thank you. >> we can go on to public comment. >> we will close public comment. i just want to follow up and it was just wonderful to get that street officially reopened and i want to, you know, congratulate, really everyone who was involved including commissioner campos and his staff and it was really, it was, it so challenging to get these projects through and i know that we are trying to make it a little better so when you can actually celebrate the opening of the receipt design of the street that had just been absolute blight in terms of the people living in the neighborhood with us and some sort of sudo freeway running through and the fact that we have not just beautified the treat and easier for the pedestrians to cross and easier for people to bike and we are at home and we cut the ribbon on it and there were all of these predictions and to do the work when chavez was going to result in carm a geeten and it will be permanent grid lock and that has not been the case and i actually have driven during the rush hour and it is no different than it was before, b

>> any further comments from the public? >> if not, we will proceed to our first item, which is in fact, the juliet ellis and >> and you have the settlement gret before you and the stipulation document and a couple of notes about this, this is a joint settlement and so there were three negotiating parties and the respondent and the two enforcement agency and because the fppc has heard and accepted the settlement agreement in a public session, we are in an unusual situation, because our regulations require that this is things be debated in closed session and however since it has been debated publicly, the city attorney has advised us to do the same. and so the staff and the city attorney will represent any questions that you have about the document in the settlement. and anything that is in this department, and if we go. off of the document, and into some details about the investigation, we may have to pull back from there. the bottom line in the settlement is that altogether there are several findings of violation of state a

the education of the public, and on this, a high level public utilities officials lobbying her own agency for $200,000 for lobbying for a company that she works for and that is fairly significant in terms of conflict of interest and we should be delving into it and the staff must have to come up with this and we should be talking about it and discussing it more and analyzing it and we should be telling the members of the public about it, and educating the public about it, and if nothing else, just to blow our own horn, i mean that we have people who are coming here, and saying, that, the three meetings that i have been at saying and that you guys don't do your job and this is an indication to me that the staff did do their job. and terms of the findings and the woman is admitting that she committed these offense and she is going to have to pay a fine, and you could argue about whether or not that is enough or not. but she is, it is in effect to finding a guilt and a plea of guilty, or that is fine, but can someone please explain to me, why the procedure is, as it comes to us, it would hav

we will open item number 2 up for public comment. is there any public comment on item 2? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> colleagues, could i have a motion to forward item 2 to the full board with positive recommendations? so moved by supervisor kim and we'll take that without objection. [gavel] >> thank you. okay, madam clerk, can you please call item number 3? >> item number 3 is a hearing directed to the department of public works, municipal transportation agency, public utilities commission, and pacific gas and electric company to explore a number of issues, including where projects are occurring, including sewer, water, natural gas, and road resurfacing, and what the benefits of these infrastructure improvements are; how the projects are coordinated to comply with the city's mandate that once a road is resurfaced no work will be done for five years -- absent an emergency -- to minimize repetitive street disruption; why some blocks remain under construction for very extended periods of time, with on-again-off-again work and repetitive digging; how blo

is there any public comment. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> opposed? the item carries. please call the next item. >> city clerk: item 14. motion to calendar of a public hearing on may 13 #shgs 2014 to consider the adoption of wholesale water rates for fq 2014. >> i will move that with the same caveat. >> is there a second. seconded by caen. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed.. >> all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> opposed? the item carries. next item. >> city clerk: item 15. public comments on matters to be discussed in closed session. >> is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. i will entertain to discuss the matter listed. it's been moved and second. is there any discussion. hearing none, i will call for a vote. all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> opposed. >> we have now returned from closed session. it's been moved and seconded not to disclose. all in favor say, "aye". >> the motion car

it is available to the public. the planning department, however, has several legacy databases that are really only available to the staff, not available to the public. [speaker not understood] miscellaneous database since referrals from dph. we have an intake program that is our main planning application database. time accounting is our time keeping system. we have a gis arc map system. and partial information is a property database system. so, all of those would be combined into one this new excel a project permit tracking system. two main user groups for the system, the public and staff. just some terminology here. again, the back office system that would be available to staff is an excel a automation software. and they have a public portal essentially at -- excuse me, citizen access system, that will be the public portable, user friendly version of the system. and then we are also implementing a feature of excel a called excel a gis. we are able to transfer as many layers from our arc system as we want for the p

>> any public comment on the nominations? >> commissioner ray hartz, director of san francisco open government, and anyone who either here, well there is only two members of the public here, which shows how much interest there is. or members of the public watching on tv, if they wish to contact me, this is my e-mail address. it is sfopen government bsat sbcglobal.net and i would appreciate and i have heard from hundreds of people, and i would appreciate anyone who wishes to provide comment regarding what i say at these meetings that is the address to which to send it. the election for the officers of this body is like rearranging deck chairs on the titanic, it does not seem to matter who is in charge, absolutely nothing gets done, but actually changes the ethical atmosphere of san francisco i have asked before with you one more time, tell me something that the members of this body have done to make public participation in government more possible? how about something that would prevent the city employees from violating the la

seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner sugaya >> i move to approve the minutes for january 9th. >> commissioner borden. commissioner hillis. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya and commission chair wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes >> i went at the request of some neighborhood folks in the bayview to look at the site where the mother brown special project for the homes structure. there are so many interesting businesses like a chemical will he testing lab it tests toxins in the food and it's where tests are conducted. another place i saw next door had mick tractors and does a lot of work around pets and par suddenly. it's favshg to see this. and their concerns are whether or not the location of the shelter, of course, is appropriate for what the needs are and the other concern is whether or not there's actually, the population of the homeless population in the neighborhood to continually of the shelter. there are concerns around whether or not there's social activities in the neighborhood in t

i don't have any public comment cards. seeing none, we'll close public comment. [gavel] >> i want to thank everyone for working on this. we are in dramatic need of this kind of housing. like to thank supervisor breed and planning department and mercy for really moving this forward. supervisor kim? >> yes, thank you. i just wanted to concur with chair wiener about the need for this type of housing. but in particular, for this subset of our community. it's true there is not a lot of housing dedicated to individuals with developmental disabilities. it's also good to see a vacant s-r-o building come back online. i know we have a number in our district [speaker not understood] as well, and it's a constant exercise to think about how we can a mass the resources to bring existing housing back into line and back into code and, so, it's great to see a model of this move forward in the western addition area. so, thank you for your work on this. >> thank you very much, supervisor kim. so, with that, could i get a motion to forward item 3 to the full board with positive reco

we have no one coming forward for public comment. close public comment. next item. >> item no. 6, public comment. >> our next item is general public comment. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> next item? >> item no. 7. questions or comments. >> colleagues, any questions or proposals? seeing none. public comment. >> for sf green. especially for agenda items if you are going to have a meeting with the puc. the budget issues were raised earlier today . i know a big problem that was part of the budget. it's now $20 million more per year. it's good to find out how we got stuck with a new inter connected agreement that is going to be that much more money. i don't -- i think it due to be approved in 15. especially that brings up another item besides cleanpowersf for their 10-year projected budget, the sfpuc has agreed to remove $30 million when we have been trying to get it up to $5 million a year. we need to find out what's going on with the pg & e interconnected agreement and find out why, when we've seen evidence

the criticism from public interest groups what is this public interest committee and how will it take part in this whole agreement the public interest committee has been proposed as part of a largely corporate dominated system on trade policy negotiations that's been around since since nixon since the seventy's for those who are not aware this is over six hundred individuals who enjoy privileged access to the y. secretive trade negotiating tax and our trade negotiators and about ninety percent ninety percent of the individuals in the system explicitly represent corporate interests you have the likes of general electric is actually the most represented entity an entire system shocking. the self-proclaimed pioneers of offshoring. the likes of doll chemical wal-mart cargo and while the administration likes to claim that there are public interests you know environmental labor groups less than nine percent of the members of the system. are. sent in for any environmental developments labor or other public interest groups and so it's a really it's a really stacks of the most i should mention

is there any public comment on item number 3? wow, no public comment at all? [laughter] >> okay.hen we will close public comment. [gavel] >> okay. first of all, i want to thank everyone for participating today. this is, you know, as i said at the beginning, we're seeing an unprecedented level of investment which is exciting. we think it is going to go on for quite sometime. we have a lot p)4ú/Ñof catching do from road resurfacing. it is my sincere hope, and i intend to push hard on this, that we continue to fully fund out of the general fund or whether we're able to establish a sustainable road resurfacing flow of funding from the local license fee. perhaps this november. but either way, we have to keep this up and what that means is as puc continues to replace entire sewer and water main system, as pg&e continues to upgrade its gas line, as we continue to resurface, there will be this continued disruption, which is unavoidable, but it's all of our responsibility to make sure that we're minimizing that. so, i look forward to the department's continuing to push and push to improve

so, there are going to be a lot of changes to public housing. the city's rad application is approved and now it is time to have a clear understanding of what this means for san francisco, what this means for the residents of public housing, and what this means for the job opportunities that currently exist and future job opportunities. overall, there are a lot of residents i know in my district that are really concerned about the changes in public housing and they want to understand exactly what it means. there were a few meetings in the neighborhood and there was a lot of confusion. so, i think it's important that we bring this issue to the board of supervisors to have an open discussion to be given the facts about what the change could mean to our residents and make sure that we're all on board with this change. so, ultimately my goal is to make sure that we're doing everything we can to not only make sure that the residents, the public housing are protected, but their properties are brought up to code. so, there's about 4,500 residents of pub

is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> mr.he roll. >> aren't you going to ask me? >> are you willing to serve? >> yes. i appreciate that very much. >> mr. pacheco, on that motion from commissioner honda to elevate vice-president ann lazarus to presidency of the board, on that motion, commissioner fung, commissioner hurtado? aye, and vice-president lazarus? aye. thank you, the vote is 4-0 and ann lazarus issel elevated to the presidency of the board. >> congratulations. and let me this you in advance for helping me and the board for the next year. i really appreciate your willing innes to serve. >> okay. we can move then to item no. 3 which is commissioner comments and questions. anything, commissioners? >> my only comment is that on march 13th is our scheduled meeting? >> the 12th. >> i have a flight out to the east coast. so i will have to leave about 9:00 p.m.. so everyone knows. any other commissioners? any other public comment? seeing none. then item four is your consideration of board minutes for january 19, 2014. any add

is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues can we have a motion to forward this item to the full board for recommendation? so moved. with no objection, motion passes. madam clerk, item no. 2. >> the clerk: item no. 2. item 2: [appointments, san francisco local agency formation commission]1400872.motion appointing supervisor john avalos, as a member, and supervisor eric mar, as an alternate member, terms ending february 4, 2018, to the san francisco local agency formation commission. clerk >> the clerk: item no. 2. sf 21234 >>supervisor norman yee: okay. let's see, i believe, is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. we have a motion for this item to be brought to the full board for recommendation. so moved. motion is passed. item no. 3. the clerk: item 3: appointment, developmental disabilities area board v] hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending december 31, 2016, to the developmental disabilities area board v. clerk of the boardd vacant seat 2, succeeding donna

>> public comment? >> do you want me to comment before or after? >> yes, please. >> my view is that we it is necessary to go into closed session, the basically any question that, so just as a bit of back up, you know this was, these two settlements, the city attorney's office and sort of took the lead in negotiating these settlements both with mr. yaki and mr. grijalva and all of the litigation occurred in the context of the settlement negotiations with mr. yaki. and so basically any questions that i could be asked about how the settlement occurred, the process of the settlement and it could not be disclosed. in the public session. >> and so for that reason, i think that we have to go into closed session. >> and one question, and i believe that we can discuss this openly. when this is has been brought to us by the city attorney's office. but it certainly is something that falls within our jurisdiction as well. but when something is brought simultaneously to the ethics commission and the city attorney's

is there any additional public comment on item 1? seeing none, we'll close public comment. [gavel] >> supervisor chiu. >> thank you, mr. chair. i first want to take a moment to thank all the members of the public that came to speak on this item and i wanted to just make a couple of observations. first of all, to thank all of the environmental activists both here in san francisco and around the country that have been really furthering this issue starting with think outside the bottle campaign run by the corporate accountability international organization. want to take a moment and really thank our students here locally particularly at the san francisco at sf san francisco state for leading the way. students have really championed this around north america and really need to be commended for your activities in this area. want to also thank racology because right now they need to collect 10 to 15 million single usev plastic water bottles every single year. if we are successful with this ordinance hopefully we can reduce the cost to our rate payer and what racology needs to do

public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk >> item 11 adjournment thank you. this meeting is >>> >> >> >> february 6, 2014, >> >> >> good afternoon, welcome to our rules committees meeting for thursday february 6, 2014. i'm supervisor yee and i will be chairing this meeting. to my left is supervisor campos and katie tang who will join us. lisa miller is our clerk. and we would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, jessie larson and joshua alexander and record eefrp of our meetings and make the transcripts available online. are there any announcements? >> yes. please turn off electronic devices. if you wish to speak, please fill out a card. >> >>supervisor norman yee: madam clerk, please call item 1. agenda[health, business and tax regulations codes - safe body art]1304021.ordinance amending the health code by repealing miscellaneous sections relating to tattooing and adding article 40 to require body art practitioners to register with the department of public health dphh and

you threw me and seconded any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. i'll call for 0 vote all in favor, say i. we will now into go into closed session >> item 13 for the existing claim and 14 claim for others. item 15 is the existing code for the city of san francisco and item 16 the property vs. city and county of san francisco and do so one through one hundred and the city and county of san francisco litigation vs. pacific gas and electric company and item 19 existing litigation for the gas company vs. city and county of san francisco and the agency chief of security >> good afternoon counselor. >> good afternoon. >> no, no, no. >> maybe not sogood. >> thank you very much we've returned from our closed session and i'm happy to report that the commission has adapted recommendations on item 13, 14 and 15 and 16 as long as that's sufficient we can poach to the mexico - next item. >> to disclose the items. >> i'll call for a vote not to disclose the i's have it madam other items. >> new business item 23. >> know there have been discussions about the join

it occurred to me that if our department of public health reached out to department of public health's of other major cities and we all collectively asked for a little bit more transparency there might be some movement that could be helpful so it's not just san francisco. that's one idea. another observation i would have is the issue of pricing in the area of hospital cost that for many many years was incredibly untransparent and this past year the obama administration released hospital pricing throughout the country and it was a water shed moment where hospitals can compare prices and consumers of health care can compare prices. the federal government hasn't done that in terms of pharmaceuticals but in our outpatient cost we have lower prices than other areas and two-thirds of the other inflated cost and try to get what we think of the fairist cost for residents that just can't afford the drugs that we are talking about. but, i look forward to working with your office as well as the department of public health in moving this forward. >> i would follow that up. that is action at the st

is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> colleagues, any other questions? i want to thank you both mr. richie and mr. rodriguez for coming out today. this is a really important issue that we are dealing with in the state. next tuesday at the board of supervisors i will be introducing a resolution urging the state legislature to provide drought mitigation funding for the critical water supply for the san francisco bay area. they are considering leveraging $640 million for the drought and the drought area we are requesting for the san francisco water supply project and the lower cherry aqueduct restoration project and install toilet program which are important priorities which mr. richie mentioned. i hope we'll continue to work hand in hand and submit this to the board. my office will be submitting this at the board of supervisors meeting on tuesday and we want to continue to work with you to address any concerns to protect our water supply and look towards the future and make good dec

are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in public comment on this item?ase step up. >>> good afternoon, my name is ernestine [speaker not understood] weiss. and yes, of course, this bond should go forward yesterday. i have been a volunteer for the neighborhood americans in sobs team for a long time when it first started. and of all places, certainly they should have earthquake seismic improvements done a long time ago. so, i don't understand why it took so long to get this done, but full speed ahead. >> next speaker. >>> and the public -- >> this is not general public comment. this is earthquake safety and emergency response. next speaker, please. sir? are there any other members of the public who wish to speak in public comment on this item? okay. if not, this hearing has been held and is closed. [gavel] >> i just want to add a quick comment. i want to thank supervisor wiener as well as city staff for their efforts to resolve this issue around street lights which i think we all greatly appreciate for many years that are important to our neighborhoods. i

public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. all call for a vote all in favor, say i. opposed? the motion carries madam secretary >> any public comment on matters for closed session. >> is there any public comment? on matters in closed session seeing none, >> item 18 is

one concern that the public has is how does the public find out when first approval takes place across -- and especially across all departments? as you know now, the restrictions are a lot stricter on when you can file an appeal under c-e-q-a and it depend on this first approval. so, i'm hoping that this system will allow us to also track first approvals so that we will under what's happening in the city and we don't find out two months later about something we had hoped to be able to participate in. and i also encouraged that this be done across all departments because i believe now we have to kind of go around to notices in different departments to find out when that approval is. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> hi, i'm nancy werful. first of all, i'll say what a great loss it is to the department to lose kelley. it's amazing. a wonderful person so you were blessed to have her serve is he. i have been tracking the tracking system for many, many years so i am very relieved that it's coming to fruition. and i think everyone here is going to be very benefited by it. i just want to

[inaudible] any public comment on this item? public comment is closed. we have the serious injury finding. can quee call the role >> wean, i. ye. i. ovlose. i. bree, i. comps. i. chew, i. co00, i. ferrule, i. kim, i. mar, i. tang. i. 11 i's. todays meeting is adjourned in the [inaudible] on behalf of marion sullivan. supervisor ovlose for mrs. mausha [inaudible] supervisor coen had for dorses j [inaudible] supervisor wiener for blake with a ross. [inaudible] edward [inaudible] >> madam clerk is there anymore business for the board >> that's concludes the business. >> at this time the meeting is adjourned. >> february meeting of the san francisco ethics commission will now come to order. >> i will call the roll. >> vice chair renne? here. >> commissioner hur? >> here. >> commissioner keane? here. >> commissioner andrews? >> here. >> everyone is present and accounted for, thank you. >> the first order of business will be the public comment on any matters appearing before our commission today, whether they are on the agenda or not. >> there is something tha

that is all public record. so if you want to do that, you should talk down there and track it at that department. >vice-president cindy wu: can i ask project sponsor to address the question of eviction? >> quite frankly i have no knowledge of the eviction of which he speaks. >vice-president cindy wu: but the record shows no eviction? >> that's what i have. >vice-president cindy wu: commissioner moore? >> i think with the width and depths of the property. i would prefer to have 5 buildings. i think 47 or so yard between the two still assures a lot of privacy out of the buildings into each other. i think that's just about border line and to keep that in this type of condition and emphasis here would be worth pursuing because we have other situations where something like this is being attempted but does not really resolve something as something as simple on this and how the buildings work together which this is a great prototype. city clerk: commissioners if there is nothing further i will call the question to app

any public comment? is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. item no. 2, which is the annual election of board of officers. the vice-president and president shall be elected after the 15th day of january of each year. tonight is the first board meeting after january 15th so the election of officers is on our calendar. if i can take a quick minute before proceeding with the meeting, i would like to thank the president. i want to extend to both the presidents how much i appreciate your supporting my work and the work of the board and guiding us through the year. president hwang for a year 1/2. with that stated, i want to start the process with the office of the vice-president and ask if there is any member of the board that would like to nominate a colleague or themselves for this office. >> i wonder is it a good idea for us to put this off until president wong is here? >> if the board wishes to postpone it? >> that would be my preference. i don't know what my fellow commissioners would prefer. >> i think that will be fine with me. >> okay. just

public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk >> item 11 adjournment thank you. this meeting is ♪ >> got had a choice this is the weeks event and i hope your rode for fun so get a pen and paper this is the weekly buzz. not sure what the side open valentine's day how about february 14th treat that special respond to a classical music just across from the square there will be free of charge for piano music and ice cream then on saturday ring in the year of the horses for the chiendz parade a local tradition after the gold rush it's sure to wllt costumes and so much more. this procedures will trek if i your citizens so whatever the weather don't miss if and after the parade check out saturday fever this saturday night the sf theater club will notify you to a free earnest of performance and no experience is necessary at the exit theater in 8 to 11 and that's the welcome back notify as at sf.org>> (roll cal. >> item 2, approval of minutes for the january 20, 2014 meeting. >> so moved.

and any public of the public that would like to comment, seeing none, we will close public comment and if we could have, the roll call, vote on the minutes? >> on avalos? >> aye. >> breed? >> aye. >> campos? >> aye. >> chiu? >> aye. >> cohen? on the minutes in >> aye. >> farrell. >> aye. >> kim. >> aye. >> mar. >> aye. >> commissioner tang. >> aye. >> commissioner weiner? >> aye. >> commissioner yee? >> aye. >> yee, aye, the item passes. >> very good. let's go into our next item, please? >> item number three, the chair's report this is an information item. >> okay, good morning colleagues, the year has begun and already i feel that we have a full work program on our plates. and we are all saddened by trat gik pedestrian fatalities of the start of the year, it was a stark and urgent wake up call that we must act now to prevent these terrible crashes. and i want to thank commissioner campos for the hearing and breed as well with so many participating and commissioner yee was part of that as well, and many of the other participants from the board of supervisors transportation authority an

fufrtd any public comment? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner borden >> yes. this is a great exercise in the 90s we looked at surplus property in the 90s and there's concern we've under begun this process and i guess the question is how are we - are we thinking how to get this move forward and this is the question people have we have great tennis but we have those guiding principles i know we dpo didn't want to talk about sites but generally, we have to figure out where we have the money and opportunity, you know, to rally around sites and a fourth the process. can you shed light

and for the prop h or the public enrichment public education enrichment fund or piece propses to tom ammiano for his vision on that one ten years ago and that also needs more transparencies as the community coalition around schools and children and families organizationses need to be centrally involved. so, i'm looking forward to that dialogue as well. >> thank you, supervisor yee. supervisor mar. before we go to supervisor cohen, we'll go to supervisor yee. >> thank you, madam -- thank you, madam clerk, for allowing me to speak again. i also would like to co-sponsor with supervisor avalos the hearing on the children's [speaker not understood] piece. like supervisor kim and supervisor mar, we all have been working on these issues for a very long, long time. and for myself, it's been decades of working around these issues. and i'm very passionate about these issues. there's been several efforts and many discussions around these two initiatives in the last year or so, and if we're going to consolidate or start having one point of view, we need to pull the discussions together as soon a

other members of the public? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, thoughts, discussion? commissioner gravanis. >> we do have a motion and a second. just wanted to make sure people understand that following up on what commissioner wald has said, that there are still detail that we are concerned about that our resolution right now doesn't say that we endorse this ordinance drafted exactly as it is in front of us, that there are ways in which we will be talking with supervisor chiu about strengthening it. and also just to remind everyone that it's kind of a first step in a long process because here we're only talking about city property and there are many ways to get exemptions and exceptions and there are some [speaker not understood] in here. and over the next five, ten years i expect to see that it will apply to a much wider range. but for now we are recogn