>> there has been an acknowledgement of the special places around san francisco bay. well, there is something sort of innate in human beings, i think, that tend to recognize a good spot when you see it, a spot that takes your breath away. this is one of them. >> an icon of the new deal. >> we stood here a week ago and we heard all of these dignitaries talk about the symbol that coit tower is for san francisco. it's interesting for those of us in the pioneer park project is trying to make the point that not only the tower, not

only this man-built edifice here is a symbol of the city but also the green space on which it sits and the hill to which is rests. to understand them, you have to understand the topography of san francisco. early days of the city, the city grows up in what is the financial district on the edge of chinatown. everything they rely on for existence is the golden gate. it's of massive importance to the people what comes in and out of san francisco bay. they can't see it where they are. they get the idea to build a giant wooden structure. the years that it was up here, it gave the name telegraph hill. it survived although the structure is long gone. come to the 1870's and the city has growed up remarkably. it's fueled with money from the nevada silver mines and the gold rush. it's trying to be the paris of

the west. now the beach is the suburbs, the we will their people lived on the bottom and the poorest people lived on the top because it was very hard getting to the top of telegraph hill. it was mostly lean-to sharks and bits of pieces of houses up here in the beginning. and a group of 20 businessmen decided that it would be better if the top of the hill remained for the public. so they put their money down and they bought four lots at the top of the hill and they gave them to the city. lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park

commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard. when they were preparing the site for the coit tower, there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in was a big question. as soon as the coit tower was getting finished and someone put in the idea that it should

be used for art, then, all of a sudden, he was excited about the coit tower. it became almost like a daily destination for him to enjoy the atmosphere no matter what the politics, that wasn't the point. as long as they fit in and did their work and did their own creative expression, that was all that was required. they turned in their drawings. the drawings were accepted. if they snuck something in, well, there weren't going to be any stoolies around. they made such careful little diagrams of every possible little thing about it as though that was just so important and that they were just the big frog. and, actually, no one ever felt

that way about them and they weren't considered something like that. in later life when people would approach me and say, well, what did you know about it? we were with him almost every day and his children, we grew up together and we didn't think of him as a commie and also the same with the other. he was just a family man doing normal things. no one thought anything of what he was doing. some of them were much more highly trained. it shows, in my estimation, in the murals. this was one of the masterpieces. families at home was a lot more close to the life that i can remember that we lived. murals on the upper floors like

the children playing on the swings and i think the little deer in the forest where you could come and see them in the woods and the sports that were always available, i think it did express the best part of our lives. things that weren't costing money to do, you would go to a picnic on the beach or you would do something in the woods. my favorite of all is in the staircase. it's almost a miracle masterpiece how he could manage to not only fit everyone, of course, a lot of them i recognized from my childhood -- it's how he juxtaposed and managed to kind of climb up that stairway on either side very much like you are walking down a street. it was incredible to do that and to me, that is what depicted the life of the times in san francisco.

i even like the ones that show the industrial areas, the once with the workers showing them in the cannery and i can remember going in there and seeing these women with the caps, with the nets shuffling these cans through. my parents had a ranch in santa rosa and we went there all summer. i could see these people leaning over and checking. it looked exactly like the beautiful things about the ranch. i think he was pretty much in the never look back philosophy about the coit. i don't think he ever went to visit again after we moved from telegraph hill, which was only five or six years later. i don't think he ever had to see it when the initials are scratched into everything and

people had literally destroyed the lower half of everything. >> well, in my view, the tower had been pretty much neglected from the 1930's up until the 1980's. it wasn't until then that really enough people began to be alarmed about the condition of the murals, the tower was leaking. some of the murals suffered wear damage. we really began to organize getting funding through the arts commission and various other sources to restore the murals. they don't have that connection or thread or maintain that connection to your history and your past, what do you have? that's one of the major elements of what makes quality of life in san francisco so incredible. when people ask me, and they ask me all the time, how do you get to coit tower, i say you walk. that's the best way to

experience the gradual elevation coming up above the hustle and bustle of the city and finding this sort of oasis, if you will, at the top of the hill. when i walk through this park, i look at these brick walls and this lawn, i look at the railings around the murals. i look at the restoration and i think, yeah, i had something to do with that. learning the lessons, thank you, landmarks meet landmarks. the current situation at pioneer park and coit tower is really based in public and private partnership. it was the citizens who came together to buy the land to keep it from being developed. it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and

still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the board of supervisors budget and finance meeting for wednesday november 13, 2013, i'm supervisor mark farrell. i'm joined by other supervisors. i want to thank the members of sftv. mr. chair any announcements >> yes. please silence all electronic devices. and keep the documents that should be given to the clerk.

the agenda will be acted upon today >> mr. clerk call item one. >> this is for telephone services from 2010 to, 2013 to may 31st, 2014, with an additional opposite to extend the term remaining to the welfare fair of more than $3 million over the 4 year contract term. okay minute from the sheriff's department. okay they're not here testimony 2. the department of height to extend the diseased control fund and it's called hepatitis linkage for help it's b

>> okay. we have someone from our public health department. thank you for being here >> hi, i'm a environmental hepatitis coordinator. it's a partnership too the san francisco public health department and the goal of this grant is to test 3 thousand viruses to insure they know their help it's status and know anyone who is tested positive. this is the second year we've been awarded this grant based on successfully studying our goal of you testing more than 4 thousand individuals for hepatitis b and any questions >> i want to thank you for the

testing for the asian that community at any time important to get tested and many of us are infected and if it's treatable once it's on our agenda. it's been a great partnership with our opinionating. >> we don't have a budget analyst report anyone wish to comment. seeing none, playgrounds. okay. mr. clerk call item 3 >> item 3 authorizing the public library to accept a grant in the unanimous of 20 thousand there's plus for directly sport for a variety of public services

for july 30th, 2013, and fourteen. >> thank you, mr. herrera. >> thank you city librarian. supervisors. i appreciate the opportunity to ask for your supported in the resolution that's to authorize the liable to accept the grant if the friends of the library and just as a point of background they annually provide significant fund for not only our branch library program but for the programs that make the lib library a great institution. increase a variety of cars to support of the children's services program but adult outreach to our fairs that you are our one city book initiative and our grants that help us push

the envelope for technology. last year in terms of ass various programs it reached about 2 hundred and 45 thousand patrons that attend through the library. again, we ask for your support and i'm here to answer any questions and a supervisor mar >> i visited our branch and the friends of library contributed so much to making sure that even the furniture and outdoor areas and a community groups really partnering with the library has been critical. i know the baby branch need a lot of support as well. thank you for building all the branch libraries in our neighborhoods >> thank you. >> i echo those condominiums. we'll open this up for public

comment. seeing none, playgrounds. can we move this forward without recommendation. mr. clerk femaof that >> item 5 moving a grant by the use of the did not of an amount of $38,000 for a 5 year term. >> thank you welcome back. >> good morning john updyke it's a lease at south van ness. the landlord is general partners in hay word california. over the years this has been

used for a office that building for a variety of programs. we've providing mental health case management services to hiv and we're counseling the youth. as the form lease was a fixed rate for the last term of 10 years we have quite a bump in rates for this renewal as one would anticipate. from the prior rate of $189 annually to $14 plus annually. so this lease takes effect upon the resolution. i'd like to note we've extend the prior advantageous rate and additional 5 months that has saved the department of health

thousands of dollars. this lease expires june 30th it has a 4 year option for renewal. it has a fixed rate and it's allowing us to step up so it's more less than 3 percent. the only cost for the city is utilities and it's about $10,000 per year. the market lease is 42, 36 a skeet. it's a 3432 under the rate. there's some considerable discussion regarding a choice to lease rather than buy at this locati

location. several considerations come to mind we need a willing seller in this is example we need a certainty of program schedules and think to meet the challenging needs to the neighborhood is certainly an issue and we need to look at a total cost of ownership when comparing this to the cost of the lease. we're under a projected cost per skeet. we can remain flexible and enjoy a slightly lower tenant risk. every one of those is case by case property. happy to have that discussion. the budget analyst has an ice

toward termination or other opportunities and the desire is part of the capital plan in about a year. my team b will work closely that the staff and we look forward to this discussion. there's a recommendation to clarify the lease term. i'm happy to answer any questions >> colleagues, any questions. >> i know from the being the r budget analyst report it's almost doubling the cost of the leasing and are we going to see that happen to other private property leased areas. >> a question about what the future looks like. the good news is we have

purposefully worked on extending a number of leases over the last couple of years were we do a 5 year forecast and into 2015 and 16 we have fewer renewals or xieksz. i'm pleased we're not going to keep the market apace for the next 24 months we're not going to have a lot of leases up for rerenewal. >> this is a question that's more of a philosophical one. i'm curious as the nonprofits and city agencies in other areas of the city exceptionally around market they're to face the same situation can the city control the nonprofits and city agencies

>> certainly a key issue a topic of conversation and probably more hearings to come. we're participating to see what the city can do whether it's any small amount of space we can make available. unfortunately, there's not a lot of room at the end in the cities portfolio that's good news and bad news. we're at the table talking to our partners and others so see if there are some strategies we can comply to help. it's a prevalent issue a lot of directors looking for spaces and recognizing there are issues in the next year to 18 months. >> thank you, mr.