present the community impact award, please welcome city administrator ed lee and city supervisor carmen chucome on up. [applause] >> good evening. thank you. supervisor chu are also proud to be here with you tonight and to join you in announcing this category of finalists and recipients for the community impact award. of course, in the interests of time, please refer to your program to see the specific criteria for this award. we also felt it was important to recognize community organizations and the impact they make in our community, especially where the differences they may have a profound and lasting effect on our health, our social, political, and economic well-being of our daily lives. the finalists in the community impact award category are the asian-pacific islander wellness center, the asian student union, the san francisco state university, the california dragon boat association, and the state workshop. >> now, it is my pleasure to announce that the recipient of the 2010 apa hedge award in the community impact category is -- ready? the asian and pacific islander wellness center. [a

him again, but please help me welcome send francisco assessor phil king, supervisor david chiu, carmen chupplause] supervisor eric mar, right here. [applause] public defender jeff adachi. it was just here. and from the city administrator's office, edwin lee. right here. [applause] and i would also like to welcome some generals who may be in our audience. i did not get a chance to see if you were here, but i know that the council general from japan was supposed to be here. if he is not here, though he is coming. the consul general from the philippines was going to be here. also, consul general also from the philippines, wilfredo santos was going to be here. give them applause. [applause] and we all know that an event like this, with your help, also, we need the help of our generous sponsors, and please, indulge me if you will, for us all to recognize some great sponsors. then, i am going to say who they are, and we are going to give them while the applause at the end of all the sponsors as i read them. so starting at the top level, i want to say our heritage sponsor, we want to say a specia

carmen chu, chair of the committee. madam clerk, do we have any announcements today? >> yes, all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit speaker cards, please put them in the container by the rail in front of you to your left. if you sit -- submit copies of materials to the committee, please submit an extra profit for the file. items recommended out of the committee will be considered by the board of supervisors tuesday of next week unless another date is indicated. supervisor chu: thank you. item one. >> item 1, a hearing to consider the issuance of a type 42 on sale beer and wine license to christy bergman for the secret wine shop at 1097 howard st. # 209 will serve the convenience of the people of the city and county of san francisco. >> good morning, supervisors. i am here on the secret wine shop at 1097 howard st.. propose operations -- sunday clothes, saturday through friday, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.. if approved, the premises will operated shop was on sale and of sale premises of wine. applicant p

to my right is carmen chu. present our david chiu, commissioner john avalos should be here shortly. bevan dufty is in route. covering the meeting for sfgtv are derek fernandez. do we have any announcements? >> no. >> please call item 2. >> approve the minutes of the september 21, 2010 meeting. this is an action item. supervisor campos: is there any member of the public debt would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. second by david chiu. without objection. item three. >> citizens advisory committee report. this is an information item. >> good morning, members of the commission. i am the chair of the citizens advisory committee. we only have one item on our agenda which is also on your agenda, your item 5, allocation of prop k funds for traffic calming, traffic signals, and amending the five-year plan. there were a few questions from cac members, particularly about traffic calming adjacent to the visitation green way valley. there was a difference between the overhead multiplier for muni and d p t, and questions about whether there was a national standar

i want to thank supervisor maxwell, alioto-pier, carmen chu for their leadership, as well as supervisor mirkarimi. this concerns the toxic trio. three hazardous chemicals that have been standard ingredients of nail polish over the years. formaldehyde, todd you mean, dibutyl phthalate. these chemicals have been associated with a variety of public health -- significant public health issues. we know that over the years, not only have consumers, but thousands of nail salon workers in the country have been exposed to these chemicals. in other jurisdictions around the world, there is much more regulation on these chemicals. unfortunately, that is not the case here in the u.s., although there are toxic-free nail salon products that are readily available at competitive prices. so i want to thank the advocate to have been working with both the environmental community, and workers, to work with the department of the environment to create a healthy nail salon recognition program that would allow us to the knowledge those massillon's using products that are free of that toxic trio. we have around 2

supervisor chiu: i also want to thank supervisor carmen chu who contributed to this. conversation about, in my mind, reflects the issues over the years of the challenges of getting this information out in a timely way, getting it disseminated. with the leadership of the city administrator's office -- and i want to thank them and their staff for agreeing to help manage this -- hopefully, we will be able to take this to a new place where we at the board of supervisors will no longer have to feeield as many meetings every have to explain to foci you can get onto an organizing body. which should lead to new applicants from around the city wanted to get involved, make our city government the best that we can possibly have. supervisor alioto-pier: ok, move forward with recommendations. u you, colleagues. supervisor alioto-pier: thank you, madame clerk. next item. >> 1- through 15 -- 10 through 15 deal with litigation. would you like to convene in closed session with the city attorney? supervisor alioto-pier: ok, move to a closed session.

[applause] >> we just want to say thank you to carmen chu. she is there every time we need help.hone calls immediately. i want to thank our neighbors who are a huge part of this, who support us and make our neighborhood a community. thank you. >> ago giants. -- go giants. [laughter] [applause] supervisor elsbernd: having grown up in the sunset district and none of the maguire family, it was impossible to be in the parochial schools in the sunset district in the 70's without knowing what you have done for the district and what you have done for the community. hands down, you're the best role models out there for all the young men and women who are out there now as to how to grow up, how to live in the sunset, and how to turn around and give back to that community. i want to thank you. president chiu: if we could now move to district 5. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, colleagues, for this opportunity to recognize some of our wonderful restaurant establishments throughout the city. i would like to recognize ibisu japanese restaurant which has been located in the inner sunset for ma

we have a presentation by katy tang, legislative aide to supervisor carmen chu. >> good evening, commissioners, katy tang. thank you for taking the time to consider these few pieces of legislation. we had these two pieces of legislation go before the human rights commission as well as the legislative subcommittee of the small business commission so we think the subcommittee gave unanimous support on this and hopefully most of the questions were answered there. back in february, we had legislation sponsored by supervisor chu also that touched upon chapter 6, chapter 14b and chapter 21, the admin code. basically, the package of legislation was to help streamline our city's contracting processes and increase business opportunities for our local sa businesses. the legislation before you today really builds upon that work with the following amendments. so we'll start first with chapter 14b and walk you through it really quickly. one of the things that it would do is increase the threshold for general services contracts, so, for instance, janitorial, security guard, pest control, and it would increa