as described in the legislation, which starts, the van ness avenue special use district starts at van ness avenue on the -- on the -- on van ness avenue, starts at broadway on the north end and ends at golden gate on the south end. so -- right now there's no conditional use for other entertainment. this legislation would be proposing that any business that is defined as other entertainment is -- would have to go through conditional use to -- to -- to open up their business. is there any other information that you have to add? >> commissions, all i'll add in speaking with bill barnes from pier's office, the main concern they have in proposing the ordinance and this resolution is restaurants that may turn into -- into places of entertainment and lounges, nightclubs, and they felt that since conditional use does not prohibit a use, it just requires an additional level of oversight by the planning commission, they felt this was an appropriate step to make to insure -- to insure that the proper oversight takes place. the -- they noted to me that that nearby streets and neighborhoods such a

those roads run parallel to van ness. or you could take market to circumvent this intersection all together. >>> at the bay bridge toll plaza give yourself extra time to get into san francisco. it's bumper-to-bumper back to the maze and the metering lights are on. here's steve. >>> all right. thank you, tara. for most, it's clear and told. for those of you watching it to the north, points north yes, you are getting light rain. it's not much there. it comes into mendocino county and falls apart. we're getting a cold rain north of shelter cove since my forecast area seems to go from crescent city to san diego. that's what it seems like. 43 at mount tam. gilroy, 44. we had upper 30s, kenwood, st. helena, pacifica 49. san bruno and daly city checked in at 50. a little cool for some. you can see the system. there's not much left but it's a cold, showery pattern. for us in the bay. bring morning, sunny, mostly sunny. 30s to 50s. napa 37, oakland berkeley, 33. everything dropping down. so a chilly morning, sunny and breezy. bree

the van ness ave the rt project is nearing completion of its eir. we expect the eir will be released in the winter. the geary eir will be followed in 2011. we have completed the work on the 2009, 2010 fiscal audit. we are expecting another clean audit performed. thank you to our deputy for finance and administration. that concludes my report. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. if there is any public comment on both of these items, please come forward. seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you. colleagues, no further comments or questions? madam clerk, please read the next item. >> item 5. award three-year consultant contracts, with two additional one-year extension options, to nixon peabody llp and squire, sanders and dempsey llp, in a combined total amount not to exceed $400,000, for bond counsel and disclosure counsel services in connection with the issuance, sale, and delivery of bonds and/or other forms of debt financing and authorize the executive director to negotiate contract terms and conditions. this is an action item. supervisor mirka

what has happened is because van ness has gotten sleepy, and when something happens, it is a big deal. we are talking about a major thoroughfare in a major city, which is pretty dead. i am remembering in my mind. when i opened up my club in 1997, the street was utterly dead. it was a significant thoroughfare, but it was totally dead. when i tried to open my business, the police objected, and i had to go to the board of permit appeals for a year and a half in order to beat them. five or six years later, what triggered and drove me to help create the small business assistance center is i had gotten so delayed by the sunni in a business that actually helped greatly turn the street around. so what i try to express to people is that if you want to help revitalize an area in this day and age, you're going to have to include liquor licenses. and with liquor licenses come challenges and an occasional problem. but that is part of the give and take of getting an area revitalized. i'm just putting it out there, that this seems like reaction area legislation on behalf of the supervisor, which i c

. >> the next item is christopher johnson doing business as one block down at 2080 vann-- van ness avenue. they are applying for one full table. this is a location permitted by the education commission. the applicants plan to operate a food-service business with entertainment in the evening hours. this is to be live music, open live tonight, bingo, and trivia. operation is planned for seven days a week featuring new american cuisine. occupancy is listed at 123 persons. the operators have had food businesses being san francisco. planning has indicated that both the planning and in a timid people are normally uses. approval is recommended with conditions. the most important one is entertainment to end at 1:30 a.m. and also a request for the installation and the surveillance cameras. the permit officer has indicated to staff that all approval but he is giving is predicated on the applicant signing a lease. unless they have new information for me at this time, there is not a lease signed so the staff is recommending that the commission grant this with the specifications that it out with les b

with the approval of prop b, the authority help to relocate the office to 100 van ness. there we were administrating -- the transportation for clean air program. with the passage of prop k in november 2003, there is the need for additional space in august 2005. the authority move their offices up one floor. we were able tim expand 60% to accommodate for all of the additional space needed. currently, the authority has a five-year lease with vno. the lease expires august 2011 and includes a five-year option to include a contract term. the authority had a big bet on march 20 and sought estimates from four other locations. we took a location at the embarcadero, the south of market, the civic center. from that bid and request an proposal, we were able to obtain estimates for the property at 1390 market street. a five-year contract would cost $2.4 million. atat 220 market street, we were able to obtain $2.5 million that we were able to contract for a five-year term. 1455 market street, we were able to obtain an estimate of $2.7 million at a five-year term lease. staying at the

it's basically between potrero avenue and south van ness. very mixed neighborhood.the base of potrero hills where the design related businesses are. it's the 3 clusters we look at. the fourth one is bay view's hunter's point. we have recommended to transition about half of the industrial land in those 4 neighborhoods out of industrial and into neighborhoods. it's a finely wrought compromise for the city's need for housing and the imperative to keep some of these larger rougher businesses able to survive in the city. from catering kitchens to auto repair. furniture wholesaling, a lot of things that need larger, cheaper spaces to occur. those businesses they provide support for the the city's front office economy. the downtown offices, tourist industry. all of those businesses need support for linen washing, printing and what have you. so the idea is to support the economy and secondly the jobs provided are very good stable jobs. some activities that used to be clearly unindustrial active, because of technology changes take place in a base that looks like an office. p

you remember its original home on van ness. now you are part of that transition to the center, the civic center, and of course your museum has been really the anchor of cultural tenants that has helped us transform this area of the city. >> to my mind, it is wonderful to be part of such a rich cultural community. when visitors come to this area, that have so many different options. >> let's talk about the anniversary show, which will be a phenomenal opportunity for san franciscans and all visitors of the city to get a real sense of how the city has grown and the importance of culture. >> we focus on moments where it was involved in pushing the dialogue about contemporary art forward. the jackson pollock exhibition in 1945 is a perfect example of that. our founding director was deeply interested in abstraction and was engaged in dialogue with the guggenheim about bringing the jackson pollack showed to the west coast. the original price for the painting, $750. are directors thought that was too much of a stretch before the board

authorizing the amendment of four existing leases (at 729 filbert street, 650 fifth street, 160 south van ness avenue, and 109 new montgomery street) to reduce the rent and extend the lease term for the department of public health, human services agency, and the department of child support services. supervisor avalos: thank you. >> good morning, members of the committee. it is a pleasure to come to you with an item like this which is related to savings of rentals. john updike, assistant director of real-estate. we have four items before you. i will give you a brief terms and conditions, outline of these four amendments. this is the result of a query we made in concert with the city's overall efforts to reduce contract costs wherever possible, to 94 different landlords where we had these commitments of at least $1,000 per month, seeking for some consideration a reduction in rentals. not exactly a robust response to that request. our financial times are the same as many of the landlords, but we managed to secure these four. out of those 94, we have five, and these four before you today are first

very good news, almost done with my report, very good news on the van ness ave transportation project. we received notice from the state historic preservation officer. i agree with the assessment of the classification of the old light poles. the office essentially agrees that because of lack of integrity to convey significance, the polls, although historically significant, are not an item that will be listed. so, that has removed a potentially interesting obstacle to moving the project forward in an expedited manner. we are now at the point where we have read designated the project managers and engineers to staff the engineering effort. so, we are boys to have capital programs and construction division initiate 30% engineering on the project. we are moving this forward and i am delighted that we have achieved that major milestone. my last item is simply to welcome major markets, our new senior transportation planner. richard has a bachelor's degree in sociology and urban planning, 12 years of transportation planning experience, has worked for metro north in new york city, for the oran

van ness and lum bard are state highways. >> i will ltd. regina talk about that. well, the mta they have a specific traffic calming form you need a certain amount of residents that you send in. and they will come out and do a traffic calming analysis to give recommendations as to may be doing bulb outs or what have you. caveat is it's not necessarily one the most expedient methods. going back to the supervisor's office so that -- you can help because there may be things we can talk to dpt or mta and

there is another thing to consider when you are buying and building to the east of the van ness ave. a third map. this map depicts the area of the fire that followed the 1906 earthquake. the blue is where all the buildings were destroyed or badly damaged by the fire. as a result, the ashes from those fires remained on site. in those days, lead paint was used to paint the sides of buildings. it is a known carcinogen. it is a hazardous material. what they did was after the earthquake, they took these mounds of sand, the valencia st. hill, if you go up market street, you know how it starts to climb? imagine that was a much larger hill. they mined 26 million cubic yards of sand out of theire, and they mixed it with the debris from the fire and they used it to fill basements. so you have sand, ash, pieces of wood, brick. well, the ash is a hazardous material. you come along and used to buy a site at sixth and mission, with the understanding you will demolish the building and build a 50 story building. and you thought you were just going to dig out the sand, the film, and haul it to anothe