i see a letter here from larry mazzola jr. regarding matters surrounding leaves of absence and policies. while i do not believe it is within our jurisdiction to deal with the personnel matters at the distribution yard, and i want to be kept in the loop on how we resolve those issues. there are also questions we would have as well. i just wanted to ask that we would have a conversation about that. >> ok. any other business? seeing none, this meeting is now adjourned. >> the san francisco cons tri of flowers in golden gate park is now showing a new exhibit that changes the way we see the plants around us. amy stewart's best-selling book, "wicked plants" is the inspiration behind the new exhibit that takes us to the dark side of the plant world. >> i am amy stewart. i am the arthur of "wicked plants," the weeds that killed lincoln's mother and other botanical atrocities. with the screens fly trap, that is kind of where everybody went initially, you mean like that? i kind of thought, well, all it does is eat up bugs. that is not v

i see a letter here from larry mazzola jr. regarding matters surrounding leaves of absence and policies. while i do not believe it is within our jurisdiction to deal with the personnel matters at the distribution yard, and i want to be kept in the loop on how we resolve those issues. there are also questions we would have as well. i just wanted to ask that we would have a conversation about that. >> ok. any other business? seeing none, this meeting is now adjourned. president mazzucco: if you could please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> one nation under god, with liberty and justice for all. president -- secretary: thank you, we will be calling the world. president mazzucco, vice president marshall, commissioner chan. president, you have a quorum. we have the police department. >> thank you very much, lieutenant falvey. can you please call line item number one, the consent calendar? secretary falvey: item number one, the consent calendar to accept a donation of $1 million from mrs. karen firem. president mazzucco: this

i see a letter here from larry mazzola jr. regarding matters surrounding leaves of absence and policies. while i do not believe it is within our jurisdiction to deal with the personnel matters at the distribution yard, and i want to be kept in the loop on how we resolve those issues. there are also questions we would have as well. i just wanted to ask that we would have a conversation about that. >> ok. any other business? seeing none, this meeting is now adjourned. supervisor mar: could afternoon, everyone. this is the land use and economic development committee. my name is eric mar. i am the chair. to my right is supervisor cohen. supervisor wiener we're supervisor any minute. our clerk alisa somera is -- miller. somera, i used to say. >> please turn off all cellular phones and electronic devices. complete speaker cards the documents to be included as part of the file. items acted upon today will appear on the november 15 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: thank you. we would like to thank t

i see a letter here from larry mazzola jr. regarding matters surrounding leaves of absence and policies. while i do not believe it is within our jurisdiction to deal with the personnel matters at the distribution yard, and i want to be kept in the loop on how we resolve those issues. there are also questions we would have as well. i just wanted to ask that we would have a conversation about that. >> ok. any other business? seeing none, this meeting is now adjourned.

i see a letter here from larry mazzola jr. regarding matters surrounding leaves of absence and policies. while i do not believe it is within our jurisdiction to deal with the personnel matters at the distribution yard, and i want to be kept in the loop on how we resolve those issues. there are also questions we would have as well. i just wanted to ask that we would have a conversation about that. >> ok. any other business? seeing none, this meeting is now adjourned. >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge. what do you think about this? >> it is

i see a letter here from larry mazzola jr. regarding matters surrounding leaves of absence and policies. while i do not believe it is within our jurisdiction to deal with the personnel matters at the distribution yard, and i want to be kept in the loop on how we resolve those issues. there are also questions we would have as well. i just wanted to ask that we would have a conversation about that. >> ok. any other business? seeing none, this meeting is now adjourned. >> good afternoon and thank you very much for being here this afternoon. i am general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission. i want to thank you for allowing us to be here to talk about the energy retrofit programs they have been allowing us to do. it was a really simple goal. it was federal stimulus money, and the goal was to do something long term that was good and the other goal was to make sure we spend the money quickly and got jobs we were creating. what is great is we accomplished both. we wanted to celebrate that today. the city already p