i'm a noe valley resident. i lived in for 38 years and raised my children and my grandchildren and i want to tell you that the most wonderful thing that happened in the 38 years that i have lived there is the farmers market and not only the market but what it's done for the neighborhood and to the neighborhood. i am there on a lot of weekends on behalf of friends on noe valley to handing out fliers to events and i am surprised how many people come from foreign countries and other states to visit our farmers market so i know it's a wonderful thing that people bring other people to and i want to recommend or i want to support your recommendation to the board of supervisors that this spot on 24th street be purchased to create a town square for my neighborhood. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> chris keen. >> li. i am chris keen. i am a member of the noe valley ministry, the church selling the parking lot and i talked to some of you in a previous meeting just to give a little history of this lot, but this prope

years and i live around the corner from the proposed noe valley town square and i support the noe valley town square. currently with the parking lot used on saturdays for the farmers market i see people linger and chat and listen to live music and see what there is to be seen. from my house i hear laughter and happy voices that didn't exist before. the noe valley town square will create a central place and provide a greater sense of community, a friendly place to gather and celebrate being san francisco residents. it would keep light in otherwise would be an enclosed building to building street. it will also have a far reaching benefit and people come to noe valley from the mission district, bernal heights, glen park, diamond hietds and the cast tro and beyond and all neighbors districts will benefit too. i strongly urge you to pass it. it's a wonderful place. thank you. >> thank you. >> kate and then hunter. >> hi i am indicate sherwood. i want. >> >> ditto to everyone that spoke before movement i have been a resident for eight years which maybe the shortest time of anyone so far. i liv

lived in noe valley valley almost 40 years now and you have heard from many heroes of noe valley have speaking here already and incredible people who have done amazing things and the community spirit that has been created within noe valley through the farmers market is something that is simply wonderful to imagine going forward in time and i can only imagine what the noe valley town square is going to be like if it is available to the people of the community seven days a week with all of the programming and the imagination that is possible from the people who have created what has come before you this morning. if we could look back 10 years from now to this moment as you are about to go forward we believe and the city going forward and the creation of this space i think people will be amazed how much progress has been made over the next 10 years even with all the incredible progress that has happened in the past 10 years. thank you for your time and thanks to all of my neighbors here. >> thank you. >> richard, christina, kate and hunter. >> good morning commissioners. i appreciate the

happy to be here today to talk about our proposed acquisition of the noe valley town square. the noe valley town square is located at 3861 24th street and owned by the church adjacent to this parking lot and home to the noe valley farmers market and attended every week and happens in the current parking lot. the friends of noe valley town square and the parks alliance have worked together over the past three years to build consensus about the acquisition for the neighborhood and permanently establish this space of parking lot as open space in the heart of the neighborhood in perpetuity once it's under our direction and that has included 200 participants and meetings as well as the friends of noe valley town square had a weekly table at the farmers market during this time and i want to commend the community for building consensus with the neighbors and ideas for the park. the park is a quarter acre and currently a parking lot and our intention is develop the ideas that the community has developed and transform this space into a nice neighborhood park that would include a play

i sit on the board of san francisco beautiful and also the neighborhood association noe valley. i also work with several of the neighborhood associations to propose to the board that we complete the job of undergrounding all the utility overhead lines in this city well before my lifetime, which i don't have very long. so, the next 20 years -- before 20 years are up. as you can see, this is just one block within my neighborhood. on the left it shows 28th street. on the right it is duncan. next to each other, one is underground, one isn't. and we have this throughout the entire city. we would like to see all of the city's overhead lines undergrounded so we can leave a legacy much beyond our lifetimes. several major cities have already done this.

is a long plan and desired project on 24th street at the location of the noe valley farmers market. the noe valley farmers market is one of the very best farmers market street in the city and it is one of the very few that is operated independently without an outside vendor. ~ markets it is created and operated by people who are in the neighborhood. it is an amazing institution. the parking lot that is used for the farmers market will be sold. the noe valley ministries which owns the market, which owns the parking lot needs to sell the property in order to finance its earthquake retrofit. so, it will be sold either to a developer, to probably put condominiums there or we can keep it as really the only open space in the 24th street commerce corridor and create a permanent town square which will host a farmers market as well as provide permanent open space for the neighborhood. this is a very, very high priority in the neighborhood. i think it would be a very positive thing. the neighborhood has already raised $500,000 to help with the build out. once the acquisition is complete. ~ an

which they paid $4.2 million for for a park on 24th street within noe valley. we want to look at that appraisal and see how it pencils out against their purchase price. so, we are in discussions with rec and park and others that are -- keep coming forward and are interested in the site. if we can enter into some sort of exclusive negotiating agreement with somebody about that, then we can actually talk about the terms and conditions for that site and what the future use might be of that site. the things that we've done at francisco, we've taken the roof off as you know, that cost us about $300,000. so, we don't have the safety issue any more, but we haven't done anything else to that site except secure it at this time. we have a number of other properties that are in various stages of sort of development or sale. the kmj property down at sunnydale that we've hearkened to the commission, is at the board of supervisors. it will be introduced at the board of supervisors very soon. we have a couple properties we're moving forward with potentially identifying as sur

without the water that was obtained from this hydrant, great parts of this noe valley mission districtsould have been lost. >> reporter: people dedicated their sprays some to firefighters others to the 3,000 though died in 1906 and some to the victims of the boston marathon. he dedicated it to his grandfather directly connected to the hydrant. >> my great-grandfather ran spring valley water company which serviced this hydrant and several others in the area. >> reporter: it's been 107 years since the earthquake. in that time, the city has been rebuilt and emergency procedures have evolved. but today's anniversary also serves as a reminder to think ahead. >> remember the past and prepare for the future. >> reporter: this is the first time that none of the survivors came to any of the events. there are three left. the oldest is 111. in san francisco, elissa harrington, kpix 5. >> thank you. mayor lee commemorated the rtua legislation for mandatory soft story seismic retrofit. >>> powerful women making a difference. still to come, why california's attorney general made it on time's list of

i live in noe valley and we go to buena vista park quite frequently. ~ 1979 i want to stay in san francisco. i don't want to have to leave a city because my family is growing, and my family is growing and i live in a relatively small house and i'd like to be able to remodel it. and i fear this might set a precedent where homeowners who want to do a relatively small remodel to accommodate a growing family will be subjected to an extraordinarily expensive process and i don't think it's fair. and i think the points have been made by many other speakers along these lines and i'll just leave it at that, that i'm in support of these builders and their attempt to remodel their house. thank you. >> thank you. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak on behalf of the project sponsor? please step up. okay. seeing no additional speakers, public comment on that side is closed. let me ask the appellant if you'd like to use up to three minutes for rebuttal. >>> yes, we would. thank you, president chiu. i'd ask the board to keep in mind here the standard of review before you. there are

you recall we actually postponed for a year the implementation of p we gave a whole year for at noe valley. we want to say we strongly support the reauthorization of prop h as a set aside and also we want to ensure that there is a component in the legislation, there might be right now, i'm not exactly sure, that can increase the fund dollars if the city, as the city budget may grow. that may already be a part of what we have now. but anyway, just wanted to say we applaud the city's efforts to aid public education here in san francisco. it's so important and so appreciated and it's exactly what the supervisor was saying, you can come into the school and point to so many different resources and assets that we have because of this funding. so i just want to say thank you for that and we look forward to engaging with you over the next year or so as this process gets going and the community engagement. so thanks very much. >> thank you. >> hi, my name is todd david, i am the alvarado pta advocacy chair and i'm happy to be able to represent both groups here today. i think one of the things that

i met a guy today in noe valley who puts this into perspective. let's start with the president. >> the president joked with reporters about the need for mapping the brain. >> my life would be simpler here. it would be... explaining all kinds of things that go on in washington. >> usc understands the challenge. >> to understand how the brain is connected so we can better understand certain diseases like autism and even cancer. >> dr. mitch berger says mapping could have a huge impact. >> probably the important is better understanding how language is processed and how it's affected. during different diseases such as multiple sclerosis or alzheimer's skis or with trauk brain injury. >> we're making thanksgiving dinner and... i get get the flour sister she said what is that? >> two and a half years later his wife's dementia has taken herway her ability to read a menu. >> she's disappearing in front of me. >> he knows the proposal to spend $100 million hold nose hope for his wife but is he convinced is a small price. >> when we see what's happening wit

the family just moved to new york from san francisco's noe valley. the children's father worked at bloomberg and yahoo. or the taig yaiga's lawyer is challenging results of the mental exam. >> funeral services for a murdered district zpourn his wife were held in texas today. they were shot and killed in their homes last week. this nearly two months after another prosecutor was murdered just steps from the county court house. >> investigators in mississippi say a police service weapon was used in a shooting death of a detective thursday. jackson police detective eric smith was questioning a 23-year-old jeremy powell. he took the gun and shot him. powell then shot himself. >> more heads are rolling at rutgers university. today, the athletic director resigned, under pressure, obviously, criticized for only suspending coach rice for three games for kicking and pushing players and using gay slurs. the rutgers president blamed himself for not looking at the video in november. he then apologized for hampl it's caused. >> i apologize to any student athletes

noes you hear the closer you're getting. one example how we're reaching beyond silicon valley. we invested in a company recently and i'm proud to say they are the number one furniture application in japan and taiwan and number three here in the united states. that is the example of women's-led organization. it is photo sharing on mobile devices. i think it is amazing. coming from silicon valley it has taught me to look outside silicon valley for opportunities and support international women as well. they are just as smart as folks in silicon valley and they are coming up with innovative solutions. so that is something we look for. when the girls graduate from the program, what are the top three aspirations they have? >> maria wants to be the first latina president coder. so there's one. all of our girls -- when we started only one of our girls want to jare in c.s. when we finished all of them did. they want to have the skills set of coding. i think they appreciate -- it's a skill they will need to complete in the world. secondly, i think one of the powerful things about what th

noes you hear the closer you're getting. one example how we're reaching beyond silicon valley. we invested in a company recently and i'm proud to say they are the number one furniture application in japan and taiwan and number three here in the united states. that is the example of women's- led organization. it is photo sharing on mobile devices. i think it is amazing. coming from silicon valley it has taught me to look outside silicon valley for opportunities and support international women as well. they are just as smart as folks in silicon valley and they are coming up with innovative solutions. so that is something we look for. when the girls graduate from the program, what are the top aspirations they have? >> maria wants to be the first >> maria wants to be the first latina president coder. so there's one. all of our girls -- when we started only one of our girls want to jare in c.s. when we finished all of them did. they want to have the skills set of coding. i think they appreciate -- it's a skill they will need to complete in the world. secondly, i think one of the pow