you can see the space on the left, the flexible space on the right. this gives you a good shot of the climbing wall. retail spaces. above that is one patch of grass i mentioned where we have the sunniest part of the park. that is an opportunity to make a passive, relaxing space. you will be able to look down and it would be a nice vantage point as well as a nice, sunny people for people to relax. another shot of that flexible space, you can see with ramps it creates an interesting room feel. one of the things that we have an opportunity to do in this park in general, we have a budget for art programs. we are working with the art commission to come up with better ideas of how to integrate art. the roofs of those ramps create an opportunity for lighting, for art. we have precedent images of park in san diego, chicano park which has murals for the freeways there: there are lots of different ways to use the ramps. we want to use them rather than sort of build around them. this is looking down on essex street so now we are sort of above the -- north of fol

we have to allow staff that flexibility. on the issue of parking, we have to take what is before us to be what is presented. that is the point -- .57 parking ratio. the dental school has their 51 parking spaces and it is up to them, we have to factor goes out of residential parking. we have the 10 car shares. it is fair to count the seniors among the parking ratio. there are many seniors who have cars. what the speaker spoke about the fact that this particular person was sleeping in his car. it allows independent and mobility and oftentimes, as you become a senior, i can see it happening that their mobility becomes less and the only way they can get around as if they do of the vehicle. it is not that all the seniors will have cars, but a certain number of them will want to have cars. having them five blocks away is almost like not having them at all. it is a fair ratio, it makes sense that is my position. as far as the haight street entrance, that is very important. that has to be as large and as welcoming as possible to let

improve your posture, balance, and flexibility. it is easy. get up on your feet and step to the beat. senior dance class is from sf rec and park. a great way to get out and play. >> for more information, finally -- i will go over this in a few slides, but this is the first time a lot of flexibility was given to the congestion management agencies. previously we had gotten fundss in silos for different programs . this round where we have a lot of flexibility as to what type of projects we can program. this is the map of san francisco's priority development areas, also on page 59. i won't go into it in too much detail unless you have questions. the framework in 38 million, 3.5 million is planning activities of funds every cycle, congestion management. generally over sight of fubd funded projects, county transportation and regional transportation and lots of thesering activities. next portion we see here, 24.6 million, that minimum we have to spend in the priority development areas. we created the next line down. this school is an eligible project

this round where we have a lot of flexibility as to what type of projects we can program.is is the map of san francisco's priority development areas, also on page 59. i won't go into it in too much detail unless you have questions. the framework in 38 million, 3.5 million is planning activities of funds every cycle, congestion management. generally over sight of fubd funded projects, county transportation and regional transportation and lots of thesering activities. next portion we see here, 24.6 million, that minimum we have to spend in the priority development areas. we created the next line down. this school is an eligible project. eligible projects within this program. and we created this target to really identify the school infrastructure projects in the city. there will be another round of funding and another call in winter, january of 2013 where we will be focused on the education outreach portion of this school program. the final piece is remaining balance, funds we can spend outside the area. >> the funds you are articulating in buckets, are those written in stone

>> the marines have been very flexible for us. in the past we've relied on the inherent flexibility to adapt to provide what we need on the battlefield at the right time and place. i think if you look at us in afghanistan and iraq, the one thing that the marines have shown is their ability to do that. we moved from very high intensity, a kind of traditional warfare if you will against the iraqi forces initially to a very, very effective coin counterinsurgency operations in afghanistan. i think we'll rely more on -- instead of dedicated tasks we'll rely on the inherent flexibility of marines to adapt. >> when you commanded regional command in afghanistan, you were responsible for training afghan forces. you had said as all national leaders have said, the importance of training the soldiers that are required for western forces to be able to lead in 2014 as scheduled. however, there have been an unprecedented number of attacks where the folks we've trained are turning their weapons on their trainers. that has really led to some signi

we can put real grass there as well as a more flexible area right just directly south of the biergarten that will have active uses, maybe a climbing wall, something like that, open space for events. you can show movies against walls of buildings, things like that. also ai -- adjacent to that space there are additional retail opportunities. we are working with the team to design that and see what could go there. potentially cafes but thinking more activity type uses like an art center, maybe an office for the community benefit district that is going to be in the neighborhood. things like that that will help be a sinner gis tick use. >> * >> where will that be? >> why don't we get to a closup and i will show you but basically north of folsom street. * we have incorporated a basketball court, sports courts on the right there is a hillside, which isn't usable for active recreational uses but at the very northern part of the right side of this diagram there is a flat space we are going to develop, we proposed as a dog park. as well as some children's activities. a slide to go along with that

flexibility, i understand.cowthe access accessibility subcommittee is working proactively on one issue, which elevators. i understand they had an on-site meeting so that we could work out the type of screens and whar information was displayed, how it is actually communicated to the publicñr and all the regulations are met. we also continue to work with the structural subcommitteeñr on the different building sizes. this is the outgrowth of moçósf the caps from a few years ago. we arey8 working hard to make e ourñr subcommittee is up toñr s. there is one other issue that came up recently. in courage -- we got some information about umb buildings that were upgraded, and the type of ramp may not have been installed per the intent roof e ordinance. a lot of brick wallsxd are layes of brick. it appears that they were approved for thatÑiñr purpose. in some cases, the property owners were only anchoring the first layer of brick. we cannot know if this issue is on a couple buildings,fácouple s happening consistently.

it provides flexibility. but we are happy to keep 50 as a requirement. good >> i would be supportive of putting 50 in the motion. >> did we hear from the project sponsor or not? nab on the driveway -- may be on the driveway, the size of the curvb cut. >> there was a letter dated monday confirming financing is in place for all fifth day. the checks have not been signed, but it is in place, so we are comfortable with a condition being 50 bmr units. if it comes apart, we are willing to come back and talk about it then. we are comfortable it is not going to fall apart, so we are willing to take that risk. it's seems quite secure, and we do not want to jeopardize it by having this uncertainty. >> you are ok with on site? >> right now it permits us to choose the on site option. we would have to come back to you to do it offside. the reason the driveway on buchanan seat is 20 feet is to reasons. one is that is the one the parking will be utilizing. they will be coming once or twice a year. the second thing is that is a basement garage, so there is a fairly stee

we need to be flexible because things change. there is not just one solution. kids might take 10 steps forward. they might make such significant progress, and then something goes down. something goes down and they take eight steps back. we need to be able to be flexible with them and be there through that process. and not to say, i am not working with you anymore because you let me down. that is really important as well, not to be rigid. collaborations are very important as well. if we are talking about bringing everybody to the table to develop solutions, youth should have the same importance as the district supervisor, as the police enforcement officer, as the executive director. through that, we build a real communities. i have respect for our brother over here and respect for my sister over there. you develop that accountability and integrity billet -- and integrity amongst one another. we are able to express ourselves and develop real solutions, especially in the time where the budgets are cut left and right. the only thing we have left is our human relati

and we would like to thank them for being flexible and willing to do this. supervisors, it's our office's opinion that the cost associated with increasing a citizen's access to democracy and promoting government accountablity. we hope to work with the implementation of this very important project. additionally, supervisor olague would like to thing her co-sponsors, supervisors mar and kimm as they have worked with residents of the housing authority sites. we don't have the need for a staff report on this, but i should point out that henry alvar alvarez, the director of the authority is in the audience today. >> he's upstairs. sorry. he's no longer -- >> so, ms. tucker. thank you. is the housing authority in support of this? >> the housing authority is in support of this. >> okay. so mr. alvarez was here, we would say yes. >> he would support, yes. >> so they are willing to pay the $35,000? >> it's important to note, other departments like the san francisco unified school district factor into their budgets payments for broadcasting. >> i only reason i ask tha

we want the flexibility to rent them to people with electric cars or city car share. making this process simple and functional is the process of city government. we appreciate you bringing this forward and shepherding it through. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon again, supervisors. brook turner, with coalition for better housing. may i begin by thanking supervisor wiener for his work, that is helpful, mr. cato and mr. cisneros if he is watching for working on this. it came as i think a reaction to constituent complaints about bills coming in or enforcement unknown tax law where there are some folks who had to pay huge fines and huge back tax on us and are continuing to do that, even as we speak. they still have to do this. although ignorance of the law is certainly no excuse, it is -- it was not known by most anyone that this was necessary. if they did know, had i known that they had to be fingerprinted and bonded, $1,000, all these thing, you can expect they wouldn't rent out their parking spot or they would not report it. we think that the am

governors are asking us all the time flexibility on medicaid. look, every state has different issues and different problems. so, we want to be able to give the states the tools they need. make sure that they spend it on their medicaid population. >> those individuals won't have a federal guarantee under that program? >> i won't get into te details. what we have done in the past, they still have to serve this population. they just get more flexibility on how to serve this population instead of all of these rules from washington that make it hard for them to make sure they meet the mandate. >> let's talk about foreign policy and in his convention speech, president obama called your ticket new to foreign policy, that's a quote. >> you might not be ready for diplomacy to beijing if you can't visit the olympics without insulting our strongest ally. my opponent said that it was tragic to end the war in iraq and he won't tell us how he'll end the war in afghanistan. >> so, how will a president romney end the war in afghanistan? >> look, those kind of c

we can see the flexibility of choice that you maintain. now this difference between law and theory as to freedom of action versus freedom of choice, i think it it actually is quite compatible across both if we simply separate what it is we're talking about, a difference between your preferences and desires over which you may not have control versus action choices and in law, we punish you for bad actions, not for bad preferences and desires. so then the question is, how do we take account for preferences and desires that may be outside of your control? that may be things like gray matter lighten kent showed us that showed us that people like psychopaths have decreased gray matter in particular regions of their brain. it could be something like the guy who he was talking about out of virginia who had the large tumor in his brain and chose to act on but didn't have control over having the tumor in his brain. how do we take account for that in law? that's, i think, the interesting struggle that neuroscience presents us with, but it doesn't ch

it allows the states the flexibility. they allow the states to -- consider work -- education as work, providing education and training to move people off of welfare so they can find jobs that actually pay a living wage so they can support their families. mr. speaker, i've been on public assistance. i know what it's like. it's a bad, bad feeling. it doesn't make you proud. i did it because i had to. certainly not because i wanted to. i would wake up in the middle of the night frozen in fear what would happen if one of my three children -- they were 1, 3 and 5 years old -- got ill. what if they broke an arm? they were rowdy little kids. what if they grew out of their shoes before i planned to buy new shoes? it was a very scary time. the day that i went off welfare was the day that i celebrated because i didn't need it. i could stand on my own two feet. but i guess we shouldn't be surprised by this debate. the majority party's current standard barrier has said he believes 47% of the american people are essentially -- and tha

we see those skills sets being tossed and giving more flexibility. china's spotlight and competing groups and teachers and principals talk about those things they are really important. we try to build that culture. a wrong way to go. the other thing i am interesting in that is related the not identical is cognitive versus non cognitive skills. a lot of work on resiliency and perseverance. i spent my life working on a south side of chicago in an impoverished community and everyone came from tough spots. those kids that went out made it out and had that resiliency group that was mind blowing. how do we teach those skills? two young kids at home trying to ask what did you fail at today? nontraditional question.

so aia gives us more cash flexibility because we have an asset we can sell.ur goal is to continue our capital management, do it on a steady basis, make sure we stay strong, make sure the rating agencies feel we are very strong, to live up to the promises we make to our clients, and we can continue to grow our businesses. >> is the dividend in the cards in 2013? >> i can't tell you when the treasury is gone or what the board will decide, but i believe strategically we should have a dividend on this stock, and once we're able to do that and we pass all the tests and everybody is satisfied, i think that's something we'd like to be able to do. >> the aircraft leasing business to give me more cash. where is that in terms ofs is aet sales? >> we're still working on that. the market is not ready for that. there's a lot of concern in the industry. we've had some bankruptcies. that's going to take longer to get done. >> in terms of the regulatory overtight from the federal reserve, would you be prepared to sell the thrift so you don't have that pressure? >> we're plan

we have the flexibility to move our attrition, if we want to.ses so much, you are never going to get back. to get level and work with the ebb and flow of positions is much more preferable than to cut the salary budget by adding more positions. it is a business. i mean, i will just be honest with you. ñrwe look at that. inñrm-÷ march, itñr is an artiff the past that)tú we used for the budget. sometimes the mayor's office was more successfuls"u and we incree it. sometimes a department like us has been very successful with 24, 25 positions. >> good. any more questions? all right. thank you. thank you to the mayor's office. >> is there any public comment on item for -- in four? seeing none, itemcw÷ five updatn the bicñr subcommittees', access appeals commission, board of examiners, and could advisory committee. >> good morning. i thought i would give you a quick overview on access appeals. it then we can talk about the code advisory committee. the access appeals commission is a five-person commission that meets twice a month. ñrit is comprised of pe

so in my view it actually increases the department's flexibility in terms of managing that. >> great.you very much. >> supervisor wiener: yeah. >> chair mar: thank you. are there any other people from the public that would like to speak? public comment is closed. supervisor wiener. >> supervisor wiener: i move that we forward this item to the full board with positive recommendation. >> chair mar: thank you. can we do this without objection, colleagues? thank you. thank you. ms. miller, is there any other business before us? >> alisa miller: no, there are no further matters. >> chair mar: thank you, everyone. meeting adjourned. >> this is really a great opportunity to express to you my appreciation for the america's cup, for deciding to come into san francisco to have this 34th race. the economic impact to the city is incredible. we estimate there will be $1 billion spent by everybody involved throughout the bay area as a result of this race. 8000 jobs have been this 34th race. , to hospitality, all the hotels, all the activities that you see around this waterway. it is an incredible i