and mrs. lee. mr. lee was the dialysis patient and he's probably in his 80's and every time we would drive up to buchanan street, the hospital, mr. lee would say, "good job, fine driver, number one driver" and he would go like this [thumbs up gesture]. and then as brian would be helping him off the van, mr. lee, i heard him so often say, "brian, if anybody gives you any trouble you send them to me and i'll take care of them." and here great big old brian would say, "henry, you're the first one i would try to get help from." and he says, "the second one is elsa." [laugh] so we knew that we were being relied on by brian. a few weeks back, mrs. lee called brian early in the morning to tell him not to bother picking them up because they were already at the hospital. mr. lee was ill and she had taken him to the er. the next day or so, brian, on his lunchtime, found out that mr. lee had been admitted to the hospital and he went up to mr. lee's room and just stuck his head in just to say hello. and the minute

questions for mr. lee? mr. lee, i have got to say, it -- maybe i'm naive but it was shock to go me shock to to me there were no document for approval for the hundred thousand dollars projector an allowing it to go over by 3 percent. >> we were shocked too and that's why i explained to the task force and why it was being discussed to employees. in city government sometimes it does take time to get all the employees to buy in on what needs to change and that's what essentially happened. >> whose e-mails did you look through to see if there was any approval? >> the people that mr. nooim an asked. those are people in charge of the project. >> okay. any other questions for mr. lee? comments from the commissioners on this agenda item? >> it sounds like an exhaustive search was done and documents compiled and documents provided on cd's. sounds like there is nothing else. >> i agree. anything else? is there a motion to find that the respondents have met their burden and find no violation of 67.21 c and 67.21 e regarding

mr. lee? thank you for your patience. is the complaint in here? mr. lee, five minutes. you have five minutes. >> thank you commissioners. frank lee for the department of public works. i sent a letter to the commission last week. i will just read what the letter contains. our department responded fully to mr. lars from june 2012. in addition to providing him with hundreds of documents we exceed td requirement with the sunshine ordinance task force by inviting him to meet with

rifkin and mr. lee. and i appreciate mr. rose's summarization there. so, we do agree to the amendments that have been proposed. and thank you also for the clarification. the feeder agreement, as it is set up, is not only tied to increases or decreases in inflation, but also rider ship. so, it's not just adjusting by inflation, but also by the number of riders connecting from muni to bart. and then going back to the fast pass agreement, before our time, the fast pass was initially accepted on bart in 1983 to help alleviate capacity problems that sfmta was incurring along the market and mission corridor. so, bart provides a valuable service to the riders of san francisco and to sfmta in providing a direct service along mission and along market bringing passengers from balboa park all the way up to as far as embarcadaro. this is the fast pass was not available to be used on bart. sfmta would no doubt incur additional expenses to carry those riders on their buses. so, we are providing a service. sfmta does set the price of the fast pass. not only the origi

. >> thank you, mr. lee, appreciate it. [ applause ] >> next we have awards for two transit operators, one from the green division and one from woods division. the first award is presented to miss myra from the green division, who has been with sfmta for 13 years. the next award is being presented to miss angela jensen from woods who has been with us for 12 years. both operators are being recognized today for displaying exceptional service in and a high level of citizenship. on november 29th, 2012, she demand outstanding compassion to a victim of assault who boarded hurricane train in the area of sunnyvale and, nor shore. her quick response to notify central control and police and ambulance while providing compt to the victim until the police and arrival of the ambulance has earned her recognition today. on tuesday, november 20 20 12 miss [stkwro-pb/]son witnessed a robbery in progress on the corner of or and corbett streets. as her coach was approaching the scene she took immediate action, instantly notifyi

. >> mr. lee, can i say mr. rifkin pointed out that 2020 for the feeder agreement, the contract expense of that, this one would extend only to 2014 because we're trying to maximize our ability to negotiate after the bart board's fare policy increase. and this allows us to negotiate to our own interests for the mta and the city by having this contract only go to 2014? >> well, i think the idea behind going to 2014 was we wanted to wait and see what the bart board fare policy would be. my understanding from bart's staff, conversation, is they are proposing a fare policy that's similar to what or consistent with what's currently there today. so, that was the idea behind having it expire in 2014. >> so, what would happen if we equalized both contracts to 2014 or 2020, what's in our best interest as the mta or the city? >> certainly that's possible to equalize the contracts there. i'm not going to opine on whether -- what's best for the city or not. i think maybe that's a more appropriate question for mr. rifkin on t

and as mr. lee said, it was to be raised on the number of connecting riders. but there was i guess the available -- the data was not able to be collected. so, the metropolitan transportation commission changed the formula to be linked to sales tax. which is somewhat reflective of the economy and the level of rider ship and the health of the bay area as the economy does better sales tax goes up, ridership goes up. and as it goes down, so does ridership follows along accordingly. so sales tax was a proxy i would summarize from what mta changed, how they changed it back in the 1989. but going forward, bart has just -- we viewed this as a contribution that we're willing to make and we have done that. so, we're willing to continue to make the contribution. >> okay. seeing no other questions, thank you very much. like to open up to public comment if there are any members of the public that wish to comment on items 7 and 8, please step forward. mr. paulson. >>>♪ looks like a lovely feeder bart feeder money made. you're going to take my money away when you come and ta

. >> mr. lee -- superintendent, do you want to address -- deputy superintendent. >> yes, just to share a little bit more information to what commissioner wynns is referring to. she did contact me i believe late afternoon on friday with a request or suggestion that at that -- especially at that time when it appeared unclear about whether the city was going to appropriate the full amount of the public education enrichment fund that in the district materials that would be transmitted to the city, the mayor and the board of supervisors and the other city officials, that we would specify that -- we would make some sort of a statement that we would -- we expect full funding or appropriation from the city for 13-14 -- i actually haven't shared with this chris and kathy and part of that why is so because in the mayor's state of the city address yesterday he remarked about his intention to fully fund the public education enrichment fund and specified the amounts of funding that would be associated with the

number of units particular affordable peaceful hold has been carefully considered and i would ask mr. lee to perhaps talk to us about land take down and renovation of this project because that is obviously in all of our miepds, together, with finding an architect that i have not already used that the appearances of this building has to compliment and complete the context to creating the other two projects. >> the mayor's director of house, thank you for those questions. this is sort of the pro-toe typical land dedication that they had envisioned as part of the eastern neighborhoods, it is part of the larger partial and i understand that there are concerns raised about the fact that we are getting 202 units of affordable housing, clearly the mayor is paying, or the city of san francisco is paying for 150 of those and we have 55 or so on site and so we are getting a greater capacity to build affordable housing as part of the mixed income neighborhood. i think that one of the goals of the eastern neighborhood's discussion was to build upon what worked so well for redevelopment where we sort

your concerns about security, mr. lee, the community at brava is so close knit and tight, even when there's five paid ushers and 10 volunteers, the whole community is really policing [speaker not understood] itself. thank you. >> thank you. >>> hi, i'm cathy anderson. i've been working actually with brava since 2006 as a rental construction manager and [speaker not understood] mostly i do lighting there now. and i just wrote something very brief. i'll say really brief. i'm writing in support of brava theater to receive entertainment license. i've seen the staff considerably work towards engaging the community and becoming positive part of the lower 24th community. and i also -- everybody has spoken about the great events we have there. and all the way it helps the neighborhood. brava helps the neighborhood give voice to its own residents and [speaker not understood] support of other nonprofit groups and international artists. and brava works very hard to be a good neighbor and as stacey said earlier, [speaker not understo

. >> the real question is why are they doing it and mr. lee the vice president of the library commission when he appeared at the sunshine ordinance task force listed a number of reasons, we don't like what they say, we don't like what they say, how long they speak, how often they speak and he basically said, we don't like it, which is the reason that the brown act and the sunshine ordinance say they can't abridge these. >> okay. >> i don't have any further questions for you mr. hartz. >> unless someone else does? >> thank you mr. hartz. >> commissioners, the issue on this agenda item. commissioner studley? >> simply and others can build on this. when the referal from the sunshine ordinance task force i do not see a violation of 67.16. on the specific question on whether the 150-word summaries provided by speakers were properly or improperly included in record of the meetings. the word in the minutes, seems to me to be satisfied by the fact that the documents were pagenated in the examples of of issue here through one through 9 or one through 1

mr. jimmy lee dykes is watching here now. please take your turn. >> mr. dykes i know you believe that what you have done is justified. but i also know in your heart you realize that this baby belongs back with his parents. and it could be that simple. thank you. >> let's talk about the 5-year-old boy. it has been reported that he may have aspergers. what should we be telling jimmy lee dydes about that little boy? >> the response to that of the negotiators and we still have a chance here. i think reremind him he is just a little boy and does have a condition that causes him to be anxious normally and this situation is certainly exacerbated the fact that he is even more anxious and his medication is important and you are now his protector and we want to see him and you come out safely together. >> sergeant joe, i have a 14-year-old son and the thought of my 14-year-old son in this situation really is heartbreaking. it is scary. talk to jimmy lee dykes now and tell him that this doesn't have to end badly. >> it doesn't. you know what happened in the past has

mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah is recognized. mr. lee: mr. president, i rise today to pay tribute to a special class of people who are critical to the success of any u.s. senator. during the recent super bowl game, one advertisement stood out among all the others. it was an advertisement that was based on a tribute from the great american paul harvey. it was entitled "so god made a farmer." while i respect and admire farmers greatly, and especially those that i know from utah, i'm also certain that my colleagues in this chamber will agree that when it comes to this institution, we can rightly change that statement ever so slightly to say so god made a chief of staff. my first chief of staff, spencer stokes, is returning to utah. he's also returning to his family and to private life after two extraordinary years serving me in my office. i offer this tribute to him and to all great chiefs of staff who labor here on capitol hill. when god looked down on the senate, he realized that senators alone could never keep things running, and he said, i n

it's all looking at who gave the checks to mayor lee office for election campaign. mr. reiskin, we understand you have some connection in the past with mr. mayor lee, and you came due to his always happiness. but fairness is very important in this game. and now coming up this technology charge, it's actually a replacement of the credit card fees which is reduced from 5% to [speaker not understood]. you are trying to take it back that way. this is wrong. thank you. >> thank you, mr. zamud. next speaker. >> peter jacobs. and he's the last person who turned in a speaker card with areder to public comment. >> good afternoon, mr. jacobs. >>> good afternoon, members of the board. peter jacobs, [speaker not understood]. i represent arrow checker cab company. as i'm sure you're aware there is a proposal from christin ashley to release [speaker not understood] 500 medallions. we at checker are concerned about this for a couple of reasons. first, we feel this many medallions are -- really any number of medallions would outstrip the demand in the city. already drivers' wages are v

mrs. anita lee. i see a number of other dignitaries who are here with us today. gao and council general hawk of china and singapore. and to our many department heads who are here. we have harlen kelly with puc and mrs. kelly, the city administrator. and chief white. and we have our recorder, nu nguyen and the mayor's office of housing. there are a number of other commissioners here as well. i want to recognize, i did see rodney fung and mrs. riley in the crowd. and to the many others here, thank you for joining with us today. and so this is our ninth annual city hall lunar new year celebration. i am feel honored to welcome you here today. for years san francisco has been a shining example of how we get things done together. and not only have folks from asian-american community and from all walks of life. san francisco is truly a melting pot. we want to celebrate our lunar new year and hope for a prosperous new year. and my new role as assessor, we hope that is true. rather than dragging out this presentation. i want to bring up to speak a number of people who you

euro started to come off the dollar rally that took us off our lows today but i would agree with mr. leecorrection somewhere. >> what's the next catalyst for you? what are you looking for? a lot of earnings still to come. >> most of the big ones are out of the way. cpi from china tomorrow when we come in. >> inflation number overnight. >> very important for the asian markets and the world economy as far as i'm concerned. much more important to me than europe for the most part, but that being said, i don't think we need that much of a catalyst for the slight pullback, 5% is what i'm looking for before we go higher. >> very good. thank you, ben. good to see you. >> we're going out well off the lows of the day on the dow and the naz dac down 4% with apple climbing by 3% at this hour. stay tuned for earnings of linkedin and hasbro and jim rogers, what's he buying these days? we'll find out on the second hour of "closing bell." >>> and it is 4:00 on wall street. do you know where your money is? hi, everybody. welcome back to the "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo. stocks paring steep losses.

>certainly would like to ask mr. lee and mr. moa. ike to chime in, that is fine. >> president lee, go ahead. >> guarantee the freedom of the media, the press -- this is the common goal of the administration. this is an issue remaining to be solved. the party is the ruling party. there are other parties involved. we need to make -- minimize our mistakes. we need to be supervised by different parties, including the so-called supervision for the people from the other parties. including the supervision provided by the media. you may have already seen the social media is actually strengthening their supervision of the chinese officials. this is a very good thing, actually. anything to add? >> yes. something to add. my feeling for the recent years is that, right now we have new media coming up. the new media, either for the government or for society, including their supervision -- for the banking sector, it is really getting more powerful and stronger. this makes me a little bit, under pressure. we have to improve our service. we always tak

mr. jimmy lee dykes he has had issues with the law. he had some loner, he had anti-government views and he would roam at night with a shotgun and have a flashlight. if he had any issues with the neighbors he was constantly making threats. on one wednesday he was supposed to be in court. he was facing menacing charges while threatening one of the neighbor while ten-year-old daughter was present. neighbors were wary of him and some were even afraid of him. we talked to one, he killed her dog with a lead pipe. >> jamie: that is frightening insight into who is holding this five-year-old boy. glad you are on the scene. thank you. >> kelly: we'll continue tracking this story to do that. to do that go to our tv for all the latest developments on that particular story. meantime, there is a lot going on. big new developments in u.s. policy towards iran. at a security conference in germany, vice president joe biden underlying u.s. willingness to hold direct talks with tehran over controversial nuclear program. listen. >> we have made it clear at

mr. secretary is consent. our great mayor lee -- he is the consensus maestro and brings people together and he said "listen, listen" and we act upon the consensus of our community. it's about consensus. it's about community. it's about here comes the bus and now we can get on it, but it's also about all the things the mayor said. it's about the quality of our air. again sitting comfortably in other projects in california that secretary lahood hood worked so hard on. the two senators were instrumental in making better and we in the house urged passage for the high speed rail in the central valley, whether it's mass transit, rail, high speed rail and terminal and presidio and others -- what is it? transit first? transit first. it's about jobs. it's about comcommerce. it's about quality of air. it's about quality of life and building consensus in america and by doing so and by listening and leadership from the white house we are able to be a model to the nation with projects of national significance so that other communities can fol

mr. lee rush who 10 years ago found add community nonprofit organization known as just community. mr. fitzpatrick: its mission is to provide consultation, education, and training services in the areas of youth development and substance abuse prevention. both very important goals. in light of its exceptional efforts and initiative, lee has been named an advocate of the year by the community anti-drug coalitions of america and will be receiving that distinction tomorrow, february 7, and i couldn't be more proud of him. lee's achievements and steadfast leadership have positively i am pacted the youth and communities of pennsylvania. it's been an honor to get to know lee personally and witness his accomplishments first hand. i know that he will keep up the outstanding work. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair lays before the house the following personal request. the speaker pro tempore: leaves of absence requested for mr. crawford of arkansas for today and mr. sensenbrenner of wisconsin for today. the speaker pro tempore: without obj

lee for his leadership over the years. i of course want to thank and welcome our washington advocates. mr. secretary, you may think that it is not sunny today, but the sun is shining here. you are feeling our warmth. i want to thank you. i want to thank our administrator rogot and thank president obama. washington dc gets it. [applause] and of course i have to thank our former mayor and senator dianne feinstein. her transit leadership began at city hall when she over saw the rebuilt of our cable car system and wonderful you have been part of this and champion for this all these years. congress woman spare thank you and speaker pelosi we want to thank you for shepherding this subway. we needed champions like all of you and thank you for that. to the mta staff and the director and everyone doing the work, to the ta staff, to the mtc, thank you for all that you're doing. now i had in my talking points a reference that we know you need the central subway if you get on the 30 stockton and apparently everyone else had that in the talking points. through the denser parts of san francisco, as some

a question for mr. lee. party school is instrumental in training, developing chinese leaders. as you see to many generations students coming into the party school, do you see any differences? d.c. the newer generation of students into the party school more daring in their desire and their ideas in pushing for political reform? [speaking chinese] >> translator: president, lee come a question for you again. i would like to introduce the party school to you so you could have a balance starting and this is the so-called demystified party school of china. >> translator: the chinese communist party school is the training institution of highest educational institution for the top party leaders. at the same time, also serves as a research institute and think tank for philosophies and social science-based. the time has come to establish in 1933 and going to celebrate the 80th birthday paired for the past 80 years, the chinese communist party at the local levels have trained a lot of qualified leaders. talking about the leaders of the student, the changes have been from one to another.