>> director of sm moma. -- sf moma. we are at an exciting time, yet today we have our sights set on a larger prize. we believe that we can become one of the greatest museums anywhere in the world. we will not lose sight of our community as we grow and the educational programs will touch many more people than ever before. i am here to speak about the educational value, but to emphasize the way that the design will positively impact the neighborhood. it is important to place this in context. when we opened our doors in 1995, there was no community at all. south of mission was dominated by parking lots, and warehouses, and vacant lots. today, it bustles with activity. 100,000 of those visitors come to the museum of the many free days that we offer. it is filled with restaurants, hotels, and conventioneers. you might said developed because of the positive impact that we have had. we firmly believe that through the extension of the museum, we can have the same positive impact on the neighborhood we had in the 1990's. one asp

the documents included the exact specifications of the facility, which sf moma would be obliged to grantthe city. there was all for all -- also a waiver, as it would be determined by a private entity and turned over to the city. over the last year, discussions have brought a few components of the facility as identified and left out of the agreement. after discussion, it was agreed that the museum would pick up additional items and others would need to be paid for by the city. it was also agreed that it would be far more efficient to rebuild these items while they were constructing the new fire station. the estimated cost of these items is $350,000. for this reason, we asked the board to put an amendment on the ordinance, asking the city to pay $400,000 to the museum for the scope of work force contractor. before concluding, i want to set the record straight on one item. the analyst's report that you have indicates that the city agencies, namely dpw and fire, did not participate. i think that this is the result of some kind of new communication. indeed, fire and dtw did review progress de

i am here to speak in favor of sf moma's request for the termination of compliance. they are bringing unique insight and expertise to this project, to strengthen and enrich the life of the city. i have a followed their work and admire it. i have noticed a remarkable skill in making community space and integrating cultural institutions into the life of the community in ways that brought in the more rich and diverse set of patrons, if you will. people that use those institutions. [unintelligible] imagine and project the way people will use public space. as i understand, they did so by making community weddings, sometimes indoors and sometimes outdoors. i think it is a combination of the two that worked at the scale of the city but welcome to the individual. that is what i think they are doing here, they are doing it in a way that is keeping with the character of the site. whereas in oslo, the site might be a harborside site. as you know, san francisco has many charming alleys. theilr project is building on the familiar but the first character of the city. in the develo

with the understanding that no city funds would be used to pay for any of the contract work between moma for the new fire department. i feel pretty good that we were able to find external funding sources for these new additions, with a better understanding of the items that feel like they should have been included in the original that they were not. i understand that we continue to learn as we move forward. i appreciate the work that went into this and am happy to support this today. i am also happy to have a brand new firehouse. it is a beautiful design and i appreciate the work that went into it. supervisor chu: let's open this up for public comment. are there members of the public at which to speak on this item? >> ♪ i hope that you consulted that they are all right with fire all day and night constructed all right for fires night and day i hope you construct it there all right with budget money you paid i hope you construct it there all night for all of the fire's night and day i hope that you construct it there just fine and i hope the money you will be kind ♪ supervisor chu: thank

. >>> we have got three momas to be right behind that door.it could go any second and we will speak with two grandma to be when we come back live from gbmc. >> we have some severe weather to the south and west of us. we won't get in on that action. we will get the rain. i will tell you how much we will get coming up. >>> and it's been a pretty busy morning on the roadways including the bottle neck situation on the west side of the beltway the we will why date you on the accident coming up next in the traffic report. >>> developing news this morning. this videojust into the abc2 newsroom out of southwest missouri. in and around buffalo, lebanon, branson all in south central part of the state. possible tornadoes on the ground in missouri, kansas and nebraska. at least one person confirmed dead and more than a dozen injured at a trailer park in southwest missouri. this just outside springfield. >> the national weather service says the tornado hit the branson missouri area that is huge tourist destination. police are there and at least a dozen inj

we're competing against the moma.and so that is what has pushed and really made the move of el museo forwd infar that if we'reompeti witthose great institutions, we have to showcase for the enlightenment of all our communities the best art. and in doing that, it's always dialogues. i mean, it's the curators that work at el museo who are working on this. we take enormous time, pride, of working closely with artists. and so for instance we have our biennial, and now we're going to be preparing for the next one. the biennial is the work of identifying latinos and latin americans that work within a two-three hours radius of our museum and s what th're doing, what they're creating. so our... we receive sometimes 600 files-- and it's called the selected files-- for unsolicited files, and it's wound down until the curators get a very close approach with each of the artists to nurture them. >> hinojosa: but what do you see when you kind of look into the future of, let's say, ten, 20 years from now? you know, latinos are now c