i have two separate comments. i would like to make a comment about the academy of art. the more general comment about the institution like this seems to me that the current mayor has 8 jobs driven economic development strategy. this it needs to lead to jobs. we are encouraging institutional growth. this is a vibrancy to have cultural activities. we want to make sure that there are the housing facilities for those folks. how do you house the student population as it grows is very germane and we're not overstressing our housing stock and it raised the question whether we should do this as a matter of policy. there are things induced by the user population. we can take a breath and see how we can create some structured to this policy. the second thing is noticing provisions and i am looking here at this tony administration i have said this to mr. sanchez, i think this is very low hanging fruit. i am a neighborhood activist and i do policy work for a living and the policy work that comes before you often has something to do with how much people know what is going on and whe

president buell: i have a comment. any recommendations on how to limit or better supervise the alcohol intake would be welcomed. i do not know what the solution is, but let us know your thoughts on that. thank you. >> ok, i just wanted to make sure there's no one else who wants to make general public comment. ok. general public comment is closed. we are on item 5, the consent calendar. we are removing 5b from the consent calendar. it will be heard on the general calendar. is there anyone who wants to make public comment on the consent calendar? president buell: someone raised their hands. >> please come forward, if you would like to make public comment on the consent calendar, but not balboa. public comment is closed on item 5. president buell: moved and seconded. >> we are now on item 5 b. balboa park improvements -- a word of construction contract. >> commissioners. in the capital planning director. this item is the continuing from our last capital committee meeting. due to an inadvertent mistake with the agenda item

public comment is closed. at this time we would like to hear from the city attorney -- >> good afternoon. i am qaeda stacey from the city attorney's office. we recommend the continuance of these items because of the recent case law. a recent court of appeals' decision ruled that the city's permit and requirement for the medical campus facility and federal lobs makes it illegal to distribute or possess marijuana. the city at issue with long beach -- the court of appeals addressed the permitting scheme in long beach and the city could limit where medical campus dispensaries are located but could not permit the dispensary from either the authorizing ordnance or this scheme. and this decision is different from the other californian ports and how they address this question, no other published california description as addressed the local permitting requirements as part of the regulation for these dispensaries. several jurisdictions in california are concerned that long beach has appealed this decision to the califo

public comments. seeing none, public comment is closed. roll call, please. >> commissioner at the lows. commissioner campos. commissioner issue. " -- commissioner carmen chu. commissioner:. commissioner elsbernd. commissioner farrell. commissioner kim. commissioner mark. commissioner mirkarimi. commissioner winner. it is passed. supervisor mirkarimi: please read item number three and four. >> item number 3, chairs report. item number four, executive director's report. these are information items. supervisor mirkarimi: we have had interesting is in the transportation field this month. on november 1, the california high speed rail authority released its business plan. the main piece of news is that there's more than a doubling of the total price tag of the system, which is averaging $100 billion. i think everyone expected that the price tag would be revised. but the magnitude of the increase has been at definitely noticed. the schedule was also significantly revised videos and disappointed to see that we're now looking at a much longer time

to all the verbal comments and written comments. today's should be directed to the adequacy and accuracy of the information contained in the draft eir. if people could speak slowly and clearly so that our court reporter can produce an accurate transcript. you should stay your name and address so that you can be properly identified and so you can receive a copy of the responses document. after hearing from the general public, we will take comments from the planning commission. this concludes my presentation. unless members have questions, i would suggest that the comment. be open. >> in the environmental document, there is a citation to the company that i work for. the citation is in relation to some historic resourced evaluation work that was undertaken. we concluded that i do not have to recuse myself. >> thank you, commissioner. >> i would like to open up for public comment. >> after carefully viewing and reading your current eir proposals for the hide design for the transbay tower and comparing it with the original design of 80 s

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thank you for your comments. i do understand that we will be hearing from you and others later in the meeting today. is there any other public comment e the commission today? ok, then we will move on. on communications, i would like to point out one thing. there was a response to the mayor's office on attendance by commissioners. this is something that is being requested of all commissions. the good news is that our attendance record is pretty good. frankly, i think it is appropriate that the mayor be making those kind of inquiries and that that be tracked on an ongoing basis. i say that with full knowledge that my first meeting -- a meeting as a share, a was not here. not the strongest way to talk about it, but i do welcome that, and i am pleased that our record is as good as it is. anything else on the ledger summary, commissioners? advanced calendar. i have a couple questions. on the the cca business, i just want to confirm what the schedule is for that coming back to us. i think there is a board hearing on no

seeing none, public comment is closed. unless there are any further questions, again, i want to thank you for the presentation. my colleagues and i do understand the importance of due diligence when it comes to ensuring that everything that we are approving is consistent with everything that we know. thank you for that reminder. with that, why don't we go to our adoption calendar? my apologies. i neglected to call the 4:00 special item. >> public hearing of persons interested in the decision of the planning commission additional use offer -- conditional use authorization to install antennas on mission street. also, items 18, 19, 20. supervisor campos: i would make a motion to continue this matter to december 13. president chiu: there is a motion to continue these items to december 13. i understand i'll be a 3:00 p.m. special order. >> on december 13, we currently have a free o'clock for the fillmore community benefit district. president chiu: why don't we have a second 3:00 special order for that day, given that it will be

request an extension of the public comments. >> and is there any additional public comment? >> we were going to calendar that item to discuss the extension of the comments, and we will discuss that on that day. during the hearing, we never shortened the public comments. everyone will have three minutes. this is as usual. >> thank you. we can move on to the director'' report. and a review of the past week's events. and the historic preservation commission. >> i just want to report on the zoning conference in new york. this was unusually good. basically, this was to give ideas to new york city, and get along with the zoning changes. the city is growing at an incredible pace. with 200,000 residents. the growth in new york is almost unprecedented. this is expected to be about 9 million soon. this was a very interesting topic because they looked at the zoning with speakers from the city, and in the afternoon they had speakers from other cities, washington and london, to talk about the future changes. this was very well organized and i was happy part of the discussion. with commis

is there any public comment on item two? seeing none, public comment is now closed. marc brandt is a direct appointment by our district three supervisor and president chiu. motion? the motion. supervisor kim: we have a motion to move forward mr. brandt was positive recommendation. can you call item 3? >> item 3, hearing to consider appointing three members, terms ending december 31, 2012, to the medical cannabis task force. there are three seats and five applicants. supervisor kim: the committee has done a number of letters this week asking us to continue this item. we did speak with supervisor campos' office because his office did start the medical campus task force. i know some applicants are still here and you are of course welcome to speak, but we will not be deciding the issue today. i do see some of the candidates here because i have met with you prior as well. if you would like to speak, please come up. i think it is kind of in the same order. i see marguis here. carol blecker has withdrawn her application. the other applicants are here, your welcome to speak

this is not the general public comment. ok. public comment is closed on this item. president buell: i am going to make a little announcement. we are checking in by telephone with people. we have an issue on the calendar that is of some importance to the disabled community. they have a telephone connection for those who could not be here. they are given the privileges and rights given to anyone in the audience. we will go through and ask if there's anyone by telephone today that would like to participate in that part of the process. >> ok, we also have to ask that everyone please take a seat. if there are no seats available, we ask you to step outside until seats become available. >> we're going to item four, general public comment, up to 15 minutes. items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission and 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. ernestine white and catherine howard. >> good morning, every

public comment is closed. we have got a motion by supervisor -- supervisor supervr mirkarimi to move this forward without objection. thank you. item #3. >> item #3. ordinance de-appropriating $314,092,249 in existing water system improvement program project budgets and re- appropriating the funds to the revised wsip program budgets adopted by the san francisco public utilities commission, and placing $227,779,748 on controller reserve subject to completion of project-related analysis pursuant to california environmental quality act, where required, and receipt of proceeds of indebtedness, as certified by the controller for fy2011-2012. should i read item number four? supervisor chu: yes, please. >> item #4. hearing to consider release of reserved funds, public utilities commission in the amount of $27,283,174 to fund the construction for the water system improvement program cuw374 -- calaveras dam replacement, a component project within the sunol valley water region. supervisor chu: this item came before us pr

public comment is closed. new business? is there any public comment? there is no public comment. public comment is closed. item 13 is communication. and there is no public comment. item 14 is adjournment. >> and i move that we adjourn. >> the next time you take a muni bus or train, there could be new technology that could make it easier to get to your destination. many are taking a position of next bus technology now in use around the city. updated at regular intervals from the comfort of their home or workplace. next bus uses satellite technology and advanced computer modeling to track buses and trains, estimating are bought stocks with a high degree of accuracy. the bus and train our arrival information can be accessed from your computer and even on your cellular phone or personal digital assistant. knowing their arrival time of the bus allows riders the choice of waiting for it or perhaps doing some shopping locally or getting a cup of coffee. it also gives a greater sense that they can count on you to get to their destination on time. the next bus our arrival information is a

at 1517 irving, commenting on item three. i would like that pulled as well. >> thank you. >> my name is michael lebeck and i'd like have removed, item 2.0, -- >> this is moved. so far, items three and four on the consent calendar will be heard. is there any public comment on the other items? which -- do you want to come to the mic? is this one o fthose we will be hearing? >> i couldn't hear you. >> we pulled 155, 5 irving street, and the chestnut street item. >> no. >> ok. >> you have to pull it. if you comment on the consent, they are removed from consent calendar. so, if you'd like to make a comment, we have to pull this. >> yes. this is item 07-0c. >> we will pull that. we will hear it today. you can comment on this item. >> right now? >> no. >> thank you very much. >> is there nay public -- any public comment on the first item of the consent calendar? public comment is closed. we will hear the items now. >> antonini? commissioner antonini: item one. >> on that motion to approve item one, antonini? borden? moore? sugaya? m

any public comment on this? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk, please read the next item but a >> item 11, public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: opportunity for public comments, should you desire. seeing none, public comment is closed. as i said earlier, we will recess until noon, so when the director joins us -- unless there is any other business we want to take care of before now. ok, very good. week shall >> there has been an acknowledgement of the special places around san francisco bay. well, there is something sort of innate in human beings, i think, that tend to recognize a good spot when you see it, a spot that takes your breath away. this is one of them. >> an icon of the new deal. >> we stood here a week ago and we heard all of these dignitaries talk about the symbol that coit tower is for san francisco. it's interesting for those of us in the pioneer park project is trying to make the point that not only the tower, not only this man-built edifice here is a symbol of the city but also the green space on which it sits and th

any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item. >> item 12, public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: another opportunity for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. and madam clerk -- >> item 13, adjournment. supervisor mirkarimi: have a good rest of the day. meeting adjourned.

then we will have public comment and questions. public comment will be two minutes long. i want to encourage everyone to fill out a yellow public comment card. you can find them with our clerk up here. so with that said, i think we are ready to begin. thank you. >> hello. i work for the navy. i am the project manager for parcel e-2, the portion of the ship yard that i am going to talk about today. i will answer clarifying questions about the proposed remedy. ok. the clean up process is where we are today. we are in the public comment period that began september 7th. >> please continue. >> ok. we are in the proposed plan, if you have the slides in front of you, i am on slide 3. the clean up process starts with the preliminary assessment and then the investigation phase for the site and then we go into the proposed plan public comment period. that is where we are now. september 7-november 21. i am here today to talk on behalf of the navy how the navy is proposing to remediate or clean up parcel e-2. to reiterate i have brought comment cards for the public so they can submit

if not, public comment is closed. commissioner moore: move to continue items one through four as read into the record. >> thank you. on the motion to continue items one through four as proposed, -- commissioner antonini: aye. those items are continued as proposed. the next item is -- you are now at your consent calendar. item 5 constitutes the consent calendar today. consider to be routine and will be acted upon by a single call -- single roll call vote of the commission appear there will be no separate discussion unless you or a member of the public was-so requests. in that event, the matter would be removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. it is a zoning map amendment. commissioner miguel: is there any public comment on the item on the consent calendar? if not, public comment is closed. commissioner borden: i move to approve the item on consent. >> on the motion for approval of item 5 -- commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner fong: a

you can comment on this item, or we are in general public comment. do you have something to say about things that are under our jurisdiction, and generally that leads to it. you do have a situation sometimes where people for whatever reason, maybe because of a mental disability, really cannot stay on topic, and i think years handle it in different ways. director: i have been thinking that you have done a good job so far , so the thank you. president nolan: we had a meeting before the was almost seven hours long. >> the policy body has to meet in public, and you are allowed to meet in closed sessions in very limited circumstances. personnel matters, pending litigation, labor negotiations, realistic negotiations. there are a few others that occur from time to time. in terms of closed session, one of the most important things to know is that although some actions that you have taken must be disclosed when you return to open session, and, of course, the board votes after every closed session about whether it wants to disclose the closed session. in gener

another public comment category to allow comments on this two items. >> so i will be back. >> thank you. >> linda chapman from nabi hill. i wanted to continue a subject i have mentioned before, which was concerned about the members of my community being pre-empted. they are considering being pre- empted by someone who will say they represent neighbors or this mysterious entity which calls itself from time to time the navajo coalition. i came in here for 1645 pacific, and i saw quite a few residents in the area who were concerned. then, i saw an assertion that david chiu , the supervisor, and the neighbors had made an agreement, and here it is, and this is your marching order. i do not think -- i think the first of all, if something like that is happening, maybe you should consider consulting the attorney because the board of supervisors has a role where the appeal, not in the process of making the conditions in the first place. then, i saw something rather similar, without maybe the signed agreement in which i heard that lower pulp neighbors and middle hold neighbors supporting use of a

public comment?come forward. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen, members of the recreation and park commission. and the manager of the rec and park commission. i am going to put an order of the termination from the sunshine or dance task force, and i am going to speak to you about a resolution that was pants -- past 10 years ago, around the middle of september 2001. before i do that, i would like the public to take note of the people in front of them today, the quality of the people that are representing the san francisco and san francisco values. i would like everybody to specifically take notice of a david lee, president of the chinese political group here in san francisco, and noted that ed lee is now the mayor. so here i am go -- here i go. this resolution was passed in 2001, and it specifically says the golden gate park stables working group shall evaluate possible funding opportunities for capital improvement needs at the golden gate park stables in the most efficient and effective manner to

i would like to comment on the balboa park improvement. i think these improvements are a good idea for the people who live in the city, but i do not understand why this project took such a long time. is started in 2009. in 2010, rec and park approve plans for balboa park. i know it took time to get the people's ideas together, but i do not think that takes one or two years. why does it take such a long time? why is it difficult to accept the money and start? one possible action in the paper [inaudible] why don't you take the money? [laughter] president buell: welcome to san francisco. [laughter] thank you. >> is there anyone else who would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, do we have a motion? >> moved. second. president buell: all those in favor? thank you very much. >> we are now on items 6, the san francisco zoo. >> good morning, commissioners. i m vice-president of marketing at the zoo. our attendance for the first 18 days of october is 29,936 visitors. it is over budget by 18. 8%. the

public comment. public comment regarding the secured community report. hearing none, do i have a motion? >> you do. >> second. >> all done. all in favor? >> aye. >> line item number two, please. before we move to line item two, in light of circumstances in prior meetings and anticipation more folks may come in, at this point in time, i'm going to move to limit public comment to two minutes for a total of 30 minutes in the beginning of the actual public comment session and then we'll do the remainder of the public comment after we complete the remainder of our agenda. ok. item number two is general public comment. the public is now welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on tonight's agenda but are within the subject matter of the jurisdiction of the commission. speakers shall dress their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department or o.c.c. personnel. under police commission rules of order during public comment neither o.c.c. personnel or commissioners are required to respond to ques

public comments are closed. >> i would like to weigh in on the some of the comments made. i have some comments. the first thing is the category three and four buildings. i think that obviously, the first thing we would like to do is to see if there is interest in selling tdr's. the ones that are contributed -- contributory, being able to sell them up to the standards. individually are looking at all of the different buildings. i am pretty supportive of that one. the portions that are not visible from the street, they would still be subject to dr. that is the subject before us. it would depend on the nature of the change. i am not sure that we need to extend the historic protection to those areas that are not visible. sides would be, front would be, things that people could see. the san francisco standards, my understanding, and i may ask for a comment on this, we interpret the secretary of the interior's standards in each case anyway. but the supervisor is trying to do is to someone standardize our interpretive process rather than have some sort of guidelines for our inter