Good afternoon. I would like to call to order the meeting of the San Francisco Public Utilities commission. [roll call vote] item 4, Public Comment. Mr. Do costa. Commissioner, the last timei was here they were not here. Some of our constituents Steve Lawrence i could name another eight or nine. They paid their dues. What it means to pay their dues in the old days, as i can remember, you did your homework. If your heart was in the right place. You did what was right to make things right. So now, i know people come here and they listened to the deliberations. But you commissioners should ask yourselves, how many of you that are here really know the history of San Francisco. How many of those who are here participated in the workshops, the sewer assistance Improvement Projects. And what was said about them that made sense. Not the Little Things that were said about legalities by those that were to take us to a better place. If you look at a shipyard. Any time you look at a shipyard, it i
Commissioner keane councilmember glorias and the executive director have been excluded from tonight meeting ill tell you that some the gentleman didnt have to abstain himself well switch the agenda items number 4 will be taken up first that is the ballot measure statement and then well take up the agenda item number 3 that deals with the Recruitment Profile so agenda 2 public items appearing or not appearing on tonight agenda. Good afternoon, commissioners im charley for the record you have my email where i suggested respectfully you might consider amending our bylaws for the purpose of having a consistent provision in the law for filings to proceed all legislative and other important types of things which you do including placing initiatives on the ballot to the public has a clear idea why this particular measure or act was taken with that said you can do easily by a majority vote that applies to all the areas in the administration something you do anyway as a matter of progress it wo
Be missed. Thank you very much for being here. Madam clerk the rest i submit thank you madam prez dependent. Seeing no other names on the roster that concludes introduction of new business. Okay, madam clerk lets go to Public Comment. It is my understanding deputy City Attorney john gibner has a point of clarification on 639 peralta avenue thank you john gibner. Just to clarify for the record and benefit othf public and the parties in that appeal, the board voted to continue all of those items. The hearing item 47 will remain open squand will be heard on the date of the continued hearing. Okay. At this time madam president the public may address the entire board up to tw ments on item in the subject matter jurisdiction to include the minutes and items on the adaumgz without ref rnss to [inaudible] you may not make Public Comment on items already subject to public comnlt by a Board Committee as is the case with the unfinished and new businessper sunt to boards rules direct remark tooz t
Permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. People affiliated with these parties must conclude their comments within 7 minutes, participants not affiliated have up to 3 minutes no rebuttal. To assist the board in the accurate preparation of the minutes, members of the public are asked, not required to submit a speaker card or Business Card to the clerk. If you have a question about the schedule, speak to the staff after the meeting or call the board office tomorrow we are located at 1650 Mission Street, suite 304. This meeting is broadcast live on sfgovtv cable channel 78. Dvds are available to purchase directly from sfgovtv. Thank you for your attention. Well conduct our swearing in process. If you intend to testify and wish to have the board give your testimony evidentiary weight, please stand and say i do. Please note any of the members may speak without taking the oath pursuant to the sunshine ordinance, and thank you. Do you sol
Good morning; right . Good morning, everyone laughter thanks everybody for coming out it is not everyday that we get to no matter a new muni line let along a rail line on which the historic streetcars will be operating we couldnt be more excited to be out here we have a lot of folks without whom we wounded be here so a special day for muni and special day in the history of transit a great day for the city ill start by saying a lot of people have to work hard for a long time to make Something Like that happen but at the top of the lard is the mayor from the time he took office and really the decades in the city supporting infrastructure in supporting good Capital Planning the kinds of things to have p in place to get to a point like this the mayor is a supporter and couple of years ago we convened a task force that land to a 500 million bond that was approved last year this week he signed the city budget among many others great things that is bring to the city included service increase