colleagues? >> i got an insight into what a pleasure it would be and we were looking for the out reach director and i went through that process twice as it had been and what i remember very clearly at the time was really appreciating that your blend of just solid insight and true environmental commitment that just shown through everything that you were doing and but also, just the relaxed love of what you were doing, and to sit in your office and interview the people surrounded by the birds, and you know, it was sort of like being out in nature and inspiring and i appreciated that in the introduction into the department life and we will miss you a lot. >> thank you. >> commissioner wan? >> sure. you are really one of the person in the department that i could go and ask the question, and you really know the department inside out and the history that brought the knowledge that you have really

inspiring me. and i really wish that you could stay longer so i could learn more from you and i am also happy for you because it is hard to enjoy the environment and we will hope that we will continue the spirit that you have and the solid work and you will be a real for the department. >> thank you. >> i think that so much of this department, combines, sort of actism with being a government agency and kind of all of these beautiful, and all of these problems with that but there is also a beauty do that and i think from the very start and even when i was not around, you kind of exemplified that and kind of having really started at and i just got to know this recently, and at one of the great activist publication and having sort of come inside and into the government in keeping that role of the department within the city, family and, making sure that everybody else and sort of was still towing

the environmental line and pushing it as far as it could. and so i think, you will be, sorely missed and i will certainly miss you and i hope that you write everything down that you know. so that... >> i am going to give 2,000 e-mails that i have safed to my successor. >> thank you. >> commissioner wa*ld? >> thank you. >> and david, i am the longer serving commissioner but i know where i have barely scratched the surface of the time that you have been here. but, i have been here long enough to really see, the impact, that you and your values and your compassion for the environment have had on the department not just in terms of the role in the city but the way that the people do their work, the way that they relate to each other. and the way that they relate to

us. and then, you have, not only had these incredible accomplishments that are listed in concrete accomplishments that are listed in this resolution, and but, the impact that you have had on every single person who has dealt with the department either directly, by interacting with them, or in directly through their interactions and which the staff members which you have mentors and inspired. and motivated. and it is true that the department will miss you terribly but as a recent retiree myself, i cannot even question your decision. although i did for a period of time, but i stopped now, that i have actually retired and i hope that you have a fabulous

next stage of your life, and that you get to enjoy the environment as much, well, as much as you possibly can and it can never be as much as you deserve to. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> and thank you. >> all right, any public comment? on the items? seeing none, the public comment is closed. colleagues, perhaps, just for housekeeping, we can get a motion to amend our resolution, and commendation to reflect the number four? that monica mentioned and that was on page. >> it was on page 1. and i moved and second on that? >> second. >> and all of those in favor. >> say aye. >> aye. >> opposed? >> all right could we get a motion to approve the commendation? >> i move that we approve the motion of commendation.

>> all right, so moved the second from commissioner stevenson and, all of no, sir favor, say aye.. >> aye. >> opposed? >> thank you, david. >> for everything. >> monica if you could call the last items, 14, 15, 16 combined. >>announcements. (information and discussion) 15. president's announcements. (information and discussion) 16. new business/future agenda items. (information, discussion and possible action). >> on my end, any announcements in the future agenda items? >> thoughts? >> commissioners josefowitz? >> i just want to thank our dear president for organizing what i thought was a tremendous joint meeting. and we have been here for a very long time now. and not as long as that longer meeting that went on for bloody ever. but, for the pleasantly for this time and thank you very much for organizing that i think that it is tremendous that we can do some more and i think that there are exciting things and opportunities that

came out of that. >> glad to do that and, thank you for the feedback. and you know, you sit there through a long meeting and you are wondering, how we are doing and so, we appreciate that commissioner. and commissioner? >> i would like to suggest, that we consider inviting roger kim from the mayor's office to come to maybe even our next full commission meeting to discuss with us the mayor's environmental priorities. >> okay. >> we can do that. >> and one other announcement is that, i said that i don't have an announcement but i do, germ o has been working like crazy behind the scenes to coordinate and i notice that he has been here this entire time and thank you, for everything, and for making this happen, and david, and the team, and you know, it was not easy and of course, you know, i hope that when the city attorneys get assigned to the commissions it is not just like, rolling the

dice or lottery, and it is like subject matter. and that you know, that tom, and when he is here on a night like this, it is like, he is, you know, the environmental, stuff that we have talked about just like, we that he thinks that he is so glad that he is here to be here for a long meeting like this. and i might be right? >> yes? >> okay. and thank you, we don't often thank you on a night like this and we have to and of course, monica and she is running around this whole time and fixing the technology with our friends at sfgtv, and thank you. >> thanks. >> and okay. >> any public comment? >> i just have one quick thing to mention is that there is a temporary new temporary system for the new director, ryan jackson who will be getting in touch with each of you to set up an individual meeting with debbie for hopefully next week with each of you. >> so if you hear from ryan

jackson, he is debbie's new assistant. >> okay. >> all right. thank you public comment? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> item 17? >> public comment, on items not on today's agenda? >> any public comment? >> seeing none, it is closed. >> adjournment, 8:10. we are adjourned. thanks. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hello, i'm neiman with snovd

along with the league of voters we're here to talk about prop a had will be before the votes on june thirds that's a gentle obligation bond to improve the pedestrian safety and the emergency response facilities the bond breeders could upgrade this cellar water system to improve and ryan white the police department and fire departments and build a medical examiner and build a scenic motorcyclist unit and crime lab praep requires the jurisprudence obligation committee to oversee the fund the 9 member committee is controlled by board of supervisors if you vote yes, sir. you want to law the city to sell obligation bond to

finance the seismic ryan white of the emergency response facility if you vote no. you don't want to law the city to accept bond to finance the carbon monoxide and improvement and seismic ryan white of emergency and response facility. i'm here with george the prop a spokeswoman welcome and joined i by the activity and proponent of the measure i'd like to start with opening remarks from each mr. ross one way or another would you like to speak as the proponent >> thank you teaspoonful for having me. my support the prop a and i understand with the mayor the entire board of supervisors progressing and converts and business community and he did sierra club in supporting in it

represents a critical investment in disaster response in 1906 san francisco earthquake we r had the woshgs or worse disasters did you that wasn't the earthquake but the 3 days of fires that followed that destroyed 80 percent of the city and left countless dead and the community they bound together and built one the emergency water systems in the world and that water system protected the city for a sirpt by a century later it's deteriorating prop a involvement in taking the system and voovt in the hydrant and pipes that deliver the water to the critical areas this the the 20th anniversary of the 199

earthquake and the mission blaze that's a stark reminder to give me itself firefighters the tools they need to respondent so i mind encourage everyone to go to the polls and vote for prop a. >> we believe this is the wrong time to do this it's widely recognized the number one issue n in san francisco is the lack of affordable housing many people are leaving the city and here; right we have a measure from city officials that doesn't budget they now want to ask a huge $400 million borrowing money basically, it be paid off by property tax and half of those will be passed along to renter that will hit everybody and the city leaders don't worry

about this they make more money than most of us the san francisco chronicleal regarded that politicians make over one hundred thousand a year and the average city salary as of 2008 were $120,000 so the people, you know, george mentioned larger are not heard they'll feel the pinch but their bad budgeting and failure to plan has put them in this situation there needs no be more cost analyze only 4 people died in the 1994 earthquake so i think more lives can be saved by measures. >> is this the right time to visit 90 in our emergency awareness system when the city

is recovering from the rigidities and it's critical for the disaster response it's one task it's easy to see say this is not the right time scientists have told us another large earthquake will be hitting san francisco we're sitting in a dangerous spot in the world for natural disasters to offer let's kick this down the road e.r. over the a long time this is irresponsible. the term broikt u brought up the issues i'm here to talk about prop a it has nothing to do with salaries or anything else there's a government bond oversight board that oversees the resources targeted investing

in the interim water system interest it's toward retrofiting fire station and things like the crime lab and motorist police when they goat to other when recordings can't this is not something we need to phase in overtime without raising taxes >> star child is the the right time it visit in that preparedness. >> it's the right time to budget the city leaderships leadership has not budgeted we want to start yesterday but you mentioned the property taxes and this leads me to an interesting part the proponent i quote prop a will not increase property tax

but the balance the neutral committee that charges to write up this says that prop a will permit the landlords to pass 50 percent of the property tax to tenant and i know compare those who won is false so you're going to trust the battle committee or where are they going to get the money the way to pay for it is not by paying and soaking the people to race their cost of living by making san francisco less affordable maybe have the people in government give back lgbt a little bit and cut their salaries when people are living homeless. >> mr. ross is $400 million in bond measures the number that's necessary to shore up our issue.

>> with the bond oversight committee all that money is tracked as it is spent and there's recycle oversight of each bond each burglar or dollar of the $4 million is accounted for the city policy is one of the most responsible city policies that we don't bore new money for both sides without closing out outstandingly u outstanding so we pay back and retire the old debt to take out new bonds and by doing so build a new hospital and 12 new libraries without the accommodating the new debt so this is an extraordinarily successful policy. so far as the 4 hundred million

16 hundred million towards the water system and to the crime labs this is critical in the bay area so responding when you have chaos breaking out after the natural disaster and you've got people getting the tools that's why the excessively and the others across the city have saying get it past >> it $400 million the amount you'll spend. >> the issue is not the cost but where the money is coming from we don't think it should be taken off the backside of the taxpayers. >> it's being paid back by oral people the city has a budget bigger than the entire state and

they only take care of 49 thousand miles if at the tighten their belts and reduce the 6 figure salaries they'll have plenty of money like building revving fits by increasing the property taxed this is what this measure does. >> thank you. we have a little bit of time left i want your final thoughts mr. ross firefighters. >> thank you so much for having me again. prop a which invests in the critical structure for firefighters and paramedics and they have the tools for a worst-case scenario that hits to our our city that's an essential

measure when that disaster it's not not george or star child who responses to safety lives our frirz and first responder we need to make sure our water system is functioning and heed the call as a city that's why little mayor the entire board of supervisors the councilmember ferraro that's why the republican party isn't opposing this one we have to pull together as a community and when they identify the issue hey, we've got to get this done we live in a place that's vulnerable and prepare for the worst-case scenario so we're ready to respond quickly and give our firefighters the tools

and star child any final thoughts >> yes. this is so important why hadn't the money been budgeted year by year but wyatt wait until 2014 we're going to raise our tax to keep our 6 figure salaries every agency wants to increase their budget so the fire department and police department their behind the mayor but the former mayor willie brown said something in his solemn in column in the chronicle. talking about those projects defending the transbay terminal and the huge costs over rents he said we also knew the real estimate was under the costs like no bay bridge or massive project in the world the first budget is the down payment if

people go economy the real cost nothing would be built start digging a hole with no alternative to fill it in i think he was helicopter. that's i think they're waiting for an emergency we have to raise property tax and hopefully, people will forget how to budget and rewarding them and their going to the voters and asking for money >> thank you. we hope this was if anything for more information please visit the sf election.org and remember earlier voting is at city hall from 8 to 5:00 p.m. and if you don't vote early vote

>> okay, let's get started. welcome to our rules committee meeting for thursday, may 15th, 2014. i am supervisor norman yee and i will be chairing this meeting. joining me will be supervisor katy tang. the clerk today is alisa miller. the committee would also like to acknowledge the staff at

sfgov-tv jennifer low and jim smith who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. madam clerk, are interest any announcements? >> yes. please make sure you silence all cell phones and electronic devices. [speaker not understood] should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the june 3rd board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay. can we have a motion to excuse supervisor campos from today's rules committee meeting? >> so moved. l >> okay, with no ok, motion is passed. [gavel] >> madam clerk, can you please call item number 1? >> item number 1 is a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending march 31, 2016, to the commission on aging advisory council. there is one vacant seat and one applicant. >> okay. there is one applicant for just one seat and, eleanor lurie

called in and said she was going to be sick and i've read her bio on this. so, is there any public -- comments? >> so, through the chair, i also do understand that dr. lurie is not able to make it here today. she ha been appointed by supervisor mark farrell. i also did get a chance to read her background information, has extensive background which i think qualifies her for this commission on aging. so, although she was not able to make it today, do appreciate her reaching out to us before hand and happy to receive public comment on it. >> very good. is there any public comment on this item? two minutes. and how are you today, supervisors? my name is [speaker not understood].

i'm a member -- excuse me. i live in district 6 and i'm very active in the community and i really appreciate the applicant for getting in touch with the supervisors and letting them know that she was sick. and i would ask you to please approve her for her seat. thanks. >> any other public comments? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel] >> is there a motion? >> i'd like to move to make a motion to appoint elinore lurie to the commission on aging advisory council and send that to the full board with recommendation. >> okay. positive recommendation. with no objection, the motion is passed. [gavel] >> madam clerk, can you call item number 2? >> item number 2 is a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending april 30, 2015, and three members, term ending april 30, 2016, to the commission of animal control and welfare. there are four vacant seats and

7 applicants. >> okay. so, why don't we call the applicants up in the order that's on the agenda. amy van nest, if you could -- if you like, to say a few words about yourself. >> good afternoon. i live in san francisco. i've lived here for about six years, [speaker not understood] about 12 years. i have volunteered with different animal [speaker not understood] organizations in san francisco as well as the east bay and northern california. [speaker not understood] arc, animal center and when i lived in southern california, i volunteered at the san diego zoo and wild animal park.

i currently have two pets in san francisco and animals have always been a concern that they get proper care and treatment in that they just are protected. and, so, i'm interested in this so i can give back and help do that in san francisco. >> any questions? supervisor tang. >> sure. so, thank you. i heard that you still [speaker not understood] broadly about your interest and why you want to serve on this commission. but can you speak orctiontion you know, are there any specifics you'd like to work on if you are appointed to this commission? ~ speak on any kind of issues you see currently, what we could do better in the city? >> i used to be a police officer in a different city and saw a lot of animal abuse that went on, animal cruelty. some animals were abused so bad that they had to be put down because of the abuse.

it was just horrific what people could do to animals. and if i can help in any way to get knowledge out there to the community, let people know if they are unable to take care of their animals, what is the main thing to do with the animals. whether it's evictions or just like issues that they're no longer able to take care of the animals. i have a cat that's 22 years old. like when i was a police officer, [speaker not understood] chopped off her foot and fortunately she's been a wonderful cat. and i want people to know that there are options. there are [speaker not understood] if you take on an animal, you need to know that it's a privilege and what you

need to do to, to take care of those animals because they're dependent on us. and i just want to make sure that in san francisco that we're enforcing laws and giving people knowledge to know how to take care of them in the city boundaries. there are adoptions for [speaker not understood] discounted veterinarian care. and if they do see a injured animal what to do or if there is a ferel cat what to do because some of the ferel cats do have [speaker not understood] in san francisco. so, just getting more knowledge out to the community i think is lacking. it could be helped. >> okay, thank you. >> thank you.