she worked. okay, i am curious about in your statement, the second to last page of the position statement, you submitted. it looks like she did sign a waiver but she added a couple of sentences to it and so am i understanding that correctly? she did. and the sentences that she added basically made it appear (inaudible) i believe that her words that she used was that she did not want anything given to other members of the public. that you wave. bup isn t the waiver so that you can release it just to her? once you sign the waiver it could be released to any other member of the public that asks for those records, which is why we require that they sign the waiver. in keeping in line with what the sotf has returned in 07, that is when we started to make that practice. i am sorry mr. gibner were you shaking your head? do you have more background on this waiver issue? i guess that one fundamental tenant of sunshine and public records is if someone makes a sunshine reques
to release public information to mr. clark on a timely and responsive basis. in response to the first charge i have already stated that at 2 task force meetings i publically acknowledged and apologized for my failure to release information on a timely basis. however at the same two hearings, i took the opportunity to convey a statement read by representative my response to the questions. i have furnished you with my statement which was read at the two hearings and the statement includes responses to mr. clark s questions. who ill this public information was not released on a timely basis it was nonetheless released to mr. clark on a responsive basis by virtue of those two hearings. furthermore after the last of those two hearings, mr. clark, on august 29, 2011, mr. clark sent me an e-mail regarding his proposal for the designation of street spaces or hey street. i fully responded to the question on page 2 of the letter to mr. clark on september 13. you have a copy that have l
on the street artist program i will move on to the symphony fund. so on a high level, the arts commission hasline pleased to have partnered with the san francisco simple thoan since 1935. i think it s a landmark that san francisco voted to institute a municipal symphony. in close advisement with the city attorney s office, we believe we are in complete compliance with the charter and the law. the path-through, the earmark like we have for the police department, the municipal earmark from the charter goes directly to the san francisco symphony in it s entirety resulting in 12 community events, symphony events including dolores park and other parts of the city. and the gift that is received by the arts commission from the san francisco symphony is in compliance with the admin code or the arts commission s ability to accept gifts under 5.100 of the city charter. so and it s our feeling that that is a great partnership and it is the gift is greatly valued and supports our general
didn t do that going forward you could always ask the board of supervisors for a supplemental appropriation. sure every department could do that all the time. but i mean how does that relationship work? is it an assumed, an unspoken given that that s the dollar amount that you re going to receive from them? we currently have a four year mouf. that mou was brokered prior to my arrival but it was i believe signed and approved in the fall of this past year. so the current mou outlines the next four years. it s my understanding that historically there have been different conversations in terms of outlining what the agreement would be. that mou is drafted in close concert with the city attorney s advisement. okay. so, again, just from your perspective, in terms of the charter language and specifically dedicated to maintenance, you guys are complying with that. i feel that the earmark fund that goes to the symphony produce symphony events, the dolores park concert and other
those areas of how to improve as an agency. i m committed to ongoing improvement. i m open to ways in which i can be more accountable to the public and board of supervisors and make our staff available to the public when there is opportunity to invite people to our meeting. i would love to see broad community and at the full commission level. so i appreciate your consideration of the findings and recommendations and your support as we move forward to kind of solve some of the challenges we see here and championing a new day at the arts commission. president farrell: well thanks for your response and your time and i guess welcome and look forward to working together for sure in times to come. and any questions? all right. so thank you very much. i know there are a number of other city departments that were present before and i know we had a delayed start so i don t know who is left. but if there are folks that are left that want to come speak, we see you there. anyone, i w