the big picture is that the sfmoma plans to build a new wing to house the fischer collection. the have already acquired the hill college building and desires to acquire fire station number one, both of which are on howard street, around the corner from the museum. it would demolish both structures and construct a new wing, linking to the back of the existing museum. in a moment, i will have diagrams for you. in return, the museum will build, at no cost to the city whatsoever, a new fire station at 935 folsom st.. as stated in the organs before you and in the agreement, the city has not yet completed environmental review of these projects. the agreement before you is a conditional agreement, setting out terms for the land transfer, contingent upon a number of independent actions to take place in the future, all of which are at the full discretion of the board of supervisors and other decision-making bodies. these include the completion of the ceqa process and certification of an eir, action to rezone the existing fire station property and the right of way on the street behind i

. >> think it is commonly understood that the fischer collection was 1100 works by some of the great contemporary works, one of the great collections in the world. in fact, the collection has not been seen. it has been largely stored at the headquarters, there has never been a publication or exhibition. >> but fischer collection and the additional expansion over the next 50 years, what in the next 25 years will the museum be doing? >> we are very committed to expanding the museum, expanding the collection, the overall growth of the museum. that is one of the things that is very important to us. we are about to enter a strategic planning process. the fundamental question we want to address is, how wil sfmoma growth and enhanced its engagement with the community? it is not enough that the museum has great works in its collection, has great exhibitions, wonderful education programs, it is how does the institution grow and enhance its relationship with the community. it is very important to us. >> on behalf of the residents of san francisco, we thank you for shepherding this institution

that will triple gallery space, an expansion that will house the fischer art collection. >> we begin the adjacent state and finally we settled on the firehouse. >> that firehouse was built in the early 9000s. >> now city officials agree they will take over the land on howard street and in exchange build a new state of the art firehouse on folsom about four and a half blocks away at no cost to taxpayers. mayor calls eight win-win. >> great idea, it really is. >> proposed location is in a mixed use area with businesses like a carwash and a hardware store, but there are also homeowners in the growing neighborhood. station number one responded to 13,000 calls last year. >> it's a big issue for a lot of people. >> plans are for the new firehouse to open in fall of 2012 and museum expansion in 2015 at the earliest. >>> california health officials say the state is in the midst of a whooping cough epidemic and they are urging children and people that work close with them to get vaccinated. there have been 1500 confirmed cases the most since the 1950s and five of them has been fatal. two mont

advantage for the yerba buena neighborhood, and as we look forward and have a great opportunity with the fischer collection coming, we have the opportunity to again enhance the yerba buena neighborhood, and especially howard street, by this expansion. it will allow us to create a new and livelier aspect on howard street. we will be able to relocate to what you just heard is a much better location for them, provide much better public service, and the arrangement we have made with the family is for the collection, which is one of the great collections anywhere in the world to come to the museum for no less than 100 years, so it is an extraordinary win-win-win, i would say, for the city, and we have taken a great pleasure in the relationships that we develop with the fire department in putting this together, so appreciate your giving this very serious consideration, and i and my team are happy to answer any questions you may have. thanks. >> good afternoon, supervisors. president of the san francisco fire fighters. i would also like to speak in favor of this resolution, this item before you today.