all right, because i am so grateful to my beloved sister, sophie maxwell, for ten years of service, androther supervisor, and reverend, thank you for bringing us into the present. reverend brown, i rememebr you singing that song 20 years ago. it sounds as good today. thank you. would you like to talk about how to have more blessings? are you sure? give me some energy. all of you know i am a holistic psychologist. i work with the body, emotions, mind, and spirit. the reason i'm asking you to do this, this is called accelerated learning. i only have 15 minutes, so i am going to lose -- leave you with something you can use. all of you know i started out as a scientist, doing monkey brain research. do you know your brain loves patterns? do you know that? everything repetitive, the brain goes, "ooh, that's a pattern." but put the patterns together, the word is called habits. some of us have good habits, some have habits we could change. those habits that don't support us -- usually i have 3 days, but this will be condensed -- if you understand something and learn better, that means we can do

sophie maxwell deserves some credit for steering this process along to all of you here. >> thank you all for all of you have done. we have to continue to be vigilant. yes, we have got a good plan, but we all have to be there to make sure it happens. thank you. >> $84 million will go to pay and assistance loans and other commitments, all kinds of commitments codified in this legislation, including commitments that are part of this project. community leaders, faith based leaders making this possible. i can honestly go on. it is not intentional, it is just limiting our amount of time. hats off to speaker nancy pelosi and dianne feinstein. $515 million of bonds the government to clear up the shipyard. we are getting serious about it. 7 and $14 million has been drawn down, and they deserve tremendous credit for making that happen finally, and michael cohen, it could not have happened without him at the mayor's office of workforce development. supervisors have come and gone to help with the proposition and get voters to approve that. help us with a framework for conception and agreement. a

and also to sophie maxwell. i am a little nervous. i want to thank my family for being with me. and the executive director of the mental health board. [applause] i want to thank all of you. i continue to serve. people ask, why are they doing this? >> they are being kind to people. when should we stop being kind? never. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, supervisor alioto- pier. this is followed by a supervisor chu. >> can i ask dave to come up? if you could come up with him. today, it is my honor to recognize dave, who has dedicated the last 38 years of his life to the san francisco parks and recreation department. he started out at the jackson playground where he coached thousands of kids that baseball, basketball, and football. he began running services for the facilities and began running the first inclusion program. for the last 21 years, he has poured his heart and soul into his job as the camp director for the day camp. that equates to 21 years for creating new games and crafts for kids every week. learning and teaching every single camp song and skit imaginable. if you l

i am supervisor sophie maxwell, and i am joined by eric mar and david chiu. i want to thank our clerk, alice somera. madam clerk, did you have something to say? clerk somera: please turn off of cell phones. item number one, an ordinance to retroactively extend a grant for $1,670,000 from the esteban of energy and amending the annual ordinates for fiscal year 2010-2011. chair maxwell: thank you. department of the environment. >> i want to first thank the supervisors for rushing this into the process, and also, thanks to the mayor's office and controllers who helped in this all along. we are trying to play catch up with other counties that are participating in multi county statewide efforts that have successfully garnered $1.70 million for san francisco of a $30 million allocation for california from the u.s. department of energy for promoting single-family retrofits, so our part here, we're going to be focusing on multifamily and single-family structures. we are particularly interested in two-unit to four-unit buildings, and we are working with a small, hardwa

i am it chairs sophie maxwell, and i am joined by supervisor david chiuy. -- chiu. madam clerk: please turn off your cell phones. president maxwell: all right, item no. 1. madam clerk: approving a street encroachment at lake merced. >> good afternoon. i am john from the department of public works. what we have is a request to install a sign on lake merced boulevard. currently, there are signs that are placed within the property not. what the owners want to install is a corresponding sign that will mimic the sign they currently have in the right of way along the boulevard. this has been reviewed by city agencies, the planning department, in your commission, and they of all approved it. it is now left for board review and evaluation. president maxwell: all right. thank you. you know why they want more signage? >> this is just more to identify that community. president maxwell: all right. thank you. colleagues, any comments or questions? any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed, and if there is no objection, we will move this forward withou

will ask bevan dufty to give us a welcome, and followed by that, we're going to ask supervisor sophie maxwello give us the mayor's welcome. thank you. >> good afternoon, everyone. let me first say my mood improved so much when i saw the little ladies of praise, ok? so you can think about the matters of the moment, but when you see those ladies dancing, it changed my mood. i want to thank them. i am honored to be here. i want to congratulate montel jennings and the committee. this is the 60th anniversary of this celebration, and my colleagues, supervisors maxwell and mar are here. i want to give eric mar a round and welcome him. will you come join us? ok, no, he is taking off. i understand. i also want to say this is a special time for me, completing my eigth year on the board of supervisors. i worked for shirley chisholm, a woman who ran for the presidency in 1972, and i had the privilege of working for her 3 years, and than -- then for julian dixon. he was the father i never had, and he mentored and shaped me. having the privilege to join mayor brown's administration, becoming director of ne

supervisor maxwell: i am chair, supervisor sophie maxwell, joined by david campos -- eric mar and david chiu. madam clerk, are there any comments? >> please make sure to turn off all cell phones and speakers. items acted upon today will appear on the september 7 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor maxwell: thank you. madam clerk, we can't recognize you until public comment. madam clerk, the first item -- items one through four. >> item number one, resolution authorizing the office of economic and work force document to extend a grant for $750,000 from lowe's hiw, inc.. item number 2, resolution authorizing the office of economic and work force development to retroactively to expand a grant from $400,000 from the wal-mart foundation. item three, resolution authorizing the office of economic and work force development for $100,000 for implementation of california low income energy efficiency program. item number four, resolution authorizing theout of economic and work force development to accept and expend a grant for $200,000 to support the citybuild program.