and i'm hoping there are important respects in which this project is different from van ness b.r.t. and maybe you can go into allaying my concerns that is using a method that seems to have failed so terribly on van ness now again on market street? >> yes, so the lowest responsive bidder is still the city's primary construction contract selection process. we have done a few other selection processes. we have done -- based on qualifications, we've also looked at a plus b where we factor in other criteria besides the bid price. we talked a lot about it for better market street phase 1. i think one of the reasons why we stuck with lowest bidder was that the scope of work was pretty straightforward, pretty simple. you know, it's our traffic signal upgrade, repaving and landscape, so similar to many of our other joint projects with m.t.a. or puc. it's sort of the least complicated selection process. i'm not in contract admin, so i'm not as familiar with all of the nuances between the different construction methods -- or sorry, selection processes, but i know we did talk about it and in th

and i'm hoping there are important respects in which this project is different from van ness b.r.t. and maybe you can go into allaying my concerns that is using a method that seems to have failed so terribly on van ness now again on market street? >> yes, so the lowest responsive bidder is still the city's primary construction contract selection process. we have done a few other selection processes. we have done -- based on qualifications, we've also looked at a plus b where we factor in other criteria besides the bid price. we talked a lot about it for better market street phase 1. i think one of the reasons why we stuck with lowest bidder was that the scope of work was pretty straightforward, pretty simple. you know, it's our traffic signal upgrade, repaving and landscape, so similar to many of our other joint projects with m.t.a. or puc. it's sort of the least complicated selection process. i'm not in contract admin, so i'm not as familiar with all of the nuances between the different construction methods -- or sorry, selection processes, but i know we did talk about it and in th

and the three properties on van ness at 234, 240 and 246 van ness seemed to me like an appropriate place city office building. i know that the city continues to lease space through various agencies at 1155 market and previously 1455 -- actually still one at south van ness, the new 49 south van ness, 25 van ness, the courthouse across the street at 400 mcalister, the veterans building, etc.,etc. regardless of how much people are in offices, the general plan still calls for sequestering city offices around the city offices area and seemed to me like that is an appropriate space for city office building. if housing is developed at this location, seems like that would foreclose that opportunity forever. and so that is my concern about this particular site. i have no particular issues with the housing other than what i expressed or the financing thereof. if there's no immediate need to move on this, you may consider asking the city's capital planning committee to consider and report back. >> there are no more callers. >> mr. clerk, that completes the xwa*i. -- the queue. >> thank you very muc

a handful of store closings are here in the city, including this one on van ness. there's a bunch of cvs locations closing, 900 around the nation will be closing as cvs says the shopping habits of their consumers have changed. this is an outline of where the in beginning january 7th. again, in all 900 stores or about 10% of the company stores are closing. walgreens announced they were closing stores in the city due to retail theft, and cvs maintains these closings are due to a larger plan, because of changed shopping habits. customers with prescriptions at these cvs location are being notified that those prescriptions are being moved to the nearest cvs. >> it's tough for a lot of those people that say, it's close, i can run and get supplies and -- >> and they are elderly, yeah. >>> taking a live outside at the golden gate bridge, not a lot of traffic through the span right there. one thing we know for sure is it's cold out there. i am ready to put on a jacket in the studio. >> yeah, every time i sit down i put on my coat. >> yeah, you're lucky. i might come out wit

and the three properties on van ness at 234, 240 and 246 van ness seemed to me like an appropriate place for city office building. i know that the city continues to lease space through various agencies at 1155 market and previously 1455 -- actually still one at south van ness, the new 49 south van ness, 25 van ness, the courthouse across the street at 400 mcalister, the veterans building, etc.,etc. regardless of how much people are in offices, the general plan still calls for sequestering city offices around the city offices area and seemed to me like that is an appropriate space for city office building. if housing is developed at this location, seems like that would foreclose that opportunity forever. and so that is my concern about this particular site. i have no particular issues with the housing other than what i expressed or the financing thereof. if there's no immediate need to move on this, you may consider asking the city's capital planning committee to consider and report back. >> there are no more callers. >> mr. clerk, that completes the xwa*i. -- the queue. >> thank you very

and you won't have any delays from southbound 101 to van ness, just 12 minutes. >>> 4:32 right now. to an interview you will only see on nbc bay area, the bystander that got caught up in the aftermath of an arrest at a retail mall. >> this is one of the security guards that attempted to stop a mob that police say rushed into macy's saturday evening trying to play off the latest retail theft in the bay area. two female security guards try to detain one of the suspects as they tried to run out of the store, and that's when other members of the group returned knocking one guard to the ground and kicking her in the head, and minutes later this happened. police officers had just arrived and were arresting the suspects security guards had detained. >> you just see two cops running toward him like crazy, and just pushed him to the glass and throw him to the ground like really slammed him hard. for me seeing this as a mother, i was, like, heartbroken. >> she says that's when she decided to get involved if that she appears to be arguing with an officer before they turn their attention to her

golden gate will also be using the capacity. 47 on van ness was a cost effective way of providing extra service. what we're finding as the mission corridor has grown overtime that having just a circulator on van messes only is a missed opportunity. the frequent african is not onls not only addressing needs on van ness but also addressing the city college. >> director hinze: my one question that i have on the day now. i'm certain everybody will be asking question about the j after public comment. will staff be looking at the frequency of the bus to those that need it? >> we certainly will have the ability to set the bus frequency based on the policy direction of the board. we have the ability to start it at one frequency and modify it if we see a lot of interest or demand. we are currently going to be surveying our bus riders and looking at that service pattern. right now the buses all go downtown. it's something we can learn how it's used. based on where we have a similar service option, we're not seeing lot of people take advantage of one seat ride to downtown in favor of the quicker s

. >> i'm here with john francis pavement to parks manager and this parklet on van ness street first of all, what is a parklet and part of pavement to parks program basically an expense of the walk in a public realm for people to hang anti nor a urban acceptable space for people to use. >> parklets sponsors have to apply to be considered for the program but they come to us you know saying we want to do this and create a new space on our street it is a community driven program. >> the program goes beyond just parklets vacant lots and other spaces are converted we're here at playland on 43 this is place is cool with loots things to do and plenty of space to play so we came up with that idea to revitalizations this underutilized yard by going to the community and what they said want to see here we saw that everybody wants to see everything to we want this to be a space for everyone. >> yeah. >> we partnered with the pavement to parks program and so we had the contract for building 236 blot community garden it start with a lot of jacuzzi hammers and bulldozer and now the point we're plantin

carlos gonzales: se encuentra el mural de chata gutiérrez, en la calle south van ness y 24, y ahí estáhizo el show, y abrió el show a la comunidad, para hablar sobre diferentes temas, brutalidad de policía, necesidad de empleo, educación; y ella hizo eso, y apoyaba a la comunidad; además la música que tocaba, por 40 años hizo el show; se murió de cáncer en mil--, no, no, en 2012, murió de cáncer; y empezamos a buscar una pared para darle honor. damián trujillo: ¿y cuánto tiempo se demora tu proyecto? carlos gonzales: bueno, el mural duró como 3 meses en pintarlo; pero para encontrar la pared, y sacar los fondos, duró como 3 años. damián trujillo: ¿de qué estamos hablando cuando se habla de fondos? carlos gonzales: dinero. damián trujillo: no, pero, bastante, me imagino. carlos gonzales: ah, ya necesitábamos como $10,000, y gracias a, a sus-- de priscilla-- ella tenía el dinero, pero no la pared; yo tenía la pared, pero no el dinero; los unimos, y ella pagó por el mural, las pinturas, y hasta me dio un grupo de jóvenes para que trabajaran conmigo. damián trujillo: ¿por qué tanto mural e

they include the cvs on market street, and the one on van ness. the closures were announced in mid-november. >>> a weeklong strike involving kellogg workers is ending. 1400 union members are set to return to work next week. their new 5 your contract includes a 2% employee and 3% increase, a 2% raise for employees, and a 3% increase for legacy workers. >>> how the supply chain crisis is leaving people hunting for holiday staples. >>> coming up tonight on the "cbs evening news" -- >>> tonight, president biden's plan to combat the omicron surge, from stepping up testing to sending military personnel to overwhelmed hospitals, we have the details. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ >>> restaurants have been hit hard during the pandemic, with shutdowns and a lack of workers. >> the industry continues to struggle with another popular ingredient in short supply. >> reporter: food shortages are now spreading to local bagel shops, because it is hard to

oversee pmc sutter health on van ness here in san francisco. they announced that she is going to be sponsored to ride in a float in the rose parade in january. the float is dedicated towards raising awareness about organ donation to get the word out that hate donation is what we need to do to get people like hill treated and hilda and her family are also encouraging people to be organ donors at these. but i we didn't know. i didn't know. so now >> sign up already is that faces that, though, to be out on arch. now the rose parade is on january. first of next year. of course. and the float that hilda will be writing on is called the donate life float. but for now in san francisco, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> today is world aids day. a number of events were held across the country and here in the bay area. one of those was in san francisco's castro this morning. the community held a sidewalk chalk art event honoring the millions of people who died of aids. another event took place in golden gate park where a display of lights with set up and

the example like i work on the van ness improvement project, we get complaints whole variety different ways. sometimes from 311 and sometimes from supervisor offices, sometimes from the mayor's office. we field lot of complaints and. the public outreach team works with the construction management team to quickly address those issues. i will be honest that some of the challenges have been easier to fix than others. we definitely been tracking those -- we track those inquiries and we work to respond to those within 48 hours. my area is public outreach. we field lot of the inquiries where the concerns are. i do know that the team, the construction team have inspectors that go out to make sure that there's 4 feet minimum sidewalk width. there's been problems with some of the materials used, temporary builds on the sidewalk. we've been working with the contractor to address the type of fills they are -- we do work proactively to make sure that the construction zones are accessible. sometimes there's different handling of very similar complaints. i hope that provides a good overview. >> chai

the example like i work on the van ness improvement project, we get complaints whole variety different ways. sometimes from 311 and sometimes from supervisor offices, sometimes from the mayor's office. we field lot of complaints and. the public outreach team works with the construction management team to quickly address those issues. i will be honest that some of the challenges have been easier to fix than others. we definitely been tracking those -- we track those inquiries and we work to respond to those within 48 hours. my area is public outreach. we field lot of the inquiries where the concerns are. i do know that the team, the construction team have inspectors that go out to make sure that there's 4 feet minimum sidewalk width. there's been problems with some of the materials used, temporary builds on the sidewalk. we've been working with the contractor to address the type of fills they are -- we do work proactively to make sure that the construction zones are accessible. sometimes there's different handling of very similar complaints. i hope that provides a good overview. >> chai

police say just before 10 this morning, a motorcycle collided with a car at center street and van nessvenue. our gail ong sent us this video from the scene. police say they found the motorcyclists suffering from serious injuries and despite life saving efforts. he was pronounced dead at the scene. the cause of that crash is still under investigation. francisco police confirmed that an arrest has been made in last month's shooting death of an afghan refugee working as an uber driver in the city. >> kron four's haaziq madyun got reaction to this break in the case from a longtime activist in the bay area's afghan community. >> a suspect has been arrested in the investigation of the november 28 shooting death of 31 year-old that much yusufi san francisco police identify the suspect as 38 year-old clifford stokes of oakland yusufi was an afghanistan refugee working as an uber driver when he was shot during an attempted robbery while seated in his vehicle on patrol avenue in san francisco. it is good that there will be some closure for the family that a suspect will be caught. >> however, it

oversee pmc sutter health on van ness here in san francisco.at she is going to be sponsored to ride in a float in the rose parade in january. the float is dedicated towards raising awareness about organ donation to get the word out that hate donation is what we need to do to get people like hill treated and hilda and her family are also encouraging people to be organ donors i think is very i we didn't know. i didn't know. so now >> sign up already is that places that though, to be out on arch. now the rose parade is on january. first of next year. of course. and the float that hilda will be writing on is called the donate life float. but for now in san francisco, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> more of today's top stories coming up next. a sixor including what could happen with our schools because of the fast-spreading variant of covid-19 this as the first cases identified in san francisco. plus, walnut creek approves a budget to protect shopping centers after recent smash-and-grabs where the money is coming from to pay for this extra layer of

the 28 will be extended to van ness and north point along the wharf and 49 will be replaced to historic terminal. one route we did not discuss two weeks ago with the 29 sunset. as part of our routine crowding review in preparing for these scheduled changes, we all recommending that weekday 29 go from every 10 minutes to every 9 minutes to reduce crowding for students. the 30 stockton, we would restore the short line but only restored for most crowded 8 or 9 hours of the day. the 43 extension would go into effect. small extension of the 56 so we can make connections to burton high school. the 57 will be extended to west portal. the 58 would be move to brotherhood way and operate every 30 minutes. that's the package of changes for march. then, as we continue to hire more operators, we would implement in early june, final changes that you approved last week. that would include increasing the two frequency from every 20 minutes to every 15 minutes. increasing frequency on the 5, restoring the six parnass. increase the frequency on the 10 townsend. implement the new 12 shortline that we had

on jobs that are approved or not built, there is a project that i've been tracking at market and van ness for 40-story luxury condos, and they gave the deal for building b.m.r.s at the same time, and that project is approved in 2017. that's a park [indiscernible] for buildings -- building the needed housing. so 40-story luxury condos get approved and they're not built, and the b.m.r.s that are supposed to be built are not built, either. there was a press release from september 2017 that they were going to fund the affordable units quickly, and they haven't been funded, so what is going on in terms of projects? does the planning department get a list of projects that are approved and not built, especially when they have a mix of luxury and b.m.r. units -- or pardon me, off-site b.m.r. units, not on-site. so thank you. bye. >> clerk: thank you, miss hester. we have ten listeners with seven in the queue. next speaker. >> linda chapman. it's a member of -- as a member of s.d.a.s housing collaborative, i listened to the driving out of black people from san francisco and the loss of the black p

the 28 will be extended to van ness and north point along the wharf and 49 will be replaced to historic terminal. one route we did not discuss two weeks ago with the 29 sunset. as part of our routine crowding review in preparing for these scheduled changes, we all recommending that weekday 29 go from every 10 minutes to every 9 minutes to reduce crowding for students. the 30 stockton, we would restore the short line but only restored for most crowded 8 or 9 hours of the day. the 43 extension would go into effect. small extension of the 56 so we can make connections to burton high school. the 57 will be extended to west portal. the 58 would be move to brotherhood way and operate every 30 minutes. that's the package of changes for march. then, as we continue to hire more operators, we would implement in early june, final changes that you approved last week. that would include increasing the two frequency from every 20 minutes to every 15 minutes. increasing frequency on the 5, restoring the six parnass. increase the frequency on the 10 townsend. implement the new 12 shortline that we had

while a handful of locations like this one on van ness is slowing in the city. let's look at the map of where those cities are closing. the first closure will take place january 7th with the 771 market street locations, followed by 581 market street, and 351 california, and so in all 900 stores, or 10% of the company stores are recall walgr announced they, too, were closing some of the locations in the city, and they were citing retail theft, and cvs said it's because of buying patterns, so for customers living near the six locations where they are closing, we are being told your prescription will be transferred to the nearest cvs. we have a list on our website, nbcbayarea.com. we're live in san francisco. cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> yeah, people are not happy about that, especially if they are close to your home. >>> how can you not be happy with the rain that we are getting in the bay area. it's so needed. it's dry right now as we take a look at the golden gate bridge. things are going to change. monitoring it all, meteorologist, kari hall. you a

we are instead recommending that the 28 route which currently ends at van ness and north point be extended to north point and howell. the benefit of this is it's a little more efficient because the 28th does not operate as frequently as the 49, but will also be a huge benefit to tourists who are often trying to get from one tourist destination which is the wharf to the golden gate bridge and this will provide a one seat ride for folks making that change. we're also recommending restoration as i discussed of the 43 to its traditional terminal near the marina safeway. during covid, we created temporary and recently made permanent transit lanes on 7th and 8th street. in order to really maximize the benefit of those lanes, we moved the 27 bryant and is a long city wide cross town route to 7th and 8th. it is our recommendation that we continue to keep the 27 on 7th and 8th. it is really has improved reliability and is excelling in that area. we did hear in community concerns about gap in service on fifth street. so we're recommending that the 31 which previously went downtown and now makes conn

on van ness there was a brothel in the residential hotel there. all of these women one night when it rained were coming out in flower pants. that is all they were rain with rain gear on their heads going in there on my corner as well. these foot massage places. how many foot massages do you think the people of nob hill or other people need. there are blocks and blocks of them. when i walk around trying to find the locations that i do see advertised. there is less advertising. they are still there. >> your time is elapsed. next speaker this. is the last caller in the queue. >> thank you very much, madam clerk. i have no word from the city attorney. >> madam chair there is one more speaker. >> next caller, please. >> greetings. i am for number 2. i apologize. >> no worries. that completes the queue. >> supervisor melgar: supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you to the last speaker. i did actually and didn't have a chance to speak to ms. fine art this weekend. i want to ask a question of the project sponsor. let me concur with supervisor pr

and i'm hoping there are important respects in which this project is different from van ness b.r.t.aying my concerns that is using a method that seems to have failed so terribly on van ness now again on market street? >> yes, so the lowest responsive bidder is still the city's primary construction contract selection process. we have done a few other selection processes. we have done -- based on qualifications, we've also looked at a plus b where we factor in other criteria besides the bid price. we talked a lot about it for better market street phase 1. i think one of the reasons why we stuck with lowest bidder was that the scope of work was pretty straightforward, pretty simple. you know, it's our traffic signal upgrade, repaving and landscape, so similar to many of our other joint projects with m.t.a. or puc. it's sort of the least complicated selection process. i'm not in contract admin, so i'm not as familiar with all of the nuances between the different construction methods -- or sorry, selection processes, but i know we did talk about it and in the end stuck with the lowest bi

according to san francisco police, they say they found a 21 year-old man shot near eddie and van ness avenues around 1045 this morning. investigators say they think the shooting is related to a drug deal. no word so far. tonight on the victim's condition or any potential suspects that police are looking for. and speaking of the tenderloin today, mayor london breed announced several new initiatives today to address public safety concerns in that neighborhood, including things such as making more arrests to address the issue of illegal drug use in public spaces for us. rob nesbitt has that story. and less tolerant. >> that is destroyed our city. mayor breed not holding back and cracking down saying public drug use like this will not be tolerated in san francisco. we're not going to just walk by and let someone use in broad daylight on the streets and not give them a choice between going to the location. we have identified them. we're going to jail. >> she says the tenderloin emergency plan is already underway joined by police chief bill scott tuesday to promise more arrests. people will

oversee pmc sutter health on van ness here in san francisco. she is going to be sponsored to ride in a float in the rose parade in january. the float is dedicated towards raising awareness about organ donation to get the word out that hate donation is what we need to do to get people like hill treated and hilda and her family are also encouraging people to be organ donors i think is very we didn't know. i didn't know. so now >> sign up already is that places that though, to be out on arch. now the rose parade is on january. first of next year. of course. and the float that hilda will be writing on is called the donate life float. but for now in san francisco, charles clifford kron 4 news. people in brooklyn were jolted awake. look at that. just a massive explosion early this morning. 2 people were inside that building when it exploded. >> firefighters arrived. they said the first floor was in the basement and the rest of the building was on fire. the front door was blown off across the street. but somehow nobody was hurt. >> we just felt like a

people are being told to avoid the area of van ness avenue in both north and south. um directions in your sutter street. there is police activity in the area. these are live pictures. from sky fox. there's no other information being released, although it does look like there's a pretty wide area down there, and this is obviously a major streets going to cause a lot of people to go around. and you might want to avoid venice avenue or even this area again. we're trying to find out information. we do have crews on the way, but all we know now is to avoid the area of venice and sutter. we're learning new information about about a mother that was found dead inside her home in pittsburgh, her husband and three kids now recovering in the hospital, and police say they were all exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide. ktvu as james torres reports. it all started thursday night with a welfare check. family members tell me they hadn't heard from the victim or her family in more than a week. caution tape now in a waste bin outside a home along vincent street. in pittsburgh. it

the example like i work on the van ness improvement project, we get complaints whole variety differentays. sometimes from 311 and sometimes from supervisor offices sometimes from the mayor's office. we field lot of complaints and. the public outreach team works with the construction management team to quickly address those issues. i will be honest that some of the challenges have been easier to fix than others. we definitely been tracking those -- we track those inquiries and we work to respond to those within 48 hours. my area is public outreach. we field lot of the inquiries where the concerns are. i do know that the team, the construction team have inspectors that go out to make sure that there's 4 feet minimum sidewalk width. there's been problems with some of the materials used, temporary builds on the sidewalk. we've been working with the contractor to address the type of fills they are -- we do work proactively to make sure that the construction zones are accessible. sometimes there's different handling of very similar complaints. i hope that provides a good overview. >> chair m

first on your agenda is items proposed for continuance. 2021-006098-cua at 1358 south van ness avenue, proposed for continuance to january 13, 2022, itemed 2-a and b, 2019-020611-cua and var at 5114 through 5116 third street, proposed for indefinite continuance. item 3, 2018-515983-var, 136 del mar street, the request for variance has been withdrawn. finally, commissioners, item 13, 2021-010715-crv at 1201 sutter street, it is proposed for continuance to your january meeting. members of the public, this is your opportunity to provide public comment by pressing star, three to speak. you have two minutes. >> hello. this is ray. i sent an e-mail in at 10:00 this morning. can everybody hear me? >> clerk: yes, we can hear you. >> so around 10:00 this morning, i sent an e-mail to nicholas foster, and i was an applicant at 1201 sutter that's on calendar for today. and i want permission to read the e-mail to the group. >> clerk: sir, you've got about 1.5 minutes remaining. >> okay. >> clerk: you can speak. you have 1.5 minutes left. >> okay. so i said, hello, nicholas. regarding the planning

on jobs that are approved or not built, there is a project that i've been tracking at market and van ness for 40-story luxury condos, and they gave the deal for building b.m.r.s at the same time, and that project is approved in 2017. that's a park [indiscernible] for buildings -- building the needed housing. so 40-story luxury condos get approved and they're not built, and the b.m.r.s that are supposed to be built are not built, either. there was a press release from september 2017 that they were going to fund the affordable units quickly, and they haven't been funded, so what is going on in terms of projects? does the planning department get a list of projects that are approved and not built, especially when they have a mix of luxury and b.m.r. units -- or pardon me, off-site b.m.r. units, not on-site. so thank you. bye. >> clerk: thank you, miss hester. we have ten listeners with seven in the queue. next speaker. >> linda chapman. it's a member of -- as a member of s.d.a.s housing collaborative, i listened to the driving out of black people from san francisco and the loss of the black p

the other is van ness. next. small shops ruined the 30s and 40s on market street. an retail storefront rantings exploded in the 50s and 60s. next. market street movie theaters, next. began a downhill slide in general on market street when porn theaters were allowed in the 70s.next. and of course market street became a haven for drug dealers and all the tracks.next. the best parts of market street look like this pre-pandemic. which forced even large scale retail to close. next. and we haven't recovered yet. next. in the past, trees have made market street you can see here on the left more attractive to retailers, inviting them into market street stores. just as greenery invited you into union square once upon a time. this is what can happen if we don't protect our trees and our beauty. next. tourists love san francisco because it's the most european city in the united states. this isn't exactly european design, next. but this belongs in los angele . not in san francisco. next. these are our newsstands that were next . designed, redesigned to fit san francisco's styl

future bonded indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $73.4 million to for 240 van ness known as the kelsi civic center. and for item 25, in aggregate principal amount not to exceed $58 million to permit the issuance of bonds in the amount of $58 million for 4200 geary boulevard. >> president walton: thank you, madame clerk. seeing no one on the roster, we can take this same house, same call. these adoptions are adopted unanimously. >> item 26. >> approve and -- require certain real property located at 822 geary street and 629 hyde street to approve and authorize purchase of agreement and sale for the acquisition of the property for the purchase price of $6.3 million plus estimated $20,000 for typical closing costs for a total amount of $6.32 million and to affirm the ceqa determination and to make the appropriate findings. >> president walton: thank you, madame clerk. supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you, president walton and colleagues. this is a critically important acquisition that we're going to make that is going to provide to meet -- that will help to

on van ness there was a brothel in the residential hotel there.f these women one night when it rained were coming out in flower pants. that is all they were rain with rain gear on their heads going in there on my corner as well. these foot massage places. how many foot massages do you think the people of nob hill or other people need. there are blocks and blocks of them. when i walk around trying to find the locations that i do see advertised. there is less advertising. they are still there. >> your time is elapsed. next speaker this. is the last caller in the queue. >> thank you very much, madam clerk. i have no word from the city attorney. >> madam chair there is one more speaker. >> next caller, please. >> greetings. i am for number 2. i apologize. >> no worries. that completes the queue. >> supervisor melgar: supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you to the last speaker. i did actually and didn't have a chance to speak to ms. fine art this weekend. i want to ask a question of the project sponsor. let me concur with supervisor preston.