chu aye daly aye aye chu aye aye -- chu aye. daly aye. dufty aye. elsbernd aye. mar aye. maxwell aye. mirkarimi aye. the next item authorizes the planning department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $250,000 from the california department of transportation for the chinatown broadway streetscape improvement program designed plan and amending the budget to add for the planning department. commissioner chiu: same house, same call? this ordinance is passed on first reading. >> item 26 is an ordinance authorizing the planning department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $250,000 from the california department of transportation for the central corridor of growth strategy and design plan and amending the annual salary ordinance fiscal year 2010-2011 to add a limited duration planner in the department. commissioner chiu: same house, call? the ordinances passed on first reading. >> item 27 is a resolution authorizing the master lease of the windsor hotel at 238 ne street for the department of public health. commissioner chiu: the resolution is adopted. nex

aye. supervisor daly: no. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. >> there are 10 aye's, one no. president chiu: items 19 and 21. >> item 19, amending the residential inclusion of the affordable housing program and changing the name to the affordable inclusion marary affordable housing program. item 21 is an ordinance amending the residential affordable housing program. if the project meets certain requirements, adding corresponding definitions. president chiu: we were advised that there are a couple of technical amendments that would like us to make. please summarize it briefly? >> i can summarize those changes. on item 19, section 3, pages 123, line six. to strike the words "clerk" and "other." and also thon another page. the city attorney's office worked directly with the publisher. we wanted to state that for the record. president chiu: the motion is by supervisor dufty, seconded by supervisor campos. without objection. unless there is any further discussion, can lead to an item 19 -- can we do item 19 same house same c

chiu no supervisor chu aye daly no dufty aye elsbernd aye. commissioner mar: no maxwell no mirkarimi no el al yote toe pier eye. four eyes and seven nos. motion to table failed. now to take the motion. >> the motion to continue this item to the 7th. any discussion? any discussion. supervisor campos. commissioner campos: i voted no against the motion to table but i believe we need to come back to the item later. i know that most of us feel exaste i do -- exhausted about -- i mean, give it everything -- given everything that happened today i don't think it makes sense for us to go down the road today of taking nominations. . yeah. so i think that. that makes sense to do that. >> supervisorance bernd. >> okay. the motion to continue this item, supervisor alioto pier. >> can we continue this item, it does have a date on it. about >> it was amended to. >> i don't remember it being amended. >> supervisor daly would you like to restate your motion to amend motion? >> then i will move to amend the item for december 7th date and continue to that date.

daly aye. dufty aye. elsbernd aye. mar aye. maxwell aye. mirkarimi aye. there are 11 ayes. commissioner chiu: these ordinances are finally passed and resolution adopted. item 17. >> item 17 is a resolution approving an amount not to exceed $30 million in tax-exempt qualified bonds for the financing and refinancing of the golden gate park music concourse the raj. commissioner chiu: same house, same call? the resolution is adopted. item 18. >> item 18 is from the budget and finance committee without recommendation. and ordinance amending the administrative code regarding local hiring policies for construction. commissioner avalos: colleagues, i would like to thank you for your support, for helping to pass on first reading the nation's strongest local hiring mandate. it took quite a road to get here. over the past year, i first introduced this idea requested a draft from the city attorney back in january and spent the whole year to get to where we got to last week with an 8 majority vote. do not

daly aye. dufty aye. elsbernd no. mar aye. maxwell aye. mirkarimi aye.s and three nos. commissioner chiu: this ordinance is finally passed. [applause] >> never again! commissioner chiu: congratulations. as i mentioned earlier in the agenda, if we could now move to item 53, the america's cup item. >> item 53 was considered by the budget and finance committee at a recess meeting and was forwarded to the board as a committee report. it was recommended with an amended agreement. item 53 is a resolution approving a host city and a new agreement among the city. the america's cup event authority and san francisco america's cup organizing committee authorizing the mayor or his designee and the port to execute the host city and the new agreement and finding that the proposed event is physically feasible as set forth in the administrative code chapter 29. commissioner chiu: thank you. if we could just give the audience a moment to clear out. as you are leaving, if you could please keep your voice is down. we do have a lot of business today. ok, why don't we begin

daly. aye dufty aye. elsbernd aye. mar aye. maxwell aye. mirkarimi aye. alioto-pier aye.re are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: those resolutions are adopted. item 32. >> item 32 is a motion that the board of supervisors hold a public hearing on december 7, 2010, to consider an acquisition of various real properties by eminent domain for the transbay transit center program. supervisor daly: i have an amendment, and you should have a copy of that at your desk. it does strike lines 10 and 11 on page two. it mentions benefited parcels block, burden parcels block 3721, lots numbers 109 through 118. supervisor chiu: supervisor daly has made a motion to amend, seconded by supervisor mirkarimi. without objection, the motion to amend passes. we could not take a roll-call vote on the underlying motion as amended. >> on item 32 as amended, avalos aye. campos aye. chiu aye. chu aye. daly aye. dufty aye. elsbernd aye. mar aye. maxwell aye. mirkarimi aye. alioto-pier aye. there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: motion is approved. could you call item 33? >> item 33 is a motion that the board of

aye. supervisor chu, chu no. supervisor daly, daly aye. supervisor dufty, dufty aye. supervisor elsbernd, elsbernd no. supervisor mar, mar aye, maxwell aye, supervisor mirkarimi, mirkarimi aye. there are eight aye's and three nos. president chiu: the resolution is adopted. if we can now go back -- actually, i'm sorry, we have a couple of more 3:00 special orders. items 45 and 46. madam clerk: items 45 and 46 are the board of supervisors sitting as a whole -- objecting to the proposed resolution approving the redevelopment agency's lease of land commonly known as 701 golden gate avenue to mary helen rogers senior community for the purpose of developing housing for very low-income senior households. president chiu: we have a proposal to consider redevelopment regarding the mary helen redevelopment. do we have initial comments from the redevelopment staff? >>ed good afternoon, supervisors, president chiu and members of the board. the item before you is the disposition of by lease of agency land applied with tax increment funds. under state law, the agency comes before th

avalos aye, chiu aye, chu, aye, supervisor daly, no. supervisor dufty, dufty aye. supervisor elsbernd, elsbernd aye. supervisor mar, mar aye, maxwell aye, mirkarimi, no. eight aye's and three nos. president chiu: motion passes. if we could go back to our 3:00 special order regarding the ocean avenue benefits district. i understand that we do have complete tabulations and i'd like to ask the clerk to announce the results. madam clerk: yes, mr. president. the returned weighted ballots voting for the ocean avenue bid was 54.83% and the returned weighted ballots voting against the ocean avenue bid was 35.17% indicating there was no majority protest. president chiu: at this time, there's not been a majority protest and thus at this time i would ask, unless there are further comments for a vote on the resolution. supervisor avalos, do you have comments you would like to make? supervisor avalos: i would just -- thank you, president chiu. i am trying to get a breakdown of the property owners who were supportive, what percentage were city property owners, was the city, or a

supervisor daly: aye. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the resolutions are adopted and emotions are approved. item nine. >> approving general plan amendments in connection with the better streets plan. president chiu: same house, same call. without objection. >> item 10, environment code to participate in a drug store to program -- stewardship program. supervisor mirkarimi: we have a vision. we have a plan. we believe the plan should be either memorialized -- we wanted to a pilot program with the industry, consulting with the administration that has been an integral part of negotiating with the pharmaceutical industry.

daly aye. dufty aye. elsbernd aye. mar aye maxwell aye aye -- mar aye. maxwell aye. mirkarimi aye. alioto-pier aye. there are 11 ayes supervisor chiu:chiu -- there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: that motion passes on first reading as amended. colleagues, any additional initial comments at -- before we hear from public comment? ok, at this time, if there are members of the public that wish to make public comments with regard to public motion, i do have a couple of speaker cards. let me also call up francisco da costa and danielle landry and if anyone else wants to comment on the close process for the appointment of a successor meier, please come up. >> supervisors, this is an opportunity for all san franciscanss to participate -- for all san franciscans to participate in this process, and we cannot unless you are united. i'm here to tell you as the director of environmental justice advocacy that today, san francisco needs to be united because we are facing many issues that mostly affect those that cannot defend themselves and our poor. you all may wait until our mayor, who is in room

daly aye. 3 ayes and one no. item 8 is approved. we can go ahead and move into your next calendar item, item nine. approving an amendment to contract 08-04-cmgc-000, authorizing webcor/obayashi joint venture to award a trade subcontract thereby increasing authorized direct costs by $1,699,000 and increasing the authorized construction services be by $139,318. >> directors, we have someone to report on this item. >> this contract is water improvement along howard street. 100% sbe for this package along with all the other side utility packages. being that the water improvements need to occur before the shoring all, this work is on the critical path. happy to answer any questions you have. director ford: it has been moved and seconded. can you spell of the issues regarding sbe participation? i know there were questions about things that need to be changed. >> as it relates to this contract -- director ford: it is good we got to 100%. i just want to better understand the issue. >> the idea is that all the site relocation work were 100%

daly aye. dufty aye. elsbernd aye. mar aye maxwell aye aye -- mar aye. maxwell aye. mirkarimi aye. alioto-pier aye. there are 11 ayes supervisor chiu:chiu -- there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: that motion passes on first reading as amended. colleagues, any additional initial comments at -- before we hear from public comment? ok, at this time, if there are members of the public that wish to make public comments with regard to public motion, i

call vote on the -- on the underlying motion as amended. >> avalos aye campos aye chiu aye chu aye daly aye dufty aye e elsbernd aye mar aye. maxwell aye. mirkarimi aye supervisor al yotey pier aye. there are 11 eyes. >> this motion is approved as amended. now if we could go back to item 34. madam clerk, could you read that item? >> item 34 is a motion that the board of supervisors convene a committee of the whole on november 23rd, 2010 at 3 p.m. to i think to take nominations for a mayor. >> supervisor daly. >> thank you -- $$thank you, mr. president. 10 years of this i think i developed a seamingly unlimited tolerance level for pain. so it is with that introduction that -- you know, i -- i ask you , colleagues, can we please at least spend a moment talking about what we would like to see in the next mayor of san francisco. i know that we spent the better part of the last two meetings here talking about the process that we have finally adopted. i think that probably there is not a really strong interest, probably from any member of the board of supervisors right now to go through and -- ma

avalos aye, chiu aye, chu, aye, supervisor daly, no. supervisor dufty, dufty aye. supervisor elsbernd, elsbernd aye. supervisor mar, mar aye, maxwell aye, mirkarimi, no. eight aye's and three