if you would like to talk about anything other than part merced or at&t. >> thank you all for being here. >> the reason is to ensure the orderly transmission of people's views to us. if we did not have these rules, we would have repeated public comment every single meeting. i bet no one in this room thought that last week the chairman of the international monetary fund would no longer be the chairmen of the fund. this just goes to show you that the universe is capable of changing very rapidly and something of a bailout of a nation like greece could actually be postponed or even cancel. i am here to talk about glass- stiegel. i think that this board is capable and should put together a resolution immediately to endorse the house resolution 1489. we have had a number of the members of the congress passed -- sign on to this bill but we have not had nancy pelosi or techie spears sign on. this is something that needs to be done, san francisco is a globally important city. if you consider the fact that every state and city will see further and further cuts and if ben bernanke has his way, hype

merced -- excuse me, this offer to lake -- aquifer to lake perced. the sfpuc has discretion to guide the process. at no point in the project exceed or bitter round -- at no point in the project can it exceed or get around the city. and think that is the most important taken for the commission. -- i think that is the most important take home for the commission. i think there is only a marginal increase in potable water. this is because of substantial increase in recycle water. -- recycled water. there are ambitious goals to keep whitewater -- which water production at an absolute minimum. this -- waste water production at an absolute minimum. all of these ambitious goals -- and i appreciate your patience. and moving quickly through a lot of information. i think it is important that the commission understand. then i am open for questions. the development agreement has four levels of approval. the first level is a resolution authorizing the consent for the executive director to execute the basic agreement. as the slide indicates, there are three layers of approval after this. probably the most important for sfpuc purposes is the develo

or very poor. the middle class is losing out. that is the issue of one to focus the board on. addressing it is looking at projects like the park merced project with an open mind and consider how many middle-class units it will create. there's also the transportation impact of the project. what about the dislocation of the existing tenants? we have to value these things in a different way the we have in the past. >> let's talk about transportation. let's revisit the impact of some of the housing projects on transportation. >> in my district, let's go back to the park merced project. 19th avenue is a mess. there is no easy way to get north-south on the west side. imagine putting 10,000 people right there at the corner of 19th and holloway. it will not make things easier unless there is significant transportation improvements as part of the project. we need to do what we can on the capital side. i would also point to work we were able to accomplish last year in bringing efficiencies to the way we negotiate bus driver contracts through the passage of proposition g. the great deal of savings will result from that. those dollars will go to

or not at all to ease that pollution. >> i officially give you p permission to wear loose clothing tomorrow. >>> there's a flood watch for the merced river in yosemite. with levels expected to peak wednesday at midnight. now, a park spokeswoman told us the river will rise to about 11 feet. flooding sidewalks and meadows. all the though you do need to be careful, the roads and the visitor's services should not hopefully be affected. >>> new at 11:00 tonight, police in oakland are looking for a gunman who shot and killed a man as he was driving in a car. we're learning the shots were fired around noon in the 7200 block of bancroft avenue. that's right at the east mont mall. the victim was transported to an oakland hospital. police have not named any suspects or a moative in the shooting. >>> nasty, disgusting and just so annoying, an infestation of black flies in the area. we're talking about millions of them. they're in restaurants and homes and all around the streets. george kiriyama joins us with more. >> reporter: there's a zapper near the restaurant. every few seconds i hear zap, zap, zap. they're so small you probably can't see