lay over. we are having on both sides of the station. that is going to be improvement on the balboa side. >> even the curb that they are going to make a different color than mormal so they will stand out. so if a person is walking they will really see it. it's usually the color of the regular sidewalk. >> right. i appreciate that. i will definitely pass that along. >> thank you. anymore councilmembers? staff. public comment? >> i'm bob. i was part of the program. i will call your attending that in anticipation that we didn't have the money to meet the

need, i made sure that matt set it up that there was going to be construction. i made sure that was in the minutes and the point is that we can use that pressure on munis to say where is the rest of it. i do want to compliment mta something that annette eluded to when the the massive reconstruction. the j line ended temporarily south of market street. in order to allow people to transfer to the underground to get downtown. they built a temporary wooden ramp at that stop: one i saw that, i gathered support i said look, you have already found you have room in

the street and you've got a temporary platform. why not make it permanent? they listened to it and they did it. if you have a problem speak out. mta fixed the problem. i said about going to community meetings when there are new key stops because we ran into opposition. some merchants felt taking away their curb side parking would take away business. it's one of those urban miss, that curb side parking is a lifeblood of small businesses. we ran into problems even with the then mayor willie brown who stopped the construction out of concern for these merchants in one neighborhood. eventually we

held firm and we won and got the key platform from where we recommended it. you have to keep going to these meetings. you have to pay attention. you should not just assume that it will be implemented. >> thank you. >> anymore public comment? anybody on the bridge line? >> no. >> okay. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> thank you very much to the presenters. it's very much appreciated. okay. moving on to line 10. information team report for the interim director on the mayor's office on disabilities. >> thank you cochair wilson. interim director mod. i'm going

to keep my report brief today because i see we have a time challenge. i'm going to start with some quick announcements. on tuesday september 24th, this is a community meeting to talk about the skate project. this meeting starts at 6-8 p.m. at the cafeteria at san francisco again hospital on the second floor. what's going on is that the city is going to be making some traffic and parking changes to port row. some of the plans are the sidewalks of the hospital. many of the features that will be part of the port row street escape is to make it more

accessible but it's very important to make it part of the community process and also to support the changes that are being proposed for accessibility reasons. so we encourage your attendance. also, on monday, october 7th there is going to be a special lesbian gay bisexual transgender and questioning connect. it starts at 10 a.m. and goes until 3 p.m. at the lgbt community center on market street. the mayor and his amazing staff have partnered with homeless connect to offer support services for homeless folks. this is everything from an eye exam to employment counciling and in some cases also housing assistance. and the

reason why the lgbt community has been targeted for this homeless connect program is the recent studies that we heard that show that as high as 29 percent of our homeless population are members of the lgbtq community which is a large community. so we want to make this announcement to let people know that they can go to access services, but also to support the hope office because they are looking for volunteers. people who can help concierge and also provide services. if you are interested in learning more about this event which again is on october 7, please do call our office at 554-6789 or you can also call 311. i want to tell you briefly

about a topic that should come before the council sometime in the next few months and that's the mayor's security task force. this is from the private and public sector. the members include people from bart, mta, cal train, transportation authority, walk sfchlt and others. the goal is to identify various needs that we have in our transportation system around maintenance, reliability, system enhance many but also system accessibility. and we are talking about everything from the need for new low floor buses to boarding platforms as you heard annette discuss earlier. this

identification of need is also an estimation of cost so the city can plan to pay for this incredible need. it's multiple options put on the table including bonds and raising some taxes. i'm not going into great detail about the funding yet because the report hasn't been issued, the mayor hasn't seen it yet. i know there is always concern in the disability about the competition for limited financial resources, but i do want to say that transportation is one of those systems that we consider a lifeline because transportation is something that allows people with disabilities to live independently in a community and get to and from. i think i'm going to

cut my report from that because we want to hear from the disaster preparedness information. >> next we have line 11. a report from the disability disaster committee. >> the disability disaster preparedness committee met on august 23rd, the city department and the mayor's office on disability and the mayor's disability council was in attendance as well as members of the public. the after action report on the golden guardian exercise was reviewed and discussed at some

concerns were raise. creating posters to hang in shelters indicating proper disability etiquette and procedures. working with red cross volunteers when local shelters opened to become more open and sensitive in a shelter environment. developing a manual for disability sheltering. creating a video about proper procedures that can be placed on websites for people to review there is discussion about people with disabilities. the shake out gives participants and opportunity to

act and strategize about the evacuation of people with disabilities. since there isn't a real disaster. the mod will use with the ed etiquette please check your disaster relief kits are well stocked. this concludes the dpct report for september. the next meeting we meet on friday november 3rd, 2013, in room 421 of city hall from 1:30-330 :30 p.m.. thank you. >> okay. we are going to line

12. public comment. if anyone would like to have public comment? we are going to have council comment. tonya? >> okay. the following services are free. on sat september 21st, there is a free community health fair. located between stockton and powell street. there are many health organizations there. vision care service foundation and nems with doctors providing free

acuity vision test. hospital northeast medical services and others providing glucose checks and dental screening and information on signs about alzheimer's or dementia. 11-3 p.m..:00 p.m.. >> thank you. very much. tonya. scene seeing seeing that we have no more public comment. we are moving down to line 13, information correspondence. is there any? >> there are some correspondence that i will pass on to councilmembers. the

first is a letter from ihs public authority and the second piece is from connor house regarding a vacancy position on their board. i will also pass that around for the councilmembers to take a look at. thank you. >> next is line 14. a discussion team. councilmember comments and announcements. do we have any. seeing that we have no councilmember do we have any staff announcements or any bridge line? >> seeing that we have no more public comment. no more council comments or staff, we will adjourn for the day. thank you. >> >>

?oo hi, i'm holly lee. i love cooking and you are watching quick bites. san francisco is a foodie town. we san franciscoans love our food and desserts are no exceptions. there are places that specialize in any and every dessert your heart desires, from hand made ice

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producer of gourmet cookies in the biarea and thank you for joining us on quick bites. how do you feel? >> i feel great. >> so i want to get to the bottom of some very burning questions. why cookies? >> it was a recommendation from a friend. hard to believe that's how it all started. >> why not pies and cakes? what do you have against pies and cakes, anthony. >> i have nothing against pies and cakes. however, that was the recommendation. >> you were on the road to be an account apblt. >> actually, an engineer. >> even better. and it led to making cookies. >> in delicious ways. >> delicious ways.

>> this is where the magic goes down and we're going to be getting to the truth behind cookies and cream. >> this is what is behind cookies and cream. >> where were you when the idea came to your mind. >> i was in my apartment eating ice cream, cookies and cream ice cream. how much fun, cookies and cream cookies. their cookies and cream is not even -- it took a lot of time, a lot of fun. >> a lot of butter. >> a lot, a lot, a lot. but it was one of those things. all right, now behold. you

know what that is? >> what is that? >> cookies and cream. >> oh, they are beautiful. >> yes, so we got to get --. >> all right, all right. we treat the cookies like wine tasting. i don't ever want anybody to bite into a cookie and not get what they want to get. we're training staff because they can look at the cookie and tell if it's wrong. >> oh, here we go. >> you smell it and then you taste it, clean the plat palate with the milk. >> i could be a professional painter because i know how to do this. >> i can tell that it's a really nice shell, that nice crunch. >> but inside. >> oh, my god.

so you are going to -- cheat a little bit. i had to give you a heads up on that. >> what's happening tomorrow? these cookies, there's a lot of love in these cookies. i don't know how else to say it. it really just makes me so happy. man, you bake a mean cookie, anthony. >> i know. people really know if they are getting something made with love. >> aww >> you know, you can't fool people. they know if you are taking shortcuts here and there. they can eat something and tell the care that went into it. they get what they expect. >> uh-huh. >> system development and things like that. >> sounds so technical. >> i'm an engineer.

>> that's right, that's right. cookies are so good, drove all other thoughts out of my head. thank you for taking time out it talk to us about what you do and the love with which you do it. we appreciate your time here on quick bites. i hope you've enjoyed our delicious tale of defendant 93 and dessert. as for me, my search is over. those reviews did not lie. in fact, i'm thinking of one of my very own. some things you just have it experience for yourself. to learn more about anthony's cookies, visit him on the web at anthoniescookies.com. if you want to watch some of our

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welcome to doing building san francisco, we are doing a special series, called stay safe, how you can stay in your home safely and comfortable, and we know that an earthquake is coming and there are things that you can do to reduce the effects of the earthquake on your home. let's take a look at that. >> here at the spur urban center on mission street in san francisco talking about staying in your home after an earthquake. i have guests today, pat buscavich and his dog, harvey and david, and both structural engineers and we want to talk about things that you might do before an earthquake to your home to make it more likely that your home will be ha bitable after an earthquake, what should we do? both structural and maybe even important non-structural things. >> you hear about how to prepare an earthquake kit and

brace your book shelves and water tank and that is important. what you have to be careful is make sure that you are not going the easy things to make yourself feel better. if you have a bad structure, a bad building, then you need to be looking at that and everything that you do to keep your collectables in place is small and compared. if you have taken care of your structure, then there is a lot of stuff that you can do in your house that is non-structural and your chimney and water tank. >> let's talk about what the structural things might be. >> and he is exactly right. you don't want to make the deck chairs safe on the titanic, it is going down, you are going down, you have to make sure that your house is safe. there are basic things that you need to do including bracing the water heater, not just because of fire hazard but because of the water source and the damage, but basic things are installing anchor bolts, and adding plywood and strapping your beams to column and posts to footings and

foundations are really easy things to do and most contractors can do the building department is set up to approve this work, and these are things that every home owner should do, and it is a little harder because you have to get a building permit and hire a contractor. but you want to be able to after a big earthquake to climb in bed that night and pull the covers up and say i don't have to worry about going to a government shelter. >> that is the main focus that it is great to have an earthquake kit to be able to bug out for 72 hours. here is a better idea, stay in your own home and in order to do that you have to be make sure that your structure is okay. if you have a house, the easy things to do with the wood construction is feasible. if you have a renter or you live in a concrete building, you need to talk to the building own , and make sure they have done their due diligence and find out what the deficiencies are. >> when i have looked at damaged buildings,vy seen that

a little bit of investment in time and money and structural work provides great dividends. >> especially if it is the wood frame, typical house that you can do the things that i was talking about, the anchor and the plywood in the first garage area, you know if you refinanced in the last three years, get some of that savings and it is a really good investment. and the other thing that i try to tell people, earthquake insurance is not the solution to the shelter in place, if there is a big earthquake and your building is damaged, you are not in your house, you may be somewhere else, if you work in the city, it is going to be really hard to commute from sonoma, you want to do what is necessary so that your house is retrofitted and a couple of years of earthquake premium could get you to a level that you could be in the house after a significant earthquake and it may have damage and there is still a shelter in place where you are at home and you are not worried for the government taking care of you and you are living in a place where you can go to work and you want to have

your wood frame house is really easy to get to that level. on top of the wood frame house, i mean every wood frame house in the west half of the city have a water tank and the water tank fall over because they are gas fired and start fires. and that is something that you could do for yourself, and for your neighbors and for the whole city is make sure that your water tank is braced. >> if you look at the studies that are predicting on fires, we are going to have a lot of fires and for every water tank that is braced there is a potential of one less fire that the fire department is going to have to fight and we don't want to have any more fires than we need to. so bracing the water heater is the first thing that you want to do. >> and so easy, and you go on-line and you google, earthquake, water and heater and you google the sites where you can find the details and you can put them out there on the hardware store and you can hire a small contract tore do that for you. that is a couple of hundred bucks, the best investment. if you are in other types of building it is complicated.

if you are in a high-rise building you just can't anchor your building down because there are no anchor bolts, but at that point, the tenant should be asking questions of the owner's and the managers about earthquake preparedness >> and don't take the easy answer, oh, our building is safe it was designed to code. that is not the right answer, ask the tough questions and see if you can get a report that has been given to you. >> what is the right question? will i be able to stay in my home after the expected earthquake? is that a good question to ask? >> yeah, you may be more specific if you talk to the owner, if it is not a recent building, if it is ten or 20 years old see if they had an inspection done and there you will have a written before that will tell you all about the structure. >> thanks, pat. >> thanks, harvey. and thanks david for joining us and thank you for joining us on

>> good evening and welcome toet september 18,2013 board of appeals. the presiding officer is chris hwang and joined by frank fung and darryl honda and arcelia hurtado and our vice president will be absent