mr. elsbernd, mr. tim, i applied for an appointment to the sunshine ordinance taskforce last year. i am interested in seat 11 as a member of the public. i was educated in media production, i have primarily worked in technology although over the past five years as a self-employed journalist. in terms of any political background, i am politically independent, i am not a member of any party or any organization. my commitment to the issue is one of someone who has spent a lot of time in interest cruising databases including the website. sometimes in frustration. while i have not worked through the sunshine ordinance process, i have experienced filings and requests on the federal level. in terms of the time commitment. i do work as a startup in san francisco, i am flexible in terms of where i can work and otherwise for a fairer consideration as i think there would to a thorough job. >> >> we will be open now for public comment. >> i am a san francisco resident and i would like to speak on behalf of tax and's application. i owe it to him to overcome his modesty. you cannot understate his

mr. elsbernd has a question. >> i don't know how the administration intends to make this happen. the main issue is the funding source. you know this better than anybody. it takes more than advocacy. without a champion in the administration, it would never happen. like the california lottery. the chances of winning are the same, but to win, you have to play. i will be the last person to criticize the administration. this is what we need. a visionerary push from the president and vice president. it may be considered seriously. it it arrives as proposed, it is part of the game. but what a contrast. that is a big step at the federal level. we know parts of the a dvocacy program will be to make sure we show a set of projects ready to go in the bay area, to try to put the best face we can on the conflicts and issues about that, but make a clear link between high-speed rail and the caltrains service, for capital improvement. and finally, that we show a common front on california, those looking for high-speeld rail money. the state needs to claim a good portion of the moeny to -- money t

mrs. lawrence brown. on behalf of supervisor elsbernd, the late mr. nicholas. on behalf of the full board, for the late mr. cameron beach. on behalf of supervisor mirkarimi, for the late brian connolly. >> madame clerk, is there any more business in front of this body? colleagues, we are adjourn for today.

supervisor elsbernd: mr. albert, would the other -- what the other piece to have 19th avenue study does is looks and kind of sets up the various mitigation measures in a tiered fashion. tier three, tier four, tier five. tier four is the extent to which we have -- maybe in my head the way i think of it, the total extent of all the mitigation measures proposed in this e.i.r. and what the city is planning to do. and then tier five is that last piece that is unfunded at the moment. is that a fair description? >> peter albert from m.t.a. what i would actually -- i'd like to reinforce that important description of what we've done with the analysis. the m.t.a., having the opportunity to look at the area of the project, if there were no development, helped us virbleize the potential minutes if we had to develop and had to provide the service as we do. i do want to emphasize how important the congestion is on the reeblet of our service. tiers one through four looked at what what would happen with successive layers of

mrs. lawrence brown. on behalf of supervisor elsbernd, the late mr. nicholas. on behalf of the full board, for the late mr. cameron beach. on behalf of supervisor mirkarimi, for the late brian connolly. >> madame clerk, is there any more business in front of this body? colleagues, we are adjourn for today. >> a good afternoon. i would like to call the meeting to order. mr. secretary, first item please. >> roll call. [roll-call] president vietor: next item please. >> approval of the meeting for the march 8th regular meeting. due to an editorial oversight, some of the printer -- some of the printed copies have the template date between the footer. it has been fixed but i apologize for the oversight. president vietor: is there a motion to approve a the minutes without the template? all those in favor? suppose? next item. >> public comment. members of the public may speak before the commission for any item not on today's agenda. president vietor: public comment? >> there is none. the commission, having received at electronic -- if you have a comment on those -- and

[applause] supervisor elsbernd: mr. president and all the future honorees, please excuse them.y have to go out to the center and get ready to perform tonight. thank you for coming. [applause] supervisor chiu: i wish we had enough room for their presentation and dance in front of us today, but go forth. ok. ladies and gentlemen, i want to welcome all of you who are here to help honor the many women from our respective districts in recognition of women's history month. i am pleased that this is part of the celebration we have for women's history month to recognize the efforts of women in our great city. it is time to appreciate the tremendous contributions of our women leaders who have been courageous and steadfast in working to improve the quality of life for all san franciscans. since 1996, the san francisco commission and department on the status of women have recognized the vital work and contributions of women in our community through a women's history month program, and i would like to invite the commission president. do i see her? where are you? if i could invite you up to

commissioner elsbernd: thank you, mr. mayor. i would like to ask staff, the plans and programs committee if we could have a hearing on the cal transition two. things we should discuss. one, whether or not san francisco will follow san mat yo -- mateo's lead. and if we do have to make that decision, or even if we don't and the funding situation at cal tran is still so leak that the potential scenario of no weekend service, no late-night service, just the morning and evening commute service actually does come into play, a discussion of how that impacts muni, and potentially what decisions need to be made with muni's service to try to accommodate what very well may be a new demand on its services. commissioner mirkarimi: well said. i believe we can do that for next month. is that correct, director moskovich? >> we will talk about the programs with commissioner campos' blessing for the upcoming meeting. commissioner campos: we will be happy to put that on the agenda. thank you, commissioner elsbernd, for raising. commissioner mirkar

mr. cooper. [applause] president chiu: supervisor elsbernd? supervisor elsbernd: to the planning department, one piece you haven't discussed that came up in a lot of the appellant's arguments and if you could elaborate further on what the e.i.r. does is that the environmental impact of living in a construction zone for 20 to 30 years. what protections are in place? we have the very -- you know, the very touching testimony about the children, both at the month tore sorry -- the montessori school but the babies that live at parkmerced. what is in place? what is analyzed about living in a construction zone for the next 30 years? >> as a general statement and as a e.i.r. details, there are a lot of existing regulations in place and city ordinances that will significantly reduce those potential impacts. i would also suggest that over a 20-year construction period on the 152-acre site, those impacts would not occur in one place, rather, they would be moving from location to location as the phases develop throughout the project. so while we beautiful

mr. varni, but i trust my colleague, supervisor elsbernd, that he is a great person, and i support my colleagues in asking the mayor to appoint him as well. i believe we have a motion asking to move forward those five candidates for the seeds, and supervisor farrell has made a positive recommendation to the full board. without objection. -- five candidates for the seats. thank you. >> madam clerk, will you please call item 8? >> item 8, a hearing to consider appointing six members, terms ending november 23, 2013, to the shelter monitoring committee. supervisor kim: thank you. members of the public to take your conversation outside so we can continue our meeting, that would be appreciated. we also have many members applying for the shelter monitoring committee today. could members of the public please take your discussions outside? thank you. i'm sorry, we are not getting started yet. for clarification, we have six seats and 10 applicants for those seats. i believe linda pettye, reginald of shock, and elizabeth ancker have been appointed to other seats and therefore are not eligible -- reginald u