it is up to avalon day. we hope they get the measures. with that, thank you very much. supervisor elsbernd: can i ask you a question? would you guys be willing to use your market recovery fund to help close the $3 million difference between the lowest bidder and the union better? would you be willing to open up your market recovery fund to help close the gap between the $3 million bid by the lowest bidder and the lowest union better? >> that is something i cannot answer. i can make a phone call. supervisor elsbernd: we got a letter from them saying they asked you to do that and you have not responded. chairperson avalos: the letter said that bob alvarado was asked about it. some of the contractors who have been identified as potential contractors here do not even pay prevailing wages, are well below the standard usually applied in san francisco. >> i can bring that back to his attention. chairperson avalos: next speaker, please. >> jim salinas. i want to thank you again. i do not know if i got to do that under public commentary on the last agenda item, but i want to tha

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i like to see if we can send a message urging have a long way to go with a prevailing wage. -- avalon bay to go with a prevailing wage. i hope that you can consider this for your approval. thank you. >> any further discussion? >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> this resolution is adopted. >> item 10, ordinance amending the zoning map sheet numbertwo to include parcels it inadvertently excluded from the zoning map. >> can we do this same house, same call? this ordinance is finally passed. >> item 11 is an ordinance amending the code to define summary for the purpose of publishing public notices. >> same house, col. this ordinance is finally passed. >> item 12, resolution opposing the proposed elimination of metical funding. >> since we introduced this resolution a couple of weeks ago there has been some updates and i want to inform the board of supervisors. yesterday, the governor signed a bill for the budget that eliminated the metical state plan. this would continue to qualify for federal matching funds under the rules of a fede

clerk calvillo: this is a resolution urging avalon bay communities to utilize subcontractors that compensate workers consistent with area standard wages. president chiu: supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: i would like to continue this until march 29, with a report back from the carpenters' union. president chiu: supervisor avalos. has made it -- supervisor avalos has made a motion, seconded by supervisor farrell: -- by supervisor sandoval -- supervisor farrell. supervisor mar, do you want to go back? supervisor mar: this is to correct errors in cross referencing in the planning code, so i urge support. president chiu: supervisor mar has circulated non technical amendments, as he has proposed. is there a motion? seconded by supervisor avalos: -- supervisor avalos. colleagues, without objection? without objection, this is passed on first reading as amended. if we can now go to roll call. clerk calvillo: roll call for introductions. supervisor mar? supervisor mar: submit. clerk calvillo: president chiu? president chiu: i would like to adjourn today's meeting for the victims of the earthquake

there will be a new grocery store across leigh avenue that will be developed by avalon. they are 174 units of market- rate housing, right across the avenue extension. the walkable grocery opportunity for the residents. it is just great. chairperson mar: thank you. and thanks to the ocean avenue revitalization group. this sounds wonderful. colleagues, if there are no other questions, can we move this forward with a positive recommendation, without objection? thank you. can you call the next item? >> item 3, amending the planning code to allow impact fees for afford to buy it -- for affordable housing. supervisor cohen: this is pretty simple. it clarifies the criteria for affordable housing projects seeking a waiver from development impact fees in adopted plan areas. the ordinance would apply specifically to the tincon -- rincon hill, balboa park, and visitation valley areas. currently, affordable housing that receive support from a city housing agency, would not be subject to developer impact fees. the specific language is the product of coordination with staff from the p

sent last month when some workers over to us to the situation going out -- going on out there at avalon bay. chairperson avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is david del torrio. thank you for considering this matter. it is a very serious matter. in these trying times, you have these on organized contractors undermining the area standard and compromising the working conditions on the backs of the working class. we have 300 members, and dwindling based on the economic conditions. to empower them, we have to get them on these jobs where they are paid the area's standard so that it is imperative that we pass this resolution. thank you. chairperson avalos: any other member of the public would like to comment on this item, please come forward. if no one else comes forward, we will close public comment. i have this item as a committee report. what i could do -- as a committee report, i am not going to be here next week. i will be out of town. i will miss the board meeting. i wanted to see if we could get it to the board member -- the board as soon a

you have people like bevan dufty, david chiu, even john avalon's common john campos, and ross mirkarimi, all had indicated an interest. so you have people on the board who want to run for mayor. do they go for the caretaker mayor, or do they put those interests aside and best themselves with a politician that has a good chance of being elected? with that dilemma in front of them, we saw what happened. they could not put their egos aside. they generally would with the caretaker mayor. that person would pose no threat of running against them. >> when the board met next week on november 23, the clerk of the board proposed a process for nomination for mayor, which the board debated, amended, and eventually passed. >> a board member read the nominated may not produce pig in the discussion or vote on the competitor nominees. if the nominee of a board member nominee has been withdrawn, the board member may no longer have a conflict and could return to the room and to dissipate. >> basically, a process that i am proposing is one in which, one, would maximize per dissipation. members of the boar