i'm asking to ask u sf to please protect my space in the community. i take it our understanding that the section requires an im p to address the scale in the surrounding neighbor after numerous requests the i mp still does not address our concerns. we ask the commission require the applicant to - >> ma'am, i'm sorry our time is up. >> such this is a condition - >> thank you, thank you next speaker please. >> good afternoon. thank you for the opportunity to speak. i'm - please imagination a 40 to 45 feet building on a 45 foot slope with small backyards it's sdpaift it's like a skyscraper in our backyard with thirty to 40 students looking into our backyards. it's a real intrusion on our privacy not to mention the noise in the afternoon. we don't have protections. there is no sensitivity to the context in which this will be seen from the street anywhere on the test the skyscraper will look out of scale ugly and gross i've e-mailed u sf and asked them to reconsider but nothing. none of our concerns have been addressed sure they've had several meetings to

please know with u sf we are open and transparent with our neighbors. thank you >> good afternoon, commissioners chairwoman i'm jennifer i'm u sfs vice president. your goal in developing the master plan we're presenting to you today is for u sf to remain a anchor institution for the city of san francisco throughout the 21st century. and as our board vice chair chairman pointed out higher education is going through dramatic changes and costs and accessibility are key challenges. we've worked hard to make it accessibility for diverse students and students from low income families although we're tuition driven we've awarded financial aid to students and we are to produce of the students we graduate. higher education is an incredibly higher market. you're aware you don't just so u sf signs and san francisco state signs anywhere you see the university of the pennsylvania and he northwestern and drexel there's a need for hire education here we should be supporting san francisco's university rather than inviting outdoors here to grow. u sf has a high quality e

go in the same older >> i'm john arnold a member of the 350 sf and speaking in support of the clean sf i'm representing myself. the issue with the clean power sf being dropped out of the report is frustrating to marrying me. i've been a resident of san francisco for two decades. i've seen generations of renewal energy be supported in proposition and many multiple referendum. it's clear that has wide support in the city. conservation is absolutely essential but you have to have both sides of the kindly. in addition to the global bad stuff supervisor avalos is nicely summarized those are jobs those are attempts to free our city from an industry that's a fossil in many sense of the word. it has to be done. we used to be the city that knew how i think it's time to take a leadership position again. thank you. thank you. next speaker. >> hello, i'm thomas ray a native san franciscan. i'm speaking for different environmental groups in this city. i really feel that san francisco doesn't differ the title as the number one sustainable city in the u.s. because it's not doing enough and especially

i was stated to the record that green power sf should go back to the report. so colleagues if there are in other questions or comments supervisor avalos can we file that and can we continue to the call of the chair >> so is there a motion to continue item 3 to the call of the chair. >> i'll make to motion. >> and we'll take that without objection. colleagues, we did madam clerk - i think with respect to item number 2 i understand from the city attorney that given the amendment proposed supervisor kim it has to be drafted and continued two weeks instead of 1 week we need to resend the vote >> resend? >> jib i suggested to her from our problematic it will be better to resend the vote on the duplicate item and continued and . >> does the clerk need to formally call the item again. we have forwarded the unamended version to the full board of supervisors that will remain but with respect to the duplicate item we amended could i have a motion to resend this vote to continue? without objection could i have a motion to resend the amended amendment for 2 weeks without

once we get clean sf moving forward we will have access to millions more dollars of energy efficiency funds through that program. it's easier to get funds through the ccup once you have a cca going forward. that's one of the big ones and it's a good example. the san francisco public utilities commission, we've said this to them in public comment, they seem to be not recognizing it and they are continuing to not do any work on clean power sf, even though the lafco is proceeding because the lafco gets it. we know that you get it and we also know your staff get it, i'm not up here to demonize staff. staff has been very clear that clean power sf is necessary to the city meeting its action goals, necessary to the clean action strategy and had it not been from signals from the mayor's office to kill this program when it shouldn't be and when you can get more funds from it, staff wouldn't have felt like they had to leave it out of the climate action strategy. with that said, we and others spoke at the policy committee meeting a while back to make clear that the climate action strategy needs

i'm the enforcement manager with sf mta. a little background. article 6 temporary use of or occupancy of public streets sf mta, the ability to collect fees from major events which are defined in section 6.3. there is three primarily issues from collecting full cost recovery. they are prior to year 2000 cost for traffic control services for annual street fares and festivals were not covered under the code we deemed them grandfathered. the second piece which impacts parades and demonstration is under the 1st amendment rights and the thirst piece to this is that that when any festival is responsible -- sponsored by the city. the fees were not collectibles. sponsors were required to pay fees for food permits but not dpt. today sf mta is charging and collecting fees for providing traffic control services from sponsors for new events, newly established street fairs and festivals. any festival or fair established prior to 2,000 are being charged for the expansion of those events but not for prior to 2000 established. so in other words, if they change o

i want to reiterate our thanks to sf staff and as we move forward with our partners to advocate 0 for funding to make sure those - courage more people to walk in san francisco. thank you (clapping.) thanks north america coal it's welcome and it continues to push us for the record. we're luck n i didn't in the city when it comes to public safety we have two of the finest chiefs in the country i wanted to thank chief joanne and his wife and other first responders. we want to reduce the workload for them as part of the process i want to thank that staff and our real efforts there's safety and engineering and at the sfmta we play a supporting role and that's in improvement we can there's a lot we can do with the data we have and a lot we can do to design our streets better a lot we can do to make more people aware everyone needs to not pay attention to trodden device but need to make sure that people are following the laws that's one of the most important things we can do to make the roads safer. the chief behind that for the has been helped by board of supervisors that have added police

we're pleased to welcome founder sf dot city and we're expect others. i also want to thank dean from tenants together and from the tenderloin housing clinic and a couple of tenants who will speak an evicted tenant. also with us folks from the chinatown area and executive director vincent and caramel who's with sales force and with that we'll get started. so with this affordable housing crisis we need to not only continue to invest in the creation of new affordable units but really must protect our xoif housing stoke our rent control units that will close a loophole in the ellis act who are currently not loorntdz it authorizes legislation to let san francisco decide whether or not to require a 5 year ownership of the property before a landlord can use the ellis act. it was created as a result of a states supreme court decision in the 45 that says landlords don't have the right to evict all folks the cowered said you could sell your building the legislature respond to create a statutory right to leave the business of affordable housing. but it's been abus

senior dance class is from sf rec and park. a great way to get out and play. >> for more information, >> good afternoon. today is march 3rd, 2014. welcome to the local agency formation commission otherwise known as lafco. and joining meeting with the san francisco public utilities commission. my name is john avalos, the chair of lafco, and we are joined by our public utilities commission members

observer next speakers will be the coalition of our labor leaders first ron conway the founder of sf dot city and followed by i'm going to ask someone else to speak. go. ron cop way >> thank you it's a pleasure to be here as mark leno said i'm ron conway i'm the chairman and founder of sf city that represents almost 1 thousand tech companies in the city of san francisco. our thousand members represents 10 of thousands of tech workers in san francisco. let me say loudly and proudly and clearly a vast majority of the tech community wants to stand shoulder to shoulder with you in supporting steps to stop the speculative evictions that are putting long time residents at risk including the receipt of this building one of whom is a tech worker. entry-level tech workers are impacted by rising housing costs just like everyone else (clapping) i'm proud to be joined by sales force.com and mark and the board of directors of sf city who are going to be fearless and relentless in getting this legislation passed. we will broadcast our support in sacramento and are thankful to mark leno for support

and through a gift from google and sf city. and as was mentioned i think that this is a great example of a public/private partnership, that exists here in our city that we continue to see more of, and i think that it is going to be critically important moving forward but it benefits all of the residents here in san francisco and in this instance, our park users and i want to thank everybody that is involved and this is a long time coming and i am excited that the installation is schedule to happen this summer. and i think that is great. this is one of these projects where a long time in the making but now we can make it happen quickly. so thanks for all of those involved and no other questions, could i first of all we need to do a few amendments, previously distributed on one, could i have a motion to accept the amendment? so moved. and items number two and three, we are going to be removing to where as clauses on those which i have in front of me, two, the clause, part of a clause on-line 22, starting with the word which is he

the sf puc is asking can ustomers to voluntary reduce their water usage by 10 percent. the department is outlining actions to reduce the water and develop alternative sources of water. today i would like to ask puc and department of environment to address the topic. no. 1, the current water supply and projection for 2014 and 2015. and the plans how we will meet the puc's goal of a 10 percent usage reduction. no. 3, and overview of city water unl by the department. what are the departments doing in terms of consumption and conservation and who is doing well and not. no. 4, how are we protecting the water system, maintaining and updating and improving the water structure and guarding for fire and funding for immediate projects. no. 5, long-term planning. how are we planning for population growth. what are we doing to find sources water whether it be desaulization and i know puc grant was putting a proposal on hold and i would like to hear more about that. what are the departments doing to educate water customers, no. 6, to educate customers about the needs to previous and

he recently finished our sf training and working as a production assistant looking set right here in 0 san francisco. la la monday please stand. pride (clapping.) thank you we're working forward to seeing your work this sunday. we're investing in people like mark. thank you mark for being here (clapping.) you know who years ago mark was homeless he had some program expense but not enough to land a job so he put the rest of his money toward training and started his own business sf layers thank you mark and for your commitment to helping others as well. thank you for bringing our son here, too. while the tech sector is growing we'll keep investing like with darryl two young men who work at the shipyard and behind me austrian development corporation is building the framing for new housing with a 65 percent local hire rate i know the supervisor likes that. with most of the men and women coming electro0 through the amended like larry. gentlemen please stand let's all give them a greyhound for their work (clapping) and folks you, you know, those cranes you see downtown in mission bay and t

to be like, but i want to bring this back to march of last year when our presentation on clean power sf was given to you and your staff and interim director assmann wisely and rightly said he and his staff were ready, willing and able to go forward with this office and this department doing extensive work on clean power sf, even above and beyond energy efficiency. and so my call on this is that if you have trouble deciding who to hire or you've got candidates that are not quite where you want them to be, i would just ask you to do everything in your power to convince interim director assmann to stay on. i don't know what it will take to convince him to that, he probably is looking forward to getting up into the mountains and hiking and stuff but it sure would be nice to have somebody that is clear in their head about an important program like clean power sf to be staying on in the direction of the department. thanks. >> are there any other public comments to the closed session that we're about to have? seeing none, i will close public comment regarding the closed session and so that lea

sf 51234 singa, c'mon up. >> good afternoon. my name is kroout singa and i'm interested in becoming the city advisory committee in the renter seat. i have been on the cac for the last 2 years and also served as the vice-chair and i found the role to be very interesting and rewarding to have the opportunity to strengthen the neighborhood structure in the planning area in which i both lived and worked. i also bring to the committee over 15 years of professional experience specifically in multimodal transportation planning and establish products to improve transit access for land use and economic and social development. i currently work at the san francisco department of environment where i manage the commuter transportation programs and outreach services. my interest and experiences also is not only limited to transportation. i understand the factors that contribute to making a complete functioning and vibrant neighborhood for residents and visitors including access to basic services, amenities to parks and schools. on a personal