leadership and you ladies seem to embody leadership and actually how it manifests in everyday life, how you carry your self-, how you conduct your own personal business. so, i have come to know ms. brasso pretty well in the last couple years. ms. kos, look forward to seeing you around a little bit more and working with you as well. thank you. >> supervisor breed? >> thank you. i noticed that over the past few years that as bicycle rider ship has increased in san francisco, serious concerns around pedestrian safety have been brought to the forefront, especially with folks that have been, sadly, hit by either motorists or bicyclists over maybe their struggle on the streets. and i want to make sure that we are looking at an issue around

pedestrian safety as a public safety issue just like we want to protect bicyclists who want to protect the people walking the streets. and i appreciate the fact that you are stepping up to the plate and willing to serve and willing to look at new innovative ways in which we can all coexist so that everyone is safe around the streets of san francisco. so, i'm really excited about this and really excited that pedestrian safety is taking center stage in our city and there's just a lot more work to be done in moving forward with many of these transportation projects. so, i think you will also be incredible additions to the pedestrian safety committee and with that i'd be happy to move robin brasso's name for -- to serve in the seat 7 and also sonja kos in seat 9 and i'd like to move to continue the

seat 8 seat. >> i'll second that motion. >> thank you. seeing no objection, motion passed. >> supervisor, for clarification, would you like to continue seat number 8 to the call of the chair? >> yes. >> thank you. >> pass? [gavel] >> thank you very much. congratulations. >> supervisor -- >> colleagues, is there a motion to convene a closed session -- convene in closed session? >> so moved. >> would you like to have public comment on the closed session before we move into -- >> sure. any public comments on closed session? seeing none, public comment is closed. so, this has been a motion that's been made. seeing no -- do we need roll call? okay. >> without objection.

>> without objection, motion passes. [gavel] >> okay >> deputy streeterctionv john givener again. during the closed session, the committee decided to send items 4 through 8 on today's agenda to the full board with recommendations. >> thank you for the report. colleagues, can i have a motion to not disclose what happened in closed session? >> so moved. >> second. >> no objection, motion passes. [gavel] >> madam chair, is there anything else on the agenda? >> no, mr. chair. >> good. is there any further -- if there's nothing further, the

meeting is adjourned. [gavel]

[gavel] >> good afternoon, welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, april the ninth, 2013. madam clerk could you please call the roll? >> supervisor avalos? avalos present. supervisor breed? breed present. supervisor campos? campos present. supervisor chiu? chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? farrell present. supervisor kim. kim present. supervisor mar? mar present.

supervisor tang? tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener present. supervisor yee. yee present. mr. president, all members are present. >> thank you research, madam clerk, ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us 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. colleagues, we have our march 5th, 2013 board meeting minutes. can i have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor yee. without objection those meeting minutes are approved. [gavel] >> madam clerk, are there any communication? s? >> there are no communications, mr. thv. >> can you read our consent agenda? the consent calendar is considered routine. if a member objects ictiontionth the item may be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, unless there is any objection, if we could take

a roll call vote on items 1 2,, 3. >> supervisor yee. yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor fairel? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. there are 11 ayes. >> the ordinances are finally passed. item 4. >> time 4 is an ordinance appropriating surplus revenues, expenditures, city reserve for state revenue loss and general fund reserve of approximately 45 million to support shortfalls at the san francisco general hospital and laguna honda hospital for fiscal years 2012 through 13. >> supervisor farrell. >> thank you, president chiu. colleagues, this is the second supplemental that we've seen in budget and finance committee in the last few months. the first was the public defenders and we're going to

have our share for the department for another supplemental tomorrow. unlike those departments, however, this doesn't require two-thirds vote. it passed unanimously with the addition of taking harvey rose's recommended reductions of 1.2 million. but it is $38 million overall and the general fund hit is going to be a little over $12 million. this is something that we're obviously not excited about having, but it is a long-term structural issue that the department of public health has been facing. we are working with both barbara garcia, greg wagoner from our department to fix the issue as we look into our budget for next year and what that means for next year, this is obviously our eyes on the ball moving forward here. we will work to do that, but hope to have the support to fix it this year. thank you. >> colleagues, any additional questions? can we take this item same house same call? without objection, this ordinance is passed on the first read. [gavel] >> item 5.

>> item 5 is an ordinance authorizing payment of a $250,000 reward to still 1 for supplying information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator who murdered mr. willie allen. >> same house same call? this ordinance is passed on the first read. next item. >> item 6 is a resolution approving the airport concession lease with host international, inc. for approximately $733,000, minimum annual guarantee for a ten-year term. >> same house same call? this resolution is adopted. next item. >> item 7, resolution above proving the issuance of a tax exempt revenue obligation by the california statewide communities development authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $6.5 million to finance various capital facilities owned by the french american international school. >> same house same call? this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> item 8. >> item 8, ordinance amending the administrative code to establish a city hall preservation fund to receive donations and to authorize expenditures for the purpose of

promoting the 100th anniversary of the san francisco city hall. >> supervisor farrell. >> thanks, president chiu. colleagues, this also came out of budget and finance last week. this earmarks the 100th anniversary. it allows private donations between now and 2015 to make capital improvements to city hall and it is going to host a series of exhibits and events. this item is supported by the historic preservation commission and amendments in committee requiring the reporting of all donors and expenditures. i want to make sure to talk about it because to ensure people know this is without cost to the taxpayers and no general fund or other public money is going to be used. it's primarily a vehicle to be gathering private donations so i hope to have your support. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house same call? without objection, this ordinance is passed on the first read. [gavel] >> next item. >> item 9, resolution authorizing the department of the environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of approximately 229,000 for the

purpose of increasing used motor oil recycling and household hazardous waste management for the period april 30th, 2013 to june 20th, 2014. >> colleagues, same house same call? this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> item 10. >> item 10 is an ordinance amending the administrative code relating to san francisco's open data policies and procedures and establishing the position and duties of the chief data officer and the departmental data coordinators. >> president chiu? >> thank you, mr. chair. colleagues, i want to thank the gao committee for their recommendation of this item and appreciate your consideration. three years ago i was happy to work with mayor newsome to pass our city's first open data ordinance and at that point we were a national leader in the open data movement. unfortunately we have fallen a bit behind. at this time we have about 500 city maintained data sets, but there are literally thousands of data sets that we could put out to the public. we have known in recent years that the release of government data and improved partnership

between government and citizens has led to many successes at improving government. we know this is good for open government. this is to help provide more information to the press, to the public, and really ensure that as we analyze our government data, this is leading to innovations throughout our communities. i want to just take a moment because some of our colleagues have asked me, what type of data are we talking about? let me give three examples of things that i think we could really move forward on. first has to do with rec and park. four years ago the very first meeting i had with now director phil beginsberg, i asked him when the city was going to have an online application to reserve picnic tables and barbecue pits. ~ last year they finally put this data outed to the public and a local company'lyerction us answered the call. i'm excited there is finally a rec and park application to help find picnic tables and soon make online reservations to do that. secondly, the topic of open budget, all too often san

franciscans want more transparency in their budget to be able to drill down on exactly how and where every dollar of our $7 billion city government has spent on salaries, contractors programs, goods and services. about a year ago i asked our city controller to see if his department could help us display this information for the public and i want to help announce the fact that this week, if you go to our city controller's website, and you click on the sf open book link, you can find an awful lot of information about our city budget and i want to thank our controller and his staff for the incredible work that they have done in the last couple of months to move this forward. and i do hope this is a tool that will help all of us not just those of us on the budget committee, but the entire city as we understand more about how we spend our city dollars. third item i'll mention, which does touch upon a resolution that we will be considering later, has to do with a challenge that i put out to public agencies in 2011 to

provide the data around towing time so that our city or citizens could help create an app to allow residents to alert if their car is about to be towed. the mayor indicated support their this idea, an a year and a half later on the towing times has not been released. these are several examples of the type of data that can help make city government work better. the legislation we have in froth of us does three important things. first it creates a chief data officer position. secondly, it requires eversiti department to designate a data coordinator to work with the public and the chief data officer to get this information out. and thirdly, it requires the development of consistent standards in how data is presented. i want to take a moment and thank supervisor avalos and his staff for drilling down a couple questions here that i know and trust are going to be addressed in the implementation of this legislation, but it's my hope that as we move forward save will again regain our position as a leader in the open data movement. and with that, colleagues, i

ask your support. >> thank you. colleagues, any comments or questions? colleagues, can we take this same house same call? same house same call, item passes. the ordinance passes on first reading. [gavel] >> madam clerk, can you call item 11, please? >> item 11 is an ordinance authorizing the juvenile probation department to accept and expend a grant retroactively in the amount of 461,000 for funding cubed the fiscal year 2012 second chance act juvenile defender reentry funding program and amending the annual salary ordinance for fiscal year 12, 13, 14 to reflect additional class 129 grant funded position at the juvenile probation department. ~ >> colleagues, any comments or questions? can we take this same house same call? same house same call this ordinance passes on first reading. madam clerk can you call item 12? >> item 12 a medsv the planning code and administrative code regarding the transfer of development rights. >> president chiu. >> thank you. colleagues, this amends

transfer of development rights otherwise known as tdrs in the downtown commercial c. zone the district and other areas. it will create more broader transparent sale for development rights between historic properties and developers. if we're able to achieve this goal, it will help with the preservation of historic buildings as well as facilitate dense development where it is already permitted and i want to thank the land use for their consideration of this legislation and ask for your support. >> colleagues, any comments or questions? can we also take this same house same call? same house same call, this ordinance passes on first read.