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japan center, which did not have outstanding debt also wanted to continue a lease. so this amendment before you gives us 180-day window to come back to you with a new negotiated lease without the bond debt service but bond issues associated with that new lease. we be back before you along with recreation park department in 180 days from the board of supervisors approval for you to approve a new lease with uptown corporation as well as japan center. so i will be happy to answer questions. i think the budget analyst did a good job about summarizing. we agree with the recommendation and have sent you revisions to both resolution and the loose to have a termination -- 180-day termination rather than a month-to-month provision, so we are okay with that. >> okay. >> last, i want to say there is somebody from uptown, if you have questions for the uptown corporation. >> thank you. i see we have representatives from reck park here. >> katy is here too. >> additional comments from either department? why don't we go to the budget analyst report on this. >> madam chair and super
japan center, which did not have outstanding debt also wanted to continue a lease. so this amendment before you gives us 180-day window to come back to you with a new negotiated lease without the bond debt service but bond issues associated with that new lease. we be back before you along with recreation park department in 180 days from the board of supervisors approval for you to approve a new lease with uptown corporation as well as japan center. so i will be happy to answer questions. i...
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this is admittedly a sole source leased but it is justifiably so. there are no developer profits, there are no developer fees, this is not a traditional development. the city is offering up simply a one time transfer of accumulated revenues from the existing market corp. to the new market corporation. along with the use of consolidated land at no additional cost, the city receives the benefit of the transaction downstream. upon completion of the project, and establishment of stabilize net revenues. we project it will be approximately 2036. it is not a precise number given that there are four phases and many complexities to the project, but we estimate the stabilize revenue flow will be approximately $1.5 million per year and that has a net present value for the remainder term for approximately $35 billion to the general fund. over the first 50 years of this lease, at what recognize we have a 50 year positive history on this site, there has been no net revenue flow to the city. we're changing that dynamic in this agreement. the project works because t
this is admittedly a sole source leased but it is justifiably so. there are no developer profits, there are no developer fees, this is not a traditional development. the city is offering up simply a one time transfer of accumulated revenues from the existing market corp. to the new market corporation. along with the use of consolidated land at no additional cost, the city receives the benefit of the transaction downstream. upon completion of the project, and establishment of stabilize net...
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, whether it's a short-term lease or long-term lease andyet we don't change our balance sheet. it seems backwards. >> it's certainly a restriction of the government accounting standards. >> when we go out for bonds, we're undervaluing our assets. >> we would state and make a large emphasis on our income and the strength of our income over time. >> so we wouldn't, even for instance as a footnote to our financial statements, apsay the fair market value and given that we actually entered a ground lease. so it's transactional and not note what we think that value is as a result of -- as a footnote to the financial statements, as another way to illustrate that? >> that is an interesting idea. let me talk to our fiscal officer and it's a possibility to put that into the statement or as a footnote. >> i would say a footnote would probably be the most appropriate way. otherwise, the value never changes and yet, all we do is ground leases. okay? so i mean, we don't transfer assetvez very often. >> >> okay. >> i guess getting back to nate, in our gro
, whether it's a short-term lease or long-term lease andyet we don't change our balance sheet. it seems backwards. >> it's certainly a restriction of the government accounting standards. >> when we go out for bonds, we're undervaluing our assets. >> we would state and make a large emphasis on our income and the strength of our income over time. >> so we wouldn't, even for instance as a footnote to our financial statements, apsay the fair market value and given that we...
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they have signed a lease with a landlord. i understand the landlord owns the lease in the mission. that is why he wants to get it moved into soma so the facility can benefit the most financially. it is understandable. but it seems like they could do more community outreach. i would request it would be tabled pending more investigation and community outreach to see if there has or has not been discrimination going on. thank you. supervisor elsbernd: thank you. mr. renny. this will be the last public commenter. >> supervisors, my name is mark rennie. i represent double rainbow. my name is on the letter requesting the start to and a half months ago. i want to address a few things that have not been touched. i know you have questions. there have been talk of gay discrimination in leasing. i got on this lake. i came on in may when the letter was written. at that time, i was told by the owner that alex and michael going to be intended lessees -- mike were going to be the intended lessees. i later learned they had gone through eight least incarnations over six months. the huge outcry was
they have signed a lease with a landlord. i understand the landlord owns the lease in the mission. that is why he wants to get it moved into soma so the facility can benefit the most financially. it is understandable. but it seems like they could do more community outreach. i would request it would be tabled pending more investigation and community outreach to see if there has or has not been discrimination going on. thank you. supervisor elsbernd: thank you. mr. renny. this will be the last...
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authorization to allow general management to execute a beat -- execute a lease in alameda county for cellular communications site for an annual range of $54,000 with annual cpi increases, and with a lease duration of five years. and awarding of the contract for waste water enterprise facility improvement contract number one in the amount of $6,378,000 to the lowest qualified responsible and responsive better. -- bidder. >> commissioners, any item that needs to be pulled from the consent calendar? if not, can i have a motion? gregg's moved. greg second. >> moved and seconded. all in favor? consent calendar passes. item #9. >> authorize the general manager to execute an impact agreement with north star short -- solar, or acquiring north stars solar to pay the mitigation impacts to interconnection of north star's generating connection to the grade and authorizing them to enter into substantial agreements with other projects. >> commissioners, you have in the packet you receive today revised resolution for item 9. >> i'm the assistant general manager for water, again. this is one of the
authorization to allow general management to execute a beat -- execute a lease in alameda county for cellular communications site for an annual range of $54,000 with annual cpi increases, and with a lease duration of five years. and awarding of the contract for waste water enterprise facility improvement contract number one in the amount of $6,378,000 to the lowest qualified responsible and responsive better. -- bidder. >> commissioners, any item that needs to be pulled from the consent...
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the csc will continue to me throughout the project, up until the board of supervisors adopted a leaseauthorizes the port commission to do so. i would like to take a moment to read the cac's proposed mission statement. the pier 30, 32 cac will provide staff and commissioners with questions and community concerns regarding the proposed project in well as evaluating comment on the city's plans and policies related to the project. the cac will assist by publicizing the project and so is the public comments from neighbors, community groups, and organizations. and with that, if you have any questions or concerns, brad and i are here to answer them. thank you. >> public comment. >> so moved. >> i do have a comment on your mission statement. >> yes. >> second. >> all right, one of the things i would like to add in terms of whether it is the mission statement or resolution is that you do adopt a written charter for the cac. and within the charter, that it not only goes to publicizing the projects, solicit public comment from neighborhoods, groups, and organizations, but also provides some opti
the csc will continue to me throughout the project, up until the board of supervisors adopted a leaseauthorizes the port commission to do so. i would like to take a moment to read the cac's proposed mission statement. the pier 30, 32 cac will provide staff and commissioners with questions and community concerns regarding the proposed project in well as evaluating comment on the city's plans and policies related to the project. the cac will assist by publicizing the project and so is the public...
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we think it is prudent to lease the entire 14 acres. we're getting them under aonth lease that would establish a business relationship with them. we will evaluate the cleanup options. that does not mean they get a long-term lease on the property by any means. this is an interim police until we resolve the cleanup issues. president moran: what about the questions about shooting over the water? >> i am not familiar with the specifics. if they are controlling more than the 14 acres, that is something we need to take into account. president moran: thank you. commissioners? >> they are shooting over the lake? is that the allegation? >> yes. i do not think anyone has filed that as part of the lease. it is water as opposed to land. that isopoph% a fair question. >> are people where they are shooting? -- aware there are shooting? >> certainly, they hear it. >> right now, the sound of shots, the only notice there is a potential voter would hear? >> yes. all of the boating clubs are fully aware. local conditions. everybody knows everybody else. >> i do not understand. >> g
we think it is prudent to lease the entire 14 acres. we're getting them under aonth lease that would establish a business relationship with them. we will evaluate the cleanup options. that does not mean they get a long-term lease on the property by any means. this is an interim police until we resolve the cleanup issues. president moran: what about the questions about shooting over the water? >> i am not familiar with the specifics. if they are controlling more than the 14 acres, that is...
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cruise, this is a four year and four month lease that would generate a little over a million dollar for the port. i'm here to answer any questions if you have. >> supervisor kim? >> thank you, seeing that the budget analyst has broukt up the competitive bidding issue, i think it would be helpful to go into a little bit about the history and the process aof why they think this is a good thing for the board to approve given that's it's a competitive process. >> i can address that, ammunition llc is going to approve this in consideration for that amount of work, we're going to waive about 110 thousand dollars of rent, certainly a net improvement in the port's balance sheet. that's one reason. the other reason is annually, we do a survey of commercial rent rate ins the area that are comparable, for this particular building, we determined that the market was around 2 dollars to $2.50 per square foot, in this case, ammunition is paying effective wait of $2.67, for those two reasons, we feel this is a good financial opportunity for the port, more generally speaking, that rate survey process th
cruise, this is a four year and four month lease that would generate a little over a million dollar for the port. i'm here to answer any questions if you have. >> supervisor kim? >> thank you, seeing that the budget analyst has broukt up the competitive bidding issue, i think it would be helpful to go into a little bit about the history and the process aof why they think this is a good thing for the board to approve given that's it's a competitive process. >> i can address...
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11, authorizing the director to issue 150 to 200 tetchry full-time medallions for a limited period of time to be leased to certain color [skhrao-epl/]s based sleeps based on objective criteria. >> i think the issue is somewhat straightforward. we quite a while again it seems engaged a consultant to undertake best practices study in a public convenience and necessity study to in part answer of question of what is the right amount of taxi cabs in san francisco? that process has been ongoing. it looks at this point like we're probably december/january timeframe by the time we get those results. but in the meantime, the demands on the taxi industry have been strong, if not increasing. the kind of other factors at play, such as some of the many non-taxi means of transportation that have been proliferating, that have kind of come into the picture since we started this process and given the special events and demand that seems pretty clear that we're unable to meet with the current level of taxi service. what we bring this proposal forward, it had been my desire for the last year to not do something in advanc
11, authorizing the director to issue 150 to 200 tetchry full-time medallions for a limited period of time to be leased to certain color [skhrao-epl/]s based sleeps based on objective criteria. >> i think the issue is somewhat straightforward. we quite a while again it seems engaged a consultant to undertake best practices study in a public convenience and necessity study to in part answer of question of what is the right amount of taxi cabs in san francisco? that process has been...
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i have been a leased driver in this town since 1995. my question to mta, are you trying to kill off the leased driver? are you trying to starve us out of existence? there is not enough time to study what you released and now you are talking about 200 around the clock cabs possibly. it doesn't make any sense. at the same time you are doing this, you are allowing sleazy, shady fake cab companies to proliferate on the streets while as my colleagues have said are driving for hours. i just don't see how we can continue like this and i'm speaking for myself, but it seems to me the mta is pushing the drivers to strike. you are pushing us to strike. thank you. >> thank you, sir. next speaker, please. lynn van winkle. david silverglide, carl mcmuredo. >> i'm here on behalf of the of the golden gate restaurant association and over 100-member locations within the bay area. we strongly support the proposal to increase the number of taxi cabs in san francisco. the difficulty in finding taxis directly impacts the ability for residents and travelers t
i have been a leased driver in this town since 1995. my question to mta, are you trying to kill off the leased driver? are you trying to starve us out of existence? there is not enough time to study what you released and now you are talking about 200 around the clock cabs possibly. it doesn't make any sense. at the same time you are doing this, you are allowing sleazy, shady fake cab companies to proliferate on the streets while as my colleagues have said are driving for hours. i just don't see...
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a lease, ownership or land swap. i know we are trying to do that with the soma skate park under the octavia off ramp. that's been challenging as well. i'm curious where we are, what the process may be moving forward. i know director sartipi is not here. would be great to get his feedback. >> we are starting a process and wanted a concept plan before we proposed it to caltrans. they are aware of it. they are expecting and anticipating we would lease their right of way. they control it under the fremont. the rest is city or tgpa-owned. there would be a sliver sort of down the middle of the park we would have to lease from caltrans. >> do they currently generate revenue? >> not at the moment but they were before construction. they were having it for parking. that is where i'm sure they will start the negotiations. >> that will be the base of what we may expect from a monthly lease. how would we expect to pay for that? what are the sources of funding? >> cdb? >> know know tax revenue and melaruse db. >> is there a way to
a lease, ownership or land swap. i know we are trying to do that with the soma skate park under the octavia off ramp. that's been challenging as well. i'm curious where we are, what the process may be moving forward. i know director sartipi is not here. would be great to get his feedback. >> we are starting a process and wanted a concept plan before we proposed it to caltrans. they are aware of it. they are expecting and anticipating we would lease their right of way. they control it...
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a sublease at 1235 mission street. picture on the overhead. this is on mission off eighth street. the entire premises has nearly 118,000 square feet in improvements. it is leased by a private entity by the san francisco unified school district. it is subleased to the city and has been since 1992. the city operators human service agency's cal fresh food stamp program and county adult assistance program out of this location, has done so for about 20 years now. this is the second and final extension of the sublease. this will take us through august, the end of august of 2013. by that date sfusd anticipates having paid the debt owed on the property. mostly via revenue from the city as the sub tenant of the property. per that debt financing arrangement will take ownership of the parcel. the city and sfusd intend to enter into negotiations to secure a lease directly between the school district as owner and city as tenant, which would be affected in september of 2013. assuming the school district does take ownership, as anticipated. that would be subject to approval by the representative governing bodies, the board and this board. this particular agreement is a bit u
a sublease at 1235 mission street. picture on the overhead. this is on mission off eighth street. the entire premises has nearly 118,000 square feet in improvements. it is leased by a private entity by the san francisco unified school district. it is subleased to the city and has been since 1992. the city operators human service agency's cal fresh food stamp program and county adult assistance program out of this location, has done so for about 20 years now. this is the second and final...
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and forget about their traumatic experiences and in general get a new lease of life. aleksey and the rufina came to moscow from a provincial town in search of a better life they found employment with a leading magazine and rented a flat in the city center but their first son was born with an illness and they had no wish to stuff him with modern medication choosing instead to cut out chemicals from their daily life. yeah. i was overjoyed to know that i had cast away a heavy load of totally unnecessary things just to shun them you. just having to hear to certain rules to live up to the expectations of society conform to accepted notions of high class or the middle class and so on and so forth what's the difference you need to be what you are rather than put on a show. alexei's still travels to moscow for work after giving up his magazine job he went into the business of giving apartments ecological facelift this means using clay solutions with coloring agent instead of paints and a mixture of paper sand and clay the place is plaster natural materials are only just beginn
and forget about their traumatic experiences and in general get a new lease of life. aleksey and the rufina came to moscow from a provincial town in search of a better life they found employment with a leading magazine and rented a flat in the city center but their first son was born with an illness and they had no wish to stuff him with modern medication choosing instead to cut out chemicals from their daily life. yeah. i was overjoyed to know that i had cast away a heavy load of totally...
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hopefully, that will conclude in a lease. we will bring that back to for approval. this probably will be a board of supervisor item given the term any amount of the investment into the property. we anticipate the renovation is minimum a million. we are proposing the initial term could be up to 15 years. i would seek your approval of this item. that concludes my presentation. >> so moved. >> seconds. >> public comment? >> all in favor? >> resolution has passed. >> thank you for your time. >> item 13, new business. >> no new business. public comment on new business? >> item 14, public comment. >> public comment? move to adjourn. >> so moved. >> thank you.
hopefully, that will conclude in a lease. we will bring that back to for approval. this probably will be a board of supervisor item given the term any amount of the investment into the property. we anticipate the renovation is minimum a million. we are proposing the initial term could be up to 15 years. i would seek your approval of this item. that concludes my presentation. >> so moved. >> seconds. >> public comment? >> all in favor? >> resolution has passed....
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a new lease on life for seven cisco's only outdoor shooting range. the sentences will chronicle had reports that the whole. after 70 years the club was missing evection after failing to agree on a new lease with the city. hot increase its liability in shirts. >>> topless photos of the duchess of cambridge. what's being done now keep them from being published could >>> the attraction targeting innocent we have a problem,,,,,, i'm so glad you called. thank you. we're not in london, are we? no. why? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your accounts for unusual activity, you could also set up free account alerts. okay. [ female announcer ] at wells fargo we're working around the clock to help protect your money and financial information. here's your temporary card. welcome back. how was london? [ female announcer ] wells fargo. together we'll go far. maybe i'll give mine a name. something hot. ya know, i could name it the dragon, or the green machine. oh! i
a new lease on life for seven cisco's only outdoor shooting range. the sentences will chronicle had reports that the whole. after 70 years the club was missing evection after failing to agree on a new lease with the city. hot increase its liability in shirts. >>> topless photos of the duchess of cambridge. what's being done now keep them from being published could >>> the attraction targeting innocent we have a problem,,,,,, i'm so glad you called. thank you. we're not in...
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they can't afford to make a long-term lease. they live on gate and gas. but i do like to pay attention to your policy. when you make a good policy it's good, but your policy bends like a rubberband. i know you are not a rubber stamp, but your policy is like a rubber bond and you can extend it like this. you can make it square. you can make a triangle. you have to pay attention to this. this medallion is quite good, but adding more and more hours to become full-time. when you originally passed it was a single operator and the driver must provide their own car and own full-time driver. finally it's becoming a pension type of medallion. that is what i worry b. when i look at the news or newspaper, you are spending $6 million in order to install your 357 buses, install your cameras. i don't blame you that you always say you are broke and have a deficit all of the time, because you are paying too much overprice for everything. i worry about your subway, $940 million that will be given to you very soon this. is very good, because it's how we get money. but i wor
they can't afford to make a long-term lease. they live on gate and gas. but i do like to pay attention to your policy. when you make a good policy it's good, but your policy bends like a rubberband. i know you are not a rubber stamp, but your policy is like a rubber bond and you can extend it like this. you can make it square. you can make a triangle. you have to pay attention to this. this medallion is quite good, but adding more and more hours to become full-time. when you originally passed...
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them. 2733 you sign a lease contract, we put panels on your home, and you pay no money down, and the electricity for the panels is less than the company,/ so you are saving money again on day one. is... a ...pikesville... high school grad.../// new tonight... on... fox45 news at 5:30./.. a... severn father... in jail.../ over... what his... child ingested.../ and... what... police found... at the home ...// 3 --adblib weather tz-- anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. a new world-class resort casino in maryland. two thousand construction jobs to build it. four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. hundreds of millions for maryland schools... real oversight to make sure the money goes... where it's supposed to. but none of it will happen unless we vote for... question seven this november. vote for question seven. and help build a better future for maryland.
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what i see here is when i became a tenant, i signed a lease and included the i would get a slip and parkingi have been paying for that ever since. now we are talking about taking the parking away, reducing my services, increasing my face, and putting electrical services. i think this is unfair, it could be considered illegal. if you are going to reduce my services, why are you increasing the fees? i happen to be a homeowner and the rent part of my house. if i took away the garage from a tenant, he would call that a reduction in service and i would have to reimburse them somehow for that reduction. in this case, i am not getting that fair shake. all the tenants better currently -- that are currently renting slips have not been given the opportunity to discuss these issues with the port commission. that is unfair and we have to have more dialogue and we have to have more representation so that we can be treated fairly. [applause] >> any further public comment? >> i have to open my mouth to represent the sailors. i am a nurse, my husband is retired. we have a spectacular privilege to sell out.
what i see here is when i became a tenant, i signed a lease and included the i would get a slip and parkingi have been paying for that ever since. now we are talking about taking the parking away, reducing my services, increasing my face, and putting electrical services. i think this is unfair, it could be considered illegal. if you are going to reduce my services, why are you increasing the fees? i happen to be a homeowner and the rent part of my house. if i took away the garage from a tenant,...
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they do have a lease. they are in positive sofasing these premises. it is approximately 4,500 square feet, half of it outside, which is what makes this place so beloved. it is a beautiful old garden. it was for 30 years. first the eagle, then the eagle tavern. during the 80s this particular location hosted well over 500 fundraisers for h.i.v. and a.i.d.s. and raised millions of dollars. this is much beloved in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and trance gender community. they are happy there are new owners that want to respect the old eagle and bring it back. so this project includes a number of ada upgrades, ada bathrooms, passive travel. there would be soundproofing added. it's always been a good neighbor, wants to continue as a good neighbor so there will be added sound-proofing. 30 jobs, tax revenues. i think this is a great project. we request this be sent to the full board with recommendation that it be granted. >> thank you, mark. supervisor wiener, you here on this? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm here to express my full support for the transfer. whi
they do have a lease. they are in positive sofasing these premises. it is approximately 4,500 square feet, half of it outside, which is what makes this place so beloved. it is a beautiful old garden. it was for 30 years. first the eagle, then the eagle tavern. during the 80s this particular location hosted well over 500 fundraisers for h.i.v. and a.i.d.s. and raised millions of dollars. this is much beloved in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and trance gender community. they are happy there are new...
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they put a lease price on these cars. so for $199 a month for two years, you get a lease on volt. spend $5050 for a car that cost $89,000 to build. sticker is $32,000. ultimately they are being forced to get rid of these things by discounting. people don't like these cars. they are expensive, they are expensive to run and typically bought by people who want to have the ability to say, hey, i bought the first hybrid plug-in designed by u.s. designers right here. at the end of the day, people are disappointed in this car for a lot of reasons. >> greta: i should read a statement, the estimate of the current loss per unit is grossly wrong in part because the development costs number of volts sold instead of lifetime of the program which is how business operates. is this business investment that wo you would make with your own money? >> look if you are a private company under a want to gamble on having a successful product that maybe the world has never seen, fine. this isn't a private company. this is a public company. this is taxpayer company. this is government motors, not general mo
they put a lease price on these cars. so for $199 a month for two years, you get a lease on volt. spend $5050 for a car that cost $89,000 to build. sticker is $32,000. ultimately they are being forced to get rid of these things by discounting. people don't like these cars. they are expensive, they are expensive to run and typically bought by people who want to have the ability to say, hey, i bought the first hybrid plug-in designed by u.s. designers right here. at the end of the day, people are...