reading carmen chu's letter, i am concerned that this is targeting small businesses. obviously larger businesses have more resources, probably legal departments that are going to protect them from, you know, potential lawsuits, but, again, as written, they are currently excluded. that might be an amendment that you could consider. you know, leases are private, so the arrangement between a landlord and a tenant, a tenant improvements are generally part of leases, particularly long- term leases. i do not see any thing with the disclosure. making sure it is in all. making sure this ada requirement really should be in every lease. i do not understand why it is not, so i would say that i support this, and i am really glad that the commission has identified the square footage issue. identifying ada improvements and wanting to exempt them. clerk: director? director: i think i ended up making my comments. clerk: commissioner riley? commissioner yee riley: there are times when you on a building, and they rented out to a commercial business. the timing is an issue. anytime you

joining me today and are commissioner david chiu and carmen chu, a vice chair eric mar, and commissioner john elsbernd are not present. the first item is the approval of the minutes from december 6, 2011 meeting. is there a motion, 2nd? is there any public comment? >> yes, and i can call these items. did you call for a public comment? commissioner wiener: is there any public comment on the minutes?

commissioner campos: before you move forward, we have a question from commissioner carmen chu. commissioner chu: in terms of the safe route to school program, i know this is one thing that the area had applied for multiple times, unsuccessful in getting. has been a huge party, given the fact that there is a middle school, elementary school, another school behind its, a public library, a recreation center in the area. heavily trafficked area. i just wanted to get a sense from you about progress on that project. >> a very timely question. we have an issue we are trying to resolve on the grant for that project. it is almost $600,000. there is a deadline that the project sponsor missed on that grant that we just became aware of and they're trying to resolve them with the mtc. that is the best at intermission and in the right now.

please welcome president chiu, carmen chu, supervisor kim, and eric mar. wish you could see yourselves as we see you. we are chinese, japanese, and caribbean. we are south easton, southeast asian, and filipino. i want to thank the leaders in our community who are here with us tonight, leaders of our benevolent associations, our business associations, and our commissioners. we cannot do what we do in city hall without all of you. we know we have come a long way. it was not long ago that chinese americans were excluded under our city laws. when japanese americans were interned. when filipino tenants were evicted from the international hotel. when the fbi investigated our community. for us to stand here now is amazing. i think finally we have enough asian americans to form our own dragon dance team. it would be a short dragon, but a dragon dance team nonetheless. we would not be here and be able to do that but for the support we have and the work we are all doing together. thank you all for being here, and a very happy lunar new year. [applause] supervisor ch

. >> commissioners, before we move on to item number eight, supervisor common -- carmen chu has brought something, so i would like to distribute that to you. commissioner: you did the minutes provedcl -- you did the minutes? clerk: would you like me to read item number eight? item number 8, a discussion and possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors, which obligations. commissioners, inside your packets is an ada fact sheet that is provided by the sponsor. the planning department memo which was provided to you previously that summarizes the planning department's decision on their limited scope, along with a full copy of the legislation, and as the director mentioned, there is the letter from supervisor carmen chu. >> good afternoon again. i am from supervisor david chiu's office. this is to a property owners. the supervisor has been working for years on this issue, ever since this service on the small business commission. this is in his district and throughout the whole city. we did some research through the office on small business on the number of ada lawsuits

and i would hope that they did to -- that david chiu, weiner, carmen chu, and malia cohen would work together to provide a condominium so this one individual i know, and there are some other ones -- so that we all can sort of, like, benefit. i think sometimes we talk about rent. they never really get done. i would urge carmen chu maybe -- president chiu: if you could address your comments to the full board. >> i am. i would say i might want to ask nadia, run this by her. she might think it is a good idea. and, you know, i know in district 4, kind of good things for her district. there could be good things done. maybe we can get together in sort of a closed meeting. i am being very serious about this. so that there are condominium ownership for some people, ok? condominium ownership. if you understand me? have i made myself clear? president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon. espinola jackson, bayview hunters point. i was watching the board of supervisors meeting last week. someone got up and pointed their fingers at you and said that you were responsible, all

but for supervisor carmen chu to take the time to write the letter to all of us, and she has some concerns that i think are legitimate. i would support it, and i'm sure that supervisor chu's office and david chiu's office will have to work on this together to address some of her concerns and come up with the final legislation. some of her concerns are also my concerns. >> commissioner? >> are some of these solutions like the door bell solution as we call it, these don't require going to the planning commission, correct? >> no. >> you just do your thing, and you assert that you are in compliance, and if you are ever called out on it, you would have to prove it? >> right. >> people would make the blanket assumption that anything is going to be expensive. if this brings to the forefront requiring an action plan, and knowing that it isn't necessarily going to cost several thousand dollars, but maybe a $500 solution or $550. >> would you mind putting a cap on that figure? a door bell -- i would like to know how many situations where a door bell is going to be all that needs to be done when some

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

everything you'd do, and i will introduce the three of them together -- jane kim, leah komen and carmen chue] mark farrell. [applause] scott wiener, member of the board of supervisors. [applause] eric mar, a member of the board of supervisors. david campos, a member of the board of supervisors. [applause] you have some other city officials who are here. you have, of course, the man who takes all of our money, the treasurer, jose camos. [applause] campos would like to be there one of these days. i am so focused on campos, he owes me one. [laughter] the public defender, the man who he looked to -- you look to it you got arrested and are broke. -- if you got arrested and are broke. [applause] and the city attorney dennis herrera. [applause] and the man who supplies most of jefferies client' client becauss -- because he insists on are arresting and prosecuting people. [applause] and then of course there are members of your school board who are here with what jerry brown is doing to them in sacramento on the budget side they certainly will be coming to your door quite often for assistance, so th

motion appointing supervisor carmen chu, term ending june 30, 2013, to the association of bay area governments executive board. supervisor chiu: without objection, she shall be excused. roll-call vote? >> [roll-call vote] there are ten ayes. supervisor chiu: the motion is approved. let's skip over the 3:00 p.m. special order in go to item 29. >> it was considered at the regular meeting, monday, january 30, and is recommended -- approved as recommended. ordinance amending the san francisco planning code section 249.42 to: 1) allow outpatient medical care clinics; 2) amend zoning map sheet 8 su of the san francisco planning code to add parcels in assessor's block no. 5211, lot nos. 29 through 54 to the india basin special use district and remove the parcel in assessor's block no. 5211, lot no. 28 from the design and development special use district and add it to the india basin special use district; and 3) make environmental findings and findings of consistency with general plan. supervisor chiu: if we could take a roll-call vote on this item? >> [0 call vote] -- roll-call vote] there are 11 aye

my name is carmen chu, and i am the chair. joining us today include supervisor avalos and supervisor kim will be coming later. our clerk today is victor young. we also have people from sfgtv. could you please read? clerk young: -- chair chu: item number one. clerk young: i number one, a permit of a north feasting wall sign. >> when the city required the building, it also assumed all of the existing leases and permits on the building, which included a lease with cbs outdoor. they then sold the space for uses such as the one i have on the overhead now. that continued until that particular lease expired naturally on march 31, 2011. knowing that that expiration was coming forward, and knowing the regulations relative to advertising on city property, the city issued a request for proposals from outdoors signage companies in the spring of 2011. this request specifically excluded advertising for alcohol or tobacco products, in any way, shape, or form, either direct or indirect. following that process, we had five potential bidders in

my co-sponsor of the hearing is carmen chu, and she is under the weather today. i wanted to first say that this is a follow-up hearing since convening other hearings in 2009, large level discussions with the residents, they include the outside land conserves that are in august. strictly bluegrass occurs in october, and these events have become an irreplaceable part of the city's culture. these events are attended by hundreds of thousands of residents. attendees and enjoy the beautiful city and merchant corridors, many of them shot and died in the richmond district or the sunset district. about $60 million impact on the city's economy with much of that going to the richmond district, many of from experience the busiest days of the year. there are estimated 693 full- time positions in the city, and there is a report from the san francisco state university researchers who will identify some of these points later. i imagine that each of the other events from the marathon to of a large events bring in similar economic impact of a very positive to the neighborhood. the

we are very happy that supervisor carmen chu and capt. of long from the terror of a police station will be joining us. it would be a great honor to see all of you there. again, we think you for the support and hope that this partnership will go on for another 20 years. thank you. >> thank you. as we always do, i would like to conclude with a short the video that is aptly called, this month in parks. ♪ >> make sure we are working in concert with our government agency. that collaboration will be a constant theme, not only of how we do business in our neighborhood, but how we want to do the business of the city. i want you to know that from here on, the community will always be included in the way that we think and do our work in city hall. with this kickoff, i am excited to follow the team for the rest of the year. i will be part of this. ♪ >> and that was just february. happy valentine's day, happy february. that concludes the general manager's report. >> is there anyone that would like to make public comment on the general managers' repor

most of all the supervisors, jane kim, carmen chu, mark farrell, john, campos, all have testified during my tenure. mayor lee even went so far as to recommend a charter amendment for this commission to give more weight. it is clearly relevant. as was testified by some people who came and spoke in support of the recommendation they acknowledged this commission matters for a much to the small business community. i really look forward to continuing the good work of this commission and being part of it for the next year. thank you. >> >> i am honored by commissioner dooley's nomination. i think as a new member here, i would prefer an opportunity to get my feet wet first period and spent some time understanding all that goes into this job as a commissioner, let alone out -- a position of responsibility. i would like to reserve this for some other time if you do not mind. president adams: any other commissioner comments? commissioner clyde: i still really have strong reservations about the process of this election and the selection of the executive team for the commission. there will be to com

to our guest from at&t, our tax collector assessor, phil king, counsel general gao, david chiu, carmen chur board members who will join us. scott weiner, malia cohen who just came from china lot -- not long ago from a trip. thank you for being here. to our family associations, our department heads, our other commissioners and friends, happy new year, and welcome to our official celebration here at city hall of our wonderful chinese lunar new year. we just came from the official lighting of our new lantern. i hope you will stay tonight long enough to view all of its beauty and the lightness of it. there are a lead the lights on there. there are recycle cd's on the dragon boat. it is 76 feet long. it is, of course, my entry into the america's cup. anyway, i want to thank everyone for being here, for helping us celebrate. as we have been saying, this is one of the most exciting, attractive holiday seasons for the whole of san francisco and all of our communities. we look forward, and i hope you join me, in not only the very big chinese new year's parade of will happen this saturday, but the w

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

joining me today and are commissioner david chiu and carmen chu, a vice chair eric mar, and commissioner john elsbernd are not present. the first item is the approval of the minutes from december 6, 2011 meeting. is there a motion, 2nd? is there any public comment? >> yes, and i can call these items. did you call for a public comment? commissioner wiener: is there any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we take that without objection? next item. >> item 3. recommend increasing the amount of the professional services contract with wmh corporation by $4,300,000, to a total amount not to exceed $5,900,000, to complete preliminary engineering, environmental analysis, and design services of the yerba buena island bridge structures and authorizing the executive irector to modify contract terms and conditions. this is an action item. commissioner wiener: is there a presentation from staff? if everyone could speak clearly, a closely to the microphone, to contend with the background music. >> understood. eric cordova, ybi corp. mission manager. happy to prese