We have a quorum. And the next item is item two, president s announcements. Good morning, everybody. Obviously i would like to open the meeting on wednesday, december 20, 2017 in honor and close the meeting also in honor of our late mayor lee who passed and left us last week tragically. And i know i just wanted to just talk a little bit about him. And its not too much we can say more than whats been said in the last week. I think i went down on friday with my family and stood in line with many other people, which was around the block, and at that point it really hit me. What this man really meant to the city. I always knew it, but sometimes it takes a passing to really understand how powerful and a person he was to the city and to the citizens of San Francisco and to the city family who worked for the city and how the leadership ran so deep. My thoughts and comments in what i wanted to say this morning were so varied and it still hasnt resonated what a huge loss we have. But that said,
Nominated by the Senior Engineer and the outstanding work on the warrior stating project and with the Initiative Liability and complete deduction for the projects demanding timeline. And nominated by james zahn and dbi supervisor mechanical Planning Engineer who noted they had been twice as productive as other engineers in turning around electrical plan reviews required on Major Construction projects in quarter four and is exceeding the departments strategic goal target. And the commission extends the enthusiastic congratulations on the outstanding performance in quarter three and four. With that, we have one more. Finally, the Employee Recognition committee has select ed Kevin Edwards as dbis employee of the year for 2017. Well done, kevin. Kevin was the winner of the employee of the quart er and meeting staff and customer staff request for data and reporting. In short, kevin is the goto guy with dbi mis group which sun suddenly requires an accurate statistic on dbi programs and permi
Of our late mayor lee who passed and left us last week tragically. And i know i just wanted to just talk a little bit about him. And its not too much we can say more than whats been said in the last week. I think i went down on friday with my family and stood in line with many other people, which was around the block, and at that point it really hit me. What this man really meant to the city. I always knew it, but sometimes it takes a passing to really understand how powerful and a person he was to the city and to the citizens of San Francisco and to the city family who worked for the city and how the leadership ran so deep. My thoughts and comments in what i wanted to say this morning were so varied and it still hasnt resonated what a huge loss we have. But that said, life is what it is. And the good guys always remain good. He was a good man. That is the simplest way of putting it. From the other side, i got to know him from the immigration debate and the whole roots came from that a
Without trying to address this problem in a different way, were risking lives, health and safety of our residents and losing opportunities to help those who are grappling with drug abuse. Were risking the opportunity to get them access to other services that we provide. We simply cant afford to stand idly by and thanks to the efforts of community members, weve moved forward in a healthy way we have existing providers and funders who are willing to help us implement this sites and what i was hoping from this memo is a deeper analysis of how we can do the right thing within the confines of the law. The city may need to take steps against criminal prosecution and other risks identified in this memorand memorandum. And im asking the City Attorney gauge the risk of prosecution and other things identified in the best and most responsible result. So this conversation will continue. The other time i have today, colleagues, is an in memoriam for the daughter of reverend arnold townsend, his onl
Are. So we will be very conscious of the fact that an area of the open space will be lost by this building. This is of great concern to us because it closes us in when we go out in the backyard. We also sympathize with mr. Kauffman with respect to the foundation and the possibility of flooding because we had a similar situation and brought the same type of appeal here to the board of supervisors some years ago and were successful. So thank you for very much listening to me. President breed thank you. And thank you for being here today. Next speaker . And if there are any other members of the public that would like to provide comment, please come forward. And this is specifically for those here to support the appeal. There will be an opportunity for those who oppose the appeal later on in the meeting. Hello, board of supervisors. Im Phillip Kauffman. My house is in danger. You can read all the reports by lawrence carp, the architects and so forth. Ive lived in this house for almost 30 y