All of our wonderful bureaucracy to help open us up even more. Thats, of course, our director of the red cross. Harold. Come on up, harold. applause now that i know im a city employee, im hoping for a big pay raise. [laughter] you know, any time youre in a room with ed lee, you know that there are going things going on. What a wonderful leader he is for the city of San Francisco and the entire bay area. Were so very fortunate to have in this the best place on the planet, some of the best leaders on the planet, without any question. I got a call from Joaquin Torres saying ed lee wanted me to be part of this program. I told my wife, well start vacation later. [laughter] i am honored absolutely to be a part of this. When i am in the room with janice and Cecil Williams and rita semmel, its hard to get better than that. I mean, these are people who have shown us the way, how to lead, how to put that compassion to very good work. So, i am honored to be here to say i want to make sure that al
These people who are in need. Watch over all of the volunteers as they carve this turkey and watch over all the people delivering all 6100 meals tomorrow. Thanks gets to their destination. We sd it in jesus name, amen. Ms. Lee here. Ms. Wong here. Thank you. Stand and join with the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the erasxxmj4 p cp flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under;oh b . รท god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Pngeddle thank you for joining us today. Our one and only meeting in november. So this is thanksgiving, thats coming up. So just to remind you that usually on[ g;a50e thanksgiving week is generally the where you scheduled the second meeting and we dont have the second meeting. So for all of you that are anxious tokn . n . Get to a second meeting, im sorry. We wont be able to have a meeting in november. Item a, approval of board minutes for the regular meetings of june 12, 2012, june 26 2012
The Advisory Board, Advisory Councilmembers who are with us today, Harbor Light Advisory Council chairman jim ayers. Right over there. applause harbor light and chinatown core Advisory Council lilly chin. Hey, lilly. Chairman of the Salvation Army metro Advisory Board and Harbor Light Center Advisory Councilmember, you all know him, pete ratto. applause hey, pete. And introduce our volunteers and vips, San Francisco city ask county, the honorable mayor ed lee. [cheering and applauding] from the San Francisco Police Department, the chief of course, greg. And the San Francisco Police Department command staff. [cheering and applauding] the San Francisco Fire Department. With chief joanne hayes white, San Francisco fire Department Command staff. [cheering and applauding] were not there yet. A little anxious. [laughter] where was i here . United states army, Deputy Commanding officers of the pacific division, colonel petty stratford, senior officer staff. [cheering and applauding] San Franc
applause . applause . Thank you guys so much for that beautiful performance can we give them another round of applause . applause . All the this time if i can ask mr. Joaquin torrez to join us again on stage, joaquin will be introducing the mayor and if i can ask my fellow Committee Members to also join us on stage. Joaquin. Thank you very much i have to say as director the mayors oches of Neighborhood Services its refreshing to have a mayor so dedicated to couldnt and it makes my job easier when our people in the Community Want to feel our elected efficients make our needs and its in physical presence and i have had the great pleasure of serving under our mayor lee who i would like to make a invite to make a few remarks in honor or of arab heritage month here in San Francisco. Thank you, thank you joaquin, thank you, welcome to our orange city hall. I want to welcome everybody here this fourthth animal america arab month of separation and its my pleasure to join us here and many of us
San francisco is home to some of the most Innovative Companies of the 21st century. This pioneering and forward looking spirit is alive in San Francisco government as well. The new headquarters of the San Francisco Public Utilities commission at a5 25 golden gate avenue is more than just a 13story building and office ablation. Instead, city leaders, departments and project managers join forces with local architectural firms ked to build one of the greatest Office Buildings in america. Thats more than a building. Thats a living system. When San Francisco first bought this land in 1999, it was home to a state Office Building. This was an old eightstory Brown Building the state owned and the workers comp people were in that building. It was an old dee correctvth it building for decades. When i was a member of the board of supervisors, all of us wondered why we hadnt done anything there and the mayor thought the same. If an earthquake happened, the building was uninhabitable. It sat there