any questions?on on the beneficial releases and how it if you the t would be great. the beneficial releases have been incorporated into the eir? marine fisheries service, the california department of fish and game on a scheduled to benefit the resident and migratory fish downstream of the lower crystal springs dam. improvements to the agencies felt were necessary. there has been an extensive there has been an extensive amount of study in a short time

so we, we are n outside of any of it any way, shap or form. we are participating with all of the parties. >> get transocean have a service contract for firefighting and salvage support with smit prior to the incident? >> service contract, no. >> you did not have one? so, so as it a surprise to you when you receive, when smit received a phone call from transocean for service support on that morning? >> yes, but more of the nature of the incident. we, we have done work with all the offshore industry, and quite notable work with high record of success. but whenthe major incident occurs i'm not surprised by that phone call. and two, to contract and to move forward on an emergency is the business that we're in. so there's no, there's no delay. there's no, i don't believe that there's a handicap there we receive those calls. there's nothing unusual in that. >> yes, sir. but for planning purposes the vessel response plan, my understanding is, it should identify who is sevice out which entity in an event of casualty. so you don't know, have you seen t

any questions? >> i have a question on the beneficial releases and how it if you the t would be great. the beneficial releases have been incorporated into the eir? marine fisheries service, the california department of fish and game on a scheduled to benefit the resident and migratory fish downstream of the lower crystal springs dam. improvements to the agencies felt were necessary. there has been an extensive amount of study in a short time to come up with what we believe was a=> reasonable and could st of releases. on the environmental side, i am pleased with that result. on the water supply side, there will be a reduction in supply as a result of those releases for customers. i am concerned about the water supply impact. we're looking at that. there is analysis referenced in the document. we need to look into those in the future. that is what we're talking about, coming back to the commission to talk about that. one thing we're clear on is we are not going to not meet our service goals. that is

we're here to answer any questions you might have about this item. the program, writerscorps, is beginning its 17th year of service to the students and the youth of san francisco. is a collaborative program between the library, and the arts commission. we anticipate that we will be able to reach about 600 young students in san francisco, helping to promote creative writing, and that's the purpose of the program. it brings published professional writers and places them at schools, libraries, and in the juvenile justice center. we are available to answer any questions. supervisor avalos: how do you do our reatreach? and which schools are you out in san francisco? >> melissa, do you want to talk about that? >> our services are in school and after-school. we partner with classroom teachers, and visit their classrooms on a regular weekly basis, and provide services to the students during the school day. as the teachers and the principles which classrooms they think we would work best in. we're at five public schools this year. we're at downtown high-schoo

high as any of these spots? >> i think that i would have to defer to mohammad on that as well, but i want to point out that as we move forward to this grant, if the application is granted, and we have determined that our efforts are effective, it would be within these original 25 sites, we may, through approval from cal recycled, switch to a different site if it is proven that we need to concentrate activities in other areas. supervisor avalos: so then, it is likely there are other places in san francisco that have an equal amount of dumping that occurred is then any of these sites? >> i would want to defer to mohammed -- supervisor avalos: i actually would support [inaudible] about whether the plan is to look at specifically this neighborhood, it sounds like it is to pilot similar programs throughout the city. >> right, and some of the activities that would be going on would be assessing the illegal dumping materials that are out there, so understanding what is being illegally dump in the first place, and that

any opposed? do you have a resolution declaring the need for open sessions and recognizing that often we'll discuss things and discussions to be protected. any operations about these proposed discussions. i know we discussed a lot about this. we are not perfect people but i think the transparent si will be good for public comment. >> can i have a motion to approve? any opposed? >> excellent. we have two residence lougss before us on the proposed rule making. seeking public input we use to designate the financial institutions. these questions have b designed by laying out 15 questions. any comments, observations? >> could i have a motion to approve? >> so moved. second. all in favor. any opposed? >> next is a resolution asking for approval of the publication seeking public infoot on the rule study. the working group of the council on these studies have started work and is in the process of dpiping to see how we shape add mip stragss. seeking input on this process and in the early stage, any comment

any questions? president newlin: any questions from the commission? no. thank you very much. have a good night. thank you. any public comment on the police? comments and questions? seeing none, item 8, commissioners' comments and questions. commissioners? none? ok. i just, a couple of things i have. i want to ask you if you haven't already done so to notify staff as to what your attendance anticipation is for the remainder of the year. i've decided along with staff to not schedule a meeting for december 28, but i'd also like to know if we're going to have a quorum problem before that so thep don't go ahead and have to schedule stuff and then we have to cancel the meeting. secondly, i know we have a lot of passion on this commission, but i'd like the commissioners to be recognized before they start shouting out questions to the public. and lastly, every year we have to take the sunshine task force lesson plan and the first fibe minutes of that plan every year states that people don't have to state their name when they come to the podium. so, it's, it's not required. so just if

but you cannot put in any bus shelters. you cannot put any seats down there near where the bus stops are. and you cannot put any bathrooms and therefore the public. you have plumbing there already because greyhound has bathrooms. there are restrooms for the drivers. so why don't you take some of this federal money you are getting and fix that area so it can be accessible? it is a long walk from market street. it is a couple of blocks. somebody just told me -- the population is starting to get older. san francisco. with all this money you are spending, you can spend some money for bathrooms, for seats. you already have security guards because they seem to like to arrest me. i almost thought about suing you folks for the way that they treated me. thank you. >> joyce roy. >> good morning. you may all remember a few years ago, bart had an extensive strike. a lot of people discover the transbay buses. once the strike was settled, a lot of them kept on writing. now we have the possibility of the reverse. if people are not comfort

ok, any other public comment? >> item 13. new business. >> any new business? >> public comment?econd. >> all in favor? uó>> thank you. % >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil frus

any discussion? are there any motions? supervisor daly. supervisor daly: i would make a motion to reverse the certification of the final eir to table item 21 and on item 23, direct the clerk to prepare findings specifically are around the shadow impact on the open spaces. president chiu: is there a second? seconded by supervisor campos. any discussion?

i would be happy to answer any questions you have about the amendment. >> ok, any questions?mbers of the public have indicated they want to address you. [roll call] item 9a$. is approved. item 10. authorizing the executive director to execute amend the number one to the agreement with parsons for engineering design services for the caltrain downtown extension project for a maximum compensation of $1.2 million and authorizing the amendment of the tcpa fiscal year 2011 budget to increase the line item four downtown extension engineering and design by $460,000 to $1,210,000. >> good morning, directors. i have been working with caltrans high-speed rail and our consultants is parsons corp.. we have been doing the real design work. as a result, we have come to an agreement on the extended platform as a layout. where caltrain goes, where high- speed rail goes. we still have details to iron out. an additional technical meeting with high speed rail and caltrain. we go to all of their meetings and we have been working at this well. parsons is our engineering arm which produces the exhi

any opposed? resolution 10-72 is approved. >> item number 12, new business. >> commissioners, anything that i can bring back to monique when she gets back? >> i want to clarify. are we officially cancelling the official tentative meeting in november? >> yes. >> amy knows better than i do. >> we were supposed to do it on november 18. but the room was not available. that special meeting is not going happen. >> we have nothing major? >> nothing so far. unless something comes up. >> ok. next item. >> public comment. >> any public comment? >> ok. >> ok. >> move to adjourn. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> meeting adjourned. >> welcome to the finance committee. could you please colon an number one? >> roll call. >> item 2. approval of minutes of a september 21, 2010 meeting. this is an action item. >> without objection. is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? simenon, public comment is closed. >> item 3. recommend award of a three-year consulting contracts with two additional one-year exten

so i encourage you to call me, any members of the public to contact me for meetings at any time. thank you. president miguel: commissioner borden? commissioner borden: i am glad to be back. i wanted to thank the mayor and my supporters and my colleagues for supporting another four-year term. and, also, i thank all those others who were kind enough to come out to the hearing and testify. president miguel: commissioner moore? commissioner moore: i, on commissioner borden's recommendation, i got a call from local washington, and there was a specific question for me to comment on architecture. and i suggested as i think a more constructive way for my perspective that two or three commissioners participate with staff and if the director has time, to really discuss it soon and in the group, rather than individually. i don't think any of us have the skilled enough to redo the actual design of the project. but the comment goes with each other in a fruitful discussion. to me, much more productive. and i think it supports the pros of the department much better. so i sucked to them to conta

supervisor mirkarimi: any comment, colleagues? any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. so moved. >>item 8. award a three-year consultant contract, with two additional one-year extension options, to smith, watts and company llc, in an amount not to exceed $135,000, for state legislative and advocacy services, and authorize the executive director to negotiate contract terms and conditions. supervisor mirkarimi: of any discussion? seeing none. public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. without objection. so moved. thank you, finance committee. >>item 9. allocate, with conditions, to the municipal transportation agency, $508,000 in prop k funds for traffic calming planning, evaluation and outreach and $214,000 in prop k funds for planning and design of new pedestrian signals, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules, and amend the traffic calming 5-year prioritization program. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: any discussion on this? public comment? seeing none, public comment is clos

i don't have any speaker cards for this category. president miguel: any general public comments? >> good afternoon, commissioners. sue hester, we have reached a point in san francisco's development wherein the residential areas, the traditional old residential areas of the city there are no developable lots and when they come in, they are generally difficult lots. there's a reason why they weren't developed historically. i have had three cases come to my attention in the past couple of months. they are all new construction, all really wierd problem lots. and i am detecting a practice in the department that troubles me. the department is doing environmental review all totally invisible. it happens in the negotiations between the developer and the staff. and the project goes through project review, one-sided project review by the developer, and staff assigned to the project residential design sheet. my point is these are all difficult sites. these are not sunset grid where you know what you are getting or richmond district. these are hilly sites in some cases with major, major, maj

any discussion? are there any motions? supervisor daly. supervisor daly: i would make a motion to reverse the certification of the final eir to table item 21 and on item 23, direct the clerk to prepare findings specifically are around the shadow impact on the open spaces. president chiu: is there a second? seconded by supervisor campos. any discussion? can you repeat the motion? is it to reverse the certification of the final eir, tabling item 21? is there any discussion? rollcall vote. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: no. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: no. supervisor chu: no. supervisor daly: aye. supervisor dufty: no. supervisor elsbernd: no. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor maxwell: no. >> there are 5 ayes and 6 no's. supervisor elsbernd: i move item 21. president chiu: he tables item 21 and 23. seconded by supervisor dufty. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: no. supervisor campos: no. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor daly: no.

any opposed? ok. resolution 10-67 is approved. >> item 9 a, informational presentation regarding san francisco public utilities commission proposed fats, oils, and greece control ordinance. >> good afternoon, commissioners. in september 2008, you approved the port's adoption of a sanitary management plan. we are required to have that as a center operator and we are not permitted to release oil into the city. the manager of the puc will give you the draft board blueprint. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i apologize for the graphic nature of my presentation today. i am with the sfpuc, sewer department, water enterprise. my job is to implement and manage programs that keep pollutants out of the sewer system, which are required by our permits. not only are they good for the environment but they are required by permit. we are going forward to the board of supervisors with a resolution that has already been approved by our commission for an ordinance that will help control greece in the sewers. this is an

i would be happy to answer any questions you have at any time. we are here to serve everyone, so -- >> commissioner sue sue gaia, we can forward those resolutions to you. >> that would help. pardon me. i get suss experience when the entire board of directors is solely private industry and the advisory council is private industry and i understand this is a private industry but it would seem if it's directed towards alleviating basically car traffic and encouraging transit and pedestrians and all of that stuff, that there could be some outside nonprofit-type people that could advise just as well. i'm thinking of people like tom and i'm interested to know why there isn't any kind of advisory seat for the m.t.a. >> we discussed that when the program was started 20 years ago. the budget for the entire program is less than half million dollars. it isn't something that has been of particular interest to many elected or appointed officials. there's been no barrier to their participation, but it's a very small, privately funded organization that works ver

do you have any insight about that?e wants to focus on the voters of delaware and she wants to reach out to them. as for the party, i think they ought to let the candidate speak for herself. >> dan, i got to say the one thing i'm wored about, is when tried to find christine o'donnell supporters, we kept hearing from people, i'm a christine o'donnell supporter, i'd love to talk to you. every single supporter was from out of state. you just told me you're a pennsylvania resident. >> i'm happy to help you out here in your moment of need. >> this way? >> yes. >> i've been practicing newark, newark. where are you from? >> i'm actually pennsylvania. >> pennsylvania resident. >> but don't worry. don't worry. i've been involved in delaware politics. let's make a left. >> oh, man. >> i am the president of the university of delaware college republican. if you saw a poll 40% of voters do support her according to rasmussen. i'm essentially delaware resident. >> but you don't vote in delaware. >> that's right. i don't vote here. >>

exercise any public commission right under any lease or permit as necessary.ecute with owners of properties

is there any other public comment? >> thank you. i am an architect here in the city. on the case that is no longer before you. it has come to my attention that some of the information that was provided in the plan that was given to the department of building inspection is either false or misleading. if one compares the permit history of a building shows as constructed with a permit, that is what is in fact existing. if i have added a backroom to my house without a permit and that it plans that this is existing, the use of the word existing is not correct. how this happened, i am not entirely certain because i was not part of a process that produced those plans. i know that a licensed professional that stance plans has said that either all the work is prepared by them or at their direction. that is so important because with buildings, life safety issues comes into play. one needs to know if checking plans extent these are filled out the best of the ability of licensed professionals. in this case that i mentioned, the tr

more than any other matter. putting out these vehicles, certainly will impact any decision you make regarding the number of cabs. vehicles won't be hitting the street until late 2011. it's a large number that needs to be taken into consideration. a pilot project in tokyo had three vehicles. we will have many dozen. i hope you start asking questions. >> anybody else? seeing none, we go to the consent calendar. >> these are routine by the board and will be acted upon unless a board member or member of the public wishes to speak about them. 10.3 and 10.4 were asked to be taken out. >> it is approved? >> i have a question about 10.1 and 10.6. i am happy to move forward with the rest. >> those as well as three and four. tah-- that leaves 2, 5, 7, 8? >> seconded. >> all in favor, say aye. back to 10.1. director? >> we did not discipline report on this, this is an incident that has been reported before and we see other claims coming through. i think that we have already received a report there. my question goes back to

exercise any public commission right under any lease or permit as necessary.xecute with owners of properties -- negotiate and execute with owners of properties on the right of way. these include other project related agreements as necessary for the project. obtain permits and approvals from regulatory agencies including the state preservation office, u.s. fish and game, u.s. fish and wildlife service, the fisheries service, the california department of fish and game, the california water control board, the bay area management district, and california department of transportation. negotiate and execute real estate agreements, financial assurances, and conservation easements related to acquisition as necessary for the project. negotiate and execute any construction agreements or memorandum of understanding with san mateo county related to coordination of the project. notwithstanding these already granted to the general manager, the general manager is not authorized to dispose of any real property in any manner without the approval pursuant to the charter section

any announcements? proim i don't have any announcements. 6 >> the next item is item number three, directors report, 3 a, update on the d.b.i. finances. director day: good morning, commissioners, president murphy. vivian day, director. our revenues are up 13% over the same time last year. net they're up 15%. so that's a good indication that we are still recovering and going on up the scale for the recession problems. president murphy: is that because of big projects? director day: there have been several large projects submitted, also due to the impact fee deferral legislation that was introduced. we are experiencing several projects of our taking advantage of the deferral process for the impact fees. so it's allowing some larger projects to go forward. we have one on 299 that's ready to go forward. and then we have another large one for the redevelopment agency that's going to go forward. we also have another large project at ocean. it's are the to issue and ready to go for the avalon bay ocean avenue c

seeing none. >> does any commissioner have any new or other business items to take care of? commissioner vietor: go giants. >> i will second that. commissioner vietor: moving on to the report of the general manager. >> good afternoon, commissioners. we just have one item listed. we would like to do that right now. >> on your events calendar, we listed by returning to you to fill you in on how we are doing on the update of the resource plan. when i reported to you last, we had the rocky mountain institute draft plan written. we launched a green deck advisory committee -- tech advisory committee that is expected to be under review this week. we are hoping to come back to you on november 9 assuming that the review process goes well. we will get back to you than with a full report with an update of the electric resource plan and on to the board of supervisors. we are proposing through the committee, they are proposing specific legislative changes to improve the climate here in san francisco for implementing green technology in san francisco that generate electricity or save ener

i cannot understand how there are any reasons for any variances of any kind, that there are any hardships. in a vacant lot is very easy to develop. if you do have any reason for v ariance, i am creating the hardships or my client is creating hardships. it is a simple thing. they have an ideal lot with a view. there is lots of open space behind it or beside it. nobody is going to be imposing anything on them. i do not understand how they cannot build within the parameters of the planning code and the building code, and i think they should. this has been going on many years. i do not understand at all. the boosters do not understand it. star king open space does not understand it and that is why we have been hanging in there. thank you. >> i am audrey cole. i was first introduced to the open space through a garden club which i am also involved with which is on that same block of the property we are discussing. this location had a regular garden, a regular back yard. it opened out onto the open space, both the backyard and the open space. i do not know if you have been there, but it is a mar

president chiu: colleagues, any questions to any of the parties today about this appeal? seeing none, this hearing has been held and closed. these matters are in the hands of the board. supervisor chu: thank you, president. the item before us today is whether or not to grant the tentative parcel map for los palmos drive. it is not an eir or a cu. it is pretty clear we have to take a look at pretty clear parameters. one is whether or not the proposal is consistent with the general plan. from the comments i have heard from city planning, it sounds like this proposal is consistent with the general plan. we have to see whether the site is physical is suitable for the type of development, whether it is physically suitable for the proposed density. we have not heard the site would not be able to accommodate the development or the density. it is going from a single-family neighborhood to single-family homes being proposed for the site. the next issue is that we are supposed to consider whether the design of the subdivision is likely to cause substantial environmental damage. we

being as they didn't have any. each one of these particular venues we've warned in the past have received notices of violation. this is not a thunder bolt from the sky out of nowhere, hey, i don't know what you're talking about. each one of these venues has been warned repeatedly in the past. so in that way the process that the e.c. staff, that we have created in working throughout first there being some warning before we cite has been in place and it's working. we will continue on that path. on the incident list you'll see for the minor list, i won't recap every incident but

i was not aware of any of this. but i have to say that i have absolutely full confidence in jamie slaughter that when something is presenteded for his consideration that he will be interested in getting all of the information, hearing from everybody who has something to say on the issue and absolutely capable of making an objective and fair call on the issue. chairman campos: you're not the only one who doesn't read "the examiner." >> i'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but i'm admitting it right here. and the last thing i just want to say is that i know jamie cares very deeply for this city, which also is an important quality for any of the commissions. and very close to my heart, he not only cares about the community as a whole, but i know that he cares very deeply about the members of our community who are less likely to have i avoice in -- a voice in public entities. for that reason, i think he would be an excellent member of the commission. thank you sox for the opportunity. chairman campos: tha

work that they do and you would not get any -- any more deliverables. if we do this on a month-to-month basis it takes a significant amount of staff work to draft the documents, get it through, you know, the contract administration, get signatures on it. there is -- yeah. there's a burden, administrative burden. i just wanted to make that clear. chairman murphy: i understand. supervisor mar: i like to propose my original notion extend it to december. commissioner lee: my concern was if we do extend it all the way to december, what happens if we're not finished in december? it's going to get extended again. even prior to december, just finish it as quickly as possible. that's my only thought of not extending it to december. try to get this done earlier. chairman murphy: any comment from the vendor on this? >> laurence with the department of building inspection. i believe december 31 is a reasonable date. we've done, as you heard through previous -- we believe we can complete it. we believe we have enough scheduled meetings and so on. i hope we don't need

if you have any questions on the contract, i would be happy to answer them. >> any questions?m has been moved. let's do a roll call on these items. >> no members of the public have indicated they want to address you on this item. [roll call] item 8 is approved. >> ok, next item. >> operas and the executor to execute amend the number two to the agreement for precious design and construction administrative services for the trend center building and related structures with pelli clarke pelli to incorporate the bottom of sequence to design and construction to provide construction industries and services for the extended construction period to allow electronic monitoring of salomon and soil conditions during excavation and construction of a train box. >> thank you, members of the board. this amendment is to be pelli clarke pelli contract. when we initially awarded it, we have phases one and two of construction, but we only include construction administration for what was then described as the first phase of construction. the first major component we add services under this amendmen

i am happy to take any questions. i know that rebecca, the executive director, is here, as well as a woman from planning to help us with the situation. chair maxwell: colleagues, any comments or questions? supervisor chiu? supervisor chiu: there is going to be an rfp process. we are simply passing so that it can have a use so we can figure out exactly who will go into the center, is that correct? >> yes. there has been no deal. and entertain the use of the theater has shown some interest, but like anyone else, they would be required to go through the rfp process. i think the supervisors have been looking at creative solutions during this difficult economic times. one that he has helped to establish is if you are familiar with the tower records site. there was a pop-up store i believe on sunday, and all of the employees, a member from the transgender economic employment initiatives, so people who have been seeking jobs, another program which the city funds, they tend to work at the goodwill, so, again, another creative

does that make any difference? is there any excuse for this? >> well -- >> this man was really bitterness. >> i would preface that by saying i'm not a psychologist. >> but you're a doctor. >> of history. >> you wrote a lot about historical figures. >> certainly there are other great scientists and other great artists who supplement their sexuality in other fashion. >> so supplementation. >> no, he was not given. >> is there anything you detected in any of his writings that would indicate that he felt anything unusual operating in the world of his moral view or his ethics that would come to bear on this? i think this is an important issue because his genius is such that it demands an extraordinary level of admiration and wonder and is it undercut by the type of behavior we have been talking about? and if it does, is there something else that provides some limited excuseability? extenuation, you think? are people trying to save him from this? is it necessary? or do we just say a genius is a genius? >> i think that doesn't entitle him not to, you

president chiu: any additional questions? at this time, why don't we hear from the project sponsor, the real party interest. please step up for a presentation of up to 10 minutes. >> good evening, supervisors. i am andrew m. junius, here on behalf of the sponsor for the office project. we do not have a large presentation. we agree with the staff that the eir fully complies with ceqa. it addresses a fact on the environment that could be caused by the project. it lists reasonable alternatives and things that reduce impacts. it is supported by substantial evidence. the appellants you have heard from today have not provided you with any evidence that would call into question any of the findings, statements, or conclusions in the eir. you have heard a lot of statements about the project, and it is really not directed against the eir document at all. the process and the document is an informational process designed to provide decisionmakers with all the facts and objective analysis about the possible physical effects of a project o

>> we do not have any in san francisco. all plant material shipped into the county is treated at the origin, which, generally speaking, would be in ventura or san diego county. they notify us when the shipments are arriving. we are also notified by the receiving handler and we will send an inspector out. supervisor chu: so this would allow the department to recover cost for that inspection work done at the supervisory level. >> yes. supervisor chu: any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. i move forward with recommendations. thank you. item seven. >> item 7. resolution authorizing the san francisco department of public health to accept and expend retroactively a grant from the united states department of health and human services in the amount of $631,739 to fund the project entitled "project for assistance in transition from homelessness" for the period july 1, 2010, through june 30, 2011. supervisor chu: thank you. >> hello, i am a program manager with the san

any other items?i guess we called items eight through 13. >> items eight through 13 are items regarding existing litigation. supervisor, would you like to adopt the motion to reconvene in closed session? chairman campos: we have a motion to convene in closed session. before we do that, is there any member of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public input is chip: great. chairman campos: great, we're back in session. madam deputy city attorney. >> we met in closed session to discuss pending claims and litigation involving the city as well as threatened potential litigation involving the city. i understand that the committee will move items eight, nine, 10, 11, 12 and 13 forward to the board with recommendations. chairman campos: that's correct. if we can have a motion. we have a motion by supervisor mar. we can take that without objection. madam clerk, any other business? >> no, mr. chair. chairman campos: thank you very much. meeting adjourned. >> i work with the department

conditions. >> any questions from the commission? does anyone want to make a motion to -- is any public comment? >> when the executive director of a alliance for a better district and we have to send in a letter of support for this daniel and we believe that having a positive space in our neighborhood and especially when the owner has had this at a previous menu that has been operating in a positive manner, i believe that this will do the same. i was lucky to support this position on the permit. >> thank you. >> good evening, commissioner. i represent the north market business association. the north of market business association promotes economic development north of market and we fully support an application of the permit. think you. >> thank-you. >> i am the former owner of -- and i'm here to support the gentleman that asking for the permit. i think it is very positive that people are willing to open something -- i feel that music heels the soul. i think that this is a benefit to the community. i think that this will be a wonderfu

. >> have you any questions? item 11. i will entertain a motion if you wish to adopt. >> so moved. >> seconded. >> are there any questions? all those in favor of adopting item 11. the ayes have it. >> item 12, discussion and possible action to authorize the general manager to request that the mayor recommend to the board of supervisors approval of a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $8,400,000 to fund the preliminary planning, engineering, and design work for the city's of silvery water supply facilities improvement program as authorized as part of the proposition b earthquakes safety and emergency response bond, authorize associated costs to be reimbursed by bond proceeds, a pump to the findings pursuant to the california environmental quality act. >> are there any questions? >> we have no speaker cards. >> i will entertain a motion. >> i will move. >> second. >> i have a question. where's pump station number one and where is pump station number two? >> that is a very simple question. i will know that next time

any questions? >> any public comment? we are on item #7. >> i am here to present our long-awaited out reach. as you know, we currently do not have a policy around outreach, but i did present our approach to outreach and then took a similar presentation to the neighborhood parks council, san francisco parks trust and prozac to talk about what we are doing that works and solicit their input on what should be included. their input was incorporated into the document you have before you. arno there are some folks -- i know there are some folks to mrs. very valuable. -- to whom this is very valuable. the bulk of the policy a are pretty straightforward her. they are essentially to establish a protocol for community input, and that will give staff, the public, the same road map. they will engage in the formation of ideas so people can have input early and often. there are a variety of things we do, and out of reach would differ. the policy tries to reflect a 5 feet out reach needs to be scalable based on an -- reflects the fact t

any further public comments? seeing none. >> item 10, update on bic nominations subcommittee meeting held on september 22, 2010. president murphy: commissioner lee. commissioner lee: the nomination committee met last wednesday to review the status of the appointments. that is on the access appeal commission code advisory committee and board of examiner. we took the opportunity to speak with some members to see how things were going on the respective bodies. they reported that things are going well and they are working closely with d.b.i. staff, which is a good thing. the code advisory committee was probably the busiest body among the three as they reviewed the changes to our codes that occurred this past year or so and the legislative proposals that came before us. we did discuss with the code advisory committee about supplying us with more background material when they make recommendations to us so we can better understand how they arrive at their decisions and perhaps it could help us understand the process wit