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

we are joined by ross mirkarimi and sean elsbernd. mr. kirk, please go ahead with the announcements. >> [clerk announcements] supervisor avalos: item #one please. -- 1 please. >> item 1. resolution fixing prevailing wage rates for: (1) workers performing work under city contracts for public work and improvement; (2) workers performing work under city contracts for janitorial services; (3) workers performing work in public off-street parking lots, garages, or storage facilities for automobiles on property owned or leased by the city; (4) workers engaged in theatrical or technical services for shows on property owned by the city; (5) workers performing moving services under city contracts at facilities owned or leased by the city; and (6) workers engaged in the hauling of solid waste generated by the city in the course of city operations, pursuant to a contract with the city. supervisor avalos: thank you. representative from the department? >> good morning, supervisors. this is the annual setting of the prevailing wages for the crafts of la

mr. chairman, supervisor elsbernd, as indicated on october 26th, the board approved an ordinance authorizing the issuance of $48 million of the certificates of participation to finance various street improvements as well as the disability access improvements. as is indicated, $38 million for the project costs on the street improvements have been appropriated in the current year budget. what is before you is the $9 million to cover the financing costs and all of the related financing and issuance costs to when the cop's are issued to pay for those. the one remaining piece is the $600,000 which was estimated for the project costs for the disability access improvements in these legislative chambers. the appropriation has not yet been approved. as i've indicated, the 9 million is just to pay for the issuance costs for the $48 million of the gop is that your previously approved -- for the pop's that you have previously approved. >> thank you. if there are no questions from the committee, we can go on to public comment. >> [singing] this world is awfully big and you are so very all along. you've g

mr. ralph house, on behalf of supervisor elsbernd for the late mr. ray shiran and mr. howard lester. on behalf of supervisor chu for the late mr. william frost. on behalf of supervisor dufty, for the late mr. john mayer, and mr. irwin bayer. on behalf of the full board of supervisors, at the suggestion of supervisor alioto-pier, for the late mr. robert barbijalata and the full board of supervisors supervisor dufty for the late chief medina. on behalf of the full board of supervisors, for the late brother kelly cullen. president chiu: madam clerk, is there any more business in front of this board? >> in a concludes our business today, mr. president. president chiu: thank you. at this time, this meeting is adjourned. >> the san francisco ethnic dance festival is one of the jewels on san francisco sculptural crowns. this is in its 32nd year of showcasing the celebrated dance troupes. this year will be one of the past with four new works representing kondo, afghanistan, china, mexico. -- congo, afghanistan, china, mexico. more than a hundred 30 ensembles and soloists auditioned in januar

mr. ralph house, on behalf of supervisor elsbernd for the late mr. ray shiran and mr. howard lester. on behalf of supervisor chu for the late mr. william frost. on behalf of supervisor dufty, for the late mr. john mayer, and mr. irwin bayer. on behalf of the full board of supervisors, at the suggestion of supervisor alioto-pier, for the late mr. robert barbijalata and the full board of supervisors supervisor dufty for the late chief medina. on behalf of the full board of supervisors, for the late brother kelly cullen. president chiu: madam clerk, is there any more business in front of this board? >> in a concludes our business today, mr. president. president chiu: thank you. at this time, this meeting is adjourned. >> this is a dpw corporation yard. i work for the bureau of street environmental services used to be street cleaning. we are a new age. >> here we are. >> here we are. >> clean. >> these are our communications dispatchers. hi. okay, no problem. you are welcome. bye-bye. >> all the information about the location, the nature of the complaint and we dispatch it. >> near the s

mr. ralph house, on behalf of supervisor elsbernd for the late mr. ray shiran and mr. howard lester. on behalf of supervisor chu for the late mr. william frost. on behalf of supervisor dufty, for the late mr. john mayer, and mr. irwin bayer. on behalf of the full board of supervisors, at the suggestion of supervisor alioto-pier, for the late mr. robert barbijalata and the full board of supervisors supervisor dufty for the late chief medina. on behalf of the full board of supervisors, for the late brother kelly cullen. president chiu: madam clerk, is there any more business in front of this board? >> in a concludes our business today, mr. president. president chiu: thank you. at this time, this meeting is adjourned. director beach: present. director brinkman: present. >> director heinicke is expected. chairperson nolan: i would like to welcome the acting executive director on behalf of mr. ford. >> please be an fis that the use of cell phones or any similar sound-producing electronic devices are to habited at the meeting. anyone who has won going off may be asked to leave the meeting.

elsbernd. we will take it without objection. mr. young, if you could call item two. >> resolution approving contract number c.p.t. 626.02 repair of damage of light rail vehicles between the city and county of san francisco through the san francisco phaoups transportation agency and ansaldobreda incorporated to rebuild up to seven damaged light rail vehicles in an amount not to exceed $32,854,622. chairman avalos: we have a representative from the m.t.a. >> good morning, mr. chairman and supervisors. i'm a senior engineer for sfmta renewal program. we are here for the approval of the proposed agreement between san francisco muni and ansaldobreda to rebuild seven damaged cars at $32,854,000 not to exceed six years. it will provide us with additional cars to supplement the cars that go on prevent active maintenance and provide additional cars during special events like the baseball and the 49ers games. chairman avalos: thank you. ms. newman, if you could share your report with us. >> yes, mr. chairman and members of the committee, the

elsbernd. >> thank you, mr. president. again, i agree with what the clerk suggested. so -- let's see the motion on the floor currently is supervisor daly's motion to -- to amend the amendment i made which -- really would be adopting verbatim this new document that is in front of us. >> that's correct, supervisor elsbernd, with the change he is recommending on the voting process. >> except the document that is in front of us, when i said verbatim actually allows for the process he wants. the document you gave us madam clerk, did you -- you're asking us to make an additional amendment here that -- that isn't here. supervisor daly is asking us to adopt document you distributed without any change. that will achieve the end of election yes or nos. if we want to achieve the end -- instead of yes or nos, saying names, we need to adopt the document you've given with us a tweak, which is to take out this clause that will be voted on in the order received correct? >> that's correct. the reason i advocate that, is supervisor daly is saying go yes, no on the people of the order r

elsbernd. the clerk is victor young. mr. young could you please share us your announcements? >> please turn off all cell phones. if you wish to speak if i am out a card and turn them in to me. if you present any documents please provide a copy to the clerk for inclusion into the file. items acted upon will be on the board of supervisors agenda november 16, 2010s in otherwise stated. chairman avalos: thank you, mr. young. i apologize for coming a little late. actually very late. i want to thank sfgtv for hanging in there. could you please call item one. >> resolution approving professional services agreement 8994 curbside management program between fsp ppm management llc and in an amount not to exceed $26 million. chairman avalos: thank you. >> good morning, chair afpvalos. we are seeking approval of a new management contract with five star parking management for an additional term of 2 1/2 years with an amount not to exceed 0 $10,500,000. as pointed out by the budget analyst, the initial request was to approve the whole contract but the budget analyst has recommended we come

elsbernd: good, ok. chairperson avalos: mr. levenson, thank you very much. we can open this up for public comment. we will close public comment. this we will continue to the call of the chair without objection. and i believe that was our last item. we are adjourned. >> hello, i'm meg, welcome to "culture wire." for this episode, the director of cultural affairs, luis, will take you on a journey through presidio has been tet. -- presidio habitat. >> welcome to "culture wire." today i'm at the presidio trust, a treasure within san francisco, because the presidio trust is really a national park in the center of an urban setting. it dates to the very founding of the city. national park. toting me today to talk about this amazing exhibition at presidio habitat is cheryl hanes. can you tell me a little bit about the idea of the presidio habitat? >> succinctly, i have been long involved in the presidio. i was here when it was still a military base in the 1980's. i remember driving down walmart to the golden gate bridge and seeing the military guard at the gate and being utterly fascinated. >> so presidio

mr. chairman. >> meeting adjourned. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor chiu: good morning. it is monday, november 1, 2010. we are joined by our buys chair and third member of our committee, supervisor elsbernd. i would like to thank the staff of sfgov tv for streaming video today. madam clerk, are there any announcements? >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit copies of material, please submit it to the file. items sent out of committee today will be considered by the full board of supervisors, tuesday of next week, unless another date is indicated. supervisor chiu: please call item no. 1. >> item #one. resolution authorizing the department of the district of san francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $750,000 through the united states department of justice, bureau of justice assistance, for a program entitled "san the grant period of october 1, 2010, through march 31, 2012. supervisor chiu: i know that we have a representative from the district attorney's office. welcome. >> i am here to answer any questions that we have about the grant. this is a great opportunity for the people of sa