would take. i think their interests are not aligned precisely with iran. >> what about iran and the strait of hormuz? >> we might decide to cut off their oil shipments. that is a possibility as one of the options. it is kind of ironic they are threatening to close the straits of hormuz. they cannot if we do not want them to rea. our milli terry capability is strong enough they could not do it without -- our military capability is strong enough they could not do it without our will. a blockade is a possibility if the world is willing to understand iranians nuclear weapons is such a threat to world peace that it is willing to release of iran -- to really stop iran by stopping the oil flow. stopping the oil flow with the use of the blockade, it would not be iran blocking the streets of hormuz. it would be the world naval fleet telling them we have other sources of oil and we're going to tighten the screws by not letting them export oil. that is one option that needs to be considered. >> many critics

they would take the take the am tools and the first one that they would have to use would be the scalpel. and these are not nice and delicate tools, as you can see. it's long. it's very narrow with a very sharp edge on it and the reason for the length is because this blade here would have to be pushed completely through the thigh. through the top and out the bottom. then they would take the bone saw and the bone saw, very small teeth on it. it would be used to just like it says, to saw through the bone and they would saw the bone as close up to the top as they could. what they would do is cut the bone higher than the flesh would be when they folded it back over the shortened bone and stitch that and that would make the stump. you would think that a lot of patients would die with this type of surgery but it was a very effective surgery because it was done properly. we talk about doctor's offices but a lot of times these doctors were tenant farmers. they farmed and they did, but also what they called "saddle bag doctors." saddle bag doctors not only stayed homebound at their doctor's offic

it would only have to come up perhaps 5 inches. so it would be four feet shorter down there. commissioner fung: that would put the split sidewalk in front of the two store fronts, 9 and 7 clement. roughly. >> well, actually, i was suggesting its still cover up 11 clement too. it is possible there could be some other compromise. i would have to look at it and discuss it with the department of public works and my client. commissioner fung: actually, you know, i am leaning toward asking you to compromise even further. to have some partial cut into the storefront. maybe not fully. i am willing to accept the compromise there in order to reduce the split sidewalk. president garcia: reduce or eliminate? commissioner fung: i do not think he will be able to eliminate it. president garcia: can there be a combination where a burden is borne within the building to get the walked down to what is accepted by the city. what is it? 5%? commissioner fung: 4.2%. president garcia: i would like to see a combination of you take pain -- you would be paying less. some of the pain would be absorbed

i would think that would be what governs. scott sanchez: in the rc-4 districts, and commercial uses are allowed in the nc-3 zoning district. we thought it was appropriate to have those senate requirements apply as well. that is what we are getting at with rationalizing those patrols. commissioner moore: there are signs in residential that have been advertising the sales of homes in many spaces, advertising building maintenance on signs which were never really approved. there are a bunch of nuisance signs in residential districts, particularly higher density districts. there is hardly any way to enforce them. scott sanchez: those that you mentioned about "for lease" and building maintenance are typically exempt any way. they would be allowed in all zoning districts throughout the city. that is not unique to residential districts. that is generally city-wide. as i understand it, you would like some better visualization of what the difference would be between the current signed controls and the proposed sign controls. commission

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it would be good to present that information as well. it would be very useful to see. those are my main comments. >> thank you, supervisor avalos. there is a request to take these amendments as proposed. we can move these in a better direction. can i entertain a motion to take those amendments? we have a motion to take the amendments that are articulated including the two additional amendments that you don't have the language for but you will be working to draft. >> i just had one question about third party verification, who does that? what are the entities that do the third party verification? is this a business? how did they get funding to do that work? >> one of the major third-party providers are a nonprofit organization that has fairly stringent standards. they actually testified at the small business commission. what i will probably do is and fight them to our next meeting said that you can hear more about that and maybe have them brief you beforehand. you had asked questions about the philadelphia experience. it is my understanding that the tax policy just went

we would say twice a year they would shed, and not necessarily all year long. but i would not dispute they may have dropped pods at other times. they do not necessarily shed all their pods. they might fall later on. president garcia: i think the worst thing about the trucks -- maybe some of hit the trunk, but i think it mostly has to do with a limb problem. >> i would say those lines are not substantially damaged. that is probably because they have made an effort to clear them. the damage we saw was not substantial. but i may have misunderstood that also trucks had hit trees down the block. if i am wrong about that, i stand corrected. president garcia: i know you are bureau of forestry, not really dpw. it seems aside from these other problems, this should be a no truck street. >> i would agree with that, because also it is a t. it does not seem like a logical truck route. i would go up portland. straight shot. very few stops all the way. i do not live there. president garcia: we do not have the commissioner -- we used to ask this question all the time. i asked

>> you would think there would be, steve.ecause i don't spend a whole lot of time looking at polls. but what the polls do say, generally speaking, is that the idea of confronting what is a difficult and serious budget deficit challenge in this country, by asking seniors -- i'm sorry. by asking the wealthiest americans to pay a little bit more in taxes, while at the same time we are -- the government's tightening our budgets and making some important cuts while reforming these entitlement programs, that the vast majority of the american public supports this kind of balanced approach. that's why this is the kind of approach that was conceived of by the rivlin do men chi commission. a bipartisan commission that was tasked with taking a look at this deficit problem. it's why this is generally the approach adopted by simpson and bowles and supported by democrats and republicans on that commission. it's why it sha-- it's why even gang of six in the senate generally speaking took a look at this and earned support from democrats and

this would score very well. a lot of the community wanted to have their transit in both directions on one street and this would achieve that. also, what this would do, it would create an opportunity for a cycle tracker, a protected bicycle facility, whether it's two-way or one-way, right now, we're still defining it, because there are things that are new from a federal standard guideline that we haven't approved yet. what we're doing with folsom and howard, we're working with the city staff right now. all the city staff to help define this alternative a little bit more. this is the concept that came out from the project report. looking at ways we can include wider sidewalks, one-way cycle tracks so we're actually conforming to our existing comfort of innovation, let's put it that way. and then getting this ready for environmental clearance which is an opportunity we're looking at for these two corridors with the city staff. on folsom street on, transit services, this gave us an opportunity to work with the trans

risks because it would be confident that we would not intervene. they would be emboldened to act out convention mainly or increase their support. finally, we would like to deter iran from the using nuclear weapons for war. this is the easy thing to deter because this is the only thing we can credibly threaten them with our own nuclear arsenal. no one would believe us if we say we are threatening to nuke you if you do something conventionally. it just would not be credible at all. but we can credibly threaten to respond in time in response to a nuclear attack. on the other hand, some observers worry that the run is simply not rational. they are not motivated by old fashion cold war calculation and benefit. in the summer 2006, for instance, or nard lewis wrote in "the wall street journal", that according to his reading of islamic text, and i quote here, august 27, 2006, might well be deemed an appropriate date for the dick and being of israel and, the world he went back to the tax and said this might be the end of the world. it could have an apocalyp

that would give me the sunlight the roof rail would cut out. this is a north facing back, so sunlight is very important. the deckhouse right now blocks a big part of the sunlight we get on the deck. we are really concerned about adding more features that would block the sun. i think that is asolution. it does not really reduce the size of their deck much, and it is cheaper than reconfiguring it at the location it was, because that is within a 5 foot fire zone and would have to be safety glass. second concern involves a skylight on the south side. that a concerned their privacy is disturbed. the bedroom is right there at the top of the third floor, right there in their building. the roof deck -- people on the roof deck can look at the dressing room. the bedroom is on one side. there is a bathroom there. they are concerned about privacy. the plan shows the barbecue up against the light will. they are not sure they want to smell the barbecue sauce and so forth while they are in their house. that will also affect anybody else on that. it is going t

how would we fair in the united states and how would we get repaid? and what kind of impact would that have on our country? you used the term apocalyptic. i would like for you to explain more thoroughly. >> again, the money we lent -- first of all, the swap we've made, we've taken collateral for it, which is coming down. it is backed, first of all, by the european central bank. behind it is 17 national banks which have gold, other kinds of assets. those central banks, in turn, are backed by the governments of the euro zone. it's an extraordinarily unlikely situation we would lose any money. it's a three-month obligation. you're talking about a situation where national governments are defaulting across the euro zone -- >> if i might follow up. >> 30 seconds. >> 30 seconds. some of those governments over there are having political problems. and they're not anxious to pour more of their money and their resources into saving other countries. germany in particular has had some political problems. >> i agree. >> maybe more severe. >> so you say these 17 oth

wouldn't you agree that that's -- would be pretty breathtaking to the afternoon american, so would you like to clarify that? >> i do. but i -- you know, i've always served with republican presidents and democratic presidents who always reserve the right to defend this country if necessary. >> before we do this you would seek permission of the international authorities? >> if we're working with an international coalition and we're working with nato, we would want to be able to get appropriate permissions in order to be able to do that. that's something that, you know, all of these countries would want to have some kind of legal basis on which to act. >> what legal basis are you looking for? what entity? >> well, obviously if nato made the decision to go in, that would be one. if we developed an international coalition beyond nato, then obviously some kind of u.n. security resolution. >> a coalition of -- so you're saying nato would give you a legal basis and an a ad hoc coalition of legal basis? >> we were able to put together a coalition and were able to move together, then obviously w

it would be to the general fund. indirectly, that benefits all the city family but it would not be directly to the police department. commissioner kingsley: if this were to be sold, with this go to the police department or the general fund? >> to the general fund. commissioner kingsley: thank you. >> i'm hearing the commission is concerned about turning the property over. not sure what is going to happen for it -- to it. is it possible to you -- for you as the real estate agent to go out and solicit these leases and all this information and want to have one that is chosen, come back to the commission for agreement to relinquish the property back to the city? is that a possibility? i do not want to do anything illegal. last time we heard from either builders who want to get their hands on it and put more condominiums out there. we would like to see that building. a lot of folks have worked there. is it possible to delay the transfer until we determine what they use is going to be? >> i think it is possible. the challe

roots, what would that do to an's goals in the region, what would that do to hezbollah, a terrorist organization supported by iran, what would that that do to hamas and what that do to lebanon, what would be the impact that you would hope for in the region? >> well, as general mattis testified yesterday, it would certainly diminish iran's influence in the region and set back their goal of becoming a regial leader dramatically. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you very much, senator bloomenthall is next. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you bother to your forthright and careful and cautious approach to this problem. and i think many of us are approaching this issue with a high degree of hu millity because of the lack of information and looking for as you brief us in a more secure setting. even wit all that care and caution, i'm struck, mr. secretary, by the conviction that the regime will fall, you said that they will meet their end. there are few things in life that are inevitable and right now the assad regime seems to be on the march and seems to have m

we would say twice a year they would shed, and not necessarily all year long. but i would not dispute they may have dropped pods at other times. they do not necessarily shed all their pods. they might fall later on. president garcia: i think the worst thing about the trucks -- maybe some of hit the trunk, but i think it mostly has to do with a limb problem.

would agree with that. we were not aware that this permit has expired. i was not aware that next g had responded to the request. if you deny the jr request for the brussels street vacation, then those property owners have opportunity for the process to get to unfold. they will have the opportunity to respond. president garcia: thank you. commissioner hillis: with the caveat that i still do not understand why i am voting on an expired permit. president garcia: do whatever you are most comfortable with. commissioner hillis: i withdraw my motion. president garcia: and i would make a motion that we deny jurisdiction on brussels for the reason that there has been a technical glitch. the permit has expired. now they will have to go through article 25 procedures rather than 11.09b. notice will be given to whoever lives within a certain radius of that particular installation. vice president hwang: aye. commissioner fung: aye. commissioner hillis: aye. commissioner hurtado: aye. that motion carries -- director golds

it would not pump -- would not bump the other. the question of how we are accomplishing that. that is one way of addressing it, but i think there is another question i have which is being an additive discount is a significant one and i want to clarify what that means. if you are a be corp. and get a discount, you are a joint venture or whatever, the discount could go as high as 14% which is substantial. i want to get clarity on that because i'm not sure how that work. >> this part of the complexity of this legislation, but we specifically stripped out the active portion. there were two places where it could happen. we said there was an additive 4% and we have eliminated the latter category. it was confusing and with regard to the other piece, when you actually get the benefit discount, the 8% is now 4% and the language says you only get the 4% if as long as it doesn't adversely impact the award process for nonprofit bidders. >> what was the reason we came to 4%? >> there were a number of people who thought the preference was too h

staff would like to know other changes that would be adopted by the planning commission. i can make hard copies available on request to members of the public. the first is an additional plan unit development modification being requested. in lieu of providing an additional full-size loading space, the sponsor would provide two spaces for smaller service vehicles with an underground garage. this type of substitution is allowed by the district and other more intense districts in the city. the other changes are additional languages that would clarify and emphasize the open spaces within the project will be resumed for publicly open space and pedestrian circulation and that jackson, and specifically will be delegated as right of way for these purposes. to conclude my presentation, i will begin my discussion of shadow issues regarding the park, and we sup will complete this discussion. planning code section 295 requires the planning commission in consultation with the recreation and park review any application. unless it is determined the shadow would not be significant or adve

these would be substantive amendments and the item would be to be continued. let's open this up for public comment. is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? we have one card and if there is anyone else who like to speak, please come forward. >> i am with the universal paragon corp., the developer of the project. we are very happy to hear about the amendments that have been proposed today. the fee would have added additional financial burden on a project that is no longer having access to the redevelopment funds which were eliminated earlier this month. we support the amendment and look forward to working with the city on funds for the project and letting the public benefit with this project to be earlier -- to be realized earlier rather than later. supervisor mar: next speaker. >> which districts are you planning to expand to? >> south of market. it just commercial, 25,000 square feet. >> district 10 would not be included? >> district 10 would not be included. supervisor mar: is there anyone else who would like to speak? seeing none , public co

we would pass those through, which would add money to the cost of any parking citation. another idea has been to extend the hours during which we enforce parking meters into the evening or on sundays. both have a fair amount of courage -- no amount of commercial activity. -- both have a fair amount of commercial activity. from getting folks off the street parking, we think these have policy and operational merit. they also generate revenue. there are some areas of the city where there is commercial activity where we do not have managed parkading. we think there is an opportunity where an additional readers would bring parking benefit along with a little revenue. the board of supervisors adopted resolutions supporting free muni for youth. the revenue impact of doing so would be roughly $8 million a year. if we were to limit 5 someway such as for low income newsyout it would be $4 million of impact. it is a relatively small percentage of the budget, about 1%, and those advocating for this have identified some revenue sources said could help offset our revenue loss. we have

one of my favorite things was i would love when i would call him, and he would just pick up and startking and having a conversation, and then 10 minutes in he would be like, oh hold on, they just called me on stage. i am giving a speech. i would be like, what? >> tell me -- >> he was sitting in traffic is what i thought. >> i am guilty of this, and if he can hear me he will now know that there were times where i would put the phone down. i would get up and get something to drink and come back and he would be still going. i would just go -- i would go, andrew, recap. what are you trying to say? and then he would summarize everything. >> didn't you at least tell him where you left off? the other thing about andrew is something you guys were saying earlier, and it actually went from a story i read about what he was doing last night. it is so typical is when ever i would go to meet him somewhere i never walked in and found andrew alone. you are never like, meet me at the restaurant. you show up and he is just sitting there and waiting quietly. it was like, can these guys join us? >> exact

if it would up joint ventures or nonprofits that would be an awardee. this was important feedback we received from the lbe community. apply to contracts only under $10 million and i want to note that we included nonprofit because we heard from the human services network that they did not want benefit corporations to trump nonprofit contractors and we were happy to add that. the human services network is a supporter of this legislation. the 8% the amount, we heard feedback that was too high. what we have done in the most recent version is we have reduced the bid discount from 8% to 4% i want to thank the budget analyst. we have incorporated many of the comments and suggestions they had and what we propose is the h r c and controller provide an evaluation every six months for the first two years followed by an annual evaluation. we also require a benefit corporation needs to have been a benefit corporation for at least six months before they bid for a contract. we have had feedback on to other issues. depending on feedback from the committee today, i'm pr

i would like to see that expanded. those are my thoughts. >> what is before you is broad enough it speaks clearly about what we're looking for. if there is a pretentious -- the user that has something they want to deliver, it is about their messaging and framing of that. that ties it. as the chief put in his letter to me some months ago. to again that relationship with the police department. i was comfortable with this language. it is something that can be an effective tool as we look to secure respondents. >> thank you. commissioner chan: thank you for these changes that reflect some of the things we have made. we talked about language to include 501c3 status for charitable status. where is the police department remains concerned that ultimate uses reflect the tradition of public service, provided to the community and speak to longstanding relationships of the departure with the neighborhood. i see that clause and i think it is helpful. when you get to the resolve clause that executes this, it is pretty broad in terms

>> we would have to the hearing next week. the dr requester would have the ability to present its arguments, but it does have to present that case to the commission, and in order for changes to happen they would have to take discretionary review and recommend specific changes. what we are most concerned about are the windows on the facades of the face of public rights of way, so those are really what is at question here, but we have reviewed that and found it to be compliant with our guidelines. gooaxe is there a procedural problem in the of the planning department has issued a suspension? it would not be cured by any action from this board? >> that is correct. if you were to take action tonight government are suspension would still be in place. we would release that based on the outcome of next week. if the commission chooses not to take discretionary review, then we would release the suspension and they could move forward. guerdofax would that be appeala? >> that is correct. it would be the determination of the zoning admini

i would ask myself if i would get caught. in california, half of the people who commit murder are not caught. we need to catch the people committing murder. this is what she means when punishment must be firm, if people get away with murder, they learn that they can and the community learns that they can. this is really the fundamental problem. we can do much better job if we were actually to replace the death penalty to life without parole and invest the money saved in solving homicides. every victim's family should have some justice. >> i wanted to ask you to perhaps tell the audience about the controversy related to the death qualified jury. many people did not realize that when we select a jury for the death penalty case, this is comprised of different members of the city. >> people look to california as we continue to send a lot of people to death row every year, with the highest number of new death sentences. people look at the state and they see how many people in california are moving away from the death penalty, who

that would reduce the cross slope, would it not? >> i think i understand what you are asking. even if we did not have an entrance to a 11 clement st., we would still need to have this worked sidewalk -- warped sidewalk with these slopes. the cross slope is going from the entrances of seven and nine clement, and you go down 4.2% from there and it drops down radically to 14% at nine clement and at 7 clement, i think it is 11% smoke. that is 4 feet from the sidewalk to the curb. commissioner fung: the slightly different alternative, conceptually it may work. at 7 clement you create a split sidewalk and design it so there is a -- there is something that addresses the elevation difference and then warp the sidewalk at the other doors. is that possible? >> i am not sure i follow that. only at seven clement, there would be a split level sidewalk? commissioner fung: that is correct. >> but it would also need to have that at 9 clement. once you start at the curb, you go up towards the building and that is where we are running into problems. we would have to make up about 5 inches from

i would expect the owner who would always be a neighbor, the d.r. requestor will always be a neighbor, to work it out with each other. if the architect was in the week before, -- in the way before, this is the moment to encourage them to take another look and come to a mutually softened position on the subject. >> it can require the -- you can require the rubber members and that would encourage the private sponsor and the d.r. requestor to work together to address the sheer wall and light and being able to see this guy but that is -- the sky but that is not part of the motion. on the motion. thank you. the motion passes. you're now on item 13. >> good afternoon. this proposal is for revision to previously approved permit application to reduce the height of the rich of the gabled roof by approximately 6.5 inches. it will not be visible from behind an existing front parapet and to read -- revise the framing. no other enlargement of the building will occur. this property is located in the rh2 district. residential area. the original permit it -- dates

that that would be - >> oh. >> right. that that would be the option. they can leave medicaid if they decide that that isn't working for them. i'm not saying this is an easy choice. i'm also not saying it would happen, because the secretary does have this discretion - >> well, the secretary has the discretion. we're talking about something else. we're talking about fiscal realities, and whether or not the federal government is going to say we need to lower our contribution to medicaid and leave it up to the states because we want the people to be mad at the states when they have to have all these budget cuts to keep it up, and not at the federal government. >> but that would be true, mr. chief justice, whether this medicaid expansion occurred or not and - >> i know, but you've been emphasizing that the federal government is going to pay 90 percent of this, 90% of this, and it's -it's not something they can take to the bank, because the next day or the next fiscal year, they can decide, we're going to pay a lot less. and you, states, are still on the hoo

we would get on stage, do our jobs. he would drive me home. we would critique each other's jokes and our acts. i am about four months into this nightmare, this experiment of mine. one night at about 1:00 a.m., having the hardest time in the world making these four drunks from des moines laugh. i get off the state and -- i get off the stage and go to the board videos awaiting for billy. a man sits next to me and starts staring at me. staring at me. i finally go, what, what do you want? he goes, you know, you are the worst the media i have ever seen in my life. i said, thank you, i really need to hear this right now. thank you very much. he said, but your material is good. do you write it? i said, yes. he said, can i see more of it? i said, you bet. i even asked his name. ends up this is lorne michael, and he is going to the clubs in new york looking for writers for this new show called "saturday night live" that was going to premiere in the fall. i go home to long island and a type of what i believe for a 1100 of my best jokes. two days later,

would the e.u. be cut out, and would obama be so eager to strike a deal that he would actually redefine the west's red lines when it came to the nuclear issue. and, of course, hanging over obama's head was the potential of an israelly strike against -- israeli strike against iran. the obama administration at that time and continues to do so today viewed as absolutely disastrous for the region as a whole and for the u.s. interests. of all of america's key allies, many of them wished obama well, but very few of them wished obama success. and after 30 years of enmity between the united states and iran, it was very clear to obama that something needed to, first, happen when it came to the atmospherics because in iran the united states was a great -- [inaudible] and in the united states iran was part of the axis of evil. that type of language was not conducive for the success of diplomacy. more than anything else, first, the language needed to change. and obama did a remarkable shift in this stance in th

if you would not filling one out, we would appreciate it. is there any public comment? seeing none, we will move to rebuttal. fax i am going to quickly address some of the issues that came on top, and then i am going to talk about the video. i do have a video of derrin cafe and the person who works there, and they do not sell tee boxes. they do not provide that at all. as well as the other merchants, they all sell brewed coffee or through tea. -- or brewed tea. in terms of our coffee been available, our patrons can open their bag and have a cup right there at the stand, so they are able to buy the bag, and we do have the bag open and make their coffee as well if they would prefer to have one of the other 15 choices and we offer. as far as the ingestion, there is no congestion. on the opposite side, and there are tour buses. there is a long building that does not have any opening doors, and there is a role of door, and there is a burger king. i went into burger king, and they do not sell the bags. this is my first time using this. >> coffee bean? i wish we did, but we do

would that be -- would that reach the point -- would that be the point where financial inducement turns into coercion? >> no, i don't think so - >> no? >> -- because they do, the states do have a choice there, especially as a -- as a going-in proposition. the argument the states are making here is not that they're -- that -- this is not a going- in proposition. their argument is that they're -they are in a position where they don't have a choice because of everything that has happened before. but - >> you might be right. but if that's the case, then there's nothing left ->> well, but as a - >> -- of federalism. >> as a practical matter, i disagree with that, justice alito. first of all, as a practical matter, there's a pretty serious political constraint on that situation ever arising, because it's not like the federal government is going to have an easy time of raising the kinds of tax revenues that need to be -- needed to raised to work that kind of fundamental transformation, and that's real. and political constraints do operate to protect federalism in this area. >> i would have tho

she would have to do in the context of a public hearing. >> it would come back to this board and we would discuss with the staff of the entertainment commission with the applicant and our folks and we report back to president garcia and the board and you can take a boat. >> she can take it to her board and gets it codified or something that her board is willing to go along with with that kind of settlement agreements put in place. there would be more process behind this. everything is clear on what would take place? >> some of the terms or to ask the entertainment commission to hold a hearing, that could be something that she could take back to her commission. anything affecting this person has to be decided by this body. >> it would be. you would act and we would discuss with the entertainment commission, with the property owner and we would take all steps necessary and it could do it that way. you would retain jurisdiction on the appeal and we would settle within two weeks. >> if we vote up or down to overturn this permit. it is in the interest of the permit holder for us to continue an

that would be fine with me. president garcia: i would move that we overturn the department and allow these trees to be removed, with the proviso that either three 24's, if there is enough room, replace these trees, or two 26's -- 36's. the final determination of what is best in terms of species and size rests with the department of public works and the bureau of urban forestry. >> a thank you said two 36 -- i think you said two 36's, but it was not certain that would be practical. president garcia: i know. i wanted to give ms. short the opportunity to agree or disagree with that. >> with the department of public works' discretion. could we leave open all three of those options? there could be two 24's? president garcia: yes. and i have to justify why the trees could be removed? is that the glare from the city attorney? the reason is they provide a hazard to the safety of one of the residence in terms of nuts dropped from the tree that make it difficult to work on the street. the present a hazard in terms of the

it would probably be doable. it just depends how the structure would be laid out. i would think they would be able to find a place to accommodate the parking within the building. have you had any input from the small business commission or the chamber on this? they seem to be ok with this part of it. >> we have presented this to the small business commission. it was an issue that brought up. whether or not they have specific issues -- no one has addressed that with me. i have heard from a lot of members of the business community about other aspects of the legislation which are not in this memo. commissioner antonini: specifically about the bikes. on the face, it does not seem it would drive the cost of expansion or building a new building and creating a new business up to the point where it would be prohibited. it seems like it would be able to be accommodated. commissioner moore: i did not know that a bicycle parking lot was included in the car collisions of area, because parking is not. are you carving out the two parking spaces which take 10 bicycles to add that

>> it would. you would need to take public comment. >> can i, before we go into voting, except the position? >> you could, but it is not necessarily a second of the motion that was made by commissioner lee. >> i would like to second. >> we are now going to call for public comment. there are two motions on the board that had a first and second, but we need to proceed with the first motion. the first is for nominating commissioner warren mar as president. ready to take a roll-call vote -- i'm sorry, public comment. sari, just to clarify, the public can comment on both nominations. >> thank you. good morning, commissioners. luke o'brien, coalition for responsible growth. i will start by saying first of all the i think either candidate will do a good job. as you know, i have been here many times, and i have found commissioner mar to be quite fair, reasonable, and confident and intelligent with the matter at hand. i will walk out of here comfortable with the level of candidate we have going for this po

they would -- it would create clusters on linear streets that are currently zoned both nc- 1 and nc- 2 and would allow for adoption of trade uses for the performance adoption area, and also allow them to be used for up to two-thirds of the growth area. lastly, certain non active use is on their streets. we always bring this before you with a full analysis in the next three months. that concludes my report. i also heard from the zoning administration that there were no additional items at the board of appeals this week. >> thank you. and just for the record, but historic preservation commission did not meet this week. president fong: thank you. any public comment or comment on the commissioners part? next item, please. >> at this time, members of the public may address you on items of interest to the public, with the exception of agenda items. those can only be addressed at the time they are arranged on calendar. with respect to this category, each member of the public may address you for up to three minutes. i have one speaker cards. president fong: thank you. linda chutman. >> linda

if the commission would be happy from -- happy to hear from them, i would be happy to get them? . >> i know there were several options and i thought we were going to use option 3 throughout the whole site, but if there are hot spots, why are we using a combination? if we're going to the residential, other than assuming someone will not grow something actually bring it to a standard where they can grow something on a small piece? i am wondering why we're doing the same thing throughout the site but not making necessary -- >> right. 'the first thing about hot spots, we did not identify a hot spot for the investigation we did, but that does mean there is not something out there on a smaller scale that we were looking that might be encountered during future development. so the risk management plan will address the potential that one might encounter unforeseen conditions during construction and will establish management measures and response actions to be taken in the event there is a hot spot and something identified, potentially an unknown underground storage tanks or concentrated