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our office had originally introduced trailing legislation. we originally tried to amend the legislation that came before you, but it was considered significant and different enough that the city attorney advised that we should come before the planning commission hpc to get your feedback which we want to do. and, so, we had originally one remaining piece of the community had brought forward to us was when there is a modification when a department has [speaker not understood] there may be modification, bring it to the attention of the ero and the ero makesed determination [speaker not understood] same c-e-q-a exemption determination, that there be an ability for the public to be able to appeal that decision in a public hearing. we had originally written it that it would come before the planning commission. through this negotiation process which you noe all of us at the board of supervisors regularly engage in, ~ know, we had come to a compromise what that would look like to get support from this board. and, so, the agreement was that instead of

>> it was still open it, and the second floor was the original waiting room. the port was very intrigued by the local business uses that would be down here. it took about four years to restore the building, and it took close to two years to lease it because we started early in the redevelopment of the building. we are fully leased. lots of wonderful partisans -- lots of wonderful artisans. >> unqualified success. >> in the 1950's, after the bridges were built, the port and the ferries stopped in the late 1950's. at the port was looking for new ways to build revenue. that is when they started to chop up the building on the second and third floor into small offices. that brought revenue, but also took away a lot of the historic elements. it was mostly restaurants beneath. then in 1972, the ferry started. in 1989, we had the earthquake that rendered the double decker freeway on safe. -- unsafe. >> in 1989, the ferry building was a symbol of the earthquake because the clock stopped and the flagpole on the top was tipped over at 10 degrees. this became a symbol of

an example the ceiling underneath the throughout the transit center but at the ground level were originally g f r.c. but the design team a redesigning those to reduce the costs of that element of construction which is about 3 hundred and 50 thousand square feet of material by 20 to 25 percent. that's the reason we changed the awning from glass to melt. in this change we're seeking to avoid an rb a impact that would have interested the system by 25 percent but ear going to decrease it by roughly 21 million from an estimate of 32 million. within those first 35 packages that's where we're taking the steps to have the design connotations but are the best opportunities to railways costs. and beyond that as we move into the electrical the plumbing, the telecommunications systems and the sicken there's more limited opportunities to reduce costs but we're saving $500,000 not 5 or $10 million. in terms of the cost containment. in the market recovery the big component was the steel package so that i mentioned earlier that the original estimate was around $120 million but it's been increased to 1 hund

we need a boarder plan but there was an original allocation for properties for phase one and two but what's happened is the agencies are recommending we put out to bid all our remaining parcels because the real estate market is doing well. so things have changed. >> this is definitely a good time to sell land but whether the proceeds go into the bank for phase one or two. >> the agreement we entered into with caltrans specifically stated that the property transfer was the for the purpose of building bus operations and have it done by 2018 or there's a terms in the deed they get whatever's left in the trust fund account. so if you can comment but we use the funding for bus operations is that not correct? >> i'm assume you were never planning on spending the money for the purpose loud. i'm trying to a understand that accident land sales that could have been allowed how much is shifted? >> if you look at the revenue side that speaks to targeting new revenues i think we had about $10 million identified we would have otherwise used inform phase two but we have remaining an excess of $180

your note says when we insisted on reviewing the original documents, at the office, and not just the photo copies we were offered, we found white pieces of papers, there was no explanation in the written material provided to us. this is completely consistent with what you said, and i am justifying. only when we asked about the originals being redacted were they told that these were brackets confidential personal addresses but without any citation of statutory authority. that is consistent with what you are saying here. just answering the question that you did not leave unaware that there were redactions, you identified it, it was confirmed by the staff. >> right. and the result of becoming aware of the redactions was our complaint which is also in your packet and which was against the arts commission for the redaction of those records. >> any further discussion on this? >> any questions? i think that we all appear to be in agreement. >> so will you have felt differently from the outset, when you were, when you requested to look at the speaker cards, that you would have been told whet

that there was a trick being played by giving me and remember, that i came in personally to see the original documents which i am entitled to see under the sunshine and i was handed a stack of photo copies >> and this happened on the same day of the reviewing of photo copies and the original. >> i believe that the one that she gave me the photo copies i said here in the office i have made a trip and i want to see the originals. >> i am look the at a document that is an e-mail. and who from, but it says when we, i think that this is the library users association, when we insisted on reviewing the original documents in the office and not just the photo copies, we found the white pieces of paper over half of the cards and contact information had been provided by the speakers and no explanation in the written materials, only when we asked about the originals were we told that these were brackets closed kaublt confidential personal addresses without any citation of statutory authority. and i read that and it appears to be january 13, 2012. i am not sure what is ahead and i read that only for the

it's not intended to create a ping-ponging back and forth during the original approval process. i understand that. and i have a couple of projects if my office we have changed because it's been 4 or 5 years so my client has said let's make that a little bit smaller and basically, you have agreed that that is not considered a substantial change >> yes. >> but basically, if this passes as to what the department is asking us to endorse that would create an opportunity to question that decision. >> i didn't. >> commissioner. >> i have one quick question. the one thing we need to remember the reason to open up a new appeal has put forth is because projects now it has to do with projects because the promises once they get their initially project appraisal that's the clock. so this mechanism for appeal has to do with a project down the line after the sequa he appeal you period is achieved so after the initial appeal is over. so after the project has gone through the process for principle of law then at a later date is the appeal reopened. so the way that the ordinance is drafted now it

although the original idea was not the white house but the final design reflected very much. >>host: mariano-florentino cuellar is the author of this book "governing security" the hidden origins of american security agencies" how much overlap is the creation of the super department of vhs over fsa create? >> it is ironic the creation of these agencies was to create a efficiency but one of the things the talk about in the book you have a very hard choice when you put together in the agency so you disunify every function. so plainly it might make sense to put it gse in the security agency but then split from the faa, and gestation all the other functions. with the fsa it was important that the fda be transferred from agriculture to the new super agency. some of roosevelt's advisers felt the new structure created would be more amenable with the pharmaceutical industry yet of course, by separating the fda from the department of agriculture so how much does the fda do about farming? it doesn't make sense to give them the authority even that involves technical decisions. >>host: ho

>> it's not what the white house said originally. when the story first broke the white house was clear this was a rogue agency in cincinnati. this was done by bureaucrats and didn't have any relevance or ties to the white house. we learned over the course of

the original estimate for the steel was roughly $120 million but as w prepared the original package for binged and brought it forward we increased the budget to $162 million. therapists reflecting the market issues but also the fabrication of some of the larger beam and round column pieces. the ability to domestically fabricate those was effecting the prigs particularly the large beams. some of the beams were not rolled here so we had to go to domestic rolled up beam columns. so at the time that was reflected in the estimate was 1 hundred and 62 employed for the steel. obviously the bid was $162 million higher. at this point we split out the cast notes which were actually, the figure that was proposed by bradykinesia as part of the original bid was below our engineers estimate for the cast notes that's where we took the budget of 1 hundred and 74 million and braug that to you many may for award. and then it was the remaining steel scope that we packaged and bid and received the bid of 1 hundred and 89. so if you're comparing things across the board you would add those together to come u

adhere to the original agreement, which we all entered into in good faith. thank you. >> thank you. >> >> my name is gary goal and i live on fair oaks street. i also sent in a letter which was aparently not noted in the planning department package that was on-line. but also a nearby neighbor that was involved in the discussions with the developer and the architect over, and i ask you to agree to the dr. >> i was in the president last year and i was involved in the whole process and the thing for me here is that this is a very robust community development. and this is a project where we spent a lot of time with the architect and the developer. it is tragic that a set of developers could renovate and this should not be the set up and to the extent that whatever you end up deciding getses memorialized that will be a plus. >> project sponsor you with five minutes. >> i am the attorney for the project sponsors. first of all they did push this and did not apply for a permit because they honestly did not understand the planning process in san francisco and having l

in terms of understanding and recognizing we do originate. we do have a white house correspondent who does a pretty darn good job. we do have a huge sports staff that actually breaks a lot of stories. you will see our stores kroocitn espn regularly last month giving the nba free agency, we broke a couple of dozen stories. o sports well. knbr here in san francisco quotes you quite a bit. when you decided let's have a white house correspondent, you call the white house. you say, hey, it's yahoo!. was that a tough sell? "the new york times" and "the washington post," goo? >> yes, i think yahoo! has has gotten smart to the landscape and there has been entertaining reporters from online sites but yahoo! is a very well-known brand. i don't think anybody at white house would have a problem distinguishing the yahoo! brand from somebody else. no, it wasn't that tough a sell but it's like anything else. just getting into the white house. >> with that many readers, there is a massive responsibility for what goes on the top of that page. president obama

originally? >> correct. >> okay. >> so would that require an additi n

originally we were i fighting to have the clock start attorney-client on the approval. and now there's legislation only if there's a way to appeal a modification. we've been working with supervisor kim and chu for weeks now. this is not about the current e r o it's about future e r os 10 to 15 years dune the line who may try to sneak a proposal in. the recreation and parks are going to install - this was originally in january 2007 those plans to install soccer fields were categorically exempt from review. this was clearly a political decisions because neighborhood you fought back and there's synthetic soccer fields and the other neighborhoods fought back n and the rec and park backed down and they did an environmental review and the eir a big litigated. but they were no help in the soccer field struggle. again, the sierra club wanted to have the clock tick we agreed to go to support the current legislation only if we got the ability to appeal new environmental determinations of modifications. and so, please we are asking that you support the legislation that supervisor

it's relevant to me there are many projects there's an original project it is bulk out to the biggest size and then it's worked with the department and the neighbors may not agree and the sequa determination has been issued and the neighbors are step up still upset and now i'm making my project smaller i've eliminated parking spaces so the review is a change but, of course, you're now having less environmental impact. so it seems that what may be kim's take on this this still could be appealed and now - >> in the ordinance as it passed first reading yesterday a substantial modification is defined as an expansion or intense indication. so it didn't wouldn't trigger the need for the new plan >> because i mean mean this says all changes to project scope and this is for projects that have already been approved when there's somewhere along the line prior to or during project construction there needs to be a change to the project. somebody changed their mind or there's an issue that was uncovered that, you know, wasn't apparent without getting into the laws. it's not intended to create a pi

so again, our original proposal was that those decisions bebe appealed to the planning commission. after many decisions i want with supervisor chu's office particularly and many of the advocates that are concerned we've agreed to a somewhat modified process that includes a hearing before the environmental review officer. basically anyone who wishes to contest this can do so at the public notice. i think some of the components of this process that are important to our office and to the advocates is it this be attached to a planning commission hearing where the hearing would be broadcast and telling advised they suggest to have a written mechanism to address the modification question. i think it's important for the environmental officer to hear from the concerned members of the public and to the stent possible this be on tv so the public can be aware of the decision. that's basically the reason why we support of the current modified proposal 36s described to you earlier this morning. and again, just wanted to hear the commissions feedback about this proposal and, of course, to thank

>> the whole backside of the building was originally line for ferryboats. it could handle about 14 boats at one time. the building was built in 1898, and the ferry boats were very popular up until the bay bridge got built in the early 1930's. at that time, the passengers shifted from taking the ferry boats out to going across the bridge and a ferry boat service diminished. >> the cars were a reduction in the use but also led to the development of the freeway in front of the ferry building, which in 1989 was damaged by the earthquake and demolished. lo and behold, we have a ferry building again after the earthquake? >> we have seen the city come around. the building was renovated and opened in 2003. at the downtown ferry terminal was expanded in 2009 perry -- in 2009. people are looking for other ways to cross the bay. they have found that the use of the ferry boats may have increased by three times it is today. >> a lot of people who are looking for alternative ways to get around, people who walk, bicycle, other transportation, less people are driving. it i

the renewal of the permit was not timely when we were contacting the dpw originally in february of this year and so that when what happened was they had been issued the new permit and it was issued i am sorry. and i apologize. and it was issued on february 20, it was issued on february 20, 2013. >> so when did you learn that your appeal would not be appropriate on an automatic renewal and taking it to the board of appeals you were rejected based on lack of jurisdiction, when was that? >> we filed the appeal and we submitted a written protest of the new permit to dpw prior to the issuance on the 20th and in response the dpw stated that it did not have grounds to request a public hearing because it was in violation of its rules and less that we can solve an appeal with this board which we did. and so that was on february 22nd was the date by e-mail that the dpw informed us in writing that we could not appeal. >> when you were informed by this board. >> and so they said wait until you get the issuance of the new permit and so we got issuance of the new permit on march 12, 2013 and we appea

the original intent this property georgely before the plan was adopted was already 160 feet. but it was zoned cm. and unfortunately again, due to an error in the ordinance, this parcel was captured in with the rest of the corridor along tenth street and it was down zoned as part of that ordinance. so what we are basically doing at this point is put the height back to where it was as opposed to adding this height from a lower height before. and then changing the zoning from cm to c3 g. >> the only thing that i would ask then is where is the building on the north side approved, is that still a viable project because that was allowing on a lower height despite the fact that it was a blank wall. >> are you referring to the parcel on the corner? >> i am not familiar with that project. >> they are moving for ward with the height and bulk that you proposed with a different architect but it is the height that you approved. >> right. so now the righting of the wrong height back to the right height is what will reflected in the way that they approached the design because if it was desi

you are an original. you are not a copy. are an original, and i am wondering how that happens for you. i suspect that with a voice as big as yours, you could have sounded like someone else. what about being an original? >> as a kid, it was important to me to write. i was writing my own material. i was so shy and so quiet, and the only time i had my voice and could really connect with people was when i was singing or was on stage, so it was a very unique voice for me. if i was singing for someone else, it was almost like expressing myself for someone else. it was an original thing for me. it is my voice. it is my diary. it is my way i connect with people. i was not intentionally try to create my own path or a be original. it was just that i needed to say things and express myself, and that is how it came out. tavis: tell me about this on. a lot of people with good voices does not mean they will be great at that. tell us about writing. >> songwriting is my main thing. i know i will do that for the rest of my life. the singing,

>> okay, i guess for me, we have to remember that there was a dr filed originally. and because of that dr, the developer and the neighborhood, then, took the time to negotiate the agreement. which is something that we always tell people to do. when they are in this kind of a situation, is can you guys just go back and work it out? >> and so they worked it out. and the developer did not get everything that he wanted apparently and the neighborhood did not get everything that they wanted and i don't think that they wanted the penthouse there, but you know they said, okay. and i don't know the specifics of all of what was negotiated. but we are now talking about the deck. but what is important to me is that there was an original dr filed on this same subject that then they negotiated and i will repeat again that this is exactly what we want both parties to do. and we tell that to people every time we get a dr, it is kind of like maybe you could go in the hall and negotiate the terms and we will give you ten minutes and if you can come back and tell us. this took a lot

did something there >> well, the original legislation said 11 outlet or 11 stores. it meant anywhere. and because you don't think so i don't know what happened it just said in the u.s. it just had that particular line to it. which i think in 2004 almost 10 years ago it wasn't the same kind of global market. we've noticed in hayes valley they're getting international attention they're in a japanese magazine and spain they're getting this kind of attention. so we're seeing those large corporations coming in and targeting hayes valley because it's so popular. but i don't know why that particular line was included in this legislation in 2004 >> commissioner dwight. i suspect it was done and it was clarified incorrectly. but i want to add that i personally opened a tip buck too story and it's become a jewel of a shopping neighborhood it's mentioned in danger patch and some of the other neighborhoods this san francisco. it's clear those micro hoods have become some of the major tourist attractions so i think we should agree those are important >> i would agree with the co

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originally the naval station wanted $8 million for the land, but ended upturns it over to the city. it was only fair, the city gave the navy the land for free. the hornet carried b25 bombers headed for the first raids in japan. today the pier is named for the man who led the raids, doolittle. bob mackenzie took us back to the doolittle raids. >> reporter: ronald reagan advanced him to general. but doolittle has long since assured his place in the history books. after pearl harbor after the united states was trying to recover its moral. lieutenant colonel doolittle came up with a plan. no such thing has ever been done. as everyone knew carriers were for fighter aircraft, light planes no one had ever taken off from a carrier deck in a medium weight bomber. yet that was the plan and doolittle felt he could do it. at that time, frank kapler had a not too stressful job as a navigator stationed in alameda. >> they went to operations and the operations people said while i was gone they had volunteered me for a very dangerous mission. chance of coming back were 50/50. >> reporter: capler co

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and i don't hear that in the legislation and that is often brought up that it was originally a single family home. so i would like to forward that on to the supervisor to consider that as one of the criteria. is that an amendment? >> i have one more comment and it is a letter of preserving affordbility, and the first point in the second paragraph and referring to the addition of the new bedrooms within the existing building and i think that with the changes in the building code, that might possibly be some what easier to do nowadays. there is not as much requirement for the direct light and ventilation for the bedroom units and so that could take place easier than it could in the past. there is a motion on the floor. >> i second it. >> thank you. >> okay. so there is a motion and a second, should i call the question? >> on a motion to adopt the approval with modifications. and pertaining to 317, and 180 h. and i have not heard a continuance for the portion that dealt with the non-conforming portion, especially 181. i am not sure that we actually... >> we had put in the date though, >>