grant's papers. and so i began to prepare my remarks i put on the new suit and my talk seemed to be going well until i approached the subject of smuggling. ulysses s. grant was completely concerned about the north and the south. and since some of the smugglers that these troops caught were jews, he concluded that all jews or smugglers. that pointed out that we now know that smuggling was rampant was by no means a jewish monopoly. the continued rants own father, jesse grant was engaged in a clandestine scheme to move southern cotton northway. his partner was a jewish clothing manufacture and send them back. no sterner with those words out of my mouth and began to shift uneasily in the room and the pioneering of the american jewish historian buried his face in his hands. it was out of this world. i said something went terribly wrong. so the archives i didn't know what the problem was. so fearing for the security of my position, i hobbled to the end of the lecture and invited an old man in the front row

we actually received half a million dollars from caltrans, a planning grant and it's a grant that will allow for work to be done in various neighborhoods to really think about the needs and a lot of different neighborhoods here in san francisco. the idea there is to make sure that we support the very comprehensive set of investments that we have already made, including investments in areas like treasure island. i know when we get to the executive director's report, he will elaborate on that. so, those are some of the developments that i'm happy to report on. i don't know if any of my colleagues have questions about my report, but if not, i will open it up to public comment. if there is any member of the public who would like to speak orthctionv report that i provided, this is your opportunity. seeing none, public comment is closed. * on the madam clerk, can you please call item number 4? >> item 4, director's report. this is an information item. >> i will turn it over to director moskovich. >> good morning, commissioners. my report is on your desk. i would like to highlight a few thing

of the grant.ed a leader in the nation on hiv and this is to help us implement a national strategy locally. the funds will help us implement some high impact, innovative strategies and -- including expanding hiv testing to populations at risk for hiv in san francisco, particularly at the san francisco municipal st the clinic and to make sure folks have access to knowing their hiv status. this would provide linkage to care for those provided -- for those with hiv in the city. as a side note, i'm here on behalf of the acting director who is currently at the international aids conference in washington d.c. i am happy to answer any questions. supervisor chu: i believe there is no budget analysts report on this item. are there members of the public to wish to speak on item number four? seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion to send the item forward with recommendations? we can do that without objection. item #5. >> resolution authorizing the san francisco department of public health

pub dot com if they're interested thanks so much jim grant founder and editor loren grant's interest rate observer always a pleasure thank you lord. all right let's wrap up with loose change dimitri lauren let's talk about the i phone. here lo and behold you're one of those suckers that bought one this weekend none the less i phone sales missed axed estimates apple's blaming it on supply and demand but i would have imagined they would have that you know. people were expecting another the last i want to talk about the i phone five indicator because remember j.p. morgan had estimated that the i phone five could add up to a point five percent of g.d.p. or what jim grant would maybe call invisible statistically can't really even factor that in but nonetheless also fed ex had said they were cutting global growth forecasts because they were concerned but then look at their distribution center because these are reportedly according to reddit this is the distro center there are these are all boxes of i phone five so i want to know how you think the i phone indicator is going to flush out is

there was a granting of the order of abatement, so forth. the property owner was given a time frame to complete the work. the property owner has now requested to rehear the abatement appeals again, but in the meantime has requested a delay due to the holidays, requested a delay for this hearing due to the holidays. it was put in writing and it was approved already. by mr. sweeney. >> commissioner mar? >> did she move? >> getting any permits or apply for any permits or anything? >> she has not applied for any permits. >> i have a question for counsel. does the rehearing request stay our action? >> i believe it does. >> and there is a deadline for rehearing? for requesting a rehearing? >> yes, but i can't tell you what it is right off the top of my head. i think she complied -- my recollection is she complied with the time frame for requesting a rehearing. >> and now she's continuing it? >> my understanding is on september seventh, requested a continuance based on the fact that because of the high holy days. >> so, she knew when she scheduled

funding consisting of a grant from the department of homeland security , 2009 port security grant programor the ferry system security interoperable of the enhancements at the port of san francisco and from the metropolitan transportation commission has a match. supervisor chu: thank you very much. >> we're looking for approval to accept an extended grant funding to improve ferry service during emergency or surge times at the port to enhance communications and real-time updates for ferry schedules and approved sign it at the ferry terminals. supervisor chu: could you speak quickly to the financials? are there any matching positions being added? >> the total is almost $1.5 million. part of that is from the federal grant which requires a 25% matched to non-federal funding. no additional positions will be provided at when the project is complete, operation and maintenance will be handed over to ferry operators and the mtc. supervisor chu: i believe there is no report on this item. why we open this up to public comment? are there any members of the public who wish to speak on item number two?

this is this grant what is buying these buses or is that a separate purchase? >> hi, good afternoon, monique webster. the state of good repair grant we received was towards the purchase of replacement vehicles. we would like to expand the number of [sthra-ebgz/] we're going to be able to purchase, but at this point we don't know how many additional vehicles that will be. >> okay. so i think the last time we talked about new vehicles and i asked mr. haly, we would be receiving our first batch of new vehicles in spring? >> mr. haly and his staff with u.s. city attorney's office and finance folks has done a trespass job to accelerate this to the greatest extent possible negotiating very hard with new flyer to [tkhr-efr/] and i believe under this purchase, which i would say that we're very excited about, we would have the first ones coming in in the spring. and we have been able to get from them a very aggressive schedule and following right behind, which i think kind of relates to the question of the other grant funds is what we're also beginning to process on som

them their rights grant their recognition grant their peace grant less security and stand up to israel's land grab theft and imprisonment then it's the war of tomorrow israel must be feeling increasingly uneasy surely about the toppling of pro american regimes in the middle east i think israel was very alarmed at the fall of mubarak because ever since that in the seventy nine deal they've always seen egypt as being maybe a difficult neighbor but nevertheless a neighbor the levels of cooperation between israeli security and egyptian security in the side of the eye on the border with. gaza are absolutely huge and i think they are probably extremely nervous of that and that indeed is probably encouraged the right in israeli politics i hope instead a more rational void. subpoenas in israel saying hang on we're in the middle east we've got to live in the middle east and let's look forward to be optimistic the helsinki conference on nuclear weapons free on a nuclear weapons free middle east in december is an opportunity back here in the u.k. some poll showed that sixty percent of u.k. very thi

the appeal is granted. it is overruled with the adoption of those findings and the error, and it is a rehearing and no additional rehearing is allowed. a notice will be released. president hwang: thank you. director goldstein: we will then move on to item six, which is in two parts, 6a and 6b, john carey versus the department of building inspection and also versus the department of zoning administrator. the property is at 135 el camino del mar, appealing a denial for a permit to alter a building, no. 200865117, 200864297, and 200989665. there was a veranda, upper floor, and tears, and front room at first for hour, building of the property line at the southeast corner of the rear property. the appeal number 12-035, is about the rear yard and noncompliance structure variance for the required rear yard, and that was constructed beyond the scope of a building permit number 9802662, and documented in building permit application number in 2010/1/7/04 three five eight. we will start with the appellant and the appe

on that motion to grant and schedule the rehearing, the vice-president is absent, president fung? >> aye. >> and commissioner lazarus? >> aye. >> the rehearing request is grant and had the rehearing shall be heard next week, september 19th, thank you. >> thank you. >> moving on then to item 4b which is a jurisdiction request, the subject property is at 280 union street, the board received a letter from john and teresa votruba, requestors, asking that board take jurisdiction over bpa number 2010/09/08/0424 which was issued march 17, 2011. the appeal period ended on april 1, 2011 and the jurisdiction request was filed on august 8, 2012. the permit holder is bushra ska*n, it is to comply with november number 201031519, legalized existing 3/4 hour fire rated windows with quick response type sprinkler head, close on the property line, and we will start with the requestors. you have three minutes. >> okay, good evening and thank you very much for allowing me to speak. my name is teresa votruba, i'm the building manager at the adjacent property which is 218 union street, i have here if y

to replace cba inventory and the department received notification in february that it was awarded a grant. this project was not planned in last year's budget, with the help of the mayor's office, we submitted a request for the general fund match to be included in the 12-13 budget which was passed by the board. there was a one time increase ated to our fiscal year 12-13 budget, the total value of the project is approximately 1.9 million which is made up of the 1 million 514 thousand 184 dollars which is 80% in the federal funding and a grant match of 20%. while this seems like a significant amount of money which it is, we've been able to l*efrnl this fema money by 1.1 million in homeland security funding, other federal money and this will bring the total project amount to approximately 3 million and there's no grant match required for the homeland security funding, with the additional funding, this will bring our department's cba to the current nfpa standards and have a positive impact on the health and safety of our members, with that, i would like to turn it over to chief bellows and aft

one of the big pieces in this grant awardv'p information.ltime transit information is a fantastic way of taking the two dozen transit system in the region and making the function for the writers as one system. i get thanked all the time for the cooper card, and that was not our doing. but the fact that nobody really knows whose card it is bad that it works on all these system is kind of a triumph. -- but that it works on all these systems is a triumph. if you can coordinate schedules, farises, and make theser÷ñbfsñ transfers seamless, take up the guess work for riders, you take this best investment we have made as a region, and you make it work that much better for riders. we will probably still have two dozen transit agency's 15 years from now. the good news is that increasingly it will not matter. it is going to be a scene was a ride from point a to point b. if we're going to convince folks to get out of their cars and get has got to be. it has to fill seem less. it has got to be timely. and it cannot leave you guessing. we're one step clo

we are asking to accept state grant funds. the total amount of the project is $7.4 million. funds are available through the puc's water system improvement program funds. so if there's any questions, i'm happy to take those. >> thank you very much. you have articulated the matching funds required, the 5.3 million, is within your current budget? >> yes, that's correct. >> there is no budget analyst report so i would like to open this item for public comment. are there any members of the public who wish to speak on item three? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues dockser we have -- do we have a motion? we have a motion. we will do that without objection, thank you. >> thank you. >> welcome. item 4. >> item 4, resolution authorizing san francisco public utilities commission to accept and expend department of water resource administered grant in $863,100 for san francisco public for the their program. >> thank you. we also have julia for this also. >> we are asking to authorize and accept funds from the same dwr issued state grant bond. this would be to support on go

grant, i know.days i've been just a little off >> no, no, no, no, not a little off. rotten. >> it's sunday morning on cbs. and here again is charles osgood. >> osgood: ed asner played lou grant quite a demanding news room boss on the mary tyler moore show back in the 1970s. all these years later he's commanding our attention once again, this time in a brand new role on broadway. rit a braver has this sunday profile. >> i'll tell you what. i'll try you out for a couple of weeks and see if it works out. if i don't like you, i'll fire you. if you don't like me, i'll fire you. >> reporter: he found his way into our hearts playing the cantankerous but endearing news director lou grant on the mary tyler moore show. >> excuse me, ted. mary, would you please give those cue cards to this idiot. >> reporter: since then, he's played scores of tv and movie roles from santa claus in elf... >> your father, he's on the naughty list. >> no! reporter: ... to voicing the adventure seeking widower in up. >> i'll send

and no tiger grant program. but, the tifia program grows 700 percent and the rules are relaxed and administrators of the program at the federal level are told that you are going to have a number of weeks to make a decision on the project. and the main criteria will be the credit worthiness of the project. with your permission, whether who is eligible for this tifia stuff, if the credit worthiness is the criteria then this is geared to interpreting the help of the private sector into infrastructure development. here is the direction that the country is taking, we are borrowing money from the future at let me see low interest rates, but your question is good too. all interest rates are low now. but we are borrowing that from the federal government but we have to repay it later. and that is our policy for investigating infrastructure in the future. so not a great picture, not a picture that really commits the country to a solid future as far as creating the new infrastructure and rehab taiting the one that we have

to us, which we re-granted out. multiplied the effect of that grant to really affect hunger in their community in a positive way. >> we got the coupons from parents and students who brought them into school and put them in boxes for collecting. >> and a lot of people don't even use the circulars, the coupons that come in their sunday or weekend newspaper. so we had un-- it was an untapped resource. >> the kids also collected coupons outside their local supermarket, which became a supportive partner in the project. we also had boxes, shoe boxes at each register, for our cashiers to collect coupons for the students. >> the students from bernardsville middle school gathered all the coupons and then hit the aisles. >> it's a lot harder than it seems it would be, 'cause you've got to make sure of the expiration date, and it's the exact size and exact brand. >> i learned that it's really hard work, but it's really fun, too. >> they also had to keep in mind that the soup kitchen can only use certain types of products. >> w

>> i just want to say i have misgivings granting of permits. i had this the last time they came. i do not see this as a community outreach. i feel like my concerns are not heard, and i do not see this as moving forward, as a positive thing for entertainment in san francisco. when i see would good operators go through to take care of the seriousness of entertainment in san francisco and dealing with the problems we have not only on one side vanilla -- one site but with the city, i am not confident this place should be granted the entertainment permit, and i am not feeling that i got today all whole lot more than i got last time, and i do not know how i feel about it. >> would you feel better if there was another condition that they came back after three months with a permanent? if i feel like we are getting the same results after they come back, and they are unsatisfactory. >> we need a second to discuss this motion. i will second it, and i will say the code is very specific about what needs to be in place to deny a permit, continue a permanenit. it would be continued in 45 days?

it would be in the board's public interest to ensure that if the permit is granted that provisions beprovided to ensure that this permit holder will follow the rules, regulations, and orders of the department of building inspection. that is it. >> mr. mcdonald? >> good evening, members of the board, mr. vice president, madame president. i'm stephen macdonald, representing the permit holder. we have already got a couple of months by appealing to permit. they will get 60 days notice. we have submitted are brief. there really is no fax, no law, no equity to support the appeal of this permit. i should note that some of the members of this panel may remember we have banned here before with the same arguments. we were here a few months ago, same landlord, same plaintiffs, same tenants' council, same illegal unit, and they beg for two months of the unfinished their semester. this board continued bickering for two months. we came back, and they did not making that claim. we have submitted evidence they have demanded $700,000. they're suing for every day they are suffering from this a legal, "

this is a reoccurring grant we have been receiving since 1999. require an amendment. this project addresses the backlog of public defender cases while working to identify community-based alternatives and a home placement for youth who would otherwise remain in custody and necessarily. the block grant would be used to send the system program, the public defender would represent clients in juvenile court, obtain a proper assessment of clients, including educational and mental health assessments. and identify and build a partnership with community-based alternative through detention and other supportive community- based services. that is the grant. supervisor chu: thank you. there is no budget analyst report on this item. are there any members of the public to wish to comment on item number seven? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, do we have a motion to send that for word without -- ford without recommendation? we will do that without objection. item number 12, please. >> item no. 12 -- resolution approving the sixth amendment to th