4.6%, which is a competitive rate, and is free of some of the other financial bells and whistles that had served to create some of the challenge with the former financing. third, the foundation commits, with the assistance of elected to the leadership, to raise $20 million over the next 20 years to meet the remaining gap on this financing. lastly, the city enters into this agreement and provides certain assurances for the lenders necessary to make this financing work. in essence, we lead our credit rating to this deal. in the words of the city attorney, it is hard to find such a good deal for all the five parties involved. it would not have happened without the leadership of each. i am here, happy to talk about the leadership before me and look forward to more stable financial footing for the foundation and this wonderful museum in the years ahead. thank you. [applause] once again, on behalf of the staff of the asian art museum, i cannot say enough of our gratitude to civic
two as well? supervisor campos: this is a redeployment to the historical preservation commission. items one and two. item 2. motion rejecting the mayor s nomination for reappointment of andrew wolfram to the historical preservation commission, seat no. 2, for a four-year term ending december 31, 2014. supervisor campos: is andrew here? i am not andrew wolfram. supervisors, my name is kathy simon. i am a design principle. i am here to represent andrew, who is out of town, has been on vacation for a couple of weeks in australia, but felt i could represent him. i would like to read a letter that he wrote in his own words about this commission, which has been very important to him. i would also like to preface this remark by saying he has worked with me for 12 years. one of our projects, which i hope you have enjoyed, is the ferry building. that is when and duquesne to work with me. he was the project architect. he and i are spearheading within our company a reuse disciplin
the positive colon the historic preservation committee can have in our city. i look forward to advocating for proactive preservation issues in the city and developing programs that will be a benefit to residents and visitors of san francisco. i take my role on the historic preservation commission seriously and would be honored if you would approve my apartment for a second term. supervisor campos: thank you. before we continue, i would be remiss if we did not acknowledge the presence of two individuals. former supervisor amos brown and leslie katz. it is great to see two former members of the board. i just wanted to welcome them to the committee. thank you to them for being here. colleagues, any questions? is there any public comment on items one and two? given that we have a large turnout, to make sure that we do not lose a quorum, we will limit public, to two minutes per person. i am the executive director of the san francisco housing action coalition. i came before you w
supervisor campos: good morning, everyone. welcome to the january 3, 2011 meeting of the board of supervisors to rules committee. my name is david composts, the chair of the committee. to my left is the committee vice chair, michaele alioto-pier. to my right is committee members supervisor eric mar. the clerk of the committee is linda wong. we want to thank the sfgtv staff for covering this today. thank you all for being here and those of you watching. happy new year. best wishes for all of you for 2011. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? the items on the agenda today are intended to be sent to the full body unless otherwise indicated. supervisor campos: we have a number of items on the agenda today. before we begin, i know john avalos wanted to sit dowin on te meeting. i understand he will be here shortly. i think supervisor dufty may be coming in as well. before we begin, i thought we would give the supervisor an opportunity. ok, supervisor avalos is here. we have
linda wong. we want to thank the sfgtv staff for covering this today. thank you all for being here and those of you watching. happy new year. best wishes for all of you for 2011. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? the items on the agenda today are intended to be sent to the full body unless otherwise indicated. supervisor campos: we have a number of items on the agenda today. before we begin, i know john avalos wanted to sit dowin on te meeting. i understand he will be here shortly. i think supervisor dufty may be coming in as well. before we begin, i thought we would give the supervisor an opportunity. ok, supervisor avalos is here. we have been joined by supervisor avalos, the chair of the budget committee, representing district 11. good morning. good morning. thank you for having me here, chair campos, colleagues. what i am about to do today is perhaps unpopular, perhaps not welcome by pierre people who are here today but i have a concern about the board of s