chairman of the committee to my right is supervisor jane kim our committee vice chair and supervisor cowen will be joining us shortly our clerk is is filling in andrea ashbury and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the january 27th board of supervisors agenda otherwise stated. >> we're joined by supervisor president tang the second item on the agenda item one. >> a resolution authorizing the real property from bridge way for the nominal cost of one dollars and supervisor cowen is the author of item one. >> this is a good today, i'm excited colleagues thanks for hearing this this gives the city to inquire raymond avenue as the visitacion valley community center for over washington, d.c. years the city is an important asset to the community especially the seniors we unfortunately lost the building to foreclosure over a years ago and it's been a tremendous long road for the last two years the committee has participated in that any he meetings i want to thank all the committee members

and supervisor cowen would you like to make any comments you don't have to parking garage. >> item of compressors the second consultant contract of the north consultant and stan consulting inc. and increase the contract by 8 hundred plus thousand not to exceed for the non-material acquisition this is a non-action item. >> any public comment on item 6 seeing none, public comment is closed and seeing no commissioners on the roster mr. clerk will you please call the roll. >> same house, same call? great okay same house, same call? we'll take that without objection. >> okay item 7. >> okay 7 and 8 please. item 7 approval the administrator codes and the procurement policies and the traffic conferee training those are action items. >> okay. is there 0 any public comment on item 7 or item number 8 seeing none public comment is closed and colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? we'll take that without objection. be that will be the order item number 9. >> item 9 increase the amount of the contract for the thomas by 66 thousand plus to total not to exceed 3 hundred 66 thousand and

updyke so this point in time sorry supervisor kim. >> no problem. >> actually to supervisor cowen or mr. updyke i don't know the back story but i know that probably you're familiar with the story i was reading it is great we were able to get that at a numerical cost i was curious what the story was and how we convinced the ownership to provide this back to the community i think it's a huge achievement and i can briefing go over the asset was identified and was in foreclosing we had lee age over a - with wells fargo the property was lost to foreclosing foreclosing and went to the owner the asset and i explained how important this property was to the community and the works around about rebuilding visitacion valley and how the community center was a treasure and through several meetings convinced him to give out it back to the city so, i mean there was really no - all i had was you know the power of persuasion i was he grateful he had a benefit haven't heart and the worse case scenario it was purchased and developed into a condo that was my concern the overall vision of what we're look

olution authorizing the real property from bridge way for the nominal cost of one dollars and supervisor cowen is the author of item one. >> this is a good today, i'm excited colleagues thanks for hearing this this gives the city to inquire raymond avenue as the visitacion valley community center for over washington, d.c. years the city is an important asset to the community especially the seniors we unfortunately lost the building to foreclosure over a years ago and it's been a tremendous long road for the last two years the committee has participated in that any he meetings i want to thank all the committee members dedicated to thirty this vision and this is not about reclaiming a building but reclaiming a symbolic place that hold the community total and the city's ownership of the building means you are resident burglary have a safe and healthy place to gather it means we'll be able to have our families and children to thrive in the community a big thank you to john updyke and the mayor's office for this property this is been difficult i want to knowledge your hard work i'd like to go ahead

weiner and supervisor cowen for your rashes john updyke i don't have a lot to add we're receiving the property for one dollars gift from the currency owners that acquired it through a trees sale we place a plaque on the property in honor of family members that gift is made in their honor, and, secondly to invest in the property capital improvements that is equivalent to their cost we thought that was more than fair and reviewing the issues the property we've certainly identified 2 hundred and 34 thirty thousand of improvements that are needed we're putting that program together and have identified the funds so i don't see that as problematic we simply want to t that up immediately after gaining position of the property and supervisor thank you and the mayor's staff in helping with the arm wrestling this seat back where it belongs to the community for their assets and it is adjacent to raymond we're doing fantastic things to the family support services just makes sense to broaden that service to this valley. >> great. >> thank you, mr. updyke so this point in time sorry supervisor kim.

president that concluded the roll call for new business madam clerk if we could get oh supervisor cowen. >> my apologies supervisor cowen our staff took you off roll call today submit. >> thank you very much. (laughter) madam president >> thank you and now if we can madam clerk go to general public comment. >> the next opportunity is the general public period to speak will matters in the jurisdiction of the board. >> first speaker please. >> good afternoon, members of the board and fell residents first, i want to introduce myself i'm larry blake i've acknowledged in san francisco for 35 years of my life residing in the castro since 19983 and the issue i'm bringing forward i have e-mailed a letter to each the supervisors and the mayor and it regards the program i know my district supervisor supervisor wiener is part of first of all i'd like to read the letter i sent and here it is where does that go. >> sfgovtv please. >> so recently, i received a pamphlet in the mail addressed to postal customers several facts this year in are observations by opinions their instead opinions i wish to re

. >> supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor president tang supervisor wiener this item passes. >> great you thank you very much item 5 and recommending increasing or increasing the mark thompson company to a total amount not to exceed for a planning engineering services increasing the amount of the professional services to the engineer by one hundred and thirty thousand not to exceed increasing the amount by $340,000 needing $2 million plus authorizing the executive director to modify the terms in the non-material contractors contracts with the allotment of 2 hundred and 13 thousand not to exceed 4 hundred thousand for the off-ramp realignment project. >> thank you very much we video a presentation. >> liz the senior engineering it's on page 1 and 15 in our pact fulsome off-ramp realignment project wildest fremont street for the terminal a new traffic signal is one hundred percent financed with the successor this is needed for the project area plan to increase the parcel at the fulsome fremont shown as is blockade on the map this is early december the site began on december 22

and to supervisor malia cowen who's district we're in this morning thank you supervisor and, of course, (clapping) greetings to the honorable members of the board of supervisors elected officials as well as to the many city commissioners and department heads and honored guests. >> you know i know it's early to is a big thanks to the carter and finally a very special thanks is to the wholesale produce market more welcoming us to this new facility that will soon be a hub for local jobs and great local produce would incoming folks and companies we know the importance of bringing fresh healthy food to our neighborhoods thank you, supervisor malia cohen and supervisor eric mar who's been working on those issues for years and look i've got vegetation and fruit right next to me well, my fell san franciscans a year ago we gathered not twho too far from here at hoichd to celebrate the construction of new homes for our families in the city i set forth an ambition vision that had a phone call on jeebz responsibility that led us out of the great depression this double digit inflation and end also

but i go back to what colonel cowen just said, tucker. the fact is is norm schwartzkauf took down 600,000 troops of saddam hussein's army in 44 days of air power and ground campaign. does anybody think it's going to take three years to take out 30,000 troops? i do not think so. and until we up the intensity and we could do it very quickly in two to three months then isis would be gone. but we have elected not to do that. >> so, >> so, bill cowen, does this strike you that the battlefield in syria as a training ground for future generations of religious extremists of jihadis, of lunatics that might threaten the united states? if so, are we, the u.s. government monitoring movement in and out of that area to make sure we know where these people are going once they leave? >> well as a reminder the huge deen in afghanistan, many of those guys learned a lot at our expense we helped finance them and later became some of the very same people we were fighting against even now in afghanistan. yes, tucker no question about it. syria is a great train

. >> supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos commissioner christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell absent supervisor kim absent supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee. >> this item passes we've already been called items 15 and 16 and before we adjourn i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's meeting specifically charles and noejz and we're adjourned thank you

item 3 to the full board with a positive recommendation as a committee report moved by supervisor cowen we'll take that without objection. madam clerk call item 4. >> item 4 an ordinance amending the mrapd with the commercial district. >> okay. i'm the author of item 4 colleagues, i know we've had quite a few of the arcade game regulations come 0 through the board this is the next supervisor breed and i are rationalizing the irrational approach in the please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, planning code i guess what some people say is a nuisance back in the day and the legislation before us will principally allow the arcades within the transit district and the legislation was considered and supported unanimously by planning commission as you recall this follows previous prevention active efforts including the legislation from supervisor breed and myself to provide an exemption from the police code for the regulations for 10 arcades along upper market street and the laxative i sponsored with supervisor breed i know it was passed by this board and the legislation offered

worked at and i'm sorry to interrupt we have minutes in the meeting you voted against supervisor cowen's motion to implement level one and two engagements you voted against that but you approved the motion to study why you choose to study versus the actual engagement. >> engagement because it's important as fossil fuels have many, many degrees of harmful areas than fossil files as you and i talk i talked about i'd like to take the steps like maybe coal and things like that i think accident board needs to understand the research rather than going out owe and not being prepared to advocate and vote on proximateize which is level two have the board become more knowledgeable in that area i have for san francisco attended conferences in that area i just got back that f from one to understand the pension fund are doing in that area none that i know of have gone to level 2 so starting at level one is prudent i stektd the motion to go to level one so i have - >> to study level one. >> no. >> actually, we pulled up the notes you haven't read the notes correctly i've seen them verbatim and when it

chairman of the committee to my right is our vice chair supervisor jane kim and to my left is supervisor cowen our clerk is andrea ashbury i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's hearing specific jennifer lowe and jessie larson madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes. electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. timid items acted on today may appear on the december agenda. >> m call item one. >> a resolution granting the revokable portion of the public right-of-way along market street. >> and thank you. i'm the harrow of item number one colleagues is a resolution authorizing the installation of the light rail art project along market street this item has been considered and endorsed by the arts and historic preservation commission i have broad community support by organizations including 70 michelle obama ma the buena vista arts and sf beautiful and the cb d from integral market and yerba buena this is an exciting project that is the first of its kind in the world visualize the light rail vehicles thin light strange longer t

. >> supervisor cowen congratulation we look forward to working with you and meet with the council i'm pleased to present the annual report continuing to be a busy and for the case management agency and indeed designated the treasure island agency in 2014 as well as starting it the rapid transit program it is in the final design and led by the san francisco municipal transportation agency the geary project is under review by audio transit federal administration office in san francisco and in the meantime last month we the transportation authority provided that funding for the improvements to begin and thank you to supervisor mar for your leadership in working with our agency staff sweetheart the sfmta staff in addition, we expect the mta to come in with design fund anticipating a certification of the environmental impact report in the first quarter in the meantime the bus transit connects the outer neighborhood as supervisor tang mentioned in district 10 but it connects our western neighborhoods in district 7 through district 11 and connects 9 and 10 that project continues in daily cit

supervisor they'll vote for supervisor yee's motion the two supervisors that didn't obsolete was supervisor cowen felt it was not appropriate and supervisor mar that felt e cigarettes were not good it passed 9 to two modifying the cu and uphold the commissioners to grant the appeal loose what are the sdpoen controls for the six months extent in ufrpt that was adapted and the interim controls for the massage were adapted there was several introductions this week as well one was introduced that i supervisor campos this suspense the short time residential rental ordinance that is schedule to be effective on february 1st until thirty days after the treasurer certifies all short-term rentals platforms have remitted to the tax that are due and payable e payable and the 09 one was commissioner richards mentioned the city's monitoring balance sponsored by supervisor kim to monitor the balance between new market rate housing after new affordable housing and publish a balance report in requiring an annual hearing at the board of supervisors on strategies for retaining the balance nearness with the san fran

joining us now for more lieutenant colonel bill cowen. colonel there's no way to under sell this. this president was united states ally. now what? >> well gretchen, very quickly the president calling yemen a success story and then calling isis a jv team shows how incompetent this administration's foreign policy team and strategy are. i don't think we know where we go. the hutis want no relationship with the united states. that may change. it's undetermined who will be in charge. i think it's critically important for all americans to remember the importance of yemen. first al qaeda in the arabian peninsula imply indicated in the paris attacks and a number of attacks here in the united states. also it sits right next to the red sea which is the entrance to the suez canal. yemen is strategically important in terms of terrorism. >> now also at this state department briefing spokes women said the strategy in yemen, the hutis backed by iran is also against al qaeda. do you believe that to be true? >> i do believe that to be true. they had armed conflict with them. al qaeda is a sunni en

to keep ourselves healthy you'll hear from people like supervisor london breed and supervisor malia cowen certainly fred black well is 80 about healthy community this is affordable unit as important as building hospitals and communities about our youth and families and the things we do to keep families intact this is all part of this health discussion we have it is b also about programs fred and i worked on and hope sf by giving people who are in the worse probably housing settings probably not taking care of themselves as well as they should and providing them with a basis of hope this is the context in which i wanted to present one of my highest priorities that's making sure that people have access to health to health insurance and quality health care but also to the very basic commitment to themselves and their families they should take care of themselves at the eater eater stages for me as a lifetime member of kaiser health i love the fact that everybody knows about the theme of writing i've had to teach myself how to thrive because in my youth youths that was all about i ant sick and

. >> supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos commissioner christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell absent supervisor kim absent supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee. >> this item passes we've already been called items 15 and 16 and before we adjourn i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's meeting specifically charles and noejz and we're adjourned thank you >> i'm your host of "culturewire" and today, here at electric works in san francisco. nice to see you today. thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. >> we will look at all of that as we walk around. it is incredible to me how many different things you do. how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of all these different services? >> it came from steppi

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important issue many making sure that people are able to navigate that process quickly so supervisor cowen if i could have a motion to forward item 3 to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> so moved. >> we'll take that without objection. that will be the order thank you madam clerk call item 5. >> item open is an ordinance amending the planning code for the zoning for awning canopies and marquis. >> this is an ordinance i authored and i don't know they all happy to conversion on today i guess this legislation for the first time in a long time updates the city's sign controls regulation is important to keep our residential neighborhoods and corridor aesthetically free of visual bright legislation was supported unanimously by the planning department and the small business commission i want to thank our assemblyman david chiu for his work on this legislation before he left to go to sacramento generally for existing businesses this legislation will not change the controls but for locations that closed down for 6 months between attendants the signs for that business including the a

. >> supervisor cowen. >> i want to take a moment to give a shout out to carli short she's got a tough job pruning trees is political thank you are you still here you're amazing (clapping) i wanted you to know you get beat up a lot but i recognize your hard work and wanted to take a moment to extend that to you. >> great thank you and i want to reiterate that dpw really has gotten decimated since the recession of the forestry and does the best with the limited resources and just further prove we need a sustainable funding source thank you to all the departments and so with that we will now move to public comment i have 3 public comment cards (calling names). >> afternoon i'm dan flanagan with the executive director of the friends of urban forest and with the urban forest council i think many great points have been made i want to make the point this was a cooperative effort between a lot of city departments and also friends of urban forest in addition to the urban forest council this is the product of many many months of work and is really overdue because the city is in desperate need o

years including the innovation we had a grant opening with the chancellor of city college supervisor cowen and sheriff and together with the southeast commission we're partnering with the tenant groups by the city college to reactivate the space last december the southeast commission and the general manager signed an mou to help to strengthen and formal lids our partnerships you've heard about the two percent for the ordinance by the elisa while we continue to invested in signature arts peas pieces we're interested in educating and providing economic opportunities those are not new funds but represent a strategic approach to our arts investment for example, we could i find a two year investment in the southeast in 2012 to align our art and supported radio broadcasts and public presentations and supported the launch on boyer as we advance our programs we make sure to promote our core values by leveraging our partnerships with we nonprofit and private by the gavin newsom to make sure that all voices are heard and insuring that the diversity and inclusion are are vision one of the most innova