Assessment of all of our urban interfaces and derm these are places where 30 feet is right. These are places where we need a larger perimeter before the fire jumps. I assume glenn canyon the fire burns uphill. At the top it is crowned and moving. You are still going uphill. Can it jump the street . Doesnt have to jump the street . Why . There are houses on the park side, too. To answer your question it is resources. Fire department is willing to go out there and visit each and every site. We can do that. The other think we take into account is our resources. The number of appar rat tuesday we get there in a timely matter and in the Water Supplies we take into account if i it is a Reasonable Risk or not . Good afternoon. One of my roles is to coordinate mutual response from the Fire Department to the state. For the last seven years i was responding to fires up and down the state. We have special equipment in all of that where they are assigned. They train all of the time. You will see us every mayor beginning of june training within the park for the city. We prepare for that. Wwe prepare for that in the cit. If this and your department and other departments were interested. The question is if we want to to allocate Financial Resources for jurisdiction and planning and see what that yields . I agree with that statement you just made, yes. It is november getting to february when everybody submits the budget to the mayor. It is a conversation to have as the rest of the state is burni burning. I agree with that. I guess i was alluding to that. There is really a way to plan this and figure out what resources we need to make this happen, let us know. I would like to be Crystal Clear. We do respond to these areas with other departments. If we need to clear areas, we will clear them. I am responding to your call about a comprehensive plan. I want to be sure we are Crystal Clear on that. To the earlier question that happens to be where i live and i say this to everybody, not only around issues of fire but every issue in this town except for when you get a parking ticket is complain driven. I get an email that says people are camped out on his property. That is how i learn about it. He gets the call. Gets the call. Is this an instance where we need to be more proactive . I think so. Thank you very much. I will be quick. It sounds like there are two potential projects here. One requires Greater Partnership between the fire marshal and departments. One is making sure we do the things we think we are doing now. We think we are maintaining this 30foot area. It would be really great for people in glenn canyon living on a house next to glenn canyon to have the reassurance the fire marshal has checked out that 30foot area and given it his blessing that we are good. At least in so far as we are upholding the state standards, based upon what the state is telling us, nobody here should be worried. There may be a secondary project that may require more money. Does San Francisco want its own standards. We are dense on top of each other with the memory of the 1906 earthquake. There is kind of two things in there. I do think and what i present to you is a immediate task of doing the checking to make sure in areas with special concern like glenn canyon that, yes, at least as far as our current standards, San Francisco has got this right and we checked. You can be absured about that. I dont remember 1906, but i remember 1989. If there are no other presenters, lets open this up to public comment. Would you like to speak to item 3 . Thank you for spending your afternoon with us . Coalition for San Francisco neighborhoods. At the october General Assembly meeting the coalition passed a resolution regarding emergency firefighting capabilities. Besides the transit it includes water and sewer replacement, the water supply system. Doing this would be consistent with the city policy. It is a shovel ready project. Installing dedicated would provide direct firefighting coverage fo for the for police. It would contribute to the citys ability to prevent and manage wildfires as to the owned property. Thank you. Mr. Sig. Jake sig. I have been leading volunteers working for the city for 29 years now. The last three weeks we have been working on Mount Davidson. It is very much on my mind. We got the natural Management Plan passed a couple years ago. Nothing is done. The ivy crawling up the trees, they are full of dead leaves. They can easily start a fire from the ground up to the crown. I can see with the kind of weather we have been having with the cold, dry winds out of the north, they fortunately did not last very long. Sometimes like in the past they do. In october 1991 in oakland, that was exactly the kind of weather they had, and the combination of that and a spark, Mount Davidson could go. It is a frightening prospect even though it is not likely to happen, but what if it does . It appears it is mostly a matter of money. The risk of the city burning down for lack of money does not make any sense. I want to mention the Fire Department and cal fire came to a meeting about seven or eight years ago and explained the risk of a fire happening. It is identical conditions on Mount Davidson, just different landowners. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Thank you. I am paul. I want to speak on this issue. Regarding the wild land interface, the maps the state put out are based on relative humidity and the fact we normally have a higher humidity than most of the other wild land areas. There are times when the conditions are right we can have a catastrophic wildfire with loss to lives and property, and what the city doesnt have is unconventional firefighting methods. While they are really good at doing code enforcement, Defensible Space, which is really important, they have conventional firefighting methods. What gets the upper hand on the firestorms which glen park canyon, mic chairren park and Billy Goat Hill and others, we would need unconventional methods for the head of the fire which you cant fight with conventional methods, you need water drops. The city has helicopters. Is it possible through the Fire Department no longer. Okay. There is going to be a time when there arent any aerial support because they are occupied somewhere else and timing is on the essence. What the city needs is nonconventional firefighting with therel copter with aerial drops in the parklands, national parklands, stateowned properties and city properties. Thank you. Next speaker, please. I am betsy eddy president of Diamond HeightsCommunity Foundation which has been meeting for 11 years to prepare the neighborhood for emergencies. I am encouraged by the hearing today and the questions by the supervisors, but we really do perceive a much more dangerous fire hazard than some of the people here today. It was just three years ago that Diamond Heights started to realize there is an urban wildfire hazard here in glenn canyon park and in the five parks that surround Diamond Heights. On a very windy day, there is the potential for a fire started in a park to reach home. I want to give an example. Our winds are so fierce they sometimes knock me over and some of the trees go at a slant because of the wind. There are windy areas of San Francisco but the wind in Diamond Heights, green park would carry a fire up the canyon described together. 30foot Defensible Space is not going to stop the fires from spreading. I could take a picture of every fire hazard in glenn canyon, the pictures of the dead trees and dead logs and dried grass that could spread a fire really quickly. I hope the fire marshal and Fire Department will take a look at that themselves with their environmental crews. Thank you very much. Any other members of the public to testify . Public comment is closed. President yee. Thank you to all departments and u. C. S. F. And procedo land trust. There seems to be two areas to work with rec and park to look at the issues brought up by the public and also supervisor mandelman. I think glenn canyon we need to look at more carefully. I would follow up with the current park to see what needs addressed in terms of the conditions in that area. Again, i want to move beyond the immediate actions that you could take and look at a long term comprehensive plan for San Francisco and see you how we can improve our situation. Lets dont wait until something happens, lets prepare for it. Thank you very much. Thank you to each and every department for coming and the members of the public, supervisor mad delmen. Do you want to continue or file this . We could file this and if we have a policy to put together. I will take that without objection. We are adjourned. Happy monday. [ ] i just wanted to say a few words. One is to the parents and to all of the kids. Thank you for supporting this program and for trusting us to create a Soccer Program in the bayview. Soccer is the worlds game, and everybody plays, but in the united states, this is a sport that struggles with access for certain communities. I coached basketball in a coached football for years, it is the same thing. It is about motivating kids and keeping them together, and giving them new opportunities. When the kids came out, they had no idea really what the game was. Only one or two of them had played soccer before. We gave the kids very simple lessons every day and made sure that they had fun while they were doing it, and you really could see them evolve into a team over the course of the season. I think this is a great opportunity to be part of the community and be part of programs like this. I get to run around with my other teammates and pass the ball. This is new to me. Ive always played basketball or football. I am adjusting to be a soccer mom. The bayview is like my favorite team. Even though we lose it is still fine. Right on. I have lots of favorite memories, but i think one of them is just watching the kids enjoy themselves. My favorite memory was just having fun and playing. Bayview united will be in soccer camp all summer long. They are going to be at civic centre for two different weeklong sessions with america scores, then they will will have their own soccer camp later in the summer right here, and then they will be back on the pitch next fall. Now we know a little bit more about soccer, we are learning more, and the kids are really enjoying the program. We want to be united in the bayview. That is why this was appropriate this guy is the limit. The kids are already athletic, you know, they just need to learn the game. We have some potential collegebound kids, definitely. Today was the last practice of the season, and the sweetest moment was coming out here while , you know, we were setting up the barbecue and folding their uniforms, and looking out onto the field, and seven or eight of the kids were playing. This year we have first and second grade. We are going to expand to third, forth, and fifth grade next year bring them out and if you have middle school kids, we are starting a team for middle school. You know why . Why . Because we are . Bayview united. Thats right. We broke ground in december of last year. We broke ground the day after sandy hook connecticut and had a moment of silence here. Its really great to see the silence that we experienced then and weve experienced over the years in this playground is now filled with these voices. 321, okay. [ applause ] the park was kind of bleak. It was scary and over grown. We started to help maclaren park when we found there wasnt any money in the bond for this park maclaren. We spent time for funding. It was expensive to raise money for this and there were a lot of delays. A lot of it was just the mural, the sprinklers and we didnt have any grass. It was that bad. We worked on sprinkler heads and grass and we fixed everything. We worked hard collecting everything. We had about 400 group members. Every a little bit helped and now the park is busy all week. There is people with kids using the park and using strollers and now its safer by utilizing it. Maclaren park being the largest second park one of the best kept secrets. Whats exciting about this activation in particular is that its the first of many. Its also representation of our city coming together but not only on the bureaucratic side of things. But also our neighbors, neighbors helped this happen. We are thrilled that today we are seeing the fruition of all that work in this citys open space. When we got involved with this park there was a broken swing set and half of for me, one thing i really like to point out to other groups is that when you are competing for funding in a hole on the ground, you need to articulate what you need for your park. I always point as this sight as a model for other communities. I hope we continue to work on the other empty pits that are here. There are still a lot of areas that need help at maclaren park. We hope grants and money will be available to continue to improve this park to make it shine. Its a really hidden jewel. A lot of people dont know its here. Manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods and for people to create more economic prosperity. Im kate sosa. Im cofounder and ceo of sf made. Sf made is a Public Private partnership in the city of San Francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in San Francisco. Sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other Small Business support organizations who provide more generalized support. Everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. For example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide Small Business owners with education. We have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city Seas Partnership with Small Business, creating a 100 Company Selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or twoperson shop, and who dont have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help Companies Set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in San Francisco. Im amy kascel, and im the owner of amy kaschel San Francisco. We started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. San franciscos a great place to do business in terms of clientele. We have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. I think its important for them to know where their clothes are made and how theyre made. My name is jefferson mccarly, and im the general manager of the Mission Bicycle company. We sell bikes made here for people that ride here. Essentially, we sell city bikes made for riding in urban environments. Our core business really is to build bikes specifically for each individual. We care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. When people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. Its a pretty fun shopping experience. Paragraph. For me as a designer, i love the control. I can see whats going on, talk to my cutter, my pattern maker, looking at the designs. Going through the suing room, im looking at it, everyone on the team is kind of getting involved, is this what that drape look . Is this what shes expecting, maybe if weve made a customization to a dress, which we can do because were making everything here locally. Over the last few years, weve been more technical. Its a great place to be, but you know, you have to concentrate and focus on where things are going and what the right decisions are as a Small Business owner. Sometimes its appropriate to bring in an expert to offer suggestions and guidance in coaching and counseling, and other times, we just need to talk to each other. We need to talk to other manufacturers that are facing similar problems, other people that are in the trenches, just like us, so that i can share with them a solution that we came up with to manage our inventory, and they can share with me an idea that they had about how to overcome another problem. Moving forward, where we see ourselves down the road, maybe five and ten years, is really looking at a business from a little bit more of a ready to wear perspective and making things that are really thoughtful and mindful, mindful of the end user, how theyre going to use it, whether its the end piece or a he hwedding gown, are they going to use it again, and incorporating that into the end collection, and so thats the direction i hear at this point. The reason we are so enamored with the work we do is we really do see it as a platform for changing and making the city something that it has always been and making sure that were sharing the opportunities that weve been blessed with economically and socially as possible, broadening that [ ] i really believe that art should be available to people for free, and it should be part of our world, you shouldnt just be something in museums, and i love that the people can just go there and it is there for everyone. [ ] i would say i am a multidimensional artist. I came out of painting, but have also really enjoyed tactile properties of artwork and tile work. I always have an interest in public art. I really believe that art should be available to people for free, and it should be part of our world. You shouldnt just be something in museums. I love that people can just go there, and it is there for everyone. Public art is art with a job to do. It is a place where the architecture meets the public. Where the artist takes the meaning of the site, and gives a voice to its. We commission culture, murals, mosaics, black pieces, cut to mental, different types of material. It is not just downtown, or the big sculptures you see, we are in the neighborhood. Those are some of the most beloved kinds of projects that really give our libraries and Recreation Centers a sense of uniqueness, and being specific to that neighborhood. Colette test on a number of those projects for its. One of my favorites is the oceanview library, as well as several parks, and the steps. Mosaics are created with tile that is either broken or cut in some way, and rearranged to make a pattern. You need to use a tool, nippers, as they are called, to actually shape the tiles of it so you can get them to fit incorrectly. I glued them to mash, and then they are taken, now usually installed by someone who is not to me, and they put cement on the wall, and they pick up the mash with the tiles attached to it, and they stick it to the wall, and then they groped it afterwards. [ ] we had never really seen artwork done on a stairway of the kinds that we were thinking of because our idea was very just barely pictorial, and to have a picture broken up like that, we were not sure if it would visually work. So we just took paper that size and drew what our idea was, and cut it into strips, and took it down there and taped it to the steps, and stepped back and looked around, and walked up and down and figured out how it would really work visually. [ ] my theme was chinese heights because i find them very beautiful. And also because mosaic is such a heavy, dens, static medium, and i always like to try and incorporate movement into its, and i work with the theme of water a lot, with wind, with clouds, just because i like movements and lightness, so i liked the contrast of making kites out of very heavy, hard material. So one side is a dragon kite, and then there are several different kites in the sky with the clouds, and a little girl below flying it. [ ] there are pieces that are particularly meaningful to me. During the time that we were working on it, my son was a disaffected, unhappy high school student. There was a day where i was on the way to take them to school, and he was looking glum, as usual, and so halfway to school, i turned around and said, how about if i tell the school you are sick and you come make tiles with us, so there is a tile that he made to. It is a little bird. The relationship with a work of art is something that develops over time, and if you have memories connected with a place from when you are a child, and you come back and you see it again with the eyes of an adult, it is a different thing, and is just part of what makes the city an exciting place. An exciting place. [ ] 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 en 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 world class style. Its the birthplace of blue jeans, and where the rock holds court over the largest natural harbor on the west coast. 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I am so excited to be swearing in the next chief of the San FranciscoFire Department, ladies and gentlemen, lets welcome, Jeanine Nicholson. applause . I grew up total tomboy, athlete. I loved a good crisis, a good challenge. I grew up across the street from the fire station. My dad used to take me there to vote. I never saw any female firefighters because there werent any in the 1970s. I didnt know i could be a fire fighter. When i moved to San Francisco in 1990, some things opened up. I saw women doing things they hadnt been doing when i was growing up. One thing was firefighting. A woman recruited me at the gaypride parade in 1991. It was a perfect fit. I liked using my brain, body, working as a team, figuring things out, troubleshooting and coming up with different ways to solve a problem. In terms of coming in after another female chief, i dont think anybody says that about men. You are coming in after another man, chief, what is that like. I understand why it is asked. It is unusual to have a woman in this position. I think San Francisco is a trailblazer in that way in terms of showing the world what can happen and what other people who may not look like what you think the fire chief should look like how they can be successful. Be asked me about being the first lbgq i have an understands because there are little queer kids that see me. I worked my way up. I came in january of 1994. I built relationships over the years, and i spent 24 years in the field, as we call it. Working out of firehouses. The Fire Department is a family. We live together, eat together, sleep in the same dorm together, go to crazy calls together, dangerous calls and we have to look out for one another. When i was burned in a fire years ago and i felt responsible, i felt awful. I didnt want to talk to any of my civilian friends. They couldnt understand what i was going through. The firefighters knew, they understood. They had been there. It is a different relationship. We have to rely on one another. In terms of me being the chief of the department, i am really trying to maintain an open relationship with all of our members in the field so myself and my deputy chiefs, one of the priorities i had was for each of us to go around to different fire stations to make sure we hit all within the first three or four months to start a conversation. That hasnt been there for a while. Part of the reason that i am getting along well with the field now is because i was there. I worked there. People know me and because i know what we need. I know what they need to be successful. I have known Jeanine Nicholson since we worked together at station 15. I have always held her in the highest regard. Since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. She is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. I appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the Fire Department today. There is a retired captain who started the Cancer Prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. He started looking into it. In 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the San FranciscoFire Department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. It was a higher rate than the general population. We were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didnt have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. The turnout gear was covered with suit. It was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and helmet. The dirtier you were the harder you worked. That is a cancer causeser. It casser. It is not cancer causer. There islassic everywhere. We had to reduce our exposure. We washed our gear more often, we didnt take gear where we were eating or sleeping. We started decontaminating ourselves at the fire scene after the fire was out. Going back to the fire station and then taking a shower. I have taught, worked on the decontamination policy to be sure that gets through. It is not if or when. It is who is the next person. It is like a cancer sniper out there. Who is going to get it next. One of the things i love about the Fire Department. It is always a team effort. You are my family. I love the city and department and i love being of service. I vow to work hard to work hard to carry out the vision of the San FranciscoFire Department and to move us forward in a positive way. If i were to give a little advice to women and queer kids, find people to support you. Keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep trying. You never know what door is going to open next. You really dont. [cheers and