Theyregoing through doors here. Youhave to have security to escort you in. It is a very sombermood. They got the news like wegot the news that San Francisco mayor died in the overnight hours. I just talked to mysources at the San Francisco Police Department. Thishappened around 11 00 last night. According to intosources the mayor was shopping at the safeway when he collapsed. It went over theradio as a person down, a medical emergency. They rushedto the safeway. When they gotto the safeway thats when they realized that it was the San Francisco mayor, 65 years old. They rushed him to the hospital. Unfortunately he died. Werealso hearing that he died of a heart attack. Again, that issomething that im hearing from my sources with the Police Department. Now, in the overnight hours everybody rushed to the hospital. Thenews was just so swift and horrible that they had an emergency News Conference about 15 minutes ago. The president of the board of supervisor she effectively is now San Franci
Any other comment . Is there any additional Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Item no. 5. Any Public Comment on item 5 . Is there any additional Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Item 6. City clerk other Commission Business discussion and possible action in correspondence with the rule 6 of the rules of order to nominate and elect officers. President Vince Courtney i have been honored and selected to fulfill this position. I was excited about it and naive about it and i enjoyed the entire opportunity. I want to quickly go through some of the highlights over the course of the past year and hopefully people understand how quickly these things start to happen. When i first got into this chair it was right after senator torres vacated and we were right in the middle of the assessing the cass catastrophic damage of the rim fire and i saw how staff worked hard under this situation and it was absolutely impressive and the point with the locking faul
Addressed im asking this commission to inform the Community Give us some information as to what is happening. You have some members, some, and i dont want to write about them. They think we should be kept in the dark. I will not be kept in the dark, not in 2014. We will shed light. Thank you very much. Thank you francisco. Yolanda thank you for being here. My grandmother said dont give me my flowers when im dead. Give them when im alive. I want to give you flowers today when i start speaking because one thing i noticed that you always put the public 1st. You have handicap and disabled people and i have been going to the Council Meetings for the last couple years and they make you wait last. I told them that i had two blood clots this year and i cant sit that long and i was the last person in the audience. We appreciate the fact that you are putting the public first. This is incredibly important. Last year i spoke with the puc and the president and others took it upon themselves change
P. M. Madam clerk, please read the roll. Courtney, caen, vietor. We have a quorum. 2 first item is to approve the minutes. Second. Any comment on approval of the minutes . Seeing none, i will call for a vote. All in favor say, aye. Aye. Any opposed . The ayes have it. The next item. City clerk item 4, Public Comment. If you are interested in speaking, please fill out a card. If you do i will call you in this order. Mr. Decosta, yolanda louis. Good afternoon. Good morning. The community is at a stage where we are paying very careful attention to the water system Improvement Project but to the sewer system Improvement Project. As you know commissioners those are still and fouling following whats really happening. We do have the experts in place to address what is happening. Some of it in good faith was addressed, and im talking about calaveras and then we had to deal with removal of over 2 million tons of dirt. Thats not a joke, but its being done. If you read yesterdays, todays news, th
Commission please stand by. [ gavel ] good morning ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to call this meeting of the San Francisco Public Utilities commission of tuesday october 14, 2014, to order at 130 30 p. M. Madam clerk, please read the roll. Courtney, caen, vietor. We have a quorum. 2 first item is to approve the minutes. Second. Any comment on approval of the minutes . Seeing none, i will call for a vote. All in favor say, aye. Aye. Any opposed . The ayes have it. The next item. City clerk item 4, Public Comment. If you are interested in speaking, please fill out a card. If you do i will call you in this order. Mr. Decosta, yolanda louis. Good afternoon. Good morning. The community is at a stage where we are paying very careful attention to the water system Improvement Project but to the sewer system Improvement Project. As you know commissioners those are still and fouling following whats really happening. We do have the experts in place to address what is happening. Some of