Transcripts For SFGTV Ethics Commission 1516 20160113 : comp

Transcripts For SFGTV Ethics Commission 1516 20160113

The roll. Thank you. Madam press. Supervisor avalos. Supervisor ooh los. Avalos, press en. President breed. President breed present. Super campos, present. Supervisor campos aob sent. Supervisor farrell. Cipher visor kim. Supervisor mar. Supervisor peskin. Supervisor tang. Supervisor weiner. Supervisor yee. Madam president , you have a quorum. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which is stands one nation under god in divisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you colleague supervisor cohen is currently traveling out of the country. Can i entertain a motion to excuse supervisor cohen. Take this without objection. Supervisor cohen is excused. Madam clerk to the next item. That would have been communications madam president. We will let the minutes show we have the communication that supervisor cohen has asked to be excused. Now to the minutes. Colleagues any changes to the november 17th or december 1st of 2015 Meeting Minutes. Seeing none a motion to ah prot minutes. Motion by supervisor campos. Seconded by supervisor mar. Colleagues can we take this out objection. Without objection those Meeting Minutes are approved after Public Comment. Madam clerk can you read the consent agenda. Items on consent one through six are considered routine. If a member objects a item maybe removed and considered separate ly. Supervisor yee. I would like to remove item number four. Okay. On the remaining items excluding item four can you call the roll. Supervisor farrell i. Supervisor kim. I. Supervisor mar. I. Supervisor peskin. Supervisor tang. Supervisor weiner. Supersupervisor yee. Supervisor avalos. Supervisor breed. Supervisor there are ten is. Those are passd and adopted unanimous ly. Madam clerk read item four. For office and Hotel Development projects up to 157 gross square stpaot and apply frog ex 25,000 or more to imply a tiered child care fee for per gross square foot to allow developers onsite small family decare firms in lieu of the fee and making other findings of consistency with the general plan. Okay supervisor yee. Thank you president breed. I wanted to duplicate the files. The reason is we are working on trailing legislation that could be easily added to the duplicated file. I wanted to add that option. Not quite ready to include that at this moment. So i would like us to vote on the original and also dupe i cate the file for future consideration. Okay. So would you like it to be sent to a specific committee or you just want it to be duplicated . Just leave it open for now. Okay. Madam president that item will be returned to the bore at a specific date or should be sepblt to committee. Okay. So can we send it to committee . Okay. So supervisor yee has made a motion to send the duplicated file to committee. Is there a second. Second by supervisor campos. Colleagues can we take that without objection. Without objection the motion passes. On the item colleagues can we take this item. Same house same call without objection the ordinance is the ordinance is finally passed unanimously. Madam clerk item number 7. Item 7 is an ordinance to amend 8910 to authorize the San Francisco Public Utility Commission to enter into one or more state water board agreements in grants not to exceed 1. 7 million to finance the cost of the west side recycled Water Project as enacted by the voters in 2002 and ratifying other previous actions taken in connection with this ordinance. Colleagues can we take this ordinance . Same house same call. Without objection this ordinance has passed aou nnamdi mousily. Next item please. Item 8 an ordinance to amend the administrative code to add chapter 110 for the San Francisco right of way policy. Makes arrests and citations for bicycles for failure to stop at a stop sign the lowest Traffic Enforcement priority. Requires reports prepared by the Police Department and urges the transportation facility to educate the public about this policy. Roll call vote. Item 8. Farrell, no. Supervisor kim. I. Supervisor mar. I. Supervisor peskin. No. Supervisor tang. No. Supervisor weiner. I. Supervisor yee. No. Supervisor avalos. I. Supervisor breed. I. Supervisor campos. I. The ordinance has finally passed. Item 9 please. Item 9 is a resolution to authorize the issue apbs of sale and delivery of housing bonds to exceed 31point r5 million for the purpose of providing financing for an 82 unit rent ral Housing Project known as alice tkpwreuf eulgt face 3a apartment projects. Can we take this item. Madam president you need to take a roll call vote. Okay. Madam clerk please call the roll on item number 9. Supervisor farrell. Item 9 the multi family revenue bonds. Farrell, i. Supervisor kim. I. Supervisor mar. I. Supervisor peskin. I. Supervisor tang. I. Supervisor weiner. I. Supervisor yee. I. Supervisor avalos. I. Supervisor breed. I. Supervisor campos. I. Ten is. Next item please a documented unanimously. We will go to the roll call for new business. Supervisor farrell. Youre up. A piece of legislation. Our board and city has a strong record of prioritizing Public Health and encouraging healthier life styles. Healthy eating is a fact tore keep clear of chronic conditions. We continue to take a leading effort in the city of San Francisco of nym rouse health diseases. Obesity, Heart Disease stroke, cancer and diabetes. These conditions do cost our taxpayers millions of dollars each year in healthcare cost. I believe its our priority to seek to lower the costs when possible and promote healthy life styles in our city. I think we have to do all in you poor to educate our public about the benefits of eating healthy and life styles. Especially the father of three young children. I believe in leading by example. I believe that City Government can and should lead by example when possible. Today im introducing the Healthy Snack food and bedroom policy others one one of the strongest in history. We will set guidelines and nutrition standards for food and pwefrl sold or served in public meetings. Encouraging restaurants and concessions on City Property to have a balanced of Healthy Foods for consumers. The first component sets specific nutritional standards for vending machines we developed with the American Heart Association department of Public Health as the strongest in the country. Calories for prepackaged foods in vending machines, and limit options in the vending machines. These are prospective. This will only be to contracts and property contracts of future dates. The second component requires the city departments to do their best efforts for food purchased of city funds meet recommended nutritional guidelines. The last strongly urges restaurants and concessions on City Property to have better food option s available for consumers. This legislation may mean you dont get your favorite candy or soda to city hall this. Is only for city buildings and properties. From my perspective our City Government should lead by example. Time and time again when my children visit me and we go to get a snack. When their eyes glare as the snickers bar and twix bar thats something i want to change. Its not something we allow in our household or should allow or encourage in site hall. I believe we owe it to over 28,000 City Employees and our taxpayers to i amliment policies of healthier life styles. This legislation wouldnt of been possible without the guidance and input of a number of individuals and groups. I want to call them out particularly. Especially the American Heart Association and their Government Affairs director in the bay area brit tphaoefplt our department of Public Health, Health System and my staff. Two other items im introduced and i would like us to dismiss the Board Meeting with the entire board. First of all a memoir yum for someone i have known for decades. A gentleman named jack grelich. A native San Franciscoian. A son of irish immigrants. He lived and grew up on 18th and douglas in Eureka Valley and attended the holy most redeemer grammar school. He attended sacred heart and high school in San Francisco. He played four varsity sports between track meets and baseball double headers. tended st. Maris college and during world war ii he was called to duty and spent a year of service over seas in japan. He enrolled in the university of San Francisco and played baseball. Batted. 382 he met his wife a saint rose girl on a ski trip in a true San Francisco fashion. They were married in 1950 and became the Family Building the irish were famous for. After their home was too small they moved to west lake. They went to our lady of mercy. Jack is a member of the prep hall of fame. Usf hall of fame and 55 year veteran of the olympic club in San Francisco. He claimed his fondest sport memories are the life long friends he made competing. Including legends. He owned the famous flying goose Sporting Good store for sometime and retired from bank of america years ago. He is survived by six children. Marti, steve noni, bob john and joe. Sixteen grand children and one great grand daughter claire. I have known this family for years. Since going to high school here in San Francisco. There could not be a more incredible family here in the city of San Francisco. This is a truly patriotic we have lost, a great family. We will all miss him greatly. Second of all i have a memoir yum today for william or bill del monte. Many may of read about him over the last few days in the newspaper. Bill was born jan 2 2rbgs, 1906. The last remaining known survivor of the 1906 earthquake here in San Francisco. He passed a yesterday, 11 days short of his 110th birthday. Bill and answer a never had children but a be loved uncle brother and friend. He passed of Natural Causes at home. According to his niece a district 2 resident he was doing great for 109 years old. Bills family lived on the corner of kerney and broadway. He was p months old when the quake struck. He said my mother put the tablecloth around me and put me on a horse drawn court and went to ther iffy. There were fires on both sides of the street. They made it to cross the bay to Alameda County and came back to the city when the home was rebillet. His father opened the italia. Its still flourishes today in north beach. When recently asked about the memories of specific neighborhoods over the decades he recounted a field in the marina where they competed to see who could throw a wheel of cheese the farthest. He traveled by train ferry and street car. Transit lives long in San Francisco. He would take dips with friends in ice cold pools. He didnt visit the hate. He was in the 60s by the summer of love. He played the stock market and ran a theater for several years. He was quoted as saying i lived a wonderful life of a hundred years through wars and everything. I have had a luckily life. Luckier than many on this earth. I have no complaints. Truly the last of a generation of San Franciscoians. A place in our history San Francisco. A Family Member of a be loved district it resident. Supervisor farrell. Supervisor kim. Thank you madam clerk. Housing afford ability has everyone in this chamber knows is the number one issue here in San Francisco. As rent and medium home prices continue to rise we need to increase fordable housing stock. I have said this before. 60 of San Francisco residents qualify today for Affordable Housing and are badly in need of the housing now. We cant afford to wait any longer. 450,000 San Franciscoians live in the citys 220,000 apartment units. Only 30,000 of these apartments are dedicated to Affordable Housing to day. In addition to our very low and low income individuals and families we are also hearing from middle class residents theyre afraid they wont be able to call San Francisco and the neighborhood they live in their homes either. This is no longer folks that are just in the working Class Community that are unstable in employment. We are hearing from nurses, Fire Fighters teachers, entry level workers, lawyers and engineers they can no longer afford to live in San Francisco either. That is why today along with supervisor peskin im introducing a Charter Amendment to go before the voters in june. To remove a barrier to building more Affordable Housing for San Franciscoians today. Were deleting a cap thats set by the charter setting a maximum of 12 of onsite Affordable Housing. Thats a standard for our Market Rate Developers here in San Francisco. It prioritizes and onsite inclusionairy housing thats affordable to low and middle income San Franciscoians. Were instead proposing to double our inclusionairy onsite from 12 too 25 . Increasing the number from 20 to 33 for off site, and 33 for fees in lieu of units. Our housing crisis impacts each district and all of our neighborhoods. Because of that im introducing a motion for the entire board to sit as a committee as a whole to hear the Charter Amendment. We need to act swiftly and put this on the ballot for june 2016. Voters want action today. We see this in our poles and for those in the neighborhoods and meetings want voters want solution now not a year from now. Were bringing forth the Charter Amendment. Another solution for Affordable Housing. We know what works. We have had count less meetings, discussions and hearings here at the board of supervisors. We have the solutions we already need. Lets act to remove a barrier to building more aable housing in San Francisco by putting tpoerlgt a Charter Amendment untying the board of supervisors limit today ceiling of 12 . We set a standard of 25 this also allows the board in the future to be able to act via ordinance around setting maximums and minimums. Here at the board legislatively to respopbt swiftly and effectively in times of good and times of recession. I look forward to working with members of the board to build Affordable Housing in all district and neighborhoods. Thank you supervisor kim. Supervisor mar. Thank you madam clerk. Colleagues on saturday jan 23rd thats next saturday, at 1 00 p. M. , im cohost ago long with the Housing Rights Committee and sf neighborhoods a commute meeting to discuss housing afford ability and the mayors Affordable Housing Bonus Program and protecting the neighborhoods character. It will be at the Richmond Rec Center at 18th and clement street. Its a important issue to ask residents in the areas to ask questions and work with us to strategize on the future of Equitable Development neighborhood character protection, and the richmond district. Especially as it relates to the Planning Department staff and the mayors proposal as well. For more information on this jan 23rd 1 00 p. M. Meeting at the Richmond Rec Center call my office. Also a important inner section of art environment and education is a Campaign Lead by the Surf Rider Foundation in San Francisco. I would like to invite to you a special art reception and exhibit called message in a bottle. Its an evening of art and education focused on Ocean Plastic pollution and hosted by San Franciscos chapter of the Surf Rider Foundation. I w

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