jim lazarus. i will wear my former recreation and park have to, because this project came up while i was on the commission. the commission unanimously approved by in the triangle lot under eminent domain. there was some controversy over the acquisition of this project. because of the law, we really could not develop a vision at that time for how this piece of property was used for recreation purposes and how it was tied into park planning. but you see it here today. i think this is what the commission had in mind when we acted on this five or six years ago. it allows you to consolidate park uses and create a new library, making it up to a situation for the uses of both facilities. i think the street closure mimics what we have done throughout san francisco when we have had the opportunity to expand park property with these unusual street grids. market street during the rebuild -- during the bart metro development in the late 1960's -- we closed a number of these trials including public holiday pla

but about the fees -- jim lazarus here is looking at revenues. some way of getting revenues from this. and also the cost effect of this. it lowers the attendance of these off-leash areas. that is something i want to go through the operations committee and the capital committee. that is something i look forward to, because the dog quagmire is getting kind of heavy. [chime] >> thank you. is there anyone else to like to make general public comment? seeing none, item four is closed. item number five, the consent calendar. is there any public comment on the consent calendar? seeing none, item 5 is closed. commissioners? president buell: all those in favor? motion passes. >> we are on item number six. >> good morning. tonya pedersen, director of the san francisco zoo. we were granted an accreditation by the association of zoos and aquariums this past month. we underwent a thorough investigation to make sure that we meet ever-rising standards in animal care, a veterinary programs, conservation, and safety. we provided a clearance to complete this rigoro

as jim lazarus said, it is pretty amazing that such a large demolition project has taken place with so little -- whatever -- with so little negative feedback. i think the transbay jpa has done an excellent job. the contractors have done an excellent job. just wanted to give you some praise. it is not often that public agencies here praise from neighbors, so good job. the other reason i'm here is with the work being done on utilities and streets being torn up a bit, i'm wondering if there may be an opportunity to paint in some crosswalks, you know, paid in the zebra stripes. pedestrian safety is one of the top concerns in south of market, and if this is an opportunity -- well, the streets are a little torn up, to paint crosswalks, so the drivers know that pedestrians are using the streets in addition to their cars, that would be very much appreciated. harrison street -- a lot of residents live along harrison street. there are about 300 children that live between fulsome and the bay bridge. with the use of second street. and in increasing population of elderly folks. people moved into my

daniel, andrew, cliff, ryan, brent, jim lazarus, douglas gibbs, debra monk, ashley roads, al norman, rev. arnold townshend. thank you. next picture, please. supervisors mirkarimi: before that, in following normal protocol, i want to acknowledge that judge copp, former supervisor, is in the audience. supervisors chu: thank you very much. >> my name is richard mead. i'm here to ask, again, that a full, clear look be taken at the maritime option. yesterday or the day before, there was a hearing. an individual pointed out that san francisco is surrounded on three sides by water. that does not mean that you should stick out the airport. the maritime option is feasible. it is a good option. there was nothing in the report about the marine highway and the federal funds that are available. no one has talked to us about our barge supplement and how we make it work in the press of the northwest. right next door at pier 96, we have an aggregate auction. we sat down with them and made the numbers work so that could come together. there was a lot of talk about the 75% recycled percentage that rec

jim lazarus, san francisco chamber of commerce. a lot of projects have been around for a long time. there was the library and playground expansion voted on 10 years ago. the executive park planning process started six years ago. this is the tops -- 18 years ago, when the navy announced there were going to leave treasure island. there has been a process of developing a plan to rebuild this island and make it a home to thousands of people, to make a commercial hub of employment again. this is not follow land. since the world's fair in 1929 and the navy moving in in 1941, thousands of people have lived and worked on this island safely every year. thousands of vehicles a day on or off treasure island. we have an opportunity now to remake the island into a very positive experience environmentally, sustainability, and safely for people who work there, through transit improvements, congestion pricing, parking limitations, and the seismic rebuilding of the island infrastructure. this time has come. we have a great opportunity. last year, the key vote of the board was in the approval of hunt

. >> good evening, jim lazarus, san francisco chamber of commerce. business and labor will be before you tonight urging you to reject this appeal and certify this e.i.r. clearly you have been presented a defensible e.i.r. that shows that any substantial impacts or significant impacts from the project will going to be mitigated to the benefit of the community. our children need to live here and these are the type of projects over the next two decades that much -- will give opportunities to our children to live in this city, to live in a place where there's open stays space to, live in a development where people have the opportunity to have a transit-rich environment. where units are more energy and water efficient than they are today. many of you in this room sit on regional bodies. m.t.c. a-bag, d the airplane board. this type of project is what you -- the air board. this type of projects is what you look for around the region in every other country. an infill project that meets all the tests of environmental review as mentioned and confirmed by your

we also have jose luis moss covitts of the transportation authority, jim lazarus of our san francisco chamber of commerce is here, along with red rifkin of the san francisco city of public works and melanie from the department of environment. we had a strong partnership. there was no way we could do this work without a strong partnership here within the city planning and the port of san francisco that had a strong partnership with us at s.f. park and agreed to participate in the pilot program. we have a great team of individuals at the m.t.a. who worked on this project for the past couple of years and i need to make sure we especially thank them and jape primus and steve lee. -- jay primus and steve lee. [applause] and i think you saw earlier on we had some of our team that works out in the field, our parking meter shops, those individuals also deserve recognition. they've done a great job to get us here today. they're tireless efforts have gotten us to a point on behalf of this agency, we need to make sure they get recognized and thank you for that. to begin, it's my privilege to int

jim lazarus is president of the san francisco museum and historical society. it into a san francisco city museum. this is what the museum and visitors center will eventually look like. but there is still a lot of work to be done before the first guests arrive. >> we do need to complete seismic upgrades, mechanical, electrical, plumbing ada compliant. >> reporter: the old mint housed treasury offices until 1995 and was handed over to the city in 2003. it was the bank that funded the reconstruction of the city after the 1906 quake and was one of the few buildings to survive it without being damaged. >> you can see there is virtually nothing standing around this. it was essentially -- it existed in a sea of rubble. >> reporter: paul is the design director for the architects reimagining this building. >> the greatest challenge was probably figuring out how to honor the history of the building, to preserve it and repurpose it if you will, to renew it into something that's meaningful not just for our type, but the next 50 or 100 years. >> reporter: natural light wil