was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills. after the war most of the street-car lines would be replaced with motor or trolley bus service. in 1947, the mayor recommended replacing two lines with motor coaches. and it appeared that san francisco's iconic cable cars had seen their final days.

entered mrs. cluskin, the leader to save the cable cars. arguing that the cable cars were a symbol of the city, and she entered a charter placed on the november ballot. it passed overwhelmly. the california street cable railway was purchased by the city in 1952. there were cut backs on the cable car system and in 1957 only three lines would remain. the three lines that exist today. in 1964 the cable car's future as part of california's transit system was sealed when it was proclaimed a national historic landmark.

in february, 1980, muni metro were officially inaugurated. in that same year, muni received its first fleet of buses equipped with wheelchair lifts. in 1982 when the cable car had a shut-down, they added an alternative attraction to the cars. the festival was a huge hit and would continue for the next four summers in a permanent f-line that would extend all the way to fisherman's wharf, by 2000 the f-line was in place. and in 2007 muni extended the third line to the southeast corner and returning to third

street. for the first time in 60 years. in the course of last 100 years, muni's diverse workforce forged by men and women of innovation have reflected the many cultures that flock to the city. muni's ground-breaking antidiscrimination has guaranteed equal opportunity for all. the city's policy mandates the course for the future, as they work diligently to increase options and increase multialternatives, and deduce -- reduce the carbon footprint. it continues to improve the systems. during this sen -- centennial

year we reflect on the transit system. driven not >> yaerth preparedness is a way of life in san francisco san francisco we hope the new law requiring the upgrades is soft story building will help keep residents safe and sound. so bill tell me about the soft story building program what is it >> it's a program the mayor signed into law a year and a half ago the whole idea was to help homeowners strengthen buildings so they wouldn't collapse. >> does the soft story program apply to all buildings. >> it only applies to buildings built in a timeframe of 1978 and

earlier it's aimed at wood framed building 3 or more stories and 5 are more units but the openings at the garage level and the street level are not supported in many buildings without the support in a major earthquake the professionals sent them to flatten and many are under rent control so everybody's advantage to do the work and make sure they're protecting their investments and tenants. >> nos have gone out to have thousand owners but fewer one one third have respondent and thousand might miss an important deadline in december let's talk worse case scenario. >> so first soft story walls

the building will collapse and be a total loss. >> can you talk about the sfrelg in the retrofit. >> you want to think of this building like a rubber abandon in the upper 3 floors are a rid i do box and the earthquake the garage tends to really over the first floor is a very tough but flexible e flexible rubber abandon you would not drive the forces to the upper force so it goes into the plywood or steel frame. >> so here we are inside a soft story building can we talk about the kinds of repairs property owners might expect and it's a simple process we try to keep it that way so what's involved

whether you install plywood to make a wall and cover it with the gossiping so many stellar it adds underneath e flexibility so during the earthquake you'll get movement but not collapse it gets strengthened more when we go to the doorway to the steel frame to support the upper floor. >> so potentially the wood and steel that sound like a straightforward process takes our odds of collapse from one in 4 to one in thirty. >> that's exactly right we're hoping people will move quickly and make this happen. >> great let's take a look at. >> so let's talk extremely frame talk about that. >> we have a extremely frame there are two of those and go up to the lower floor and a beam

that goes 0 across that forms this it's a stiffer and stronger so during the quarter the upper floor won't clarion and according the engineers and contractors it could be done in two weeks time easy. >> if you're a property owner with questions about the soft story retrofit program signs up to this on august 11th from 3 to 5 at the main public library and the dbi staff will be there the deadline for applications t is september 15th. for more information

i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. it is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you really lose your orientation. you are very much in a remote area. there are a lot of trees that shield your view from the urban setting. you would simply see different groves that gives you a sense of freedom, of being outdoors, not being burdened by the worries of city life. john mclaren had said that golden gate park was too far away. he proposed that we have a park in the south end of the city. the campaign slogan was, people need this open space. one of the things that had to open is there were a lot of

people who did a homestead here, about 25 different families. their property had to be bought up. so it took from 1928 to 1957 to buy up all the parcels of land that ended up in this 317 acres. the park, as a general rule, is heavily used in the mornings and the evenings. one of the favorite places is up by the upper reservoir because dogs get to go swim. it's extremely popular. many fights in the city, as you know, about dogs in parks. we have 317 acres and god knows there's plenty of room for both of us. man and his best friend. early in the morning people before they go to work will walk their dogs or go on a jog themselves with their dogs. joggers love the park, there's 7 miles of hiking trails and

there's off trail paths that hikers can take. all the recreational areas are heavily used on weekends. we have the group picnic area which should accommodate 200 people, tennis courts are full. it also has 3 playground areas. the ampitheater was built in 1972. it was the home of the first blues festival. given the fact that jerry garcia used to play in this park, he was from this neighborhood, everybody knows his reputation. we thought what a great thing it would be to have an ampitheater named after jerry garcia. that is a name that has panache. it brings people from all over the bay area to the ampitheater. the calls that come in, we'd like to do a concert at the jerry garcia ampitheater and we do everything we can to

accommodate them and help them because it gets people into the park. people like a lot of color and that's what they call a park. other people don't. you have to try to reconcile all those different points of view. what should a park look like and what should it have? should it be manicured, should it be nice little cobblestones around all of the paths and like that. the biggest objective of course is getting people into the park to appreciate open space. whatever that's going to take to make them happy, to get them there, that's the main goal. if it takes a planter with flowers and stuff like that, fine. you know, so what? people need to get away from that urban rush and noise and this is a perfect place to do it. feedback is always amazement. they don't believe that it's in san francisco. we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan.

they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park, >> all right. thank you. everyone welcome to our regularly scheduled rules committee meeting. i'm katie tang and we have david campos and scott wiener and david chiu. and i want to thank our sf gov. tv. san francisco television staff. >> city clerk: please silence all cell phones devices. items acted upon today will appear on september 2nd agenda

unless otherwise stated. >>supervisor katy tang: we have a special meeting today. first we need to excuse supervisors norman yee. >> without objection. madam clerk, please call item 1. city clerk: item 1: motion approving/rejecting the president of the board of supervisors', supervisor david chiu, nomination of kathrin moore to the planning commission, term ending july 1, 2018. clerk of the boardddcharter, section 4.105, provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the board of supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the clerk of the board. if the board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days of the date the nomination is transmitted to the clerk then the nominee shall be deemed approved. transmittal date: july city clerk: sf 11234 >>supervisor katy tang: madam clerk if you can call items 1-3 together. item 2: [appointment, planning commission - dennis richards] motion approving/rejecting the president of the board of supervisors', supervisor david chiu, nomination of dennis richards to the planning commission, term ending july 1, 2018. clerk of the boardd charter, section 4.105, provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the board of supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the clerk of the board. if the board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days of the date

the nomination is transmitted to the clerk then the nominee shall be deemed approved. transmittal date: july 18,sf 21234 item 3: [appointment, board of appeals - bobbie wilson] motion approving/rejecting the president of the board of supervisors', supervisor david chiu, nomination of bobbie wilson to the board of appeals, term ending july 1, 2018. clerk of the boardd charter, section 4.106, provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the board of supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the clerk of the board. if the board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days of the date the nomination is transmitted to the clerk then the nominee shall be deemed approved. transmittal date: july 18, 20144sf 31234 >>supervisor katy tang: thank you at this time i would like to give our board president an opportunity to speak on these items. >>supervisor norman yee: thank you madam chair and colleagues. i would like to thank you for attending this particular hearing. i would like to say a few words at the outset in support of the nominations that i have made today. first up is kathrin moore who i think all of you know. i have decided to nominate her to rea point her back to the planning commission for a third term. and given how in incredibly time intensive that position is for a volunteer position, i just wanted to thank her for here willingness to serve as what i know for all of our commissioners a significant labor of love. kathrin moore is an architect and urban designer and we have appreciated her expertise and her design that is for our noble character. she has plenty of experience planning

and in design and how we as a city submit ourselves together and she has experience in every neighborhood and every corner of this city. i heard from many members of the public who reference her not just her deep knowledge but the fact that she knows so much history about what our city is about. i would like to encourage your support of her as we go through process. my second nominee to this planning commission is someone i wanted to choose who had i am mpeccable credentials. dennis richards has worked not only with the planning department but with neighborhood residents and communities. i think he fits that bill. this is someone

who have board of supervisors has praufd and he served as a board member on the neighborhood valley association and also it was important for me to find someone who had a deep commitment and knowledge around historic preservation issues. i think some of you are aware of his leadership roles with 1800 market among with many of his achievements secure the status for the harvey milk camera shop and on board and treasurer on the heritage and dolores community services which provides services to individuals with hiv and aids among others. dennis is someone who has a tremendous reputation for standing up for neighborhoods and historic preservation and working very well to helping to build community consensus. i do think i saw briefly outgoing commissioner bill sugaya. i want to take a moment to thank him for his

eight 8 years of service. [ applause ] as i have spoken to bill about this again, the planning commission as are many recommendations but particularly the planning commission is a labor of love and i want to thank you for the countless handout yours that you put into the job, your expertise, particularly around historic preservation and it helped me when i thought about why dennis richards would be the next person to serve. i want to thank you for your service. the third nomination is for a different body, but an incredible important one to our city. a little less known but has tremendous impact on our city. the board of appeals as many of you know, it provides final administrative review for appeals relating

to many city determinations. the board appeals services such as granting and permits. as i thought about this particular nomination i wanted to suggest colleagues, someone who i knew could grasp the complicated details that come in front of the board of appeals. i have nominated bobbie wilson who professionally has had many first in her life. she grew up in public housing and went to columbia law school and worked with employment law issues in san francisco and became the first african american woman partner at perkins cue the first african american

lesbian partners and one of the top lawyers in california which is status only to small subsection of our states attorneys among many other recognitions. i also want to highlight her background. she is selected for years working closely with terry stuart working with the san francisco's office which was a tremendous legal victory for our city. with that, i have no doubt that these are three individuals who will serve these bodies extremely well and with that, colleagues, i ask for your support and hopefully you will be able to move these individuals from this committee today onto the full board with full recommendation to the board next week. >> thank you. supervisor, did you want to speak before they

come up? >>supervisor scott weiner: thank you very much. i'm very supportive of all of these three nominations. i want to thank president chiu on his very thoughtful and delivery process. coming up with the nominations and casting a very wide net in terms of soliciting input and making sure to solicit other information and i appreciate that process. these are very strong appointments and i want to reiterate that both of the planning commission and board of appeals, particularly the planning commission, it is a huge huge undertaking. i think if, i think i had lunch with commissioner wu about six 6 months after she took office and she will a test that it is quite an adjustment and

sometimes rivals the board of supervisors in terms of the amount of energy and it's a wonderful community service. i'm very respectful of anyone who would do that for essentially no remuneration at all. and commissioner moore, i look forward to continue to work with you on various items and bobbie wilson is someone who i have respected enormously for many years. she's a really pilar in the lgbt community in general. but i really want to put in a strong word of support for dennis richards for the planning commission. dennis is someone who i have worked very closely with long before i was on the board of supervisors, when i was the president of the neighborhood association and he was the president of the triangle neighborhood association. the neighborhood

association's in upper market have always worked very closely together and it was always such a pleasure working with dennis in that capacity and going onto the board of supervisors and colleagues as you know we rely on the leadership of those situations in working with our neighborhoods. dennis is someone who for many many years has been involved in pretty much every issue of significance in the castro upper market area and the market octavia plan area. he is someone who has very strong core values and strong convictions. we don't agree on everything, but when we do disagree, it's in a very thoughtful and respectful way. i would also say having worked with many leaders as have you different people take different approaches to revolving conflict. although dennis has held strong views, he's always taken and

approach to trying to find an agreement, seeing if there is a consensus to be had and seeing both reflective on the neighborhood association and understanding there are times when you are going to have to disagree. so having worked with dennis on issues around formula retail and historic preservation and trying to address our housing crisis to producing housing and insisting on affordable housing and so forth, he is someone who brings not just the values but the negligent -- knowledge base and skill set as a planning commissioner. i would say it would be good to once again have a member of the lgbt community on the planning commission. we have not had a member of the community in a number of years and there are in fact a number of significant commissions that have no lgbt representation.

so, considering the significance of the planning commission, it would be nice to have that representation again. so colleagues, i appreciate the opportunity. >>supervisor katy tang: thank you everyone for your comments. at this time i would like to bring up the actual nominees. if i can first call up commissioner kathrin moore. >> madam chair, i would a number of meetings scheduled this afternoon. i will not be able to sit through all of the proceedings. many of our colleagues are here in support of many of our commissioners and i want to share your engagement your perspective on why these individuals are appropriate for the service that they have been nominated for. i would like to thank everyone for their consideration. >> thank you. kathrin moore.

>> >>commissioner dr. roscoe m. moore jr: thank you. i remember serving on the advisory committee when i was appointed in 2001. i also remember sitting on the design advisory committee which i served since 2005. as you are interested and if public needs to hear, i still continue to serve on both bodies. then today i'm speak wth unchanged conviction that as an architect i'm able to bring a broader perspective to the planning commission and able to discuss issues with the planning. i remain anchored in my profession, shaped and challenged by increasingly more difficult sets of circumstances both inside and outside of the