a prioritized list or a list of 40 is not really a prioritization.ut recommendation. do we have a motion for that? supervisor mirkarimi: can i make one closing comment on that? supervisor chu: sure. supervisor mirkarimi: what seems a little bit out of kilter in the discussion is there is literally not a single recommendation that hasn't been gestured or signaled by the mayor himself or by his department on the environment since he unilaterally picks the commissions on the department of environment or on the m.t.a. or on rec and parks commission that when you corral the level of thought that goes into this question about sustainable cities and preparing for the possible anticipation of weaning us off of fossil fuels, this has been consistent with the administration. so i feel that it's not, i think, fluid nor consistent to make it sound like this is somewhat of a lesser priority when we have been living with these priorities for seven years and they have now been affirmed by citizen task force. and that all of a sudden, that just sort of back seats th

a prioritized list or a list of 40 is not really a prioritization.ommendation. do we have a motion for that? supervisor mirkarimi: can i make one closing comment on that? supervisor chu: sure. supervisor mirkarimi: what seems a little bit out of kilter in the discussion is there is literally not a single recommendation that hasn't been gestured or signaled by the mayor himself or by his department on the environment since he unilaterally picks the commissions on the department of environment or on the m.t.a. or on rec and parks commission that when you corral the lv

distribution schedule, and amend the brt/transit preferential streets/muni metro network 5-year prioritizationth a commitment to appropriate $574,000 in fiscal year 2010/11 prop k funds to complete this phase of work. supervisor campos: public comments on this particular item? supervisor mirkarimi: -- public comments on this particular item? >> k is extraordinary ♪ supervisor mirkarimi: seeing a more public comments, public comment is closed. without objection, motion proceeds. next item. >> item number 11. appropriate $1,647,515 in prop k funds, with conditions, for environmental analysis for the geary bus rapid transit (brt) project, subject to the attached cash flow distribution schedule, and amend the brt/transit preferential streets/muni metro network 5-year prioritization program. supervisor mirkarimi: discussion? public comment? take your time. >> like i told you before, the bus rapid transit project on van ness and the one on geary has been worked on since 1986. it is all a matter of public record. there is a file a report for the corridor. it was also mentioned in the short range tran

this is not an easy task to evaluate the proposals into prioritizing recommendations with previously approved ones. i wish to remind the commission what the budget analyst said. he urged that the department of formalizing a policy to identify properties that it wants to acquire in order to achieve the long term recreation and parks policy goals. this would reduce community and staff concerns that the land acquisition process can be driven by property sellers or particular neighborhood desires to preserve dreams. do not discard this policy right now that you have approved this when we needed the most to prioritize the spending of $8 million of the open space fund available for acquisitions. remember that some properties have been on the roster since the 1990's, leading their chance for funding to be available. what will you tell these groups? i know we should be looking at the policy, but any of the open space money without looking at it in context isn't right. >> is there -- >> i am wearing two hats right now. we definitely support the park rangers and we hope in the coming budget ye

and also, a candidate that is -- prioritizes equity.for public education as well as the endorsing strong committee values. there's a lot of committee groups out here that are doing a lot of work. for you guys to be aware of them and to back what they're doing. ultimately it's going to be the people of san francisco that are actually implementing changes for the city and creating the city that we want. so to be very aware of what the people want is what we're looking for. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> hi. my name is ilid and i'm an excelsior resident. i also wanted to tell you that i work with youth. i know they're not old enough to vote, however, their voices still should be heard. so i have copies for you where they signed a letter of all the things that they want from the new mayor. aside from all the things that we want, the qualities like being fair and just being aware of all the issues that's going on in our neighborhood and our communities. so i have 11 copies here for you guys to take a look at. and one

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it was prioritized as a part of the 2008 general bond obligation planning. it was also identified in the pier 70 master plan. as a part of all that planning, we have begun the blue green way planning process, which has identified a number of considerations to be thoughts of in the development of the plan for crane cove park. building on the work that has been done, here is a list of design considerations. some of them include a mix of rec eaglesal -- recreational uses, including a human powered bone launch, shoreline clean up and repair, while also addressing sea level rising, developing a plan compatible with ship repair and infill development and uses that activate the site, just to name a few. i also just wanted to provide a context of how crane cove park fits in the open space network of the entire pier 70 area. we have plans to connect it as a part of the blue green way trail, and the bay trail. so working with all of that in mind and recognizing that there is a time line ticking on the expenditure of funds, we have identified a four-phase planning and

it was prioritized as a part of the 2008 general bond obligation planning. it was also identified in the pier 70 master plan. as a part of all that planning, we have begun the blue green way planning process, which has identified a number of considerations to be thoughts of in the development of the plan for crane cove

and one of them that they're really strongly -- and i'm definitely -- all of us are strongly prioritizing or would like the new mayor to prioritize is to build a network of community-based after-school programs, so our youth can get off the streets, into community-based programs and back to school and on track for developing productive young adults, which is what we're here for. so just keep that all in mind and i'm definitely confident that you guys will make a good choice. thank you. >> hi, good afternoon. my name is elizabeth ortega. and i'm here to represent the many youth and as a community organizer the many people that i've met throughout the city who often tell me about the qualities that they want to see in a mayor. and i'm here to let you know, like i've done many times before, the kinds of mayor representation that we want to see in this city is a mayor who's accessible, who has consensus building and who works on bringing the community together, not dividing them. and especially this during the city budget process. we're looking for a mayor that's extremely open to the process

every single one seemed to want to be prioritized, so they were all leads. assuming we had a list of people waiting. so what the planning has done is raise the bar. plus another 20% of available points. so yes. but if you bring in a project today, with the building department, we will say you are at the front of the line, we will take you next. and the same other factors, water fish and landscaping, reduction, management, guidelines, the energy commission in. now, i want to skip the existing building stuff for a second and talk about residential building. make sure we're clear, it covers b m m. it does not cover smaller buildings yet. look at residential buildings, here. what residential buildings are covered by this or mets? -- ordinance? all residential new buildings, no exceptions. the first are small, four or fewer units. and then a the second step is midsize, and that is a building with five or more units, not a high-rise. a high-rise is a building which is 75 feet or more from lowest point of fire department access to the highest occupied floor. so a h

how do i get her to prioritize better without micromanaging her? i think there's so much talk about this topic. and people prioritize upon due dates. that's serving urgent, but not important. i have a trick to tell this person. put a dollar sign next to the three things that will bring revenue to her job, capacity, or your company. don't worry about the due dates. it'll get rid of all of the stuff that's not important, not urgent and then you'll focus on the important stuff first. >> you have to think this may not bring direct money in, but it will do something that would provide money later on. >> yeah, i usually go window. on mine i'll put a 30 to 60-day window. if it's due tomorrow not going to bring in revenue, it gets shelved. >> that's open-book management. the more they know about the bigger picture, the more they understand it's not just a random list of to do items. >> all right. great. mike and rod, thank you so much for all of your advice. and if any of you out there have a question for our pexperts, go to our website openforum.com/yourb

supervisor campossupervisor chut this allocation would go towards prioritizing the street intersections. just a question for the mta, perhaps, about where it lines up. i know that recently there was an incident at that intersection. >> hello, commissioners. the intersection has actually moved into contract 60 in the design phase. we anticipate that the intersection will be symbolized by 2012 and advertised next april. supervisor chu: that one is actually faster than the ones that we talked about today? blacks yes. 60 and 2009. -- >> yes. 60 and 2009. there will be other information provided with respect to this intersection. supervisor chu: it sounds like it will take time for this intersection to be up and running. given that it will be the middle of 2013, is there any way to speed that process up? >> typically budget 30 the 36 months from the beginning to completion. there are a variety of factors. if we run into complications during the design or protests during the surface mounting facility process, people may have objections to it. we have to have firm ramps design. once you have a

the direction staff has consistently received from this body is we should prioritize the capital investment there. the idea of reducing that capital investment and increasing the capital needs is not one that staff has pursued. commissioner lee: this is the first i have heard this offer from mr. ortega. that is why i have asked if when discussing bill weast be discussed the possibility -- when you were discussing this police you discuss this possibility and are we getting the best deal? >> we evaluate whether we are getting the best deal that we could, and we feel that staff firmly believes that would follow the commission's direction the negotiating a contract that has aggressive for rent coupled with not only upfront capital improvement costs but also ongoing maintenance budget, a dedicated budget. >> let me interrupt. i think what is being said by mr. ortega, if he matched apples to apples with the existing operator, that he could offer more moneyb. itut the rfp and the direction from this commission was to upgrade the food and the building and the service. he is saying having done that,

because you're prioritizing. he prioritize.ou will first tackle the one who is hitting you and not the one who's hitting iran. give us every two prioritize and pakistan also. we must prioritize first to tackle those who are getting us and then go for those who are not getting this, but are terrorists. that is how we view our terrorist organizations. they are a terrorist organization, but we have to prioritize first given the resources that they. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. [applause] >> our next speaker is muhammad tahir. muhammad tahir as a journalist with over 12 years of experience, symbolic of the kind of person that we like to have talk about in depth, indigenous view of the situation. he served turkish television and if i may say, turkmen is fluent in all the regional languages. and today he's going to talk about the taliban moved north, situation in northern afghan. thank you. >> thank you very much for the kind introduction and we have heard lots of ideas in many definitions about al qaeda. if it is not the s

i just want to make sure everyone is aware, that is how this is being prioritized. supervisor mirkarimi: i think it would rank very high in any number of the sectors that we represent. in terms of the sourcing of where the dollars are coming from, that is to the core of what i am driving at. this is an applicable source, one that is appropriate, as it relates to the restoration of the visitacion valley library. >> the street is, correct. supervisor mirkarimi: if you want to add to that, by all means. >> one thing i wanted to mention is visitacion valley is the first of these public infrastructure funds. this is some of the first man that we are expanding on anything from that money established in 2005. we are now able to appropriate with money that has accrued. to the degree that it is a project that fits specifically within the transportation improvements, identified in the legislation, we felt it was important to complete our commitment to the project. supervisor mirkarimi: i do not deny the reason, nor the need. mr. rose? sorry for interrupting you. any opinion o

it would have to prioritize lines cluster earthquakes and other dangerous areas.egislators are meeting tonight and kron 4 jonathan lomas live with a look at ted kennedy meeting. >> i have your hand a copy of that bill you're talking about by assembly member and if that to jerry hill is the one who's chairing the meeting. they got together four groups of people, first of all the people in san bruno and the people and politicians of sacramento that are making legislation like this bill to keep explosions from happening again. if state regulators and finally pg&e. the open by burning the groups together they can get the public questions about what will happen in the winter months when pg&e said it was to turn the pressure back on those gas lines. the gas lines that the one that exploded here in several back in september. some some members is spoke to said they're not convinced that pg&e is doing everything they can to run out the cause of this explosion and it sure doesn't happen again. as a lineman tom said he is very a great >> hurry here's what you told us> when t

like a library, we prioritize that. supervisor maxwell: in the beginning, they did not have any money. it cost billions and billions of dollars, and they started out with zero. you're absolutely right. while we have to decide is what we want and then come up with the money. >> supervisor, let me share with you that at one of the meetings, they were concerned about having child care because they felt that it would eventually be a site for a terrorist attack, and i thought it was one of the more ridiculous things that had been presented to me, because my daughter was downstairs, and i did not think that city hall would be high on anybody's list, but it would never occurred to me, because my child is close to the year, and that is unfathomable to me, some of the things that we have experienced and how we have to do battle with these projects, so, colleagues, i am content with the planning department recommendation, exclusive of the requirement for city occupied projects only, because i think that there are projects that ha

we wanted there to be resumption for paid prioritization. we do not want the telephone and cable companies to force other internet companies to actually pay for part or disservice, better quality of service, faster service. we do not want that. there should be a presumption against that. the third thing that we wanted was for the fcc to close a loophole that would have allowed internet access providers to provide the top 20 web sites. we asked for three very small changes and unfortunately, the chairman decided not to give them to us and so we are disappointed. >> what is public knowledge? >> public knowledge is a consumer advocacy organization. we seek to protect consumer rights in a democratic and open internet system. >> i think that her comments speaks to two things. one is the complexity of these issues. the other is how far we have come in such unlimited period of time. the list that she went through on the points of disagreement would have been a lot longer. i think that the chairman's statements that you heard at the beginning and th

so they are prioritized for this but we have in the submitted the application yet. commissioner walker: do we need a mandatory program -- it is not need to be? >> no, just prioritize that project and submit. president murphy: any further public comments? seeing none. commissioners? commissioner walker? commissioner walker: i want to thank a.t.c., capss, mrs. seek and the work that she has done. this is a vital step we have taken forward with the bold cooperation of the commission, i'm going to make a motion to support the extension of the capss as requested, the capps contract as requested. as it was stated, there is the report which is important, and i think that we've put enough urgency under this issue to get some closure on some of these reports. but now it is up to us. we have the information. we have a broad group across all stakeholder groups that came together to talk about this issue, to be able to identify where we are at as a city, what steps we need to take to better prepare so we can avoid the kind of disaster that we know is coming. and i think that we

order allows the commission to determine on a case-by-case basis whether such prioritization is actually unreasonable discrimination, because presumably the hospital that is offering the service would be giving better treatment to that telemedicine consumer than the user's regular traffic. so going through that procs not need and that will ste the innovation that really has marked the internet and the explosion of the opportunities there. the commission says it wants innovation to occur, but the language of the order clearly discourages innovation by forcing companies to pass through a government regulatory turnstile to determine whether a particular service,vative servig new that might be a new competitive advantage, something new for quality of life, whether it should be allowed. this puts the f.c.c. in the position of picking winners and losers among the new innovative services, and it certainly slows down the opportunity to have new things coming on the market in what is usually a fast-paced economic investment. in some cases this may be enough to discourage providers from entering i