the department is in the new facility. due to the nature of relocating the city's equipment, there has been a delay. it was initially anticipated that it would be completed by january 31st but it is now taking another month or through the month of february. on page 10 of our report, under the fiscal impact section, we stated that the department of technology is paying $91,000 to lease the facility. . if you look at the table on page 11, we state under that table the total monthly cost would increase by $70,380 per month or 7.1%. the total annual increase cost is $844,696. however, a direct comparison of the cost does not reflect the fact that this is a superior data facility to one market plaza. it has upgraded capacities. the cost of at least close to a million $900,000 would be needed to upgraded into a facility and to continue the datacenter and the department of technology has stated that seismic and power capacity upgrades would be cost prohibitive although no data was provided to us and that connection. as i indicate

that is going into the department. there are three different goals that are outlined by the general manager. without the capital improvements and the strong maintenance parts of the lease that the family enterprises have committed to, without that, it is very difficult to see a positive future. with all of respect, i agree with many of the residence of the quality of the boathouse has been run down. why do feel that the concession -- is a strong concession and i appreciate the programs. i think the process could be improved. i hope that the wreck and parks department has a better process based on the recommendations by the budget analyst office. i will be supportive of the lease as amended and i appreciate the work of the recreation and park department. >> thank you for your leadership and for all stakeholders in this deliberation. i think as i mentioned earlier and to reiterate, i think you will find common opinions that their knees to be a change. i don't think that is where the debate will ensue. what i do feel is t

the department of technology was advised as soon as we were notified by police department that therewas a problem. they looked into it to determine whether or not it was an equipment failure. it was not. they notified at&t on monday. it took at&t until tuesday afternoon to come and troubleshoot the problem. it was an at&t network problem. we are operational again. that concludes my report. president mazzucco: any questions? >> item 2c, commission president's report. president mazzucco: i would like to brief the public and the remainder of the commission that we have had very productive meetings regarding mental health issues. last week, a number of us met at my office to discuss this. we had a great conference with members of the memphis police department. it was incredible to learn about the man does model, how that department deals with mental health issues. following that meeting, yesterday, myself, commissioner hammer, and commissioner chan had another productive meeting. we are looking at mental health issues we have to do with in the city, including issues of our officers are d

police department upon demand. petition shall not make structural changes to the regulation. we are recommending this pub for approval. supervisor chu: we did receive correspondence that the applicant for 620 treat did request a continuance. can you comment on whether that was the case? >> was i reading the wrong one? i'm sorry. i read the entire wrong one. we have the continuance of treat. unfortunately, everything i read was the wrong address. i have been reading pineville time. supervisor chu: gesso members of the public are aware, this is item three. this is in relation to a liquor license application. we received correspondence from the applicant. is there anything else you want to add to that? >> other that it was also a brew pub. dialogue is similar but does not have the same language. supervisor chu: why don't we open of this item up to public comment. are there any other members of the public that would like to comment? this item will be continued. hearing none, public comment is closed. we have a motion t

certainly, our department and other departments, like dpw, and maybe even the department of environment, can help. we need the department of public health's lead on this issue. if you feel like there's a limit to help, please say something. maybe this will come out in the board of supervisors hearing, which you will probably be asked to attend. maybe at that time we can discuss how we can all help. if the board of supervisors decide it belongs in another department, so be it. right now, i believe it is a department of public health issue. i would like to see more movement from the department of public health. >> thank you, commissioner. we will be looking deeply at that. the current group that has been put to another by the department of of the old and aging, are looking specifically into issues with bedbugs. we have made recommendations that we expand this to other city agencies so that we can come up with a more comprehensive approach. with my department, i'm going to be talking, probably calling some of the managers together to come up with better enforcement tools. there is nothing

this consisted of several departments, specifically city attorney, public health, department of building inspection was also included. their code enforcement division, there housing division, electrical and plumbing divisions, as well as our planning department. we essentially inspected all 36 buildings of the academy of art. many notices of violation and correction notices were issued. we have worked with the academy of art. there were over about 100 -- specifically about 108 permits that have been approved, and work is either completed or under way to fix many of the safety problems that we had. there are additional permits that have yet to be submitted to us and are being prepared by their expediter at this time. there's also significant progress on the environmental review. as you may recall how -- as you may recall, in february of this year, we sent a letter to the academy of art, and we were concerned that we have not received all the information we needed to start the environmental review. since then, we have received the bulk of the information that we have needed, and we have pr

she's been with the department for three years. she's come to us with several years of work with -- with -- with experience in various environmental firms before that. she has a long experience working on these related issues. we welcome her to the commission. >> thank you. good afternoon commissioners. the case before you is 121 golden gate avenue. the st. anthony foundation, mercy housing project d.i.r. department case number 200 a, 08 -- 2005 0869 e. the hearing is to take public comment on the adequacy and completeness of the e.i.r. no approval is requested. the subject property is an -- approximately 14,000 square foot lot located on the northwest avenue in the tenderloin. the existing two-story building on the site contains st. anthony's dining hall and philanthropic uses. okay? the project would demolish the existing building and install a 10-story building. the new building would contain the dining hall and philanthropic services on the basement and first and second levels and 90 affordable housing units on the third to 10t

it certainly is work that happens throughout all the department. and as well in terms of creative thought for certain neighborhoods, that was the idea behind what we are calling the better neighborhoods. and the existing neighborhoods program is really going out to some neighborhoods to see if there's some things we can do to

the department has had what we think were very successful meetings to better understand their intent and we've got some modification that we think will improve the legislation before you. stuff like that say that last month you heard requests for more community engage yt on this legislation and this is something that you may want to request from the supervisor as our time and resource for review of legislation restricted unless there are budget changes, the department is pretty limited to what we can do. we do provide a complete policy review. we rely on the elected officials to perform additional outreach to ensure that they have the consensus tpwhaling they need for this policy change. so the supervisors aide is going to be here. maybe i'll just start to walk you through a little bit of the legislation. and what i think is probably required here is we actually walk through section by section. but i'll rely on the commissioners to guide me. if that's too tedious for you, i'll be happy -- is that teed too teedses you? let me know what you think -- president miguel: perhaps more impor

our department, the planning department, to rewrite the rfp and the process, so we do not end up with the same situation where we have to reject the bid, so we are successful in this. two, to rewrite and tighten up so that it is very clear what we want from the vendor and so we can get what we asked for. that has been a kind of drawn out process, but what we wanted to do was to make sure that we kept the process so we would not have any process issues, to not have any more reviews by various departments. when you do that, you include other departments kind of attached at the hit, so we have been working extremely closely with the human rights commission, the controller's office, and the city attorney's office to make sure we do not have any issues. that is why it has taken time. frankly, the -- it is a better product, and i think that we will be able to get what we want. but we did not want to -- when we went back -- because i was not really involved in th

the department will receive 7.5% of the retail rent. the minimum value of the capital improvements are $233,000. additionally, for the first time that stow lake -- first time at stow lake, we will be creating a maintenance revenue fund where 2% of proceeds will be dedicated for the maintenance of stow lake going forward. this is important to us because one of the reasons why the building has reached the state of deterioration is in is that the current tenants for quite some time have been on a month- to-month lease and have not had the security necessary to invest in the property. this dedicated fund will ensure that we do not reached the point -- reached that point at the end of the lease, and that the building is in the same condition at the end of the 15- year lease or 20 years that it is upon the completion of the capital improvement project, and that is very significant for the department facing $1.7 million in deferred capital needs. in addition, the least he will be setting up a dedicated personal property funds -- the lacey -- t

department. what i am asking or recommending is that there be left contingency points. you're going to need to decelerate the water. i tried to introduce electro chemistry and a mathematical model of how much energy it costs to take out bromines from the water. it eliminates all the halogens and it goes up in the gashes vapor read in a gaseous vapor -- in a gaseous vapor. if we add these recycled waters -- frogs are very vulnerable. we have sublimation -- salination, and ground water that people have found worldwide in of opera and ground waters -- in aquifer and groundwaters -- i hope we would have some contingencies. >> i will be very brief. i agree with the previous speakers and urge you as a conservationist and environmentalists to approve this mou. i also want to take this opportunity to contend my friend rick as an outstanding project manager in the recon park department. i urge you to -- in the rec and park department. i urge you to recognize him as such. he deserves the honor. >> is there

the manning department's preliminary recommend -- the planning demmed department's recommendation will allow for relocation of the existing store from 2060 fillmore street to the project site. the majority of the establishment would be the commercial district is formally own. it is consistent with the mixed commercial-residential character of the upper fillmore street. this concludes my presentation. i'm available to answer any questions. thank you. >> thank you. >> is there public comment on this item? >> commission, my name is janet crane. crane architects. i have been helping fields with their permits. the most important thing is that they have been on the block 10 years, they're considered very good neighbors. they're moving four blocks within the neighborhood commercial district and there's no objection to the relocation. i have the points but they have -- it is really what is in your package, so if -- if that's enough information, we agree with the conditions -- and the recommendation and we appreciate your support. thank you. >> thank you. >> additional public comment on this it

meetings based on the department's desire and discretions. my understanding is that the mid august break is the generalized, recognize time in city hall, since we are also in our process from litt involved with the supervisors -- are process we are strongly involved with the supervisors and it is not just an arbitrary department, developer-driven thing. i wanted to put on the record that the mid august break is traditional, has been here probably way before i was on the commission, and there is nothing unusual about. >> i appreciate that, because it is established with discussions and consultation with staff, and there are many times when that calendar is not friendly to the liking of the developers but it is what it is because of the commission's schedule. there is a lot of discussion about the calendar with commissioner olague. vice president olague: the one thing i will hold to is the conversation we need to have that commissioner moore suggested, which i think is an example of what we do not want to see repeated is last week's hearing, wh

of pulled the department's decision and denied -- uphold the department's decision and denied the appeal. commissioner fung: as far as the department knows, has this elevation difference been there for a time equivalent to when the street was deeded over? >> i would suggest so, because the baseball field typically needs to be on a level surface. based upon the maps i have seen, and extends nearly to golden gate avenue. the street slump, as my brief stated, if we assume 0 elevation, by the time he reached the other edge of the baseball field, there would be an elevation deficit between 12 and 13 feet. so something must have happened in order to retain the level area of the baseball field, in order to make that work. so a retaining wall of some type was constructed at some point. commissioner fung: okay. can you talk a little bit to how the department of use this particular as a minor compared with a major encouragement? -- encroachment? >> this would be very similar to other appeals that came to the board. 791 bruno comes to mind right off the bat, where there was an existing at unimprove

and we're working very hard to change the culture in the department and improve safety in the department. we are maximizing transitional work so that people who are available to come back to work can do so. we have a place to put them. that both reduces our costs and it increases people's productivity. we've created a staff safety advisory committee. as well as a bimonthly safety newsletter. in terms of ideas that we're currently considering for conclusion in next year's budget, they fall into three primary categories. and i just want to pause for a moment and stress that we are -- this is very early in our process. and there's not much here that's going to change between now and when we submit the budget in february, and we will be back with you to really give you the particulars of each of these proposals as well as hard estimates for what the revenue that each of these proposals would generate. as phil mentioned in his general manager's report, we are being very successful in terms of implementation of our new recreation model. and we actually have a number of initiatives that we bega

there is a translation service that many departments are using. if someone comes with specific questions, we can call them and there is actually an as needed service for translation. >> that would be helpful >> the comment a number two, this kind of ties to what was said on the design guidelines. i hope that this is the first step in really looking at updating, refining and broadening residential guidelines and perhaps using the tool of the code as a small way to bring demonstrations four different conditions which go beyond what we are currently using. these things do not help anyone any more. this does not help the department. i think that we have more tools in which we can help ourselves. we can give more meaning to how we have set the guidelines. moving through the process itself, i appreciate a process and i appreciate the steps that i would encourage that there are times to understand the references for the general plan and the naval plans. there's also the urban design plans. there are neighbors to remember all of the recommendations. i thi

>> from the planning department.and their number is here on this sheet in the middle of the page. 558-6377. >> under that same note, there are i think we created 8 historic districts in the city. you have down at forth and townsend we have a restaurant there, that's a historic district. even getting the signage was an extra step of going before the landmarks commission not just planning to be able to get that sign approved. >> more work. now why do we have so many regulations in san francisco? it's not this hard in other places. because the board of supervisors and past regulation base on the demands they are elected officials and elected by you because you want things done and that's why we have all the regulations. we have all the code amendments to the california building code. san francisco is the most highly regulated city i know. everything is

president newlin: use the other mic. >> officer takens, central police department department standing in for officer matthias, the regular permit officer. i discussed this with officer matthias prior and basically those conditions we'd like to see placed on for obvious reasons. we have residents in the close area and we don't want quite that much sound to be disruptive to the neighborhood any more than it already is. colosseo is a nice restaurant. it's not a personal issue. we don't want microphones in the hands of the opera singer. if you're an opera singer, you can be well heard without a microphone and we don't want the singing amplified. we don't have a problem with the background music amplified. that's basically our position. president newlin: o.k. >> isn't it true, though, that the doors are to remain closed at all times and are still subject to the sound ordinance, that music can't emanate from the establishment? >> that's right. but not to increase the possibility of serving the peace, we would like to see those conditions placed on the entertainment at this time. >> i suppos

the department will pay all utilities. >> this is a water-intensive area. gas and electricity, i think that is relative to the design plans of how the facility is expanded, enhanced, how to make it more consumer friendly. this is built into the negotiations now that we pay for everything. wouldn't it be more prudent to hold off on that particular trade off until we know what the design plans are? >> it is difficult to include a partial brent package, a partial release. then to subsequently come back and negotiate later. you would have a compensation package and you negotiate. the ortega is lowering the water use. these are the most efficient appliances. i don't know that this is a water intensive use. they are not responsible for filling up the pool at the end of each day. since we did not have independent meeting, this is the only option that the department has. we found it to be operationally not feasible. >> the idea of us being able to benefit from the best negotiation is what i am getting to the bottom of. when the this have been a violation of the pro

the frank foundation has been a stellar department for the san francisco department of the environment and for the city. our renewable energy program has an established history with the foundation since they have provided previous funding for our exploratory work, on tidal power and wave power. the current grant will fund a planning process that will develop a road map to 100% a renewable energy. we will work with the mayor's task force to be in stakeholders and city agencies, pg&e, and visionary renewable energy experts to make sure that our plan is both informed and achievable. currently, about 30% of san francisco's electricity comes from zero emissions sources, so we certainly do have a challenge ahead of us, but it is not an insurmountable goal. some may say it is an impossible goal, but the naysayers said the same thing about our san francisco recycling goals. they said we would never be able to achieve 75% of version rate by 2010, and we have reached a 77% ever generate. i know we can achieve this 100% when newly generated electricity and continue to be a climate leader at the v

the department of public works has agreed to work with the recreation and parks department on providing that tool library. of course, we have the native plant nursery, which would be operated in collaboration with the program. the recreational park department invites hank to continue participation at the site. i would like to thank hank and greg for meeting with me. in regard to implementation, there are $250,000 available for improvements on the site. the assignment of garden plots would be done with the assistance of the san francisco garden research organization, which is a community garden advocacy group in the city. it would assist with organizing the management structure. once the site is up and running, it will be managed by the recreation and park department. it would -- there would also be volunteer opportunities. in the future phase, this would be vertted -- vetted out in the planning process. we would include ideas the community would like to propose. >> commissioner, thank you for the opportunity to share the information about the project. we think we have an exciting potent

certainly, our department and other departments, like dpw, and maybe even the department of environmentcan help. we need the department of public health's lead on this issue. if you feel like there's a limit to help, please say something. maybe this will come out in the board of supervisors hearing,

i intend to uphold the department. president peterson: i still think there could be opportunity for phasing. i am most particularly concerned on the impact of the harem. i do not see how you buy about a total population. he and perhaps his mate would have a chance to readjust. there was agreement that there are -- that there are three trees that stand out as the worst contenders. there could be a discussion of the remaining trees. i am alone on the phasing. that is where my vote would be inclined. vice president goh: president peterson, is the face an idea that the trees in the worst shape would be removed with an eye for the other trees to see if there recover, or in a certain time? president peterson: i think a chance for renewal in other areas. eventually, they would all be replaced. vice president goh: and then how would the decision be made to remove the ones in the worst shape? president peterson: the testimony tonight was that the three worst were all found on the southeast corner. those on the north side, from

but the idea was that the department, we felt, and i have felt particularly strongly that the department needs a communications manager that covers a whole series of activities including conduct public meetings, the website, how we have connection with the media, all those various functions that come under the rubric of communication and we have never had an information officer and we have never had that in the department. i think it's long overdue and i think there's inconsistent messages that go from the department that is very important for us to correct. commissioner moore: i think. i appreciate all answers by everybody. >> thank you. vice president olague: commissioner borden. commissioner borden: i have a few questions and we are told we're adding money back for -- we're not going to be able to do that? >> i'm sorry, which? commissioner borden: for japan town, it looks like we're not getting the money for japan town? >> commissioner, you are talking about the chart on the front page? commissioner borden: correct. >> and japan town 50 grand was an add back and that is well on time a

do we call the health department? i think the health department is set up pretty well. there may be some shortages. the san francisco health code articles 6 and 11 were just modified so the fine is not $1,000 for noncompliance, but $1,000 per day. of course, the department of health gives you a period to act on these. they do not come up with guns blazing on the first day. you were given a period to try to correct the issue. the fine is in place. they pretty much know what they're doing. if you do it through dbi, you have to train the inspectors. you must have confidence. right now we pay the control. that is passed on to the tenant. i suppose the department of building inspection would also impose fees and those would also be passed on. i think it ought to be left with the health department. strengthen the health department if they're lacking in certain areas. that's where it belongs. thank you. president murphy: thank you. >> my name is kendra. a lot of the stuff we see in the mission is similar to what you heard from the sor collaborative. we do our reach every day.

i have worked for 20 years in the department of public health. i would like to speak in support of this resolution. i think the department of public health will use the money wisely, especially under the new and hopefully long leadership of barbara garcia. dr. mitch katz did a fine job for his long stand, and i'm sure that this grant will further the work that dr. katz did to benefit all san franciscans. i hope he has a forceful stay in los angeles, and thank you. -- fruitful stay in los angeles. supervisor chu: thank you. are there any other members of the public who wish to speak on item 1? seeing none, public comment is closed. motion to send the item forward with recommendations. item two. >> item two, resolution authorizing the san francisco recreation and park department to retroactively accept and expend a gift of $171,753 from the san francisco parks trust to support various recreation and park department operations. supervisor chu: i believe we have a representative from the recreation and park department, the director of research and de

or the person who was handling it in the planning department? >> the planning department. i understand this is not relevant for san francisco necessarily, but we always made it very clear with our planning staff that if you're going to get an application, where the applicant believes it is complete, and you do not, you are required to give not only written notice but are required to tell them that it is still deemed incomplete. that did not happen in the email. consequently, my client felt that, ok, no big deal to give you said in the email "looks great, but would you just do a few minor things?" that is where it broke down, and we believed it had been deemed complete, as we did, there certainly was enough time to have this thing heard before the december 1 change in the law. that is the issue. so i respect mr. sanchez and his statements that as it stands today in january 2011, it may be legally difficult. i do not believe in possible. i believe it is possible to determine that we were deemed complete, and i am not a latin scholar, but the note is one of the phrases i did