commissioner borden? commissioner borden: i move for consent. >> commissioners, on the motion for approval -- [roll call] thank you, commissioners. this item has been approved as proposed. commissioners, you are on commissioners questions and matters. the adoption of the draft meeting, from your regular meeting, and your special meeting of april 21, 2011. following public comment with any modifications, you'll be asked to adopt the draft. president olague: is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed? commissioner miguel: i move to the adopt the minutes of april 21, special and regular. commissioner fong: second. >> on the motion to adopt the minutes special and regular of april 21 -- [roll call vote] thank you, commissioners. the draft meetings -- the draft minutes have been adopted. commissioner moore: i wanted to show you an exciting e-mail. the administrator for the region nine epa sent out an e-mail yester day and asked -- yesterday, and asked to refurbish the plaza into a new b

. >> commissioner borden? commissioner borden: my sentiment more mirrors that of commissioner miguel. i think there are a lot of issues with this project. i'm very disappointed by the press release cnpc sent out and by the comments. i think it's very frustrating when an entity decides to purchase a piece of land, they choose the location, they choose the land, they know the zoning, then they come to us and say oh, but we're different and we should get all these things. you can't hold us accountable to all these other things. i think it's very disingenuous when you have that approach. it's one thing when you're working with an existing footprint of land you've been in, like park merced. it's a whole other thing. when you have an opportunity to acquire a site and consult with a city prior to acquiring that site to pick a place that has more of the infrastructure, the zoning that you need for your project. but that is not the approach we're looking at it. so now we're told we picked this site, this is great for u

commissioner borden: i agree with that. commissioner moore: i really do not like the word "commemorative." it is more about honoring the period or what ever the proper word is, but it is not commemorative. i am not commemorating coca- cola. it is really the role this piece plays as an expression of a particular place and time. is there a better word? >> we had a few names. we thought this was the best one. commissioner moore: would you mention the other words while you are at it? >> i think one was "memorial sign." remembrancer? [laughter] president olague: some of us are ok with commemorative. commissioner moore: supervisor campos, did anyone come up with a snappy word in your discussions? it's kind of sad -- the same dilemma, i think. helps to put it in quotation marks. >> i think maybe if staff in the supervisors office can get their heads together, use the interns that are in the back. they're young. they don't have any baggage. maybe they can come up with something. >> does anyone have a thesaurus? >> weeky beia. -- wi

commissioner borden: i agree with that. commissioner moore: i really do not like the word "commemorative." it is more about honoring the period or what ever the proper word is, but it is not commemorative. i am not commemorating coca- cola. it is really the role this piece plays as an expression of a particular place and time. is there a better word? >> we had a few names. we thought this was the best one. commissioner moore: would you mention the other words while you are at it? >> i think one was "memorial sign." remembrancer? [laughter] president olague: some of us are ok with commemorative. commissioner moore: supervisor campos, did anyone come up with a snappy

commissioner moore: thank you, commissioners, miguel, borden, fong and sugaya. i think we're all building on the similar line of arguments. i look at cmpc really more like a development transaction, i have to be really plain about that. because if cmpc would indeed not eliminate three additional or four additional institutions, but would build a hospital just on their own for the very purpose which they seem to be postulatting would be fine for me. but since they're choosing to somewhat turn the existing health care system in this city upside down, i think we have all the right for every possible scrutiny and every possible ability to ask what normally a developer would have to do is build a large, oversized building for all the reasons which ms. hester and all of you have pretty much outlined. so i feel we're in a strong position, not at all intimidated by making it clear that the expectation of the minimum of what they should be asking for. the transformational impact of the district or phenomenal. you do not have any idea, although we have the health commissi

commissioner borden: no. president olague: commissioner sugaya? commissioner sugaya: was there a second? second. >> hi a peripheral question. in terms of the various itself, does the var ounce really address the -- variance really address the type of materials and whatnot on the balcony and that type of thing? >> well, generally the variance plans would show materials and in this case there seems to be some sort of misperception of what was shown and how it was interpreted. but it wasn't a condition of approval or anything in that sense. so we wouldn't address it unless it was significantly a condition of approval. commissioner borden: i am glad you mention thad for the benefit of the public because i think it's important to be clear here. there's an exceptional issue to our policy relating to grass railings and trying to make it bird safe and neighbors perception of what they actually saw in the plans. and i think we want to make it clear to the public, this d.r., the way that the presented by the d.r. requester doesn't rise to the level of extra

commissioner borden: aye. commissioner fong: aye. commissioner miguel: aye. commissioner olague: aye. >> thank you. those items have been continued as they have been proposed. commissioners, you are now at commission matters. are there any commission matters? commissioner olague: i wanted to mention at this time that we will close the meeting in honor of the two firemen who lost their lives. commissioner antonini: thank you. i was absent last week on a family vacation to hawaii, and aside from the usual golf and beach activities, i did spend a couple of days touring honolulu and i was pretty impressed with the changes since i had been there. it had been quite a while. like a lot of other cities i see, i think it is instructive that it was noticeably clean. there's not a lot of trash on the ground, and as you know, they have a lot of wind there, too, so i do not think we could blame that, and not much graffiti was invisible. i went through many parts of the city. the other thing they do that i think is pretty successful -- i'm not exactly sure how it works --

commissioner borden:? >> aye. commissioner moore:? >> aye. >> commissioner moore:? >> aye. >> thank you, commissioners, that motion passed unanimously. commissioners, you are now on item number 12, case number 2011.0213 for 666 haight street. president olague: i don't see staff here. should we go ahead and -- they're not here. oh, ok. yes. staff is here. thank you. >> sorry about that, good afternoon, president olague and members of the commission. i'm from the department staff. item before you is for request for use authorization. the proposal is to amend conditions of the approval attached to motion 16327 to allow the addition of an outdoor activity here to an existing full-service restaurant doing business as katz, located in the rear yard of a two-storied mixed use building within the nc1 neighborhood commercial zoning district and 40x height and bulk district. they want to add tables and chairs to accommodate up to 12 restaurant patrons on approximately 380 square foot patio within the rear yard of the restaurant. the existing rear yard sursurrounding the patio

commissioner borden: so there is no time limit generally? >> to clarify, the time limit is on negdex. the eir has a time limit. >> i do not understand why a sequel appeal -- a ceqa appeal would not have a time limit. commissioner olague: thank you, commissioners. we can now move on to your general public, a category that has a time limit of 50 minutes. members -- >> thank you, commissioners. we can now move on to your general public comment category that has a time limit of 15 minutes. for this category, each member of the public may i address you for up to three minutes, keeping in mind that the entire category has a 15-minute time limit. i have no speaker cries. commissioner olague: is there any general public comment? seeing none, general public comment is closed. >> thank you. commissioners, we can now start your regular calendar with items six, business and informational presentation on the annual limit program. >> commissioners, good afternoon. planning departments that. we are here this afternoon to give you a brief update on your ann

commissioner moore: [inaudible] commissioner borden: aye. commissioner moore:. commissioner sugaya:. commissioner miguel:. commissioner olague: thank you, commissioners. that item has been continued. you are now on general public comment. is there any general public, items on today's agenda? seeing none, general public comment is closed and the meeting is adjourned. thank you. 6:14 please tell me somebody didn't just drop th there? ...it's like a foot away from the trash can. man, i'm like this close to throwing it away myself. i don't blame you. i mean who would... don't just take a stand, act. >> welcome, everybody. to the 2011 justice summit by the book. i'm so excited to be here. you know, we've been doing these summits now for seven years, but this by far is the most exciting summit. i cannot wait to hear the panelists that we have today. we're going to be delving in to some of the most critical issues affecting the criminal justice system at this time. and we're going to talk about, what is justice and what it means. you know, plateo said, "i do not know w

borrow commissioner miguel's notes and it would probably be verbatim,, and look over commissioner borden's shoulder, but i think a lot of it was just coming from her heart. and some of the other commissioners as well. i agree with what i have heard here. and the members of the public. as has been stated before, the project sponsor has become familiar with the land use and zoning before proceeding with the project and to understand what the cost might be to that project, should they proceed. and have a lot of demands, as this project does. i know that it is kind of vague. one of the points, numerous authorizations at all three campuses. at some point, i would like to see more of a breakdown. the you have that in this? we will go over it later. it i see that, yes. there are quite a few here. one thing i have been curious about, the van ness sud and the housing obligation, i imagine if the conditional use was not accepted by the commission, the requirement of the sud, what time would that be? i know the $73 million is based on the and the use fee, correct? for affordable housing, yeah. right,

rob large corporations to collide team mobil had no hesitation about the sins of borden government--of boarding up windows and doors. rome shmuel but in a neighbor that--in a neighborhood not far that was hit hard, profit margins are too high. it will >> of our employees worked so hard to get this together and get this to the level where it is. i hate that someone else's tragedy happen to be our own tragedy. this owner has to businesses in the neighborhood and has hired a police agency to make sure things and i get out of hand. >> we will be out here with eyes looking and whatever we need to make sure that we do not experience any destruction, damage, or violence. >> the merchants that are not taken the precaution of hammering storefronts are hoping that metal barricades will suffice for maybe just a poster in the window. hayes is hoping that common decency will prevail. >> i have faith in my community that maybe we have learned the lessons that we should have. i hope everyone is anger, besides the family is a whole set there and great frustration has been released already. i hope this

commissioner moore: [inaudible] commissioner borden: aye. commissioner moore:. commissioner sugaya:. commissioner miguel:. commissioner olague: thank you, commissioners. that item has been continued. you are now on general public comment. is there any general public, items on today's agenda? seeing none, general public comment is closed and the meeting is adjourned. thank you. 6:14 >> thank you to the san francisco giants and all of you for your support of our teachers. i want to thank the president of the california teachers association and everyone joining me tonight to honor the mayor's teachers award winners. despite the challenges, it is always important to acknowledge and honor the dedication of our s teachers. the honorees tonight were nominated by parents, teachers, peers, and community members who understand the value of excellent teachers. the people you see standing here tonight have exceeded all standards, dedicated themselves to creating a class room environment that fosters learning, diversity. these teachers are facing a generation of new leaders

[roll call] commissioners, ron miguel and gwyneth borden are absent today. first item is items proposed for continuance. item 1 is proposed for continuance to july 7, 2011. two is case 2011.0162c for 274 brannan street. the item is proposed for continuance to september 8, 2011. i am almost sad to say i am not aware of any other items being proposed for continuance. commissioner olague: is their public comment on items proposed for continuance? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini: move to continue items one and two to the dates proposed. >> second. commissioner olague: commissioners, the motion before you it -- >> commissioners, the motion before you is for items one and two as they have been proposed. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner fong: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner olague: aye. >> i do. those items have been continued as they have been proposed. commissioners, you are now at your consent calendar. items three and four constitute the consent calendar under considered to be routine and

commissioner borden: second. secretary avery: on the motion for revocation -- [roll-call vote] secretary avery: thank you, commissioners, that motion passed unanimously. you are now on item number eight, case number 2011.0503b, 524 howard street. >> good afternoon. before you today is one additional and final item related to a previous office allocation granted to an office development project located at 524 howard street. it was approved in 1989 as a 23- story building with two of thousands were feet of office space and 45,000 square feet of retail space -- with 200,000 feet of office space and 45,000 square feet of retail space. product received a site permit, but the sponsor did not pursue any building permits or agenda and the project has been inactive since 2007. on march 24 of this year, staff presented to the commission a history of office allocations to the project. at that time, the commission requested that staff scheduled this future hearing to consider revocation. under planning code section 321, prod

commissioner moore: [inaudible] commissioner borden: aye. commissioner moore:. commissioner sugaya:. commissioner miguel:. commissioner olague: thank you, commissioners. that item has been continued. you are now on general public comment. is there any general public, items on today's agenda? seeing none, general public comment is closed and the meeting is adjourned. thank you. 6:14 [pledge of allegiance] >> hello. we will be taking the roll call. [roll call]

williamson and martin, all of whom had visited bordens garden. they must change their mind after the visit because until then they had always voted differently. so we don't know how this visit influenced them in their decision making, but what we do know is that the three men who change their mind do therefore made the great compromise possible have all worked in the garden a monk's the flora from all 13 states. and leave it up to you to make the decision, but let me tell you something which is less speculative. the importance of agriculture. they all believe that agriculture should be the foundation of the american republic. jefferson, for example, said that i think governments will remain virtuous for many centuries as long as they are chiefly agricultural. there were all experimenting with plant growth. jefferson designed a plow. washington was the first american to collective farm don. and i have to say, it kind of took me really by surprise to discover that america's first four presidents had all been utterly obsessed with newer. washington

as board would point out in a recent wonderful book, it was -- borden woods pointed out in a book, it was the idea that we had an amiable rights and did not depend on the benevolence of the king or a tyrant or a dictator or and army to maintain those rights. we knew that dependence on the benevolence of a central authority would lead ultimately to tyranny, tyranny -- actions to benefit the few, not the many. the idea of america is that we are at risk of tyranny even when we are free. and it was this idea that caused the revolution. the idea that built the nation. not an event, an idea. today, 200 years later, we are run by the tyranny of the special interests, and their checkbooks. [applause] lobbyist money, pac money, bundle money corporate money, association money, special interest money. think about it. think about the idea of it. i refer you to a tax code that is unreadable, with loopholes for the rich and famous, favors for corporations, that send our best jobs overseas and where deepen the can make a profit last year of $14.2 billion worldwide and pay not one penny of federal in