jensen. >> art jensen, think you, commissioners. let me start by saying that this is a delicate issue to address. the agency's of a wholesale basis, there are different opinions from time to time. they have certain things in common. the also desire or require certainty. they also issue bonds. they are rated by the same agencies as yours. they have a desire for the same kind of certainty that the puc does. a study mentioned, that reflects a potentially is more if your rates are increasing at your end. one of the things that i think that the agencies feel about the proposal, this would be an accurate statement. we meet with them regularly in terms of their feelings, the proposal and a packet shows the assumption of 135 resulting in a rate of $2.80. the rate goes up to 90. several of them have asked me, what are the other combinations within the historical rate setting approach? what are the other alternatives? can we see what that would look like on a graph of historic use? what if the trigger -- or what if the rates were set at 140 i

i am with mark jensen of jensen architect. he was one of the architects to be chosen to do the presidio habitat. when you heard about this project, what inspired you about that call? >> our inspiration is a great blue heron. it was the site itself that attracted us. this is an incredibly beautiful outdoor room. we did a bit of reverse engineering once we knew we wanted to work here. which animals live here? the great blue heron jumped out at us. we walked around, and quickly, you get into another pace. you slow down, leave the city behind you. you can feel the wind and the breeze. in our increasingly frenetic, fast-paced, connected life, the chance to be of here and slow down a bit was part of the agenda. as part of the installation, it was suggested that this would be deliberately not mowed because it would allow the sustaining of insects, plants, that would graduate -- that would gravitate to the area. >> that is right. i think you quickly notice that. >> thank you for being here. presidio habitat is an exhibition at the pre

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sand and wash it and tip it over to the concrete producers, bodhi, central, and others, rose and jensen, hanson, and the sand is coming down the sacramento river to mix with the aggregate to make concrete. the other thing that happens down in this area of san francisco, we are becoming more and more green at society. we are taking the asphalt and recycling it, and then we take concrete and put it through -- they will put it through a grinder and grind it to different rock sizes and use that as the aggregate for asphalt or concrete. i am not sure if this is a sand pile for the concrete or if this is a recycle plant. but it is one of them. the city has opened up the large piers that unfortunately are not being used. we don't have the commerce we had in the old days. it has gone to oakland. we don't have the real site on the side of the bay. >> south of market has very unusual conditions, settlement. >> south of market, that particular fixture is at sixth street, which is right in the heart of this. some of the largest magnitudes of movement during the 1906 earthquake occurred in this area

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jensen, i believe, has something to say. please come up. >> commissioner caen's comment was did we vote on this? >> then why did we waste time talking about this. >> we did not change the name of the organization, so we did not bring it up for a vote president vietor: point of order, can we take this up under other commission business? >> thank you. i am here today to speak on behalf of the 26 agencies that buy water from you. we concur. i will cut to the chase. we concur with the wholesale water rate adjustment. we also have recommendations for the future. as the general manager said, there are two parts. one is how much revenue needs to be collected. and then there is how much water repurchase. -- wheat purchase. our agencies and you are bound by the 2009 water act, and we are bound by that teapot -- to pay our share of the costs. we are tasked by our customers with administrating the rate provisions, and i am confident the providers will pay their fair share, and only their fair share, through that process, just as i'm su

[reads names] and then we're going to have mike powell, mario ballard, hillary jensen and pam hoffman. [reads names] how many cec? where's maryann? just two of you? ok, thank you. [reads names] come on up. state your name. >> my name is kelly, i'm a representative of the robert louis stevenson school. president mendoza: again, we will need to keep your voice is down. if you will have a conversation, step outside and be respectful to the speakers. >> as i was saying, i am representing all of the parents for the students that go to the robert louis stevenson school. we have a problem in the school because one of the teachers is absent 70% of the year. imagine what you would do if you have a problem teacher like that attending school. all of the parents are worried right now because she is coming back this year. all of the students, parents, they are scared that the students might be assigned to her class. students and parents deal with different substitutes [unintelligible] they deserve to be taught by teachers that are good role models. we're not sure if she is physically ill or mental

diane jensen has scheduled dozens of eye exams with her smartphone. she is about to use it to perform one. >> i couldn't believe it. i thought, wow, this is the next level of medicine and eye care. >> like a regular visit to her op that you monthly gist office she starts with several tests including reading a digital eye chart to find out where her vision drops off. and with the help of a colleague she uses the camera to snap photos of each eye. within minutes the images and the test results arrive via e-mail. >> you can see with incredible clarity the whites of the eye and you can determine external diseases. >> dr. harvey fishman is the developer of eye snapy. it is for patients experiencing difficulties, but can't make it into the doctor's office right away. >> it is a great way to communicate and then i can get objective data. i can look at their eye and see the verbule uh cutie. >> he cautions the e-mail is followed up with a phone conversation, but the data can be powerful in making a preliminary diagnosis. one screens for defects and that's a l

and i can say that judge jensen is one of the most distinguished judges in california. former united states district judge, fern smith, was also appointed by president reagan to the federal court. she writes, "both in my own dealings with judge chen and based on his reputation among my former colleagues, i can attest to his intellectual competence, his respect for the law, his judicial temperament and his integrity. i have no doubt that ed chen would do honor to any of our 94 united states district courts." we also have a letter from the president of the san francisco police commission and a lifelong republican, thomas mizouko. he published an op-ed in "roll call" urging the senate to confirm chen and calling him -- and i quote -- "an experienced judge who understands the distinction between personal preference and judicial obligation and who has always based his rulings -- more than 300 decisions over eight years -- solely on the law and merits of the case." san francisco deputy sheriff's association -- quote -- "chen has earned a reputation as an evenhanded jurist who