commissioner and other stakeholders. as you know today the 1099 reporting requirement is repealed. and this one involves osha. they recently proposed a noise abatement regulation to protect workers and manufacturing firms from hearing damage. this rule would have required businesses to purchase new equipment or to put together very costly upgrades. from listening to the small businesses, they provide a viable solution which is earmuffs. this same problem that could have a solution that could cause a small business either $10 or millions of dollars. again, advocacy roundtable bringing together osha and small business representatives and ultimately osha decided to withdraw this rule. small businesses, they win because they -- their concern was being addressed. osha also won because now they are working with the small business community to come up with a very flexible solution without compromising the integrity of the intent of the regulation. and this is what we do. as an independent office we don't represent the president. we do not represent the views of congress. we represent smal

over the course of the next two months, we plan to talk to a wide variety of community stakeholders' by conducting at least 30 interviews, five focus groups, for community meetings, a survey of local merchants and other surveys of people on the streets. we are kicking this off to marmite at a community meeting. you are all welcome to attend. at the end of this process, we will have a list of the strategies for neighborhood improvements that are most important to residents and nonprofit organizations on central market. i understand the specifics of the community-based agreement, the community benefits agreement are still being worked out. [tone] i can ignore that for a second. i know that twitter and burning man and other businesses that locate to central market are excited about the revitalization process. i'm confident we will work hard to respond to the needs identified by community members by that process. president chiu: thank you. i will then ask and ask question representing my district, district 3. as you prepare your june some metal, could you please describe how you would re

but most important is to have the stakeholders. what is really important is for the stake holders to come here and say, supervisors, you represent us, but we are participating in quality of life issues, and this is our input. we're very happy to work with the planners. that is what we need to see. supervisor mar: is there anyone else that would like to speak? public comment is closed. i did want asked them to talk about the three-year process of stakeholder involvement and community-based groups. and the other question, a capital committee being formed. how is maintenance going to be funded over time? in >> to start with the first question, the community process, we held a number of projects. we tried to get the word out. we get mail in to try to get people to the workshops. we also individually work with organizations in the mission district area. we tried to work very closely with emergent organizations because they don't come to her a lot of public meetings. we focused on issues specifically relevant to them. in a sort roundtabl

but most important is to have the stakeholders. what is really important is for the stake holders to come here and say, supervisors, you represent us, but we are participating in quality of life issues, and this is our input. we're very happy to work with the planners. that is what we need to see. supervisor mar: is there anyone else that would like to speak? public comment is closed. i did want asked them to talk about the three-year process of stakeholder involvement and community-based groups. and the other question, a

this will ensure an opportunity for stakeholders impacted by the legislation to receive feedback and also partner with our new business neighbors and educate them as well as the neighborhood that they are moving into. the rest i was a bit. >> thank you, supervisor kim. -- the best i will submit. supervisor chu: i wanted to make a quick announcement on something our office has been working on that might be beneficial to many of the students in our communities. we are partnering with congresswoman jack e. spier to his eye financial empowerment workshop for high-school students in the district. -- the school district. on april 30, from 10:00 to 1:30 at lincoln high school. we have always thought about the issue of financial literacy and the fact that our public education system and even our college system does not teach us how to be financially literate, how to budget, how to make sure that our credit is where it needs to be. partnering with the congresswoman, we are working to make sure that we provide some avenue of information to our students, so again, this is happening april 30, fr

they are key stakeholders and i want to make sure they are on board with this. can you give me more information on that? i would imagine these stakeholders were invited to these meetings on the discussions for the mural project. >> commissioner, we will certainly attempt to get that information for you. it will go before the arts commission on may 18. >> thank you very much. >> this item was for discussion only. we are on item 15. general public comment continued. is there anyone who would like to make public comment at this time? item 15, general public comment is closed. we are on item 16, public comment on all matters pertaining to closed session. would anybody like to make public comment on closed session? seeing none, item 16 is closed. commissioners, we need to vote whether to go to closed session to confer with counsel or not. [laughter] >> i'm kidding. i move we do. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor? >> aye. >> i need to ask everyone to please leave the room. we are >> good afternoon, this is spacial joint hearing between the planning commission

i want to thank various stakeholders who have been in conversations with me thus far about it, as well as colleagues. i want to thank today the president of sciu 1021. they have been one of the most vehement opponents of the legislation today, but a few hours ago, the president committed we will work together to talk about how we reform business tax. that being said, we have issues now. we have unemployment, crime, vacancy rates. we cannot wait for us to move our city for. we all know that likely this tax reform will not be considered by san francisco until november 2012. what we need to do now is a first step forward in the right direction. it is a first step forward for trying to bring back these neighborhoods, and it is a first of forward for making sure we get our economy back on track. colleagues, a very much hope he will consider this and i look forward to future dialogue about how we perform our business tax. [applause] supervisor elsbernd: supervisor chu? supervisor chu: thank you, president else burned -- elsbernd. [laughter] i am supportive of this moving forward. i just want

it is a key stakeholder in making that program the success it is today, and i would like to thank you for your work, and also, i would like to ask you to say a few words. >> ok. i can start by plugging the art walk. we started doing this in 2008 when mini bar started. we just did not want to be a cocktail bar. we wanted to promote local artists. it just kind of started with an idea that we have art, and there were other businesses that have are to, as well. why do we not all join together -- there are other businesses that have art, as well. we're going on in our third year, and over 30 businesses participate, and business is booming. neighbors are excited. they're going into places they have never been before. it has definitely helped with the revitalization. we cannot take all of the credit, but it has definitely helped. there has been a positive impact. we look forward to keeping it going. but thank you very much. we really appreciate it. president o'brien: congratulations. [applause] clerk: commissioners, you are now on item number three, the presentation of the small business com

the process which took upwards of a year and a half to talk to all of our community members and stakeholders to develop a plan. within that plan, we stated that this was something that should be a priority for all of the city. we created a structure that had members of those departments coming to the table to really discuss. however, because of the last two years budget, we have not been able to really actualize a lot of the recommendations inside of that plan. we have moved forward on a couple of things such as developing a clear understanding of creating workforce programs to really support the population and actually that is what drove the partnership with the office of workforce development to really think through what they had to commit to and what dcyf had to commit to. we worked with the partners and providers to create that framework. the other thing that the team has helped us with was creating some transitional housing opportunities. they worked very closely with the mayor's office of housing to prioritize transitional housing. they have been successful in advocating for that. judg

to you, to external stakeholders, and to puc staff? it provides a view of activities across sfpuc that gives us a bird's eye view of how we are performing those activities. it also provides a framework to assist in fiscal year and long- term planning. it streamlines our performance, and and they know that the report twice a year to the comptroller's office on various performance indicators. we have been working with in the name -- we've been working so that we report on the same set. from my perspective, it is the job saving goal in performance evaluations. how did we create the strategic sustainability program? we have the strategic action plan, which some of you may recall from 2010 needs. we also true from power -- we also drew from how empowering program. this is based on a 2005 study with quarterly reporting that updated that. we brought all the issues together, and we provided a material analysis of these issues, and along with them, our budget staff brought in a third- party experts to gauge of performance indicators and best pr

i don't want to go to the voters unless we have these stakeholders behind it. you can't go to the ballot unless you have everybody done. i have never heard of a charter amendment in getting the valid -- hitting the ballot in six weeks. i guess we have it for potential action. i would caution you that even folks that are going to be very supportive of you, including me of these recommendations are going to feel compelled to suggest the layout because i don't think we have gone and done the homework yet to get the community behind it that are going to need to be behind it to make it successful. commissioner dejesus: i cannot take any credit for this. i was in one meeting and there was nothing about a charter amendment. nothing was addressed. they talk about the system that we currently addressed. maybe having a little more authority to stopping things before they blow up. kind of like the early warning sign system. i have never seen this charter amendment. i am disconcerted here that there is some kind of deadline. i never heard that there was some deadline. what

usually after the roundtable we, as regional advocates will report back to our stakeholder asks say that we have these issues. do you have other perspectives that we can share with our team. and that is how we engage everybody. we don't want certain groups to be left out from this process because it is very important that we have diverse experiences and diverse perspectives. so that when the regulations or the rules are finally made then it truly represents the perspectives of the small business. thank you. >> thank you. >> hi. i just noticed all of the information and contacts are in washington, d.c. is there a regional contact? >> yes. my office is in san francisco. i can give you my card or folks can call us at 415-744-8493. or you can email me directly. i share the office with the district office in market street. >> commissioners, we can send out yvonne's contact information to you. >> thank you. >> any other comments from commissioners? no. >> may i make a final comment? i will give you a call. i want to see what we can do about the roundtable. so i would like to give you a call to

neighborhood meetings and to commission hearings, as well as numerous meetings with a range of stakeholders and organizations within the north beach neighborhood. there were multiple options investigated throughout the site area, and the final master plan looking to the new library building at the site of 701 lombard. the new library met the goals described for a new and enlarged library and also provides the opportunity to create a redesigned park with a children's playground located at the center of the site, at the heart of the site, and relocate the tennis courts. the new, improved joe dimaggio playground has been expanded to meet the needs of the neighborhood. this slide diagram shows the existing conditions with the existing library and tennis courts and located at the center of the site, which is approximately 8 to 10 feet below the existing playground. there is a lot of topographic a variation in the joe dimaggio playground. this diagram shows phase one of the master plan, with the new library located that's the 701 lombard street site, with mason street closed, preventing it easy a

everybody was talking about stakeholders and how we wanted a team player. i think the culture makes the player. now you hire somebody that is going to be a team player. we need independents. i am not sure i would go with the reelection everywhere. in san francisco, you have got an intelligent electorate, but i think independence is very important. also, you have to be independent of the judges. we found they were intimately involved in selecting the people who would appear before them. we found 90% of public defenders reported judicial pressure to expedite cases. that means when you are under one staff -- understaffed and overworked, the judge says, you have enough time. we need to move things along. this train that has to be speeding -- i think that is a real problem. judges are implicit when public defender offices are not given the resources to do an adequate investigation, so i think those are big problems we see. >> you raise an interesting point about whether a public defender should be elected or appointed. let me ask you this. you are appointed comm

he has made a good-faith effort to try to work with all the stakeholders and bob, -- stakeholders involved, so i am with that with that one request. thank you. good evening, commissioners. my name is -- come in a recently relocated back to san francisco in january of this year. most recently, i was living in china, the people's republic, the communist country, and before that, i worked in seattle in amsterdam. i have come back here for a reason, because of the arts and culture and music in my life. i am 39 years old, and i feel i am responsible to do so. our cultural here is based on bards, sharron, and i first came to visit when i was in the marine corps and was stationed in monterrey. it astonished me, and it was because of that openness. i have watched people moved in, and nightclubs have been having permit issues, and a lot of live music venues have ceased to exist, and at this point, i want to thank you for keeping the metlife alive as much as you have, but i would also say the with the accord any new nightclub that comes into the city. some people who are here and actually know the c

it really is important to have the policy -- policy makers and stakeholders understand how important it is for us to serve our youth. last year, we had 81,000 children receive library instruction at our neighborhood libraries. half of those are in the elementary area, so again, we want to continue the important portion, it does, to making sure that in san francisco, we have a policy-driven initiative to endorse everyone having a library card. thank you. and we are here answer any questions you may have on the program. >> colleagues, do you have any questions? commissioner norton, please. commissioner no.: i just wanted to thank the library -- commissioner norton: i just wanted to thank the library. my daughter was so excited to get her first library card through this program here also, a wanted to thank you for going too far gone today. i was there as well. it was wonderful. -- a wanted to thank you for going to argon. supervisor avalos: i just wanted to apologize for not giving our books back in a timely manner. i guess i am wondering, how do we help families, let them know -- lesse

, you have been struggling for weeks with policies and have engaged with your constituents and stakeholders as well. i appreciate all the feedback everyone has given. first, i am glad this legislation is opening up a larger dialogue of reforming how we tax businesses in san francisco. is something all 11 of us have wanted for -- this is something all 11 of us have wanted for several years. hopefully, this legislation will bring the momentum and political will we need from our community and stakeholders and businesses to carry the legislation forward on the ballot to our voters in 2012. i think there is hesitation to bring this reform to the ballot because we are not sure what the political will will be. hopefully this will do that. second, i want to point out the unique nature of these midmarket corridor. we are not doing any rezoning. we are not changing the character of the neighborhood. it was always intended for large commercial use. that is why we have large commercial real estate. 3 million square feet of commercial real estate. frankly, this area has been in desisting 1960's. for the

but most important is to have the stakeholders. what is really important is for the stake holders to come here and say, supervisors, you represent us, but we are represent us, but we are participating in quality of life