>> polk county. do you know about polk county? >> heard about it. >> they are very serious. >> they don't have to worry about me coming back, i'll tell you that. >> first thing that happens is they are going to go to jail. next thing is going to happen is they are going to read about themselves in the paper of widest circulation in the county. then they are going to get to come to depositions or hearings or motions repeatedly at the courthouse. life is miserable. life is miserable for using bad judgment in polk county. >> all i saw tonight were little girls with not just one horrifying stories, all of the stories were horrifying. one girl, jacqueline, her mother sold her to a pimp at age 15. another girl was molested since age nine. her mother didn't believe her. >> this is sad. to me, a sad comment on society now days. seems like the family system is broken down. and we see a lot more -- a lot of people look at prostitution as a victimless crime. it's not. >> anyone who thinks that is involved in archaic thinking. aside from the

if you go polk street south of california street versus polk street, it's amazing that you don't have the same sort of clustering and dynamic. i think there is just the particular mixture that happens in that local polk area. i will make a motion after his comments. >> commissioner sugaya? >> i like the concept. i think the idea of having this kind of establishment is great. the only problem i have with it is our approval is not for this specific establishment. we are approving a conditional use permit to allow a bar to go in there and hopefully, i don't know what the motion is going to be, but if there is approval, i would hope that this business stays around for a long time. because if it doesn't, the conditional use still there and another operator can come in and make it a regular type bar whatever that, however we want to characterize that, hard liquor or whatever. i suppose they would have to get a different abc license. to staff, how closely can we tie this conditional use, could you describe the kind of liquor license or maybe the project sponsor can describe the exact type of

invitations to perform outreach to organizations received no responses, middle polk and lower polk neighbors and the associations and other groups none of which responded asking for a presentation by the project sponsor. instead there's no opposition. i just wanted to point that out. thank you. >> thank you. >> had you. good afternoon. my name is jil. i represent the hideout bar. the bar on the corner of hyde which has not caused a problem. i'm here representing the bar that my husband and i own. we are asking that this application be denied for numerous reasons. we did not submit comments prior to this because be were not aware of this new opening. we did receive the mailing of the public hearing and as a result of that and pulling the package off the website after it was posted on december 6th. we circulated the customer petition that miss burns referred to. we also discussed it with the bar tenders and as a result you received at the mails and from 60 of our customers. we are talking a small business here. so that might not seem like a large number but it is a lot of comment from one of t

and agree that sacrifices need to be made to accommodate all users of polk street. but there has to be balance. and everybody's needs should be taken into account not just one aggressive voice for the group, there are many stake holders and i hope that the small business community can have a better voice and more say in the process, because they are willing to make sacrifices and help bring balance to the process. thank you. >> thank you. >> any other members of the public? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> chairman? >> thank you. mr. president, and thank you, for the very thoughtful conversation and suggestions and the work in the written presentations is excellent. and very, very helpful, i think to all of us, certainly to me. i would like to comment on something that a couple of people have said and i totally agree with the one size does not fit all. i have used my role as a commissioner here to look at and look out for the entire city in terms of transportation, that is the charge. and the same time being mindful of neighborhoods and groups and indivi

two on polk and two on hayes. we have a lobby and a leasing office on the corner so there's a lot of activity >> commissioner pearlman. >> are why do you think there won't be a retail access there. with the number of people living there and like the triple a building and the coffee 0 shop another starbuck's a coffee shop it would be an ideal place >> it's a question of where to put the retail. not every street can accommodate the retail. i think the feeling is this is a quieter street that wouldn't necessarily support that much retail. you know, mark can testify to this we hoped the corner might be able to support this and they felt this was a good place for the lobby >> we actually have 3 projects going on with 1 hundred van ness and 3 hundred i won't tell of retail but we know there's a butch of retail brokers and you're not going to create a new hayes valley so they recommended all on van ness and a third of the way on hayes. >> you said the name of the building i forgot the name of the building it's a gray - >

and agree that sacrifices need to be made to accommodate all users of polk street. but there has to be balance. and everybody's needs should be taken into account not just one aggressive voice for the group, there are many stake holders and i hope that the small business community can

center for polk county residents.hey help place workers in all kinds of industries, including the agricultural industry. it's the perfect place for me to find a job. people who pick produce like oranges can come here and basically find out what jobs are available within the community. >> morgan spurlock? >> yeah. so what i want to find out is how hard is it to get one of these jobs? are there not enough americans to fill these jobs? >> so you're looking at citrus harvesting? >> correct. and why aren't there, if that is the case? why do we have to get visa workers from mexico to do these jobs if there's so many jobs in the united states? so how many jobs in citrus per calendar years do you have? >> last year, we had about 7,000 different job openings. >> wow. and these jobs are open to americans? >> absolutely. >> how many came in and applied for those? >> actually, about 1,500 came in and applied for those. out of those, 336 were hired. >> how many of those stay? >> technically, 5% overall are the ones that actually s

and agree that sacrifices need to be made to accommodate all users of polk street. but there has to be balance. and everybody's needs should be taken into account not just one aggressive voice for the group, there are many stake holders and i hope that the small business community can have a better voice and more say in the process, because they are willing to make sacrifices and help bring balance to the process. thank you. >> thank you. >> any other members of the public? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> chairman? >> thank you. mr. president, and thank you, for the very thoughtful conversation and suggestions and the work in the written presentations is excellent. and very, very helpful, i think to all of us, certainly to me. i would

madeline [inaudible] for polk. i live in district 2 priveg heights and worked in management and harvard school and wrote a comprehensive review on the interventions that affect public hea. i would like to think that i am representing the children that were here earlier when i say what we're talking about is not trivial. the amount of money is trivial, but the cost to our health and our future is extraordinary. not only i'm a san francisco -- developed alternate means of transit and active transport are we're going to be behind economically but if we move to another line item which is health in the budget we're dealing with major numbers and i know that at least 80% of those deceases are preventible and a major part of that is active transport. >> >> it's my demographic actually that is weighing most heavily economically. my peers are profound unhealthy and addicted to their cars and that is something we cannot afford. it's the amount in the budget is trivial compared to all the other things we pay for. it's trivial

they liked the previous polk better.ckle down economics theories and also the consumerism, the impersonality of that. giving a warning we are human beings in the free market and we deserve the dignity of human beings in any economy. dagen: you can't vote him out. liz: when 9/11 happen people didn't go running to steve ballmer or michael dell or mark zuckerberg. they went to the government. he is saying the government too has a role in this, we need better government as well. the government did run to bankers. and the polk beyond criticism. dagen: i have enjoyed this catholic sandwich. connell: i dunno if the church wants to claim either one of us anymore. dagen: just hoping i don't convert to catholicism. connell: baltimore or something or other. good stuff. dagen: that time of year, the flu. this centers for disease control releasing new information about flu vaccines including how many people receive the shot and how many were prevented. connell: first of all, how did the supplies of vaccine look this year? >> public h

>> seeing none, i think that probably time to... >> party up on the polk street. >> we have one member of the public that would like to make a comment >> there are any other parties going around that we can go to tonight? >> businesses? >> how are you doing? >> this is first for me, i was not prepared, but, my name is abraham, and i own a part owner of a business, and on fillmore and eddie and i have, and we do have a concern with a bus stop that was put right in front of our business. and that has affected us, very much as far as business is concerned and we tried to contact the mta as far as having something done with the bus stop but we to no avail. however, we talked to the people who, the contractors that actually put the bus stop there. and they decided that they were going to move it further up and they painted everything, and then they stopped working on it. so, it is, an issue that we are having with our business. and we have been trying to get a hold of somebody at the mta to discuss this issue, but to no avail. >> perhaps, mr. reiskin can talk to the director a bit after for

and polk county produces more of it than any other in the state.ith 30 million boxes harvested per year. chances are good if you had an orange today it came from polk county and a migrant worker picked it. the thing for me i don't understand is everyone says we got high unemployment rates but there are jobs that american citizens won't apply for. people could pick oranges, strawberries, pick whatever, but they don't. today hopefully i'll gain some insight into exactly why that is. >> good morning. welcome. how may i help you? >> i wanted to speak to someone about getting a job in agricultural. they help place workers in all kinds of industries. including the agricultural industry. it's the perfect place for me to find a job. people who pick produce like oranges can come here and basically find out what jobs are available within the community. >> morgan spurlock. >> yeah? what i want to find out is how hard is it to get one of these jobs? are there not enough americans to fill these jobs? >> so you're looking at citrus harvesting? >> correct. and wh

>> thank you, on june 21 the policy and governance heard the polk street repaving pedestrian safety and safety improvements project and tag gave the staff feedback so we really prefer to see the options moved forward which have the greatest safety improvements. we clarified staff will be able to work on a block by block bases on parking plans to be sure specific business concerns are addressed. the 5 year pedestrian and bicycle injuries statistics are really chilling and we deserve the best so i'd like to ask with member consent when the polk street project comes to the board we have a pilot plan option similar to what's on the agenda ka for folsom street. i think we really need to have a measurable way to determine what the impact will be on safety and on business and the best way to do that is with a reversible pilot project so with member consent i'd like to ask we have that. >> any other new or unfinished business, members of the board? seeing none. >> item 7, director's report. >> good afternoon, chairperson nolan, members of the board, staff and members of the public. three quick

street. 2c is located half outside on polk street and half inside in the building lobby.er the final polishing, the water flows to the disinfection room of the basement of the building. there the water goes through two disinfection processes. first ultraviolet light, and second a dosing of chlorine. the treated water is stored in a 5,000 gallon reclaimed water tank where it is pumped throughout the building for toilet flushing purposes. the treatment cycle is complete and the water is reused again and again. this new building features a rainwater harvesting system. rainwater is captured from the building's roof and the children's play area along the side of the building and sent down to our disinfection room where there is a 25,000 gallon sis tern. the rainwater receives minor treatment and is used to irrigate the building's trees and landscaping. >> when we're resues using water we have on-site, we're not purchasing new water and we're also not putting sewage down into the sewer system which is costs money. this is a demonstration project of 5,000 gallons a day. it is th

and i want to just say that on market street, i bought a building between polk and van ess where you need the courage and the bullet proof vest to get to work every day and i stayed there it seems to be a great place, twitter finds it to be an ideal location to be but it always wasn't. and what made the difference is the way that market street has evolved. and one of the most important going to collapse. transit is like water, if you put in a block in one place, it will move another place if you give that need another avenue it will take it and as a small business person, thank you for holding this meeting and thank you for helping my people get to work and my clients get to my office and to keep the city alive, thank you. >> thank you. >> next? >> mary lauren hall. swarts, and kaplin of >> i am with the alliance for biking and walking and an organization based in washington, d.c., we focus on biking and walking issues and i am here today to give you a little bit of context about what is happening in our cities across the country. we are really seeing that after 40 years of being wit

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