supervisor malia cohen: okay. i was wondering if there are any rules in place to prevent installations of these utility boxes in historic districts? >> yes. there is in the dpw guidelines i have them here. i can quickly mention it to you. actually i left it on my chair. in historic districts, any type of applicants are not loud to place surface mounted cabinets in areas in the conservation district next to landmarks. there is quite a list. so i can read it off to you. they shall not be placed in districts designated in the sf planning code. they can not be placed in california registered historic districts and national historic districts and not in a park or historic places and national landmarks given the fact that they are cited with the planning department. supervisor malia cohen: do you know of any utility boxes placed in the locations of district that you have described in that list? >> not to my knowledge. supervisor malia cohen: okay. thank you, mr. chair. supervisor scott weiner: are you going to be talkin

supervisor malia cohen: is there contact information? >> yes. i regularly get contacted through my website. supervisor malia cohen: my question is it is understood that boxes will not go into historic districts. there was a proposal to put a box at 22nd and minnesota which is a dog patch district. there wasn't much discussion when they brought this to your attention as to whether or not this was going forward. i want to know what the plan is for this specific location. >> first we took all the boxes located within the historic district out of our bill plan before we even went before planning back three or 4 years ago. so any of the planning districts or any of the historic districts that are recognized by planning in districts we have removed those. there are individual homes that are in the national historic register and those types of things where we wouldn't place that. so in that particular instance, i believe that the cabinet can be cited outside the zone and still be within 300 feet. i don't have them all with me. supervisor malia cohen: i

cohen supervisor malia cohen: thank you very much. at this time i would like to bring up john quan to answer more questions. let's bring the higher ups up. mr. quan, i know you are not necessarily prepared to speak. i wanted to share with you candidly, the purpose is to air out grievance. i have heard grievances from constituents and i'm starting to hear a couple things on the city side. i want to bring it out into open. i want to be able to solve some of these problems. what i hear is straight up we are never in disagreement between you and your staff and at&t particularly in terms of the permitting process. how is it solved, i would imagine it would be frustrating, but talk to me about this. >> supervisor department of public works. obviously it can be challenging. we disapproved 9 locations for obvious reasons. one of the challenges is when we provide noticed and receive objections, in the objections we get complaints from the community saying they don't like this site and that stops. okay, you don't like this site but by state law

supervisor malia cohen: thank you. i would like to thank you and appreciate the time you took and for making this a reality. i will be supporting this measure. supervisor scott weiner: thank you very much. will there be a presentation from the planning department? miss brown? supervisor london breed: colleagues in the interest of time do you want to? maybe open up public comment at this time. is there any public comment on item 4? i have some cards. rose wilson, desiree smith and karen kai, c'mon up. >> my name is desiree smith. i'm here to express my support for the jimbo's bop city as a local landmark. we are a membership based on cultural identity. we have reviewed the draft for the landmark case report and feel the report clearly documents historic significance and high integrity status of 1712-16 fillmore street. the building serves as a living embodiment and the tangible community in that neighborhood. it also serves to tell about the landmark and the history and government intervention and destruction in much of

supervisor malia cohen: thank you very much, we appreciate your work. thank you, david. [ applause ] president david chiu: thank you, supervisor cohen. let's go to introductions. >> supervisor kim is first to introduce roll call for introductions. supervisor jane kim: thank you. at our last board meeting i and several colleagues at the board of supervisors indicated a desire for the city to do more around pedestrian safety around our city. i indicated along with supervisor avalos in seeing the city implement san francisco's own version of vision zero plan. today after another pedestrian collision at union square we are beginning a process three part strategy for the city of san francisco to cut the pedestrian cyclist. this is reduce the fatal pedestrian injuries by 25 percent and 50 percent in 2021. other cities are aiming higher. recently chicago and new york announced that they are attempting to reduce all fatalities to zero in the next 10 years. based off models that have been seen in sweden, netherlands and united kingdom. our city can do the same. i

supervisor malia cohen: there is a change. supervisor scott weiner: is there one minor? >> yes, on page 3 of the draft should be designated as subsection f. supervisor scott weiner: okay. can we take that without an objective. can we move that forward. without objection. madam clerk any further business? >> that concludes the business of today's meeting. supervisor scott weiner: we are adjourned. thank you very much. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> >> >> >> good afternoon, and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors land use and economic development committee. i am scott wiener, the chairman of the committee, to my right is supervisor jane kim, our committee vice-chair and to my left is supervisor malia cohen. and supervisor cohen i would like to welcome you back. our clerk is lisa miller and i would like to thank sfgtv for broadcasting this hearing specifically larson and -- any announcements? >> the clerk: yes. please silence all electronic devices. any speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear in the agenda on janua

supervisor malia cohen: i would like to make a motion to submit the resolution. supervisor scott weiner: that is the motion. if there is no further discussion we can take that motion without objection. madam clerk please call item 2. item 131202: agenda[hearing - at&t sidewalk utility boxes]1312022.sponsors: wiener; kim, farrell and avaloshearing, directed to at&t, the department of public works, and the planning department to discuss the roll-out of the at&t u-verse telecommunications upgrade, focusing on the permitting and site installation of the sidewalk cabinets, and to discuss the current community outreach and permitting process and suggest improvements. sf 21234 >> supervisor scott weiner: thank you. i called for this hearing to provide a status update and informational hearing on the at&t boxes placed in our city. i want to thank our supervisors kim and avalos for cosponsoring the hearing. more than a year ago we had a ceqa appeal at the board of supervisors for the at and t boxes and it was affirmed by the court whether a legal issue of cat categorical

supervisor malia cohen: there are amendments to item no. 5. supervisor scott weiner: yes, my apologies. supervisor kim had amendments to item 5. can we take those without objection. and recommendation to the board we'll do that without opposition. thank you. madam clerk. please call our final item. item no. 7. >> the clerk: item no. 7. competitive selection process landfill disposal. supervisor scott weiner: thank you, avalos is the lead on that. >> good evening, poll ok. it's best to turn this over the deputy of the city attorney. there are two subsection e's that substitute that we introduced last week. the one subsection which is related to f. the city attorney can take a look at that. tom will describe that with just the ordinance. supervisor scott weiner: thank you, mr. owens. >> good evening. tom owens city attorneys off. this legislation is for providing a new landfill disposal agreement. the latest in findings covers the necessary background. i will such touch on a few highlights. the refuge and disposable ordinance provides the board

supervisor malia cohen: i have so much to think about. thank you for bringing this matter before us, supervisor wiener. i think i have spoken a lot on this particular topic. i'm ready to move along on the rest of the agenda. supervisor scott weiner: thank you. i would like to thank you all for participating in this hearing. this has been a very helpful hearing on many fronts. supervisor cohen can we continue to the call of the chair? supervisor malia cohen: continue to the call of the chair. supervisor scott weiner: without objects, that will be the order. >> madam clerk please call item 3. we are in a brief recess. okay we are joined by supervisor breed who is the author of item 3. supervisor breed. supervisor london breed: thank you, good evening now. this legislation will allow the developer of 555 fulton street project to proceed with the demolition and other entitlement. it expands the special use district for another 5 years because it expired. this legislation does not address or in anyway prove the issues around formula retail, th

this is an emotional thing to me about supporting malia cohen and other supervisors to ban the box. get rid of the box. thank you. happy holidays! to everyone. president david chiu: thank you. next speaker. speaker: board of supervisors, my name is -- i live in district 4. a huge tsunami at the plant. reactors 1-4 were damaged. after many days the tokyo electric company finally launched a dangerous operation to remove the fuel rods of these reactors. this is so dangerous that if human error or another quake occur these buildings could cripple and explode and causing a nuclear at that -- catastrophe. in august, japan revealed that radio active ground water has been pouring into the pacific ocean everyday. starting in march 2014. accept the radioactive to start reaching our waters. the size of texas to collide with the west coast. fairfax county passed the resolution and now berkeley in seattle are adopting a similar resolution. this plan is produced to provide continuous monitoring to our food, air and water and a plan for radiation exposure. please, i'm urging you to consider adopti

to my left is supervisor supervisor tang who is sitting in today for supervisor malia cohen. clerk is andrea osbury. i want to thank sfgov-tv for broadcasting today's hearing, charles kremenak and jennifer low. >> completed speaker cards and copies of any dont

i will be chairing the meeting joined by john avalos and scott wiener and supervisor malia cohen many i would like to thank sfgtv for covering this meeting. >> any announcements? >> the clerk: yes, please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. items for today will appear on the 2013 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay. we have a number of items 1-9 and a hearing which is scheduled as item no. 10. we are taking that first. please call item no. 10. >> the clerk: item 130946: agenda[hearing - impact of sugar sweetened beverages to the san franciscans' health and health care sector]13094610.sponsors: mar; wiener and avaloshearing on the impacts that sugar sweetened beverages have on san franciscans' health and the health care sector. 9/24/13; received and assigned to the neighborhood services and safety committee.12/2/13; transferred to the budget >> the clerk: sf 101234 >> thank you very much. this hearing was sponsored by supervisor mar and wiener and avalos. i will turn it to supervisor mar. >> supervisor cohen as well. let me just say that we are here

to my left is supervisor supervisor tang who is sitting in today for supervisor malia cohen. our clerk is andrea osbury. i want to thank sfgov-tv for broadcasting today's

supervisor malia cohen: thank you, towed -- today i'm going to introduce the concept. we spent the last few months discussing and debating solutions on the we have many with blue collar jobs. 5 years ago many believed we were making a big mistake and san francisco preserving areas of the city where manufacturing uchlts many argued that these industries were dying off and valuable san francisco real estate should not be spent on maintaining them, let alone on expanding them. these critics were wrong. they continue to show us an increase in demand for manufacturing space in san francisco particularly outside of the city. the manufacturing sector has also diversified from what we traditionally think of as manufacturing jobs. it's not only just large industrial fact arrears. we have hundreds of small craftsmen and women making things from soaps to lotions to chocolates and designing messenger bags. the resolution i'm introducing today is quite simple and goes to a number of things to support this growing industry. specifically it will remove the requirement to obtain a con

supervisor malia cohen: thank you. today i'm introducing a request with the sponsorship of supervisor breed and chiu on the fire department. last year my goal i asked for this audit after hearing concerns about applicants and current members of the fire department about the recruitment policy, testing and promotion practices within the department. this audit also looked at the policy of mandatory over time. now, there are a number of recommendations that the audit has warranted and in these recommendations are to be taken very seriously and ensure that people hired are transparent and fair. additionally we need to have a more focused allocation about the resources between the fire department and ems personnel and the policy of mandatory over time before we proceed with the budget conversations. the rest i submit, thank you. >> thank you #9 the clerk: thank you. mr. president, that conincludes introduction president david chiu: thank you. i would like to go to items 10-13. the clerk: items 10-13. certifying a final impa

to my left is supervisor supervisor tang who is sitting in today for supervisor malia cohen. our clerk is andrea osbury. i want to thank sfgov-tv for broadcasting today's hearing, charles kremenak and jennifer low. >> completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of files be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on february 14 agenda unless otherwise stated. >> can you please call items 1 and 2 together? >> item number 1, resolution approving re-designation of two temporary selling spaces on post street, northwest corner, at stockton street for sick months for street artists certified by the arts commission. and item number 2 is a resolution approving redid he nation of one selling space on leavenworth street, west side, at jefferson street, for sick months for street artists certified by the arts commission; exempting said space from the regulations of police code, sections 2405(c)(6) and (11), prohibiting selling within ten feet from the outer edge of any entrance to any building and prohibiting selling within five feet of t