Shortly and commissioner president ann lazardus and commissioner swig commissioner Bobbie Wilson will be absence this earning set the record straight is robert bryan and at the controls the leg assistant gary im boards executive director were were joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. Sitting in the front row is chris buck urban forestry the Public Utilities commission of urban forestry at the table is assistant Zoning Administrator corey representing the Planning Department and the Planning Commission walking the room is senior bickering john updyke he with mark wall will be representing the please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones and other Electronic Devices are prohibited. Please carry on conversations out in the hallway. Permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. People affiliated with these parties must conclude their comments within 7 minutes, participants not af
Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting of february 3rd, 2015. Madame clerk, can you please call the roll. Thank you, madame president. Supervisor avalos. Avalos present. Supervisor breed. Breed present. Supervisor campos. Campos present. Supervisor christensen. Present. Supervisor koehn. Cohen present. Supervisor mar present. Supervisor farrell present. Supervisor tang not present. 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
And today, we have over 20 teams out there working ask a supervisor the supervisor is there to help take care of you and make sure you have a safe experience and as we also do for 15 years strong after the clean up we come back and break bread that gives us time to share stories and meet new friends so, please enjoy our day work safely. Thank you very much everyone thank you, thank you good afternoon everyone. Welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting of february 3rd, 2015. Madame clerk, can you please call the roll. Thank you, madame president. Supervisor avalos. Avalos present. Supervisor breed. Breed present. Supervisor campos. Campos present. Supervisor christensen. Present. Supervisor koehn. Cohen present. Supervisor mar present. Supervisor farrell present. Supervisor tang not present. 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
Good afternoon and welcome to the San Francisco Land Use Economic Development committee im scott wiener the chair of the committee to my left is supervisor cohen our vice chair jane kim will not be joining us today shes been called into jury duty your clerk is andrea ashbury and i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting todays hearing jonathan and the others. Madam clerk, any announcements . All 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 2nd, 2015 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Call item one. On ordinance to define homeless shelters. The mayor is the sponsor we have the Planning Department to present following by mr. Duffy. Good afternoon. Supervisors im kim the planner with the San Francisco Planning Department today is an ordinance amending the controlling for homeless shelters it was unanimously recommended approval by the Planning Commission on dec
Okay. Once the door closes which i think it is okay. Item 4. Okay madam clerk call item 4. Admiting the recession and open space element. Okay. Im the sponsor of item number 4 this legislation all the times the general plan and sets the citys Long Term Strategy to make sure the stunt of our streets keep part of our urban forest this plan, which is exciting were moving forward with it is long overdue and longterm in the the making i want to commend the department of public works and for the thoughtful and deliberate process that processes this document the plan was supported by the Planning Commission and the urban Forestry Council it is a key component of our uttering and key to our healthy environments and our quality of life and have an estimated 5 hundred and plus street trees they remove pollutant from our air and water and confer millions of dollars to and city sadly many of the trees are not in good shape and San Francisco ranges low for the canopy coverage this is unacceptable f