supervisor mar: thank you. si no questions from my colleagues, let's open this up for public comment -- seeing know, questions from my colleagues, let's open this up for public comment. mr. decosta. >> my name is francisco decosta. supervisor campos i would like to commend you for this legislation. there are many such signs all over our city that need to be preserved. when you say "vintage," i think about wine. [laughter] the best thing is you are moving forward. of like to see -- and maybe this is for the planning department -- we need to do something to preserve our murals. thank you very much. supervisor mar: is there anyone else from the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this forward for a positive recommendation without objection? thank you. the attorney? >> it has to sit in committee for another meeting. is that correct? and my apologies -- this is for diet coke, not a:. [laughter] supervisor mar: we will continue this for the next meeting? >> y

supervisor mar: thank you. >> thank you very much. supervisor mar: mr. flores. >> good morning. carter's local 22. supervisors, madame clerk, i will say it again. tenants rights. i want to thank mr. chiu. it's in the right direction. i urge you to move forward. let's plant the seed. you are all leaders. let's leave the way for the city and county of san francisco. we know how to do things right. let's do it. let's move things forward. thank you very much, supervisors. supervisor mar: thank you. maria, as well. >> good afternoon. i did not come down here to make friends. i came to talk about what i believe in. i also came down here to call some people out. he comes out here representing the union. you did not see him walking members of our organization -- crying while there were up. supervisor mar: what is your name? >> ben. i'm a resident of your district, supervisor mar, for eight years. supervisor mar: please speak to the measures before you and try not to attack people. >> i would like to pass this around, if you have not seen this. this is still being distributed by parkmerc

supervisor mar: thank you very much. >> you are welcome. supervisor mar: next speaker. ms. ting. >> i am from the parkmerced action coalition. yes, we're here in the audience. we are very opposed to this. we do not want any demolition. we have not had enough time to go over these new papers that you have given us. just looking at it quickly, we do not feel that $160 million is enough. this is one of the articles mike was talking about -- my neighbor -- about the larry gluck demolition. i think it is in harlem. it's the piece of property that he owned when he wanted to try to destroy those people. he was not allowed to. parkmerced is a beautiful place. it's absolutely spectacular. it's a lovely place to live. we do not want to be torn down. we would like to stay just where we are. we would hope that you vote against this. we do not want to be put out of our homes. we want to stay there. thank you very much. supervisor mar: thank you. >> good morning. i'm with the housing rights committee of san francisco. i would like to mention these scary scenarios. i think it is possible

chairperson mar: aye. >> we have two ayes and one no. chairperson mar: thank you. let me know which meeting -- this would go forward in the next scheduled meeting, but not this coming tuesday. so that is at least after, i believe, the meeting with the community-based organization and the planning staff. thank you. could you please call the last item? >> item 5, ordinance amending the planning code for parking in the south of market and mission bay district. chairperson mar: thank you. ms. rodgers, were you going to present on this? supervisor kim is the sponsor. >> i would defer to the supervisor unless you would like me to summarize the ordinance before you speak. supervisor kim: i would prefer your preference. >> this legislation was originally introduced by supervisor chris daly in 2010 and i agreed to sign on as a sponsor in january. we have been working closely with livable city and neighborhood associations to develop iparking requirements. this is intended to have better consistency with adjacent districts and to require non- hotel parking in the mixed use d

chairperson mar: without objection. supervisor weiner: i would like to move the item with a positive recommendation. recommendation. chairperson mar: without

chairperson mar: thank you, ms. rogers. supervisor kim: thank you for including me at your committee meeting. good afternoon. i am sponsoring a resolution urging the planning commission to incorporate the western soma community plan and the objectives of the community stabilization policy accepted by the task force in 2009. this is why my office is involved. the central market revitalization and attraction of businesses sparked a conversation on how to do development without displacement. the reason there was an initiative around the tax exclusion to attract new businesses to the area has created a spirited discussion. the south of market and western soma area has evolved to become a vibrant mixed-use and mixed- income community. this pattern of development, which developed organically, is the type urban planners are attempting to replicate in developments across the city. a summary of the main points of this policy. the community stabilization policy looks at historical development patterns over the last 20 years and artic

supervisor mar: thank you. colleagues, we have items four, five, and six before us. my understanding is it is not noticed for that. without objection, colleagues? thank you. thank you, everyone. can you please call item 7 and 8 together on the local hiring mou is san the teddy upcounty and the tolling agreement? >> the memorandum of understanding with san may take no county regarding local hiring for construction contracts. item eight, approving a tolling agreement with san mateo county. supervisor mar: thank you. we have a member of the office of oewd. >> i am from the office of economic and workforce development. thank you for the opportunity to be here today. our office is pleased that after about two months of conversations with our colleagues in san mateo county, that we have been able to enter into a reciprocity agreement for our local mandatory hiring program. the mou that is before you pour consideration is essentially expands the definition of -- that is before you act essentially expands the definitio

there is a large, multi-level deck that protrudes to the north. 65 mars and 75 mars. we have been very careful to keep the building below the height of the viewing angle across the street. we have to keep this scale appropriate. this is showing marses' street as well. as regards the issues with light and shadows, we have met with and proposed alterations to the building volume. this is out here with the original proposal we showed during the pre-application meeting at the project sponsor's house. since then, we have pulled it back more than 3 feet at that point. he enjoys a panoramic view of the back of his house. that is the view from his living room window over the hills. this shows where the proposed corner of the project would come to. we have done shadows studies. we have done exhaustive studies. they show, effectively, the existing shadows. this is the response back. the great ones are the new shadows. the existing house itself basically cast shadows on the adjacent building at the darkest time of year. the black shadow is the existing building and the gray is w

vice president mar? vice president mar: do you want to finish reading. >> i have a question. maybe you have addressed some of these items. ok, i will proceed. of course, i would be curious to know why there is no response. topic eight is rega -- topic a is regarding miss levin 's appointment. she illegally obtained her office in violation. additionally, i reviewed the minutes of the commission meeting on december 16, 2009. the minutes state that the commissioners all agreed to make appointment for a deputy director of administration. the language states that subject to the approval of the commission in the budgetary and fiscal conditions of the charter, the director shall have the power to appoint or removed at his or her pleasure of 21 deputy superintendent and no more than two assistants. you have a legally appointed mr. levis. levin. quite frankly, the department does not need a deputy director for administration. the director is in charge of administration and should not need another deputy director on top of the other three that are provided. additional requests as to wh

vice president mar: commissioner walker? commissioner walker: i move we approved the participation of our director in the state why discussion about building code issues and approve the recommendations as put forward. commissioner lee: second. vice president mar: there's a motion on the floor that has been seconded. >> commissioner walker? >commissioner walker: yes. >> commissioner lee? commissioner lee: yes. >> commissioner murphy? commissioner murphy: no. >> four to one. thank you. item six. report on the progress for setting standards for gray water systems, including permit approval for dbi and coordination with the puc. >> good morning, commissioners, vice president mar. chief plumbing inspector, san francisco. i've been asked to come and speak as part of rainwatgray wa. i have been working with the puc for the past two years now, incorporating a manual for homeowners, customers, contractors that want to start installing the re water systems. one of the things i have right now is a draft that explains how systems are to

supervisor mar: thank you. before i introduce supervisor elsbernd, let me just say we have a lot of public comment today. we will limit it to two minutes per person. i urge people to keep it as short as possible. brief remarks in the mibeginning 39 yen, he will talk about amendments or changes. supervisor elsbernd? mr. yardeni, would you like to make opening remarks? >> good morning, supervisors. i will keep my remarks very brief. i think this committee has received several informational presentations. i will focus today on the revisions to the draft development agreement that was submitted to the clerk on friday. supervisors csupervisors cohen:k that members from the public restraint supervisor mar: conversationsmar thank you. please continue. >> i'm going to highlight key sections where there are red lined changes. the red lined documents are also available with the clerk's office. i will move through the sections. i do want to note that there were some organizational and technical cleanups' made to the dined

supervisor mar: colleagues, any questions? supervisor wiener: i wanted to ask you or someone else to explain the concept of the flex the zone. in reviewing them materials, it seemed like the opponents have relied on that phrase to imply the zoning is somehow undefined and random and could be not sufficiently defined. in my review of the materials, as i understand it, flexed the zoning has been used in a number of projects in san francisco, including mission bay. there are still maximum heights for the zoning, but once you reach a certain height, it triggers other kinds of bulk and spacing of limitations. i understand the maximum population for treasure island is about 8000 people. once we hit 8000 people, you cannot build any more. >> 8000 units. supervisor wiener: excuse me, 8000 units. once we reach that level, no more could be built. if you could address that and, in particular, how it fits into the eir we are considering. that has been raised that it is not sufficiently definite. >> you will hear more about this tomorrow.

supervisor mar: thank you. we have a member of the office of oewd. >> i am from the office of economic and workforce development. thank you for the opportunity to be here today. our office is pleased that after about two months of conversations with our colleagues in san mateo county, that we have been able to enter into a reciprocity agreement for our local mandatory hiring program. the mou that is before you pour consideration is essentially expands the definition of -- that is before you act essentially expands the definition of projects to include residents of san mateo county, as well as san francisco residents, for that work. our current program for projects only in san mateo county, a contractor would be able to poll workers from either san francisco or san mateo county to meet the mandatory requirement. that is is essentially the mou. the tolling agreement was a request that the san mateo county had. our office, from a policy perspective, working with the city attorney's office, felt that making this to

supervisor mar: i am reading subsection 8.3. it says that while the appeal is pending the city shall not carry out -- we did not carry out -- or consider approval of the project -- and we did not consider approval of the project because it was made clear at the beginning of the hearing. is that correct? >> that is correct. supervisor mar: i have follow-up questions for mr. cooper. it is very subjective whether this project eir -- appellants are climbing in reality it is a program eir. i need more specifics about how you would distinguish that what is being considered has adequate analysis, as supervisor mercury mentioned. the appellant highlights there was not sufficient analysis to constitute a project-level review. that is on page 11. they go on to mention it did not have the details necessary to assess, let alone mitigate, project-level impacts. that is on page 12. they conclude the plan was only conceptual, or could be changed in the future, and that the project level details for the development do not presently exists. they

supervisor mar: let's open this up for public comment. mr. paulson. >> ♪ it is a miscellaneous merkel make a miscellaneous miracle and dreams are made of amendments ♪ supervisor mar: thank you. anyone else from the public that would like to speak? public comment is closed. can remove this item for without objection? -- we move this item forward without objection? thank you. i do not think this one needed to be a committee report. we have moved forward with a positive recommendation. please call the last item. >> item # 6, the hearing on the interagency plan. >> i am from the planning department. i will quickly go over the two reports in front of you. they are both required by the ad men and planning code. they are annual reports. i think there from article 36 of the abdomen code called the interagency plan implementation committee. it is a mouthful. it is a committee set up to make sure all the good work we do in area plans for neighborhoods and upcoming plans, all the infrastructure, community improvements are being coordinated with all of t

supervisor mar: someone from the audience was gesturing there. could we hear from the mayor's office in housing? >> good afternoon. i am the project manager 4800 presidio. i will briefly review of our financing of the proposed development. first of all, i wanted to let you know that the mayor's office of housing participated in the task force in 2007, convening the planning committee. the plan had the goal of creating 400 units by 2015 using various housing models. in 2009 we issued a notice for funding availability to initiate new projects. 800 is one of the three projects selected to create an additional 88 units. in july of 2010, the city wide affordable housing loan committee included pre- development funds for the proposed five story building. as you know, this would be a as you know, this would be a mixed population with 24 u

the men from mars are heading to. mars five hundred closer to the edge of possibility or to. rock a lot of has appeared in front of the hague tribunal for the first time where he stands accused of war crimes but it turns out the arrest of a foreign bosnian serb general is still not enough for serbia's entry into the much desired club. rats cry at night no one's delight a major fire at an ammunitions depo in central russia sets off a chain reaction of artillery shell explosions. cucumbers become an apple of discord between germany and spain after millions of euros in revenue are lost following false accusations the spanish vegetable was the root of the deadly european a call i break. anguish in tears replace shop in georgia families very the victims of a savage police crackdown that left hundreds of other protesters in hospital sparking outrage from human rights organizations demanding an investigation. one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t m arena joshua welcome back a lot of has made his first appearance in front of the hague tribunal claiming he's gravely ill a

supervisor mar: thank you. colleagues, seeing no question, let's open this up to public comment. is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? ms. jackson. >> good afternoon. i am asking you to please pass on this, because it has been over a year now, almost two years, that we have worked on at this for local hiring here in san francisco. and there is going to be a meeting at 3:00 here at city hall to talk about giving an update on how the local hiring has been going. and that will be in room 278 with avalos on june 22, so i am asking you to pass this. and thank god, we got it. thank you. supervisor cohen: if you can is replete that for the listeners at home. >> for the listening audience, it will be a 3:00 p.m., city hall, room 278. an update will be given on how local hiring has been going on since it has been approved by you, the board of supervisors. and i wanted to say, because i do not think that will get up here again, those of you that are watching and knew my brother, daniel young, he passed

supervisor mar: mr. sullivan, could you please start to summarize more succinctly so we can get to public comment? >> ok. the remedies introduced today include termination rights for against reneging owners and developers. if it happens at all, there would be a termination of the development agreement. if it happens after substantial construction, so we're in the middle of construction, developers have an option of either continuing to abide by rent control or pay the liquidation amount. like i said, we also have the right of first resultrefusal. i'm happy to answer further questions on that. supervisor mar: we have the 14 page document and a summary. we also have mr. yarne's summary of the different amendments. thank you for that. my understanding is there's a puc recommendation, as well, which i think is on our desks, too. my aide has distributed copies. if anybody wants them, please raise your hand. there are two documents you should be able to receive. one is a summary document that summarizes all th

commissioners, supervisor eric mar is here to present. supervisor mar: 54 during us tonight. i just want to say it has been fascinating to watch the issues you are discussing tonight. i am here to ask your support for a piece of legislation that i've been working on for several months with a coalition of pet supply stores and richmond district small businesses. it is a broad coalition of groups, the coalition to save san francisco pat stores. i want to also say that this legislation will help level the playing field for many businesses along that corridor, and it serves a legitimate public purpose, preserving the mix and diversity of services of goods and goods provided to the richmond district. it also hopes to maintain the special character of our neighborhood. i also wanted to say that the board of supervisors have had similar efforts in the past. north beach, chinatown, mission district, and many other towns, so it is not new. the coalition i am working in this predominantly based in the richmond district, and i have been able to be here with a number of small-business ow

supervisor mar: let's open this for public comment. supervisor wiener: my understanding is that just because we have an impending certification and the conditional use appeal, that we are not permitted to forward this with a recommendation. is that correct? it just said that folks in the public understand that we are required as a matter of due process and, assuming this is forwarded, assuming a his for bid, it should not be too much of a concern to anyone expressing negative opinion. supervisor mirkarimi: we are trying to be somewhat reserved in asking the questions that we are. we will ask people to navigate as best we can. let's begin. i have cards that have been handed to me. >> [inaudible] supervisor mirkarimi: i do not think you are on microphone. there you go? >> can you hear me now? fantastic. they have a history of multi as generational and the senator's efforts that historic plea responded to segregation, discrimination, and the uprooting of black families through urban renewal. in recent years we have served a diverse popula

the men from mars are heading to. mars five hundred closer to the edge of possibility on our team. nearly quarter past the hour here in the russian capital you are with artsy now international bankers have reportedly wasted billions of dollars invested by libyan leader colonel gadhafi the financial times says giants like goldman sachs were dealing with the dictator's investments we needed to plug a hole during the economic crisis most of the money has been lost with what's going on in libya any payment seems unlikely he's going to show has more. western banks have been happy to invest and work with libyan dictator while we get there for you and picking up huge sums in the process as you say for us this city general was. to make a billion dollar bets on its own shares it told to make a billion dollar bets on its own shares which then lost practically all their value by last year and pocketed huge sums of future fees in the process american limit goldman sachs made a billion dollar investment for libya which then lost over ninety eight percent of its value and many of the western len

supervisor mar: let's open this up for public comment. mr. paulson. >> ♪ it is a miscellaneous merkel make a miscellaneous miracle and dreams are made of amendments ♪ supervisor mar: thank you. anyone else from the public that would like to speak? public comment is closed. can remove this item for without objection? -- we move this item forward without objection? thank you. i do not think this one needed to be a committee report. we have moved forward with a positive recommendation. please call the last item. >> item # 6, the hearing on the interagency plan.

the men from mars are heading to. mars five hundred closer to the edge of possibility. it's now a quarter past the hour here in moscow with r.t. now russia's anti drugs chief is slander according to narcotics by former world leaders and politicians as quote drugs propaganda to even off a state of the findings were designed to do rail the global fight against drugs and are supported by cartels parties to sausalito as martyrs. here in russia the issue on the war on drugs is a really a big deal it has been at the forefront of domestic policy for some time now and about thirty thousand russians are documented to die each year here so it is a subject that is close to heart and so this you went back before did not sit well with the russians anti drug because even north and he see believes that this is just propaganda as he said he thinks it's a ploy to simply divert attention of the international community from what really has to be done. to be discussing the report of the so-called global commission we should realize that we're dealing with a global p.r. campaign on drugs pr

>> supervisor mar, your first on a roll call for introductions. supervisor mar: submit. >> supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i just have one item, an in memoriam for freddie aguelo. a tragedy befell the family when the body of 23-year-old freddie was discovered by firefighters responding to a fire in a recycling bin near the tennis courts in buena vista park at 4:30 in morning. his body was discovered on the border of districts 8 and 5. it certainly raises alarming concern. our prayers go to freddie's family during this difficult time. i have been contacted by the police department, who is seeking help from the public in the investigation. anyone with information regarding the circumstances or may have observed anything out of the ordinary in the early morning hours of friday, june 10, are asked to contact sfpd homicide detail at 553-1145, during hours and after hours, 553-1145. or anonymous tip line, 575-4444. i do not think we can quite see well, but this is his "we need your help" poster now being circulated throughout the

the men from mars are heading to. mars five hundred closer to the edge of possibility on our team. our twenty two minutes past the hour here in moscow you with r.t. and just a few moments you'll use here with the business news service in our shock has given way to sorrow in georgia as families spirit the victims of a brutal police crackdown on protesters that happened on the on the eve of the country's independence day the incident come to the world wide outcry with human rights organizations demanding a thorough investigation but as artie's sara furthur pours there's little hope those responsible will be held to account. last week he turned out to demonstrate this week his friends and family of burying him devastated and confused with no real idea what happened. the condemnation for these scenes came from around the world and there are now growing calls for an investigation into police actions investigation. sources. and i can say this is kong. because we had a situation a very close to three thousand so been. excessive force was used against. the restitution was never started it