how often do we have to renovate our parks? what do we do in terms of the design and the planning, the maintenance and so on so that we extend the lives of our parks? because i think in terms of all the resources that we want to leverage to renovate these parks i think we need to have a way of ensuring that we don't have to be constantly going back to the till and doing more and more renovations, so i mean that's a big concern of mine because i have been on the commission for quite a few years and i have seen a lot of different renovations going on and maybe on a couple of them of the renovations that we did, so i want to make sure we're going to invest considerable amount of money and a lot of different resources that we have these parks for as long as possible so i would like that addressed in the future efforts, and to continue planning with these quote unquote "failing parks". >> commissioner i think it's a great question and in march we can come back with more detail but there are two questions embedded in your question. o

how often do we have to renovate our parks? what do we do in terms of the design and the planning, the maintenance and so on so that we extend the lives of our parks? because i think in terms of all the resources that we want to leverage to renovate these parks i think we need to have a way of ensuring that we don't have to be constantly going back to the till and doing more and more renovations, so i mean that's a big concern of mine because i have been on the commission for quite a few years and i have seen a lot of different renovations going on and maybe on

this fund was part of the park renovation fund. we knew community was very supportive of a renovation fund. we engaged in a community process which we began with the park to do a detailed assessment of the condition of the park and very details conversation about what we can do in the park and utilize what we can. >> parks are where people can gather and where to relax and a lot of people in the city don't have back yards and this is where we come to be with our community. >> 1, 2, 3. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> the work begins. so are you going out tonight? i can't. my parents say i have to be home right after work. ugh. that's so gay. totally gay. ugh. that is so emma and julia. why are you saying, "that's so emma and julia"? well, you know, when something is dumb or stupid, you say, "that's so emma and julia." who says that? everyone. announcer: imagine if who you are were used as an insult. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to beautiful delores park. this is a long time coming. back in 2008

we talked through these are the elements we consider core to a playground renovation. and the third meeting we continued to kind of try and narrow down the criteria that is most important. we had a huge exercise where we brainstormed all the different ideas and factors that you could think about and we decided to go with the tiered approach which is different than what we have done in other task forces where we ranked precisely items 1-30 and shall not deviate from the list. we wanted to do something more flexible because we haven't had a chance to scope and budget the playgrounds considered. we couldn't spend the money to do a budgeting process for 55 playgrounds not knowing which know woes would be selected but on average the renovations range from $1 million to $2 million and we have 15.5 million dollars available. being conservative we could guarantee and deliver at least six and hopefully with other funding streams or scoping the projects carefully we could get up to around 13 so we created this tiered approach that allows us to the flexibility and we will will co

newly renovated rooms.designed -- you picked out almost everything in this room. >> i can tell you stories behind the carpet, behind the finish on the dresser, behind artwork, behind the pillows. so you start with carpet. you have a color idea. they will come in and there might be a gray scheme. it will be presented as a warm grey scheme and then a cool gray scheme. >> this is what? >> this is a cool gray scheme. >> the regency has 380 rooms, each one brand-new, with almost all of the design elements selected personally by tisch himself. the most expensive part -- the marble bathrooms. >> the bathroom has become a point of competition. a lot of new hotels have big bathrooms and they sparkle. we wanted the bathrooms to -- >> i noticed there was a television. >> we have televisions in the mirrors. every bathroom has a tv in it. >> one thing i have to ask is do you test the mattresses out? >> i have tested many. my wife and i have stayed in this hotel. it is comfortable. >> it's pretty comfortable. do you do t

renovations going on and maybe on a couple of them of the renovations that we did, so i want to make sure we're going to invest considerable amount of money and a lot of different resources that we have these parks for as long as possible so i would like that addressed in the future efforts, and to continue planning with these quote unquote "failing parks". >> commissioner i think it's a great question and in march we can come back with more detail but there are two questions embedded in your question. one is what is the current replacement cycle for assets and then what should it be? because we're certainly squeezing every month of life out of the play structures that is possible. when you saw the play structure at bo decker -- for example at lily wong right now they have been around for over a decade in some places -- closer to two and merced heights and no one has been here in a super long time and so some of those are functional still. you can still play on them, but the trends and in design and whennure compare the quality of those play structures to mission playground on valenc

hsa will continue to occupy some of the premises during the renovation. the renovation adds problematic space for hsa including a child care room, a large multi purpose training and meeting room and larger work space for additional staff which hsa will be increasing and hiring as previously approved by the board. the expected cost of the tenant improvements is $1,097,291, of which $232,000 will be paid by the landlord with the remainder paid by the city. this figure increased by $180,000 due to necessary if furniture and equipment for the additional staff not included in the original resolution language, thus the proposed resolution as drafted states an estimated cost for renovations that is lower, but after further review and conference with mr. dave kurdo, who is here today, the budget and legislative analyst recommends the proposal be amended and real estate agrees. funds have been approved through hsa's fiscal year budget through fiscal year 2015. if you have any questions regarding the program or the use of the space and the tenant improvement, as i

this fund was part of the park renovation fund. we knew community was very supportive of a renovation fund. we engaged in a community process which we began with the park to do a detailed assessment of the condition of the park and very details conversation about what we can do in the park and utilize what we can. >> parks are where people can gather and where to relax and a lot of people in the city don't have back yards and this is where we come to be with our community. >> 1, 2, 3. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> the work begins. >> a way of life in san francisco. when the next major quake hits, the city hopes a new law requiring seismic upgrades to five story buildings will help keep more residents safe and sound. tell me a little about the soft story program. what is it? >> it's a program the mayor signed into law about a year and a half ago and the whole idea behind it was to help homeowners strengthen buildings so that they would not collapse. >> did you the soft story program apply to all buildings or building that

last year party in the parks helped fund some of the renovations. policy. you know our report card. it's one example that we bring data to the decision making processes. we are proud to co-chair thursday task force that bring this is recommendation to you today. it has members from every district in the city. represents various neighborhoods and interest groups. it brings to the table expertise in education parenting and childhood development. this task force went through a thorough and objective consideration of the data to help prioritize the playgrounds with the greatest need and dawn has outlined all of that for you. this task force came to a unanimous recommendation after five months of analysis and discussion. this task force has demonstrated a solid process that we can rely on this decision before you today and also a process to rely on future projects. i want to ask you to pause for a moment and reflect. what would it have been like if there was no task force? what would your decision making process be like without that guidance and spend $15 million? now i am happy to jerk

amendments before you would contemplate a suspension would address the new square footage in the renovated terminal and also would extend the contract term for ten years. so i understand that that is an issue it was until recently that i realized that the five tenants before you have three years left on their current lease terms. so, adding of the ten years as an issue, was just something that was recently brought to my attention as a concern and so i have been in contact with the airport revenue staff to figure out how we got to that number, but i would like to understanding the why this is not being put out to a bid layering that on top of the various construction projects that we have and all of the moving pieces around our tenants. and that is why i am asking for a continuation. >> okay. >> thank you. >> no other questions, why don't we go to mr. rose and his report and i think that we should do that and i know that there is a bunch of public comment and if it continuances going to carry i might suggest. >> let me comment on that last issue. and that is, many of these leases are, it is

this fund was part of the park renovation fund. we knew community was very supportive of a renovation fund. we engaged in a community process which we began with the park to do a detailed assessment of the condition of the park and very details conversation about what we can do in the park and utilize what we can. >> parks are where people can gather and where to relax and a lot of people in the city don't have back yards and this is where we come to be with our community. >> 1, 2, 3. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> the work begins.. >> welcome to the december 2, 2014, meeting of the sfmta board of directors call the roll director brinkman director borden director heinecke director lee director nolan director ramos director rubke mr. chairman directors you have a quorum quorum please be advised the tinging of pagers and other devices are prohibited at the meeting any person probable for one going on the one hand off if the room the ringing of a cell phone maybe asked to leave the room so the board requests that all devicess

they renovate the location, but the other important thing that this program does is that in order tovide fresh produce, in fruit you really have to have the whole supply chain set up and all the particulars in place and we have that service that provides the technicals set up to provide the solutions. >> that is where they have appropriate foods for the communities and i thought it was important to understand how this was working and this is the beginning of trying to bring another opportunity for the purchase of good food. >> correct, the program now has the work being done in the tenderloin and bayview and it's a very comprehensive program and i think it's a really good model. they presented a little bit at the public health committee, but it doesn't go this much in depth. >> i think it would be good because it's part of our wellness program that we are working in conjunction with other agencies of the city to help support that and thank you. >> we have our own program and the city has the program built off the work done here . >> we'll do a follow up on another calendar date. >> a

that are more blighted where the tax break can actually help people who have less means to do do renovations on their homes to do them in this case, i building this landmark district is in pretty good condition and the buildings there are worth $1.7 million we the people are actually owning those buildings can actually do the renovation without the tax break i'll rather we didn't unable to to happen i'll be voting against the miles act on those 3 items. >> supervisor wiener. >> thank you, mr. president i appreciate supervisor avalos remarks but i disagree first of all, it's an initial matter colleagues this particular area wasn't 25 or 20 years ago, it was a very challenged neighborhood until recently it was a point challenge due to the incredible work of the residents of that area this has been a drastically improved area the residents of that area deserve a lot of credit we shouldn't reward them but no longer going to give me miles act contracts i want to note that the miles act is not just for obligated properties but to give homeowners an incentive you can do work on historic building in

the building is officially ours, as soon as rich signs. ...renovate it.hat do you think it takes to get it all the way to open? -how much money? -michael: $600,000 mark. lemonis: our plan was simple, but it wasn't cheap. the building isn't gonna cost $600,000. it's gonna cost $1.3 million. this was going to be a big renovation -- $250,000 to buy the building, $50,000 just to get rid of the garbage, $100,000 to put on a new roof, $400,000 to build out the interior of the space, $100,000 to build out the exterior, and $300,000 for state-of-the-art italian ice-cream manufacturing equipment. michael's numbers were off by $700,000. michael: it was a mistake. lemonis: but it's a mistake with my money. michael: i know that. it is never gonna happen again. lemonis: it was a hard lesson for all of us. but a few weeks ago, i saw the new facility, and i was blown away. i saw mr. green tea's new facility, and i was blown away. the building was almost unrecognizable. inside, we exposed the ceiling to reference the building's history, but the floors are polished concre

to be the first renovation of all of them.: yeah. lemonis: one of the benefits of designing a new space is your ability to add more chairs. with the new, updated design, we should be able to add eight new chairs and eight new stylists to go along with it. if each stylist can generate approximately $1,500 a week in sales, on an annual basis, those eight stylists would generate $576,000 in additional gross revenue. the styling of hair and hair color is our core focus. we need everything else that goes along with that. whether that's fixing the product or adding other products and services, we're gonna do that. so, a big chunk of the money we're gonna spend is to build a new color bar and really increase our distribution of the product. in order for this business to be successful i want to make sure that we have clarity in the end on who's in charge of what. who's in charge of this location? raise your hand if you know who's in charge. see the problem? for the next period of time, there will be no question i'm 100% in charge. all

at the kings academy in sunnyvale renovations are just about complete on their brand-new quad. new concrete, new awnings, new landscaping, all making it much more attractive. but it is the new screws holding up the old plaques that are the most meaningful. >> we wanted to make sure those plaques were displayed in a more honorable way. >> matt nesbit is director of operations for the kings academy. >> anything that needs scheduling or building or renovating is probably something that falls into my category. >> which is why it was matt's job to figure out what to do with the 23 bronze plaques that had been displaced by the renovation, one for each graduating class from 1958 to 1980, but not graduates of this school. kings academy occupies the campus that was once home to sunnyvale high school. the district closed that school in the early 80s. they left their plaques and a bench and a sundial behind. the kings academy could have ripped all of them up and hand them back. it wasn't their history after all. >> correct. we could have given the artifacts right back to their owners, the

and we're also renovating the manhattan location.gest change is gonna be taking the fopp's sign down and putting the courage. b sign up. now for the merchandise. i want to see some of the samples. i'm excited to see the new product, but i know what i want when it comes to quality, and i'm not gonna accept anything less. the fit and finish has to be right. look at the quality. you guys got this one right. you're 80% of the way there. by making these changes, it's gonna really upgrade the new courage. b brand. i want all this stuff ready for the re-launch. it's got to be ready. noemi: we discussed how to do the duffel bag, you know? nicolas: you weren't -- you weren't part of that conversation. noemi: yes, i was. i was there. nicolas: i know, but this isn't your job. you were never asked to do this. this isn't your job. noemi: i did this bag. nicolas: you came up with the original idea. thank you very much. and now the rest, you're off. noemi: yeah, but do the rest, i'm sorry. nicolas: no, ycan't do the rest. you don't know how to fini

philadelphia city council president darrell clarke will cut the ribbon on the completed renovation of the historic hat shop building in brewerytown. the ceremony starts at 10:00 a.m. >>> a local fraternity chapter is suspended over a christmas card controversy. we'll show you the card that has them in hot water this morning. >>> and making it home safe for the holidays. there's an app for that! the new way law enforcement is fighting drunk driving this holiday season. >>> a warmer start. a little bit breezy, too. the winds are actually helping us in some ca cases this mornin. right now 40 degrees here at nbc 10. >>> it's a warmer start this morning and a bit breezy, too. not much wind just yet here at nbc 10, but it's an 8-mile-an-hour wind at philadelphia international, just enough to mix up the atmosphere. the humidity is actually dropping. the rain is gone. we've been watching for fog, but not going to see all that much today. it's already been disappearing in the mountains. but reappearing this afternoon, a few rain showers moving through the mountains. they will be limited to the

the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovations four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. >> here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brand-new rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. >> the new rec center houses multi-purpose rooms for all kinds of activities including basketball, line dancing, playing ping-pong and arts can crafts. >> you can use it for whatever you want to do, you can do it here. >> on friday, november 16, the dedication and ribbon cutting took place at the sunset playground and recreation center, celebrating its renovation. it was raining, but the rain clearly did not dampen the spirits of the dignitaries, community members and children in attendance. [cheering and applauding] ♪ ♪ [gavel] .

after due to the interior renovation and has been closed since. hamburger mary's it was themed and lgbt people friendly restaurant and that opened on 1582 folsom street in 1972 but closed in 2001. the proposed hamburger mary's would include other entertainment use such as live music. in the live music will be restricted to the inside area of the restaurant and sound equipment and soundproofing must be inspected and permitted by the entertainment commission prior to operation. we feel it is necessary and desirable to include other entertainment use in the proposed hamburger mary's because it will enhance the further use of the restaurant and will not affect displacement of other neighborhood service use. furthermore, allowing other entertainment use will compliment a mix of goods and services currently available in the castro street neighborhood commercial district and contribute to the economic vitality of this district and providing additional entertainment option for local residents and visitors of the neighborhood. another issue i would like to

the renovations to the existing home on 22 ord court consist adding a story to the new structure and would provide a five foot 5-foot setback on the entire east side and west side matching the adjacent home. the existing home at 22 ord court is poorly laid out with under size living areas and the renovation will make the home much more functional for a family. the project sponsor has decided not to pursue at 24 ord court because there is existing living tennants at 90 years old. they are not touching that. the variance is merited here. the project would further the development of the hilly shape. in fact the planning code and planning policies encouraging the development of the homes on the lot. the only reason the variance is required because the two individual homes are at the end of the lot generally the planning code and policies encourage the lots to have work on either to provide construction on the street. the project sponsor also did not allow the expansion of a unit. it wouldn't be a good idea to have that type of mass. the project sponsor has been very open to this project