Some breakdowns and other mechanical problems. So, we need to know with the Current Situation is, what the plan is to get us out of this Current Situation, and how muni sees the next 3, 4, 5 years going in terms of not just angel writers dont worry at some point in the future its going to be all fixed but how is it going to function the next number of years as we continue to grow as the city and is more more people are relying on this transit system. I look forward to the conversation. Thank you thank you supervisor wiener. Supervisor yee thank you. To become i like to adjourn the memory of in memory of state senator john for rent, who passed on september 11. At his home in district 7. Senator for ram shape californias transportation policy over 22 years career in legislative state legislation. He also played a major role in acting california clean air act. After his retirement from the state center in 1986 the San Francisco section of the interstate [inaudible] 280 as you know the 280 freeway was named in his honor. The senator also established the metropolitan Transportation Commission in the bay area. Some of you are members of that. Which became the countrys 1st regional Transportation Authority. Legislation that allowed [inaudible] orange district to conclude does include very transit systems. Several of us are also on that particular board could his work continues to make an impact on Bay Area Transportation and will for the long into the future. Senator for ram has a lifelong interest in politics and law. He graduated near the top of his class at usf school of law and served as a Deputy Attorney general before running for public office. He retired in 2004 and traveled extensively and enjoyed spending time with family and friends. Senator for ram is survived by his friend of his wife of 56 years his 2 sons and 2 daughters and 4 grandchildren assessment thank you supervisor you. Resident should thank you colleagues of a couple of items today. 1st i want to start with the difficult memorial. I want to recognize the passing of [inaudible] lee a loving mother and grandmother. Previously taught music and language in china. Had been a resident of chinatown for 20 years. As many of you know this is he passed away after being struck by a path a speeding car near the on october 7 when she was 70 years old. Born and raised in china, mrs. He moved to our city 2 decades ago. She has 5 children in the bay area. Her husband passed away a few years ago but you chose to live alone in chinatown to be with her friends and her community. On the day of the collision mrs. Jen had dropped her children off at the chinatown library. And continued on her way to her Senior Center for a game of mahjongg. She was an active member of her Family Association and its choir. Her older son said his mother strictly follow traffic rules. Todd her grandchildren to look both ways before crossing the street. To Pay Attention to street lights. When the language turn yellow mrs. He would pull back and patiently wait until it was safe to cross. I know there are many throughout our city who are incredibly saddened by this loss. This is a tragedy that is another wakeup call that San Francisco needs to be more to protect pedestrians. Ironically, on saturday morning i was heading to the [inaudible] event where i know many of you were there to advocate for more funding for transportation safety. When i was called to join the scene. Just earlier today, i have to mention at 11 oclock a. M. Was another collision at the same [inaudible] segment to intersection resulting in another pedestrian injury while we were sitting here during Orange CountyTransportation Authority meeting. Many of you may recall one time chance out activist was killed in january this past year after being struck by a speeding car injection a few blocks away. She was 84 years old. I think were all incredibly frustrated and saddened by these backtoback tragedies. In the past few years stockton street alone has witnessed under the collisions. We know that older adults are among the most vulnerable to be killed or injured and with a large aging possum population in chinatown pedestrian in Street Safety must be a top priority for our city. In this years disc 3 participatory budgeting process our residents voted to allocate 20,000 to make Pedestrian Safety improvements at the highspeed intersections. Im requesting the mta use these funding along with other available resources to examine Pedestrian Safety improvements and traffic measures for stockton and sacramento. Including creating an intersection scramble extending light timing better signage, and widening the sidewalks. We all need to do whatever we can to protect our residents so that we dont lose any more of our members. In this tragic way. On behalf of our city i want to offer our condolences to mrs. Gans family for her 8 grandchildren and her 5 sons. Should be missed dearly by all her friends and neighbors in chinatown. Related to the area of Public Safety on a street am also requesting that the mta review its policy on the ability of Bus Operators to call 911 in cases of emergency. Yesterday morning as i was heading to and muni bus stop i saw an elderly woman lying on the ground. She been trying to board the muni bus and end up falling and hitting her head. As i approached the scene while she was not moving, the bus driver was attempting to call in mta dispatch report to report the emergency but he was put on hold. When i asked of anyone had called 911 from an ambulances bus driver told me he had not because of an mta policy that did not allow him to do so. I end up having to call 911. Thankfully the woman regained consciousness and an amulet with finally on its way but are muni bus drivers should have the ability to call 911 if thats not the case im requesting the mta make this change to this commonsense policy. Today im introducing another piece of legislation major reform other cities contracting laws. To expand City Contracting opportunities for local diverse Small Businesses. This is the form that comes after hearings i held earlier this year and overthink the many representatives of Small Businesses and diverse current and future contractors including the coalition for economic equity. Champions are contracting laws for years. Im introducing this [inaudible] package along with mayor lead to reform chapter 40 b of the administrator code and i also want to take a moment and think our city administrator her staff, and then department represents for their work on this topic for many months. 3 decades ago are sentences go board of supervisors passed chapter 14 b after notching a history of passive and sometimes active discrimination in our cities contracting policy. To fulfill our citys commitment to Economic Development in all of our diverse [inaudible] and communities. Over the years this is a law that is helped to foster a vibrant network of small Diverse Businesses throughout San Francisco. In recent years thereve been many in our community who believe that there has to be reform of our current rules to make sure that were maximizing the hundreds of millions of dollars that we could be investing in our local and Diverse Businesses. We know that our small local Diverse Businesses are often at a disadvantage when they compete for public contracts against larger firms or businesses located at outside of our city and we need to do more to level the Playing Field for Small Businesses. The reform package that merely and i are introducing includes at least 15 policy changes. I like to describe a few of those key reforms. The most important element of what we are proposing is that we establish a citywide goal for local and Small Business contracting of no less than 40 percent. At this time, theres no citywide data that we know of that process he tells what exactly where we are although experiences with roger contracting departments indicate that this is an achievable goal. Our legislation also includes reforms require requiring that departments 1st make an effort to does when it comes to smaller contracts, to 1st obtain bids from local businesses. For Construction Contracts under 400,000, for professional Service Contracts under 100,000, youre asking departments to make efforts to obtain 3 bits from local businesses before opening up the contracting process to nonlocal business enterprises. Our legislation also expands 14 b the comments to projects that require Development Agreement to be approved by the board of supervisors. The legislation increases threshold personifications of local businesses in Certain Industries which will allow Small Businesses in our city to continue to participate in our obe program as a [inaudible] art package also includes antiretaliation provisions as well as great mentor protege programs to foster partnerships between established contractors and local businesses. We know that theres more that we can do for local and Small Businesses. We need to make sure that we let them level the Playing Field then again i want to thank mayor, city initiative, as well as many advocates to work with us for many months to move this forward. Rest my arms i was in the church of thank you mister president. Seeing no other members names [inaudible] madam clerk could you call items 2124 the board of supervisors will convene a committee of the whole for a public hearing of persons interested in the proposed resolution of formation for special tax district number 2014 1 establishing the trans Great Community facilities district. Resolutions to determine necessity to incur bonded indebtedness for the cft resolution calling for a special election. To cement the issues of the special tax. In anchoring bonded indebtedness and the establishment of the appropriations limit to the qualified electors of the community [inaudible] district this public hearing was continued open from september 2 and september 9, 2014 thank you. Colleagues, this is a hearing that we started a few weeks ago and has been held and is continued. What id like to do unless there are any initial comments from the district supervisor, is to turn it over to mister ken which burn update on where we stand today. Good afternoon supervisor. Ken richard l ewb. We have just a short report for you today. 2 weeks ago at this hearing we reported to you on alternate payment arrangements that we had discussed with some of the developers involved that would allow some of the payments to be made for the special taxes over a longer period of time. Resulting in more payments made over that period of time and the same net present value value to the city. We also told you that we made it clear we would need agreement from 6 developers in terms of supporting the [inaudible] district im not initiating resolution against the city and some other things. The report i have for you that we were not able to receive that agreement do we do not receive those waivers from all 6 developers, and so is i think we promise to you 2 weeks ago, our recommendation 2 days to move forward with the original set of resolutions. Without the alternative payment arrangements with the original payment arrangements. That we would ask you to move those forward today. I was going to ask my colleague not here to say a few words in expiration of some things and then will be finished with our reports. Good afternoon supervisor. 90 [inaudible] director of the office of public finance. I do want to just clarify that the 1. 4 billion as referenced in the legislation in front of you and as was presented at the board in on september 2, 2014 is the maximum aggregate Principal Amount that could be issued through the life of the district. It is separate and different from in terms of whats been reported on and most important, the agreement that we had discussed at the last meeting resulted in an equivalent amount that was as was presented to the board. So, the agreed were looking at [inaudible] as the project role in terms of project Funds Available to the project. I do also want to acknowledge the Financing Team thats been working with us on this transaction. Joan told, chris lynch, susan goodwin, consulting, tim conwell from [inaudible] and Eileen Gallagher as well from [inaudible]. Id also like to thank City Attorneys Office for their help in this. We had to answer any questions you might have on the numbers. Banks not. So our recommention is that you past the original resolution that were in your file 2 weeks ago and were open to any questions you have for staff. Supervisor winter thank you mister president. I want to thank staff for your work in the last number of weeks. To try to come up with a resolution here as i stated pretty serious, ive always taken a very dim view to the claims asserted by the developers here that they somehow interpreted the documents as locking in the bottom of the market valuation in these properties. Even though the up zoning and the subsequent growth weve seen has just exploded the value of these properties. So, ive never really understood how that argument can be made in any kind of meritorious way. It doesnt make any sense and ive always been of the view that we need to approve this and the Developers Need to pay into the belarus what they committed to pay and to the to make sure the [inaudible] to move forward the downtown extension can move forward. I was pleased when the resolution was proposed 2 weeks ago because contrary to an editorial that ran in the paper, that resolution would have gotten the [inaudible] every single penny which was entitled. The net present value is exactly the same and so there was no judgment whatsoever to the city or to the gpa, it was simply a restriction of how exactly it got paid for the developers. But, unfortunately i guess maybe the developers realize that from our perspective were getting everything so they decided not to do it and thats i guess thats their choice but we now hear that if we approve this theyre going to follow while a lawsuit and i am of the view that anyone can threaten to file a lawsuit and it happens all the time he would we shouldnt let that practice down in terms of doing what they want us to do which is to drain hundreds of millions of dollars from the belarus which would be pretty devastating to our ability to deliver the downtown extension. So, i think we should be approving this belarus as it is and moving for. I hope they dont sue. I think a very weak lawsuit but regardless, i dont think we should be bullied into getting a huge amount of critical transit money because a group of developers dont want to fulfill their obligation under this massive up zoning that the city did for these properties. Regarding the lawsuit, a question for mister [inaudible] i know in the planning code in the creation of transit district, there is a requirement that the developers it is late and the members. So the question is is trying to tank the mother was either by voting against it defeating it or filing a lawsuit to try to blow it up, is that participating . If it is not enough in violation of the terms of this district, what are the consequences . Thanks supervisor. The me articulate the citys position is false the Developers Agreement to establish a cfd drop finance transit the saudis was an essential part of the citys agreement to grant the developers substantially more Floor Area Ratio which gives them a huge increase the value of their projects. If any of the developers oppose establishing the [inaudible] district by going to vote for its formation by taking any administrative or legal action to impeding formation that would violate the projects conditions of approval and or their dbas with the cai or agreements with it she gpa as applicable. In such a case the city would have remedies under the planning code and or the dbas or agreements between those developers. Which could include, for instance, not limited to, depending on the circumstances withholding occupancy permits for the buildings in question or withholding future discussion i permits during the construction process. So, if the developer were to either vote against the districts or sue [inaudible] or otherwise impede the ability of the districts to form, the city could withhold [inaudible] occupancy other discussion i permits including berlin permits . Yes among a group of permits yes okay. So the city does have that ability. Is the city, i imagine, actually considering taking no steps. I think its important for those developers to understand, i think they, in a way, i dont want to broad brush. I think a number of developers here and there some distinctions to be drawn but i think at least some of the developers, one in particular, seem to be of the view that they have sort of a free shot that they dont want to pay all the money that theyre legally required to pay so that going to file a lawsuit, hire a lawyer file a lawsuit and theres no downside for them. They simply get a free run of potentially having some judge overturned the district although i think thats unlikely. And if the judge rules against them if they lose their lawsuit, and then they go and pay into the belarus. But theyve now delayed e