carmen chu. commissioner:. commissioner elsbernd. commissioner farrell. commissioner kent. commissioner mark. commissioner mirkarimi. commissioner winener. item passes. item six, i recommend to the treasure island development authority board in the san francisco board of supervisors the designation of the authority as the treasure island mobility management agency to implement the treasure island transportation program. all there is the executive director to execute a -- execute a memorandum of agreement between the authority and tida. of wright's executive director to negotiate initial operating contracts and develop timma formation of documents. supervisor mirkarimi: discussion? none. public comment? public comment is closed. so moved. thank you. next. >> 7, authorized executive director to enter into a funding agreement for the presidio parkway project with the california department of transportation and the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district to negotiate agreement -- agreement terms and conditions. action item. supervisor mirkarimi: discussion? none.

. >> i am from supervisor carmen chu's office. i wanted to give some history as to why this legislation has come about. back in 2008, supervisor chu's office was first alerted by residents of the discrepancy in the street name for the 1500 block lawton and kirkum. the question was whether it should be called great highway or la playa. it was for that one block. a lot of residents used great highway as their addresses, but a number of folks used la playa. this led to problems with mail delivery, signing up for credit cards, and other issues. we worked with the u.s. postal service to allow for a dual names in their computer system, to allow for the mail delivery for both la playa anne craig highway. we also checked with the emergency services to make sure that 911 or any fire services were not be disrupted with the dual street names. we thought that that would solve the problem. so over the years, we had not heard much until recently. we found out it was still problematic for residents applying for credit cards or who had just moved

supervisor carmen chu is also with us. we are also lucky enough to have supervisor mark farrell as well. maybe he is having a pastry or something. there is a lot of traffic between here and city hall. that is a bad joke, i know. we also have supervisor eric mar here with us this morning. all the supervisors are sitting together. we are also lucky enough to have the chief of protocol for the city of san francisco charlotte schultz. last but not least, we have tony sun, chair of the asian arts commission. that's good started this morning. i am going to get off the stage and and things off over to jay hsu. he is going to tell us a little bit more about what we're doing today. >> someone needs to hand me the remote. terrific. brand implementation is a journey. the asian art museum embarks on a new journey. to reinvent ourselves, to engage a broad audience. the broad audience is very much at the core of what we do here and who we are. why now, you ask? as the aging world influence grows, so is understanding its culture. more th

commissioner normandy, supervisor carmen chu, thank you. good morning, everyone., good to see you, great to be out there with the new labor center. wonderful. friends, family, emily, judy, good to see you. everybody, thank you for coming. entertainment commission, of course. thank you for being here. and commissioners, human rights commission, as well. we have 11 commissioners representing eight different commissions to swear in today. and i want to, again, thank each and every one of you for both new appointments and reappointments to our wonderful commissions. this is a very, very proud day for me because we're welcoming back people who have done great jobs in our city and running our airports and our arts commissions, our civil service, our commission on the status of women, our environmental commission, our entertainment commission, our human rights commission and of course our rent board, something that i grew up with here at city with our rent board. i want to thank everyone here for coming for this wonderful occasion to ask again for a recommitment and a ne

commissioner carmen chu? commissioner chu: i will be supporting the allegation with the caveat that the money will be reserved until proper approval of the concourse a party and the rec and parks commission. i appreciate the comments made on the importance of having a great experience, but i think, as supervisor weener mentioned, there is a need to make sure that we have access for folks who may not able to get to golden gate park very easily, folks who have families, seniors who might be disabled. we definitely want to make sure that we are looking at all sites when moving forward with the project. comparable supporting at this time, given there is a caveat that those funds are there. commissioner campos: can we take that without objection? without objection. please call item seven. >> item 7. update on the san francisco transportation plan. this is an information item. >> principal transportation planner of the traditional party. i will be presenting this item. you should have a copy of the presentation in f

my name is carmen chu, chaired the committee to i am joined by supervisor mirkarimi and supervisor kim. the clerk today is mr. victor young. at sfgtv, we have marked and nona. the we have announcements? >> yes, please turn off all cell phones. if you wish to speak, please turn in a card to myself. if you present documents to the committee, please provide a document to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors agenda on october 18, 2011 unless otherwise stated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. call item number 1. >> resolution approving the fifth amendment to the agreement between the city in western states oil increasing the total not to exceed amount of the contract from $50,500,000 to $75,580,000, pursuant to charter section 9.118b. >> thank you very much. >> good morning petraeus of the assistant director of the office of contract administration bigger story here to talk about the fuel contract with western state. it is for gasoline, diesel, biofuels, and that began on september 1, 2009, and it is in its third year. the city's been approximately $

commissioner avalos, commissioner caen bose, commissioner david chiu, commissioner carmen chu, commissioner calling. commissioner elsbernd absent. commissioner farrell. commissioner kim. commissioner moore. commissioner moore, absent. commissioner mirkarimi. commissioner wiener. the item passes. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. >> item number 3 commenters report. these are information items. supervisor mirkarimi: very good. colleagues, i have a brief report. the most interesting piece of news in the transportation area, this month is secretary ray lahood's announcement that he will not serve a second term with president obama, as he is now at occupy sf -- just kidding. he is planning to pursue opportunities in the private sector. we will see what this portends for the future programs. for high-speed rail in driving safely. they have been closely associated with the secretary. hopefully this will receive as much support from his successor, if not more. congress continues to debate the president american jobs act, including the proposed $60 billion for transportation. but this work is happeni

my name is carmen chu. why don't we get started. with a marking up with the department of small business -- we have been working with the department of small business. this project started when we heard from neighborhood merchants. unfortunately, they had access issues, visibility access issues. we have been working closely with many of our partners year today to educate about these -- many of our partners year today to educate about these issues. also in terms of board guidance. i want to thank all of you for coming. many of you may have assistance. i know many merchants could not be here. please do it share this information with other merchants in the area. we have virginia from the office of small business. we have roger from the bar association. no carla johnson from the office of disability. -- we have carla johnson from the office of disability. i want to especially it acknowledge my colleague to help us get the resources and brought legal expertise to the table. i do not want to take too much of your time. thank you for comin

supervisor mar: because supervisor carmen chu and katie from her office sponsor this, you do not need to go through a petition process of the residence, is that right? >> the process is what we used, which is notifying everyone who lives on the block and giving them an opportunity to voice the pros or comments and whether they would like to rename the street or not. it is a policy matter of the board, as long as agencies such as mta, parking and traffic, dpt, dpw do not object. i will turn it over to the deputy to make sure on back. supervisor mar: if a supervisor does not sponsor or departments have concerns, could the residents still gather the petition and bring it as a policy issue, even if the supervisor who's in -- a district isn't it impacting is not the main sponsor? >> absolutely. oftentimes, neighborhood groups might have the petition. when the petition is submitted by neighbors, is a pretty good- sized feet. when a board member sponsors it, it is part of our course to proceed and go through the review process. supervisor mar: thank you. >> thank you. supervisor mar: colleag

we are here with supervisor carmen chu from district four, which includes the central and outer sunset and park side neighborhood. supervisor chu was elected to the board of supervisors in 2008 and reelected in 2010. we will get to know her and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us. let's start by talking about your background -- where you grew up, what kinds of jobs you have work. supervisor chu: my parents immigrated to the united states about 30 years ago, and i would say that is probably the most formative part of my background. growing up in an immigrant family, you learn many things. my parents raised me in southern california, and i grew up in the restaurant business. they had a small restaurant at the time, and i was there every weekend, working -- well, not working, eating. having a fried egg roll, wanton, something good. it taught me the value of working hard and what it meant to be part of a small business, a small business -- a small business, small family, and an immigrant family at that. really being impacted by the