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president buell: think you very much. vice president harrison: these are battery-driven, i understand. they need to be recharged, and understand. i was wondering how that is going to be achieved in a good way. >> i would like to introduce the property manager with the department. >> it will have a charging station at the kiosk and in the storage container to charge overnight and between each tour. vice president harrison: and they will be using the power from the band shell? >> we are working out the electrical logistics now. vice president harrison: ok. thank you. >> we do have public comment. i am going to go ahead and read off a list of names. ross helverson, christian watts, and brian hoover. please come up. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am one of the owners of bay city bike rentals and tours, as well as the partner in the upcoming parked bike project. i am here today to support the award of the contract to the san francisco electric tour company. this company is the right choice for many reasons. they have succ
president buell: think you very much. vice president harrison: these are battery-driven, i understand. they need to be recharged, and understand. i was wondering how that is going to be achieved in a good way. >> i would like to introduce the property manager with the department. >> it will have a charging station at the kiosk and in the storage container to charge overnight and between each tour. vice president harrison: and they will be using the power from the band shell?...
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president buell: thank you. >> is there any other public comment on the president's report? being none, public comment is closed. we're on item number three, which is the general manager's report. president buell: why don't we put that item over until we have a general manager. >> sorry i didn't see him come in -- or not come in. so we're on item number four, which is general public comment. at this time members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter and jurisdiction of the commission and that do not appear on the agenda. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. so i have katherine howard, lindsey, rachel herbert and then jamie whitaker in that order, please. >> good afternoon again, commissioners, katherine howard. i'll take off my early 1900's hat with a feather and put on my 21st century hat for the golden gate park preservation alliance. there will
president buell: thank you. >> is there any other public comment on the president's report? being none, public comment is closed. we're on item number three, which is the general manager's report. president buell: why don't we put that item over until we have a general manager. >> sorry i didn't see him come in -- or not come in. so we're on item number four, which is general public comment. at this time members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the...
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commissioner buell: good. i might say there is no question that we are faced with cuts again next year, which means that everybody has to get on the same page of finding a sustainable funding mechanism for the parks, and there are ideas out there. there are proposals being floated, so i would encourage you all to sign up with us, and we are going to try to make that happen. with that, commissioner bonilla. commissioner bonilla: yes, i just wanted to congratulate staff for this accomplishments. i think we have, an awful long way from five years ago. i think it all has to stem with the fact that i think there is an improvement over all in terms of commitment, focus, and i would also say morel -- morale in terms of all the work that needs to get done and i'm really glad to see that we are mindful of the fact that even though our resources are limited that there are certain areas where we have to continue to achieve some parity because we know that districts 10 and 11 historically have been areas where at least sa
commissioner buell: good. i might say there is no question that we are faced with cuts again next year, which means that everybody has to get on the same page of finding a sustainable funding mechanism for the parks, and there are ideas out there. there are proposals being floated, so i would encourage you all to sign up with us, and we are going to try to make that happen. with that, commissioner bonilla. commissioner bonilla: yes, i just wanted to congratulate staff for this accomplishments....
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president buell: terrific. thank you very much. >> i know the silence there is because everybody is stunned that we have bridged the technological divide. that concludes the general managers' report. commissioner lee: congratulations. that was a long time in coming. great job on the website. my question has to do with your first topic, the coffee. what is their status? i know we voted on that issue. how do we move forward? >> the commission did vote to approve the placement in dolores park, but we have heard the concerns. you asked us to work with them and the community on a location that was most supported by the community. we do not think we will get 100% consensus on this issue. we understand that people have different views. it has also been clear to us that people want a chance to talk about this more. they want to discuss it and maybe ask questions. that does not necessarily mean we are all going to agree. there are a lot of people excited about having the amenities in dolores park. there are others with
president buell: terrific. thank you very much. >> i know the silence there is because everybody is stunned that we have bridged the technological divide. that concludes the general managers' report. commissioner lee: congratulations. that was a long time in coming. great job on the website. my question has to do with your first topic, the coffee. what is their status? i know we voted on that issue. how do we move forward? >> the commission did vote to approve the placement in...
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president buell: thank you. good idea. >> is there any other comment under the general manager's report. seeing none, we are on item number nine. at this time members of the public may address the commission on things that are on the general public commission. is there anyone that would like to make comment. if so, please come forward. >> i have a procedural question. we had a number of letters that i know about -- there might have been more submitted about when the agenda was published and today's meetsing about the water treatment and golden gate park. i was wondering what is the next procedure? will the public have access to these letters. and i have copies but i don't know if they're related to the other agenda. president buell: we'll take your question. >> thank you very much. >> steve courier from the resident's association. this is not a park thing but it is a park thing. one of the pictures came out and it was this structure. the structure was built in 1915. there were 10 of these little parks built arou
president buell: thank you. good idea. >> is there any other comment under the general manager's report. seeing none, we are on item number nine. at this time members of the public may address the commission on things that are on the general public commission. is there anyone that would like to make comment. if so, please come forward. >> i have a procedural question. we had a number of letters that i know about -- there might have been more submitted about when the agenda was...
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commissioner buell: i would like to. let's hear from the general manager. >> thank you, commissioners. a few short items. obviously, this was and is a great week for us. your recreation and park department has had a small hand in. on monday night, i think, as you know, we broadcast game 5, and we had somewhere between 10,000 or 15,000 people, and we have many of our mobile food vendors out there. but it was a great event, a great atmosphere out there, and this was a follow-up to some of the work we did this summer with the world cup. again, another example of attending to activate civic center plaza for positive reasons. yesterday, obviously, we had a grand civic event. you should know that the capacity for civic center is around 25,000, so we tested the limits of that capacity yesterday. we had literally hundreds of thousands of folks out there, and the reason i mention this is i want to thank our staff. it worked for several hours. this was all done on very short notice, as you know. they were part of a big, citywide t
commissioner buell: i would like to. let's hear from the general manager. >> thank you, commissioners. a few short items. obviously, this was and is a great week for us. your recreation and park department has had a small hand in. on monday night, i think, as you know, we broadcast game 5, and we had somewhere between 10,000 or 15,000 people, and we have many of our mobile food vendors out there. but it was a great event, a great atmosphere out there, and this was a follow-up to some of...
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president buell: ok. >> is there any public comment on this? seeing none, public comment is closed and 15 is adjournment. >> people move. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor. opposed, none. [meeting adjourned at 8:27 p.m..] . . . . president chiu: welcome to the november 23, 2010, meeting of the board of supervisors. madam role, would you call the roll? madam clerk: [reading roll] all members are present. president chiu: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you join me in the pledge of allegiance? colleagues, we have received meeting minutes from the october 19 meeting. can i have in motion to approve these? we have a motion from supervisor dufty, seconded by supervisor mirkarimi. without objection, that is approved. madam clerk, are there any? could you read items one through seven. madam clerk: these items will be done by a single roll call vote. president chiu: colleagues, would you like to sever any items? supervisor elsbernd? item 3. madam clerk, could you read items one through seven with the exception of item number three? madam
president buell: ok. >> is there any public comment on this? seeing none, public comment is closed and 15 is adjournment. >> people move. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor. opposed, none. [meeting adjourned at 8:27 p.m..] . . . . president chiu: welcome to the november 23, 2010, meeting of the board of supervisors. madam role, would you call the roll? madam clerk: [reading roll] all members are present. president chiu: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you join me...
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president buell: all those in favor? so moved. . >> san francisco. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. . >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions. all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what departments do. >> you imagine all the various elements of a city inc
president buell: all those in favor? so moved. . >> san francisco. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. . >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of...