where visitor parking as general used for any visitor was sort of shown - >> not general use but visitors for people who live in the building. >> if you have two parking spots you can let the visitor use it but the on street parking is ample so parking inside but using one the homeowners parking spaces over and over outside the building but no not a visitor designated you have two parking spaces. >> all right. great decision and project thank you unless there's a question i'd like to approve if this application. >> i move. >> second. >> second and madam secretary

please call the roll. >> commissioner ellington. commissioner mondejar. commissioner singh. commissioner rosales. chairperson johnson. madam chair the vote is 5 i's >> thank you all for coming today call the next item. >> the next order of business is item 5 e and it will be called together. 5 e authorizing a personal contract with the jones a professional last night for the services in an amount not to exceed $122,000 related to the issuance of sfoifg finance authority revenue bonds and taxable allocation refunding bond. discussion and action resolution number 49, 2014 and item 5 f

authorizing a personal contract for the bartley a professional law firm for the consulting in an amount not to exceed 15 thousand for the revenue bonds series 20 12k4 will 14 b and the bond series discussion and action resolution number 5014. madam director >> thank you. this is the refunding of bonds we have an opportunity to refund bonds given the current market that refunding will save us monies our debt portfolio will taper

down those are professional services contract that is enable us to refund and with that, i'd like to ask our senior financial analysis to talk about those. >> good afternoon. i'm john senior financial analysis items 5 e and f the authorization of the personal services contract for the bond council for the bond issues for the city and county of san francisco finance authority revenue refunding revenue bonds serious 2014 b and c on may 1, '89 this year, the staff issued an rfp for the city's bond approval on may '86

firms respond and 3 proposed a bond council for the disclosure council a panel compromises of deputy and others evaluated the proposals. our primary consideration was to have the successor agency 3 of the firms have subsequential qualifications and one has a lower fee and was selected by the panel i'll like to introduce the partner at jones hall in fefrps of the policies providing opportunities for the s b e the panel talked about the

disclosure to the two certified sbe respondents and only one had successor bond experience the panel considered that a vital concern as well as specific rating agency concerns about the pledged funds. the panel selected curtis ba barting i'd like to introduce the principle. thank you. item 5 d talked about the contract with jones hall for the issuance of the refunding bonds the maximum payment is $10,022,500 the total amount

maybe lower depending on the total amount of the traction that can change according to bond issuance in the order of 8 bond but several of those bonds maybe dropping out so we structured the request for pricing to allows to reduce the fees if the transaction goes down. that's spelled out in detail of the exhibit and outlined in the memo. item 5 f authorized the special contract with curtis barting for the services for the funding bonds that have $60,000 including expenses as pointed out by the dissolution gives the

authority subject to the transaction and approval by the oversight board enter into contracts that have the refunding bonds. briefly for context to date we've retained financial advisor we can begin on the key documents and our fee one way or another for the underwriter we expect the review to be complete by the third week of july and our fiscal consulate will complete the team we plan to come back to the committee to the august meeting. next we'll go to the oversight board and the department of finance for approval.

avenue ever a receiving the approval we'll come back to the commission for the key document as with the shipyard transaction and expecting the transaction to price in september and close in october but this depends on market rate >> that concludes my presentation. >> thank you any any public comment on that item? >> there are no speaker cards. >> we'll take the items together and vote separately. >> it's good to save money. >> it is fantastic so we'll have a straightforward method we'll start with the first item. personal service contract can i taken a motion >> second. >> madam secretary call the

roll. >> please announce our vote. >> commissioner ellington. commissioner mondejar. commissioner singh. commissioner rosales. commissioner johnson the vote is 5 i's >> i'd like to entertain the motion for bartley. >> madam secretary please call the roll. >> commissioner ellington. commissioner mondejar. commissioner singh. commissioner rosales. commissioner johnson madam chair the vote suicide 5 i's >> thank you very much. next item. >> thank you, madam chair the next order of business is item of public comment on non-agenda items. >> thank you. do we have any public comment nobody in the room. thank you very much >> next item. >> or you're in do you want to

comment. >> okay. >> she's an interim. >> oh, come and say hi. too bad for you, you should have left when everything everybody left >> i'm ann i'm the sgirm for the summer 83 at ocii. >> where you from. >> from washington high school. >> oh, very nice. >> i'm becoming a senior next year. >> what college are you going to (laughter). >> i don't know yet. >> good answer. you're going right (laughter)

not yet. >> wow. pressure. probably the rest of her family >> i want to thank you. thank you. (clapping.) >> oh, we can clap, huh? >> thank you do you hear with you asked. >> what was your answer? >> i said no comment. >> very good she's ready for prime time and the next order of business. >> report of the chair. >> thank you very much. i don't have a report other than to say yesterday, i had a rules committee meeting with my nomination and i was for the to the full board of supervisors with support so that hearing will be next week on the 7th or

8 and if successful this will be my last commission meeting. i know i'm bummed >> who's going to replace you here. >> no i'll refer those questions to the mayor's office. >> yes. i'm going the person for the seat for but assuming that is successful. the next orders of the business the report of the executive director >> thank you madam secretary on that note commissioner johnson not a could sense maybe there

will a recommendation for commending you but each commissioner has helped to shape this city when there was an uneasiness from our development partners it was really the guidance and the leadership of this commission that is a working commission the willingness to ask the tough questions and take the time with our community partners and colleagues to understand the district in the southeast primarily and the balance of the housing we've developed throughout the city i want to thank you personally but hopefully, we'll get something together. >> i think you need to come back a member of the public so we have a - >> public comment an item on the

calendar so you can speak and we'll speak. >> definitely can i get two public comments maybe i can talk for 6 minutes. >> you can speak on matters not on the beyond a shadow of a doubt and the consent calendar items. >> just moving through the rest a couple of announcements we've received for transbay to include a rfp consultant each brought on 0 consultant for our j paul boston properties, killing reside realty as well as with the buck company they each brought out the consultant and we'll have a panel and a financial evaluation and bring

forth a recommendation inform august we're thrilled to move that forward other groungings commissioner johnson and we've got one project that is built july 29th and will start we'll keep giving you reminders and with chris event 10 and i were fortunate to be at the bay area hill two certificate of preference holders for local hire christen spoke eloquently at the grand opening and we're offering a tour you can see the

views everything from the bay bridge to trans america pyramid to south bay and the san franciscan hotel where they used to give investors for homeless folks to stay for the night it was ripe with crime and drugs there were incredible inspirational stories from the families it took two years done interest the process this dissolution progress but the steady state the leadership at the staff level and commission level that really brought comfort and changed lives we'll are happy to help arrange a tour it's a stunning development it's inspirational. >> i'll make a note that this is going to sound like a joke

but an inspirational speaker there was one woman who had been a drug addict for 20 plus years now she's 67 years sober she used to be the one causing the trouble and now lives at the bay yard and helps r with social work i asked why did you ask me to speak how could i follow-up with that. it was truly script and an example of the work we're trying to do so it's really great >> it's great to hear it's gratifying to hear. >> that concludes my report. >> next item. >> the next order of business item 9 commissioner questions or comments. >> okay commissioner singh. >> i'm going to miss you.

>> oh, thank you. (laughter) thank you very much i appreciate everybody who came out to give support. anyone else i'm holding the gavel >> item 10 closed session there's no closed session the next order of business is adjournment. >> thank you very much we're adjourned at

come and experience lafayette park and enjoy the people, picnic and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take an afternoon stroll with your loved one hand in hand. located at got and sacramento street in the middle of pacific heights on top of the city's steep rolling hills, lafayette park offers a great place, peaceful beauty. comfortably spaced tables and benches, a playground, rest rooms and tips at the end of the park. plenty of flat areas for football, frisbee, and picnic. lafayette is very much a couples park. this wonderful hilltop park is the place you can share with someone you cherish.

lafayette park is located along the round at the one end campus and also easy >> being a pedestrian in san francisco is not easy for anybody. >> [inaudible] people push tables and chairs outside the sidewalk. >> i have to be careful not to walk the sidewalk. it is very hard. >> sometimes people get half way across the intersection. >> you have to be alert because

there is always something coming up that you need to know about. >> i learned to listen to the traffic patterns. sometimes i notice the other pedestrians, they are crossing, on occasion, i have decided i'm going to cross, too. i get to the middle of the intersection, and i find out that the light has changed. >> we need to be able to work and go from one place to the other and have public transportation. the world needs to be open. >> people on disability has the task of addressing all the disability. when we are talk about the sidewalks, ramps, we have very

specific issues. for people blind and low vision, we have the issue of knowing where they are and when the cross. it can be hit or miss. >> at hulk and grove, that sound the the automatic -- it helps people cross the street safely. >> now we have a successful pedestrian signal. >> i push the button, i get an audible message letting me know that i need to wait. when it is safe to cross, not only am i going to get an audible indicator, this button is going to vibrate. so it tells me it is safe.

there is the driller sound and this trigger is vibrating. i am not relying on anything but the actual light change, the light cycle built into it. >> it brings san francisco from one of the major cities in the u.s. to what is going to be the lead city in the country. >> city working on all sorts of things. we are trying to be new and

innovative and go beyond the ada says and make life more successful for people. >> disability rights movement, the city has the overall legal obligation to manage and maintain the accessibility and right of way. with regards to the curb ramps, bounded by a groove border, 12-inch wide border. for people with low vision to get the same information. the shape of the domes, flush transition between the bolt bottom of the ramp and gutter. >> we have a beveled transition on the change in level, tape on

the surfaces, temporary asphalt to fill in level changes, flush transition to temporary wood platform and ramp down into the street under the scaffoldinging. detectable ramps. they are all detectable. nothing down below or protruding that people are going to get snagged up on. smooth clean that nobody is going get caught up on. >> our no. 1 issue is what we see here, the uplifting and shreufting to concrete due too street tree roots.

here is another problem we have with street trees. if i have i was a person blind, this would be an uncomfortable way to find out. >> we don't want to create hazards. >> sometimes vendors put sidewalk cafes where people push the chairs too far out. >> sometimes it can be impassable. so much foot traffic that there is no room for a wheelchair or walker to go by. >> san francisco is a lively street life, it can be an issue with people with visual

disabilities as well. they have these diverting barriers on other side of this tables and chairs area. if people can find thraeur way around it without getting tangled up, it is still fully accessible. >> we don't want anything special. we want people to basically adhere to the regulations and laws as they are on the books now. people can also, just be cognizant if they have stuff on the street, they thaoed to have 48 inches so we can pass, think outside your own spectrum of yourself that there are other people you need to share the sidewalk with. we will all get along better.

>> although san francisco is a hilly place for a whraoel chair user, we seem to be better at most. that doesn't mean we can't continue to improve upon ourselves. >> the public has a clear are -- of travel. we can't be every to make sure that is the place. we have to rely on the place. call 311. give them your name. that goes into a data base. >> it is difficult, still, um to make the case that the disabled community isn't being represented. in some ways we are not. we have a long way to go. >> the city of san francisco is using the most innovative technology available.

these devices allow people to remain out in their communities, doing things like shopping. it is great to be able to walk as a pedestrian in this city and cross streets safely. >> good afternoon and welcome to the city and school district. i am chairing today's committee. i'm joined by supervisors john avalos and supervisor erik mar who is here in place of commissioner farrell and we are joined by the board of education. madam clerk are