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>> okay. we had a question about commission's -- i apologize i thought i had a question about the developer's obligations or how the developers default so we're good. okay. so obviously i think everyone understand that the next big document that we're going to see is the ground lease and that will also answer a lot of our questions as to how this transaction will work but are there any other questions about the dda or release in assignment so can i entertain a motion? >> i think that i'm sure they will do a good job. they want to move this item.
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>> excellent. is there a second. thank you very much madam secretary will you call role? >> madam chair johnson. >> 4 ayes and one absent. >> the assumption is that vote goes with the changes that we discussed. thank you very much. madam chair will you call the next item. >> public comments on non agenda items madam chair? >> is there any public comment? we have one? >> jesus christ. i'm sorry my
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machine -- anyway i hope everybody had a happy holiday season. unfortunately i wasn't there at the meeting i wasn't there unfortunately i was out of town but i'm here actually requesting respectfully that this agency consider having your next meeting in the western addition to show good gesture and good faith and good govern practice and it's all good. it would show that you have some sensitivity for our community and you care you hear and you understand and you see what's
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going down. it would be a great event to have the community involved to show exactly what's going on and show how we can move forward and understand that we're in a dilemma and in a part of history and you see we all see. hopefully you hear and it goes in your ear and in your mind and in your heart. yes, you have the power. on the panel here -- another has history in the fillmore we have 2 african americans it would be a fantastic affair and will go down in history. you come to our community you hear what the people have to say and perhaps
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you hear things you might not want to hear but you have the ability and power to move forward and make something happen. i think it would be a perfect idea and to make this a successful event that would be worth ye enough to have an advisor you can have it in the lobby area there arrange for it to be there or else have it in the west bay but it would be okay and our community -- it would really show that you hear something so anyway happy holidays. >> any other public comment. seeing none. madam secretary call the next item. >> thank you very much. please
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don't yell at me we're planning on having a meeting in the western edition it's not the next one but it will be soon and we want the agenda items reflect something from the neighborhood. so there will be a meeting in the western edition. okay. madam secretary next item. >> item 8 support of the executive director. >> you have your calendar and packets we have a meeting on december 17th that will be the last meeting of the year it will be a year anniversary for the commission and how quickly a year has gone but you have much to be proud of i think for facility ating infrastructure and there is an informal al
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memo regarding the schematic design part of the development agreement. the city has secured with mbs a vertical developer a 30 and a half million dollars federal grant. if everything is on track and on schedule for that grant hud is certainly watching and keeping track and the city and county is actively working on. and we can expend those valuable federal dollars so to that end your december 17th meeting you have for consideration the major phase approval and seem tick design and revital ization is a part
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and a predevelopment loan action and all of these are really critical actions august of 2014 and we can commencing on the vertical for approximately 500 units of which are complete replacement vacant parking lots by january of 2015 we do plan to have a meeting in the community on january 7th provided it works for your schedule and we've secured the facility. and that meeting would start to allow for community attendance at 4 p.m. so you will get more information from staff on that but just to mark your calendars for january 7th we'll do that in the bay view and that
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concludes my report thank you very much. next item. >> item 9 questions and matters madam chair. >> it's 2 p.m. and there's a groundbreaking before. now, was there an e-mail something went out on that. >> if it hasn't gone out it will go out shortly. >> okay. carpool? >> we can only drive 2 at a time. okay. and we have informal item in our packets on blocks 2 and 4. i had a minor question i'll ask you right now so we can make the december 17 meeting 2 minutes shorter. i was wondering when -- is that
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going to be conveyed in a timely fashion? >> there are other vehicles there would a license in advance before the final conveyance but it's expected they are all on time but staff is working with the parks and state lands and dpw to effectuate all that and they are all on target through next year. >> great all right. anyone else? >> i have a question. i'd like to receive information on i guess the best way to call it
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is the account balance or balances in the housing trust funds the ones under our control the ones we would have immediate information on i see many of these items on affordable housing so much is going into the fund it would be nice to know what the balance is . certain things coming out of the fund. >> okay. anyone else? okay happy holidays everyone. our next meeting will be before christmas but happy holidays anyways next item? >> item 10. and item 11. >> thank you very much we adjourn at 1: 38. is that a record
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thank you for your attention. welcome to yelp. i'm excited to have you here at our new headquarters. as you know yelp has lived within the same radius. we've moved a short distance away and to keep our headquarters in san francisco was a conscious one. san francisco was a key player in the yemz story. we realized that yelp might work in cities around the world with yelp in 23 criteria's we need a little bit more desk space. yelp has 17 hundred employees 8 hundred in sf. we're committed to growing the
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local economy and maintaining a strong connection to our san francisco lines. when looking for a new headquarters it was location, location, location. we needed somewhere to provide easy access to lots of local businesses and restaurants and remain convenient for mass transit riders and bike riders a lot of our employees ride bikes. combrem is pack at about local plays and celebrate the distinct active and unique. we want to have this into a more than workplace. talking of resident at the 130
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montgomery is an important milestone. we'll celebrate our tenth anniversary next year. i'm privileged to introduce yelp leader our 2kwishd nancy pelosi (clapping.) and what on a honor to be your representative in congress. thank you jeremy. your leadership and your sense of comnity and for staying in san francisco. i'm honored to join you and your colleagues especially our mayor who has a relationship with this part of the whole city, of course, but this was his baby and he's done a remarkable job.
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when we cut relishes at another that i have i tip my hat to president obama for helping to make business grow in this part of town. it's great to see you again jeremy. he brought some of the enthusiasm to washington for yelpless recently. and erica congratulations on our work here. lisa and matt congratulations on our awards how wonderful. but it's a principle for me to be here as your representative in congress to the new headquarters but a building of great tradition and that's in our city.
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this whole faith is built on technology and really save in community because community is what yelp is all about. yelps success is living proof that american business doesn't want just service a small community but this whole community. from the beginning this torrid company acknowledged that this can be a good model of bits. and certainly there's no befrt place to test this model but in san francisco. consider where we are today 140 new montgomery street stand for
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innovation. the first sky skrarpt to be in san francisco. it was then the pacific telephone company. i've been using caving stone as means of communication but that was the innovation of the day. that was here in 1929 that, sir winston churchill made a telephone call for his 21st wedding anniversary he said why say the age of migraines it past it's just the beginning to today, we mark a new beginning it's called the monument for talk it's called yelp. today, we have the opportunity
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to celebrate the now global company community community community how many communities jeremy. while millions of companies understand how yelp can help to change minds fewer know how dedicated this is to helping nonprofits doing the same they're committed to helping leader to find czar grant award and a having champions within the company to open the doors of opportunities pr i congratulate you it's a small amount of money to help incurs who are striving to build better community.
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826 val say thank you for helping children to learn more skills. and that's what communication is all about. and the initiative to expand their business. it's all connected to communication and empowerment. i take it something is going to happen with bell, pack bell jeremy said they have their yellow pages and we have yelp. we affirm our deaths for the economic engine it drives the american dream so thank you yelp
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for your leadership this tliefrz on the power of community. thank you for your imperial spirit and a your commitment to the community. thank you congratulations to yelp (clapping.) don't use it as a model but (laughter) you really this is such a passion for the mayor. and i know what this means to many this building yelp coming here for him everyday strives to make san francisco the engine of economic growth of community respect of giving opportunity to so many people. i know this is a special program
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and he wanted to decade yelp to the san francisco community >> thank you (clapping.) well, that's kind of neat to have it yielded by the leader. i am, of course, very glad to be here at yelp this is my second invest to this site. i know that erica having something in common being from berkley. it's great to see people coming together after law but it's good to see maybe there's life for me. but i'm happy to be here and join nancy pelosi and congratulating he yemen they're new home. yelp is special they're starting
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here and staying here that i i love coming here it is now 8 hundred the numbers changed. i visited a few weeks we looked at the building restroom for a thousand. i want to join leader pelosi it is a happy day. i love to see companies succeed and the collaborating and sharing ideas this is what yelp has done. and then to do something special in the what happened in san francisco because companies that are here and start here they follow in the tradition like the charles swabbings and the fisher's and the hell man's they
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discover the resources and want others to grow with them. that's why to recognize 3 outstanding nonprofits you've columbian but even if company like yelp now, it's yelp and yelp foundation. i love that because i got it, it's sales force and sales force foundation the technology companies are taking up that social responsibility like no others and i love seeing that because that's been the values of san franciscans. we've shared in our success and as we present more companies whether their along market street or monday night grorm we have 1 thousand companies in san francisco plus.
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think about how many foundations this represents >> we all know the understanding is becoming clear innovation is not about the temple it's about a way of thinking. it suggests that community collaboration, building of that community, sharing of ideas is really a spirit. i've been very happy to collaborator collaborate with yelp and looufrt has been with us a couple of times we have a relationship that's not just in the city. i'm happy to bring yelp with me and present them to other mayors.
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we get to not only brag but to announce we're solving things that we're not in the drudgery of retention reform and run away accounts but we can solve them in partnership with the private sector. we took this one example data that no one looks altered from restaurants and we discovered there's no eyes on that so we matched that up with the real eyes that are at yelp and made that connection so when you go to let yelp website i can see the relationship in government and we announced that and other cities asked how we have more people using that
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process. that's one of dozens of example whether it's in transportation finding parking spaces and ride sharing to function more efficient. this partnership goes beyond it and you have made it exist. i'm interested in seeing the other donation you're making to consumer free speech and thank you yelp for being here i want to call up jeremy and a nancy pelosi it's about time that on the occasion of establishing you're wonderful headquarters and i'll watch the demonstrate you're wonderful services this is today yelp day colleagues,
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