Five, truck five and battalion five, who by the way are still at work, reassigned to local stations. I just wanted to say thank you, great job and we look forward to cutting the ribbon as president breed said. Appreciate it. applause we all know no project happens without the partnership of the actual contractor. So were going to ask the contractor from alton construction to come up and say a few words. I will tell you, i have made quite a number of visits to the site during constructions and some of the beams and bolts are the largest and strongest i have seen in construction. Being built, i know this is not going anywhere. Welcome. Come say a few words. applause they dont usually let us talk at these things. Rolling the dice with that one. Im the Vice President of operations for alton construction. We are the general contractor on this project obviously. For the last 20 plus years we have operated almost exclusively in the public sector, schools, police stations and obviously fire stations. When our group when i said i was going to say a few things, i thought about the common stuff, site constraints like working in a big city and it occurred to me that the aspects of this project are not particularly unique at least for me. This is what we do every day. We work in this environment. And the truth is, the materials that go into a building like this are not often the reason a project like this is successful. Its much more often due to the personalities and work ethic of the people on the ground working on this every day. So you know sorry im happy to have the opportunity to say that the group of architects, engineers and project managers i work with every day out here, sort of lower level are of the highest caliber. You know, the architects who are here, the engineers are here. Shawn obrien, the engineers, im not sure if theyre here. And captain mcfarland, the Fire Department representation at our weekly meetings. So to say that i have been impressed with this groups professionalism would be a dramatic understatement. We operate in the nine bay area counties and have hit every corner of every county and i can say without uncertainty this group is exceptional without question. Theyre workers, theyre not delegators. They get into the problem and get us what we need every day to keep going. We havent always agreed on everything. This isnt a fairy tail but the group has been fair and direct with us every single time and its not as common as you might think. I for one am excited to be part of this team and on behalf of our small team, the superintendent, project engineer without whom i would be under water on this job. Bob and shannon alton, disappointed they cant be here today and on behalf of our entire alton construction family, congratulations to all stakeholders on the milestone and a special thanks to the people i work with every day. Its been a real pleasure so far and im looking forward to a strong finish. applause thank you andrew. And all those guys you name are from public works. This project was from a scratch to getting out to contract was done inhouse and speaks to the capability of what the Public Works Department can do, it wasnt like that many years ago. Now we have healthy projects and were proud of that. The next part of the event, were going to sign a beam. We do have markers that all of the guests can sign. But before i do that, on behalf of public works i want to say thank you to all the men and women of the Fire Department who protect us and make sure our city runs smooth every day. applause thank you, thank you all of you. Supervisor breed, commissioners, we have pens over there, if you can start the signing process on the beam. We will sign the beam and allow everybody to go back to work. Yes, sign. Today we are going to talk about fire safety. We are here at the urban center on Mission Street in San Francisco. Its a wonderful display. A little house in the urban Center Exhibition center that shows what its like in a home in San Francisco after an earthquake. One of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. We are happy to have the fire marshall join us today. Thank you. My pleasure. We talk about the San Francisco earthquake that was a fire that mostly devastated the city. How do we avoid that kind of problem. How can we reduce fire hazard . The construction was a lot different. We dont expect what we had then. We want to make sure with the gas heaters that the gas is shut off. If you shut it off you are going to have no hot water or heat. Be careful not to shut it off unless you smell gas. Absolutely because once you do shut it off you should have the Utility Company come in and turn it back on. Here is a mock up of a gas hear the on a house. Where would we find the gas meter . It should be in your garage. Everyone should be familiar with where the gas meter is. One of the tools is a wrench, a crescent wrench. Yes. The crescent wrench is good and this is a perfect example of how to have it so you can loosen it up and use it when you need it. Okay. Lets go inside to talk about fire safety. Many of the issues here relate to fire, for example, we have a little Smoke Detector and i see you brought one here, a Carbon MonoxideSmoke Detector. This is a combination of smoke and Carbon Monoxide detector. They are required in single homes now and in apartment buildings. If Gas Appliance is not burning properly this will alert you before the fumes buildup and will affect you negatively. This is a Battery Powered . This is a Battery Powered and it has a 10 year battery life. A lot of times you may have one or the other. If you put in just a Carbon Monoxide detector, its important to have one of these too. Every house should have a fire extinguisher, yes. One thing people expect to do when the power goes out after an earthquake about using candles. What would you recommend . If you have a battery operated candle would be better to use. This kind of a candle, you wouldnt want it in an area where it can cause a fire or aftershock that it doesnt rollover. You definitely want to have this in a noncombustible surface. Now, here we have our stove. After a significant earthquake we expect that we may have gas disrupted and so without gas in your home, how are you going to cook . Well, i wouldnt recommend cooking inside of the house. You have to go outside and use a portable stove or something else. So it wouldnt be safe to use your fireplace to cook . Not at first. You should check it by a professional first. Outside should be a safe place to cook as long as you stay away from buildings and doors and windows. Yes. That will be fine. Here we have some alternative cooking areas. You can barbecue and if you have a regular propane bark could barbecue. Thank you for joining us. And thanks for this terrific space that you have in this exhibition space and thanks for helping San Francisco stay safe. My name is philbegiginsburge director of your parks and Rec Department. Welcome to this balmy valentines eve. [ inaudible ] he thinks the big red slide was always fun, but this isnt about him. It was her, as much as ever. He missed her, hanging from her jungle gym lips, swinging through memories. Creaky hinges for laughs, but what does a child on the playground know of love, except that paradise is here and now beneath his feet. [applause] no, Samuel Clemens wrote that. Im just reciting it. So one year ago today on valentines day, we broke ground on the most transform ative playgrounds in our history. Today, on valentines day we celebrate their grand reopening on a day reserved for expressing love to who we hold most dear. [ inaudible ] today, on valentines day we express love for our city and its amazing parks system. Today on valentines day, we express love for this place, civic center plaza. This place belongs to all of us, whether you are young or old, rich or poor, whether you were born here or not. Today on valentines day, we say thank you. First of all to jackie and helen diller foundation. Jackie, where are you . Jackie, youve been unflinching in your generosity and optimism in our confidence to pull this off. To my colleagues at the trust four public land, your expertise, and your giant collective heart have helped make San Francisco parks better. Your work is noble and we san franciscans are lucky to play on your home court. Thank you to my professional family at rpd, your professionalism, yu your competence and commitment are inspiring. Special thanks to the park and Rec Department for your leadership, and to my staff, and all of our park rangers and all of the park and recs staff are here today. [applause] to our city and civic center, cpd partners. There are so many to thank, chief scott and commander lazar is here and the entire sfpd team who has been so helpful. Our home department, thank you for your work to showcase the potential of Civic Center Commons as an emerging place of joy, recreation, and civic and community engagement. Lastly, to our civic and elected leaders, we thank you. May mayor farrell, supervisor kim, thank you, for ensuring we have a thriving and equitiable city. Our city has one of the nations best park systems, and its because of your stewardship and support. A brief remark about our beloved mayor, ed lee. Mayor lee was so excited to see the playgrounds open. These playgrounds will for decades project his light. It is my great pleasure to introduce our mayor, mark farrell. Mayor farrell grew up in these city parks. He worked at the city recreation and park department, and because of his leadership on proposition b, we are well poised to care for this incredible gift. Ladies and gentlemen, mayor farrell. [applause] all right. Happy valentines day, everybody. Anybody forgot to get flowers, weve got roses up here for you, by the way. I just want to say who an honor it is to be here. Opening up parks is probably the best thing any of us get to do being up here on stage. First of all, i would like to get a round of applause for phil ginser for the entire rec and parks department. Yes, i was at rec and parks for an entire summer, and they had me back at city hall. I want to say what an amazing thing to be here tonight to reopen our parks, because parks are all about families, theyre about children, they are about seniors. They are the great equalizer in San Francisco. It is for everybody in our city to enjoy, and what an amazing place that we have, two new playgrounds in civic center for our city to enjoy. You think about this neighborhood here, where we have more families living here. You mentioned this is mayor lees legacy, and i remember working with supervisor kim so closely, we talk about all the improvements going from fulton plaza to here, its been an amazing transformation over the course of the last few years, and we couldnt do it without or partners, to the jill and Helen Diller Family Foundation, thank you for all of your support. Please, a round of applause for them. And to all of the parents that are here today, i want to say thank you. Thank you for raising your children here in San Francisco. We are giving our children an amazing gift that they may not know today, but years later when they can claim to be native san franciscans, when they can claim that they grew up on our parks and playgrounds, and they can claim to be the new generation of San Francisco leaders, they can claim this. So thank you for being here on this amazing night in San Francisco, and again, thank you to the entire park and Rec Department for all of do all the time. Thanks, everybody. I am now honor today bring up Guillermo Rodriguez of the state department for public land. They have worked with us to build parks in some of our most needy and challenging communities, and we are the park system we are because of them, and we are so proud to have worked with tpl on this amazing project. Guillermo rodriguez. Thank you, phil, really appreciate that. The trust for land has a Simple Mission land for people, and what that means is not out projecting the sierras, it doesnt just mean growing yosemite park, it means growing cities. The projects in the trust for project land it s in the bayvi, its in the tenderloin, its here. We have a goal, a big, audacious goal, that everyone should be a tenmain walk to a park and open space. Thats an impressive goal, and for the families who live here in midmarket and the tenderloin and in hayes valley, what an amazing tenminute walk to come to not just one but two amazing playgrounds, the most inventive, interactive playgrounds in the country. Absolutely amazing. But as philmentioned, a years ago, trust for public land stood with the Helen Diller Family Foundation as well as mayor lee, they stood her and said to have a vision for San Francisco. The reason were here one year later is because of the amazing team work that was put together to make this happen. I want to shout out to ph phil ginser and the amazing park and recs department, to all of the staff that have worked with the trust for public land to make this happen, thank you. A shout out youll see it a little later, but to cory barr, who brought light to connect these two places. My thanks to bossman and Plant Construction who assembled this all together. And id be remiss and i didnt comment on another person, Alejandra Quesada an amazing person, and to all of the park and rec star who put this amazing evening together, thank you. Lastly, i have to say none of this would have been possible without the Helen Diller Family Foundation. You spent a lot of time going overall the details. The reason were successful today is because of your personal leadership and dedication. What a wonderful gift to the people and children of San Francisco. Thank you, jackie, and the Helen Diller Family Foundation. Thank you, fear mow. Before i bring up our next speaker, let me thank Alejandra Quesada. [ inaudible ] [applause] all right. I am so honored to next bring up supervisor jane kim. Supervisor kims been on the board of supervisors since 2010 and has been a fierce and determined advocate for the people in her district, and the idea that everyone deserves accessible open space. We are so proud to have partnered with supervisor kim to have invested more than 30 million in her district in park improvements during her tenure, not just here at helen diller, but also other projected with tpl, like south park, victoria manolo, and weve got up coming renovations planned. We thank supervisor kim for being such a great park champi champion. [applause]. First of all, i should just say im one of the lucky San Francisco residents who is a 30 second walk from a park and recreation center. I live right across the street from general fred rec center, so i gene fred rec center, so i do appreciate the team who does an incredible job activating and maintaining our parks and rec in district six. I am so honored to be here for the third opening of helen diller park. I still remember when ph Phil Ginsburg and trust Republic Land came to my office with the original plans on what we could do to transform the original area. And i had never seen a design to innovative and whimsical, as well. Im sure many of our adults will be wanting to play on these structures, as well, joining their childrens, in quotation marks. I think its amazing that were able to do something so innovative and amazing in San Francisco. I represent a district with the smallest number of parks in San Francisco. I also want to acknowledge our residents who have pushed us to prioritize parks and open spaces in our district. I see pat zamora from the boys and girls club, and it is really our residents who have taken the initiative to say we want to rhenvate bodecker park and make it a true oasis for our families and our seniors, and we accomplished that with the trust for public land, thanks inform phil2k3w i gin phil ginser and mayor ed lee. We are going to make district six the best place for parks in the city. So i just want to thank everyone for their immense involvement. I also want to recognize San FranciscoPolice Department because if not for their partnership at bodecker park, we would not have been able to maintain the beautiful and safe environment that we have there, so i want to recognize the captains and professionals that have maintained that. We have Deputy Commander chief mike redman, and david lazar. I again want to thank the entire staff at park and recs, and of course we have our own district six representative on rec and park commission, allen lowe. Thank you for being the d6 commissioner on the rec and park commission, and i look forward to playing on the park with all of you. Thank you very much. [applause] thank you, supervisor. So hes not just the district six commissioner, he actually is the vice chair of the rec and park commission, but he does advocate hard for these d6 parks. We are very, very blessed to have an amazing commission, seven citizens that just serve out the city and love the parks and provide us guidance and love and support, and make sure all voices are heard representing our park and Rec Commission tonight, and i do want to recognize commissioner anderson who is here, the Vice President of the rec and park commission, allen lowe. So happy valentines day, everybody. In the spirit of love, ive got to say i love these parks, these new playgrounds. Its creative, the designs inspiring. As supervisor kim said, its very whimsical. Its a message to all of us, just get out and play, and really, just get out and play, emergency, and lets dream again. And on behalf of the recreation and park commission, i want to give special thanks to the trust for public land for their continued generosity in supporting our parks, and i want to give a big thanks to jackie shapeer and dan shapeer for the helen diller foundation. Were lucky to have you supporting the city of San Francisco. Thank you very much. Thank you, and enjoy your parks. [applause]. Thank you so much, commissioner. All right. Now, youre going to hear from my customers three youth, pauli pauline, charlie, and shada, three members of the boys and girls club who hangout at bodecker and will now have the opportunity to hangout at city center. We have an Elementary School student, a middle school student, and a high school student. Were so pleased to bring them up to say a few words. All right. Before i begin, the fact that everyone here today, everyones smile made my heart feel warm and tingly inside to fight the cold weather. I believe that playgrounds are important because it provides a safe place for children. I remember the park before the renovation. I remember as a child that this area was a danger zone that i should avoid. I remember finding myself repulsed by the smell emitting from the park, and then, it got renovated. I was amazed by how much the park changed. The streets were cleaner than they had been since i was a child. I genuinely fell in love with the beauty of this playground, and how well its been maintained. I also believe that playgrounds are important because of the influence they have on the community, making it more colorful and livly like at bodecker park. Imagine all the kids coming together as they laugh and play together, maybe even making new friends along the way. As they grow older, they will look back and tell stories how impactful the Civic Center Playground was to their lives. It was a place making ever lasting friendship, the place they looked forward to going to, and the place they call home. Thank you so much for this beautiful park. [applause] hello. My name is pauline, and im in 8th grade. I have been a member of the boys and girls club for eight years now, and i sometimes visit bodecker while at the club. I like to do reading and art in my spare time. I have been living in the tenderloin my entire life, and throughout the years, i had spent a good amount of my time at bodecker, ellis, and also helen diller Civic Center Playground. I enjoyed the tire swings, regular swings, and other things at these parks, and i often made my mother and brothers push me around. I like being able to spend some time outside with my friends and being able to leave Technology Behind and be with my friends. I wouthink parks are important because it is a way to spend time with the people around you and wind down. It is a way to be active with your friend and possibly make new friends. Parks have a magical ability to be able to bring people together to form a small community. It is a great way to stay active and improve your communication skills, plus, its always fun to be able to see a new park with brandnew play structures just like this. Thank you for giving us this park. [applause]. Hello. My name is shada, and im in sixth grade, and i have been a member of the San Francisco boys and girls club in the tenderloin for six years. I love to read and watch harry potter, and i also love to swim. I lived in the tenderloin for seven years, and in that time, i have really enjoyed going to bodecker park, because it has swings, i climb the web, and it is a place to have fun. I am excited to have this park, because i want to see how people enjoy the new structures. Whenever theres a new park, i try to go on everything there. If theres a new slide or monkey bars, i go on them. I am excited to try everything this park has to offer. I think parks are important because they are a place where kids learn to play with other kids, and they help us to be active. Also, parks are entertaining. To me, a park is where teams, kids and eve adults can gather up and play. They can share laughs, games, and most importantly friendship. Also, what if there were no such things as parks . Where would kids gather and hangout . For those reasons, i think parks are important. Thank you [applause]. Werent they wonderful . All right, guys. For you, for you, and for you. All right. Before we we get the show on the road and we flip the switch, and i bring up our very special honored guest, let me just offer a few additional thank yous. This effort at civic center, there are a lot of folks who are really investing a lot of love and attention, and i want to thank the downtown street team, i want to thank hunters. Family, i want to thank the civic center ebd, i want to thank our city administrator, naomi kelley, and the very special amy cohen for all of our civic center comments where amy has been very much of a driver in getting numerous city agencies and nonprofit partners to Work Together to make this a happier and healthier place, and amy, id like to recognize you as one of us as well. Also, my profound thanks to jorge arias and the whole team from bossman construction, and to the amazing andy cochran for such an inspired design. But our most important guest tonight, and shes so modest, and doesnt like taking credit, and shes sitting in the back. Shes my hero, and my dear, dear, dear friend, jackie. This is for you; and now is the time for us to actually flip the switch. So why dont you and our Three Friends lead us in a count down. Right on. All right. Were going to count down from ten. All right. Here we go. Ready, everybody ten. Nine. Eight. Seven, six. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. If everybody can turnaround and look in the square right here, and theres a tv camera. All right. The helen diller playground contains some of the most innohave ati innovative and interactive lighting programs on any playgrounds. Weve designed each to compliment the play found. The first piece connects the two playground with a forest of Lighting Fixtures spread across each playground. We call them pixel poles. They animate and grow like they have captured fog inside them. When visitors move in front of the poles, they lite up and slash with colors. The pixel poles have custom Lighting Fixtures created specifically for these playgrounds that exist nowhere else. The second project covers the plaza right in front of you all between the playgrounds. We call it carl. We wanted to ask, what if San Franciscos fog settled down in the plazs to play wi plaza th visitors. He likes to connect to different groups of people, so you may see the light forming connections across the plaza. It takes a great and ad venturo adventurous team to make this happen. This is a new combination of public instruction with custom hardware and software. They can grow and aadapt as the city changes. For the next month well be watching to see how the public plays and dialing in the project personalities to match. This new combination of playground building with new technologies will let us adapt to a changing city and kids at play. I would like to introduce the margaret general kins dan je dance company, which has adapted movement for this celebration. The dancers are aalex carington, chin four, three, two, one. Welcome to the helen diller Civic Center Playground. [applause]. When i open up the paper every day im just amazed at how many different Environmental Issues keep popping up. When i think about the planet i want to leave for my children and other generation, i think of what contribution i can make on a personal level to the environment. Clean power sf is San Franciscos key way of fighting Climate Change by Renewable Energy and offering it to San Francisco customers. Im from the San FranciscoPublic Utilities commission. The program came about with state wide legislation in 2002 to enable people to take more control over supplies. I first heard of the program when the organization was advocating to launch clean power sf. What im most excited about, its going to bring 100 Renewable Energy to my home and reinvest into Renewable Energy infrastructure and jobs. I had gone to a lot of street fairs and heard from the staff at the San FranciscoPublic Utilities commission to sign up for clean power sf even before it launched. 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I would encourage any business to seriously convert to the clean sf service. Its good for environment, business and the community. You can sign up online our call and the great thing is, youll have the peace of mind that youre doing your part in your household to help the environment. Working for the city and county of San Francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city thats on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. Our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. After all, were at the meeting of land and sea. Our city is famous for its iconic scenery, historic designs, and worldclass style. Its the birthplace of blue jeans, and where the rock holds court over the largest natural harbor on the west coast. Our 28,000 city and county employees play an Important Role in making San Francisco what it is today. We provide residents and visitors with a wide array of services, such as improving city streets and parks, keeping communities safe, and driving buses and cable cars. Our employees enjoy competitive salaries, as well as generous benefits programs. But most importantly, working for the city and county of San Francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the citys future. Thank you for considering a career with the city and county of San Francisco. It is now 1 05 p. M. This is the regular meeting of the commission of Community Investment and infrastructure. The Successor Agency commission to the San FranciscoRedevelopment Agency for tuesday, february 20, 2018. Welcome to members of the public. Madame secretary, please call the first item. Thank you, madame chair. The first order of business is item one, role call. Commission members, please respond when i call your name. [roll call] all members of the commission are present. The next order of business is item two announcements. A, the next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on march 6, 2018 at 1 00 p. M. At city hall room 416. Please be advised that the ring of and use of cell phone, pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar soundproducing electronic device. C, announcement of time allotment for Public Comments. Please be advised that the member of public has three minutes to make pertinent Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Commission Adopts a shorter period on any item. It is st