thank you. >> we can go on to public comment. >> we will close public comment. i just want to follow up and it was just wonderful to get that street officially reopened and i want to, you know, congratulate, really everyone who was involved including commissioner campos and his staff and it was really, it was, it so challenging to get these projects through and i know that we are trying to make it a little better so when you can actually celebrate the opening of the receipt design of the street that had just been absolute blight in terms of the people living in the neighborhood with us and some sort of sudo freeway running through and the fact that we have not just beautified the treat and easier for the pedestrians to cross and easier for people to bike and we are at home and we cut the ribbon on it and there were all of these predictions and to do the work when chavez was going to result in carm a geeten and it will be permanent grid lock and that has not been the case and i actually have driven during the rush hour and it is no different than it was before, b

>> any further comments from the public? >> if not, we will proceed to our first item, which is in fact, the juliet ellis and >> and you have the settlement gret before you and the stipulation document and a couple of notes about this, this is a joint settlement and so there were three negotiating parties and the respondent and the two enforcement agency and because the fppc has heard and accepted the settlement agreement in a public session, we are in an unusual situation, because our regulations require that this is things be debated in closed session and however since it has been debated publicly, the city attorney has advised us to do the same. and so the staff and the city attorney will represent any questions that you have about the document in the settlement. and anything that is in this department, and if we go. off of the document, and into some details about the investigation, we may have to pull back from there. the bottom line in the settlement is that altogether there are several findings of violation of state a

the education of the public, and on this, a high level public utilities officials lobbying her own agency for $200,000 for lobbying for a company that she works for and that is fairly significant in terms of conflict of interest and we should be delving into it and the staff must have to come up with this and we should be talking about it and discussing it more and analyzing it and we should be telling the members of the public about it, and educating the public about it, and if nothing else, just to blow our own horn, i mean that we have people who are coming here, and saying, that, the three meetings that i have been at saying and that you guys don't do your job and this is an indication to me that the staff did do their job. and terms of the findings and the woman is admitting that she committed these offense and she is going to have to pay a fine, and you could argue about whether or not that is enough or not. but she is, it is in effect to finding a guilt and a plea of guilty, or that is fine, but can someone please explain to me, why the procedure is, as it comes to us, it would hav

we will open item number 2 up for public comment. is there any public comment on item 2? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> colleagues, could i have a motion to forward item 2 to the full board with positive recommendations? so moved by supervisor kim and we'll take that without objection. [gavel] >> thank you. okay, madam clerk, can you please call item number 3? >> item number 3 is a hearing directed to the department of public works, municipal transportation agency, public utilities commission, and pacific gas and electric company to explore a number of issues, including where projects are occurring, including sewer, water, natural gas, and road resurfacing, and what the benefits of these infrastructure improvements are; how the projects are coordinated to comply with the city's mandate that once a road is resurfaced no work will be done for five years -- absent an emergency -- to minimize repetitive street disruption; why some blocks remain under construction for very extended periods of time, with on-again-off-again work and repetitive digging; how blo

>> any public comment on the nominations? >> commissioner ray hartz, director of san francisco open government, and anyone who either here, well there is only two members of the public here, which shows how much interest there is. or members of the public watching on tv, if they wish to contact me, this is my e-mail address. it is sfopen government bsat sbcglobal.net and i would appreciate and i have heard from hundreds of people, and i would appreciate anyone who wishes to provide comment regarding what i say at these meetings that is the address to which to send it. the election for the officers of this body is like rearranging deck chairs on the titanic, it does not seem to matter who is in charge, absolutely nothing gets done, but actually changes the ethical atmosphere of san francisco i have asked before with you one more time, tell me something that the members of this body have done to make public participation in government more possible? how about something that would prevent the city employees from violating the la

and any public of the public that would like to comment, seeing none, we will close public comment and if we could have, the roll call, vote on the minutes? >> on avalos? >> aye. >> breed? >> aye. >> campos? >> aye. >> chiu? >> aye. >> cohen? on the minutes in >> aye. >> farrell. >> aye. >> kim. >> aye. >> mar. >> aye. >> commissioner tang. >> aye. >> commissioner weiner? >> aye. >> commissioner yee? >> aye. >> yee, aye, the item passes. >> very good. let's go into our next item, please? >> item number three, the chair's report this is an information item. >> okay, good morning colleagues, the year has begun and already i feel that we have a full work program on our plates. and we are all saddened by trat gik pedestrian fatalities of the start of the year, it was a stark and urgent wake up call that we must act now to prevent these terrible crashes. and i want to thank commissioner campos for the hearing and breed as well with so many participating and commissioner yee was part of that as well, and many of the other participants from the board of supervisors transportation authority an

seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner sugaya >> i move to approve the minutes for january 9th. >> commissioner borden. commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya and commission chair wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes >> i went at the request of some neighborhood folks in the bayview to look at the site where the mother brown special project for the homes structure. there are so many interesting businesses like a chemical will he testing lab it tests toxins in the food and it's where tests are conducted. another place i saw next door had mick tractors and does a lot of work around pets and par suddenly. it's favshg to see this. and their concerns are whether or not the location of the shelter, of course, is appropriate for what the needs are and the other concern is whether or not there's actually, the population of the homeless population in the neighborhood to continually of the shelter. there are concerns around whether or not there's social activities in the neighborhood in t

we have no one coming forward for public comment. close public comment. next item. >> item no. 6, public comment. >> our next item is general public comment. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> next item? >> item no. 7. questions or comments. >> colleagues, any questions or proposals? seeing none. public comment. >> for sf green. especially for agenda items if you are going to have a meeting with the puc. the budget issues were raised earlier today . i know a big problem that was part of the budget. it's now $20 million more per year. it's good to find out how we got stuck with a new inter connected agreement that is going to be that much more money. i don't -- i think it due to be approved in 15. especially that brings up another item besides cleanpowersf for their 10-year projected budget, the sfpuc has agreed to remove $30 million when we have been trying to get it up to $5 million a year. we need to find out what's going on with the pg & e interconnected agreement and find out why, when we've seen evidence

the public will get. if the public hasn't received a letter monthly, because the project duration was limited to less than 14 days. so, city agency and private utility companies are required to comply with specific requirements while occupying the public right-of-way to operate and maintain the facilities. these requirements include providing time and date of work, proper storage of equipment and materials, complying with housekeeping rules, placement and securing of utility plates, maintaining traffic control, sustaining noise control, and restoration of streets. in order for projects to be successful, the department forces the city's excavation code and other city ordinances to ensure safety and public right-of-way. dpw provides information and inspection coordination [speaker not understood] in order to minimize impact of construction on our streets and in our neighborhoods. resident engineers and inspectors monitor the contractors daily. work that doesn't meet standards is corrected or rejected. and n

so, there are going to be a lot of changes to public housing. the city's rad application is approved and now it is time to have a clear understanding of what this means for san francisco, what this means for the residents of public housing, and what this means for the job opportunities that currently exist and future job opportunities. overall, there are a lot of residents i know in my district that are really concerned about the changes in public housing and they want to understand exactly what it means. there were a few meetings in the neighborhood and there was a lot of confusion. so, i think it's important that we bring this issue to the board of supervisors to have an open discussion to be given the facts about what the change could mean to our residents and make sure that we're all on board with this change. so, ultimately my goal is to make sure that we're doing everything we can to not only make sure that the residents, the public housing are protected, but their properties are brought up to code. so, there's about 4,500 residents of pub

is there any public comment. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> opposed? the item carries. please call the next item. >> city clerk: item 14. motion to calendar of a public hearing on may 13 #shgs 2014 to consider the adoption of wholesale water rates for fq 2014. >> i will move that with the same caveat. >> is there a second. seconded by caen. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed.. >> all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> opposed? the item carries. next item. >> city clerk: item 15. public comments on matters to be discussed in closed session. >> is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. i will entertain to discuss the matter listed. it's been moved and second. is there any discussion. hearing none, i will call for a vote. all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> opposed. >> we have now returned from closed session. it's been moved and seconded not to disclose. all in favor say, "aye". >> the motion car

it occurred to me that if our department of public health reached out to department of public health's of other major cities and we all collectively asked for a little bit more transparency there might be some movement that could be helpful so it's not just san francisco. that's one idea. another observation i would have is the issue of pricing in the area of hospital cost that for many many years was incredibly untransparent and this past year the obama administration released hospital pricing throughout the country and it was a water shed moment where hospitals can compare prices and consumers of health care can compare prices. the federal government hasn't done that in terms of pharmaceuticals but in our outpatient cost we have lower prices than other areas and two-thirds of the other inflated cost and try to get what we think of the fairist cost for residents that just can't afford the drugs that we are talking about. but, i look forward to working with your office as well as the department of public health in moving this forward. >> i would follow that up. that is action at the st

>> okay, seeing no comments we will go to public comment, and we will close public comment. and take this same house same call, the item passes. >> item 9,award three-year consultant contracts, with an option to extend for two additional one-year periods, to barbary coast consulting and davis & associates communications, inc. in a combined total not to exceed $525,000 for on-call strategic communications, media, and community relations professional services and authorize the executive director to negotiate contract payment terms and non-material contract terms and conditions. >> this is an action item. >> okay. seeing no comments from colleagues, we will go on to public comment. and seeing no member of the public come forward, we will close public comment and colleagues, we could take this the same house same call and the item passes. >> we will go on to the plans and perhaps items, ten. reappoint peter tannen to the citizen's advisory committee for a two-year term, this is an action item. >> okay, seeing no comments from colleagues, we will go on to our public comment? >> a

are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in public comment on this item?ase step up. >>> good afternoon, my name is ernestine [speaker not understood] weiss. and yes, of course, this bond should go forward yesterday. i have been a volunteer for the neighborhood americans in sobs team for a long time when it first started. and of all places, certainly they should have earthquake seismic improvements done a long time ago. so, i don't understand why it took so long to get this done, but full speed ahead. >> next speaker. >>> and the public -- >> this is not general public comment. this is earthquake safety and emergency response. next speaker, please. sir? are there any other members of the public who wish to speak in public comment on this item? okay. if not, this hearing has been held and is closed. [gavel] >> i just want to add a quick comment. i want to thank supervisor wiener as well as city staff for their efforts to resolve this issue around street lights which i think we all greatly appreciate for many years that are important to our neighborhoods. i

>> public comment? >> do you want me to comment before or after? >> yes, please. >> my view is that we it is necessary to go into closed session, the basically any question that, so just as a bit of back up, you know this was, these two settlements, the city attorney's office and sort of took the lead in negotiating these settlements both with mr. yaki and mr. grijalva and all of the litigation occurred in the context of the settlement negotiations with mr. yaki. and so basically any questions that i could be asked about how the settlement occurred, the process of the settlement and it could not be disclosed. in the public session. >> and so for that reason, i think that we have to go into closed session. >> and one question, and i believe that we can discuss this openly. when this is has been brought to us by the city attorney's office. but it certainly is something that falls within our jurisdiction as well. but when something is brought simultaneously to the ethics commission and the city attorney's

. >> any further any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini >> i think this is a good project and it just is making the establishment more competitive by offering beer and wine it sound like the hours most of the business is going to occur during the day with a few extra hours on saturdays and sunday. i frequent those places near me they have bore and wipe and most of the time it's lunch maybe someone will have one begin but generally especially, as it gets to the later part of the evening it gives more so choices to customers i don't see that as a negative if people having want to have beverages with their meal >> commissioner sugaya. >> i favor the project i don't think people will use this as a drinking establishment. it's small and family run and i think, you know, they may have an occasional glass of beer or wine but it won't operate the way the neighbors think. i'll go ahead and make a motion to approve with conditions. i think it was 6 to 6 monday through thursday and a 7 to 9 friday and a saturday >> second. >> co

public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk >> item 11 adjournment thank you. this meeting is ♪ >> got had a choice this is the weeks event and i hope your rode for fun so get a pen and paper this is the weekly buzz. not sure what the side open valentine's day how about february 14th treat that special respond to a classical music just across from the square there will be free of charge for piano music and ice cream then on saturday ring in the year of the horses for the chiendz parade a local tradition after the gold rush it's sure to wllt costumes and so much more. this procedures will trek if i your citizens so whatever the weather don't miss if and after the parade check out saturday fever this saturday night the sf theater club will notify you to a free earnest of performance and no experience is necessary at the exit theater in 8 to 11 and that's the welcome back notify as at sf.org>> (roll cal. >> item 2, approval of minutes for the january 20, 2014 meeting. >> so moved.

it is available to the public. the planning department, however, has several legacy databases that are really only available to the staff, not available to the public. [speaker not understood] miscellaneous database since referrals from dph. we have an intake program that is our main planning application database. time accounting is our time keeping system. we have a gis arc map system. and partial information is a property database system. so, all of those would be combined into one this new excel a project permit tracking system. two main user groups for the system, the public and staff. just some terminology here. again, the back office system that would be available to staff is an excel a automation software. and they have a public portal essentially at -- excuse me, citizen access system, that will be the public portable, user friendly version of the system. and then we are also implementing a feature of excel a called excel a gis. we are able to transfer as many layers from our arc system as we want for the p

fufrtd any public comment? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner borden >> yes. this is a great exercise in the 90s we looked at surplus property in the 90s and there's concern we've under begun this process and i guess the question is how are we - are we thinking how to get this move forward and this is the question people have we have great tennis but we have those guiding principles i know we dpo didn't want to talk about sites but generally, we have to figure out where we have the money and opportunity, you know, to rally around sites and a fourth the process. can you shed light

is there any additional public comment on item 1? seeing none, we'll close public comment. [gavel] >> supervisor chiu. >> thank you, mr. chair. i first want to take a moment to thank all the members of the public that came to speak on this item and i wanted to just make a couple of observations. first of all, to thank all of the environmental activists both here in san francisco and around the country that have been really furthering this issue starting with think outside the bottle campaign run by the corporate accountability international organization. want to take a moment and really thank our students here locally particularly at the san francisco at sf san francisco state for leading the way. students have really championed this around north america and really need to be commended for your activities in this area. want to also thank racology because right now they need to collect 10 to 15 million single usev plastic water bottles every single year. if we are successful with this ordinance hopefully we can reduce the cost to our rate payer and what racology needs to do

and for the prop h or the public enrichment public education enrichment fund or piece propses to tom ammiano for his vision on that one ten years ago and that also needs more transparencies as the community coalition around schools and children and families organizationses need to be centrally involved. so, i'm looking forward to that dialogue as well. >> thank you, supervisor yee. supervisor mar. before we go to supervisor cohen, we'll go to supervisor yee. >> thank you, madam -- thank you, madam clerk, for allowing me to speak again. i also would like to co-sponsor with supervisor avalos the hearing on the children's [speaker not understood] piece. like supervisor kim and supervisor mar, we all have been working on these issues for a very long, long time. and for myself, it's been decades of working around these issues. and i'm very passionate about these issues. there's been several efforts and many discussions around these two initiatives in the last year or so, and if we're going to consolidate or start having one point of view, we need to pull the discussions together as soon a

is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed.on to forward this item to the full board for recommendation? so moved. with no objection, motion passes. madam clerk, item no. 2. >> the clerk: item no. 2. item 2: [appointments, san francisco local agency formation commission]1400872.motion appointing supervisor john avalos, as a member, and supervisor eric mar, as an alternate member, terms ending february 4, 2018, to the san francisco local agency formation commission. clerk >> the clerk: item no. 2. sf 21234 >>supervisor norman yee: okay. let's see, i believe, is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. we have a motion for this item to be brought to the full board for recommendation. so moved. motion is passed. item no. 3. the clerk: item 3: appointment, developmental disabilities area board v] hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending december 31, 2016, to the developmental disabilities area board v. clerk of the boardd vacant seat 2, succeeding donna adkins, term expired, must hav

you threw me and seconded any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. i'll call for 0 vote all in favor, say i. we will now into go into closed session >> item 13 for the existing claim and 14 claim for others. item 15 is the existing code for the city of san francisco and item 16 the property vs. city and county of san francisco and do so one through one hundred and the city and county of san francisco litigation vs. pacific gas and electric company and item 19 existing litigation for the gas company vs. city and county of san francisco and the agency chief of security >> good afternoon counselor. >> good afternoon. >> no, no, no. >> maybe not sogood. >> thank you very much we've returned from our closed session and i'm happy to report that the commission has adapted recommendations on item 13, 14 and 15 and 16 as long as that's sufficient we can poach to the mexico - next item. >> to disclose the items. >> i'll call for a vote not to disclose the i's have it madam other items. >> new business item 23. >> know there have been discussions about the join

okay open this up for public comment is there anybody from the any public comment? >> i have one speaker card from the do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? i chamber of commerce. >> good afternoon. i'm dee dee workingman pr the board of directors voted for having this ordinance we're the only chamber of commerce that has taken this position we want to thank supervisor cowen for helping us with this and help draft the ordinance. we were able to get input both on larger companies. we're comfortable with the language and the intent of the ordinance. our interests primary were were to get qualified applicants into the jobs and enable the position to be filled. we didn't want this to be cumbersome that you set people up to fail all along the process to be hired and there is something that makes them unsuitable weighing we've advocated this early so it will happen after the first interview and we're graltd about that. everybody we worked with all the companies and biz businesses were clear they were comfortable. many don't h

far public process but are provided in addition to the normal process. we're relying on the hearing such as a today for a broader discussion. we're on the same badge san francisco division of formula retail. you can see we've added to the code in 2004 it's a recent addition and it initialing was for only north beach then in 2007 we have a conditional use authorization for our shopping industries. since 2007 the controls have been amended so, now formula retails control many of the districts. we'll go over this gore gastrogreat. after the establishments are opened with two or more of those issues then the formula retail apply for the businesses. it's important to know that not every san francisco establishment is not regulated like gas stations and personal services like gyms and nail as long as are not formula radials and bangsz were added a few years ago. also international chains not formula retail. so that's the basics of the definition. at least let's talk about what we hope to get from the study. first of all, data. today, we'll present preliminary

the public will get. if the public hasn't received a letter monthly, because the project duration was limited to less than 14 days. so, city agency and private utility companies are required to comply with specific requirements while occupying the public right-of-way to operate and maintain the facilities. these requirements include providing time and date of work, proper storage of equipment and materials, complying with housekeeping rules, placement and securing of utility plates, maintaining traffic control, sustaining noise control, and restoration of streets. in order

so we will go to public comment. we have nicole from public sf who is here. public comment will be two minutes. >> hi thank you supervisors. nicole snyder from walk san francisco. i think you all raised a few important questions and as you know we have been working with the coalition of partners with community organizations on vision zero and working with your departments, your agencies, mta, sfpd to figure out how to bring vision zero to reality. how do we make it not just a vision but a reality? and one of the things that they're focused on right now is how do we take what's been committed to across all of the departments and make them into a plan, having ownership, have a time line. we're excited about the walk first plan. what's the timeline to get there? what does mta fleed to get there? we want to see more funding in the budget, more bike safety in the budget and where is the project delivery? what's the timeline for these projects and how are they being held accountable. supervisor breed talked about progress and we are excited about that in terms of p

the potential that the public will have better information both the public and decision makers can look at this and not have the discussions individually and we want greater benefits of services. we talked about noolt in terms of strategies. what might be some areas for piloting new approaches for housing and sustainability under housing we can pilot a version of the prop c where you can have the inclusionary housing. around transportation in addition to various transportation infrastructure can we live for example the management programs. currently only development agreement like treasure island or the shipyard can we have transportation and management programs or other strategies. and lastly sustainability. as another aero where we can be innovative. the department has done a lot of work around the eco industries. we'll give you an up to date about the work can we pilot and create new eco districts for the program that is. the initial focuses is on enterprise agency sites they include the airport and puc and the mta the recreation and parks and some of the museums. but we're only star

seeing none, public comment is closed. we are on item 3 the general manager's report >> happy new year commissioners and at the for your comments commissioner president buell on behalf of the staff we very much appreciate the recognition and it is a labor of love truly it's an honor and privilege to at the ward in. a few announcements not spirit of new year we're well past january 1st and on to chinese new year. and betty rec center a senior dance on february 5th between 1 and 3. we have a which they think so celebration on saturday from 1130 and all those are free and that includes arts and crafts and kids mists where we have our clock celebration on february 12th and our chinese new year's event on basketball players all free. next month we'll be slob black history month the celebration will be on february 15th we will be celebrated the holiday at the rec center and with the western community featuring spoken word performances and traditionally food. you can visit sf park owing for this events. earlier we announced a new

is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. item 2, commissioner comments and questions. commissioners? none there. so we'll move to item 3 which is the board's consideration of the meeting minutes for january 29, 2014. any modifications? i move their adoption. >> any public comment on the minutes. seeing none, mr. pacheco call the roll. >> on that motion from the president to adopt the january 29, 2014, minutes, commissioner fung, hurtado, honda, the vote is 4-0. those minutes are adopted. >> thank you. we'll move to item 4. item 4: 44 appeal no. 13-135 michael shaffer & richard tsai, appellanttss vs. dept. of building inspection, respondent planning dept. approval 801 & 803 kansas street. protesting the issuance on october 09, 2013, to chris cobb, alteration permit repair/replace existing stairway and porch at rear of building; new decking for required means of egress; add firewall; provide new support footings to porch and stairway; comply with nov no. 200996781 and 2007909733. application no. 2012/10/30/3118. for hearing to

any other public comment? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. we will now move on to item number 5. which is hearing and possible action regarding applications for permits. so the first one we have is columbus cafe. >> and this first one is ratiba hararah doing business as 901 columbus cafe, her son who is the manager is here today and they have been actually been on the corner and been doing business for years, coffee and beer and wine and they would like to add some live entertainment. you should have letters of support from some neighbors included in your binder. >> all right. so, we have been in business for about 12 years, just very standard cafe operation. >> could you speak closer into the mic? >> sure, sorry. that was our 7:00 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week. and i am sorry, 8:00 to 10. and what i am hoping to do is tuesday nights from around 7:00 to about 9:30 p.m., to bring in an mc, who will host and sort of head this sign up, open mic, acoustic singing and spoken word and poetry type of thing and i have seen him in action before t

public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk >> item 11 adjournment thank you. this meeting is >> good morning, everyone this is the tuesday, february 11, 2014, meeting of san francisco transportation authority plans & programs committee. my name is supervisor mar >> item role. supervisor campos. supervisor kim. supervisor mar present and supervisor yee present we have compound >> i'd like to call the citizens advisory report. >> we're joined by your chair john avalos and mr. flanagan. >> good morning. my name is a joseph flanagan i'm the cac vice chair. those are the two items on the agenda that we took action on januarys meeting. the first item is item 3 adaptation of the t f c a local expenditure criteria which the cac passed names as part of the consent calendar. the second item 6 allocation of prop k and double fund for 4 requests this item was also passed unanimously by the cac without substantive decision. thank you. and that concludes my report. thank you >> thank you, m