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tv   [untitled]    April 15, 2014 2:30pm-3:01pm PDT

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supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. there are 11 i's. the position is approved item 21 >> is a resolution to designate o agencies qualified to operator in the 2014 fundraising drive for the employees for the san francisco. >> same house, same call? and item 22 so to expend the lease with w c pi for the office of economic workforce development employment assistance program for $900,000 monthly ending in 2017. same house, same call? this resolution is adapted
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>> item 23 certain an ordinance to distinguish rights for facilities open to the public and for events close to the public. same house, same call? this ordinance is passed on the first reading. items 24 and 25 >> this is to adapt the equal act for the ground water project and to counterfeit the housing for the pump station well in the golden gate park as part of the ground water project. >> those mark the beginning of the san francisco ground water project that increases our reliability of our water system. the first resolution is for the sequa project and the second for the construction of the first well facility in golden gate
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park. it's important to break ground now as we experience our draukt on record it's the most serious. this is an important strategy to help expand our water options during a daughter it will install up to 6 deep well on the south side of san francisco. the ground water will be mixed with the hetch hetchy water and when this project is complete it will exemplify san francisco's water supply by 4 million gallons per day. we have the testing semiannual from 29 water wells in san francisco and test wells have been installed will be pumped for the ground water supply project it's been analyzed by
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the huptd. it's absolutely safe. this contestant water system demonstrates that local ground water is a high source to the blend of surface water from the regional system will continue to surpass ail standards it will help reduce the denies on outside water and this insures that the san franciscans have clean drinking water its a priority. i'm happy to work towards those goals by sponsoring those recesses and urge our support >> thank you, colleagues can we take those items same house, same call? . working class the resolutions are adapted and i'd like to go to our 2:30 special
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accommodations we have a third accomodation we'll not be able to hear until 3:30. with that, i'd like to recognize supervisor wiener >> thank you, mr. president. today, i'm - you guys can come up on. i'm honoring two terrific district a residents who have transcribed significantly to their neighborhood and park specifically bonding invest and specifically richard and bob. and just having you guys here to thank you for your services i know will not end but will shift
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into a new mode. bob was born and raised and lived across in bonding invest park and the other gentleman since 1986. theirs transmittal institutions. as the treasurer of the bonding invest neighborhood they've made huge contributions to the neighborhood. as of this year it will be in its 50th year around bonding investing park including 4 hundred households their members of the neighborhood association. b b n a w originally formed to successful propose a helicopter pad at the hospital it's now the
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daily hospital. other b b n a highlights are considerable neighborhood entity to the st. joseph's how hospital and bona investing work and we know we now have a renewed energy and i look forward to working with the neighborhood and move in a positive direction. richard and bob h have played a huge roll-around bonding investing park and supervisor breed is familiar with the wonders of the park it's a huge park and it's a very large park
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and actively used in a difference way. but thanks to richard and bob service and the work of many in the neighborhood we moved are a highly successful erosion control project with a broadway featuring it attracts many visitors and i've had the pleasure of going to those volunteer gathering people are absolutely dedicated to the park there's a diverse array of people there are concerts and help for local neighbors who
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save the roosevelt projects and traffic issues this is a been a continuing source of controversy but you guys have done a fantastic job and being tenacious supporters for the potholes and getting those things fixed and richard has an ongoing relationship with the pg&e and making sure that company fuels it's obligations. it's been a pleasure in my time in office to be able to work with you two and the organization. i can you're not going anywhere but after more than a decade of service you get an a you are entitled i'll not call it a break but a slight step back and on behalf of the board of supervisors i really want to
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thank you for your service i know that supervisor breed has comments >> thank you supervisor wiener. supervisor breed >> and supervisor wiener beat me to honoring you when he told you you were going to be stepping back richard i was wondering who was going to take over. you make sure the park is beautiful. the reason why san francisco is a better place because people like you compliment your life for the better time of the fabricated. i enjoy not only working with you a is supervisor but as a community. i know you're a district 8 resident we share an important part and we've worked together weeping we'll continue to have that relationship we've got a lot of work to do in the city
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and appreciate your work over the years making things better at bonding investing park and thank you, bob for being a quiet force in trying to make a difference and again, i tell people that we have some of the best constituents in my district because i all not only fight for what you building in but roll up our vehemence to make the difference. so thank you so much for your service (clapping.) richard i'll go first, because the silent guy does the best
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follow-up. it's been an honor and fun service the buena vista neighborhood you both said i think there will be a role importing but a good time for fresh idea and david burka new neighbor is going to provide that for us. i want to especially thank supervisor wiener for his incredible support since you were elected and moss more recently supervisor breed it's been a wonderful opportunity and supervisor wiener represents 80 percent of our district and supervisor breed is right on the they were bored and been supportive i can't emit another supervisor. i've met so many wonderful and
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dedicated and talented members of the family certainly with the rec and park department people throughout the chart of people from senior to the apprentices and also san francisco police department park station with the leadership which so many wonderful captains over the years and servicing on the citywide board with the command staff. especially share this honor and it's really due to the neighbors especially our buena vista association members that send in the checks that bob processes and all the volunteers that we've hosted over the years. it's an honor and i hope we leave a little bit of good
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things behind and look forward to continued prosperity for buena vista (clapping.) >> i want to second what richard said i want to thank you it's quite an honor we didn't expect and i am the person who was behind the scenes and the majority of the work that's been done over the last decade has been done by richard he's done an amazing job to keep the departments connected and it's necessary the police department and the park department. he's done an amazing job going to the meeting so i just want that on the record and again,
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thank you all very much (clapping.) >> thank you, supervisors i want to acknowledge our supervisor campos for the next presentation. >> thank you, very much. mr. president, it's my honor to
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recognition the sf island (clapping) if i may schism - ask them to come forward. sf island is a network of organizations that's dedicated to advancing the rights of immigrant communities in san francisco. i want to acknowledge the following 13 organizations that make up sf island it's appropriate we recognize them today, we'll be voting latter in this meeting as declaring this is a april for them >> this is for the african network and the organizing center the asian-americans
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advancing just the asian pacific islander outreach and chinese for follicle and the costs delores community services and the other organizations. and people organizing to the village and economic rights. i'm grateful for the work that sf island has bun doing in san francisco pushing for comprehensive immigration reformer and pushing for a accessible legal services and community education, and councilmember taylor the immigrant population in san francisco for so many years since 2006 when they were created it's served many people in san francisco and this is a celebration day it's the 8th
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annual immigrant day where the st. island comes to city hall to raise awareness about the immigrant community. sf island is realizing the immigration project the multiple community based project done in accumulation with san francisco and capturing the low income immigrants in san francisco that have been touched by the services by sf island we have a well-informed understanding of what true immigration means it's more than welcoming immigrants. it is a means to supporting immigrant communities and leading a dig if i did lives
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without fear of culture or linguistic barriers. finally today is the day i've noted earlier we'll be voting on this april as immigrant month in san francisco. i want to thank in advance my supervisors and before i close i want to give you a background of sf island it began in 2006 and because of growing concerns that the immigrant in san francisco had regarding the debate on immigration around the bill. those organizations came together the 13 groups in recognition that working together was really the best way to service the communities. they know that contingent education and legal services needed to work closely to be
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effective. without a resource of information to turn to immigrants had no place to go and as a result they become prey for predatory attorneys and fraud and received a lot of bad information. within sf island the collaboration hats grown a new capacity among the organizations and has helped people overcome isolation and made the population which is 36 percent of the san francisco populations. it's my privilege to recognize sf island and for more of your continued success
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(clapping.) actually i'd like to recognize supervisor avalos to make a few commits but thank you supervisor avalos for the incredible work of the network >> thank you. i'll be brief. i was around 2006 working with eric which sf island was established and it's one of the things i'm most proud of by being part of the experience of the community coming together and decide we are that going to come out into the open about our need to protest our rights as people in the san francisco area for immigrants it came out of a year of hysteria that supervisor campos talked about the bill that was really trying to do what arizona is doing across the whole country that was so much fear and anxieties put into the
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community in the bay area we thought it was important to have people on the ground to share the latest informational but to have lawyers to protect people if they get cat up in round ups. the next year there was a round up that ice was doing people that worked were approached by ice and in the lower sf island were part of that to prevent immigrations from happening. we had organizations that were working all over the world and that power has been evident year after year so thank you for
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moving the immigrant rights forward you've voice has been essential and we've been to succeed. i'm proud of the work you've done (clapping.) so on behalf of the san francisco did not and educational workshop some of the members we serve are here. thank you supervisor campos and others for this accomodation people's 3. we want to thank you for your incision and through your funding as supervisor campos mentioned we've served over 20 san franciscans with linoleum gimmickly based services. and, you know, we want to recognize all our neighbors who
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came out for this recognition today (clapping) it's a day of civic engagement so for all of us to be here is a great experience for our members. we also want to acknowledge that later today, there will be a vote to declare it immigration month but for to provide access for services for low income communities. and also one last thing. i know your awarding an accomodation but we have gifts we have beautiful t-shirts we have one for each of the supervisors and a copy of the immigration final report >> may i invite all of my
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colleagues for a picture.
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(clapping.) (chanting). >> thank you sf island. and with that colleagues why don't we go to the rest of our agenda. item 26 is a motion to confirm
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the reappointment term ending february 2018 to the treasure island board of directors. colleagues, can we take a roll call vote >> supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. there are 11 i's. this motion is approved item 27 >> is a motion to conform the reappointment from the mayor's office to the treasure island development authority board of
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directors. >> supervisor yee. >> thank you supervisor chiu. i wanted to make a remark on item 26 i realized it passed by but it's similar. i want to express from the rules committee my support of vivian for her reappointment to the treasure island redevelopment authority. vivian brings with her a record of achievement in urban planning and development. we're blessed to have her for her dedication to the community. i hope you will all join me in supporting vivian reappointment. i wanted to make those comments similar to john paul but mainly because this commission to me is so important this authority what we're going to do at treasure island and how we're going to
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move forward those are two strong individuals that will make the attempt to transform treasure island very successfully thank you very much >> i want to echo our condominiums around vivian. colleagues, a colleagues, any future discussion same house, same call? . madam clerk, call item 28 >> to appoint eddy who's term is excelsior on community development. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you very much mr. president, i want to briefly note i will be voting against this appointment. it's nothing against this individual. >> boo. >> if i could ask the members of the public we have a rule not to express either support or
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oppose positions to comments by the public or members of the board supervisor campos. >> i respectfully spilt i believe there are better options in terms of the way this seat is someone who will reflect and advance the needs of the low income communities and i respectfully submit that this individual is connected to bright lighted defenses that's not operated in a spirit that's consistent with the way that this seat is described. reflecting and vans the needs of the low income neighborhoods easy communities i'll respectfully be voting no >> supervisor breed. >> thank you. i also will be voting to oppose is recognition
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of eddy. i think personally he's a nice person but i have serious concerns about the organization that what we represents. as you know recently i've had to deal with the situation involving midtown residents and in my district. i live in this community i come from public housing i know those residents i said beforeblast whether i'm a supervisor or not the types of decisions i make for my constitutes are the best decision but i don't support people that make decisions that are for the community bright light has concerns. as