mr. chu has a big family. he has three kids, and his parents live with him. he needs a certain amount of space for his family. the only space he can build on from the yard -- i think the addition makes sense. i understand the addition does block his living room, but we have 5 feet set back from the property line. that comes right from the planning code. i think you can see that all of this effort we put in -- we can get ok with the project. thank you. president fong: are other speakers in support of the project sponsor? >> my name is joey chen. i have been living there since 1996. i love the neighborhood. every day, still remodeling. i just want to give my kids a bigger house. i do not know what he is complaining about. that is what i want to say. president fong: thank you. d.r. requestor, you have two minutes, if you want. >> i just want to encourage the commission to take the opportunity at this point to reevaluate the provided architectural plan, and once a project is under construction, it is built for a good chunk of time. i think it is not that egregiou

the fact is what president obama did and department of energy and mr. chu and the others is they siloed all of the components into little pilot projects and spent billions of dollars but never connected them. so president obama would always talk about his green economy and give a laundry list and then he'd go and he'd visit a battery factory or a solar factory or an electric car but he never put it together in an infrastructure, so we lost billions of dollars in stand-alone piloted projects. and so no wonder the american public is suspicious and says, what did we get out of it? what we need to do is recast this, tell the story that i just told tonight and it's going to start in the cities. our global ceo round table we did the master plan for san antonio, which has a public utilities, cps utilities, the seventh largest city. we did it for rome. we've done it for the regions in the netherlands and other places. it can be done. so at the regional level, it's important for regional governments and local governments to work with industry and civil society. you

. >> mr. chus unlike any other person if we had encountered. >> between the fake drugs he had sold undercover agents and the details he revealed on tape, they had what they needed and moved in to make an arrest. he is currently serving his sentence in big spring, texas and he has been named in an indictment in the united kingdom. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you very much. i would like to extend my thanks to the academy and to the judges and also a salute to others who are nominated in this categorycategory, any one of these pieces would have been a deserving winner. our executive producer wayne nelson who refuse to come up here to my right, elliott elliott kershner, the senior producer, kelly busby who is here somewhere. , but, kelly. [applause] kelly will be here just a moment and that will be a delight for you. the coproducer and editor, daniel maddon, or senior editor steve tyler who is down here. kelly and daniel, thank you very much. thank you very, very much. [applause] >> the

mr. young, do we have many other items before us? >> that includes the agenda. supervisor chu: thank you. we are adjourned. supervisor mar: good afternoon, everyone. this is the land use and economic -- economic committee. the meetinll

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mr. young, do we have many other items before us? >> that includes the agenda. supervisor chu: thank you. we are adjourned.

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mr. young, do we have many other items before us? >> that includes the agenda. supervisor chu: thank you. we are adjourned. director kim: good morning and welcome to the transbay joint powers authority meeting of january 12. >> [roll call] madame chair, you have a quorum. director kim: please call item no. 3. >> communications. i know of none. >director kim: please call item no. 4. >> director new and old business. director kim: item 5? >> executive director's report. >> the first meeting of every year we present to the public the milestone we accomplished in the previous year and we plan to do in the current year. pick 4 we get to that, i want to announce we have put out a number of applications for our cac. we have sent notices to all of the hispanic, chinese, filipinos, vietnamese -- all of the ethnic presses, chambers of commerce in san francisco. i wanted to let the board know that we e-mail debt to the board as well, in case you know anyone that you would like to recommend. i also want to give the board adopted and status on redevelopment. in december of last year, the c

chu has made a motion to amend. any discussion on the motion to amend? supervisor campos: thank you, mr. president. i'd like to begin by thanking supervisor wiener and his staff for taking on this issue. i know that it's been a great deal of work and there has been a great deal of discussion and feedback that has been presented on this item and i am happy to be a supporter of this legislation. i think that it's something that the city and county of san francisco should do and i also want to thank all the staff that ha

mr. young, do we have many other items before us? >> that includes the agenda. supervisor chu: thank you. we are adjourned. supervisor mar: good afternoon, everyone. this is the land use and economic -- economic committee. the meeting will come to order. it is monday, january 9, 2012. i am supervisor mar. joining me also is supervisor wiener and supervisor cohen. clerk miller: things will appear on the agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: i would like ms. miller to please call item no. 1. clerk miller: i number one, regulating commercial dog walkers on park property. supervisor mar: the sponsor is supervisor wiener. supervisor wiener: what the committee adopted. additionally, on a proposed that the maximum number of dogs that a commercial dog walker could walk would be seven, which was a compromise between those at the keating six and those advocating a to. the small business commission had recommended that the number be increased to eight plus the dog walkers personal blog. this committee accepted that recommendation and made a corresponding amendment at the last h

chu has made a motion to amend. any discussion on the motion to amend? supervisor campos: thank you, mr. president. i'd like to begin by thanking supervisor wiener and his staff for taking on this issue. i know that it's been a great deal of work and there has been a great deal of discussion and feedback that has been presented on this item and i am happy to be a supporter of this legislation. i think that it's something that the city and county of san francisco should do and i also want to thank all the staff that have been working on this issue and providing feedback on how to strike the right balance between the needs of dog owners and at the same time some of the business concerns that dog walkers have. i know that one of the big questions has been on the number of dogs that should be allowed to be walked and as someone who has a dog myself, i know that you want to make sure that it's the right number so that it's not too many but at the same time you want to recognize that you're talking about a business that's being run and so you want to strike the right balance and find that right number. i

chu has made a motion to amend. any discussion on the motion to amend? supervisor campos: thank you, mr. president. i'd like to begin by

mr. young, do we have many other items before us? >> that includes the agenda. supervisor chu: thank you. we are adjourned. commissioner newlin: january 10, please call the role. >> commissioner perez. here. commissioner hyde, here. commissioner joseph >> here. commissioner tan, present. commissioner newlin. we have a quorum. let the record show that commissioner cavellini is absent. >> i would like to introduce two new commissioners, one has been sworn in. and the other one will be seriously considering it after tonight's meeting. [laughter] commissioner newlin: on my left is brian pan, welcome and in the audience is stephen lee. [applause] commissioner newlin: welcome. all right, we are going to continue until the end of the meeting to review and approve the minutes and continue item three, report of the executive director and call item number 4, police department comments and questions. >> richard carrea and i wanted to introduce to you inspector richard van cole who will be taking over the duties formerly handled by another officer. it's good we have dave downstairs at sou

chu: thank you. in terms of the puc representative, anything that you would add? thank you. mr. updike, in terms of the lease negotiations, the core rate is roughly $12,500 a year in terms of fair market value, based and where is located, probably higher than what about the would be -- market? >> yes, according to one appraisal report, the rate could be considered slightly lower. we feel comfortable where we are at. certainly, no less than fair market rental values. supervisor chu: the puc has three options to adjust the rest? >> that is correct. supervisor chu: we cannot have a budget analyst report for this. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. motion to send item 5 forward with recommendations. without objection. please call item 6, 7, and eight together. >> item 6. resolution authorizing the office of contract administration to enter into the third amendment between the city and xtech (part of the technology store procurement vehicle), in which the amendment shall increase the contract limit from $41,

mr. chairman. supervisor avalos: we are adjourned. thank you. >> good morning. welcome to the budget and finance committee. i am supervisor chu. i am joined by supervisor avalos and supervisor kim. we have bill and nona from sfgtv. and our clerk is victor young. do we have announcements? >> please turn off cell phones. if you wish to speak during public comment, fill out a speaker card and turn the money and if you have documents, provide -- provide a copy to the court. items acted upon will appear on the board of supervisors agenda on january 24, 2012 unless otherwise stated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. would you call one through seven? >> item number one, appropriating $192 million of 2012a earthquake, safety, a general obligation bond proceeds to the department of public works in fiscal year 2011-2012 for necessary paris and seismic improvement in order to better prepare for san francisco for a major earthquake or natural disasters. number two, authorizing the sale of not to exceed $192 million of general obligation bonds, earthquake safety and emergency response bonds, 2010. item three, appropriating $75,009,139 o

chu, seconded by commissioner avalos. motion approved. please call item 3. >> citizens advisory committee report. this is an information item. commissioner campos: we have the chair of the committee, mr. davis, who represents district 9. good morning, happy new year. welcome to the plans and programs committee. >> good morning, commissioners. i am here to provide the citizens advisory report. you have one item on your agenda today that we took action on at our october 26 meeting. that is item five, the allocation of roughly $40 million to the sfmta for their c3 program. to upgrade technology that is 40 years old. we passed the item in an ms. lee based on the fact that it will be upgrading technology and should improve services to their residence and folks writing muni. with that, i can open it up to any questions. commissioner campos: thank you. we have been joined by commissioners david chiu and scott wiener. any questions for the citizens advisory committee? why don't we open this up to public comment? again, thank you to the members of the citizens advisory committee. any comments on this item? is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, p

chu, present. supervisor cohen, present. supervisor elsbernd, present. supervisor farrell, a present. supervisor kim, present. supervisor mar, present. supervisor olague, present. welcome to the board. supervisor wiener, president. mr. president, all members are present. president chiu: i want to welcome our newest supervisor colleague. why don't we say the pledge of allegiance? "i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." president chiu: you should have colleagues of our board meeting minutes. could i have a motion to approve? motion by supervisor farrell, seconded by supervisor kim. those minutes are approved. are there any communications? >> i have one. on december 19, 2011, the mayor submitted his feet out of an ordinance on march -- amending the park code. the board this is jurisdiction on january 18. the air -- item has been agenda isized as item 11. first item of business as the formal policy discussion between the mayor and members of the board. the mayor may address the board initially for five minutes. the president will recognize supervisors from districts 1, 3, 7, 9, and 11

chu: thank you very much, president chiu. i wanted to emphasize what supervisor cohen, and this is the same conversation we have had with the nominee, and i look forward to seeing mr. ramos and the conversations and the balance he has expressed to me,

mr. lee's name into this appointment. so this is a vote on the motion to amend. roll call vote. supervisor wiener: no. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: no. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: no. supervisor cohen: yes. supervisor elsbernd: no. supervisor farrell: no. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. >> there are six ayes and five no's. president chiu: the motion to amend passes and now on the underlying motion as amended. supervisor wiener: thank you, mr. president. thank you, colleagues, for considering my arguments and for considering on mr. eicher's candidacy. but having lost that motion to amend, i will be supporting mr. lee and will be supporting his residency waiver. when i met with mr. lee i told him early on that i was supporting mr. eicher out of support for mr. eicher in believing he was the best candidate. but i do believe that mr. lee is qualified as well. i respect his work in the community and so i will be voting yes on his cands dasy. -- candidacy. president chiu: any further discussion in if we could take a roll call on the underlying motion as amended. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye.