mr. elsbernd. we should all acknowledge the leadership of the late john neely and the chief nursing officer who moved the hospital into the 20th century. thank you to the staff of laguna honda hospital who are creating a new care model of community and patient involvement. the hospital has long been recognized as a center of excellence. the new facility further advances recommendation. the design brings a small-town feel insecure community which can integrate the patients and residents into the broader civic life of semblances go. the hospital has an impressive collection of art that will not only contribute to the healing environment but also provide a new destination for art lovers. the historic passage of comprehensive health care reform by college represents -- by congress strengthens medicare and ensure sustainability for years to come. it improves benefits for seniors and makes prescription drugs more affordable, and it recognizes the needs of those with disabilities by making significant inv

mr. rose. supervisor elsbernd: mr. rose, if you could just verify this contract. i remember a couple of years ago an issue came up. i want to make sure it is not included. there had been an executive order issued that food purchased had to be purchased locally, and as a result the contract costs were significantly more expensive. that provision went away in this contract. i want to make sure that provision is not in this contract. >> that is correct. >> that is my understanding, supervisor. supervisor elsbernd: good. chairperson avalos: i want to thank you for the work of a department on finding cost savings and negotiating contracts for the

mr. chair. i conquer with supervisors elsbernd and chair avalos. the consideration i would give this is that a letter was handed it me just a little while ago before this board meeting by mrs. chong. i don't want to divorce the fact that we all know her in a business capacity. we have to try to separate our personal relationships from the fact that there is a professional code that we must abide by. in that particular letter that i just saw evokes information that i think is worthy of the consideration act committee, which is why i will support this to go back, but only in the instance that is high bar is now presented back to anybody who wants to provide an alternative to this particular decision that has been rendered by the budget committee. at this stage i don't see what could upset or change that particular decision. something would then have to be advanced to make us think twice, and i don't know what that something would look like at this point. supervisor chiu: supervisor mar? supervisor mar: i'm just trying to think. so one option is lettin

mr. president. supervisor elsbernd: this would cover our graffiti laws, and in district 11, the number of vehicles attached to some commercial stores have been sitting out in front of their warehouse space, collecting lots and lots of tags come in yet, there is nothing on the books that requires them to clean up their vehicles and to cause blood to accumulate in certain areas. one establishment in particular is a market on the corner of main and mission streets, and this legislation, if enacted, would help to assure that we had recourse, that they were improving the conditions around their buildings, especially around the trucks that they use for their business. that is my one item. thank you. clerk calvillo: thank you, supervisor avalos. supervisor daly? supervisor daly: thank you. about building the bocce ball courts. , i thank them for setting it up. it is with some mixed emotion. the recreational activities that we should be thinking about. i appreciate some of my constituent leaders and neighborhood leaders in the area south of the site for bringing up the issue of lack of children's play areas, so, h

mr. rhodes. supervisor? commissioner elsbernd a couple questions.uld this get approved in the normal legislative process, the new operator would take their place on what date? when would people be purchasing from somebody new downstairs? >> approximately end of october, first of november is likely our transition date. commissioner elsbernd then the budget analysis report did not have this. not that they should. are there any existing facilities that the winning -- the proposed contractor currently operates that would be examples that we would know? >> yes, good question. currently the family operates the facility at the courthouse. also recently awarded the operation in the lower level cafe at the main library. which is -- has been a successful venture there as well. commissioner avalos: if we approve that, was that early this year or last year? >> i believe it was early this year. commissioner avalos: just a question i have. i know the current leasee downstairs has been concerned about -- you referenced them, mr. updike, in your presentation that t

elsbernd? actually, did you have anything you wanted to discuss, mr. rose? however, whenever your pleasure is. supervisor avalos: i think we will just go on to public comment. the intent is to table the contract. i have a card representing peter fortune? >> i just want to remind you that it is in the resolution itself. three times your constituents have voted. there was no new general advertising sign. they did it again in 2007 and 2009, flying in the face of your constituents in voters every time. it's crazy to see if you can get around what your constituents because every time we have asked to vote on it, we say no new general advertisers. just stop. supervisor avalos: public comments? seeing no one come forward, public comment is close. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor elsbernd: as is the case when these come before the voters, there's no documentation to give the voters the true facts. voting one way will lose billions of dollars, just generally. frankly, when these numbers go before the ballot, they're done in

i'm joined to my right by supervisor sean elsbernd, and my left supervisor ross mirkarimi. the clerk of the committee is mr. viktor young. mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes. if you turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to speak during public comment, please fill out a speaker card and turn them in to me. if you provide documents to the committee please provide one to the clerk for influential into the final. it will appear on the board of supervisors agenda on september 14, 2010 unless other weiss stated. commissioner avalos: please call item number one. >> item number one, resolution authorizing the san francisco department of public health, community behavioral health services to enter into a negotiated amount and drug medical recommitment with the state of department of alcohol and drug program. commissioner avalos: very good. do we have a presentation from d.p.h.? >> good morning, supervisors. i'm dr. alice glickhorn, i am the county alcohol and drug administrator. this is our funding for medical from the state. it comes in the form of a three-year agreement. the negotiated net

elsbernd. any discussion? supervisor. supervisor campos: campos thank you, mr. president. i thank all the members of the public and interested parties who have spoken and to the planning department for their presentation. i think this is a unique appeal and i think in a regular appeal for me, hearing directly from the impacted neighborhood has a great impact and is in many respects it determines the outcome. i think, though, that there is a different analysis that is involved here because we're talking about the impact that this business would have not only in the very small geographic neighborhood area, but i think in the larger vicinity and larger city. and i think that that analysis necessarily requires that we look at what other people outside the neighborhood, outside the specific geographic area that's impacted directly, what they're saying and while i appreciate the many people in this neighborhood have come out in support of this project, i think that a number of very legitimate concerns have been raised. let me say that this is not to take anything away from pet f