. >> thank you madam chiu. madam clerk anything else on the agenda? >> no mr. chair. >> if not the meeting is adjourned. thank you very much. come and experience lafayette park and enjoy the people, picnic and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take an afternoon stroll with your loved one hand in hand. located at got and sacramento street in the middle of pacific heights on top of the city's steep rolling hills, lafayette park offers a great place, peaceful beauty. comfortably spaced tables and benches, a playground, rest rooms and tips at the end of the park. plenty of flat areas for football, frisbee, and picnic. lafayette is very much a couples park. this wonderful hilltop park is the place you can share with someone you cherish. lafayette park is located along the round at the one end campus and also easy >> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to s

. >> thank you madam chiu. madam clerk anything else on the agenda? >> no mr. chair. >> if not the meeting is adjourned. thank you very much. [gavel] >> good afternoon, welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, june the 25th, 2013. madam clerk, could you please call the roll? >> supervisor avalos? avalos present. supervisor breed? breed present. supervisor campos? campos present. supervisor chiu? chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? farrell present. supervisor kim? kim present. supervisor mar? mar present. supervisor tang? tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener present. supervisor yee? yee present. mr. president, all members are present. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us 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. >> colleagues, we have our meeting minutes from the may 21st, 2013 board meeting minute. could i have a mot

chiu. without objection, this item is closed. [gavel] >> madam clerk, could you please read item number 5? >> item number 5, recommend authorizing the executive director to execute annual contract renewals with city and county of san francisco departments, exercise contract options for various annual professional services in an amount not to exceed $960,116 and modify noncontract material [speaker not understood]. this is an action item. >> thank you very much, ms. fong. >> good morning, cynthia fong [speaker not understood]. this is 39 of your packet. [speaker not understood]. this is ongoing [speaker not understood]. the work value staff for the year and any specialized skills the consult apt may bring to the table. on page 43 of your packet we have a table of the proposed fiscal year 13-13%backer14 professional service expenditures. this table will show you the five different -- i'm sorry, the six different contracts we're seeking approval for. the type of service that they provide, the previous year contract amount, the increase or decrease i

commissioner chiu. madam collect, could you please read item number 3? >> item 3 is approved without objection. >> yes, please. item number 2 is approved without objection. >> item 4, [speaker not understood] services contract with mark thomas and company incorporated 123,0 70 to a total amount ton exceed [speaker not understood] for the folsom street off ramp realignment project and authorizing the executive director to modify noncontract terms and condition. this is an action item. >> great, thank you very much. good morning. >> good morning, chair cohen, commissioners. my name is luis [speaker not understood], project management consultant to the authority. the folsom rams project is a project that is part of the transbay redevelopment program. the purpose of the project is to realign the off ramp at folsom and fremont. as you see in this -- as you see in this drawing, the ramp on the right side crosses the whole block 8, making it hard to develop that block. and, so, the purpose of this project is basically to realign the ramp, having the ramp that n

the motion. >> so moved. >> so, roll call on the chiu amendments. >> and for supervisor breed, supervisor wiener? >> supervisor wiener. >> great. >> madam clerk, roll call on the chiu amendment. >> supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang no. supervisor wiener? wiener no. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell no. there are 8 ayes and 3 no's. >> thank you, the motion carries. [gavel] (applause) >> madam clerk, roll call on the breed amendments to items 29 and 37. >> supervisor kim? kim no. supervisor mar? mar no. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee no. supervisor avalos? avalos no. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos no. supervisor chiu? chiu no. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. there are 5 ayes and 6 no's. >> thank you, so the motion fails. [gavel] >> madam clerk, now on the main item number 29, roll call. >> on item 29 as amended, supervisor kim? kim aye. su

supervisor chiu. madame clerk, could you call item no. 3. >> hearing on the san francisco public utilities commission tap water outreach campaign. >> colleagues a quick update the sponsor of this update supervisor mar has requested that we continue this item. motion made by supervisor tang. >> just a reminder to take public comment before you vote on the motion. >> thank you very much. thank you for that reminder. is there public comment on item 3? this is the item to continue to the call of the chair. >> i looked back in the room and i rest my case. how many people are here? but i think they were all here for other items, including myself. this item, obviously, obviously has been misplaced here. so i say for the record, it can be challenged later on, because i feel that all three items in today's agenda were put here for political expediency and not for proper placement and as i quote "government audit and oversight committee." i challenge this committee, if you want to be meaningful, why don't you call a p

chiu. >> thank you, madame chair and thank you colleagues for your consideration of the item. i am really excited to be here today to move forward, hopefully a resolution to enable the formation of a new community benefit district in district 3 the top of broadway cbd. as i think many of you know, there is a short stretch of broadway that have challenges. these conditions have sadly often kept many san franciscans from thinking of broadway as a destination. for the last few years i really want to thank a number of businesses, residents, neighbors and property owners who have been working together on a number of fronts, on public safety to better think about how to market the corridor and to think about how to clean and beautify the corridor and in particular, we have been working on this plan that is

chiu. >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, today i'll be producing an ordinance for the november ballot consideration that we have entitled the family friendly workplace ordinance. i want to thank advocates for parents and working families who have worked with my staff on this ordinance as well as supervisors mar and cohen for their co-sponsorship. the issue that we are trying to address has to do with workplace challenges for parents and caregivers, giving changing demographics the in 1975 nearly half of all american families had the traditional model of a male bread winner and a stay at home mother. today that number is one out of five. ~ over that same time period the number of single parent households that's doubled. today women represent half of our workers and nearly four out of 10 families mothers are the primary bread winner. as we all know, san francisco has the lowest percentage of children in any major city in the country. thousands of families have left since the last census and there are many reasons f

you, and as an initial matter, could we have a motion to excuse president chiu >> and we can take that without objection. >> madam clerk, could you please call item one. >> item one is a hearing to receive a report on the state of the municipal transportation agency and the controller including the productist resulting from service disruptions. >> thank you. and i want to thank supervisor kim and also the mta, for attending today's special meeting of the land use and economic development committee. this is an important subject for his own airing and condition for the fact that the committee has been quite busy with some other items recently. so i thought that it would be good to have a stand alone hearing for this particular item. i called for this hearing today to begin to get a very firm handle on the data, underlying muni's performance, and after today, we will be releasing with and working with the mta, a quarterly report updating these numbers and comparing them over time, to see how the system is trending. muni in many ways is the glue that holds san francisco transportation system together. it carries abou

chiu, a member of the committee. our clerk is alisa miller. so, madam clerk, can you please call item number 2, 3, and 4 together? >> item number 2, ordinance amending administrative code, chapter 31, to reflect revisions in the california environmental quality act and to update and clarify certain procedures provided for in chapter 31, including without limitation: codifying procedures for appeals of exemptions and negative declarations; revising noticing procedures for environmental impact reports and negative declarations for plan area projects exceeding 20 acres; expanding noticing requirements for certain exempt projects; clarifying existing noticing requirements for exempt projects; and making environmental findings. >> thank you very much, madam clerk. i'm the author of item number 2. supervisor kim is the lead author of items 3 and 4. ~ back in november last year i introduced legislation to establish for the first time clear statutory procedures, including a clear deadline for appeals to the board of supervisors under the california environmental quality act, ceqa, relating to categorical exemptions and n

chiu for the late derek aarons. >> thank you. i want to take a moment and thank sfgovtv and their staff, for covering today's meeting. madam clerk, are there any other items in front of the board? >> that concludes our meeting for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [gavel] >> [adjourned] >>> good morning san franciscans. >> good morning. >> we will not be deterred in memory of sandy hook and boston. we are making chicken salad out of chicken bleep. so we are going to start with a great flourish from our san franciscans. [ applause ] >> nicely done. how about a nice hand? >> now because it is 5:11. it's time to remember 1906. we need a moment of silence. a minute of silence begins now. moment of silence. >>> there is our minute of silence. [sirens] >>> >>> there it is. to remember those who perished and survived the earthquake in san francisco. now we are going to remember a song from san francisco. do you remember? some of you can sing. here we go.♪ [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, in honor of the 24 th year of producing this event. here is the housekeeper. let's hear it for him. [ applause ] . >> in ju

chiu for the late derek aarons. >> thank you. i want to take a moment and thank sfgovtv and their staff, for covering today's meeting. madam clerk, are there any other items in front of the board? >> that concludes our meeting for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [gavel] >> [adjourned] >> great for see you all here, i am the director and it is a profound pleasure to welcome you all to this ground breaking this morning. we are thrilled that you could join us, this is a defining moment in our history and it is great to have you with us. and i have to say before i begin, that the first person to arrive this morning, for the ground breaking was one of our trustees, brooks walker. and books arrival reminded me that 20 years ago, almost exactly, this was in another ground breaking on exactly this site. and we are here 20 years later and we are expanding upon that remarkable step that the museum took in 1995. we moved here to third street from the vaness location and from the city hall location. and we were immediately pioneers in this neighborhood. obviously the south of market neighborhood was not what it is to

madam clerk, could you please call the roll? >> supervisor avalos? avalos present. supervisor breed? breed present. supervisor campos? campos present. supervisor chiu? chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? farrell present. supervisor kim? kim present. supervisor mar? mar present. supervisor tang? tang present. supervisor wiener?

chiu for the late derek aarons. >> thank you. i want to take a moment and thank sfgovtv and their staff, for covering today's meeting. madam clerk, are there any other items in front of the board? >> that concludes our meeting for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [gavel] >> [adjourned] >> meeting of the mta and board of directors and the parking authority commission. >> brinkman >> present. >> heinieke is anticipated. >> lee? >> present. >> director nolan >> present. >> ramos. >> present. >> rubke. >> present. >> rubke, present. >> pr chairman and directors you have a quorum. be advised that use of sound producing devices are prohibited at the meeting any person responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the meeting. be advised that the cell phones that vibrate cause microphone disturbance so we request that you put them in the off position. approval of the minutes for june fourth. >> approved. >> closed session was canceled. >> recently sworn in as a member of the retirement board and on service on that already and will not be on our board any more. and i have asked him to come to be recognized b

madam clerk, could you please call the roll? >> supervisor avalos? avalos present. supervisor breed? breed present. supervisor campos? campos present. supervisor chiu? chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen aye -- cohen present. supervisor farrell? farrell present. supervisor kim? kim present. supervisor mar? mar present. supervisor tang? tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener present. supervisor yee 1234 yee present. mr. president, all members are present. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us 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. >> colleagues, we have our march 27th, april 24th, may 8th, and may 14th board meeting minutes, as well as minutes for the special meeting of budget and finance committee on may 8th. could i have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor mar, seconded by supervisor campos. without objection, those meeting minutes are approved. [gavel] >> madam clerk, are tali there any communications it are >> there are no communications

chiu or supervisor wiener might want to come in here. >> would like me to give their office a phone call? >> okay recess is over. [gavel] . there. madam clerk could you call items four and five together? >> yes mr. chair. item four ordinance amending the municipal elections code to specify that it will not have the legal text that exceeds 100 pages. item five amending the elections code that the voter information pamphlet will not include the legal text of any ballot measure that exceeds 20 pages. >> okay. supervisor -- president chiu is here to join us and he will speak on this item. president chiu. >> thank you mr. chair. thank you colleagues for consideration of this item and let me first thank supervisor wiener for his consideration of a very similar item. turns out great minds were thinking alike dealerring with an issue around a inordinately large handbook this year and we will likely to save the city 1.7 million dollars with the proposals that we have and i would like to recognize supervisor wiener's aid that is here and i recognize our colleague is in budget committee and has a conflict today so colleagues the legislation that

chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. there are 11 ayes. >> motion is approved. [gavel] >> item 47, madamrk. >> yes, item 47 is a resolution supporting the health service system for participating in the establishment of multi-para databases that can be used to evaluate and improve the quality and cost of care and resolve past legislation to establish full quality and cost transparency in the public interest. >> supervisor farrell. >> thanks, colleagues. colleagues, this is an item that i sponsored. i'd like to move it to committee, please. >> this item will go to committee. [gavel] >> madam clerk, can you read the in memoriams? >> yes, mr. president. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals. on behalf of supervisor farrell for the late mr. cole man halloran. on behalf of supervisor campos, for the late ms. mercedes majenko. >> thank you. i want to take a moment to thank sfgovtv [speaker not understood] for their coverage of today's meeting. madam clerk, is there any more matter in front of the board of supervisors? >> that concludes our business for today,