The San Francisco board of appeals. The presiding officer is commissioner honda and we are joined by tonights by our vice chair commissioner Vice President fung and commissioner lazarus and commissioner bobby wilson and commissioner rick swig to my left is brad the deputy City Attorney and provide the board with legal advice at the controls is gary hes the boards legal assistant im im Cynthia Goldstein the boards executive director. Were going to be joined as by were joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. Sitting in the front right now is amanda representing the bureau of mapping and shes joined by her colleague raul shaw i believe chris buck is here in the front right now with the bureau of urban forestry and Scott Sanchez will be here shortly and representing his office and the Planning Department and Planning Commission Electronic Devices are prohibited. Please carry on conversations out in the hallway. Permit holders and others have u
Please. Gee, present. Kim, here. Reiskin, here. Nuru, present. Sartipi, present. Harper recollect present. Mr. Chairman you have a quorum. Next item. Next item item 3 and 4 chair harper requested to move those items to the end of the regular calendar agenda. If there are no objections, that will be communication and board of directors new and old business. Thank you. With that your next item is executive drether report, item 5. Good morn ing director. January 19 the California Transportation Commission approved the 25 year lease for bus Storage Facility with 85 percent reduction in lease rates for fair market value. We have provided ac transit based on lease terms. Ac transit board is expected to approve the sublease later this month. We also expect to be receive bids on the bus Storage Facility later this mung. We plan to bring the caltrans lease, ac transs and bus contract to the board for approval in march. Follow tupe last month discussion regarding the boards desire to invite the
Opportunities for seniors and adults with disabilities. The Program Model were basing is in already in prais. Its operation and the reserve program and started in 2005 in new york city and was successful there and ex357bded to other locations in the east coat and midwest and now bringing to San Francisco. Through the procurement process the contractor submitted a well thought out comprehensive model here they will serve as an a liliate to the program and use infrastructure such as program trls and a data base system. Theyre able to access reserve executive staff in new york for consultation during the roll out and operation. Some of the steps taken to adapt this program to San Francisco include most notably the inclusion with adults with disabilities as a target population for services in this program. Its a 55 plus model on the east koacht. They have a Advisory Group to advise on the program. They have met in january. They have secured commitments from at least a dozen nonprofits for
Follow the recommendations i think myself ill say that john Malcolm Hillan and Saudi Arabian and meg lowman. Supervisor yee. One more comment nothing personal but trying to bring is it 100 percent we need to give waivers i mean in regards to like can we find anyone in San Francisco thats a general question and thats always a challenge for me to know whether a person that were going to support with a residential waiver is two questions whether not necessarily in San Francisco can do this year qualified or the person is so qualified deserves a waiver i i want to put that out there i notice that meg needs a waiver i will support that waiver only because we need the exit. Thank you. Ill add to that last point i think that the residents requirement for something particular as our urban tree and Forest Council that is important to have residents interacting with that on the daily basis instance you described mr. Flanagan to have a california scientist with age understanding of eucalyptus wha
Uniformed officers, present arms. Oh, say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave please be seated. Good evening, i would like to welcome to you San Francisco Police Department medal of valor ceremony. I am inspector, john monroe, and i will be the master of ceremons this evening. I would like to first welcome everyone here. And welcome mayor lee, and i believe that supervisor wiener may be the audience. And a few thank yous. First to the allegiance of honor, for being generous with your room and mccalls catering, and thank you to the San Francisco Police Department for the generous donation and poa for t