after hearing comments from the general public we'll take comments on the draft eir/eis from the planning commission. would i note that the public review process began on november 7th and will continue until 5:00 p.m. january 7, 2015. comments that are not made verbally today should be submitted in writing to the planning department. this concludes my presentation on this matter and unless commissioners have questions, i would respectfully subject that the public hearing on this item be opened. >> thank you. >> i will call a number of names. the first person can come to the podium. if i call your name, please line up on the screen side of the room. patricia hunting, emily winestein, mar ritza, aragon dotty mudson. >> i apologize, we had a request for interpreters for this matter and if those persons seeking the need for spanish and/or chinese interpretation, if you could come forward, we can accommodate that request now. i know that both interpreters are present. are you ready for spanish interpretation? okay. you can use both mics. >> translator: my name is maricitia argon. a resident of

. >> so at this point we'll open up for general public comment seeing none, we'll close general public comment is closed. >> item 7 public comment. >> seeing no public comment we'll close item 7. >> item 8 adjournment. >> thank you. we're adjourned >> 7 and a half million renovation is part of the clean and safe neighbor's park fund which was on the ballot four years ago and look at how that public investment has transformed our neighborhood. >> the playground is unique in that it serves a number of age groups, unlike many of the other properties, it serves small children with the children's play grounds and clubhouses that has basketball courts, it has an outdoor soccer field and so there were a lot of people that came to the table that had their wish list and we did our best to make sure that we kind of divided up spaces and made sure that we kept the old features of the playground but we were able to enhance all of those features. >> the playground and the soccer field and the tennis fields and it is such a key part of this neighborhood. >> we want kids to be here. we want families

. >> commissions that places you under general public comment not to exceed a period of 15 minutes. at this time members of public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the commission, except agenda itemsment with with respect to agenda items the opportunity will be afforded when the item is reach in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission up to 3 minutes. i have no speaker cards, but i will take a look. >> is there any general public? seeing none, general public is closed. >> item 9, case no. 2015.0515e. this is the potrero hope sf project draft ivory and eis and please note that written comments will be accepted at the planning department until 5:00 p.m. january 5,2015 and i do have several speaker cards. >> okay >> thank you, commission secretary. good afternoon, president wu, members of the commission. rachel, planning department staff. the item before you is a public hearing to receive comments on the draft environmental impact report a joint ceqa neah document prepared by the pl

comment. >> general public comment general public comment is closed. we would like to generous or adjourn the meeting in honor of jennifer mac week. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the san francisco. the reporter: has many opportunities to get out and placing play a 4 thousand acres of play rec and park has a place win the high sincerely the place to remove user from the upper life and transform into one of mother nachdz place go into the rec and park camp mather located one hundred and 80 square miles from the bay bridge past the oakland bridge and on and on camp mather the city owned sierra nevada camping facility is outings outside the gate of yosemite park it dates back before the area became is a popular vacation it i sites it was home to indians who made the camp where the coral now stands up and artifacts are found sometimes arrest this was the tree that the native people calm for the ac accordions that had a high food value the acorns were fatally off the trees in september but they would come up prosecute the foothills and were recipe the same as the people that

. >> sir, i'm sorry the public comment for general public comment is coming up right after this item this public comment period is for 453 state only. >> you can speak studio that. >> i'll sit down and be patient did you want to come up in thirty minors arrest general public comment is the next item. >> is it. >> i should have been begun 3 hours ago active missed studio time which cost me money i'm surprised she's not here and thank you for asking me to speak before. >> is there any additional public comment on state street item? okay seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini and yeah. for the benefit of the public was mentioned earlier that the exploitation of candle stick is not something that be about under the jurisdictions of the planning commission this was brought up in previous comments getting on to the actual discussion on this particular project we asked for things to be done and in my opinion they were done to make this into a very good project we asked that the garage be made smaller and went from 4 cars to two brought a level down to 4 levels steadfast

hearing none any general public comment? thank you. a motion to adjourn. >>got to be quick. >>we have one more public comment so -- >>i'm joanin levy and i'm one of the founders of [inaudible]. wefr just celebrating this year our fifth year. we had our first organization, which means over 85% of what happens is done by volunteers. we have one-and-a-half ftes who do wonderful great work, far beyond what you could ever imagine. we have doubled our membership in the past year and we have plans to double our membership this year and the assistance and support support support, not only financial, but the real support from people in our neighborhood and the board of supervisors and you folks has really made a difference in what we've been able to do and look forward to doing. >>since there are no questions. there can't be any questions right now. any az nounsments. thank you very much. motion to adjourn. by a rising vote. . >> okay regular board of health service board it in order january '88 please stand for the pledge and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god,

any other general public comment? good evening, miss brown. >> i'm back again concerning my son who was murdered august 14th, 2006, through a semiautomatic gun. still today no judges -- i just want to keep his case open and keep the awareness that these cases are still unsolved. my son's case is still unsolved. and there's a $250000 reward. i was just wondering, you know, the reward is there but nobody's coming forth. if there was another way that we can change the law that people can tell what's going on without being in fear of being retaliated against or i feel if there was a better way to keep people safe maybe they will come forth and say something. a lot of people are scared to say things and in the meanwhile our children's cases are still unsolved. and parents are still hurting like myself. all i can do is continue to come here and keep my son's memories alive and show people what i have to deal with, how i have to deal with my son's death and how his mother stands over him during the time of death and what par

so at this time, we'll open up for general public comment? >> i have not received any indications -- looks like mr. patrick. please come up. >> good morning, directors. i see we have had 1.3 million hours, labor hours, that is good news. i would like to take ten of those hours or 100th of one percent to devote to long-range planning. guess what? we were mentioned. i don't understand that. we're building a $3 billion system and how are we going to connect? what is the system's approach? i think you need to have a surette that you see up-and-down market street and other places where we talk about what is going on in the planning phase? in the long-range planning phase -- not the short range, but the long-range. there is a lot that needs to be done. because we may well miss the boat and if we miss the boat, the ship will sail and the ship may sink. we want policies and procedures that achieve that as a basic concept and result and we need to promote that. i believe that is your responsibility. thank you. >> thank you. that concludes members of t

we're on item four which is general public comment. we will take comment up to 15 minutes. if need be we will continue to item 9. at this time members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the public matter jurisdiction within the commission and not on the agenda. for items on the agenda your opportunity to address the commission is when the item is reached in the meeting. i have one card and that is for richard rothman. >> good morning commissioners. i am here to talk about the mothers building. i have been here before talking about it and i am happy to say that the grant application that the zoo, the art commission and rec and park from the historic preservation fund which is the fund that was set up with whoever owns am blooming dales because they dook down the stain glass in the empourium set up the fund for preservation assessments and rec and park and the others were awarded a grant for over $100,000 to do an assessment of the building and i wanted to thank dawn for stepping up to the plate and making this grant app

>> the other one is not for the general public. that's right. okay. information item. report from co-chair supanich. i don't have a lot to report since last month we didn't really do much and the holidays and everything, so i will just wish you all a happy new year and i thank you for coming to our meetings. >> reading of the agenda? >> oh, did i skip that? >> i did. okay. we'll read the agenda now. [laughter]. >> order of business. agenda item number 1, welcome. introduction and roll call. agenda item number 2 action item reading and approval of the agenda. agenda item number 3, public comment. items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc and each speaker is limited to to 3 minutes. >> agenda item number 4 information item report from co-chair supanich. >> agenda item number 5 information item expanding free muni to seniors and people with disabilities and this presentation will provide an overview of a proposal under consideration by the sfmta board of directors on on january on january 20th, 2015, to expand the free muni program to include seni

. >> any general public comment seeing none, i want to close this meeting and thank you commissioner president wu she's done a fantastic job (clapping.) leading this commission and the city there a challenging time thank you for your late hours and

. >> so at this point we'll open up for general public comment seeing none, we'll close general public comment is closed. >> item 7 public comment. >> seeing no public comment we'll close item 7. >> item 8 adjournment. >> thank you. we're adjourned@p >> we came to seven straight about 10 years ago. -- 7th street about 10 years ago. the environment is huge. it is stronger than willpower. surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. >> you are making it safer. push, push. that is better. when i start thinking, i see it actually -- sometimes, i do not see it but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. it is like watching something being spawned. you go in, and you begin to work excavate play with the dancers, and then things began to emerge. you may have a plan that this is what i want to create. here are the ideas i want to play with, but then you go into the room and there maybe some fertile ideas that are becoming manifest that are more interesting than the idea you had initially set out

. >> item general public comment is there any general public comment for item in the items not listed on the abatement board of appeals agenda seeing none adjournment is there a motion to adjourn. >> i move we adjourn. >> second okay all commissioners in favor. >> i. >> we're now adjourned it's 10:25 a.m. we'll reconvene >> we've never been in so much focus worldwide and will not be this this is a the moment in time when a story going and make a wish is a program that fulfills wishes for children we operate in every cities there are 62 chapters. our chapter was formed in 8984 we fulfilled 24 wishes. our chapter covers from movntd ray 17 communities and we expect to fully 3 hundred and 50 wishes this year. we send verizon's it out to the wish families and interviews the wish child and if you do their heartfelt wish then go to work to make it happen. dismissals is a 5-year-old boy who was diagnosing diagnosed with life without parole when he was 20 months old he's 5 hose now in remission he had his port removed hose monopoly on the chemotherapy. this particular wish the parents wanted t

general manager's report? >> probably robert would. >> seeing none, public comment is closed and we're on item 14, general public comment. anyone who would like to make general public comment who did not comment on item 4? being none, item 14 is closed. item 15 is commissioner matters. commissioners. >> i would just like to have on calendar for february, an informational hearing on the extension of st. mary's park in chinatown. >> thank you. any public comment on this item? being none, this item is closed. item 11, new business/agenda setting. commissioners? public? no public comment. this item is closed. 12, communications. public comment? this item is closed. 13 is adjournment and commissioner buell, i believe you -- >> bear with me for nearly 20 years under helen dillard's leadership, the family foundation has dedicated efforts in nurturing our communities through the arts and medical research and development and for us the san francisco recreation and parks commission, we're grateful to have known helen dillard as a park lover and champion for children and families in san francisco. she contributed her time

the impetus was if we brought entrepreneurs as investors and the general public come and demystify the general process to make it happen. that's why we are here and working to bring it together. that's why we have the tenure in this space and creative to come altogether and the energy is palpable. the partners that you are beginning to move in to occupy the space are the essence of innovation in its best form and people that are here to promote social impact in so many ways. i think very importantly and then i will get off your stage is we have partners like maker and maker media that have a very different view of who will innovate for the future. many of the world's fairs by necessity hat had a top down view by large organizations of what this would look like. by celebrating the centennial, by celebrating what this has become is a place where many people are going to be able to come up with the future and many different versus of the future and many different paths to innovation and that's what we are here to do and excited to do and lastly, it's an incredible responsibility that i'm

(laughter) madam president >> thank you and now if we can madam clerk go to general public comment. >> the next opportunity is the general public period to speak will matters in the jurisdiction of the board. >> first speaker please. >> good afternoon, members of the board and fell residents first, i want to introduce myself i'm larry blake i've acknowledged in san francisco for 35 years of my life residing in the castro since 19983 and the issue i'm bringing forward i have e-mailed a letter to each the supervisors and the mayor and it regards the program i know my district supervisor supervisor wiener is part of first of all i'd like to read the letter i sent and here it is where does that go. >> sfgovtv please. >> so recently, i received a pamphlet in the mail addressed to postal customers several facts this year in are observations by opinions their instead opinions i wish to rental my disagreement the idea concentrated in the pamphlet that a neighborhood is allowed to buy city services including the san francisco police officers and ours i find such a policy is entrenched of inequ

>> item three, general public comment. will take the public comment on matters within the jurisdiction that are not part of the agenda. >> discuss and possible action to approve and swear in members of the access appeals commission william scott ellsworth, experience in construction and arnie lerner, experience in construction. terms to expire november 1, 2018. >> and i would like to ask commissioner lee. >> good morning the nomination committee met last week to discuss the expiration on those recommendation for the access appeal commission members. what happened was that there is the seats for the two members that have experience in construction expired in november. and we met to discuss what we should do. we typically would announce the expiration and the seats being opened and then ask if there is anybody interested in applying for those seats and we would accept applications, and then we will review them and then, recommend somebody to the bic. but in light of what has been happening at the appeals commission there is a

annual report of gifts received in 2013-2014 there are gifts were given to the public health department from the san francisco general hospital function and the san francisco public health department and organization i'm pleased to present to you it was a total of $9.6 million received in fiscal year 2013-2014 of that amount 5.8 millions from the san francisco general foundation one hundred and 97 from laguna honda foundation and the health foundation had $3.5 million and on the attachments to this it lists out the gifts over 25 thousand for each of the organizations and lists house the organizations distributed the funds during the year and the last page is the board of supervisors for each of the foundations and i must say that the department a grateful for the gifts i'm sure the commission is as well thank you. >> thank you was there any public comment. >> no public comment and commission i'd like to make a correction it says the approval was approved no action needed and commissioner discussion. >> certainly is wonderful that our public whishes to support our department and its activities and you're saying that o

unanimous okay item 2 please and item 2 discussion item general public comment on matters within the board's jurisdiction not appearing on today's agenda. >> any public comment please come forward. >> my name is diane i want to give something to the board i want them to consider including in the benefits package i have sleep american people necessary i use a appliance kaiser paid for the oral appliance for the first year, however, not the follow-up treatment i h have had before the board the guidelines from the academy the american academy of sleep medication they recommend that anyone who wears an oral appliance e lines should be seen once a year to have their appliance connected checked to make sure it's not effecting their jaws or teeth i've talked to my sleep doctor he recommends doing that but the insurance wouldn't pay for it is caught between the dental and medical the dental say it's a medical thing i'm not sure which one but something that insurance should cover and so does the american academy of sleep medication this is their guidelines for the treatment of sleep apnea what

by the dispensaries those are any two issues this week. >> thank you. >> thank you additional general public comment okay public comment is closed. >> commissioners that places you under our regular calendar item 7. >> commissioner richards. >> i want to say in relationship to one the folks that talk i know that ms. hester brought this up anything you see those logical the complaint with the zoning administrator so those can go on record as being investigated. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further we've move on to the regular calendar proposed department budget and work programs this an informational presentation. >> good afternoon john ram with the department we're at this time again it seem like it just came around where we don't deal with the budget is getting shorter and shorter we'll be meeting with you in early august about the budget i'll shortly turn e i'm going to turn it over to my colleague to make the bulk the presentation just to tell you where we are with respect to the budget and activities the department is experiencing almost enprecedent services for growth we've not

any other general comment from the public? hearing none, we'll move on. old business? we don't have any. new business? so here we are. the last item, the department requests authorization to modify the grant agreements with the non-profit service providers for the record period of july 1, 2014, through june 30, 2015 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $393,993. the purpose of this increase is to help compensate the non-profit service providers for the increased costs associated with providing the services on behalf of the department of. could i have a motion to discuss? >> so moved. >> second. >> commissioners, dave curto again we're asking your authorization to modify the non-profitgants that we have under the daas portfolio for a cost of doing increase -- a cost of doing business increase of 1.5% granted by the mayor's office in the budget process. traditionally, the board of supervisors usually matches this every year. this year, the board of supervisors did not. so our contractors had an expectation of getting one around 3%. but daas was again very fortunate to ge

clerk now we take general public comment. >> item 8 introduction of new items. >> that's right item 8 please colleagues any abstractions of new items okay. seeing none public comment on item 8. >> yes. general public comment is on seeing no public here it is closed. >> public comment. >> no public comment. >> next is adjournment. >> thank you. this meeting is adjourned everyone approximately. >> take roll at the present time commissioner president wu commissioner fong commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore and commissioner richards first on our agenda is consideration for items property for continuance on item for 93 c on evans avenue is prospered until february 5th not the january 22nd on our agenda and item 2

not only law-enforcement looks but clearly the general public. >> are they getting more chatter thann't but we have such a sophisticated system with respect to monitoring events on social media we are ahead of the curb. people have been waiting a long time for this sunday. neil: are the koch brothers about to end the world? with their campaign some people say it will bleed to planetary disaster by undermining climate action. the end of the world scare tactics are getting old but they must help raise money. >>. >> for how many decades have you said catastrophe is just a few short years away? >> if it has a shelf life for a while and has been 26 years. in fact, i obtained a memo under the freedom of information act on the 20th anniversary of the first warning to say it is increasingly inconsistent and persuasive argument we have to move from polar bears to rest materialists we should not just walk away lightly. neil: climate stage covered a lot more area. but i think of comedy central. >> koch brothers you're making it difficult to boycott. right? the world's most comfortable fabric? >

. >> item general public comment is there any general public comment for item in the items not listed on the abatement board of appeals agenda seeing none adjournment is there a motion to adjourn. >> i move we adjourn. >> second okay all commissioners in favor. >> i. >> we're now adjourned it's 10:25 a.m. we'll reconvene

general public comment. >>supervisor london breed: are there any members of the public who would like to provide any general public comment on items not on the agenda today. >> public speaker: . jeff brooks. this is sort of a related item very important and coming up as an imminent issue filling of the final seat on the sf puc by appointment. that final seat is the seat that is required to have a person that has ratepayer or consumer advocacy experience. and i think it would be, i'm pretty much directing this at lafco. i have a feeling this won't be entirely wrapped up by the end of february and it might be a good idea to in case it's not resolved why it to schedule an a discussion of proposition e in 2008 whiches the proposition that gave the board of supervisors power to vote on this. the vote was loud and clear in proposition 8 that we want the public utilities commissioners. for example commissioner vietor has clear environmental just -- justice experience. i have to put on my consumer activist hat we hav

comment i have no speaker cards. >> is there any general public comment okay public comment is closed meeting you very much (clapping.) >> in ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in voter in san francisco before each election you receive a voter information pamphlet in the mail it has the information for each local proposition on the ballot how did is context sometimes complex issue get simplified >> i don't know the process and it is done by committee every time there are proposition phenomenon the ballot they have a ballot simplification. >> there are 3 steps the city attorney's office creates a working digest the ballot holds public meetings the final simplified digest is published in a voter guide let's toothd this over a proposition as has been approved the city attorney's office dwrafts a working digest each digest we prepare a hass has a couple of different sections the terrors is the way it is now that provides the overview before it goes 0 into effect and the second section the summary of the material of the mare measure and finally at the bottom a yes vote and no vote means and in preparing t

thank you item one on that tonight calendar is general public comment are there others who wish to speak within the boards subject matter not on tonight's agenda anyone that want to speakful under general public comment item 2 is commissioners questions or comments he commissioners. >> okay. seeing none item 3 is the boards consideration and possible adaptation of the december 17, 2014, minutes. >> any additions or deletions railroad correction may i have a motion. >> so moved. >> any public comment on the minutes seeing none mr. pacheco can you call the roll please. we have a motion to adapt the december 17th minutes on that 0 motion. >> commissioner president lazarus commissioner honda commissioner wilson thank you. the vote is 4 to zero those minutes are adapted thank you item 4 a rehearing request the subject property on 17th street we received a previous letter from the appellant which was decided on december 10th at this point the board voted 4 to one on the basis at that conformed to the residential guidelines the permit holder is richmond edmond to constrict a 2 story residential

. >> line item 1, general public comment. the public is now welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on tonight's agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department or personnel. under police commission rules of order during public comment neither police 94 occ personnel nor commissioners are required to respond to questions presented by the public but may provide a brief response. individual commissioners and police and occ personnel should refrain, however, from entering into any debates or discussions with speakers during public comment . hold your comments to 3 minutes, please. >> any general public comment? approach. >> good evening. >> hello, don't have your -- hello, my name is mike petrellas and i'm here to discuss several issues the first of which is i made an immediate disclosure request on december 22nd to chief greg looking for information how much the

clerk now we take general public comment. >> item 8 introduction of new items. >> that's right item 8 please colleagues any abstractions of new items okay. seeing none public comment on item 8. >> yes. general public comment is on seeing no public here it is closed. >> public comment. >> no public comment. >> next is adjournment. >> thank you. this meeting is adjourned everyone >> hi, in san francisco we're doing a special series called stay safe, about staying in your home after an earthquake. and today we're going to be talking about the neighborhood support center to help people find new resources when they stay in their home. ♪ ♪ >> we're here at the urban center in san francisco with sarah karlewski, deputy director of spur. we're talking about the shelter, a safe place to stay, exhibition at their center. and part of being able to shelter in place in your home is to be able to find a place nearby where you can get the services that you might not have in your home. and that's what this little neighborhood support center is for. >> that's right. >> what are some of the services th

worked hard i'm proud to be working with you. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further to general public comment not to exceed a 14 minutes at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest injured afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission for up to 3 minutes. i do have several speaker cards. >> great. >> okay (calling names) good afternoon, commissioners i'm gary weis the finding of the the core bit he's they've been a ground zero donor oversized replacements of small homes i'd like i've i'd like to start by saying how much i appreciate the work it's amazing and incredibly time xhooumz i'm here i feel the commission follows existing codes tests blind to how they effect the neighborhood as a whole when the project is out of scale for the neighborhood i don't know that the commission views it as to they live next door they've been advertising they're finished project in a quaint neighborhood how many of the projects would it take to wipeout the charm or kwients in do you feel like lingering or l

comment i have no speaker cards. >> is there any general public comment okay public comment is closed meeting >> good afternoon and happy new year. welcome to the january 22nd, 2015 meeting of the city and school joint select xlit . i am your chair, supervisor jane kim. i am joibed by supervisors john afrl afl and john farrell and this is their last meeting with our committee this year. it's really been great to have two parents sit on the city select committee. parents are very interested in public school issues but also issues surrounding youth and their families, whether it's our expanded green shared schoolyard program to making sure that we are servicing our youth that are undocumented within our school district. they have been reassigned to other committees and we will be joined by supervisor david campos and david yee sandra mendoza-mcdonnell and joel fewer will be staying on with us. i want to recognize sf gov tv for filming our event today and making it available to the public online and want to recognize jim low and jen smith. >> can we please call the first item. >>