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to appeal specifically triggered by the first comprehensive approval of the project. that is a really a key provision of the original lengths and as supervisor kim mention it remains fully intact in the legislation. i want to thank supervisor kim for keeping an open mind on the first issue that was a real bone of contention early on. folks kept an open mind that was the right approach in terms of how to file a sequa appeal. thanks to all no support of this important legislation >> thank you supervisor wiener. i see no other colleagues. let me just thank the community coalition for working closely with the patient & scott wiener
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on another important legislation for our city and others. i want to acknowledge the hard work of nick from my staff working with other aids to the supervisors in tracing e trying to make that a better process. i know it's gone through a frustrating process and it was called a robust process i'd like to call it a messy that p one. i want to thank other community based organizations that worked hard with city staff to make that a piece of legislation we can support. i want to thank my colleagues to for making sure the authority was kept in mind.
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we have a motion on the table that's been seconded by supervisor kim and colleagues can we take those amendments without objection. thank you >> and now on the item itself. >> on item 17 as amended (calling names) there are 11 i's. >> it's passed on the first reading and item 18 supervisor kim. >> i'd like to make a motion to
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table the item. >> is there a second to that issue. can we take that without objection. it's table. thank you, colleagues. madam clerk item 19. >> it's the charter all the time to limit the health fund to defray the health care costs until the costs are fully funded under certain circumstances and make the controller the director of the retiree trust fund board under certain circumstances. >> colleagues i ran through quite a bit of dialog last week and i want to recap stronger points. we're voting today to send this
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forward regarding our cities retiree health care liability. just to recap the goals of this charter amendment it would put our city open unstabilize grounds in the future. we're going to switch to a fully funded model and we're going to cap our cities contributions. as well, a solve the governor in advance issues. we'll make sure our children are not paying for and benefits down the road. i've been working closely with a number of retiree groups as well as the city staff that have work on this ballot measure together. i want to thank the group protect our benefits that
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represents 4 thousand employees from the community colleges and our court system. our shared system is the protection to provide predict for the city budget and insure that the benefits remain from take. i looked to working with the controller and city controller to add the city staff which allows the disbursements. i appreciate all the group that will continue to work closely with the common goal is honored by sound practices. ultimately this will have plenty of chapter benefits. through the measure we'll eliminate the liability in four years. it provided for balanced entity.
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the switch results in major cost you saving and preassets will help to pay portions of the benefit costs reducing it for taxpayers and employees. i want to thank all my co- sponsors. i want to thank all the labor organizations that have endorsed this and the employees association and the local 798 and the police officers organizations. and again special thanks to to marry lee for emphasis endorsement as well. i want to thank my staff our
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controller and his staff and mickey cal had an and the budget director and the dozens of labor folks who came in together. i am confident that the folks in san francisco will support this and set united states in sound financial footing into the future >> thank you supervisor. >> thank you, mr. president, i want to thank supervisor farrell and i'd like to be added as a co- sponsor. >> inspire. i think there was some people 3 were concerned when the supervisor left the board we still had supervisors that were truly minding the story open those unisex i didn't critical
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around pensions and health care by itself it's not the sexiest work but i want to thank and recognize supervisor farrell for doing this arrest doing it in an undramatic way some past efforts around the pension issues have been a really big cumbersome process. i wasn't sure show you this would end up being and soon it was done so congratulations >> colleagues unless there's any further discussion let's take a roll call on this
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legislation. >> (calling names) >> the chart amendment is submitted. colleagues why don't we go now to item 38. >> it's a resolution for the sewer system and improve the system in an amount not exceed 8 million. >> item 39 a resolution to authorize the grant funds by the department that public health for fiscal years fourteen and 13.
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>> next item. >> item 40 is a resolution 30 years the parks and rec department to improve the park that is valued at the $5 million through june 2, 0019. >> this is a principle amount not to exceed 3 accident million to use mtas notes for the purpose of 49 other capital improvements. >> same house same call. >> item 42 is an authorization for the commercial paper certificates not to exceed thirty million. >> at the this is the multiple
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family housing bonds in a principle amount not to exceed 289 million for the acting shigs projects. >> this resolution is adopted. >> next item. >> item 44 is a resolution for the state transportation act article grant fund for biweekly projects in fiscal year 13 and fourteen for the period of september 1st, 2012, through august 21st, 2016. this resolution is adapted >> item 45 is grabtd priths to authorize the right-of-way to maintain a tunnel to provide a safe and connectable system to
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the recreation center. >> next item. >> item 46 is occupy for conduits connecting to the new wells crossing under wells street to richmond avenue. >> this resolution is adopted. >> item 47 granting to germany rich's with a privately maintained drive way. >> this is a resolution acknowledging the established and supporting the rec department for the agricultural
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program. >> this resolution is adopt. >> this is the zoning controls requiring additional use authorization for a limited proposal services in the upper market transit district. >> same house, same call this resolution is adopt. madam clerk going to roll call >> won is a memorial for mike brown. he was a big organizer in our community. he was an honorary for black history most miss month his son passed away. james brown she was thirty years old he passed away suddenly on
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june 30th at 3:00 o'clock p.m. that he was born in san francisco where he resided the majority of his life. his beloved sisters and his brother james brown and others survived him. it's grandmother and green aunt. he leaves behind several grandsons. he was preceded in death by his great grandmother and grandmother mar are a humphrey's. he graduating congratulate in 2001 and continued his education at san jose state university.
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he x he would is calculus and math. he worked with his father in real estate development and volunteered tutoring adults. he became front yard in learning his family heritage and planned to go to trace his listen angle. he was a hero and mentor to those and was preparing for fatherhood he will live in our hearts. this is a co- sponsor with supervisor cowen. mime next item is a hearing on staff support on progress around protecting city excellently.
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we all know colleagues that it's an institution that's vitality to san francisco. we support city college and believe the threshold was reached and in my district i've heard from people across the spectrum from people who support the university and it stays with accreditation. we have now a process where the board of trustees where the college has been suspend. i believe the board of supervisors are requesting a hearing to get the process around accreditation so make sure that the city officials and perhaps even other public officials like our congressman nan pelosi have serving our
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community and maintenance the ability to train people for your workforce. so this hearing hopefully, we, have a series of hearings before our break and we'll work with you for that schedule moving forward. my other item i'll submit >> thank you. >> thank you today, i have two items. both involving transportation. specifically for the garbo the supervisor mar and you are beginning to have the planning of filling in the underpass. this is a legacy of the freeway that never got completed in a redevelopment agency that it's
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time to reunite your communities. i'm so happy that our supervisor mar has support that. as that project processes we have the perfect opportunity to reembroiling the stretch of the gary boulevard. and the specific design will be influenced by or may influence our infidel. this is about more than filling in a hole in the ground but an opportunity to bring the community together. it's an opportunity to improve the safety for pedestrians and bicyclists and motorists alike and it's the chap to have a more beautiful place to live. it will involve the work of a
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lot of agencies like the transportation authority the planning department the department of planning works and the rec and planning department and a, of course, significant input from the community. i look forward to working with them on this particular project. my second project is about the boulevard. today, we're introducing a resolution to have $7.3 million for improvements to the corridor. everyone who traffics this boulevard from the freeway knows it needs improvement. the transit system is slowed. the intersections are the first most danger intersections in the
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city. a few months ago supervisor wiener and i decided to add $9 million to the corridor. this is from the parcels. when the stated granted the parcels to the city of san francisco for us to put the money back. so it merely uses the proceeds from those parcel sales to get the goals pled. we've worked with the transportation are authority and the planning department and the advisory committee and the neighbors to develop a
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located 649 green street. she worked at the jeweler store. she's originally from china she's survived by her husband and daughter. for those who would like nor information on how you can support the families of of our victims especially of homicide let our office know and the rest i submit >> thank you supervisor you kim pr supervisor mar. >> thank you madam clerk.
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today, i have a memorial for 28 year business owner from clement street. and i'm hoping we can end the meeting in his how were you. he was the owner of the third avenue store that has a stork on the top of building. he was an amazing generous person 83 at my wedding. he gave me a case of extensive wine. but he practiced and cooked japanese foods. he first started with japanese
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food and he went to tokyo. he practiced and developed a pure food that separated him from other cooks around the city. as a result of of his success and popular it in the community he won first place among restaurants in the area. the board of supervisors commemorated his life and express great regret with his passing. his more like service is coming at the japanese christian church an san landlord. and i want to thank supervisor
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campos and i were at the college after the board meeting and the spirit among the community and the faculty and staff is very strong and because supervisor avalos is calling will hopefully bring together the college board truths and the mayor's office and the chance cellar who wants to be supportive of our college coalition as well. i'm pleased to announce that tomorrow i'll be celebrated with apple books it's one of our sieve book stores and they've
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got a children's section that i love as well. they've got is a painting but a new mural on sixth street. they'll be joining a number of other entities that have the measure always that unveiled it earlier this year but we're going to look forward to the bargain market. but they'll beplasia on mural on their building. the green apple mural was painted and was made possible by assistance from my office but also the san francisco arts commission and i thank the staff for that. we'll are celebrated along with green apples the local mentor
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that make the richmond district in our city a special one. and the owners of green apple books have been instrumental with helping with the association and helping us bring a n a new awesome martha. so, please join us at 6 o'clock tomorrow night and my supervisors and you are calling for a hearing on would one of my favorite issues. it's on food. the supervisor kim and i have been establishing a food healthy program that will help the mom
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and pop stores to move away from sales on tobacco and to offer healthier foods. i want to thank the tenderloin for having an the leadership in this area. friends the task force has come up with the food safety security task force and the report will be completed in september. this is a great opportunity to share the results that involve the activities to seek its latest information on working own hunger access in san francisco. 80 and to work on the hrng issues in our city. i'll be looking forward to being
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a part of this at the next meeting. the rest i'll submit >> thank you supervisor mar and a supervisor wiener. >> thank you madam clerk. today, i have a memorial for a prominent gay rights activity 0 who was brutality killed this week. the press said his friends were scared when he missed a meeting. they found his battered body. he was for lgbt rights it's one of africans more violent
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countries. and the lgbt community was targeted and later he was for hiv rights & an organization. he was a regular contributeor to this raising crime slug that focuses on are homosexuality is illegal. it's punishable in one of the countries but up to 5 years. the country prosecutes more people for having sexual relations from south africa. he was the most prominent gay rights activities to be killed in african. so i would like to