Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Budget And Finance Committee 20240712

Especially during this local emergency. If you need assistance with Small Business matters, continue to reach out to the office of Small Business. Item 7, adjournment. Action items. Adjourn. Do we have a motion to adjourn the meeting . By commissioner ortiz. Seconded by commissioner dulie. [ roll call ]. Motion passes. The meeting is adjourned. Thanks, everybody. Thank you. We will see you next week. Yeah, see you next time. Yeah. [ ] good morning, everyone, the meeting will come to order. This is the september 30, 2020, rescheduled budget and finance Committee Meeting. Im sandra lee fewer. Im joined by Shamar Walton and ra rafael mandelman. I would like to thank kaleena from s. F. Government for broadcasting this hearing. Members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the various local, state, and federal orders. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the extent as if they are physically present. Public comment will be available on each item. We are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunities to speak during Public Comment period are available by 415. [inaudible] when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion, but you will be muted. When youre 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 television or radio. You can make Public Comment by an email to myself indescernable . If you submit Public Comment via email, it will be forwarded to the supervisors. Finally, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda indescernable . Chairwoman thank you very much, can you please call item one. Item one, resolution authorizing the lease of Real Property indescernable . For an additional 25 year term, with an adjustment of 3 with one fiveyear option system to commence upon board approval and mayor. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comments should call if you havent already done so, please dial star 3to speak, a system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand. Chairwoman thank you very much, madam clerk. Colleagues, you may remember we continued this item from last week. This is concerning a lease at 20 Petroleum Incorporated at 598 petroleum drive. This is a long time, Small Business, independentlyowned gas station. And last week i believe that we heard the b. L. M. Report and we had discussion on it. And after we had discussion, i think i brought up some issues around could we actually build Affordable Housing on it. And supervisor mandelman brought up some points on our dependence on fossil fuels and the commitment of california and San Francisco, actually, to go electric and hopefully eliminate fossil fuels, which are killing our environment. Ive had discussions during the week. I just want let everybody know i had discussions during the week with president yee. I understand that this was a compromise that was struck between the department of real estate and also the property and the leasee, and i see president yee, who actually was trying to get on earlier, and had a little trouble, has joined us now. And so i am ready to have restart this conversation or continue the discussion, actually, about this piece of property that is being about this piece of being used as a gas stationp and thastation and hasd as a gas station for a very long time. I see nobody is in the cue, so i wanted oh, president yee, is that okay, supervisor mandelman, that president yee speaks . Thank you very much. President yee, you have the floor. Good morning. Im part of the budget discussion. I cant even get on the thing anymore. [laughter] good morning, and i hope you all had a good night sleep. I actually wanted to make a couple of comments about this particular item. And i want to say that one of the reasons why im here today to speak up is that it has been a fixture for the community for quite a long time. The business owner, michael gareb, has been operating this particular auto care station for decades now. And it is really a fiber of the community. The a few years ago, when there was some issues to where michael had to make some adjustments at twin peaks auto cure, the Community Came out very strongly in saying this business here is something that has been here for a long time. He contributes to the community, sponsoring movie nights, and so forth. So he is not a businessman that is just here for a few years and decided to make some money and leave our community. And after all, he is a legacy business. And i spoke to him recently. And i said, ive known you for a while, and ive known that you have already made some compromises from the original lease that you were asking for, and that now the question i have for you, michael, is, as you know, these are evolving, and it might not be next year, but certainly in the future, that the type of automobiles automobiles will not go away, lets face it. Maybe there will be more people using mass transit and more people taking bikes or riding bikes but the automobile by itself is not going to disappear. So i asked him, what are you predicting in the future . And his response was, you know, im here to make a business run. And if something is not needed, im not going to keep on pushing it. I will make my adjustments. And i said, well, does it mean if there is no need, you know if nobody is buying gasoline, are you going to sell gasoline . And he was, like, no. At some point with whatever the automobiles need, whether it is electric or biofuel, he made the commitment to me that he will make that adjustment. And i believe it because he has been there for so long. When you talk about businesses, if the demand isnt there for a product, there is nothing to sell. So to me, i make this sort of conclusion that if youre going to if there is still a need, maybe there is less of a need in 10 years or 15 years or 20 years for gasoline itself, and we drive everything out of San Francisco as you know, weve done that before we drive somewhere else, which means were going to waste more gas getting to the places, and my prediction is there are going to be other gas stations in San Francisco. Youve seen it. You have lived here long enough, that the number of gas stations have been reduced over and over and over again. And it is sort of a natural sort of extinction in terms of trying to sell gas. There is just not that demand. So, number one, he has been there for a long time. Number two, he wants to stay in business and serve the community, whether it is continuing to do the repairs that they do over there, or whether he needs to switch over to some other form of energy. And so thats im really going out to bat for him because he again, if it was somebody i didnt know, that has been in the community for a long time i dont know how many employees he has, but i go over there once in a while, and i see different people working. And i ask them them maybe not at this time, but a couple years ago, i asked them where are you getting work, and they pretty much all live around here. I appreciate that, and the community appreciates that. And i hope you will honor what is it, the agreement . For this auto care as with the city. And im pretty sure that most of you are familiar with that property. It is a sliver that runs along probably the worst intersection that you would think of in terms of pedestrian. ,00there are cars that shoot through there, and there are about 10 signals going in different directions. And it is not connected to dl over there. It is actually just land in between this. So it is not a continuous type of thing. And, um, ill just leave it at that. I guess im here to just support it. And i hope that you will also send a positive recommendation. Thank you. Chairwoman thank you, president yee. Supervisor mandelman. Thank you, chair fewer, and thank you president yee. I regret having the additional time to think about this lease. But last week when we talked about it, i expressed, and have generalized heartburn, about the idea of entering into a lease potentially for a gas station to stay on there for a potential 25 years. I did point out that this lease does not require it to be used as a gas station. There is car repair, and there is potential for alternative clean fuel, there is a grocery store, a car wash, so there are a lot of things that can happen on this property that are not the sale of fossil fuel. But following up on that hearing last week, i did feel like i needed to better understand what policies the city has already adopted, what weve already committed to, and what our vision of getting to 100 Renewal Energy is over the next decade. So i reached out to our friends at the department of environment, and they reminded me that, you know, last year this board heard the focus 2030 report, which was in response to the Climate Emergency resolution we did. And that report pretty clearly calls for it does call for 25 of all private cars and trucks to be electric by 2030 in San Francisco, and 100 by 2040. Thats the way we get to, you know, not having fossil fuel emissions from cars by 2040, and get to being a zero emission city by 2050. And then also there is the mayors electric vehicle roadmap, which was i dont think it has been heard by this board, but, again, it kind of shows the path to how do we get to a point where we are not continuing to put fossil fuel and gas emissions out into the atmosphere . And in that document, again, consistent with the Climate Emergency resolutions, says all transportation from points starting in San Francisco, our goal that we have and that the mayor has said, those trips have to be emissionfree by 2040. So at a time when, you know, we have clear evidence of Climate Change, when the sun didnt rise two weeks ago, when we see the fires burning, and i think a lot of people have anxiety that our timeframes are too long, and that if it takes us until 2040 to get there, that we should be even more aggressive than that. I dont think i can support a lease that on public land contemplates the sale of fossil fuel past the goals that we have set. And i dont think we can rely on the market to solve this. I think we have to send the direction to the market to change behavior. So for me, at the very least, i would think that we should put in a prohibition, this 25year lease, and it could go to 2050. We should be clear that fossil fuels cant be sold on this property past 2040, recognizing that this isnt a giant oil company. This is a small local business, a legacy business, a good actor in the community. I hear all of the points that president yee raised, which is why im not saying we shouldnt, you know, renew the lease, but i just dont think i can support doing it in a way that will cause us to violate our own climate goals that weve established. So i dont know if that works. I dont know if that is something that other members of this board or president yee want to contemplate. I wont i could vote to send this to the full board without committee recommendation, but i probably cant support this lease the way it is currently presented. Chairwoman thank you very much. Supervisor walton. Thank you so much, chair fewer, and thank you for coming on this morning, president yee. I definitely, 100 appreciate supervisor mandelmans comments. Obviously this is something with talked about, and this is why we have the robust discussion about the item. I think from my standpoint, one of the things that made me okay with supporting the lease is because were talking about a lease that does not guarantee that this would be a gas station for the duration of the lease. And, in fact, there is a commitment from the owner that if the Business Model needs to change, if the Business Needs to change, thats something that they have they will adapt to. And i think that part is important to note. I also do agree with supervisor mandelman in terms of our commitment as a city, and where we stated we want to go in terms of zero fuel by 2040, and alternative fuels and electric cars, and obviously this lease does not extend to that far out. But im wondering, is there an opportunity to include a commitment that supervisor mandelman is asking for in terms of making sure that we dont do anything past that time period with this site that would be counter to our environmental goals . I think that is something that is not too much to ask. But a also want to note that as we continue to have this conversation, i am okay, like supervisor mandelman, if we did forward this without recommendation. But i do want to keep in mind that president yee and the community, the surrounding community, is supportive of this legacy business. They employ people. Tea dthey do not have a service like this in proximity. And were all weaning away from, obviously, using gas, but there is a reality of how people get around right now, and making sure we do accommodate the residents in this city that rely on certain means as we continue to do better for the environment. So i think that it is totally appropriate to have some type of provision that states past this time period, we will no longer allow and accept this use at the site. Even though this lease does not go to 2040, i think making that commitment solid and putting it in writing and documenting it is something that is important. I do agree with supervisor mandelman on that point. Chairwoman okay. Thank you, supervisor walton. I think what im hearing from our colleagues is that theyre not comfortable voting for this with a positive recommendation in this form. That they are open, actually, to maybe some changes in the lease in and around the agreement. And maybe the timeframe, and so im going to suggest that we would maybe send this to the committee i mean out of Committee Without a recommendation and allow the full board to have discussion on it. You know, personally, my questions about this were really about building Affordable Housing on that site, and whether or not that site but i have also been in touch with supervisor yees office and understand deeply how that site is configured, and there is another jurisdiction that actually owns the back of the site, but i thought we own the whole thing, but we dont own the whole thing. So im thinking of Juvenile Hall, and one big thing, but, actually, i think it is much more complicated than that. Lets open this up for Public Comment before we have a vote. Operation is checking to see if there are any callers in the cue. Operator, let us know if there are callers. If you have not done so, please press star 3. Please let us know if there are any callers who wish to comment on this item. There are currently 11 callers in the cue. Ill cue the first caller. Chairwoman thank you. Caller hi. Im calling for item number two. Chairwoman okay. Please stay and the cue. Madam clerk, can you give instructions. Yes. Thank you for calling. If you could please press star 3 to lower your hand whe. When item number two comes up, you can press star 3 then to be added to the cue. Next speaker, please. Caller hi. Good morning, everyone, and thanks for having this hearing today. My name is ed parlan. And im a resident of supervisor mandelmans district, and ive lived in the city for 12 years. I drive, bike, walk, take transit in the city all of the time. And im a parent to two small kids. Im calling in to oppose extending this lease for renewing this lease for another 25 years. I think in light of the citys commitment, stated commitments, to declaring a Climate Emergency, to divesting from fossil fuels and so on, engaging in a lease that not only fossil fuelsconsuming use, but also represents new investments in that use on public land because of the new storage tanks that would be replacing the current storage tanks, such as a new investment in the fossil fuelemitting use is not in creeping with what the board has done. It is not in keeping with really believing there is a Climate Emergency, the you have a limited amount of time to act on. It is not even in keeping with the efforts of the state to stop selling fossil fuelconsuming cars by 2035, which is long before the end of this lease, especially with the extra fiveyear option. In terms of this location, it is public land that is walkable, and it serves two bus lines, it is connected to two bart stations, it is im sure it is as challenging as any other, but it is not exceptionally strange in the city. And im someone who has worked on Affordable Housing in the city, and this is a site that we have much better uses for. I urge to have at least have a lease term that reflects the urgency of banning fossil fuels. Thank you. Chairwoman thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hello. My name is christopher peterson. Im a resident of district 7, and i completely agree with the prior speaker. This the city is facing an Affordable Housing crisis, and the world is facing a climate calamity. So it really is astonishing that the city is seriously considering a 25year extension of a lease for this fossil fuel dispensary. You know, it is a proposed compromise of phasing out the sale of fossil fuels in 20 years, which is simply unacceptable. The sale the governor has initiated a process for the sale of fossilfuel cars by 2035. So if the city is serious about addressing the Affordable Housing crisis and the Climate Crisis, please deny this proposed lease extension and instead commence the process for building Affordable Housing on the site. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hi, my name is matt razina, and im a resident of mandelmans district 8, and im the parent of two Young Children who are going to bear the brunt of Climate Change. Youre not just deciding to extend the lease today; youre deciding to invest in new fossil fuel infrastructure. The new storage tank will need to be installed by 2025. Thats on conscionable. I cant believe that i have to spend my morning calling in to defend our citys values and defend my childrens future on this planet. I will remind you, also, that the effects of Climate Change are borne by our lowest income citizens and disproportion natoldisproportionately affect minorities. Im urging you to live up to our values that you talk about in news articles. This is public land that you govern. This is exactly how you can make a change to Climate Change. No new oil infrastructure. No new oil storage tank. End fossil fuels on this land when this ends in 2025. I want to put an image in your mind of a bunch of parents and Community Members, Holding Hands on a day of 115 or 120, and well be wearing our n95 masks, and well ask epof our board of supervisor members, do you support fossil fuel with the use of our public land in San Francisco . Instead, it should be used for other uses, like Supportive Services, Affordable Housing, even electric carcharging stations, but do not lease public land to fossil fuel companies in the year of 2020. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hi. My name is willie. I live in supervisor mandelmans district, and i dont want to breathe bad air until 2040. 20 more years of fossil fuel is 20 years too long. We cant ask the market to address the fossil fuel created by the Climate Crisis. The air quality outside is not good. [inaudible] it will better serve all residents in San Francisco by Affordable Housing. There are at least two gas stations less than a mile down the road. Please do not renew this lease. Thank you. I yield my time. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller good morning, supervisors. My name is george wooding. I live in direct 7. In 2050, there will be, like, three billion vehicles on the road world up, up from a billion now. At least half of them will be powered by internal combustion engines using petroleumbased fuels. Alternative fuel vehicles will grow at a fast rate, but the majority of vehicles will still be powered by gasoline. San francisco is not an island currently. Less than 15 of Greenhouse Gas emissions, when you separate them from diesel trucks, present any form of Greenhouse Gas emissions. I fully recommend that this lease go through. It has been negotiated for over a year. And it should go through. Its been supported all the way along the line until it met this committee. According to the Energy Information administration and the Energy Outlook of 2018, sales of new electric, plugin hybrid vehicles are expected to jump to 90 of vehicle sales in 2050, compared to just 20 in 2017. It is estimated to drop from 95 to indescernable . San francisco is kidding themselves. There are all kinds of forms of fuel use. The owner has to have, if he is going to put the tanks in, a lease that has some length in it so he can a amortize the value of what he is doing. The time has expired. Thank you for your comments, sir. Next speaker, please. Caller hi there. My name is patrick, and im a resident of San Francisco, and ive lived in the city for more than a decade. Im calling asking that the Committee Reject the proposal and not approve the extension of the lease. As the callers have noted, we have aggressive climate goals, and we need to make them more aggressive. Investing in fossil fuels is not the path we should be going down. There are five other gas stations within a fiveminute drive of this gas station, so the neighborhood is well seived bwellserved by fossil fuels already, probably way too much. I would support the city using this public land that we collectively own for a higher use, like Affordable Housing, a school, something more productive than a gas station. So please do not renew this lease with a gas station owner. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller good morning. My name is shante. Im a resident and an organizer. Im calling in to oppose the lease renewal and ask you to build social housing on this site, which many of us are fighting for at the ballot right this very moment. We keep talking about how public land is pressure, and we keep complaining that other proposals are not affordable enough on our public land. We talk about 2030 as our absolute climate deadline to keep San Francisco and the planet fossilfree. Many wont be able to afford marketrate housing for decades. We just closed down Juvenile Hall, and thank you to the supervisors who voted yes on that. And there are san franciscans who also disproportionately cannot aafford market housing. It is an Economic Justice issue. It is a Racial Justice issue. And its a housing justice issue to build low Income Housing on this site. We own enough, and we can explore acquisition. We closed out Juvenile Hall, and when a muni station is a 10minute walk away. Lets just let this gas station through, etc. , etc. , but every time we do this, were kicking the can down the road for all of these things, all of these issues we claim we care about, and all of thise these things, like social housing, Affordable Housing, and climate justice, we keep kicking the can down the road and we have to stop. Stop. Thank you for your comments. Next caller. Caller hi, im eric, and i live in district 8. Yeah, like a year and a half ago, we declared a Climate Emergency. And supervisor mandelman said that Climate Crisis possess a serious threat for the wellbeing of san franciscans and it the environment. I think this site could be much better used as a transit socialized housing area, near the 44 and the 48. It is very accessible to transit. Since the city owns it, it would be a great place to build socialized housing. We dont know anymore fossil fuel structures in our city. Please do not extend the gas station lease. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hi, supervisors. My name is dan deutsche, and im a resident and renter in direct 8. And im calling to oppose extending this lease. I agree with what everybody has said so far, which is that were in a Climate Emergency, and also a housing shortage. And this should be, um, obviously housing, especially given the fact that 10 minutes away from the muni metro station, and it would be the Perfect Place for socialized housing. If you look at the data on this, according to a berkeley study, the number one thing that local politicians can do to reduce Carbon Emissions in San Francisco is to build more urban housing, and this is exactly where that urban infill housing should be. If you look at the data again, the number one source of Carbon Emissions in california is transportation and automobile emissions. And the fact that were further entrenching this process with the fossil fuel infrastructure, frankly, makes no sense and runs counter to everything that i expect my progressive legislators on the board of supervisors to stand for. So please reject it. Build more housing instead. And further upzone this area of west portal and port where there are singlefamily homes with garages, where there should be dense apartments, where you can take muni and get there in 10 or 15 minutes. It really makes no sense. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller good morning, supervisors. This is tom, executive director of the livable city. On behalf of livable city and its members, were urging you to reject this lease for a gas station for decades, and instead use this land for Affordable Housing. Five years ago, we, the people of the city, passed proposition k, which says if there is surplus city land, and it is not needed for a public purpose, that land should be prioritized for Public Housing. You have an opportunity now to address our housing crisis. But our housing crisis has only got worse since 2015. We need you to use every bit of public land wisely. This site, according the a cityzoned assessment could accommodate about two dozen units of a Affordable Housing. So its not only important for housing, as many of the speakers have talked about, but also for climate. This automobile lease should be a thing of the past. There are plenty of gas stations in the city. And this is the only one i know of on public land. And you should address this Climate Emergency now. Changing the use of this site, evaluating houg for housig for it, we think is in line with it. And supervisor yee, his statement this is kind of a dangerous intersection isnt appropriate there. Im sorry, i have a lot of dangerous intersections where i live. The solution is not to ban housing; the solution is to make the intersection safe. So you all signed on to zero recommendation, and so lets build housing near trans ci let transit. And this is a huge opportunity. [buzzer] the speakers time has expired. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hi. My name is stacey, and im a 20year resident of San Francisco and a homeowner with two kids in district 10. And i am concerned about the state of the city and our planet. Just like i was last night when i gave comments. When i woke up today, i checked the air quality, and sure enough, i had to close the windows and turn on the air filters because were creeping towards 100. And were past that now. The smoke from the glass fire is upon us. Since i spoke to you all last night, another 5,000 acres have burned for a total of 48,440, and the fire is at 2 containment. You know were going to reach four million acres burned in this state in no time. Before our typical fire season starts. The cause of this and the other devastating fires is due to unusual weather caused by Climate Change. Climate change is caused by Greenhouse Gases. And the largest contributor is by the combustion of fossil fuels to transport people and goods. I believe you all know this, but i want to remind of what you resolved nearly 18 months ago. Whereas throughout the united states, low income communities have been on the front line of longstanding environmental injustices, and borne the brunt. And the state of california is already suffering impacts of Climate Change in the form of jobs, air pollution, and these impacts will grow more severe if global Greenhouse Gases are not stopped. Adding additional pressure to the bay areas affordability crisis. And, whereas, to stay within indescernable . And as a city on a rapid growth trajectory, you have an obligation to lead by example. There is nowhere in there that says we should be supporting [buzzer] the speakers time is up. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hello. Can you hear me . Yes, we can hear you. Caller hello. Okay. My name is sarah greenwald, and im a San Francisco resident. And i volunteer with the 350 San Francisco and the San Francisco Climate Emergency coalition. And i greatly support the idea that if for any reason the lease is extended for whatever period of time you select, that the lease be amended to ensure that one or more e. D. Charges will be installed asap, and more as the contemporary technology will allow thats how they usually say it. Incentives are available. It really should not be that much of a problem, anyway, and it will allow this nation to continue to thrive as we meet the state requirement, and as people have been saying, the climates urgent need, and San Franciscos resolution to phase out gasoline use. And i am glad you and pretty much everybody does not want fossil fuels there. And there are very strong cases that have been made for alternative uses of this land. But i heard a comment about verbal commitments to use the land differently, to phase out this. And i would put that right in the lease. It may seem like pro forma now, but as a former tenant, get it in the lease. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Scawrm caller hello. My name is javier, and im an organizer in San Francisco. And i live in direct 9. And i want to say i want to express that i want the city to reject this lease and to actually be creative as city officials and legislators. Were talking about renewing a lease for a gas station during multiple crises of public health, and environmental, for sure. Which is why we have masks on, for not only covid19 and the pandemic, but for the forest fires. And so San Francisco is supposed to be the beacon of california in the nation for battling disasterous effects of Climate Change. But the fact that were even talking about this right now is not only political on our part as a city, but absolute climate denial. What i mean by getting creative with legislators is, use what we have. Social housing is on the ballot, and we must pass that and other 100 Affordable Housing can go on public land. We need health centers, and that is in the process of implementation. And we need to house people, instead of throwing them in jail, who are lowincome communities of color disproportionately. Im asking you, once again, reject this lease, and live up to San Franciscos expressed values and take climate seriously. Thank you. Have a good day. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hello. Im a volunteer with the proposition campaign. And im calling in to voice my opposition to extend your lease. 18 months ago, we declared a Climate Emergency. I live in district 8. The Climate Crisis causes a threat to the health of San Francisco, its inhabitants and its environment. And today the board is considering allowing a fossil fuel business to continue on public land for the next 30years. The board of supervisors voted 10 to 1 to close the juvenile center. This is a unique opportunity to secure this land for social housing in a highopportunity area for families for decades to come. This publiclyowned land is in a highly transit location, ad jaipt t adjacent t4 and 48, and a short walk from the metro station. [audio is breaking up] in the face of Climate Change, we must invest in our neighborhoods. We support public land for the benefit of our people. It is truly unconscionable that just a few weeks ago, we had an orange sky in San Francisco. And you all are still considering having gas stations in the city. In addition, you all voted to put proposition k on the ballot. I got signatures to get them on the ballot. The land is public. It should be 100 Affordable Housing because it is on public land. It would be a great spot. We need to look at everything we do with our Public Resources to make sure were fully respecting [buzzer] your time has expired. Thank you for your comments, sir. Next speaker, please. Caller hi there. My name is robin cutner, and i live in district 8. I also serve on the board of livable cities. I oppose extending the gas station lease. I was very proud when my supervisor, ra rafael mandelman, acknowledged that our fossil fuel alliance is putting us on a slow decline. The entire board of supervisors signed on to this resolution. Our neighbors in the greater bay area are evacuating from wildfires every fall. Today in San Francisco, we are breathing toxic air. This is all preventable. Lets take concrete action to prevent this and be the beacon of sustainability that the whole world thinks we are. San francisco has no business entrenching fossil fuel structure on public land for so many more decades. Im not saying we need to ban cars tomorrow, but we need to make good on our promise to phase out fossil fuel combustion. Public land should serve the public in a positive way. One gait use of this public lant woul land would be o build Affordable Housing on this site. Im proud to listen to passionate opposition to this gas station by all but one of the Public Commenters. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hi, my name is cliff barker. Im a member of the urban environmentalist action. Im calling to encourage the board not to renew this lease. It seems totally nuts to encourage the owner, as nice a guy as he seems to be, to make a huge in investment in continuing to sell fossil fuels at this publiclyowned site. Where have a finite amount of public land in San Francisco. And as other callers have noted, there are much better uses we can put it towards. I think putting social housing at this site, that is wellserved by great park space, would be a fantastic use of public space. It seems totally nuts that were considering extending a lease for this fossil fuel infrastructure when were living through one of the most visceral examples of the impending climate catastrophe. So as nice as the gas station owner is, please dont renew this lease. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hi. Im a San Francisco resident and an m. B. A. Action member. I strongly urge the city not to renew this land for a gas station. We have a gigantic housing crisis and Climate Crisis in california. What we do not have is a gas station crisis. The climate denial serves as a giveaway for polluting fossil fuel corporations. And given the recently signed ban on gas car sales in 2025. And the board of supervisors has passed resolution for declaring a Climate Emergency. They should build social housing on this land. Public land should be used for public good, and gas stations are not the public good. Thank you very much. Have a wonderful day. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hi, my name is steve, and im calling in to voice my opposition to extend the lease for petroleum. As we all know, were facing a Climate Emergency, and a big contributor to this is the fact that folks drive such large distances to get to work because they cant afford to live near their jobs. These commutes are huge. And addition, they are a huge contributor to Greenhouse Gases. So please reject extending this lease. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. There are clearly four other speakers on the line. If you have not already done so, please dial star 3, and a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. Please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and then you can begin your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hi. My name is adam, and im a physician and a resident of district 6. I oppose renewing this lease. We have very few public land locations that are suitable for development, and we have plenty of gas stations. And im having trouble breathing and coughing going outside, and i think it is pretty clear what the right thing to do is. If youre going to do a shortterm lease extension while you request Public Housing on this, that would be reasonable. But a longterm gas station, not reasonable. Thanks. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hi. Good morning, im zach in district 6. Im a San Francisco native. I remember when twin Peaks Petroleum opened. But im calling to oppose the renewal, and urge the committee to stop and reconsider the best use of our public land, especially the opportunities that can become available with Juvenile Hall closing next door. Those who need gas can find it two minutes away. We in a Climate Emergency. The bay area is on fire, the area is hazardous. Tying up this land in a high Resource Area with a gas station for decades is not living up to our San Francisco values and the expressed view. The land should be used as social housing. I would like to echo speaker toms call, that if a supervisor knows of a, quote, bad intersection, he should be out there demanding it be made safe immediately. It is an intersection i have had to walk and bike many times. We should not have a single area in this city that is literally unlivable because of the presence of cars. Thats exactly the sort of thinking that leads to traffic death after traffic death and the toxic air we continue to wake up to day after day. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller good morning, supervisors, my name is sarah ogelvi, and i live in district 9 in San Francisco. Im calling in to oppose the renewal of this lease. As a member of San Francisco yembi, who organizes with them, we have be working hard to integrate social neighborhoods, and putting Affordable Housing in a spot like this is absolutely a nobrainer. On one of the rare days i was able to walk outside and enjoy a walk, i walked down the street, and i saw a Beautiful Mission housing structure on the corner of 16th and vannes, on what was a gas station previously, from what i recall in the past. I know building on top of gas stations is absolutely possible and we should do it in this transit rich and highly walkable neighborhood. Please do not seek to renew this lease and seek to fulfill the commitment that would be made by proposition k, which San Francisco yembi endorses, to build more social housing, build it abundantly, and build it on the few sites that we have, which would include this site. I think that the people that are suffering from housing insecurity right now, the people who cannot afford to live in San Francisco, these are the people who would benefit from seeing housing built here. And i know that that is on the top of the priorities for this board, and so i would like to see it be fulfilled by ending this lease and beginning the path to building Affordable Housing on this site. Thank you. [please stand by] made a good livelihood. This Business Needs to go. And indiscernible and the values are dying on the streets of San Francisco and they are discussing some business deal, you know, which, you know, which is mundane. And so many in San Francisco keep telling you all, change your mentality, change your values so it reflects what we need and not what yall need, making deals behind the scenes. Including the reservoir. Its come to haunt you all. You represent the people. We pay your salary. And there are some among you. Thank you very much. Clerk thank you, sir. Next speaker, please. Caller can you hear me . Clerk yes, we can hear you. Caller okay, thank you so much. My name is jay bane and im a Richmond District resident. Supervisor fewers d1 Richmond District. Our son has been going to the Elementary School since kindergarten and we spent a lot of time in that area on clairdon avenue and we never had to use that gas station. But when i have driven by i have frequently seen cars backed up and blocking the road to the gas station entrance. Fundamentally i think that theres a better use of this public property than gas when theres five other gas stations municipal gas stations nearby that offer better prices. I want to also ask the supervisor to check a couple of other resources, including pluggingamerica. Org which has a National Area of charging stations in the public and public domain. Theres no charging stations nearby this location and this would be an excellent number for charging stations for the public. And i also wanted to add that there are no bike share docking stations near here. This would be excellent for people to be able to have an electric bicycle or to pick up a charged one to ride down on the bike lane to downtown or out to the west side of the city. And, finally, i wanted to add that i checked the view for this station on yelp and on gasbuddy. Com. And i was surprised to find that there are numerous reports of credit card skimming, fraudulent charges on gas bills for customers, and also just numerous low ratings. Theyve got a two out of five star rating on yelp and they havent claimed or taken any responsibility for the customer issues that need to be resolved quickly. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller good morning, i am andrew bader, a district 4 resident and im a substitute teacher in the school district. I frequently teach at both schools on the location there. Both the academy and the school of the arts. I frequently observe vehicles entering and exiting that gas station parking lot with disregard for the safety of students entering and exiting the campus. Excuse me. I think that site would be much better used for housing, specifically for staff, or Public Employees of the city or students in the school district. I agree that it would be an excellent idea to add bike racks, dropoff racks. And any use in the future on that site is long term bad for students, bad for San Francisco and bad for the public. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments. Are there any other callers in the queue . That completes the queue. Chair fewer Public Comment for this item is now closed. So we have heard a lot from our supervisors. I just wanted to mention i just wanted to also mention that i think that when we talk about Affordable Housing being built on this piece of property that is probably many, many years in the making, considering this its such a small site. And you talk to Affordable Housing builders and they probably would not build on such a small site. However, theres still a lot of complications about some of the shared ownership around that site. So Affordable Housing might take a while. I would also say that, you know, i think that we should value a Small Business that has been in business, serving the community, for many, many, many years. I think that also that this is one of the last independent gas stations in San Francisco. Although i but i do appreciate i think the comments from my colleagues and also just the fact that it is true that we are phasing out fossil fuels and it is our responsibility also as a city. So i think that i would also like to make a motion to send this item to the full board without recommendation and have the full board have a full discussion about this and allow my colleagues to actually get some questions answered. But i would also like to have if president yee is going to go back and speak to the business owner, whether or not it would be a phaseout also of the previous gas station that is now doing all electric charging, and whether he could keep the profits from that to help to continue to run a Small Business, considering that if we dont renew the lease that would probably mean an empty site for decades to come. So it could be used for various i think purposes too. So i any colleagues want to make any comments or questions . No . I would like to ask the deputy City Attorney to go over some amendments that were on the table. And i wanted to just make sure that it was okay to move this to the full board without recommendations and actually to do the amendment at the full board meeting. Deputy City Attorney ann pearson that. Would be fine. These were intended just to clarify that this is actually a lease amendment and not a new lease. So you could make them here today or you could make them at the full board. Chair fewer thank you very much. And then id like to say also is that id like to remind people and the public that president yee has led the charge on vision zero. He himself is a victim of a very, very serious pedestrian collision. So he has been the one on the board that has been absolutely leading the work on vision zero so id like to give him great appreciation for that. I think that some of the people commented actually are not quite aware of his contribution towards vision zero and how hes led the charge on that and been the leader on this board, in fact, i think that this board will need to find a new leader to carry the work of vision zero for the city and county of San Francisco. Having said that id like to make a motion to move this to the full Committee Without recommendation. Could i please have a roll call vote. Clerk yes, on the motion [roll call] you have three ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. President yee for consideration. Chair fewer thank you president yee for joining us. Call item 2. Clerk item 2, the resolution approving the sheriff offices home detention and Electronic Monitoring Program rules and regulations and approving evidence of financial responsibility demonstrated by program administrator, sentinel offender services, l. L. C. , for fiscal year 20202021. The members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment should call 1 415 6550001. Meeting i. D. , 1467754813. Then press pound twice. If you have not already done so, please dial star, 3, to line up to speak. A system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand and wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. Chair fewer thank you very much, madam clerk. Colleagues, we continue this item from last week and there was no d. L. A. Report on this. We did have a discussion on it though i believe didnt we, madam clerk . But right now we have id like to give the floor to supervisor walton who actually had many questions and concerns about this item. So supervisor walton. Supervisor walton thank you so much, chair fewer, and thank you for allowing us to have further discussions on the Electronic Monitoring Program. You are correct, we did have some discussion on this issue before. There were a lot of questions and other information that the Sheriffs Department is bringing back. We will also have well hear from someone who will speak on electronic monitoring and other areas across the country. But i did want to just say before we start, was there any any questions or comments from my colleagues . If not, i think we will allow for the Sheriffs Department to speak first. Seeing none, mr. Holland, please use our shared services to make your presentation on the issues and concerns that was addressed previously. Thank you, supervisor. Thank you, supervisors. My name is crist an halls and im the c. F. O. For the Sheriffs Office and back after three weeks to talk about electronic monitoring. Let me share my screen. Okay, three weeks ago the california penal code requires that we present the rules and regulations, i. E. , the scope of services and the liability insurance. The scope of services has unchanged since the contract for electronic monitoring came before this body one year ago. But i would also like to just say thank you for your votes, this is a vote for our Data Management system that the Sheriffs Office is pursuing as recommended by the reenvisioning of the workload because this gave me yet another opportunity to experience the challenges of mining criminal justice data. But we have done that mining and we appreciate the additional two weeks that you gave us to collect that information. And my first slide just outlines the process by how people are assigned to electronic monitoring. And i wont go through the whole process map here, but suffice to say that this process involves multiple agencies who make up the citys criminal justice system. There are some time elements here, where the process was impacted by prerelease dates to happen no later than 18 hours after the person is booked into jail. Clerk were not able to view your slides. Oh. Well, it shows that i am screen sharing. Thats not showing . Chair fewer no, it isnt showing, mr. Holland. Madam clerk, can you assist with a copy of that presentation . Clerk unfortunately, i dont have a copy of the presentation. I could send a copy in that would help. Chair fewer if you were to send this to you, we could actually clerk just a moment to see if i can help to upload it. Just sent it to you. Clerk thank you. Supervisor walton supervisor fewer, should we continue now or move forward with other items on the agenda and come back . Chair fewer madam clerk, can we call item 3 while were getting that together . Clerk yes. Item three, ordinance waiving certain procurement and contracting requirements in chapters 6, 14b and 21 of the administrative code, as applied to the potrero yard Modernization Project to submit a developer to utilizing the best value Selection Process and provide that the city complete the review under the environmental act, with an agreement for a joint Development Services from certain contracting requirements and administrative code and the wages and implementation of our local District Enterprise due to the utilization project and the city have hiring ordinance. The members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item should call 1 415 6550001. Meeting i. D. , 1467754813. And then press pound twice. If you have not already done so, please do star 3 to lineup. Chair fewer supervisor walton, i believe that you want you have a request in to continue this item, is that correct . Supervisor walton correct. So i was going to ask, chair fewer, did you want to still hear the presentation . Chair fewer were going to continue this item. I think that we should probably not hear the presentation now because we hear so many presentations that i think that when this comes back well have to get refreshed anyway. And this is somewhat technical. So would you like to make a motion . Supervisor walton yes, and thank you, chair fewer, youre a life saver. Continue item 3 to the call of the chair. Its appropriate to address this issue and waiver after we pick a developer. Chair fewer thank you very much. Madam clerk, have a roll call vote. Clerk thank you, madam chair. Can we have Public Comment prior to doing the vote . Chair fewer please. Clerk operation, please let us know if there are any callers that are ready. If you have not done so, press star 3 to be added to the queue. For those on hold, and wait until you are unmuted. Let us know if theres any callers for item number 3. There are three callers in the queue. Chair fewer okay. Clerk good morning, caller. Hello, caller . Caller im sorry. Im trying to do on item 2. Clerk okay, please press star, 3, to lower your hand right now. Chair fewer next speaker, please. Madam chair, that completes the queue. Chair fewer Public Comment for item 3 is now closed. We have supervisor walton has made a motion to have a roll call vote, please. Clerk im sorry, madam chair, the motion is to continue this item to the next budget and finance meeting . Chair fewer to the call of the chair please. Clerk thank you. On the motion [roll call] you have three ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. Lets go back to item number 2. Do we have that powerpoint up . Clerk yes. Could you please share the screen for us . Right now its not letting me share the screen. Clerk we will have someone do that. Go ahead. Okay. Clerk we are not able to look at the slide as well. Perhaps that is not working. If you put it into a p. D. F. Format and try it after the next item. Chair fewer okay. Call item number 4. Clerk yes, madam chair. Item 4, resolution approving First Amendment to easement deed between the Koret Foundation and the city and amending the rights of the party to the 1907 with parcel 22, located between west orange avenue and southwood drive in south San Francisco, california, and authorizing the director of property and or the assessee general manager to execute the documents, make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of this resolution. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment to call 1 415 6550001. And meeting i. D. , 1467754813. And then press pound twice. If you have not already done so, please dial star, 3, to line up to speak. A system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand. Wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. Chair fewer thank you very much. Today we have with us ann and megan from the fspuc. The floor is yours. Chair fewer and supervisors walton and mandelman well, its not quite afternoon, good morning still, i guess. My name is tony royal and im the assistant real estate director at the p. U. C. And i am bringing before you today a Deed Amendment between the Koret Foundation as the interest in the city and county of San Franciscos grantee. Can i share i will share the there we go. Hold on a moment. Let me do a slideshow and then were ready. There we go. Chair fewer great. The property in question is depicted here in yellow. The little propeller development here that is korets adjacent apartment complex that ill be referring to. So the property is roughly an acre. Its part of parcel number 22 in south San Francisco. And it was acquired from the Spring Valley Water Company in 1930. At the same time the city acquired all of Spring Valley Water Companys water assets. And its when the city got into the water business. This particular parcel serves as a utility rightofway that connects with the city and county of San Francisco. But it also serves as an important part of the Koret Foundations adjacent Club View Apartment complex which is a marketrate housing complex that was built in 1964. And so a brief history as i mentioned the city purchased the property from Spring Valley Water Company in 1930. Subject to an original deed between Spring Valley Water Company and the Baden Company. Thats a very important distinction. It was overlooked in the past and its why were here today with this amendment. Continuing on with the background, in 1964, koret constructed the clubview apartments adjacent to the property. Thats the propeller project that i showed you earlier. So for decades the city leased the surface of the City Property to koret for clubviews landscaping, access, onsite circulation and parking. Because both koret and the city understood these rights to be in excess of the rights granted to koret under the deed. The problem was that the city and koret were both using the Spring Valley Water Company deed of 1930, and not the Baden Company deed of 1907. So why a Deed Amendment . Well, negotiating the lease with koret, the p. U. C. Took another look at this Spring Valley water deed. And this time noticed that there was reference to the fact that it was subject to the underlying baden deed. What we learned from that . We learned that all of the rights, except for parking, were part of the former lease, the rights under the former lease, were granted to koret under the baden deed. We learned that they like to use the surface and it was substantial. Most of the original 1907 deed spends also a bit of time talking about all of the things that koret can do on the surface of the property. And basically describes very little that the city can do on the surface of the property. In fact, ill just read and its covered in one sentence. It says that the city shall lease the surface of the property as nearly as possible in its present condition. Thats the 1907 condition. Where it was basically agricultural land. So basically oh, we did have the right excuse me to build an above ground trestle to convey water. That was never done. So basically the city isnt allowed to do much on the surface of the property. But we learned through this baden dead that cot koret can do much, and do everything they needed to do except to park. We concluded that it distribute make any sense to enter into another lease with koret and, instead, it made sense to amend the deed, grant koret the additional right to park. Its the only right they didnt have and in exchange for attaining the rights that are found in the citys more current real estate agreements. So to clarify, to make clear, the only new right that this amendment grants to koret is the right to park on the property. And the new rights granted to this city under this proposed amendment include improved access, the original deed talks about access but the amendment clarifies those rights. Importantly, the amendment provides the use of the City Property to the citys use as the utility rightofway and what that means basically is that if there was a competing use on the surface of the property, the city would prevail because the citys use, the current use, is considered subordinant to the citys use. And another important point is expressed contractual indemnification from koret, the original deed does not provide for ende inthis, and koret must indemnify the city in those circumstances. And it also created the the amendment creates greater protection of the new review and approval rights. The original deed just barely touched upon these rights. So this new amendment provides more robust language concerning that review. And, finally, in the event that theres a pipeline break at this section of the citys rightofway and the city found it necessary to damage korets improvements to get at that repair, perhaps damage their parking lot, the city under this new amendment would not be required to repair and restore the improvements to its original prerepair state. Now that summarizes the primary points of the amendment. But the p. U. C. Did then was engage in the services of an economic and landuse Consulting Firm called century urban to look at these rights exchanged in the amendment. Because we wanted to ensure that the city wasnt transferring net material value to koret. And century urban prepared the report, and they concluded in that report that no identifiable material net value is being transferred between the parties to the amended deed. And that is it. Are there any questions . Chair fewer let me ask my colleagues. Colleagues, any comments or questions at all for mr. Bardo . Seeing none, theres no i mean, theres no b. L. A. Report on this. And lets open this up for Public Comment, please. Clerk yes, madam chair. Operation is checking to see if theres callers in the queue. Operations, let us know if there are callers that are ready. If you have not already done so, press star, 3, to be added to the queue. For those already on hold, continue to wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted. Let us finish there are any callers to comment on item number 4 . Yes, i have one caller in the queue. Chair fewer okay. Caller, we are doing Public Comment on item number 4 now. Caller yes, item number 4. To participate in the deliberations and look at the agenda and understand the agenda and you are the corruption thats going on at sfpuc. I think that everything has to be put on hold, including this contraction. The supervisors think this is kind muc of a joke because nonef you have read the act. Under the act, the whole view of how sf the Water Department and then the sfpuc, how people are supposed to be operated. And then we get involved with all of these transactions, the quality, the golf courses, koret now, and so on and so forth. Let us hold put on hold this one agenda item, and im going to refer this to David Anderson who is doing the investigation. I dont want to make statements on this agenda item that are not really directly, but are indirect. And so we the taxpayers and me because i recommend the first people, and i know more about this situation. Put it on hold. And let the next general manager and let clerk thank you for your comments. Chair fewer thank you very much for your comments. Any other people in the queue . Madam chair, that completes the queue. Chair fewer thank you very much. I would like to make a motion to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. Can i have a roll call vote, please. Clerk on the motion [roll call] you have three ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. Where are we on item number 2 now . Clerk if you could please try sharing the p. D. F. Version of the powerpoint presentation. It looks like its coming up blank. Chair fewer lets move on to item number 5, please. Clerk yes, item 5, resolution authorizing the director of property to execute a quitclaim deed for the conveyance of Real Property by the city to the city of sunny vale commonly known as manzano way, assessors parcel block. And those who wish to provide Public Comment should call 1 415 6550001. Meeting i. D. , 1467754813. Then press pound twice. If you have not already done so, dial star, 3, to line up to speak. A system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand. Wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. Chair fewer thank you very much. And so today we have Rosanna Russell and, mr. Russell, you have the floor. Good afternoon, thank you very much for your time. Madam clerk, could you raise the powerpoint. Clerk yes. And could you go to the next section, please. Actually just go to the map. Thats probably the best for this presentation. Thank you. So, supervisors, the city and county of San Francisco under the p. U. C. Jurisdiction owns property in sunnyvale. Many years ago we issued a permit to the city of sunnyvale to use part of the property as a city street. And today we seek to transfer that property to sunnyvale in order to provide legal make the street legal and also to provide legal street access to our adjoining parcels on the right. We acquired this property in 1950 and have never used it for utility purposes. In this case we did not enter into a Competitive Bidding process under the administrative code because it was impractical and impossible. The street is currently used as a component of sunnyvale public road system so theres no other property, other than sunvale to whom the city may convey the street. On january 3rd of this year, the citys director of property determined that the fair market value of the property was zero. So an appraisal is not required under the administrative code. Sunnyvale has agreed to accept the conveyance of this street parcel by quick claim deed and if the Commission Approves this on february 11th. And today we just ask you to approve the same. Thank you very much. Im available for questions if you have them. Chair fewer thank you very much, any comments or questions from my colleagues . Supervisor walton. Supervisor walton thank you, chair fewer. I just have one question. Is there any benefit to San Francisco from this transfer . Yes. We will get legal Public Access to our adjoining parcels. We have two parcels of Residential Property that we put up for bid in 2018 and 2019. And we entered into a transaction with the highest bidder. Unfortunately, that fell through because of the pandemic. But by gaining legal Public Access when the economy recovers we will be able to sell the parcels for residential use. Supervisor walton thank you. Chair fewer thank you. No b. L. A. Report on this. Open this up for Public Comment, please. Clerk yes, madam chair. Operation is checking to see if there are any callers in the cue. Operations, please let us know if there are callers that are ready. If you have not already done so, press star, 3, to be added to the queue. For those on hold, wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted and if theres any callers that wish to comment on item number 5 . Yes, i have one caller in the queue. Chair fewer thank you very much. Hello, caller. Caller im still waiting for item 2. Chair fewer okay, thank you very much. Any other callers for item number 5 . Madam chair, that completes the queue. Chair fewer okay, Public Comment for item 5 is closed and i would like to make a motion to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. Could i have a roll call vote, please. Clerk yes, on the motion [roll call] you have three ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. Madam clerk, call item 6. Clerk item 6, resolution authorizing the port of San Francisco to accept and expend a grant in the amount of 297 how t,000how to from the san francio bay rest raitionz authority to fund phase 1 of the herons head park shoreline resilience project from october 2020, through december 2025. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment call 1 415 6550001. And meeting i. D. , 1467754813. Then press pound twice. If you have not already done so, please dial star, 3, to line up to speak. A system will indicate that you have raised your hand. Wait until you are indicated that you are unmuted and you may begin your comment. Chair fewer this is no b. L. A. Report on this. And the phase 1 and the mayor and supervisor walton are both sponsors of this. Supervisor, do you have any words to say on this . Supervisor walton i dont, chair fewer. Thank you. Chair fewer okay, thank you very much. We all love herons head park. And now we have karen and the guest from the port of San Francisco or just you miss bok . I think that boris is going to be manning the slideshow, i hope. Chair fewer thats great. But if not, i can probably man the slideshow and talk at the same time. Good morning, supervisors. Thank you for your time. Im carol bok, the Environmental Affairs manager. And im here today on behalf of the ports executive director Elaine Forbes who could not be here today. Im here to request your authorization to accept and expend grant funds from the San Francisco Restoration Authority for the port at herons head park. Lets see do we have a slideshow . It is loading currently, yes. It is loading. All right. Thank you. There it is. So next slide, boris. Herons head park in districts 10 is a 22acre park created by the port over 20 years ago. It has evolved over the past two decades to include the addition of the ecocenter in 2010, and expansion and improvements of the park in 2012. The port and the recreation and Parks Department partnered to provide environmental education, recreation, and other programs at the herons head park and in the ecocenter. Next slide. Over the past 20 years, herons head park has experienced significant erosion along its southern shoreline. Which has retreated up to 50 feet in some locations since 1999. And it has also experienced invasion by nonnative plants, resulting in a decreased size and decreased eclogical value of the tidal wetlands there. Without protection, herons head park is expected to lose approximately two acres over the next 30 years. Next slide. In response to this condition, the port has developed plans to construct a living shoreline and restore wetland habitat to mitigate the impacts of the erosion and nonnative species. In 2018, the port applied for a grant funds from the San Francisco bay Restoration Authority to fund these mitigations. San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority is a Regional Agency created to generate and to allocate funding for protection and enhancement of San Francisco bay habitat. The Restoration Authority manages funds generated by the clean and healthy bay measure a. A. That passed in june 2016. In july of 2020, the Restoration Authority governing board authorized award of 297,000 to the port to begin the first phase of the ports proposed wetland revegetation effort. Next slide, please. The Grant Agreement between the port and the San Francisco bay Restoration Authority requires the port to maintain the improvementments that well be making, which in this case is planted, for the duration of the sevenyear grant term. The scope of the grantfunded work includes maintenance. So were confident that well have the resources to meet that requirement. The grant requires us to indemnify the Restoration Authority and maintain specified insurance, and to acknowledge the San Francisco bay Restoration Authority and measure a. A. Funding for the project. We have a minor technical amendment to make to the resolution regarding the grant terms. On page 1, line 6, we need to strike 2025, and replace it with 2027, to reflect the corrected duration of the grant term. The grant that is subject to the resolution that is before you today will fund the first phase, so its the first two years of an overall fiveyear wetland revegetation effort. And it is a component of what will ultimately be a larger shoreline resilience project. The project to be funded today includes employment as youth representing southeast San Francisco, through a partner with literacy for environmental justice. Subsequent phases will include an additional three years of Habitat Restoration and ultimately construction of the living shoreline. Next slide. I think that we want maybe thats it. So in order to enable the port to begin growing plants needed for the proposed project, the port and Restoration Authority agreed to divide the larger scope of work that will ultimately be funded by the Restoration Authority into phases, beginning with this first two years of collecting, cultivating, planting and maintaining marsh plants. And that is the 297,000 grant that we are presenting today. So in conclusion, supervisors, we respectfully request your approval of the resolution to authorize the port to initiate phase one of the herons head park shoreline resilience project. And im happy to answer any questions that you may have. Thank you. Clerk madam chair chair fewer sorry, sorry. Any comments or questions from my colleagues . Seeing none, [echo] lets open this up for Public Comment. Clerk madam chair, operation is checking to see if theres any callers in the queue. Operations, please let us know if there are callers that are ready. If you have not already done so, press star, 3, to be added to the queue. For those already on hold, continue to wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted. Any callers who wish to comment on item number 6 . Madam chair, there are no callers in the queue. Chair fewer thank you very much. Public comment for item 6 is now closed. I would like to make a motion to move it to the board with a positive recommendation. Could i have a roll call vote. Clerk thank you, madam chair. And we would like to accept the technical amendments chair fewer id like to make a motion to approve the amendments. Can we have a roll call vote, please. Clerk on the motion [roll call] you have three ayes. Chair fewer thank you. Now supervisor walton, would you like to make this motion since its your item . Supervisor walton thank you so much, chair fewer. I move that we forward the resolution to the full board with a positive recommendation. Clerk as amended . Supervisor walton as amended. Chair fewer all right. Clerk on the motion [roll call] you have three ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. How are we doing on item number 2 . Clerk i believe that our i. T. Staff is checking on the p. D. F. Version of the presentation. Should we share the screen . Madam chair, i believe that it is best that we move on to the next item. Chair fewer item number 7 please. Clerk item 7, resolution retroactively authorizing the office the District Attorney to accept and expend an inkind gift estimated at 40,000 from Deloitte Consulting l. L. P. For Strategic Planning sessions from july 2020, through september 2020. And members of the public to provide Public Comment, 1 415 6550001. And meeting i. D. , 1467754813 and then press pound twice. If you have not done so, dial star 3 to line up to speak. And the system will indicate that you have raised your hand. Wait until the system indicates that you are unmuted and you may begin your comments. Chair fewer thank you very much. We have Tara Anderson from the District Attorneys office. Welcome, miss anderson, the floor is yours. Thank you so much, chair fewer and thank for sponsoring this item and for supervisors walton and mandelman. Ill be brief as i know that the agenda is long. But im happy to respond to any questions that you may have. What you have before you is a Technical Assistance inkind retroactive resolution valued at 40,000 for Technical Assistance provided by deloitte to align the highlevel future vision of the District Attorneys office, and mapping out the capability and the resources of the department relative to the incoming leadership. And sequencing any any operational changes that will be made to the organization as a result of that review. When theres a transition in leadership its common to have planning like this, in fact, several new elected d. A. S throughout the country have gone through a similar process. We are grateful, given the limited resources, that were able to get the inkind. Again, im happy to answer any questions that you may have. Chair fewer thank you very much, any comments or questions from my colleagues . There is no b. L. A. Report on this. And seeing no one in the queue, can we open this up for Public Comment, please. Clerk yes, madam chair. Operations is checking to see if theres callers in the queue. Let us know if there are callers that are ready. If you have not already done so, please press star, 3, to be added to the queue. For those already on hold continue to wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted. Let us know if there are any callers who wish to comment on item number 7. Madam chair, there are no callers in the queue. Chair fewer Public Comment for item number 7 is closed and i would like to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. Could i have a roll call vote, please. Clerk yes. On the motion [roll call] you have three ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. Madam clerk, call item number 8. Clerk resolution authorizing the issuance and sale and delivery of multiFamily Housing Revenue Bonds in one or more series in an aggregate principle amount not to exceed 33. 5 million, for the multifamily rental Housing Project at 53 colton street and approving those agreements. The member of the public who wish to provide Public Comment to this item should call 1 415 6550001. Meeting i. D. 1467754813. Then press pound twice. If you have not already done so, please dial star, 3, to line up to speak. A system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand. Wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. Chair fewer we have our presenters today. Miss glen, you have the floor. I think youre on mute. Sorry about that. Chair fewer no problem. Good afternoon, chair fewer and supervisor mandelman and supervisor walton. Im the project manager at the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development. Im here to present on item 8, related for the bond issuance for 53 colton street. Its a new construction Affordable Housing project located on colton street between gulf street. And its with a housing partnership, c. H. P. And strata Investment Group known correctively as the partnership. And 53 colton will be comprised of 96 units restricted at 60 of San Francisco county area median income. And subsidized through the citys local operating subsidy program. And referring to the project through a department of homelessness and Supportive Housing, coordinated system, and approximately 35 units at the project will be reserved as replacement housing for permanent residents from the civic center hotel, which is a singleroom occupancy building. The resolution before you is requesting authorization to issue multiFamily Housing Revenue Bonds in an amount not to exceed 33. 52 million. To provide Construction Financing for the residential project. The transaction fundamentals have not changed since the project was presented with the resolution to this Committee Last december. The issuance is still conduit financing with no recourse to the citys general fund. The partnership secured a bond allocation from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee and identified a Financing Team which includes a construction lender, equity investor, bond council, and other attorneys, and the citys municipal advisor. The Financing Team will develop substantially final issuance documents in the legislative package before you. In addition to the tax exempt bond financing, we also want to inform the committee that there will be a loan up to 4 million for the construction completion. Due to the market uncertainty caused by covid19, the project saw a reduction in equity pricing. In order for the project to move forward, we need tax credit deadlines and support the citys goal to have permanent supporting housing and there will be a permanent loan to pay off the construction loan at project completion. The 53 colton project is scheduled to start in october 2020, and complete in july 2022. Here with me today is amy chan from o. C. D. And also c. H. P. And well be glad to answer any questions that you have about this request on behalf of the partnership and wed like to thank you for your consideration here today and we look forward to your support on 53 colton. Thank you. Chair fewer thank you very much, any comments or questions from my colleagues . Seeing none, can we open this up for Public Comment. Clerk yes, madam chair. Operation is checking to see if theres callers in the queue. Let us know if there are callers that are ready. If you have not already done so, please press star, 3, to be added to the queue. For those on hold, continue to wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted. Let us know if there are any callers who wish to comment on item number 8. Madam chair, there are no callers in the queue. Chair fewer thank you very much, Public Comment on item 8 is now closed and i would like to make a motion to move it to the board with a positive recommendation. Can i have a roll call vote, please. Clerk yes. On the motion [roll call] you have three ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. Call item 9. Clerk number 9, ordinance approving the department of homelessness and is thive housing to execute a standard agreement up to 45 million to homekey grant funds from the California Department of housing and Community Development to Episcopal Community services for the acquisition of the Hotel Granada at 1,000 suter street for permanent Supportive Housing. Members of the public to provide Public Comment, 1 415 6550001. And meeting i. D. , 1467754813. And then press pound twice. If you have not already done so, please dial star, 3, to line up to speak. A system prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand and wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. Chair fewer thank you very much. Supervisor aaron peskin is here joining us . I see him as one of the speakers. Supervisor peskin, from the department of homelessness and from Affordable Housing and Audrey Malone from h. S. H. Also. And im hearing this should be interesting. Im hearing maybe some issues about it. So im anxious to hear. Who is presenting right now . Good afternoon. The department of homelessness and Supportive Housing presenting. Chair fewer thank you, miss whitney. You have the floor. Good afternoon, chair fewers and supervisors walton and mandelman. The department of homelessness and Supportive Housing and im here today presenting and authorizing resolution for the citys project homekey application for the granada, which approved would provide 232 units of permanent Supportive Housing for formerly Homeless Individuals and lowincome tenants. I would like to thank mayor breed for her support to support this first project to create 1500 new units of Supportive Housing in this city. And i want to thank supervisor peskin for cosponsoring the legislation and for his support on the project and helping us to get to this point. Finally i would like to recognize the work of our partners the Episcopal Community services and the San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund and my colleagues at the department of real estate, the planning and the citys Attorney Office and the Controllers Office for putting together a successful homekey application on an aggressive timeline and their ongoing work on the project. Next slide, please. So project homekey this is a resolution authorizing the board to allow the department to execute a standard agreement for up to 45 million in state homekey grant funds from the department of housing and Community Development. This will enable, pisc, misco py services to acquire the building and rehabilitate the s. R. O. At 1,000 suter street for permanent Supportive Housing. Next slide, please. So this is a unique project in california. In midjuly the governor announced the availability of approximately 600 million in homekey funds and 90 mill designated for the nine bay county areas based on how quickly you could put together an appealing application to the state. The funds are being provided through the federal rare fed fet and that requires all funds to be expended by december 30, 2020. So at the end of this calendar year. The purpose of homekey is intended to sustain and expand housing for people experiencing homelessness, along with those impacted by covid19. The San Francisco board of supervisors approved our department to apply for project homekey funds on august 11th. Since then, the city have submitted two homekey applications and we were notified by the state on september 21st that we had been awarded funding funding for the gragranada subject to your l and the agreement. Next slide, please. Okay, the project itself is located on suter street at the intersection of sutter and hyde and its a s. R. O. There are approximately 80 units that are currently occupied predominantly by seniors and lowincome individuals. As part of this project, no tenants will be displaced. The remaining 152 units would be filled through the citys homelessness coordinated entry system. And it would include referrals from many of our clients who are housing priority and staying temporarily in the covid19 shelterinplace hotel. So its part of the strategy to move folks from temporary housing into permanent housing. Next slide, please. And as i mentioned earlier this project is on a very aggressive timeline in order to take advantage of the federal funds so that they are spent. So they are not recouped by the u. S. Treasury. We have to spend all of the funds by december 30th. But, more importantly, e. C. F. , our nonprofit partner, needs to close on the acquisition by november 13th. That is so that the state have a lot of certainty that we will be able to close and rehabilitate the project in time to meet the occupancy requirements under the grant. 50 occupancy is required in the building within 90 days of closing on the project. And you can see that early february timeline here. Next slide, please. please stand by we applied a Racial Equity lens, that we have support from our c. O. C. And that we worked with an experienced provider. Next slide. As you can see, the fiscal impact. We are leveraging almost 40 million in federal funding to acquire the site. We have worked with our partners at mocd to give a plan of about 7. 6 million project, in order to meet the november closing date. Additionally, e. C. S. Has partnered with the San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund to provide bridge funding for the initial rehab work that needs to be done in about 13 million. And you can see here some of the uses, approximately 47 million in acquisition costs and another 13 million in rehabilitation costs. The other piece to note from the homekey award is we were awarded two years of operating funds to support the project. Under the standard agreement, the city and the coapplicant are required to provide up to five years of operating and services funding. We estimate that to be about 2. 9 million annually for the project. However, with all of our permit Supportive Housing sites, were making a longterm commitment to those tenants and would expect to get your support to budget ongoing funds for operating services at the building. With that i believe there is a b. L. A. Report and i wanted to thank the b. L. A. For quickly turning this around to meet our aggressive state schedule. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Can we hear from the b. L. A. , please . Good morning, chair fewer. Members of the community. The proposed resolution includes the acceptance of 45 million in grant funds from the California Department of Housing Community development and commits the city to an additional 23 million in funding for the project. The table on page 17 of our report sows that of the 45 million, about 39. 3 million would be allocated to the acquisition and rehabilitation budget of the hotel. The balance of about 5. 6 million would then be used for the first two years of operating subsidies to the project. In terms of the city commitment of funds, a loan for the acquisition of the agree na agra Granada Hotel. It is not subject to board of supervisors approval. The Mayors Office and housing is committing to an additional 13 million possible, that would be used to repay the Housing Accelerator Fund loan. And that would be subject to board of supervisors approval at that time. In addition to the amounts noted had the resolution, the estimated subsidy over the five years, to the operating costs by the city would be 14. 6 million. According to our discussions, with the department of homelessness and supportive funding, fun funding by proposin cfunds. We consider this to be consistent with the citys policies and, therefore, we recommend approval to proposed resolution. Thank you very much. Any comments or at thes from my colleague or questions from my colleagues . Seeing none, i have one question. This is not going small site funds are not used for the acquisition or the maintenance of this building, is that correct . Thats correct the. The funds for matches funds were appropriated in the 2022a. A. L. And general fund coming to the department of homelessness, well move the funds over to o. E. C. D. , for the cost of the project. No comments or questions from my colleagues, lets open this up for Public Comment, please. Madam clerk, item number 9. Clerk yes, madam chair, operations is checking to see if theres callers in the queue. If you have not already done, so please press star 3 to be added to the queue. For those already on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. I have two callers in the queue. Thank you, members of the board. Good afternoon. Thank you for considering the project homekey resolution before you today. My name is beth stokes and im the executive director of the Episcopal Community services. Were truly honored own and operate the Granada Hotel. Access to permanent housing, Supportive Services and Workforce Development opportunities. Housing is the solution to homelessness and access to safe and stable house success critical to preventing and ending homelessness. But also in pouring but also in supporting the health and well being. Its all apparent as a result of todays challenges with covid19, sheltering in place, and unhealthy air conditions, as a result of the wildfires. We know that Supportive Housing for chronically unhealthy san franciscans is a proven intervention. The Granada Hotel will quickly bring an additional 232 units of Supportive Housing to those in our community who need it the post. Assuring that hundreds of people experiencing homelessness have Program Access to stable housing and the resources they need to thrive. Bringing the units job line will be a critical step in supporting the mayors homelessness plan. We would especially like to thank the Governors Office and the project Homekey Initiative for the unprecedented funding opportunity. The Mayors Office, h. S. H. For all of their work on the granada. As well as supervisor aaron peskin for his tireless negotiations on all of our behalf. Thank you again for your time. And i hope each of you will support this resolution and our collective effort to help san franciscans. Thank you, supervisors. Clerk that than thank yor your comments. Next speaker, please. Hi. Thanks. This is rebecca foster, the c. E. O. Of the Housing Accelerator Fund. And thank you, chair fewer, supervisors walton and supervisor peskin, mayor breed, the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing and beth and the team at Episcopal Community services for all of your work on this important resolution and acquisition. The Housing Accelerator Fund is proud to work with the city on a number of really critical land and building acquisitions in alignment with your Affordable Housing goals. And particularly on this one, as gigi mentions provided a private and philanthropyically bridge loan that helps the rehabrelated costs. And as said housing over 230 individuals in record time at allin cost of 275,000 per unit, and to the city given this phenomenal opportunity from the state through the homekey fund of less than 100,000 per unit is really just a tremendous win at a time when moving quickly and efficiently accelerating the delivery of permanent Supportive Housing units. And permanently affordable units. This building will be affordable and be restricted forever and in nonprofit ownership. Its so critical. And as beth said, we and i know you all know, housing is health care and permanent Supportive Housing is a try and tested, proven, effective solution for homelessness. We need to use every tool in our collective tool kit from hotel acquisitions, leveraging stay key home grants to additional acquisitions of s. R. O. S and multifamily buildings with both vacant units and units where our atrisk of displacement neighbors live to innovate a financing and construction approaches, supported through the publicprivate partnerships like ours, in order to meet this moment. So we are thrilled to be working together on this important acquisition. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments. Are there any other callers in the queue . Madam clerk, that completes the cue. Clerk Public Comment is closed on item number 9. My mistake. I forgot to call on the b. L. A. I would love to hear the b. L. A. Report, please. I did give a report . Im so sorry. Here we go. Chair fewer im on a time constraint. Thank you very much. Okay. So any comments from my colleagues in seeing none id like to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. Can we please have a roll call vote. Clerk yes. On the motion supervisor walton . Supervisor walton aye. Clerk supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman aye. Chair fewer aye. Thank you very much. So can you please call item number items 11 through 40 together or check back on item number 2 . Clerk madam chair, we should be able to share the Sheriffs Department presentation. Chair fewer okay. Im sorry. I missed item number 10. Can we quickly do item number 20. Clerk ordinance approving Health Service system dental plans and contribution rates for calendar year 2021. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item, should call 415 6550001, meeting i. D. 146 775 4813. Then press pound twice. If you have not already done so, please dial star 3 to speak. A prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. Chair fewer thank you very much. Is jill snyder here . I see the legislative aide from supervisor prestons office and lawrence lu from the Health Service system. Miss snyder, the floor is yours. Thank you. Good morning, chair fewer and members of the budget and finance committee. Jen snyder with supervisor prestons office. Thanks for hearing the dental benefit rate change today, that we introduced on behalf of the Health Services system where dean sits. On september 10th, the Health Services board unanimously approved these changes to the dental plan rates for retirees. And a benefit enhancement for the delta dental members, who are both active and retirees. And from what i understand, the rate change only impacts the retirees who pay their dental benefit costs. And the benefit enhancement piece will only increase the cost to the employee, should the member use the prevention benefit. But the far more qualified miscellaneous yant is available and can explain any details. Thanks. Chair fewer thank you very much. Miss yant . All right. Thank you. It looks like im ready to share my screen, but it says only meeting organizers and presenters can share. Chair fewer can we give miss yant access, please. There we go. Okay. Chair fewer great. See my screen now . Chair fewer yes, we can. Great. Well, good afternoon, chairwoman fewer and supervisors walton and mandelman. This is a highly unusual, out of order rate request of the board. We had an experience due to covid, that allows us to adjust the rates for next year, that came in after we presented rates and benefits in july. So it is a bit of a oneoff. Ill go through it quickly. The rates and benefits for active employees and retirees, as we said, we normally approve earlier in the year. This year we represented this package to our board in september, where it was approved. Theres two components to it. One that is the smile way benefit is particularly useful for persons with conditions, chronic illnesses that do have a higher incidence of periodontal disease. It can contribute to these other chronic illnesses. So we do encourage members to get additional cleaning and other services with the smile way benefit. So thats been clarified in this package. There was some confusion about the way that that was being paid for, that we did separaten out in straighten out in this negotiated session. Is accepting the rated forfications for the retirees plans, that are paid for by retireeses, it was important that this Rate Adjustment now does get passed on directly to them, thats important for our retirees. So heres the story where everybody stop going to the dentist in april and may essentially. All emergencies were being treated during that time. It did result in a nonexpenditure of funds. And so this is the smile way benefit, as i mentioned, has several pieces to it. The teeth cleaning, the periodontal maintenance, scaling and root cleaning. And theres a Great Service that can be done here, so we encouraged our members to make use of this benefit, as we said it is a wellbeing service. The rate reductions then really show up in for the retirees. And it is much greater than what we had originally shown as a reduction of 4 for the retirees with the delta dental p. P. O. And even higher for the delta care h. M. O. So it was definitely worth all the effort that we put in to bring this to you today. So in summary, we ask you to approve these recommendations that the smileway benefit enhancements become effective for the active employees in delta dental. And the retirees and delta dental get the rate reduction. Retirees in the delta den, also get a reduction. Chair fewer great. Our recommendation is pretty straightforward, approving the ordinance with the rate reduction and the smileway enhancement. Chair fewer okay. That sounds great. Thank you. Any comments or questions from my colleagues . Seeing none, could we go to the b. L. A. , please. Yes. Chair fewer, members of the committee. The proposed resolution approves the excuse me, the proposed ordinance approves changes to the citys dental plan and contribution rate. The board of supervisors previously approved dental plan structure, that would cost about 40. 4 million to the city and contributions in the calendar year 2021. This approval would increase that amount by approximately 600,000 to 41 million and we recommend approval. Thank you very much. Any comments or questions from my colleagues . This is a good thing i think. Lets open this up for Public Comment, please, on item number 10. Clerk me, madam chair, operations is checking to see. Please let us know if caller are ready. Mr. Ku, please let us know if any callers wish to comment . There are no callers in the queue. Chair fewer the comment is now closed. Id like to make a motion to move this to the board. Oh, excuse me. Supervisor mar , supervisor mandelman had to leave. So id like to make a motion to excuse supervisor mandelman. Could i have a roll call vote, please. Clerk yes. On the motion to excuse supervisor mandelman. Supervisor walton . Supervisor walton aye. Clerk supervisor fewer . Chair fewer aye. Clerk there are two ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. On the motion now to move this item number 10 to the board with a positive recommendation, could i have a roll call vote, please. Clerk yes. On the motion, supervisor walton. Supervisor walton aye. Clerk supervisor mandelman is excused. Supervisor fewer . Chair fewer aye. Clerk two ayes. Chair fewer i have to make my dentist appointment today, now that you have reminded me. Lets go back to item number 2, please. Are we able to get that up . Clerk yes. I will share the power point presentation now. Mr. Holland . Yes. Thank you very much. Chair fewer excuse me. One second, madam clerk, before we start this presentation. Supervisor walton, is there a time conon your time today at this Committee Meeting . Supervisor walton yes, if possible, maybe we could continue this if this is something that youre okay with . Chair fewer okay. So after so much effort to get the the temperature continuance to the next meeting, be an issue . No, maam. Chair fewer thank you very much. Thank you. Chair fewer wed like to make a motion to continue the item until next week. Supervisor walton move to continue this item to next weeks Committee Budget hearing. Clerk before we take a vote, could we please have Public Comment . Chair fewer oh, yes. Thank you. On the continuance. Clerk operation, please let us know if callers are in the queue. For those on hold, please press star three to be added to the queue. Mr. Ku, please let us know if any callers wish to be added to the queue . I have one caller in the queue. Chair fewer thank you very much. Caller good afternoon, supervisors. My name is mohammed shack. Im the Campaign Director of the National Organization that works with challenged, violence and imprisonment, policing and surveillance. Im also with the Jail Coalition and have been working for over six years in San Francisco. I know there are time constraints. We have some key speakers that were hoping to speak today. So if its at all possible, not to try and squeeze this item in, but to be able to discuss it this afternoon. But i just wanted to share that i really think the supervisors critical consideration for the harmful impacts of electronically monitoring or e. M. If our work to support alternatives, for the violence of police and imprisonment, i can tell you that e. M. Is often mistakenly referred to as an alternative. It is not. Its simply another form of imprisonment. As a result of the Appellate Courts ruling around bail in 2018, the number of people on e. M. In the city tripled. During the time period, you saw an increase in the jail population. However, an overall expansion of the people caught up on their [indiscernible] so we should be looking to increase pretrial dates, cognitive programs, rather than seeking different ways to imprison people, who have not been convicted with e. M. Lastly, i just want to note that offender services, the private company that the sheriff is wanting to renew a contract with, has been mired in controversy over its predatory practices and faced dozens of lawsuits in georgia, on the county level. It has been sued in another 15 times in federal courts, including here in california. I quote, predatory practices have nothing to do with Public Safety and everything to do with turning a profit, end quote. So in addition to electronic monitoring being a fundamentally harmful technology. And just to close, the leadership of supervisor fewer clerk thank you for your comment. Next speaker, please. Hi. My name is im a member of the lgbtq support organization. I work as a counselor. And, you know, i just really want to reiterate what mohammed was saying earlier that, you know, this isnt an alternative to incarceration, the continuation of the same kind of trauma. Stigma, you know, separation from community support, a loved one, physically painful. Its just this constant reminder of this constant surveillance. So all of these things have negative impacts op people. They delay the process of healing and reintegrating community. I really believe we need to move away from these kinds of approaches. And focus more on provide the resources, right, that lead to heal and stronger communities. I had a client tell me a few weeks ago he would prefer to go back to jail than keep the ankle monitor. Thats an extreme example. Thats not the norm. I cant overemphasize the negative impact of these devices on peoples well being and mental health. Like was said before, weve seen a recent since 2018, the number of people on e. M. Has tripled, right. And with covid happen, thats happening alongside the expansion of the jail population. Theres not even, you know, its not an alternative to imprisonment. All of the funds and resources going to this right now, we could use to expand services that people actually need and reducing harm and violence in our communities. Like mental Health Services, family counseling, intensive case management, Supportive Housing, conference mediation. You know, all of these things instead of more forms of incarceration. Id like to thank the committee for, you know, for considering this issue. And really urge you to work to reduce and eliminate electronic monitoring in San Francisco. And also to recommend against limiting the contract with internal. Thanks. [bell dings] clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please, my name is michael lie. Im a member of the Jail Coalition. We are opposed to ankle monitors and ankle monitoring. The board finally agreed to close the dangerous an jail. Police advance and over incarceration, the ordinance to close it also pledged to make a new jail on [indiscernible] by reducing incarceration, using social services, bail reform, and decriminalization of minor offenses. Using electronic monitoring reduces incarceration, but, in fact, it doesnt. Between 2018 and early 2020, use of the electronic monitors tripled, yet the jail population increases. Electronic monitoring does not decrease incarceration. Surveillance of electronic monitoring and improvement over locking people up. No new jail says that surveillance is not an improvement over incarceration. Both aemployed in the same racist and sexist manner, as is inevitable under todays existing racist and sexist policing and court procedures. But we do need more data on who is approving the electronic monitoring and for what offenses. How many people have been convicted of no crime. When is this data going to be available . Surveil people particularly for those awaiting trial. Wrong. Being monitored is punishment. The monday monitors have to be recharged every few hours, which is okay for people working from home and online. [bell dings] thats impossible your time has expired. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Hi. My name is diana block. Im a San Francisco resident. And im also a member of the California Coalition for women prisoners. And we strongly are opposed to electronic monitoring. Our citys reliance on electronic monitoring is shamefully growing instead of decreasing. We should be investing in services that support more opportunities for release, alternatives to incarceration, especially for women and trans, not just an electronic form of incarceration, which expands peoples expands control into peoples homes and their bedrooms. We have worked with many women who have come out of San Francisco county only to then be shackled by an electronic monitor. Monitors are particularly difficult for mothers who are trying to parent their kids in already difficult circumstances. How can a mother care for her kids when she has to recharge her monitor every few hours and worry about being violated in front of them. Weve heard how monitors malfunction, we witnessed how monitors make employment almost impossible to obtain. They add another layer of electronic hurdles for people to deal with. They do nothing to help people returning to their communities. I thank you for taking the Public Comments, since many of us have been on here for the whole meeting. And i urge you to have this item number 1, since its being continued for next meeting, since we are eager to have all of our Community Members who have had to rejoin this whole effort for the technical reasons. So please prioritize this in your next meeting. And we will all be back next week. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Hi, everyone. My name is melissa hernandez. Im a resident of d7 and a member of the Jail Coalition. Eye just wanted to take this time to say that people have waited for hours today to give Public Comment on this really crucial issue. But given the potential decision to continue this matter, were asking our supporters to save their comments for the next budget and finance hearing. I want to point out, none of us have seen the sheriffs presentation, which has caused continuance. Were asking this committee to please release that presentation as soon as possible and get it to the into the hands of the public so that we can also respond to that in our Public Comment next time. Thank you so much. Clerk thank you for your comments. Are there any other callers in the queue . Supervisor mar madam chair, that completes the queue. Chair fewer Public Comment is now closed on item number 2. Supervisor walton, youd like tomation a motion . Supervisor walton i do. Thank you, mr. James kilgore, who was going to speak this morning, as well as the Sheriffs Department and mr. Hollinger for being here. Mr. Whoings, i apologize for the continuance. I know we have a lot of folks waiting patiently to weigh in and provide feedback on this item as well. And we will get to this at the next meeting. So i do want to make a motion to continue this item until the next budget Committee Meeting. Chair fewer yes. Roll call vote, please. Clerk yes. On the motion, supervisor walton. Supervisor walton aye. Clerk chair fewer. Chair fewer aye. Clerk there are two ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. So is the person from the airport here . Thats going to present . Is it kathy . Yes. Chair fewer so as you see, were going to lose quorum. And so im wondering, are these under a time constraint or may we take the items up at the next budget meeting next week . Next week is fine. Thank you. Chair fewer id like to make a motion. Do we have to hear Public Comment on clerk yes. Chair fewer id like to make a motion to continue items 1140 until next weeks meeting. Clerk yes. Madam clerk, i have to read the items and we have to take Public Comment. Chair fewer okay. So please start. 1140. Clerk ill try to make it short. Resolution approving 30 International Terminal amendments. No changes to the minimum. Reading items from agenda. [reading items from agenda 1140] [reading items 1140 from agenda] [clerk reading items 1140 from agenda] clerk members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on the items should call 415 6550001. Meeting i. D. 146 775 4813. Then press pound twice. If you have not already done so, please dial star 3 to start. Please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. Chair fewer supervisor walton, can you stay with us a couple more minutes. I think this would be very quick. I think the longest thing is actually, madam clerk, reading the items. Lets hear kathy. Do you have a quick i know all of these contracts have the same deal. So you can just give us the twominute version, that would be great. Will do. Chair fewer, supervisor walton, Kathy Widener with the permit. A result of a competitive proposal process. Theyve spent money to do their required buildout airport since january 1st, 2017. During ta time, Revenue Development staff audited and confirmed that construction costs, bait based on the booming construction industry, just prior to the economic downturn, resulted in costs for the tenant buildout, far feeding what theyd exceeding the proposals. In some cases more than double. The airport is proposing on these 30 leases, food and beverage and retail, where it was confirmed that their buildout costs far exceeded what they originally proposed, they be given a twoyear lease extension to recoup and amortize those costs. That gives you an idea. And id be happy to answer questions. Chair fewer thank you very much. Can we hear from the b. L. A. , please. Yes. Members of the committee, we did summarize the terms and extension and costs of Capital Improvements in our report. I do want to call one out one thing. I think miss widenear needs to confirm this. One of the resolutions filed 200203. Incorrect end date. We now understand that the end date of july 31st, 2031 2031. Well revise the recommendation. Im sorry. I can confirm that. And i also just want to confirm that the airport has provided the updated resolution for item number 36 to include the appropriate date to the clerks office. Okay. Chair fewer is that an amendment youre offering today, not o end state, the start . Yes. Chair fewer thank you very much. Lets open this up for Public Comment. Items 1140. Anyone that would like to speak on the Public Comment on this . Clerk yes, madam chair, operations is checking to see if theres callers in the queue. Operations, please let us know if callers are in the queue. Please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. Madam chair, there are no callers in the queue. Chair fewer Public Comment on items 1140 is closed. Clerk on the motion, supervisor walton . Supervisor walton ize. Clerk chair fewer . Chair fewer aye. Chair fewer thank you very much. Id like to make a motion to move all of the items 1140, as amended, with a positive recommendation to the board and im so thankful to see farmer brown there. I loved that restaurant. Could we please have a roll call vote on that motion. Clerk yes. On the motion. Supervisor walton. Supervisor walton aye. Clerk chair fewer . Chair fewer aye. Thank you very much. Any other business for us today, madam clerk. Chair fewer we are adjourned. Ill see you all next week. Thank you. Byebye. Hell oh everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today. Well, covid has changed our lives. The fact it is has changed how we go to work, how we go to restaurants, how we interact with each other but this year will change how we vote. We want to make sure here in San Francisco, we make it as simple as possible. Im excited to be here to announce that although we cant do what weve done in the past, and provide early voting in city hall, we are going to be doing early voting right outside on grove street in what looks like a Beautiful Party at the present time. I want to thank the department of elections, and he will talk about more about exactly the steps that his team has taken to ensure that we not only make voting accessible, we make it safe. We want to make sure that people feel comfortable if they need to vote early. They can come to this Voting Center and it will be opening on monday. If they want to vote on election day or drop off their ballots on election day, well have 588 locations all over the city. And, what is dont be alarmed if you dont receive your ballot you wont be able to vote. This department of elections has received everything. If you didnt receive it in the mail can you provide replacement ballots. If you are going out of town and you need a ballot mailed to a different location, theres a system in place to do just that. For whatever reason, you are not certain or uncomfortable accessing a paper ballot, theres just a lot of options. Theyve been sending things in the mail, sending things online to say our goal is to make this as easy as possible. In the last president ial election, sa san franciscans tud out in record number. It was a 80 turnout. In 2008, it was 81 . This is a city that prides ourselves on making sure our voices are heard. Were not going to covid stop us from making sure that you have access to vote in San Francisco at your convenience. Im excited and i know that theres a lot of confusion out there but this department of election has done everything it can to make sure that its easy to call the department of elections, call 311, go online if you need information for where to pick up a ballot or a replacement ballot. We thought of everything. So, theres no excuse for anyone in this city who is a registered voter not to vote. And in addition to that, if you are not registered to vote, and you would like to register to vote, you have until october 19th. So, make sure that you take the opportunity to go online and this center is open and you can come here and register to vote and you can vote on the same day. In addition to the dress up locations on election day, and this Voting Center right across the street from city hall, we will have a number of of drop off ballot locations the weekend before election day. Linda brooks Burton Library and the branch library. Because again, were trying to make it easy as possible and its ballots inperson or on election day. If you need more information, please visit the department of elections website at spelections. Org. Call 311 or call 415 5544375. So with that, i just want to again thank everyone for their cooperation, the work they do. I really want to express a special thank you so john arts and the department of elections staff because they have been working very hard to make sure that no question is unanswered. Anything or any scenario that could occur, they wanted to make sure they were prepared to support and address the public. And they work with the number Great Community organizations and to get out the vote and some of those organizations are with us today, including George Chance from the chinese Newcomer Service center, jackie flynn, the ex you director of and these are organizations who make sure that communities all over San Francisco have accessed to vote. And we appreciate the work that theyve done for many, many years. I also want to thank martha cohen, the director of special events, for taking such time and care with creating a warm and inviting space. Thank you, martha for your work. And with that, i want to turn it over to our special guest, joining us here today, you probably recognize him because the tallest person here. Our state senator, scott wiener. Thank you, madam mayor. And i also want to thank martha and also our department of elections and john arts for once again really stepping up to make sure that san franciscans can vote and vote easily. Thats one of our core values in San Francisco that we want people to vote and we want to make it easier for people to vote so i have complete confidence in our department of elections that we will run a beautiful election here and that we will it will just be a really strong showing and a really difficult period of time. This is a partnership between the state and our counties including San Francisco we took action at the state level to people being able to vote during a pandemic and we authorized global vote by mail o so everyone gets a ballot even if you are not signed up as a permanent absentee and not put barriers in order to get an absentee ballot and normally, it has to be post marked byelection day and i do want to ask people please, try not to rely on post marking on election day and sometimes you can mail it after whatever the pick up is at that particular box and there are unfortunately thousands of ballots each time where people just mail it too late in the day. It doesnt get post marked. Make sure you are going to mail it, please, troy t try to mail tractortrailer dait theday bef. Even if theres a problem with the post office, which i dont think there will be. You have plenty of time if you mail it right up to election day. It has 17 days to a arrive instead of three and that is a huge change in stay law that weve made to just make sure that every ballot can be counted. What this is really about is auctions. We want people to make choices that work for them and people can drop it off in different locations and of course, we have absolutely amazing voting facility here which will respond to our health needs in terms of allowing people to show up and vote safely. And to be able to do it efficiently. The capacity here, as you can see, is huge. Its going to start on monday and also be opening two weekends before the election. Were making it so easy for people to vote in a way that works for them and their family and their own health situation. I have a digital town hall last week with our secretary of state, alex padilla and with con on cause and a representative of the American Postal Workers Union and she was very, very clear that she has confidence that the mail is going to work well for this election. Despite some of the turbulence we were saying, theyve been able to move through that and she assured us our postal workers, who are some of our front line essential workers, who are putting themselves out there during this pandemic so we can do what we need to do as eye society theyre going to work incredibly hard and they will deliver the mail and people can have confidence in the mail. So, again, thank you, madam mayor, thank you to our department of elections and lets just run a great election as always. Thank you. And now, i want to invite up our director of elections, john arts. Thank you, senator werent. Thank you mayor breed and also for organizing this event. This is a great timing for an event like this, just before early voting begins. Early voting will begin october 5th here at the Voting Center located outside bill graham auditorium. This is an example of the mayor and the senator wiener have indicated and the department and city have take ep steps to make sure that voting is safe and healthy experience for all voters in San Francisco. The ballots we mailed actually tomorrow and voters will start receiving ballots on saturday and then theyll most will receive ballots on monday going through the election week. We have a full compliment of polling polic Police Station ple want to drop off or they dont want to mail their ballot back, just before elections day, is they are outside the voting area so voters dont have to go mud the voting area. They decrease the amount of traffic that voters would experience at election day. And everything that weve done since really the end of the march election going through the cycle for november, has been to plan in relation to conduct an election, while trying to respond to a pandemic. So everything that is happening here at bill graham auditorium, is organized so that people can maintain social distancing and theres ppes that our personnel are wearing and useing and the public has provided ppe and hand sanitizers and sanitizing wipes, face shields and things like that and the same for the polling places. The voters and coworkers can maintain social distancing as they go through the election process on election day. Weve had p. P. E. S available for the voters and the poll workers on election day. And the inperson voting here at the bill graham auditorium and the polling places theres a cleansing of the areas and materials and the commonly used items throughout the day so voters will go into a clean voting environment when they go to cast their ballot on election day. Also, i want to echo the comments about the post office. Weve had conversations and meetings with the post office before this election and to make sure there was no issues and with the processing and to support the conduct of this election for november. The post office of senator wiener noted, has put tremendous men does attention and focus on their abilities and their requirements to give ballots up to vote and he is get ballots to voters to elections here in San Francisco. I want to share the city and the departments of elections has put much time and thought into this and so theyre safe and secure and everyone has a good experience on election date ill turn it over to george chan. And even we call chinese and were helping everyone. So this year were happy to be receiving support from the city to continue the registered people. So, this year, we see the ballot we mailed to you and we help people register. We follow that many times they dont know if you change your address, make sure you update it, ok. So also, if you do know your status, we can help you to check it as well. Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is jaclyn flynn. Im the executive director of the a phyllis randolf of San Francisco and were working with the department of the elections in the city to really get out of vote this year. So i ask you, how important is your vote . 2020 is a challenging year as a nation. We have lost over 200,000 american lives from covid19 and these fires, as you can see, continue to raise and scorch our state and homes and businesses and and the california economy and our air quality and and they leap gap in time with racial tension zoos tie that they spilled into our streets. So i asked again. How important is your vote . This year and you can help redefine our jail system you can help reform our Law Enforcement system. You can help fund our parks, you can vote for housing and healthcare and your vote is a vote for change. I ask you, what can you do to effect change and if you can, do it early. Send it in my mail. Drop it directly into a ballot box and thank you to the city for creating an accessible space for folks to do that safely. And if you must safely head to your poll, please wear your mask and vote. I encourage awful us to ask our families, our friends, our work colleagues, our neighbors to do something important, vote. This year has been hard on all of us. And as i think about why its so important, i think about my own kids. And i realize that i have the power to set a clear example that im not satisfied where were at in this nation today and im not going to sit back. I will be an element of change. The a phyllis randolf institute will be on the frontlines reaching out to our seniors and over 5,000 units of low income Family Housing across is this city. Well be facing this year of covid, hitting the streets to ensure education and access to voting. You can help us in that fight. Im inspired by San Francisco. A city that votes for change. Im inspired by inspired by a t looks like me. When i vote i celebrate my skin, my lips and my determination to be represented by someone that understanding my perspective. To all my asian brothers and sisters and to all my latino brothers and sisters, we need you. We need bilingual folks and to my caucasian allies, we are all in this together. I challenge everyone to get education and make a plan and vote. Thank you. Thank you to the press and the immediate why for getting the word out and most importantly, we want to make sure that voting is easy. If you have any questions or concerns, what is interesting this past weekend, i heard from a lot of folks that said i didnt get my ballot yet, what is going on . What is happening. So people seem to be very excited about voting. We also want to make sure that folks are able to get their ballots and theyre able to get their questions answered and we make it as simple as possible and we also keep everybody safe. When were showing up to our polling places, or our Dropoff Center or this particular center here across the street from city hall, were all using the wash center to wash our hands and were wearing our masks and complying with our Health Orders because thats how were going to be able to continue to not only get through this but adapt to the needs to make sure that we are able to not only vote but vote safely. Thats what this is all about and so thank you all so much for joining us here to the today. [applause] good morning, the meeting will come to order. Welcome to the thursday october 1 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. Supervisor gordon mar, im the chair of this committee, and im joined by vicechair, supervisor aaron peskin and supervisor matt haney. Thank you to the clerk, john carroll, and id like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any an announcements . Clerk in order to prote