. >> audubon international, they can -- this is not the audubon society, as i have said. they provide ways to be environmentally sensitive habitats for golf courses. i don't want that to be used as a pitch in this. will there be a commitment by the city on a plan and making sure this is it done? >> there is a responsibility to make sure that they are implementing best practices. we don't want people disturbing the wild life. the operation but as it is now, they largely remained unchanged. that would be considered, that was part of the review. the planning department would say that you can proceed with this if you implement these part protections. they share an interest in protecting wildlife. there is always opportunity. >> does that include a license? -- bisons. >> thank you for answering my questions. i think i might have some more. i do consideration by the board. there does need to be improvements, no question about it. i want to make sure that the best deal has been negotiated. user terms and user variables

they are proposing to work with the audubon society to create a certified audubon sanctuary where the society would come forward and they would do an audit of their environmental practices and determine what the potential impacts there are and what steps can be taken. >> the quality was improved with the capital improvements, this would improve with the more families to decide so this is traffic increased and visits to the site. can you talk about what the lease does to those concerns that people have raised. >> on the issue of tour buses, currently they are prohibited from driving. that will continue to rest and not move within the lease. the nieclease requires that may abide by all city regulations. one of the things we're interested in doing is working with the ortega family to find ways to incentivize people coming out on a day like today were it is gorgeous and probably 65-70 degrees out there. people probably are not out there because it is a mid winter week and we would like to work with them on flexible pricing and bring people out to the boathouse. i think at peak demand, abs

the audubon society, the san francisco coalition society, the son said action commission, the golden gate preservation alliance, telegraph hill dwellers, take back our parks, keep the arboretum free, the stove family, hopkins, grandson of warren architect, david paul r.. north side san francisco, ashley wolff, author stello roy, the story of stellate -- stow lake post card club. my parents took me there. i have taken my children that are now adults. it is not somewhere the to go for a restaurant. we have a million restaurants in san francisco. the important part is keeping the tranquillity and have the part not become another tourist attraction in a negative way. supervisor chu: thank you. >> my name is kristin neighborly. by m. forsaking the boat house. i was just in carlsbad caverns last year. everyone keeps talking about food. when i heard that there were five or six tables replace that this boat house, but i have heard is that they're going to be losing money on the food. not that the ortega's do not serve food. we do not need another caesar salad. we need a historic but house. w

this is very important to the golden gate audubon society. the number of boats in the contract says that it will be increased if demand dictates. what is the man the dictates? -- to demandemand dictates? it should also specified note to our bosses in the future. no more parking. everyone in san francisco does not want more park land taken up with parking for parked cars. in the contract they are very obscure about the issues regarding seismic and ada. who pays for which? we want that very clear. in summary i would like to say that the heron's need protection. the children of san francisco deserve the bullet -- the boat's upstairs. this could all happen with the ortega's. thank you. [tone] supervisor chu: thank you. >> supervisors, my name is larry pain. to be frank i have a dog in the fight. by currently sell hot dogs to the cafe, enabling me to support a ranch in northern california that is seventh generation. the purchases made by ortega go directly to my branch. our hot dogs are produced by a third generation sausage making factory in fair

i am here on behalf of the wild equity institute, the national park conservation association, the audubon society, and others. many of these groups provided public testimony to the commission in the recent past regarding problems at the golf course. there was a 60-day notice of an intent to sue. it is a belief that resolving these concerns will require a short-term changes to the land use of sharp park. because there was a decision to move forward with the sharp park program, that is associated with our 60-day notice. we wanted to be sure that the sfpuc's future decisions are informed. as always, members of these groups are willing to meet with you should there be an interest in the commission. thank you. i ha coffee -- copy for you of the notice. thank you. president vietor: thank you for your comments. anymore? mr. secretary, next item, please. secretary housh: this is involving agenda item 10 as well as other items sent electronically. also, this item covers the advance calendar. this would be the time for any questions about any items on the advance counter, and there are the staff re

audubon, which apparently is not a good organization to listen to. they supported the golf course that killed federally listed endangered species and i hope this organization will be taken off the list. the truth about talking about letters that you get, i am very concerned, one of the letters was from the fisherman's wharf wax museum. what is that? i we talking about the modification of the boat house? -- are we talking about the mummification of the boat house? >> you cannot control where the letters come from. >> i know that staff is beating the bushes to get these letters. i think it is weird. >> be nice to the staff. >> it is their job. >> my last comment, this points to the trend to make golden gate park a tourist attraction, letters from the visitor's bureau. idoes not what golden gate park is there for. all of the testimony that you have heard today is people's love for their parks and the institutions. you are taking a course that i think is affecting us in a very unfortunate matter. you will not have any money next year. you need the people

all of that snow took a toll on the reputation of the audubon. chief executives have met to discuss the future of the enterprise. they had a lot to answer to. >> the ice and snow may have begun to melt away, but the problems remain, after a particularly cold winter. transport ministers from germany's federal states have pointed the finger at deutsche bank, saying the company cut back on resources. now they are piling the pressure on the company and central government. >> we need more money, more investment in rolling stock, add extra capacity for the thing that always arrives, winter. these capacities have not been there. >> that is something the bond boss would agree wh. he has then it is engaged in damage limitation. >> it will be my main personal goal for 2011 to commit all of our resources. what happened here in december and the weeks before frustrates us too. >> but several key issues remain to be clarified. these include whether the state which comes deutsche bank should take a dividend of 500 million the year re fr the company. the finance

they include certifying the concession as an audubon cooperative sanctuary. all of the work will be performed to lead standards, and as well, the concessions will be certified as a green restaurant. additionally, the ortegas have proposed a number of community partnerships that the department is very interested in developing, including about the wildlife, which has its only nesting area in san francisco on strawberry hill, as well as offering educational trips for children and reduced-price field trips for sf usc students. additionally, though their headquarters may be located in new mexico, there are numerous benefits to the local economy. we will be -- ortega will approximately doubling the number of staff out there. in addition to raising the number of staff, we will be having more training staff, as it is no longer serving prepared packaged food, but actually preparing the food on site. the local partners say all of the food will be from local suppliers, including farmers markets, and they will be working with a local architect, contractor, and furniture

it would include working with audubon internationals to certify the sanctuary, implementation of ios environmental management systems, a year-one refuse diversion goal of 81%. perhaps that is a time a bit of information considering the previous item. and development of an environmental education program -- all of this would work to green standards. they have committed to certify the concession of the green restaurant. as i mentioned earlier, ortega is very committed to the community and interested in working with the existing major groups and education groups that frequent stow lake to continue to provide the educational opportunities both for san franciscans and visitors, and particularly for our youth. ortega proposed to work with naturalists. there will be walks around the lake. there will educate people about the nesting habits of the blue heron. stow lake is the only known nesting site of the blue heron in san francisco. they would offer demonstrations to these groups and organizations so that they could, in addition to the nature walks, they could bring people into a comfortabl

the audubon society never supported the ortega takeover, even though rec & park said they did to get more support. when contacted, the coal valley improvement association said they had not heard the full story when reckoned park asked for their support. -- when recreation and park asked for their support. i want to submit these. my own comments. in this morning's "chronicle," commissioner, you were quoted as saying that in its fundamental form, we're talking about change, and there are always going to be some people who don't want to change. i deeply resent that. i deeply resent it. i meet all kinds of people walking around the liked on my several blocks in the week. i know that they are intelligent and thoughtful people. in eight days, i will celebrate the 30 years of sobriety. that happened in might conjunction as coming out as a gay man, father, a teacher, and an advocate i have embraced change. i have embraced change vigorously, but change with the purpose. there is no purpose in changing this lease to the ortega family. thank you. >> next speaker, please? >> hello, everyone. i w

mark also points to support from national environmental organizations, such as the sierra club and audubon society. but audra says they're not concerned about the impact right here. >> they're not the ones that are going to bear the cost of this project. they're not the ones that are going to have to endure the public safety risk. they're not the ones who are going to experience a decline in tourism from an area that is heavily dependent on that. they have a national agenda and no local stake. >> reporter: another issue is the cost of wind power. offshore turbines have huge underwater power plants. the blades turn a copper coil inside a big magnet, which creates a charge that is carried under the seabed to connect to the electric system on shore. that's expensive to build and maintain. and even cape wind supporters say that electric bills will go up. so what would you tell somebody who's concerned about the electricity being produced being too expensive? >> well, what's too expensive is fossil fuels, where we've seen prices go up so dramatically so quickly. and we don't know what the futur

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all of that snow took a toll on the reputation of the audubon. chief executives have met to discuss the future of the enterprise. they had a lot to answer to. >> the ice and snow may have begun to melt away, but the problems remain, after a particularly cold winter. transport ministers from germany's federal states have pointed the finger at deutsche bank, saying the company cut back on resources. now they are piling the pressure on the company and central government. >> we need more money, more investment in rolling stock, add extra capacity for the thing that always arrives, winter. these capacities have not been there. >> that is something the bond boss would agree with. he has then it is engaged in damage limitation. >> it will be my main personal goal for 2011 to commit all of our resources. what happened here in december and the weeks before frustrates us too. >> but several key issues remain to be clarified. these include whether the state which comes deutsche bank should take a dividend of 500 million the year rose from the company. the f

i might know up the golan or of the audubon, but i did not know from comanche's. the only thing -- something in john wayne movies. code for uh-oh or we are in trouble now. you know, that was pretty much what it was. that is what set off my interest. i returned back and did all the normal things. but beyond that it was really about, i think, a yankees love affair with the state of texas. and i was. chief a travel all over the state. i travel all over the state. but i heard comanche stories. we all look forward to getting assignments where you had to get to amarillo or lubbock. it was true. >> a bit of just understanding what the plans were and what the plans indian was. to me it was all. and a lot of that comes through the book. oh, while. the yankees learning some stuff. and i think that informed a lot of the book because none of this is normal to me. while. >> let me touch on that a little bit in terms of what is he learned that we did not know popularly about the comanche's. one of the things that struck me is the way that you are able to frame the way the coman