>> through the homeowners association. >> okay. >> so, the various board members of those associations. that includes 101 lombard, 150 lombard, telegraph hill dwellers. >> okay. all right, thank you. yes. >> and some of the steering committee is here tonight. i'm sure they'd be happy to -- >> thank you. i just wanted to get an overview. thank you. >> we're ready to start with public comment. can i see a show of hands how many people herein tend to speak under public comment for this item? >> madam director, is [speaker not understood]? >> you can invite them up if they're not a party to this appeal. would you like to hear from them? >> we'll wait. >> okay. so, i'd like to ask that folks who are planning to speak, if you can, line up on that side of the room. that will help move things along. if you haven't already filled out a speaker card and you are willing to have us spell your name correctly in the minutes, i ask that you give one to mr. pacheco. i see only one person standing up over there. i believe there are more people who wanted to speak. whoever wants to go first can approach

i'm a structural engineer of the data coffee engineers. i'm a member of various boards. i'm very pleased this the projects are back on track we certainly needs those projects to support san francisco after the next earthquake. we know this could happen this after that. we're expecting causalities in the tens of thousand dollars. the recovery of our city is dependent upon a disaster responses plan we need to keep people in town in support of the long term recovery. i'm proud to say that san francisco is becoming resistant. and mayor resistant safety improvement program are working to stash a program that means quick recovery. san francisco needs it's hospitals to be, if you knowable. as you know a major kwaerth today will leave san francisco with few beds. and we need all our hospitals. when the next he earthquake occurs the san franciscans deserve to have save hospitals for help. the time to improve that plan is now. thank you >> good afternoon thank you for lowering any tospectro speak. i'm the policy director and i'm here to speak in support of the agreement before you

once the eir is certified, various communitis and boards and this board will have the opportunity subsequently to consider other aspects of the project for approval beyond environmental effects. a number of people disagree with some of the planning department's conclusions. and disagreement and difference of opinions with the determination presented in the f [kwrao-eufr/] feir -- the information analyses and conclusions in the eir are appropriate and legally defensible. the conclusions

once the eir is certified, various communitis and boards and this board will have the opportunity subsequently to consider other aspects of the project for approval beyond environmental effects. a number of people disagree with some of the planning department's conclusions. and disagreement and difference of opinions with the determination presented in the f [kwrao-eufr/] feir -- the information analyses and conclusions in the eir are appropriate and legally defensible. the conclusions are based upon substantial evidence and discloses the impacts from the proposed project. so i know that we have heard this, but i'm going to quickly summarize the project. the project site is on the northwest corner of 3rd and mission streets and the proposed project consists of the construction of a new 47-story, 550' tall tower consisting of 520' tall building with 30' mechanical penthouse. there would be three floors below grade. the new tower would be adjacent to and physically connected to the existing aaronson building. the new tower would have 44 floors of residential space and approximately three floors

the board will quickly flash between various stunts you may be subjected to, each of which carries a specific point value. for instance, we have veggie wedgies. that's for three points. sausage link jump rope for six points. or the dreaded catnips for ten points. that's where we strap you down, sprinkle catnip on your nipples and let 12 cats go to town on you. [ laughter and applause ] whatever your dart lands on, that's what you'll have to do. whoever has the most points at the end of one round wins the game and a check for $100. you guys ready? [ cheers and applause ] contestant number one, you're up first. stand behind the firing line. let's initiate the dartboard of insanity! all right. here's your gun. fire when ready. aim over there. all right, good. hot dog in a hole! ten points. hot dog in a hole. higgins, tell him what he has to do for this. >> steve: well, jimmy, tonight's lucky contestant gets to grab a bunch of hot dogs and throw them through the mouth hole of new york city mayoral candidate anthony weiner. [ laughter ] if he can get seven hot dogs through the hole in 20

as our colleagues know, we like here as the board of supervisors during various times of the year to recognize important leaders in our community who have been contributing so much to add to the research and diversity to the community. the month of may was declared by president clinton as asian pacific month. i want to thank those in the audience who have been celebrating this city of asian americans here in san francisco. i would like to acknowledge the woman who has been managing a lot of our city's american asian pacific heritage events in recent years. claudia chang. i want to acknowledge you to make some comments this afternoon. >> i want to mention that this citywide celebration has been going on since 2005. so the group has been growing and every year the committee meets to plan on the celebration and theme. as some of you know the theme this year is honoring achievements in the performing arts. they have honored two individuals in the organization for the impact of using the skills and experience in the performing arts in benefitting the community. so we are very happy to a p

a lot of times you'll find the board of supervisors members have support for various programs also. we've gotten that after the budget was done in order to fund some of the programs. >> great. do you have another question? >> i have three more. >> you have three more up there, and anybody else going to be wanting to ask a question? okay, we'll get you lined up, then. >> let's see. this is to sharon. your capital city clean up program offers $1500 to private property owners to abate on heritage properties. what are the technical requirements to abate graffiti from heritage properties? >> i actually am not an expert in terms of the types of chemicals. so, i really captain answer that question. basically like i said before, we have our contractor on staff who is fully qualified, who is responsible for getting a letter approval through heritage for his chemical. they have to do a test with them to ensure that the products are safe for use on all heritage buildings. and so that's how we've been able to handle our heritage buildings. >> i think most of my experience here in the states is

we are also the sounding board for them when it comes to the various type of permits and licenses we may be having difficulties with. i have my units working with the permit officers at those stations, who are the first line, reporting directly to their captains. i wanted to say that my highest priority is public safety. when we review an application for a new venue, be it entertainment, a bar, or a night club, it is very important that we look at the impact the venue will have on the neighborhood, and the community itself. however, i must also keep in mind and be aware of entrepreneurship and small business owners as the backbone of our city. they had a lot to the culture and flavor of san francisco and we do not want to lose that. we take these factors into consideration. ultimately be want everyone to have an enjoyable and safe time when they go out after hours to enjoy the city at night. that is my viewpoint. >> i am going to ask you to pass that over. >> good afternoon. i am a member of the san francisco police department alcohol and licensing unit. i have been in this departmen

the back part of our board is made up from customers and various members from departments within city government such as the controller administrator and office of public finances. the biggest challenge around evaluating these rates for the board is to balance a number of complex and often conflict issues and value sets large around balancing the rates to customer segments, the ease of understanding the rates for the rate payer. when we come to that lens we've come to several observations that both sflafco and puc can benefit from. the rates are fair. when the rate fair boards look at the cost of the rates whether the certain rate payer is not paying another fee. the rates are technically fair and they pass that test. when we look at the cost of service, when we look at the program assumptions that go into where the rate need to be in order to recover proper funding for the cost that are anticipated for the program, the board recognizes the rates are probable set. in particular, the phase 1 program contract rates are designed to mitigate a number of risk for 1/2 year period of executi

a lot of times you'll find the board of supervisors members have support for various programs also. we've gotten that after the budget was done in order to fund some of the programs. >> great. do you have another question? >> i have three more. >> you have three more up there, and anybody else going to be wanting to ask a question? okay, we'll get you lined up, then. >> let's see. this is to sharon. your capital city clean up program offers $1500 to private property owners to abate on heritage properties. what are the technical requirements to abate graffiti from heritage properties? >> i actually am not an expert in terms of the types of chemicals.

last week the board of supervisors did take time out to recognize and thank various members of our gardening custodial park maintenance staff who went above and beyond the call of duty to get our beloved golden gate park. 4/20 is the date when we are unfortunately welcomed tens of thousands of visitors who did not necessarily use our parks as responsibly as we would have liked. and it was a mess. and yet, within probably 24 hours, 24 hours, sharon meadow looked as good as new and that is a total tribute to our staff and thank supervisor london breed who took the time out to recognize our team at the board. and it's this kind of dedication and continued efforts, which are why this week travel and leisure magazine named golden gate as one of the world's most beautiful city parks. rob am i done stalling are are you ready? >> i'm ready. this is the portable street soccer that we hosted in washington, d.c. and last year we held it in times square new york. this is an intro to the event in 2010. [ music ] >> what you guys are proving is that we have - [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] it's amazing what

they set up for the court march the due process protections, for example, the size of the board various -- the not right to counsel. there are safe guards in there to make it a fair trial. [inaudible] charge each individual. >> i think the question is what are the specific charges against andre and smith respectively? >> it was both for both of them it was for working to betray west point. they originally had ten charges against smith and they narrow it down to one. very general you were working with the enemy to betray west point. and for andre, it was similar. it was you were working with benedict arnold to betray west point and you're doing so in deguise. >> followup on that. or whatever -- [inaudible] [laughter] >> i'm british but i promise i'm not a spy. i believe -- [inaudible] >> check him. >> welcome. [laughter] >> all right. my question is -- when we talk about war during the revolutionary period, you see things like a lot of maltreatment of prisoner, acceptability, and things like -- [inaudible] or things like that. but we're not in that paradigm anymore. we've had convention

they set up for the court march the due process protections, for example, the size of the board various -- the not right to counsel. there are safe guards in there to make it a fair trial. [inaudible] charge each individual. >> i think the question is what are the specific charges against andre and smith respectively? >> it was both for both of them it was for working to betray west point. they originally had ten charges against smith and they narrow it down to one. very general you were working with the enemy to betray west point. and for andre, it was similar. it was you were working with benedict arnold to betray west point and you're doing so in deguise. >> followup on that. or whatever -- [inaudible] [laughter] >> i'm british but i promise i'm not a spy. i believe -- [inaudible] >> check him. >> welcome. [laughter] >> all right. my question is -- when we talk about war during the revolutionary period, you see things like a lot of maltreatment of prisoner, acceptability, and things like -- [inaudible] or things like that. but we're not in that paradigm anymore. we've had convention

discussion that took place in committee and at the board of supervisors that there is a willingness to work on this and i appreciate the various steps that have been taken by the public defenders office. i think that the fact that they have been working closely with the mayor's office point to how they are really trying to deal with it in a responsible way and i hope this item moves forward. i think a lot of progress has been made on most of those issues and they are very close on the last one so i would simply ask for moving the next item forward. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor campos. so, i guess there are a few questions. i under stand you are working with the mayor's office but pending outcome from there, as i shared my perspective from last time i don't like when the budget chair now the committee member when we approve a budget and it gets spent and we any knew this was going to happen. at the same time we have to pay for salaries that have been earned. my concern is for next year which is most important and i want to make sure what we are hearing from you is that you are

boards then in one nine hundred eighty ronald reagan stepped into the white house and everything changed nonprofit community alone became evil and for profit and corporate owned became great it was all about making a buck insurance companies and hospitals began turning to for profit money making machines doctors began forming their own practices as corporate entities and physician costs began to soar prescription drug companies began to squeeze every last penny out of the american public and the costs of just about every other aspect of health care in america have skyrocketed since the reagan era. now what we are left with is a for profit reaganomics version of health care in our health care system the charges in explicable rates for common everyday procedures and lets prescription drug companies flays the wallets of americans while millions are forced again to decide between life saving health care along with a life of poverty or not getting the health care and die if health care were part of the commons if we were to say that health care is a right in america not just a privilege none

with planners and staff in the building department and the planning dependent on various projects. obviously anything that is a conflict on that board i will recuse myself. i would go everything i could to have someone else presents those projects. but this is really related to ongoing work with staff. >> my understanding is the remit for seat number 3 are very difficult to find is tt

with planners and staff in the building department and the planning dependent on various projects. obviously anything that is a conflict on that board i will recuse myself. i would go everything i could to have someone else presents those projects. but this is really related to ongoing work with staff. >> my understanding is the remit for seat number 3 are very difficult to find is that your experience? an architect historian that you but more or less in our experience how many people do you find with your backyard. >> there are historian who don't work in the field and there's historian that are not architects so there are a few people who cross over. >> any information as to whether or not in the past minute who served in the seat that you're sitting in the 3 has also sought a waiver? >> the commission was started in 2009 as a propose j so there's only been one person charles. and charles is a partner in a very large firm is any project that is handled by his first name business it - i don't think he asked for a waiver because there's many staff workers in his firm >> so your sen