you know, i used to rent -- we used to live in park merced, my wife and i and two daughters. we accumulated enough money to purchase a house. guess what, we terminated the lease where we were living and we moved into the new house. i would like to know specifically as a result of this 154,000 square feet of lease space, will the city show us in writing what reduced lease savings -- what leases are going to be terminated a as a result of this new building? consistent with what the board of supervisors was previously advised in 2014. if we're talking about in the future, right now, the mayor has indicated that we're in a period now where we have to look out for our finances. because of our projected short false and so forth. if the controller mentioned something we could be facing maybe a downturn in the near future. we shouldn't be talking, in my professional judgment, about new city employees to occupy new space. we should be talking about a reduction in city lease costs as a result of gaining 154,000 square feet of space. this is nothing new. this is the departments who prev

located by the ymca and since i have been on the board we expanded to west portal playground and park merced has a program or has to be put in and we have the costs -- champs restaurant on 19th avenue so if you have time please go visit it. >> okay. >> thank you supervisor yee. any other questions or comments? seeing none thank you. we will go to our next applicant, our third applicant, patricia spaniak. >> thank you for listening to me. >> yes thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is patricia spaniak. i'm from district 11 and currento on the department of aging board and the legislateiff council. currently i am working in an aging and place mold ed which is a grass places effort called kay iewga community connectors. because there are so many seniors without services in san francisco it's a pop up senior center. we rent a space and they meet to exercise and socialityize and receive education. i worked with third street senior center bringing the program to our neighborhood. our seniors wouldn't have an opportunity to have those programs without the connector program. we have qua

park merced maus oscone unlder review. [inaudible] that is 1.7 miles of pipe. atask update transportation advisory staff #c34i9y. task is working on 7 vision zero projects. one i like to mention the turk street safety project. sfmta presented revised buffered bisical lane proposal at the march 9 task hearing. the bike lane adjacent to curb side parking and isolate the bike lane from traffic by posts or paint. we have no objections to this plan asprinted. hopefully that is the plan that goes forward. we are continuing to work collaboratively with the mta and want to reiterate all the decision we make are recommendation we make to them and any of these projects is based on public safety and our member safety. a lot has to do with our aerial operations or sterning radius responding to fires. updated bureau of fire investigation numbers there are 117 open active fire investigation reports. also attached to the report is the activities for the mupth of march for san francisco international airport. to close my report i like to say a few words about the retirement of

located by the ymca and since i have been on the board we expanded to west portal playground and park merced has a program or has to be put in and we have the costs -- champs restaurant on 19th avenue so if you have time please go visit it. >> okay. >> thank you supervisor yee. any other questions or comments? seeing none thank you. we will go to our next applicant, our third applicant, patricia spaniak. >> thank you for listening to me. >> yes thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is patricia spaniak. i'm from district 11 and currento on the department of aging board and the legislateiff council. currently i am working in an aging and place mold ed which is a grass places effort called kay iewga community connectors. because there are so many seniors without services in san francisco it's a pop up senior center. we rent a space and they meet to exercise and socialityize and receive education. i worked with third street senior center bringing the program to our neighborhood. our seniors wouldn't have an opportunity to have those programs without the connector program. we have qua

you know, i used to rent -- we used to live in park merced, my wife and i and two daughters. we accumulated enough money to purchase a house. guess what, we terminated the lease where we were living and we moved into the new house. i would like to know specifically as a result of this 154,000 square feet of lease space, will the city show us in writing what reduced lease savings -- what leases are going to be terminated a as a result of this new building? consistent with what the board of supervisors was previously advised in 2014. if we're talking about in the future, right now, the mayor has indicated that we're in a period now where we have to look out for our finances. because of our projected short false and so forth. if the controller mentioned something we could be facing maybe a downturn in the near future. we shouldn't be talking, in my professional judgment, about new city employees to occupy new space. we should be talking about a reduction in city lease costs as a result of gaining 154,000 square feet of space. this is nothing new. this is the departments who prev

located by the ymca and since i have been on the board we expanded to west portal playground and park merced has a program or has to be put in and we have the costs -- champs restaurant on 19th avenue so if you have time please go visit it. >> okay. >> thank you supervisor yee. any other questions or comments? seeing none thank you. we will go to our next applicant, our third applicant, patricia spaniak. >> thank you for listening to me. >> yes thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is patricia spaniak. i'm from district 11 and currento on the department of aging board and the legislateiff council. currently i am working in an aging and place mold ed which is a grass places effort called kay iewga community connectors. because there are so many seniors without services in san francisco it's a pop up senior center. we rent a space and they meet to exercise and socialityize and receive education. i worked with third street senior center bringing the program to our neighborhood. our seniors wouldn't have an opportunity to have those programs without the connector program. we have qua

located by the ymca and since i have been on the board we expanded to west portal playground and park merced has a program or has to be put in and we have the costs -- champs restaurant on 19th avenue so if you have time please go visit it. >> okay. >> thank you supervisor yee. any other questions or comments? seeing none thank you. we will go to our next applicant, our third applicant, patricia spaniak. >> thank you for listening to me. >> yes thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is patricia spaniak. i'm from district 11 and currento on the department of aging board and the legislateiff council. currently i am working in an aging and place mold ed which is a grass places effort called kay iewga community connectors. because there are so many seniors without services in san francisco it's a pop up senior center. we rent a space and they meet to exercise and socialityize and receive education. i worked with third street senior center bringing the program to our neighborhood. our seniors wouldn't have an opportunity to have those programs without the connector program. we have qua

located by the ymca and since i have been on the board we expanded to west portal playground and park merced has a program or has to be put in and we have the costs -- champs restaurant on 19th avenue so if you have time please go visit it. >> okay. >> thank you supervisor yee. any other questions or comments? seeing none thank you. we will go to our next applicant, our third applicant, patricia spaniak. >> thank you for listening to me. >> yes thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is patricia spaniak. i'm from district 11 and currento on the department of aging board and the legislateiff council. currently i am working in an aging and place mold ed which is a grass places effort called kay iewga community connectors. because there are so many seniors without services in san francisco it's a pop up senior center. we rent a space and they meet to exercise and socialityize and receive education. i worked with third street senior center bringing the program to our neighborhood. our seniors wouldn't have an opportunity to have those programs without the connector program. we have qua

you know, i used to rent -- we used to live in park merced, my wife and i and two daughters. we accumulated enough money to purchase a house. guess what, we terminated the lease where we were living and we moved into the new house. i would like to know specifically as a result of this 154,000 square feet of lease space, will the city show us in writing what reduced lease savings -- what leases are going to be terminated a as a result of this new building? consistent with what the board of supervisors was previously advised in 2014. if we're talking about in the future, right now, the mayor has indicated that we're in a period now where we have to look out for our finances. because of our projected short false and so forth. if the controller mentioned something we could be facing maybe a downturn in the near future. we shouldn't be talking, in my professional judgment, about new city employees to occupy new space. we should be talking about a reduction in city lease costs as a result of gaining 154,000 square feet of space. this is nothing new. this is the departments who prev

you know, i used to rent -- we used to live in park merced, my wife and i and two daughters. we accumulated enough money to purchase a house. guess what, we terminated the lease where we were living and we moved into the new house. i would like to know specifically as a result of this 154,000 square feet of lease space, will the city show us in writing what reduced lease savings -- what leases are going to be terminated a as a result of this new building? consistent with what the board of supervisors was previously advised in 2014. if we're talking about in the future, right now, the mayor has indicated that we're in a period now where we have to look out for our finances. because of our projected short false and so forth. if the controller mentioned something we could be facing maybe a downturn in the near future. we shouldn't be talking, in my professional judgment, about new city employees to occupy new space. we should be talking about a reduction in city lease costs as a result of gaining 154,000 square feet of space. this is nothing new. this is the departments who prev

you know, i used to rent -- we used to live in park merced, my wife and i and two daughters. we accumulated enough money to purchase a house. guess what, we terminated the lease where we were living and we moved into the new house. i would like to know specifically as a result of this 154,000 square feet of lease space, will the city show us in writing what reduced lease savings -- what leases are going to be terminated a as a result of this new building? consistent with what the board of supervisors was previously advised in 2014. if we're talking about in the future, right now, the mayor has indicated that we're in a period now where we have to look out for our finances. because of our projected short false and so forth. if the controller mentioned something we could be facing maybe a downturn in the near future. we shouldn't be talking, in my professional judgment, about new city employees to occupy new space. we should be talking about a reduction in city lease costs as a result of gaining 154,000 square feet of space. this is nothing new. this is the departments who prev

park merced maus oscone unlder review. [inaudible] that is 1.7 miles of pipe. atask update transportation advisory staff #c34i9y. task is working on 7 vision zero projects. one i like to mention the turk street safety project. sfmta presented revised buffered bisical lane proposal at the march 9 task hearing. the bike lane adjacent to curb side parking and isolate the bike lane from traffic by posts or paint. we have no objections to this plan asprinted. hopefully that is the plan that goes forward. we are continuing to work collaboratively with the mta and want to reiterate all the decision we make are recommendation we make to them and any of these projects is based on public safety and our member safety. a lot has to do with our aerial operations or sterning radius responding to fires. updated bureau of fire investigation numbers there are 117 open active fire investigation reports. also attached to the report is the activities for the mupth of march for san francisco international airport. to close my report i like to say a few words about the retirement of

you know, i used to rent -- we used to live in park merced, my wife and i and two daughters. we accumulated enough money to purchase a house. guess what, we terminated the lease where we were living and we moved into the new house. i would like to know specifically as a result of this 154,000 square feet of lease space, will the city show us in writing what reduced lease savings -- what leases are going to be terminated a as a result of this new building? consistent with what the board of supervisors was previously advised in 2014. if we're talking about in the future, right now, the mayor has indicated that we're in a period now where we have to look out for our finances. because of our projected short false and so forth. if the controller mentioned something we could be facing maybe a downturn in the near future. we shouldn't be talking, in my professional judgment, about new city employees to occupy new space. we should be talking about a reduction in city lease costs as a result of gaining 154,000 square feet of space. this is nothing new. this is the departments who prev

discussions where a potential or going underneath in fact, the circle all the way out and beyond to park mercedhey're taking it seriously and eventually we'll have to look at funding that's one and i suggest that even studying the issue of whether the k line out of the west portal tunnel can be also put underneath out to the bart station balboa so whites your attitude about muni having more lines underground like they do in new york and other plays plaza is. >> it is important given the density that is out there and how you move people on a projected and timely fashion sometimes going underground maybe the answer we grappled with that in la i was negotiating with the people who consolidate the mta this was concern it took awhile for the wilshire line because the gas and earthquake issues sfraul first of all, you need an eir that looks at the issues the number one, priority has to be the movement of people waiting 20 or thirty minutes for a bus is not appropriate when you look at those issues we've talked about that because i used to spend weekend and in west portal in uc that community was very

san francisco police are trying to figure out what caused a driver to smash into several parked cars near laker merced. investigators looked over the wreckage, at least two vehicles caught fire when drivers crashed head on into the parked cars. >>> neighbors are dealing with a senseless act of vandalism. the vandal hit more than 20 cars and trucks just off the clayton road area. abc7 news reporter is live in concord tonight. you have surveillance video of this crime? >> reporter: and police are hoping that that's going to actually catch the person who did this. the police tell us that they figure there are about 20 victims because that's how many people have actually filed police reports. but we have been going through the neighborhood and seeing a few people who have cars in their driveways that still have flat tires because they may not have been home this weekend and just haven't found the damage yet. evidence of the weekend tire slasher is easy to see. a few cars still have flats or have temporary doughnut wheels. for jason, hiss brand-new pickup has one unmatched tire. >> it was basically punctur

san francisco police are trying to figure out what caused a driver to smash into several parked cars near laker merced. investigators looked over the wreckage, at least two vehicles caught fire when drivers crashed head on into the parked cars. >>> neighbors are dealing with a senseless act of vandalism. the vandal hit more than 20 cars and trucks just off the clayton road area. abc7 news reporter is live in concord tonight. you have surveillance video of this crime? >> reporter: and police are hoping that that's going to actually catch the person who did this. the police tell us that they figure there are about 20 victims because that's how many people have actually filed police reports. but we have been going through the neighborhood and seeing a few people who have cars in their driveways that still have flat tires because they may not have been home this weekend and just haven't found the damage yet. evidence of the weekend tire slasher is easy to see. a few cars still have flats or have temporary doughnut wheels. for jason, hiss brand-new pickup has one unmatched tire. >> it was basically punctur

park merced maus oscone unlder review. [inaudible] that is 1.7 miles of pipe.task update transportation advisory staff #c34i9y. task is working on 7 vision zero projects. one i like to mention the turk street safety project. sfmta presented revised buffered bisical lane proposal at the march 9 task hearing. the bike lane adjacent to curb side parking and isolate the bike lane from traffic by posts or paint. we have no objections to this plan asprinted. hopefully that is the plan that goes forward. we are continuing to work collaboratively with the mta and want to reiterate all the decision we make are recommendation we make to them and any of these projects is based on public safety and our member safety. a lot has to do with our aerial operations or sterning radius responding to fires. updated bureau of fire investigation numbers there are 117 open active fire investigation reports. also attached to the report is the activities for the mupth of march for san francisco international airport. to close my report i like to say a few words about the retirement of m

the north america a building a private sector working with a number of substantial projects like park mercednd michael has been with us for about 2 1/2 years and back with the environmental planning group welcome. >> welcome. >> commissioner vice president richards and members of the commission michael lee planning department staff this agenda item the final certification of eir for 1500 mission street project the department published the draft eir on november 9th and the draft eir public housing public hearings the public comment period evident in 2017 and the department published the responses to comments document on march 9, 2017 during public comment on the previous agenda items the sea level rise action plan sue hester commented how much satisfies are affect the ground water levels and the liquor if i believe soils this is the same comment she submitted on the draft eir and the responses document addresses that on page 26 and 27 since the rdt document was published not received any additional comments and our draft motion certifies you additional that i'll be happy to answer any questio

discussions where a potential or going underneath in fact, the circle all the way out and beyond to park mercedhey're taking it seriously and eventually we'll have to look at funding that's one and i suggest that even studying the issue of whether the k line out of the west portal tunnel can be also put underneath out to the bart station balboa so whites your attitude about muni having more lines underground like they do in new york and other plays plaza is. >> it is important given the density that is out there and how you move people on a projected and timely fashion sometimes going underground maybe the answer we grappled with that in la i was negotiating with the people who consolidate the mta this was concern it took awhile for the wilshire line because the gas and earthquake issues sfraul first of all, you need an eir that looks at the issues the number one, priority has to be the movement of people waiting 20 or thirty minutes for a bus is not appropriate when you look at those issues we've talked about that because i used to spend weekend and in west portal in uc that community was very

she's done a great job learning all of the different facets of golden gate park., perez., oversees all of our lake merced complex. so that is the lake merced boathouse and all the indoor rentals there. that is all the activities that happened on the lake, all the runs that happen around the lake. so she manages all of those permits. she also sits with all of our cross-country permits and our encroachment permits.then we have elaine lyon. in the back there. she's also with a department been with the department for a long time and what's with peter. she is an expert in a lot of our sites. she's been with a permits to barman for a very long time. she is now handling the majority of permits in the justice herman plaza area and to our marina green complex. she also handles-she works closely with the cal academy and working out parking,, things for their loadings and dahlia requests and things like that. thank you, special vents team. then, our other focus area is for our public recreation. that includes overseeing picnic reservations, across the city, all of our access to our clubhouses, gyms, recreation cent

abc 7 news was at lake merced when san francisco's recreation and park department part theired with canoefor a community day. many people put on vests, grabbed oars and paddled while enjoying nature for free. >> our motto is anyone, any time, anywhere. and so even if you've had no experience in canoes, we give you a little bit of a prep talk ahead of time. and you have a lot of other people in the canoe who maybe have more experience who can help you get around. >> canoe mobile plans to hold more community days around the bay area. >>> a family in the sierra is safe tonight after a tear fight encounter with an unwanted intruder. a mountain lion that got inside their home. it happened at a home in pollock pines. along u.s. highway 50 in el dorado county. mark dolf was making dinner when he saw the big cat. he quickly grabbed the closest object he could find, a pinata bat. he an his family squeezed inside the pantry and called 911. >> the lion came up right to the door after i went in. and i closed the door. and the lion basically had his nose up to the crack of the door. >> well, the lion

they will have a presence at the park located at 2151 mlk, jr., way. >>> the city of merced have arrested a san francisco man on suspicion of murdering a victim of human trafficking. her body was found in a dump ter on february 6th. she emigrated to the u.s. from china last year. police say she was brought here to work in the sex trade. police arrested 50-year-old lee at the san mateo auto shop where he works t. two have been romantically involved. but the relationship turned violent. they lived in the bay area and had no known ties to merced. >>> bart is recovering from an equipment problem this morning that is delaying service to the east bay. we don't know if it's the same problem that crippled service yesterday. the mysterious issue damaged two cars late friday. here's abc 7 news reporter. >> reporter: commuters headed to pitsburg bay point were greeted by vested bart workers. one stop short of their final destination. an electrical problem on the tracks between these two stations seems to affect longer trains, so bart used shorter trains to shuttle people between north concord to pit

abc 7 news was also at san francisco's lake merced when many people tried canoeing for the first time. the city's recreation and parked up with an outfit called canoe mobile to provide a free community day. canoe mobile provided all the gear the paddlers needed including canoes and they got a chance to enjoy nature from water level. >>> big crowds gathered in san francisco's japan town today for the cherry blossom festival. for half a century now it's been one of the city's most popular events celebrating japanese culture and traditions with the beginning of spring. this is the largest festival outside washington, d.c. if you missed it today, it's happening again next weekend. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast withdrew tuma. >> and accuweather tracking an unsettled pattern ahead. while rain is in the forecast it does not look to be like a soaking rain like we just experienced last week. a break today, live doppler 7 showing you we're getting the all clear skies. for moisture quiet this evening. tamme cam showing a beautiful look. we're looking south along the coast. san francisco in the background, really

abc 7 news was also at san francisco's lake merced when many people tried canoeing for the first time. the city's recreation and parkartment teamed up with an outfit called canoe mobile to provide a free community day. canoe mobile provided all the gear the paddlers needed including canoes and they got a chance to enjoy nature from water level. >>> big crowds gathered in san francisco's japan town today for the cherry blossom festival. for half a century now it's been one of the city's most popular events celebrating japanese culture and traditions with the beginning of spring. this is the largest festival outside washington, d.c. if you missed it today, it's happening again next weekend. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast withdrew tuma. >> and accuweather tracking an unsettled pattern ahead. while rain is in the forecast it does not look to be like a soaking rain like we just experienced last week. a break today, live doppler 7 showing you we're getting the all clear skies. for moisture quiet this evening. tamme cam showing a beautiful look. we're looking south along the coast. san francisco in the backgro

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parked cars after having a medical emergency. sky fox was over the scene of the accident on john mure drive in the lake merced neighborhood this afternoon. two of the vehicles involved caught fire. we're told one person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. >>> new at 10:00, a a tree -- a tree collapsed this evening damaging several vehicles. it happened at about 6:00 this evening near the intersection of 19th and webster streets. the trunk and tree limb did some several damage to a pleasanton man's pickup truck. the truck owner said this wasn't the first tree down on that block. >> this is the third one. the first one took out my buddy roy's el camino, the second one went down the middle of the night, nothing happened, now this one, three vehicles involved. >> they need to take the matter in strive saying the truck was only a material possession and no one was hurt. >>> a new season and a new era for the oakland a's tonight. fans and players are feeling especially optimistic now ownership has committed to a new ballpark right here in oakland. ktvu debora villalon live now at the coliseum where opening day, boy it was something

merced is blocked off tonight. one look at the video we are about to show you and you can see why. we are told the red mini-van that is scorched... crashing into several parked to other vehicles. you can see the aftermath from our helicopter partners at a-b- c 7. as bad as this looks... we are told only one person went to the hospital and it was for minor injuries. we will bring you an update when we learn more. a live look to the east bay now- police are investigating after a toddler drowned in a concord swimming pool yesterday. we're now learning more about the 1-year-old girl that was killed. the child was identified as molly scott from walnut creek. the toddler was originally reported missing by relatives. when police arrived to the residence they found the one- year-old unconscious in the backyard swimming pool. the toddler did not live at the home on leland way where she was found. officers performed cpr until paramedics arrived, however the child was pronounced dead at the hospital. the pool is surrounded by a tall fence. police do not yet know how the child got through the barrier. (2-shot/jrs) drought-busting winter rains are being credited with som