cancer killed my grandmother out there at potrero hill, and i didn't know that. my grandmother died in my arms, and i did not know because she is dieing because of cancer causing material out there at potrero hill, and now that i know that now, i'm even more upset than i was before on any other topic that i'm working on here. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, michael. thanks for fighting the good fight. public comment is now closed. madam clerk, is there any further business today? >> clerk: there's no further business. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. the meeting's adjourned. thank you. >> supervisor safai: good of the good afternoon. i'm safahsha safai, and to my l, supervisor yee and supervisor stefani. i would like to thank sfgov tv for staffing the meeting. mr. clerk, do we have any announcements before we begin? >> clerk: yes, be sure to silence all cell phones. completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items acted on today will be on the july 31 board of supervisors agenda. item 1 is a motion approving or rejecting malia cohen, nomin

i've known in the neighborhood of potrero hill known as dogpatch years for 44 years, which you can probably discern from my access. i'm glad to see the development of this site. i'm glad to see more of the southern waterfront opened. there's been numerous

i've lived on potrero hill for many, many years. i'm very concerned about the density proposed by the developer of the power plant site. if built, this is definitely going to be significant urbanization of a scale that i believe is incompatible with the infrastructure that is proposed and with the neighborhood itself. the character of the future of the city is at stake. that's to say our quality of life. that's why it's so important to be clearheaded about the effects of projects like this one is the city willing to address the consequences of such dense development at this site? with the hospital, the warriors arena and pier 70 so near, i think we're headed for real trouble if major improvements are not made to the infrastructure prior to development at this site. when compared with the city of san francisco, the power plant project would be about double average density of the city of san francisco. with a proposed density of plus or minus 10,000 people, by the way, that is inadequately calculated using old standards -- over 21 acr

i'm peter lindenfall, and i director the potrero hill rehabilitation project. i just want to emphasize the importance of the preserving the brick buildings on this site, particularly station a, the gas house, the gas meter shop, and the gas compressor building. a lot of these buildings are unfamiliar with people principally because you can't see them. they're fenced off at the moment by -- excuse me, by pg&e fencing. i've taken one picture of the north end of station a, and you can only see parts of the gate house, gas meter shop and gas compressor building. there's been a lot of talk about maintaining the industrial feeling of the neighborhood, and because of that, i think it would be crazy to take any of these down. i mean, using industrial materials would be no substitute for saving buildings that actually are part of the historic fabric of the neighborhood and are very beautiful. thank you very much. >> president wolfram: thank you very much. does any other member of the public wish to comment on this item? seeing and hearing none, we'll close public commen

new at 11:00, one man dead and a driver is under arrest after a contract are in san francisco's potrero hill neighborhood. a car hit a motorcycle near 23ed and arkansas. the man on the motorcycle died. the driver of the car that hit him took off, however, officers arrested the expect later. >>> we know a stockton man died in a crash near the san mateo bridge. the accident backed up traffic in the eastbound direction this afternoon all the way across the bridge into foster city. the collision between a big rig and a box truck happened just after 2:00 this afternoon near the industrial boulevard exit bed twoanes of traffic until about 6:00 p.m. >>> tesla's auto pilot feature is again being looked at after reserve after a car slammed into a fire truck in the south bay at about 1:00 a.m. on southbound highway 101 near coyote creek in san jose. investigators say the fire truck was responding to another crash and was just about to park on the freeway. that is when the tesla crashed into it. two people inside the vehicle went to the hospital. no firefighters were hurt. the san jose fire department

past week, we had bayview ignites for the second year, where school staff from our bayview and potrero hill schools participated in a three day community building and learning experience to strengthen the foundation needed to serve our students and families in the community, and just yesterday, over 1,000 staff members attended digital district day. [applause] >> i look forward, and i'm sure all of you do to welcoming our students back on monday. i would like to update the public on where we are with staffing. we are currently 96% staffed, and we are working rapidly to fill the vacancies. we've filled over 800 certified positions this summer. our human resources department in partnership with school leaders and with lead is hard at work to ensure that our remaining vacancies are staffed with high quality candidates. this summer, our district facilities division has been working hard to ensure that all schools are clean, safe, and ready for instruction by monday. i want to share some of the highlights we have. custodial services has completed deep cleaning at all sites. all of our custodians

the most reliable transit systems in the country van ness avenue is a major connecter between potrero hill and mission on the south side of san francisco correcting connecting us to the marina and state highway in the financial with the western edition neighborhood it is mostly residential a lot of the geography of van ness the rain that is wide it was uses is a firebreak in the 1906 san francisco earthquake a lot of building occasion that helped of hoped to stop the fire from jumping van ness had a light rail or sprash separating and along geary 0 when we came to the question of how to address the needs on haven because of its cost effectiveness we have found in the brt system with the new vehicles. >> the new mr. secretary is a change we will actually have transit in the middle ♪ the far legal unit and a broadly prom >> one of the reasons it is in the center a was it is an clouf right-of-way a set of pedestrians will cross from the sidewalk to the middle of the street a. >> to move the reliable along the corridor with this travel time had been signifying reduced we think the ripped will

the temporary home will be on main street and potrero hill.he idea so make way for the central soma plan which hasn't been adopted yet by the city. once completed the flower mart plans to move back to its original location. >>> well, writing checks is slowly becoming a thing of the past as you know, as more of us do our banking online. >> an east bay woman says her bill pay accidentally drained her account in just the blink of an eye. >> scary. 7 on your side's michael finney helped her out >>he trade-off h not have to do that, and to push a button and have the money go. online bill pay is so convenient. but trying to reverse a mistake can be pretty much impossible. now, our viewer tried to pull her money back when a creditor was overpaid. she couldn't get it done. carrollwoodland admits it could have been her mistake. >> this was shortly before i went in the hospital. and i was trying to get my bills paid. >> or it could have been a hiccup in her online bill pay service. >> in my bill pay on the computer, american express and at&t are one aft

strongly encourage the developer to consider views from both the immediate street level and from potrero hilla number of neighbors are raising concerns that the proposed 300 foot tower would greatly diminish the iconic nature of the stack. while we recognize that costs and the ability to provide a comprehensive package of community benefits are crucial to the success of the project, we would like to see the density and design of the project better compliment that of pier 70. open spaces should be reimagined to provide more varied use with gathering spaces as well as programmed areas. interior open spaces need to be oriented from north to south, to take advantage of sunlight. and we need more open space, please, particularly along the bayfront. an area that done well could provide a tremendous public benefit. finally, let me step back and say that both the developer and planning department have been fantastic on communication with us. and we look forward to a continuing dialogue with them and you as the project evolves. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello,