maxwell sophysophie -- like sophie maxwell. again, on behalf of the public utilities commission, congratulations to everyone who has been involved in this fight. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner. nowyoucfo of transbay. >> we are happy to be here and play our part in recognizing the vision of the city leadership, and we want to thank you for your assistance. we've been live now for about three days, and we want to thank some of the key stakeholders that help us build our ambitions. at least of which was the pittsburgh howard company. they played a huge part in working with the stakeholders to get this facility built. steel river for their stick to it of this to help us get the facility built through an economic challenging environment, and we are just happy to play our part and thank everybody for their part in realizing our ambition. thank you. >> i also want to mention melanie is from the department of environment. we have other folks in the room today, so thank you all very much for coming. we will be available for quest

i would like to thank sophie for being a legislator and inspiration to me. she was undaunted. she was my boss. she forced straight ahead and did more than i thought was possible in her district. she will enjoy seeing the fruits of her work and the difficult work that she had to do and sheet was strong and phyllis. more -- she was strong and fearless. she offered me advice that i was not expecting. sometimes it was tough love, sometimes it was a totally different perspective. she might bring her background as an electoral engineer into the mix. i always wanted to hear what she had to say and she was an incredible colleague to me in his body. we traveled to israel to get there. we have shared a love of all things vegetarian. i really treasured every moment and i have to enjoy the scene you here. i will always see you here accomplishing great things and knowing that the best is yet to come. for a city that has struggled so vitally to have a more vibrant black community, also to reflect the diversity of district 10 and make everyone feel welcome. i think that you have been an arch

with that, your supervisor, supervisor sophie maxwell. [applause] >> thank you. i remember like yesterday those five to six votes, but what made a difference was the community. what made a difference was young community developers and hard hats and yellow vests lining up the walls. 60, 70 of them, and each of them speaking about the opportunities that they wanted to become working people. they wanted jobs and they wanted a leg up, and that is what this was about, so that is what i remember. i remember 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning, but it was all worth it. i can hardly find a parking place this year. i'm really excited, and this boulevard -- you are right. we are working on becoming a home improvement district with lowe's being the anchor, so i think you are going to find a lot of fascinating things happening in this area, this district, so i want to thank the mayor and all of my colleagues. the so-called progressive -- they do not relate like economic development that much. they like programs. so aaron said that it was going to be rough, and i told him to represe

do is read from portions of various resolutions we have for supervisors alioto-pier, bevan dufty, sophie maxwell. continuing a tradition of service begun by her grandfather, joseph alioto, supervisor alioto-pier has created thousands of jobs and has participated in the first rebate program of the state. she successfully blocked the construction of new fossil fuel power plants in the southeast part of the city. she was the first supervisor to give birth while serving in office and worked to make our city more family friendly by passing a charter amendment to treat maternity leave equally and by creating a job share program at the board of supervisors. whereas she has spoken for civil rights, for people disabilities, and for all san franciscans, whereas she has worked with neighborhood groups in her district and around san francisco to preserve the unique character that makes our city special. where is she has balanced the demands of her job while maintaining an active family life with her three children and her husband, and whereas she has treated her colleagues, the public, and city offi

so the word it acknowledged in a memo to the project sponsor -- sophie hayward acknowledged in a memo to the project sponsor that there needs to be an analysis of the boundaries and characteristics. the project was approved anyway. historical analysis for the project needs to be revisited, to answer the outstanding question from these observations. an exception was used for a project that specifically disallowed it in historical sensitive areas. -- historically sensitive areas, despite arguments from historians that cumulative effects will be caused. vice president olague: thank you. are there any speakers in support of the dr requestors? >> good evening. my name is priscilla bottsford. i live at 382 eureka street. i talked to both steve and fowler and arnie lerner. during our discussions, i did not understand why the house had to be raised. the down-sloping site front to back. i did not understand why the garage had to be so big to accommodate just one car. other garages in the area are not nearly as large. rather than trying to capture garage space and converted into habitable space

also sophy maxwell. i have found a file on ed and i was cleaning out my files. i am glad that that episode is behind us. i am very pleased with the great work. we have been celebrating his work. we were just out at sunset celebrating his contribution. i am grateful that you took the time to be here. you should be very appreciative. thank you for being here. i see a lot of department heads here. i think that everything has been said about ed over the years by pretty much everyone but it is approach to it that i recast in a new light. i have advantage of being around here for 16 years. i was a member of the parking and traffic commission. i worked on the board of supervisors for 16 years. my life has been devoted to this city in a formal capacity. i have had the privilege of working side-by-side with ed of those years in different roles. when you go through the process of making changes and when you win an election, you should make changes. there is always someone who is top of the list. it is amazing because he is always at the top of the list for multiple roles.

sophie, thank you so much. supervisor maxwell: public comment is closed. we will continue this item to the call of the chair. supervisor mar: i was just going to say before i have to leave, it has been such a great pleasure to work with you on the land use committee. i have learned so much from you and i think your the sharpest dresser on the board. i have learned a lot about how to address community concerns, criticisms, and how to bring people together from your leadership. we butted heads on a couple of different things, but it has been an honor to serve with you. i want to thank you for sharing the land use committee. supervisor maxwell: it has been great working with supervisor maxwell: you. -- working with you. supervisor chiu: i wanted to echo his comments. we are going to miss you greatly. you have had a tremendous impact of the past, present, and future of our city with regard to land use. there are so many projects in your direct imprint help to improve. it has been a true pleasure to work with you and i think our committee has worked very well t

love, sophie." in conclusion, it jason love the environment half as much as he loves football, -- if jason love is the environment -- if jason loves the environment have as much as he loves football, i think we have a winning team here. chairperson kim: i would like to continue this item to our next full committee meeting. >> would you like to continue both items? chairperson kim: 9 and 10, yes. >> madam chair, there are no other items before the committee. chairperson kim: all right. meeting adjourned.

and let me take a moment to thank former supervisors sophie maxwell, evan dufty, and michelangelo alioto-pier for your -- michaela alioto-pier for your support and trust of me. i am grateful and inspired by that show of support. but more importantly, i was inspired by what it portends. a new era of trust. a shared sense of purpose and commitment to this city that we all love. a sense of unity. i may be your interim mayor, but i intend to utilize this year and office to tackle our problems with resolve and seriousness of purpose. this is an unprecedented opportunity and perhaps it is just what san francisco needs at this time and in our moment of history. ness an opportunity to come together -- this is an opportunity to come together, to roll up our sleeves and go to work on the significant challenges we all face. for the benefit of all san franciscans. i hope to move us past the labels that have pigeonholed us at city hall or at least to not be bound by them. because if you're a so-called moderate, then i'm a moderate. i've spent the past two decades trying to make this city work, to work for

and let me take a moment to thank former supervisors sophie maxwell, evan dufty, and michelangelo alioto-pier for your -- michaela alioto-pier for your support and trust of me. i am grateful and inspired by that show of support

i look at sophie and see how much she inspired me in public service and how she inspired me to look highly of the board and not to be critical and to respect what we do as a process, and i am grateful for it. to each of my colleagues and those i have served with over the past eight years, i will seek in person to tell you how much i appreciate it. i will not take that time now. i want to thank stephen, rebecca alma mater and nicholas keene, alex randolph, and todd david, who have all worked for me common -- who have all work for me. sean has been a volunteer for eight years, and it would make a difference for me if we could all give sean a round of applause. [applause] i want to thank the people who have worked for the city. i love the people who work for this city, and i think our responsibility so often is to create a partnership between the people who are residents, merchants, and everyone who is a stakeholder of the city, to solve problems and make incredible things happen, and i have worked with thousands of city employees, and i have such respect for all of you and recognize you have

. >> the next item up is 525 golden gate update by sophie campbell. >> good afternoon. i am the project manager for our new headquarters at but hundred 25 golden gate. i want to give you an update on the project and to review of the project budget. i will wait until the slide comes up. all right. hopefully, most of you have noticed the project going up next door, adjacent to the court house. we are now above our adjacent neighbor. we added a seventh story this week. according to the construction schedule, we are at about 25% completion. as the building rises, you gain economies and are able to shave days off the schedule, but with the weather our concrete has been very temperamental. one of the sustainability stories of this project is the very high some of replacement in our concrete mix -- the very high amount of replacement in our concrete mix, a 75% ash and other materials. we are going to top of the building in april. then we will begin installation of the curtain wall system, the exterior glass and stone skin of the building. that will be completed in september. b

love, sophie." in conclusion, it jason love the environment half as much as he loves football, -- if jason love is the environment -- if jason loves the environment have as much as he loves football, i think we have a winning team here. chairperson kim: i would like to continue this item to our next full committee meeting. >> would you like to continue both items? chairperson kim: 9 and 10, yes. >> madam chair, there are no other items before the committee. chairperson kim: all right. meeting adjourned. >> we are going to hear an abbreviated report today. there will be public testimony. i will ask commissioner lee at the conclusion of that to weigh in on anything. >> i am the project manager from the business division. the item you have before you today is a construction project for design build services, the west harbor renovation project. we are recommending a word of the contract to -- a board of the contract to -- award of the contract to [unintelligible] the preliminary design package was adver

and let me take a moment to thank former supervisors sophie maxwell, evan dufty, and michelangelo alioto-pier for your -- michaela alioto-pier for your support and trust of me. i am grateful and inspired by that show of support. but more importantly, i was inspired by what it portends. a new era of trust. a shared sense of purpose and commitment to this city that we all love. a sense of unity. i may be your interim mayor, but i intend to utilize this year and office to tackle our problems with resolve and seriousness of purpose. this is an unprecedented opportunity and perhaps it is just what san francisco needs at this time and in our moment of history.

francisco, and i should change that to saying we are not yet done, but in 2000, 10 years ago when sophie and i and the others arrived here at the board of supervisors, san francisco politics was very different, and despite some of the detractors who write columns in some of the newspapers, the politics 10 years ago in this building was much worse than you can even imagine and much worse than i could offer from the board of supervisors. there was not a debate that included all segments of san francisco. entire swaths of the city were cut out. it was nice to hear from commission people come and talk and have a few of us listening to what he had to say, because tanner 15 years ago, that is not how it went down. the votes were called in. they were done before the meeting started. he is nodding his head because he was here. it did not matter, and in the last 10 years, we have opened the doors to city hall to homeless people and poor people, folks in the residential hotels, and immigrants, and young people, seniors, and renters who were shut out. i remember when i was an activist and we would

love, sophie." in conclusion, it jason love the environment half as much as he loves football, -- if jason love is the environment -- if jason loves the environment have as much as he loves football, i think we have a winning team here. chairperson kim: i would like to continue this item to our next full committee meeting. >> would you like to continue both items? chairperson kim: 9 and 10, yes. >> madam chair, there are no other items before the committee. chairperson kim: all right. meeting adjourned. >> welcome to the budget and finance committee. are there any announcements? >> please turn off all cellphone and pagers. if you present any documentation, please provide a copy to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> given that the two items are related, will you call item one and two. >> resolution authorizing the license of space and services for unitedlayer at 200 paul street. item number two, resolution authorizing the license of spa