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how i got connected with castro merchants and a lot of other organizations i wouldn't be sitting up here today without that organization i want to congratulate the lgbt on they're in between. >> shall i wait to bring up something else that's new. >> wait. >> item 10 i should acknowledge i made an error in the agenda i left outnumber 6 we went from 5 to 7 for the public record so item 10 is the vice presidents report it is absent show a i move on to item 11. >> item 11. >> the commissioners report that allows the commissioner to report on small businesses. >> commissioner riley. >> i was at the event i missed
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the mayor's office of economic development for san francisco i was writing about our business portfolio i wanted to take a look at it wherever it's ready please let me know i'll send you the link. >> it's rebranded for the south (laughter). >> any other commissioner comments seeing none. >> next item is public comment. >> any members of the public on future meetings. >> you want to talk about anything at any futuristic meeting and here comes attributable. >> item 6 that's what i'm waiting on (laughter) as director regina said earlier they're trying to cinnamon the purposing thing with the state
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and city it's a like one seamless thing that's never in san francisco but in the state there is consideration for small businesses when it comes to purchasing goods they're talking about setting aside an amount for contracts building and services thank you if we can do it for goods reasonable things that will help. >> great, thank you. >> any other members of the public? seeing none, public comment is closed new bizarre i have one new item does anyone else >> okay. the item i'd like to bring up is consideration and it's something we need you would like to discuss and possibly talk with an supervisor is
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businesses that are effected by large projects whether it be a street renovation or whether we have to close down streets we need to think about small businesses that are impacted by some of the big capital projects like central subway and castro and even delores park renovations and when projects run over there's something that the city can do for the small businesses like maybe for a year they don't have to pay certain fees or taxes in my neighborhood we had the castro street widening project that didn't run over but now we're seeing businesses closed and restore trying to revitalizes the neighborhood i'm
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talking to people along fourth street where we have those big infrastructure projects that are i'm not saying we shouldn't have them but small businesses are effected so what can we do talk to the mayor's office to talk to someone when the businesses are taking it on the chin so i'd like to propose that for a future meeting. >> very good and commissioner. >> would you like to make a comment on that. >> if you recall steven at the last meetings on the edge of this i'm glad our bringing it up there's no economic report required from the mta i think in a lot of cases on the public works so you're right in line
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what i thought the last time i know it will come up in the mayors meetings on wednesday even the major prongs i have a huge effect. >> in this commission this is a awe our purview to open that up. >> and commissioners just to remind i when the commission had the joint hearing with the sfmta board that was one of the items that of brought up this might be also a good item to pull together. >> with dpw as well. the court: right. >> you have the mta projects but their redoing the sidewalks with the ramps so there's concern neighborhoods in valencia street and 23rd two of
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the four corners big things blocking that and something on the corner i said how are you doing and he said i'm louis. >> this might be a good project to pull together since we no longer have our subcommittee so to pull together an ad hoc committee to help staff to figure out how best a formulate a presentation and direction for the commission. >> okay great, thank you any other new business? seeing none, next item, please. >> item 14 is adjournment and okay adjournment. >> all in favor, say i. and meeting adjourned.
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(inaudible). >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> i appreciate you all coming out today, we have good weather it's a great day optimum chris i'm from dallas, texas text it is special my daughters 18th birthday today and almost off to college but in addition to, of course, the groundbreaking on market street and we're honored to be part of the mid-market development and everything into the city we've been working on i tell people a we've had a great experience with the city of san francisco and the mayor's office all the way down to city staff
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we took a a project and redesigning to make that basketball and attractive for today. >> this is a 6 lateral project and a multiple project so like the union square and macy's is one department store on six or eight levels we have 6 levels with tenants on each level and we're comboiftd about the interest and everybody asked me we're talking about going to disclose the tenants nobody to signed but the interest is a regional and local and national tenants it be a speciality of fashion for the food and across the board you guys are excited to see the mix we've put together we have are fortunate to have the right mix and we
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can't wait to tell you guys we'll get a flagship retailer and the first quarter of next year we'll make the announced we want to make it right retail is tricky i've been doing this year inform thirty years we've bought and owned across the country the key to get the mtsdz right in a process like this we can open the retail project and until it's full leased and create a vibrancy here phenomenon the book of market that will help to direct market street we've we're excited to be here and proud our architects the disdain team has done a fantastic job so and so projects are not easy and the hard part is just beginning we're looking forward to working with the city and the people here to build this is a unique i
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congresswoman project in the city of san francisco we appreciate you'll see help and sported i see i think i'm turn it over to mayor ed lee. >> thank you (clapping.) thank you, chris good morning, everybody. happen to be here at market i want to congratulate chris on his daughters 18th birthday and that's a real job (laughter) this is a great time for the city and it was mentioned easily what the city has done we are we were talking about the election last week and how so many people supported the families and transportation and housing and minimum wage all the things we
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care about passersby parks and when we place the voters confidence in the 0 local government this is like a regard we get regard with more confidence everyday in the city this site right here in autopsying all of mid-market used reflected that as supervisor kim's belief very strongly with a good and great process south of market and the tenderloin i see members of both community here i want to congratulate planning, dbi, all the different agencies that have come together to help with this site but also want to thank my office of the office of economic workforce development because they've been on the ground visiting every site and they've literally begun through the
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machination strategy where the second round to fresher us to get it going to make sure we're dealing with the challenges across the street but at the same time bringing the kinds of things that led to like the hall up the street we've celebrated that you should have seen that hall during the world series and recently, i even had lunch with jessie jackson he was looking at around and said this is not the mid-market i remember and all of that with creating great partnerships with the offices very, very willing to do 0 chris you're not announcing the great tenants you have here that's many tenants we know that we're confidence in starting the process now is the right timing this is such an attraction for
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retail there will be a lot of jobs and we have a designer like the person that did the irreverent i'm excited to see this design and you can't ask for another great construction venue to keep the site safe but hundreds and hundreds of great jobs in the next year's i'm excited it is such an incredible compliment to the confidence that supervisor kim and i and supervisor david chiu began almost three years ago with two blocks up and block by block and block get that kind of investor confidence this is what we're doing it's right and recently the controller's office come out with a report the kinds of policies we put together literally added even more than
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$7 million above what has begun on in the rest of the city right here along market street that's the kind of confidence we continue to have so chris congratulations for taking this on we're to be supportive and get on to building this plays and making sure we do it in a way that helps both sides of the street and continues the incredible revitalization at mid-market to help the tinder and south of market the story about mid-market well, i know for forever in our hi supervisor kim because we came to get work done on the street sea identified market street it has not been restored it was time to revitalize it and i get to look at the pictures of all those mayors before me especially the
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ones that were here a in the overwhelmingly smile when i walked down the half hour we're glad to be participating with you it's all about the partnership. >> thank you for being such confidence partners for the city of san francisco with that, the 19 years old supervisor. >> thank you, mr. mayor i try to keep my age secretary (clapping.) but solis so long as we're on that i've heard about the project inform so much years and many of us have been behind that i see randy shaw and it only feels like it's been 18 years and finally coming out of the adolescence and it's actually geology to grow and before it
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opens its doors but this site has been something that our neighborhoods the tenderloin and mid-market neighborhood have bun talking about for years and years the tenderloin looking forward to the markets coming to this side of the neighborhood to bring you jobs and also a place where people can shop because we have retail in the tenderloin neighborhood and i know the many years the negotiations and many of you were involved in that and finally being able to get the time and have the project come to fruition but i came into the office in 2011 and the mayor remarked market street had a 50 percent vacancy rate it's amazing what has within
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accomplished over the last years and is a press with the marketplace all you way to van ness where we have many of our tech companies at 1465 and government offices as well it's excited to see was you do with the neighborhood we want to make sure it's good for everybody we want to make sure we're hiring in the neighborhood and we're making sure it's a place it's comfortable and safe for folks of all incomes and background we can do that as a community together thank you and congratulations (clapping.) thank you, mayor and supervisor kim we appreciate your attendance today, we look forward to being good stewart's this project didn't work unless we all work together the hard part is over the hill now a
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bigger hill i apologize this technical city you guys live in we were going to project onto the wall but we cannot. >> thank you. we had a great day weather wise we're going to do a ceremony if you guys are up for it okay. >> 1, 2, 3 hey i'll be extra careful
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okay. >> really appreciate it thanks so much thanks everybody thanks. >> i example the first thing to point out is the first word is camp tlargz to be bugs and dirt and so long as you can get past that part in place is pretty awesome. you're going to get to our cabin
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and why is it so small well most of your time is spent outside. programming was our first step we wanted to offer a program that is, you know, makes people happy and leaves them with memories. >> here and there. >> so more points. >> ready 1, 2, 3. i think a big part is it's coming from san francisco it is real estate a kind of vibe people relate to each other and everyone's living in the city and you can feel the breath of fetish air and the experience you get out here. i think it give us an opportunity to get away from technology you come out here and
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look at it here and not look at our iphones and you kind of lose users in the city and have a cup of coffee >> i'm corey a typical day increase no typical day. and just the first time being on the talent show and getting a huge applause and i never expected it is is r is a great experience i'm an executive chief here at kathy serve over one hundred meals a day for the camp mather folks. people love our meals and the idea they can pick up a meal and
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don't worry about shopping or doing dishes and enjoy and have a great time at camp mather >> grasping grab on. >> i like camp mather it is a lot of freedom and kids run around it's great. >> they have all the things i don't have to do the kids get to do what they want to do and we basically focus on them that's our only job. >> i like camp mather because i can ride my bike. >> i love camp mather. the children are up here playing around and riding their booiths bicycles that's a great place to see what the word is like outside of the city.
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>> so what brought you out here for the bike ride today? >> i grew up in san francisco but i have been living in new york. i wanted to see what san francisco is doing with infrastructure. >> cities are where people are living these days. the bay area is doing a lot with construction and the way to change the world starts here. >> we are about to take a bike ride. we have 30 cyclist. i'm really excited to hit the road and see what the city has in store.
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>> i definitely recommend it to people. it's a fun afternoon and you learn so many things. >> this is so much fun. i go to parts of the city that i don't come to. this will make the city a more susta [chain saw whirring] [growling] listen, you are extremely terrifying-- just the scariest undead thing on tv, and i really mean that. i am worried that you could give my kids nightmares if they see you, so i'm gonna have to block you. [sighs]
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so, that's it. oh, and tell the zombies they're blocked, too. >> superintendent carranza has an announcement oh, excuse me. does anyone need translation in the room i don't think there was a call for translation anyone needing chinese seeing none, be superintendent the gay street
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alliances in item d is withdrawn that will be presented in a future meeting at the board of education. >> this is approval of november 14th may have is motion and second any corrections reenforcement please mass can say could. >> mr. chin mr. haney ms. maufas menus dr. murase ms. norton thank you ms. wynns and president fewer that's 6 i's thank you. this is the superintendents report be straightjacket. >> thank you good afternoon to everyone and go giants. >> wow. and we know that being a team is changing and the status show it 75 percent of the teenagers say they've used drugs
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to deal with pressure at school, however, step forward is promoting healthy lifestyles you can count the ways during an open house at the wellness center the wellness initiate was held by the wellness staff and student volunteers to explain the services as with the subject of the examiner the san francisco wellness be initiate is dedicated to help the academic successful are our 16 thousand public ask the at 19 canvases sfusd students recorded they've been reducing their alcohol use and it's no consequence that an overwhelming majority says someone cares about them so congratulation to our wellness center and staff for the good job on the students as you know this friday is
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halloween one of our he elementary school is clb in granted style the teenage mutant turtles will be out at sherman elementary school hundreds of students will trestlework treat and will be celebrating looking like area the fact the school has reached it's fund railings for the year we want to wish our families a safe and orderly halloween this year i'm sad to report we've all been informed the city of san francisco recently experiences two great losses in the passing of telling ted emphatically son and the closing of the san francisco bay garden. >> he was a progressive speaker and served as the director it's our condolences that the board of education and he myself as
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the 13ru7b9 our condolences to his family and friends a major loss to the contingent the memorial services for him will be at mission school in our auditorium only sunday november 16th from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. linked at 18th street and easy access to public transportation and it has limited street parking i mention the city lost a great institution that the san francisco bay garden has closed down with the staff after 40 years we thank the bay garden for the service in gufsz another voice for the people (clapping) on thursday, november 6th is the fourth annual 4r6b9 dinner fall into pride so the