do is hope it sounds like, if the landlord's insistent, then we have to do five years. >> and why wasn't -- did we -- who -- did you do the original brokerage or was it then cassidy and turly, they did the original one. >> correct. >> so, did we have the opportunity to lease longer initially than we did? the project was never intended to be online this early, so i was wondering what our thinking was, not to get a longer lease from the beginning? >> if you recall, phase 1 was originally before we added the train box would have been done by now, 2014, so the original lease was 2003 and it was an 8 year lease i believe and we negotiated the extension early because we needed larger space, we had more people sitting in

one office at one point, so in 2008, we negotiated through 2015, that was prior to adding the train box to phase 1. the transit center would have been completed in 2014. >> did we ever officially say we were not going to build a train box out rkts i thought it was contemplated we wouldn't build the train box in phase 1, but not officially say we don't intend to. >> it contemplated the top down method, the transit section was going to be built on mound dashing only and there was not going to be any exka*f yeasting of train box on 2. >> and we officially adopted that? >> yes. >> okay, well, then it would make sense. >> is there a motion for approval? >> [inaudible]. >> motion for approval. >> alright. any comments? >> no members of the public wanting to address you on that item. >> okay, any objection to the

motion? okay. motion passes unanimously. >> thank you, item 11 si is approved: moving on to item 12 is approving the recommended applicant tos the transbay joint powers authority citizens advisory committee. >> [inaudible] on this item. >> good morning, directors, our cac was formed back in 2007 and we set it up with 15 different seats and each of those seat iss designated to represent a specified constituency, we'll get a different view nr the transbay program, we have members with two year terms and their terms are staggered such that each year either 7 or 8 seats are up, so this year, we have 7 seats that are up, we also had three members who were not able to complete the sek year of their two year term for various reasons, so we have ten seats that are up for

consideration this year and we've recommended 10 applicants for your consideration. we do very extensive outreach process to generate not just applications but applications from each of the various constituencies that we need to have represented on the cac, and we do that through -- we have an outreach list to 1800 people, they get e-mailed, we of course post this on our website, we included it in our weekly construction outlook that we send out, we have 79 different organizations that we contacted directly, community groups, student group ts, business, environmental, unions, governmental, we of course contacted cal train, ac transit, fmata, we place adds in local community newspapers in the area all to generate a sufficient number of applicants who are able to fill our

seating, you'll see in the staff report our recommendations and i would be happy to answer any questions you have? >> questions, directors? >> i just want to recognize and thank scott and tjpa, i know it's a lot of outreach and work and there are a lot of really interested applicants and qualified applicants so i know it's like a big tetris trying to pick folks and i'm glad to see district 6 south of market serving on the cac, i think it's good to have their perspective as we bring this residential mixed use residents and i see some of the applicants, i will give them the opportunity to speak if they would like, i want to thank you for your work and i think we have a lot of great candidates. so, it's up to you. alice, would you like to

comment? >> director, i'm alice rodgers, i live in south park, i've been live lg there for about 20 years both oz a homeowner and as a small independent contractor, and i appreciate the opportunity to possibly serve on this cac, this obviously is going to be a major influence in our neighborhood and i'm very eager to help participate and knitting it in the in a way that is effective for us and to make sure that the broader regional transportation needs are served as liz bison from the cta told me, if you want to solve the congestion issues in your neighborhood, you need to serve all of those people way far out so they have reasonable and pleasant ways to commute to work. thank you. >> thank you, ms. rodgers.

>> we're not ready for public comment yet. i don't know if the other members -- were there other members we'd like to acknowledge. >> >> we can't require the applicant tos attend websinger made it known they are welcome, we have a few others, it's up to them if they want to speak. i think that's all, i think that concludes my report. >> thank you. >> so, [inaudible] would like to comment on this item. >> i would like to very briefly strongly support the application of paul bendex quho you probably saw right now who is in a wheelchair, i've known him for many years and he is a unique addition of the cac, because of his disabilities, he has a unique side to accessibility. >> and that concludes members of the public that wanted to address you on that item. >> is there a motion for

approval. there is, and there is a second from director lee. is there any objection to the appointments as presented? seeing none, it passes unanimously. >> item 12 is approved: directors, that does conclude your agenda for today. >> okay, we are adjourned. (meeting is adjourned)..

>> good afternoon i want to welcome you to city hall and to the mayors 2015

celebration of women's history month i'm emily the director on the status of women and our department has been in disney vance women and girls since 1975 we'll be celebrating our 40 anniversary in october this year's national nominee nor natural history wyoming most is leading the charge in the lives i want to recognize kim's from the fire department (clapping) deborah head of the department of the environment (clapping.) monooutlook mirror the port director (clapping) supervisor christensen thank you for joining us today and school broadband member hydra mendosa and assessor our recorded carmen

chu (clapping) we have two commissioners amy ackerman from the status of women and we have two board members members our pointing and linda calhoun >> i want to especially thank my staff carlene who worked and others from the mayor's office to make today's ceremony possible. >> (clapping) and and mickey callahan from the human resources has just joined us i'm sure you're aware of in 998 san francisco became the first city in the world to enact a local ordinance with the united nations the illumination of all forms of discrimination against women a international bill of rights for women the united states is not gratified

but the other countries have this landmark ordinance was made possible by the advocacy of the san francisco bay area area women attended the fourth convention on women in bay you didn't know in 9995 it's between 20 years when hillary clinton proclaimed infamous women's rights have human right human right are women's right and to come reiterate are a the form of action san francisco was asked to be a peer leader to luggage the presidio champion with the enthusiastic support of mayor ed lee what has challenged other cities 80 join san francisco's leads we'll be hosting the u.s. conference of mayors in june we're so fortunate to have a mayor it gets it i want to share a quick story when he was the head of public works he, he we

participated to make it a better workforce one of the things he created a space for women empowerment group among the employees to invite women to the first meeting he sent them a personal invitation to the home addresses helped them to pa participate and that group has been flushing every sense his qualifying didn't stop with city employees we know that 3 out four women's work in the private gender and you launched the 230u6r78 and challenged the private sector to encourage women in the workplace i see supervisor cohen has joined itself to enact the family friendly owners and the equal pay act and he's made a

tremendous commitment to fight violence definition women fund for you the sifdz against women against violence has $05 million or 50 percent from $3 million before we become acting mayor to $4 million investment by the city with the mayor's leadership and partnering are the law enforcement we have members from the police department here today san francisco saw a record 44 months without a single domestic violence homicide and an unparalleled record unfortunately, the record was broken in january of last year, we have more work to do with that please help me welcome one of the strongest advocates for women mayor ed lee (clapping). >> thank you, dr. murase and

good afternoon welcome to the people's palace i know i want to thank our department of commission on the status of women and the friends of for their commitment in advancing women's human rights and beyond our city i'll begin by saying we're really at a special time in the city a time when this is prosperity i want to make sure i know you do we provide special opportunity to share that everyone succeeds i'm focused on my affordability and shared prosperity agenda and continue to make recorded investment in our public schools a program that helps youth and children i want to introduce anita she's my

bossed that's why i think i have a strong women's agenda if anything (clapping) i have in mind a lot of families led by women i'm suggesting more suggesting i'm trying to implement thirty thousand new units of housing in our city to make sure their thirty are permanently affordable i have women in mind when we're focused on the project 5 hundred toe to lift 5 hundred families out the poverty i think a great portion is going to be women led families we need to invest in our public housing and resident and build stronger community through our sf program and certainly as we're more and more becoming confident we have the ability to rebuild our housing with the people with them ♪

first and help them rebuild the housing together we'll continue investing in our transportation network which our great equalizing as well as our education institutions you know loophole fortunate those days you'll hear about it we're fortunate to have generous heart they're not just appearing we courage stronger our philanthropists to join together that's why you'll see the names of agencies that we're supporting with superbowl 50 and as challenging as the event is the $40 million has been raised he think we can raise another amount of money that people are doing as hard as and you've seen the first batch 25 percent of all the monies raised will go

to poverty programs in san francisco i was excited to see the list your we've identified 2 and a half million dollars going to the bay area youth and families to really well, it performing agencies in san francisco and the bay area we also are continuing to encourage our biz business leaders we sue another example of that recently with our san francisco general hospital and so i look forward to work with all of you continue to building this monument and make sure we advance human right not only in san francisco but well beyond that as ii said earlier gender equality is personal i grew up, of course, with a strong mother that happened to have to deal

with us 6 kids at angle early age and i'm proud we raised two daughters that are strong 2, 3, 4 are their own right they'll permanently personality in san francisco in their in a iran and going to north america that all they're helping revenues and others deal with their challenges throughout the world this year we have signaled that i'll join libby shaft and women in a summit summit that seeks so improve economics for the women in our city thank you. (clapping.) >> and you know, i think we are very in a very strong position already i know that we've gone

through the many names of women lead department that is worth repeating i'm not sure any other city asking can brag buyouts leadership to our city mist our 2350e6 and public health and port and environment and, of course, the department of transportation on the status of women are all led and it is reflected in our leaderships like london breed and supervisor tang and supervisor christensen and supervisor cohen and supervisor jane kim and carmen chu (clapping) and, of course, we have had a history of very strong women in elected roles in san francisco senator feinstein and nancy

pelosi and kcmo jackie and betty lee and board of equalization those women have to do a lot of important thing for the entire convoy i shouldn't is without inhibition i look forward to working with you to place the first female in the president of the united states (clapping) well, you look at the women we're honoring today and you'll see the skwlts that are reflected in our own history and in our own leadership in the city today their lives have been death to improving the lives of others where in education or housing health and many more areas there are helping my city and our city to be more affordable

they're helping to insure that etch in the city shares in the prosperity and whether through philanthropy or working on the ground everyday or in all of the areas we've mentioned those women have changing lives and showing the values at its best with that i'm proud to recognize for the most part deborah who is an incredible leader in education her mantra all about sharing the joy she makes our city and world a better place for all the special needs children and debba are a is tireless in her commitment with children with autism must be valued and included. >> loved she makes that happen everyday and an actively of

active member of the special education and recently honored with a pta friend here award i had the honor of spending time with dementia e deborah at the sunny side school you saw her dloefgs when we delivered ipads on the autism spectrum that had not access to the curriculum in addition to her special education am mat i know she has her team members she's a secret weapon for the she is a colony baseball team and built relationships with scouts and welcome u s f it is a great

privilege that deborah choose to live in our city women like deb are a makes things happen please join me in welcoming deborah (clapping) >> thank you, mayor ed lee nancy rodriguez and the dependent on the status of women i'm a proud member of the citizens advisory committee on special education we're a vital component and effective education program in our schools

we work side doors with the san francisco unified school district education department a reflection the of resources we're comprised of adults with disability and representatives of public and private agencies and persons concerned with the individuals with disability my husband and i have two miracle scones with autism we have effectively advocated for our san francisco unified school district we attend even though elementary school inclusive practices be able part of the cac gives me the opportunity to help other families you see auditorium children has special needs as mine i must help you must be their