that view was not necessarily shared by our stakeholders. there are still people who want to see the waterfront and dressed as a whole -- addressed as a whole. some people are open to the idea of looking at distinct sub areas like fisherman's wharf or the area between pier 35 and pier 38. as units, they have different and definable needs. but we found that almost across the board, people do not like trying to plan amendments in the context of projects. they prefer some plan level you before you pursue amendments. another theme that emerged is, not surprisingly, that the port as an enterprise agency looks to our development projects as the primary vehicle to deliver public benefit. i think that we at the staff level often view this as a given, that the way that we improve the waterfront is we attract private investment. that is what yields open space and public access and all the things that the public wants to see -- historic rehabilitation. for stakeholders, and to view us as being development-driven. i think that we had some public educati

commissioner and other stakeholders. as you know today the 1099 reporting requirement is repealed. and this one involves osha. they recently proposed a noise abatement regulation to protect workers and manufacturing firms from hearing damage. this rule would have required businesses to purchase new equipment or to put together very costly upgrades. from listening to the small businesses, they provide a viable solution which is earmuffs. this same problem that could have a solution that could cause a small business either $10 or millions of dollars. again, advocacy roundtable bringing together osha and small business representatives and ultimately osha decided to withdraw this rule. small businesses, they win because they -- their concern was being addressed. osha also won because now they are working with the small business community to come up with a very flexible solution without compromising the integrity of the intent of the regulation. and this is what we do. as an independent office we don't represent the president. we do not represent the views of congress. we represent smal

for stakeholders, and to view us as being development-driven. i think that we had some public education work to do about how much we have been doing over the past couple of years to attract public dollars. with respect to the role of bcdc, i think that stakeholders previously viewed it as a strong defender of the special area plan and may be viewed the relationship as to close now. respectfully, we view bcdc as being fair but firm when they issue permits. we do not exactly see eye to eye with such stakeholders on that issue. with respect to the pier 27 cruise terminal, that site was really plan for a major plaza, an adjacent open water area, and major public access connection. there are some who view the cruise terminal as providing a major consulates -- major conflict to the planned park and open water basin, and that came out in the interviews. some other things came out in the interviews. we have been worried about the inherent policy conflict between the maritime access. you need to, for homeland security purposes, close the apron to protect

that view was not necessarily shared by our stakeholders.

it only happens when those stakeholders are addressed. that is why our organization is supporting this legislation. this will create the mechanism in which we can afford the partnership in revitalizing the community. of like to ask the support of the supervisors to please vote and approve this legislation. >> supervisors, the leadership council that is a grassroots non-partisan organization that was formed in 2001 that voted unanimously to support this legislation. there has been talk about the mid market project area committee fulfilling this role. let me point out it was last elected in 1997. vacancies since then have been filled by the project area committee itself and it is dominated the downtown development interests. the community has been noticeably absent in the dialogue are around the twitter deal until now. support the formation of this committee to give everyone a chance to participate in this process. supervisor kim: thank you. >> my name is jesus perez. i also work with [unintelligible] i am here to hope that you guys support

what i would like to suggest to all stakeholders is that we continue to do that. i feel very bad for mr. egan. i wish we could provide him with more staff. if there is a clean way for us to satisfy all the different interests, i think what we are trying to achieve with supervisor mirkarimi's legislation, i think in concept we all agree with. if we can get there in short order, from my perspective, i feel like we need to move these questions forward. that is what we are doing today. we will obviously continue to talk about this. i will say this to the members of the business community, what ever we can do to create consensus, i would be happy to facilitate and work with the mayor's office and all the various supervisors to make that happen. supervisor chu: thank you for your final comments. mr. clark, do we have any further items before us? >>i do not believe that we do. so, we are going to adjourn the meeting. thank you.

we have a ways to go with stakeholders to get to the right formula. i would like to move on to the america's cup special area planned proposal. the area on the screen is the area between pier 14 and 22 and a half. it is the open water basin in the area planned. but the new agreement requires that the port provide this space for the purposes of large spectator vessels during the races. in to permit dredging in this area. it would need to be to a debt of about 12 feet. promising that long-term in that location from the event authority. the proposal for this special area plan would be related only to the special use of this location for the race. it would permit these large spectator wrote vessels in the park with docs installed on a temporary basis, moved after the race. i have to say to the commission that the feedback we have gotten on this proposal has not been great. the lincoln park area provides extraordinary views of the day. members of the public are going to want to see the day, even if they are not interested in the america's cup. we have a wa

the problem with the local homeless coordinating board is that it consists of hiring all stakeholders, all people who run cbo's. executive directors of catholic charities. the local homeless coordinating board composition should reflect the community and not just the viewpoint of the cbo's. therefore, i am opposing all three applicants today. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? >> good afternoon. oscar grande. i m here to applaud and support the 3 up with its. i think the level of perseverance, of stamina and determination to be able to do the work that they do, not anyone could do it. certainly not i. and especially i want to speak to wendy phillips, who i have worked with for over a decade now. i just see her commitment. i have experienced firsthand really shedding light to homeless issues, the issues that i am not familiar with. i know her as a constant alliance-builder, connecting the different stakeholders and community members, to really understand what are some of the root causes impacting homelessness and what are some strategi

it is a key stakeholder in making that program the success it is today, and i would like to thank you for your work, and also, i would like to ask you to say a few words. >> ok. i can start by plugging the art walk. we started doing this in 2008 when mini bar started. we just did not want to be a cocktail bar. we wanted to promote local artists. it just kind of started with an idea that we have art, and there were other businesses that have are to, as well. why do we not all join together -- there are other businesses that have art, as well. we're going on in our third year, and over 30 businesses participate, and business is booming. neighbors are excited. they're going into places they have never been before. it has definitely helped with the revitalization. we cannot take all of the credit, but it has definitely helped. there has been a positive impact. we look forward to keeping it going. but thank you very much. we really appreciate it. president o'brien: congratulations. [applause] clerk: commissioners, you are now on item number three, the presentation of the small business com

the will serve as a conduit for receiving input from stakeholders, parents, staff, and other committee members in order to assist the superintendent and the board of the education to effectively allocate funding, working with district staff to coordinate their efforts. they will review data to advise the board of the education and superintendent and contribute to communication and awareness, and be it further resolved that the recommendations show be aligned to support one or more of the district goals in accordance with the strategic plan adopted with access and equity and student accountability. almost done. further be it resolved that the feedback and recommendations show be prepared by the committee members with staff report for presentation to the board and superintendent between two to four times annually regarding funding in the sports and music plan and other categories. be it further resolved that the annual expenditure plan shall be heard for first reading the, referred to committees, and then hard for second reading and approval in january. -- then heard for second reading a

everybody was talking about stakeholders and how we wanted a team player. i think the culture makes the player. now you hire somebody that is going to be a team player. we need independents. i am not sure i would go with the reelection everywhere. in san francisco, you have got an intelligent electorate, but i think independence is very important. also, you have to be independent of the judges. we found they were intimately involved in selecting the people who would appear before them. we found 90% of public defenders reported judicial pressure to expedite cases. that means when you are under one staff -- understaffed and overworked, the judge says, you have enough time. we need to move things along. this train that has to be speeding -- i think that is a real problem. judges are implicit when public defender offices are not given the resources to do an adequate investigation, so i think those are big problems we see. >> you raise an interesting point about whether a public defender should be elected or appointed. let me ask you this. you are appointed comm

we'll continue to work out details with stakeholders in the board of supervisors and we can start getting close to work. we strongly support the legislation and we believe we should move forward today instead of starting from scratch. thank you. supervisor chu: any other speakers that wish to speak on items three or four? supervisor mirkarimi: of like to speak since several members mentioned in public hiring, we had been aware that there was a meeting between companies and some of the local hiring advocates. i am delighted to see progress being made on two different fronts. the conversations are taking place in the industry where they had not taken place before because the first source does not extend into this industry. and the support of many of these advocates that would like to see the legislation in advance. as we attempt to try to figure out what that nexus is, we will continue to help facilitate these discussions. and maybe that will move towards the expansion of the local hiring laws. i am confident that will happen. to the chair, i like to ask the mayor's office about their feeli

it really is important to have the policy -- policy makers and stakeholders understand how important it is for us to serve our youth. last year, we had 81,000 children receive library instruction at our neighborhood libraries. half of those are in the elementary area, so again, we want to continue the important portion, it does, to making sure that in san francisco, we have a policy-driven initiative to endorse everyone having a library card. thank you. and we are here answer any questions you may have on the program. >> colleagues, do you have any questions? commissioner norton, please. commissioner no.: i just wanted to thank the library -- commissioner norton: i just wanted to thank the library. my daughter was so excited to get her first library card through this program here also, a wanted to thank you for going too far gone today. i was there as well. it was wonderful. -- a wanted to thank you for going to argon. supervisor avalos: i just wanted to apologize for not giving our books back in a timely manner. i guess i am wondering, how do we help families, let them know -- lesse

neighborhood meetings and to commission hearings, as well as numerous meetings with a range of stakeholders and organizations within the north beach neighborhood. there were multiple options investigated throughout the site area, and the final master plan looking to the new library building at the site of 701 lombard. the new library met the goals described for a new and enlarged library and also provides the opportunity to create a redesigned park with a children's playground located at the center of the site, at the heart of the site, and relocate the tennis courts. the new, improved joe dimaggio playground has been expanded to meet the needs of the neighborhood. this slide diagram shows the existing conditions with the existing library and tennis courts and located at the center of the site, which is approximately 8 to 10 feet below the existing playground. there is a lot of topographic a variation in the joe dimaggio playground. this diagram shows phase one of the master plan, with the new library located that's the 701 lombard street site, with mason street closed, preventing it easy a

to remain diverse and vibrant, san francisco needs more stakeholders. it said, please instruct the planning department to come up with a plan that will concentrate -- [bell rings] that is what we're missing. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm here to speak against the third revision of the 2009 housing element. i want to let you know that i hate change for density housing to density zoning. neighborhoods throughout the city hate this new density zoning, and they hate the way the planning department did it also, as well. i have seldom seen the neighborhoods so unified. we are at a point where another gentleman was talking about only changing 30 words. i think we are at a point where we are also going to be linking general obligation bonds, parcel taxes, and we will be changing maybe just one word -- maybe from yes to no. i wanted you guys to understand how strongly the neighborhoods feel about this and how this is going to have a much bigger impact than simply we got the planning element out. it is going to impact your revenue, your ability to generate

including developers and stakeholders in our neighborhoods. there is now a notion of into the equity that has emerged. this third version sets the stage for removal of rhi and rh2 zoning. third version of the richest the concept of transit-based development that references muni's cep, which essentially renders the entire city as a development area. we have been very reasonable in our request, patient with the process, and worked in good faith with the city, attending numerous outreach meetings only to have the rug pulled out from under arrest at the last minute. this is san francisco, and our neighborhoods are important. the second version achieved adequately what they needed without risking ruining the historic nations -- the historic areas of our city. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am president of the park improvement club. i think this is all about process. the third draft of the housing element was certified and approved by the planning commission. it was not reviewed by the environmental impact report. only draft two was as

, to determine what we think would be the correct path, and present that to the stakeholders to try to get some type of resolution that is acceptable to everyone. >> the reason why i ask this question ais as a transgendered woman and a person of color, i know what it means to live in fear and being profiled. i think that is part of the reason why we are here tonight. as the human rights commission, i believe the fundamental human rights, or one of the fundamental human rights, of all residents is to be able to live without fear in the city and county that we all love. and to be able to do that, part of it is to be able to pick up the phone and dial 911 when we are in need. and so it is really important for the communities that are being profiled or being surveillance to be able to feel that they have the ability to do that without feeling like they're going to become a you know, profiled while they do that, you know? will they be the next target? will they be the next person that is being isolated or singled out? i think those are the key issues that we need to continue to address. it

it was a small but committed group and i wanted to remind our families and stakeholders that additional community budget meetings will be held on may 12, 6:00 to 7:30 at james lake middle school and may 25th, 6:30 to 8:00 at jefferson elementary school where you can sort of begin to understand the full weight of the budget crisis that we're in. just two other announcements. the northern japan earthquake relief fund administered by the japanese culture and community center has reached $2.5 million in donations. so we want to thank the community for supporting that grass roots effort. and then finally, on this past weekend, the san francisco dental society announced the winners of the children's dental poster contest and this year there was quite a strong representation from our public schools. it also reaches out to our private schools, but of the over 50 prizes, there was quite a large number of our kids from stephenson, johnny ho-chin, spring valley. i especially want to thank sfusd nurses paula balm and cathy fuller for helping judge the poster contest and they will be on display at o

process should be initiated in partnership with the neighborhood, involve a full range of city stakeholders, should be initiated by the board of supervisors with the support of the district supervisor through their adoption of the planning department or other overseeing the agency's work program, and the scope of the process should be approved by the planning commission. i would be happy to give you any other details if it would be helpful. supervisor cohen: could you explain to me how the housing element will support middle- class housing needs? >> absolutely, and that is a critical need within the city that has been emerging particularly within the past decade. the first thing the housing element does is recognize middle-class and middle-income adds an actual income level. when we get our regional housing its allocation from the state, they give us market make -- the split into four categories -- market rate, moderate income, low income -- i'm sorry. low-income and very low income. we added another category called the middle and come to represent basically the category between moderate in

is operating inside pakistan is not helping any of the stakeholders in pakistan that's one thing if i you know i don't know if i'm going to tucson here well what do you think about that because congress is grading it to take money away from the very huge aged package that was given last year i mean again i mean is this just treating pakistanis or truant child because the sentiment in pakistan is very anti-american as was pointed out. you know i think it's a very it's a very tricky game to play i think. salut correct to say that to the extent that the united states is perceived to be is acting unilaterally gloating taking a heavy hand one of the risks that is run is a alienating the palace of the populace and entrenching support within the military intelligence establishment i think this is not the goal i think the endgame in fact of the obama administration is to try and preserve some of the larger structure of the alliance while again shifting some of the internal support a way from the most unpredictable and erratic elements of the military intelligence structure. towards other elem