many of us have work together for the various causes and policy changes for this great city. i must say that there are many unsung heroines in this room, and my guests at table three are many of my own personal friends and supporters to keep me honest, keep the focus, and make it really very special and important to do what i do. i have got a lot of guidance and support from these women. for those of you who have not met them, please, after lunch, these are the women who make up a big part of my life. i think what is also important is that we need to support each other and with each other up. but i would also like to acknowledge, a former khmer brown's daughter is still here, never publicly think your father. he appointed me to the airport commission 12 years ago, and at that time there were not a lot of women voices on the commission. we on the commission at that time decided we had a lot of good training ground as to how to work with the city and make policy changes. as many of you commissioners out there know, we don't get a lot of training how to behave, what our role is.

i am glad you're going to have a gun to do the work because i know you will be using it smartly. you did a lot of work around gun-control as well. you have to control yourself with that gun. i want to wish you the best. you do have some big shoes to fill but your public record before becoming -- going to the sheriff's office has positioned you well and i am sure the colleagues will be talking about that as well. congratulations. i look forward to more work with u.s. will. supervisor campos: i will try to be sure. i know you're not going away from city hall. you will be here working with us. one thing that i want to say is i want to thank you for the fact that when i became a supervisor as did many of us, as the new supervisor, you're trying to learn the ropes and i appreciate the fact that you and your staff from the beginning made ourselves available to help out and to show us around in terms of how this place works and i appreciate that. the level of support that came with that. as someone who has progressive politics, i especially appreciated and appreciate the fact that as a p

work in the media? lots. how many of you used to work in the media? how many of you want to work in the media? ok, good. that will give us a sense of who we are talking with. great. every friday, we have a media roundtable and invite international, alternative, and mainstream journalists to talk about coverage of the week's news. we believe it is important to highlight good journalism because so much of it gets passed over. we think it is also important to start off on a positive no. with that, i want to start off on a positive note tonight. i worked with very. we were on staff before the web was even a mainstream word. i just want to ask you, since you were there in the beginning, and you have rode the wave, what is really exciting new as we face all these challenges? >> the good news is we see an emerging business model for media, and the bad news is it involves giving 30% of your revenue to apple. but i think there is a lot of potential, actually, for building a business on top of distribution through mobile. the other thing we have got going on is really profoundly exciting and far more exc

let me go back and explain how the site use agreement works bit of the agreement is designed to give us a great deal of flexibility and the ultimate selection of sites. we pick these sites based on coverage, but we know that things come up. the release might be too expensive. there may be technical considerations that we have identified at a site. there could be other problems with the site. so we have the flexibility in this agreement to substitute sites through about the next six months. so if the side that we have that covers the bayview and hunters point, i believe that is at 200 paul avenue. it that side door to fall through, we could use candlestick park as a backup. that site could be too expensive, and then we would look at the alternate. but based on coverage, the other side was a little bit better for us than candlestick. we tried to go for the best coverage, but we know we will probably have to do some shuffling. supervisor kim: the current constellation of sites, does that actually make an impact at candlestick park? there are so many people there. it is true, you cannot c

we hope to use this tool ie eastern neighborhoods and we're doing some work on that as well. a resolution was passed import of the expenditure -- in support of the expenditure. i circled an addendum to the table that adds a note articulating some of the specific ideas around pedestrian improvement. the second report is the development impact the report required as part of article 4 of the planning code. this was drafted by the comptroller's office and you saw it last year as well. the new thing the sheer is an accounting of fees that were deferred and there is a table on page 2 that shows how much fees were deferred as opposed to collected. that is a topic we will hear more about. 4: last night asking for a reporting of the effectiveness of this program in terms of stimulating development. i believe the board of supervisors asked for an informational hearing on the same item. i would like to draw that table to your attention. the last item is our annual process of indexing fees. the last couple of pages show the 2012 the rates. every year, we will inflate the impact fees to a

she listened to us, worked with us, addressed the issues, and gave as mechanisms to review. the use of the computer store for personal services. she was very insightful, understood our problems, i think she would be terrific as the city administrator. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. >> supervisors, my name is gus, president of the i.t. chapter, local 21. as richard said, we had the opportunity to work with naomi kelly a number of times on contracting and purchasing issues. she was great to work with. i also had the opportunity to work with her on something called the union city partnership, which was a working group that looked to fight a collaborative way to find savings for the city. i found her to be someone who knew how to listen and listening to new ideas. it was always accessible and willing to try something new. so we support her 100%. thank you very much. supervisor kim: thank you. >> good afternoon. i am shelly. i want to address and then that was only briefly mentioned in some of the comments about naomi kelly, and that really is hurt empathy and understandin

the question is how do we perform the work above that line? we use dpw or consultants. the blue is the specialized work like tunnels and projects that are specialized that we need expertise to perform. the new slide identifies the resources we have in each category. each year, the amount of resources needed is decreasing and the amount of resources that are needed in the other programs are increasing. the current staff needs are the fourth column and that is consistent with the green line on the previous chart. if you look at this green line on the chart, the numbers will coincide with the years. one of the other things we look at is how we provide supporting services in forms of work orders to really assist us. over the past years, we have helped other agencies, give them resources so they can help us deliver these capital projects. one of the big indicators we look at measuring his not only my operating budget but the multiplier. the multiplier is basically saying out of that billable staff, the people working, we have back of the house people who are helping the work

unintended and pediments that to date restrict the implementation of the various plans that so many of us worked so hard to put into place a little over three years ago. addressing these impediments will undoubtedly help the needed capital investment required to achieve the plans desired outcomes such as enhanced their bread quality, job creation, the construction of needed public infrastructure, all of which will provide the city with needed it economy. president miguel: is there additional public comment? commissioner borden: i would like to thank the staff for this report. i wanted to ask the last speaker -- you mentioned impediments' but your letter did not talk about the impediments or unintended consequences. i did not know if you have an opinion on what those were or if you have an opinion in general. >> i have observed a number of them as a land use professional and did my work with the cac. commissioner borden: you brought this to our attention and i am eager to know what they are. >> i am the mayoral appointee representing showplace square. the community adopted an open space plan as p

i believe that it takes all of us working together to plant seeds that would bloom and flourish forever. god did that on purpose, just like in this room. together, we are planting seeds. the youth that will bloom and flourish forever. on behalf of my nonprofit, which works with youth who empower them through dance, performing arts, the hip-hop. we let them know where the roots come from. africa. we see ballet to name a few. in addition to the performing arts, we offer brotherhood and sisterhood programs. for the boys, it is had a cross between boy scouts and fraternities. they teach self-esteem, and we present our children yearly in a debutante ball. this is the third annual debutante ball, and in three years, we have served over 60 children. coupled with 20 boys from the princess club. our final aspect which the educational enrichment. it was essential that we do not leave that aspect out coupled with education. everything i say will go into one year and out the other. we bring the dance, the arts and education. we used the instrument of version, change the words of. the turn that into

as he mentioned, he tried to get us an add-back for park patrol last year. we look forward to working witt you supervisors as well. one thing i would say from the park's perspective on the number of dogs, we defer to the experts in terms of what number is best. but that consistency across parks and jurisdictions we believe makes it a, user friendly, and much more easy for our staff to enforce. thank you. >> thank you. i think we have folks from the port and the p.u.c. here. if anyone is interested in speaking? if not, feel free to address anything that comes up. next i want to invite up sally stephens from the animal welfare commission and has a dogs, and martha fields. if the two of you would come out from the dog owner or guardian perspective. >> i am sally stephens. i am chair of the animal welfare control commission and the chair of s.f. dog. as a history, about eight years ago, people went to the dog advisory committee, which is part of rec and park, to get a dog walking permit. it passed the d.a.c. unanimously. the number was six they came up with, and rec and park did nothing w

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it would be helpful for the department to come back with us, working with the budget office to make sure we know what the long-term expenses could be. we may not be able to identify all of the costs, but something that will help us identify over a period of time would be expected investment to look like. it is important for us to also understand what is the investment we are getting for free in this whole conversation? we are saying in our head, we will be putting in $220,000 etc., every year. what are we getting for free? if we want to build a system on our own, what would it look like, we have gone down this path? i imagine we probably would have gone down the path of increasing its capacity for our communications system. that is the direction technology is going and i imagine that is the direction we would have done anyhow. i would like the budget analyst to look at the cost provided to us in terms of the cost of the lease, renew those numbers for us in the report. perhaps if we could ask the budget analyst to reflect any new information that has been shared with us. colleagues, is th

it has been a good experience for us working with the staff. going back to the site, the core of mission a mixed with a new hospital campus, the site is very unique, it has a very big front of the day. together, with of the hospital, it will change and reinforce that statement. it will become the city center. we are planning to make the first phase four blocks, which is the central block. that will be the first phase, because it will really create a centerpiece for the campus. the bottom line is going to be the first phase, and we choose that because it creates a the central answer, and in one moment, we discussed with the side of buildings, those are the buildings. batf has always been to make an open campus. it has been the direction afforded the, the class's will be open and there will not be a private sense. in the entrances of the buildings were we're showing the docks, it'll have a different entrance for each building, to respond also to the street. even the lobby, you can cross through the building in become public spaces. it will have s

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is possible to do that what went wrong, -- with the withdrawal, i think that would be better for us working with dpw. director: it is suspended. if you wanted to do that, the board could continue the case to allow them to withdraw their appeals, and in the permit to be modified by dpw, but only when the appeals court lifted. >> just for clarification, it would need to come back to the board? no, it would not proved director: -- it would not? director: no, it would not. >> we can sufficiently do that with the other parties. commissioner garcia: i am confused as to what you think that is a better process them what was first described by art director. >> with our fees and our potentiality for other locations throughout the city i'm sure that light could be shined on in the future. i do not know if we need to take the time to make sure that is a benefit or not. i just want to get this thing solved so it does not take more of the board's time. commissioner garcia: you could walk out here tonight, so i am confused. >> if that is the case, i am happy with that, sir. director: does the board wished

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thank you for your work and allowing us to partner with you, and keep up a great work. [applause] >> thank you, john. you are better looking than re anyway. just kidding. i am going to be in trouble here. i think he may have seen on the front cover of our program that the summit this year is in collaboration with two great organizations. one is the california association of latino superintendents and administrators, and the council of chief state school officers. those organizations help to identify speakers. you will see on the program some of the breakout sessions are labeled. they are open to anyone. by pooling our resources, we were able to get some really great speakers, and we're proud of the association we have with those organizations. i would like to ask the current council president to please come to the podium and say a few words. [applause] >> process. -- gracias. welcome. it is my pleasure to welcome all of you. the association has been in existence for a little over 20 years. what we focus on is eliminating the achievement gap, and we do that by developing

they are very rigid voluntarily working with us in terms of purchase of the equipment, power, what needs to be done in terms of capital improvement. we're working on trying to figure out how to charge rent and electricity, whether it is metered or some way. we're going to share in the cost, the benefit for them is they will not be located somewhere else where they did not want to go. there is efficiencies that can be in terms of just bought efficiency, which is i am not going where i do not want to go, verses we will

he will be working with us extremely closely. with that, let me invite board president david chiu. >> thank you, mr. mayor. i am pleased to be part of not just this presentation and announcements, but the team of political and technological innovators is a wonderful step for the city. before i came to city hall, i ran a technology company. like everyone here, we know we have some of the brightest and most innovative individuals, here in san francisco. that being said, when i came into city hall, i was shocked at the fact we are a city with a proximity to silicon valley, yet, while we spend $200 million a year in i.t., we have had seven disparate e-mail systems, three dozen data centers, and winnie the consolidation in technology, but even more importantly, we were not part is in the best and brightest minds here in san francisco. over the past year, i have attended a number of hack-a- thons, and was impressed about the ideas of how to fix muni, making our commercial buildings greener, using vacant spaces, figuring out how to catc

we're very proud to work with the commission that challenges us, works with us, and expects us to be r best. we appreciate your presence today. of like to acknowledge local 798. thank you for continuing to advocate for our department, to give the recruits over our class working. supervisor chiu, i would like technology. -- i would like to acknowledge you. i really appreciate your presence and support of the san francisco fire department. the supervisor was chair of the budget committee. it was not an easy task. we appreciate her diligence in that role and how she understands the importance of continued funding for public safety. last but not least, to mayor lee. he is -- i am proud to be achieved for almost eight years. i am so proud to be working under the direction of mayor lee. he is a colleague and friend. i am so proud he is with us in good times like promotional ceremonies and graduations and in difficult times like in june with a loss of vincent and tony. thank you so much for being here. i will be back to give you your oath of allegiance to officially welcome you into the depa

they are very rigid voluntarily working with us in terms of purchase of the equipment, power, what needs to be done in terms of capital improvement. we're working on trying to figure out how to charge rent and electricity, whether it is metered or some way. we're going to share in the cost, the benefit for them is they will not be located somewhere else where they did not want to go. there is efficiencies that can be in terms of just bought efficiency, which is i am not going where i do not want to go, verses we will have inefficiencies and operation and cost sharing. >> will that be defined by an mou? >> yes. right now we're trying to figure out the costs so we can share them. we have experience with human services agencies in terms of sharing things. wheat contract with them for the help desk. we have a history of really cooperative working with them and i am sure there will come through. i do not want to do little ones, i want to do a larger one of the actual construction. >> thank you. >> the other one i wanted to talk about is the cash management system, because this will also have

most of us work, and you can't always -- i worked at home for a lot, so i was able to walk my dog in the middle of the day. but when i worked at home, i didn't. i go with the professional dog walkers estimate of 500 dogs in the city. people that go have their dogs in larger groups can pay less money than someone who does a dog walk individually. speaking personally, i had my dog walked by someone who did a single walk. she had some behavioral issues which that walker was able to train out of here. she was a little fear aggressive, and it worked out. i wanted her to walk with someone focused on her. at the time i was paying about $25 or $20 a day for a dog walk, and i think the largers groups should pay less. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, i am the co-founder and chair of the chrisy field dog group. we are a non-profit organization with over 600 members based here in san francisco. before i begin, i would like to thank and recognize supervisor weesh for authoring this important legislation. it has been a long time coming, and scott has had the foresight and fortitude in moving this

they are very rigid voluntarily working with us in terms of purchase of the equipment, power, what needs