it's fairly balanced with dpw as well as consultants. however, we were not able to buttress our dpw team with the skills or the expertise of cost estimating that we were hoping to do back in 2010, so that speaks to a piece of why we're looking to extend their contract in terms of dollar amounts. i do want to underscore this request is for authorization to amend their contract. all the funding is in place, we've been able to preserve project dollars by managing through the last -- through the years so this is not asking for any more money, it's just continuing to manage the project as we have in the last 8 years. with that i can take questions. >> okay, thank you very much. no questions right now, maybe in a minute. mr. rose, can we go to your report, please. >> yes, mr. chairman, supervisor avalos, on page 58 of our report we have a table 2 which shows the estimated cost of the additional services totaling $4,474,706. we also report on the bottom of page 58 that the sfgh currently has 60,756 in unused contract authority which was previou

>> yes, the dpw process includes those requirements so all of that will occur. we will be in compliance with the wireless facilities permit process as they apply to street light poles, yes. >> that's great to hear. i'm -- actually i didn't see until just now page 4 you have a proposed antenna equipment simulation no. 2. >> yes. that's the one that's off the table. >> that's table. >> yes. >> that's what i thought you were saying. that would be completely unacceptable. okay, thanks. >> we anticipated that reaction as a group of city departments involved in this. we understand the aesthetics is important to you as supervisors and to the residents that we serve. within the puc's purview, then, as that permitee goes through the dpw process, they come to us as the owner of the asset and what we look at is what's described on slide 7 here. we are looking at the electrical impacts, we're looking at the loading on our street light poles, equipment placement, we're looking at identifying the most optimal location within our street light circuitry for connecting the elect

first when dpw issues it's sidewalk permits it can impose conditions on how those permits are used. so these two bullets get a little bit ahead of that process that if the front of that premises is going to be used for cafes or sidewalks they go to dpw and we can craft if they were to apply for a permit to use the sidewalk the planning commission recommends that the sidewalk use cease at 10:00 p.m., but again it's something that dpw ultimately has authority over it's it's sidewalk permitting process. >president cindy wu: it's tricky territory to something that can happen in the future. i think that's what their concern is if the project sponsor went for a sidewalk permit then that could be included at the time. >> the following section that has to do with noise. the first sentence, "uses shall be performed with the incurred only" that is the premise that it's applying for a use of the sidewalk from dpw and government can't take away the legal right for somebody to apply for a permit. certainly the government could disapprove a permit. i would recommend editing out that if the commis

that's what dpw requires them to obtain. if you look at exhibits 5 and 6 you'll see that's where the consent is and they said this is mandatory, that the consent had to be obtained in order to go from mountain springs and that's why it's so important for this board to understand this point. the developers are asking to build this steep concrete walkway which will only serve one building and will be a private walkway and the metulas will be 100% responsible for its maintenance and slip and falls. it does not follow the code. the second issue, the green policies. this new project they've proposed d violates not only the green policies, but the prior decisions of this board. this is the walkway that the developers brought up the first time to the board of appeals and the board of appeals made a ruling, which was the only thing the neighbors were asking for that this all be reduced. cut less of the green space up. this is what was finally approved from mountain springs so 15 feet wide sidewalk violates that prior rule, also viol

and the repairs that have been made to the sidewalk, involved pretty routine pruning by the dpw cement shop. >> your photo the tree for the adjacent property, looks smaller, has that been, is that a newer tree? >>

and the repairs that have been made to the sidewalk, involved pretty routine pruning by the dpw cement shop. >> your photo the tree for the adjacent property, looks smaller, has that been, is that a newer tree? >> that is correct, that is a lift species that is an olive brush tree and i am not sure why that tree is there and how that tree got planted but it does not match the rest of the trees on the blk, but most of the trees on the block, all of the other trees match this subject tree species which is the new zealand christmas tree and, these are the patterns that we see in the middle and on to the right. >> why is the subject tree so much smaller than the tree on the right of the property? >> considering that they probably were planted at the same time correct? >> correct. i would assume that they were planted at

>> dpw is committed to maintaining it in the sidewalk. >> okay. we have a motion from the president to up hold this denial, on the basis that the tree is healthy and on the further basis that the dpw is committed to maintaining both the tree and the sidewalk. on that motion, to up hold the denial, commissioner fung? >> no. >> and commissioner honda? >> no. >> okay. >> commissioner wilson? >> aye. >> thank you. >> the vote is 2-2, and under the city charter with our vacancy, three votes are needed to over turn any departmental action. as such, this motion fails, however, absent another motion, the denial would be upheld by default. okay, no other motion. >> okay, the denial is upheld by default. >> thank you. >> and so then we will move on president, lazarus? >> yes. >> item 6 has been reschedule and item seven and i will call item 8 which is appeal number 1 4-149, charles pappas, with the property owner being 954 geary, and the property is at 958 geary street appealing the issuance of a letter of determination regarding the medical cannabis may be

in these cases office collaborated with dpw or sf mta street inspector to investigate and revolve the issue immediately. this is a reminder to the public, if you notice something blocking the path of travel without an alt ernate routine. please call our office, 554-6789 voice or reach us through tty at 415-554-6799. let me repeat those numbers. you can reach us at voice at 415-554-6789 or reach us through tty at 415-554-6799. the final category of complaints received had to do with a city app and documents in a city website not being compatible with software use by people who are blind or have low vision. under section 508 of the rehabilitation act and ada program access requirement, the city must make available the same information to people with sensory disability as the general public. in this case the city app, currently staff are working with the app vendor to see if changes can be made to add this functionality and they hope they will be able to incorporate this soon. in addition, individuals may access the information at the portal or call the staff call center from their mobil

we hope to have the chance to work with dpw and friends of the urban forest to replace the trees with one tree more suitable for the neighborhood, which is full or plum trees and olive trees. p palm trees are great when they're in an open space. four of them simply do not belong into a single tree basin on a busy residential street where health and safety should be the primary concerns. all we're asking is to restore the previous tree basin to its original state and undo the illegal action of the previous owners. thank you and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> since you recently purchased the property in october of last year, did you have concerns when you pir xhased the property with those four palms? >> buying a home in san francisco, you don't have a lot of time to focus on the details. also with a one month old baby i think it's something we assumed we could deal with in the future. having gone through the process so far and losing the application and the appeal, i've since learned otherwise, but i guess we didn't know what we were getting spoo. >> was there any disclosure fro

it's fairly balanced with dpw as well as consultants. however, we were not able to buttress our dpw team with the skills or the expertise of cost estimating that we were hoping to do back in 2010, so that speaks to a piece of why we're looking to extend their contract in terms of dollar amounts. i do want to underscore this request is for authorization to amend their contract. all the funding is

>> a lot of the road work was dpw doing a water main service for a sprinkler service in that building it was not necessarily the job, that was public works doing the work where they closed up the street there. >> okay. >> so, you may have, answered, this already. too, but, for the original job the remodel, it was a submital to planning and so they had, the major plan got approved through planning. before they pull the permits. and this was not over the counter job. >> no. >> these were all submital and notifications given on these jobs. >> okay. >> so, in summary, you are satisfied that all of the permits are in place, and abaited. and i think that the big one there was because i had heard about the notification issues but two planners we want out there and --. >> that is correct. two planners went out there. >> and the next thing that i think that i heard the only thing outside of that was that i heard on the news i think, that the streets were closed down through to the construction, but you are understanding of that was because dpw had to do their job to get the water main in there

dpw, ed, muhammad. these holidays and what we are creating here is very significant for san francisco. people are coming from all over the world over the holidays as well as from chinatown, north beach, from taravel and sunset to have good reasons to be here. have a safe successful warm holidays. remember, rain is good. it's about prosperity to everyone, it's about world series too and to say again, whenever you come to this place, i just wanted you to know that the people who created this space had in mind to bring lots more people together and thank and support all of our local businesses here in union square. we meet challenges, not with sad stories. in san francisco, just as they did 100 years ago when they did the panama pacific world fair exposition. we celebrate by meeting these challenges by innovation. is this park innovation? you got to say yes, it is. this spirit which i think will dominate all of our holidays. thank you. have a great holiday. thank you, everybody, for working together. [ app

. >> could i ask the dpw, i mean the department prior? >> so what was the reasoning why did it take so long to get to the repairs, because that was evidently a tripping hazard. >> the city has a backlog of probably 1,000 sidewalk repairs across the industry. >> i moon that i remember, i got a notice for a cracked sidewalk and i had to remove within 45 days. and exactly. >> and i did not have the same policy for themselves. >> exactly. we hear that a lot. the one difference is that the city responsibility for thousands of street trees, whereas a single property owner is responsible for a single street trees and so in that sense, the odds are stacked against us and we should have to abide by the same rules that you enforce correct? >> it would be the world that we are all striving to live in and we are trying to get there. through a change in policy, and there could be a valid initiative of the funding mechanism to maintain the street trees and we do try to prioritize and we are repairing the sidewalk all of the time. and this certain will

we believe the appellant misconstrued dpw's policy about the applicability of section 406 article 9 of the public works code. our applicability for this is when there is a proposal to construct the entire street, so the entire stanion property line to property line for the feasibility that the city would ultimately accept it for maintenance. in a case like that, yes. absolutely. all the fronting property owners need to consent because ultimately they are the ones that are going to be either paying for it or going to be assessed a certain value of it until the improvements are paid off, thus following the board of supervisors this approval of the proposed driveway to the site through the right of way, mark brand came to us with a proposal to construct what is already legislated as a 15 foot wide sidewalk along both sides of the street for the stretch of the street. and mountain spring and i know it's hard to see off this, but there was app copy of this map also included in our brief, but the official sidewalk here is 15 feet so there's a ledge slated sidewalk width that the matula's are

the department of public health more effectively regulated the establishments we've been working with dpw and our planning department with the abdomen an 47 as we work to codify ab 47 in our local health care we want to make sure we have interims in place the rest i submit. >> thank you commissioner chan supervisor wiener supervisor yee commissioner white. >> supervisor avalos. >> thank you. i have a few items for introduction so the first item calling for a hearing on pg&e's negotiations with the city with the public utilities commissions a complaint in 9 city attorney's office that pg&e has unreasonably denied service to the city because pg&e has a monopoly on power and distribution in san francisco they're required to be an open access provider they've transferred hetch hetchy power to the terms of interconnection that's power generated by the city but transported on per diem lines it exteriors next julia year ago the city requested a new negotiation but per diem has refused to negotiate in good faith they've trying to force the city to put in several new equipment that's been in place

councilmembers, it's been great to work with you and now ten 10 years that i have brought to mod to dpw will bring more to this city's quality of life. thank you. >> thank you, i think we have councilman laura? >> i just want to say this you for everything. you will be greatly missed by the mayor's office on disability and i hope that you go with giant strides and just make sure that we are tethered along somewhere because we'll definitely continue to benefit from your expertise. >> next, we have councilmember roland wong. >> yes, i appreciate all your work and especially while serving as the chair of the physical access committee and we have done a lot of great work lie what carla mention the central subway and dolores park to make it more accessible and the libraries to make it more accessible. so i hope to continue working with you through mdc and mod to continue forward to make things more accessible. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next we have councilmember senhaux. >> john paul, it's been a lot of years and to piggy back on some of the council, we will miss you. i thank you

great. >> giving the dpw the ultimate say on the species, correct? >> yes. as mr. buck would argue or mark merced would argue, it withstood three different storms over the past seven days, didn't fall, not one branch fell. i would like to hear mr. buck tonight provide some evidence that there was property damage or human injury from this tree. he can want provide any reports pause there are none. the tree is healthy, he claims that there's decay in the tree. there's very little decay in the tree. he'll probably show you pictures that there is, but there isn't. the argument is nonsensical. the owners of park merced claim they're going to replace this tree, along with another one that we don't have a picture here with a redwood tree and as you know, redwood trees can grow several hundred feet has maintained they dend to replace every tree that they remove and we have evidence to the contrary that they have not been doing this. i was here a year ago arguing on behalf of the trees parkwood way. they never came up with a plan to replace those 200 dree trees that they cr

to figure out, going forward, but, again, all told, i think that we worked hand and glove with the dpw and the fire department to make sure that the fire problem that we had in the 2012 did not may out, and there were some street fires but we got in and put them out quickly. three officers were treated at general hospital for one for alaceration to his hand, and one of our female csi folks hurt her shoulder getting hit with a bottle and one of our motors got hit in the arm. but again, all were treated and released and no one was kept, thankfully no head injuries, and so, you know, absent not having to take the bottles, at all, the night went well and we didn't have any of the destruction that we have had before it was limited to graffiti and i have gotten the complaints that it was expensive to get off but it was much better than 12. the parade itself went terrific, again, great plan, kutos to ops and all of the other inner agency folks and the streets got opened quickly and we did get three guns out of the event and none were discharged and no shots were fired and one of them was used

. >> i want to thank in addition to the dpw i've been critical of the fire department in some respect want to thank the fire department to allow us to move forward and want to note this will be powder by clean, hetch hetchy puc this which is is good thing supervisor kim has made a motion to forward with a positive recommendation we have the amendments my icing so mr. malmet has given us a basic clean up amendments and their non-substantive so we won't take action today but before we forward colleagues have any questions about the amendments if not we'll take that without objection. they're adopted and on the motion to forward item one to the full board with with a positive recommendation i'll we'll take that without objection. madam clerk madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> there's no further business. >> then we're adjourned thank you good morning. >> mar. >> here. >> lee. >> here. >> mccray? >> thank