public comment? public comment is closed. same house-7 col. >> item 13, introduction of new items, information item. supervisor mirkarimi: introduction of new items. public comment? public comment is closed. next item. >> item 14, public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: public comment on public comment. ca none, public comment is [closedislaughs] only the bench is laughing. the redundancy speaks f itself. all right, public comment is closed. next item -- >> mr. chair, if i may, i do not know this is the right time or place to do this, but i wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your service as chair of the transportation of authority, and i appreciate the work that you and your staff have done. i see that there have been many accomplishments. i want to wish you the best in your future endeavors and look forward to continuing to work with you. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: very sweet of you, and thank you. wearing two hats, multiple hats for step, i certainly want to recognize that added responsibility for staff an

any other members of the public? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> public comment.sor campos: any item on the agenda within the jurisdiction of the committee. seeing none, public comment is closed. meeting adjourned. thank you. supervisor mar: good morning, everyone. welcome to the regular meeting of the transportation authority finance committee. my name is eric mar. i'm joined by supervisors elsbernd, kim, cohen, and farrell. i would also like to thank them -- take a moment to thank sfgtv for broadcasting as this moment. please call the next item. >> approve the minutes of the november 8, 2011 meeting. supervisor mar: without objection, approval of the minutes? do we open this up for public comment? is there anyone from the public at like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. without objection, let's move this forward. madam clerk, please call item 3. >> recommend acceptance of the audit report for the fiscal year ended june 30, 2011. >> good morning, commissioners. this starts on page 5 of your package. as you all know, and fiscal policies

we will open up for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. we have a motion to move forward and a second. we can do that without opposition. thank you. would you please call item no. 2? >> hearing to consider appointing one member term ending november 19, 2012 to the bicycle advisory committee. there is one see. >> -- seat. if you could please come forward. we ask applicants to speak briefly about their interest in serving and maybe some things you would like to accomplish on the advisory committee. >> i am an avid cyclist. i am also a new member of the california bar. i spent a lot of time studying law and policy. i find when i am on my bike there are issues with safety, with traffic laws are obeyed by motorists and cyclists for it i would love the chance to be able to work somehow toward whether that is increasing by planes or any other safety measures -- bike lanes or any other safety measures. i would like to encourage people to ride bicycles rather than drive. it is better for the health of the city and people tend to be healthier when t

would any other members of the public like to comment on this item? we will close public comment. moving forward with recommendation, taken without objection. thank you very much. that was kind of loud. madam clerk, if you could please call item was numbers 5 and 6. >> item 5. hearing to hear all persons interested in commenting on the status of negotiations between the mayor's office and california pacific medical center regarding cpmc's long range development plan. item six. motion scheduling the board to sit as a committee of the whole on december 13, 2011, at 4:00 p.m., to hold a public hearing on the status of negotiations between the mayor's office and california pacific medical center regarding cpmc's long range development plan. supervisor avalos: thank you, madam clerk. supervisor mar: we have heard a number of presentations on very large cpmc projects on cathedral hill. a number of community organizations, as a community, have come together to be involved in the process to make sure that the community benefits from large developments like this one. but, many in the commu

it is you who is the public in public television. donald. >> donald: thanks, rhea. you know, it's so funny you have to ask yourself a question, where else can you see this kind of program? think about all the television you watch, you think about the other cable stations, you think about the networks and you say, would they air a program like this one? i think you know the answer. the answer is no. you can only find a program like this on your public television station. this is what public television is all about. if producers bring you programs that most placed just wouldn't dream about doing, and public television has been doing this for you for a very long time. and sometimes you've sat back and you've watched great program and you've seen pledge breaks like this, and maybe you have said, "well, you know, the guy next door, that guy, joe, he'll pick up the phone, he'll call, and you may not have to do it. but this time we're asking you. you've loved this program, i know you have. so we're asking for your support. we're asking for you to go to the phone, pick up t

public comment, go ahead. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. we are now on item 12, general public comment continued. is there anyone who wishes to make general public comments? seeing none, and 12 is close. we're on item 13, commissioner matters. >> can i say one thing? i just want to say that i went to the tree lighting briefly -- i could not stay for the actual writing of the tree, but i can only imagine the amount of staff time it took to put that together. if you remember on the roof of the emporium at christmas time, you see rights, and i had that same sense at maclaren lodge. what made me so happy was to see so many children and families, and those are our kids, our families, san franciscans who are raising their kids here, and we do that for them. i just want to commend you, and i want to thank you very much. commissioner lee: i want to echo what commissioner levitan said. tom harrison also went to the employee holiday party earlier this week and had a great time, and it was very rewarding to talk

public comment is closed. commissioner miguel: i move the items on the continuance calendar, plus the other two. -- seeing none, public comment is closed. >i'm sorry. >> on brewster street, are we expecting new materials? this is -- >> gone to be ridiculous. -- gotten to be ridiculous. [laughter] >> the project sponsors are still working with the neighbors. there is potential for revision from a beer while -- but we're not sure that is going to happen. >> commissioner moore, could we part it here in selectively substitute what needs to be substituted, because this is getting old? we have done that in the past i believe it. sometimes we will return are documents to the commission secretary and a return it to us a week before the item is heard. that is not uncommon for us to do that. >> sure, whatever works for the commission and secretary is fine. p>> motion for a continuance. item 11 degenerate well. item a, b, and six, to january 6, 2012. [role call] thank you, commissioners. those items are continued as we h

public comment? public comment is closed. same house-7 col. >> item 13, introduction of new items, information item. supervisor mirkarimi: introduction of new items. public comment? public comment is closed. next item. >> item 14, public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: public comment on public comment. ca none, public comment is [closedislaughs] only the bench is laughing. the redundancy speaks for itself. all right, public comment is closed. next item -- >> mr. chair, if i may, i do not know this is the right time or place to do this, but i wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your service as chair of the transportation of authority, and i appreciate the work that you andou

>> if it is open to the public, maybe a public meeting, but it is not your public meeting. it is the meeting of a state board or a federal board, it is a ceremonial gathering or other gatherings, or even a social gathering that is not put on by you, that is not, for example, a christmas party. it happened to be in your circle, and more than a majority showed up. the important thing to remember there is not using that gathering as an opportunity without thinking about it to talk about things that are under your jurisdiction. thank you. president nolan: not coming to my house for christmas. secretary boomer: some members of the public that when it to discuss with you, but seeing we have no closed session. president nolan: do we need a motion to adjourn? so moved. we are adjourned. to the severance as a unified school district meeting for november 15. commissioner murase: here. commissioner wynns: here. vice president yee: present. president mendoza: please join us for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flight of the united states of america and to the republ

when you come to comment on public comment on an item, please make public comment to the commissioners. they will not respond to questions. they will wait until public comment is closed, and then they or staff may respond to questions at that point. there are two items that we are moving on the calendar today. the first is the general managers' report, which is item three. that will go to the end of the calendar. it will follow item 11. the second item is item five, the consent calendar. that will follow item seven. with that, we are on item two, which is the president's report. >> thank you. i will be brief. i know we have people here on other business, but we have a certificate of appreciation for the national aids memorial grove, and i would like to present that certificate. let me read from it. we have one of the most dedicated partners in our car drove partners across the city. its mission, conceived by a small group of san franciscans in 1988 is simple -- to provide a healing sanctuary to increase awareness of this national living tribute in golden gate park and to promote a lear

this is a public street. this is a public street and it connects. this is a public right-of-way as well. it does connect all the way through the block. this is a pedestrian but it is not a public right away. the idea that hunt street is this isolated section is not legally true. what that means in addition is the city cannot simply vacate. they must also take action and make findings. and that has not been done either. in addressing some of the issues that were brought up for the first time in discussion, the findings that the board makes in support of the vacation of the street has to be true if you make the findings, not true when the transaction closes. the strait is necessary and it will be currently in use. supervisor wiener: if you would just finish. i am giving you more time. that means i am giving you more time. >> thank you. i appreciated very much. the environmental review as well as not examined the impact of vacating all this. it does not look at all the circulation and traffic impacts that will be caused by it. it assumes because evan i

the public hearing will remain open. commissioner olague: again, i want to reassure the public that we want to -- if we do calendar it as an action item, it is with the understanding that it can be continued further out, depending on briard with the discussion. again, thanks to everyone for their input. >> commissioners, with the and turning of this meeting, your next meeting does not begin until 1:00 p.m. commissioner olague: the america's cup item -- this cannot be before 5:00. ok. meeting is adjourned. >> if i can remind everyone to turn off your cellular phones or any other devices. moore? sugaya? fung? antonini? olague? miguel? borden? here. we have the full commission. the first category is calendar items proposed for a continuance. case no. 2011 -- proposed for a continuance until 2012. i am not aware of any other items on the calendar for a continuance. >> and is there any public comment? public comment is closed. >> i moved to continue items 1-a and 1-b. >> on the motion for a continuance of item 1-a and b to ja

we will then hear public comment. i know that there are six representatives of the community coalition that will kick off public comment, touching upon different issues, and then, of course, we will hear from every member of the public that wishes to speak on this item. with that, let me first ask ken rich if you'd like to provide a presentation on the status of negotiations between the city and cpmc. thank you. supervisor mar? supervisor mar: this cpmc development has profound implications for healthcare jobs and employment, housing, transportation and our neighborhood's quality of life and the relationship also of big corporate decision making to the public accountability in san francisco and the magnitude of project is huge so it demands extensive public review process that i'm glad we're having here today. also, from the 60-plus community-based organizations that are part of a coalition that's been asking for transparency for this process, i kind of am hoping that this will be a beginning point so that stakeholder

public comments. seeing none, public comment is closed. roll call, please. >> commissioner at the lows. commissioner campos. commissioner issue. " -- commissioner carmen chu. commissioner:. commissioner elsbernd. commissioner farrell. commissioner kim. commissioner mark. commissioner mirkarimi. commissioner winner. it is passed. supervisor mirkarimi: please read item number three and four. >> item number 3, chairs report. item number four, executive director's report. these are information items. supervisor mirkarimi: we have had interesting is in the transportation field this month. on november 1, the california high speed rail authority released its business plan. the main piece of news is that there's more than a doubling of the total price tag of the system, which is averaging $100 billion. i think everyone expected that the price tag would be revised. but the magnitude of the increase has been at definitely noticed. the schedule was also significantly revised videos and disappointed to see that we're now looking at a much longer time

the public defender has a record of 790.verage of 700 homicide cases. 3500 clean slate participants with a clearing the record of 1200. it has helped people re-enter society more effectively. a behavioral court made it 37% reduction and i think it's a phenomenal model that other counties around the country are trying to follow. the zero used in incarceration. the public defender presently handle 60% of all felony cases and 70% of all this to the cases filed by the district attorney. our public defenders no stranger to this body, especially around budgetary concerns. we are more than delighted to be commemorating he and the office of public defender on the 90th anniversary. [applause] >> thank you very much for sponsoring this resolution. this is our 90th year. our office was one of the first public defender offices in the country and after spending 20 years advocating for the public defender office, it was the first woman attorney that came up with the idea and concept of a public defender, 70 years before the supreme court

and see you all in the square next week. >> ok, we're out of time for public comment, so public comment is closed. we on item number five, consent calendar. is there anyone who would like to make public comment on the consent calendar? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners? commissioner buell: entertain a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> all those in favor? unanimous. >> we are now on item 6, san francisco zoo. >> good morning. i am with the san francisco zoo. we had a good month for october. we exceeded our projections by 11,000 visitors. we have reindeer a writing this saturday, and our brazilian penguins, which is rescue, are doing well. we had a good month. i thought i would take advantage of showing a priest -- a brief overview of what we're doing at the zoo. not quite as exciting as phil's, but close. ♪ >> oh, cute. [laughs] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> on behalf of the entire zoo, we want to thank you. a lot of those for new acquisitions. the hippo, the tiger. without you, we cannot have done that. thank you for your patience and support. any questions? commissioner harrison: just a

public comment?e come forward. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen, members of the recreation and park commission. and the manager of the rec and park commission. i am going to put an order of the termination from the sunshine or dance task force, and i am going to speak to you about a resolution that was pants -- past 10 years ago, around the middle of september 2001. before i do that, i would like the public to take note of the people in front of them today, the quality of the people that are representing the san francisco and san francisco values. i would like everybody to specifically take notice of a david lee, president of the chinese political group here in san francisco, and noted that ed lee is now the mayor. so here i am go -- here i go. this resolution was passed in 2001, and it specifically says the golden gate park stables working group shall evaluate possible funding opportunities for capital improvement needs at the golden gate park stables in the most efficient and effective manner

public comment. public comment regarding the secured community report. hearing none, do i have a motion? >> you do. >> second. >> all done. all in favor? >> aye. >> line item number two, please. before we move to line item two, in light of circumstances in prior meetings and anticipation more folks may come in, at this point in time, i'm going to move to limit public comment to two minutes for a total of 30 minutes in the beginning of the actual public comment session and then we'll do the remainder of the public comment after we complete the remainder of our agenda. ok. item number two is general public comment. the public is now welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on tonight's agenda but are within the subject matter of the jurisdiction of the commission. speakers shall dress their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department or o.c.c. personnel. under police commission rules of order during public comment neither o.c.c. personnel or commissioners are required to respond to ques

is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. secretary avery: thank you, item number six, the disability access of small businesses and landlord obligations. >> hello, again, could afternoon. i am not justin -- justin will give a brief introduction. >> good afternoon, just in from out president chiu's office. i am here today to talk about the proposed legislation, working closely with members of the small business committee and people with disabilities. the primary staff person is ill today, so you will also be hearing from regina. i can cover parts of the legislation from the planning code, but i think it is straight forward. we're trying to help small businesses avoid the often painful and sometimes business closing lawsuits that are generated as a result of issues with the implementation of the americans with disability legislation. there have been other supervisors we have worked with over the years on these issues, carmen chu among others, and this is part of an ongoing effort by the city to address the problem with these b

any public comment on this? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk, please read the next item but a >> item 11, public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: opportunity for public comments, should you desire. seeing none, public comment is closed. as i said earlier, we will recess until noon, so when the director joins us -- unless there is any other business we want to take care of before now. ok, very good. week shall good afternoon. madam clerk, we have an open item number nine at. we recessed until we could be joined by the mta director. commissioner campos, would you like to introduce this item? commissioner campos: thank you for taking your time to be here. and i know he had a prior meeting. think you for your flexibility in coming to speak with us. for those of you that were here when this item was first requested and for those of you that are new to the board, i want to simply put this in some context. last year i requested a management, operational audit of the mta. at the time that the audit was requested, the mta had not been subject

any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. roll call, please. >> item number two. >> supervisor avalos? >> supervisor campos? >> supervisor chiu? >> supervisor chu? >> supervisor cohen? >> supervisor elsbernd? >> supervisor farrell? >> supervisor kim? >> supervisor mar? absent. >> supervisor mirkarimi? >> supervisor wiener? item passes. supervisor mirkarimi: all right. please read items number three four. >> 3 commenters report. four, executive director's report. these are information items. supervisor mirkarimi: colleagues, this is my last meeting as chair of the transportation authority. i want to thank you all for allowing me to serve you for two years. as i look back over the last year, but in particular the last two years, i think it is important that we can all take pride in some major milestones that we were able to achieve together, such as the completion of the environmental impact report for the van ness bus a rapid transit line. i project this is poised to move into implementation, and one that i believe will change

the possibility of having a public university doing public research and developing public understanding of humanity is going to be gone. we are very far from free speech at this university you're not allowed to ask many questions and you're not to say many things and if you do you get into serious trouble. and i am just one of many examples where people are punished by what they say or what they research. that in my case. i was pushed out of the university at least three times every time i fought and we managed to keep my job but it's been very difficult. we are manipulating life in a way that we really do not understand we cannot control and then we're letting it go into the environment. so it's a change that is radical that is unprecedented that is. beyond anything we can understand and it's under retrievable you we cannot get it back that's my concern. to be. is very true that the power that technocrats one experts have to develop in these years is saw large and so out of control that it has become much more of a religion. and it's a religion that has many dog mess and one of those d

president chiu: let me now open up public testimony and call up any members of the public who wish to speak in support of the assessment district. if you could please approach the podium and lied about right and side of the board chamber from your perspective. each member of the public shall have up to two minutes. >> i'm a director of san francisco of open government. i am opposed to this for the same reason i oppose the ball. if you think there anything but a racket, guess again. if you as a private citizen try to use the california public records act or the sunshine ordinance to get any information about how these operate, who runs them, who pays for them, or it becomes from and where it goes, try it. they will fight tooth and nail, especially if it is financial information. they pay their staff amid salaries, they appoint people under no control from this board of supervisors or any other city agency, they run it for their own benefit and sometimes to the detriment of some of the members of the committee. community benefit districts served no purpose. the library commission, i was

the parties and members of the public should present evidence only as -- at a public meeting like this or through their written submission. parties should refrain from communicating evidence, facts, or information about the subject matter of a pending case outside the public record. any written communication to the board containing information or evidence pertaining to a case pending must be submitted through the -- [no audio] and not sent to us individually. this section does not apply to communications with the board about procedural or ministerial issues. those issues could be better directed to director goldstein. because we have had this allegation or these allegations about our fairness and due process, i wanted to remind the public that our practice is to disclose any ax party communications we have and we will disclose them on the issue. that is a reminder for everyone. thank you. any other comments are questions? is there any public comment on item two? we will move to item number three, the adoption of minutes. before you for your commit -- your consideration are the meeting

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cnn, public comment is closed. we do need a boat as because of the litigation matter. -- seeing none, public comment is closed. >> motion to go into closed session. >> so moved. >> moved and seconded. we will go into executive session. take a can i please ask everyone to leave the room.

supervisor wiener: this legislation will enhance public spaces and public of green space, in particular in the corbett heights neighborhood. this is a parcel that is zoned for public. it is filled with mature trees, it is on the slope at making it difficult for development, it was transferred a number of years ago to the mayor's office of housing under the surplus property ordnance that is designed to increase housing for formerly homeless people. since then, nothing has happened with it. it has sat there vacant. the surrounding neighborhood it is very interested in improving this space, making it more usable, gardening and. they have at the forefront of this, and the president of the organization will speak about plans for the parcel. there are some pretty amazing plans for making this a greater and more usable public space. this legislation would transfer the property to the department of public works so that the neighbors can do that work. the legislation also provides discretion for transfer of the parcel back to the mayor's office of housing if the space is not being used as a publ

public comment.s is the time for, by any member of the public on items not before the commission today. do we have any public comment? seeing none -- and, michael, you have no slips? >> no speaker cards for this item. commissioner moran: moving on, first of all, a word on the agenda. i think we will end up having to skip around a little bit. let me just say what my intent is. on the regular agenda, the public hearing on hetch hetchy -- first of all, it was noticed for 1:30, so we cannot proceed before then. also, later in the agenda, we have a workshop on the budget for next year and a suggested rate policy. it would make sense to have that discussion first. my intent would be to move that took after that. in order to accommodate that, i will call the budget workshop item no later than 3:00, to make sure that we are all here for that discussion. we also have two items from mr. chang, and i would give him a choice. i do not want to have to have him necessarily stick around to the end of the meeting. d