This is a reminder to silence all electronic devices. This is the regular meeting of the Fire Commission of wednesday , dune 26, 2018. Item one, roll call. [roll call] item two, general Public Comment members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commissions jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. Speaker shall address the remarks to the commission as a whole unknot to individual commissioners or Department Personnel. Commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with the speaker. The lack of the response by the commissioners are Department Personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of station statements made during Public Comment. Thank you very much. At this present time, is there any member of the public who wishes to give Public Comment . Please approach. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Any questions or discussions for the commissioners at this time . Item three, approval of the minutes. Discussion of possible action to approve the Meeting Minutes from june 12th, 2019. Any member of the public who wishes to give Public Comment on item three . Please approach. Any questions or discussions from the commissioners . [indiscernible] i wasnt at that last meeting and also, president cleveland asked that it be changed that he was present and it says excused on there. I have changed that to show that he was present. Okay. That is duly noted because i did want to acknowledge that as well that commissioner cleveland was here. Yes. Are there any other comments from commissioners . Public comment is closed on this item. I need a motion to approve. So moved. Seconded . Seconded by Vice President or right Vice President covington. All in favor say aye. Aye. Approved. Thank you very much. Item four, presentation on the overview of Department Facilities. They want to provide an overview and update on status of Department Facilities undergoing renovations and information regarding the fire chief residence. Thank you very much. Welcome again. Thank you very much for coming to our commission meeting. Good afternoon, commissioners im the Program Manager of the earthquake safety and Emergency Response bond. Thank you very much for this opportunity this afternoon to present a high level to you our bond program. Certainly any specific question you may wish to ask, we would be happy to answer that within our capacity here. With me this afternoon are my two project managers, both of whom are intimately involved in the daytoday workings of the particular fire projects under our offices. A little bit about for background, if you would, the legacy. We passed two bond programs since 2010. Both with a resounding support from the voters of San Francisco we are among the highest that has embraced bond programs that have been advanced to the voters on a modern in modern history i think that speaks very well to the support for our First Responders, the Fire Department certainly, as well as other projects in service to the needs of san franciscans. In these two particular bond programs, we have done approximately 140 million hundred 50 million to fire facilities. There have been funds spent on the emergency firefighting water system which is, of course, an asset dedicated to the Fire Departments use. As you can see, we have also been in service to other First Responder targets around different departments. So what we have here, at a high level, we have project data points, if you will, and i will speak to these broadly since you certainly can see the particular data points offered to you on the screen. Fire station 16 longawaited, was finally delivered earlier this year, and so in that respect, were happy to have that under our belt. It took far too long. I think we all know that. We are pursuing what we call liquidated damages against the builder for having taken this long and without the sanction, if you will of public works towards completion of the project. That assessment will be, in a sense, paying back to the city its cost for having supervised and managed the work over the period of time that was in the unexcused time that it took the builder to complete the project. Those are the proceeds that make the program whole, so to speak, and there were of course, many expenses as a result of that extended time from the city and from associated others participating in the project. Fire station five, another wonderful project just recently completed. You all know it, having been there at the inauguration. We are very happy with this project, inasmuch as it sets a new tone, a new template for how we will approach other projects, especially replacement projects, so we are certainly learning quite a bit from any station to complete and take that knowledge forward to other projects that we expect to be doing in the coming years. Fireboat station 35, let me see if i can get this. Fireboat station 35, and exciting project. I know we are all looking forward to seeing it come to fruition. There are particular things that have been accomplished in recent times that have given us some momentum here, the clearance with the approval, but most recently, i guess you could say, with the bay Conservation Development commission. We have given notice to proceed with the project construction. The float is being constructed in shanghai. It will be coming to the city effectively at the end of the year and the construction of pier one at Treasure Island will initiate in the first part of 2020. We will be completing that construction towards the end of 2020 and subsequently inaugurating the facility. Both the demolition, which would indicate here starting september , and the. One construction beginning in the fall of 2020 are cause for celebration, perhaps in what we provided what will be provided by the fall of 2020, perhaps early 2021. Very interesting, very unusual project. We are very much looking forward to seeing it realized. Twentysix, you all know very quickly, this was an interim, is meant to be an interim home for the birthing of the fire boats while the project is under construction. If you know the firefighters and crews will continue to rely on fire station 35, but for the sake of the birthing venue or location, it is no located at p. 26. Now i will talk a little bit about the projects which are the literally dozens upon thousands of alteration projects meant to address the deficiencies of the defects at all the fire stations that present the possibility of some imposition on the readiness of the firefighters to deploy from these stations. This particular slide depicts both the ese our bond and the Public Health and safety bond. I would say here at this juncture, that joe chin who is the Program Manager for the Public Health and safety bond is here and he will be speaking two particular components of that bond for which he is responsible , specifically the ambulance deployment facility and the particular focus scope of the work. As you can see here, and i dont need to go through every one of these, but our intention has been, as i said, to shore up all of that, which could possibly compromise the effectiveness of firefighters doing it is that they are meant to do. As we go forward, i will be talking about that in a little bit. We are going to do more robust interventions that are meant to improve the seismic worthiness of the most vulnerable stations. I will go through this somewhat quickly because i think it is the type of project which i am certain you are most aware of. It is been very important. It is literally where things start and end. In that respect, we have been very methodical about going about replacing all the doors that we can with the Funds Available to us. We began with, and it is not depicted here, we began with a more modern folding doors as we have it with fire station four, fire station 36, fire station 15 , but we have come to the conclusion that those doors are somewhat appropriate for new facilities where we can ensure the appropriate safe working dimensions and distances from apparatus, from firefighters, for maximum safety. That is not the case with many or most, perhaps. We have transitioned to different doors, the telescoping of the rolling doors that are as effective as securing the facility and are safer for an operation. One of the benefits of that is while we have budgeted for more costly for folding doors, by virtue of this change in direction, we will earn back some savings that we will hold onto until we are clear of all of the outstanding expenses and our low result from the close of this component of the bond. We have been doing shower renovations, somewhat, sort of pedestrian ism improvement, but very critical to the firefighters and their health and safety to be able to rely on serviceable showers that dont leak, that provide proper water pressure and so forth. Another key improvement within the focus scope category of work generators are another component of the work we are doing to address that which is a need of showing up and improvement. Generators are very important, obviously. We need to be able to rely on emergency power should there be an incident that takes us off the grid. These are all being brought to modern standard for emergency power. We have also, in addition to the generator, it for example, fire station three which was desperately in need of work at the rooftop, we replaced the generator, did heating and ventilating, airconditioning related work, and a roof replacement. This was the facility drastically or dramatically in need of intervention and that is a project that we completed a couple of years ago. I will stop here actually, i will do this one, joe, if you dont mind. I will ask you to do ambulance deployment. The seismic tower removal is that which is necessary to avoid the collapse of those towers onto the house and which would obviously pose a life safety risk, so we have discovered particular stations that need to have those towers removed in order to ensure the avoidance of that kind of scenario of a collapsing tower back onto the house. One of the necessary obligations that we are following is, and it was imposed on us by planning, which was to rebuild the hose tower and fire in fire station 15. That was done because that era of station represents a historical asset or resource, and they felt as though they could allow us to demo all the rest of them, but they wanted us to retain one tower that was demonstrable of firehouse design from the midcentury. So that kind of up things and i wont go into the weeds on this, but we are finally clear on that we are past planning, we are now going to the Building Department to secure permits so we can set about doing that work and the related other projects. I am talking about emergency generators, so i wont delve into that further. At this point, i ask joe, the project manager for the Public Health and safety bond to speak to the ambulance deployments facility. Before we do that, madam secretary, we have a commissioner who has joined us. Thank you very much. Good afternoon, commissioners imo i am the public works Program Manager. I will quickly go over the Public Health and safety bond program as compared to the easter program. Public health and safety is a 350 million g. O. P. On program that includes funding for three client departments and includes line shares for department of health, and also the department of homelessness and supportive housing, and there is also a subset that is for the Fire Department, which is the 58 million that is of the 350 million that is allocated to Fire Department related projects. Charles had gone through the focus scope that is included as the bond program. I will quickly go over one of the key projects that is underfunded by the Public Health and safety, which is the ambulance facility project located on gerald street. It is currently in the early phases of construction. We issued a construction start to the contractor towards the end of 2018. We are currently in the piling and the Foundation Phase of the project. At this point, everything is still on schedule to complete by september of 2020, and would move in 2021. At this point i will turn it back to charles to finish up the presentation. Concluding this presentation with a depiction of the 2020 bond program. As you no doubt to know, the total project budget being provided for the Fire Department is 275 million. That money is meant to be assigned to a variety of different projects. The only one that we could probably say with some certainty is the Fire Training facility. The other ones are perspective. We do have a range and array of projects which we discussed with the Fire Department, but were we are precluded from committing to those as projects until we have achieved our ceqa clearance they will be within the realm of the focus scope projects. We still have many improvement projects that at existing stations that are needed to bring that quality of life to the stations. Separately, we have seismic reability asian work that i mentioned to you earlier, which will either mean rehabilitation of existing facility where possible, or replacement where not possible. Often with structural upgrades, the existing facility cant support that in a sense that often it requires a certain dimensional reality that isnt possible. We lose the ability to the structural improvement. The only way to do it is with a new facility. That was the case in large part with fire station 16. Fire station five also benefited , as you can see, it is a nice, rumi facility and appropriate to help people move around safely on an apparatus a floor. Two other potential projects we are looking at is a bureau of equipment replacement. We are thinking that we would seize on the completion of the adf, and its departure from 1415 evans to provide a venue for a new bureau of equipment which is desperately needed for those of you who know where they are currently housed. As we mention, the new Training Center at a location yet to be determined, the citys Real Estate Division is working very diligently seeking to find a venue that is appropriate. Perhaps you will remember from my last presentation, were looking for parts of about 7 acres. Which if you know what is available, it can be a tall order. The schedules are to be determined. Certainly what we seek to do is to get very quickly to a scope judge resolution so we can begin the project of pace, you know, escalation is not our friend and it is hard to know what will happen in the Construction Market in the coming years, but generally speaking, things dont get cheaper as the years go on, barring some financial collapse. We can expect the cost of construction to continue to rise we will work with a variety of partners as we deliver work. Certainly our greatest partner in this endeavour is a Fire Department, with whom i think i can hopefully say without fear of contradiction that we have had a marvellous working relationship throughout the first two bonds and we would expect no less a Going Forward in the third bond. But we work with designers, architects, engineers, we work with some of our own staff if they are appropriate to the work and have the capacity and capability to render the work. We work with our own. The first bond sale, which brings the real money, is likely to occur in june of 2020, a few months after the passage of the bond. I figure we have about a seven year window of opportunity to deliver the work. As i said, you know, time is of the essence. We like to get work underway sooner than not, but we are mindful of the departments operational realities in regards to closing any one or two or three stations at one time. Some maybe our excuses exclusive to that, but we know that we will work with the department to set up a proper trajectory of projects so we are not creating any unnecessary burden on the operational realities of the department. I do want to conclude here with the fact that we do have a bond report. The cover is shown here on this particular slide. And we have what i think is a wonderful webpage. On this webpage you will see as the header of that shot, virtually any information you would wish to know or to have for us to better understand these bonds, how they have fared over time, you know, the particulars, if you will, we try to be as transparent as we can. Certainly that is of great benefit when we go about seeking voter support for bond programs to be able to demonstrate that we have always been a very forthcoming about what we are doing, how we are doing it, what the costs are and such. There is clearly other oversights that we accrued that is the citizens general Obligation Bond and it offers up all of that which is very important for accountability sake. We go through audits, we have a myriad of folks who look in on the work that we do. We like to think that it does, and has stood up to the scrutiny of those different entities and that it will continue to do so. With that, we have come to the end of our presentation and we would invite any comments or questions you have. Thank you very much. Before we have the commissioners ask questions or comments, i will call for general Public Comment on this item number 4, presentation of overview of Department Facilities. Any member of the public who wishes to approach the commission. Commissioners . Public comment is closed. Commissioners, im not sure if the roster is working so i will just call you by acknowledgement [indiscernible] is this thing on . I just have a couple of questions. You mentioned there are some savings in the switchover from the roll up and closures to the full up full up and closures. Are we still satisfied with the safety of those in case of a power outage as opposed to them being able to open those if there was some sort of power outage . Or the shifting of the building . That was the understanding that i had as to why we actually went to these folding doors. Chief, his or someone in your staff that can i would ask sherry to join me here at the podium to speak to that point. Good evening. Yes, they operate manually in the event of a power outage, so it is easier the mechanism that makes them go up and down i think is very easy for the firefighters. Is that the opinion of the Fire Department that these stores are just as effective and just as safe as the other doors . Sorry to surprise you. Yes, i know the assistant deputy chief has been a point pursing in this, and yes. And he has the ability to ko any bad ideas in regards to absolutely. Absolutely. He understands first hand firsthand what our operational needs are and yes, he has been our go to person on this. Great. Okay. As far as a savings, i know there was also some liquidated damages in regards to station 16 , and it was a subject of conversation in earlier Commission Meetings as you may or may not know. How much in liquidated damages is the department seeking . Approximately 470,000. And are those liquidated damages going back to d. P. W. . They come back to the Fire Department and the neighborhood fire station component. The project needs to be made whole, in other words, that is what the assessment it is not a fine or a penalty for finishing late, it is more to recoup the cost of having administered the work over the duration of time that, in a sense, wasnt sanctioned by the city, and wasnt compensable to the builders. Therefore, they put us on the hook for those expenses. That is money to make us whole again. I think my question is more along the lines when you say make us whole, are you talking about your department of public works or are you talking about the Fire Department . I understand what liquidated damages are. There are a variety of expenditures that range from public works staff who administer the project and we have full time resident engineers who are responsible for providing the oversight on the work. We have some percentage of two fire positions that belong to the administration of the bond program. They are expenses that are generated by the participation of those individuals to participate in all projects for that matter, but certainly some percentage of their time accrued against this particular project, so these are all expenses that have transpired or occurred that we need to be made whole and that is why we assess against the builder. As i understand liquidated damages i have some experience. They are an estimate of expenses that would otherwise have damages that would have been encouraged by certain entity that would do them. In this case you were saying that you are employees of d. P. W. , but is there any of that money that is going back to the Fire Department because this is dragged on for over a year. We had firefighters that were living in three other stations that were spread out throughout the city and three other stations doubled up, and i am wondering, for an extent of an additional year, and im wondering, when those firefighters got back to station 16, they found themselves having to pay for all sorts of new equipment and kitchen wares and stuff like that. They could have easily come from that type of funding. My question is, you guys were put out, but weve got members of our department that were put out for over a year living in doubled up situations. And i am wondering if any of that money is coming back to the department, and if so, how much . Let me call magdalena. She has been spearheading, so to speak, the termination of the cost of assessment. Just before she responds, the liquidated damages is in part indicated in the general conditions of the contract of the particular some each day through substantial completion and another some, 2500 before substantial and 500 if i am not mistaken through substantial and final. That all adds up against the across the span of time that has not been found to be acceptable to the city. The costs are all that, which is on behalf of the department. We do appreciate the imposition and inconvenience for the general discussion of the project. These are monies that are meant to speak to the Capital Improvements of the project, not to other expenses that dont belong to the project proper. We had a separate fund for furniture fittings and equipment to outfit the facility and im not quite sure what other expenses outside this occurred or manifested that werent covered by that, but we largely provided for the outfitting of the facility of virtue of a separate pool of funds. Let me bring up magdalena to speak to anything that i missed as far as factors contributing to the calculation of the liquidated damages. Before you get to that point, i know that personally there were a bunch of items that the members of the department had to pay for themselves such as kitchen wares and stuff like that. Is it possible to make that stuff, to perhaps . The department to find out what stuff will be livable so that they could cover that stuff as well . It was managed by the department itself. Not to bookmark on the spot here but mark was involved with procurement of the outfitting of that which was dedicated to fire station, whether there is any money still on balance, i cant speak to, maybe mark could if im just curious as to why certain things were the obligation of the members as opposed to the fund, if it existed. Did you want the mic . There are certain things that the department and the city pays for and some things that they dont. We dont pay for silverware, glassware, dishware, that kind of stuff in the kitchen. We initially pay for, especially in a new fire station, we will pay for all of the appliances in terms of dishwashers, stove, refrigerator, but the only thing what is it we only replace . Stoves and dishwashers, correct . The rest is up to the membership is that a Department Role or a city rule . Department. Maybe we can visit that especially if there is a fund that has been set up to revisit those things. Sure we could. But what i have seen is it is really important for members to have a buyin and take ownership of some of the stuff that is in their stations. I get that. Yes. Okay. That answers that question. Thank you. [laughter] good afternoon, commissioners i can confirm that what charles provided to you, the numbers are correct. We have approximately 470,000 in retention. And i calculated our expenses that is construction managers, and our design Team Additional time and it amounts to approximately 450,000. When you say our team, that is the department of public works, so the Fire Department will not get any of that money. I did not calculate any time that was spent by the department or its representatives in this calculation. This is calculation of 450,000 based on Public Works Team and additional time spent. Okay. Perhaps maybe the next time we write one of these product contracts, we could write something that compensates the Fire Department for its damages when they go over because as you acknowledged yourself, they are suffering themselves and having to be at other stations. If you could add that to the contract, it would be appreciated on behalf of the Fire Department. It would be important to understand the legal way of recouping the impact of that inconvenience. If you are renting someplace and he had to stay there yearlong, that cost can be recouped very plainly, but doubling up at a particular station, how do you put a dollar value on that that stands up to the legal scrutiny of an image imposition . That is something we can look at , certainly. That is the whole point of the liquidated damages position. I think in our next contracts, we should consider the value of the imposition on the Fire Department for every day that the project isnt delivered to the members as they have to spend the night in a doubled up apartment. That is a good idea. We should work with the department to understand the true cost, it has to be legitimate on scrutiny as an impact cost. I am aware of that. Great. We will work with the department. We have a future consideration of the department in these contracts. Absolutely. Inc. You so much. I appreciate it. Youre welcome. Thank you very much. Commissioners, in terms of questions or comments, at this time . Great report. Thank you, commissioners. Hold on. Then i will have a few comments as well. Hello again. Hello it is good to see you. I do agree with the commissioner that that some consideration be given to the department and future legal documents as, you know, the terms related to liquidated damages, so i wanted to say that. I also wanted to complement to your team on the work that has been done thus far using the easter bond money. The easter bond monies have been very important to the department and once those monies, once we knew that those monies were forthcoming, working with the department of public works, you know, as you mention station five and other stations, that have been either upgraded or our brand spanking new. The excitement excitements at the opening of these new stations is palpable. People are so happy to have a new home where everything works and nothing leaks and it is not cold when it is supposed to be hot. It really makes a tremendous difference of the members of the department who work extremely hard making sure that the citizens of our city are safe and that visitors are safe and members of the department can make situations. Even though we are talking about inanimate objects, things that go into fire houses, the firehouse itself, it does have quite a living impact upon the people who live in these facilities. This is their home away from home. This is the space that they share with their brothers and sisters and colleagues it is very important to have a nice facility. It is a way that the city that the citizens of the city, bypassing this bond have shown the appreciation for the work that the members of the department do. So i thank you for your part in that effort. Thank you very much. Much appreciate it. Thank you very much Vice President covington. I will just ask a few questions and comments on a few. Thank you so much. Part of this presentation was that, at the last commission meeting, we had chief rivera come up and he gave us an awesome summary in terms of all the things that are included within his support services and one of the parts that we didnt have time for was the facility discussion, so we appreciate this very much and i appreciate the chief for making the arrangements so we can have you come out again. There was a press release that came out that was dated june 25 th that says board of supervisors unanimously support 629 million bond earthquake safety and emergency resilience. Is that a whole separate bond not attached to the easter bond . That is the easter 2020 bond. It is specifically 628. 5. I guess they rounded up. Right. So part of your presentation in terms of that inclusion is this bond. Im just trying to get straight on this. The 275 that i highlighted for you is drawn from the 628. 5. Just for this contest. As the board of supervisors approves this, what is the next step that occurs behind that . It is slated for the march 2020 ballot. Okay. There is a long way from here to there, but we will be continuing to work on a variety of projects within the easter 2014, most specifically relevant to you as far as station 35 that will take the trajectory mentioned. We also have the hose tower projects that we are trying to mitigate the seismic risk and doing associated other work around generators, for example,. Okay. , that is really great. This presentation ties into that because we had an extensive presentation on. Thirtyfive, the new fire built station. So it brings all the information can temporarily, so this is good news in terms of the process because you made reference to that at the last time that you made an appearance, which wasnt that long ago as well. Just again, very mechanically and very basic, you talked about , on page 5, the fireboat station, and i thank you used the word celebration know in terms of one when that job starts or was it just completed. Were will you be able to notify the commission and the department when those different absolutely. It is kind of a first to have a barge such as this delivered to the city, and it would be perhaps the occasion for some celebration out at Treasure Island to see this barge unloaded from a much larger shift and placed in the water and delivered to pier one. I think that is worthy of some celebration at that point. Quite frankly, i like the word celebration because we and the commission enjoy that, but also a barge is as large as we talked about coming from singapore, and the lord the last presentation, while we approved the process of moving along, was because of that whole pressure of the barge being built and delivered with ulcerative considerations as well to be delivered to San Francisco. Just as a point of information, there are members of the public that are watching. We understand easter bond and how that pay plays in. When you talk about on page 7, easter bond, you just want to describe those relationships so that myself, and maybe the general public can have a comprehension. We have been opposed to this on page 7 and i know that you talked about station 49 off of the particular phs so i want to see how this all fits in. This particular slide, if i can have it up on the screen, pertains to focus scope drawn from both easter and Public Health and safety bonds, a proximally 42 million worth of very specific and focused improvements of the variety of stations, both stations and all stations that have received some intervention to improve or addressed efficiency that they had. In that respect there is still work to do. And sherry could speak to it, but i wont make her come up here. We have several hundred Million Dollars of outstanding need with the focused alterations in the replacement of stations that are most vulnerable to the eventual big one, and the fact that we need to address that while the resources are available to do so the next bond after 20 isnt 2027. That is a long ways away to know what that some might be and what it will accrue to the Fire Department from that bond, this is theres pretty of lurk work that remains to be done. Just as a point of clarification , when you talk about the focus scope funding, all of that Funding Source comes from the easter bond . The lion share of it, we receive 14 million from the Public Health and safety bonds for focus spoke focus scope alteration projects. This is ongoing projects based off of the funding that occurs. Correct. When it comes down to station 49, that is part of that focus bond on page 13 . The ambulance facilities draw funding from the Public Health and safety bond program as you mentioned earlier. There is a history there as to how it got onto the bond, but suffice it to say, it is 58 million in total from the bond from the Fire Department. Being the commissioner, maybe the commissioners have been on the commission for a long time, part of this, again, all of this information is accumulated over years in time, separated by showers, by doors, by generators , and it is nice to be able to see accumulated presentation that encompasses everything and to find out where the Funding Source is and that is ongoing as we move into this new bond in terms of what we need to accomplish. At this particular point, everything is pretty secure it accept for new Training Facility right. As i said, hundreds of millions of dollars are needed. Before now, before 2010, it had been arguably about 25 years since the department had received an appreciable some of money to address its facilities. Our facilities dont last forever. Like your own homes, you have to do occasional maintenance and repair or replacement style projects. We dont do that and facility start to degrade and become less reliable for the purpose for which they are intended to serve this bond came in time because they were the host and they remain in this that need to get done and thankfully we have had two bonds under our belts, and one were coming up that i am optimistic. And then in the not too far distant future, there is a fourth one. We can spend as much money as they are willing to give us in very good and productive ways. Okay. I really do appreciate that. All of us do. I know that when we went through the lead years, the concept of how we will repair basic needs for our members and our department was really troublesome as budget cuts occurred, as shower rooms and different kinds of facilities and stations, so as the other commissioners, i applaud your colleagues within d. P. W. For accomplishing all of this and i thank you to be able to comprehend during these years because when you Start Talking about the next bond at 2027, that is down the word road, but you have been at this for a while and there is a lot of grateful members in this departments that are part of this. When you talk about the generator replacement program, the goal is for all of the stations to be replaced with generators . All those where the generator has not been addressed or route replaced in a more recent time, that is our intention. Okay. He said optimistically that the public should support this bond. You talked about march 2020 when the bond comes out . March of 2020. As i mentioned in an earlier slide, the last two times we were at 80 voter support which i consider unanimous among voters. And you feel that same optimism . We have not done polling, but we have been led to understand that we are in that range of support currently and many months removed from the actual election, that we will have a better sense of what voter support exists. I think we are at the same percentage of support in previous bonds when we tested the vultures will. Coming to an end, the previous bonds head benefits to the Police Department and others i shouldnt say that, but there were no Police Facilities other then the headquarters up until 2014, it was the first time we received monies for police stations. It was a modest amount, 30 million. Im here to tell you that police stations are also beleaguered in different ways, of course, and they desperately need Real Investment from these bond programs. So the majority of the benefit of this bond would be the Fire Department. The flight the Fire Department is receiving the largest some of money in the next bond. If you consider the emergency firefighting water system funding corollary to your own needs and benefit, it is a considerable some of money, the majority of the money on the bond for fire and fire related assets. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you very much for all of the members of your team. I appreciate it very much. Thank you. Madam secretary . Item five, chief of departments report, report from the chief of the department on current issues, activities, and events within the Department Since a Fire Commission meeting on june 12th, 2019, including budget, academies, special events, communications and outreach to other government needs and the public and report from Administration Deputy chief jose fellow from administrative divisions, fleet and facility status updates, finance support services, Homeland Security and training within the department. Thank you very much. As always, we will have chief nicholsons report first and then we will have the report from the administration of the deputy chief. Thank you. This is my report. Since june 12th. Myself and the chief are continuing our station meetings, going out and visiting all the stations. Were almost done. I think we have less than five left, so we are making Good Progress with that. The budget is not yet finalized. Tonight is add back night so i will be scurrying out of here and down to the second floor after this to continue to advocate for the department. At the next commission meeting, i will have the final final in terms of what weve got done for the budget. Since june 12th, we had a labourmanagement meeting and we are off to a good start with them, and we are a partner with them in collaborating on our budget asks. Things are going smoothly there. I have had two productive meetings with dr. Colfax from the department of Public Health and with some of his highlevel staff and members of the e. M. S. A, and we are committed to working on pilot programs and at their budget asks together and seeing what type of progress we can make. I am hopeful about that. I also, since june 12th, went and presented to the hospital council. Myself and maryellen carol, head of d. E. M. , went and presented and because it is an entire system that is having trouble, the hospitals, the ambulances, all of us, so i put forward some solutions and i am hoping that we can Work Together with them as in terms of maybe some e. M. S. Prevention pilot programs and the like. I will keep banging that drum with them. We also met with the testing unit from the department of human resources. We will be having well be having the next exam that is due is the paramedic captains exam or age 33. Were hoping to have that in november. We are also working on seeing if we can change our current exam practice that is to have the exam list last for three years and then we extend it for one year, but for some of these lists, we want it to be a two year list, with the possibility of extending it for one year. With the exception of the lieutenants list, which is a very big list, but the others are smaller lists, and i think it would benefit the department to have these tests more frequently. So we are working towards that and the local 798 is in agreement with us on that and we do know it will have a small Financial Impact on us but we think the benefit will outweigh that. The new chase center that is supposed to open up in september , and in the first week in september, i think there will be multiple double events happening, so one at giant stadium, and one at the warrior arena, so we have been in a lot of conversations. We have been proactive meeting with the mayors office, the m. T. A. , the warriors not the warriors themselves, but you know what i mean, chase Center People and we will be running fieldbased scenarios in july in the neighborhood, actually bringing a full box there. Code two, but to show them how things work and how difficult it will be, not just getting to watch to that center, but in the surrounding neighborhood. That is important that we have access to that entire area. We know the traffic will be difficult, we have been advocating for our own emergency lane, and we have yet to convince them of that, so we will be running these field based scenarios and then we will also be, once we do that , will be sitting down with them and running tabletop scenarios. So we are putting all of our cards out there and really advocating for the department and sort of telling them what our needs are because from the m. T. A. To, you know, others, they just sort of dont have a great understanding of how it is that we work and how big our apparatus are, and how difficult it is to navigate some of those streets. We are going to bring them out there and show them. Thank you to those of you who came to the 125th class graduation last week. Those young and freshfaced folks have started already, so that is , as you know, and ongoing training and mentoring process. I want to talk a little bit about pride, which is coming up this weekend. We are up staffing for, not just for the march, before the days and events throughout this coming weekend. There will be an increase in people in the city and what comes with that is an increased volume of calls. [please stand by]. And were going to be deploying extra resources with the police and other units such as public works to make sure that were all working together to keep everybody safe. Weve done a ton of Public Outreach, working with other agencies as well. And some of the Public Outreach has been to getting members of the community to clear out their yards, have some Defensible Space around their buildings. And basically fining people for not clearing brush. And then having other agencies go in and actually clear it for us. So thats ongoing. Were being proactive about that. And then also this past week, last week we met with a former assistant chief of ours, dave franklin, who now works for o. E. S in the states. We talked with him about mutual aid support and readiness, as well as resources in training. So thats a Good Relationship we have with him. And especially with all of the wildfires that are going on at this time. And then that concludes my report. Thank you very much. At this point, i want to call for Public Comment on the report. Any member of the public wishes to give Public Comment. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioners, if you would like to ask questions . Commissioner cleveland. Thank you, mr. President and, thank you, chief, for your report. Very brief. Right to the point. Couple of questions. On the Promotion Test and your efforts to have them more frequently, which is a good