Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Land Use And Transportation Committee 20240712

Good afternoon, welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee for the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, july 13th, 2020. My name is aaron peskin, im the chair of the committee joined by vicechair and safai and member dean preston. Our clerk is ms. Erika major, ms. Major, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, City Employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislation and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taking to the state wide stay at home order and all local, state and federal orders declaration and directives. Committee members will attend the meetings through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and they are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments are opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone by calling the number 415 6550001. Again, that number is 415 6550001. The meeting i. D. Is 146 1464741769. 1464641769. Press pound and pound again. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions but you will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your tension or radio. Alternativesly, you may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways. Email me, the land use and transportation clerk, at erica. Ma. And if you submit Public Comment via email, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and it will be included as part of the official file. Items acted upon today are expected to be heard at the board of supervisors agenda on july 21st, unless otherwise stated. Thank you, ms. Major. Could you please read the first item . Clerk yes, item number 1 is a resolution renaming Willow Street to early gage junior street to honor the legacy and impact of the San Francisco firefighting community. Thank you, ms. Major. And thank you supervisor preston. This is been before this committee before and thank you for bringing it to fruition. This was appropriate and several decades ago and its all the more appropriate. Really pleased we are in the final steps here and what, as you know, is a lengthy process and doing a renaming in San Francisco and we are almost there and i have spoken about mr. Gages incredible legacy in this committee and at the full board of the floor. So i will spare you the repeated History Lesson though it is a powerful one. I really am proud to be part of honoring the legacy of earl gates junior, the first black firefighters in San Francisco and really i just wanted to, again, thank the San Francisco black Firefighters Association in particular president and bringing this forward and working with us lowly an closel. For the last five months were engage in Community Outreach and everyone is excited to move this forward and i appreciate that. My fellow Committee Members, their support for the original resolution here and we are looking forward to renaming section of Willow Street between buchanan and laguna. In honor of earl gage junior and we look forward, hopefully, to a final vote on that tomorrow at our board of supervisors. Thank you. Thank you supervisor preston and i think fire fighter gage would never have believed that legal 798 and the Firefighters Union would be represented today by a black leader, sean buford, who actually called in at our last discussion on this item so it is remarkably timely. With that supervisor safai, do you have any comments . Yeah, i just wanted to Say Something really quickly in between the time that we had this initial conversation just to kind of underscore for both of you, and it will be part of the conversation in the next two weeks. Earl gage unio junior was very h part of the Consent Decree that happened with the Fire Department. He was also involved in recruitment and insuring that recruitment and diversity were on the forefront. I called for a hearing that will be at the government audit and Oversight Committee on the 30th of this month and the purpose of that is to look at diversity and hiring to look the at make up of these departments to see how well theyre doing in terms of meeting their diversity goals and were talking about african americans, were talking about latinos, asian firefighters, were talking about lgbtq, women, and about all the different aspects of diversity and how theyre all doing. Fire, police, sheriff are investigating and making it a priority. I just want to underscore that today. I want to call that out and say that that is something thats also part of his legacy. And were hopeful that the departments, all of the first responders, will make this a priority in honoring his legacy. Thank you supervisor safai and for those who do not know the history of the consent declear, there were two of them. One by federal courts and related to the Fire Department and the other that related to the police department. That came in a very different era but the discrimination that existed in those times in the 1970s was so legion that the federal courts actually put this city under a Consent Decree, much has changed but theres much more left to do so thank you supervisor preston for honoring a true pioneer that led to things that he never would have believed, including the leadership of local 797. Are there any members of the public that would like to comment . Operations is checking to see if there are any callers in queue. There are no callers in the queue. Supervisor peskin we heard when supervisor preston brought the legislation to initiate. I want to honor and thank all those people and Public Comment is closed and thank you supervisor preston. Your time ising perfect. This was introduced before the murder of george floyd before the active vism were seeing on our streets but San Francisco has a shameful legacy and this is part of making that right and so would you like to make a motion . I was going to announce that at full board tomorrow but did want to let folks who are watching know were planning with the black Firefighters Association on wednesday, hopefully with a positive vote tomorrow at the board to to have a gathering online in which well talk more about his legacy and a lot of issues that chair peskin and supervisor safai have raised around civil rights and in not just the Fire Department but in our city so i woulden invite folks to email us at sfgov. Org and well make further announcements at the board of meeting with that, i would move to forward this item to the board with recommendations. Thank you supervisor preston. To the president of the black Firefighters Association, sherman tillman, who is a with recommendation to the full board of supervisors on that item and a role call please. Clerk as stated by supervisor preston, supervisor preston. [roll call] clerk you have three ayes. Supervisor peskin could you read the next item. Clerk an ordinance with the Administration Code to update the citys management requirement to conform to current federal flood plain management and National Insurance program criteria. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item should call the number 415 6550001. The meeting i. D. Is 1466741769. Press pound and pound again. If you have not already done so, press star 3 to lineup to speak. A system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand. Supervisor peskin thank you ms. Major. We have from, it depends on what you call it, the city administrators office, mr. Brian strong to present this item that has been kicking around for a long time. Were going to learn about fema, were going to learn about firm, the floor yours, mr. Strong. Brian, you are on mute. Got it. Can you hear me . Thank you, very much. Supervisor peskin, and good afternoon supervisor safai and preston as well. This is been going on for 13 years and brian on the chief resilience officer for the city and here im also represented Jennifer Johnson who are is the deputy city administrator who is unable to attend. Shes the citys flood administrator and im going to share my screen here i just want to say this is not adverse to you but relative to the City Attorneys legislative digest, the city of San Francisco is spelled incorrectly on page 2 and at line 3 under amendments current law and there are definitions repeated and inform tees relatives to the Historic Preservation definitions that i would like to discuss but after your representation. Hopefully people can see the presentation and this is been going on and we participate in this program. Part of getting when we pass when we join the program fema does produce a Flood Insurance rate map and now its our responsibility to accept that rate map and move forward with it. We we dont, we dont get money or insurance from the feds. Thats right. The reduced rates are the money from the feds. So we must adopt it and ill give a little bit more of a timeline. The latest that it can be effective would be february of 2021 and thats based on femas timeline. Theyve gone out for Public Comment. Appeals process, theyve reached the end of the Appeals Program as well. So, some more background on it. Its a nation wide program. As the supervisor was saying it offers Flood Insurance and exchange for that sort of reasonably or lower price Flood Insurance we have to adopt the flood plain management ordinance and the community, we can adopt more restrictive measures but we cannot be less restrictive than stated for the national Flood Insurance program. It requires Community Participation and this is also we didnt get to the meat of it, the insurance companys row lie on the firm for their insurance policy ratings and we must use it for managing our flood plain. This shows the timeline so back in 2007, its when we did the Prime Minister firm but it wasnt finalized and we did come back with ar ordinance in 2010 and based on input from fema and some followup preliminary analysis and they put together a map which was subsequently appealed in 2019 and im sorry in 2016 it was appealed and a lot of it had to do with the waterfront pier. Why was it not finished in my second term . When was the second term . January 8th of 2009. It had to do with the maps being presented. What i would the person who would be best able to answer that, if i call on him now, would be Chris Barclay, who is the Western Region Market Leader for acom and he has been our primary consultant on this since the beginning. Are you there . Hold on. Hold on, chris. Whatever happened to brad benson . He is still with the city. He is here. We do have rebeca. Mr. Benson, on behalf of the port rebeca from the port is here and brad was not able to attend so im representing from real estate and development. The information i can provide is similar to what mr. Strong was stating, the maps were coming in quite slowly and the process was slow and pretty quickly i think the city and others started to raise some questions about the mapping, which cost fema and their staff to redo those. Others may be able to provide a i wont call it historic, 10yearold perspective. So can you characterize why the city was pushing back against female . Wafema . Did fema want to map morn we wanted to map . Can you explain that . This is all before a profound change in thinking about the Sea Level Rise. Can you explain what happened in 2007 and 2008 . This is Chris Barclay in 2007, fema had a can you identify yourself . Who you are. Im Chris Barclay, assisting the city with this process of in its relationship with fema and putting together for the flood plain management ordinance. Im also a resident of San Francisco. Youve been retained by the city which is the port o. Proceed. Ok. So, in 2007, fema had not completed the analysis. They had an approximate version of their analysis. They had not finished all of the details. They were doing a study of the entire bay. They wanted to provide the city with something the city could use for its initial entry into the nfip so they basically behavioral the city a partially completed analysis and said, you know, use this as you go forward to initiate your participation in the program. Subsequent to that, and the city did join the program in 2008, it took fema several more years to provide the fully completed analysis where they had completed the detailed modeling that was necessary to provide all the of the data that they normally put on a Flood Insurance rate map. In the middle of that process, they changed contractors a couple of times so all of those things conspired to lengthen the amount of time it took fema to eventually get a fully completed Flood Insurance rate map which they provided to the city in 2015. So in essence in 2007 it was an incomplete product and they chose not to finalize that at that time. It according to my halve, what happened in 2016 . So, the maps that fema issued in 2015, and the way the process works is they provide a period of comment and they under the law, they must provide a 90day appeal period for the community and any interested Property Owners so they initiated that process that appeal period, in early 2016 and the city, primarily the port, submitted an appeal that was based on the method of analysis that fema was using to analyze the impact of the flooding on the waterfront pier. The port felt that fema was not taken certain factors into that account in that analysis. Because of the unusual nature of the circumstances, it took fema a couple years to actually figure out how they wanted to resolve the appeal and it went to the Headquarters Level so there were a lot of discussions, you know, between the fema Regional Office producing the maps and the Headquarters Office about the most appropriate way to resolve the appeal and the resolution ended up being something unique. Something fema had not done previously, in order to reflect the flood hazards associated with the waterfront pier. Supervisor peskin can you characterize what the reasons for that appeal was and can you characterize what femas unique response was . Sure. So, there were several issues and the most important one was that fema analyzes the way the waves, the way flood hazards are mapped on a shoreline, takes into account such a way that they were not taken into account the way the waves breakdown when they hit the pier, right. So if you can imagine, the ways roll under the pier and the waves breakdown as they hit the pier and fema was still modeling the wave height. It was presenting a result that would have resulted in a more restrictive flood hazard designation for the piers than the port felt was appropriate. So, the way fema chose to resolve that was they i dont mean to get too technical but the fema designated the pier with a higher requirement for flood plain management and its more restrictive in essence and they came back with whats called zone d, which basically said that the i gues the extente flood has orde hazard on the ree priebus iunnounno one. Iunknown. To your point about Sea Level Rise, the maps dont include the impact but the port is free to manage the development the peer with sea level taken into account if they chose to do so. It gives the part more flexibility in the way it manages to peer. Relative to the slide its before us would you like to describe that . Sure. The blue, this is a map that is constructed on it in essence an aerial photo of the city. The brown area that you see is the 500 year flood plain and that is not that is for informational purposes and its not the basis for insid flood pn information or insurance. The light blue is the 100 year flood plain the area that is used for Insurance Rating and is also the area that must be manage with the flood plain management requirements and in this slide, or this is just a piece of the map, theres little area that is actually affected by the 100 year flood plan on land and if you look at the light brown areas which are out on the pier, you can see the Ferry Building and you can see piers, you know, thats one and three to the left there and. And 14 to the right. Yeah, exactly. You can see the light brown. That is zone d. That is these are the areas that are out over the water and zone d is an area that is possible but undetermined flood hazards. So, you know, the community, the normal nfip dont apply there. The community is free to apply. The require it sees fit of the the only difference is the insurance on those peers is a bit higher than it is in areas that are minimally flood prone. The insurance is higher because the risk is not known but the flood plain management requirements are less restrictive than in the blue 100 year flood plain areas. Supervisor peskin can you zoom out and show us the similar shadings, not only in the downtown waterfront area but beyond . Brian, youve got control of the presentation and maybe you could see that. That would be aquatic to the west going to pier 39 to the east and you are putting pier 45, abc and d in zone d. And all the boats is in the light blue. Proceed. Go ahead and kroll down, brian, to maybe down to skip over that up and go to the next one. No, no, no. Theres mission bay. Yeah, so this is mission bay area. And you know, again, the area that that brown area, which is most of Mission Bay Development is in the 500 flood plains so not subject to the ffip flood plain. As part of the appeal i mentioned earlier, the preliminary firm that was issued to adapt to risingd some are tides and flooding. Yes. The reason that the port made this appeal was at the flexibility to do that if i may, brian. The impotence was definitely around the piers and the sort of strategic input we provided around the pier structure. We were not concerned with the Mission Rock Development because fema provides a process for w when you are physically altering the property, you can provide them new information that indicates new elevations and so at that will time, back in 2016, we knew that mission rock would be elevating their site and so it wasnt one of the primary drivers, the primary drivers were looking at the pier structure and having discomfort with the way fema had not acknowledged the way there are structures slowing down the waves. We are gratified that mission rock and also mission bay are now sort of correctly characterized as being in the lesser risk zone than the are. Lets keep moving south. Pier 90. You can see its more of the area. This is a little unusual and pardon the way this is presented. These are just pieces of the map and its two separate maps. Theres actually an area on the parameter of that pier that is zone d and because its pile and and subject to some inundation so that is shown as the 100year flood plain. If its over top [please stand by] its an area that they dont have a very good way of analyzing that sort of structure. Their tools for analyzing coastal flood hazards are somewhat inadequate for the pile supported piers. This is the first place in the country where they have decided to use this approach. Its a bit experimental. Theyve got a set of tools for constructing these maps and these tools are accessed to an nationwide basis. Its hard to adapt those tools to specifics of the water piers in San Francisco. Hunters point, mostly 500year floodplain. Theres a low lying area that you see in the lower or southern part of the former naval base. There are some zone d piers. Whats more important to the city is the extent of that 100year flood plain there that will be filled in when that area is developed. I feel with parcels a through f, those low lying areas the southern part that are in blue, those arent parcels e and f, those are the contaminated sites, is that correct . Im not sure that i can answer that question. I have not seen the map with the radiological sites in detail. I believe youre right. What youre telling me on this map its subject to massive inundation . Yeah, thats one of the reasons that the development in that area is so important to be able to protect these areas. I did not understand what you just said. But okay. The hunters point, the Development Going on hunters point, its with the intent, once we get it cleaned up, which is another issue, getting it cleaned and being able to protect this area from flooding. If i go to Treasure Island, similarly, we see lot of areas in Treasure Island that are in the flood zone but would also be protected with the new development thats happening at Treasure Island. Majority of the radiologically contaminated sites im looking at on this map which map are you on . Treasure island . Yes. Most of it is actually not in the blue area but in the brown and gray areas is where most of the radium is. Hunters point map is much more troublely thatroublely troube t. I. Map. The airport also has a Major Program to address flooding. But they are also identified on this map. That is all around the seawall . Yes. I think at the airport, their efforts or their plan is to expand that flood Protection System to eliminate that blue from the map. Right now those features, the flood Protection System that is there, is not sufficient to address the 100year flood. Theres not enough free board and theres openings that need to be closed in order to eliminate the floodplain from the airport property. Right. I do not mean to interrupt your slide mr. Strong. If you like to run through it real quick. Go for it. I think that was actually helpful to get to lot of the questions. We mentioned the deadline, february 2021 is when the map will become effective. Chris mentioned that we cant this is coastal hazards only. It does not consider Sea Level Rise. We are using other tools and methods to look at sea level raise. We have a guidance document that we put in place in 2015. It was updated last year. We completed with the Planning Department a Sea Level Rise vulnerability and consequence analysis that looks at the entire city and identifies the risk related to Sea Level Rise. That work has been happening. Were also working with the p. O. C. With extreme flooding mapping. The flood hazards other side of this, p. U. C. Is looking at hazards and storm water runoff. Ill show you a better picture of that. We mentioned different areas that are impacted by it. This shows Bigger Picture what the city look likes with the map on the left being the new firm. Red circle show where theres some overlap with the map on the right and the map on the right is sf p. U. C. Flood storm map. That map was put in place two years ago. This is where you see much more of inland flooding. We wanted to make sure that were think being these things together and not separately. An ordinance measures related to the p. U. C. Program are expected to be coming in the next year. Sarah or brian, so far as we have rare opportunities at the committees to talk about what that looks like, which could be a detroit style buyout program. Would you like to tell us what their plans for the much more expansive blue areas on the map on the right . Sarah, are you there . Yes. Can everybody hear me . We cant see you. Okay, ill turn on my camera. Weve been working on partnership on both of the flood hazard area to make sure we are moving forward. To your question about the inland areas, weve had a trajectory where our first step was to make sure that the public was aware of the risk. We created adopted the map at the commission level. Supervisors with your help, we created the disclosure ordinance to make sure that Property Owners and landlords would disclose buyers and tenants if they are in the flood zone that you see there. That was the information piece. Moving forward, there are lot more rigorous things that we can pursue. One of those is to amend our Building Code to make sure that new developments and substantial renovations would be above the flood elevation. We are pursuing that work for the inland areas, well do that in the way thats parallel whats required in fema so we can have a cohesive citywide understanding for the coastal flood dangers as well as the inland. Then beyond that, there are other innovative programs that we could establish. They are on the list to analyze such as land acquisition, prioritization, studies that we can do as well. Our next sort of midterm target is to Work Together on Building Code amendment. Whats the time frame for that amendment . We are hoping that within a year from now, we were thinking that we would finish it within 2020. As covid has delayed us, were still pushing forward but a bit delayed. Were thinking within the year we will be able to bring that to you all. To the two of, where is the third map that overlays various projections of Sea Level Rise on both of these maps . We have that map, thats part of the Sea Level Rise consequence analysis work and the guidance work. Essentially, that map is going to be the old shoreline. We dont have it in this presentation. Im happy to share it with you. It is the old shoreline where it cuts in around the embarcadero and goes back out and cuts in again. Up to clay street . Yes. Thats an excellent point. As we move forward with establishing what the Building Code amendments would cover. Were also working together with colleagues at the Planning Department as part of our resilience meetings. As we move forward, see if there are other relevant overlays that need to be included in that. Just to add to what sarah was saying, this is why we brought on climate hazard coordinator to make sure the different departments are doing lot of work with Sea Level Rise. We also know there are issues on the west side that are related to Sea Level Rise and to erosion around ocean beach and the zoo and the great highway. Were trying to make sure that were coordinated on those different fronts. The p. U. C. s plan yes. Is there anybody on this call from the p. U. C. . P. U. C. Is one of the agencies got its own independent authority under the legislation thats before this committee. Im part of the p. U. C. Oh, thats you. Yes. I dont see ocean side plan on here in either side. Are you referring that from the Sea Level Rise perspective . S. L. R. Is what will kill that thing as you guys putting huge amount of capital in it. To brians point, we probably should have put a third map on for todays presentation. When we come back for Building Code, we definitely will compile all of them. Today, these two maps are representing flood risk as we understand it right now. Some Sea Level Rise is included this 1year stor 1year 100m map. We understand that when sea levels are rising, it will diminish the ability of the water to exit our system. That impact to our infrastructure is included on the map that you see on the right. As you can see, the actual Sea Level Rise on the line that brian was referring to, which will largely mimic the shoreline is not included. We do have another map that looks at that and it also comes close to the southeast Treatment Plant as well. Were very acutely aware. Those factors will definitely not be excluded in our thinking. Theyre not shown on these two maps because of the criteria that are relevant for the fema piece. Thank you. To my colleagues, do you have any questions, comments, suggestions . Supervisor safai, supervisor preston . No. Okay. Supervisor peskin mr. Strong would you like to go through your presentation . This is just the last slide here. Just to show that, what homeowners and Business Owners can do if they are in the zone and this is really for New Buildings or for substantial improvements where the repair exceeds 50 of the market value of the structure. In those situations, theres some different options where the lowest floor can be one foot above the base foot elevation, making sure that utilities are elevated above the elevation. You can also use flood resistent material and you can allow the flood to pass through different areas. Those are some examples of what people that are building in these areas will need to do. They will need to show that they have other protections so they wont be impacted. I think thats really it. This is a list of the people im sorry, i meant to start with this it shows the different folks that have been working on this closely and that are here for additional questions. I think you covered most of them already. Can i make one additional point . The ordinance that the board of supervisors has in front of it does not change any of the flood Main Management floodpn management requirements. The they are predicated on the San Francisco Building Code which references the state Building Code and the state Building Code includes those requirements that brian just had on the screen. In terms of the regulatory aspect of this, the city is not doing anything new here. Its really the adoption of amended ordinances because the map is going to be finalized. Theres other things that the city is cleaning up about the 2010 ordinance. Sound like you have few additional elements. Its not changing from the regulatory perspective. Thank you mr. Barkley. That is clear. I appreciate that. Supervisor peskin now let me turn to the subject ordinance before we open this up for Public Comment. Only page 7, there are set of definitions that were in the earlier ordinance that heard in this ordinance starting online 15 of page 7. What is missing from that you have plenty of time to suggest language that includes contributory structures in locally designated historic districts. If you like to come up with language on that, i would appreciate it. I also do not understand, maybe this is just me, why you define flood way twice. That happens at page 7 line 6 and again somewhere on page 9 line 3. Statement definition you defined it twice. That contributory buildings in locally designated historic districts are defined under historic structure. I like to see you suggest amendments for that. With that, why dont we go open up to Public Comment. Im checking to see if theres any in the queue. We have ten listeners and one person in the queue. First speaker please. My name is francisco da costa, i was paying attention to this presentation. For the layperson, the areas that are contaminated. Hunters point is very contaminated. The city and county of San Francisco is planning about 20,000 homes right in that area is going to be flooded. We must remember that since earthquake prone, prone knots only to flooding but liquid faction. Large areas were claimed. The city hasnt been paying attention to thousands of homes. Forget about 100year flood. If you get some highrise in between, thousands of homes will be at greatly impacted. Again, we need the input from the core of engineers. We need input from hydrologist. Thank you very much. Supervisor peskin are there any other members of the public on this item number two . That completes the queue. Supervisor peskin Public Comment is now closed. To mr. Strong, given the time frames here, how would you feel about my continuing until you come up with the suggestions, although i can make them. We got one or two ways to go. One is that relative to the definition of historic structures. We instruct the City Attorney to develop language that specifically says that contributory buildings in San Francisco designated historic districts will be subject to the same, that will be the South End Historic District northeast waterfront historic district. Maybe some others that are on the map to the right, which could be the historic district. The way its defined, contributory buildings seem to have been left out. Which i believe will be nonsubstantive. Or we can continue this to our next meeting or call of the chair until you propose language. Your choice. I dont see a problem going in either direction. I think were fine if you want to make an amendment and bring it back. Supervisor peskin then lets err on the side of caution, which is so far we dont have any pending time line, let us continue this to the call of the chair. I will schedule at the next meeting once that language has been developed. That will make the City Attorney happy. That will make my colleagues happy. That will be more transparent process. With that, colleagues i like to make a motion to continue this to the call of the chair. Mr. Strong will work with ms. Jensen on the language. Roll call please. [roll call] supervisor peskin , please read item number three. Items 36 together. [agenda item read] supervisor peskin thank you ms. Major. This item only been kicking around for half of the time that the previous item has been kick around. I was around during the recession. This is a massive rezoning proposal at the really central part of the east side of the city at van ness and market streets. There are some projects that have been through the rubric. Therthere are some that are parf an ambitious plan going down the road. This is where many parts of districts and different neighborhoods come together. District 6, district 5, district 9, the mission, south of market, civic centre, all come together. This is a remarkably complicated proposal based really on creating a new highrise residential district. That is predicated on Public Transit. All of this becomes much more interesting and much more uncertain during the period of covid19 and what none of us, which is how this will roll out in the years and decades from now as well as shelterinplace. I want to really thank my colleagues on the board, supervisor preston, haney and ronen who have engaged with community over what their desires are. I really want to thank the community for being a very active part of a very complicated conversation. I want to thank the department of city planning that has evolved overtime to really understand that the rubber hits the road with community and Community Benefits and we dont do development from the development sake, duo it so that the rising tide will actually raise all votes. Thank you very much chair peskin. Im director of citywide policy for the San Francisco Planning Department. What is before you is the market octavia plan amendment known as the hub i wanted to offer you four thoughts. The first, this plan does what the board what they requested. The board questioned the amount of office in the central area. The hub plan adds housing. It delivers in an area, great transit support. Its intended for high density living. This plan provides an additional 1600 Housing Units and 400 plus affordable units. That is needed in the midst of housing crises. Number two, this plan maintains the commissions discretion and control to maximize Community Benefits. This plan ensures that developers wanting extra height come before the commission and pay additional fees. As lily will describe, there are more than 1 billion worth of fees that can be generated to support transit, housing and more. The city could use that money. Remember without the plan, the developers can get nearly the same height through the same density bonus block without paying all the plan fees and without commission nor board approval. Third, equity. We agree with the communitys concerns about the equity. Director hillis has committed to continue to work with the Community Members through and pass this plan adoption. The new either woul area will focus o on adjacent neighborhoo. This equity centric work with include Small Business working group, public projects, equity assessment guidelines and Community Facility planning. The Planning Commission just passed an extremely robust resolution considering the departments work on equity. They are squarely focused on ensuring they see outcomes. The Commission Also passed this hub plan understanding that the plan delivered equity benefits now and will continue to grow the benefits. Lastly number four, this plan works with the recent bill from Assembly Member two. The plan creates second housing sustainability district in San Francisco. This district would streamline projects to provide Affordable Housing and built with wage waive and skilled trained supervisor peskin ms. Rogers , with all due respect, only thing i learned from this presentation is that i think you just told me that i should have voted against the central general plan. Do supervisors preston or safai, would you like to say anything before we go to her . Ill wait until after the presentation. Supervisor peskin supervisor preston . Supervisor preston , same here. I will share my screen. Today ill provide a very brief overview of the key points around the market octavia area plan amendment. Today ill focus on the key points i believe many members of the board and the public are generally familiar with this project. The hub area was included within the boundaries of the market octavia plan and area plan that was adopted in 2008. Was area was high density mixed use neighborhood. Numerous policies in the plan support this vision including the creation of a especially used district which allows for High Density Residential development. These controls exist today. The plan also established new fees to fund Affordable Housing and infrastructure. While the plan set the framework for development, the department did receive Many Development applications until about 2012. This is largely due to the recession in 2009. Over the course of the last four years, weve engaged in the Community Planning process to look at the area holistically. We are now in the approval phase. Three goals were the initial drivers of this effort. First to increase housing and Affordable Housing near transit. To look at all of the streets in the area and identify ways to make them safer and to define prioritize how impact fee money can be spent. Since we started this project, income inequality has worsened and the response the department has been working around equity. There are number of citywide efforts and neighborhoods specific efforts under way to work with the community and city Agency Partners to advance racial and social equity. Weve also worked with the community on actual ideas that can be incorporated into this legislation to advance racial and social equity in the hub and we welcome your additional thoughts and ideas on these. There are four pieces of legislation before you. General planned amendment, planning code amendment, zoning amendment and planning code and business and tax Regulations Amendment to establish the hub housing sustainability district. This was an opportunity to update the general plan for key topic areas to reflect the latest policies of the city. Examples include new policy to advance racial and social equity, new policies around Climate Change and resilience and along around supporting families with children. There are a number of amendments to the planning code that are needed to reflect these proposed policy changes. Ill highlight a few. Expanding the area in which money can be spent. New fee to Fund Community facilities, allowing a land dedication option to provide more Affordable Housing and in the adjacent neighborhood. Third piece of legislation is the zoning map amendment. This amendment will two things. It will give the public, the department and the commission an avenue for engagement to have say how the build willing look. Unlike the state density bonus where additional height is automatic, the new height are not automatic. Rather new heights can only be granted at a public hearing by discretionary approval by the Planning Commission. It also gives the public and the commission some certainty around height by preventing projects from combining the state density bonus with a new height control. Second legislation would create consistent land use control across the area. It responds to the things that the Community Asked for. More two and three bedroom units to support families. Restrictions on retail side and formula retail to support more neighborhoods. Less parking. It would create fees to provide more funding for Affordable Housing, Community Facilities and infrastructure. To ensure that any project that receive additional height granted by the state density bonus or by the Planning Commission also pays all area impact fees. The structure of the special use district are not compatible with the current mct3 zoning district. This rezoning is necessary to capture all fees on new development. Put legislation together in 2017 to accelerate Housing Production by howing ministerial approval of some housing projects. While requiring union labor and on site Affordable Housing. The hub will be the second in the city. There will be some restrictions on it. It would only be used if the height is 120 feet or lower and for projects that do not seek discretionary approval by the commission. If a project is seeking new height in bulk either by Commission Approval or by the state density bonus, they cannot be approved. The plannings commission was please to come up with plan to provide 1 billion in Public Benefits. Your slides are not going with what youre speaking about. Im going to actually ask our administrator to pull it up. What we see is only the first page. Which page . 17. Im not seeing a page number. The Commission Must come up with plan that provides almost a billion dollars in Public Benefits when its hard to fund Affordable Housing. These dollars will go a long way to improving street and funding housing. Base the on these revenue projections, the city will be able to fund new on site units and Affordable Housing, new and improved parks, funding for child care and school and improvements to Transit Service and new Community Facilities. Specifically this includes 682 million for new on site units and Affordable Housing resources. This is more than 600 million Affordable Housing bond that was passed last year and without any public subsidy. 116 million to improve Transit Service and capacity including modernization of van ness station. 71 million for street and alley improvements. This includes improving the major streets to make them safe and comfortable for people walking and biking and funding to create more living alleys. 57 million for child care and school. 32 million for new parks and enhancements to existing open spaces. 7 million for new Community Facilities in the plan area and the adjacent neighborhood. On a very simple level this project is about allowing for more height on 18 sites and updating the zoning. This could create significant new housing, new Affordable Housing and revenue for the city. Over the last year, the department deepen our conversations with the community and Planning Commission to understand how physical changes affect residents. Particularly residents of colour. We try to gain a better understanding who benefits and might be burdened by this project and through this effort, weve identified specific legislative changes to advance racial and social equity. The department is committed to continuing this work in the hub and the adjacent neighborhood and across the city. The legislation before you allows for more housing and Public Benefits, provides an opportunity for all stakeholders to have a voice in shaping future projects and ensures that the city maximizes Public Benefits. If the legislation is modified to restrict the height on 18 sites or to retain the existing zoning, projects can still get more height under state law. But the public and Decision Maker would have limited input on the project and the project would not pay full fees to the city. Supervisor peskin that cony presentation. Im happy to answer any questions. Supervisor peskin policymake rs will make policy. But thank you for your slightly political input. Supervisor preston. Supervisor preston thank you chair peskin. As described in this package of legislation is seeking to rezone about 84 acres in the hub this includes areas of my district, district 5, supervisor haneys district, district 6 and has ripple effects across the city. Were looking at four pieces of legislation that comprise the hub area plan including amendments thats been described to the general plan to business and tax code, planning code and other related zoning regulations. How tall, how dense, how much residential, how much commercial and very importantly for whom. I think the stakes and chair peskin you described this at the beginning, the stakes here are very high. This aerial plan will really dramatically increase height density potentially traffic and congestion in this central part of the city. As planning staff pointed out, the area also offers significant opportunities to create affordable Housing Units, secure public realm, improvements and promote Public Transit and green mobility. When i look at this project, its like done right this area really can promote equity in city and done wrong it can exacerbate inequities. I heard from so Many Community member who have been weighing in on the aerial plan and on the specific development proposals. There are obviously a lot of moving parts here. I think its essential that we get this right. Im not sure about you, colleagues where you stand. I can speak for myself, i can use an opportunity to digest these items further continue speaking with stakeholders and come back to this item for action next week. I intend to move to continue items 36 for one week to our next Committee Hearing on july 20th and well make that motion when appropriate. Thank you supervisor preston. Supervisor safai, anything you like to add or subtract . Hearing nothing, we can open up to Public Comment. Thank you operations checking. We have 14 listeners and two in queue. Supervisor peskin first speaker please. Lily, i meant you no ill will. Im not offended. Supervisor peskin please proceed. This is jason henderson. Im very familiar with this proposal. I sent some images, some maps over to the supervisors. I hope you can see them. I know this is very tricky. The first map is showing air pollutant exposure zone. You can see that the entire hub is in there. More people are likely to die with covid19 with the air pollution factors. We just saw for two almost three months, crisp, clean, clear air in the hub. It all comes from cars and it comes from cars and trucks coming through the hub. The hub plan has its public realm. Its mainly a housing plan. It feels like the sfmta and transportation is kind of a bystander here. This is worrisome with the state of transit with capacity issues with the virus. The plan acknowledging loading deficit problem with regards to ecommerce. These will be swarmed by delivery vehicles. Its acknowledged that they dont know how to deal with that. If you look at the next map, this area is when we start planning for the hub, the growth in t. N. C. Expanded rapidly. Supervisor peskin this will not come out of your time. I have questions about the map on the screen. I assume that the areas in the darkest colours are the ones that are least served by t. M. C. , is that correct . The ligh lighter area is leat serve, darker area has more intense drop off and pick up. This is from the sfmta. We dont know the e. I. R. For the hub doesnt elaborate. We put together some proposals to add to the urban realm. I ask that you go to figure 5. One of the big issues postcovid19 we need to provide safe ways for people to walk and bike from the mission. It is the right place for housing. It will be great that there will be more Affordable Housing so essential workers and teachers can live in the city. This is the place for that. What i think that we really need to the chair, the speaker time has expired. Supervisor peskin thank you mr. Henderson. Are there any other members of the public who like to speak to items 36 . I have 20 listeners and 16 in queue. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment, could call im calling to speak in support of the project. [indiscernible] i like to offer my support for the project. Thank you. Next speaker please. What i want to bring to your attention is in this hub, there are some very serious issues with homelessness. Not a word about it. How do i propose to address over 10,000 people being homeless . We already had whats happening in the future with over 510. Thats one location. Number two, this is our time for reflection with this pandemic. This area and other areas too, should be slow in fostering or encouraging high density housing. Number three, this is the land of the learning. There are ways to accommodate the people who are suffering. We should address that first. Theres no way we can be dreaming up making billions of dollars in this area. No way. Thank you very much. Next speaker please. We have 22 listeners and 16 in queue. Im mike chad im calling in support of the plan. As supervisor peskin noted this plan incubating for about five years. Lot of thought put into this by staff. I would hope that move to approve the plan. As staff has noted, there are lot of Community Benefits that will help provide Affordable Housing. Thank you very much. Good afternoon supervisors. Im melinda, im head of school First American International School at International High school. Our School Community has been following the development of the hub im speaking to express our support for the plan. For the past five years, International School has worked with the city of San Francisco to realize vibrant mixed use neighborhood. It will deliver much needed Affordable Housing, and provide a World Class High School campus. Despite the uncertainty of the current moment, our school is excited to have the hub legislation and our project move forward. We raised funds to complete the project. We are San Franciscos oldest and largest bilingual school. We bring people together from many backgrounds accounts. We are committed to diversity, equity and crosscultural communication. For almost 60 years, weve been educating engaged citizens in San Francisco. Weve been in San Francisco since 1962. We have more than 800 families and 200 faculty and staff, patronizing local restaurants and merchants. Over hundred families live in the hub itself. We support our faculty and staff with good wages and benefit and we provide six million in Financial Aid to our students and families every year. Thats why we think the hub makes so much since. This project is exactly the kind of mixed use, mixed income Transit Oriented Development that will serve San Francisco well in the future. Providing housing, strengthening the pedestrian experience and bringing welcome improvements. I strongly encourage you to support the zoning as soon as possible. Thank you. Im a resident of district 5. Ive been living here for years. Im here to express my supporter in the proposed hub rezoning legislation. Our daughter, she goes to the french american school. She has been there for the past two years. Were happy to be part of the french american community. If you have walked the streets in the neighborhood, you know how essential this development is to have rezoning will bring much needed housing and development to this part of town. Im in support of this development. Thank you for your time good afternoon supervisors, cory smith. Im here to support the plan that you have in front of you today. This is a process that has divide provided us the opportunity to add 600 new homes not previously zoned for 25 of the homes will be permanently Affordable Housing. Overall, mentioned earlier, the plan is going to generate additional 235 million. Impact fees, fees for open space, transit improvements, child care with a nice chunk of change, 54 million. Desperately needed for permanent affordable subsidized housing we ask that you move the project and the plan today. Thank you very much. Im calling to support the hub plan and urge the board of supervisors to approve it in t. We desperately need more housing, affordable and market rate. This project is a way to accomplish that given how many new homes it will create. I want to reiterate my strong support and urge the board today to move this over and tray to get housing built as soon as possible. Thank you. Good afternoon. Im a renter in the Mission District and im a voter calling today in strong support of the general plan to move forward. According urban density does not lead to higher Coronavirus Infection rate and link to lower covid19 death rate. This project reflect Community Process delivering multiple benefits for all current and future san franciscan and establish market housing rate reduction, the market star everred for market and Affordable Housing. Please move forward with the item and stand by your commitment to finding alternatives for housing supply at all income level. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment call the number 415655 41 56. 415655001 41 5655001. Next speaker please. Im a renter in district fi five. Im representing our 9000 members. Im asking you to please support the plan as is and approve it immediately. We need this housing now. We need the jobs now and the tax revenue now. We dont need another five years of study. If you think of the 400 families waiting for below market rate units to move in these homes, ask them, do you want to wait another five years. All the renters and the housing insecure people of the city are in a rush. Theyre in rush to find somewhere we can live and raise families. Thats why i want you to support the plan. Once you support the plan, there arent enough below market rate units, great. Lets go find some more Affordable Housing. You cant use the excuse of Affordable Housing to block Affordable Housing. Please get this plan approved. Lets get these 400 units below market rate built and find some more sites. We should be an open city where anybody can live here. This is jim chapel. Spur supports the proposed amendment as recommended by the commission. I dont have to reiterate, 16 new units including 400 affordable and an additional 235 million in new impact fees for community benefit. Please pass this today. It does not need to be delayed any further. Thank you. We have 20 listeners with 16 in queue. Next speaker please. Good afternoon commissioners. Im tracy with the civic centre. Civic centre looks forward to the this plan to support our mission to foster more vibrant neighborhood. New sidewalks and public art will improve the public realm more active ground floor will live our streetscape. I like to thank the project team. They have been working with our nonprofit for some time helping to support our crews who has been out in the field caring for civic centre since o the onset f the pandemic. We very much look forward to working with all of the project sponsors and seeing things move forward. Thank you. Im speaking of member of Central City Coalition and member of San Francisco tenants union. I support a halt of the hub area plan until a thorough racial and social Equity Analysis is completed. The three projects Planning Commission has reviewed are significant supply of Affordable Housing for San Francisco residents and should be allowed to move forward. However, having a clear understanding of the potential Socioeconomic Impact that future development will have on the vulnerable population within the area is paramount. This placement of current residents it is inevitable that needs to be addressed. The right step forward is to uphold the commitment in the Planning Department resolution on racial and social equity and apply them to future development of Community Planning process that promotes an equity first framework is essential to building housing for all. Neighboring sensitive communities believe that the equity studies can be completed in a timely manner and in month way hinder the current project. I do not support the creation of housing sustainability district. Good afternoon supervisors. Im a field representative. Representing more than 3800 in San Francisco. Timing of this project is critical. We share goal to produce more Affordable Housing. We support this amendment moving forward to generate jobs, transform the corner of market and van ness and provide significant improvement that will benefit the people of San Francisco and support local businesses. Weve had a long and positive relationship with lenders. The project will generate numerous jobs for our members. This is a privately owned and funded project. Projects clear benefit to the community and any other further delay would jeopardize our jobs and new housing for the city. We urge you to move forward with this amendment. Thank you and have a good day. Supervisors, im alex, im Research Advocacy director with the San Francisco Electrical Construction industry i want to support the plan. American important more importantly to speak to the housing sustainability. Its real value of equity tool. First of all, guaranteed union labor is not. What it does, is establish minimum labor standards to make sure everybody working on the project taking advantage of the streamlining provisions of the sustainability district are paid adequate wages to raise support and family here. Value of union labor comes in. Our contractors, our organizations themselves are at the centre of helping people get into sustainable construction careers through construction. Which has been identified by the city for a number of years as really Important Pillar in the Community Workforce development and equity strategy. Another really important aspect of the housing sustainability, on sight Affordable Housing, all these projects and it ties into San Francisco Affordable Housing requirement. What that means well be getting housing built at the same time as these other projects rather than having to wait through process and finding tax credits and piecing all those dollars together. At a time when public budgets are constantly strained. We are constantly being told we have to choose between needling our children or having open space or having work Transit System to push this off on to the private sector is incredibly valuable. Finally, i want to speak specifically to the 30 van ness project. They have engaged with labor all around, made a commitment thank you for your comments. Next supervisor peskin thank you for correcting the member from the city Planning Department. I support the continuation of this item to next week. Theres a lot here to digest. This project has been a long time and coming as its been pointed out. There are few other things that can be added. Thank you. Good afternoon chair peskin, supervisor safai, preston. We too share citys goal produce more housing and more Affordable Housing particularly. Were happy to support the 30 van ness project. They value good paying middle class construction jobs for local residents. Putting local contractors to work. We have long relationship with them. The city move forward with these amendment as present to you today in the hub plan. Thank you very much for your time. Good afternoon supervisors. This is jim. I live at 100 van ness right in the hub. Im one of the two people who see what goes on everyday. Im also on the board of the civic Centre Community benefit district. Some you know ive been involved improving the civic centre for the last 35 years. The first thing about this plan which is important to me is that it deals with that intersection of market and van ness. It should be most important intersection in San Francisco. It isnt. In its current condition, whole of people who work in the area, who live in the area and attend events in the area feel uncomfortable. Some of the more elderly ones dont come because the way it is. The plan will encourage the building great buildings that wonderful ground floor amenities that will take care of that. Second issue is the affordable issue. Supervisor peskin, making sure that the sale of 30 van ness from the city to a private developer, got the city in the appropriate amount of money its value as well as builtin requirement for Affordable Housing. That building should not be subject to any further comment. Im please to report to you weve gotten the plumbers project under way. We have other Affordable Housing in the area. Thank you for your comment. Next speaker please. We have 17 listeners with four in the queue. Good afternoon supervisors. My name is robert, i live in district 5. I support the hub plan as amended. I believe it will bring significant benefits to the city, especially considering the hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits and in Affordable Housing. One statistic i want to bring to your attention is from between 19 Housing Inventory out of 1456 affordable units and out of 4850 total units built last year, we built 405 inclusionary units. That is less than 10 of all the units that we built in the last year. The fact that this plan will bring 25 below market rate inclusionary units and it will provide dozens of millions of dollars in fees for 100 of Affordable Housing is an improvement over our existing standard. That is something that should not take lightly. Thank you. Thank you. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on should call 41 5655001. Next speaker please. Good afternoon supervisors. This is john jacobo calling from the San Francisco Mission District where i happen to be from. Im latino, i identify as latino. I dont think i need to tell the world whats happen to the Mission District. Since the year 2000, weve lost over eight latinos from this very neighborhood. Black population in the city where many people have black lives matter signs up in their windows went from 15 to 3 arguably. I keep being told if we continue develop market rate housing it will trickle down to communities that everybody trying to get behind. Because a member of the Central City Coalition, i put the amendments that we put forward. What we want is to take a pause to ensure that we can do a proper race and social equity sex oh assessment to ensure that this area plan is equitable and it helps match those black lives matter signs that everybody likes to put up on their windows. This we are putting race and social equity at the forefront of something that isnt going to be constructed in the next six months with the covid backdrop. Something we can take a moment to assess and ensure we are doing right. If we want to be the progressive amazing city that San Francisco claims to be, we need to live through that by our actions. Next speaker. Good afternoon supervisors. Im with the Central City Coalition. Just like john said, im calling in to support the recommendation of halting the hub area plan except for the three proposed sites until a thorough social Equity Analysis completed. Having Planning Department examine the Socioeconomic Impact of low income and working class black residents, living in the central city is the right step forward to uphold the commitments need in resolution number 2738. This recommendation is not antidevelopment. Rather it is complete planning process needed to strengthen the equity first framework to build not housing but homes for all. Hes right. Lot of people have this energy of how being black lives matter and now that were trying to go implement that through action, were still continuing all these current policies that has affected vulnerable communities. I highly ask that you continue on this item and let more of the public speak out on this issue. Thank you very much. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker please. Good afternoon supervisors. Im calling in support of the recommendation to pause the hub area plan with the exception three proposed on sites until we can get a thorough racial and social Equity Analysis. Just a few weeks ago, the Planning Commission unanimously passed a resolution centring planning on social and equity. Its appalling to hear lot of the speakers on this line pushing to have this hub plan approved and pushing it through. Knowing that race and equity havent been analyzed. The neighboring sensitive communities believe that equity studies have been completed in a timely manner. This is no way going to hinder the three projects that have been proposed. Theyll able to move forward. Its the right thing to do. If people havent gotten the message yet, we need equity in our cities and we need to protect our sensitive communities. Thank you. Next speaker please. We are calling in support of the recommendation of halting the hub area plan except for the three proposed sites until a thorough racial and social Equity Analysis is complete. Its important to look at the equity impacts before the hub plan is approve as equitable, it has not been addressed in the current plan. We cant be saying thats what we need and totally ignoring that when big project like the hub plan is put forward in front of you. This recommendation is not antidevelopment, it is the Community Process needed to strengthen the equity first framework to build housing for all. In means all income, especially low income and house individuals and families who prioritizing their needs. 400 Affordable Housing is not enough out of the 1600, we would rather see half of that as Affordable Housing if you really want to talk about Affordable Housing for all. It is dangerous to count on trickle down economy to address social issues. Supervisor preston, you made a motion to continue this to the meeting of january 20th, i believe . July 20th . Im sorry. [ laughter ] july 20th. On the motion, roll call, please. roll call . You have three ayes. Ok, that motion is pass asked we are adjourned. It is so key here. We have a window to do better. Next slide. And again, another very concerning situation. This related to the reproductive rate of 1. 25, so this means that we will have more people die, and if you follow that blue line, this means we would average, excuse me, 890 deaths from covid19 in 2020. Were at 50 right now, and by the end of the year, we could be at 890 with a reproductive rate of 1. 25, and again, unfortunately, those white shaded blue lines show we could get much higher scenarios, approaching 2,000, and even 3,000. So this is this is serious. This is a we are in a very concerning time right now with this reproductive rate of 1. 25, and we need to drive down below 1 as soon as possible. Next slide. But there is hope, and this is looking as of july 4, because we were looking at the july 4 weekend and asking everyone to do their part. If we could reduce that rate by half, we could dramatically reduce our hospitalizations and our death. We could go from the hundreds that we talked about to as few as 50 and 70. And even the scenarios that i showed you with those light blue shaded areas, we could see more deaths through 2020. So if we do our part, we could save lives and keep people out of the hospital. Again, even in the next two weeks, if we could all do our part, we could really make a difference. You see in the next two weeks, we wait for the reproductive number to reduce by 50 , we still have peak hospitalization at 340 and an estimated 220 deaths in 2020, so time really makes a difference. Next slide. So key introduction to reducing r. P. E. This the reproductive rate. This has real socioeconomic and other consequences, as well. Discouraging gatherings, especially inside, and i just want to emphasize right now that, really, please do not gather with people outside of your immediate household, and especially do not gather indoors, it is very dangerous to do that. Please, it is literally saving lives. And then, continuing to offer testing, expanding our testing, and Contact Tracing. Such key tools to our efforts going forward. Next slide. So i alluded to this, but really, riskiness of the activity, we know that outdoors is safer than indoors. Its at this point that, based on the latest data, its 10 to 20 times safer than being indoors. Its risking out to be involved in gatherings with people outside of your immediate household. Half of the people who transmit covid19 are asymptomatic. And you can get covid19 right after you test. So dont think that just because you test negative, you can get it from people that you hangout with or you can transmit it back to older people in your household. We continue to emphasize wearing Face Coverings, 6 feet of social distancing, and washing your hands. The frequency, the more people go out, the more they are putting themselves and their loved ones at risk. The duration, the longer people spend time together, the more risk it is for transmission, and then, the distance. This is why we are focused on the social distancing and the importance of that going forward. Next slide. And then, i did want to talk a little bit about hope going forward, and talk about vaccines are being looked at and developed, and unfortunately, theres not likely to be any vaccines soon. Key experts estimate it could be 12 to 18 months before a vaccine is widely available. Thats very different from saying a vaccine is going to be available in six months to a year. But im hopeful, according to mayor breed, that we will be testing extensively across the city and also at zuckerberg San Francisco general hospital, and we will be focusing on engaging communities most at risk for covid19 to support them in participating in vaccine trials as soon as august. Thank you, mayor, and thats my completed presentation. The hon. London breed well, thank you, dr. Colfax. I know were at the end of our time here, but i do want to take this opportunity to just speak to the people in San Francisco who are struggling. There are some people who are struggling, who have no paychecks coming in, and its really hard. And what happens, in addition to the loss of your financial ability to take care of yourself and even your family, Mental Health becomes a whole other issue. And it seems as without our churches, our religious services, our ability to congregate and come together with one another, our spirituality as well as our coming together in the world, and our ability to socialize as we do on a regular basis, its almost as if were trading one Public Health crisis for another. We know, for example, Domestic Violence has gone up, suicides have gone up, people are more stressed in trying to figure out what to do with their lives. We see some of the Violent Crimes going up in the city. How do we justify that . The fact is you and i know were going to be living with covid for the 12 to 18 months or even longer, and so this is hitting in various ways as we try and keep people safe and try to prevent the surge in the hospitals and even deaths. But theres only so much we can emotionally handle as human beings, so ktell us how were supposed to deal with all of that . Thank you, mayor. I appreciate this, and again, this is such a challenging time, i would say the risks the downsides to the shelter in place and the slow reopening are very real and very concerning from a health standpoint and an economic standpoint. I think the Counter Point is no one has said, were going to go ahead and open quickly. As you see across the country, the Mental Health consequences of opening and having a surge, many people are struggling in San Francisco, but if we have a surge like we saw in new york or unfortunately like we saw in houston and parts of florida, we would have all of those concerns that youre talking about on top of the overwhelming the Hospital Systems due to covid19 plus the covid19 pandemic and everything that were dealing with and managing today. Unfortunately, theres downsides to where we are today, but theyre even worse. And we just want people to understand that these times are hard, but we have a pandemic in our city, and it could be much worse. Mayor, i have some numbers, and id like to give them. May i give them . The hon. London breed yes. So our warm number is 8558457415. And then, we also have mobile crisis, so for acute situations. Our number is 4159704000, and the last thing is if you see businesses that are violating the Health Orders around social distancing and good hygiene, please let us know. Please call 311. We will send inspectors out, and if people are violating those orders, we will take steps to aggressively make sure that they do. The hon. London breed and also, i want to push back a little bit. Outdoor activities are permissible in certain circumstances with guidelines, and i do think with regards to religious services, if people have the ability to have Outdoor Services or if there are ways that we can get creative with allowing other things to happen because i know your religion plays a role in things like this. I think its going to be important as we see changes in the number, we want to provide people with opportunities to deal with the challenges of what were facing over the next 12 to 18 months at least. Just think about whats going to happen with our kids and the schools and a number of other things. The fact that we have all of these playgrounds, and kids cant even play in playgrounds. It is heartbreaking for me that we cant even provide these opportunities, so i do want to think of these creative ways that we can support people. If youre one of these people that need help, mental help, testing, please call 311. We have a lot of city resources. Weve developed a lot of publicprivate partnerships to provide support you want. We know its not going to be everything that you want, but we do our best to support folks that are struggling in San Francisco. And the sad reality is its not just San Francisco, but its all over the country where we see this impacting our country, we see it impacting our economy, and the goal is to keep everybody safe, so this is our new normal. So thank you, dr. Colfax, and hopefully, well be able to have more conversations in the future. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at 311. Thank you, everyone. Thank you, mayor. Kids, nig terrors. We see again, across youre watching coping with covid19 with chris manners. Hi. Im chris manners, and youre watching coping with covid19. Today, my guest is an infeshttious disease specialist and leading the covid disease tracing team for the San Francisco department of Public Health. Shes here to talk about the citys Contact Tracing program and how to slow the spread of the virus. Doctor, welcome to the show. Thank you so much for having me. Can we begin by talking about when the citys Contact Tracing Program Began and what are the services . Sure. So we began Contact Tracing on the first day that we had a case here in San Francisco, so that was march 5 of this year. The purpose of our program is to provide comprehensive services to people who are close to and diagnosed with covid. This includes anyone whos newly diagnosed gets a phone call from our Trained Health professionals in which we talk more about their diagnosis, make sure that they have accurate information. We then go into understanding a little bit more about their symptoms and trying to better understand when they first may have become infectious to others. As part of that, we will then talk about anyplaces they may have visited for an extended period of time and people they were in contact with. We then seek to better understand the individuals that they were in touch with by collecting names and phone numbers so that then we can reach out to these individuals and make sure that they have the information that they need in order to quarantine and get access to immediate testing for covid. How does the program work . How many people are actually acting as contact tracers, and what do they do . So we had over 100 people activated with the city to provide active Contact Tracing actions for san franciscans. So this team is highly trained in being able to provide everyone diagnosed with covid with information about what this means to them and make sure that they know the resources that are available to them so that they can safely isolate. This team then also has worked with several social workers as well as other city departments to make sure that this individual has Wraparound Services in order to complete their isolation in quarantine. In general, we have staff that represents all diverse backgrounds in San Francisco, and they are also able to provide linguistically appropriate services to make sure we are able to meet the needs of the people being diagnosed. Thats great. When we run a huge program in the Mission District, what role did Contact Tracing play in that effort. Was there anything notable . So previous to this pandemic, San Francisco Public Health has been tracking communities disproportionately affected by covid19. We provided a large communitybased Testing Campaign in the mission. As part of this campaign, we found that while latinos made up 44 of the people who were tested, they made up 95 of people who ended up being diagnosed. We also found that 90 of the people who were diagnosed with covid19 could not work from home, suggesting that this disease is impacting communities that may be unable to work from home or have the resources to stay at home during their shelter in place order. So as part of these activities, its really a reflection of what were seeing citywide in that we need to make sure that people who are at the greatest risk for covid have the resources needed in order to take time off of work as necessary, as theyre diagnosed with covid. I think as weve seen in new york, density is a huge factor, so it makes sense that there would be quite a few cases in the Mission District. Yeah. We did find that the median size of the household was greater than three, and the majority of people who had been diagnosed with covid, so this does go back to the fact that covid is really likely to transmit within households, and we need to make sure that households have the information that they need if somebody is diagnosed with covid, and that they can appropriately cleanup, clean their spaces, and they can selfisolate, and as necessary, they have access to city funded hotel rooms where they can safely isolate or quarantine for the required period of time and reduce their risk of spreading covid to others. Just to confirm, these tests are completely free, right . What kind of turnaround do we have . So fortunately, San Francisco offers free testing to san franciscans who have even one symptom consistent with covid19. What you need to know about this testing is that you have to schedule it online, but that you dont need any medical insurance, and you dont need a doctors note. In addition, testing is available to all san franciscans regardless of immigration status. Youll be able to get your test results in just one to five days after getting a test, and youll get follow up through the Health Department if youre found to have covid19, including access to all of our tracing activities that ive talked about today. So if you have an opportunity to test for covid, i recommend that you go for it because its important that we all really understand that testing is part of our new normal and a really Important Pillar for our fight against covid transmission here in San Francisco. Now, some communities have been responding differently to the virus. Some have been asking their citizens to keep a diary so they can remember who theyve seen, while others are encouraged to download an app to their phone so they can keep track of tracing. Have we considered any of these steps. So a major part of tracing is to talk to someone about where theyve been and who theyve been in contact with prior to developing symptoms or on the date of their test. This requires jogging somebodys memory, and as we all know, it can be hard to recall all of the things that one has participated in days in the past several days. So we recommend that everyone Pay Attention to what theyre doing as we lift our shelter in place orders, and we are carefully looking at the possibility of being able to support and being able to understand where someone may have been and who else may have been exposed to covid. But as part of that, were keeping careful caution and doing our Due Diligence to ensure that peoples privacy and confidentiality is maintained. This is the number one priority for us in the department of Public Health. We want anything that we offer through an app to be supplementing instead of replacing our currently Contact Tracing efforts. So it seems like any appbased program the city might offer would be on a strictly optin basis . Absolutely. We would want people to choose whether or not they want to participate in any of these appbased programs, and it would strictly be voluntarily if they were diagnosed with covid and they wanted to share information with the department of Public Health and others. We really want to make sure that any app that we recommend as a department is completely confidential and maintains the highest levels of privacy, and also is able to supplement our current offering of Contact Tracing and not become a distraction whereby people are getting notified that dont have contacts or information that they need in order to take the appropriate next steps. Yeah. I think it would address peoples concerns if its strictly voluntarily whether you use the app or not. So finally, what would you say to our residents is the best way to stay safe during this pandemic . Well, i like to boil is down to a short little phrase. Cover your face, test early, and trace. And what i mean by that, as well as our shelter in place restrictions, we really want people to continue into their new normal life wearing a mask. We know that this is a very protective way of preventing the spread of covid, and we want everyone to adopt this practice in their life as they move forward. We also want people to pay a lot of attention to their bodies as we begin to get back into the world as well as any symptoms that may be consistent with covid19. Fortunately, we have the tests here in San Francisco to make sure that every san franciscan can access a test if they have symptoms. So if somebody is experiencing any symptoms, we want them to seek out those Testing Services immediately and isolate and note their results. And finally, if somebody is diagnosed with covid19, we want to make sure that they have been paying attention to who theyve been spending time with in the days prior to their symptoms or the days prior to their tests. So that includes an element of tracing your foot steps, as i like to say, and being mindful of your actions, particularly any interactions where you may not have been masked or may have been spending time with people over ten minutes and less than 6 feet apart. By keeping track of people you may have been in contact with, itll be much easier to work with the Health Department and reach out to those individuals to make sure that they know that they were exposed to somebody with covid19 and they can get the appropriate testing and quarantine so we can ongoingly reduce the risk of transmission to others. Thats really fantastic information, doctor. I really appreciate the time youve given us today. I know youre really busy. Yeah, i appreciate the conversation. Thanks again. Thats it for this episode of coping with covid19. For sfgtv, im chris manners. Thanks for watching. This is town hall [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] i just want to make sure, are there any instructions for this one that we need . Or are we okay to go ahead . [speaking spanish] got it. So president , you can begin. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] Vice President lopez. Hello and welcome to the San Francisco Unified School District town hall. Interpreter [speaking spanish] in arranging these town halls we realize that our community has many questions. [speaking spanish] such as are we going to open . When will we reopen . [speaking spanish] is it safe to reopen . What exactly are we doing . [speaking spanish] when will we know and what will being open look like . We are eager to hear your questions and get your input. [speaking spanish] we will answer what we can and also hope youll understand that there are many questions we still do not have the answers to. [speaking spanish] were asking you to share all of your comments, thoughts and questions during this meeting through the thought exchange platform. Superintendent matthews because this way we can quickly analyze and see thousands of peoples input at one time. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews during this town hall, it is our hope that you will gain an understanding of the process for fall planning. [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews youll understand what weve learned from the spring semester. [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews understand Public Health guidance for schools. [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews and understand the possibilities for fall. [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews also, we the district and our Public Health officials [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews we want to hear from you. We want to know what are your questions. What are your concerns . And what are your ideas . Today when we share information about the process and health guidance. [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews the majority of this time will be using thought exchange to get your input and hear your questions. [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews as i share a bit more background, well ask you to share through thought exchange. [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews we will then hear from the department of Public Health about the most important Public Health guidelines that need to be considered. [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews as were planning for fall learn. [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews well tell you more about thought exchange in a little while. [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews i know its an unfamiliar technology. Its new to me also. [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews i want to let you know why were using thought exchange for these meetings. [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews there are three main reasons. Number one, its more accessible. You dont have to download anything to your device and this means if you have an old computer or only a smart phone, you dont need the internet. Number two. There is no limit to the number of people who can participate and share. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews when we use zoom, there is a limit to the number of people who can participate. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews and number three, your input can be seen by others immediately. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews and we can share it with the working groups and the board to get this information to them. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews after i share a bit more background, were going to ask you to share through thought exchange what worked and didnt work this past spring as we conducted Distance Learning. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews well then hear from the department of Public Health about the most important Public Health guidelines. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews these are guidelines that need to be considered as were planning for fall. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews here you see a time line for mid march until the upcoming Board Meeting. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews this shows the myriad of many ways were gathering information. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews sorry. Interpreter no, no, youre good. Superintendent matthews as you can see, were gathering information through our Wellness Check and through our working groups. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews we have three working groups. To make a recommendation to the board. There is one focused on instruction. One focused on personnel. And a third one focused on logistics. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews these working groups are made up of people from the community, teachers, parents. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews administrators and people from the city. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews the final way were gathering information is through these town halls. So the information you give tonight is critical. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews so our mission is every day for each and every student we provide quality instruction and equitable support so that they can thrive in the 21st century. This is critical because it guides our decisionmaking. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews so the question we ask ourself is how can we best provide 21st century skills for our students in the current environment . Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews finally, before we get to thought exchange, this slide shows information that we learned over the past spring. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews as you can see on the left side are positives and on the right side are areas we need to grow. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews for example, many of our students, grades 3 through 12, logged online through the spring. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews however, on the right side, our historically under served youth showed the lowest participation online. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews most families reported being okay. But families in the southeast part of the city reported more urgent need. Some students had several hours of instruction a day. And some students had very little interaction with teachers. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews our students reported that they liked the fact that there were a lot of Online Learning platforms. But some of our students reported we need more options for nondigital learning. Now im going to turn things over to cayley from thought exchange. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews to share more about how to share your thoughts. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews well be using this as a way to hear from each and every one of you. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews for the rest of todays town hall. Thank you, dr. Matthews. My name is shannon. Im stepping in for cayley tonight. Superintendent matthews i apologize, shannon. Shannon is with us, not kaylee. Interpreter [speaking spanish] so, participating in thought exchange is really simple. First we ask you a few demographic questions. And then youll be able to share your thoughts in response to an openended question. Next youll be able to consider and rate the thoughts of other people on a scale of 1 to 5. One star means you do not agree with the thought or its not important to you. And five stars means this thought is very important to you and you have a high level of agreement with it. Now im going to share my screen and show you how to get into the thought exchange. To draw on the exchange, use your phone to scan the q. R. Code. Or you can go to tejoin. Com and enter the ninedigit code you see on the screen. The exchange will open in english, but you can participate in the language of your choice by selecting it from the dropdown menu at the top of the exchange. The district is asking what was your biggest concerns for students during Distance Learning this past spring when schools were closed . Im going to start the timer and give you four minutes to share your thoughts and rate the thoughts of others and then well look at what those top thoughts are. If youre joining us late, you can still participate in the thought exchange. Just go to tejoin. Com and enter the code on the top of the screen. Screen. Okay. Our time has ended. But im going to give another minute for participation, because we can see all of these icons here have joined the exchange, but they have not had a chance to rate thoughts. A chance to rate thoughts. Okay. Im going to close the exchange now, but it will be reopened after the event so you can continue to share your thoughts. Interpreter [speaking spanish] just going to take a look at the breakdown of participation in the exchange. So we had 338 participants. 236 thoughts shared so far. And over 1200 ratings. We can see that the majority of our participants are parents or family members. We have people participating from lots of different zip codes. And the grade of the youngest of participants youngest child enrolled in usfsd, the most common is third grade followed by sixth grade. By sixth grade. 65 of participants have children that are english learners. This data is showing us which students have ieps or how many do. And we can see that the top concerns around distance learni learning, the majority of people selected their child falling behind academically followed by not enough print resources. Not enough print resources. Thank you. Now were going to take a look at some of the top thoughts. [speaking spanish] there will be another opportunity for question and answers at the end of the event, but we will just take a minute to look at what the top thoughts are. Can you please read out the top spot for us . Interpreter [speaking spanish] what are the security measures theyre going to have in place when we go back to school . Thats the first one. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] could you please read the last two in english for dr. Matthews to respond to . Interpreter [speaking spanish] the main concern is that my child is getting the quality education theyre receiving. And the last one is the children are not focusing. Superintendent matthews thank you for all of these. These are definitely concerns we have heard in previous town halls, so know your concerns are mirroring other concerns weve heard. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews in terms of the concern around making sure that the quality of education is where it needs to be, its important to understand that well, let me stop there interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews that we have basically taught in one way, not just in San Francisco unified, but all over the country, all over the world, where students were in classrooms with teachers for as long as education has existed. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews so when the pandemic happened and students were at home and teachers were in their homes, we had to turn on a dime and completely change how we taught. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews we fully admit that Distance Learning has, in many cases, not been what we wanted it to be. Not at the level. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews we will be preparing continuing to prepare our teachers do a better job if we are in Distance Learning in the fall. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews one of the entire divisions in our district is fully devoted to this. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews im sorry. What was the last one . Interpreter the children are not focusing. Superintendent matthews that division is also working on how do we make sure that the instruction actually connects students to each other and students to the teacher . Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews i want to take a moment to address the one right above it. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews the safety of children, staff and community is most important. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews we fully acknowledge that also. And any plan that comes forward, what weve heard repeatedly and we agree with, that the safety, children staff and community is at the forefront of any plan we come forward with. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews so are we going to do more . I think were going to shift now. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews were going to shift now to hearing from our Public Health officials. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews id like to introduce our chief of Student Services and she is a panelist also and she will introduce our Public Health official who is with us tonight. Interpreter [speaking spanish] thank you, dr. Matthews. And welcome. Welcome to all the families, students and everybody joining the call today. Interpreter [speaking spanish] we are very glad youre joining us to provide us your thoughts and ideas. Interpreter [speaking spanish] and im going to introduce shannon worth from the San Francisco department of Public Health. Interpreter [speaking spanish] she is a Nurse Practitioner and will be sharing with you the guidance that the Public Health department has recently released. Interpreter [speaking spanish] and with guidance, will help the School District to determine how to have our students and staff be healthy and safe in our schools if we return to inperson instruction. Interpreter [speaking spanish] shannon, take it away. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] i speak spanish but not well enough for a presentation, so im going to continue in english with interpretation, but it is an honor to be here. Interpreter [speaking spanish] the department of Public Health has released their guidance, which incorporates guidance from the center for disease control, the California Department of Public Health and the California Department of education. Interpreter [speaking spanish] the recommendations that im going to review now will help schools decide if and when they will open for inperson instruction when the Health Officer allows it. Interpreter [speaking spanish] we can go to the next slide. So the first topic is symptom screening. Interpreter [speaking spanish] its really important for everybody to stay home when theyre sick. Interpreter [speaking spanish] the recommendation is to ask all persons entering the building on campus about their symptoms associated with covid. Interpreter [speaking spanish] and people with symptoms or exposure to covid19 should not be allowed on campus and should be sent home if symptoms develop. Interpreter [speaking spanish] schools may also require temperature checks, either on site or done by families at home. Interpreter [speaking spanish] next slide, please. Keeping teachers and students in the same group lowers their exposure by decreasing the number of people that they come into contact with each day. Interpreter [speaking spanish] and so some of the recommendations in our guidelines include, for elementary schools, to keep students with stable cohorts and the same staff for the entire day. Interpreter [speaking spanish] and for middle and high schools, larger cohorts made up of students from more than one classroom are allowable with the recommendation to keep cohorts as small as possible. Interpreter [speaking spanish] to limit the mixing of cohorts as much as possible interpreter [speaking spanish] that staff must stay six feet away from students and other staff. Interpreter [speaking spanish] ideally, students should also stay six feet away from each other, but if space is limited, its permissible to be 36 feet apart. And that recommendation is for students. Only. Interpreter [speaking spanish] next slide. Frequent handwashing and Hand Sanitizer, we know it removes the covid19 germs from peoples hands before they can infect themselves by touching their eyes, nose or mouth. Interpreter [speaking spanish] so its important from the guidelines to develop routines so that everybody can wash and sanitize their hands so that every interpreter [speaking spanish] interpreter im sorry. [speaking spanish] every classroom have Hand Sanitizer or a place to wash hands as well as supplies so that sinks or handwashing stations dont run out of soap and paper towels. Interpreter [speaking spanish] next slide. Face coverings are very, very, very important. They keep people from spreading infections to others by trapping respiratory droplets before they can travel through the air. Interpreter [speaking spanish] our guidelines outline that all individuals, staff and students of all ages, must wear Face Covering over both your nose and your mouth while at school or on campus. Interpreter [speaking spanish] face shields should not be used in place of Face Coverings. Interpreter [speaking spanish] sorry. Interpreter [speaking spanish] face shields have not been shown to keep the wearer from infecting others. Interpreter [speaking spanish] there are certain situations in which a student and staff can be exempted from this requirement, but it will be taken on a casebycase basis. Interpreter [speaking spanish] next slide, please. Increasing outdoor air circulation lowers the risk of infection by diluting respiratory droplets with outside air. Interpreter [speaking spanish] being outside is an even lower risk. Interpreter [speaking spanish] so our recommendation includes using outdoor space as much as possible. Interpreter [speaking spanish] outdoor playgrounds only need routine maintenance and cleaning. Interpreter [speaking spanish] and children should wash their hands before and after using these spaces. Interpreter [speaking spanish] covid19 is relatively easy to kill and most household disinfectants are effective against the virus. Interpreter [speaking spanish] we recommend to clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces at least daily. Interpreter [speaking spanish] and routine cleaning focuses on frequently touched surfaces like desks, handles, et cetera. Interpreter [speaking spanish] thank you so much for inviting me today. Interpreter [speaking spanish] you need to hit the unmute button. Interpreter [speaking spanish] thats my kryptonite. As we think about what fall learning will look like, there are three major categories regarding learning. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews there is Distance Learning where the students are in one setting and the instruction is taking place in another setting. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews there is inperson learning and that is what we are all used to, where the teacher and the students are in the same setting. Interpreter [speaking spanish] and the third type is called a hybrid model where it is a combination of distance and inperson learning. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews this can look a variety of ways. For example, students may be in School Classroom in the morning and then in Distance Learning in the afternoon. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews and then students could be in the classroom for three days and then at home for Distance Learning for two days. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews now we want you to think about those three types of learning. As we turn it over to thought exchange, shannon, and she will talk to us about our next input and question. Interpreter [speaking spanish] thank you, dr. Matthews. Im going to explain the instructions again just in case folks are joining us late. Interpreter [speaking spanish] so participating in the thought exchange is very simple. Once you join, youll be asked a few demographic questions. Interpreter [speaking spanish] then youll be able to share your questions and suggestions with the district. Interpreter [speaking spanish] next, youll be able to rate and consider the thoughts of others on a scale of 1 to 5. One star means you do not agree with the thought or its not important to you. Interpreter [speaking spanish] and five stars means that thought is very important to you, or that you strongly agree with it. Interpreter [speaking spanish] to join the exchange, you can use your phone to scan the q. R. Code. Interpreter [speaking spanish] or you can open up a new tab in your browser and go to tejoin. Com and enter the ninedigit code on your screen. Interpreter [speaking spanish] and now im going to start the timer and i will give everyone four minutes to participate in the exchange. Interpreter [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish]. If you have not joined the exchange and would still like to participate, you can go to tejoin. Com and enter this ninedigit code. I forgot to say that the exchange will open in english, but you can select the dropdown menu to select the language of your choice. Interpreter [speaking spanish] [music playing] [music playing] so at this point, if you have not finished sharing thoughts, please do so now and move on to the star step. Interpreter [speaking spanish] im going to wait 30 more seconds before i move on and pass it back over to dr. Matthews. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews are we ready . Just about. Thank you, everyone, very much for participating. Interpreter [speaking spanish] we have 281 participants. 242 thoughts right now. And over 1500 ratings 1600. Interpreter [speaking spanish] so im now going to close the exchange, but it will be reopened after this meeting so that you can continue to participate. There will be a link provided on the district website. Interpreter [speaking spanish] okay, now ill pass it back over to you, dr. Matthews, to address the top thoughts. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews thank you. So the first thought is that we have small classrooms, not enough space for distance of six feet between students. Classrooms are small. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews so this is accurate. If we were to bring all students back, all 56,000, we would not have enough classroom space to make sure there is six feet between every student. Interpreter [speaking spanish] so were definitely taking this into consideration in regards to the recommendation that we bring to the board. Interpreter [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] you want me to translate for you, dr. Matthews . Superintendent matthews im sure were in line [laughter]. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews so heres one. It says how come teachers will take care of the students health, their discipline and how theyre going to teach them. They are already loaded with work. Superintendent matthews so we wouldnt expect a teacher to have to take care of a students health. Why dont you start with that. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews if the plan that we prepare for the board calls for students to return in some way interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews its going to be critically important that as nurse worth said, that if students are sick, they need to remain home. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews and our expectation is that wed all have to be in this together and monitor each other and follow protocols for each other and take care of each other, but we wouldnt expect a teacher to take care of a student. Interpreter [speaking spanish] s ms. Lopez [speaking spanish] ms. Lopez [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews we do need to include the expert theyre going to be working with us a long way to work with the district. So the expert they know in order to provide ways to help the community within. Next one. Superintendent matthews people with asthma are considered high risk, there are many kids with asthma, will there be nurses on every campus . Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews chief smith, do you want to take this one . Yes, thank you, dr. Matthews. Currently in the School District we have 60 nurses that are at different schools so we dont have a nurse at every school. If we were to open all of our schools at the same time, this will be something that we look at in interpreter im sorry, i need to translate. Im sorry. Interpreter dont worry. [speaking spanish] you can continue, please. So well be looking at that as one of the variables in deciding how we can welcome students back safely. Interpreter [speaking spanish] and this is also why it is important as dr. Matthews talked about and nurse worth mentioned, the protocols on symptom checking and making sure that people who are sick stay home. Interpreter [speaking spanish] did you want to add anything, nurse worth . Interpreter [speaking spanish] you guys covered it great. In the interest of time, we can continue. Interpreter [speaking spanish] how can you avoid that the students keep contact . I think it will be a lot of responsibility for the teachers. Superintendent matthews great question. So a big part of it please recognize that we dont we have not made a recommendation to the board. Your questions are also helping us determine what the recommendation will be. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews and this goes into our consideration just like the question of the sixfeet distance, as well as the question about the nurse. All of this goes into our consideration, is this going to be possible to do . Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews if we believe there are too many constraints or concerns, then our recommendation will lean towards much more towards Distance Learning. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews a big part of any recommendation, though, especially regarding students returning will depend upon students monitoring themselves. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews as well as the adults monitoring and reminding. Interpreter [speaking spanish] next question. How will the teachers take care of the students . Superintendent matthews this is similar to the one we had before, so. Interpreter [speaking spanish] what happens if my daughter gets superintendent matthews can you say it again. I wouldnt like that my daughter gets sick. Superintendent matthews we agree. We wouldnt like that either. Thats why were definitely thinking about and safety is a priority for us as were considering the recommendation for the board. Interpreter [speaking spanish] children will be in masks all day. How will they handle k3. Kids have a hard time keeping hands to themselves. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews let me start with nurse worth. If you can talk about the recommendation around the younger grades and masks from the department of Public Health. And then well talk about from those aspects of the monitoring. Interpreter [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] it is such a good tool for helping to prevent the transmission of covid19 that it is required for all children. Superintendent matthews one more question about this. We know in some counties they have said the younger i guess, how is the determination made . For example, i know santa clara said the younger children dont. Im just trying to understand the science. Interpreter [speaking spanish] so our Health Officer with his panel of Health Experts from the department of Public Health, many of whom are at ucsf, they look at the evidence to look at what evidence is there currently to support the recommendations . Interpreter [speaking spanish] so they are making the most evidencebased recommendation based on the evidence we have right now which is, were still very new this in in this pandemic. Interpreter [speaking spanish] in terms of k3 having a hard time keeping their hands to themselves interpreter [speaking spanish] thats taken into consideration. And that is why the recommendations for stable cohorts is so strong. Interpreter [speaking spanish] we expect children to be children. We understand that while required it is still hard for them to be compliant with the recommendation. Interpreter [speaking spanish] having stable cohorts will help to stop the transmission. Interpreter [speaking spanish] back to dr. Matthews. Superintendent matthews thank you. I wanted to do one question that i saw earlier and it is a question, we need to know what the plan is so we can begin to make plans. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews i wanted to take a moment to talk about next steps. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews so we will be taking all of this information interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews it will be shared with our work groups that i talked about earlier. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews as well as other recommendations and guidelines and all of the data that we have. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews and we will be making a recommendation to the board. We will be giving the board a plan. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews the plan is supposed to go to the board on july 28th. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews but we realize that is less than three weeks before august 17. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews or about three weeks. So we realize this isnt much time before the start of school. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews so this tuesday we will be making a recommendation, or telling the board this is where we believe were leaning. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews we believe this will give the board, and if the board agrees with our direction, it will give the community and our Teaching Staff more time to begin to plan for that direction. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews so for a Board Meeting on tuesday, it means we post the documents for the meeting on friday. Tomorrow. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews normally, this would be posted and youd have to go through our sometimes cumbersome documents to get to the recommendation. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews but in this case, because there is such interest in what were doing, this will be on the front page of our website. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews it will be available after 5 00 p. M. Tomorrow. And this will give you a sense of a great sense of the direction the recommendation we will be making to the board. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews i hope that answers that question. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews and now were turning it over to Vice President lopez. Ms. Lopez [speaking spanish] thank you. Im actually not going to have this part translated because i think weve been spending a lot of time doing both. So [speaking spanish]. [speaking spanish] ms. Lopez [speaking spanish]. [speaking spanish]. [speaking spanish] dr. Matthews, if there is anything else youd like this add before we end. Superintendent matthews just a big thank you to all of our parents and families who are here tonight. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews there is no more important place for you to be tonight than at a discussion that involves your children. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews so i just deeply appreciate, as superintendent, your taking the time to share your thoughts with us which will absolutely be used in determining the recommendation we make to the board. Interpreter [speaking spanish] superintendent matthews now i turn it back to the hands of Vice President lopez. As a thank you. Ms. Lopez [speaking spanish]. Welcome to the july 13th, 2020 meeting of the rules committee. Im chair of the committee. With me on the Video Conference is rules Committee Vice chair captain stephanie and rules Committee Member supervisor gordon mar and we are joined by supervisor matt hainey. I would like to thank sf gov tv for staffing this meeting. Are there any announcements . Yes, thes. The legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. Committee members will attend and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Pren