flexibility. i am generating that level of revenue. i do think we should give mta the flexibility. so, rather than come back to the board every time they want to increase the number for whatever reason, we should allow them the flexibility to use a discretion. i don't think 30 is unreasonable. i think we should move forward with this contract as is with the digital signs removed, with the 30 number and if we need to revisit this contract at any other time, i mean, we have five years to take a look at it. so, or if we have a problem with it, i'm sure we can bring mr. reiskin and his team up for a hearing to discuss why this is not working for the city. so, i just think we need to move forward and make a decision and i think it financially would be beneficial for us to do so, the contract as it is now. thank you. >> supervisor kim. >> thank you. i along a we're going around, i

do think we can amend the resolution and say the board authorizes sfmta to go through with this contract with a maximum of 15 wraps and then it's then up to the mta to execute that contract or not. but if we're not going to debate that, i do support this item at a maximum of 15 wraps. on a bus, i think that we have heard a lot from our community in terms of the limitations and advertisementses that they want to see on our public transit and i agree with that. i appreciate the conversation around mta's budget. we have currently secured funding for low-income youth, so, that is not on the table. that is funded privately now. so, that has been included at mta's budget. if mta was to come out and say they would support free muni for low-income seniors and disability, he if he we can approve 30 wraps i'm happy to support 30 wraps today, but i don't think that is the commitment being made today nor do the 15 wraps cover the cost of free muni for low-income

seniors and disabled. if i'm wrong about that, director reiskin, i'm happy to hear a commitment today for free muni for low-income seniors and disabled. >> supervisor yee. might as well join the chorus here. if director reiskin [speaker not understood], i would also support the expansion. if not, then i imagine if you go up to 20 i'd feel comfortable with that. that alone would be a 33% increase. but if the majority of the sentiment is at 15, i'll go along with that. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you. my -- let me i guess make the suggestion. my understanding is that if we approve the resolution but that there is a clear majority of the board saying that we want the limit to be 15, that that's

what would happen. as i understand it, director reiskin? >> that's correct. >> okay. with that in mind, i would sort of like to be counted as one of the 11 who would want to see a limit of 15 so that you have that. i just wanted to be on the record as saying that and i know there are a number of others who are in the same boat. >> supervisor cohen. >> thank you. i just wanted to give director reiskin an opportunity to come and speak to some of the proposals -- well, let me be clear. my suggestion and supervisor kim's suggestion, i think supervisor breed also is on board. if you can come on board and say, hey, we'll be able to extend passes to low-income youth and seniors and to supervisor kim's point, yes, free muni passes for youth has been granted. but correct me if i'm wrong. that's a two-year commitment. i'm thinking long term beyond that. so, if there is a way for us to

capture this it and codify it or i guess memorialize it in a contract i think we can do that. sounds like we might even be able to get up to 20. supervisor yee was throwing out 20. so, what do you say? >> through the chair, this is not a negotiation that i would be authorized to execute on the spot here. what i can tell you is what is in the mta board approved budget that i presented last wednesday in this chamber with regard to free muni for youth. you are correct, supervisor cohen that the funding is there only for two years. however, the mta board i think has made it fairly clear that they intend that program to continue. they removed all pilot language and had an additional policy declaration that it was an intent to prioritize funding for that program moving forward. so, i think we do consider that to be a permanent program for

it beyond two years. it is something we would have to balance two years hence. with regard to free muni for low-income and seniors with disabilities, the board put it into the budget. along with a list of other items made implementation contingent on a fiscal review of the agency in january 2015. however, the board also, as a board, affirmatively act today say the top priority for funding for all those things on that contingent list is the free muni for low and moderate income seniors and people with disabilities and further directed the mta staff to begin work now to develop that program so that, should we come out of that review with the authorization from the board to execute it, that we would be able to do so as soon as possible. so, that's what's in the budget. i can't negotiate outside of that, but i think it's a fairly strong statement from the mta

board on that issue. >> further discussion, colleagues? supervisor yee. >> supervisor yee, did you have a comment? president chiu. >> thank you, mr. chair. i think part of the challenge with this conversation is we don't have actual motions that we have in front of us to be able to vote on. we're all expressing our perspective on this. let me first start by thanking sf beautiful and [speaker not understood]. i don't believe there is anyone here that believes these wraps are esthetically something any of us support or feel good about. that being said, colleagues, money doesn't grow on trees. muni is woefully underfunded. our muni buses are late 40% of the time. our pedestrians, our cyclists on our roads are in some of the

most dangerous intersections in the state. and we want to add to that because many of us support free muni for youth and free muni for other constituencies and we are having a conversation around blf [speaker not understood]. from my perspective thinking about whether 1-1/2% of our buses or 2, 2-1/2% of our buses ought to be -- ought to have advertising, it just doesn't feel like that big a deal if we are already doing that. if we could come to a rounded number, i would prefer that. i think that number is probably 20. if we're having an either/or conversation i am prepared to support what has been proposed by the sfmta today. >> so, president chiu, there is a motion on the table that i made to cap it at 15. but if you want to make a counterproposal, would you like to make a counterproposal? >> as i said, i would be okay with the status quo contract. but if we need to get to a

place of being able to move this forward, i would -- i'd probably support 20. >> supervisor breed. >> at this time i think we should either vote the contract up or down from my understanding from a legal standpoint. >> supervisor campos. >> a question for the city attorney. given that i think you indicated that supervisor mar's motion could not be made, i'm wondering what the best way to proceed here. should there be maybe a straw pole in terms of how many are for 15 or is there 20 or 30? i don't know if you have any advice here, but i think that we're going around in circles. >> right, i think the two clearest options from my perspective are, number one, to, to vote on the contract as proposed, as supervisor breed proposed. option 2 is mr. reiskin could

offer another alternative contract that the board could accept and then vote on. in terms of the procedural possibility of a straw poll, i would defer to the clerk on how you could do that. >> so, just a quick question. if we voted -- if, for instance, you think that the number should not be higher than where it presently is, then i would imagine the best approach would be to vote no on the resolution. would that be correct? >> if you would like to have the number be 15 and currently the number is proposed at 30 and you voted no and there were 6 nos, the board could then rescind that vote and, and the director could, could submit another contract report consideration. >> colleagues, i might suggest we take that path. why don't we vote on the contract as it is and if that

fails, we rescind that vote and our director can -- we can see how low he he will go. so, unless there is any further discussion, let's take a roll call vote on the contract as it has been proposed. madam clerk. >> on item 8, supervisor yee? excuse me, mr. president. on item . supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos. >> this is on 30? >> yes. >> no. >> avalos no. ~ 9 >> supervisor breed? breed no. supervisor campos? campos no. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim no. supervisor mar? mar no. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener no. there are 6 ayes and 5 no's. >> the resolution is adopted. [gavel]

>> colleagues, i think we have one 2:30 special order -- i'm sorry, we have two. i'd like to first acknowledge supervisor mar from district 1. >> thank you, president chiu. i'm just seeing if our honoree is here, and she is. colleagues, later today i'll introduce items on our agenda or i'll introduce item on youth empowerment in our city government that have originated from our san francisco youth commission to increase youth [speaker not understood] in our san francisco board of supervisors. but before that, i wanted us to honor the work or continue our work every day to better support young people. and as part of that, i wanted to honor an amazing outstanding empowering individual who has really helped young people find their mission in life and helped to really give them a

stronger voice in city government. her name is nyad abrohimian. if nyad could come forward. nyad has been working with our department of children, youth and their family, but she's helped to really champion the youth warrior awards in our city and fellowships for young people to work with city government and community agencies. she's helped to develop the youth empowerment fund in our city and especially she's mentored and helped to award a number of young people each year. we call them the youth warriors. they're remarkable. they're inspiring and they're going to go on to do so much in our city government and in our communities. these young people have made a tremendous commitment to using their knowledge, skills, experience, talents, sensitivities to better themselves, but also to improve our communities and the city as well. youth warriors are nominated by

community-based organizations in our city and selected for their strength and overcoming challenges in their lives and also their dedication to being positive change makers in our communities and city. nyad and others championed youth advocacy day which really shakes up this building in city hall and allows young people to have a stronger voice and for us as adults to work closely with them. they come into our offices. we've talked a lot with them and they help to shape policy through youth advocacy day each year. i've had the honor of getting to meet so many of the youth warriors in the past couple of ceremonies honoring them and their families. i'm blown away by their commitment to their work and supporting many of the nonprofits and community based groups they work with. they work with compassion and drive to improve community-based organizations and their communities for the better. i have tremendous respect for

nyad and her nurturing of these young youth warriors and i just really appreciate her work for dcyf. nyad, nana we call her, is beloved by the dozens and dozenses of youth leaders she's helped to teach and nurture. as a model of city employees, i would like to say nyad and the youth that she developed, i'm sad to say that she's moving on from dcyf. but because of her work and the work of great organizations all throughout san francisco, others will carry on the work. so, with that in celebration of your outstanding commitment to our young people and youth empowerment, your enthusiasm for everything that you do and your dedication to the future of san francisco, i'd like to ask my colleagues to join me in giving her a round of applause in her highest commendation. (applause)

>> first and foremost, thank you so much for this unique opportunity. i will cherish this commendation until my 75th year in the field of youth empowerment because i live to give every last breath i have for this field. even though i'm moving on from dcyf, i still will always wear my youth worker hat. i want to show how grateful i am to live in a city like san francisco, vibrant, social oriented and communitiv focused and most importantly a community that city of oakland uses on youth empowerment and youth voice. not only do we have major organizations and commissions such as the youth commission advising the board of supervisors and the mayor, we have the student advisory council that advises sfusd and also the wonderful youth empowerment fund of children, youth and their families. 3% of the children that i had the honor of working with the past 4-1/2 years. we also have the honor of having such an amazing board of supervisors that has such a

focus on youth, especially supervisors avalos campos, advocacy day, [speaker not understood] award ceremony. pat two years. again, i'm grateful for this commendation. thank you, supervisor mar. also, the few seconds i have up here because i know i only have 2 mines minutes. i want to urge each one of you to use your unique power to focus on children youth and their family. it is the most amazing investment you can make socially politically economically for the wonderful san francisco that we all love. so, once again, thank you, supervisor mar. thank you to the board of supervisors. thank you, peter lauder born who is legislative aide to eric mar, dear friend, colleague and honorary brother championing the work i've been doing the fast 4-1/2 years in san francisco. youth empowerment family, thank you so much for being here and most, most, most importantly hopefully the hundreds of youth

that i've worked with [speaker not understood]. i want to thank them for the opportunity to work with them and for the [speaker not understood] they're doing for our beloved san francisco. so, thank you so much. (applause) >> i have the honor of making the next presentation. colleague, we all have amazing neighborhood activists within our districts who stand out, who are selfless, who serve the community and we all have our favorite neighborhood leaders among that, and at the risk of really single and calling out these two individuals i'd like to invite ron case and carolyn nest up to the podium. ron and carolyn are the

founders of royal polk neighbors and these two individuals shaped how i have thought about neighborhood activism because they were the very first neighborhood activists who i ever met over a dozen years ago. as some of you know, i live in the polk street neighborhood and over a dozen years ago at a time when the lower polk neighborhood was pretty challenged, i was looking around to see who was doing leadership and i came across ron and carolyn. and the two of them had moved into the neighborhood to start their small architectural firm in 1998 and a few years later after taking stock of the issue in the neighborhood they founded lower polk neighbors and they have been managing lower polk neighbors for the better part of a dozen years. i came across ron and carolyn when their organization was meeting monthly with a hearty band of volunteers. and over the years they have tackled everything. organizing monthly clean ups, dealing with the drug dealers,

ensuring appropriate development. just within the last few years they have been helping to organize farmers market street and art walk. they personally paid for more trees along polk street, helping small businesses, helping foster the history of polk street and just this past week i was incredibly proud when we did a ribbon cutting for a new soccer field on top of the parking garage in the polk street neighborhood. ron and carolyn, i'm not sure how you found the energy to do what you do, you have been tireless, you have been selfless. you have had the patience of job. this past year the neighborhood empowerment network in acknowledging literally the contributions of hundreds of neighborhood activists called lower polk and the lower polk neighborhood the come back neighborhood of the year and that is all due to the two vixv who are in front of you. ~ individuals. i wanted to recognize them today because i am very sad so announce that the two of them

will be, will be physically moving up north, but i know that you will be visiting san francisco often. i know you still have a lot of business in the city. on behalf of our neighborhood, on behalf of our neighborhood activists, on ball of all of us at the city and county of san francisco, i wanted to just take a moment and acknowledge two of my favorite people in my time working in community service and activism and that is ron case and carolyn nest. thank you so much for everything you've done. (applause) >> thank you. thank the board of supervisors. as we all know, we don't do everything by ourselves. we have a lot of help. and i do have to say and i really want to appreciate the effort that the city has brought forward, dpw and other employee station, the board of supervisors, the office of economic development, all have

really helped in this endeavor. i do -- i have to say something kind of personal. it's just wonderful to see supervisor chiu sitting at the top up there when i remember sitting with him at a small little table trying to figure out what we can do for the neighborhood. and we stayed back and watched. i feel proud. i feel proud to watch all this happen. but also wanted to show appreciation to all of you. what you're doing has really helped the neighborhood, it's helped to whole city. so, just thank you. >> i just want to say it's been fun being part of the city that knows how. thanks a lot. (applause)

>> that concludes our special commendations for the day. colleagues, we have several 3:00 p.m. special order so i'd like to get started on them. what i'd first like to do is call up the first special order at 248-252 9th street. madam clerk, would you call those items? >> items 16 through 19comprise the public hearing of persons interested in the mitigated negative declaration and project approval on march 18th, 2014 by the planning commission for the proposed project at 248 through 252 9th street.

item 17 is the motion affirming the approval of a final mitigated negative declaration under the california requiremental quality act by the planning commission for a project located at 248-252 9th street. item 18 is the item reversing the approval. item 19 is associated with the decision to reverse the approval. >> colleagues, today we have an appeal of the final mitigated negative declaration for the proposed project at 248-252 9th street. our consideration of this appeal involves an analysis of the adequacy, accuracy, sufficiency and completeness of the negative declaration. as usual, i propose we conduct our hearing as follows. first, to give the appel apt up to 10 minutes to present its case for the appeal. and then members of the public supporting the appeal can speak up to two minutes. that time the planning department will have 10 minutes to provide analysis of certifying the negative declaration. they will have 10 minutes [speaker not understood] following by the members of the public who may speak for up to 2 minutes. finally the appellant will have 3 minutes for rebuttal. unless there are any questions

about this, i'd like to first acknowledge supervisor kim who is the district supervisor if you would like to make any opening comments. >> thank you. i just want to make brief comments about the project. colleagues, first of all, welcome to the board of supervisors meeting on district 6. i know the next three hearings are on properties in our district. this project is located in western south of market and includes combining two lots into one, demolishing a building and constructing a 15 unit building in a commercial space on the ground floor. no parking is included in the proposal and the planning department has issued an amended mitigated negative declaration on october 17 of 2013. and i do look forward to hearing both parties on this hearing. >> so, with that why don't we now hear from the appellant. please step up. you have up to 10 minutes.

>> thank you. i doubt seriously i'm going to need all 10 minutes because, first of all -- i'm watching the pretty numbers. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is jakkee bryson and i am the appellant who is asking that the negative declaration be overturned. the main concern that i have -- in fact, i made a point of physically going down and counting the number of parking spaces on 9th street between howard and folsom. and i was very surprised at what i had seen because there's been a change since the -- since the report was made back in november of last year.

there were, on both sides of the street, a total of 23 parking spaces for cars and six parking spaces for motorcycles. most of the block on which this particular project is located has been red curbed by mta and i really don't understand why that is. it's a rather interesting sort of hodgepodge of where you can or cannot put your vehicles. there are vibrant businesses at either end of the block. there is a japanese restaurant at folsom street. there is a clothing store at howard. there is a motorcycle sales and repairs place literally right in the middle of the block. there is a residential, i think it's an apartment building that

has the ground level where the, where the japanese restaurant, the cake gallery, and there is sort of a hush-hush business that's in between the two. there is a furniture, custom furniture place. most of the -- again, we're talking eight parking places and the planning department has certified that there is a deficit of 23 parking spaces if this building goes forward as planned. and the 9th street corridor, actually between market all the way from brannan is used to access highway 101 and there is a steady flow of traffic at all times. i learned by contacting the

department of public works, bureau of street use and mapping, that there are going to be curb ramps put on all four curb at folsom and 9th street and that the sidewalk is due to be expanded, expanded like about 6 feet so that there are going to be at least one to two parking spaceses removed from the few that we already have. i have nothing more to add to that except that the idea of people circling round and round and round and round to try to find a nonexistent parking space to go where they live is a bit absurd. and to go round and round and round and round to get to a restaurant that has no parking spaces is even more so. so, with that i don't want to take up any more of your time because i'm very anxious to see what the other side has to say,

and i do value your time very much. thank you. >> thank you very much. colleagues, any questions he to the appellant? if there are any members of the public that wish to speak on behalf of the appellant, please step up. commissioners, ray [speaker not understood], san francisco open government. i think we need to come to some sense of reality regarding automobiles and parking in this city. you can't keep cutting spaces from residential areas and expect the city to be in any way habitable. many of the apartments that are in this city right now, in fact, a vast majority of them have no parking and, therefore, the residents are relying on street parking at all times. i myself know what it is like to come home from work at 11 o'clock at night and have to drive around 18 blocks to find a space where i leave my car knowing that it's in an area now where i'm going to probably come back and find my window smashed out. i really have a hard time understanding why anybody would want to build a building like

this and not increase its long-term value by having parking. having parking in the building makes that building more valuable. you can either give the spaces to the residents or you can receiptction them out or you can do something else. and what it does is give you additional income, additional long-term value of that property. ~ rent and in addition, it helps your neighbors. it doesn't put them in the position of having to deal with the fact that you didn't want to pay for parking for your own building. and that's really what the choice is. it is a choice between people who want to build a building and intentionally leave out the parking and say to their neighbors, well, tough luck, you're just going to need to deal with it. or people who are more farsighted and willing to say, you know, it is also in my best interest to build a building that has parking. i will have an easier time