right now, we are talking about two locations, pier 1.5 and hyde street pier. into the provision? >> we could add them to the agreement. right now, they are not specified. we only control those two. it would be difficult to write a document that invests in a facility that is not quite there yet. >> second question is -- maybe paul would know. do you know if there are plans for other point to point landings outside of the san francisco area? >> absolutely. we are looking at sausalito, oakland, alameda, san francisco international airport. >> does this lease restrict the water taxi from getting into the cruise business? how do we limit time in the vote from point a to point b? >> there are limits in the agreement that are narrow, in terms of use, how long it can be at birth. this cannot turn into dining cruises, ferryboats, any other kinds of excursions. there are provisions that are mandatory. if it does turn into something that was not anticipated, we are able to terminate the agreement pretty quickly. >> ok. >> i am curious, from a totally disinterested view,

supervisor alioto-pier: thank you. good morning. as you know, we had a long and informational hearing on laura's law. it is a state law that was passed in 2002 that allows counties to establish assisted outpatient treatment programs for severely mentally ill individuals. i'm coming back to this committee today with a resolution to authorize the implementation of assisted outpatient treatment in the city and county of san francisco. the resolution will allow us to begin the necessary steps in coordination with city departments and the court to allow for a system outpatient treatment to the most seriously mentally ill who are unable or unwilling to accept treatment. first, i would like to thank supervisor avalos and the budget committee for restoring mental health funding. state law requires counties that implement lauras lot to fully fund a voluntary services. my hope is we can adopt this resolution along with the budget to improve -- or parts of the budget to improve the outcome for mentally ill individuals and reduce

supervisor alioto-pier. if i could ask members of the public if you could please quietly exit the chamber, because we still do have a lot of items today. and supervisor alioto-pier, if you want to make your suspension. supervisor alioto-pier: thank you, supervisor chiu. colleagues, today i am glad to be joined by caesar kiazi, who, on september 19, will be celebrating his 100th birthday. happy birthday. [applause] supervisor alioto-pier: mr. kiazi was born on september 19, 1910, in italy. and he and his family immigrated to brooklyn, new york, when he was 12. he and his family thereafter moved to san francisco where they operated the san francisco opera company. at the age of 32, he was drafted into the u.s. army where he served as an infantryman and was awarded the bronze star with v, with v for valor. he worked at the san francisco opera company and retired in 1969 as the costume director. mr. kiazi has lived in north beach, russian hill, the marina and continues to live in pacific heights. i'd like to tak

we have been joined by a joinedalioto-pier, who has -- joined by a supervisor alioto- pier who has temporarily been imported to this committee. with regards to the transportation development act funding, is this a funding source that comes in every year, generally? >> it does, approximately the same amount. supervisor chu: was very reason why we did not include this as part of the budget submission and are coming forward separately? >> i think we always do this, but i'm not entirely sure why. supervisor chu: is not necessarily important for this point, but generally, it is helpful to consider grants we know are coming in. but if it is unanticipated, we come through a separate process. >> i can look into that. thank you. supervisor chu: are there any members of the public who wish to speak and item 1? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor alioto-pier: i didn't realize i was here for the entire committee hearing. we're looking at the accept and expend a grant, missing? supervisor chu: yes, this is in the amount of $685,000. part of the money is going to the mta for pedestrian by impr

building, pier 27. that is consistent to both schemes. at the back of the site is the remainder of pier 27, which will receive some minimal upgrades and be used for provisioning in both scenarios. between that and the terminal is a clear area that allows fire separation to the terminal. the position of the terminal was determined by a rather extensive analysis by our cruise terminal consultant about positioning of ships and gangplanks and so forth. that is why you see both terminals pretty much in the same place on the site. skean reject scheme a proposes reducing the existing shed on site. you can see the plaza design in front, which i will come back and talk more about. but the idea of this is to basically cut off the part of the terminal where it is difficult to determine where one might go into it. we introduced a way finding element and transform the end of the shed to make it more active to the plaza it addresses. the schemes that result from that -- i am showing you the embarcation plan. i think

supervisor alioto-pier: here. supervisor avalos: here. supervisor campos: present. president chiu: present. supervisor chu: present. supervisor elsbernd: present. supervisor mar: present. supervisor maxwell: present. president chiu: can we have a motion to excuse m toirkar -- supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor dufty has just joined us. please join in the pledge of allegiance. are there any communications? >> we have received a letter communicating the mere's vet -- mayor's veto on an alcohol mitigation fee. president chiu: can you call the consent agenda? >> these items will be acted upon by a single roll call vote. the matter shall be removed and considered separate if requested. president chiu: roll-call vote on the consent agenda? supervisor chu: aye. supervisor daly: aye. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. >> there are 10 ayes. president chiu: the resolution is adopted. can we call item 33 and item five toget

john was instrumental in starting the leases at pier 45.people had been strong in saying that nobody could afford to pay the rent at the port was going to ask for those spaces. john stepped forward and said that he was thin. he was passionate about his business. there were a lot of folks loyal to john. i would go to visit him. he was always excited to show me his new filet line or whenever he had going. he probably handled more salmon than anyone else did at fisherman's wharf. to be brief since i was at his memorial mass this morning, they said the final thing was that his favorite things were work, family, having family meals, and being in charge. [applause] [laughter] thank you. >> any other comments? murany other comment on the director's report? ok. >> request approval of the resolution awarding of michael hardeman the rank of commander. so moved. >> all . [laughter] >> would you like me to begin? 16 years. we have a bunch of hardware. the port commission is able to present a lot of these things. this is the biggest one we have come acr

supervisor alioto-pier: no. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. >> there are 7 ayes and 3 nos. - no's. the next item is approving the center for aging. on item seven. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor daly: aye. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. >> there are 10 ayes. item eight is a resolution authorizing the office to enter into the first amendment between the city, they shall increase the contract amount to $41 million. president chiu: this resolution is adopted. >> the next item is to establish a property base to be known as the ocean avenue community district. setting the time and place for a public hearing which will occur on november 16 for a time at 3:00 p.m.. specifically here in this chamber. supervisor avalos: i urge your support for this resolution. the ocean avenue corridor has experienced incredible changes over the past decade. we have seen a underground util

this project again, as any mention, is regards to pier 27. part of a team that anddpw -- port and dpw project team, but it needs environmental review under ceqa, and staff will need help to analyze the environmental impacts of the proposed project. i voted to do this, on behalf of the court, a r issues andfq -- of the port, issues an rfq, and dpw received responses from four qualified teams. in june, the panel composed of two staff members from the port to planning and one from dpw evaluate proposals, it to be the teams, and unanimously rank environmental sciences as its as the highest. accordingly, staff seeks to -- seeks authorization from the port commission to award a contract for environmental review services in the amount not to exceed $851,000 -- $851,543. esa would be the lead consultant of the team. they have worked on a number projects, such as the bryan st. pier project, so they know about cruise terminals, and they also worked on the mills project so they know the site. from our perspective, these people are perfect for this parti

dna has occupied two offices at pier 9 since march 2006. they now wish to expand and consolidate operations at one location. there are a tenant in good standing. lease negotiations have led to the proposed lease with the term of four years. 900 square feet of unimproved office storage space at 414 square feet of non-exclusive bathroom space. the initial monthly rent is $19,487 per month, or $233 with $820 annualized, and is consistent with the current commission-approved parameters. there is an annual increase in monthly rent of 2%. it will receive a 60-day construction time where no man is charged for space preparation. there are no other credits allowed under the lease, and the court has agreed to make one change in our leased to section 26, which is the hold over language. currently, with consent, the port can increase the rent by 50%. without consent, up to 200%. we have agreed that -- to an increase of 25% and 50% upon the natural expiration of the lease, but we always have the option to bring the tenant to the then current market so i

if i could first recognize supervisor alioto-pier-pierre -- alioto-pier. supervisor alioto-pier: thank you very much, president chiu. i would like to bring forward members of a school. you are all in the back. if you like to come up front. a lot going on. all the little people. >> thank you for allowing us to come today. >> hold on for two seconds. just want to make sure that everybody is here. come on in. colleagues, today i would like to take this opportunity to recognize a school, a new preschool that is thriving. in february of 2008, when a group of parents, frustrated with the lack of quality preschools in san francisco, open the school to provide a multi lingual, multicultural environment where people can freely develop their gifts and interests. 45 children from diverse cultural backgrounds attended the school and enjoy the program with an innovative mandarin immersion approach. by creating a loving environment, encouraging exploration, fostering curiosity, and fostering the language proficiency and cultural awareness, they are preparing students fo

. >> also the big headline, piers morgan gets larry king's job. people have seen him on a talent show, whatever it is, but people across america say who is this guy. our amanda holden, our good pal, they're very good friends. we have an exclusive with amanda and piers and she'll tell us all about the guy. he has an amazing, interesting newspaper background and he may have the right feet to fill those shoes. >> looking forward to that. first we want to begin with the latest on that deadly flooding in texas where the aftermath of tropical storm hermine spawned a series of tornados and dumped up to eight inches of rain. robbie owens of ktvt is in dallas this morning with the very latest. robbie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. right on the heels of tropical storm hermine, a series of tornados tore through the area on wednesday leaving behind damage like this and capping a day of unusually severe weather here. as remnants of hermine moved through texas wednesday, at least three twisters touched down near dallas, damaging a strip mall a

old palace of fine arts from 1969 with a photograph of frank oppenheimer, said this was a piece at pier 15, where our current director was with him, so for you, thank you very much. [applause] we look forward to seeing you at the site. >> i have one speaker card. then the commissioners, members of the public, thank you for letting me speak today on this. i promise i'm not here to speak about anything but jennifer. jennifer and i work together for six years. i think six or seven. it probably felt like 60 years. but from 2000 through 2006, and when i met jennifer, it was the third lease i had done with support, and i can tell you, having done the first two, with nick dempsey, it was a different experience. [laughter] i can also tell you that from when i met jennifer, and you had the good taste and good sense to award, she had -- she did a very good job for you because what we ended up signing was three times what we originally offered. so jennifer was -- [clears throat] i remember when we went through 16 agencies, three and a half years of entitlement, and jennifer made me initial every s

alioto-pier aye. avalos aye. campos aye. chiu. 9 ayes, one no.pervisor chiu: this motion is approved. madam clerk, please call item 31. >> item 31 was considered by the land use and economic development committee at a regular meeting ahead carried an ordinance amending the planning code. >> as we discussed last week, we passed the item back to land use, and yesterday, the committee met and decided we needed to move forward with the item we have in front of us because old state mary's is an important historic institution that is in desperate need of seismic funds and has some significant deadline's coming up such that we need to move the legislation quickly. that said, there have been some broader issues around the specific requirements for transferable development rights, and i want to let you know that item 32 waséh yesterday and will be back in land use committee next week. it is the intent of our party to move forward with the legislation to dealÑo)ñbó withf the broader issumÑñ i know a couple of you had some questions on that, i would like t

supervisor alioto-pier: it is very interesting. my understanding is that everyone shows up in the morning to go in front of the judge in her chambers. they sit down with the public defender and attorneys for the clients. could you walk us through how that works? >> in favor of course, we in the treatment team that includes the judge, district attorney, probation, and jail psychiatric services and city what providers. -- and behavioral health court. the judge says it is about treatment. she does not want to hear from the lawyer. she wants to hear from the commission -- clinician. we give progress reports about whether they're going to groups and taking their medications, whether they are using drugs or not, how far they have gotten in getting a job. we then give recommendations to the judge on whether they should get on the honor roll or have sanctions. the judge might have them come to court more frequently. jail is definitely not used as a sanction. we do not remand people for not complying with treatment. people that are remanded

supervisor alioto-pier. supervisor alioto-pier: thank you, madam clerk.let me start by saying happy birthday to supervisor campos. mine is not quite as badly as a gift , which would not have happened without the film rebate program, or it would not have been as easy. thank you for your vote, and happy birthday. i have -- i unfortunately have a tough week. good friends of mine lost their two-year-old on friday. i have been in mourning for him. his name is campbell. campbell ross ehrlich, and if you do not mind, i would appreciate if we could do that from the whole board. campbell was a beautiful little blond, blue-eyed, bouncing, smiling, baby boy, and it is a shock. he went to bed and did not wake up. i think not acts in mysterious ways, but nonetheless, it is very painful -- i think god hath in mysterious ways. i would like to take some time to thank some people here in san francisco city government. this is one of those rare moments when you see the people who work for all of us in action in a wonderful and beautiful way. to begin with, i would like to

supervisor alioto-pier: thank you. next speaker please. >> first of all, i want to acknowledge and make sure that everyone hears that i do know there is real suffering out on the street, suffering here, and that people do behave in ways that could easily be characterized as mental illness. i do not disregard that. i was at the last hearing where we were informed that the dsm 4 has come up with a diagnosis where someone is lacking in side about their mental condition, and this really struck me as a catch-22 because i remember there was a diagnosis of a slave who did not accept his or her condition of slavery was considered mentally ill. i really think that someone who is unable or unwilling to accept the treatment that he or she knows and now probably everyone in this room has knowledge has severe physical and psychological effects that are irreversible. why that would be a sign of illness -- it really does not even make sense to me. the other thing that i do want to ask -- and i hope you will consider -- is how many pe

supervisor alioto-pier. supervisor alioto-pier: sexual assault and rape cases must be a priority in san francisco, in the current situation is inaccurate. -- and the current situation is inaccurate korea, while i command chief -- is an accurate. while i commend chief gascon and mr. hammer, i have the following recommendations to establish a timeline for testing dna evidence based on best practices, which we also do not denote -- do not do. coordination between providers requires the police department to report on testing in prosecution rates before the board of supervisors, and a look forward to working with all the stakeholders to see this through as soon as possible. i also wanted to vote make it aware of the amendments in my legislation -- i also wanted to make aware of the amendments in my legislation. this is set for land use next week, and i wanted to make sure that these amendments were available prior to the hearing. colleagues, i would like to close the meeting today in honor of an attorney whose wo

motion by supervisor alioto- pier. can we take that without objection? thank you very much. >> will you be sending this item for? supervisor campos: if you could send it to committee report. please call items five and six out of order. >> and five -- supervisor campos: i'm sorry, 6 and 7. >> item 6, motion approving the mayor's appointment of michael garcia, an item 7, motion rejecting the mayors of the appointment of michael garcia. supervisor campos: the morning and welcome to the rules committee. >> -- the morning and welcome to the rules committee. >> -- good morning. >> i first came here because i bought a seat on the pacific stock exchange in order to trade equity options. i retired from the -- from that in 1980. since then, i have taught business crisis. i also am currently and have been for some years an arbitrator for the financial industry regulatory authority. beyond that, in terms of civic participation, i was on the ethics commission for -- i think about three years. i was vice president and later president. i have been on the board of appea

if i could first recognize supervisor alioto-pier-pierre -- alioto-pier. supervisor alioto-pier: thank you very much, president chiu. i would like to bring forward members of a school. you are all in the back. if you like to come up front. a lot going on. all the little people. >> thank you for allowing us to come today. >> hold on for two seconds. just want to make sure that everybody is here. come on in. colleagues, today i would like to take this opportunity to recognize a school, a new preschool that is thriving. in february of 2008,