madam chair. >> thank you very much. to move things along i'd like to instead of doing the roll call a voice vote it basically means we'll have a motion and second and whatever the action we'll say all in favor rather than going to everyone's name so do we have a motion and second >> i move it. >> second. >> thank you very much all in favor, say i. opposed? a bit intelligence the item is adapted unanimously madam secretary i believe i have in resident of 5 ballots please open them and count the votes. >> madam chair, 33 votes. cast in in favor of the proposed changes no one in opposition >> the property owners voted and madam secretary next item. >> 5 h declaring the results of special election to change the special tax of the city and county of san francisco community facilities district 78 hunters point shipyard and the redevelopment improvement and resolution 36, 2014. >> thank you very much moved and seconded. >> is there a second. >> thank you very much all in favor, say i. opposed? extensio

>> madam chair, morph to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for fufe minutes. -- for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. first, let me start by thanking my colleague, mr. reichert, and mr. pascrell, for their continued leadership on this issue and specifically joining me on this cops amendment. mr. grim: i'd also like to recognize chairman wolf for all his outstanding service and specifically his work and with the subcommittee for their efforts to fund the critically important programs within this bill while facing very tight -- very tight fiscal environment. i recognize that this is absolutely no easy task. while i agree congress must rein in our spending, doing so at the expense of men and women in uniform who risk their lives every single day to protect our communities is simply unacceptable. that is why i'm proud to co-sponsor this bipartisan amendment to replace the drastic cuts to the community oriented policing services hiring program. now, some will argue that the cops program is a bailout to

mckeon: madam chair. i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the modification be dispensed with. the chair: is there objection? hearing no objection, the reading is suspended. dispensed with. mr. mckeon: i ask unanimous consent that amendment number 159 be modified in the form i have placed at the desk. he chair: the clerk will report. the clerk: modification to amendment number 159, offered by mr. -- mr. mckeon: madam chair, i ask unanimous con sents that the reading of the modification -- consent that the reading of the modification be dispensed with. the chair: is there objection? without objection, the reading is dispensed with. pursuant to house resolution 590, the gentleman from california, mr. mckeon, and the gentleman from washington, mr. smith, each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: madam chair, i urge the committee to adopt the -- to adopt the amendments en bloc and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from californi

rogers: madam chair, i request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from kansas will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> madam chairman -- mr. cantor: madam champlee, let me begin by voicing my admiration for the chairman of the subcommittee, frank wolf. the committee and individuals around the world owe chairman wolf a deep debt of fwrattude for his years of service. the positive impacts of frank wolf's efforts literally span the globe as he has been a leader in the fight for and defense of human rights and he will jouse freedom around the world. chairman wol san francisco a principled leaders than -- and i and the rest of my colleagues will miss his leadership in the house in years to come. madam chair, i also rise to address the shosh of funding for research through the national science foundation. i believe the federal government has an important role

madam chair >> thank you very much. i'd like to pull the second item on the garage management agreement that will be the first item for this meeting. right now we're going to talk about the approval of the minutes i want you to receive a copy it's in our packet. any public comment on the minutes >> there are no speaker cards madam chair. >> thank you very much any questions or comments on the minutes seeing none, i'd like to entertain a motion. >> thank you very much is there a second. >> i left early last time so i move. >> thank you very much. and, of course, we're noting in the minutes when people leave the meetings so that's in there. seeing none, please call the roll >> commissioner please announce our vote. commissioner mondejar. commissioner singh. commissioner rosales absent. chairperson johnson. madam chair the vote memoranda in our packets. this is to extend the agreement to allow the successor disposition plan to the drawn. you you'll recall the agency proposed selling the garage it was submittal to the state

>> madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. brownlee of california. page 22, line 6 after the dollar amount, insert reduced i by $1 million. page 44, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert increased by $1 million. page 48, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert increased by $1 million. the chair: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for five minutes. ms. brown lee: thank you, ma -- ms. brownlee: thank you, madam chair. i rise to offer an amendment to h.r. 4660 which would increase funding for veteran treatment courts. our nation's heros are returning home from over a decade of war with the invisible wounds that come with multiple deployments and military service to our nation. i am concerned that the effects of post-traumatic stress and t.b.i. have led to a rise in substance abuse among our veterans which in turn too often leads to criminal activity. this has led to an increase in veterans being incarcerated by our justice system with

madame chair. >> thank you so much. i do not have a report. next item. >> the next order of business is item 9, commissioners questions and matters. >> thank you very much, questions and matters? >> i have a comment? >> sorry i was outside getting a card. >> hold on one second. one second, we'll be right back with you. no questions or matters. don't look at me funny, counselor, mr. washington, don't leave. let's go back to public comment for a second. mr. washington. >> i'm sorry, i wish i had some little aces around the campus. this is public comment. listen, i came up here to speak when i saw your forwarded calendar to talk about your budget plans and i had some questions that i wanted to ask, particularly with the budget situation. $50,000 was on an item for -- the commissioners asked that you should be getting monies and i agree with him. [ inaudible ] somebody is getting $50,000 between y'all and the oversight board, which is the oversight board has the worse record in city hall's history. cancelation, cancelation, where is that money goi

>> i have no speaker cards, madam chair. >> okay. >> is this on the... and it should be on the agenda. >> item ten on the agenda. >> take a look at that. >> okay, we will give everyone a minute and then we are going to call the closed session >> okay, i would like to give those who would like to have a comment on the closed session item an opportunity to put in a speaker card now, and announce themselves or otherwise we are going to call a closed session and all members of the public will need to leave, in fact, anyone who is not directly related to that closed session item will need to leave the room. >> thank you. short recess to clear the room, and then we will come back for closed session, and i believe that we have two commissioners who are absent right now but they are coming anmake sure that we keep an eye out for them. madam secretary, are we ready to go? >> i am ready. we are ready. >> oh, yes, yeah, sure. >> okay. thank you, everyone for your patience, and i would like to call the commission on community investment back to order at 1:58 and we

scott: madam chair, i request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia will be postponed. the clerk will read. page 75, line 8, administrative provision, legal services corporation, none of the funds appropriated to the legal services corporation shall be expended to any of the provisions of sections 501, 506 of , 504, 505 and public law 105-119. marine mammal commission, salaries and expenses, $3,250,000. office of the united states trade representatives, salaries and icks spences, $53,500,000. state justice institute, salaries and expenses, $5,121,000. title 5, general provisions, including recisions. section 501, no part of any appropriation shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by congress. section 502, no part of any appropriation shall remain available for obligation unless expressly so provided herein. section 503, the expenditure of any appropriation for any consulting service shall be limited to those

smith: madam chair, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: first i want to thank the majority leader, mr. cantor, for his earlier comments about our national science foundation amendment. i appreciate his efforts to hold the n.s.f. accountable for its grant funding decisions. the smith-cantor amendment reduces the fiscal year 2015 funding in the bill, the national science foundation cease social, behavioral and economic sciences direct rat, or s.b.e. direct rat, by more than $15 million. his reduction will freeze s.b. e. to its current level. the smith-cantor amendment maintains the overall level of national funding in the bill and redirects the amount of the s.b.e. cut to the physical sciences and engineering, the areas that were prioritized in the n.s.f. authorization act reported out of the science committee yesterday. much of the research funded through the s.b.e. direct rat has obvious science -- direct at has obvious science directorate has obvious scientific merit. but they have funded

madam chair the vote is 5 i's. thank you very much call next >> the regular agenda item 5 c approving a budget for the period of july 1st, 2013, through 2015 and asking the director to submit the budgeting budget to the mayor's office and the board of supervisors and this is for 2014. >> thank you madam secretary commissioners we've had a series of workshops both for the members of the public on the budget it was in mission bay back in april covering the projects and housing the second workshop was the administrative budget this is quite robust this for your review and consideration incorporating our feedback and a public comment is the final budget presentation for your consideration after you review the budget and hopefully productive it we'll forward it to the mayor's office for its consideration for the board of supervisors they'll credit it along with other agencies budgets we're scheduled for june 18th and, of course, it's subject to our department of finance and funding process. with that, i'd like to ask al

broun: madam chair, i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia will be postponed. it is now in order to consider armed number 5 printed in house report 113-426. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? mr. duffy: madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk u the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 5 printed in house report number 113-426, offered by mr. duffy of wisconsin. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 557, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. duffy, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. duffy: thank you, madam chair. first i want to commend the work of both mr. cole and ms. wasserman schultz in producing a spending bill that doesn't actually increase spending. doesn't actually reduce it but maintains it. for this institution i think that's a positive. i commend you both for doing that.

>> thank you, madam chair. thank you, colleagues. i want to thank the members of the public who have worked with my office on this legislation. and after many months of work i do hope that we can move forward with some reform of ethics and lobbying laws on to our colleagues at the full board. before i go over the changes that we have made to the ordinance in recent months, i want to take a moment to first thank our city attorney dennis herrera for his dogged work on this legislation and congratulate him and his office for recently securing the largest municipal legal settlement of lobbyist enforcement action recently. he has shown we can enforce our lobbying laws. i also want to take a moment and thank the extensive work of his very able deputy city attorneys, joshua white, andrew chin, lee, jon givner, and alley fisher who have been working with my office on these issues for quite sometime. in recent months my office has heard from nonprofit leaders, attorneys, ethics advocates, permit expediters and many others and again i want to

wasserman schultz: thank you, madam chair. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: without objection. ms. wasserman schultz: first, i want to thank chairman rogers and my ranking member, nita lowey, for the commitments they made to regular order, which is why we have our second appropriations bill on the house floor by may 1. it is my hope that we can stay true to this commitment throughout the remainder of this year. i also want to thank my friend, the gentleman from oklahoma, tom cole, who really i couldn't say enough good things about what an incredible partner he has been. we really have an i'll say that several times throughout my remarks worked cooperatively, collaboratively, and i think the finest compliment i can pay another member is that they are an institutionalist. someone who has incredible respect for those that came before us, and the history and led ion and all that has to us being the finest democratic institution in the entire world. we are stewards of the capitol come plecks in the legislative b

look at that. >> madam chair chairperson johnson. ma'am, chair the vote is 4 i's and one recused. >> okay. thank you very much let's move to the regular agenda don't call item 5 b we're going to move to item 5 b. >> good afternoon. welcome and thank you for joining us the item related to 200 and sixth street the hotel we placed funding approximately a one dollars of funding for 200 and 6th street on our reputes the previous subsequent to that it was did understand and indicated to the extent the successor agency wanted to use other fund we were unable to do that we were using 200 and sixth street the remainder of 58 hundred or more unit that were destroyed as part of the you european removal ones transferred to obligations we transfer that access to the mayor's office of housing we're now transferring 2 hundred and 6 street in light of the state department of the finance ruling and we have kevin with the mayor's office of housing and community development to provide further details on this item. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm k

madam chair nice to be here we're happy to be here the kitchen will be the first building erected in phase two that's a milestone right there with many more to follow soon thereafter. as mr. madison outlined we're fascinated by the business we saw the trucks coming and going we brought out our tape measures and there was a beehive of activity if you ever get a chance to get a tour ever that place before it's torn down it's a constant activity every inch is being used by several businesses. we view that as certainly a major positive asset for your flej new neighborhood so getting into the design i'll be brief i'll turn this over to the architect ralph. we tried to do and achieved to replicate their space but what we think we've done successfully is design the space that's much more efficient and usable and create a pleasureable and workable productive with that, for all the frying and backing and everything else. so on top of that we think we'll hook them up to the sewer and other kinds of 21st century infrastructure so that alone skrot is excited about. regarding the building design

>> in madam chair no speaker cards. >> okay pets opening up to discussion. any questions >> yeah.ow many promotions we have done for us over the years. >> i'm not sure what the total number of projects but we can get it information. >> how much we have a loan for others parrots of project. >> i don't have the total amount but we can get that. >> and they're doing a good job i want to just notice - >> okay. >> i want a further clarification on the parking space. i think i read it and i think you here you sigh correct me if i am wrong that the parking spaces for the affordable context are proposed to go down or be reduced >> yeah. but not for the market rate and if everyone can take transportation and sidecar and hoover why wouldn't that be applicable to everyone? >> well, the reason we're able to do it for the affordable side in order to safe costs the market developer is going to pay for those spaces

madam chair the vote is 5 i's. thank you very much can we recirculate the mou with the changes we've discussed thank you very much. next item, please. >> next order of business is 5 e authorized the lease between this third and mission associate, llc and california limited liability company a nonprofit benefit corporation consistent with the terms of the 1990 for the position of lent for the private property at the 680 mission street for the project and the resolution number 34, 2014 madam director. >> commissioners i'm sure you're aware of the former agencies and ociis work program. >> next speaker. >> in the yerba buena it is one we are approved the significant culture assets we continue to look at the culture institutions and yerba buena and this was an asset that was required for the urban renewable funds there's a content and your content is required pursuant to change the terms and conditions of the particularly lease with the nonprofit and related. with that, i'd like to ask tracey renaldz nodules the direct

so this is the madam chair that will adorn the grove inlaid into the seat that's a retaining wall if i peak over the construction wall you'll see the trees on site. this is a typical madam chair that will adorn one of the benches again, a saying and a family name or something like that across the ports name. and then lastly we've dedicated a wall on the second floor for everyone who donated to help with the ports peers this is the wall adjacent to the escalator so if you come up the escalator you'll have your back to the wall and likely turn and looking at the coit tower and the trans america building or face outdoor and look at the bay bridge or any other amazing sites this is a very small area where the names of the people that donated will be remembered and an entry box at the top that is a monitor so that's the update on the do in charge program we're going to wait until the building is open to assessing access people's interest and maybe come back and request ask you for approval to authorize it we have people that wished they'd bought a brick >> myself included and it will be p

madame chair johnson? >> here. >> all members of the commission are present, the next order of business is item 2. announcements. a, the next scheduled commission meeting will be a regular meeting held on tuesday, may 6th, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. city hall room 416. please be advised that the ringing and cuss of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing devices are prohibited. c, public comments please be advised a member of the public has up to 3 minutes to make pertinent public comment obvious each agenda item unless the commission adopts a shorter period on any item. it's strongly recommended that members of the public who wish to address the commission fill out a speaker card provided by the commission secretary and submit the completed card to the submission secretary. next order of business is item 3, report on actions taken at a previous closed session meeting, if any. there are no reportable actions. the next order of business is item 4 matters of unfinished business. we have no items. the next orb

madame chair the vote is 5 ayes. >> ly check back with the answer to commissioner rosales's question at our next meeting. please call the next item. >> the next order of business is public comment on non-agenda items. >> do we have any speaker cards. >> oscar james. >> oscar james again. i won't take up too much of your time. unfortunately, i have missed several meetings. i have been taking care of my mother. she had a stroke and i have been taking care of her and a lot of times i have to do the feeding tube with her at 12:00 and i have my other brother who is sitting in today. anyway, some of the information that was done on the last commission meetings, i would like to try to get some of that information, if possible? tiffany? >> yes, sir. >> okay, thank you. and you guys are doing a good job. but i still can't hear you on the radio. >> that is true. thank you. because i like listening to the chair. >> itunes radio it's available. >> oh, really? itunes radio. thank you. >> next speaker card. >> ace washington. >> i think he left the room. no other

. >> madam chair, supervisor tang, monique zamuda from the controller's office. i did want to comment on the audit process for the city as well as some of the findings that were stated about the payroll processes for the city. it really takes a village to complete the audit work on an annual basis. we have scores of people within the controller's office and all the financial departments pulling together the schedules and reconciling all the balances and so on and we're very pleased to report that the external audit by [speaker not understood] did come out very, very well. it was very clean audit, very, very few areas of concern. and more importantly those areas that were identified last year, particularly with the dissolution of the redevelopment agency, all of those have been corrected and for an ongoing basis. so, we're very happy about that. as you know, we have a new h.r. and payroll system that was implemented in august of 2012. so, the audit period does include that transition period and the auditors did recommend that policies be developed and updated to r

thank you very much. >> thank you. >> don't worry, madam chair. knowing senator casey, she will get a good education. >> i have no doubt. >> senator wicker. >> thank you, dr. yellen. this has been very enlightening. let me first just try to clean up a few things. in his very fine opening statement chairman brady got to a point where he said he was hopeful he would enlighten the committee on six specific points. there's no time for you to answer those. i would like to submit those questions as my questions for the record and ask you if you'll answer them on the record, will you do that? >> i'd be glad to. >> and the last is about transparency. also, i understand your reluctance to be tied down to specific predictions of when this or that will happen. but i do think we got a yes from you on one thing and that is when the asset purchase program will end. as i understand it, you have a set of expectations for the rest of the year. and if those expectations are met, you expect the asset purchase program to end this fall. is that a yes? >> that is corre

and with that, madam clerk -- i mean, i guess madam chair, we want to close public comment and then hopefully move this forward. >> okay, thank you. so, public comment is closed at this time. [gavel] >> and president chiu, thank you so much for leading the effort on this opportunity for -- to ensure that many of our programs are working together, especially our workforce programs. that was one of the frustrations i had when i first started as a supervisor last year, just trying to understand the numerous job programs and opportunities and how they all work together and how i could make sure that constituents in my district had access to these opportunities. so, i was meeting with different department heads and i was sending them to the puc, sending them to dpw, talking to rhonda. rhonda was sending job announcements to me and things were kind of all over the place. and the ability to try and work together and make sure that all of these areas, opportunities that exist all over our city are coordinated so that they are easily to access from the residents of our city is just really to be commen

thank you. >> i have no other speaker cards, madam chair. >> thank you, did we have any more speakers for this item? >> okay. thank you very much. >> and questions or comments from the fellow commissioners. >> commissioners? >> singh? >> thank you, madam president. >> i think that first off the color combination is very, very good, but do we have any material here which we are going to be using? >> if you have the material to show you, yes. we do have the material board. and he is picking it up and will bring it over. and

thank you. >> i have no other speaker cards, madam chair. >> thank you, did we have any more speakers for this item? >> okay. thank you very much. >> and questions or comments from the fellow commissioners. >> commissioners? >> singh? >> thank you, madam president. >> i think that first off the color combination is very, very good, but do we have any material here which we are going to be using? >> if you have the material to show you, yes. we do have the material board. and he is picking it up and will bring it over. and the colors have been chosen to compliment the building 101. which is in a similar color scheme. so he can... >> yeah. >> and pass it out. >> it is beautiful. yeah. >> and i know that this is a very affordable, you know, for the artist. but what does it do for what they are paying now and what they are going to pay after it

. >> thank you, madam chair. i look forward to working with you this year to move appropriations bills for in our ongoing effort to restore regular order. i am hopeful that the committee will have the opportunity to bring individual bills to the floor under an open process. the bipartisan budget act provided that topline numbers for defense and nondefense spending which should pave the way for a smoother, hopefully appropriations process. as part of this agreement, discretionary spending will be constrained to a level that is not much different from the year 2014 spending. we have already proven that the spending limits are feasible. and it is imperative that we stick to the budget. if we cannot practice fiscal discipline to day we will pay a much higher price in years to come. the bipartisan budget act is, by no means, a panacea for the level of indebtedness we face. the congressional budget office projects that federal debt will rise to 78 percent of gdp by 2024, ten years, which is about twice the average of t

thank you, madam chair. >> thank you. senator whitehouse. >> thank you, madam chairman. elcome, chair yellen. thank you for being with us here today. many reports on the economy show continuing improvement. the stock market is high. unemployment continued to go down. there are elements of the economy that are flourishing, but i urge you to remember that there are locations in the country where the recovery really has not been experienced much. minus my own state of rhode island where unemployment is still at 8.7%. although that puts us in the unhappy position of being the leading state in the country, there are similar geographic areas in larger states that are experiencing similar difficulties. we are a long way from the boom of wall street. we are a long way down the pipeline from the natural gas boom. we are a long way from the big interventions like the auto industry rescue that were so beneficial in the midwest. and i guess two things. one, i urge you to not be beguiled by the national numbers that are forgetting the a's were it's still very difficult locally. and se

. >> there are no written protests madam chair. members of the public i'm looking for the speaker cards i have to speaker cards dr. espanola jackson and corbin woods >> thank you. what we truly are looking at is i want to advocate that you're not doing a good job but i'm advocating that the community must be involved. must be involved we're the impacted community. we got nothing out of this. we got nothing. and being the impacted community i've listened to everyone that came up here and boy they soft shutd a lot of hard questions in terms of participation, decisions that be made behind the voucher system and everything it is something that their need to be more sensitivity on the mayor's office of housing, it sound as if you're staff is dictating to you instead of you dictating to your staff i think this is your staff and their dictating to you yes. you listen to them it's all right to listen to them by be wise and smart enough to ask the hard questions and get the right answers instead of it being soft shutd bach balk to you where