help me answer those questions and so many more earlier i spoke to erica payne founder of the agenda project and neil mccabe reporter for human events i started off by asking what specifically would need to happen to give the president another shot. well i think the president needs to sort of gather himself and reconsider his strategy what he's doing right now is he's pursuing a strategy where he needs to energize the base and sort of excite those sort of occupy sort of spirits but he's in danger of aggravating those wounds that he promised to heal and i think he's going to he may win but he may win search and damage country that it's going to be even more difficult four years in a second term erekat a response to that. well i mean active matter as a country already damaged and damaged basically eight years and conservative and on and said that the president can do right now is to let everyone know the way in which conservative policies rock history brink of collapse but strikes to shore it up and says this. guy's gonna work harder than i am and i think if you look at earth public and you kn

to help me answer those questions and many more earlier i spoke to erica payne founder of the agenda project and the on the cave reporter for human events i started off by asking specifically what would need to happen to give the president another shot well i think the president needs to sort of gather himself and reconsider his strategy what he's doing right now is he's pursuing a strategy where he needs to energize the base and sort of excite those sort of occupy sort of spirits but he's in danger of aggravating those wounds that he promised to heal and i think he's going he may win but he may win certain damage country that it's going to be even more difficult four years in a second term air quality respond to that. well i mean the fact of matter is that countries are already damaged and it's damaged basically eight years of conservative and said anything that the president can do right now is to let everyone know the ways in which conservative policy brought the country that brink of collapse much tracks chance to shore it up and says this question i think that guys can work harder than

to help me answer those questions and many more earlier i spoke to erica payne founder of the agenda project as well as neil mccabe reporter for the hugh for human events i started off by asking them specifically what would need to happen to give president obama another shot well i think the president needs to sort of gather himself and reconsider his strategy what he's doing right now is he's pursuing a strategy where he needs to energize the base and sort of excite those sort of occupy sort of spirits but he's in danger of aggravating those wounds that he promised to heal and i think he's going he may win but he may win such a damaged country that it's going to be even more difficult for years in the second term eric all of a responsible. well i mean the fact of matter is the country is already damaged and it's damaged basically the eight years of conservative in finance and said the best thing that the president right now is to let everyone know the ways in which conservative policy is. the brink of collapse and what he's trying to shore it up and. think this guy's going to work harder th

the last item on your agenda is the update on the subway project. let me say that a number of questions were raised during our meeting on this item. many of them had to do with the recent grand jury report that has been made public. three of the questions, actually, came up during and before the meeting. i not only want to relate those to you, but staff and consultants have been very thorough in their response to the citizens advisory committee. we want to commend you for that transparency and factual discussion. the third question released by the committee during the staff report on this information item, first, what is the estimated cost of the cancellation of the central subway project? what is the estimate for redesigning the project? thirdly, we wanted to know how the phones were used. and how it served as a portion of the local match for the federal news funds in two. staff has been provided by the cac with a response to these questions. i wanted to share them for the purpose of putting them on the record. the cost of the central city subway p

that it's not it's too soon to say whether it's going to be a political project or whether it will have any other political agenda but there are some phrases and words in the. announcements made by the officials the top officials in russia that allow us to think or to believe that this project will be political and will russia because russia really wants to prove that the whole soviet space is indeed the spirit's privileged interest but starting from the economic agenda moving to the political holding to the e.u. patent will be a good way of moving forward prove by proving the allies that if this the union is viable in an economic sense then of course a political life of this union or a political attempts will also. successful. ok we'll leave it there political analyst i was on the savannah thank you. russia has again warned foreign powers against intervening in serious internal unrest it comes after jordan reportedly asked the u.k. to take the lead in a war of words against president assad an effort to oust him from power moscow has expressed concern that the situation is falling too much in line with the libyan

are wanted to introduce -- as you know, the port has an annual legislative agenda that we used to focus on our priority projectse special projects manager is responsible for that effort, and he has a couple of key introductions and acknowledgements that he will present. >> special projects manager representing a special project group. this year was a banner year for the port of in sacramento. it was really due to the efforts of assembly member ammino -- ammiano who cared for two critical bills this year, one that allowed the poor to capture additional tax increment financing associated with america's cup sites to be able to help finance the cruise terminal project, which is our leading project right now. it was an extraordinary ask in a difficult year and tom and his staff navigated the process to get that bill over the finish line. and then we had ab 418, which was a bill initially to help pier 70, a project that many court staff were pouring their hearts and souls into. a 65-acre site at the foot of petraeus hill -- of potrero hill. there were some very complicated public trust issues that needed state legisl

>> i would like to make that an agenda item. >> thank you, commissioner. >> item 5c, update on the permit tracking system. >> penny, dbi project director and project facilitator. we have our vendor excella 21 tech here today. like is the project director. brenda is the business process -- mike is the project director. brenda is the braziel -- business process facilitator. [coughing] >> we got a lot done in the last month. we finalize our relationship between dbi and planning and got signed off on the mou. we completed the initiation phase. that included the project charter, the kickoff meeting presentation, the parent demo, the system staging environment, and the initial project training. our kickoff meeting occurred on october 26. the demo included citizen portal. but also october 26. questions on the status. >> was there a direct invitation of the stakeholders that will be working on this system? >> they were involved in kickoff meetings. trainings and demos. we introduced everyone to the project, clarified their roles, give them an understanding of the schedule, and how important their involvement could be. >> commissioner

a russian led event and what is your agenda for next year how will you carry this project forward. and you've. got to be. you know let's face it i think we're proud that russia is hosting they back some metal to thousand and twelve where putting create a furnace you mention for to the end like. we have the laws of logic construction projects and a lot of us talk of in the literature for the primordial district. that was that we came here that for to take lessons from other foreign colleagues i don't know what this is the organizational side of us as important as it is and as for their gender i think it's going to be human and human for a comprehensive one you'll be able to face and then you want a problem i think is going to have to feature many problems we're dealing with today which was sadly i think lots of the problems we're facing now will persist we will go into the next year and we will have to solve them together and face them together and if you can confirm whether we're talking about trade energy corporation with each other we're talking about logistics i would just take

project. i certainly would not want to force it into the next agenda. >> as soon as possible, that is what i understand. >> thank you. chairman, members of the board, i know that i got here late today. >> window. >> we discussed this briefly in committee on friday. the attack is working on this issue, working on -- tac is working on this issue. it is taking longer than they had hoped. not only for the current program, but alternatives to receive a consensus representation for them. bringing back the translucence further, to extend them from the pilot. many people share the director's concerns about the speed at which this is moving you will have something to report back sooner, rather than later. >> i was reminded, again, last friday night, when i was on my new boss, in my neighborhood -- on my new bus, in my neighborhood, it took us five flight cycles to get through the next intersection because of the volume. there was only one card that could get through per cycle. i was reminded that i know we have pilot projects on market street, but our work is not done and we definitely have more to do. i am sur

agenda today. first, i want to start out with terrific news about the port -- copra crane project. we have long had a goal of saving and refurbishing the copra crane. it is located between the third street bridge and the 280 extension. for those of you that can see very well, it looks like this. the significance of the copra crane is that it was the last hand operated piece of equipment used for cargo. as you can imagine, it was built too long ago to remember. it has been in a somewhat tenuous physical condition. i am pleased to announce that the initial phase of rescuing and refurbishing the crane has begun with the help of the municipal transportation authority, who helped us by dismantling and storing the crane as a part of their project, which is adjacent to the claim. we really appreciate their generosity in doing so. not only that, but they're good service in making sure that through their project the crane was not impacted in any way. as of right now, the crane has been safely stored away. the next phase will be to operate on the pier that was there and hopefully the rebuild

due to an inadvertent mistake with the agenda item, we are back to let you know we would like to proceed for the balboa park project. that project will include an expanded playground, improved pathway system and complete renovation of the tennis courts, as well as fencing improvements and other improvements that will improve the use of the park. >> we do have public comment on this. christine? >> hello. in an exchange student from germany. i would like to comment on the balboa park improvement. i think these improvements are a good idea for the people who live in the city, but i do not understand why this project took such a long time. is started in 2009. in 2010, rec and park approve plans for balboa park. i know it took time to get the people's ideas together, but i do not think that takes one or two years. why does it take such a long time? why is it difficult to accept the money and start? one possible action in the paper [inaudible] why don't you take the money? [laughter] president buell: welcome to san francisco. [laughter] thank you. >> is there anyone else who would like to comment on this item? seeing non

agenda today. first, i want to start out with terrific news about the port -- copra crane project. we have long had a goal of saving and refurbishing the copra crane. it is located between the third

project and people will be outvoted. those 15 will be outvoted by the people who have a different agenda and different interests. and two technical things that relate to funding. to it being an ineffective way to bring in subsidies, and they will be building to higher standards than it would be built somewhere else. so it is like the leveraging the money. also, he concluded, there is an argument that could be made that on-site housing would help integrate income groups, but that in lieu fee in the same neighborhood would have that effect, you know, while providing affordable housing. [bell rings] that the developer said that he could do the project, and it was 15 units, after all. or i could put the $5 million in something else or i could do this. you know, without any public discussion, any votes, any -- of two organizations, i asked neighbors when i was told that we negotiated this -- [bell rings] commissioner olague: thank you. is there any additional general public comment? seeing them, a general public, disclosed. commissioner sugaya? commissioner sugaya: am i to understand that the design was substantially

project. we will look at the lighting from below and above to make sure they are working together well. the last item on the agenda is the seismic design criteria. just some main bullet points. we have reviewed this with the seismic review committee, which consists of many people respected in their field. seismic criteria has been established to create a common level of such performance between the bus ramps and the trade itself. lastly, we have compared and worked on developing a performance criteria for the boss track which is similar to that being used for the sky way, which is currently under construction. if there are any questions on all of that. >> thank you, directors.

serious complaint, that i am requesting the agenda for a hearing by this commission in the near future. you will recall the tragic failure at a construction project on third street in august, where four workers were seriously injured because of that incident, i reviewed the dbi procedures for special inspections, and written in administrative bulletin 046, issued january 1, 2011. as well as looking at a sample of dbi files and special inspection reports for projects currently under construction. from my initial analysis, i can say that some of the procedures and certification outlined in ab 046 are not being carried out as written in the san francisco building code regarding test samples are not been documented, nor is the requirement to have a structural observer submit a written statement to the building official regarding the frequency and extend up structural observations prior to the commencement of the observations, as required by section 1710 of the building code. also i found that the progress reports on special inspections are not being filed or submit it. and the only reports that i have found were final speed up the lack of timeliness

mural in the agenda and absolutely no mention of a brand new plan to do the opposite of what had previously been agreed to, to eradicate the mural. vernal heights branch library artwork project -- the libraries attempt to snuff out vernal heights branch library mural should be stopped and the mural save and restore. the process was dreadful. thank you. president chiu: to any other members of the public which to speak in general public comment? seeing none, general public, has ended. why don't we go to our adoption calendar? >> items 32-36 are being considered for unanimous adoption without committee reference. these will be enacted on by a single roll call vote. president chiu: would anyone like to sever any of these items? roll-call vote on items 32-36. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: these resolutions are approved and adopted. it is now 4:05. let's go back to items 11-13. >> item level is a motion approving the dec

today's agenda includes the spending bill for energy and water projects. several live events to do you about on our companion network c-span3. the house oversight and government reform committee holds a hearing on executive bonuses at fannie mae and freddie mac. at 10:00 eastern. and 2:00 eastern hearing on community banks and economic growth. before the house subcommittee on financial institutions. this includes local bankers and the head of the national association of federal credit unions. congressional budget office director douglas elmendorf says he expects the unemployment rate to continue to be at around 9% for the end of next year and the country is only about half way through its economic downturn. he testified before the senate budget committee for two hours yesterday. >> i want to welcome everyone to the senate budget committee today particularly our witness congressional budget director douglas elmendorf. thank you very much for being here and your good work. in today's hearing we will focus on the economy and steps that can be taken to strengt

project. we will look at the lighting from below and above to make sure they are working together well. the last item on the agenda is the seismic design criteria. just some main bullet points. we have reviewed this with the seismic review committee, which consists of many people respected in their field. seismic criteria has been established to create a common level of such performance between the bus ramps and the trade itself. lastly, we have compared and worked on developing a performance criteria for the boss track which is similar to that being used for the sky way, which is currently under construction. if there are any questions on all of that. >> thank you, directors. that concludes my reports. >> thank you. we will be calling item 6, public comment. >> this is an opportunity for members of the public to address directors. director kim: is there any public comment at this time? seeing none, public comment is closed. please call the regular calendar. >> item 7. approving the proposed project labor agreement with the unions and the san francisco building and construction trades council with respect to the t

agenda. we have a set item at>> good af. thank you. i am here to provide a quick update on the boss rapid transit project. before i begin, i would like to have chagn -- chang to provide a few words on this. >> good evening. on behalf of the authority, we want to thank the assistant pa in very much and the rest of the brt team, for their collaboration on this exciting project. we had some very important progress recently. the project ranks very competitively. we are seeing a green light on the operations side, which is good news. you will hear about the imminent release of the eir. we have a website for the public to check out and that is brt.org. thank you again. >> as she mentioned, the reason we are here is because we have reached a major milestone in the project and with the impending release of the draft and impact report. this is a significant step in the product development process. we want to bring you back up to speed with where we have been with the project and where we will be going in the next several months. in the interest of time, i will hit on the highlights. there is a long history of supp

agenda should it. we do have one member of the public that wanted to address you today. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i am a property owner close by this tjpa project. there's a proposal out to have a marijuana or canada's club build -- cannabis club built about 700 or 800 feet from the project. i believe you represent the ownership of that property, and i do not believe it is a good use in this area, and i encourage you -- and this was to go before the planning commission in november -- to take a position that this is a bad thing for this area. we do not want people taking the train from los angeles, san francisco, to get a joint and then leave. i would like you to take a position saying we are not in favor. thank you. >> thank you. ok, that does conclude that item. director kim: thank you. could you please call item seven, please? >> yes, we will move into the regular calendar. item seven, presentation of the proposed project labor agreement with the unions, the san francisco building and construction trades council and the contractors with respect to the trans a transit center program construction project. >> we entered into a contract, being br