mr. folsom. any other members of the public wish to comment?ing none, public comment is closed. >> [speaker not understood]. >> we have a motion to approve and move with full recommendation to the board. we can do that without opposition. mr. clerk, can you please call item number 6? >> item number 6, hearing and progress report on the office of economic and workforce development 2011-2012 annual report of the san francisco local hiring policy for construction. >> [speaker not understood]. this item we would like to continue to the call of the chair. probably have a hearing about it in march, would like to do that. the 25th of march will be the third year anniversary of [speaker not understood] implementation. so, at that point we'll be looking at doing the assessment and we will give as recommendations for how we want to continue with the ordinance. right now it's supposed to ramp up 5% a year. we're looking at how we're meeting though targets and what makes sense moving forward for two years. that will be discussed at that hearing around that

mr. chair, supervisor my name is mark reney, i have live merchandise west soma continually since 1974 and have co-own a number of businesses. you am currently a partner at restaurant at 2nd and folsom and i was develop involve in the 1990 rezoning and somewhat involved in this plan and although it was a herculean effort by mr. niko, toby and others, i have to somewhat dispute the contention it was all balanced, fair and inclusive. i went to a number of meetings at betsy carmichael school and as a nightlife supporter, i think i'm in favor of the plan with some amendments. but i think san francisco needs vibrant nightlife. tourism for better or worse is our no. 1 industry and tourists need something to do after dark. we need the tax revenue and we need places for our youth to go and what is more logical than downtown and west soma, next to regional transit, next to the san francisco tourist hubs and tourist hotels? i understand some of these are going into trailing legislation, but i would like to speak for a second on uses of the second floor for restaurant and lounge uses in west soma and if if this is approved, if you look at chinatown and other neighborhoods, castro district, thi

folsom and harrison. >> can we take another moment? >> sure. >> we'll take mr. lewis. >> good afternoon supervisor. i am here to plead to not let the pursuit of the perfect be the enemy to the good. not to let loud voices screaming for a single issue be the enemy of the plan. no plan will satisfy all constituents and all needs , but looking at the eight year process and the hundreds of meetings of the task force. it was an impressive process and actually an example that any community should use when trying to plan their future. there was a lot to be learned from the western soma task force and hue they went about their business. i know supervisor wiener you have concerns and i am concerned that as you press your concerns you will derail the plan and you will further delay it. while it won't be undone, it really is in a way kind of disrespectful to the hundreds of people who put thousands and thousands of personal hours into this plan to try to get something that is as good as can be. and yet, people will never always be satisfied with this. i think it's a good plan. i hope you adopt it. i hope you

mr. temprano. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is ross levy. i'm an architect working at 7th and folsom on a project. i appreciate all the work that has gone into the plan and the fine-grained detail. i do have some questions about some specific details and specifically the buffer zones and rear yard requirements. the property we're working on has frontages on 7th and i believe there are architectural solutions that can alleviate concerns for all who might be affected by any kind of proposed development. and that we can solve these problems on a case-by-case and architectural basis. so i would encourage you to consider the potential for creativity in terms of solving unique problems. thank you. >> thank you, mr. levy. >> good afternoon, supervisors. chairman wiener, jeremy paul, and i am a permit consultant. i help a lot of small property owners in the district a lot of people that don't feel they were included in the process and a lot of people busy doing their work and maintaining their properties and supporting their families. and we're quite surprised to hear about some of the things that were co

mr. angelus. >> for verizon wireless in northern california we have two separate offices, we have in walnut creek and also folsom near sacramento. we have another redundancy center in texas. we have it all across our infrastructure and also with our teams. >> thank you. we have one question in the back. >> yes, my question is regarding your ability to bring in repair equipment or crews to make repairs or back-up equipment in case your infrastructure is broken. i know they have that capability but in this area, you know, many roads, bridges would be damaged. do you have your own internal aviation capability or lift capability to bring in those repair equipment and crews or is that something that you would be looking to other organizations to provide that airlift capability? >> start with mr. johnson. >> yeah, we have some limited capability in terms of aircraft and on site helicopters in our outskirting area, but in terms of a major event in the san francisco bay area, we would be heavily focused on those folks who provide that service to us under contract. we do not have our own helicopters in oakland or san fra