>> sfgov tv, san francisco government television. the city of san francisco sfgtv meeting of public utilities commission occurring april 9, 2013, will begin shortly. city of san francisco sfgtv, meeting of public utilities commission, april 9, 2013, will begin shortly. >> are we ready for prime time? call the roll please. >> chair recognizes the quorum. approval of march 12, 25 and 26 minutes. move and seconded to move approval of minutes of march 12, 25, 26. public comment? just want to say thank you to our secretary for the tedious task for drafting our minutes and be able to correct the misunderstanding that were created by some people that didn't understand what was going on. so thank you miss hood for that. public comments? we have no public comments today. this is unheard of. all right. we'll move on to item number five -- communications. no comments whatsoever? no public comments on communications. we'll move on to other commission business. is there any? yes, mr. /phor moran. >> just following up on the lake hearing and i thought that was a very useful meet

>> the city of san francisco sfgtv meeting of the san francisco budget and finance sub-committe occurring april 10, 2013, will begin shortly. ♪ >> good morning, everyone and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors budget and finance subcommittee meeting for april tenth, 2013, my name is farrell and i will be chairing and also joined by avalos and mar and the vice chair is out sick today. i would like to thank the members of sfgtv for covering this meeting today as well as the clerk of the committee mr. victor young. mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes, silence all cell phones and electronic devices and complete the speaker cards and any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will be on the 16th april, board of agenda. >> could you call item number one? >> item number one, resolution approving the acquisition of 30 aviggation easements from the various property owners of the san mateo county required for the san francisco international airport's notice insulation program. >> we have john up dike director o

francisco sfgtv meeting of the san francisco budget and finance sub-committee occurring april 24, 2013, will begin shortly. >> i would like to thank the members of sfgtv covering this meeting as well as the clerk. do we have any announcements? >> yes, silence all cell phones and electronic devices and complete the speaker cards and documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. >> the items will appear on the board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay, mr. clerk, could you call items number one and two together. >> item one, the district attorney to retroactively accept an inkind gift of technical assistance valued at $250 from the open society foundation. item number two, resolution, authorizing the office of the district attorney to retroactively accept a gift of design services and furniture valued at a total of $26,445, from various donors. >> thank you very much. mr. clerk, we will turnover to public comment in a second, but just as a preview, we are going to entertain a motion to entertain one and two, until the may 8th, budget an

francisco sfgtv meeting of the san francisco transportation authority occurring april 23, 2013, will begin shortly. >> good morning and welcome to the san francisco county, transportation authority, my name is john avalos, the chair of the transportation authority, the clerk of the board is erica chang and we are brought to you by the sfgtv staff, madam clerk, could you call the roll? >> roll call, avalos? >> present. >> breed? >> present. >> campos? >> present. >> chiu? >> present. >> cohen. >> present. >> farrell? >> present. >> kim? >> kim, present. >> commissioner mar? >> mar, absent. >> tang in present. >> weiner? >> absent. >> yee, absent, we have a quorum. >> very good, could you call the next item. >> approval of the minutes of the march 26, 2013 meeting this is an action item. >> any comments or questions on the minutes, we will go to public comment, two minutes and seeing none, for public comment, we will close public comment. >> and item number two, commission avalos? >> aye. >> breed? >> aye. >> campos. >> aye. >> chiu. >> aye. >> cohen aye. >> ferrill. >> aye. >> kim? >>

this meeting is broadcast live on san francisco government television, sf gov tv, cable channel 78 and dvd's of this meeting are available for purchase directly from sfgtv. thank you for your attention, at this point in time, we'll conduct our swearing in process, if you intend to testify at any of tonight's hearings and give the board to give your testimony evidentiary rate, please stand, raise your right hand and say i do after you have been sworn in or affirmed. please note that any member of the public may speak without taking this oath pursuant to the rights under the sunshine ordinance in the administrative codes. thank you. >> please stand if you're going to take the oath. anyone else? okay. thank you. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you will give will be the truth, the bhoel truth and nothing but the truth? thank you. >> thank you. so, item 1 on tonight's calendar is public comment, for any member of the public who wishes to speak on an item that is not on the agenda, is there anyone who would like to speak under general public comment? okay, seeing none, then we'll move on to commissioner comments or questions? okay, there's

sfgtv .org mta. i will note there is expenditure plans and the 10-dollar registration fee and those register in san francisco pay annually. about 1.2 million is allocated for pedestrian safety improvements annually so that is another funding source that the authority manages and i do also want to make a plug for www. my street sf. this is a google map application where the public can search for projects in their community, in their specific district, of a type of project. you can search by pedestrian safety projects. it doesn't measure curb ramps or sidewalk repairs because they come to us in a large volume, but it tells you what is under way and you can see how implementation is going and once the five year plan comes in we will up load those so folks can see what is happening in their neighborhood. we are working to update san francisco's long range transportation plan and really the capital improvement program that jonathan will talk about now and the five year plans are really the near term implementation of san francisco's long-term strategies for improving pedestrian safety in the city. >> good afterno

recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us on facebook or twitter and we >> you're watching quick bite, the show that has san francisco♪ ♪ ♪ >> we're here at one of the many food centric districts of san francisco, the 18th street corridor which locals have affectionately dubbed the castro. a cross between castro and gastronomic. the bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering food options here. adding to the culinary delights is the family of business he which includes skylight creamery, skylight and the 18 raisin. >> skylight market has been here since 1940. it's been in the family since 1964. his father and uncle bought the market and ran it through sam taking it over in 1998. at that point sam revamped the market. he installed a kitchen in the center of the market and really made it a place where chefs look forward to come. he created community through food. so, we designed our community as having three parts we like to draw as a triangle where it's comprised of our producers that make the food, our staff, those who sell it, and our guests who come and buy and eat the food

recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us on facebook or twitter and we >> you're watching quick bites, the show that is san franciscoand today you're in for a real treat. oh, my! food inspired by the mediterranean and middle east with a twist so unique you can only find it in one place in san francisco. we're at the 55th annual armenian festival and bizarre. this is extra special not only because i happen to be armenian, but there is so much delicious food here. and i can't wait to share it with all of you. let's go. armenia, culture and cusine has had much cultural exchanges with its neighbors. today armenian food infuses he flavor from the mediterranean, middle east, and eastern europe. >> this is our 55th year and in san francisco we're the largest armenian food festival and widely recognized as one of the best food festivals in the area. we have vendors that come up from fresno, from los angeles showing off their craft. we really feel like we have something for everyone in the neighborhood and that's really what it is, is drawing people to see a little bit of our culture and experience what we experience weekend

to the san francisco county, transportation authority, my name is john avalos, the chair of the transportation authority, the clerk of the board is erica chang and we are brought to you by the sfgtv staff, madam clerk, could you call the roll? >> roll call, avalos? >> present. >> breed? >> present.

sfgtv staff whose name i don't have but i want to thank them for their service. >> madam clerk please call the next item >> item no. 2, march 25th, meeting with the san francisco commission. >> thank you. any comments or questions or changes? let's go to public complent -- comment on the last minutes on the march 25th meeting. seeing none for this item. can we have a motion to approve these minutes? motion by breed and campos. next item. >> item no. 3. activities report on power program, status update on the proceedings on california public commission. >> great. thank you. we have this update coming up right now to plug in before barbara miller, hale start. i stood before the public commission on tuesday and we'll get a date for the approval meeting. there is not that action at the puc. i know as we are missing those dates we are pushing back possibly on the start of clean power set program. i'm concerned we are not moving in the direction we need to move. i want to go forward and expedited the process. yesterday i met with the staff and my staff of lafco welcome to be part of that to figure out ways how we can move forward on that program. i hope we can touch

sfgov.org or reach out to sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us on facebook or twitter and we >> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco'sur community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it could do some good. we did not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. but that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. >> his work is

sfgtv staff whose name i don't have but i want to thank them for their service. >> madam clerk please call the next item >> item no. 2, march 25th, meeting with the san francisco commission. >> thank you. any comments or questions or changes? let's go to public complent -- comment on the last minutes on the march 25th meeting. seeing none

san francisco transportation authority and i am chair avalos and swroined by commissioner cohen and marr and wiener. this is the personnel committee. the clerk of the board is erika cheng and we are broadcast today by sfgtv. madam clerk will you share any announcements? >> we don't have any announcements. >> i did roll call already so we can go to item two. >> item two is approval of the minutes of february 19 meeting this. is action item. >> any comments? we will go on to public comment first. any member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none we will close public comment and a motion from eric marr to approve and seconded by commissioner campos and we will take that colleagues without objection. madam clerk our next item. >> pup date on selection process for the executive director. this is an information item. >> this is update for the permanent executive director. again this is an information item and we are looking for your guidance on the process. on february 26 at the last board meeting you approve the the process for the selection of the permanent executive director which directed staff to award an informal request for proposal. the approved -- i also have the approved schedule as pa

city of san francisco sfgtv meeting of the san francisco transbay joint authority occurring april 11, 2013, will begin shortly.

. ♪ >> the city of san francisco sfgtv meeting of the san francisco neighborhood services and safetyng occurring april 18, 2013, will begin shortly. >> good morning, everyone, and welcome to the april 18, 2013, meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors neighborhood services and safety committee, my name is david campos and i am the chair of the committee and we are joined today by committee member supervisor norman yee, and the clerk is derek evans and we would like to thank the following members of sfgtv staff that are covering this meeting to be transmitted to the rest of the public. jennifer lowe and jessy larson, and i want to thank all of you for yoush patience and for being here, for those of you are here and those of you watching. mr. clerk, do we have announcements? >> make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic device and complete the speaker cards and copies of the documents to be included in the files should be submitted to the clerk, items active will appear on the may 7th's meeting unless otherwise stated. >> the vice chair of the committee eric mar is no

the city of san francisco sfgtv meeting for recreation and park commission for april 18, 2013 will begin shortly. >> commissioner buell. >> here. >> commissioner low. >> here. >> commissioner arata. >> here. >> commissioner harrison. >> here. >> and commissioner martin. >> here. >> so just as a quick reminder if anyone could turn on electronic sounding devices that may go off during the proceedings and if you don't mind take any secondary conversations outside for the meeting to proceed as efficiently as possible. if you would like to speak on an item today complete a blue card and unless stated by the president each person will have three minutes. if there is an item not on the agenda and under the jurisdiction of the commission you may speak on item five and continued again on item 11 and finally as a reminder address your comments to the commission for public comment. in order to allow time neither the commission or staff will respond to questions during public comment but the commission may ask questions of staff after public comment is closed. with that we're on to the president's r

the city of san francisco sfgtv meeting for neighborhood services and safety committee for april 4, 2013 will begin shortly. >> [gavel] good morning everyone. the meeting of come to order. this is the thursday april 4, 2013 meeting of the neighborhood services and safety committee. my name is eric mar. usually i am the vice chair but i am chairing this meeting. the chair david campos couldn't be here. to my left is norman yee and sitting in is scott wiener. our clerk is derek evans. please give announcements. >> please silent all cell phones and electronic devices and speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items today will be on the agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. we're have six items on the agenda. we're going to move quickly one through five so we can get to the hearing on pedestrian safety and chaired by norman yee and another one by supervisor breed as well. mr. evans please call item one. >> item one is consider the issuance of on site liquor license for dion cheng and rachel cheng at 543 2nd street. >> thank you. i believe we have a staff report on this. let

sfgtv. san francisco television. >>> >>> please be reminded to turn off any mobile devices and when speaking before the commission do state your name for the record. commissioners you left on on item 16. 6 d d d d e 535el camino del mar request for discretionary review. good afternoon, commissioners, i'm david lindsey of department staff. since this was determined to be an abbreviated discretionary review case i will be presented this on behalf of the project manager. the project at 535el el camino del mar exist on the existing parcel of the second floor of this single family house. the project includes changing the roof over the kitchen,en closed the front entry and adding a new window on the buildings front facade. it's located on a large triangular lot where the home corners east. the building was determined financing to be a historic resource. the proposed alteration were found in the ere and was found not to be a problem for the compliance. also exempt under sequel. the project has received letters of support from par. the linkin park home owners association and neighbor to the east and