president maxwell: are you finished? >> yes. president maxwell: done? this made me think of a spot on third, and we can do a pop up here and it popped up there. i think is great, those pop ups. >> the retail is intended to actually change and be something every quarter, every couple of months. there could be something new there. president maxwell: can people get a long-term lease? >> yes, they can. president maxwell: but it is flexible enough. are you going to have a waiting list? how are you going to choose and determine who gets into the space? >> the current vendors are almost all people that we know because there are clients. we are architects of delphina. we did a project for the coffee, but the mayor's office of action connected us up with the others. essentially, wheatfield all calls. i think it needs to be quality establishments -- wheatfield all calls -- we field all calls. .we were recently written up in an architecture magazine from washington, d.c., and we were the only ones trying to bring in retail and restaurant uses. there are a lot of g

maxwell. under the proposed ordinance the police department would also collect fees for inspections or services provided by other city departments in investigating a commercial parking application. i think the big question really centers around two things. first is safety of our parking lots. if you go into some of them, particularly south of market there late at night, it can be a nerve-wracking experience. so this would help secure them by having them under the jurisdiction of the police department. also, there are questions as to whether or not we are effectively collecting our parking tax revenue. so this would help us really focus our attention on that and hopefully the city will make the money that it should be making. chair maxwell: supervisor, do you no why it was wrested with the fire department in the first place? >> i don't know what the history of that is. i know there are several things that have fullen under the jurisdiction of the fire department because way back when the city w

maxwell. the way this is used, we use conditional uses for everything. if you want a starbucks on union street, you need a conditional use. this is not some over-aare muching -- overarching awful thing that will stop child care in san francisco. in my opinion, that's a red herring. i consider it to be an joursly false statement. -- i consider it to be an outrageously false statement. the conversation about being able to change the use in case the use changes? i mean, honestly, are you kidding me? cliled care centers? it is like getting into starn to get into -- stanford to get into a preschool in san francisco. there is, without question, the greatest need. if you are going to tell 120 families they will have to find a new child care center, it seems to me going through the conditional use process is not something that is, in my opinion, asking too much. i certainly hope that you -- that the committee will send this forward with full recommendation. >> supervisor chiu, comment? supervisor chiu

president maxwell: welcome to land use. i am it chairs sophie maxwell, and i am joined by supervisor david chiuy. -- chiu. madam clerk: please turn off your cell phones. president maxwell: all right, item no. 1. madam clerk: approving a street encroachment at lake merced. >> good afternoon. i am john from the department of public works. what we have is a request to install a sign on lake merced boulevard. currently, there are signs that are placed within the property not. what the owners want to install is a corresponding sign that will mimic the sign they currently have in the right of way along the boulevard. this has been reviewed by city agencies, the planning department, in your commission, and they of all approved it. it is now left for board review and evaluation. president maxwell: all right. thank you. you know why they want more signage? >> this is just more to identify that community. president maxwell: all right. thank you. colleagues, any comments or questions? any public comment on this item? seeing none, publ

president maxwell: thank you. [reading names] if you hear your name, come on up. first, , first-served. >> tim paulson. i am the executive director of the labor council. we represent 150 unions in san francisco, and many thousands of our boat members live in the bayview-hunter's point area. -- many of our members live there. there really is a path to getting this done, and as you know, the entire labour community supports the project moving forward. we have been working on it for quite some time. this really probably is a model project in many ways for the rest of the united states, the deliberations, the environment to review, putting affordable housing together at an unprecedented level, as well as the work force development, so i am urging you to obviously move this forward we will be tomorrow to hope we see this they move through the board of supervisors. so many people have been waiting on this in the community. they can finally see a true path to move forward, so we are asking you to support this through the

supervisor avalos: supervisor maxwell. supervisor maxwell: thank you. this is somewhat related, but have you done any studies that show what services that cities can do, or that they do, that make people feel or think that this is a part of why they pay taxes? and is there something that we don't do that they don't feel they're getting the value? >> i mean, i think to answer your question directly, i haven't done that kind of study here. but if i can build on your point, one of the things that we don't consider in our economic impact analysis of tax legislation is what specifically the city does with the additional money that's a budget decision outside of the context of how you get $35 million. than the discussion of how that's spent becomes a different matter. in general it's certainly true that you can't have a healthy private sector unless the public sector is doing things that are -- you know, that a high-performing economy needs. and our economy hinges on the public sector in lots of different ways. so i never mean to minimize that. it's just we c

supervisor maxwell: welcome to land use. i am chair supervisor maxwell, and i am joined by a member, supervisor chiu. i want to thank the folks from channel 26 for bringing us live. madam clerk, you have some announcements. >> please make sure to turn of cellular phones and pagers. completed speaker carts and copies of documents to become pleaded as part of the file -- completed as part of the file should be submitted. supervisor maxwell: thank you. will you read items one, two, and three together please? >> item 1, ordinance accepting irrevocable offers up public infrastructure improvements associated with mission bay north lot n1. item two, ordinance dedicating a portion of state trust parcel 54 open space public use, naming the new park, and spark. item three, ordinance dedicating a portion of the trust partial 5 mission bay south part for open space public use and naming the new park bayfront park. supervisor maxwell: thank you. staff? >> good morning. and with the department of public works. we have the three ordinances

president maxwell: ok, thank you. all right, colleagues, we will close public comment, and without objection, on items three and four. madam clerk, item number 5. madam clerk: item number five, a hearing on the progress of the housing program. president maxwell: rebuilding some of the most distressed. in revitalizing the communities. after several weeks of hard work, we have enjoyed the groundbreaking at our first place, hunters view it. the purpose of today's hearing is for staff to provide an overview of the program and to give a progress report on several development sites in the pipeline. we wanted to bring in here today. it is not because anything horrible was happening, just that we wanted to update people. >> there are some wonderful things happening. we see this as an opportunity to get the public up-to-date. we will go as fast as you want us to go. there is a little bit of background. we will try to get into what happened last year with the important money the city invested. we have two senior folks working o

chair maxwell: in the garage? >> yes. chair maxwell: is this near public transit? >> no. there are buses, but this is almost at the edge of the city and the county of san francisco, so it is definitely much more of a car culture. it doesn't butt up to the freeway there, so mainly buses. chair maxwell: supervisor chiu, do you have any other comments? we have into other comments, so there will be no further public comments at this point. understanding what we have heard today, there are concerns. i think these concerns are concerns we all have. we have put on any number of things in place so that when housing comes close to freeways and other properties that might bring out noise and pollution, that we do have things in place to take care of that. one you heard walls the -- was the ventilation. it is not easy. it is expensive. but we thought it was an extra cost that was important. one of the first questions i asked about was a buffer for the noise. the berm is the buffer. parking, wl when there are two or three bedrooms -- this is a lot of parking for most places in our ci

supervisor maxwell: thank you. anyone else public comment? seeing none, then public comment is -- still open. no, then public comment is closed. thank you. all right, collie, supervisor chiu, have you been -- >> i understand that apparently there was not a reference to ensuring that the first source hiring program would be applicable here. i'm fine, really, going either way on this, but i just wanted to make sure that that would be a commitment. seems like that would be a commitment of the parties to put that in the agreement. if folks would like to put that in, i would suggest that, but i would like to hear from the deputy city attorney. >> in reviewing this, in connection with this one question, there is apparently an inadvertent typographical error in the agreement in its current form. on 7.1k, which provides as a condition for the city's closing of this deal, it says, "city's compliance with all applicable laws." , and that should be "museum's compliance with all applicable laws." that same language is replicat

president maxwell: [renames] -- [reading names] >> good afternoon, supervisor chiu, supervisor maxwell. thanks for david chiu. i know you love been spending a lot of time on the project. -- you have been spending a lot of time. you have really been working very diligently , so the thanks to the three of you. this shipyard is the future of san francisco. i tell you, it will be the future of san francisco. san francisco depends very heavily on this development of the shipyard because it brings jobs, and jobs and housing. supervisor david chiu, 32 affordable housing, and i know in your district in chinatown, a lot of people live in a single room. they have to shared toilets. they have no kitchen. .-- they have to share toilets. they are suffering, and this plan is going to help them. it is not only for the bayview. it is san francisco in the whole. 3000 houses. 3000 families will be better because of this project. think about this. teachers, policemen, firefighters. is so expensive, they have to leave the district. -- it is so expensive. [bell] they can benefit from this project. if you s

supervisor maxwell is very familiar. in 2006 and 2007, we had a task force which was intentionally very broad. when brought to the attendance, the chamber of commerce, the affordable housing advocates, legal activists. what we expected to do was create the full range of opinion in a task force so we could end up with something that we could be a consensus. in our effort to transform a public housing sites, and, again, to do this in a way that physically improves the location and enables residents to improve their lives, and at the end of the day, we are looking to have a mixed income community that has affordable housing, market rate housing, and other. this is very much a public- private partnership. we meet all of the time, literally every week, with the housing and redevelopment agency's. we have seven city agencies that join us through the interagency council to look at services and delivery note and teams that are actively talking to us. and this will affect the redevelopment and rebuilding. they have really stepped

president maxwell: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is david, and i am here as a union member. the union members that we represent are in favor of this project. as an organization, we work closely with local cbo's, trying to get education so they can carry a their jobs -- carry out their jobs. thank you. president not " -- president maxwell: ok, i will call more names. [reading names] >> good afternoon, madam chair, supervisor chiu, supervisor mar. supervisor mar mentioned a very critical part of the plan, which revolves around transportation. we have concentrated on transportation improvements to route bayview-hunters point. -- improvements to bayview- hunter's point. it will have to be diverted. with the development of the shipyard. we have been working with the bay area transportation authority. in fact, the last meeting we had with them was july 7.

president maxwell: what is our interest rate? >> our interest rate is likely to be 0%, because we have what is called soft get on the side on top of the project. -- soft debt. in particular, with the infill grant program, because it is not our money, and we are essentially the condit, our main goal is to ensure that, because we will be taking on some of the responsibilities that go to the state for that money and as a recipient, we expect that to be passed along to the developer, we are not looking actually to get that money paid back. korea a whole lot of additional housing money that we do have money on, and hopefully, over time, we will get it paid back from the available revenue. so, secondly, alice griffith, which, again, you're all familiar with the candlestick park phase one plan, which is winding down this month, and, of course, there are key components of approving that, which really will be moving full steam ahead on alice griffith, and we of the developer ready to engage the residents on a more detailed planning proces

supervisor maxwell: so would i. >> p [applause] chair maxwell: and i want to say to the parents, i havered that facility, and it is really beautiful. i am glad you fought hard for it. because of your fight, we will do something for all of them. that's what this is all about. and i think that catholic charities is known for that, charity, so what we're trying to do here is to make sure that the facilities -- that if f facilities -- that if facilities have do close, that because they are important to the public and the people, that they have a say in it and at least feel they are a part of the process. so that's what we're doing here today. so without objection we will move this forward with recommendation. thank you. [applause] and again, thank you for bringing this to us. thank you. next item, please. the clerk: item 6.

chair maxwell: i just wanted to say, this is really an historic model. we have not done this before in san francisco. we worked very, very hard to get this model, because at one time it was just hands off. that was h.u.d. we did not have our services in there. we had nothing going on. and then one day, the light came on, and we did some work, we did some legislative work, and found out that indeed we could have more of an active role in those areas. that's what you are seeing now. you are seeing that the city is truly, truly engaged in every single agency that we have. that these folks are citizens of san francisco, and for the first time, we are treating them like that. i know we are going to going to bring new people in. i think we have seen that felt that all along. so this is really historical, and i want to make sure you are all aware of that, that this has to be continuous. we can't just leave that. those of us who are here, have to continue having hearings and checking it and making sure things are continuing. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor

chair maxwell: that's why i was glad to see the p.u.c.'s involvement, and hopefully involved in more than just the regular ways, but involved in bringing some new programs to that new community as well. >> we have been doing a fine job of educating the p.u.c. on what programs are available. some of it was straight out of a box. but we are making progress. i'm not slamming t chair maxwell: thank you, joe. that's what it takes, it takes a community. the streets are so often lined. the streets in those housing developments don't go anywhere, just around and around. with this new project we are aligning them, so tennessee will go all the way, and hobbs. and i think those are the things that go toward making a complete community and making people feel tied in. >> since you just raised some of the issues with regard to potrero terrace, are they the oldest buildings? why weren't they kind of closer to the top in their rebuild? and also a little more about the dead end streets and how steep it is there. what you are going to do to make the residen

a motion by supervisor mirkarimi, second by supervisor maxwell. without objection? >> i have no communications, mr. president. president chiu: we have a special order in case the president wishes to appear in front of the board. i see mr. waggoner. are we expecting the mayor today? >> [inaudible] president chiu, do not believe the mayor will be here today. president chiu: that is unfortunate. >> items 1-12 comprise the consent agenda that will be acted on by a single vote unless the member requests discussion of the item. president chiu: would anybody like to sever any items? can you please call the roll for items 1 - 12. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor daly: aye. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor mar: aye supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the resolutions are adopted. for items 13, 14, they regard the budget. there are still consultations on going. supervisor avalos, i understand there are conve

supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. >> there are nine ayes and two no's. the next item is a memorandum of understanding with the police officers association. president chiu: can we do same house same call? the vote will be 9 - 2. >> item 17 is an ordinance adopted in implementing amendment no. 2 to the memorandum of understanding with the police officers association. president chiu: same house, call? this ordinance is finally passed with a vote of 9 - 2. >> the memorandum of understanding with the municipal organization. president chiu: same house, same call? this ordinance is finally passed -- >> it was supervisors mirkarimi and -- president chiu: roll call vote item 18. supervisor campos: no. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor daly: no. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor supervisor mirkarimi: no. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. >> there are 8 ayes and three no's. president chiu: in moti

supervisor maxwell: thank you. and i remember the late nights when we were talking about this at the presidio, and for it to come into something that was so lovely, this is a win-win, and it is from what we remember that we went through -- this is just great. i want to thank all of you on behalf of, i think, the citizens of san francisco. they have a great gift. i think the family has always been a part of our city, and for them to remain here in this way is very elegant and great, so again, thank you very much. without objection, so move. -- so moved. madam clerk, item five please. >> item 5, resolution imposing interim zoning controls requiring authorization for a change in child care facilities. supervisor maxwell: i would like to welcome supervisor alioto- pier. this is your item. supervisor alioto-pier: i'm here today to ask you for your support on this resolution that imposes interim zoning controls to protect child care facilities here in san francisco. for more than two years, i worked to save children's vi

chair maxwell: then this meeting is adjourned. [at 2:45 the meeting was adjourned] >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we visit with one of the arts commissions very special teams. >> the asia-pacific island cultural center receives help from the census but our commission. john mean today to talk about in off festival is the executive director. welcome. i understand this is the 13th annual festival. can you tell me the name? >> the name is a celebratory name. we also celebrate what we call the asian-pacific islanders as well, in terms of culture, experience, and multidisciplinary arts. >> the festival is actually very wide-ranging. you have 16 venues, and how many different performing arts centers? >> we have over 85 artists participating, 16 venues, 21 events. there are over 15 groups that are performing. >> there recently kicked off at the beginning of may and will continue through june 13? correct? >> that is correct. unlike in the past years, we have had to expand the festival because there has been so much activity

chair maxwell: then this meeting is adjourned. [at 2:45 the meeting was adjourned]supervisor mar: good , everyone. this is the july 22, 2010 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. are there any announcements? >> yes, please remember to turn off all cell phone to and pagers. items act and on today will be forwarded to the august 3 full board agenda. supervisor mar: we are waiting for supervisor alioto-pier or someone from her office to lead the hearings on items 1, and connected to 2. let's move on to item 3. >> motion directing the budget and legislative analyst to audit the department of children, youth and their families. supervisor mar: supervisor chu? supervisor chu: supervisor alioto-pier will not be able to make it today, but there is someone from the office of the stability here who will be doing the presentations for items 1 and 2. item 3, legislative aide will be coming for that item. supervisor mar: why don't we delay item 3 and go through the top of the agenda. >> item 1. hearing on the recently publis

supervisor maxwell: thank you. an update from planning staff, a representative from the academy arts university as to their efforts for the master plan. the environmental review. assurances that it will complete the required studies, but we have not seen progress. instead, we know that it continues to operate in violation and even does continue to acquire property throughout the city. it may be time.to discuss this. this would address for-profit educational institutions. thank you. madam clerk: thank you, supervisor maxwell. supervisor alioto-pier? supervisor alioto-pier: with the reship change of ownership, this might be different. -- with the recent change of ownership, this might be different. potential buyers started asking about the possibility of building a state of the art arena in san francisco. the chairman of manville and entertainment and his partner were successful in there have been to become the co-owners of the golden state warriors. there was a long passion for the nba and especially for the warrior

supervisor maxwell: no. supervisor mirkarimi: no. supervisor alioto-pier: no. supervisor avalos: no. >> there are 4 ayes and 7 no's. president chiu: item 21. >> item 21 is a charter amendment to require the mayor to appear personally at one regularly scheduled meeting of the board of supervisors each month to engage in formal policy discussions with members of the board. president chiu: any discussion on this item? supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: on item 21, i want to thank his supervisor daly. for his persistence -- over the years this has been battered around, i think it was demeaned by sources out there from the administration to their advocates in the press as a way to really make light of what i think is probably one of the most meaningful ideas that has come before the voters of san francisco. they would castigate the intent of this particular measure, thinking that it was something personal with this particular mayor. sooner or later, he will be gone. this measure will have more of an import to the successor. i believe another mayor would act