that includes luther as well as into areas just right along edmond, as well as into that region. >> sohoma -- >> kansas. >> kansas. minnesota. all these areas now dealing with a tornado watch. we also want to focus on what's happening across parts of oklahoma and kansas but keep in mind, this threat is going to be pretty great for many air yadz and you can see the tornado watch in place. for many of these areas this is going to last until 11:00 tonight. that's all the way down to areas including that very northeastern part of texas. we are all thinking about what's happening in texas as they recover and they pick up the pieces from those tornadoes that popped up to the southwest of dallas. but again you see this line. it is really going to be developing moving through kansas city especially as we get to about 9:00. again we are continuing to see more of those clouds lowering and more rotation coming up. >> oh, my goodness. that appears to be another funnel that's forming right there. almost in the middle of your screen just barely to the right there. as you watch it kind of -- >> you s

young and as well as the members of stgtv covering this meeting. >> mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes, please silence all cell phones and electronic devices complete your speaker cards and any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk, items will be on the june 13th, agenda unless otherwise stated. >> could you call number one. >> resolution authoritying the office of the district attorney to contract for accept and expend up to $256,974, allocated from the california victim compensation and government claims board for the project entitled the criminal restitution compact. >> all right, we have jackie ortiz from the district attorney office. >> thank you for having me here today. i am here to explain to you a little bit about the restitution specialists. i wanted to let you know that she is a liaison between the victims, the state, and the district attorney's office in assisting prosecutors with imposing fines, fees, and orders for court, when appropriate. this grant has been awarded to us in the past on a

it's so broad and the same applies for women owned business as well. we run a risk of describing women owned business as describing a certain type of business in size, in type, in make up of the business. our small business of the year last year was a woman manufacturing business and three of the last six years the small business for northern california was a woman owned manufacturing business and had 100 smg ease or more so the idea we're talking about women business that are talking in terms of small, micro enterprise, home base is a case for number of businesses but not across the board. the same applies for women starting technology businesses. we see that as well. it is not the case that we see one category of business that women owned business are in. i think it's fortunate us to recognize that. >> >> recognize that the challenges for women that have talent and passionate to be entrepreneurs get support for doing that and less likely to be supported in other ways and i don't think that's the only category that we see. we see a very broad spectrum

hail the size of a baseball in kansas as well as nebraska.eavy rain is coming down across the northern half of the u.s. this system is slow moving. that means the nasty weather will continue into tuesday. across the east scattered thunderstorms with a southeastern part of the u.s. as well as eastern canada. eastern canada will see rain intensifying on your monday. across the west, looking dry, but conditions are ideal for wildfires, especially in parts of texas as well as new mexico. temperatures will be extremely warm for many areas. the cooling down to 17 in denver and 14 degrees in winnipeg. >>> finally, in europe, then, wet and windy weather will persist in the southern parts of scandinavia. rain is coming down across central parts of europe. we are seeing heavyain across western germany. march like weather in madrid with a high of only 16 degrees. cooler temperatures will continue across the next several days for paris. here's your extended forecast. chlts and that's all for this ed dig igs of "newsline." we'll be back with more of your

and pioneering as well. this marked the professional debut for many professions. as i mentioned frances wong and of course anthony brown and you led at another time support of younger african american musicians like 12-year-old who performed many many years ago with you as well. i was attracted to asian -- improvisational music because with different japanese instruments as well and filipino musicians using percussion as well and really a great time in the 80s. mark was the curator of that time. mark's vision that sustained the festival. it was his vision that sustained the festival and i think the movement, he deserves a lot of credit for sustaining that creativity and movement. he also booked the artist raised the money and produced all the shows with san francisco's asian art museum and also with brenda, they pioneered first voice in bringing together story telling and drama and really great for children and telling of our children as asian americans. mark izu is also known for greatest modality implement

and as well. so, it is a rep you able developer who has been using union labor in san francisco for decades and the trades do enjoy working with the emerald fund projects and so it is very important that this project comes in... i am a little nervous, and i apologize for i am a little dirty because i just came from the carpenter's trading committee so i was in school all this week. so i would love to see this project and love to be a part of it to hone my skills and i just came from a layout leveling class and i hope to learn the layout with the journey man as well and put those skills to the test as well as learn more. and i would also love it see more of my sisters in the trade as well. and i believe that this project would bring more opportunities to women in the trades, thank you. >> thank you. >> hi, sorry. >> i am judy production support manager, we managed the civic auditor um across the street. we support 101 polk street project. our neighborhood is missing a key ingredients, neighbors, th

to go as well. but i do think that the key is going to be through the community based organizations and we have already had multiple meetings to let them know how to help us get folks involved. >> and then these are the deals that kind of screen and get them prepped. >> exactly. >> in the out reach in the office and the screening and the youth that are not ready, yet there are programs to help them get work ready, that is right. >> yeah. >> thank you. >> commissioner, white? >> i just want to add that i think that this is such a great program and i am from the city and actually my first job was through the city program. that helps me

general uses also known as the third third portion, that's going to increase 6 existing programs as well as create the funding for two new programs and add to our base line funding for the (inaudible) student formula as well as in kind services. so very very briefly speaking about this, what we had to do was our normal process is to go from august to january for the whole spending cycle. we've got roughly 6 months. that got truncated to 6 weeks for something that's roughly 50 percent of p's budget that we had to process. so all hands on deck, that went forward, we pulled together our normal process and compliments to the folks at sfusd as well as our city partners. this went through the superintendent's cabinet, our smart team, which is our budget allocation team, the superintendent's executive team, our advisory team was ultimately engaged and ultimately the sfusd board of education. i won't read all this to you. roughly 16 million dollars in new funding, that's split between the slam portion, which is sports, libraries, arts and music, in that second column you are seeing how the 8 mil

with senior group's ideas of how to create more aging in place programs neighborhood by neighborhood as well, but i think those are the key issues. i am also, kind of as the father of a 10-year-old -- i have anxiety like other parents right now as we apply for a middle schools for my daughter. as a member of the school board for eight years, i know that a strong school system and strong schools in the richmond is key. but also, i serve on the first five commission. each county has a commission that oversees money that supports children, and toddlers, and infants to pre- kindergarten kids, so i'm trying to insure that at the state level, we have a case for strong support for young children and their families and good parenting support as well, so that is another key focus, in addition to continuing my work to improve schools and make a more equitable and socially just as well. >> again, the city is faced with tough budget decisions, including word and make cuts and where to increase taxes and fees. how are you going to approach these different choices? >> those are really tough choices. i thi

to go as well. but i do think that the key is going to be through the community based organizations and we have already had multiple meetings to let them know how to help us get folks involved. >> and then these are the deals that kind of screen and get them prepped. >> exactly. >> in the out reach in the office and the screening and the youth that are not ready, yet there are programs to help them get work ready, that is right. >> yeah. >> thank you. >> commissioner, white? >> i just want to add that i think that this is such a great program and i am from the city and actually my first job was through the city program. that helps me quite a bit. one of the questions that i had you had mentioned volunteers, and is that the same website on how to get involved or do you have to go somewhere else? >> it is, you can find out information about volunteering through that website as well. >> all right. >> and the key for the volunteers is for this saturday and if you are able to do that, that is wonderful.

as an area outside the property as well in terms of clean up on civic structures. so we're taking that sort of scientific approach in terms of the analysis that's going to happen and we're running it as a project and we want to find out because you could have a community that's saying, fine and great, you are getting rid of the graffiti and in 6 months it's completely different. >> you are going to monitor the area for two years? >> yes, for two years, then we'll do post-audit. i'm hoping to be able to do two audits on this area as opposed to one year. how are we doing for time? any other questions? >> i might have missed this in the beginning, but i was curious, how do you guys get funded for this program. >> capital city clean up is a city of edmonton program. it started in 2005 as a litter reduction program and when our bylaw changed in 2008 our city council was very thoughtful in determining they needed to put their mouths were. basically they were going to require the property owners clean their graffiti, then they needed to put some effort into cleaning their

i know that the mayor's office as well as supervisor farrell have on their website information about where those next dates and locations will be. so, check those websites for the latest upcoming town halls. in addition to that, just wanted to kick it over to supervisor mark farrell. he's going to show a little about his budget priorities as the budget chair this year. >> thank you, supervisor tang. and i'll keep it brief, but i want to say thank you all for being out here today, especially those who spoke at the podium. you know, from my perspective, we are feeling a lot better as a city of san francisco. as i just mentioned to mayor lee, our unemployment is actually at 6% right now this month, down from over 9.8% just a few years ago under mayor lee's leadership we've gotten so far down the road. but we do have a challenge in the budget. as was mentioned before, we have a $123 million budget deficit heading into next year. but we're all committed as a budget here to you and everyone in san francisco that we will have an open and transparent process, that we will manage our finances

i want to thank the commission and the staff, of course, and their corpse partners as well. i want to thank you all the other city agencies that come together whether it's police and fire we see working here very much alive in the evolution of safety on the water or runways. everybody has to work together on these and i know once you review the details you'll see how investment friendly and the future of the airport come alive as the great innovation capita of the united states. thank you, very much john for your work (clapping) >> thank you, mayor lee. as the mayor i said we're going to take the t e levels in the airport to create that experience in terminal 1, 2, and 3 and making an international terminal had opened. when this opened in 2011 it became a stated for airports worldwide that has conveniences unique amenity like the yogurt room. it has $14.50 per passenger. we want to continue to make those improvements for the convenience of travelers. boarding area e we're here right now and this will opulence a year from now. and it will handle united airlines. we're going t

side as well. alternates taking you down to the san mateo bridge and the corridor we will track as well as the peninsula side as well. back to you. >>> we are also following breaking news in san francisco where fire investigators are looking into the cause of an early morning fire. chez spencer is considered the intermission, as flames broke out this morning and took fire crews little more than an hour to put it out. the good news is that nobody was hurt. it opened in 2002 and famous for the food cooked in the wood burning oven. crews at the scene say that the preliminary estimates are at $1.5 million. >>> search crews will go out to look for a man who disappeared from his cupertino home. james norberg is his name. his wife says he suffers from a.l.s. and dementia and the 63-year-old is completely mute. he helicopters were used to search the area of linda vista park, and we got there as the search was wrapping up at midnight. one of the vol unteers says tha the crews will be back out today. you are

we are part of that community as well. just like the guard, we have an interest in protecting our friends and neighbors. sustainment is, it's important to us and we'll maintain it especially on the region side. we're able to have these long-standing relationships while the operating force side goes forward and supports the on-going efforts, we are able to stay back here and sustain those relationships. >> just to follow on that, the navy squadrons that provide fire fighting capability are a combination of active and reserve components. one benefit of reserve components is more longevity is pilots in the squadrons. you may have people who have been there for 6, 7 years and have seen multiple fires. that mutual trust is absolutely essential to this capability. >> a couple things that come it mind real briefly, we're talking about wild and land fires primarily but rest assured amongst the group here we're always thinking in an all rest capacity. cal fire's mission is we are the state's fire department. we are thinking about a

we'll follow the share prices for ana as well as japan airlines today as well. te telecom shares, soft bank, one of the biggest telecommunications mobile firms in japan, group profits down 8.7% in the just ended fiscal year. it also added its acquisition target of u.s. sprint next tell is still on course. we'll watch shares of that as well. >> what about currencies? what's going on in that market this morning? >> let's have a look. dollar yen. the data we had in the u.s. weighed a little bit on sentiment. investors really also want to see what the fed may say about the economy when it wraps up a two-day policy meeting wednesday. currently, 97.21-25. euro, 128.02-07 and after we saw a rise for the unemployment rate in march and what the upcoming central bank may do at its meet meeting slated for thursday. back to you. >> thanks. >> ramin mellegard from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> major banks are set to raise fixed interest rates for many home loans due to the rise in japanese bond yields. they adjust the rates every month and use government 10 year bonds as a y

and mission bay as well as other conceptual gligs plaintiff's we're stewards of the assets of the city. as part of the overall context the area plan was adopted redevelopment area plan in 1966. that really he expired in 2011. the community based process were to create a mixed use you culture development for the city that's moscone this exists today was facilitated and partnership with the city. affordable housing as well as mixed use how's 3 thousand units are see create for the seniors in those 80 plus acres. and importantly the investment of the culture facilities for the san franciscans. in total in partnership are the city involvement in the area we have $200 million in those central blocks that includes the museum of african-american and the children's creativity museum, the public benefits of the skate ring and the gardens itself is a culture jewel. as part of that context it was envisioned on myths street there would be a facility for the mexican museum. in 1993 that he entered into all the time and through a long process of 20 years moving forward to 2008 as well as 2010 we in

chad myers is going to watch this closely as well as well as everyone here at cnn.re all working here for you this evening. we want to keep you as safe as possible and warn you as to when this may be coming to your area. it doesn't appear to be slowing down right now. so we'll be back. i'll be back with updates for you. if the situation warrants it, i will be back live. our

i am joined by committee vice-chair supervisor eric mar as well as supervisors john avalos, supervisorcott wiener and we'll be joined momentarily by supervisor london breed. i would like to thank the members of sfgtv covering today's meeting jennifer low and karen lubert as well as the clerk of the committee, mr. victor young. mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes, please silence all electronic devices. copies to be to be part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will be appear on the may 17, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> all right. mr. clerk, can you please call item number 9? ~ 1? >> item number 1, ordinance recognizing small business month in may 2013; amending the planning code, sections 302, 355(a), and 355(e); and amending building code, tables 1a-a, and 1a-e, to waive fees for the month of may for certain facade improvements; and making findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the general plan and priority policies of planning code, section 101.1. >> thank you from supervisor k

is that all part of the story, as well. >> well, i think it is, ross.ymbol than a flag. it's meant to represent unity and harmony and solidarity, which is something that seems to have been absent recently from the european discourse when it comes to setting rates or coming up with some nonconventional policy. but you know what? i love a few puns and a few more flag metaphors come to mind. the eurozone economies are flagging when it comes to what the market expectation is, lots of people are flagging up a rate cut. >> nice. >> in fact, the consensus seems to be it will happen today. >> absolutely. two-thirds of analysts out there saying they're going to see a 25 basis point cut. but ultimately, this is what we're looking at at rate cuts today. but having said that, there are arguments perhaps then to hold off. the governing council members actually can't reach an agreement of just how good a 25 basis cut will make here. there's an argument to hold off at least until june. >> that's the view i would take up. we've watched the governing table all file in a

we want these businesses around that area to become involved in that as well. we've conducted roll call training regarding or department policies involving interactions with transgendered individuals as i've said in other forrums regarding crimes against transgender, we really want to encourage that if somebody reports a crime and if they are a victim and feel they're not obtaining the best service, i've always asked them to have a sergeant come to the scene because we want everybody treated fairly and appropriately in the way they should be. >> thank you very much. supervisor yee, you have a question? >> just a quick question. in regards to the three this year or the 11 in previous years total, i'm curious when -- let's take the three this year. two were assaulted and one was robbery. were they tar targeted because they were transgender or they were just assaulted randomly, i guess. >> these three cases it appears that these were not specifically targeted as being crimes specifically against transgenders. what we do when we have these crimes is we contact speci

i asked about current production levels and other issues as well as shale. >> you know in that time, the market is okay. it's very quiet. the price is okay also. >> how concerned are you about nonconventional coming out from the market in the u.s.? >> well, we need to ajz the situation that we need to do some studies about these positions. >> but not concerned sfp. >> no. >> yeah, monitoring the situation, i think that's an understatement, as well. already some nigerians have began to suffer as the americans have substituted home grown produce, so to speak, for niger nigeria. the internal tensions, louisa, very interesting at this meeting. you know as well as i do the tensions in the middle east between the sunni and the shiite has led to tensions. you have to remember the iraqis want to get from 3 million barrels a day to 6 million as well as 9 million. there's a lot of internal tensions as well as those external pressures. the greatest issue is concern of china. but oil has been pretty steady so far, despite the fact there are real big concerns about the global demand picture. steve

as well as even into tuesday.ing it in red, this is the area from texas all the way up towards minnesota. these are areas right now that are now dealing with tornado watches. these are going to last until 11:00, and that why i said to you, once we get late into the evening, as well as into the overnight, we start to see the storms losing punch, that's when we see it settles down. >> everybody is in danger. >> protect yourself. >> jennifer, stand by. we're all over the situation happening in oklahoma. a huge storm cell. a huge cell ham formed a wedge. >> lart wedge tornado. >> hail and tornado making its way across the country. our jennifer delgado all over it. cnn as well. new pictures, being told by producers, getting it new pictures in. stand by. we'll get them back. there we go. new pictures of damage, jennifer. >> we saw the video earlier of some of the power lines popping. and we saw that debris and talked about this earlier. how we could see debris showing up on radar. proof that these storms moved through a

he's doing some after school work, but he thanks you as well. i find myself as a small business owner struggling. i love to connect people to environment so that part is really good. it's really disturbing sometimes that i can have days go by with almost no foot traffic and literally seeing somebody handing out tickets to people who have come out to the district to shop. i found myself in a dilemma thinking how is this going to work. meanwhile as i work on my business there would be a crime down the street, say a 1000 pair of earrings from a small business owner. those were gone, there was no communication between /pher merchants that there was any crime on the street. we can't afford to have our livelihood sten from underneath us. i find myself stepping in, getting involved and getting incredible support. in january i reached out and said i'm going to try this on and i had people reaching across the table saying how can i help you. more and more people keep leaning in, saying how can i help, how can i help? and thank you. so i'm here to say than

do we think we have the sight as well as the sound?try one more time. >> the derby is about big money. this place is called the mansion. all the food, drink and amenities you can imagine. six stories above the track, plus some a-list celebrities will be on hand. the cost to get in? anywhere from $7,000 to $12,000. now, if that's too rich for your blood, i want to point out a few things about the 139th run of this race. a female jockey has never won it. 25-year-old rosy m innaprivk ha never won it. she has a great win. i have no idea how to pick the horses, guys, but i do know how to make this. sugar, mint, ice and bourbon. it's a mint julip. i'll have an extra one for you. it's a little strong. back to you guys. >> the event, good question. >> i don't think they have on-course betting. >> it's pretty difficult to figure out. it's completely different from being over here. the more and more you're seeing states open up to gambling, the more likely it's going to be a part -- >> they should do what we do, which is have sort of a governmen

to the geary cic, conceptual engineering drawing for the original center and the five alternatives as wells the new consolidated service center running variance, to the committee. this is a big mouth full we need another acronym. this is important because it gives us a handle on what some of the technical and the policies constraints are with each of the alternatives and clearing the way for the study for each of these. >> and also working with commissioner mar's office in particular on trying to identify the set of near term improvements that can move and as well as integrating the projects into the longer term and the near term. and then, the transit has reached another major milestone too and has had the sfmta had a kick off for the prelim phase and it will bring the project to 30 percent design and marks the transition from the authority conducting the environmental studies and handing over the remainder of the project to design, build and implement. you will see a funding request coming before you to enable the authority to finish the phase and to fully fund that engineering phase tha

mid 20s in berlin, as well as in vienna. out towards the east, warmer, in moscow as well as kiev, 28 and 27 respectively. you've got those pop-up thunderstorms as well mixing in with that. towards the west it will be considerably cooler, just 14 degrees in london and only 17 in madrid. here's your extended forecast. ♪ >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. have a great day, wherever you are. ♪ >>> from the four winds and the scent of the earth come the color of the seasons. exploring the four seasons of japan. sometimes we are desperate to see our wishes come true. sometimes we need a little help to make sure we reach our dreams.

as well as ongoing maintenance of the station that is going to be incorporated into the park. the station will include a glass roof, that is going to have artwork imbedded within it, and staff from the arts commission is actually here to make a presentation after this one, radicaling the artwork in the roof of the station. we have -- the department of has agreed to provide routine maintenance to the glass deck, including cleaning and graffiti-removal, but mta will have responsibility for the repair or replacement of the glass deck. we believe that the mou addresses the key issues that may result from construction of the union square station and we believe it provides fair compensation for the permanent loss of parking spaces and establishes a cooperative framework. so we ask for your approval of the mou. i have alec cliff beyond cliff >> the net revenue that the department receives from the parking garage will be likely reduced going forward and so &that money is specifically and only for that purpose? >> correct. >> commissioner low? >> that was part of my question in taking

as well as the mta. we spend approximately 30% on public health and human welfare, about 30% on transportation, infrastructure, and commerce, and then about 13% of our overall budget on public protection. so, then the question becomes, well, how do we get our money? where do our revenues come from that support all of our spending? in the enterprise department those funds come from fees that consumers pay. so, the public utilities commission, for example, people pay their water bills and those revenues support the operations of that department. what we tend to focus on when we talk about balancing the budget is the general fund. and, so, the second chart shows you where do we get our revenue sources. the largest being property tax, it's about 32% of our overall revenue, over a billion dollars a year in san francisco comes from property taxes. we also receive a significant amount of our revenues from business taxes, hotel sales, and other local taxes. another important thing to know is about one out of ever

if the conditions are violated, we have citation power as well. and it's not -- it's no longer the elongated process that it once was. i as the director have the authority to do short suspensions very quickly and within a matter of days. and, so, we will and are prepared to use that if we need to. so, i think that's all i have to say. i'm here for questions. >> two questions [speaker not understood]. so, the permit is not an issue. it's bn approved, but the issuance is contingent on a number of other conditions being satisfied, correct? >> that is correct. >> and, again, you can rescind the permit at any time? >> i can suspend -- >> suspend. >> yes. >> okay. so, they could give 10 concerts and you could say, you violated the criteria in the permit and we're suspending it? >> absolutely. there is a process for that, but it's not -- it's no longer the 30-daytime process. it's very quick. >> thank you. >> commissioners, barring any further questions, the matter is submitted. >> anybody? >> unless you'd like to start. >> no, i'm deferring the floor. >>

we are all concerned about that as well. of course i must say about our housing authority as well. so we are taking on a lot of responsibility and because we are and because we are very busy doing the work we are. sometimes we need your input to steer us in the right direction for what things you think are important. so we are open to that. and we want to hear from you tonight. enough speeches. let's get on with it. may i have a couple words from supervisor avalos and farrell. >> thank you. thank you mayor lee, and yes, i get to make a speech too. i am supervisor john avalos, i represent district 11, just over the hill. i want to thank the mayor and the department staff for being here. and i want to thank supervisor farrell, the chair of the budget committee to be here. he's got a very difficult task. but one that he will have help with colleagues on the budget committee and we will be joined by supervisor cohen as well. i have talked incessantly of needing a budget based on equity, on neighborhoods and their needs. in district 10 and 11, we have the most unique neighborhoods. we h

taoupblty to initiate and develop creative relationships for their schools, students and officials as well as inspiring cross cultural business, including mexico. as all /thaoelz these herbal shoes and /khal ever everywhere /#0*eu6r7b8gs for the benefit of the public my proposals on my website. thank you. >> any further public comment? please identify yourself when you come up to the podium. >> good evening. my name is mark mcdonald. i'm a /rez /tkepblt resident in south beach. we have provided feedback throughout the project's along our beautiful water front. [inaudible] came as a great surprise we observed that the southeast tower on seawall lot 330 was actually increased in height from 150 feet to 175 feet, which is 70 percent higher than current zoning allows. needless to say a large number of residents were very concerned about having a 175 wall built in front of our homes, and we are concerned for the disregard the designers have shown for our family's homes. i would /r-pltfully repeat our prior requests that the building heights specifically the proposed tower on the southeast corne

i'm a members of the members advisory committee as well as on this subcommittee. i have sat in on the meetings for the subcommittee as well. at the last subcommittee meeting we had, one thing that i brought up is that prop b which i helped write, it was passed by the voters in 1989, was extended into prop k which i was also involved with which was a 30 year project. there are items in prop b that was carried over into prop k, there were new things in prop k like traffic calming. they were up for review and up for voter extension in a few years. you have to take that into consideration before you figure out what you are going to do in 2040 and 2035. another thing you have to remember the transit project people were against it. you talk about the south of market, the soma area, commissioner kim, i will have you know the one california during the day went down to howard to service the people because of the tip, they took it out. you have to see how the tip has peemz -- penalized the transportation city. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker? is th

so it's a part of the neighborhood as well. he provides us with fresh fruits and vegetables, he's a leader in the independent grocers association and stands up for the small and medium sized businesses as well. the coffee and beer at the market are great as well. they have a wide range of price points. we assume you can get a better deal at a big chain store, but what i appreciate about this market is you can find stuff that's affordable, and also find the things for a higher end market as well. he's dedicated to the community city wide. he's shown leadership in having more healthy food retail stores. he's supported safety and traffic calming in the area. i know we're /kopblting to work on that together for pedestrians and bicyclists as well. this is the ideal of what a community store should be. it's a feature of the daily lives for the people that live there. i'm honored to say thank you to the market, a real gem in the richmond district. >> i would like to thank san francisco supervisors for recognizing our market in distric

they put them up as well. and not only did we post physical notices we also put the events created events on-line on blogs that we know have a lot of traction and there are copies of those. >> let me ask you another question. this report also says that last year, you had agreed to do out reach and provide bay view station with copies of notifications from any or any information of feedback from this out reach. that was last year. and then they said, you didn't do it until april 18th. >> so even if last year was december? that would still be like three and a half months before you actually attempted to do any neighborhood out reach. >> is that true? >> to a certain extent. we did the out reach, but our methods were not strong enough. we posted notices asking neighbors who had any issues regardless of sound or listering or violence to get in touch with us. if there was, you know if there were any concerns, but nobody contacted us and i enformed that to officer robinson. we had food and beverages traifl and we co

as well as for the new year's and the different events. so >> just a quick photo of some busy days of both manhattan and los los angeles. our management plan consists of running our facility [inaudible] that's going to be there. looks very lovely from all the drawings that i i've seen. we see that the best opportunity for cost reductions based on what we've been able to look apt in running some of our financial models is in the area of security something we've been very successful in reducing some very big costs in manhattan. cruise ships do get the priority just like most cruise facilities, but we do boast very fast turning times for turning ships out in less than seven hours. we're sailing ncl calls which deploy year round out of manhattan by no later than 3:00 pm nowadays. and our marketing plan includes a kick off symposium and to continue marketing the facility on an annual basis with more symposiums. we are looking at opportunities for shorter cruises out of san francisco. we seem to see that trend occurring more on the west coast at

impact on the park system citywide and we're honored to be of assistance for making that contribution, as well as others coming out of the event. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> any other public comment on the item? being none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner levitan. >> just a comment, the reason that operations put this on the general calendar was to make sure we all had an opportunity to hear, just as mr. o'grady said, the extreme value this partnership brings us and that event brought us and we're very grateful to everybody. >> with that is there a motion. >> so moved. >> seconded. >> moved and second, all in favor? >> aye. >> so moved. >> we're on item 8, union square parking garage lease. >> good morning commissioners, property management for the department. the item before you is approval of the lease with the uptown garage association for the management of the union square parking garage. uptown parking garage association was formed to assist the city in building the union square and sutter stockton garages. it remits all of the revenues above expenses back to the department f

i'm available for any questions as well as the applicant eric wince. thank you. >> thank you. i'm opening up for public comment. douglass martin -- i'm sorry, project sponsor. thank you. >>> thank you. my name is eric wince. permit me and i'm representing taint today on this application. i'm here to answer any questions you may have regarding the process we worked on. if you have any emf questions, i'm free to answer those questions. thank you. >> okay, thank you. now opening it up to public comment, douglass martin. >>> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is douglass martin and i am a resident at 760 divisadero where they are proposing this wireless communications installation. and i understand that you are enjoying some considering ems concerns which was our initial -- residents do not want this tower for the radiation that it proposes to be continuously emitting. however, i would like to say that maybe i can show you some pictures and we can look at the building itself. i think that it is structurally very unsound and not up to code and, therefore, not an ideal location