lastly, enterprise departments on may 1 and general fund departments to come before this foreign for deliberations -- this board for deliberations, so i am happy to answer any questions. >> i think we are ok. thank you for your presentation. i do not envy it your job. >> ♪ bring the budget home for christmas ♪ please we would appreciate that ♪ ♪ let the money snow, we need it so with the present under the tree ♪ christmas tree we will find a budget were city hall lights shine ♪ ♪ please bring the budget home for christmas, and don't you think it is about time ♪ ♪ if only in my dreams ♪ >> on that note, we will close public comments, and we can continue these comments. >> we are going into closed session. this is item five. settlement of lawsuits with insurance, the ordinance for the lawsuits versus the insurance company. >> to spot this, i am going to close session. do any to do public comments about going to close session? >> that is correct. the maker of motion. >> a motion to go into closed session. >> we are open to public comment going into closed session. seeing none, we will c

set to expire at the end of this year, so we do not project continuing revenues beyond 2011, and lastly, the loss of one-time revenues. each year we have those go away in the following fiscal year, and this year those included health department revenues, reimbursement from earthquake bonds, planning costs that recently passed, and other state reimbursement. other changes in revenue -- we will assume withdraw all from the rainy day reserve in the current or next fiscal year of about $15.7 million. and we project some growth in health and human services state and federal revenues. on the expenditure side, we use employee-related costs of as a significant driver of arms -- our expenditures. we have seen continued escalation in those costs. we are assuming in these numbers the continuation of the significant labor givebacks agreed to last spring, so we continued to benefit from that. those are all funds approaching $250 million for the city, so that is going to be significant aid to the city in a balancing the budget. those concessions are set to expire in the fiscal year 2013. there is exp

lastly, the city enters into this agreement and provides certain assurances for the lenders necessary to make this financing work. in essence, we lead our credit rating to this deal. in the words of the city attorney, it is hard to find such a good deal for all the five parties involved. it would not have happened without the leadership of each. i am here, happy to talk about the leadership before me and look forward to more stable financial footing for the foundation and this wonderful museum in the years ahead. thank you. [applause] >> once again, on behalf of the staff of the asian art museum, i cannot say enough of our gratitude to civic leaders, mayor newsom, the city attorney, and board of supervisors president david chiu, carmen chu, ben rosenfield, and the public be to review and approve the meeting minutes from december 14. i am sure we have a quorum on the minutes. commissioner: i move to approve. commissioner: i second. clerk: [reading roll] president newlin: ok, i have been requested to take an item of order, so the next item i am going to call is item no. 7. comments and

senators in congress and our past speaker of the house, and dianne feinstein will serve well, and lastly, i am proud to have the co sponsorship of the three women whose sole -- serve on this board. clerk: thank you, supervisor cohen. supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: there are three things that i want to submit, including the market octavia. there are things we need to submit. the market octavia plan was submitted in 2008, the force large desk scale land use plan produced by the city -- the first large-scale land use plan produced by the city in a while. economic backgrounds and ethnicities, they could call it home to try to make it less cost prohibitive than the direction the city is certainly going and to be sensitive to our transit first policy. the plan in committed -- including an innovative rezoning of parcels to establish two new zoning categories known as mct and rto. recently, it was discovered that there was administrative error for the market octavia plan. in implementing the zoning map amendments, they used documents that still continue to be 450 parcels, and they c

lastly, we added an additional bedroom to the lower unit to make the lower unit a 3-bedroom unit. "we are proposing for you today are two 3-bedroom units. our architect says we can do a three story with two-units -- with two units using three- bedrooms, but this is not possible. we've been asked to create a light well of 30 feet. we do not think that is appropriate. we have matched the light well of the neighborhood by the amount the planning code requires and the planning department asked us to do. we do not block any windows with our building that are light ports. despite these concessions, we have not been able to reach agreement with the neighbors. one reason is because anne never even made herself available to speak with us and address her concerns. in addition, i spoke with one of the neighbors that lives across the street on lloyd street. he thinks the design is much improved but believes we have not reached agreement because some of the neighbors would prefer that nothing be built. lastly, i would point out that after each of the three meetings we had this since the octobe

lastly, and ada update -- the city attorney is filing an amicus brief on behalf of francovitch vs. lee. an opportunity fund has created a specific loan program to assist businesses with their 88 improvements. -- ada improvements. i want to make sure the commission has received their calendar for 2011 and you have your dates in, and that you have your march retreat date scheduled. you have that in your calendar as well. the march retreat date is march 31 from 1:00 to 8:00 here at city hall. >> and did you give us a calendar? >> i think it was an e-mail calendar. >> chris, i thought you had sent out a calendar to the commissioners. >> you probably did. i might have missed it. >> i will send a separate e-mail from all of these other things so you have that. >> in the subject field, put in capital letters "calendar." the more idiot-proof you can make it, the better it is. no disrespect to the other commissioners. >> lastly, i want to make a note that commissioners you did receive a communication from and lbe that had trouble receiving some payment. this is more a matter for the comptro

and lastly, with not enough time to make it on the agenda, i want to address the issues on temple or zen , down. on january 8 and j.d. re-9, 2 with us 11, there were multiple incidents at several my clubs -- on january 8 and january 9, 2011. there were multiple incidents at several night clubs. we were able to work with sfpd staff to learn about the operation of the permited venue. in short, there were three separate incidents is inside and outside, and one in bulk -- resulted in an unfortunate death. staff met with the owner and others. this was after discussing the incident. the owner, the permit holder agreed to conditions -- i am sorry, additions to their security plan, and there is a director's order today, january 11. the order is attached to your memo, although i will leave these, because i know there is interest among other parties as to what the conditions are. before i read them, this is an order based on the requirements for, again, the right to appeal. that will become effective on january 26 come 2011. so to that end, there is the permit holder, who will install id scann

represent us well in the entirety, not just in the commission but in small business, as well, and lastly, i would like to address the civility of conditions in this building and that there is a practice that presidencies and vice presidencies switch back and forth between mayoral commissioners, appointed commissioners, and board of supervisors-appointed commissioners, and, personally, i would like to see luke this year, and i would like to see janet president. i think that is simple. as we continue to team up to devotes to be president, it is disingenuous, and president riley yee has done a great job this year, for all of the time and energy that she has put in it, but for the record, i want to say that our director's job was threatened last year unless all four mayoral members voted for the candidates, and for agency, for a body like ours, which is here to defend small- business issues, this is not about progressives and moderates, etc.. we are not dealing with those issues. we are dealing with rights of the small business people. we are not dealing with who is on the board of superviso

lastly, again, sort of embarrassing some of the things that have been said regarding me. i feel like i'm following the footsteps of a lot of amazing people that have held my seat and my office like mrs. dufty and turk. all of us who understands what it takes to run a great city. a big round of applause for ed lee. ed this would not have happened today if not for ed lee. ed lee, thank you very much. [applause]. the only change today that i want to --

and lastly, it ordinance that i spoke of last meeting regarding what the department of public works is moving forward, a delay in the changeover of the new board of supervisors, and this is at the committee level waiting for committee assignments. the new board members were sworn in, and a board president has yet to assign committee members, and was it today? i guess they snuck in the port assignment, so those should be up online, if not now, tomorrow, and we will find out what committees actually exist. we will continue to follow that for you. staff and office update. just briefly wanted to mention that the staff has a retreat on saturday january 8, and almost all of the commissioners were present, and all staff were able to attend. we spent about four hours assessing short-term and long- term goals. each commissioner took their time for their particular interest in projects for the upcoming year, and it will be for the years after that, including such things as updating commission rules and procedures, being involved in the academy classes that will be moving forward this year with s

lastly, again, sort of embarrassing some of the things that have been said regarding me. i feel like i'm following the footsteps of a lot of amazing people that have held my seat and my office like mrs. dufty and turk. all of us who understands what it takes to run a great city. a big round of applause for ed lee. ed this would not have happened today if not for ed lee. ed lee, thank you very much. [applause]. the only change today that i want to -- >> welcome to coulterwire. the san francisco arts commission and department of public works has joined forces by battling graffiti by launching a new program called street smarts. the program connects established artist with private property owners to create a vibrant murals which is a proven an effective strategy for combating graffiti on private property. artists, along with his crew, recently transformed a building turn to vandalism into a masterpiece. let us take a look. >> part of me has so much compassion for other graffiti artists. i understand why they are doing what they do. for me, it was something that was so hard t

lastly, again, sort of embarrassing some of the things that have been said regarding me. i feel like i'm following the footsteps of a lot of amazing people that have held my seat and my office like mrs. dufty and turk. all of us who understands what it takes to run a great city. a big round of applause for ed lee. ed this would not have happened today if not for ed lee. ed lee, thank you very much. [applause]. the only change today that i want to -- >> cents and cisco's buses and trains serve many writers -- san francisco buses and trains serve many riders. the need to be sure they can get off at their intended stop. the digital voice announcement system, which announces upcoming stops, can help these low vision riders know where they are, but only if set properly. >> it is a wonderful piece of technology, but in practice, it is a little bit more tricky. oftentimes, i find that the automatic announcement system is turned off or turned down so low that i'm unable to hear it, or it is turned up so high that the sound is distorted. >> most of the time, it does not ever seeme

lastly, i requested that when construction begins that perhaps a distribution e-mail list be created for the neighbors to be advised of elements of the construction such as what is going on at mission bay now, where neighbors get information about what is going on there. thank you for the opportunity to speak on this very important project. >> good afternoon. i am andy thornley with the san francisco bicycle coalition. i bring our support for this project. you know the sfbc are fears custodians of city streets, particularly market street. we're working to make it more friendly and inviting for folks who moved by bike. initially, we were a little skeptical and critical of this project. i think -- thank prado group for working with us. we are tough customers. we worked and worked. i am pleased to see the vehicular parking specifications are satisfying us and come here with market and octavia. thanks for working with us to develop specifications that are best practices for bicycle parking and access. we want the businesses and residents of this project to thrive in all senses. having ve

lastly, fedex kindly donated the air transport, which diminished the time we had to travel. that was about a $90,000 gift from fedex, thanks to our friends at fedex for that generous gift. also, we have a baby anteater going on. this is on display today. this is the first giant anteater born at san francisco zoo in over 10 years. these infants do not make it for a number are reasons. this and that will stay on the mother's back for a year. anyway, in healthy condition and adorable. with that, back to business. were those of you who do not know, our master plan for the sentences the zoological society is to divide this is now, it is time to look at those areas in between. our first area, thanks to the tobey foundation, we are remodeling the aviary. this is a historical building, built in the 1930's as a result of the great depression, and it was a wpa project. in unfortunately fell into disrepair. with house animals that are victims of the illegal pet trade. in south america, it is a $10 billion industry, right up there with guns and drugs. i just want to show you some concep

lastly -- lastly i have a -- a -- i have something which i showed -- which i showed rick crawford earlier. it is a transparent -- >> your time is up for you. thank you. now public comment, we have several speaker cards. timothy collins. jonathan palk and elka jarvis. >> i'm timothy collins. i -- i served on the planning commission for four years. i served on the regional planning commission and the code review com plitity. i want to congratulate for serving on the planning commission. i know what a commitment it is. you're doing a good job. this -- we live -- my wife and i -- she had to go to a meeting unfortunately. i try to say some of the things she would say. we have lived at 56 pleasant which is two buildings up from the applicant. we developed that building, redeveloped the building from scratch and sold off the lower units. it is a three-unit building. we live in the top unit. we would look down at the applicant's structure and the two neighbors. we -- we lived -- we owned and lived this the building that adjoins it which is the -- austin hills building, which is 26 pleasant, we so

lastly, i like to point out that the units themselves are quite small. the top -- the top floor units that -- that the top unit is only 1500 square feet. the lower ones are -- are tiny. i mean this is a really, really small lot. when you're on the street, you could see the top two floors. they're set back. we looked at in -- in a perspective, you cannot see them. we were wondering if these are indeed protected for -- for the neighbors, and if that's an issue. >> thank you. additional public comment? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini. >> mr. crawford. mr. crawford, a few questions. i guess we talked a little bit. i'm looking at the illustration that is provided by project sponsor, it is bay six. i don't know if you had a chance to examine that or not. it has to do a lot with about -- what the architect was talking about, regarding heights as measured from the front. it looks like -- it looks like, we spoke earlier and you said their measured height was 49.9 and they're measuring it at 45.9, i guess to the -- to the top of the

there must be a mechanism that allows someone to open the exterior door and then lastly that no back door deliveries of any kind including equipment happen. so again, i'm going ask that both parties expound on some of those. but with that, staff is recommending a conditional grant after the commission goes through some of these conditions and takes a look at the police conditions which i think are not out of the ordinary. >> is the applicant here? >> yes. >> can you please come up and make your presentation? thank you very much. >> good evening, commissioners. madam vice president. >> i'm speaking on behalf of ricardo vallejo. as executive director mentioned, i'm speakinging to these new conditions that are from 555 bartlet. i wanted to explain the reasons behind the conditions. i met with one of the residents who is representing 555 bartlet. they were spraying the bar mats. at night at 1:00, 12:00 we were dumping bottles and it was interfering with his use and enjoyment. besides that if the door was left open, you could hear the music. there are two door there is so that one door re

lastly, i want to do a reminder that it is every commissioners responsibility -- the commission has taken it upon as a project to recognize city employees and small businesses. we still need more nominations in this particular area and encourage you to talk, especially for the employee recognition program, to members of the business community. they are the ones who are interfacing with them on a day- to-day basis and would love to hear about employees who are providing great service. with that, unless there are any questions, i conclude my report. commissioner yee: thank you. next item, please. >> before we begin the commission report, can we go back to items 3 and 4? those are from the november 8, 2010 minutes. president o'brien: but to approve. commissioner yee: i second. those in favor? the motion carries. >> item 4, approval of the minutes. commissioner o'conner: we do have a quorum? but to approve. move to approve. commissioner yee: those in favor? >> great. a thank-you, commissioners. i wanted to make sure we got those in. next item will be 13, legislative and policy committee repor

lastly shadi elkarra, who tirelessly put the details for this event together to make it materialize on the ground. thank you for your dedication to our community. most of all, i would like to thank each and every one of you for being here to support this important occasion. this is an occasion that should become the space and base where the community comes together to address all our differences, whether real or perceived. the job of making our communities solid, relevant, prosperous comes from each one of us where we can make us successful individuals. one successful community, one voice, to proudly served our community's higher interest to collectively served our city and our country. arab-americans are not the other. our community is not to be feared. our community is to be relied on. it is a rich community in culture and talent and heritage. we are the defendants of people who build great cities like casa blogging, baghdad, cairo, jerusalem, damascus -- casa blanca. we are the people of the world who have given the world great profits and religions. -- great prophets and religions.

lastly, i just wanted to mention, the amount of noise, the amount of disruption, [inaudible] i really urge you to reject this proposal. thank you very much. [applause] commissioner miguel: [inaudible] [reading names] >> [inaudible] i'm very concerned that something could take place. that earthquake was about 3% of what we are supposed to be getting in the next 20 or 30 years, a real massive earthquake. that is very concerned. three times the density in this area. many of my fellow residents have mentioned how does it is. it is very true. i have seen the increased amount of car traffic. just a major amount changes things. now, you have to be times the amount of density, three times the amount of residence or housing units. over the last 10, 15 years, i have seen more students come here. there used to be no students. because of the need to get more people to come in so they can make money and survive. [inaudible] that is concerning. one of the residents spoke about it early on this evening. those who are familiar with san francisco history know what happened to the fillmore. those resid

golden gate park, $8,690 to support the volunteer program, and $3,243 to support that may appear lastly, the recreation and park commission recommends that the san francisco board of supervisors accept and expend retroactively the skit. in sum, i would like to again acknowledge the tremendous efforts of the park trust and extend the san francisco recreation and parks department's most sincere thanks. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. why don't we open this item up for public comment? are there any members of the public who wish to comment on item two? >> good morning, supervisors. i have lived in san and cisco for 58 years. i would like to speak out in support of this resolution, and the reason why i'm speaking out on it is i think a lot of the money deserves to go to the mission recreation center. oscar jiminez and i've played together, and he was one of my best friends at sacred heart when i was playing for sacred heart on our championship basketball team. i think money like this needs to go to places like mclaren park and some of the other areas of the city which do not get as mu

principal will always remember her jokes, which always made her popular at the end of your dinners, and lastly, we would like to honor christina tichenor green, the 9-year-old third-grade student in tucson -- to honor christina taylor green. all of those killed on january 8 in a horrible act of violence, so we are adjourning on behalf of all of these wonderful people, and our condolences go to their families. meeting adjourned. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absol

principal will always remember her jokes, which always made her popular at the end of your dinners, and lastly, we would like to honor christina tichenor green, the 9-year-old third-grade student in tucson -- to honor christina taylor green. all of those killed on january 8 in a horrible act of violence, so we are adjourning on behalf of all of these wonderful people, and our condolences go to their families. meeting adjourned.

principal will always remember her jokes, which always made her popular at the end of your dinners, and lastly, we would like to honor christina tichenor green, the 9-year-old third-grade student in tucson -- to honor christina taylor green. all of those killed on january 8 in a horrible act of violence, so we are adjourning on behalf of all of these wonderful people, and our condolences go to their families. meeting adjourned. >> the san francisco arts commission's public arts program made a big splash in the civic center with the world premiere of three heads, six arms. the artist came from shanghai to help us celebrate the unavailing. we had a chance to speak with him about his work. >> the san francisco arts commission is pleased to be celebrating their relationship between san high and san francisco. the shanghai and san francisco. this is a 30 relationship that stretches back to win dianne feinstein was the mayor of san francisco. we premiered a new work of art here in san francisco called the three heads, six arms. welcome to san francisco. thank you for bringing your extraordinary scul

principal will always remember her jokes, which always made her popular at the end of your dinners, and lastly, we would like to honor christina tichenor green, the 9-year-old third-grade student in tucson -- to honor christina taylor green. all of those killed on january 8 in a horrible act of violence, so we are adjourning on behalf of all of these wonderful people, and our condolences go to their families. meeting adjourned. >> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i am a third generation. my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i guess you could say it's blood. >> come on in. have a seat. hold on. i like it because i am standing up. i am outside without a roof over my head and i see all kinds of people. >> you catch up to people you know from the past. you know. went to school with. people that you work with at other jobs. military or something. kind of weird. it's a small word, you be. like i said, what do people do when they come to san francisco? they ride a cable car. >> california line starts in the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. t

lastly, we will evaluate the power purchase agreement and the issuance through the general fund creditthis is similar to what we did in our headquarters, we said that if you borrow money, we will sign a lease with you. the purchase agreement could be something in the way of the general fund. they would sign an agreement with us, maybe a 3.754 the next two years. that extra penny would then pay the debt service or the should to to get in anticipation and the issue of the general fund. that would be mutually beneficial. the commission input in particular, if you have specific tradeoffs, things to bring back to you as far as the project party, if you live within your rates, i don't want to see a rate change > 10%, we'll come back to you with that. we plan to look at those sources and we think we probably need a combination of both. then, the repeat of those criteria which we started out the discussion a little while the dow, the level of service and the internment of justice and stewardship. there is a lot to say and i'm sure that we will hear the question. >> for the 10-year capital, bas