Health secretary ben carson joining the conversation at the white houses Mental Health summit. Iftrying to figure out everyone is together. Let me double check. We are going to get started. The subcommittee hearing will come to order, without objection, the chair has authorized the committee sometime. This briefing extension of several herrings we have had, discussing Climate Change. We are focusing on the Economic Impacts of global warming. I will defer the Opening Statement to myself. When we spoke earlier in the holding area, i mentioned the fact that we would be trying to do a hearing. This is a briefing. We do have time for your Opening Statements. What i would like to do is afford each of you the opportunity to do so. Let me introduce the four of you and then we will move to you, mr. Gomez. , governmented gomez accountability office. Dave jones, senior director for environmental risk. Dr. Michael green zone, distinguished professor of economics at the university of chicago, and t
Would any member of the public wish to address the commission on items not on our agenda . Close Public Comment. Clerk very good. General matters. Item one, directors announcements. Thank you. Commissioners, simply want to wish you a happy holidays in advance. Part of our holiday experience will be preparing our budget which well be discussing soon. We have received mayor budget instructions from the mayor and her office which include that no new positions are expected to be added through this years process, so i wanted to let you know about that in advance. Clerk seeing no questions, item 2, review of past events at the Planning Commission and staff announcements. Commissioners, items that may be of interest to you from the Planning Commission, december 5, they adopted the retained topic and special guidelines, and heard a presentation on the special japantown guidelines which will be coming to you in the new year. And jonas. Clerk yeah. At the board, wanted to let you know that the b
Commissioner wright and commissioner rightly. This has been incredible. I have learned a lot from the commission and from the both of you. I want to thank you for your service. I know you will continue that when you depart from here. Thank you. Any other members of the public . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Any other comments . Director . We are going to take a photo between this and the next item. Okay. We will take a photo. applause . Okay, next item. That concludes the directors report. Next item. Please show the office of Small Business slide. Can i read it . Go ahead. All right. It is our custom to begin and end each Small Business Commission Meeting with a reminder that the office of Small Business is if only place to start a new business in San Francisco and the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in San Francisco. The office of Small Business should be your first stop when you have a question about what to do next. Find us online or in pers
Know, without the bart system being built, this wouldnt be there especially if they consider this to be the jewel of the bart system, then you have to actually have some information on the bart system. I think we should include under criteria a, as well. Thing here. Thank you. I wholeheartedly agree. When i first moved to the bay area, more than 30 years ago, i got on bart and was told to get off at the glen park bart station. It is the pleasure of fabulous architecture. You suddenly have experienced a building and you really experience that one. It is a stunning building. It is so worthy. I agree with what the prior two commissioners have said and i do wonder, at this jewel, this stunning piece of architecture is going 47 years without significant alteration and 47 years without any cleaning. [laughter] i would like to make a motion to approve adopt the resolution to adopt the approval. I seconded. Thank you. If theres nothing further, theres a motion that has been seconded to adopt a
When i first moved to the bay area, more than 30 years ago, i got on bart and was told to get off at the glen park bart station. It is the pleasure of fabulous architecture. You suddenly have experienced a building and you really experience that one. It is a stunning building. It is so worthy. I agree with what the prior two commissioners have said and i do wonder, at this jewel, this stunning piece of architecture is going 47 years without significant alteration and 47 years without any cleaning. [laughter] i would like to make a motion to approve adopt the resolution to adopt the approval. I seconded. Thank you. If theres nothing further, theres a motion that has been seconded to adopt a recommendation for approval. On that motion. [roll call] so moved. That passes unanimously 50. This is an informational presentation. Good afternoon, commissioners i am from planning staff. With me today are lily and alison, also with the Planning Department. The purpose of todays presentation is to