. >> this is the regular meeting of san francisco small business commission it is monday, august 10, 2015, and the time is sfoufks it is televised thank you to the staff for televising today's meeting

members of the public please silence our sfoenz and use of cell phones, please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. speakers are requested 42 not required to submit a card please deliver the speakers to me and the sign-in sheet for those who want to be added to the mailing list mr. president, commissioner adams. commissioner dooley commissioner president dwight commissioner ortiz-cartagena is absent commissioner tour-sarkissian commissioner white and commissioner yee-riley

mr. president, we have quorum general public comment time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction and suggests new agenda items for new items and members of the public who wish to comment on tonight agenda >> in today is chronicle an article about the expansion of no cars on market street i don't think this is very good for small businesses small businesses that are on market street and small businesses that want to do business on market street no yellow zones on 349 for regular commercial vehicles only 6 wheeled vehicles if you're a - i have a business that wants to drop off anything

on market street from the golf course to the embarcadero it is on boeblt no white zones on market street so both businesses having people droufl technically no place to do that and also the new signs that are depicted using o consciousness not wording and the thing it says okay for commercial vehicles a 6 wheeled vehicle so it discourages people with regular four wheeled commercial vehicles i don't think that is very good for the small business community thank you. >> all right. thank you stephen well noted all right. any other members of the public would like to comment on anything not on this earnings agenda public comment is closed. >> approval the july 2nd approval of the minutes. >> i motion

second. >> commissioner adams made a motion>> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> item number 4 discussion and possible actions for the recommendations of the board of supervisors on bos file planning code establishing a new citywide transportation sustainability fee this is an ordinance amending the planning code by establishing a new citywide transportation sustainability fee and spending the impact fee with some exemptions as long as the fee a amenable added a independence to reflect those and amending section 6 for homeless shelter exemption from the sustainability fee making and coming from amendments to the area plan fees and planning code article 4

and that's it presentation today is adam senior planner citywide planning division. >> if i may welcome. >> thank you if i may before we start, of course, this here this commission we're interested in what are the impacts on small business we're all familiar with the situation in the city don't need too much discussion on the growth effecting us we want to discuss and know what are the proposed fee changes and how they effect small business so thank you very much. >> thank you very much good afternoon good evening. i'm victor wise i'm the chief of staff for the sustainable streets mta i'm joined by two individuals from the planning code i was going to give you an overview but quickly move through that to the question you've asked us about so power point please.

>> thank you i will stick to the slides on growth you know all that about that the municipal transportation agency has been working hard to figure out how to accommodate all that growth and make sure the transportation system r067b89 part of the program the sustainability program we 7, 8, 9 to talk about it is a joint program by the mayor's office, by the planning department and the county transportation authority and the mta it has 3 components other mike is on if you feel comfortable. >> thank you very much. >> the very first component the line it is really rising the environmental impact report under the california environmental quality act a state level reform wheel not spend too much time on that only to say it occurs at the state

level in 2016 the second part is the transportation management that has nothing to do with has to do with the development of the features to make sure that people have options to traveling different ways in vehicles and asking people to travel by bike and walking and transit we really need to provide the infrastructure and to provide the transit and bike facilities by to provide them and fund them that's where the fee part of program i'll skip to that part of the presentation to give you the information i'll unite adam to talk about this. >> while adam was on his way up changes that are not rventhd in the binder 0 so what you see on

the screen may be different than your binders. >> thank you altered from the planning department your last portion of that was accommodating the new growth. >> making sure that people get around the city comfortably we're calling the transportation sustainability fee an expansion of the impact fee and i'm going to turn it over to corey the assistant zoning administrator and our planning code expert you'll talk about the specification of the fee and how to applies to small businesses as many of you may know there's a huge transportation need we're asking the development partners to help to fund that as the city grows on the impacts of the transportation we're proposing

to place the where had with a new transportation sustainability fee it capitalizes that to expand the market rate no change to the nonprofits this is an issue that came up in profess iterations we're building and standing the small business corey will talk about that generates $400 million in revenue in the next few years it goes go the system to help build the improvements more the trains to get around faster a portion goes to the regional partners and part to the building streets that are safe for pedestrians as well those are the proposed fee rates their based a nexus study we're legally required to do and an economic feasibility study

for the economic impacts across the r across the city to see the impact of the fee on the development and make sure that new investments are not costly to build another issue less jermaine for this body projects that have filed their applications in the pipeline we're suggesting they receive a certain amount of gathering if you're in the pipeline you'll get a discounted fee and that is part of the built in performance and maybe with a certain date so the records have to change that's a high-level of overview i'm going to turn it over to corey i'll walk you through the exception how that effects small businesses.

>> good evening, commissioners i'm corey the assistant zoning administrator i spend a lot of time with the impact fees one of my jobs right now to keep track of the current policy credits that we receive applications for for the 81 d f i'll go over first of all, the main changes that the t s f changes that will impact small businesses the first thing the second point we don't have a blanket small business exception but policy comments for small businesses but a moderny limit of 3 percent every year for the policy credits so the new ss f eliminates that the small business exemption that applies it is a significant change for

small businesses second big change is that we are collapsing our land use into much fewer categories for the impact fees because as many of you may know the t d i f was created in the 80s before the impact fees in the administrative code by mta this didn't move into the apply department until 2010, 2012 we're thank you for the opportunity to try to correct that to illustrate this on this slide on the left you'll see all the land use or technically they're called economic activity areas that we have to deal with today, there are quite a few on the right the 3 symbol categories we use in our other knocks and using the t s f the residential

and non-residential pdr the interesting thing about the list on the left except for pdr they fall under the residential that collapses the uses down but often means fewer instances in the future where a change of use will occur per this code as a trigger for the fee other issue that is relative to the change of use the existing t d i f if you want credit it is for the prior it had to be active within the years ever our application if you imagine there are a lot of places that make that for a while and that was off in situations people come into for example, converting a pdr to a retail if not an active pdr actively occurring in that

space in the last 5 years they don't get the credit they pay the whole rate that is consistent and proposed to being removed those are the 3 changes that impact small businesses the most i can go through the triggers and specific in that area as well. >> so again generally, the fee who applies to all non-residential the residential developments creating 21 or more dwelling units and large nonprofit private universities with the institutional master plans will be subject and there which is a charitable provision in the std f we're essentially fact that away if the large nonprofit that universities

who does it not apply to the restricted and middle-income housing as part of the explore housing if you're got 2012 permeation of the onsite units are affordable if you're building 81 percent of the units and their derestrictive that will be exempt from the knees inaccurate 20 or fewer their examine and less than 5 thousand square feet we'll get into the detail in a moment and again, the way we treat nonprofits will stay basically, the same explicit for the large nonprofit universities so when did the if i and the triggers to trigger the fee any

new construction greater than 8 hundred square feet that's the vast majority and similarly expansion or additions to building larger than 8 hundred square feet anytime under is a change of use and generally from the lowest to the highest pdr we'll take the highest rate so looking at the small business exemption to point out this is essentially the way it exists in the t d i f it politics all the time the pdr use it expands less than 5 thousand square feet will be exempt and 5 thousand is the key and non-residential that resonates within an existing space for example, retail use for the pdr use it ultimately is 5 thousand square feet less than

that is exempt and they don't apply to the retail so pdr to retail for example, starbuck's that would not be exempt so a few common development scenarios one is that kind of the change in tenant more than a change in use for example, if you have let's say you have a corner grocery store on valencia street to convert it to a toy store not a change of utilization because we were able to collapse those uses including the office and retail and medical and institutional you can go in and out of the changes and not a perfect impact fees so in this situation no fee applies no expansion and no change of use so what if you want to capitalized to small business

maybe you're adding into the building again as long as the ultimate result of the expansion the use and business will be less than 5 thousand square feet the fee will not apply i want to mention a little bit elder a change of the use from pdr to retail as long as it is less than 5 thousand square feet go into a former you know warehouse space in selma are you or a trendy coffee shop less than 5 thousand square feet not subject to the fee something important to point out excuse me. we are actually going to be image doing substitute to address the typo in the language the draft it doesn't make that happen fully only an error and

caught already and on our to do list to get it done so the language is correct again that didn't happen your crux a new building for a small business it will only not apply for a building less than 8 hundred square feet an example the pictures are proximity and for the substitute a fee if their large enough generally buildings more than 8 hundred square feet are subject to the impact fee this is common if you're leasing space in this situation generally mother applying to the business because when that building the building permit was approved and issued for the new constructionists they're generally determined the collapsing of the uses so all the impact fees are paid through

the permit with the actual construction of the building often the 81 ti work is later so it didn't flow to the business owner taken in by the developer when the permit is issued for the new construction and with that, i'm going to turn it over to adam to complete. >> yeah. that is basically the end of our presentation as you are aware mayor and supervisor wiener and supervisor breed introduced it on july 21st we did the introduction and will go woke backing no september and bring to 0 with that if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them or answer any feedback you may have. >> commissioners, any questions.

>> in you're on the formula retail does it include franchisees fachz. >> yes. that formula retail includes franchises any businesses that meet the criteria for the formula retail or the establishment they have otherwise they'll fall under that i should pout that is the way it is for the credits as well as long as we have fund available you can't receive it if if is a formula retail. >> commissioner tour-sarkissian. >> i have a question about the threshold of 5 thousand square feet what does it include storage? a lot of those retail

businesses included. >> generally for all the impact fees we use gross storage which is our kind of most expansive category for the floor area it generally include everything from the exterior and for storage if you have a back storage room for stock or stwra space or the part time space that is in the calculation of the 5 thousand square feet. >> so possibly it can involve a lot of retail businesses because a lot of them voluntary large storage area 5 thousand threshold can capture a lot of small businesses with the commercial space maybe half 1/3rd and the rest stores a lot of restaurants basement have i

screwdriver that possibility. >> sure there will be some retail uses that are larger than 5 thousand square feet we don't very specific numbers on the proportion but the large portion of those uses are in the c district and the neighborhood corridor those tend to be you know just the ground floor and that is usually a maximum of 25 hundred square feet rather than large parcels that are definitely an opportunity for businesses to expand and go over 5 thousand square feet unto a higher number of formula retail that fall into that in the neighborhood commercial districts yeah. the same image the 5 thousand square feet threshold and the formula retail component we're basically carrying that over exactly how

in the counter policy of the small businesses that's the idea. >> commissioner dooley. >> can you go over the projects in the pipeline how those work in the 3 different categories i'm just asking about the project with the planning entitlements will not pay the existing t d i f but the residential projects quite large will not be paying any of the use; is that correct. >> hold on maybe i can find the slide here. >> so - essentially this is the

consideration for projects have received their entitlements e.r. submitted an application for the two departments the residential and non-residential the residential uses which you may be less concerned with if they have their entitlements from the planning department this fee whether not apply there maybe other fees in place like the aerial impact fees they'll pay those but an application into the department we're paroling proposing they'll pay 50 percent the fee rate for the residential use that's $3 sloping to $7 plus for the non-restricted residential uses the projects with entitlements again not pay the new fee but if subject to the p d i f we're saying the

same thing for the development applications into the planning department if they have an application in we're saying today, the rates that are there today hopefully that make sense. >> can you give me a quick comparison of difference between the two p d i f for in this. >> maybe if you could give us an example let's say i have a restaurant 4 thousand square feet and expanding to 8 thousand square feet so, now i've set the limit. >> right. >> is this a one time fee how do it effect me today and post this transition give us an order of magnitude. >> it would be - the mablt will be the same so you'll be paying

today and tomorrow with the scenario the rates vary as you can see the middle line on the power point. >> a non-residential. >> a non-residential the current those are collapsed i don't have the exact fee it is also 14 to $18 with a one time fee. >> okay. a one time fee on the total square footage or the credential. >> you have 4 thousand existing and 8 thousand you'll pay on the 4 thousand square feet. >> not over 5 thousand but on the increments. >> so i'll pay 4 thousand times 14 today, 4 thousand times 18 so the increment is 4 thousand times 4 an infrastructure woments fee and yeah. yeah.

>> okay got it. >> director. >> thank you for the - mr. president. >> i'm not sure which one will answer this one the triggers of the new construction over 8 thousand square feet i get the idea not the trigger for residential but with the example how to affect small businesses like if you take the proximate in hayes valley do a pop up of 8 hundred square feet with the t s it will apply i'm wondering this seems a little bit counter in active for the businesses might be investing in the small business spaces to apply this

you know probably our 5 hundred or 8 hundred square feet we move to encourage or perhaps an example we heard about property or we did some sdrrlg around city college to allow garages to be converted into retail will this trigger the t s f as well i want to make sure we're keeping in mind something that might be counterintuitive for the versus the retail space. >> is this triggered this isn't triggered by the signing of the lease but by a renovation any thank you. i asa sure the last one first, the trigger technically is a building permit the impact fees are tied to the

cremates. >> so if the building permit proposes the creation of or expansion or changes of use so where there's an non-remain or pdr any building permit that represents one of the applicable types of work. >> i have a retail space and sign a lease to be a retailer and need to do thank you uss is that going to trigger that. >> not a change of use. >> you can expand that it can be a dentist office and not to do a toy store not residential no change of use it will in the trigger it. >> it will trigger a building - >> so. >> most businesses you're

talking about are outside of the purview. >> you're talking about the small businesses in the temporary setting like the proxy. >> yeah. like the generated. >> the mission rode. >> wouldn't proxy pay a fee they'll host the retailers so, now this plot of land has been approved for retail i come and plop an 8 by 10 container a 20 by 18 container over the limits that will be kind of like leasing a space that is zoned for retail why would plopping that container on it change cause this to happy a. >> for the purposes of the container we're treating it not as new construction like you're taking timber but fit out to

meet the required codes for a structure that people occupy. >> wouldn't the landlord be involved. >> well, the property owner all the impact fees are technically the landowners responsibility and obviously a private agreement you know with those situations where is it contingent on the tenants but the property owners requirement 8 hundred square feet requirement is something that go look at it and studied a little bit with the impact fees with the planning code to deal with triggers we're conforming with that as to make it consistent with all the other impact fees to keep is triggered there maybe situations as small building of that size is over 8 hundred i can't think of a good example that happened yet it could

happen definitely we could look at that more the way we came to look at that we're trying to conform this to those impact fees for consistency. >> i don't see that - that would be like saying hey, i'm a developer and want to build a retail building before that i'll bring in my tenants and not have the impact fees yet that's backwards i'm assuming you've taken care of onsite fees and not build the building to have the impact fees. >> it is tricky the proxy a space is different if you're building a before you building with the commercial laid out but a space like proxy or mission

rock it is meant to be flexible your rely on that business to come in and sort of say hey i want to take up that space and build a proxy container that's a small level of situations that applies to those are also small micro businesses adding in more fees what kind prohibit the economic developments something we may want to think about the business has to pay they're going - a restaurant is going into a pdr space; right? and so that situation would trigger a change of use the building owner doesn't pay that the lease he pace that there will be sentiments based on the somewhere presented in the creative spaces which are

designed to be temporary spaces those big lots are built out. >> the 43 fee is levied on the permit. >> the property owner is ultimately responsible for what is going on. >> is it issued to the tenant or the property owner oh. >> right again, the pdr retail conferees is less than 5 thousand total right now any conversion less than 5 thousand square feet under the policy credit program under the exemption we've proposed will not pay. >> we have a lot of that going on in the dog patch for the northern industrial center is roanoke county, virginia the entire ground floor foyer pdr and restaurants every one of those is excessive off 10 thousand square feet so it will see a building permit and a fee. >> there are increments but the

fee is only if the space is working in they're not expanding more than that 5 thousand square feet. >> this is those small unique things with the kind of like the containers and the pop ups and the economic development how will we assess that for when we do the temporary pop ups for events. >> just to clarify in the case of proxy they were the intention to be temporary but we don't have a provision in the code it is a limited provision for construction trailers during construction and christmas tracy trees and lots things like that most of the things we have to permit it and treat it as permitted the yard is different

there are different things for mission bay for a temporary use which is what they're doing there we haven't seen it come up too much but the kind of pop uptrends with the smaller retail is happening more we don't have a lot of space typically a lot of left over freeway space to have the pop up containers it's not an issue yet. >> we have a lot of empty storefronts. >> it is important we're proposing to remove the 5 year you know active use provision because especially commissioner moran considering the recession i think this is around important provision under the t s 19. >> i think we should pause for public comment i see someone in

the audience thank you very much. we'll continue this conversation comments. >> i have a question i'm not sure it is good one thing to realize obviously when fees get button put on in an apartment building but on the building owner the fees have to be paid back through the rents. >> uh-huh. >> the tenant will pay it one way or another for example, oak street they tore the theater down and put up a part-time they pay high rents that effects the rents on the rest of the block so there's is on effect not only to the tenant that is there but effects everybody around and also as we have a housing shortage not a shortage but the cost housing is going up this is another thing that effects.

>> thank you. >> i guess the question is whether it causes the rent to go up. >> good evening jim lazarus chamber of commerce i'm pleased to hear we have a homicide on the change of use it can, scary on a neighborhood by neighborhood basis but they've compacted the categories over 3 categories but i think there are significant perhaps unintended consequences to rents as steve said the highest rents into a commercial area are the benchmark for the leases when a landlord tears down a building on pongz a r polk street and put in new retail with 6 or 10 units the 10 unit don't pay the residential but the more than 5

thousand square feet of replaced retail pays the fee 10 thousand square feet of not even new it can be replacing 10 thousand square feet of existing retail spaces i understand was there ones before it goes up with an $80,000 fee for the 10 thousands of new replacement square footage that will get passed on to the first tenants of they're two thousand square feet units the total that was built was 10 thousand square feet of now retail the real question do you get credit for the retail that was there before this is demand based that's the impact of that small business or large business on transit and transportation if there were 10 thousand square feet on sacramento and polk with

a new building of 10 thousand square feet why are they paying a fee so i think there are still interesting questions that will impact small businesses on a neighborhood basis when you calculate rents. >> is comment there is actually a replacement use credits so if you there are 5 thousand square feet of retail space existing on the site you tear it down with 10 thousand square feet of rail you'll get credit. >> tim is that - >> okay i object to show you. >> was that will that address our issue jim. >> great neck. >> samantha i want to express a southern in the sense of pdr in

retail is as jim mentioned a few things like pdr the restaurants are over 5 thousand square feet had you include the back indians 5 thousand square feet with 18 thousand square feet $10,000 so a raunlt about go somewhere else to keep in mind small if might be only a few kind of concern areas but keep in mind. >> okay. thank you. >> any comment on that one so this is the case whether you have - ; is that correct we're all learning it here. >> there's a lot of threshold and triggers but that case that she described will trigger the fee and i think that is a question of we've proposed the 5 thousand square feet small business exemption same in the

current t d i f that qualifies the business that's the quasi it is today so - >> i mean the fact is you've described as a fee associated with is it today but under the circumstances the fee is $4 per square feet more. >> especially it is less if you get credit for the pdr in this last few years a few scenarios you take a new project and rerun it under the code and tweak it with a various no matter the threshold you said but you know in that scenario if you have a large restaurants like that you'll trigger it and get credit for whatever use your replacing

now under the new code instead of paying for it. >> are you already done. >> commissioner and oh, is there any additional public comment before we precede we'll have more questions from the commissioners seeing none, public comment is closed commissioner yee-riley. >> yes, my question now the 5 thousand square feet is in place perhaps before you make all the proposals have you done this study to see how many the small businesses was 5 thousand square feet or more will be impacted. >> so again, this is a carrier over from the legislation it's a good question my question the 5 thousand was arbitrary. >> i'm not sure about the origin of the 5 thousand square feet but moving forward that

applies to the new and expanded businesses so it didn't you know existing just to be clear the existing businesses doesn't apply only on new businesses i don't have the number in terms of how many small businesses in the city are thousand. >> i know we have inquired with the association to see whether or not 5 thousand is the right number maybe 10 thousand would be a better number especially for restaurants. >> commissioner white. >> i didn't i think you answered my question so i want to - existing businesses that are over 5 thousand this does not apply. >> for existing businesses no. >> doesn't apply to any existing. >> my second question if you're an existing business over 5 thousand square feet and there

wanting to remodel that triggers that going back. >> not unless your expanding. >> it's not a change of use. >> not a change of use. >> all right. >> what if you expand to over 5 thousand. >> then the incremental. >> the amount of the expansion will pay. >> i have a question. >> yeah. >> about construction new construction so if you tear down the building with an existing retail space than the trigger is 5 thousand it if you're a retail space, however, if no retail space it is 8 hundred; right? square feet do you understand me. >> yeah. there is different threshold. >> if in fact, you didn't have before the tear down any retail space you'll go with 8 hundred

and right if you have a vacant lot like a parking lot. >> a residential building. >> and is you build a new building is with ground floor retail 5 thousand square feet that applies so it applies for all the residential and the retail if you have the same proposed development in 10 or 2 thousand square feet of empowering retail built interest before it applies to the residential but you'll get a credit for the prior use i don't go into that gooesdz but it gave us a replacement and that replacement is the scenario you demolish and replace. >> up to 5 thousand square feet. >> no for example, you had a 10 thousand square feet building

same as retail my comment usually a stand alone retail space we want to tear it down and build a new building you get credit the goal for the impact fees and really we're bound to charge for the incremental new impact being created that's why in that scenario allocate scenario you have an existing building with a 2 thousand square feet addition not charging you more only the extra impact with the expansion. >> thank you for clarifying. >> commissioner yee-riley. >> yes. since your including the residential development so it didn't increase in revenue can we go ahead and do it or put it on the ballot with 2/3rd's vote. >> an ordinance that needs to be approved by the board of

supervisors and signed by the mayor so it is not needing to be a valid issue. >> have we exhausted users. >> all right. i think we're done thank you that was very informative and mr. lazarus if he understand that correctly and is satisfied with that anyway i don't have any questions. >> this is agendized as around action item you can take action on it tonight or you could in terms of how the shape it is in and recommend not recommend you could recommend with if there's any sort of additional considerations or list out the things you think with good

encroachments over the thank you d i f it sounds like there is time for working with it any areas that you - i think it might be good to inform the sfmta the things that the commission may want to look at good to do that now and have it on an official records. >> the relative numbers are 8 hundred and 4 thousand and plus dollars. >> can we ask them to consider and look at the inclusionary of the 5 thousand to 10 thousand. >> we can ask them third degree anything we want and understanding that 5 thousand is a legacy number they didn't undertake a study to see if it is relevant to today is environment i think it is perfectly within our purview to

recommend on investigation of where that 5 thousand came from and whether or not it is relevant today and effecting small businesses it is equally relevant to kind of ask the question of 5 thousand square feet effect the initiative frrments frorments coming out today maybe not the trends but a precursor of things to come and finally ask the question what's the rational between little $4 i'll say $13.00 or a year on average is a small contribution to the overall need here in the city so good on everyone for trying to find pennies where they exist that is a small amount so we can certainly make a motion anyone of you. >> i move to recommend for them

to look at changing the 5 thousand to 10 thousand. >> and look at the 8 hundred square feet to see whether or not. >> a point of clarifies are we talking about the beginning what the 5 thousand square feet would be for retail versus storage as your motion to begin what 5 or 10 would be are we talking about gross or net. >> whatever the 5 is i'd like to have them look at 10. >> before. >> that's gross. >> before we go forward i'll suggest that 10 is no less than arbitrary than 10 we came up with that i'll suggest maybe there be a little bit of research what is a rational

number it's not clear where the rational was behind the number 5, 6 or telephone i don't how to determine that tonight but a good request to kind of thinks what the number is if there's a better number to - you can motion anything i want but 10 is as or 5 and what we really want to know what is the number that has the least impact on small businesses without getting in the way of accomplishment. >> i think we need to incorporate the come back of how much of the square footage is usually versus back area or. >> net versus gross.

>> yeah. that's kind of important as we piloted retail that has a huge basement for example, if that is factored in but the upstairs is quite small. >> yeah. that, however, i would if you were in the planning commission i would say well what happens if necessary get a permit and it is a bunch of storage and walk in there and see you took down the temporary wall and it is convert to small retail i want to comment less storage to storage and more to retail the ability to enforce that is something that would go to the consideration of the planning commission so again, we, move what we have we want you want to make sure that the motion we make is one that he thought about here we're go trying to make a decision in 5

minutes to try to recommend some analysis rather than some specific numbers so perhaps the motion a consideration for active space versus non-active space something like that we should be mindful of the practice outlet so just putting it out there. >> i think and maybe good for the record for the commission to comment on sort of the change in direction that the sfmta and planning department are taking with the transition they're making some t d i f there are significant considerations they gave them some good thought in the new policy such the you know the 5 thousand credit you're

going to get if you expand an extra 2 thousand there has been thoughtful things it is going for the record since we have to provide a written comment it may not be the final comment to provide desecration to the department that is good and solid and other issues to came back before you. >> rights in the spirit of this collapsing of the number of different buckets to put things in we don't want to go opposite and say yeah. let's put paperwork around 24 semipartion this cleans it up. >> so again you know i'm we're here to i've you can promote the

interests of small businesses to the extent it makes sense for this small businesses in the city collectively so just thinking about whatever we might motion and the request we might make to each the departments. >> don't look to me for another motion. >> so i think we have at least one motion on the floor which is to request the department to go back and take a look at the 5 thousand and do on assessment about i think to do an assessment where the 5 thousand comes from and if there are considerations for the possibility of an increased amount. >> yeah, so - well, the motion

on table to increase from 5 thousand to 10 thousand if you want to withdraw that we can took at approach. >> we can ask them to look at the 5 thousand. >> okay. so look at. >> the rest of this i personally like the rest of this i've seen it in my work with construction and stuff it actually cleans it up and i think about some of the other small businesses were moved around town and getting hit with this fee under this program we wouldn't have gotten hit with the fee i'd like - like a cleaning up. >> like a container store or costco it is like a storage is

that storage or display and in fact, storage is part of the display it will get both a tricky situation you'll start having people play a cat and mouse game what is storage and retail likewise in a factory we like it to be one in the same people see that as part of the retail experience seeing the factory don't you guys come around and look at my factories (laughter) and the only thing that makes me nervious one the things if someone else comes and raises the rent it effects everyone in the neighborhood but like you said in there program if it is already paid and switching that carries over. >> real quick there is sort of two points he do angle economic

feasibility study one of the things the market is going to ask what the market is going to ask the cost of the developer is not drooiven what the rent is charging only the market value can bear is what their charging that is a separate economically separate from charging a fee. >> right. >> if the rents go up on a particular building the market value can bear it and has a ripple focus on the rest of the neighborhood. >> it effects the development i'm congressional going to put in 20 thousand of retail i'll not add the next 10 it will make that invisible for a developer i'll have to cram it down my next attended the market didn't allow so all the fees effect the composition of the development itself so whether you can really

command the rent whether it is commercial or residential to offset the fees that are charged and even though city likes to move ahead of that step. >> and is second part of the motion i think what was commissioner white recommend looking at the 8 hundred square feet issue with our pop ups and maybe have a discussion with our office of economic development. >> that's another situation we're trying to make that impact fee consistent with the other ones so typically 8 hundred square feet of new construction or addition is a trigger for other impact fees. >> that's the size of 3 horse drawn cartridges (laughter). >> that was mobile retail back there there's a rational. >> and in all seriousness that is from the retail side then the

commercial side if you're doing a large expansion. >> the average size. >> so perhaps i mean, i think it would be good to have a conversation i think the margins of who that might effect are small by significant. >> okay sure. >> adding to the motion a consideration of the 8 hundred square feet and whether this is somethings that could or should be modified. >> i like that. >> okay great. >> so bryan if you have tracked that motion into some concise wording you're the man of the hour. >> i'll give it a try commissioner yee-riley made a motion to have the department do a assessment on the rational for number of for the square footage

how they drive that number and consideration for increasing the square footage a and b recommending the department discuss the 8 hundred secret in regards to pop much as the with oewd and possible modification of the square footage. >> yep. you got it. >> and then is there any sort of additional third sort of force for the other component of the legislation? no >> not unless anything else. >> second. >> i second. >> i can do a consecutive roll call. >> commissioner adams. >> commissioner dooley commissioner president dwight commissioner ortiz-cartagena is absent commissioner yee-riley

commissioner tour-sarkissian. >> commissioner yee-riley. >> thank you for your patience and thanks for the public commenters for coming out. >> don't forget your tumble drive adam. >> item 5 is discussion and possible action on the project plans. >> adams did you get our u s b arrest cool thank you very much. >> thank you so supervisors tonight in your binder is the registration form boonlz our feedback of what you have in the binder starts out with an instruction to the applicant what's raider in the application it does give a little bit of the information about the registry

and the eligibility requirements that is outlined in the legislation registration process a business may fill out an application we'll forward to the mayor and board of supervisors unless the application is not complete then to the mayor and the board of supervisors then to determine whether they want to nominate that business to come before you or the mayor or the board of supervisors to nominate the business we contact the business they fill out the application and it comes before you a $50 application fee not refundable in section one the name of the business, the founding date, the name of the business owner or the ownership and the mailing address if the applicants is someone around the business or

the business owner then the name the applicant in terms of for the communication is needed in terms of the application then we have the business registration number and the secretary states the corporation number asking for that and for them to check if they're a nonprofits or e station and to write in the date that the business was founded headquarters or founding date headquartered date in case a business didn't start in san francisco but relocated here and asking for previous locations for what it would be the original location if it is a business that might have multiple locations we're tracking the historical - the history of the original location i want to oil the ignite section

3 the narrator the business will be writing the narrative to demonstrate to the commission what about you know it is to be - what about them makes them a legacy business in addition to name and business description and define the character of the business and note any change or notification of the business and the date and reason for the modifications some businesses may have slight changes it is up to you to determine if it is enough not the same business or modified i don't know how many scenarios that might be but give a thirty year history if the headquartered date including the ownership history, any business

disruption that requires it to be close for more than two years and i put in a decided classroom some businesses in japantown that are over thirty years old but had to be close for more than two years because of the japanese increment. >> because of the earthquake. >> yes. maybe circumstances that i can add tearthquake. >> nationality disaster. >> right i don't want those people to think those businesses are xutd excluded because they're closed for more than two years and maintaining the fiscal features including the business

goods and services and tied to historical cultural or social what is the business or nonprofit contribution to the city's history and identity in the community, describe how the business represents part of the city or neighborhood shared economic social path, economic social path past, present, and future what makes the business community serving those are the things referenced in the legislation and the description of the patrons and the beneficiaries a description of the business fiscal location if the fiscal building within the business in which the business is located and maintained features inside perhaps out and to what stent the use within the property and you know do they obituary it or not that is just interesting demographic

information for us to have and would the community be diminished if the businesses were sold, relocated or shut down those are questions to put forward if you think there are any you know. >> this is very good. >> that may be considered and then in addition for businesses with multiple locations that provide you know the listing the multiple locations and their history and then also to include any you know supplemental documents legal documents business refrigerator and photographs documenting the history memorabilia and newspaper clipping any audio or visual

things like that they could include in their application to help you know supplement their narrative story i forgot to note that for section 3 i think i put this in here should be more than 6 pages in terms of the narrative. >> so i think i read there this it looks me comprehensive you've asked the right questions if other questions need to be asked we might decide maybe there is something we've not been asking we want to know but encourage companies that who i think some of them are a slam dunk not having to go through you know a big ordeal to prepare this application it depends on the legacy business wants from by

putting in this proclamation do they want the recognition or looking for financial benefit from the city of the things that are going to be available so as it stands today it looks comprehensive enough to go to market. >> yep. >> i want to mayor, i mentioned section 4 is just to make sure that businesses are aware we do need to make sure their current on their tax and understand those documents be part of the public record to make sure we dot all the i's and cross the t's that's our understanding. >> i think the application is user friendly. >> it is very good. >> will this be online. >> it will be online eventually but as soon as we have it

officially i know there are some businesses that are interested in starting this process now. >> can we make it a pdf. >> we definitely can. >> one that you can fill out as a pdf. >> we'll work on that so the narrative portion will - yeah. >> that's fine. >> this is an excellent i have a question the last sentence the photographed images without compensation (inaudible) is that - >> it would be things like a photo credibility's it is for any reason as part of our program we want to use a particular photograph to highlight a legacy business and we can, do. >> we should be able to do that.

>> if the giants apply they'll have to hold back on all their players (laughter). >> all right. any other commissioner comments. >> okay. so any public comment open up for public comment seeing none, public comment is closed do we have any action. >> i would make a motion to approve that and want to give kudos to regina and her office that is excellence well-thought-of and i'm kind of involved that this in another level you got all the bases covered. >> i want to acknowledge sf heritage and partners. >> it's very thorough and short and sweet and easy so i will motion to approve this. >> second. >> second.

>> i'm sorry who seconded it. >> commissioner yee-riley. >> commissioner adams commissioner dooley commissioner president dwight commissioner ortiz-cartagena is absent commissioner yee-riley commissioner tour-sarkissian and commissioner white. >> all right. knocking them down. >> and item number 6 is director's report. >> commissioners wanted to provide a quick update that i think other one of the most last meetings i may have mentioned about the start up in the day initiative with the white house to is one of the first city's to sign on in supports and pledge and that is an initiative by the obama administration to start encouraging the city to do more

online making it easier for businesses to get started i think the business protocol was one of the initiatives but they did have a prize they sent out with prices for small grants and large grants to do projects so we submitted a project with to the small business administration on a $50,000 project we want to see with the business portal to enhance the online application we were awarded that price. >> wow. >> happy about that so congratulations to jane once again and then quick update about paid sick leave because of my absent donna the director and i are trying to connect to get her

questions of her tennis what we're trying to go for hopefully by the next commission meeting we'll have information i'll send you an e-mail to let you know there are seiu is cleared for collecting snitches for the ballots for there to propose increasing the minimum wage up to $15 an hour for california by 2021 so call roll california minimum wage is $9 $10 next year and up from there and senator leno has his legislation out there to increase the minimum wage as of $11 to 2016 and up in 2017

but san francisco is a reminder i don't need to remind you we'll be reaching $15 by 2018 so you might want to be aware and in your binder we have a list of legislation recently introduced that will we're working to get scheduled recess is many of the board of supervisors offices are closed right now we don't have some of them set but working to get them scheduled and, of course, a list of the legislation that has been heard by you can what past land use you know what pass through committees and signed by the mayor and, of course, the service station retro to be

conditioned so we're staying in touch with supervisor kim's office. >> okay. >> so that's it for today. >> fantastic fantastic. >> item 7 president's report. >> i have only one i attended the biological meeting we have the continuation at the chamber of commerce last tuesday the focus was primarily on consumer impacting consumer behavior and is timely discussion of needed to be but sf connect we're trying to keep sf connect and for the behavior as opposed to other biological campaigns whether the sf loma campaign efforts to corral that and have consistent mercy housing to

encourage consumers that was primarily the discussion that's all i've got and item 8 vice president report. >> nothing to report. >> item 9 commissioners report. >> just want to report that i visited the navigation center. >> how could i forgot and it was on mission street two by these we toured the whole area so it was pretty nice facility. >> yep. >> item 10 new business. >> i wanted to follow up on i know we had someone come in from the superbowl you know that spoke. >> oh, yeah. >> do we know how it is going working with the small businesses around the city interested to know if they've been partnering.

>> what you hear is what you get not that i'm aware of of manipulative activity frankly. >> i will contact jason and ask him to come in ash p that will be good. >> yeah. we should hear what they're doing and the plans. >> it is almost in the football season. >> 26 weeks ago away. >> yeah. >> anything else any other new business. >> do we have a motion for adjournment. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> everyone opposed (laughter) seeing none, wait (gavel).

>> we all know a major earthquake will eventually hit san francisco are reproerl presented san francisco is making sure we are with the public safety buildings. >> this consists of 4 consultants the police headquarters with the from 850 with a brand new fire station number 4 to serve mission bay swimming pools at office of economic workforce development in the fire station thirty. >> is the the hall of justice

on bryant the new home for 2 hundred and 50 uniform and voiven compresses we all it was opened in 19 so sociothat is a 50-year improvement as far as structure and work environment had that will be a great place to work. >> when construction began in 2011 this was with an clear goal to make sure with the big one heights the resident will will have a function police department those are the highly seismic standards it is up to operate up to 96 hours from the police department perspective that building is self-sufficient for a main made arrest in all disastrous zake ever after we will run our operational from here no matter what happens this

building and the people that serve the businesses will continue to function building is designed to meet lead goal certification and also to art installations on the campus that was designed and constructed to better sense of ability so for example, we're using solar water heaters we're also urging gray water for reuse inform flush water and rainwater for the cooling and irrigation locked on third street and mission rock is it serves the motorbike neighborhood and motorbike i moiks is a growing neighborhood and the intent of the bond to have please and fire serves to serve the community. >> hemming helping to keep the building and the stay safe was

the not the only opportunity it creates many jobs with 82 bleb businesses overall san franciscans contributed one hundred and 87 thousand hours to help to complete the project it shows the city of san francisco the elected officials and police officers and more importantly the voters that paid for the building this is what we can do with when we wrorpt this is a beacon when we need to build new extra we can trust them with the money and the plan they did a good job the san francisco public is a reminder of the importance of being presented and will continue to serve the residents for decades to come

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(clapping). >> when you cast our vote in an election in san francisco you might kaflt your vote at city hall or choose to vote by mail ever wonder what happens after you cast our vote what's the process for tal vote in san francisco and how is your vote counted let's follow our ballot when you tall a certified by the department of elections first, we'll look at what happens to our vote another a polling place when you cast your vote it is set into a system called on in sight it read our ballot and the data is soared on a memory cartridge it is based

in denver, colorado provides san francisco with high sail balance scared and software to count the votes when the poll is closed the memory card is removed by the inspector cartridge is sponsored are stored in a anti static bag and a san francisco parking control officer takes official custody to deliver to city hall the custody of the actual completed ballot is transferred to deputy sheriff it verifies delivers them to pier 48 managed i the election on election night pier 48 is a hub of activity bringing the ballots to poll line up audits to delivery to the team

it's a long night for those election employees staffer unpack and sort of all the ballot bags and i account for the ballots and dropped off at polling places and from the machines the inside ballots a counted to verify the total ballet for the polling places more to do with the ballots and we'll get back to them a little bit later meanwhile at systematically city hall the department of elections sets up a gone night only uploading center staffed by the employees and to transfer the

memory cards by the parking 0 offices. >> on election night that he set up austin at city hall to process the votes and completely and accurately as possible in the bag it was placed on a reader that records the summary next the carriages are unpacked and checked in by our staff then the carriages with a vote so for etch print are fed to into the right sideers by the memory software is he see the vote by a line that is in the department rooms tabulations back at the polling place on election day you might cast our

veto using the edge voting machine a bilingual that allows the voters with limited vision or other disabilities to have access to the ballot their recorded on a paper printout and stored in the edge machine. >> i also need the edge printer. >> at the end of the election day a deputy sheriff take custody of the field container from each edge machine. >> you on have one edge printer; right? >> those deputies transfer the container with the plastic bottles and the departments warehouse on pier 48. >> the department of election staff opens the sealed container into every edge machine and reviews the printed record. >> here at the department

warehouse teams of two people roach the edge printer material and check and recheck if the votes are recorded a team have to people puts it onto a blank perspective and two different people confirm the votes and correct any errors all the edge printer are hyphenated their transferred to the deputy sheriff and the department employees transfer those ballots to city hall and feed into the machine for counting that way all the votes cast on the edge machine are included in the election tally. >> voters are encouraged to vote at they're assigned voting

place people that cast in other marathon their ballet place their plaid in a special envelope to be verified verification is checking to see if the voter is registered in san francisco if they are their votes are count for where their registered more than 60 percent of san franciscans cast their vote by mail ballets cast at city hall have also process as vote by mail process brother you receive our ballot in the mail it has to be received and sort of by the u.s. post office the largest may progressing facility in san francisco though it is get i quite a large operation about 5 hundred

employees throughout 3 shifts that runs 24/7365 today what we have all the day when the city of chicago have arrived and they'll be processed for delivery so over here a truck that has come in we're expecting about 2 hundred and 48 thousand ballots to come into the plant on 6 different trucks so for we've received 3 of the trucks as you can see there's a lot of mail here right now, we're getting ready to run the mail on a bar code softer and we but u put it into a sequence it is good for the ballot constituents. >> voters drop off 25 percent of the ballets at poll places at the end of the day custody is transferred to 0 deputy sheriff

that transfers them to pier 48 at the pier battles are a collected the number of rushes is needed and quickly transported by two deputy sheriff's to city hall for process before any counting of any vote by mail can happen the voters signatures must be verified so first, the unopened vote by mail is run through scanner that takes a picture of the bar code and signatures the bar code identifies the voter and this information along with the voters signature is sent electronically to the voters place for verification while here in voter services we check the signature on the ballet envelope with the signature on the voters fill the name predict and name is entered

into 9 election system the staff reviews the information on file and visually compares the signature and we challenge the valid of the ballot if it is severed they've voted in this election and the official stamping of the ballots sent electronically back through the scanner envelopes radio run introduce the scanner again to sort of out any unverified ballets on the second scanner their sort of by predict voter services staff we proclaims every ballot to make sure that the voters are contract and their vote is counted. >> though accepted vote by mail used to be opened by hand now

opened by a rapid extract machine it helped on the envelope on two sides and the machine that opens the flaps are recorded you can reach in and pick up the ballot it is probably twice as fast as a manual process and the wlalts is then scanned by a 4 hundred high-speed scanner that counts the votes on each ballot sadder at the same time employees schek the dominion sheet and compare it the scanner sometimes cannot read a ballot due to damage or light parking garages by vote their transferred by hand by a go person team those new ballets is run through the ascertain sea

the votes are add to the final tabulation wonders where your ballet is you can consortium our battle ballot was received and check the constitutes and conform our vote better to be safe than sorry was ultimate counted using the tool at sfgov ballot.org. >> then we transfer the data from the skarnlz into this laptop and tabulate using the do night time software. >> on the severe those are transferred into the memory cartridges once the data is loaded on the laptop the service tabulates the vote we generate the veto and put 12 on the website and the report also includes a predict

by predict breakdown of the polling places and by mail a one neighborhood district of votes and the neighborhood turn out report. >> we can take a lot of information about the election including one of the most popular broke down by party and continue to look forward to improvements. >> you'd think that is the ends of the story but still more work at pier 48 that needs to be done california election code requires one percent of the predicts that are chosen added random by an elected official the one percent manual tallied it their counted by hand here to the department of the warehouse 4 employees count them there are

3 steps first in each team won person called the vote and two people tall the votes that are called second to the tall people have the same results and finally the tallest are compared with the electronic vote. >> this one percent manual tall is one of the last steps in declaring the official result of the election from your home or neighborhood polling place to city hall by memory cartridge high speed up scanner or manually our vote is tab laid and the results end up printed and posted and declared certified by the department of election services the inteblth

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ for more information visit good 2015. welcome to a special rules committee. my name is john avalos the chair of the committee joined to my left by committee supervisor cohen and president of the bord london breed. the clerk of sth board today is alisa samary. can you share announcement

>> silence all cell phones and electroning devices. complete speaker cards and documents to [inaudible] item acted upon will appear on sept8. >> just would like taannounce that todays rules committee meeting is broadcast by s frfx gtv staff, jennifer low and [inaudible] >> item 1 is motion [inaudible] it define clean, green energy and renewable [inaudible] election to be held november 3, 2015. >> thank you very much. the rules committee meeting was to insure that we had our committee meeting to review the last minute changes that were made to this ordinance for the ballot and not sure if

president breed has anything to share, but we have jason breed the director of [inaudible] to explain the new version of the legislation. >> jason [inaudible] local agency formation. the legislation in front of you has been changed into baseic ways that the previous version had been talked about. those twho ways, we take out discussion about nuclear energy and add the above [inaudible] will work with reporting of category 3 renewable energy credits. there is no under state rules there are regulations how much you use for minimum standards but nothing beyond that. the sit a puts a voluntary limit on what it can do with category 3

credits using the same standards for the minimum complice to the rest of the load with exception between the meeting not being counted [inaudible] the roof top solar is not something in category 3 and san franciscos goal is get as much renewable energy on the roof top. 9 percent of the load will fall into that category so we konet want to deemphasize that so will take out that caveat and [inaudible] in the system to what the stardards are fl the minimum compliance levels the state has and will stick to that. if you have questions i'm happy to answer them >> thank you so what was before with 2 measures going to the ballot is our push and to have greater roof top solar was

being threatened and being able to count that as part of our clean effort >> yes. there will be restrictions for minimum rpf compliance but not the maximum levels so it gives the flexibility to have the roof top solar fill in the gap above the minimum compliance levels >> okay great, thank you. we can open up this item for public comment . >> [inaudible] you try to [inaudible] by not turning on the air conditioner but [inaudible]

>> thank you. next speaker, please >> good morning for once supervisors. eric [inaudible] with various groups including san francisco clean energy advocates. the other problem with i [inaudible] measure is it will set different standards for pge so it can get away with calling [inaudible] when we couldn't-it was silly. on what is happening today, advocates want to make very clear that ibw made an agreement that after you vote on this in the hearing and send it forward they will send out a press release immediately announcing their intention tooz campaign against their measure and for

our measure including putting a ballot statement saying don't vote for this, vote for the other one. advocates need to see that happened before you all at the board in about a half-hour vote to send it forward. if doesn't happen i know it is drag to be here friday, but you need to hold that vote until the press release goes out or we feel we don't have a deal and if we lose quorum and have to go to a pal balt misher fight we are plepaired to do that and will and will win. the last thing is hopefully ibw is watching and if they attempt this in other counties-i'm part of a state wide organization on community choice and will aggressively defend any county. >> thank you very much. any other member of the public who would like to comment? seeing

none we'll close public comment. before we have a vote on this measure muchbing forward i would like to see if we have a motion >> make a motion to excuse supervisor tang, she cannot be here with us today >> take that without objection. you areoon the committee today. okay. just announced president breed is a member of the committee today so president breed will be voting with us. so, president breed >> thank you. i just want to thank there l the party involved in trying to build a consensus about around this issue. we all care about prckting the environment and this is a significant way to do that. i just want to say to supervisor cohen and supervisor avalos, thank you for hosting this meeting at such short notice. this particular item today will help us hopefully

prevent a fight at the ballot this november and bring all parties together in order to move this forward and not only follow state regulations, but enhance reguless here in the city and county of san francisco. especially because we want to launch clean power sooner rather than later. what we are doing here is just a step forward in that direction. the mayor has made a commitment to move aggressively forward and launching this program and we are committed to that so fortunately at the ballot box this won't create that level of a problem so that clean power is delayed in the skity and county of san francisco. i'm excited, it has take an long time to get here. i just joined the fight when i became a member of the board met many here today have been

advocateing for this for many many year jz it is trully amazing we got to this point and look forward to this measure passing in november and hopefully passing at the board and hopefully ibw sticking to their word and supporting the ballot measure and all of us coming together on this particular issue so we can move this problem forward as soon as possible. thank you jason freed for all your work for many many years on this particular issue. you have been consistently fighting to balance all sides so we can get to this point so excited and look ing forward to the launch of clean power in san francisco finally. last but not least, thank you supervisor avalos for being my partner on this particular issue and it has been great to work with you and your team, both jermany and connor in our office have been grain grait on this issue as

well. thank you >> thank you. i think we had 2 bites of the apple last year, one looking at how the pec budget extracted dollars for the reserve for clean power and we prevented that for happening and you coming calling for the study for ininstrumental as well. we can have a motion to move this item forward? >> yes i would thrike mive a motion to move the item forward with positive recommendation as committee report to the full board >> second. >> we'll take that without objection. madam clerk do we have other items? >> that concludes our business for today. >> we are adjourned. .

>> and this place did not look like this this is unbelievable and it is the jewel of the tenderloin thank you, mr. mayor for making it so and boys and girls club over there and other entities and the big missing piece a kid's we're missing with only trophy we have to yeah oh, at the hall of fame without further and i do let me introduce the mayor of san francisco mayor ed lee. >> thank you. well it's fun to be here with the champion of tenderloin and the police station as well as the wonderful kids out here happy summerhouse life without school (laughter) well, i'm glad to be here

joining you on to national night out we're doing that all over the city you'll be up in another place greeting the kids it is a night where we have a sized family kids coming out to really participated in 234ir playground and we have rec and park staff and we can neighborhood staff here we've got people running important office we have the united way and social services, we have community people most importantly the residents of the tenderloin who deferred this world-class particular to play in and have fun to be healthy and they enter in between with the rec and park volunteers tonight our social services provided up, up would the sport to make sure our neighborhoods are strong many say what national night out does i'm glad to be with the chief to

make sure everybody is safe we have a couple of things in front of us chief what are the things for those of you who have yet to catch up those are the san francisco giants world series trophies so later on everybody that has cameras can take a picture of yourselves i have one with my business cards i give it to other marries and say what have you got in the way we celebrate the giants have been be us a great fund that helps to penetrate all the communities i'm happy they lent you will say here for more fun and a lot of great shoppers i want to give a note of appreciation for everyone that provides food and refreshment where we happen we have a new company that opened

up their ice cream that is the human try if you've been to the ferry building you've lined up with many thousands of other people and they tent are donating ice cream for the kids how about that have a happy nationals night out and enjoy our communities, enjoy the relationships, get to know each other this is a time we ought to be knowing each other by our first names in the parked and streets this is part of was this the community is all about glad to be here celebrating thank you. (clapping.) >> your new champion trashing i'm handing it off and what more can i say we have lots food and ice cream and candy corn kids

sugar up and playing music it might be a little bit of dancing enjoy the night

(clapping.) >> good afternoon, everyone good morning; right? good morning, everyone (laughter) thanks everybody for coming out it is not everyday that we get to no matter a new muni line let along a rail line on which the historic streetcars will be operating we couldn't be more

excited to be out here we have a lot of folks without whom we wounded be here so a special day for muni and special day in the history of transit a great day for the city i'll start by saying a lot of people have to work hard for a long time to make something like that happen but at the top of the lard is the mayor from the time he took office and really the decades in the city supporting infrastructure in supporting good capital planning the kinds of things to have p in place to get to a point like this the mayor is a supporter and couple of years ago we convened a task force that land to a $500 million bond that was approved last year this week he

signed the city budget among many others great things that is bring to the city included service increase which the t line is a part this is the kind of leadership we need to bring the kind of transit service to the city to have it grow in the future please carry on conversations out in the hallway. please join me in welcoming our mayor, mayor ed lee >> (clapping). >> good morning as well thanks east side for our leadership if i can thank you you and the commissioners of the sf transportation agency and our county transportation authority working together with the city and the board of supervisors and really glad to be here today with supervisor christensen, supervisor scott wiener and supervisor jane kim joining us we're dedicated to improving expanding our public

transportation it the best example i god got to ride on the newest edition to the streetcars and ike thank you, again rick from the historic streetcars history he provided that connection we were talking about dolores park all the mayors if feinstein on to that have really led the effort i know that from me, me to art to senator feinstein so many people wanted to link the entire embarcadero well, this morning i'm here to dispel rumors the e line is to be the ed line it is the embarcadero and f is not the fine line but all the alphabet but there are names here i want to say i know senator wanted to

be here and representatives from feinstein and boshgs that have begun fantastic not so many other things that helped our city to be successful i wanted to ride that with senator feinstein i know this is in her heart to get this done she's a great leader in the past and the cable cars and all alternative things that hopefully rick will have a chance to talk about the history this is a remarkable day to exemplify an additional 10 percent of services means in one part we've got extensions of line and in other be neighborhoods of the city but for this embarcadero to have this e line go all the way if at&t park to fisherman's wharf and have an open air approach to it and then have muni drivers like robert parks and others

working for muni since 1997 i think enjoying every year to serve the popping public a whole system mr. their pcos or police department or management or commissioners working with the federal commissioners and board of supervisors and state and local agencies working to improve that's why we have confidence that our muni can have a one billion dollars operation that really cares about getting people around this desire city we can manage and certainly manage all the things to get people around the visitors and people working here friends and families safely and efficiently through the rest of the city this is one of the most enjoyable rides both cars are historic that car comes from england i won't mess with all the details

but i'll say that we say an uncovered vehicle that has a lot of history to it riding along the embarcadero it is fun it is exhilarating and another kind of cable car experience in san francisco and i love the history of the city i'll work and continue to work to make sure those things can happen and that services will increase that we reduce congestion and work hard on that by the way, make sure that vision zero is all part of everything we do this $500 million bond our public passed we're working very hard attorney general make sure those vision zero projects are done and i know that muni is in the lead and other agencies public works and everyone else has to work with high levels but let's celebrate this new service and line let's link to the

history of the car and the fun but all the appreciation that i have thought marries and the leaders and confirmations before us and the supervisors all working together to make sure that is part of the great public transportation system we want to have in our great city making history and celebrating that past but moving forward as the coincide phrase from muni it is all about forward muni how we serve more of the public the pride in the system for everybody works with each other congratulations sfmta and congratulations county transportation thank you, everybody for being here hope you get a ride on this as much as you can thank you (clapping.) >> thank you, mr. mayor certainly we wouldn't be here without our leadership the leadership at city hall extends to the second floor the

board of supervisors has continued to provide the policy and funding leadership to support things like bringing the e like to fruition but the mayor made reference this is a long-standing demand for the people that ring the bell for the embarcadero for this kind of services this provides the connectivity from the caltrans to the ball park all the way up to pier 39 and fisherman's wharf and the northern part of the bayer the supervisors that represent the policies are are here and instead voices for better transportation in san francisco and better transportation service i was called into a meeting three or four years and the institutional leaders from the corridor demand or expressing the demand for

this kind of services and the grassroots leadership that manifest in the supervisors it represents that is part of why we're here first representing the northern half of the e line i want to bring up someone before they got into office was an advocate for the transportation for the northeast part of the san francisco she's been in office and focused among things on transportation issues and saving transportation so ms. marcason district 3 julie christensen (clapping) >> good morning my first thanks are to rick and bruce and the leaders and the volunteers of the market street railroad i was out the advocacy it is a 20-year project so congratulation to the market street rail way determined

effort to make that happen i'm perspective to mayor ed lee and the volkswagen of leaders for dianne feinstein for supporting this crazy idea and tilly chang and others that made that happen i this is a great thing for the city this is going to be a lot fun riding along the waterfront i want to focus an district 3 my district includes some of the density neighborhood in the united states we have a typography a roll call top great most of my constituents don't own cars we're trying to improve the public transportation for district 3 i'm thrilled that soon our district will have the first subway in san francisco and the first rapid transit in san francisco and i'm delighted to welcome the e line as

charming and fun for my constituents this is serious business not only do we have those are o those dense neighborhood but welcomes tens of thousands of shoppers to union square tourist that are visiting fisherman's wharf and chinatown and other places in the district they need to get around and this transportation on the east side is virtually important not only to get people back and forth but to make sure our city runs smoothly we're excited about f this edition in service i've been quoting from of the follower leader of bothering talk the market is a great city not one poor can bribe but when rich people takes massive transit that puts on and on us on that thank you. >> thank you supervisor christensen and representing the southern end of the e line is

supervisor jane kim that's been as most folks know one the leading voices that was behind vision zero to san francisco and vision zero being our goal to eliminate traffic faults by 2024 but representing the folks that have among the lottery levels of car ownership and transit ridership the highest but a voice to improve leadership to pushing up to engage the east side of her district and to think extend and approve transit district for the east side including the. rightone: lynn line please join me in welcoming jane kim. >> thank you. i was going to that supervisor christensen and i have some things in common absorbing 60 percent of the

residential construction in san francisco taking place be here for years your residents have been asking for more public transit lines to make sure we have to the infrastructure to make sure our neighborhood is connected to others i want to recognize our residents that have for years been advocating the chair bruce he couldn't be here he he is going to jury duty heart broken and co-authored from the cracking and dr. many me, me for the foundation that push for the e line to make sure it happened and it makes me proud we're delivering on that today director reiskin not often you have a new line our district has two the 55 which is connecting the mission neighborhood and bart to mission bay along with the ucsf medical campus and the

average office building and the e line it connects fisherman's wharf to the bart and caltrain station transit is critically important as we grow we know that everyone can't continue to drive we have to make our streets safer for pedestrians and bicyclists but make sure we have option for the residents not only to get to the do you only core but we're also crisscrossing and connecting neighborhoods this is a huge effort and it is nice to not just talk about is it or promise it but say we're going to be openly it today congratulations to the market street roadway and sfmta and the mayor's office and great to have a line it connects into districts thank you supervisor christensen. >> thank you, supervisor kim as many of you know the board of supervisors also sits as the

trpgs transportation authority the coming transportation authority and i wanted to acknowledge the executive director tilly chang and the da is currently chaired if i supervisor wiener it sits on the metropolitan adrenalin transportation commission a strong voice for the transportation particularly looking at san francisco's needs but locally has been one of the stropth voices for transportation for the advocacy in 2011 for the streets respond up until last year supporting both the geobut bringing prop b that increased the general fund that goes to muni wouldn't have been there without his leadership been a strong supporter of systems constructive critic i rides it everyday and like us he

experiences both the exchanges but seize the opportunities please join me in welcoming from district 8 supervisor and chairman of the transportation authority scott wiener. >> (clapping.) thank you, ed and my district is not including the e like line but the end of the f line one integrated system for the streetcars sometimes in san francisco we have this tension between the city's past and historic where we are moving into the future the e line really in my mind is a perfect blend of the fast and the future it is wonderful to be able to preserve and use those wonderful historic streetcars i want to give all the creditor it in the word to the market street railway and others for saving those streetcars and saving this

system along with the cable cars to make sure as the city changes and grows we don't just jet son some of the treasurers we have as a city but this line is not just about cherishing the past it is b also about moving us to the future as a city we good and talking about the impacts on housing and the costs of housing but the congestion in the city and the wear and tear and strain on our public transportation system as we good by 10 thousand people a year we've not been focusing on enough we're growing in this part of town and need to have more and more more and more parts of city that are connected by transit and particularly the mission bay area supervisor kim has mentioned is an area that is supervisor breed and didn't have nearly enough transit the fact we have those tracks in the

ground and vehicles and have this line and we're not making the best was was a shame to activate this entire ear and utility those vehicles to connect noib to the northern neighborhoods is just tremendous it is only the beginning i know we have more and more transcript h transit systems and the voters have been clearing about the sfaiks to eveningly passing the muni bond last year and passing unanimously the voters get it and city hall gets it we're going to keep doing this i want to note our county transportation authority was administered through the statistics as invested $19 million in historic strrts that is a team effort so congratulations to everyone and particularly congratulations to

the residents and everyone else who will by the people from this service thank you (clapping.) >> thank you, supervisor wiener and the rest of the board of supervisors it really is a team effort we couldn't have done it without you a little bit closer to the ground in order to make the streetcars available and in order to be able to find the the resources to be able to expand the services to open the line there are a lot of tough decisions in terms of the overall mta budget in terms of of the execution of our strategy plans they're made by the board of directors we're governed by a 7 member board the folks that are appointed empty the mayor serve would the compensation but we've been very lucky over at least certainly from my tenure

in having great leadership with the board of directors it is with great pleasure i welcome up the chair and vice chair please join me in welcoming tom nolan and concerning. >> thank you, mr. mayor the board of supervisors is happy to be here on behavior the board of directors we're numerously proud 7 thousand people move around the city that is a wonderful thing i want to mention two people one is not here i never think of historic vengeance without thinking of cam beach who died several years ago and also i wanted to say ed reiskin we're so fortunate to have a man of his dedication and lots of great things are

happening thank you vice chair. (clapping.) >> year and a half i think the chairman said it all i will echo nothing in the city happens by the result of one person's actions or organizations this one example i look forward to riding the e line it was some of the most fun i've had in san francisco thank you (clapping.) >> thank you. the political leadership behind muni and behind the e line expands far and wide the mayor made reference to senator boxers and senator feinstein was one the chief architect and part of what makes that possible we're joined could i by formerly supervisor and board president supervisor david chiu staff and justin a muni alumni want to acknowledge

him and assembly member the support we get increasing a recent hundred and $40 million cap & trade is how we're continuing to grow service in san francisco we've heard from a lot of the folks in government but without question next to dianne feinstein there was no person who is as both peppering and professionally responsible for us being here today than rick this is a passion of his both in his professional time and a lot on his own times over decades that is part why we're here today please join me in welcoming the president of the market street railway association rick (clapping.) >> well, we know this is a team sport in fact, san francisco is a team

sport and i could spend all day talking about everyone that is involved in the activity its all true you don't do anything alone in this city and the listener of the mayor and ed reiskin and tom nolan and cheryl brinkman and sfmta are important for the betterment of the transportation system i want to acknowledge the market street raul railway past and present your surrounded by them those folks have given thousands and thousands of hours of volunteer time over decades to help make what you see here happen if you sit in this spotlight thirty years ago we have had been directly under a double freeway the entire waterfront you know had trithsz

away from it's mairment history but didn't know what that was going to be a few people had the vision to see a world-class waterfront i want to acknowledge one in particular he can't be here he passed away one year and one day ago doug right that served mayor feinstein and served mayor agnos as the deputy mayor for transformation tra transportation that is part of douglas lying lillian widow i hope you'll give her a round of applause also anothers important few minutes is me, me the president of the delance project she got those tracks put in to connect the f

line up there what the n and t line to the south the e line couldn't have taken place if it wouldn't have gotten done she lobbied city hall she can't be here but i'd like a hand for me, me delany's street is a gift to our city the original vision so for the e line that mayor feinstein and doug started was to go to fisherman's wharf and continue to for the mason the e line has been a tragedy dream for a looked at and connected the parkland and provides walking and bicycle successful assess and serve the nonprofits organization that were at for

the mason the past director of mason alex it is here a guiding light in retrofits this idea along with the fisherman's wharf organization they're the who helped to get the national park to do an environmental impact report not paid for by the city by the fed's with help from then speaker peelings office we're ready to engineer and fund that as soon as we get through the remaining hurdle to senator feinstein has pledged her hope we hope the city family makes that a reality the effort mason makes that longer and astrologer when she was mayor dianne feinstein support made the first streetcar possible in the 1980s

i was in her office as a wet behind the easier volunteer and said is this not a mayor we can do this. >> she would i'll do it but i don't want to see new junk she had high standards he knew that every street corner had to be beautiful and reflected well, in the city she loved to see the original muni streetcars in fact, the one that the mayor piloted for the mayors coincidental they still run and she loved the streetcars from around the world and a can new from back in the 1980s and she loved to drive that car and she actually grove it several

times well, today, besides openly the e line we're to double our procure mark street railway has been from england we depended upon r donated it from muni we started the first official run with passengers and has it's original sign reading the pleasure beach we don't have a pleasure beach but have a promenade and it is embarcadero so muni shop workers and i'll shout out to lee and mike ellis and the other carl johnson retarded if muni did a great job restoring this car (clapping.) we can't do this without our city workers ballot wouldn't have sailed our way excepts for two generous by

michael thorstein who under wrote the costs of the car michael put your hand up please (clapping.) and to get it here we got a lot of help from ed ford explicit represented by cassandra (clapping) >> i bet you didn't know that fedex ships streetcars ear thankful to both of them and everyone associated with the boat and the e line thank you all so have much (clapping.) >> thanks rick and finally as i said before there was a strong community demand for the advocacy to get service on to the embarcadero so i want to invite up a couple of community

leaders one from the north side and south side starting with john a third generation fisherman's wharf guy and the president of the festers benefits district please join me in welcoming in welcoming john (clapping.) >> thank you, ed also like to thank ed and supervisor christensen, formally assemblyman david chiu and denying for helping to make it possible the fisherman's wharf association is happy for the e line service to begin my family has been a part of the fisherman's wharf for a a long time and watched the waterfront transform back then the embarcadero was beginning it's transition to the incredible use any questions of the uses today back then the what if was an

island between the maritime and the embarcadero and fort massachusetts so that to the west west people like to use the cable cars but the locals used their cars today, the wharf is more important than ever we we've got the moratorium and the cruise ship and at&t park just to name a few automobiles can't handle the demand we rely on the f line it is transforming travel we thank senator feinstein for her lunar new year. >> thank you to her for connecting the designations and taking the pursue off the embarcadero and thank you to the sfmta for making that a reality and looking forward to the full

7 day service we urge the city and national park service to move forward for fort mason our past leader was responsible for reviving the plan through the historic tunnel and saw the exhibitions were a natural fit with our restaurants and attractions we needed that extension soovrn and bend to having attractive streetcars to the jerry dell square and the hiding and the muni pier and fort mason we hope you'll all join in supporting it. >> thank you. >> thanks john and representing the southern end we're pleased to be joined by katie the president of the rincon hill

mission bay association she's been a unifying voice in government and other organizations to improve the quality of life many evenings down pier 40 where the group has it's meetings and she's a great advocate and critic when need to be but a great partner in improving things in that part of town please join me in welcoming. >> good morning neighbors i see a lot of the familiar faces i'm so excited to be here on behalf of the rincon hill association welcome to the e line finally we've been advocating for the e line for a number of years? a tree special day for us who live here thank you, mayor ed lee and director reiskin and rick and bruce of market street railway

our eastern neighborhoods if you're not familiar going set we're the most dynamic part of the city we're adding residents and businesses every single day but the option in transportation have not kept pace we're happy to have the e line but now, now we need to look at the future and make sure that the e line gets extended to fort mason and the dog patch thank you. >> (clapping) >> well thank you. i want to close by anglo the many people within the sfmta who have been working not only to make this event and day happen but the e line up and happening john halley our transit dork and his staff lee and julie and others

our communication director candice sue who is responsible and thank you to the riders that know how to use the e line and we're joined by our rail director the difficult task of getting people from safety and a lot of folks working together to make that happen so thanks everybody 10:00 a.m. tomorrow we'll start our weekend 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. if this point forward and next year extending 7 day service so we'll really excited to be at this milestone and thanks everyone to be coming out we'll cut a ribbon and service starts tomorrow morning thank you. >> also want to acknowledge one

last time our board chair bruce is serving the city on jury duty it is all for him he played a huge we'll role we all appreciate it. >> hold this with one hand 1, 2, 3. >> all right. (whistle blows)