item 1 is a motion approving or rejecting malia cohen, nominations for the reappointment of dennis richards to the planning commission, for a four-year term. >> supervisor safai: unless there are additional comments, i would like commissioner richards to come up and address the committee. >> 2 or 3 minutes? >> supervisor safai: there's really no time. brevity is appreciated. >> i will be brief. it's weird being on this side of the railing. i'm nervous. to supervisor stefani, i always tell people, please don't call me or write me the morning of the commission meeting to try to talk to me or send some substantive communications, and i did the same thing with you this morning, so i apologize. i'm happy to meet with you any time day or night between now and the board vote if you would like to get to know me better. i would like to get to know you better. i turned in my community resume, which you have in front of you. there was so little space, the type font got so tiny that supervisor safai had a hard time reading it, so i know it didn't show up that well. i have 20 years of community service,

my name is malia cohen. madam clerk? are we ready to go? >> clerk: yes, ma'am. >> president m. cohen: thank you. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the september 18th, 2018 meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. thank you for being here with us today. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: thank you, ms. president. brown present. cohen present. fewer present kim present mandelman present peskin present ronan not present safai present stefani present tang present yee present madam president, you have a quorum. >> president m. cohen: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, will you please join me 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. thank you. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> clerk: none to report, madam president. >> president m. cohen: please call the consent agenda. >> clerk: items 1-3 are on consent. these items are considered to be routine unless a member objects, an item may

i'm malia cohen, the chair. our clerk is miss linda wong. are there any announcements? >> yes. please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. items acted upon today will appear on the october 16 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> president cohen: thank you very much. could you please call item number one. >>clerk: yez. item one, item authorizing the public utilities commission -- each with an agreement amount not to exceed 14 million and each with a term not to exceed ten years from january 1, 2019 to december 31, 2019. >> good morning. i have a very short presentation. can i have the slides, please. >> president cohen: good morning. >> thank you. just as a kwiquick reminder, th contracts are to supplement or staff to conduct work primarily on the watershed lands outside of the san francisco. we're the second biggest land holder in alameda county, second largest in santa clara. there's a lot of property. we have very specific requirements in some cases to monitor and maintain these areas, especially our mitigation sites for your capital improvement

my name is malia cohen. madam clerk? are we ready to go? >> clerk: yes, ma'am. >> president m. cohen: thank you. good afternoon, ladies and gentl

, hunters point family, india basin neighborhood association, parks 94124, office of supervisor malia cohen, san francisco parks alliance, and the trust for public land. there's been no organizational or institutional opposition to the overall park development, though there remains some specific opposition to specific design features such as elimination of the tool shed and office building, the inclusion of the porch swings, and the overlook pavilion. >> so to wrap up, staff will be back in september to include two india basin related item. this is related to build of the city, and staff will present the public trust exchange and m.o.u. between the port and rec and park whereby the california state lands -- [inaudible] >> that concludes my staff report, and i'm available for any questions. >> is there any public comment on this item? richard? richard, come on up. >> good morning, commissioners. i had a little trouble trying to get information on a lot of things, but i did have a final talk with the e.i.r. coordinator, mr. michael lee, and it went through another person before him. i had to

i'm malia cohen, the