any other candidates applying for the cac? supervisor kim: i want to check if you want to move one of our applicants for word -- one of our applicants for word -- forward. supervisor avalos: before making a motion, i wanted to have public comment. we will open it up for public comment. >> i think this process should be done in a better way and let me explain why. we have reached a stage now with what's happening on van ness, millions of dollars. we need people have experience in engineering and traffic management. and transportation is used. the candid it says she is a judge. that helps the rest of the members to adjudicate. the performance of the over the last 10 years has been pathetic. at one stage, we had very astute candidates, but the san francisco transportation authority deliberately sought smart candidates did not enter the cac. but now in the dire straits that you are, nobody wants to come. some of the candidates -- we have no good representation in district 10. we have a woman there who hardly attends the meetings a

and we have three new applicants to the cac. i can answer any questions you may have. >> we have a question from director ortiz. >> i see it is not required to put down ethnicity. would you say that it is a very representative -- and i know it is difficult to try to attract applicants. >> it is a challenge. of the 15 applicants that we received, i believe all of them did indicate their ethnicity. there would be 10 caucasian applicants, three hispanic, one african-american, and one who indicated mixed ethnicity. >> i have some comments. first, thank you for spending the time on the outreach. as director ortiz said, is typical to out reached for these committees. i appreciate the expenditure of time. i was impressed with the applicant, but those that were reappointing -- both those that were reappointing and the new ones. i really liked sandra and her background. another one, pascal, he also has a planning background. i thought both were great. i did have concerns. i will now be supporting -- not be supporting the standard oil. --

also, to follow-up on the cac question, we presented to the van ness brt cac, and they did vote to recommend the alternative. >> i think what is really exciting about this, nine times out of 10, when there is a traffic back up, it is a bus that is not in its bus lane, in the middle of the traffic lane, and people are trying to get around the bus. being able to clear that up will help tremendously. i have taken the van ness buses many times over the years for many reasons. sometimes it is a commute to work. it was davis. some time he did make it in seven minutes and sometimes in 20. when you talk about transit reliability, while we are looking at a snapshot of van ness avenue, we also have to remember that the linkages -- the linkage is to a larger network. what we know about a writer ship is that people are willing to ride transit if it guarantees reliability and certainty. the problem with the van ness bus is it is very uncertain. people who would normally -- normally, could take the bus to the opera house or city hall or other places are not going to rely on an unreliable mode of transport

also, to follow-up on the cac question, we presented to the van ness brt cac, and they did vote to recommend the alternative. >> i think what is really exciting about this

the cac -- the discussion centered on how the free use pilot program fit into zepa lpt priorities, to which the mta responded that it would include funding for the free muni for use pilot program. [unintelligible] this item was passed unanimously by that cac, on the study similar to what other cities have done regarding parking pricing to suggestion. the authority responded that the park program was unique because of its sample size. the annual call for project -- these items focused on free maintenance while the cac is planning and many have expressed concerns about the transfer costs to residents. the major concern was that there was not a system of due process for residents who may not have the economic captivity for are suffering from economic hardships like maintaining trees or residents who are not capable of covering it. dpw stated they do not have the evaluation system of due process they did state that there were hardship of valuation for sidewalk repair and home maintenance. they asked if there was a process issues and why there wasn't due process maintenance. dpw said it wa

we will be conducting a cac meeting with the geary brt cac in the next few weeks in may. then we will be posting the actual upcoming outreach event update to that website. we're still finalizing locations. i apologize to do not have details are confirmed the locations yet. but we're trying to ensure that there is an opportunity to learn about the project in each of the four major segments. so we will have meetings in the downtown area, east of the van ness. and another set of meetings in the fillmore area. richmond as well. there will be a focus on the major nodes in each of these four segments. a potential option to fill the underpass. the masonic intersection which is very complex. in the western terminus will be engaging with washington high school and the school community on that part of the corridor. we are available, and we will be making the rounds to the various community groups and ensuring multi-lingual access and materials. the draft eis/eir would continue falling this round of outreach. we hope in the spring of 2013, and that maintains our schedule to small st

i want to thank cac, members of ad 10, rev. walker. we have spent many nights and evenings together working to make this day a reality. we love the fact we are a developer in district 10. we love the fact that we are beginning to work together so that we will all share this vision of a spectacular debut -- bay view over the next 20 years and onwards. thank you all for coming. [applause] >> thank you. now i would like to ask mayor lee, a staunch advocate for civil rights in his own right, and a great promoter of jobs in this city and economic revitalization and economic justice, mayor edwin lee. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, when he turned a second ago and mentioned our cooperation, let me tell you if it means a lot. we are at a stage where we are fulfilling a very old promise that you have all been a part of. if you have listened carefully to every speech i have made, i have been careful not to create new promises when we have a long list of old promises yet to be fulfilled in this city. now we are beginning to do that. we are be

what we need it decides what the cac member has stated is qualify input from senior citizens and those with disabilities. right now, when you take the light rail and it stops by the state university, the state university, because we fought for it for a long time has made arrangements for people that are challenged to be taken from one spot to the other. we need to see that similar arrangements are made when this track is moved to where it has to be moved. as the cac member, i am going to state let's not put this type of adjudication in the hands of the planning department. whatever is stated here, the land use, i don't know who is in charge of the land use that knows about such things, we need to get the university students involved because that is going to impact them drastically. if it does not benefit them, they cannot afford to spend more money on transportation. they are already burdened with tuition. there is going to be a demolition of a large area in the park merced. we need the input from the commercial sector because they stand to benefit. basically, we need more input from t

the cac was briefed on this item and it supported the motion with a vote of 9-1. the dissenting member indicated a desire to address community input, including on the scope itself. we have noted to him that we cannot be given thecac until moa is approved. it is flexible in how the support is provided and how the public in foot is given. -- public input is given. we have noticed the grant received some letters of support from the community itself, including from the office of supervisor avalos. we will be providing that information. there will be out -- provided in addition -- there will be out breach provided using consultants to plan and facilitate public meetings. the scope is just about what we will be providing sfmta for its recommendation. we're seeking a recommendation for authorization to enter into thismoa. supervisor wiener: colleagues, any questions? any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we move that the word without objection? item #6. >> recommended that award of the two-year consulting contract with option to extend for an add

also, some of the conversations at cac came up around, during the relinquishment implementation, if dpw has a method to evaluate economic hardship for folks who may not be able to maintain the trees that might become the responsibility and the ability to provide input into maintenance responsibility prior to trees being planted. i will invite douglas legg from the department of public works to address your question. >> good afternoon, commissioners. we have been before you a number of times talking about our need to align our resources with the work that we have to do, so we have started the transfer of maintenance responsibility to private property owners for the approximately 35% of trees they're not already private property owner's responsibility. i would like to start by reminding you that most of your constituents with a street tree ready have responsibility to maintain that tree. the circumstances, there are a number of people who have been lucky enough to have the city maintain their tree. because of reductions in our staff through many years of budget cuts, we simply do not have

the cac 40 down. the cac down over 3% over the last three sessions. the ftse 100 down two-thirds. what's going on with the bond yields. very noticeable. ten-year spanish yields back up during that session. italian yields, higher over 5.5%. this con ten jency, 10-year bund, 1.534%. we're down near the record lows that we hit yesterday. 10-year gilt yields as well down near con track and record lows as well. 10-year gilts yields 1.395%. so we continue to get disparity between the safe havens and the risk as you can see it. it's impacting on the currency market. very poor value of risk. nevertheless the euro/dollar back. the year sterling, 80.41. people are breaking below 80 for the euro against the pound. dollar yen is weak er. and aussie dollar down as well. nymex, you can see down to 96.38. if there's any upside it it is fact that oil prices are slowly getting weaker. christine. >> well, in terms of what's happening over here in asia, a really negative session because of those concerns over in dprooes about the possibility that they could scrap its say that operating profit jumped

also, some of the conversations at cac came up around, during the relinquishment implementation, if dpw has a method to evaluate economic hardship for folks who may not be able to maintain the trees that might become the responsibility and the ability to provide input into maintenance responsibility prior to trees being planted.

this follows gains yesterday of 1.8% for the ftse 100, currently down 1.25, the cac down 1.39%. only one sector really being up, the rest all down, the up is retail, 3.25%, autos, banks financial services are weaker. the world bank cutting growth 8.2% from previously 8.4% and the impact on east asia will be to knock that growth down, as well. as far as bond markets are concerned. well, we've got the zero coupon auction today out of germany, two-year, $5 billion going to be launched on that, yield's lower on the ten-year, 1.45% away from the record low, below 1.4%. spanish bond yields, okay, ten-year italian debt yielding 5.75%, back down near that 1.81 record low. got really important bank of oakland minutes coming out in half an hour after a slightly confusing inflation report. that will give us clarity really on who was asking for more quantitative easing and what the ratio was. 8 to 1, 7 to 2. currency markets are concerned, all of that may weigh on sterling a little. people thought there would be a sustained break below that. but it hasn't happened. aussie/dollar is weaker t

these funds, including the san francisco organizing project, san francisco labor counsel, the pac, cac, and mr. j moody, i want to emphasize our commitment in helping to build strong district and community, especially in the neighborhood that have been historically left out of economic opportunities in san francisco. our city is at risk of losing the economic and racial mix that are the keys to a healthy, diverse, and vibrant city. that is why this community benefits agreement, the only one of its kind in san francisco, that we negotiated with the developer are significant. they provide a sorely needed investment into the future of the bayview hunters point and district 10. the benefits are broad. and they create access to new homes in the development for both low income and working class district 10 families and residents. and with the goal of stemming the loss of affordable housing in and around the surrounding area, this agreement is also part of a strategy to bring those families who have been displaced back to the community. [applause] this agreement also secures funds for job tra