haa ha ha! ha hha ha! [snortg] next item 15 which is a department accomplishment for pulled has been removed from the calendar and will --, will be cut at the next commission meeting. in order to facilitate an orderly meeting, are there many people in the hall that plan to speak? >> i don't know. >> it doesn't look like it, so let me say that in order to facilitate an orderly meeting, we ask that you complete a blue card if he would like to speak on an item. each person will have two minutes to speak. >> please address your comments to the commission during public comments on items in order to allow equal time for all. the commission may ask questions of staff after public comment is closed. before we go to the report, we will have the general managers' report. >> i will move did general managers report to later in the agenda given the fact that there are people here to testify on one particular item. >> would you like to do this right before the second general public? >> yes, thank you. >> we are on an ite

haa ha ha! ha hha ha! [snortg] >> and they will want to thank them for the lumir willingness. i want to recognize that we also have a very diverse group of individuals serving on a diverse group of boards and bodies. have the pleasure of reappointing someone who has a connection that goes back generations, larry mazzola, sr. i'm pleased that subject to approval, p.j. johnson will serve again. president of the arts commission, who has been doing an outstanding job, really raising the bar in terms of public art and our commitment to neighborhood arts. i want to thank lisa gruwell for her willingness to serve on the civil service commission that sets my salary. i wish you luck and independence from whoever is serving as mayor. i want to thank the environment commission, which is something we are very proud of, for his willingness to serve as a new member. london and michael are quite familiar to their commissions. they will both be here. thank you, chief. i know you are pleased to have both of them. you have already told me you are pleased to have both of them. i am enthusiastic a

haa ha ha! ha hha ha! [snortg] >> good afternoon. thank you for joining us. today is a major milestone in our sf park program. it is a new system of managing parking in the city and county of san francisco. the mta was fortunate enough to receive a $25 million partnership grant to look at ways to help with congestion in urban cities and find a way to do with pricing. rather than looking at toll booths and things of that nature, we thought it would be a more elegant solution to look at where the cars are going better actually trying to park. by making parking easier and getting better data, we believe we will have a strategy that will reduce congestion on city streets. over 30% of the contestant dickcongest -- congestion is related to automobiles looking for parking. we want to provide better data in terms of the sensors on the street. they will have a real time information needed for 511, through the website, or through their smart phones to receive information as to where parking is available in the city. the parking will be made available because we're going

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ha hha ha! [snortg] >> the school board service will provide translation in span indiana. translation in spanish. this message will be given in spanish. [speaking in spanish] [speaking in chinese] [inaudible] >> roll call. >> ms. fewer? >> yes. >> thank you. ms. maufas. ms. mendoza. >> here. >> ms. norton? >> here. >> ms. wynns. mr. yee. ms. kim? >> yes. ms. chan >> yes. >> ms. fan >> yes. please join me in the plenl of allegiance. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. if you'd like. [no audio] >> we usually end our meeting in memory of staff members who have been a part of our family who have passed away. so we do have many members of some of the schools here today presently, so i'm going to actually pull this up to the beginning. and so i want to ask the principal of mission high school to come up first. >> thank you very much. thank you, demigsers -- commissioners. on behalf of the mission high school community, i want to read a bit about kathleen cecil. sadly she passed away on wednesday evening after suffering a brain aneurysm monday on the opening day of school, which has really rocked the community, though we are blessed to have a wonderful, supportive community that rallied around each other, including families, staff, and most importantly students who have been very strong and wonderful. so i'll read this. kathleen cecil, beloved english teacher was a kind, caring, quite funny, sometimes painfully honest and loving teacher, colleague and of course friend to all of us here at mission high school. kathleen spent much of her life dedicated to teaching and nurturing students with a passion that is rare. ms. cecil develop the lessons that challenged and inspired all other students. she was a lifelong and fierce advocate for social justice for everyone. it was not an unfamiliar sight to see ms. cecil move gracefully from the classroom to a march in the streets advocating for civil rights and equity for everyone. to put it plainly, kathleen was a loving force of nature. once you met her, you never forgot her. having had the blessing of working with ms. cec

haa ha ha! ha hha ha! [snortg] >> welcome to the department of building inspection brown bag lunch. you are always invited to join us on the third thursday. today, we have a special program about san francisco's neighborhoods geology. we have frank, the geotechnical engineer who will walk us through a lot of this. we also have an architect who knows a lot about the history of the city. he keeps his eyes open and has a lot of information to share. we also have the chief building inspector. we are going to go through this by having frank give us a brief overview of the geology of sentences go. then we're going to look at a series of slides around the city. and see how the geology of the city affects the environment. their special problems and issues that arise we will try to answer questions as we go, particularly related to how the environment release to the underlying geology of the city. those are questions that rarely get asked. this is a chance for you to join us and ask your questions as well. welcome, frank. i see that you brought a big aerial photograph with overly geology. >>

haa ha ha! ha hha ha! [snortg] supervisor maxwell: i am chair, supervisor sophie maxwell, joined by david campos -- eric mar and david chiu. madam clerk, are there any comments? >> please make sure to turn off all cell phones and speakers. items acted upon today will appear on the september 7 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor maxwell: thank you. madam clerk, we can't recognize you until public comment. madam clerk, the first item -- items one through four. >> item number one, resolution authorizing the office of economic and work force document to extend a grant for $750,000 from lowe's hiw, inc.. item number 2, resolution authorizing the office of economic and work force development to retroactively to expand a grant from $400,000 from the wal-mart foundation. item three, resolution authorizing the office of economic and work force development for $100,000 for implementation of california low income energy efficiency program. item number four, resolution authorizing theout of

haa ha ha! ha hha ha! [snortg] [horns honking] announcer: the first step to getting into college is finding someone who can help. for the next steps, phones, pagers, or other devices. their signals interfere with the sound system in the room. please refrain from flash photography during the course of the meeting. please stand to join the commission in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> do you have another marijuana packet? >> i am sorry? >> ladies and gentlemen, please direct your attention to the roll call of commissioners. president marshall: present. vice president mazzucco: present. commissioner dejesus: present. commissioner hammer: present. >> you have a quorum. president marshall: this is the regular meeting of the sentences, police commission, august 4, 2010. before we move the agenda, we must introduce our new commissioners, commis

haa ha ha! ha hha ha! [snortg] >> this is a meeting of the recreation and park commission. with the secretary take the roll, please. >> commissioner buell. commissioner harrison. commissioner bonilla. commissioner lee. commissioner martin. and commissioner sullivan. >> let me make a brief announcement. the ringing and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing or use of cell phones, pagers or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. in order to facilitate an orderly meeting, we ask that you complete a blue card if you would like to speak on an item. and each person will have three minutes. >> also, please address your comments to the commission during public comment on items. in order to allow equal time for all, neither the commission nor staff will respond to any questions during public comment. the commission may ask questions of staff after public comment is closed. we are on item n

haa ha ha! ha hha ha! [snortg] >> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915, the building was complete. it opened it's doors in january 1916. >> it's a wonderful experience to come to a building built like this. the building is built as a palace. not for a king or queen. it's built for all people. this building is beautiful art. those are architecture at the time when city hall was built, san francisco had an enormous french population. therefore building a palace in the art tradition is not unusual. >> jimmie was an incredible individual he knew that san francisco had to regain it's place in the world.