i don't think you will see any city across this country right now where there is such a private investment of such confidence in a city that will present this opportunity that's rare as it is. that is why we pursued the warriors. we knew we had an entity there to help us demonstrate the things we talked about when pursuing them, local hire, jobs for people, vendors respective of our small businesses, a waterfront design sensitive to the views and the environment that we want to have, and a great, great addition to our economy in the city for years and years to come, so it is with great pride that we make this announcement because many of the people in this room are looking for that opportunity from all walks of life, from every community in san francisco they see this as a city wide projected, not just on the waterfront. it's everybody's future. everybody has to be heard and i know that even this weekend there was a telephonic ability to talk to people online and the telephone. there were over 4,000 people that engaged themselves with a conversation and the warriors and about what this pro

that have changed over the course of the time, meaning through the government code, maybe through any city ordinances, and we would might be looking at changing the contract drastically, we are changing the contract not approved by the board and the term of the services. >> i totally appreciate that, we may need to change the contract terms if we change the rules here is that del ineatd. >> it would mention that the executive director could modify any contract terms and conditions. >> my point is could we limit the resolution language that it is clear that it is based on changes that we make from the administrative code angle or other changes as opposed to blanket changes. >> good morning, commissioners, this is the standard language. what i am not allowed to change are the dollars and cents aspects of the contract. but, this is actually they are simply to say that the need for a board's action on something like a change in personnel, to the company or things like that, that may be specified in the contract. and may need to be changed but does not necessarily change the contract. but it is

you have any city in china. it's global warming. i'm confused. steve malloy is trying to distinguish fact from fiction. what is going on now? because i tell you, any event they can attach to any one of a myriad of obvious man-made causes -- >> this is an old trick of theirs. but the reality is that short-term weather has nothing to do with long-term climate change. number two, i read yesterday this was the worst storm to hit new jersey since 1821. well, okay. what was going on in new jersey in 1821, there were no coal-fired power plants or suvs. al gore was not using 20 times the electricity is the average american citizen. finally, when you get down to it, the global warming theory debunks itself when it comes to more storms. under the theory, you know, the part of the planet that is really getting warm is supposed to be the polar regions. what actually does is calm down climate because it is the temperature difference between the polar regions and the topics that are the real weather makers on this planet. neil: you know, leaving aside the dispu

any of the major developed=c97 economies wh unemployment coming down faster. clearly the signs of recovery are written loud and clear with corresponding benefit to the city and its this -- is not unlike previous business cycles with slumps and booms, peaks and values except the -- but never in any previous recession have pensioned been attacked. the opportunity for pension attack occurred in this recession is part of a long-term agenda to severely reduce if not destroy these benefits. the upshot of prop c as if workers are going to wake up with a back had eye because they're going to get less benefits and as a result of it they'll have diminishing services causing an economic contraction and for the sake of all pensions have to be preserved and even restored to the previous level for there is an economic safety net for the business and economy without the goods and services worse recession could occur and possibly depression. so the grand jury is constricted in my point of view and they should start addressing downtown business interests. >> supervisor elsbernd: next card i have is jean thomas actually the only other card i have and then anyone else who would li

and in fact, the applicant, nor any city official can stand here and state that such a facility is not going to impact any existing business at all. and if so, why are we all standing here. please consider these matters, realistickly and i humblely ask this board to permanently revoke both of these permits. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> good evening. my name is trevor arnorld, a work a half a block away from the location. i just want to say that i think that it is very convenient for me to be able to pick up a coffee on a street on the way to the office, there actually happens to be a starbucks on the ground floor where there is typically three or four people as late at 9:00 in the morning which is close to where they are closed for business. so clearly there is not a very significant impact there. this often there is quite a long wait for a cup of coffee and other food products there. i felt that they are organized and very clean at that location. that egress is blocked in the alley and people are very polite and no more than 3 or 4 folks cued up. i don't see how this additional c

with its crowded boulevards and massive skyscrapers, it seems awealthy as any city in the world. o paulo is unique among latin american cities. in the early part of t, when places like rio de janeiro copied traditional european styles of construction, sao paulo was following a distinctly american model of urbanism. imitating the forms of chicago and new york, sao paulo built upward,gro. but in a huge ring around ty slies a very different,gro. urban environment. here, stretchingoriles, is a city of self-built structures in various stages of completion. they line hillsides and rocky streets where some of sao paulo's newest immigrants struggo build mes om brick and cen where some of sao paulo's alaide and her family came to sao paulo from northeastern brazil. ( alaide speaking portuguese ) translator: from there my father came first to work. came i as a maid,my motwas amsts narrator:alaide mar, a northeaste mignt ke herse. they coun't afford even mar, the cheapestenthcity, so they decided to bui a home on unclaimed land on the outskirts of sao paulo. they began building this house wh

secondly, san francisco we have the highest per capita number of restaurants of any city in the country, and my district apparently has the highest number of restaurants per square mile of any square mile in our city, and we have so many amazing restaurants it literally takes my staff several meetings and i to hash out who we think should be recognized every year and it's my honor to recognize a relatively new restaurant in north beach and extremely loved in the neighborhood. i would like to invite up liz. i think i saw you back there. if you could step up to the microphone and liz is half of the partnership of dane and liz and the partners behind bottle cap. they lived in north beach sing 2008 and the story of bottle cap this amazing couple wondered why there wasn't any restaurants with the farm table approach and keeping things local and the fisheries and farming throughout california and bottle cap opened up in 2010 of the former location of the washington square bar and grill and for you to know it was quite a sight to bring in a new restaurant but they have certainly erks seeded al

passion and interest in transportation, and i feel like it plays an integral role in the landscape of any city and i would like to be involved in the improvements to sf transportation. i wanted to share with you a snapshot from a user standpoint and occasionally a driving although i don't have a car and i am sure these ideas are bounced around but i would like to be on the team that makes the improvements and make the transportation system the world class system that san francisco deserves for being a world class city. that involves reducing the everyday barriers for using the transit system. i know people that don't use it because they think it's complicated. they don't understand the signage and the schedules and by increasing ridership you can increase rates and a cycle for overall improved transit system. i similarly have a lot of ideas for traffic easing and bus only lanes and bike safety and sharing programs and numerous other things i thought of and bounced ideas off people i know. i am extremely passion of transportation. i am a rider and use bart and cal train. i work on a clean tech

achieved 80% landfill diversion rate setting the national recycling and compost records as the high of any citynorth america. [applause] and by the way as a former public works director you ought ton how proud i am. we have the best compost in the united states and in fact it's sold to all of the wineries in napa that make and produce the best wines in the world. our partners employs over a thousand green collar employees and solar sf resulted in hiring from employees from disadvantaged communities in the work force program. i want to acknowledge and thank green build towards considering toward the success and the projects and the living wall in the tenderloin community garden and the potrero hill street farm and let me thank someone that has been invaluable to me and my career and my work and my efforts to make this city successful. i want to acknowledge a pioneer in the sustainable practices our former mayor and now lieutenant governor gavin newsom. [applause] >> a couple years ago then mayor newsom forged a partner with san francisco and president clinton and the clinton global initiative to

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and this is the private public partnership that we speak about in the city that has to be part of any city make up. this is the first for san francisco but i know l.a. has one. maybe they will open up a second one and chicago and seattle and we are glad to be joining the city stores and congratulations and as mayors do and this today is city target day in san francisco. [applause] >> thank you mayor lee. we are honored by your kind words and partnership, and now i would like to introduce anne wilson, president of united way bay area to come up and say a few words. >> thank you steven. this is a really great celebration want congratulations to you and congratulations to west field and congratulations to the city and congratulations to all your teammates who are here that have great jobs with a great company and as the united way target is a partner not just here in the bay area but all across this country. target teammates participate in the community and with many nonprofits and last year teammates give over $15 million to the local united ways and that is no exception here in the bay area

this is unlike anything that any city in america is doing. san francisco mta is trying to go into the taxi business. that is not happening elsewhere. they are exceeding their mandate. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good evening, i am a taxi driver, and i have been robbed many times and a gun at my head. and i come to the city and thank you for letting me talk. which is i also help the senior and i work night time and i help the drunk guys. i take them home. and the senior number one i take care of them. and i wonder who deserves to have a medallion and who is supposed to have a medallion. i know you are fair about everything. and you look at the guard number 1 for any issue. the guard and many -- gun and your judgment. thank you. >> good afternoon, i am bill, i have been driving a taxicab for 22 years, i have been on the waiting list for 17 years. now the commission is trying to take my right to a medallion away from me. which i call blatant racism. because i believe most people in the taxi industry are immigrants. and they don't care

for some of its minor faults, we have the greatest transportation for any city in the country and it should be treated as such. it gets me through life, treats my friends and my neighbors and when in danger should be defended. i thank the board for their offer of free unlimited muni for life. [laughter] >> but i respectfully decline, not looking for fame or fortune, just for people to do the right thing. but i thank the board for your recognition and now maybe we can come together as a city. for alone we may stand, but together we are a giant. thank you. (applause) >> thank supervisor wiener's fine words, and our thanks to you, sir. on behalf of the mta, all the people of san francisco appreciate that. thank you. mr. haley? >> thank you, mr. chairman. our next honoree is a bus operator from [speaker not understood] division for the last two years. his name is alan yim and alan, on the night that the giants won the world series, was operating an 8x motor coach that was surrounded and the lives of himself and his riders were put in peril. his calm demeanor, his actions, his safety firs

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amended in the recent version just last week so it would address the concern and provide notice for any city adopted service. so, that's kind of the big overview. now our senior environmental planner sarah jones is going to go through the memo that we handed out today. and there copies on the table for the public. if anyone needs an extra one, they can see us. >> could i ask a quick question to staff? there's references i'm reading in here, and you just mentioned there had been amendments made to the legislation that we have had before us, but we have not received. is that correct? >> that is correct. i would go run copies right now. i'm sorry for that. >> that's all right. we don't need to do that. >> there's one more clarification on your presentation. >> i just wanted -- i'm not sure if i understood this correctly. two things. you said that if one wanted to speak at a later e-i-r hearing, they had to have addressed the d-e-i-r hearing to speak at the later hearing? >> at the appeal hearing, that's correct. >> all right. that was one thing i wasn't clear about. and the other -- on negative