Same injury rates and illness rates that we talked about before and they can earn up to 90 points in the procedure on that based on a good safety record. Second part is we ask them to submit their safety documents and procedures. They can get up to 50 points for having all the correct documentation. Then our expert can evaluate their documentation its all in your materials. Im not going to try well see if greg can keep up with the slides. A matrix where our expert looks at the documents or scores them as being below standards, meets standard or better than standard. What were trying to do is promote in the industry a culture that promotes workers, citizens, and city employees. The next component deelz wials osha violations, things that supervisor peskin brought up, in particular, the fatality that occurred, that contractor had a number of citation appeals that were stretching on for a period of time. And the prequalification process that we have right now doesnt look behind that, and both the Controllers Office and the supervisors suggested that we should look more closely at osha violations. And in you know, the long Time Construction law, in looking at the responsibility determination, its my view that its in the purview of the commission to look at all facts available to us regardless of where it is in the adjudication process with ceqa. The important part in that responsibility cases is that to contractors provide due process, we are as were providing due process in two places. When they submit their information, were saying submit a copy of your citation. If youve appealed it, submit a copy of everything you submitted to appeal it. And further, if youd like to write us an explanation further explaining the explanation and circumstances, well consider it. In this, well have our expert Safety Consultant do an evaluation and a score. The final decision is up to the manager and his designee. Excuse me. Should i wait or ask a question . I think hes almost at the end. Im almost done. Okay. The final thing is should a contractor not be determined prequalified, so theyre not qualified to bid a project, were requesting a hearing before a neutral evaluator, and they can present a case to try to overturn the decision. The scoring sheets in your packet, the slide goes through it all in more detail, but i recognize you dont have time at this point, but ill conclude here and be happy to answer any questions. So what you were saying is that now with what we have in place, this contractor that had a violation, but it was pending or had not been caught, that he had some prior incidences . Right. If its not a final determination by osha, we dont look to see whats going on. And theres a recognition with the supervisors or controller that thats not adequate to protect the public safety. Okay. So you dont look behind it. That means hes out. If a contractor no, if a contractor gets a citation and appeals it, it may be on peappl for a long time, and the process now, we dont look until theres a final determination by osha. Our office, in a final determination, we can look at all the facts and make our own determination independent of what osha was doing. So he would not be qualified . We would evaluate the circumstances and score it, determine whether theyre appropriate or not. Its not a yesorno answer. So even if its pending, you, then, would do an independent investigation or evaluation . Yes, maam. Okay. All right. And ultimately, the contractor is deemed qualified or not qualified to present their case. And one of the rhines that we wanted to bring it in front of you is we may have some contractors who may fail the prequalification, want to come to the commission and bring it up. But we just want to let you know the purpose that we are moving in this direction is we want to make sure that we provide all the workers, contractors have a really sound safety program, and so thats why we were working with the risk manager, city attorney, all the other chapter 6 departments, the board of supervisors, to come up with a process so that if we do have another fatality, we have done some Due Diligence and make sure that safety was on the forefront of who we selected to perform the work. So this is a question either for harlan or the councsel because i read this very quickly because i wanted to hear what was being said. So this is strictly about making contractors get these jobs safer. This does not affect other than having a better contractor source, this is not going to affect extra rules on the work site or anything along those lines. This is scrutiny that this is strictly scrutiny during the hiring process. It set a floor it sets a floor, that we dont want to be contracting with people below that floor. Okay. Got it. Again, im going to say again that i wish that the folks that represent people and the folks that go down when theres an accident and the business representatives and the folks that represent the engineers and the folks that were hurt on the job apart of the stakeholders is part of the stakeholders meeting. Thank you. I just want to point out in your example is what should go into safety plan. We do want to make sure they do a safety plan, but we can get into that. Any other comments, questions . Thank you. Any comments from the public . May i have a motion . Move. Second. All those in favor . Opposed . The motion carries. Thank you, randy, for making that fit. Could you read the items for closed session . Clerk clerk yes. [agenda items read] is there any Public Comment on the items that were considering in closed session . Seeing none, may i have a motion on whether to assert . Move to assert. All those oh, excuse me. Here we are responsible to oversee the Drinking Water distribution system. In San Francisco changes in the fire code required anyone doing representtro fit to the home to get a new fire service this caused the need for new Water Services to spike. We used to do 200 a year. Now we are up to 600. If you are building a new house you need fire protection. You have to make application to the Water Department for that. If you go through the process we come out and install the new line and the new fire line. The project got kicked off by two of our a gms, steve and eric. They recognized the need for improving this process. They pulled together the project and selected the team members and asked me to lead the effort. On c cd there is permit and no parking signs and installing the service, having water caught at the check off and pave. It is a lengthy application process with manual tracking. For construction because we communicate with ccd we have to stay in touch with ccd to inform the customer for updates. At one time there was three separate visits to activate the fire service. Water quality and gate manment and then gate man would go back. Now the gate man goes onetime, one visit and it is done. We dissected the process and looked for ways to streamline the process and use technology to make the experience smoother and what we are building is an online portal for customers to apply without coming downtown and they can get updates. With the online application everything is there. It is built in condition logic with tracking to communicate with the customer without having to take notes. We want to tell you these are 10 steps and you are on step three or four. We streamlined the process. We knocked it down to 65 days. The goal is half of that. From the time you make application to put the check on the table to the time we pave the street, we want it down to 30days. I am proud of the team for the work to get together to understand each others work and come up with solutions. I really wanted the rest of the team to understand the time and deliberation and thought so they could get the recognition that they deserve. May i ask the audience to come to order and please have a seat . Good morning everyone. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the november 18, 2019 meeting of the rules committee. Seated to my right is walton, and to my left, mar. Our clerk is victor young. I would like to thank sfgovtv for taping this meeting. [reading notes] can you please call item number one. Hearing to consider term ending february 1, 20202 the parks and recreation and open space Advisory Committee. Come on up. Good morning. Did you want to share any remarks with us . [laughter] thank you very much. Morning. Thank you, supervisors, for hearing this agenda item. My name is james, im a resident of district five and a volunteer leader with friends of the urban forest. Im here today seeking this appointment to the park recreation and open Advisory Committee. I work in environmental policy why Research Environmental regulations and i provide Program Support to babbitt private clients. In order to support the Advisory Committee, particularly interested and to apply my expertise in order to advance biodiversity and resiliency efforts, bike and pedestrian safety. More generally to review and commenting on the San Francisco rec park Strategic Capital and operation plans. As a volunteer leader with friends of the urban forest. I am meeting on engaging with san franciscans. Helping in the plant trees in our neighborhood. Professionally i am about public hearings. If appointed, i will apply this expertise in communications and Stakeholder Engagement to serve as representative of the Advisory Committee to my district and the community at large. Lastly, i am happy to take any questions from the rules committee getting my qualifications. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. We appreciate your willingness to serve. Any questions . I dont think we have any questions. Thank you so much. I will now open up this item to Public Comment. If you wish to speak, ands your time. Seeing none. Public comment is closed. Is there a motion . I move. Supervisor mar i recommend appointment of james falino to the rec park open space Advisory Committee, seat number 19. Supervisor ronen without objection that motion passes. Can you please read item number two . A hearing consider appointing one member to them ending march 1, 20202 the commission on aging advisory council. Supervisor walton i dont see ms. Leslie smith in the room i now. Oh, she just walked in. Perfect. [laughter]. Supervisor ronen good morning. How are you . I am fine. Please excuse my tardiness. Hello supervisor walton, thank you so much for inviting me. Supervisor mar, my name is diane smith. I am appearing before you today because i am one of the few left to live long enough in San Francisco, having grown up in Hunters Point housing projects. My mother views education as a bootstrap to hold our family at their education. I am now a Senior Citizen, 67 years old. Ive seen so many things happened. I stand here by gods grace as a homeowner, have a wonderful home, that is just increasing in value. The things that i have been able to accomplish, this is what i want for other people and its just something that can be done. The train has left the station but it is still making stops. From my generation, there is nothing available, the people that are my age, so they didnt plan. Whatever it was, people are where they are now. My generation is in trouble. I like what i see with the agent commission. I just want to help shorten it up. There is nothing new that we need to do. We just need to do what is already there. We need actions and to the plan. We need resources. I thank you so much for this opportunity. My track record is very long. Ive always been an advocate for society, because my mother taught me i had a responsibility supervisor walton, that is live i was so active when i was your age, you know . It just never stopped for me. And then i see people that i know, they dont have a place to live. They can get a job. We need partnership with these Tech Companies for older peopl people there are certain things we can do very well. With or without education. Im asking, i am planting the seed that we create some partnerships with viable senio seniors, we are mindful of the transportation accessibility. By gods grace, i started exercising. If i were to beg my foot, how my going to get around . I see it is getting very difficult for poor people. Blessed. Finally, theres something called the certificate of preference. I would like to see an amendment with the Senior Citizen agenda. Seniors of 65, but with what has happened in our district and the things that you fought for, the contamination, the lack of opportunities and the drug addiction and various impedance. Things that have impeded our progress. We got caught up. The fact remains we are dealing with the results of this and we need to do something about it. We have the resources. A lot of these people, you know im old enough to be a grandmother. People are old enough to be your parents. If you live long enough, right, you will be here. We can do something about the quality of life. I love San Francisco. They let the fact that we are growing and breathing. Lets not forget about the elders. And the disabled. Do you have any questions for me . You know i can go on. [laughter]. Supervisor ronen really appreciate your presentation. Supervisor walton as you can see, ms. Smith is very passionate and dedicated to making sure that their lives are improved not only for seniors, but for everyone in San Francisco. I am happy to have someone who is willing and ready to go to bat for our seniors and all of our communities. That is why im a denomination. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor ronen i will now open this site for Public Comment. Does anybody want to speak on your appointment they can come forward and now is the time. I dont see any Public Comments. I will close Public Comment. Supervisor walton, would you like to do the honors . Supervisor walton i would like to move this forward with a positive recommendation to the full board. Supervisor ronen without objection that motion passes. Congratulations. Thank you so much for saving. [applause] serving. President trumps. That rarely happens by the way, he made quite an impression. Supervisor walton knows how to pick them. Thats all i have to say. Thank you so much. Can you read item number three . And motion or rejecting the mayors nomination of the appointment of susan dimon to the Planning Commission for a fouryear term ending june 30, 2020. Supervisor ronen hello. We talked on the phone, but i do not see him person. I did not know who i was looking for. Good morning. How are you . Thank you so much for having me this morning. The las vegas at that bar really high. I am susan diamond and im very honored to have been honored by the Planning Commission. Ive long been interested in city planning issues. After graduating from stanford and 79, i obtained a law degree from harvard and a masters degree in city planning from mit. I wanted to live in San Francisco so i took a job with the big San Francisco law firm, practicing landuse law. Representing primarily companies and seeking entitlement for the headquarters and other facilities around the bay area. In 2,003, my 100yearold firm abruptly went bankrupt. It was a brutal wakeup call to me about what was important and how i wanted to devote my energy going forward. I threw myself into Community Life serving as a volunteer board member for the numerous organizations in our community. Two that really resonated at me was jcc of San Francisco for many, mercy housing california because of the work foundations that they do for Community Centers and four Affordable Housing. Two incredibly important needs in our community. Representatives of both are here to speak on my behalf. I also moved into academia, teaching law at Stanford Law School for many years. In 2,011 i decided to combine my skills and my passion for the invaluable work of our nonprofits who fill the gap in our very expensive city for low income families and for my own law firm representing exclusively nonprofits who are undertaking transformative real estate projects. Some of those nonprofits are here to speak, too. The arc of my city planning interest over the years has covered the private sector, community work, academia and the nonprofit sector. The big missing piece for me as Public Sector service. That is why i would like to serve on the Planning Commission. Over the years i have become adept at listening to a large range of views of stakeholders and experience in figuring out how to develop a consensus among various interest including importantly the public interest. This is a big job. A very big job with a great deal of responsibility because Planning Commission decisionmaking affects so many critical aspects of our future. The need for significantly more housing, especially Affordable Housing, and missing middle housing. The impact of the housing on various populations in our city and our need for more transit. It affects our economy, climate change, preparedness and the physical form of our city. It would be a true privilege to serve on the Planning Commission. Supervisor ronen thank you so much. I have a few questions that i wanted to ask you, and im sure my colleagues do as well. When we had a chance to talk on the phone a couple weeks ago i had talked to you a lot about what has been happening over the years in the Missions District with the rapid displacement of low and middle income latino members of the community. That same process of displacement is happening in many communities throughout San Francisco, especially with communities of color. We had also talked about the trend coming from the state of this broadbrush approach to development, planning, or really to forcing upon communities, you know, one way of seeing things and how that, you know, comes headtohead with the displacement efforts that we have seen in the mission district. San francisco already has significantly up zoned areas of the city that have happened as a of Community Driven planning processes. Nevertheless we know often Times Developers will continue to forgo less profitable Development Opportunities in areas of the city that havent undergone as Much Development because of popular neighborhoods like the mission district. Those happen to be the neighborhoods that have been reeling from decade upon decade of gentrification and displacement. I dont have a question per se, but this, you know, but keeps me up at night i what i am constantly working on and struggling with as a District Supervisor of the mission. I wanted to hear your thoughts about this major challenge facing our city . I believe that is the number one issue facing our city, and the Planning Commission is one of the two places, ground zero, where we see those issues and that tension. The board of supervisors being the other place of course. A few thoughts. It is important to me that we look at the entire city as a place where we should be increasing housing. Particularly among the commercial corridors. Displacement is a hugely important problem and would need to be thinking not only about the impact of housing proposals and those of my displays, but what additional housing i mean, how do we protect and preserve and take into account the interest of those people who might not otherwise have a place of the table are allowed lot enough voice of the table. I believe that is incumbent upon to take w viewpoint into account when considering projects that are in front of me, or policies that are being set forth for the commission to vote on. It is also important that we are increasing production of housing, and not limited to the Commission Mission district. I think the gary corridor is one of the areas of the city we should be looking at and we need to look at what it is that is preventing developers from wanting to propose projects in that vicinity. We have talked about sp50 which is his very broadbrush approach, he paints with a broad brush, as you said in order to remove what he sees are obstacles. The flip side of it is is we are city of incredible neighborhoods and its not clear that every neighborhood should be given the same broadbrush solution. I do really believe in the intent of the bill which is try to increase housing for all populations across the city. That was a lot of thought. It depends on the project that come in front of me. Those are all of the issues. Believing it is incumbent upon me if i were commissioner to think about those issues. And more specific question along the same thing. What would you do to help fight displacement of low income communities . Particularly communities of color, district nine, the africanamerican community, west of, bayview, the filipino community, the chinese communi community, and chinatown. Do you have any thoughts or ideas of how you might play a roll not that on the Planning Commission . Of course, there are two things. It depends on the individual project that comes front of me and the need and considering those projects in the condition, whether those projects are approved at all. To make sure the needs of those communities are attended to. Its also a policy matter. I believe one of the rules of the commission is to look at the individual projects and see trends that are developing on to with the Planning Department to perhaps propose legislation to the board to take into account the cumulative effect of these individual decisions that are coming forward. Supervisor ronen one more question and then i will hand it off to my colleagues they may have additional questions. Supervisor, let me give you one more example, doug shoemaker is here, mercy housing worked on the sunnydale project, or is still working on the sunnydale one of the aspects of that project that really resonated with me is the opportunity, the redevelopment of that entire community, but the opportunity for residents who currently live there to move back in again. That strikes me as a great approach. It was a long time in the maki making. That is a really great model that i think we need to think about. Supervisor ronen i will ask one more question and then handed over to supervisor mar. Did you support the recent amendments to increase the jobs housing linkage fee . You know, that is an interesting problem. It is clear from the studies that were done, how is it that Office Development does have an impact on housing . Those studies led into different directions. The board of supervisors ended up, if i understand correctly not listening to the advice of the Planning Department, but taking a higher fee than the Planning Department that was appropriate. They were concerned about the impact. You know, i think studies are a really important component of the work that we do. We need to reach out to experts. I also recognize that studies are done by economists and have one perspective they are looking at. We need to balance with the studies say what the political on the ground experience of the people who live there. I think that is what the board of supervisors did when they adopted the higher fees than what was recommended by the Planning Department. I do think it is important to have a long view about this and take a look at what happens when we impose those higher fees, as a stopping development, is that changing the makeup of the tenants who are in those buildings . This is not a oneshot deal. I do believe it is incumbent upon the department, the commission on the board to be monitoring the impacts of what it has been doing and see whether or not more changes are necessary. Supervisor ronen thank you. Supervisor, mar . Supervisor mar thank you so much for your willingness to serve, its an important roll in our city. I really appreciated the opportunity to meet with you a few weeks ago and have an initial discussion about your qualifications and for really important roll. Also have been hearing comments and feedback from our wide range of stakeholders in my district about this appointment, again giving the incredibly important roll that the Planning Commission plays on so many challenging issues in our city right now, at this moment. I did have a few quick followup questions i didnt get a chance to talk to you about when i guess, the first one is around balancing commercial development and Housing Development in our city. I think were all pretty well aware that there has been in fact, a recent report the jobs housing data reported that the Commission Found we created 8. 5 jobs for every housing unit produced a more significantly most of the Housing Units that have been entitled to produced over the last decade have been market rates, and we have been failing miserably at creating the housing needed for workingclass and middleclass in our city. In the context of the Affordable Housing required for the jobs created, and more specifically i dont know if you are aware of the proposed balance housing, Balance Development act that is proposed for the march ballot by Community Advocates and what is your position on that . Having survived, i have multiple viewpoints on this, too. I believe that would be my roll as commissioner to listen to multiple viewpoints. Having survived the. Dot com bust and recession im aware have an economy can change very quickly. I would want to be cautious about turning off more jobs. I believe attention to that part of our economy is important. The flip side of it is, the Current Situation is unsustainable. We not only, you know, are producing enough Affordable Housing. I know from my experience with all of the nonprofit clients whom i would represent or whose boards i serve on, the number one problem theyll face and have in common whether it is schools, Community Centers, the whole gamut. The number one problem is they cannot attract and retain workers because of the cost of housing. Those are people who earn a little too much to be in our definition of Affordable Housing. But way too little to compete with tech workers. That missing middle housing i believe does need attention. We need to understand what our roll as a city in figuring out the economic leverage we can pull in order to increase the production of that kind of housing. I am aware of this, i think you are referring to the proposed legislation that would pays off in his Housing Office housing with Affordable Housing. Im not even show studies have been done around that. I think it is an interesting response that bears for study. I want to make sure that there arent unintended consequences about it. I dont have a position about it at the moment except i understand the motivation behind it, and i think it is interesting as a solution that should be studied. Supervisor mar thank you. One other question, you have a very impressive 30 year history of landuse legal work that afford you former and current clients. Do you intend to recuse yourself when former clients have matters before the Planning Commission . If so, have you prepared a list of former clients and how many former and current clients on the list . Do you feel like it is fair for the rules committee to move your nomination forward