To do better a couple dialysis we were at the a meeting with one of the merchant one thing we discussed opening up more opportunity to the side streets i promised well explore that we heard of so many Great Success with the program i definitely wants to thank benny and others for their leadership and the Community Without u without further ado a man that needs no introduction and poster of all the work with the city is doing but particular stockton street our mayor, mayor ed lee please welcome him clapping. thank you. Well, you you know if mohammed had recommended all the chinese i taught him he would have said josephson we say joe son in chinatown San Francisco so im glad mohammed thank you. The department of public works for working with the chinatown merchants and working with the chineseamerican association of explicit customers the Chinese Chamber of commerce and all the agencies from Chinese Development association to the nonprofits to the leader are here and a who have come toge
To make sure you know. No. The earlier, one. Im sorry march 9. Okay. Thank you for that correction i switched the meeting dates so overview as i understand you want coordination of Major Projects and so, so theres a master coordination plan for projects and you know does that master plan work also exclude private projects and then you know does the city like we have a gun control o Good Neighbor policy for the citys do they have a Good Neighbor policy would each the departments ask that in time for the private investment and wanting to know prongs is there sort of a last number of years youd like to get some look at the number of projects the department has done over the locations size im not interested in a historical prospective im interested to know if theres currently in there a crook a way to coordinate their efforts i dont think we need to have a historical prospective but Going Forward because we have heard stories and witnessed situations where there are offering will you expla
Welcome to culturewire. Today we are at recology. They are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique Artist Residency programs. We are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. Welcome to the show, deborah. Tell us how this Program Began 20 years ago. The Program Began 20 years ago. Our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970s. She started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. She started with kids. They had an exhibition at city hall. City officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. We thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle it is a great educational tool. Since then we have had 95 professional artists come through. How has the Program Changed over the years . How has the program what can the public has an artist engage with . For the most part we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. Over the years, we tried to include artists
What do you think about working at an airport and i love it is busy all the time. We want it to be an those away was this is a venture if i didnt love it ill be an accountant. We want the experience that is a nonairport experience the negative stigma were trying to erase that. Everything is in a bad food to excite them about the food and they have time to learn about us. People are imitated by traveling and the last thing to do is come to a place fill of chaos. Telling me how the extent of napa a farms came about. It was a vision of the airport director he had a suspicion of a really cool gourmet speciality market locally friendly products this market local flavors this is the best. Can we get a little tour. Absolutely laughter so first on our tour. We have the clock we like to call it. This is coordinating it is made in San Francisco. What about the customer presence. We like to get the permanent farther i love the cappuccino and you have to go to multiple places for the cupcakes the
Thats the best you can do or well, some of it well, a lot of of it is the cost for instance, the rent and salary fringe is sent to me by the Controllers Office to be calculated on the positions and the Fringe Benefits some changes in like the specialized certifies like the interpreter our rates changed dromobut the postage goes up dramatically Something Like that but things tend to be pretty so your equipment remedy and you Computer Support you dont see an inflation adjtment. Well, the Equipment Rental is in contract that last for several years and some of the costs like the rent order is fluid but tied to the salary and Fringe Benefits for those people only a few years we know because of the go contracts that were entered into that have a 3 year term but going into next year well have less of a clear picture of 2018 that will be outside of current contracts. I also want to commend our director on the short time ive been on the board hes its very clear to read and understand i do appre