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i'm speaking about the park on the 17th and folsom. the meeting got bumped back and i know we have several people here and i'm speaking in support of the park. i specifically want to address some of the opposition which has to do with the removal of parking because this is currently a service parking lot. i have a paper point exhibition here. this might be a little confusing. my bosses look like cockroaches, but i just want to show -- i only highlighted a few of the alliance. there are eight bus lines within walking distance of this park and 12 stops on the corner. the 33 and 22 runs right along 16th street. the mission buses and there's a bart station at 16th and mission street. this is a transit-rich area. it is flat and there is a bike lane on harrison and another on of valencia. it is very easy to reach without a car. like the carmeggdon that did not happen in los angeles, this is overblown. because san francisco is so obsessed with food and restaurant, i want to cite the "chronicle" 100 best restaurant list. there is one here -- t

>> moving at one block over on folsom boulevard. supervisor kim: where is the new location going to be? sorry, did not know the answer to that. >> i will ask lisa to give you the specific answer as to the st. location. >> local consultant 230. this is a project to at theta as the lead on -- that the ta has the lead on. currently it comes off the freeway and curves toward full some to terminate at a tea intersection. how do i describe it? excuse me for one second. may i have a piece of paper from here? [inaudible] >> he is a registered civil engineer with the state of california. [laughter] >> [inaudible] so, the purpose of this project is to eliminate this and have the ramp -- a supervisor kim: turned that way -- -- supervisor kim: turn that way. got it. thank you for the demonstration. [laughter] >> [inaudible] supervisor cohen: at which closure? >> good morning, commissioners. this is to support the candlestick interchange project with caltrans. it has brought up issues where there is a configuration on the northbound being placed

in particular, it is this parking lot, here, on folsom. essentially, and the area in pink is being exchanged for the area in yellow in the photograph on a overhead now. tjpa and the city, which permitted the transfer of state property

in particular, it is this parking lot, here, on folsom. essentially, and the area in pink is being exchanged for the area in yellow in the photograph on a overhead now. tjpa and the city, which permitted the transfer of state property -- to the city, and subsequently we are before you now with this exchange agreement that squares off the ownership of the private parcel and city parcel. it facilitates the city parcel through the redevelopment agency, a party to that agreement, to allow for the development of affordable housing in the future. so this is step one of a secondary step. the particulars of this exchange are 746 square feet going in one direction, 2278 square feet in the other direction. the benefit of that, a differential of approximately $69,637. those are funds owed to the city, providing more land than the seller is provided to us. therefore, it is not quite an even exchange, but the agreement calls for the payment to be made by the llc to the city. supervisor chu: thank you for the presentation. this item does not have a budg

nick janes live at the folsom prison, thank you. >>> 5:46.the headlines, sfpd taking 30 officers off weekday shifts moving them to nights and weekends. about 65% crime falls on nights and weekends. half the motorcycle cops are being sent out to the neighborhoods. >>> a fundraiser today for missing hayward nursing student michelle le at chevy's at the stonestown mall from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. tonight. >>> and the san mateo county sheriff's office are considering now using jet skis at mavericks beach. the sheriff wants to use them to make it safer for the surfers out there. the marine sanctuary advisory council is going to hear that proposal tonight. >>> on display tonight in richmond some sleek new seats for bart trains. they are having an open house for the fleet of the future. enjoy the music. ♪ [ music ] >> the transit agency has three seat designs from a company only by the bmw group. bart plans on spending $2 million on new seats and they want to know what people think. i talked to the spokesman a few months ago about this. he wants people

i am sure that is what will happen at 17th and folsom. definitely an area that could use open space. >> it iis there any other member of the public that would like to comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. commissioner's matters? is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. item 11. new business, the agenda setting. is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. item 12. communications. is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. item 13 is adjournment. >> is there a motion? >> moved and seconded. all those in favor. so be it. thank you. >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appea

i am sure that is what will happen at 17th and folsom. definitely an area that could use open space. >> it iis there any other member of the public that would like to comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. commissioner's matters? is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. item 11. new business, the agenda setting. is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. item 12. communications. is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. item 13 is adjournment. >> is there a motion? >> moved and seconded. all those in favor. so be it. thank you. hello, and welcome to the department of elections ranked-choice voting instructional video. this video is part of the department of elections' ranked-choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco voters about ranked-choice voting. today we will learn what ranked-choice voting is, and who is elected using this new voting method. we will also talk about what

. >> item number 11 is the new park at 17th and folsom. >> hello. i'll also try and follow those two presentations. i am very pleased to be before you to present an opportunity for this commission to recommend to the board of supervisors that we build a new park. it's a pretty special day i think for the recreation and park commission and for our park system which is old and always needs new things like this. the item before you was originally presented at the july capital committee and received a recommendation to approve. we were working on some of the details of the m.o.u. and so that's why we're bringing it back to you today. we've been working very closely with a lot of partners, clubs the p.u.c., which is the current owner of the site, and the mayor's offers of housing and we're finalizing some of the details of the paying back of funds for cleanup and other items and those are still in progress but the park and the plans are definitely exciting and moving forward so i wanted to -- we wanted to bring it to you today. first, i want to talk abou

someone told me there was a permit posted around the corner on folsom. >> i am not aware of any new permits. >> it might be -- they are yellow. >> they posted anywhere, apparently. i was told it was not posted on 11th. it was not very conspicuous. >> we will look into it. >> we could go right to the source. >> i am wondering who the president's sources. it is a posted and a -- posting and the posting is questionable. we want to do our due diligence. >> could i ask you, [inaudible] >> we went out today. we are verifying every posting to mitigate neighborhood opposition's and we have a sworn peace officer. upon their visit -- hour visit --is in the business's best interest. what will happen is the objector will wait to the 30th day. and the whole thing starts over and they end up with a post. everything is held up. it is in brookside's best interest far -- both side's best interest. >> question for the executive director. regarding the night light summit. >> it is at the main library from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. >> thank you. >> i have a question also. about the limited live. there is some tha

they found demolition of the folsom street building would be significant and unavoidable as an environmental impact. the department held a hearing at the preservation commission to discuss this. they elected not to prepare written comments, so i will summarize points for the record. they found it at a quick and the approach to project alternatives was correctly sufficient. they questioned the findings relative to the historic status and felt that it retained enough integrity to be considered a historic resources. staff published in this draft on july 11, 2011, and it has a 45- day public review. . -- review period. they submit their comments to the planning department. by 5:00 p.m. on august 25. members of the public that are here today, please state your names for the record and the state about the adequacy or completeness of this report. when is complete, the department will provide copies for those that made comments. this concludes my presentation. president olague: i will open it up for public comment. we have three speaker cards. >> good afternoon, we are a neighborhood association fro

they searched grounds around folsom prison after a man was spotted climbing over a fence.icopter pilot spotted the man, 48-year-old martin usery he is on parole for burglary. he told officers he broke into the grounds to reminisce. they made sure if he was trying to smuggle something into the prison. >>> packed city hall has concern over america's cup race and impact on traffic, pollution and shoreline. they heard comment on the environmental impact report. activists are concerned that the tourists in the hundreds of thousands will trample the sensitivshe ine and leave piles of trash. they want regulations put in place to keep now to keep ships from polluting bait. >> if all the thousands of marine vessels and cruise ships and spectator boats are required to use the cleanest fuel and hook up to shoreside power? >> they released 1600 page report three weeks ago. the city hopes to address the concerns expressed by sometime in november. >>> all right. what do you do if you are aretha franklin and about to get a parking ticket. you sing your way out. ♪ ♪ >> the queen of soul w

board did adopt survey findings that covered everything, essentially, from market to fall some -- folsom, out to third street. it recommended certain potential landmark buildings and a recommended expansion of our existing second and montgomery conservation district. you can see on the next map that the plan does propose the second new montgomery concentration, to take up plants that were left out of the initial conservation district, as well as to review and upgrade a lot of the ratings for the buildings in the district. the plan also identified for bang buildings that could be potential new article 10 landmarks. there are pictures of three of them on one of your slides. there is a more daring union hall on second street, one of few examples on the city, with spectacular art work. the hotel, a poster of quick residential hotel -- a post earthquate residential that is one -- earthquake residential hotel that is one of the only wood from hotels in the city. one of the more innovative things the plan proposes to do is to address sustainability beyond the land use and transportation measure

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we're giving away tickets to a giants game and a luxury suite looks darya folsom. that takes place on august 24th. this is a great opportunity. we will be picking the winner this afternoon. to enter, like us on facebook,. >> down futures are off 166 points. we have a traffic cop spot in the east bay. an update right after this break. >> golden gate bridge ride is flowing smoothly with no problems as you have the fog. >> we're watching wall street, the dow jones is down 108.. the futures are dowredoubt at one point, 166. gary schlossberg for walls capital management is joining us. things are not as bad as it is today. >> same old same old in terms of what is driving it. >> we talked about how there was an unnamed bank in europe that had to go get money from the european central banks, 500 million, because it could not get a loan. there are 7000 of banks in europe. just one thing having to do this, is that fear or was that actually legitimate? >> the market is of course on edge. any news on like that, by the way a statement from the swedish official said the things t

. >> a three week old girl in folsom has been chosen as the championship baby.as born the closest nine months and seven minutes from the exact moment brian wilson made the last out of game five in the world series. >> quite a celebration. she was going to receive a $2010 gift certificate, and birth certificate signed by the giants. >> brooklyn comes from a family, long time giants' fan. for all of us. thank you very much for joining us today. >> we want to take you back at the breaking news story, in pinole, officers are investigating a fatal shooting outside a wells fargo bank. an officer and security guard were injured. >> we'll have the latest at 4:00 5:00 and 6:00 and online at

resolution approving the exchange of a portion of city property located near the intersection of folsom street and essex street. president chiu: same house, call? this resolution is adopted. >> item 23 reason resolution approving the report the amendment to the agreement with serco, in support of the sfspark pilot project. president chiu: colleagues, same house, call? this resolution is adopted. >> item 24 -- resolution authorizing the execution and performance of an option to purchase approximately 3300 sq. ft. industrial building and land at 1 newhall street. president chiu: colleagues, house, call? this resolution is adopted. >> item 25 -- resolution authorizing the san francisco municipal transportation agency to amend an expenditure contract with cyprus security to continue security services for an additional three years. president chiu: same house, called? this resolution is adopted. >> item 26, resolution approving an amendment to the contract between the treasure island development authority and amec. president chiu: same house, called? this resolution is adopted. >> item 27 --