commissioner mar: thank you. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? >> mr. paulson. >> the wheels in the sky keep on turning. state and federal, i am really yearning the wheels in the sky keep on turning i get better and i am really waiting do not know where i will be writing even tomorrow commissioner mar: thank you. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this forward without objection? just informational. ok. please call the next item. >> item 8. introduction of new items. commissioner mar: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? >> i was here for two meetings in a row and i think it is very important, for those who care, that we really take a look at the roads in the southeast sector, especially water ring the state park by candlestick stadium, going all the way to cargo way. if you care for the public, you cannot encourage bicycle lanes when the ro

supervisor mar: thank you. >> thank you. supervisor mar: colleagues, can we pass this without objection? thank you. thank you, everyone. ms. miller, call item number 3. >> item number 3, or in its accepting the is remarkable offer a public infrastructure improvements associated with mission bay south blogs 41-43, eight two, including improvements for public use. supervisor mar: maybe call item three and four together? can you call item number four? >> ordinance dedicating mission bay park block p16 for public use, naming the new part "mission bay, and spark." >> again, we have barbara from dpw. >> good afternoon, i am from public works. what you have before you, more to show you a map for perspective. this is mission bay. a very, very large development area that i am sure you are aware of. you had a request to accept public improvements. as part of mission bay south development project area. the first is block 41-43, which is at bowen st. peter the second is p16. i will show you a picture of the area in question. it is betwe

supervisor mar: meeting adjourned.nk you, everyone. ♪ >> hello, and welcome to the department of elections right choice voting instructional video. it is part of the department of elections right choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco rig franciscoht choice voting. today we will learn what it is and who is elected using this voting method. we will also talk about with the ranked joyce l. looks like and how to market correctly. finally, we will see how the ranked joyce voting process works and to you an example of an election using ranked choice of voting. so, what is ranked joyce voting? in march 2002 san francisco voters adopted a charter to implement ranked choice of voting, also known as instant runoff voting. san francisco voters will use it to elect most local officials by selecting a first choice candidate in the first column on the ballot and deborah second and third choice candidates in the second and third columns resect to do -- respectively. this makes it possible to elect l

supervisor mar: good morning, everyone. welcome to the regular meeting of the transportation authority finance committee. my name is eric mar, the chair of the connecticut i am joined by sean elsbernd, commissioner malia cohen, and mark farrell, as well. erika cheng is our clerk. we have done the roll call. first, i would like to take a moment to thank charles and jennifer sfgtv for providing access to this meeting. madam clerk, would you please read the first item. >> item number two, approved the minutes of the september 20, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. supervisor mar: is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we move this without objection? thank you. >> item 3, recommend authorizing the executive director to execute a memorandum of agreement with the city and county of san francisco, through the mta, the planning department, and the department of the environment for a three- year time span, the amount of $434,746 for the san francisco integrated travel

my name is eric mar. i'm the chair. to my right is malia cohen and to my left is scott wiener. >> be sure to turn off all cellular phones and electronic devices. items acted on will appear on the october 25 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: i would like to thank wouldsfgtv s -- thank the sfgtv staff for televising us today. the first item, we will delay that until someone can get here. if we can without objection move towards item #2. any objection? there are footsteps in the back. she has arrived. call item number one. >> to permit bowling alleys to serve the alcoholic beverages. >> in june, i introduced legislation that made changes to the existing mission alcohol special use district to clarify and also make an update on allowance for bowling alleys that serve alcohol along with restaurants. i want to thank supervisor wiener. it got the full support of the planning commission. prior to this item being heard, the movie theater contacted the planning department to consider including s

supervisor mar: thank you. i wanted to applaud the schools and pta's for their creativity and fund-raising throughout the school year. when big events happen like fleet week or the reset outside plants or the bluegrass festival, they get even more creative about fund raising efforts. i wanted to say also that the fund raising is very hard, and many of the parent/teacher organizations -- i know firsthand how we struggle with our fund-raising efforts in this difficult financial times. i wanted to of knowledge that working with the city attorney's office and pta leaders to hopefully craft solutions that will make it easier for hard- working parents to help their children's schools stay afloat, and this has to do with recent announcements about fund raising of around eight events. i just wanted to acknowledge that. i know that we will be acknowledging also restaurant appreciation week a little bit later, but i did want to get a shout out to the inner richmond district restaurant that i will be supporting, especiall

supervisor mar: thank you so much for the history, mr. salmon. please just come forward your name has been called. it is not apt to be in the same order. >> hello, supervisors. i am glad that you're having this hearing. my name is sheila. i have lived on the great highway since 1991. this is part of what i wrote in my letter was first put out about the problem. in march of this year, i ordered a new cell phone. everything went through. then the next day i received an e-mail telling me that my order was cancelled. there was no specific reason given, so i call. it took me an hour-and-a-half of being on hold and talking to five different people before i was given a reason my order was cancelled. and because of security reasons, nobody would actually tell me the reason. the reason was, finally someone give me the secret, that i had the wrong street address. so the person who originally took that order did not say that. eventually i had to go down to the office of the company and get my new cell phone, because i cannot do it over the phone because i c

commissioner mar: thank you. questions, colleagues? and seeing none, i would like to abolish our colleague, commissioner cohen. anyone from the public that would like to speak? >> good morning. my name is nancy, the planning program manager for the golden gate recreation area. i want to express our appreciation for the support. this is the largest construction project in the history of the park, and it takes place entirely within the boundaries of the park. the potential of the impact apart resources and of the visitor experience is quite high and over a long duration. we found that the services of coronation, liaison and problem- solving, have been critical to both the park and the success of the project. thank you on behalf of the park. commissioner mar: thank you. with the public like to speak? seeing none, public, disclosed. can we take this without objection? thank you. >> item four, recommend approval of the revised debt, fiscal, a procurement policies and ratification of the current investment policy. this

: mar -- where you fall on the political spectrum? supervisor mar: definitely strong support for small businesses. some have said that in a progressive, and though i do not like the term to much because i think it always boxes in, i have always considered myself as having progressive politics because i believe in a vision where people have their needs met. i believe in equity. when people have special needs, we should be considerate of that. i also feel that working families and the lowest income populations should have a safety net. we should have human rights and equality and civil rights for people as well. i am very proud of being a progressive. >> what do you think are some of the biggest issues facing san francisco? >> right now, there are so many people out of work the local hiring and jobs and creation of new jobs, whether it is in a high-tech economy with twitter and other types of work force issues moving forward and businesses moving forward to creation of construction that local residents have a good shot at jobs. the john

supervisor mar: supervisor wiener. supervisor wiener: first, i want to thank supervisor kim for taking the lead on this legislation. i think it is perfect. i am extremely supportive. i also want to talk about my jealousy about all this polling all is going into district 6. we will love to have one in other neighborhoods, and we would wholeheartedly patronize it. so i am very supportive of this legislation. however, i have been very vocal about this, but i believe that the mission alcohol and beverage special use district should be repealed. i think it is -- it is legislation that while i understand why it was enacted at the time, to address alcohol blight in the mission, it is so rigid and so broad that, in my view, it is now undermining the mission in a number of ways. this prohibits new liquor licenses or new businesses obtaining liquor licenses, except for bonafide restaurants. that means that takeout has to be incidental. so takeout restaurants, you cannot get a liquor license. if the food is prepared offsite and b

home on the surface of mars but we are allowed to dream you know a few moments here on r.t. we test the waters and what our chances are one day going to the. feuding russian billionaires roman abramovich and boris berezovsky are taking about also a u.k. court he claims that the robbed him of billions of dollars something the chelsea owner denies he just pressured to speak at a high court hearing on monday. bennett reports on what promises to be the most expensive lawsuit in history. this will be the first time or manob remove it from mr a is the body guards are calling him opens his mouth in this hearing up until now he's kept the resolute silence in stark contrast to his rival mr b. . whose appearances in the witness box have been loud brash and passionate after all there's a lot at stake here he's suing me say the three point five billion pounds breach of trust and breach of contract he says mr a intimidated him. into selling his shares in sydney the oil company for a fraction of their true value the hearings trying to establish the finer details of those deals that went o

still a long way from science fiction becoming science with human sex eagle poll on the surface of mars we are allowed to dream in a few moments we test the waters on the way up our chances of one day going to the red. you without c now feuding russian billionaires or roman abramovich boris berezovsky are taking their battle to our u.k. court that is off he claims of rob him of billions of dollars something that chelsea f.c. earned it denies is expected to speak at a high court hearing on monday he's i've gotten reports now on what promises to be the most expensive lawsuit in history. this will be the first time ramona remove it from mr a is the body guards are calling him opens his mouth in this hearing up until now he's get the resolute silence in stark contrast to his rival is to be. whose appearance is in the witness box have been loud brash and passionate after all there's a lot at stake here he's suing me say the three point five billion pounds of breach of trust and breach of contract he says mr a intimidated him bullied him into selling his shares in sydney the oil company for a

long way from science fiction becoming science fact with human said single poem on the surface of mars. meanwhile the earth's population passes seven billion some looking at property options that could be out of this world i'll tell you more a little bit. but first nato is mission over libya winding down despite calls from the interim leadership for the operation to continue this after the u.n. security council voted last week to remove the country's no fly zone and the coalition's campaign the u.n. mandate came after the former leader colonel gadhafi launched a deadly assault on protesters nato which has been operating in the country since march has been accused of breaching the terms or of the resolution its initial goal was to protect civilians but some airstrikes are thought to have hit nonmilitary targets and claimed innocent lives the country's leadership will take on full responsibility for the national security situation starting tuesday they are tasked with rebuilding and restoring order in a country flooded with weapons. the un has condemned violence in syria calling for an e

a long way from science fiction becoming science fact with human setting up home on the surface of mars but we are allowed to dream in a few moments we test the waters and weigh out our chances of one day going to the red planet. but first the eurozone made heaved a sigh of relief with a new deal reached to help debt ridden greece but it doesn't mean the crisis is over portugal reportedly wants to renegotiate the terms of the bailout it got earlier this year and it's also called on non european countries to help save the eurozone as artie's are really to lucia reports painful austerity cuts have hit portugal hard. new jobs no money no chance for the future these messages have been brought by teachers strike unfortunately big. stability will be in the school. even if they are working for ten fifteen twenty years they are always earning the same in don't have a place in school a stable place and once it's a political choice of financial cuts in education in health and social security that's a political choice and we think it's it's wrong. but that's in the area closest particles used to b

commissioner mar: seeing none, public comment is closed. -- is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? >> you know, i worked at the presidio. one of the things that we have to note about this project is the leadership, not just a representation, but the leadership that he provided. he, too, worked at the presidio. one of the things that is linked to this in a direct way is how improvements are done to fulfill certain projects that have been in the making for years, repairing projects at the presidio. i was there a couple of weeks ago, and there is one project that is named after a dragonfly. those are the types of things the we have gone to the produce it -- to the presidio on for mitigation. another thing that will help us on this project, a lot of the traffic that was going above the ground will be going underground. i do not know when they will really have an opportunity to see and gather empirical data about the pollution. millions and miracles -- millions and millions of vehicles are on doyle drive. many,

supervisor mar: thank you. meeting adjourned. [gavel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> in this fabulously beautiful persidio national park and near golden gate and running like a scar is this ugly highway. that was built in 1936 at the same time as the bridge and at that time the presidio was an army and they didn't want civilians on their turf. and the road was built high. >> we need access and you have a 70 year-old facility that's inadequate for today's transportation needs. and in addition to that, you have the problem that it wasn't for site extenders. >> the rating for the high viaduct is a higher rating than that collapsed. and it was sapped quite a while before used and it was rusty before installed. >> a state highway through a federal national park connecting an independently managed bridge to city streets. this is a prescription for complication. >> it became clear unless there was one catalyst organization that took it on as a challenge, it wouldn't happen and we did that and for pe

supervisor mar: thank you. supervisor kim. supervisor kim: i am glad to see this moving forward, and i am glad to see the recommendations in spite tida. -- the recommendations by tida. on page 31 under 17, we did negotiate higher than 25%. it says ed least 25%. i believe it is at least 26.5%. thank you. >> we will note that for the final package. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. supervisor mar: it has been moved without objection, colleagues. thank you. please call the next item. >> item 5, recommend authorizing the executive director to enter into funding agreements for phase two of the presidio parkway project with the california department of transportation and the golden gate bridge, highway and transportation district and to negotiate agreement terms and conditions. >> good morning. i am the deputy director for capital projects. i will be beginning on page 55 of your packet. the transportation authority is the lead agency in cooperation with the california department of transportation, with the replacement of doyle d

supervisor mar: thank you. meeting adjourned. [gavel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- there are so many ways that the internet provides real access to real people and resources and that's what we're try to go accomplish. >> i was interested in technology like video production. it's interesting, you get to create your own work and it reflects what you feel about saying things so it gives perspective on issues. >> we work really hard to develop very in depth content, but if they don't have a venue, they do not have a way to show us, then this work is only staying here inside and nobody knows the brilliance and the amazing work that the students are doing. >> the term has changed over time from a very basic who has a computer and who doesn't have a computer to now who has access to the internet, especially high speed internet, as well as the skills and the knowledge to use those tools effectively. . >> the city is charged with coming up with digital inclusion. the department of telecommunications pu

i want to be the first to travel to mars and to other planets as well to the moons of jupiter saturn to so you can leave there in future we're still a long way from science fiction becoming science fact with human setting up home on the surface of mars even if we put the huge cost of a martian settlement to one side there are some serious hurdles to be overcome not least we have no idea if life existed there previously and if it did. whether whatever killed it off could be dangerous to us why should we even think about finding a new home because. earth's resources are finite therefore we will eventually have to either restrain population and production growth risking losing both or we find a foothold on other planets no matter how much it cost and with the retirement of nasa space shuttle the only way for people to get into space at the minute is the russian soyuz rocket currently with the science available our chances of a global relocation anytime soon i pretty much zero however it took to weigh in central moscow the mars five hundred project is simulating the effects a mission to

too cold mars that's will do nicely as the population of earth passes the seven billion mark some of suggested the red planet as a replacement for our current blue one however in these times of tightening purse strings the cost of going to mars could be a problem in the months of a one man expedition to mars and back would cost it is safe to say over three billion dollars preparing for these flights would cost about forty or fifty times more than a two way ticket in other words we're talking about colossal expenses regardless of the price those who have been into space say the time is right for mankind to yet again both really go where no one has gone before everybody realizes that it's time to reach out and explore the universe beyond low earth orbit we have for many years just. for ten years at least we have been on the international space station in very close and we haven't been somewhere else or with people since the lunar landings which ended back in one nine hundred seventy two there's no shortage of take years to be the first to set foot on mars and potential red planet trail

five hundred project is simulating the effects a mission to mars would have on a crew in search of a new home sure but it's. there is one obvious reason why the experiment has been so popular the world is still a place for dreamers who dream of exciting projects that unite people international projects. is not old enough as it stands we might have to learn to deal with the soaring global population but young surrogate will keep on training hard in the hope that he can do it for the dreamers piece all of the r.t. . business objects with your stay with us here on r.t. . hello and a very warm welcome to the business program russia has made yet another step towards joining the world trade organization it's a grade a final report on its accession to the head of the working career poor russia's accession said the country still needs to resolve a number of technical issues but will be ready to join the w t o in a week russia also has to finalize agreements with georgia the only country which only opposed russia's accession but last week agreed to new proposals from swiss mediators president

thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor jane kim is an official member of this committee now and will be able to vote on this measure. you want to use the microphone just to your right. there you go. one second. robert benson, michael goldman, adam varanofsky, and sean siemens. >> 32 job description supported by one operation -- [unintelligible] operation batman and robin. nasa, fbi, cdc division of bomb squad, a k-9 units, poet, writer, songwriter, photographer, linguistic, counterinsurgency, hacker, consumers -- computer specialist, mother, musician, a comedian, a criminal specialist, spy, and former, officials, mathematician, a chemist, a key artists, stenographer, interior decorator, web designer, scientist, project on the batman and robin. bomb squad oversight committee, panel review, a private researcher, the analyst, engineer, actors, inventors, drivers, a retired police, chemist, teachers, contractors, assassins, phone operators, computer specialists, security personnel, gamers, hackers, military personne

could be a problem in the not so a one man expedition to mars and back would cost it is safe to say over three billion dollars repairing for these flights would cost about thirty or fifty times more than a two way ticket in other words we're talking about colossal expenses regardless of the price those who have been into space say the time is right for mankind to yet again boldly go where no one has gone before everybody realizes that it's time to reach out and explore the universe beyond low earth orbit we have for many years just. for ten years at least we have been on the international space station in north orbit very close here we haven't been somewhere else or with people since the lunar landings which ended back in one thousand nine hundred eighty two there's no shortage of teachers to be the first to set foot on mars and potential red planet trailblazers have started their training young certainly still just a teenager but he's putting in the hard yards in the hope that he can help create a potential new home but humanity millions of kilometers away not mars i want to be the

five hundred project is simulating the effects a mission to mars would have on a crew in search of a new home. there is one obvious reason why the experiment has been so popular the world is still a place for dreamers who dream of exciting projects that unite people or international projects. is not old enough as it stands we might have to learn to deal with the soaring global population but young surrogate will keep on training hard in the hope that he can do it for the dreamers piece all of the arctic. now is a population of seven billion too much for our planet that's our just a few minutes. after the business news with you. hello time for your business update russia seems to be all set to join the world trade organization it's agreed a final report on its accession russia's chief negotiator said there were still a number of technical issues but those so would be completed in a week russia also has to finalize agreements with georgia which until last week was the only country to continue to oppose russia's accession what they've now looks like we both sides will agree to a proposa