mr. yee. >> good afternoon chair nolan and members of the board and director edward reiskin and sfmta. i'm really pleased to announce our winner maria this is quite an awe suspicious occasion it's here one year anniversary pr i hope we don't raise her expectations so much she'll expect something every year. i want to announce our manager of our enforcement division >> thank you. good afternoon. chairperson nolan and members of the board and he reiskin. so today we would like to honor parking control officer maria for her hard work and dedication. she's been with our division for one year now. and one sunday october 27th of last year maria was patrolling an assigned area in the marina district she observed two malls in an altercation a and shortly after she heard a gunshot and causing officer co- treason to drive away from that immediate location to take cover and safety. enforcement supervisor a bit was informed by a citizen that officer connecticut trace had assisted citizens in the area int

we would start then with mr. yee. who would have 3 minutes to speak on the date of the hearing. >> good afternoon. i'm with the parks and recreation. the parks and recreation department request that we reschedule this hearing to make a decision on the design. the committee has a three phase review on the process. the project has already received a phase 1 and 2 approval. however, it has come to our attention that the project has not received the final phase 3 approval. this was an unintentional oversight caused by the design of the three separate restrooms and were packaged and heard together by the arts commission at the one and two approvals. out of the three approvals, one has not yet. with phase two, the arts commission has already received the findings. the purpose of phase 3 is for permits and construction drawings and for recreation of arts department to respond to commissions comments from phase 2. the parks and recreation department has already quoted the comments into design and is confident that phase 3 app

so, thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. yee. (applause) >> thank you very much. director reiskin. >> thank you. a little bit hard to imagine life after bond yee. i did want to take a moment to talk about pedestrian safety. >> director reiskin, before you do that, director brinkman, vice-chair brinkman would like to make a statement about this. >> i attended the rally on the steps of city hall before this meeting that was the advocates coming together. and as bond mentions, the advocates working with us to forward pedestrian safety in this city. so, with the concurrence of my fellow directors, i'd like to ask staff to bring a resolution to us for support of vision zero and mayor lee's safety campaign to our board for approval. we play a major role in ensuring that pedestrians can safely walk the streets in san francisco and we're committed to the goal of zero lives lost, one life lost is too many, and the recent spate of injuries and deaths has affected everybody deeply and has been far too many. so, i think this resolution will show our support for a city-wide ef

mr. joe e yee with those bulb outs is there something that will prevent vehicles from going up on the sidewalks. i know that there's a raised apron that vehicles go across >> if you put those to delineate the edge or raise edges they present other obstacles where pedestrians trip over them or vehicles don't track properly they'll cause more damage then touching the education e edge of the curb. so all the tests we've conducted with the presented using cones by driving slowly and maneuvering through the right turn it can >> but if they miss calculate their turn they, go over the curb. >> yes. >> it's nothing but a normal curb. >> thank you very much. supervisor weiner we know you're here for this item. good afternoon supervisor >> good afternoon directors. i'm here today to express my very strong support for the staffs recommendation for this important bulb out. in fact, this was a lead site for walk to school day and the safe rotates program is important and i'm glad the sfmta is moving forward in terms of of implementation. you know as well as i do we have a crisis in our city in terms of pede

present, supervisor mar, present, supervisor tang, present, supervisor wiener, present, supervisor yee, pre. mr. president you have a quorum. thank you. ladies and gentlemen can you join us on the pledge of allegiance. >> pledge of allegiance. madam clerk, any communications? speaker: there are no communications. this week representing the even districts specifically district eight and 10. the mayor may address the board up to 5 minutes. the president will recognize the supervisors in question so long it does not exceed. i want to pensacola you back to the final question in time in the year 2013. if you have any open comments, i would love to hear them. speaker: thank you president chiu. happy holidays! during the winter months it's important to think of our most vulnerable. that's why i want to thank the inter faith council for providing shelter. tht the 8th year. the congregation has provided shelter to homeless. these protocols mean that every vacant shelter bed is available after 8:00 p.m. without a reservation. both the homeless outreach teams and the san francisco police department throug

yee present. mr. president, all members are present. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, would you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk, could you read any communication? s? >> yes, mr. thv, i have two communications. the first is from the director of the department of elections, mr. john arnst certifying the vote and results of each of the races shown in the sum have i report of the municipal election of november 6, 2013 to be true and correct. specifically, calling attention at another time contest for member of the board of supervisors representing district 4, that katy tang won the most number of choice -- first choice votes cast for that seat. >> congratulations, supervisor tang. [cheering and applauding] >> and, madam clerk, if you could read the second communication? >> yes, a communication was received january 2nd from the controller, mr. ben rosenf

mr. president. supervisor avalos, present, breed, present, campos present, chiu present, supervisor cohen, present, farrell present, supervisor kim, kim absent. mar absent. tang present, wiener present, supervisor yee. present. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> thank you ladies and gentlemen. please join us in the pledge of allegiance. pledge of allegiance. president david chiu: colleagues we have our december 10, 2013, board meeting minutes. motioned by breed and campos. those minutes are approved. madam clerk, do we have any communications? >> there are no communications today, mr. president. >> can you read our special order. >> the first item is the policy discussion by mayor edwin lee. sfitem 140022: [formal policy discussions - january 14, 2014] pursuant to charter, sections 2.103 and 3.100077, and administrative code, section 2.11, the mayor shall answer the following eligible questions submitted from supervisors representing districts 1, 5, and 9. the mayor may address the board initially for up to five minutes. discussion shall not exceed five minutes per supervisor. 1. mayor lee, we are in the midst of a housing affordability and evictions crisis not seen since the venture-capital tech

yee present. mr. president, all members are present. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> colleagues, we have our october 29th and november 5th, 2013 board meeting minutes. could i have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor breed. without objection, those meeting minutes are approved. [gavel] >> madam clerk, any communications? >> there are 2340 communications, mr. president. >> then can you read the consent agenda? >> yes, items 1 through 10 are considered routine. if a member objects you an item can be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to sever any of these items? if not, roll call on the consent agenda. >> supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim?

present, farrell absent, kim present, mar present, tang present, wiener absent, yee present, avalos present, campos absent. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? >> i plead allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> colleagues, we have our december 17, 2013 minutes. motion to approve minutes, without objection, minutes are approved. >> we are in receipt of a letter that it is in best interest of the city to and request the board continue its discretion over the process. i will place a reoccurring motion on the immediate adoption calendar for february 11, march 11, april 8, may 6 and june 3 or until the emergency is terminated. >> can you read the consent agenda. >> these items are routine unless a member objects. >> would anyone like to sever any of these items? colleagues, let's take a vote. >> on items one through 13, supervisor kim i, mar i, tang i, wiener i, yee i, avalos i, breed i, campos i, president chiu i, cohen i, farrell

yee. and we'll take that without objection. mr. clerk, do we have any other business before this joint committee? >> mr. chair that concludes this meeting. >> thank you. the meeting is adjourned and let's keep each other and all of us safe out there. thank you. okay. good morning, everyone. please note the earlier starter time it 11:00 a.m. i'm going to call this meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order. man, woman, and child chair. president courtney. commissioner moran. commissioner torres and commissioner vietor is expected shortly >> thank you. so the first item on the agenda is the approval of the minutes commissioners. mr. president, i had one change one item needed a statement of the action taken >> okay. >> so as amended i'll move the minutes. >> anything else commissioners that will be the order and it's been second. any public utilities on the minutes 2013. seeing none, public comment is closed. all in favor, say i. opposed? the motion carries. ma'am, secretary next item please. >> item four is ge

yee. and we'll take that without objection. mr. clerk, do we have any other business before this joint committee? >> mr. chair that concludes this meeting. >> thank you. the meeting is adjourned and let's keep each other and all of us safe out there. thank you. hub. >> hi, i'm jean yes my name is jean and sometimes, people call me sir, girl. san francisco has served our sewer system and it's no square feet it's a matter of time. that's why we're planning major upgrades public health depends on it that. see how this important work is

yee. and we'll take that without objection. mr. clerk, do we have any other business before this joint committee? >> mr. chair that concludes this meeting. >> thank you. the meeting is adjourned and let's keep each other and all of us safe out there. thank you. hub. >> hi, i'm jean yes my name is jean and sometimes, people call me sir, girl. san francisco has served our sewer system and it's no square feet it's a matter of time. that's why we're planning major upgrades public health depends on it that. see how this important work is done. i was fascinated by it. we're going to creek. i would recycle you to come up and see the sewer system in minnesota that's why we see this through the plant. a lot of people don't realize how much work sgo goes into cleaning the water were. we offer free service to san >> >> good afternoon, and welcome to the san francisco board of

yee. and we'll take that without objection. mr. clerk, do we have any other business before this joint committee? >> mr. chair that concludes this meeting. >> thank you. the meeting is adjourned and let's keep each other and all of us safe out there. thank you.

yee. and we'll take that without objection. mr. clerk, do we have any other business before this joint committee? >> mr. chair that concludes this meeting. >> thank you. the meeting is adjourned and let's keep each other and all of us safe out there. thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the san francisco playground's hitsvery dates back to 1927 when the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000. in the 1950s, the sen consider was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. >> here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brand-new rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. >> the new rec center houses multi-purpose rooms for all kinds of activities including basketball, line dancing, playing ping-pong and arts can cra

mr. chair and supervisors for taking our item. as you heard from supervisor yee the lady is not wanting to seek the reappointment. i am happy to answer any questions b you have about the authority we're the partners to the hubt u publicity in taking care of our low income and medicaid beneficiaries in san francisco >> supervisor tang. >> i did moot with the gentleman before the hearing and i'm happy to recommend his name for this body. >> any public comment on this item?. seeing none, public comment is closed. i believe we have a motion on the floor. any objection the motion passed >> madam clerk item 4. >> item 4 is a hearing pointing out one member term ending to the small business commission. >> all right. are you here ms. duly. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm here to reply for my seat on the small business commission. many of you are familiar where what i do. i'm currently working on making some positive changes to the ada structure. i am working with open the formula retail possible changes i've been notified to work with the city and i've worked on th

yee. okay, colleagues, can we take the amendments -- >> mr. president, i didn't catch the second. there was a motion made by -- >> by supervisor campos. so, colleagues, can we take the amendment to amend without objection? without objection, that shall be the case. [gavel] >> and further discussion, supervisor yee. >> thank you, president chiu. i want to, first of all, -- i want to thank supervisor avalos for bringing this issue to us. in regards to the [speaker not understood] piece of it. and i feel fairly comfortable with that piece. what i'm not comfortable with is the owner occupying -- owner eviction piece. and i just haven't -- nobody has been able to explain to me what is -- what piece of this is speculation to me. i'm not getting it. and how it hurts tenants. maybe i should have asked this before coming here today, but i wasn't -- it felt like the explanation is that there is an owner move in. the owner may want to, i guess create one unit out of two. and i'm thinking to myself, okay, is this really speculation or not? because if i were an owner, for instance, and went in

mr. chair and supervisors for taking our item. as you heard from supervisor yee the lady is not wanting to seek the reappointment. i am happy to answer any questions b you have about the authority we're the partners to the hubt u publicity in taking care of our low income and medicaid beneficiaries in san francisco >> supervisor tang. >> i did moot with the gentleman before the hearing and i'm happy to recommend

have a motion to approve the resolution so motioned by supervisor yee if we can take that without objection thank you very much. >> mr. clerk if you can please call the third item. >> the resolution of the city and county of the city of san francisco's plan for 20 three. >> great and here we have a presentation from bill widimyer from hsa. >> good morning supervisors. the item before you is a resolution approving san francisco's fiscal year 2012 and 2013 refugee services plan this plan is submitted to the board annually as a requirement for funding. the allocation totalled 186 thousand and 235 dollars the services provided under the plan are targeted to single adults or married couples without children who are not eligible for other programs. the refugees social services funds will be used for refugee cash assistance and achieving economic self sufficiency. and offered for 12 months maximum. the funds would support services that would aid refugees and maintaining employment developing work related skills and earning a wage with benefits where possible the employment services funds will be used to provide skills train

mr. chairman, for your election at the joint powers board. that's very good news to hear. and also we certainly like to add our voice to those wishing well to bond yee who i met with many staff at sfmta over the years. he remains the one who stayed that gave me a hat. [laughter] >> and because he's a graduate of my alma mater, we wish him well. i have three recommendations for you today. one pertains to the muni plus presentation, that we get a presentation about this. and our recommendation to you is the agency stop putting any resources into the development of the muni plus app. ~ this is an app that exists in an environment of many other apps that provide real time muni information because of the open api that the agency provides. this is an app that doesn't add value. if you look at it on the apple store, you'll find it has not a single positive feedback, not one. i mean for the current version of the software. somebody at our meeting who uses android the situation is pretty grim on that side as well. this is just something that is a need that's already being met by a lot of different apps that are out there. we sort of went around the table. so

mr. chair. >> we now go to our special accommodations. we have quite a few today. what i'd like to do is recognize supervisor yee for his commendation. >> thank you president chiu. today i am honoring a special person, michelle rutherford, a friend and advocate of the children of family services of san francisco. would you like to come up? i met michelle in 1997 when she was asked by our human services agency to lead the child care planning department. this was created as a offshoot of the welfare reform act, also known as tanf and it was amazing to have /phetd met her at that time. as the program manager, michelle had an impressive record of bringing forth innovative solutions to whatever she's done. her experience as a public schoolteacher, which i didn't know about, and social worker and public advocate add tremendous depth in her perspective. michelle possesses a deep understanding that our youth benefit from having educators and caretakers continue to improve their skills through quality training and trainings. she brings together child care providers, educators, parents and policymakers to achieve common v

yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. there are 11 ayes. >> the resolution are adopted and motions approved. [gavel] >> madam clerk, can you read the in memoriams? >> mr. president, before i read the in memoriams, supervisor cohen would like to be re-referred. >> supervisor cohen. >> we lost sergeant nevil gittens from the police department last week. i have so much to say it's hard for me to organize my thoughts. what i want to say is there is a me norial planned thursday, december 12, 11:00 a.m. at joins me norial united methodist church. the address is 1975 post street in fillmore. sergeant gittens was an asset to the community and a true gentleman and true professional. he worked very hard particularly with the domestic violence community. thank you. i'd like to make a motion that we close out the board meeting in honor of sergeant nevil gittens. >> can we do that without objection with the full board? [gavel] >> that shall be the case. >> today's meeting will be adjourned on behalf of the following beloved individuals. on behalf of president chiu for rhonda [speaker not understood]. on behalf of supervisor breed for the late melvyn holmes. and mr

mr. [speaker not understood]. next speaker, please. >> leah shea ham followed by kevin stoltz [speaker not understood]. >> [speaker not understood]. >>> thank you for your time. i have to thank bond yee. we do thank him for his decades of commitment. we sometimes have been on the opposite side debating things, but appreciate his personal touch of humor [speaker not understood]. i want to thank you for recognizing that around advocate citizens. we do share the same goals. i wouldn't question for a second any of you would think we would want to design the streets of thoma, you didn't design those streets. they were done 50 plus years ago. they are what they are, but ask the folks and there are many of them, walking, biking through those neighborhoods, are we doing enough or not? i thank supervisor kim, everybody who has come out, all the great folks at the rally earlier, vice-chair [speaker not understood], [speaker not understood], tenderloin neighborhood development negotiation. we've gotten to the point of a crisis. i know you've done this. none of us like to get that cull and hear about the terrible thing happening. [speaker not understood]. more importantly, we hope you put action