and if we are going to be or if this legislation was put in to make us a unique city to it preserve the small business, i think that we have look at things like the target store downtown being put in. or the one on masonic and look at it as a broad city, the impact on how it does in the whole .

and if we are going to be or if this legislation was put in to make us a unique city to it preserve the small business, i think that we have look at things like the target store downtown being put in. or the one on masonic and look at it as a broad city, the impact on how it does in the whole city. one thing to think about. and the other thing that i don't think was addressed was, they had two different formula use and things that came up in the last year or two, and one was sherm an williams store that came in on polk street and another one was orchard supply that wanted to come in on howard street or one of those streets and i forgot which one. and in both cases, the way that the planning department came up with how many other formula stores were around it or how many other similar stores, there was not

and if we are going to be or if this legislation was put in to make us a unique city to it preserve the small business, i think that we have look at things like the target store downtown being put in. or the one on masonic and look at it as a broad city, the impact on how it does in the whole city. one thing to think about. and the other thing that i don't think was addressed was, they had two different formula use and things that came up in the last year or two, and one was sherm an williams store that came

san francisco is a very unique city in terms of we embrace history. we embrace legacy. we embrace our cable cars. we embrace our wonderful victorians that we have here, our history is very important to us, that legacy. but we also do a complete 180. we have awareness of technology. so many technological advantages started here. we have to embrace that as a city. so why do we leverage cloud? one, obviously, from an economical position. a second, because we are able to deliver services more quickly. we have a challenge with our staffing and resources, as you mentioned, but we have to embrace that legacy staff. we cannot merely replace them, as you pointed out. we have to embrace that legacy staff and repurchased them in other areas that we can benefit the city better with those folks. so our decision to recently go to a more enterprise version of cloud computing was leveraging e-mail in the crowd -- that was a major decision. ground-breaking decision for the city and county, but one that we feel will better prepare us for the future and better enable us to implement other

where san franciscans and its visitors can shop for pet food and supplies, small stores make our city unique and special. we're not a city of strip malls, at least not yet, please don't jeopardize our livelihoods as independent store owners, we work hard to build our business and maintain our businesses. we love our stores and the people and cats that we serve, please deny the permit to pet food express. thank you. >> thank you. >> as the next speaker comes up, i'll call more names. (calling speaker names). >> my name is lisa erikson and i've lived in the neighborhood for 29 years and i wanted to speak up in favor of the character of the community and the neighborhood and oppose the project. i think the character of our neighborhood enhances all the neighborhoods and the city itself and i also do note for customers who prefer the pricing that pet food express can offer can go 12 box, park and get whatever they need. >> thank you. >> hi, my name's tony and i'm an owner at [inaudible] pet store and i want to read a letter, dear planning commission, we would like to add our voice in opposition

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and now♪ >> when you are talking about nightlife this is part of what makes the city unique and whatakes it a different place. >> there is nothing more rewarding than the crowd reaction when you see these events. >> i met with people that were some of the most creative and talented forces that i came across. when i met them, that's what i want to do and that's what i want to be. that's where people come together building relationships and change the world. >> entertainment is a dramatic builder and people come here to enjoy the lifestyle in san francisco and to be successful in this industry is to have a diversity of options for people and to have an active entertainment scene. >> we have spent so much time trying to keep the doors open. >> the industry, they are going through the most tumultuous times trying to make a living. it shouldn't be that difficult. >> we have san francisco band musicians situations facing these problems surrounding issues and we want everyone to enjoy music here. >> i think it great that this community is getting organize. san francisco is a really complica

cities in the world. join me on my toronto, canada, southern ontario adventure. located in ontario, canada's second-largest province, toronto is the country's most populous metropolis. for a unique perspective on the city, i begin my explorations at the cn tower, one of the world's tallest. ever since it was completed in 1974, the 1,800-foot cn tower has been a major toronto attraction. with its revolving restaurant, observation deck, now they've taken things almost over the edge, literally. before i can walk, possible fall objects like watches, coins, and rings must be left behind. and since hanging out 116 stories above the ground is thrilling enough, i'm also screened for narcotics and alcohol. besides my pants, the only thing i can take out on the edge is glasses. harnessed and strapped in, my next stop is the great outdoors. >> come on out, joseph. all right. there you go. whoo! welcome out. so, guys, i'd like to welcome you out to the edge walk. you are currently 356 meters above the earth. >> 1,000 feet? >> 1,168 feet, to be precise. i'm not sure if it looks like it, but it is. we're gonna be walking along around this ring. it's 150 meters around the tower. >> 450 feet? >

because these are outside elevators -- these are unique to the city. >> and this is going away with the upgrade. >> that is right. none of these will be here. we have retrofitted three elevators so far and now we're doing the outside cars. >> so this is what will be replacing -- >> this will be replacing the generator controller and control system. we are down to about 15 or 20 relays, down from about 100, which means much less maintenance. this thing had been running for about six months now, but we still have eight cars here to do. >> great job. >> we have looked at past the elevators and present. now let's look at the future. we are taking a look at some of the most exciting technologies in elevators. george, tell us about destination elevators. >> this is the technology of the future. probably the biggest single investment in elevators. san francisco has embraced the technology more than any other city in the country. a big advantage with us is passengers get to their floors sooner and there is more opportunity of customization of features for individual service. four issues of secu

city college. it's one of unique schools that exists. we love city college. we are passionate about it. it only provides affordable education, but high-quality education, that we have the best teachers, the best programs, and without city college we have no future, our students would have no fewerth. ~ future. and we are asking for your help to support this school, supporting the [speaker not understood] life. thank you. >> thank you very much. (applause) >> our next speaker is our sheriff, sheriff mirkarimi. if you're in the room, i did not see you. i apologize. i think you may have been in here. i would have called you sooner. >> thank you. supervisors, it's a pleasure to be before you. ross mirkarimi, city and county of san francisco. city college and the san francisco sheriff's department and our jails deserve a robust relationship. and i was stunned that in last december we reached out to city college in partnering on a $500,000 grant that city college had declined to participate with us on. it squandered the $500,000 opportunity. and the reason why that we reached out, and we're g

donates in the form of the recessing resolution to adopt or endorse or whatever this is a unique document within the city in go commissioners. it isn't a zoning plan and i think the nature of did you have to think about how that resolution is crafted. because one of the important things is a lot of falls back to the community the things like the recognition program so we recognize the cultural resources whether businesses or whatever but then what. what does that mean and how do we take it identification and do something with that. commissioner had some ideas and hope we can bring those forward in the documents. there is one of the things we recognize the policies in this plan but then as part of our resolution we want to say we want to move forward in los angeles police department marking the peace formula and direct that to the planning staff within our work program. those are the things we should think president about between now and december >> any other member? >> yes. >> i copied this on friday as well and have enjoyedrd that. one of the things i want to bring up is i see a map of the historic reso

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narrator: each city faces unique situations, so they must determine the asset management approach that best addresses these challenges. inspections can be done with various technologies, often by a robot... or personally by a technician on a bicycle. sensors detect breaks, cracks, and weaknesses in the pipe. man: we have roots at this cap lateral at 79. narrator: tree roots can grow into the pipe, splitting it apart. man: more light roots at 69. narrator: sometimes they may even find fully collapsed sections. after gathering the data, utilities can assess the need for rehabilitation. sinha: you have to choose the rehabilitation technique so that the life of the pipe can be extended 30 years, 40 years, 50 years. allbee: any asset has an optimal investment strategy. if you're making investments in that asset too early, or too late, you're wasting money. it costs about three times as much to fix a system once it's failed. so it's all about finding that right point where the dollars should flow toward that asset. narrator: but finding the funds to evaluate and rebuild these assets is an on

it is a unique part of the city where we have side yards as well as rear yards and we have a continuity of development in this particular mid-block area. i wish to address three things this afternoon. i want to talk about the neighborhood, the project, and our goals for today. in this neighborhood there's a clearly defined pattern of -- at the rear of all of the yards. i brought this aerial photograph which i believe you're all pretty much familiar with. i've also put a red line across the center of the rear yards, the rear extensions of all the buildings. you can see that there's a clearly defined pattern here. and that there are side yards. we had seven homes that are all in this matter. if you go to the opposite side of the block on 18th it's much similar. the only changes to this actually happen to be the houses have garages in the rear of the yards, both [speaker not understood] and the subject property. so, this has a significant impact on our air and light as well. in early january there was a pre-application meeting for the neighbors. i was unable to attend and the applicant did