mirkarimi: no. supervisor elsbernd: this is the first hearing on this? supervisor chiu: if we could move on to public comment, each member of the public will have up to two minutes. supervisor mirkarimi: [reads names] 1 after the other, please. >> i represent the bay area clean water agency prevention group. our organization represents about 51 wastewater treatment plants to protect water quality. we protect this ordinance. we know it is wiser and less expensive to keep the pollution out of the water in the first place. we also know that many complex chemicals like those in pharmaceuticals are so persistent that even the most sophisticated trains cannot remove them. even if we could, hypothetically, that technology and energy required would be so huge that the cost of the public would not be sustainable. which is why we strongly support product restriction registration to stop pollution where it starts. area waste-water treatment agencies have led the way in california to prevent pharmaceutical poll

thank you supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. -- thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. mac's speaker, please. >> my name is susan, recent graduate of the san francisco bay presidio graduate school in sustainable management. i have been actively studying and working in this area for several months now. last week i attended the international symposium on safe medicine disposal in portland, maine, where a couple of hundred people from around the country who are grappling with these problems got together to compare notes, sharing experience and knowledge. the magnitude of the problems are becoming recognized, because magnitude is staggering. of the $225 billion in prescription medicine prescribed annually, estimates are as high as 40%. which represents 200 million pounds of and use of medication reaching the landfills and waterways. as stated, waste treatment plants are not equipped to properly filled to the use of these medicines. there is an impact on wildlife and human health. there are a lot of studies coming out, which is why everyone is more concerned about this. in 2

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you.one from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we take this without approval -- without objection? so moved. please read items three and four. >> chairs report, this is an information item. executive director's report. this is also an information item. supervisor mirkarimi: i would like to say thank you to david chiu who served as the head of these meetings the past few weeks as we were out of town. colleagues, we have had a couple of busy weeks here. perhaps the biggest news was the state budget bill which took several weeks to mature but ultimately resulted in a big win for the presidio project. the project is now poised to award its second phase as a public-private partnership, and we expect it to become an example for other projects around the state to follow. i was joined by commissioner daly and deputy director chang and others as we hosted a coordination meeting with the associates from government and the mtc on the implem

supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: good morning. thank you very much for helping to integrate some of the part to information. -- two information. i just want to extend our compliments to sfpd, the community's working with them, for doing what they are due to lower the crimes in the part 1 categories, especially. the fruits of our labor are evident. beyond the khartoum that is -- be on the part two that is identified, what does sfpd identified the other crimes as? there is a significant dearth of many other so-called miscellaneous crimes. how is that classified for the lay person to understand? is it just based on each crime onto itself, is there a part 3? >> i believe the way the stats are capped, each individual crime is kept. however, in part two, we took out the most significant ones, the one that had the highest numbers, incidences that are unusual. though cannot be captured because the numbers are so small. our crime analysis unit felt that these were the main part two crimes that we should be reporting on. supervisor mirkarim

mirkarimi: no. supervisor elsbernd: this is the first hearing on this? supervisor chiu: if we could move on to public comment, each member of the public will have up to two minutes. supervisor mirkarimi: [reads names] 1 after the other, please.

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is gail [unintelligible] ,ceo of [unintelligible] bio, a nonprofit organization representing a live science companies in california. we support a clean environment and applaud the concern that is shown to keeping our waterways safe. but we oppose the sf board since on drug disposal. we believe that we need to address it at the national level. that needs to be a shared system and a coordinated effort. as you may know, the federal government already has a program initiated in product stewardship. the smart disposal program is a joint effort of the u.s. fish and wildlife services, the american pharmacists' association, and the pharmaceutical manufacturers association. together, public and private enterprises are working to have a coordinated effort at keeping api's out of the system and we think that san francisco should support this effort. an uncoordinated effort could do more harm than good in undermining the federal efforts already underway. bye-bye t

supervisor mirkarimi: appreciate that. if there are no more questions for puc, i will call up the executive director of the california poison control system. please. executive director, by the way. >> thank you, good afternoon. i am the executive director of the california for and control, part of the california school of pharmacy. we spend a great deal of effort in poison prevention and poison- proving household education. we very much support any effort that we can to minimize or remove unwanted, and needed medications from the home. about 50% of the poisoning relates to children under the age of 6. we are very concerned about that, as well as elderly folks. many folks have tried to return medications. our issue is that we want them removed in an effective and timely manner with a program that we brought the support. in the past recommendations as stated were primarily to flush them down the drain. we have backed away from that, although for some people that is the only thing they can do. other programs, drop-off program

i am joined by supervisor ross mirkarimi. charlie, we will be joined by sean elsbernd. -- shortly, we will be joined by sean elsbernd. >> [clerk announcements] supervisor avalos: thank you. let's hear items one and two. >> item 1. ordinance authorizing the department of adult probation to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $300,000 from the california emergency management agency for probation specialized supervision program federally funded through the violence against women act and amend ordinance no. 191-10 (annual salary ordinance, fy2010-2011) to reflect the addition of three (3) grant-funded positions (.75 fte) in class 8444 deputy probation officer, (.50 fte) in class 9920 public service aide/probation aide, and (.50 fte) in class 9920 public service aide/probation aide at the department of adult probation. item 2. ordinance authorizing the adult probation department to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $500,000 from the office of justice programs for funding under the second

supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. those ordinances are passed. item 4, please. >> amending the planning total by adding a section to establish the market street community center project. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. president chiu: the ordinance is finally passed. >> item 2, approximately -- 22, for fiscal year 2010. on item 22 -- supervisor daly: aye. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. president chiu: the ordinance is finally passed. item 23. >> amended the health code to require the health department to declare a rest

supervisor mirkarimi: very good. >> item 6. the amendments to six should stay behind. >> with all the amendments be staying behind or just that one? >> it would make sense to just leave it rather than divide the file and create two documents. supervisor mirkarimi: we will keep them together. it is a set. supervisor avalos: we are going to go on to public comment on these items. >> i am just glad to see that you have got tax control you have tax control deep in the heart of this city for you and me so deep in the heart it almost taxes a part of me try not to give in i say to myself item 7 you are going to make it work square make it good today. >> the san francisco police department permits section. it looks like we have been given the task of permitting gays commercial parking garages and lots starting january 1, 2011 from the fire department. we have set up a special application for these parking garages. we are also sending out letters, notifying them of the change, what needs to be done. from what i have listened to from the

supervisor mirkarimi: with a value, the downturn, how has it been effected? >> as i said earlier, it is pretty much in negative valley. they had to put twice in in order to get to that. we do not have an appraisal on seawall lot 330, but we would need to do that moving forward. pier 50, it is harder to know what the value of that is. our capital plan calls for approximately about $60 million in needed investment just to continue its current use. that would be shoring up the @. supervisor mirkarimi: what about rehabilitating the piers so that they would not compromise the question or add a eventually that it is not ours anymore. " >> that is a great question. there is another name in the state constitution for the redevelopment area can is owned by an entity. there is a share of the tax increment dollars. receiving the ability to do this four or five years ago, with the intention of treating investments in the portfolio as a vehicle for investment, so the plan already incorporate the idea. they are already prepared to do that. the infrastructure financing dis

supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: do we know the people who would be hired for this? how far along are we there? >> currently, there is staff at the office of economic development that have worked on the entitlement part of this. in an ideal world, what we would have done is just a transfer of staff, but we cannot do that because the agency is a separate entity. we will be posting these positions. i anticipate staff that is currently working on this at the office of economic workforce development will be applying to these jobs, pursuant to an agency eligibility. supervisor mirkarimi: do we know anybody in redevelopment that fills these positions, will these position be prospectively filled, a combination? >> staff has been working at this at oewd. i anticipate that both staff members will be applying for these positions but we do not know now what the outcome will be. supervisor mirkarimi: how many positions? >> 3 positions. a senior project manager, assistant project manager, and staff assistants. the senior project manager -- for every one of our project areas, we h

supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: on parole and probation violations, i visited the city wide reentry council. the numbers that are being batted around on x offender violations seem to be significantly higher than what is reported here. is this because this is a relatively new or break down, being able to capture this number? -- newer breakdown, being able to capture this number? >> yes, this is the first time i have gotten the part to crimes in this format. i know our parole and probation enforcement is done by force teams. they would be the ones to report the number of violations they have, and they would also inform officials of where our parolees are staying, if there is an issue. i really do not know how the numbers reflect what they do. i know they are out there every day, and i am sure the numbers are pretty high. supervisor mirkarimi: just so we make the best use of this conversation, when it happens periodically with sfpd, do you suggest that we should have the aid office attached, proba

supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i was wondering. are you referring to the full $3.5 million or to the $1.6 million? >> what i am aware of right now is the conversation is around $1.5 million. that is the part that the first five could be eligible to cover because it is only for kids who are between the ages of 0-5. what we are trying to figure out, it's a million dollar a month cost if we were to pick it up -- [inaudible] >> and it is not clear to me whether the reimbursement is for all slots or just for this birth to five aiming group. supervisor mirkarimi: and does the mayor's office have potentially a short-term prescription if we were to move from this pulpit into a direction of trying to shore up temporarily? >> i think what i would say is we are in process of trying to gather up the information we need to have a short-term fix. i don't know what that exactly looks like yet, but i would be happy to talk with you more as though conversations develop. the first five, the department of children youth and families, and they are all