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certainly in this area, san francisco -- the heart of silicon valley -- is lagging behind places like chattanooga nn where they have made investments that far outpace anything we're doing here. >> thank you supervisor campos. supervisor chris 10 zen. >> i just wanted to point out that if we said "yes" to google ten years ago, we wouldn't be having this discussion. >> thank you supervisor christensen. colleagues, can we take this item -- same house same call? without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously. mad l clerk, can you call the next item please. >> item 22 is a resolution to adopt the city's 10-year capitalization plan for
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fiscal years 2020-2025. >> campos -- i will be supporting this item, but i want to be very clear that -- and there's nothing in the document that's before us that actually addresses this issue. but i just don't want any ambiguity in the record. that i think that there's still many questions to be answered about one specific item within the capital plan. and that's whether or not to replace county jails 3 and 4 in the hall of justice. i think that there is strong evidence against the need for a new jail. given the decrease in the jail population and the -- in fact, sf community based interventions like pre-trial diversion, and other alternatives to incarceration. and i hope that it's clear that by supporting this
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capital plan, it doesn't mean that we are committing ourselves to the re-build of a new jail. i know that supervisor kim has been doing a lot of work on this issue, and we'll pull to the hearing that she will be holding on that issue. >> thank you supervisor campos. and i agree with you as well. supervisor avalos. >> thank you. and along the same lines, i'm voting in favor of the capital plan today as a guideline, but not as a mandate -- not setting in stone what is in here. i think it provides a general direction for us to go. specifically, i have concerns about the jail, probably other projects as well. also looking at the rollout of our go bonds that we have that are mentioned in the capital plan and the relation to the deposed housing bond that's looking to go to the november ballot. and i think there's room for a larger
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bond that i want to consider. and i don't think that's necessarily considered in the capital plan. but i think it's one that we should continue to consider as we move closer to the end of june. >> thank you supervisor avalos. supervisor wiener. >> i thank you. just as we all -- as i did in the last item -- i criticized some of our city agencies for slow progress, i think we also need to acknowledge the positive. i just want to say -- just as a reminder of what incredible progress we've made having a 10-year capital plan. and if we think back to what it was like before we had the capital plan, it's just really night and day. and the fact we now have this methodical catalog of all the city's capital needs with a plan for, a path forward for meeting those needs* is just tremendous. so we're actually planning bonds years in advance. that it's done
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according to a schedule. that under this plan we've seen the completion of our library renovations -- more and more park renovations, roads, transportation, health and so on and so forth. so i really want to commend the capital planning committee and its staff and all the departments who've helped make this successful. i also want to particularly thank both the poc and the mayor's office and the planning committee for taking* to heart the dialogue around strlgts. street lights are moving around the plan. invest in street light system and it's so many challenges. i want to give a heartfelt thank you to everyone who's made that possible. as i mention as a committee we always have to look at the horizon. our water crisis really i think compels us to be looking aggressively at water reuse, water recycling, infrastructure, and how that plays into our
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park system and watering and cleaning our parks plazas and public spaces as well as our city buildings. and so, i hope that the capital planning committee will take a hard look at how we move forward much more aggressively towards all sorts of water reuse in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor ye. >> thank you. i also want to commend the capital plan committee. when you look at the overall plan for the ten years and it gets readjusted every so often, i'm glad we're doing this, especially with the bond measures we're doing this logically and not trying to fight over things every single year. i know they couldn't really take into consideration too much with the school districts, school bonds, but it seems like at least because of our good relationship between the city and the school district that there are discussions. maybe one of these days we can incorporate all of that. for
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me, i would be supporting this. it's a good plan. it's basically gives us some guidance in terms of where we want to go from here to -- in the next three years. not everything in there will be done i suppose, but at least it gives us guidance. and one of the things that we need to have a discussion on -- i agree with several of my colleagues in regards to the jails -- we've had discussions on this already. and there's been discussions of where it started and the reduction of how many beds and needs and so forth. i think we're ready to tackle once and for all -- we need to have as a board a discussion around what the needs are. is this going to improve the conditions for those that need to be here in san francisco jailed. compared to what the conditions are, what i've seen down in san bruno. but i'll be
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supporting this. >> thank you. supervisor tang. >> thank you. i just wanted to quickly just share a little bit about the discussion that we had in budget committee on this item. of course, i do want to applaud our city for actually embarking upon a 10-year capital plan for many years. and we are at the end of our first 10-year cycle. in terms of the specific conversations regarding again specific proposals such as the jail. i did mention that in the past we have actually -- despite passing a capital plan, we have actually changed and swapped out certain projects we intended to have. for example, we had initially wanted new acc animal control building in the past. we are now carrying that out with public health bonds. we cycled in transportation bond last year. we are now newly adding in housing bond. and we hope to eventually see whether we can cycle a housing bond regularly through our capital plan going forward. and so, i think that they're -- the
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plan really identifies needs, and there's still room to make changes. and i think it's really good supervisor kim is holding a specific hearing on the jail and the specifics of that. we also heard that there will be further analysis done in terms of the number of beds that have been proposed. potentially been changing what they have currently proposed as part of it. so i do feel comfortable approving the plan given that overall it's not just about that one project -- the jail -- but there's so many other things we've identified needs for. >> thank you. thank you, colleagues. i appreciate all of your comments. and as the representative of the board on the capital planning committee, i too have brought the board's voice to this committee opinion and again, i want to reiterate this is just a plan. there's still a process in place. i too have concerns about the jail and a few other things in the project. but i think overall having a road map makes a huge difference when we're making decisions about how we protect our public
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access in the future and how we make decisions about building things that we need in order to move it forward as a city. so with that colleagues, can we take this item same house same call. without objection the resolution is adopted unanimously. and at this time we are going to -- it's past 2:30. and we will have 2, 230 comment daitions. so i will start with* supervisor far l who has a commendation today followed by supervisor eric mar. >> thank you, madam president. so colleagues today i have the great pleasure to honor a gentleman that many of us have worked with in the past. amazing contributions to our city, our stit and our country, research in his work for public advocacy and health.* so i'd like to ask dr. ma to
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the podium. just to give his background -- it's exhausting how decorated he is. he's a graduate of harvard medical school. completed his residency at ucsf. health policy studies. dr. ma also served our country. he joined the u.s. army medical corps. served for nine years. left after being rank of captain. his work has led to a series of publications in the new england journal of medicine, jma, wall street journal among other things. was recognized with the pearlman award of* journals. his current research focuses on reducing the impact of smoking on cervical outcomes. associate director of surgery. clinical practice and serves as chair at the university of california office for tobacco research
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related programs scientific advisory committee. he's nominated at the... where he served as chair. he's a member of the american heart association board of directors as well as san francisco medical society. he's also immediate past president of american chapter of college surgeons. quite an amazing long list. in particular, i have the opportunity i know many of us have worked with dr. ma in the past. i want to bring -- recognize him today in particular as we're voting on legislation that i offered that a number of my colleagues have co-sponsored regarding chewing tobacco. i want to recognize you certainly on this occasion today, but for all of your incredible hard work. so thank you on behalf of all of san francisco, all of our residents, for your hard work in the area of health. thank you very much. >> [applause]. >> thank you. president breed and members of the board of supervisors. good afternoon. i'd like to
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thank supervisor far l for this recognition. which is wonderful to share with supervisors in their decades long effort. san francisco medical society which have both endorsed this important legislation to end the use of smokeless tobacco at at&t ballpark and on athletic ball fields across san francisco. i applaud the vision of supervisor far l and his six co-authors -- tang, cohen, mar, wiener, avalos -- to introduce this important legislation to protect the health of our baseball heros and their young fans. i'd like to thank each of you in advance for voting "aye" shortedly. pioneering tobacco legislation that becomes a model for the rest of the nation such as clean indoor air laws, prohibiting the sales of tobacco products, pharmacies, advocate -- and most le cently the electronic cigarette
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legislation championed by supervisor mar. i believe the action about smokeless tobacco e pitter miezs the great things* government can achieve. players union to achieve their own self-stated public health goal. this will have worldwide and national significance. i look forward to mayor lee signing this landmark bill into law shortly which will be a key win for the wonderful city of san francisco. thank you. >> applause]. >> *. >> congratulations dr. ma. next we have up supervisor eric mar. >> thank you. i did also want to give a
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shoutout to dr. john ma. when we had our sf campaign that was led by supervisor cohen, wiener, avalos and i. as we honored people he was a true champion for children's health and to address the diabetes epidemic here in san francisco but throughout the country as well. it's my honor on the day before earth day to honor three amazing organizers and activists from san francisco foundation. and i'd like to ask if the chair brian dow could come forward. and the campaign co-chairs for rap which is called "rise above plastic." eva and shannon. come forward. i'd like to say the san francisco sur fighter are amazing. it's a grass roots force in san francisco but also throughout the country to create stewards for the environment, to protect the ocean, and to create a more sustainable future. but i was struck in
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going to their meetings how fun and engaging they are, how creativity and resourcefulness are really encouraged. it's just a great culture of organization that's trying to help not only the west side sunset richmond but throughout the city. rise above plastic is a sur fighter foundation national campaign with the aim of reducing plastic pollution worldwide through creative community solutions. i like how they involve kids and communities and parents to really approach small businesses to get them to be more sustainable and to look at plastic straws as one of the polluting impacts on the ocean and our communities. the rise above plastic campaign in san francisco is connected with others. but i know san francisco is like the model campaign chapter. locally the rap campaign is supported by the san francisco board of supervisors policies like our plastic bag
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ban thanks so much to sfer ross karimi and others* for championing that. thank you to newsom and chew and i did* work on plastic bottle. but also many community based organizations including sur fighter foundation. those initiatives connected with the rap campaign and others helped san francisco get out in front globally to reduce plastic waste that washes up on our beafs and shores and* gyres kind of areas of the world as well. last sunday i was also really honored to be there with 400 volunteers on ocean beach to clean up after some of the bonfires had ended. but just people celebrate. i'll just say sur fighter foundation has been doing heroic work cleaning up ocean beach over and over again every year. and i'm impressed by their ability to mobilize so many people and to do it in such a fun way as well. and i was also
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shocked and horrified about -- by how many straws, cigarette butts, little plastic stuff that i could pick up in a short amount of time like many others did and that basically tons and pounds of garbage left on the ocean beach and how many people that you mobilize to really clean it up. we need to do so much more. but we also need a culture of leave no trace and protecting the environment that is so important that sur fighter foundation promotes in its campaigns. i also wanted to say san francisco's rise above plastic program continues to look for ways to reduce plastic pollution. and they've turned their attention to plastic straws, a common item picked up at the sur fighter beach clean up. you can make a difference by urging businesses in your neighborhoods to only give straws by request or to switch to more sustainable options like straws made of materials that are not plastic.
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sur fighter foundation and the rise above plastic work is critical. it's grass roots campaigns involving regular people that really help us bill awareness to change the* culture in our society but also to reduce impact on the environment that we depend onto live and for the future generations. please join me in honoring our earth day hon rees -- brian dough* eva and shannon in the sur fighter foundation. >> [applause]. >> thank you very much. we are really honored to be here. thank you supervisor mar and all the other supervisors here. as supervisor mar mentioned, we are a group of volunteers. and so, we come from a variety of different backgrounds. we all care about the ocean for a variety of different reasons. some of us are surfers. some of us just want to ensure there are clean oceans and beaches. me personally, one of the first reasons i got involved was one of the first times
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i went surfing found lots of different trash at the surf spot i was at. so i was tucking it into my wet suit. "i'll throw that away later." so i tucked it into my sleeves. when i got out of the water there was a diaper floating in the water next to me. i was surfing in a storm drain outlet. a lot of that just washes off the street p.so wi do do a lot of education upstream to try to understand if something doesn't get put into a trash can end up in the ocean and end up affecting all of us. we should all have access to clean oceans and clean beaches. so thank you so much. i'm going to see if my colleagues want to say a word. >> i'm just going to be really quick and invite you all to join us for a beach clean up. it really changes your perspective. just going out there one time can change what you buy, what you purchase for your own home, what you use for your kids. >> i also want to thank the
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board of supervisors. one thing i'd like to remind everyone -- this kind of issue is not limited to what's just in neighborhoods. everything from middle america to right here run off the ocean. it doesn't matter where we are. being a neighborhood that resides by the ocean. these issues will keep propping up. i'm happy to tackle them along with you guys. >> thank you for your work in protecting the environment. and congratulations. >> [applause]. >> madam clerk, can we go back to our agenda? we are now at item no. 23.
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>> ateem 23 is an ordinance to approximate reimbursements to public works in fiscal year 2014-15 for necessarily repairs in seismic improvements to prepare for a major earthquake or natural disaster to replace safety emergency response general obligation bond proceeds on budget and finance committee reserve. >> madam clerk, can you please call the roll. >> on item 23 supervisor breed -- aye. supervisor campos -- aye. christetsen -- aye. far l aye. coeni aye. mar aye. tang aye. wiener -- aye. ye -- aye. avalos -- aye. there are eleven aye's. >> this ordinance is passed unanimously in the
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first reading. madam clerk, can you please call item 24. >> item 24 is a resolution to authorize the department of technology to enter into the eighth amendment radio hertz project agreement between the city and motorola to increase the contract amount to approximately 36.4 million through the remaining term. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house same call. without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously. atem 25. >> ateem twef -- resolution to improve* separate use and lease agreements one with air france and ka that i pacific air ways* for changes in demised premises with an estimated minimum combined rent of 25.7 million for the remaining lease terms expiring. >> same house same call. without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously. item 26. >> item 26 is a resolution to approve a lease
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and use agreement between delta airlines for changes in the demised premises with an estimated minimum rent of approximately 74 million for the remainder of the lease term expiring june 21 plrch same house same. >> same house same call -- adopted unanimously. >> 27 -- general manager of the public utilities comings -- irington tunnel project. with u.s. corporation in order to allow u.s. corporation to continue as design engineer record for the construction of the tunnel and increasing the agreement amount by 1 million for an approximate total amount not to exceed 15.9 million. >> same house same call pm without objection. this adopted unanimously. next item please. >> item 28 -- retroactively... park department 850,000 grant from the
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california natural resources agency for urban greening for sustainable communities for the man sel corridor. >> supervisor avalos -- >> thank you president breed. colleagues, i just want to underscore these funds and the projects that are happening on mancel* for the next couple of years. mancel runs* through m clairn park* and it ties together district 9, 10, 11. it could be a major throughway for cars coming from the western part of san francisco. it's really significant that mcclairn park* has seen tremendous changes through the past years. a lot of it has been triggered by volunteerism by people around the park. that has led to major improvements. major one we're going to see coming forward along this corridor along mancel*. right now there are four lanes crews along four dividers.
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they'll be reduced down to two lanes. one lane on either side. with a bike path as well as pedestrian pathways as well. greening and surfaces. that corridor, once it's done, will be a tremendous thing that will link both sides of the park together, not just the neighborhoods around, but the people who are actually using the park from dog walkers to hikers to people who just want to enjoy the view that's around there. if you haven't been to mcclairn park recently, i would check it out. it's a really great place to really enjoy what is very scenic and often very quiet part of san francisco. so i want to put a plug in for the park. and i want to thank all the different entities that have worked to make this happen ksh dbw, there are funding store sources that come from the prop double a, lots of different sources. so really great to see. come now and come later and come often to mcclairn park.
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>> thank you supervisor avalos. colleagues can we take this item same house same calling. without objection this adopted unanimously item 29 is a. >> retroactively children use accept and spend 1 million grant from the u.s. department of justice for multi-disciplinary partnership to reduce recidivism and providing framework for preventing prison pipeline march 1 to december 1, 2015. >> same house same call. without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously. next item please. >> item 30 is an ordinance to amend business tax regulations code for regulation and enforcement of motor vehicles for hire. >> same house same call. without objection this ordinance is passed in the first reading unanimously. item no. 31. >> item 31 ksh ordinance to amend rental
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payment differential and to regulate relocation payments to evicted tenants. >> supervisor. >> thank you very much madam president. just briefly, this provides ordinance -- addresses some of the concerns that have been raised in federal court. specifically it sets a cap on the amount of location payments that are made. and it also provides specificity to the controller in terms of the formula that is used to determine the amount that it's paid. so with that i respectfully ask for your support. thank you. >> okay. not seeing any other names on the roster. colleagues, can we take this item same house same call. without objection this ordinance is passed unanimously on the first reading. item no. 32. >> item 32 -- resolution to authorize the nomination of five new priority conservation areas. the pe lieu natural area. the
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bay view hill and a half ral area. across town trail. connecting twin peaks. and the san francisco bay area water trail. >> supervisor mar. >> thank you colleagues. i wanted to thank supervisor cohen for joining me as co-sponsors on this important resolution. in 2007, there were four priority conservation areas in san francisco where pca's submitted to the association of bay area governments i believe supervisor christensen and kim. these green areas of our city are natural oasis for san francisco and they need to be protected and maintained. however, the areas minimal input from our cities and agencies. so in november of last year we authorized the department to nullify these pca's and conduct a more comprehensive study and to determine what san francisco's new pca's would be.
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so beginning january of this year the rec and park department as well as nonprofits like the green belt alliance and the california native plant society began their work. and the goal was to bring a science-based approach from the department of the environment green belt alliance with a hands-on and obs vaiblg work frrt* to go along with the policy support found in rec and parks work. i think the new areas that are proposed here incorporate all of the original ideas while expanding their scope to be nor inclusive of the vongd natural areas while capturing some new areas in our city. pe lieu belt's natural area is not changed. the green connection mcclairn park pivot is a brand new area in the southeast part of our city. glen canyon aka twin peaks bioregion is a new area. but it incorporates previous
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twin peaks and tower area at the top heights of our city. for this i urge your support along with supervisor cohen. >> thank you supervisor mar. colleagues, can we take this item same house same call? without objection, this ordinance is passed unanimously on first reading. madam clerk, can you call the next item. >> item 33 -- ordinance to amend the administrative code to establish the children and family council and to amend structure and functions. >> supervisor breed. >> colleagues wz a you know our city has remarkable resources for children, youth and families, san francisco still has the lowest percentage of children of any major city in the united states. we can all agree that this needs to be changed. the -- our children our families council was established by voters through the passage of proposition c last november. the council with the mayor and the
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