good afternoon everybody. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of september 15, 2015. madam clerk, can you please call the roll? madam president. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed, supervisor campos, supervisor christensen, supervisor cohen, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, supervisor mar, supervisor tang, supervisor wiener, supervisor yee. madam president, all members are present. thank you, ladies and gentlemen can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge of allegiance, to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. thank you. madam clerk, are there any communications? i have none today madam president. okay, madam clerk, can you please call the first item? yes the first item of business is the policy discussion between the honorable mayor edwin lee and the board of supervisors. the mayor may proud a
firearms continuing to be a contributing factor to senseless violence. not only here in san francisco but across our country. even though we have some of the toughest gun laws, there still remains more we can do in terms of public safety. there are gaps in our federal and state legislation that san francisco has yet to address, that a number of other counties in san francisco have already taken advantage of. that s why today i m introducing legislation that would require the video taping of all gun and ammunition sales in san francisco. and require all stores transfer to the san francisco police department. i want to thank supervisor cohen who s been a strong leader in proposing gun control reforms. it is intended to fill the gaps that exist at the federal and state level and enhance public safety. i do believe we need to do everything within our power here inside of city hall. i hear about public safety concerns whether it s quality of life crimes or violent crimes. obviousl
roll call. commissioner frost commissioner lee commissioner vice president joseph commissioner moshoyannis commissioner caminong commissioner president tan for the record commissioner perez is absent this evening. all right. we have quorum the first item on the skwaupd is public comment any business-related to the taevengs it you didn t currently agendize any public comment? all right. seeing none, public comment is closed the approval of the minutes of august 15, 2015, i don t know if so this in everybody s packet i think you wrote mia megabit that can i get a motion it continue motion to continue stepson there is a motion and a second any public comment seeing none, let s take a vote. commissioner frost commissioner lee commissioner vice president joseph commissioner moshoyannis commissioner caminong commissioner president tan the motion passes those are moved to the text negro and item 3 a director s report take it away as you may know we ve been working on impleme
with ricky in support of the project. this question about competitive bids is something that we grappled with as well at the staff-level. you know, throughout the process we have been focused on relocating teatro on port property. we have the experience with the america s cup of dislocationing a lot of very good port tenants. we are able to relocate the large majority of those to other areas of the port property at the time. but with teatro, they really needed to be in the northern waterfront. they needed a longer-term lease at a new location that can t be entered at 27 because the new terminal construction. so that has been our goal. i think it was really teatro through the public process and understanding that people didn t want to go with the same form of the facility as it existed before, which was the tent structure. that people really wanted a permanent facility at seawall lot 324 and prior plus planning had indicated a neighborhood desire for a hotel use at the site. t
investments for proposed theater and hotel, providing new positive activation to the community and acts a gateway to the broadway and greater chinatown area. it will bring locals and visitors alike and utilize an area that has long been underutilized. we urge you to support the resolution before you. thank you very much. thank you very much. beverly shuper, joe radner, et cetera. beverly, no? okay, we ll go to joe ratner. good afternoon i m joe ratner. i have only been a resident of san francisco for four years, but my family goes back four generations. my grandfather and mother were born here. and i have a lot of very close ties and a lot of relatives in the city. and when i was visiting, before moving back here, i always going to teatro zinzanni was always a highlight of my visit. i think they really fit beautifully into the sort of bohemian history of san francisco, and i m looking forward to the opportunity for my younger daughters to attend their camp, which my tee