supervisor scott wiener. >> supervisor scott wiener. >> art and so the motion to elect supervisor wiener carries as the chair carries. >> okay. a new chair of the transportation authority congratulations to supervisor scott wiener (clapping.) >> colleagues before we moved i want to first of all thank you for your confidence it's a real honor to fill this position and to hold this trust i want to thank commissioner dooley's for his two years of strong service as the transportation authority chair as his vice chair i had the pleasure of working closely with him and even though we don't agree on everything we have a good relationship and working with the hiring process for the executive director it went well and professional and i think i'm appreciative of the work you've done commissioner to thank you so colleagues, we you know this morning i as posted on facebook the map of the originally plans of the bart system for 1956 if you've not seen that map keep a copy i think it is a cautionary lesson of what happens when you don't think boldly about transportation that map showed a bart system

oh, supervisor wiener. >> thank you. just to be very clear, even though i understand the process points, in this particular project, it's 60 days from the acquisition to pass this resolution in order to allow the acquisition cost to be included, is that right? oh, okay. so i very much in respect with the concerns and the project, as i know as we go through the sequel and the timing of the process, every perspective will be addressed but i'm sure if this project succeeds we will all want it to be 80/20. but i understand the process going forward so thank you for raising that issue. >> thank you. supervisor campos. >> thank you, madam chair. just a question for supervisor cohen. in terms of what we're building on, what kind of cheng to this item would you like to see? >> supervisor cohen. >> that's a tough question, i think. >> oh, sorry. >> it's okay. thank you for putting me on the spot here. (laughter) >> supervisor campos, i can always count on you for that. (laughter) >> i would say even if we were to insert tangible

supervisor wiener present. >> supervisor yee, yee present. madame president, you have a quorum. >> thank you, can you please join me and for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you, madame clerk are there any communications? >> there are no communications today, madame president. >> can you please read the consent agenda. >> items 1 through 7 comprise the consent calendar and these item are considered routine unless a member objects. >> seeing none madame clerk can you call the roll. >> items 1 through 7. >> campos aye. >> supervisor christiansen. >> aye. >> supervisor cohen? >> aye. >> supervisor farrell? >> aye. >> supervisor kim? >> kim aye. >> supervisor mar? >> aye. >> mar, aye. >> supervisor tang absent. >> supervisor wiener? >> wiener aye. >> supervisor yee. >> aye. >> supervisor avalos? >> aye. >> supervisor breed? >> aye. >> ten ayes. >> can you please call item 8.

. >> thank you very much supervisor wiener. >> supervisor christensen. >> i'm sorry supervisor wiener. >> thank you, ma'am chair i want to thank supervisor mar for the statement about the golden gate bill we were san francisco commissioners were these almost completely united including the bike pedestrian fee in terms of ab 61 it is important to keep in mind two things first of all this motion is not to move us from the recommended opposed position to a support position but go back to the staff recommendations to watch this bill and i think this is not completely appropriate and second the bill does not take away local control it clarifies that we have local control that we as a localist enter into an agreement for the shurltsd to be able to use muni bus stops under appropriate circumstances and in fact that's what we're doing with the program i understand people want the buses to go away there are a lot of neighbors that get to work using the buses inside and outside the city it is appropriate to go back to a watch position. >> thank you very much supervisor christensen. >> get the m

without objection, supervisor wiener is excused. can you please call the roll. >> on 18 cohen. >> i. >> farrell. >> i. >> kim. >> i. >> mar. >> i. >> tang. >> i. >> yee. >> i. >> avalos. >> i. >> breed. >> i. >> campos. >> i. >> christensen. >> i. >> there are ten i's. okay. >> okay. this motion is approved unanimously. item 19. >> to reappoint supervisor norman yee term ending january 31st to the golden bridge highway and transportation to be excused. >> with that, supervisor -- >> yee. >> -- yee is without objection, supervisor yee is excused. can you please call the roll. this is like musical chairs, right? >> yeah. >> madam clerk, please call the roll for item 19. >> on item 19, cohen. >> i. >> farrell. >> i. >> kim. >> i. >> mar. >> i. >> tang. >> i. >> wiener. >> i. >> avalos. >> i. >> breed. >> i. >> campos. >> i. >> christensen. >> i. >> there are ten i's. >> okay. this motion is approved unanimously. madam clerk can you please call the next item? >> item 20 is a motion to reappoint -- >> actually, can you please call item n

tang present, wiener present, supervisor yee. present. madam president all members of present. >> thank you very much. please yoin -- join us in the pledge of allegiance. >>supervisor london breed: madam clerk, are there any communications? >> there are none today, madam president. >>supervisor london breed: please read the first order of discussion. >> the first item is formal policy discussions; the mayor shall answer the following eligible questions submitted from supervisors representing district 1 and 11. the mayor may address the board and initially for up to 5 minutes. discussion shall not exceed 5 minutes per supervisor. >>supervisor london breed: good afternoon, mr. mayor. >>mayor edwin m. lee: good afternoon, everyone. i think this board knows as everyone else that it's an important event for our culture and communities and time to celebrate with family and friends and proud to be a mayor that celebrates our diversity and communities of all diversities. i look forward to working with all of you in this rear of the ram. a time of

so i really want to thank supervisor wiener. he and i are again speaking up for animals again and i hope this passes at the state level. i want to thank speaker atkins and senator lara for being bold in this policy. i was telling supervisor wiener for making mistakes and looking at photos for situation where this happens it's completely devastating and we hope that san francisco leads the way and conveys a strong message as well. >>supervisor london breed: thank you, supervisor kim ? >>supervisor jane kim: thank you. i would like to ask to have my name added as a cosponsor. i thanks those that educated us on this issue when we 1st got e-mails in our office back in february i wasn't aware of how serious this issue was and also as california is a geographically an area where a lot of ivory is traded. i learned a lot about this policy and our campaign manager got involved in this issue and i really appreciate the work that the residents have done to bring this initiative an aboard. i'm happy to support this and support it's passage

cohen chair the commissioner lee to my left is supervisor jane kim and to my right is supervisor wiener vice chair our clerk today is miss andrea ashbury and i would like to take a moment and acknowledge as well as thank jessie larson and jonathan that will be tifgz this broadcast on sfgovtv. >> announcements? electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the february 10, 2015, board of supervisors agenda unless always state and madam clerk item one. >> a resolution for is zoning control for 8 most period west of octavia blue shield. >> all right. ladies and gentlemen, supervisor wiener will present this as well as the discussion. >> thank you very much madam chair and colleagues this resolution will enclose interim zoning controls for the parcels mc 19403 that are facing market street west of octavia billboard specifically requires that certain office uses business and professional services and limited services requires a conditional use before going in colleagues you'll recall i trootsdz

supervisor wiener. >> thank you madam president. so first i want to thank supervisor avalos and others for working on this legislation. i know a good part of it is a response to the court ruling to make sure that our ordinance is in compliance with what the law is, and i will also say that this is one of the challenges here and i think one of the frustrations of the public and the city departments have had is as i understand it because pg&e has insisted that these rather large meters be used in connection with some of these devices that ends up making them much bigger and more unsightly and it's sort of outside of the carriers control unfortunately but pg&e made that decision which i understand doesn't have to be the case because other utilities in other areas in southern california have made a different determination as not requiring bulky and blighted kinds of boxes. in any event just a question in terms of -- maybe i don't know if this is for the planning department or to the author. in terms of out reach to the wireless carriers

ladies and gentlemen, supervisor wiener will present this as well as the discussion. >> thank you verylleagues this resolution will enclose interim zoning controls for the parcels mc 19403 that are facing market street west of octavia billboard specifically requires that certain office uses business and professional services and limited services requires a conditional use before going in colleagues you'll recall i trootsdz the interim zoning controls for the rest of upper market and 24th street and noah we're moving towards the controls for the castro commercial district as well as 24th and noah valley to require a conditional use for those types of office uses i think we all know a vibrant and successful commercial corridor requires active retail it requires retail and eating and drinking establishments and diversity of uses that are active during the day and night and during the weekends when a commercial corridor has too much uses phenomenal the ground floor whether real estate or title companies or banks other kinds of office uses it can negatively impact the vibrancy of a commerci

many months of work and is really overdue because the city is in desperate need of as supervisor wiener seven hundred we need a road map in dealing with the street trees one of the most important recommends is the sustainable funding source for street trees in san francisco history of street trees in san francisco is very long and very 2r0ub8d because it supervisors - board of directors has given money prefixing and taken away money this is not the way to take care of urban trees they need to be taken care of i strongly recommend the supervisors endorse this plan. >> thank you. >> john i'm on the board of friends of urban forest and want to thank you for having this hearing and urge you to approve this plan and recommended to the board of supervisors for passage as you've heard as you introduced and you've heard from the speakers trees add a tremendous value to our community add million dollars of value and improve the quality of life the promotion of the uttering is vital to the offer all health of the city as mentioned we're a green city one of the areas where we're in need of improve

absent supervisor mar absent supervisor tang supervisor wiener we have quorum okay. we will now move to item number 2 >> item 2 approval of the minutes of the january 2015 this is an action item. >> colleagues well, i should are there any changes to the minutes okay. seeing none is there any public comment on item - supervisor avalos. >> i'm sorry, i he am wondering if you're mike is on. >> is that better my apologies colleagues, any changes to the minutes seeing none we'll open up for public comment is there any public comment on item 2 seeing none, public comment is closed could i have a motion to or is that a roll call on the minutes. >> on item 2. >> supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cohen supervisor farrell supervisor kim absent arrest supervisor mar absent supervisor katie tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee absent this item passes. >> okay item number 3. >> chairs report this is an information item. >> colleagues this is a few things i want to mention the first yesterday we held a hearing on the release of

. >> thank you, supervisor wiener my name is bruce and as a lifelong transit rider i consider myself a native san franciscan even though i didn't get here until i was thirty years old you don't joe i won't tell you how long ago that was one thing i've learned awhile serving on the board of directors for the sfmta we didn't have a very good transit system at night i was riding muni morning noun and night as a director and one of the things i've heard time and again, it's not safe to ride or work at night because i have no way to get home and this is something that i know that as a muni user i know i used to go to many, many giant games and candle stick park and many, many last night games i also have to worry about getting home and i think that is the same problem because many of our resident work in east bay and have to come home to the homes in the city and they shouldn't have to worry about not being able to get home safety we must do this whatever it takes i'll help you do it thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> good afternoon, supervisors and thank you, supervisor wiener for starting

motion made by supervisor kim for a with a positive recommendation seconded by supervisor wiener this motion passes unanimously thank you very much without objection madam clerk call item 4 >> item 4 a hearing on the pavement of parks program. >> great, thank you thank you, supervisor wiener is the author of this item and will present and lead the discussion. >> thank you, madam chair i called for this hearing on the xachlt program to receive an update on the program how it's pressed and this champs and make sure it is succeeding in the philanthropy as i'll recall the pavements and parks program is a innovative program that was start in san francisco about five or six years to make sure that we are creating great new public spaces both by taking underutilized street spaces and thank you for the opportunity it into plaza spaces and one the great parts about the new urban itching we're seeing in san francisco and throughout the country is a renewed understanding of public space and our park system and large amazing parks are critical it is also important to have those smaller neighborho

supervisor malia cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee absent this item passes. >> so item no. 7. >> item 7 appoint angela miller to the advisory committee this is an action item. >> supervisor mar thank you, colleagues. i want to thank the programs and policy committee for forwarding ms. page millers name reporting the responding district she's been a great leader in the district 0 not only formerly working with the department and with the institute of environment she works closely with my office and a number of transmissions and neighborhood advocates from the richmond and strong focused on seniors and bicyclists our office says she will not only represent home share but the neighborhoods as well as young women supporting transportation she'll bring a valuable point of view on the the line system it is really an example she's well-informed of the whole transportation system in our neighborhoods also ms. miller will be a strong voice for not only the geary rapid project a stronger project but supporting other neighborhoods