supervisor avalos: thank you very much. any comments from the supervisors? seeing none, we will go on to public comment. >> one issue he read was free passes for the youth. your deliberation, you must understand you are just catering to those youth who would we termed indigent, very poor. in other statement -- in other places, all youth get free passes other is a discrimination that you must understand and point out to the people at home. all youth below 18 should ride for free, not just that indigent youth. and he was talking about the trees and the way he was reading things was not very clear. i stated before that the city right now, we have about 33,000 trees that the city right now is trying to phase out, not maintaining the trees, encouraging the owners to maintain the trees. we need some explanation from the transportation authority in their deliberations in how this has come about. [tone] and what should be done in the future. we need a more astute discussion and solution from the citizens' advisory committee rather

supervisor avalos: just to be clear, i'm voting no on that section. supervisor avalos: no. supervisor campos: no. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: no. supervisor mar: no. supervisor olague: no. supervisor weiner: aye. there are six ayes and five nos. >> that portion stance. >> item 23 is an amended code before police department preservation in counter- terrorism activity. >> i do have a small amendment to make to delaet -- today's legislation. i have handed out copies to board members adding just one line. we have checked with the city attorney's office with this as to whether it requires us to refer back to committee. it was the original title of the ordinance that we had put through the board the first time. we want to retain that name for legislation as well. again, i can see that members of the audience have worked very closely and have worked diligently. i want to thank them and we're really excited about its final passage next tuesday. president chiu: supervisor kim has

supervisor avalos: colleagues, supervisor avalos: colleagues, any comments or questions?

supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos: a few questions on the mou. is that just does that exist currently to govern that relationship? >> no. it does not exist. it has expired. supervisor avalos: there has been something in the past. >> there has been something in the past. it is a matter of the lawyers coming together and talked -- talk. supervisor avalos: are there other pressing issues that need to get resolved to move forward? >> i am not too clear on what the issues may be but the pressing issue would be for a system to get in place on how arrests will be made on campus. i know there is somewhat of a non clear -- a not clear agreement on who has the responsibility for that. supervisor avalos: even though the mou has expired, is it still in effect? >> megacap and can answer that. thank you. >> we did have an mou with the school department or the school organization up until 2009. that was regarding activities of school resource officers on their campuses. andi believe -- i believe the mou expired and those grant funds went away. i know that chief

commissioner avalos: ok, thank you. let's open this up for public comment. >> i would like this committee to observe something. again and again when the presentations are made, they are made by most people that do not live in san francisco. the other thing is we do not see a diversity. so i think it is time for us to use our universities and even our high school students as intern's to get them involved in this type of project. what i notice, especially in the last 15 years, is that there is a level of discussion which does not allow the constituents at ground zero to participate. i can give you a number and numerous projects where millions of dollars have been spent. the chair yourself will understand what i'm saying. at one time, the deliberations, the balboa park but station was left out, and because you were part of some committee, you could intercede and agreed. what is happening here is again and again, we allowed entities that have people on their payroll to participate and submit their applications. we need to e

chairperson campos: commissioner avalos? vice chair avalos: thank you. using the word disenfranchised, though, is problematic for me. they actually voted. >> correct. vice chair avalos: the vote was counted. >> correct. vice chair avalos: just the person they voted for didn't get elected. >> what i would argue is the system didn't allow them to choose as many people as they may have wanted to. vice chair avalos: in some cases people didn't want to choose more? >> there are cases where you have people who only chose one person. that was their choice to vote for only one and therefore no one would consider that an error or a problem within the system but there are some people and i'm one of them, i voted for multiple candidates in a race and my ballot -- i'm not going to say who i voted for but my ballot may or may not have been thrown out based on the fact that i only had three choices and if i had four, six, seven or more, i may have gotten to the final two and had a final choice in the matter so maybe disenfranchise is a harsh term and one i will watch

and at including our other partners as well president chiu: supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos: i voted to support this legislation as it was in committee. i do have concerns about -- and i will point them out, colleagues. on page 6, line 13. i will read out loud. "-- the list of things ian operator needs to provide in terms of parking permit process. this will include hours of duty and employment and a declaration signed by the applicant and dependably -- under penalty of perjury certifying that the applicant has none of the individuals that have pled guilty for unemployment crime into the past 10 years. that part by a understand the need -- i understand the need why there is a rationale for bring out language in here. this was part of the underlying ordinance that was amended with this ordinance. but i think this plot -- applies in counter to our effort around reentry to ensure that those who have criminal records have are for synergy for employment and ways of getting out of -- criminal records have an opportunity for employment and ways of getting out of t

supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> i am elizabeth, executive director of walk san francisco. i realize you are continuing this, but since i am here, i thought i would speak up. walk san francisco strongly supports this alternative. the center-running brt option will actually make public transportation a lot faster and more reliable along this corridor, which is a central, a critical corridor for transportation through our city. it is also a good improvement for pedestrian safety, for the people walking along van ness. in fact, for the people who might otherwise walk along van ness bed now choose not to because it is scary and -- but now choose not to because it is scary and there are no countdown signals. those things will be improved in this project, and that is in the we strongly support. it will generally calm traffic along van ness, making conditions safer for everyone, not just pedestrians or transit users, also drivers. by reducing left turns, it will protect pedestrians. as michael schwa

supervisor avalos: we will spend time on the outreach. we will continue this item and you can do even more outreach between now and then. >> absolutely. that is pretty much -- those are the areas of interwe

supervisor avalos: colleagues, any comments or questions? we will move on to public comment. >> as was presented by the person trying to help those two really need some help in transportation and the bay view area, one of the buses that was left out is the 23rd that goes all the way to this issue. it has a lot of people who work and students who are poor. another bus left out is the nine san bruno and the express bus. we are talking about thousands of dollars but in some areas, about $400,000. those are the type of moneys. this discussion has been going on for the last four or five years. four years ago, some shuttle buses were used for three months and then abruptly stopped. it's a presentation that was given but in all these presentations, and order to have some solution for go to a better place, they have to be time lines and benchmarks. [tone] i'm going to go back to the community and ask if they know what's happening with the bayview hundred points foundation. i'm going to make it a point to talk to him as to what is happening but the p

supervisor avalos: thank you. item number two first. we have mr. corso from the fire department to speak to this. >> item 2, except in expend grant in the amount of $215,000 for the fiscal year 2011 port security grant program for assets to enhance the fire department's water-based response capabilities and increase its protection of the port of san francisco and san francisco bay. >> good morning, supervisors. to present the next item on the agenda, which is except and expand in the amount of $215,000 before the fiscal year 2011 port security grant program. -- accept and expand. in september of last year the department came before the committee with approximately 1.87 million in credit funding for fiscal years 2007-2010. this wis a continuation of that. the grant program is of fema program, so it is federal funding. it is to increase our rain and water-based prepared this and increased security for ports. the request is for divert rescue equipment for $100,000, and $115,000 for equipment enhancement. this grant i

commissioner avalos: without objection. next item please. >> item 6 authorizing the executive director to execute with conditions and memorandum of understanding with the california high speed rail authority, metropolitan transportation commission, and six other local and regional entities to establish a funding from work for a high-speed rail early investment strategy for a blended system in the peninsula corridor. this is an action item. >> good morning, chair avalos, members of the committee, the deputy director for capital problems with the committee. i will be presenting the item that begins on page 51 of your package. this past week, on april 12, the high speed rail authority approved the revised 2012 business plan. one of the major components of the revision to that would be a corporation of a concept dubbed blended operations in which a high speed rail system would be coordinated, including coordination with new elements of construction, with the regional and commuter rail systems. in the particular case of the peni

commissioner avalos: thank you. if there are zero ono other ques or comments, we can go on to public comment. >> supervisors, some months ago, there was a supervisor who was here, no longer on this committee, i believe she is from district 4, and we were talking about traffic lights and traffic calming. i, myself, have filled out forms and sent to the respective departments for traffic lights. one in particular is on san bruno and -- years ago i put in four applications. when the supervisor was here, she, herself, stated that people put in an application, and after that, nothing happens. so we had some deliberation and the transportation authority, the people that come here sometimes to give further information said, okay, they are going to have a process. the woman who gave the presentation stated that the list was on page 23. i found on page 32. the package that we got. first and foremost, we have to streamline the way we present. and you have mentioned if you look at this list and you do represent your district a

chairperson chu: supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: are we hitting that mark on all of our trades? and what is the fluctuation of between the trades on that mandate? >> we are not hitting the mark on all of them. we tend to be doing better with laborers, operating engineers, and partners. we tend to do less well with -- and carpenters. we tend to do less well with specialized trade. or welding, it is hard to get into that. there are traits that we need to do better on. i would be happy to hear from rhonda specifically on something we could add to that. >> good morning, supervisors. we had 153 total hires for our first-year local hire. and as just a bid, 73 were on puc projects. the majority of those new hires went to labor this time. that has a lot to do with the mix on the projects more than anything. as we move forward a your to and have more diversity of projects, the year two is where we have the largest dollar allocation for the project. he will see that branch out. the mix that is reported here is not out of th

supervisor avalos: thank you for the presentation. i think a lot of these projects are really worthy of our consideration. i do have a concern about, no, we put out a call for applicants. there is -- you know, we put out a call for applicants. there is this mind-set we have about how we fund transit and different projects that we're going to go where the wheels are the most squeaky. the wheels are squeaky in san francisco, yet we have tremendous in transit needs there. last week, i was involved with bike to work day. 10 of us met on naples and geneva street. we talked about reaching our goals on 20% transit by the year 2020. i looked at all the cars that were swirling around us and just talk suggested the streets were around there, and i was like, i do not know if we can reach that goal. we're not putting any investments in any part of san francisco that is going to need greater investment in transit, if we even want to meet our transit goals as well. while i am is supportive of these projects and i see the need to be able to make sur

commissioner avalos? vice chair avalos: i'm not sure if it's possible but are you able to compare errors of voting on particular voters, maybe there's a pattern of particular voters that are prone to -- in terms of like a single voter repeatedly is doing something wrong, we could look at perhaps one person hasn't been explained the proper way of voting or how the system works and that could lead us to, you know, understanding of greater outreach and public education on how to vote would be more effective. >> in the 2011 election cycle and corey cook looks into this a little bit so some of his data provides this for us. prior to 2011, every individual office was not attached to any other individual office so if someone made an error in one race, you didn't know what other race they may have made an error in. in 2011, if are whatever reason, the way the date was a released, while we don't know the individual that voted so we don't know, demographically speaking, who they are, although you can look at the pr

supervisor avalos: i will propose something more radical. i think we have a very large complex piece of legislation and we could spend all afternoon quibbling on a lot of different pieces. or perhaps we could send the item back to committee and do some homework. >> is that a motion to refer the item back to committee? does that take precedence? colleagues? on the motion to refer to committee -- supervisor wiener: i will be opposing this motion. this legislation has been in the works for years. -- today is the 27 hearing. there has been all the time in the world to participate in this process. this provision has not been a secret, it has been discussed many times. with the amendment that i offered at the beginning, i think, i think we should just move forward. there is no reason to send this back to committee. supervisor campos: thank you very much, mr. scherer. i want to thank the proponents of this legislation. i know a lot of work went into it. i am cognizant of the fact that many discussions have been had. that said, at the end of the day

supervisor avalos: thank you. i would like to actually -- not to get confusing, but to create a different standard for what we would do for property that is subsidized for sale, of to 120%. >> if you are changing things, do you want to withdraw the amendment that you have on the floor? supervisor avalos: i will withdraw my first amendment. >> i will withdraw my amendment and the new amendment would be in that same section, it will read for applications pertaining within historic districts that are receiving a direct financial contribution from local, state, or federal sources for the purpose of providing subsidized for sale unit to residents earning 120%. all rental housing units for residents earning 100% ami and below. there are two different measurements that we are using. i think it might be consistent with our down payment program. >> colleagues, to the amendment to the amendment. supervisor wiener: i think if we are going to do this, whether they are a renter or property owner, it should be 120% of ami. it i

i shared supervisor avalos' idea to move this forward. i would be happy to schedule it when we are able to. i know the agenda is filling up for the 16th. we have some heavy items that week. i do not have the calendar in front of me, but i know it is pretty heavy. we may continue to the call of the chair and wait for an appropriate time to hear it. that is the suggestion, knowing that the calendar is filling up. >> i expect we would get a progress report. i am fine with continuing to the call of the chair. i suspect even beyond the hearing we have a continued item, other will be work to do. it might be to be continued again to see how things are moving along. that could happen in the summer as well, i suspect. i can motion a continue to the call of the chair. >> we will not solve this issue, as you know, in the next two weeks. our desire is to bring everyone together to come up with, at minimum, the vision of the office, and its creation. we want to focus on the what, and not know where -- the where. we have all the recommendations and pri

supervisor avalos: colleagues? seeing none. open it up for public comment. >> you know, supervisors, during your vote session, some of us who are tested and follow whatever you do -- who are astute cover public comment. now you do not see many people coming for public comment during the voting sessions because it is going nowhere. i am is dating to you all that occasionally i come here so that -- i am stating to you that i occasionally come here so that i can write something about you do. cities that -- dizzies sad to say, year after year, despicable. -- it is sad to say. they talk a good talk, but they do not walk the walk. as you saw today, when the representatives are giving information that the last moment -- i was here. i did not get part of the presentation, because -- god only knows what. so we can not drafted in our blogs, because we can get it later online and address it. but if you have three or four members of the public here, give them the presentation to give them the information. because you keep making blunders a

supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: where do we have existing substations in san francisco? what we find in terms of how successful they are on the street? >> there are two facilities with similar store fronts on broad street and -- i cannot think of the other, but mostly public housing is where they have been used. they have been very successful because the officers come and go. there is a place where they come and go. because of the random nature of their coming and going, there is a greater sense of public safety in the surrounding area. it gives the chance to sit down and then go back out in the street. the officers coming and going, it becomes that familiarity. creating a presence in the area that the chief is committed to. supervisor avalos: what is happening there right now? >> same kind of thing. in about regard? -- in what regard? supervisor avalos: is a closed? >> officers are going in there. supervisor avalos: from that experience, how does that inform -- i can see the real point of having