Transcripts For SFGTV Fire 20240703

Insure you are in a quite location, speak clearly and turn off background sounds. Wait for the item to be called. Press 3 to be added to the queue. The system notifies when you are in line. Callers hear silence waiting for your turn to speak. Operator will unmute. You may also watch live at www. Sfgovtv. Org. Item 1, roll call. President morgan is excused. Vice president frazier, present. Commissioner steven nakajo, present. Commissioner Catherine Feinstein i believe is running late. And commissioner paula collins, present. And chieff of Department Jeanine Nicholson, present. Vice president frazier will now read the land acknowledgment. Good evening everybody. The San Francisco Fire Commission we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. And, item 3, approval of the minutes. Dont we want general Public Comment. Sorry, item 2, general Public Comment. Members of it public may address the commission up to 3 minutes on anyt matter within the jurisdiction that isnt on the agenda. Speakers shall address the commission as a whole and not individual commissioners or Department Personnel. Commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with the speaker. The lack of response by the commissioners or Department Personnel does nots necessarily consitute agreement with or support of statements made during Public Comment. Is there any general Public Comment . There is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the Public Comment line. General Public Comment is closed. Item 3, approval of the minutes. Discussion and possible action to approve the Meeting Minutes from the regular meeting april 10, 2024. Is there any Public Comment on the minutes . There is nobody approached the podium and nobody on the Public Comment line. Is there any discussion or questions from the commission on this Meeting Minutes . Madam chair. May i make a motion to approve the minutes please . Second. Vice president frazier, how do you vote, aye. The motion is unanimous. Report from chief of Department Jeanine Nicholson on issue activities and event since the Fire Commission meeting april 10, 2024 including Budget Academy special events, communications and outreach to other Government Agencies in the public and report from Administration Deputy chief shane on the Administrative Division fleet and facility status and update, finance support servicess and home land security. Good evening Vice President frazier, commissioner collins, commissioner nakajo, maureen, command staff. I am jeanine nicholson, chief of San Francisco Fire Department and this is my report since our previous meeting of ting of april 10th. Its been a busy couple of weeks, chief Michael Mullen and i have been continuing our station visits. Been going well. I even got to run a call with engine 21 yesterday. And, its been well received so far, our our visits, we had Labor Management meeting, last week, and then right after that, we went to the Treasure Island dot, to welcome the iaff International Association of firefighters, and their instructors, they were there for firefighter ground survival and, and they brought us, a new, piece of equipment to train our members there, training 30 of our folks so those people can train our own members on, fire ground survival. All while i was out there. It was amazing, what was going out there . Going on out there, chief moore, we had, we had that going on with 30 people. We had, our tactical ems training with the police was going on out there. We had, Hazardous Materials being taught to the 133rd class. We had an h three level one recruit class, and we had a Helicopter Rescue drill where we had, lauren canning, one of our dog handlers, and her search and rescue dog, barney came in via chp helicopter and got, dropped down, not dropped. But you know what i mean, yeah. Came down and he searched the rubble pile, found the person, and then they got whisked away again. And so there was so much going on out there. It was amazing. The amount of coordination it takes to do all that. So really just really proud of our department and all the work being done out there. Thank you. Chief mao. We sent out offers for the 134th class that will start at the end of june. Provisional offers for people to go through backgrounds and medical, and we dont expect everyone to make it through those, the background and medical. So we always offer more than there are, spots. We had our promotional pinning ceremony. Thank you, commissioner nakajo, for joining us there. And were going to do that more regularly now that we are past, our covid years. We also had dispatcher appreciation week last week. We went to the dem department of Emergency Management to, thank the dispatchers for all they do. They are the first, you know, the first line in the Public Safety chain by taking those calls and then by dispatching us and making sure we have the resources that we need to do our jobs, and then today, chief lothrop, thank you very much. He attended the Ribbon Cutting for the new 911 center at 1011 turk street. And, it is, our folks, we also have our members in there. And so as our subject matter experts. But thank you, chief, for going to that Ribbon Cutting with the mayor and others. Speaking of the mayor, we met with the mayors Budget Office regarding our needs and specifically, we talked a lot about our apparatus and the pricing and the age and all of that. And you know, we know the city has, has, some real budgetary constraints this year. I think next year will be worse. But, you know, we made our, argument heard loud and clear. So more to follow on that, moving forward, we also had the 1906 earthquake commemoration at lottas fountain, thank you, command staff, for being out there at 430 in the morning. Much appreciated, and then we had a nert drill this past weekend. Thank you, commissioner nakajo, for attending that. It was in the Mission Bay District this time. And we also had the Cherry Blossom, parade and thank you again, commissioner nakajo and, Vice President frazier for attending and commissioner nakajo, i know that is near and dear to your heart, and i thought it was a wonderful, wonderful day. So thank you for that. You know, also been meeting on street conditions and the drug market accountability, center with police and others. And there is a case at the Supreme Court right now, grants pass, in oregon that could have some significant ramifications for the city one way or the other. So were keeping a close eye on that. And, and then, really, this past weekend, we found out saturday evening that, stephen sylvester, his family wanted to was wanted to have a memorial service. So we prepped for that and did it today. And i just want to thank, you know, chief erika brown, chief patrick rabbitt, and, rescue captain ray crawford, station three. Everybody who really put their heads down and just got to work planning that whole thing. And, it was really well attended, and it was a really, as father green calls it, terrible beauty, it is terrible that its happening, but boy, do we know how to show up and thats what we did today. It was up in santa rosa, so. And, if we could end the meeting today in, in honor of stephen sylvester, he was a, wonderful man. And i know that sometimes when people get eulogized, you know, you only say positive things about them. But this was one of those guys who he was a great firefighter. He was a great paramedic. He was a great officer, he was a great mentor. And teacher. And he was a great human being. Like, he really was. He was all of it and more. And and so, you could see the love and respect for him, lined up, today at the Luther Burbank center in santa rosa. So that concludes my and oh, i also want to say thank you to those who, stayed in the city and signed up for overtime and worked overtime and worked their regular shifts, so we did not leave the store unattended, and, much appreciation to all those folks, as well. And that concludes my report. Thank you. Thank you. Chief very excellent report, is there any Public Comment on the chiefs report . There is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the Public Comment line. Public comment is closed, any questions or comments from the commissioners on the chiefs report . Thank you. Madam chair, very much. Chief, just, some supportive comments with all of the events and information that you reported that you were involved with, but the department as well command staff and, membership, its, amazing because as i was writing it down, it kept on going on and on. Its hard to believe that its only been two weeks since weve had the last report. And a lot has happened. I think that in terms of, the commission as well, i want to thank the command staff and all the membership days and firefighters for all the support, the recruitment booth at the Cherry Blossom festival. That occurred as well. And thank you very much, commissioner, Vice President , for attending. And lastly, our remembrance and condolences to the family of lieutenant, steven silver. Rich silverbridge, thank you very much. Thank you very much, madam president. Anything go. Commissioner i would just like to extend my condolences to all of you who are colleagues of, steven sylvestris. I know that, i didnt get a chance to know him, but i can tell that he was someone you all hold near and dear as a colleague. So i would like to extend my condolences to all of you as well. Thank you. Commissioner and i, first of all, i want to say thank you for the report, congratulations on the helicopter, chief mao and everybody who participated in the helicopter exercise. I know thats on the bucket list of commissioner collins to someday be deposited by helicopter somewhere. So if we see if we can get that to happen during her tenure, i just had a quick question about the station visits. Chief, is there a particular, lane youre in for that . A target, a goal, or. These are just kind of annual semiannual . Would you say a little bit about that . So quarterly, and it is done by all of the command staff, were each given different stations and, and we used to go alone. Now were, many of us are going with another, member of the command staff. So ive been going with, chief Michael Mullen from support services. And in terms of lane, you know, we can talk about anything and everything. I think weve been, ive been expressing how proud i am of everyone in terms of our operations and how good we are, at fires, at medicals, at Community Paramedics in and how we are just doing a wonderful job and how, how grateful i am that everybody steps up when the city needs something and they ask us, we step up, and then also talking about our challenges with budget and with, you know, purchasing and our rigs and the importance of taking care of our equipment and our stations. So there are a lot of things. And then they are, they are able to ask any questions they want. So yesterday we had a question about, Firefighter Health check in light of steven silvestris untimely death. And that is something that chief carlo has been working on with multiple parties within and outside of the department to get that done for us and for our members. So so, you know, we can talk. There are a lot of things we can talk about, but, yeah, i, i like to let them know sort of the work that were doing on everybodys behalf. Thank you. Also, id just like to say that, the death of a colleague is a really intense experience as colleagues who are part of our history, our memory, and for the grief of the loss of the years that he was not able to continue living amongst us. And i know he will be with in in your hearts forever. So thank you for telling us about his his farewell, his memorial. And are there any other comments about the chiefs report . No. Okay. Thank you. Maureen. Were moving on. Chief carlo, report from administration. Deputy chief shane carlo. Good evening, Vice President. Frazier. Commissioner collins. Nicassio. Maureen. Chief nicholson, command staff. I am shane kialoa, deputy chief of administration. And this is my report for march 2024. Well begin with Homeland Security assistant deputy chief erika ahsha brown. Like all of, or every month, chief brown is in multiple meetings at the local, state and federal level. The main situational awareness, this allows the chief to be able to plan for the planned events and coordinate with the proper agencies, but really, it helps her and section chief josh smith pivot on a dime when there is the unexpected events and incidents within San Francisco, so as you see in your report, the amount of meetings that chief brown is at, some that i will highlight for march is the heat, air quality response tabletop exercise. This was with dem and 100 other participants, this includes is planning for our extreme weather events in San Francisco that weve had many times over the years, as well as our air quality in San Francisco due to our, our, microclimates and the wildfires that burn within california and developing plans and contingencies for when those events happen in San Francisco. So in terms of areas, hot zones, identifying cooling stations and clear air, buildings to be utilized among many other contingencies and plans, she also coordinated the k9 monthly drills with California Task force three. California task force three is out of menlo park. It is one of 28 National Urban search and rescue teams who has deployed to events such as katrina and, part of the abilities with the urban search and rescue team are the canine rescue dogs that we have here in San Francisco. And so she coordinated that training alongside with chief miller. Also, we purchased three drones that will be showing up shortly, hopefully within the next month or two months. They are smaller drones that are utilized for training, so we can continue to train all of our Drone Operators and also use it for our, camera capabilities, filming capability , whether its at training, or at incident, were also awaiting another drone through a grant from uac. Ill be able to update you with that once we have a better timeline of when that drone will be in. And chief brown continues to seek grants for, further funding for the drone program, as well as training exercises and many other things that happen at a Homeland Security in the month of march. She also planned, the Saint Patricks day parade, which is on the next page. At the bottom of that page is a picture of our Fire Department operations center. That is the planning process, for the Saint Patricks day parade, chief brown and section chief josh smith do a fantastic job bringing in individuals from the field to include battalion chiefs, firefighters, lieutenants and captains to build out the event. Action plan that consists of, organization and, or organizational structure , it outlines a communications plan, a response plan, a contingency plan, a medical plan , and so forth, it also as well as messaging, so theyre just doing a fantastic job of not only developing that plan, but developing our folks in the field to continue to bring them in so that when we have a large incident in San Francisco, that well be able to bring those folks in and be able to manage that plan throughout multiple operational periods, at the top, what you see is a, an exercise that chief brown had coordinated. That is the active shooter exercise. And i did put this in the chief brought it up. This was the exercise at the division of training. This is actually happened in april. I bring it today. Due to lieutenant sylvesters, funeral, lieutenant, sylvester was a part of the Helicopter Rescue technician. Folks who were trained in the ability to respond on this helicopter to our coastlines, be able to drop down, provide care to folks on the coast, whether it be on the cliffs or in the water, and be able to rescue those folks, this is a partnership with our california highway patrol. And, maybe well show you our short video of what that looks like. No sound. No sound. So ill narrate. So you see that chp helicopter coming in over, this exercise was to mimic an earthquake at the size of the 1906 earthquake, where roads are impassable. We have multiple structures down, and we want to do a search and rescue operation. Thats the chp helicopter bringing over our Helicopter Rescue technician along with their, search canine, lowering them down into the training center. What youll see from there is the handler handling the dog over the rubble pile and looking for live victims, which, they did find. Chief miller looks good on camera. We could stop it. We could stop it there. Sandy. Thank you, but i think you see the idea. Thats the rubble pile in the background. This is another one of our our, Helicopter Rescue technicians that are unhooking the technician and the canine to allow them to search that pile. And i believe that is sadie. Sadie yep. That one. Barney. God, if we could only hear your voice, chief miller. Do you see barney there signifying that they do have a live victim to the handler . But i show that, one for the training exercise, coordinated by chief brown and section chief josh smith and the coordination with chp. The coordination with our division of training. And then, of course , steve sylvester, next, in our diversity, equity and Inclusion Office under assistant deputy chief sean buford, sean continues to work through the month of april on his pathways and pipeline cohort. Its his dot academy involvement. I think ive discussed this before. Where, chief buford will support the division of training and support those recruits when they are struggling to see how they could better assist, whether it be at the division of training or through the dio office, chief buford continues to seek partnerships and collaborations to move the department forward and move the mayors priorities forward. In the month of march, he attended the earth day kickoff, where commissioner collins daughter was recognized. Congratulations. He also kicked off the 9910 cohort number six and the h three Level One Academy class. He also attended a Healing Village collaborative where they discussed overdose subcommittee or subcommittee, discussed addressing opioid overdose in africanamerican communities. He also attended the usns harvey milk dedication with chief nicholson and other command staff. Recruitment and outreach officer. Lieutenant hashim anderson. Very busy as he is every month coordinating multiple events, what i depict here is his coordination with sfgovtv and the partnership that we have with sf geek, tv to develop a video regarding womens history month, chief mal was present. Section chief Jennifer Trevor from dot, lieutenant sylvia rivera, ryan swanner, and firefighter chanel joyce, that partnership i believe we also spoke about last month, in developing recruitment videos, developing a better external communications to the city and county of San Francisco and further wide to better give us our or cast a wider net to recruit and outreach. And i cant thank lieutenant anderson enough for all the work that he puts into those videos, he also attended the 99 or 9910 cohort, six graduation. Amongst all that, some of the, other outreach events that, lieutenant anderson and attended, coordinated and planned, was with the San Francisco Unified School District Mission High School program, where they visited stations seven and 11. And as you see in this picture here and to the right where the students are actually getting hands on training in cpr and on the left, seeing what the gear the firefighters wear, getting some dialog from the firefighters about what the job was about, what to expect, what the San Francisco Fire Department is, what it values and how it does its work. More, here collaborating with our corps, Community Outreach and education folks for a fair at the columbia parks boys and girls club. The suffice at the Mission High School from, firefighter reyes and our inspector home teaching intro to the prevention or prevention to students, all of this effort points to the mission of the San Francisco Fire Department in in prevention and outreach and recruitment. And its a collaborative approach with lieutenant anderson, with the corps, with, suffice and other entities, health and safety, chief battalion chief matt alba, continues his work in many of what is reported in the march report. I will highlight the health and wellness committee, where, battalion chief alba is a part of. They have been working on many initiatives. One being the annual health and wellness exam, they do have a draft. It is at local 798 for review, although in that committee we also have representation from local 798. I think were confident that well be able to come, to some agreement on that health check program. Its very important for our members, that they have an annual health check and ensure that theyre that theyre healthy and safe and able to continue their work and do it for a very long time, last month, you heard me speak on the national, study with stanford university. That work continues. It is an eight week program that will start in about a month or two as they start to build up to that. I believe youve heard chief nicholson speak on the pfas legislation that is coming forward, we work collaboratively with local 798 and president peskins office on that legislation, we have been doing much work in that area through chief alba. His partnership and our partnership with the San Francisco firefighters cancer foundation, as well as many other initiatives as we spoke of before, in our testing of those turnouts, we are now testing both, similar fire decks and lyon, and we will deliver those results when that testing is complete. Chief alba and many of the command staff attended the igniting the hope, this is delivered by the San Francisco firefighters prevention in, cancer foundation. It is a great event where we were able to honor those that have fallen to cancer from the San Francisco Fire Department, whether they are active or retired, and to raise funds to continue to, work on initiatives and partnership to protect our members from cancer in any way that we can. Under the new unit or Behavioral Health unit, captain heather buren, working tirelessly day and night on so many initiatives, shes, continuing to develop the Chaplaincy Program or manual, with her folks, the Facility Dog Program and our health. And shes a member of our health and safety committee. She has coordinated and delivered peer support training this week, a Critical Incident response training and so many other initiatives. This month, ill highlight the San Francisco, Health Services partnership that, a Pilot Program is about to start. Its called kayak on the lake. It is beginning with our affinity groups, it is a Pilot Program with the intent of building community, reducing stress, building relationships, getting in some of that exercise and hopefully starting to have some of those open discussions where folks can now support each other. Paws for purple hearts continues as stations 12 and 32, this is an initiative with veterans, facing mobility and trauma, the intent is to bring the dogs for an hour to those stations, to have interaction with the firefighters, to train the firefighters on how to train the dogs and one day, hope to place a dog with one of our veterans in the San Francisco Fire Department, another initiative of captain burn was a partnership with the david lynch foundation. Its been around for a very long time, it has been used by Fire Departments such as the Fire Department of new york. It is a trauma healing technique through transcendental meditation, with the objectives of reducing stress and pts, anxiety, depression, substance Substance Abuse disorder and hypertension. And she was able to accomplish this through a grant, we had members such as myself, rescue captains, captains, lieutenants, firefighters, a cp, ems. Its been a fantastic, Proven Program thus far. Its definitely been benefiting me. And our hope is that we bring it to the wider, department. In the month of march, those contacts by group are up in the administration, often followed by ems station 49 and our civilian staff, march contacts by stress factor was general stress. And then our Critical Incident response to the red yellow alert with the incident involving the vehicle accident as well as bereavement of family members. Under the office of Employee Health doctor chang and Nurse Practitioner stephanie phelps, we welcome doctor chang. Just this last month. He previously worked at the university of california, San Francisco Family Health care center and is proficient in mandarin and chinese. He has extensive experience in Community Health and advocacy, and is licensed in family medicine, osteopathic, and Us Drug Enforcement Agency controlled substances registration. Doctor chang has jumped in immediately, when he came to the Fire Department, visiting stations 49, and, cp dem, regarding ing, sleep Awareness Month throughout the month of march, he continues to, meet with stakeholders to discuss issues in the Fire Department, priorities so they can better develop health and wellness initiatives. Hes working with the dot on workflows. Its very important, to create efficiencies that those workflows are are being had. And ill give an example, when somebody is returning from modified duty on the notifications of who are receiving those notifications. And so they go to the division of training. They go through a retraining that includes a suppression depending on the amount of time it includes, medical training to ensure that your licenses are up. Then those notifications are made to the, from the office of Employee Health to the division of training to the Assignment Office to ensure that everybody is in the loop before this person goes back on duty, among many other things that hes working on, the chief brings up, station visits, doctor chang will be my new partner. Actually, hes my first partner. I was solo, hes my. Hes the only one that will go with me, basically. But hell be attending, station visits, with me. I think its very important to get the doctor out, to get folks to, meet the doctor, to develop relationships, so that we can, continue to build that trust with the field and within the office of Employee Health and the initiatives that doctor chang is going to bring to the, the health and safety of our members. Under the Investigative Services under captain todd weddle continues our monthly testing throughout march, 30 members participated in promotional testing and end of probation testing. Hes also preparing and has begun h2 background process, just this week, as we spoke in our last meeting, he developed the digital background packet in coordination with the City Attorneys Office and the office of Employee Health, hr and many other stakeholders, that background packet is live at and there are some glitches, but they are definitely finding efficiency with that packet being digital with the, individual being able to download that packet, fill it out, upload it and be done with it. Theres also resources. If the individual doesnt have a computer, they can come to, dr. Or to the dot library to complete that packet. So there are resources there. If the individual does not have a computer, under support services, assistant deputy chief mike mullen, busy as ever with all of the things that you see in your packet, from boilers to roofs to hvac systems to apparatus doors and so on, all highlight the month of march. Of that, 135 requests for service were initiated and 89 orders were completed, we have discussed that the we did hire a lieutenant, jason watrous, to the boe. He has transitioned taking on the lead role in, the bureau of equipment with captain wong supporting, i will give a shout out to you, lieutenant walters thus far, doing an incredible job looking for efficiencies, creating efficiencies, coordinating todays efforts, from the bureau of equipment and getting the apparatus prepared and dressed, ready with the proper bands, the gloves apparatus cleaned, delivered to the event, and the flags, flown and the, apparatus, dressed with bunting, also in the month of march, two vans are near up, near the completion of upfitting. And for our skirt vans or awaiting upfitting, happy to report that station 26 hvac system or replacement, has begun. And station nine hvac replacement units have been received. Work will begin in the following or work will begin once station 26 is complete. For station nine under the easter earthquake safety and Emergency Response assistant deputy chief gareth miller, working very hard on all of the projects there, specifically the most important. Well, theyre all very important. But our largest project being this sf dot project working towards the design two budget chief miller doing a fantastic job and getting us to that budget, we will be at 100 and that document will be coming forth shortly, that consisted of just taking advantage of the soils and moving buildings to reduce the amount and depth of some of the pilings there, to reduce some of the cost, as well as other measures that chief miller just did a fantastic job with, chief buford, chief miller and myself met with, supervisor walton to discuss our communication plan to the community. He was very happy to hear that we had a very robust conversation, regarding the priority of what will we be speaking and some of our talking points to ensure that the community is well informed of our intentions at this training, site and how its going to add value not only to the San Francisco Fire Department, but to the community and this city, he continues his work in the neighborhood, fire stations. We discussed the, the fire escape railings at the division of training, we were going to complete one side. Chief miller thought it would be best that we do both. I absolutely, 100 agree, we will be completing, both of those railings, both on the north and south side, to raise those railings to the proper height, it is costing a bit of money, but its the right thing to do, fire station, 29 apparatus doors. Youve heard this before from chief nicholson at 140,000, resulting in probably a project cost of 280,000, and we had another vendor come out and that quote was 65,000. Commissioner collins very aware, but, chief miller doing a fantastic job managing those things. The repairs at the hq will begin at five six. And the fire station nine replacement site visit is scheduled for 415. Highlights this month, the los bomberos attended the latino heritage night at the warriors game. The fireboat gave a water display at the San Francisco giants. Opening day and our core attended the Asian Firefighters Association annual Northern California Cherry Blossom festival. That is the end of my report. Id be happy to take any of your questions. Thank you. Chief kailua, for a very excellent report, is there any Public Comment, maureen, on the chiefs report . There is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the Public Comment line closed, commissioners, any comment or question on the chiefs report . Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Very briefly, usually i make a comment about thank you for your comprehensive report and, at this time, again, i just want to reiterate that comment of how comprehensive it is, because theres a lot going on here. And through the notes and the minutes and the comments, its very detailed. Its real interesting because being here for a period of time that, chief carlo, when you give your report, you give your report as information, but its very detailed. And that detailed information helps me. Im sure the commissioners, in terms of exactly what goes on with a particular area, you gave that example with Homeland Security and chief brown and how that information goes to cd1, how that goes out to the operation, if i listen to you all the way through and i need to get briefing in terms of administrative level, listening to you go through all of this, gives that very much comprehensive update, it it also tells me how much you can retain, within your administrative management. Jokingly, i say your brain cells, but theres a lot of comprehension that you can do because as you narrate it down, every section gets narrated as well, i think that of all the sections, i think going out with doctor chan is a good idea. I dont even know exactly, except seeing him at the introduction. And i looked across the room and i said, theres a very young doctor there, and i definitely want to be able to have interaction with him, the other part about all of this accomplishments is that in my mind again, is that chief, were still moving forward. And i think that really is clear in terms of the administration, in terms of your leadership and being on top of the infrastructure to keep that, because we could easily slide or be back or deficit spending or budget limitations, we could regress. And i dont see nothing here about regressing, particularly in terms of new training areas or what every commissioner, every area has to do. So i just want to summarize and tell you that i appreciated chief because it really breaks it down, tells me exactly whats going on. And again, i wanted to bring out, doctor chan. Im looking at my notes. I talked about moving forward, other than that, its a very comprehensive. Thank you very much. Thank you, madam chair. Thank you. Commissioner nakajo. Any comments . Questions yes, please. I just cant help myself when i heard the description of moving the building to alleviate driving piles as deeply can you just give me a little more color on that based on the on the soils there and how far were going to be able to drill down to get to bedrock and where our building sit, specifically our administrative building, other buildings as well. We just made some minor movements to where those buildings are going to sit so that theyre protected and that we reduce some cost. But you are drilling to bedrock, yes. Thats the type of drilling is still being discussed. Thats fine. I just needed to hear the word bedrock. Thank you. Bedrock say it again. Bedrock thank you so much, chief kailua. It what . What . Hes sorry. Thats okay, last but not least. And thank you, commissioner castillo, for your comments. Everything i share that he that hes already said to you. Also, its so, i appreciate also the visuals in your report and the photographs, because while theres a ton of information, the photos, the faces, the energy, it it really shows. And thats its extremely gratifying knowing that behind that is a ton of work and so much appreciated, and i especially appreciated the comparison on the apparatus doors because now thats become a thing around here, comparing the numbers, i think thats important not only for us, but if there is any Public Comment in that area at some point, its important to have that on the record, our understanding that and knowing that. So thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Maureen. Item five. Adjournment yeah, yeah. All right, were after a long day. And thank you all to all of you for being here this evening. Everybody sitting here tonight, were going to adjourn in honor of firefighter paramedic. Lieutenant and wellloved human being, steven sylvester. So thank you. We are adjourned. Thank you. Thank you. Yep. Thank you very much shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses, and challenges residents to do their shopping within the 49 square miles of San Francisco. By supporting local services in our neighborhood, we help San Francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. So where will you shop and dine in the 49 . I am the owner of this restaurant. We have been here in north beach over 100 years. [speaking foreign language] [ ] [speaking foreign language] [ ] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [ ] [ ] a city like no other, San Francisco has been a beacon of hope, and an ally towards lgbtq equal rights. 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Among the priorities, the office of transgender initiatives also works locally to track lgbtq across the country. Especially our young trans kids and students. So we do a lot of work to make sure were addressing and naming those antitrans policies and doing what we can to combat them. Trans communities often have not been included at the policy levels at really any level whether thats local government, state government. Weve always had to fend for ourselves and figure out how to care for our own communities. So an office like this can really show and become a model for the country on how to really help make sure that our entire community is served by the city and that we all get opportunities to participate because, in the end, our entire community is stronger. The pandemic underscored many of the inequities they experienced on a daily basis. Nonetheless, this Health Crisis also highlighted the strength in the lgbtq and trans community. Several of our team members were deployed as part of the work at the Covid Command Center and they did incredit able work there both in terms of navigation and shelterinplace hotels to other team members who led equity and lgbtq Inclusion Work to make sure we had popup testing and information sites across the city as well as making sure that Data Collection was happening. We had statewide legislation that required that we collected information on Sexual Orientation and our team worked so closely with d. P. H. To make sure those questions were included at testing site but also throughout the whole network of care. Part of the work ive had a privilege to be apart of was to work with o. T. I. And a Community Organization to Work Together to create a coalition that met monthly to make sure we worked together and coordinated as much as we could to lgbtq communities in the city. Partnering with Community Organizations is key to the success of this office ensuring lgbtq and gender nonconforming people have access to a wide range of services and places to go where they will be respected. O. T. I. s Trans Advisory Committee is committed to being that voice. The transgender Advisory Counsel is a group of Amazing Community leaders here in San Francisco. I think we all come from all walks of life, very diverse, different backgrounds, different expertises, and i think its just an Amazing Group of people that have a vision to make San Francisco a true liberated city for transgender folks. Being apart of the grou allows us to provide more information on the ground. Were allowed to get. And prior to the pandemic, theres always been an issue around language barriers and Education Access and workforce development. Now, of course, the city has been more invested in to make sure our community is thriving and making sure we are mobilizing. All of the supervisors along with mayor london breed know that theres still a lot to be done and like i said before, im just so happy to live in a city where they see trans folks and recognize us of human beings and know that we deserve to live with dignity and respect just like everybody else. Being part of the Trans Initiative has been just a great privilege for me and i feel so lucky to have been able to serve for it for so far over three years. Its the only office of its kind and i think its a big opportunity for us to show the country or the world about things we can do when we really put a focus on transgender issues and transgender communities. And when you put transgender people in leadership positions. Thank you, claire. And i just want to say to claire farly who is the leader of the office of transgender initiatives, she has really taken that role to a whole other level and is currently a grand marshal for this years s. F. Prize. So congratulations, claire. My dream is to really look at where we want San Francisco to be in the future. How can we have a place where we have transliberation, quality, and inclusion, and equity across San Francisco . And so when i look five years from now, ten years from now, i want us to make sure that were continuing to lead the country in being the best that we can be. Not only are we working to make sure we have jobs and equal opportunity and pathways to education, employment, and advancement, but were making sure were taking care of our most impacted communities, our trans communities of color, trans women of color, and black trans women. And were making sure were addressing the barriers of the access to health care and mental Health Services and were supporting our seniors whove done the work and really be able to age in place and have access to the services and resources they deserve. So theres so much more work to do, but were really proud of the work that weve done so far. [ ]