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. >> thank you, mr. clerk and mr. atkins. let's proceed to the next agenda item, please. >> clerk: before we do that, mr. chair, can we close public comment on this? >> close public comment. i'm going to remember that one day. i'm getting there. let's close public comment -- unless there's any other member comments? >> clerk: mr. chair, i'm not seeing any further members of the task force awaiting recognition for this agenda item. >> very good. so we can file this since there's no action required and move to the next item, then. >> clerk: you want me to call agenda item 3 or agenda items 3 and 4 together like we did on wednesday. >> items together. >> clerk: thank you. item 3 is a timeline and calendar of tasks and duties to be completed by the task force. this is a discussion and possible action item, and we'll be taking public comment, and item 4 is a task force work plan, a discussion and possible action item, and we'll be taking public comment on this item. members of the public who wish to provide public comment may do s
. >> thank you, mr. clerk and mr. atkins. let's proceed to the next agenda item, please. >> clerk: before we do that, mr. chair, can we close public comment on this? >> close public comment. i'm going to remember that one day. i'm getting there. let's close public comment -- unless there's any other member comments? >> clerk: mr. chair, i'm not seeing any further members of the task force awaiting recognition for this agenda item. >> very good. so we can file this...
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mr. atkins, any other callers in the queue? >> madam clear, there are no further callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you, sir. mr. president. >> thank you seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. adam clerk, let's go to our agenda items 38-52. >> clerk: items 38-52 were introduced for adoption without reference to committee a unanimous vote is required for resolutions on first reading today alternatively a supervisor may require a resolution to go to committee. >> thank you to any of my colleagues want to sever any items? supervisor ronen. >> item 41. >> thank you supervisor ronen. supervisor peskin. >> item 39. >> thank you supervisor peskin, supervisor haney. >> 44. >> thank you supervisor haney, supervisor preston. >> item 51. >> thank you supervisor -- 51? thank you. >> madam clerk on the remaining items? >> clerk: that would be on items 38 through 40 and 43, 46, 47 and 48 and 50. >> 51 and 49 supervisor ronen you called to be. >> 41 is supervisor ronen. >> ok. >> 45-50. >> and 45-50. >> correct. >> supervi
mr. atkins, any other callers in the queue? >> madam clear, there are no further callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you, sir. mr. president. >> thank you seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. adam clerk, let's go to our agenda items 38-52. >> clerk: items 38-52 were introduced for adoption without reference to committee a unanimous vote is required for resolutions on first reading today alternatively a supervisor may require a resolution to go to...
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mr. atkins, any other callers in the queue? >> madam clear, there are no further callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you, sir. mr. president. >> thank you seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. adam clerk, let's go to our agenda items 38-52. >> clerk: items 38-52 were introduced for adoption without reference to committee a unanimous vote is required for resolutions on first reading today alternatively a supervisor may require a resolution to go to committee. >> thank you to any of my colleagues want to sever any items? supervisor ronen. >> item 41. >> thank you supervisor ronen. supervisor peskin. >> item 39. >> thank you supervisor peskin, supervisor haney. >> 44. >> thank you supervisor haney, supervisor preston. >> item 51. >> thank you supervisor -- 51? thank you. >> madam clerk on the remaining items? >> clerk: that would be on items 38 through 40 and 43, 46, 47 and 48 and 50. >> 51 and 49 supervisor ronen you called to be. >> 41 is supervisor ronen. >> ok. >> 45-50. >> and 45-50. >> correct. >> supervi
mr. atkins, any other callers in the queue? >> madam clear, there are no further callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you, sir. mr. president. >> thank you seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. adam clerk, let's go to our agenda items 38-52. >> clerk: items 38-52 were introduced for adoption without reference to committee a unanimous vote is required for resolutions on first reading today alternatively a supervisor may require a resolution to go to...
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thank you, mr. dacosta, for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have any further callers in the queue? >> operator: we have no further callers in the queue. >> chair haney: thank you. i want to make a motion to move item 12 to the full board with a positive recommendation. can i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion to move item 12 to the full board -- [roll call] -- . >> clerk: i think member mar is frozen again. >> supervisor mar: i'm here. can you hear me? [roll call] >> clerk: we have two ayes with vice chair safai absent. >> chair haney: great. this will go to the full board with a positive recommendation. mr. clerk, are there any further items before us today? >> clerk: mr. chair, that concludes our business. >> chair haney: great. meeting's adjourned. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> so i grew up in cambridge, massachusetts and i was very fortunate to meet my future wife, now my wife while we were both attending graduate school at m.i.t., studying urban planning. so this is her hometown. so, we fell in love and moved to her city. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> i was intro
thank you, mr. dacosta, for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have any further callers in the queue? >> operator: we have no further callers in the queue. >> chair haney: thank you. i want to make a motion to move item 12 to the full board with a positive recommendation. can i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion to move item 12 to the full board -- [roll call] -- . >> clerk: i think member mar is frozen again. >> supervisor mar: i'm here. can you...
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mr. atkins, how are you? my friend? very well 10. i said we're good. good. it's nice to be the 3rd guy out of the copper and 0 dark 30. then it's another thing to front the film. i have a feeling in one shot your fronting the film. tell me about the film and tell me about being the guy who they're hanging, the tensile off of. somebody's going to be the, the maple and it's like it's you and this. well? yes. well, i don't know how to do it as the title suggests, it's an action film that takes...
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mr. atkins, do we have any callers? >> mr. clerk, there are no callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you much. mr. chair. >> chairman: great. all right. i'm going to make a motion to move item two to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we take a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on that motion to forward this item as recommended, [roll call] we have three ayes. >> chairman: thank you so much mr. cantaneya. mr. clerk, please call item three. >> clerk: yes, mr. chair, item three is authorizing the port of san francisco to accept and exstend the grant of $1.4 million approximately to help fish and wildlife to fund the herons's head park shoreline. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call (415) 655-0001. meeting id 2482, 9454183 and then press pound twice. if you haven't already done so, please press star three to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. and you may begin your comments. mr. chair. >> chairman: thank you. and i want to invite
mr. atkins, do we have any callers? >> mr. clerk, there are no callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you much. mr. chair. >> chairman: great. all right. i'm going to make a motion to move item two to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we take a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on that motion to forward this item as recommended, [roll call] we have three ayes. >> chairman: thank you so much mr. cantaneya. mr. clerk, please call item three. >>...
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mr. atkins, do we have any callers? >> mr. clerk, there are no callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you much. mr. chair. >> chairman: great. all right. i'm going to make a motion to move item two to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we take a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on that motion to forward this item as recommended, [roll call] we have three ayes. >> chairman: thank you so much mr. cantaneya. mr. clerk, please call item three. >> clerk: yes, mr. chair, item three is authorizing the port of san francisco to accept and exstend the grant of $1.4 million approximately to help fish and wildlife to fund the herons's head park shoreline. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call (415) 655-0001. meeting id 2482, 9454183 and then press pound twice. if you haven't already done so, please press star three to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. and you may begin your comments. mr. chair. >> chairman: thank you. and i want to invite
mr. atkins, do we have any callers? >> mr. clerk, there are no callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you much. mr. chair. >> chairman: great. all right. i'm going to make a motion to move item two to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we take a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on that motion to forward this item as recommended, [roll call] we have three ayes. >> chairman: thank you so much mr. cantaneya. mr. clerk, please call item three. >>...
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all right, mr. atkins. let's hear from the next caller please. >> good evening, board of supervisors. this is gilbert of district eight. i am calling about muni. they care about fare hikes and service cuts. i am here for transit justice and transit equity. we need the buses to be on the street, not parked at the muny yard. i went by the yard and saw thousands of buses just parked at the muni yard. those buses need to be on the street picking up senior, disabled, and poor folks to get around the city, not parked at the muni yard with the infrastructure bill that congress passed, muni is getting a billion dollars. they need to hire drivers and get the buses on the street to poor and neglected neighborhoods. and people don't have access to clean drinking water, food, access, or medical care. we need muni to restore services that have been cut during the pandemic. no more cuts to service. restore service and expand service. why is the central subway still closed? the central subway should be open. people have s
all right, mr. atkins. let's hear from the next caller please. >> good evening, board of supervisors. this is gilbert of district eight. i am calling about muni. they care about fare hikes and service cuts. i am here for transit justice and transit equity. we need the buses to be on the street, not parked at the muny yard. i went by the yard and saw thousands of buses just parked at the muni yard. those buses need to be on the street picking up senior, disabled, and poor folks to get...
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all right, mr. atkins. let's hear from the next caller please. >> good evening, board of supervisors. this is gilbert of district eight. i am calling about muni. they care about fare hikes and service cuts. i am here for transit justice and transit equity. we need the buses to be on the street, not parked at the muny yard. i went by the yard and saw thousands of buses just parked at the muni yard. those buses need to be on the street picking up senior, disabled, and poor folks to get around the city, not parked at the muni yard with the infrastructure bill that congress passed, muni is getting a billion dollars. they need to hire drivers and get the buses on the street to poor and neglected neighborhoods. and people don't have access to clean drinking water, food, access, or medical care. we need muni to restore services that have been cut during the pandemic. no more cuts to service. restore service and expand service. why is the central subway still closed? the central subway should be open. people have s
all right, mr. atkins. let's hear from the next caller please. >> good evening, board of supervisors. this is gilbert of district eight. i am calling about muni. they care about fare hikes and service cuts. i am here for transit justice and transit equity. we need the buses to be on the street, not parked at the muny yard. i went by the yard and saw thousands of buses just parked at the muni yard. those buses need to be on the street picking up senior, disabled, and poor folks to get...
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mr. atkins, can we have the next caller. >> hello, supervisors. my name is brad [indiscernible] and i'm the owner of medallion 1557. i'm so sorry, supervisor ronen, for the loss of your father. i think we should have more debate and talk with the taxi medallion owners. i was one of the ones on the list that waited for 19 years, and then when i was at the top of the list, i was told that we were selling them out from under me, and the s-medallion program for the seniors who had never put their name on the list, i waited for that, and then, i was told that i needed to pony up money for the medallion. 19 years of working for a gas and gauge driver, i was told that a medallion would make my life better. the gas and gate drivers that i know that work shifts are paying far less that i'm paying to keep my cab and keep it rolling on the shift, and it's very difficult to find cab drivers that want to work shifts, so i'm up 24-7, which isn't sustainable for my wife and my family. >> clerk: thank you, sir, for your comments. please accept my apologies for cu
mr. atkins, can we have the next caller. >> hello, supervisors. my name is brad [indiscernible] and i'm the owner of medallion 1557. i'm so sorry, supervisor ronen, for the loss of your father. i think we should have more debate and talk with the taxi medallion owners. i was one of the ones on the list that waited for 19 years, and then when i was at the top of the list, i was told that we were selling them out from under me, and the s-medallion program for the seniors who had never put...
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atkins. mr. president? >> president walton: thank you. seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. madam clerk, let's go to our for adoption without committee reference agenda, items 36 through 41. >> clerk: items 36 through 41 were introduced for adoption without committee reference. a unanimous vote is required for adoption of these resolutions today. any supervisor may require any resolution to go to committee. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. do we have any supervisors that would like to separate any items? supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: yes, on item 41, please. >> president walton: thank you. may i get a roll call vote on items 36 through 40? >> clerk: on items 36 through 40 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are ten ayes. >> president walton: thank you so much. without objection, the resolutions are adopted and approved unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 41. >> clerk: item 41 is a motion to establish the 2022 board of supervisors regular meeting schedule, pursuant to the board of supervisors rules
atkins. mr. president? >> president walton: thank you. seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. madam clerk, let's go to our for adoption without committee reference agenda, items 36 through 41. >> clerk: items 36 through 41 were introduced for adoption without committee reference. a unanimous vote is required for adoption of these resolutions today. any supervisor may require any resolution to go to committee. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. do we...
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atkins. mr. president? >> president walton: thank you. seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. madam clerk, let's go to our for adoption without committee reference agenda, items 36 through 41. >> clerk: items 36 through 41 were introduced for adoption without committee reference. a unanimous vote is required for adoption of these resolutions today. any supervisor may require any resolution to go to committee. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. do we have any supervisors that would like to separate any items? supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: yes, on item 41, please. >> president walton: thank you. may i get a roll call vote on items 36 through 40? >> clerk: on items 36 through 40 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are ten ayes. >> president walton: thank you so much. without objection, the resolutions are adopted and approved unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 41. >> clerk: item 41 is a motion to establish the 2022 board of supervisors regular meeting schedule, pursuant to the board of supervisors rules
atkins. mr. president? >> president walton: thank you. seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. madam clerk, let's go to our for adoption without committee reference agenda, items 36 through 41. >> clerk: items 36 through 41 were introduced for adoption without committee reference. a unanimous vote is required for adoption of these resolutions today. any supervisor may require any resolution to go to committee. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. do we...
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thank you, mr. dacosta, for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have any further callers in the queue? >> operator: we have no further callers in the queue. >> chair haney: thank you. i want to make a motion to move item 12 to the full board with a positive recommendation. can i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion to move item 12 to the full board -- [roll call] -- . >> clerk: i think member mar is frozen again. >> supervisor mar: i'm here. can you hear me? [roll call] >> clerk: we have two ayes with vice chair safai absent. >> chair haney: great. this will go to the full board with a positive recommendation. mr. clerk, are there any further items before us today? >> clerk: mr. chair, that concludes our business. >> chair haney: great. meeting's adjourned. >> they were early. i'm on time. well, it's great to be here and portrayal hills somewhat dog patch at the bottom of the hill, one of the iconic night life venues in san francisco celebrating 30 years in business. this is absolutely extraordinary for night life venue. when i think about all the places i went to gro
thank you, mr. dacosta, for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have any further callers in the queue? >> operator: we have no further callers in the queue. >> chair haney: thank you. i want to make a motion to move item 12 to the full board with a positive recommendation. can i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion to move item 12 to the full board -- [roll call] -- . >> clerk: i think member mar is frozen again. >> supervisor mar: i'm here. can you...
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thank you, mr. dacosta, for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have any further callers in the queue? >> operator: we have no further callers in the queue. >> chair haney: thank you. i want to make a motion to move item 12 to the full board with a positive recommendation. can i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion to move item 12 to the full board -- [roll call] -- . >> clerk: i think member mar is frozen again. >> supervisor mar: i'm here. can you hear me? [roll call] >> clerk: we have two ayes with vice chair safai absent. >> chair haney: great. this will go to the full board with a positive recommendation. mr. clerk, are there any further items before us today? >> clerk: mr. chair, that concludes our business. >> chair haney: great. meeting's adjourned. clerk: h november 22nd, 2021. the meeting is being called to order at 4:30 p.m. small business thanks sfgov tv for televising the meeting. members of the public who will be calling in, the number is (415) 655-0001. the access code is 24997935471. press pound and then pound again to be added to the line. when connec
thank you, mr. dacosta, for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have any further callers in the queue? >> operator: we have no further callers in the queue. >> chair haney: thank you. i want to make a motion to move item 12 to the full board with a positive recommendation. can i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion to move item 12 to the full board -- [roll call] -- . >> clerk: i think member mar is frozen again. >> supervisor mar: i'm here. can you...
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atkins. mr. president? >> president walton: thank you. seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. madam clerk, let's go to our for adoption without committee reference agenda, items 36 through 41. >> clerk: items 36 through 41 were introduced for adoption without committee reference. a unanimous vote is required for adoption of these resolutions today. any supervisor may require any resolution to go to committee. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. do we have any supervisors that would like to separate any items? supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: yes, on item 41, please. >> president walton: thank you. may i get a roll call vote on items 36 through 40? >> clerk: on items 36 through 40 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are ten ayes. >> president walton: thank you so much. without objection, the resolutions are adopted and approved unanimously. madam clerk, please call item 41. >> clerk: item 41 is a motion to establish the 2022 board of supervisors regular meeting schedule, pursuant to the board of supervisors rules
atkins. mr. president? >> president walton: thank you. seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. madam clerk, let's go to our for adoption without committee reference agenda, items 36 through 41. >> clerk: items 36 through 41 were introduced for adoption without committee reference. a unanimous vote is required for adoption of these resolutions today. any supervisor may require any resolution to go to committee. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. do we...
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mr. atkins, can we have the next caller. >> hello, supervisors. my name is brad [indiscernible] and i'm the owner of medallion 1557. i'm so sorry, supervisor ronen, for the loss of your father. i think we should have more debate and talk with the taxi medallion owners. i was one of the ones on the list that waited for 19 years, and then when i was at the top of the list, i was told that we were selling them out from under me, and the s-medallion program for the seniors who had never put their name on the list, i waited for that, and then, i was told that i needed to pony up money for the medallion. 19 years of working for a gas and gauge driver, i was told that a medallion would make my life better. the gas and gate drivers that i know that work shifts are paying far less that i'm paying to keep my cab and keep it rolling on the shift, and it's very difficult to find cab drivers that want to work shifts, so i'm up 24-7, which isn't sustainable for my wife and my family. >> clerk: thank you, sir, for your comments. please accept my apologies for cu
mr. atkins, can we have the next caller. >> hello, supervisors. my name is brad [indiscernible] and i'm the owner of medallion 1557. i'm so sorry, supervisor ronen, for the loss of your father. i think we should have more debate and talk with the taxi medallion owners. i was one of the ones on the list that waited for 19 years, and then when i was at the top of the list, i was told that we were selling them out from under me, and the s-medallion program for the seniors who had never put...
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mr. atkins, let's hear from our next caller, please. we have six callers in the queue. >> hello? >> clerk: hello, caller. >> hello. my name is benjamin [indiscernible] i'm a long time taxi driver. i just thank you for showing up today, supervisor ronen. i know it wasn't an easy day for you. hats off to the firefighters for the rescue on the rocks and transgender bishop. it's been one heck of a meeting. i am calling on behalf of the taxi drivers, and i want to talk about taxi drivers and medallion reform. they got it done in new york, and we need to get it done here. they bought them for $250,000. they don't need to refund all of it, but they need to find a way to get them part of it because they've been totally hosed, and they just need input in the process. when it comes to medallion reform, sales is a failure, and i think we need to go back to a seniority based system. part of the reason of the failure is these drivers have lost all the income when they can't rent out their car, and they can't driver 24 hours. how do we attract drivers to the industry? i think if you pass a res
mr. atkins, let's hear from our next caller, please. we have six callers in the queue. >> hello? >> clerk: hello, caller. >> hello. my name is benjamin [indiscernible] i'm a long time taxi driver. i just thank you for showing up today, supervisor ronen. i know it wasn't an easy day for you. hats off to the firefighters for the rescue on the rocks and transgender bishop. it's been one heck of a meeting. i am calling on behalf of the taxi drivers, and i want to talk about taxi...
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i am a senior project manager at atkins north america. [indiscernible] our primary focus is on natural environment and provide services such as power, renewable and water. we would like to thank you for the opportunity to talk about climate resilience and also discuss how the smithsonian might enhance its -- against the effects of climate change. i would like to divide my testimony into sections. first, -- and lastly a collaborative government and competency solutions that are needed. washington, d.c. and the federal triangle area are vulnerable to three types of flooding. -- flooding. where floodwater overflows the potomac and anacostia rivers. second, coastal flooding, where hurricane storm surge pushes storm water from the atlantic ocean to the city. and interior flooding that is caused by heavy rainfall that cannot be absorbed by the ground. and overwhelm the drainage system. -- have occurred in the past, it increased -- including 2006 and 2019. if floods have a significant impact on buildings and structures, the 2006 federal triangle
i am a senior project manager at atkins north america. [indiscernible] our primary focus is on natural environment and provide services such as power, renewable and water. we would like to thank you for the opportunity to talk about climate resilience and also discuss how the smithsonian might enhance its -- against the effects of climate change. i would like to divide my testimony into sections. first, -- and lastly a collaborative government and competency solutions that are needed....