i am sherman walton, chair of the rules committee for the board of supervisors. i am joined by vice chair supervisor sherril and of course our president supervisor mellman. our clerk is victor yun. >> and i would like to thank jamie ashbury for recording and making sure our meetings are made for the public with s.f. gov tv. and mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> yes. public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. when your item and ventures comes up and public comment is closed please line up to speak on your right. alternatively may submit public comment in writing in each of the following ways email them to myself the rules committee clerk at basi to your dot y o u and g at s.f. gov. if you submit public comment by email it will be included as part of the file. may also submit your comments by us mailed to our office in city hall. when dr. carlton be good place room two four for san francisco california nine for 1 or 2 please make sure this time that's all cell phones and electronic devices documents to be included as part of the fire shoul

i am sherman walton, chair of the rules committee for the board of supervisors. i am joined by vice chair supervisor sherril and of course our president supervisor mellman. our clerk is victor

want to acknowledge that we have just been joined by our colleague from district ten supervisor sherman walton. thank you for joining us today. supervisor walton and colleagues, i introduced this resolution and i will have outweighed at white graf from the effort to come up and give a presentation about what the mta passed. but first i wanted to explain what this is and why i thought we should weigh in on this issue. the mta, as we all know as has been widely publicized in the press is in trouble right now. >> we are facing a deficit for the next couple of years that's significant and may lead to service reductions and then we're facing a structural deficit after that that is significant and we must do something different to address that crack from getting wider. i am really grateful that the mta board has taken this on in a serious way and that staff has been working through all the different possibilities. part of it is going to have to be what we do with our neighbors at a regional level and how we move people around the region. part of it is going to have to be how we approach our own taxa

. >> and then the week before we were out with our partners ucsf supervisor sherman walton, the dogpatch community we unveiled the newly renovated a park a long time coming. >> this was the park's first major makeover in its 43 year history. the last time this park received really only minor improvements was 2005. the renovation aimed to preserve the park's open and natural atmosphere while also modernizing it to meet the growing needs of the community. we have a lot more people living there, a lot more people with kids and a lot more people with dogs and kudos to everyone who worked on that project. kudos to the community for the very long, slow, arduous, sometimes contentious process to negotiate and navigate what the design of the park should be so that it's a space for everyone. and i think we've been very successful thanks to david fletcher who is the landscape architect on the space who also designed south park for us and it's incredible. it's got adult fitness stations, nature exploration areas. it's got new seating and tables ,fresh new landscaping. we preserve the redwood grove.

brooke jenkins, artist attorney or state comptroller malia cohen and our district ten supervisor sherman walton with mayor lurie present as well. and just wanted to wish everyone a glorious time that we've had celebrating our communities in their full diversity here in san francisco and look forward to our meeting today. thank you, president item five is the general public comments before we begin i'd like to note this portion of the agenda is not intended for debate or discussion with the commissioner or staff. please simply state your business for the matter you wish the commission or staff to be aware of. it is not appropriate for commissioners to engage in a debate or respondent issue is not properly set in a publicly notice meeting agenda. if you have questions or would like to bring a matter to the commission's attention please send your communication via email to us f h a public comment at s.f. dawg. >> with that being said i'll start with the written speaker cards and we have maxine jones first i'd like to come up and you'll have two minutes. >> good evening. everybody's doing that. >>

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. >> and then the week before we were out with our partners ucsf supervisor sherman walton, the dogpatchmunity we unveiled the newly renovated a park a long time coming. >> this was the park's first major makeover in its 43 year history. the last time this park received really only minor improvements was 2005. the renovation aimed to preserve the park's open and natural atmosphere while also modernizing it to meet the growing needs of the community. we have a lot more people living there, a lot more people with kids and a lot more people with dogs and kudos to everyone who worked on that project. kudos to the community for the very long, slow, arduous, sometimes contentious process to negotiate and navigate what the design of the park should be so that it's a space for everyone. and i think we've been very successful thanks to david fletcher who is the landscape architect on the space who also designed south park for us and it's incredible. it's got adult fitness stations, nature exploration areas. it's got new seating and tables ,fresh new landscaping. we preserve the redwood grove. the

i am sherman walton, chair of the rules committee for the board of supervisors. i am joined by vice chair supervisor sherril and of course our president supervisor mellman. our clerk is victor yun. >> and i would like to thank jamie ashbury for recording and making sure our meetings are made for the public with s.f. gov tv. and mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> yes. public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. when your item and ventures comes up and public comment is closed please line up to speak on your right. alternatively may submit public comment in writing in each of the following ways email them to myself the rules committee clerk at basi to your dot y o u and g at s.f. gov. if you submit public comment by email it will be included as part of the file. may also submit your comments by us mailed to our office in city hall. when dr. carlton be good place room two four for san francisco california nine for 1 or 2 please make sure this time that's all cell phones and electronic devices documents to be included as part of the fire shoul

sherman walton, thank you so much for coming. brand new supervisor sharon chen thank you very much for coming. assistant s.f. pd chief david lazarus thank you david. >> the newly appointed mta s.f. mta director julie cushman is here and thank you very much. >> w director sarah dennis phillips and director of business development of entities. thank you very much all for coming. these people do a wonderful job. it is hard work and i appreciate all of their efforts going forward. okay so i want to point out one initiative inside the chamber of commerce that is called leadership san francisco leadership, san francisco or l.a. has been around for 40 years and they continue to turn out different cohorts every single year. it's really sort of a behind the scenes opportunity to see how san francisco works on the front of the house and the back of the house. so if i could ask all of the nsf current class and alumni to please stand up be fantastic, i see some hands up there. yes. give em a big hand this is really the face of this the futur

sherman walton, thank you so much for coming.brand new supervisor sharon chen thank you very much for coming. assistant s.f. pd chief david lazarus thank you david. >> the newly appointed mta s.f. mta director julie cushman is here and thank you very much. >> w director sarah dennis phillips and director of business development of entities. thank you very much all for coming. these people do a wonderful job. it is hard work and i appreciate all of their efforts going forward. okay so i want to point out one initiative inside the chamber of commerce that is called leadership san francisco leadership, san francisco or l.a. has been around for 40 years and they continue to turn out different cohorts every single year. it's really sort of a behind the scenes opportunity to see how san francisco works on the front of the house and the back of the house. so if i could ask all of the nsf current class and alumni to please stand up be fantastic, i see some hands up there. yes. give em a big hand this is really the face of this the future

i am sherman walton, chair of the rules committee for the board of supervisors.air supervisor sherril and of course our president supervisor mellman. our clerk is victor

where where's sherman walton? >> for black history month. >> come on, walton. come out here. you're black history month and we need to see you now. can you please direct your comments to the board as a whole? >> yes, but i really wonder about that ruling because i need to be able to talk sometimes specifically to people. >> so i think that rule is wrong. >> you're welcome to set up an appointment in his office to speak directly to him or speak whatever she wants to. thank you for your comments. my comments for the public were blurry. >> thank you for your comments. time's expired. yes, ma'am. shame on this for this takeover . >> >> thank you for your comments. >> are you? let's hear from our next speaker please. >> welcome. >> good afternoon. my name is valerie. i am a fifth generation san franciscan born and raised in the sunset mr. and garcia. >> i think today's vote is actually a very easy vote for all of you because whether you're going to vote pragmatic or principled vote it should be to keep commissioner max carter ober stone. >> he's an exemplary public servant confirm