authority that the no. waterfront alternative would win the bid for the 34th america's cup for the city. right before the board acted on december 14, we did have a short series of discussions, first by phone, and later in person, with representatives of the event authority. the night before, as a matter of fact. the night before the 14th, we sat down with representatives of the team, and we negotiated a few changes to the northern waterfront alternative, and we came and presented those changes as proposed amendments to the full board. but again, we emphasize at that time that we did not have the teams agreement. -- the team's agreement. it was, i think, quite gratifying for city staff that the board unanimously supported the proposed bid. there was a signing ceremony that was held here in city hall that was pretty exciting as well. and what followed that was really a series of negative stories in major media outlets where the event authority -- major representatives of the event authority were criticizing the city for its bid, and that the bid fell short. maybe one of the more

city attorney's office but you have any point to make within this subsection? >> the issue that we have heard two different opinions on is whether or not the authority has the discretion to develop pier 29 if they spend substantially more than $55 million and the city approves that. this is where there could be additional long-term development at any of the short-term venue sites and those are 19, 20, 29. the language carves out that the city has sole discretion to disallow development at all of those sites with the exception of pier 29. what i stated earlier was that the city acting through the port commission and the board of supervisors can exercise their reasonable exception. that explanation would be better coming from the city attorney then for me. >> we have more item of -- one more item before us. there is one final topic for this hearing which is a tenant relocation. >> this might have to come later. there has been an earlier question about the assistance of tenant relocation. perhaps you can speak to this. >> thank you, supervisor. this calls out a number of sites that if the city fulfills the requirements of the california environmental quality act and cert

superintendent's recommendation regarding city arts and technology high school, number 112-22 sp 1, authorization to grant the renewal petition for city arts and technology high school. whereas san francisco unified school district is a charter authorizer for city arts and technology high school which is set to expire on june 30, 2011 and whereas pursuant to the education code, the petitioner submitted on january 31, 2011, to the district, a charter renewal petition for the renewal of the charter school's petition, and, and i'm going to skip down to the bottom section, the edited sections, the district superintendent district staff completed the review of the renewal petition and issued a report and recommendation to the board of education regarding the review of the renewal petition on march 22, 2011. therefore, be it resolved that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district shall grant the renewal petition subject to the requirements set forth by law. and the second sheet attached to that are the fact sheets that i sent to board members prior to this meeting. president m

as a matter of law, the authority to approve this kind of a deal rests with the elected government of the city and county of san francisco, and that authority remains with them unless there is a clear delegation of that authority. the resolution that was passed by the board of supervisors makes it clear that even though we recognize that there will be additional changes that would be made, the resolution makes it clear that the steps that are to be taken by staff have to be consistent with the agreement that was approved by the board, said the issue of consistency is an overarching one, and i want to make sure that the additional amendments and changes that were made were consistent not only with the letter, but also with the spirit of what was approved. likewise, the san francisco administrative code chapter 29 requires that the board of supervisors make certain findings with respect to this type of a deal. i can tell you that the findings that i may, that i voted upon were based upon the agreement that was before us. so if there is a material change to that agreement, depending upon what tha

a number of other city agencies, treasure island development authority, the redevelopment agency has experience with this kind of tenant relocation effort. if see what is approved, we would seek their advice as well. -- if seek whaceqa bid is approe would seek their advice. after the final eir is certified, the port would identify the available space and the tenants' needs. also the types of space that is available both on pork property and the private-sector turned to we currently don't have sufficient vacancies for all the tenants that would be impacted by this. any tenant relocation plans would go to the port commission for its approval. that is where we stand on the tenant relocation peace. >> i think we can go to public comment now. >> why don't we open this item up for public comment? >> we are only able to give you two minutes. >> i have requested this discretion. two separate matters. >> we will reset this. we cannot allow someone to see their time. >> i will disagree. -- which you might see on more t-shirts. the disposition of the 330. i strongly disagree with the city attor

right now there's 4.5 million pot in the hands of the newly formed stadium authority. city officials are concerned the state might still want to grab that. they may vote to give the money directly to the 49ers. >>> deadly weather in the bay area. a driver was killed when a tree fell on his suv in napa county saturday night. falling trees caused some power outages. pg&e have 33,000 customers lose electric services in the bay area. that's down to about 5000 mostly in the north bay. >>> more trees are likely to fall as this rain continues the fall on saturated soil. >> it's good on one thing that we're getting rain but bad in another that it hasn't slowed down. i want expect to see a lot of trees falling in the next couple of days here. >> a fallen tree damaged a home in mill valley. in downtown san francisco no one was hurt when this sign blew off a building near union square. >>> a rough day for drivers in the sierra yesterday. heavy snow and high winds closing most of the major passes for part of the day. ski resorts report several feet of snow over the past several days. >

dredging, project construction, and there is no longer additional value to the city beyond $55 million venture provided by the authority to the city in the december 14 agreement? >> there, i think you're talking about the way something would qualify as eligible improvements, and there was concern expressed by the authority that in getting ready for the race, there is dredging and other things that would have a long-term benefit for the port, that they have a way that they get repaid those investments, and we did consented to that change, but knowing that the city has an approval right -- and we did consent to that change. supervisor mirkarimi: i can keep asking, or you can keep going. you sort of bundled a few different comments in your remarks, which i appreciate, but i just want to dissect so we can be more clear. >> ok. supervisor mirkarimi: getting back to 30 and 32, this is sort of intertwined, so i want to make this as methodical as possible. then, on the question of the adjustment approach -- of rents, which you have already touched upon, the appraisals or to establish the fair-market value for the properties fo

and exceed a certain value and have not been reimbursed by the city -- can only be conveyed to the event authority if the expenditures on infrastructure improvements is agreed to by the city. in one part of section 7, it states that if the event authority note -- maturity expenditures exceed a certain value, but -- if the event of 40 expenditures exceed a certain value, -- if the event authority expenditures exceed a certain value, -- each of which would be subject to city approval. of course, leases for any of these five properties would be subject to the board of supervisors. however, i want to emphasize that many of -- none of these long-term leases were included in the agreement of december 14, 2010. that concludes my presentation. i was going to have one man go over very briefly which of the changes -- again, this is certainly up to the committee. chair chu: thank you very much. i think we have gone through the changes that you had indicated pretty exhaustively, so we will skip that. thank you very much for the work on your report. we want to go into public, and so we can make sure we provide

right now there's a four and a half million dollar pot in the hands of a newly formed stadium authority. cityerned the state might still be able to grab it. they may vote to give that money directly to the 49ers. it's 5:39. you have a case of the blues? well, you're not alone. the confession with most employees. >>> a blockbuster deal for the republican phone industry. at&t merging with t-mobile. the one hurdle that could prevent the deal. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, shutdown due to stormy weather and yesterday 12 homes in the woodland hills neighborhood had to be evacuated as mud and debris overflowed retaining walls. no injuries or major damage have been reported. thirty people were taken to a shelter at a local fire department as a precaution... the wet weather is still posing a concern about mudslides. it's rough for drivers in the sierra. right now -- 88 is closed between silver lake and kirkwo >>> it's a rough drive in the sierra. right now 88 is closed between silver lake and kirkwood and there are chain restrictions on 50 and 80 if you're heading up that way or coming back this way. yesterday he

the city requests the finance corp issued a series 2011 a bonds in an amount not to exceed 16.8 $5 million. currently we only expect to issue $16 million in bonds. it added authorization provide the city with flexibility to address an interest-rate in other market conditions. per charter section 109.8, the charter costs needs to reflect that the interest rate will be lower compared to other borrowers. the series 2011 a bonds are expected to be sold on or about april 19, 2011, as soon as a stable market bond conditions, and will close two weeks after the sale. debt service will be payable on april 1 and october 1 of each year through april 1, 2017. the first payment will be due on october 1, 2011, and the principal payment will begin on october 1, 2012. there are other related financing documents involved with the issuance of the bond. that includes a preliminary official statement, which includes appendix day. that will be updated again to reflect the most recent information and other documents included in the preliminary -- that are related to the financing, including the official notice of sale, notice of intention to sales, continuing disclosure certificate, the 18

designates the comptroller's office as the city services auditor for the city and county of san francisco. it gives us certain authorities to audit city departments, open city books, to engage in both performance, financial, and compliance auditing function across the city department. you should all be receiving these reports as we issue them. we have a host of audit activities occurring at a given moment in time and this ballot measure enhanced the resources available we have to do auditing in the city and county of san francisco. it also established a whistleblower program within our office which was part of the ballot measure. this is an opportunity for city employees, members of the public, contractors, or anyone to report alleged misuses of the city resources, fraud or other activities and creates a way to investigate and follow up on those complaints. that same ballot measure dramatically enhanced resources we have available to help city with performance management. the comptroller's office has always had a role in helping to shape measures, for example ec in the annual budget book and a system departments in this

much more, when we come back. ,, 12 cities in san mateo county are joining forces in hopes that their concerns will carry more weight with the high- speed rail authority. several cities are demanding rail tunnels or trenches within their boundaries... they fear high- speed rail above ground will have negative effects on safety and noise city representatives plan to meet tonight in burlingame. the board that oversees cal-train has declared a fiscal emergency. that will make it >>> the board that oversees cal train has declared a fiscal emergency. they will make it easier for the transit agency to raise fares and reduce service as it phase as $30 million deficit and considering scrapping weekend chains and shutting down service at seven bay area stations and cutting the number of weekday trains nearly in half. the decision could come next month. >>> if you plan to travel by air this summer, you might want to lock in a flight now. several u.s. carrier, including american, delta and u.s. airways, they're bumping up many domestic fares by $10 a round trip this week. the reason? to cover the surging cost of jet fuel. it was the sixth time this year carriers

ordinance amending the administrative code, authorizing the assessor to recommend rewards for information related to the detection of underpayment of tax owed to the city. supervisor chiu: same house, same call? the ordinances passed on the first reading. >> item 21, ordinance authorizing the department of technology to accept and expend a grant from the u.s. the poorman of commerce for sustainable broadband adoption training and services and amending the annual salary or in its fiscal year 2010-2011 to reflect the addition of six grand-funded positions. supervisor chiu: same house, same call? the ordinances passed on the first reading. >> item 22, resolution requesting the recreation and parks department and the department of the environment to collaborate to establish a comprehensive parts recycling program. supervisor mirkarimi: can we re-referred to this later in the meeting? supervisor chiu: i understand there is ongoing discussion. without objection, that should be the case. >> item 23, ordinance amending the planning code by amending the fee waiver criteria for affordable housing. supervisor chiu: can we take this item same house, same call? the

still others tap illegally into city water pipes. >> the authority was with the system that was tied with house ownership. that actually forced us to talk with them. why is it not possible to provide water to slum dwellers. >> reporter: people lobbied the city to give a water license to a start-up on behalf of slum communities. >> they explained at that time that they were giving water only to people who have their own houses. so we tried to link them with the dahka water and authority. >> reporter: linking slums to city water services meant it assumed the risk if the slum dwellers failed to play the water bill. but they knew they would pay their bills. >> a win-win situation actually because dahka wanted revenue. on the other hand, poor people they wanted the water. they immediately see the economic advantage of getting access to water supply because that is cheap in comparison to private. in that way it started. >> reporter: ngo-packed water access points are sprouting up in the slums all over dahka. each community forms a water committee that pays to install the pump and for the co

questioning the city attorney where they get that definition of materiality, because the resolution that was passed by the board of supervisors does not say that the board delegate the authority to staff to finalize implementation based on o -- an on-balance -- if there is case law that supports the city attorney's position? what is consistent with what i heard from the city attorney's office, so if i can, through the chair, ask what the legal opinion is? >> through the chair, supervisor, the language in question is language that is customarily included in both development agreements and leases, and the traditional interpretation is that you would look at the changes in their totality and not in isolation. supervisor campos: it is very clear that the changes have to be in the best interests of the city and do not increase liabilities, are necessary or advisable note, and effectuate the purposes -- are necessary or advisable, and effectuate the purposes. i understand that there may have been a practice, but in terms of once this board delegates what we ought to rise, i would like to know what your definition is -- but in terms of what this board delegates and what we authorize

welcome to the transportation authority san francisco city and county. >> item 1, roll call. [roll call] we have a quorum. supervisor mirkarimi: 90. please read item two. >> item two, approval of minutes of the february 15, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: any comments on minutes? seeing none, public comment on minutes, please? seeing none, public comment is closed. may we take this without objection? or we do need roll-call. we have a new house order. >> on item number two. avalos aye. campos aye. chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. farrell aye. kim aye. mar aye. mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. there are 11 aye. item passes. item three, chairs report. item four, executive director's report. these are informational items. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. this past month, we had quite a bit of activity in the transportation of grain. -- transportation arena. i went to washington, d.c., march 13 through 15 for meetings on the hill with the obama administration to talk about san francisco transportation funding needs and progress on ongoing projects

elsewhere in the city, authorities alleged allied air strikes have killed many civilians.he bbc has asked for evidence of this but none has been provided. >> joining me on the line from tripoli is a local resident. we are not revealing his name. thank you for joining us. just tell me what exactly is going on at the moment in to the capitol where you are. >> i can tell you it's very quiet. i am not hearing any shelling or anti-aircraft. >> and how has it been during the day when we have heard reports that there have been plenty of gunfire there? describe to me what you have seen in the past few days. >> there was a bombardment on the base. the ground troops were -- anti- aircraft. they fire ak-47. so it was actually very frightening heard >> so how do you feel? >> so we are trying to sleep. >> and are you hoping for a change for gaddafi to step down, or are you hoping that he stays it? >> [unintelligible] >> have you had any contact with any international troops at all or international forces? >> no. we have no contact with them here >> but i presume you have seen signs of

the city authorities said they were going to be making one quarter of 1 million bottles of water available to those with babies, and in the last hour, what we have heard from the secretary really reinforces this message. it is really becoming an issue here. we are seeing it in some way they are conquering this fact, and the aim is to try to reassure the public that that limit is a conservative one, that the levels at the moment pose no danger to anyone over the age of 1, and there was reassurance, also, that the stocks of bottled water that the government will be urging all producers to step up to try to meet the demand, and when asked if he would be sourcing major shipments from overseas, the chief cabinet secretary said he was not ruling out any options. >> tell us about the latest from the nuclear plant, fukushima. >> it has been a story of progress followed by seeming setbacks. they stopped about five or six hours ago, allowing workers to go back in again. with some of the details we have been given about the struggles they are facing and the difficulties, once the reactors being dange