madam clark, do we have any further business? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor campos: great. enjoy your weekend. have a good time. supervisor campos: good more jim -- morning and welcome to the thursday, march 10, meeting of the board of supervisors government audit and oversight committee. i am joined by the committee vice chair, supervisor farrell, as well as a committee member board president david chiu. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes, mr. chairman. please turn off cell phones. if you wish to speak during public comment, please fill out a speaker card and place it to the left of the podium. completed speaker cards and parts of documents are to be included as part of the file and submitted to the clerk. items discussed today will appear before the board on march 15 unless otherwise stated. supervisor chiu: -- supervisor campos: thank you very much. please call item 1. >> item 1, motion approving the budget and legislative analyst services were planned for 2010. supervisor campos: thank you. -- work plan for 2010. supervisor campos: thank you. this item ba

madam clark, do we have any further business? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor campos: great. enjoy your weekend. have a good time. >> welcome to "culturewire." on this episode, the director of cultural affairs takes us on a field trip to the mission district to check out odc's new 36,000 square foot campus, the largest in the region. >> for san franciscans, odc has a very significant significance. stands for a venerable performing arts organization celebrating its 40th anniversary of bringing fans and theaters to the bay area. standing with me today on "culturewire" is the theater director of odc. thank you for joining us. i mention that this is the 40th anniversary. >> it is indeed. >> i'm standing with you in a fabulous theater that was completed six months ago in time for this anniversary. tell me about how it has been going for the last six months. >> absolutely. in terms of the anniversary, the dance company, which is our founding body, is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and it is the 30th anniversary, so it is historic for both sides, and the completion of the theater

madam clark, do we have any further business? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor campos: great. enjoy your weekend. have a good time. >> the committee would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgov .tv who broadcast t meetings and made the transcripts available online. >> the items will go to the full board on tuesday, march 14th, unless otherwise indicated. >> can you please call item number 1? >> the consideration of appointing two members with terms ending april 27th, 2012, and april 27th, 2013, to the sunshine ordinance task force. >> we have a six applicants for two seats. i will ask you to present a little bit about yourself and your background as it relates to the sunshine ordinance task force and why you would like to be on the committee. i will call up first boiled johnson -- doyle johhnsnson. well, he is not here. and then next is ron calley. >> hello. i am interested in the sunshine ordinance taskforce. i have a computer background and a journalism background and a lot -- i also to work with a startup company that is involved in cyber security. i have a pretty deep unde

madam clark, do we have any further business? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor campos: great. enjoy your weekend. have a good time. >> hello, i am about to call the meeting to order. secretary housh: pres., others, roll call. i might note that commissioner caen is ill. president vietor: thank you. next item, please. secretary housh: the approval of the minutes. any commissioners? president vietor: any comments? the minutes are approved. next item. mr. secretary, i seek public comments here. secretary housh: i am sorry. public comments. members of the public may address the commission on matters there are within the commission's jurisdiction and are not on the agenda today. we have no speaker cards. president vietor: thank you. next item, please. secretary housh: next item, communications. i would like to call your attention to the new letters, which are highlighted. additionally, there is an events calendar, scheduling issues, as well as two written reports, if you have any questions about those. commissioner: on the reports, i have one comment and one question. on the waste w

madam secretary. the gentleman from michigan, mr. clark. >> thank you, mr. chairman, secretary naup tapolitano, i th you for your knowledge for handling the threats our country is facing and considering proposals from people like us in the legislature. my concerns are about the security of the detroit sector border in particular and about the northern border. i've got three questions. my first is about the president's 2012 proposal and it's regarding the recent canada vision agreement that was entered into between the u.s. and canada and if you had thoughts on how that agreement could better supplement security in the northern border? >> well, i think that agreement is a landmark agreement for a number of reasons, but one of them is because it recognizes the need to have a perimeter security around canada so that we begin utilizing some of the same criteria for who can enter canada as they enter the united states, as we begin to understand the need to exchange information about travelers and the like. that will have an impact on the actual physical border su

madam secretary. the gentleman from michigan, mr. clark. >> thank you, mr.p tapolitano, i th you for your knowledge for handling the threats our country is facing and considering proposals from people like us in the legislature. my concerns are about the security of the detroit sector border in particular and about the northern border. i've got three questions. my first is about the president's 2012 proposal and it's regarding the recent canada vision agreement that was entered into between the u.s. and canada and if you had thoughts on how that agreement could better supplement security in the northern border? >> well, i think that agreement is a landmark agreement for a number of reasons, but one of them is because it recognizes the need to have a perimeter security around canada so that we begin utilizing some of the same criteria for who can enter canada as they enter the united states, as we begin to understand the need to exchange information about travelers and the like. that willave an impact o the actual physical border such as the border at detroit

madam secretary. the gentleman from michigan, mr. clark. >> thank you, mr.airman, secretary naup tapolitano, i th you for your knowledge for handling the threats our country is facing and considering proposals from people like us in the legislature. my concerns are about the security of the detroit sector border in particular and about the northern border. i've got three questions. my first is about the president's 2012 proposal and it's regarding the recent canada vision agreement that was entered into between the u.s. and canada and if you had thoughts on how that agreement could better supplement security in the northern border? >> well, i think that agreement is a landmark agreement for a number of reasons, but one of them is because it recognizes the need to have a perimeter security around canada so that we begin utilizing some of the same criteria for who can enter canada as they enter the united states, as we begin to understand the need to exchange information about travelers and the like. that will have an impact on the actual physical border such

madam clark, do we have any further business? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor campos: great. enjoy your weekend. have a good time.