don t worry. supervisor norman yee: thank you very much. okay, let s move on to item no. 5. the clerk: item 5: agenda[appointments, sro task force]1400255.hearing to consider appointing seven members, terms ending december 31, 2015, to the sro task force. clerk of the boarddvacant seat 1, succeeding charles siron, term expired, must be an sro tenant, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015.vacant seat 2, succeeding suresh patel, term expired, must be a private sro owner/operator, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015. vacant seat 4, succeeding seth katzman, resigned, must be a non-profit sro operator/owner, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015. vacant seat 5, succeeding joshua vining, term expired, must be a representative of the mission sro collaborative, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015.vacant seat 7, succeeding angela chu, term expire
on to public comment. we will close public comment. and we will go on to our next item. 15, public comment. so general public comment is now open, and related to any subject matter under the transportation authority. and seeing no one come forward we will close public comment. and we will go on to our next item. 16, adjournment. colleagues, we are adjourned. february 6, 2014, good afternoon, welcome to our rules committees meeting for thursday february 6, 2014. i m supervisor yee and i will be chairing this meeting. to my left is supervisor campos and katie tang who will join us. lisa miller is our clerk. and we would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, jessie larson and joshua alexander and record eefrp of our meetings and make the transcripts available online. are there any announcements? yes. please turn off electronic devices. if you wish to speak, please fill out a card. supervisor norman yee: madam clerk, please call item 1. agenda[health, b
ability and passion to represent their concerns. supervisor norman yee: okay, thank you. any questions? thank you very much. next applicant is thomas picarello. good afternoon, supervisors, thomas picarello. there is a threshold issue here before i present myself and that is the clerk s qualifications say you have to be a current sro tenant. i m a former sro tenant. not a current sro tenant. i m now in senior housing district 5. i looked at the original legislation creating the sro task force and the amendments there too, the bylaws of the task force and i didn t see a requirement that one has to be a current sro tenant. i deferred to the city attorneys whether or not i m qualified. if you have to be a current sro tenant, i don t qualify for the seat nor do i want to pursue it. supervisor norman yee: thank you for pointing that out. city attorney? deputy city attorney john gibner. the task force was created by a series of resolutions which provide these seats 1-9 must b
how are you ever going to fill pdr [speaker not understood]? so, it s almost like the 25,000 square foot anyways would be pdrs more vital on smaller buildings on a smaller scale. so, the building across the street is bigger, this one is bigger. it would be really tough to fill this pdr. it s particularly tough to fill it on the upper floor. those are one of the distinctions we re looking atful we can debate this because i live in dog batch where it s all pdr, ~ you can t build anything else and, you know, again, these are city policy things that took years to determine. so thanks. commissioner wolfram? [speaker not understood]. anything else? we ll open this up for public comment. anybody from the public wish to comment on this item? david silverman. i ve been working with mr. [speaker not understood] on this project. i just want to respond very briefly to the comment raised by commissioner pearlman. there s no pdr being lost because the building is vacant. it s a
agencies to do so. like the department of building inspection, department of public health, adult protection services and the likes. sometimes we have to go to their hotels and and try to solve the problem there. usually we can get away with writing a letter or making a phone call. sometimes we have to work with these people four or five weeks at a time to get the problem solved. i often go to my supervisors and say this is a situation i have and can you help me come up with a solution. we always try to get the solution. there have been numerous times that i have helped other peer counselors as well to come up with solution to get the problem solved. i think i would be good for this position because i do have experience in working with the sro tennants. also i was on the campaigns for the grab bars to be installed in all the hotels and in the campaign for the elderly and disabled people several times. i believe i would be the right person for this position. thank you. supe