Welcome, eugene. From sfgovtv. Public comment will be taken on each agenda. Please line up to speak. You may submit Public Comment writing email to myself the rules Committee Clerk at victor. Young sfgov. Org. If you submit Public Comment viaemail it will be forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of the file. You may send written comment tuesday city hall, 1 dr. Carlton b goodlett place, 244, San Francisco california 94102. Silence cell phones and electronic devices. Items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda july 9, 2024 unless otherwise stated. That completes my initial announcements. Thank you, please call item 1. Item 1, Charter Amendment first draft to amend the charter to establish the position of Inspector General in the Controllers Office to provide that the Inspector General nominated subject to approval to authorize the initiate and lead investigations regarding potential violations of laws or policies involving fraud, waste, abuse, or misconduct to expand authority of the Controllers Office to issue subpoena and authorize the execute search warts to the extent permitted by state law at an election held november 5, 2024. Thank you. President peskin, would you like to present the item . Thank you chair ronan. Thank you for scheduling this as the first of the Charter Amendments that the rules committee is considering for the November Ballot and let me just start by thanking the collaborators in putting this together, starting with my staff,inate, who did a National Search of best practices and looked at models from cities around the country and consulting with leading academic experts in the field. Let me thank the Controller Office, greg wagoner and members of his team who had a hand not only in doing audits and running the Whistle Blower Program pursuant to the charter for many years, but also authoring a number of Public Integrity reports under the leadership of the previous controller recollect , ben rosenfield. Let me thank the City Attorney office for help and collaboration as thought partners in drafting this Charter Amendment. Let me just start out with the obvious, which is, government relies on trust, and the erosion of public trust is an erosion of government and our ability to do what government is supposed to do, and the last number of years have been really quite shameful as a number of high profile Public Integrity scandals have thankfully been uncovered and as somebody who dovoted the lion share of my adult professional life to governance and good governance, it has been devastating and eroded public trust, and these are not new occurrences. The occurrences have gone back long before i was elected 24 years ago. While i thank the federal bureau of investigation and the u. S. Attorney for rooting out corruption in San Francisco government, i think it is time that San Francisco have the mechanisms in place to clean our own house. We know that in the last half dozen years charges have been leveled against over a dozen people, many of those charges have lead to convictions, including of course the highest profile case of former Department Head, mohammed nur rurks and it is time to stab the role of a Public Integrity unit and in doing our research, we relize the Gold Standard is the Inspector General, and most American Cities already have one and San Francisco is probably the city most in need of one. This ballot measure takes the best aspects of the strong Inspector General model recommended by leading Public Integrity experts in practice successfully in dozen major cities. It is clear mandate, public accountability and independence. It puts the role within the Controller Office in order to harness best practice and streamline them with existing functions building on what works at no additional cost to the taxpayers, because the Controllers Office already enjoys a set aside with room in it for this position. I have a little presentation and if i could ask my staff, nate horelto come forward, we can run through this very brief power point, which you will bring it up. The Inspector General can we have thethank you. Thank you, victor. The Inspector General would be appointed by our independent controller, i think we all recognize and acknowledge that the Controllers Office is truly a nonpartisan independent office. I have personally experienced that under three controllers. That is a position that is nominated by the mayor and approved by the board and the controller would have the power to appoint this person subject or to nominate this person subject to the approval of the mayor and majority of the board. That individual would not be subject to Civil Service and as i said, would be funded by the previously created set aside. Lets move to the next slide. As to expanded investigative powers. Give the broad anticorruption mandate to receive complaints and investigate, expand the controllers and inspector jen polk subpoena power to include contractors, lobbyist and anyone seeking contracts, grants, loans, permits, license, tax incentive entitlement or other from the city. Expand the subject of whistle blower complaints to include contractors, lobbyist and above mentioned permitees. Grant powers to execute search warrant which are allowed under state penal code section 830. 13 and codify duty to cooperate for City Employees. Requires and cooperation and information sharing with the between the Inspector General, with ethics, the City Attorney, and the District Attorney. Many of those mechanisms already exist in the charter today and f. 1 06. Dual reporting to the board and mayor twice yearly by Inspector General. Internal accountability through required reporting by Inspector General with local enforcement entities, ethics, the City Attorney and District Attorney who receive referrals, as well as the ability for the Inspector General to hold public hearings. And then the next series of slides, just compare us to other major American Cities, new york, chicago, washington dc, new orleans and los angeles and you will see that San Francisco right now does not have, but this would give us broad subject jurisdiction. It would allow to initiate our own investigations and you will see that virtually every other city ther has those powers. We have ability to accept anonymous reports as most other cities and already have whistle blower protections as do most other cities. If you compare the powers, we are the only city that currently does not have broad subpoena powers in that mandated position, and we are one of most cities have the power of search warrants in a Inspector General position. We currently do not have dual reporting requirement, which every other city that we compared to already has. The same with public reporting. And then if you go to independence, removal protections, thes would provide removal protections as well as given the set aside budgetary protection. That is this high level summary of everything that provides other cities have. My staff worked closely with several Public Integrity experts and consuted with cities with Inspector General positions including Jennifer Rogers claumia law center for advancement for Public Integrity and they and others recommended the strong ig model as the Gold Standard. I like to take a minute to address the concerns raised by staff at the Ethic Commission and point out i believe important factors. The Ethic Commissions requested a clause be added to this Charter Amendment that would explicitly state this new Inspector General not be able to investigate the two sets of laws enforced by the ethics commission, political form act and campaign conduct code. The problem is it would scale back the Current Authority provided to the controller, even more then the charter currently has. The reality and this is specifically called out, the charter currently and very intentionally does not wall off ethics and District Attorney or the City Attorney. They have overlapping authority now, and depend on effective cooperation to function. This is how it would continue to function with empowered Inspector General in the Controller Office and exactly how the works in the other model jurisdictions we closely looked at. There is always some overlapping authority and always up to ininvestigative and enforcement agencies to cooperate and collaborate. The charter already gives the controller ability to [indiscernible] suggested language would take away that ability. If you look at section f. 106, and our City Attorney can confirm this, the controller shall have there duty to perform regular oversight of the city contractor procedures including developal eing modeling criteria, auditing compliance with City Contracting rules and where appropriate investigating cases of alleged abuse or conflict of interest. That is in the current charter. F. 107, subsection a, sub1, the controller can investigate any complaint unless they are subject to ongoing investigations by ethic City Attorney or District Attorney and states the controller impede or delay a investigation. That is already in the charter. However, well intentioned the overly ridged carve out will do more harm then good. Investigations may start in one place and end up somewhere else asthy unfold may uncover different types of conducts in areas of law. Instead of referring a investigation the moment there is a possible ethic violation, this gives the Inspector General the flexibility to work cases for high level enforcement if they deem that the best course of action, and again, ethics in writing already has the ability to assert that controllers investigation would impede or delay an investigation. When considering changes to our charters important we not be overly prescriptive. Instead of setting each jurisdiction behind a wall we should see adding to the investigative capacity and there is plenty Public Integrity work to go aroupd. Round. Finally colleagues and coordination with supervisor walton to avoid confusion, this Charter Amendment also specifically calls out that the current ig position in the Sheriff Office be called the sheriff Inspector General, so there is no confusion. And i am available to answer any questions and would be delighted if we could continue this item to your next meeting, because we are meeting and conferring with the Municipal Executive Association this afternoon. No problem. Supervisor walton. Thank you so much chair ronan and thank you president peskin. Just wanted to say thank you for coming up with a strategy to try to distinguish the difference between the office of Inspector General for the Sheriff Department oversight board, and that body. That was the only question i was going to have and i appreciate the work on that. Thank you. Thank you supervisor. Supervisor safai. Thank you. Thanks supervisor peskin for this work. I want to add a few words to this. I neglected to thank you for your early cosponsorship supervisor safai. Eme polk deeply offended, please remove me as a cosponsor. Just joking. [laughter] thank you. No, listen, i think any of us that worked in this building and been on the board for the last 6 or 7 years, but particularly the last 4, it has been very discouraging to see the level of corruption that prevaded city government. Multiple Department Heads, multiple commissioners, multiple front line staff. To see people taking money that was intended to improve Small Scale Community projects and buying products and selling them on the internet to enrich themselves, having friends and family active false employees to enrich themselves. It literally brought a cloud over the gurmt and there are so many wonderful City Employees in the city and county of San Francisco that literally dedicate their life to making this city what it is and one of the best cities in the united states. But this is something that has gone on too long, and part of the reason i put my name as a cosponsor is because we need a position at this level that has the power that this is proposing to investigate. One thing to have a hotline, and people whistle blow, another thing to have the investigative powers and the subpoena powers to call people in as investigations begin and information is brought. I agree with supervisor peskin, often times you dont know where someone will end up when the conversation begins so we done want to limit in any way. I think this is a step in the right direction. I think we have a duty to rebuild public trust, and ethical behavior begins with us at the top. The leaders of this city, and so, im very strongly in support of this. In many ways, this was long overdue, so i believe that the voters of San Francisco deserve the opportunity to weigh in on this, make the adjustment and the charter begin to restore trust and also insure that the public employees, people that are the front line workers, those that work in these departments, their moral is impacted. I have spoken to them. They feel discouraged in all of these departments that this corruption has prevaded. They feel discouraged and wept to restore that. We want them to understand we are here to support them and make a real ly strong step in the right direction so thank you supervisor peskin and im happy to be a cosponsor of this. Thank you. Thank you. Colleagues i wanted you and the public to know that i did take the Ethic Commission letter quite seriously. I talked to both president peskin and City Attorney office about it. The crux of the concernstheir concerns are, there is basically too many cooks in the kitchen, and i dont necessarily agree with that. I think right now we have you know, really responsible adults who share jurisdiction over several matters and act like professionals and get in a room and look at their limited resources and decide who will take the lead over a particular type of investigation and i think adding one more leader into that discussionit is from the same office that already is in the mix, so it is not radically changing in many ways what is already happening right now. And then, you know, in talking to City Attorney gibner, the way he explained it is, it would really require sort of a out of control person in this role who really just cant get along with others, or wants to make a name for him or herself. Really doesnt cooperate and goes above and beyond their duties. I said in that case, we have more protection in this regard then if there was a rogue da or rogue City Attorney or rogue controller, because in this case, the controller could just fire this person if they got out of control. There wouldnt have to be a recall or election in the future. I really dont agree with the contents that letter, and years ago, when i worked for supervisor compos, i worked on public advocate piece of legislation that shared similarities to this and always thought it was a good idea. I thought having a City Employee whos at the leadershipthe number one job is exclusively to look and become a expert and truly understand what is happening in the city to prevent fraud and corruption, it makes a lot of sense. The City Attorney has a lot of responsibility. The District Attorney does as well. The controller does as well. To have a position whos full time job is to focus on this and work with all the different departments and make sure that we are using resources in the most useful way, it makes a ton of sense to me. I want to thank supervisor peskin putting this forward. I like to be added as a cosponsor mr. Clerk. With that, i will open this item up for Public Comment. Yes. Members of the public who wish to speak should line up to speak at this time. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes. You can proceed. Good morning supervisors. Supervisor peskin, thank you for bringing this forward. I support the idea of the Inspector General. My name is barbara, Second Generation san franciscan. My grand daughters are fourth generation. Im very concerned about city hall, City Politics and all the current concerns raised. Supervisor peskin, i really appreciate your comments about looking at best practices in other cities. I think that is always very important when you are considering a change and thank you very much and i support your legislation. Thank you. Thank you so much. Any additional speakers on this matter . I do not see additional speakers. I believe we can close Public Comment. Public comment is now closed. I am going to make a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair while we wait for meet and confer to finish. Can we have roll call on the motion . Motion to continue the matter to the call of the chair, walton, aye. Safai, aye. Ronan, aye. The motion passes without objection. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you president peskin. Thank you. Mr. Clerk, please read item 2. Item 2 is Charter Amendment firs draft to amend the charter of city and coupty of San Francisco to provide for the election of director sof department of Police Accountability held november 5, 2024. Vice chair walton. Thank you so much chair ronan and thank you for making sure we heard this item today. This amendment is about electing the director for the department of Police Accountability and this is really about establish mechanisms to insure that accountability and build trust between low enforcement and the public. Independent oversight helps to bridge the gap between Law Enforcement agencies and the communities that they serve. Thus, improving Public Safety in the longrun. Our city has not been immune to instances of Police Misconduct and butality that challenge the very principals of justice, equality and community. From the tragic death of mario woods, alex, kenneth, lewis, to the National Tragedies of george floyd, briana taylor, freddy gray and countless others. These instances serve as stark reminders of the urgent need for continued reform. We should not have to prioritize accountability and transparency only when tragic incidents occur in our communities. As a city that values justice accountability and safety, we cannot afford to turn a blind eye to these realities. We must strive to implement robust oversight measure that empower independent bodies to thoroughly investigate any allegations of miscublth. Miscublt. Misconduct. I doopt to address concerns that were brought up about this Charter Amendment. The city can legally create an elected position with this type of employment qualification. The city can and sometimes does give other duties to elected officers by ordinance. For example, the City Attorney serving as the supervisor of records. In section 13. 102, all references to instance runoffs was removed because the most common term now is rank Choice Voting so we cleaned up the language to avoid confusion. In regards to the salary of the position, this provision allows the Civil Service commission, the flexibility to look to various manager classifications within the determining salary base. Because sthra range due to the different sizes and functions of different departments, the Civil Service commission will make a judgment about which one Department Head salary classes is most applicable to the department of Police Accountability director position. We specify the focus should be on nonelected city Department Heads, because the salaries of elected Department Heads are set under the county surveys, which have no relevance to the dpa director and this would create a first of its kind position. Im proposing this Charter Amendment to make sure this position should be elected, because when members of the public see allegations of misconduct being investigated by impartial bodies and not beholden to a department or anyone, the trust and integrity of the police force is fostered. This enhances Community Police relations, promoats transparency and cultivates a culture of accountability that benefit every resident of our city. This is about Public Safety for everyone. I do want to thank the deputy City Attorney, christina for helping work on this important measure. Nely from my teal and also want to take the time to thank cosponsors supervisors safai, ronan and supervisor preston. I would have a couple other things to add after we go to Public Comment, but i will also have to continue this as we need to have meet and confer with mea as well. Thank you chair ronan. Supervisor safai. I think that one thing that we see a lot in this building is, the political wind shift when it is convenient to be a part of a particular movement or particular moment. People will jump in and then when they feel it is not as convenient or supportive they wake away. Y walk away. One thing we have done and proud to have been a part of is tremendous amount of justice refomp. Form. This is a positive step in the right direction because if we want to insure true accountability, the person that serves in this pz should not be beholden to the person that appoints them and their political point of view. This should be a objective position and i think this is the right way to reform this. Not to say the person that serves in the position right now is in any way, but this allows this more freedom to be as objective as possible and not subject from political pressure that appointed them and i think that is a important aspect of what we are trying to reform here, so i appreciate it and also want to say thank you to the person who served in this position. Paul henderson. I think he has done a tremendous job, but at the end of the day, having the voters directly weigh in on this position allows for more freedom in terms of how this position should be connected. Thank you and thank you supervisor walton for bringing this forward. Thank you supervisor safai. I agree. I think the independence that would be afforded the person in this position is worth trying, and by electing this person to this person being appointed, brings that independence with it, so thank you for bringing it forward and im happy to be a cosponsor. With that, mr. Clerk, lets open Public Comment. Members of the public who wish to speak should line up to speak at this time. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes. Is there anyone who would like to comment on this matter . Hi. Barbaraagain. Thank you having this hearing. I worked at the department of occ for 15 years before it was department of Police Accountability. I was a director for the Berkeley Police review commission, the independent Police Auditor in san jose. Im past president of the National Association for Police Accountability, and am a current and have been a member that association for 30 years. Im very concerned about this legislation. I totally agree with all of your statements that this should not be a political position. Im concerned that having that person run for office would make it more political. Best practices in oversight are that you hire a head hunter and bring in candidates from all over the country who are current directors who have experience in this field. These other directors from other agencies are not going to come to San Francisco and run against whoever is running for this office. We want competition between people who have proven themselves as accountability experts, not political people. I agree that there have been political appointments in this office. It should not be a political appointment. It should be as i said, competition between experts in the field. I like the idea of for the Inspector General to have the Controllers Office decide who can be that elected person. Why not do a Charter Amendment to have the Controllers Office help to make that appointment . But making it a position where people are running for office is going to further politicize it and make it less effective. Thank you for your consideration. Thank you. Any other members of the public who would like to comment . No other speakers. I believe we can close Public Comment. Public comment is closed. Supervisor walton. Thank you chair ronan and definitely appreciate all the conversations we had around this charter with colleagues, with the public and experts in the field and understand concerns about over politicizing a position. I do really want to state that, this is really about being proactive and about making sure that we are not waiting for negative incidents to happen in our communities before we do something that is going to really create independence in our oversight, and make our law twice before ntities think they are over zealous sometimes in their policing. I do want to state for the record too, if we really want to have complete independence, an office should not beholden to the mayor office or this board of supervisors. Currently as a Department Head, the dpa leader is beholden to the Mayors Office and therefore really cannot be afforded the true independence of what is needed to investigate and fully have the power to conduct independent investigations. I want to state much like supervisor safai, for me this is about policy. This is not about the current leadership of dpa, it is not about the current leadership of the Mayors Office. This is really about policy and place that creates the independence we want to see when we have someone who has to investigate some very serious allegations when it comes to mistakes made by folks in our Law Enforcement entities. It is really about accountability and strengthening ability of this office, but i will say that we do have time to have more conversations. We will be meeting with community and are meeting more with the leadership of the city and of course we have to meet and confer with mea so i do want to continue this item. Continue to call of the chair . Call of the chair. Thank you. I just want to say, have so much respect for barbara and your decades and decades of experience, so i will look forward talking to you more in the break that we have, because i just value what you have to say on this issue tremendously, so thanks for coming out and thanks for giving your Public Comment. It is being taken seriously and heard. Appreciate you. And witht that, mr. Clerk can we have roll call vote on the motion . On the motion to continue the matter to call of the chair, walton, aye. Safai, aye. Ronan, aye. That motion passes without objection. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Mr. Clerk, please read item 3. Charter amendment second draft to amend the charter of the city and county of San Francisco to establish within the charter the department of Emergency Management, the position of the director of the department, and the directors qualifications and appointing authority; at an election to be held on november 5, 2024. Supervisor safai. [unable to hear speaker] i dont have much to say about this to respect everyones time. I like to continue this item again. I think there is more discussion to be had. I still stand by this and think it is a really important Charter Amendment. I think having the requisite qualifications for head of department of Emergency Management is a important thing we should put in the charter. Similar to the conversation we just had about the politics infusing oversight and accountability in the police department, i think prior to this leadership here, there have been time s when we havent necessarily put people in the head of the department of Emergency Management that needs minimum qualifications necessary. I think mary ann cellar has done a wonderful job and tremendous in terms of our leadership, but i still thinking having the requisite requirements for the leadership of the department is a important thing, so i ask to continue this item and we can continue the conversations. You can continue to call of the chair. Like to open up for Public Comment. Yes, members of the public who wish to speak should line up to speak at this time. Each speaker is allowed two minutes. Is there anyone who would like to comment on this matter . There are no speakers on this matter. Public comment is now closed. Roll call vote on the motion. Yes, on the motion to continue the matter to call of the chair, walton, aye. Safai, aye. Ronan, aye. That motion passes without objection. Motion passes unanimously. Mr. Clerk, is there any other items on the agenda . That completes the agenda for today. The meeting is adjourned. [meeting adjourned] [music] opening this space with my sister, and being able to continue the very deep literary lineage that exist in the mission is part of the fabric of the neighborhood. This is neighborhood of poets and litary readings. You see the writers from the neighborhood, their books are here. Paul flores books are here. 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So in on holler orientation in turn off our gays meter dont turn it back on get a service call from hi today we have a special edition of building San Francisco, stay safe, what we are going to be talking about San Franciscos earth quakes, what you can do before an earthquake in your home, to be ready and after an earthquake to make sure that you are comfortable staying at home, while the city recovers. The next episode of stay safe, we have Alicia Johnson from San Franciscos department of Emergency Management. Hi, alicia thanks to coming it is a pleasure to be here with you. I wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know is a coming earthquake in San Francisco. Well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. Having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable. How long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in San Francisco. It depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is three days, and it helps to know that you might be without services for up to a week or more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many after shocks we have. What kind of neighborhood and Community Involvement might you want to have before an earthquake to make sure that you are going to able to have the support that you need. It is important to have a Good Relationship with your neighbors and your community. Go to those community events, shop at local businesses, have a reciprocal relationship with them so that you know how to take care of yourself and who you can rely on and who can take care of you. It is important to have a batteryoperated radio in your home so that you can keep track of what is happening in the Community Around and how you can communicate with other people. One of the things that seems important is to have access to your important documents. Yes, it is important to have copies of those and also stored them remotely. So a title to a home, a passport, a drivers license, any type of medical records that you need need, back those up or put them on a remote drive or store them on the cloud, the same is true with any Vital Information on your computer. Back that up and have that on a cloud in case your hard drive does not work any more. In your home you should be prepared as well. Absolutely. Lets take a look at the kinds of things that you might want to have in your home. We have no water, what are we going to do about water . It is important for have extra water in your house, you want to have bottled water or a five gallon container of water able to use on a regular basis, both for bathing and cooking as well as for drinking. We have this big container and also in peoples homes they have a hot water heater. Absolutely, if you clean your hot water heater out regularly you can use that for showering, drinking and bathing as well what other things do people need to have arent their home. It is important to have extra every day items buy a couple extra cans of can food that you can eat without any preparation. Here is a giant can of green giant canned corn. And this, a manual can opener, your electric can opener will not be working not only to have one but to know where to find it in your kitchen. Yes. So in addition to canned goods, we are going to have fresh food and you have to preserve that and i know that we have an ice chest. Having an ice chest on hand is really important because your refrigerator will not be working right away. It is important to have somebody else that can store cold foods so something that you might be able to take with you if you have to leave your home. And here, this is my very own personal emergency supply box for my house. I hope that you have an alternative one at home. Oh, i forgot. And in this is really important, you should have flashlights that have batteries, fresh batteries or hand crank flashlight. I have them right here. Good. Excellent. That is great. Additionally, you are going to want to have candles a whistle, possibly a compass as well. Markers if you want to label things if you need to, to people that you are safe in your home or that you have left your home. I am okay and i will meet you at. Exactly. Exactly. Water proof matches are a great thing to have as well. We have matches here. And my spare glasses. And your spare glasses. If you have medication, you should keep it with you or have access to it. If it needs to be refrigerated make sure that it is in your ice box. Inside, just to point out for you, we have spare batteries. Very important. We have a little first aid kit. And lots of different kinds of batteries. And another spare flashlight. So, alicia what else can we do to prepare our homes for an earthquake so we dont have damage . One of the most important things that you can do is to secure your valuable and breakable items. Make sure that your tv is strapped down to your entertainment cabinet or wall so it does not move. Also important is to make sure that your book case is secure to the wall so that it does not fall over and your valuable and breakables do not break on the ground. Becoming prepared is not that difficult. Taking care of your home, making sure that you have a few extra everyday items on hand helps to make the difference. That contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. Absolutely. If you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. We are all proud of living in San Francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. So, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. Absolutely, it is my pleasure. And thank you for joining us on another edition of building. My name is ana renzi. Im a fire investigator for the city and county of San Francisco. The job of a fire investigator is to go after the fire has been put out and to determine the origin and the cause of the fire. So we are the people who after the firefighters have come in and done their magnificent work to extinguish the fire, we go through the fire scene and we are able to find how the fire started. Just showing up, being who you are can mean a world of difference to someone. When someone sees you as an identifiably queer person, an identifiable female presenting person or a person of color walk into their home, they can feel more comfortable and more trusting just knowing that you are around and that you may have some insight into their situation and to their Community Needs that others may not have. The San FranciscoFire Department im proud to say goes out of its way to recruit women, minorities, and to the lgbtq community, we are awaiting you and wanting you to come join us as a San FranciscoFire Department. No one is going to represent us like you are going to represent us. No one is going to care for our communities and for our departments like you are going to come and represent our communities and our departments. I am a proud black queer member of the San FranciscoFire Department and im especially proud to be part of an organization that respects and values our Diverse Communities in San Francisco. [ ] good evening. This is the Fire Commission regular meeting june 26, 2024 and the time is 502. This meeting is held in person. Members of the public may attend the meeting to observe and provide Public Comment at the physical meeting location or by calling 4156550001 and using meeting id, 26618763620 and the webinar password is 1234. Members of the public may participating remotely may access the meeting and participate by following the instructions below. Members of the public may address the commission up to three minutes per item. Please insure you are in a quite location, speak clearly and turn off background sounds. Wait for the item you like to be address to be called. Press star 3. The system will notify when you are in line. Callers hear silence waiting for your turn to speak. Opraert may unmite. You may watch live at sfgovtv. Org. Morgan, present. Fraser, present. Nakajo, present. Feinstein, present. Collins, present. Chief of Department Jeanine Nicholson, present. President morgan will now recite the land acknowledgment. I sure will. The ramaytush oholone land acknowledge. San Francisco Fire Department 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. Thank you. Item 2, general pub wlck comment. Members of the public may address the commission up to three minutes. Speaker shall address remarks to members as a whole. Commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion. The lack of response by commissioners or Department Personnel does not constitute agreement with or support of statements made during Public Comment. Madam secretary, is there any Public Comment at this time . There is nobody approaching the podium. And anybody on the Public Comment line, please press star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. And nobody is raising their hand. Public comment is closed. Affirmative. Item 3, approval of the minutes. Discussion and possible action to approve the special Meeting Minutes from june 7, 2024. Is there a motion fellow commissioners to approve the minutes for the special meeting on the 7th . I move we approve the minutes from the special meeting june 7. I second. I was excused. Commissioner nakajo, aye. Collins, aye. Okay, the motion is 3 for a and 2 excused. It passes. And then we have the Meeting Minutes from the regular meeting on june 12, 2024. Is there a motion to approve the minutes for june 12 . Yes, i move we approve the minutes for june 12. I second. Nakajo, aye. Feinstein, [indiscernible] collins, [indiscernible] the motion passes 3, 2 excused. Is there any Public Comment on the minutes . I see nobody approaching the podium and nobody has their hand raised on the Public Comment line. Item 4, chief of department report. Report from chief of Department Jeanine Nicholson on issues activities and events in the Department Since the Fire Commission meeting june 12, 2024, including budget, academy, special events communication and outreach to other Government Agencies and the public. And report from administration, deputy chief shayne kaialoa report on Administrative Division fleet and facility status update. Finance support service and homeland security. Good evening. I am your San Francisco fire chief Jeanine Nicholson and this is my report since the last Commission Meeting june 12. We had many attended a city emt graduation. As you know, city emt is one of the pipelines for employment into the San FranciscoFire Department. To date, not at this particular graduation, but to date, they graduated 100 people from their classes and we have hired 25 of them. We are hiring 1 in 4 people from city emt. Granted, not all of them have gone all the way through the academy, but it has been a good pipeline and its really working out i think for both sides, so more to follow on that. They finally had a hundred graduates total. Also attended a h3 level 1 graduation friday, 12 new emt ready to go on the ambulance and sthat good thing, because we started the 134th h2 academy where we took 11 people from station 49 and put them in the firefighter academy, so basically a wash, but the 134th Academy Started past wednesday with 54 people and myself and chief luttropp and chief kaialoa addressed the academy that day. As you may know i went to the swearing in of our commissioners for their new terms. Commissioner collins and commissioner nakajo and commissioner morgan was there as well. Youre a busy busy man. Yes, you are president. President morgan. Congratulations on your new terms. After that, it is pride month so happy pride month everyone. There was a photo with mayor london breed for Department Heads and for commissioners and commissioner fraser and i both attended. We had our Monthly LaborManagement Meeting last week. Went well. As they have been going of late, which is good. And then we had our budget presentation. First on the 21, was the first day of our presentation. I presented for 5 minutes and it is tough to get everything in in 5 minutes, but we did what we could and were asked some questions about our fleet specifically, and between the 21 and 28 we were working with the budget legislative analyst. They always want to cut. They always want to cut things from budgets and so we were able to hold our own and come to an agreement. They are getting about 400 thousand back out of a 525 million budget, so well take that. But, we still have the big risks we have that we spoke about with our rigs and with our stations and that is still of major concern, so i will continue conversations with Mayors Office and supervisor next week to you know, we got to figure something out. It cant continue like this, we got to figure something out. Speaking of our stations, civil grand jury report came out called ed builder San Francisco designing constructing and maintaining city infrastructure, june 20, 2024 and i did read through it and i will be sure to for ward that to all the commissioners if you need a little Light Reading or want your Blood Pressure to go one way or the other, but it wasyeah, it said some things. I wouldi dont know how much there is in the way of teeth bit eel polk let you be the judges. Very interesting about the money we pay and where it goes. I thought it only went to public works, but it turns outs it goes elsewhere as well. To a portion of the city Central Service costs. I need to do some more digging on that to find out more information and then we can all sit and have a chat about it. [laughter] interesting report. Yesterday we had a really large scale drill with pg e out on Treasure Island, and it was towe had smaller drills with pg e. We do a large drill, we have done a large drill every year for the past i dont know, 4 years maybe, maybe more, not sure, but we had a large pg e drill with them yesterday on Treasure Island and basically to simialate what happens after a earthquake. They said it was a 6. 1. There was multiple incidents going on in our Training Area from wires down, to a gas leak with fire, to people entrapped, to all sorts of Different Things that our folks had to deal with in real time at the same time and so, really important for us to do that. So we can learn from hiccups we have and we practice like we play and it was really good. I was there for several hours watching and i just appreciate all the efforts that all our members put in from our Training Division to assistant chief Michael Thompson our liaison with pg e and others that worked really hard to set this up. I will also say we did select a new assist want deputy chief of ems. He is not here tonight, nor is outgoing chief [indiscernible] he is at a conference representing us. Chief tony muloy will be in the house at the next Commission Meeting and you can all meet him, if you have not already. He is a long time member of our department and very very involved with the department and with ems in particular, so on committees and the like. And then, last but not least, sister maureen, i know you are retiring, even though you are going to be back here and there, but congratulations on your retirement and welcome to cathy, who will be your replacement. And that is my report for tonight. Thank you for your great report chief, as always. I will ask the organization commissioners, any questions from the commission . Commissioner fraser. One. Thank you chief for your report. Just for my own education, the civil grand jury report is released publicly, correct . Yes. Is it specifically sent to somebody who is supposed to receive it . Besides just anyone in the public, like any officials or the board of supervisors, the mayor office . Good question. I dont know exactly everyone that it goes to, but yes it goes to officials at city hall. It also was sent to me and im sure it was sent to other Department Heads certainly that have Capital Projects and then it is also yes, a public document, but i will email all of you with it. So, the response to itis there a response . Yes, there is a response that is detailed in here in terms of timeframe that public works has to respond to it, and it will be in writing. I cant remember 60 days or 90 days, but it is all in here of what exactly they need to respond to. Is there a Public Comment or citizen comment opportunity on the report . That i dont know. But im sure we could find out for you. Issuing the report is great, but hopefully there are formal responses from people that are either requested the report, or have some waysome responsibility for some of the things revealed in the report, and then the whole pub lic gets it, including us, since we are members of the public. How we are able to comment on it. I love to know that. [unable to hear speaker] dpw, they must respond. The Fire Department could respond and comment if it so chose to do, but has no obligation if my memory serves my correctly to do so. Members of the public it is whether they can make their way through the report and may choose to respond or not, but this all kind of comes under the superior court that oversees the grand jury process, and i know theres no requirement that anybody respond or not or other then the department in question. So, on this particular report, it is public works, it is also the board of supervisors and it is also the they are requesting response from about particular sections of the report. It would also be good to know what prompted this report in the first place. Is it part of a scheduled review by the grand jury . Was there a issue the grand jury was asked to investigate more closely . I think that would help us as we decide what our response should be. I love to say we had everything to do with prompting isthe report, but i dont know for a fact, but we can inquiry for you. Usually the grand jury decides what it is going to investigate, what department or entity that falls within its purview. They make the decisions, usually. Based on what . That i cant answer. Thats what thats the question. Zero in on. Do they have a list of possibilities and say well pick this one now and someone says we are especially concerned about this, would you investigate . It is just good for us to know. Thank you very much president morgan. Colleagues, to chime in with the discussion, with the question commissioner fraser, Vice President fraser, commissioner collins recollection. If i am correct hopefully or at least accurate, the grand jury is a voluntary citizen body. Yep. And in terms of the experience over the duration of the years, at one point on one of my stays of being a president , the grand jury focus in terms of where the focus comes from, your question, had a critique in terms of the Fire Department. I remember the water auxiliary became part of the issue. The cooperation nature of what they are looking at, but i found over the years it is always with i think their position is, im interpreting, but the critical eye. So, when it comes downthere is strong criticism one way or another and i had a look at it in terms of objective matter subjective matter of what is your job and what do you want to say with jurisdiction. In one report the Fire Commission had to respond. I think the it apartment at one point had to respond. It became a lot of work, i put it that way, but that was the spirit of it. Nothing went one way or the other in terms of what it is. It was more like a keen eye, but that is just my observation and contribution. To respond is always good. In that body and that ability. Thank you mr. President. [unable to hear speaker] i am not sure what report you guys are referring to . Can you elaborate on that . Yes, so it is report done by the civil grand jury. I think made up of 19 or 20 individuals from San Francisco and it is called, building San Francisco, designing constructing and maintaining city infrastructure. I know theywhat they do is they investigate and i know they spoke to some of our members that are involved in our Capital Projects. They spoke to all sorts of people. They toured different stations, different buildings and they came out with this report and with recommendations. I dont know if they are recommendations or mandated what public works has to do in the future. A lot has to do reporting and transparency and then they ask for a response from public works and the mayor and the board of supervisors about it. So, but i will text you all the mainly public works correct . Yes. Okay. And the Fire Department was some of the interest as well . Yes, and we are in this report. Yeah. Were they concerned with the budget or what was their main interest . I think that they really scrutinize how thecivil grand jury looks how the city does business and is it efficient and effective, are they wasting money and also looked at the quality of the work, soyeah. Thats good. This is something maybe we can put on the agenda for further discussion. We are going little off topic because it isnt agendized. I mentioned it in my report so yeah. I mentioned it. There was a San Francisco chronicle article, so i mean good idea. Okay. One more quick question. Is the report is posted somewhere now . Yes, ill send you the website. Great. I guess maureen didnt get that report . I dont know. I dont know how it was emailed, and emailed to. If it wasit was emailed to me, but yeah. Not to go to be far in the weeds. I just want toi appreciate your report. I just want to thank you for coming to our swearing in and im sorry i missed the cake cutting today and like i say, congratulations to cathy and congratulations to maureen on her retirement. Im allowed to say that, right . [laughter] and another thing, i want to congratulate the chief on 12 new emts and also want to thank you and chief kaialoa for expressing the need to update the fleet, to educate us on that, because we need to know that stuff too, you know . And i also want to shout out to commend the president of local 798 for writing that letter to the board of supervisors of giving some very detailed reasoning why we need to update the fleet and why it is so important for the Fire Department. I just wanted to put that out and are thank you guys for your great reports. Well doill do whatever i can to help and you know that and other then that, im pretty updated. Our occasional check in times so i dont have further questions. At this time, i ask madam secretary, is there any Public Comment . There is nobody approaching the podium and [indiscernible] caller, would you like to comment . Yes. Eileen boken rks coalition for San Francisco naerbds. Neighborhoodss. The zoom link did not open until 512 and pass general Public Comment but i like to speak on general Public Comment at this point. Im speaking on my own behalf. It is regarding dedicated awas. The following projects have dedicated on site awaus piping. Mission rock with 12 housing units, potrero power station with 2600 housing units, pier 70 with 2150 housing units. [indiscernible] 700 housing units. Balboa reservoir with 1100 housing units, however, larger then any of these other projects is stonestown with 3500 housing units. Last year both planning and dpw confirmed that stonestown would have onsite dedicated awaus piping to make it consistent with other brookefield projects. On january 22 of this year, at the board of supervisors land use and transportation committee, the puc confirmed there will be a hookup to stonestown. May 9 regarding the stonestown project there was no mention by staff or the project sponsor about awas during presentations. However, at the may 28 meeting of the puc commission, it was stated that stonestown would not have onsite awas piping and pay for hose tenders at the june 24 meeting of Capital Planning committee on stonestown infrastructure financing district, oewd stated this is because there is no puc hook up nearby, however there is a hook up 7 blocks away, 19th avenue and another 14 blocks away at ocean avenue and victoria. The Fire Department prove this fee out in the largest of the housing projects is incomphensible especially with balboa project only a few blocks away. Thank you. Anymore Public Comment . There is no more Public Comment. Okay, i guess we are ready for chief kaialoas report. You ready, chief . Good evening. President morgan, fraiser i, commissioner feinstein collin, nakajo, maureen. Shayne kaialoa deputy chief and report for may 2024. We will begin with home land security under chief brown. Also highlight chief josh smith who works for chief brown in the office and what those two individuals managing many many events throughout San Francisco. Some in may were the beta breakers Event Planning meeting. The fleet week exercise and planning meeting fleet week overall planning meeting. That exercise is a joint exercise between the navy, marine corps, cost guard, dem, sfsd and participating agencies. To respond to local disasters such as earthquakes and wilds fires. Fleet week discuss the various coordination of local state and federal agencies and partner surrounding the event of fleet week, a very large event throughout that week, takes a ton of coordination and planning and chief brown and josh or section chief josh smith are continually busy with those meetings. I say meeting as one meeting that they are going to. There are multiple meetings throughout that planning process and all the planning processes throughout those events in the city. Also looking forward in situational awareness, chief brown and josh smith looking for major events coming up with the nba all star game, super bowl 2025, world cup in 2025. And also the Fire Department coordination meeting. On top of all that work which is nothing compared to what is in the report and all the things home land security is doing, chief brown continues her coordination of our San Francisco presence at the fema California Task force 3. Also, some things we dont discus in the meeting for security purposes are the high level dignitary visits to San Francisco being coordinated through home land security along with local state federal partners through operations to assist with those visits. Also the Emergency ActionPlan Development for all of these events. Every single one of the events that come to the city have an event action plan for the San FranciscoFire Department. It is developed with the leadership of chief brown, section chief josh smith and folks from the field, including chief pablo[indiscernible] and many others coming to assist putting those plans together for Fire Department. When the event is happening, there is a very clear plan of the date, times of the event. Communication plan, medical plan, many others in that plan. It take a ton of coordination and time. Also on the left there you see coordination meeting with oakland Fire Department, San Francisco with chief buford, [indiscernible] to discuss opportunities to support one another. We are right across the bay from each other so discused how to support each other training, best practice and what we are doing to help our Fire Departments to move forward and opportunities they have been using through the Naval Academy and merit college and specialized training. Moving on under Department Equity inclusion under shawn buford, this office with assistant deputy chief buford and anderson is very very busy through recruitment through the eefforts of the office and initiatives and the coordination of the [indiscernible] 134 academy heavily on that unit in terms of helping developing that list. Posting interviews. Sending that list to chief nicholson for the Selection Process to the final academy, and also supporting those candidates to insure they have the right documentation, the right certification they need to be successful in the process. They are now look ing to 135 academy to look at the list, develop that list, working with dhr to administer the first round of interviews, selection to the chief interviews and then final selection that academy with chief nicholson. Working with ems as we hire our folks from the ambulance into suppression. That team in the Office Working with section chiefto smooth that process out in terms of what our folks need to do in ems to move to suppression so it is a cleaner transition and they understand the process better. Also in the month of may, they presented at department of rehabilitation youth fair about Career Opportunities with the San FranciscoFire Department. The program for youth are ages 1624 and allows employers educators labor unions and workforce professionals to address these young youth and deliver opportunities to them and one of those being specifically to the San FranciscoFire Department, whether ems or suppression. Continuing the work with the San Francisco consurivation corp. In the past i briefed for cohort 1 lead by battalion chief and training those folks and wild land firefighter along with his cohort and that discussion continues interest cohorts 2, 3 and 4 between the month of august and january. Also, working through the process of hbcu internship. Happy to announce we have three interns at the San FranciscoFire Department that started this month and will brief you further in the next month. Beyond that, they also presented at the may day may day regarding the same efforts to recruit our young folks into the Fire Services and educate on what the San FranciscoFire Department does. Moving to recruitment and outreach with officer anderson. Very busy. I just highlight a few working through that fire candidate Testing Center list. Coordinating fire candidate Training Center prep class. This class better educates the individuals and on the process that test and how to be successful in the test and give resources to assist in being successful and that is one reason why we went to the fire candidate Testing Center. And like i mentioned earlier, working with chief on the ems2 suppression move. Lieutenant anderson gave remarks on behalf of chief nicholson at the ccsf Academy Graduation in the month of may. Under health and safety, battalion chief alba, not many changes here, just the studies discussed before. Still moving forward with the [indiscernible] study which includessulfur rich chemical from vegetables known to repair and nurture our gut, as well as supporting natural detox and address inflammation. The pfas study continues through august and the testing of the turnouts and are pfas through the real life fire fighting. Sleep disorder studies continues as well as [indiscernible] looking forward to the fall, chief alba, is looking for cancer screenings and the skin checks. Behavioral health under captain heather burin the month of may, the bhu had 75 contacts with issues surrounding general stress, Critical Incident response, bereavement for family members and other issues but those are what i will highlight the month of may. Along with captain burins irk with, we are in the final stage of the lactation policy. We received the policy back from the City Attorney. The edits are being made to the policy and what those edits and will be sent to the chief in the next week. Leveraging on how our folks receive content. The bhu sent a video to the field regarding health and wellness resources. We need to meet folks where they are at and the age of our department and how they are actually absorbing the content, so they sent out video form to the field. As you know, we moved away from the cortico application to lighthouse. This application is very intuitive and provides quick accesses to resources, therapist, bhu resources, Resource Library and station finder when i when i was new in the department i needed the station finder. Now it was in a map and now on the app with one touch of a finger. Healthy recipes and more. We are also offered a chance to participate in a pilot study evaluating a 4 day treatment workshop to address symptoms. This goes back to the lack of sleep in a 24 hour period when you are working those type of shifts. Even ems, if you work 12 or more and the stressors and how it effects your sleep and your overall health. We have a few people in that study and ill brief you when it is done. The office of Employee Health, dr. Chang and Nurse Practitioner stephanie phelps, performed screenings at 45 and also the new hires screenings of the 134th h2 academy. Also, through the month of may, continue the visit and did take a pause as dr. C took vacation. It has been very beneficial and knew it would be and you heard me speak about developing the culturally competent doctor to understand what we do in the San FranciscoFire Department to better develop relationship with the field and gain that trust of our own physician. More importantly, to listen, to listen and dr. C is doing a great job. Very insightful for him hearing the concerns of the members what has gone in the past and over had history and how we can improve and concerns on their minds of their health and wellness and what they like to see from the office. Been a very valuable. Also met with the union to discuss annual Wellness Check we have not for some time and we are there. We have approval from the union. That will be integrated into 30 in 30 out initiative and when that is complete we will share that with you. Also met with the Community Paramedicine division to discuss injury and the challenges that Community Paramedicine is seeing in their side and how the Department Physician could help develop initiatives for that type of injury. Also, ongoing discussions with our electric health records. Run a couple things in parallel and moving forward will brief you. Dr. C published the first office of Employee Health news letter. Chief nicholson is the highlight. Dr. C vision is to member spotlight every single addition, so interesting things to learn there about chief nicholson. I cant see it now, chief. You have to read it. Well send it to you. The news letter what the member spotlight highlights Mental Health t. Is short and sweet, about three pages. It has Employee Assistant Program resources in this first version. He gave a breathing relaxation exercise and healthy recipe. Under the isb, captain well. 98 members participated. Background investigations for the 134 were complete in may or on may 24 of 2024. This is the first class that has gone through the electronic background packet and it has been so much better. Still work to do, but so much better. Creating efficiency, the candidates are able to fill out the packets and upload the resources before they come into see captain well for the intake interview. All breathalizers at division 2 and 3 and airport have past accuracy testing and 3 more breathalizers from the field will be tested in the next month. Support services, deputy chief mike mullen, this in no way shape or form as stated in the past the things i highlight here and many projects you see in your packet are in various stages whether hvac, generators, roofing, multitude of work happening and support services. Beyond that work, being done all around the city at all of our stations, supporting the clothing depot, outfitting the folks and academy with the resources they need. Managing the bureau of equipment and all of the work on the apparatus and purchasing tools kwr insuring the field has what needs to be successful. But we had 143 service requests, 145 Service Orders completed, 2 vans put into service and on the right station 9 received their hvac units. Thank gosh. It wasnt without a hiccup, but chief mullen made it happen and we are happy that it is complete. Same with assistant deputy chief miller. The absolute enormous work happening there under the esr programs. To include the ex fws, the emergency generators, projects in various stages. Enormous work. All important. All important this one probably the most important at this time for the Fire Department is the new Fire Training facility. Schematic design. Focus on floor plans and of individual structures and adjacency and how those floor plans work together. Design modifications made to include the driver cone courses within the boundaries of the site. All of our folks that go through suppression are trained on the engine, ambuljs. Ambulance. It is challenging to do at Treasure Island or has become challenging because of the construction there. We have not done it there for some time. Looking for a site. We were utilizing the alamany but continues to dwindle. Having this on site is very important and integral to the project we keep folks on site. Chief is doing a fantastic job with the team to insure adjacencys are corrected and the site can be used in ems and suppression and trainjug specialized training. There is a lot of thought that going into this plan of how the site is used. We continue the community outreach. Met with the Bayview Hunter point citizen advisory committee. A few more in june. Incredible. To go out to the community and present on the Fire Training facility and what we expect there and intend to do there, but more importantly, to listen to what the community is saying and what their concerns are in that community and for us to address where we can. It is very important and so those have been very beneficial and well continue that throughout this process. We also went to the San FranciscoArt Commission regarding the art instillation that will be installed at this facility. It was a very good meeting and we look forward to going back when we have further plans of what will be developed there. Something that we have discussed is not just one art instillation, but taking those funds and spreading the art instillation throughout the campus so it is seen in multiple different areas. Highlights. Community outreach and Education Team at carnaval. As always, delivering those materials to the public. Supporting the escape from alcatraz triathlon with over 1600 folks in the water with our water assets. Fire station 35 present would a oil painting by artist frank walsh. The Jim Gallagher competition may 11, 2024. We have the winner right there, chief luttropp center. 6 minute mile. Number one. Still got it, buddy. Look good. Also retired chiefsorry, retired lieutenant [indiscernible] division of training. You were there for unveiling of the artist at headquarters. It was nice to see you all. May 29, this is 133 academy and there are 7 and a Half Mile Run to headquarters where they are greeted by headquarter staff, able to receive comments from chief nicholson and others in the command staff. It is a great end to the academy. The next day they graduate. Right there. That is the end of my report. Happy to take any questions. Thank you for your report chief kaialoa. Fellow commissionersPublic Comment. There is nobody approaching the podium and somebody does have their hand raised. Would you like to make Public Comment on chief kaialoas report . Caller . There is no more Public Comment. [indiscernible] you need to approach the podium if you [indiscernible] they keep pushing the meeting, 615 now we have to wait. Three times. Anyway, i didnt hear the report, so it will be unappropriate for me to comment. Simply, there is no fire. That is bazaar. Thats it. Thats it for Public Comment. I just wanted to commend you for the work you are doing with the community in advance. I know that it sounds like you enjoyed the interaction. I know that will bear fruit as the project continues. I also wanted to congratulate you on your presentation to the arts commission. I understand it was very well received, especially since it was not presented as something cast in stone, but sort of a in process presentation, which is my understanding the right way to do it. Thank you for a very positive report. Thank you. [indiscernible] chief fraser. I like that. I like the sound that. Okay. Thank you chief kaialoa. Great report. Really really interesting and i also appreciate hearing more about the Training Facility and ongoing work with the commission as well as the community. That Training Facility is in district 10 of San Francisco, correct . Thats what i thought. Okay. Very good. Thats where i live. I think thats great. The only other comment i had and there was a lot ofso much good stuff in your report, or more a question really. Goes back to the beginning about home land security where we have super bowl, nba all star and world cup soccer among others are in 2025, which is next year, correct . Wow. Seems like a lot of stuff. [indiscernible] super bowl and soccer in 2026. Little break there. Okay. Super bowl and soccer are 2026. Next year is just the nba all star. Great. Thats all. Very good. I was really, wow. Congrats on the 134 academy Getting Started soon, sooner rather then later, and just terrific report all around. Thank you, chief. Thank you very much president morgan. Thank you very much chief for your comprehensive report. I got comment, maybe there is a question in there somewhere about 5 items. Just so folks know, i want to cover chief brown in terms of security with a question. Refer to chief bufords report. Question on the Physician Office and question on support services. I appreciate the detail you give in your reports. Particularly when it comes to the various areas, home land security. My question beyond what was asked is, this weekend is the parade and i heard numbers floating around. I get lost after a million, but i just kind of need to hear little bit, because back in my mind somewhere is we dont have the casualty bus anymore. I think, not sure. I just want to hear something about it integrated by this report from chief brown and sure. I will have chief brown come up. Good evening. Thank you for your question regarding our preparation for this weekend. We coordinate and work very well with other departments across the city, specific to our role, the fesivities for the weekend start early friday and so we are coordinating through the Operation Center that the department of Emergency Management monitors and dispatch center to provide operations not only to the parade, but city wide for the friday and saturday events. On sunday the parade is added to the Civic Center Celebration. Any event within San Francisco that will have a impact by bringing people in must provide a level of response on their own that they bring privately to the event and this event will be divided into the Civic Center Celebration where there is a lot of private assets dedicated to the event, as well as the parade which is free speech liability falling to the city, so in order to address that we have a gap in not having the bus, you are correct, but we will have a med station set up along the parade route that where one of our doctors that works for dr. Locoke will be stationed and that allows or ems to be responding along the parade route for any people that are participating, or observing the parade, but it also allows our ems units to bring a patient to that location and the doctor can rule in or out whether transport is needed. Because the paramedics have a responsibility they must transport to higher level of care, we can also provide that higher level of care and do what we call drying up calls that lessen the burden on the Hospital System as well. Well be doing that. Thank you very much. Particularly thank you very much for coming up here and sharing. Again, as a san franciscan, when you have all these events, i dont want to say you get used it, but it is sunday. A million people. Just like the triangle ceremony, 600. So, for me the report talks about your jurisdiction and it talks about operation and ems as well and so, again, as a commissioner, i appreciate that and just want to be able to make sure, because seems leak one after another and again, while you are up here, i know there is a lot of approval for midweek concerts, et cetera. Stimulate the economy, but i assume it falls within our jurisdictional. One question, how many personnel do we harness for Something Like the parade . We are dedicating for this 5 als units, the doctor and their team, but it also requires that coordination, so it is a battalion chief embedded as a lee liaison in the police department, staffing in the emergency Operation Center as well and our hazmat team on standpoint and have support for hazmat, so there are a lot of elements. To your point, i like to say that we do get in the habit of planning for the same event over and over, but we are really reminded not to be complacent and the news stories we see coming out of for instance, the attack initially considered could have been a terrorism attack. That reminds us things like this can happen so we are constantly monitoring with partners events throughout the country where we can model preparation. Thank you very much. To the commission and also the San Francisco, deeper appreciation chief in terms how much we mobilize. Thank you for that question. Chief, if i can move on. Thank you chief brown. In terms of chief bufp ford and diversity, chief, i didnt have a chance when you did your report chief nicholson, congratulations. I know Vice President fraser talked about the emt graduation and the fact of hundred graduates in terms that. For myself, with the report that comes out, those numbers are successful because of the program and recruitment that we started within the community, so i just think thats a really powerful number. Also, the mechanism, because when you give your report as we move folks from 49 over to suppression, we need folks fill the roles in emt, so to me it is like, looking for a source of resources, but the diversity aspeth aspect is good. I want to congratulate on the successf the program. The other thing about the doctor and physician at some point, i know the commission will be able to meet him, but through just my community, it seems covid has come strongly recently. Is that any effect particularly within our department at this particular time or any precautions or shots or readiness, chief . [indiscernible] i have seen that in the news. Dr. C just returning and we have a meeting tomorrow, and this subject will more then likely come up, but nothing as of yet. Okay. Thank you. Last thing in terms of chief mullen support services, chief, i know you are there, but in terms of [indiscernible] when we get a report, i think i have seen this before, but what i like page 3, i dont know if you have it chief, kaialoa, let me know if you are there support service . Page 33, yes, sir. There is listing by station, the current state of the house on all levels. I knew we used to get it periodically, but to have it extensively all the way down with a description greatly helps. I had 14 different stations chief nicholson, but the details are there in terms of reading if you will in terms of the commissioners and being educated. The other thing is, i appreciate you spending time as a commissioner talking in detail about the importance of the Training Facility. But also spending the time to talk about the community. I think thats real important for all the years and experiences we had. Bayview hunter point, they heard it all. But to have people Pay Attention from the getgo, i think you really found something. The arts, campus [indiscernible] it is really impressive. Anyway, thank you very much chief. Thank you very much mr. President. Thank you. Thank you commissioner nakajo. Thank you for your report chief kaialoa. I dont really have any questions. I was just looking at kind of reiterate what Vice President fraser was saying, 2025 will be a real busy year as far as big events and everything, and im sure you will be prepared with all the great drills that you guys do and collaborate with other agencies and all the stuff we read about in the reports. Im sure it will go well and sure you goes are well prepared. Thank you for your great report and thats all i got. I wont hold you guys up too late. Thank you. Thank you. Item 5, adjournment. Is there a motion to adjourn . Second . Second. Everybody votes aye . Aye. Adjourn this meeting. Thank you. [meeting adjourned] [music] so, can you tell us what it was like for you during your First Encounter with the San FranciscoFire Department . Yep. It was super cool i got to learn about the dry standing pipe correction. It is actually called, dry sand piper just stand pipe. Tomato. You know. Yea. So, what is coming up next for what is that for . Oh , firefighter backsterinvited mow to a fire station to see the cool stuff firefighters use to put out fires. You have seen the had doors open like a space ship from out of nowhere. I close my eye its is like im there right now wow whoa. Watch out, man. What is that for . What is this . These are fire engines they might look alike they are both red. White top and red lights on top. This is a new 2021 fire engine and this is an older 2014 fire engine. If you cant tell, this one is shorter and narrower than our older fire engines. They have cool things like recessed lights. Roll up doors. 360 degree cam ares and more that is important as the city is moving toward slower and safer streets adding parklets and bulb outs and bike lanes we need to decrease our footprint to keep us and the Community Safer on emergency scenes. Whats back there . When is not guilty fire engine. Great question. I want to see, sure. Lets go back and look at the equipment and the fire pump on the fire engine. This is a fire pump. It is cool all the colors and all that. This fire pump and this engine holds 500 gallons of water that is a lot. A lot of water. It is push out 1500 gallons a minute of water. We can lose our 500 gammons quickly. Why we use hoses like this to connect to a fire hydrant and that gives us unlimited amount of water to help put a fire out temperature is important we have enough fire engine in San Francisco to put fires out. So we can reduce the injuries and minimize loss of life and minimize property damage. [music] mr. Will. Mr. Will. Will oh. Daydreaming. Thanks, everybody for watching bye [music] come shop dine and play. Taraval street is open for business. This is joey smith at barber lounge. One of the coowners at 19th and taraval and sunset. This establishment came about when me and my brother andy, coowner barber decided to it was time to take a step up in the barber industry. Our business is community that shows their true artistic side of the barber indust rae. We are involved in taraval bingo so please stop by, get a haircut and when you do you get the barber sticker made for us. I say in three words, we are community, artsests and here to help. Visit at barber louvl, 901 taraval and find on[indiscernible] a new Community Game supporting Small Businesses, anyone can participate, it is easy, collect stickers on a gameboard and enter raffle event for a chance to win awesome prizes. For more, gerald turner. Pardon me. Chair post is present. Commissioner turner is present. Paul woolford is absent today, fatty zabi present. Vice chair. Zabi is present. And with three members present, we do have quorum for the Public Works Commission. Public comment is taken on, all action items, all informational and action items on todays agenda. And to comment in person , you will please line up against the wall, near the screen. The audience is left when Public Comment is called for members of the public wishing to comment on an item from outside the hearing room. You may do so by joining via webinar through the link shown on page two of todays agenda. And to be recognized, select the raise your hand icon in the webinar. 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Late last week, the San Francisco civil grand jury issued several reports at the conclusion of its work over the 20 2324 fiscal year, two are of particular interest to public works and to this commission. The first report, whimsical, titled commission impossible, actually addresses the serious subject of the citys 115 oversight and advisory bodies. Commissions, task forces Advisory Boards and the like. A number far greater than similar sized cities and counties, and a condition that can impede the efficient and Cost Effective execution of our local government. The jury made a number of findings and recommendations to strengthen the composition and performance of city commissions and similar entities. These included disbanding the sanitation and streets commission in light of voter passage of proposition b in 2022, which of course kept the Public Works Department intact and did not split off street sanitation functions. The second civil grand jury report, entitled building San Francisco, is of keen interest to the department and to our own commission. Indeed, the document focuses primarily on public works and the Public Works Commission and discusses a number of issues we ourselves have been addressing over the past almost two years that weve been seated. In sum, the report describes the civil grand jurys findings regarding how the citys Capital Projects are planned, built and monitored on behalf of the public and makes recommendations on how capital, project delivery and oversight can be improved. The jury has requested that the Commission Comment on several of the reports findings and recommendations, ones which we will do this summer after weve had a chance to carefully analyze the report and discuss its findings. The Public Works Commission thanks the citizens of San Francisco who served on the civil grand jury and for the hard work and careful thought they put into developing their recommendations. For those who would like to read this report and the first one i cited, they can be found easily on the civil grand jurys website. Also last week, commissioner turner and i spoke to the board of supervisors rules Committee Regarding our reappointment to this commission. Commissioner zoghbi and turner have been reappointed by the board of supervisors itself, and i have been reappointed by controller greg wagner. Our terms would be for four years ending in 2028. Commissioner wohlford and our currently vacant seat are mayoral appointments up for renewal in 2026 . Commissioner zoghbi turner and i spoke of our work on the Public Works Commission and our desire to be reappointed to continue it in light of the civil grand jury report on Capital Projects that i described. I think continuity on the commission is important. Our reappointments will be considered by the full board of supervisors at their regular meeting tomorrow. Commissioner zabian turner is there anything youd like to add about your potential reappointment to the commission . All right. And while reviewing the board of supervisors agenda, i noted a consent item to approve an ordinance amending the public works code to improve how Sidewalk Vending is permitted, managed and enforced. I thank the department for its continued effort to keep the public right of way safe and unobstructed, and for its attention to the law, as well as to its day to day work. Director short, do you want to add any comment about this pending legislation . Good morning, commissioners. Carl short, director, thank you. Chair. Post. We view this amendment as a tool that will assist, we hope we think will assist our our Inspection Team in being more efficient in being able to enforce the rules around vending. So we are grateful for the amendment. We think it will be helpful. It there will theres no silver bullet. I think we need to be mindful that this we will continue to have challenges in doing this enforcement, but we are appreciative and we think it will help us be more efficient and just clarify some of the rules. Great. Thank you. Last month there was a local Television News story featuring public works, homeless encampment, cleanup team and their heroic work to treat Homeless Individuals with dignity and respect while maintaining a clean, safe and attractive public realm for San Franciscos citizens. As public works Hotspot Team Leader daryl dilworth was interviewed and demonstrated admirable leadership and common sense management of the challenging situation public works employees navigate every day. The Public Works Commission extends its gratitude to mr. Dilworth and his team for their diligence and commitment to working to ensure that a high quality of life can be enjoyed by us all. And just last week, there was a local Television Story on public works, Illegal DumpingEnforcement Team headed by ramses alvarez and featuring team member shannon sweeney. The daily work of this team to point out and enforce Illegal Dumping laws is critical to maintaining the citys quality of life and the commission thanks mr. Alvarez, miss sweeney and their colleagues for the effort they put in each day to remind people to take pride in their community and not be a public nuisance by continuing the garbage theme at this commissions request last month, the sanitation and streets commission had a presentation on the departments trash can program. I think i thank chair hartwig shulman and the commission for taking up this subject. During the presentation. It was noted that among the departments efforts to respond to public requests for service, a new trash can manager position has been created. Director short, how is this new position funded and what will this person be doing specifically . Will the duties include identifying private properties of all types that do not have trash service, and enforcing the citys requirement that all properties must have it . And is this, in fact a city requirement that finally, if it is, what is the process for ensuring that all properties in San Francisco pay for ecology, trash service . Thank you. Chair. Post the trash can manager position is a new position and its currently in the hiring pipeline. This. Position will be tasked with managing our more than 3000 public trash cans, ensuring that theyre properly serviced and maintained. Assessing locations and the optimal level of Service Monitoring trends through our in can sensors and troubleshooting constituent concerns. Currently we dont have a dedicated trash can manager, so that responsibility falls to our special projects team and our Government Affairs teams, both of which of course, have much larger portfolios. And given the importance of trash cans in our city as a tool to keep our streets and sidewalks clean, it really made sense to us to add this dedicated position. You asked about funding. Its funded through the recology ratepayers, and its part of the negotiated rate agreement between recology and the city, which is approved by the refuse rate board, a process now thats now under the purview of the city administrator. Im sorry, of the city Controllers Office, city administrator sits on the refuse rate board, this position will not address whether private properties have sufficient trash trash service. However that is something that we do. Our outreach and Enforcement Team coordinates with recology and the department of Public Health, and it is a city requirement for Property Owners and businesses to maintain garbage service. Thats part of the health code. So we work as a team to address this issue. And i oftentimes they will look at locations where we see frequent dumping, and then they can do an assessment of the adjacent Property Owners to see if they have sufficient garbage service. And that is required. Thank you. Also, last month was a print media article on the 24th street repaving project. This commission recently approved the contract for the article, interviewed a number of Small Business owners along the noe valley portion of 24th street, who expressed their support of this needed roadwork, but also their fears about its detrimental effects on their businesses during their busiest and most lucrative time of year. Autumn and the holiday season. Director short. Can you please describe the departments outreach to and coordination with the noe valley merchants and Professionals Association and what measures can be undertaken, if any, to address the concerns outlined in the media report regarding notification, project timing and business disruption. Yes. Thank you chair. Post happy to respond. We have conducted extensive outreach to the Business Community on 24th street in noe valley. Initial letters were sent to parklet sponsors informing them of the upcoming project, and that they would need to temporarily relocate their parklets. The first letter was sent in may of 2022, and a follow up letter was sent in november of 2023. I do really want to note that parklet sponsors were informed when their permits were issued that they may need to move the structures to accommodate construction and or emergency repairs in the right of way. On february 29th of this year, the shared Spaces Program planning and public works teams met with the north valley merchants to discuss the upcoming project and hear how we might minimize any impacts during construction. Aware of their desire to delay construction between september and december, our project team has been discussing the feasibility and is scheduled to meet with the contractor actually later this week. I do want to note that the noe valley work is part of a larger infrastructure project, and the work has already been delayed once to oblige business concerns. However, i want to note that since this issue has gotten more attention, were actually hearing from others in the noe Valley Community who want construction to get underway as soon as possible to improve the condition of the road. The Pavement Condition index score for that stretch of 24th is 36, meaning that it is rated as being in very Poor Condition and far below the citywide average of 76, which is good sewer and water system upgrades. Vision zero pedestrian and safety. Cyclist safety improvements, new ada compliant curb ramps. Upgraded Traffic Signals, and freshly paved streets are essential to advance the resiliency and safety of our city. These are the types of projects were talking about that will benefit noe valley. We know that construction in the right of way can cause disruptions, but we make every effort to minimize them while balancing the need to get this important work done. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, i know that the merchants and businesses in the area fully support the project. It was just a question of its timing, but i also understand there are always trade offs. Delays often cost taxpayer money. And so its a balancing act and i appreciate the departments effort to strike that right balance. Further, last month there was a media report on the citys Whistleblower Program and specifically the controllers most recent report on filings. In the First Quarter of this year, public works had 13 whistleblower complaints filed in that quarter. Director short, can you please describe how whistleblower complaints are called to the departments attention and how theyre generally investigated and resolved . Yes. Thank you. So the Whistleblower Program, as you noted, is run by the citys Controllers Office, and its designed to be a platform for members of the public City Employees to report fraud, waste and abuse by City Employees and contractors. If a complaint involves one of our employees or contracts, the Controllers Office notifies three people at public works the director, the cfo, and the executive assistant to the director. We investigate each complaint, often led by hr, either inhouse or in conjunction with the controller, depending on the case and whats being alleged. A determination is then made about what, if any, action to take based on the findings. In some cases, the complaints are found to be without merit. In others, all or portions of the complaint are deemed valid. I want to assure you that any, that any and every whistleblower complaint is thoroughly and fairly investigated and adjudicated as a department committed to building the publics trust, we would settle for nothing less. Thank you very much. There was a recent media article on how city sidewalks are repaired. This article noted that all those sidewalks are public property. As has been noted several times in our own Commission Meetings, the responsibility to keep a sidewalk in good repair is actually on the adjacent Property Owner. Per a century of state law, many cities have a similar policy to San Franciscos, although not all. The article also noted that on average, it takes San Francisco public works 477 days to repair a sidewalk after its initial inspection. Director short, is that an accurate number in the press, and if so, why does it take nearly a year and a half for a repair to be completed . The short answer is were looking into whether or not that is an accurate number. And there are a number of factors that could affect whether or not i think they looked carefully at the data. I want to give them credit for trying to assess that data accurately, but there are a number of factors that may have contributed. So just to back up a little bit, ill give a brief overview about the process. So when we get a notice about a sidewalk concern we perform an inspection. And if a sidewalk deficiency is found, the team will issue a notice to repair. The Property Owner has 30 days to respond and make the needed repairs. They can choose to hire their own private contractor to do the work, or if part of our sidewalk inspection and repair program, they can take part in a competitively bid sidewalk repair contract that we administer. We prioritize sidewalk repairs found to be in extremely Poor Condition in high priority pedestrian corridors such as transit hubs and near schools, hospitals, and transit centers. We elevate accessibility issues and safety hazards if the Property Owner doesnt perform the work as is required under state and local law, the city can perform the work and invoice the responsible Property Owner. So one of the contributing factors to why that average may be so high was the covid pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, we had three separate contractors working on behalf of the city at. And then we had to pause all of that work. In april of 2020. And then once the city had more clarity about what was allowed to work, that program didnt operate at full scale. One of our contractors never returned to work. Another contractor returned to only complete a few of the packages, and then the third contractor did finish out all their work. Another contributing factor that were investigating is when our own crews perform the sidewalk repairs. If there is maybe a disconnect between the data because they get an ntr from our sidewalk inspectors, but if they close it out, its supposed to connect to the ntr system that the work was completed. Were double checking whether there may have been a disconnect there, because that average does seem higher than we would expect. And heres what notice to im sorry, notice to repair. Yeah. So our inspectors will send a notice to the Property Owner if the sidewalk is not related to a city maintained tree, if the damage is related to a city maintained tree, then they will issue the notice to our cement team, our urban forestry program. Okay, thanks. So youre looking into it and. Yeah, well, we can report back i think. Great. Yeah. One of the ill just note one last thing because we have a i think a very, appropriate and robust process for prioritizing if there is damage thats located that is related to a city asset thats located in a very low Pedestrian Volume site, it will take our crews much longer to get to that repair. And of course, that can then potentially skew the data. Or if we have 1 or 2 sites where maybe the work was done, but it didnt get reinspected the Property Owner did the work, didnt tell us they had done the work. Then that the conditions could be safe. But were dealing with a that bringing our average down. So thats the type of information we want to try to dig into a little bit to see. And i appreciate your explanation since of course data is only as good as what goes into it. And often there are considerations that are omitted that that could change the picture if they were included. So thank you very much. Finally even though its a bit of old news by now, i did want to call out the may issue of in the works, the departments newsletter featured articles on the departments glass shop and the skills required by our glaziers to execute a variety of repairs and installations for city projects. It also described the groundbreaking for the folsom street improvements from second to 11th streets in yerba buena and soma, a major city residential, commercial and transit corridor that will greatly benefit from these improvements in the works featured landscaping improvements to the iconic bayview gateway project. The Capital Project contractor connections event that director short told us about in may. Public works has worked to ensure the bay to breakers race route was clean and safe both before and after the event that we also discussed. And finally, mays love our city neighborhood cleanup and landscaping day in district three neighborhoods. Do any of my colleagues have questions on my announcements or announcements of their own . Today . Commissioner zombie . Good morning, everyone. And then thank you for the for the report, chair post, just a couple of questions about the subjects that were raised right now. So the first one about the trash can manager there. So that is that position is going, are you looking to hire a person right now or are we going to be waiting because we did kick that can down the road after our budget was cut, we did not kick the can down the road for our existing trash cans. So we still have about 3000 trash cans around the city, and yes, we are looking to hire that trash can manager now. In fact, we have initiated the hiring process. Thank you. And my next question is about the sidewalk, repair, i understand that its the responsible of the landlord, but does the reason the cause of the damage have to, play play any role in that . Like, for example, roots of trees . Would that be ours or would be the landlord . Thank you for that question. So if the sidewalk damage is caused by a city maintained tree. So a street tree that is the citys responsibility, which is most street trees, only if someone has opted out of the our program would it not be our responsibility in those cases, the city is responsible for repairing the damage caused by those tree roots. But for example, if the tree is located on the private property but may be damaging the sidewalk. So sometimes a tree located in a backyard thats adjacent to the sidewalk, or even in some cases a tree planted in an area that may be in the front of the property, but actually on property, private property, then that damage would be the responsibility of the Property Owner. Thank you. Thank you. Secretary fuller, do you have any announcements today . I only have two brief announcements. And one is the report on the sanitation and streets commission, their june 17th meeting was, canceled due to a need to, postpone some of the items that were one of the major items that they were considering. But their next meeting is scheduled for july 15th, when theyll hear the bureau of urban forestrys performance measure reports as well as the Racial Equity action plan update and then, just a reminder to commissioners that their title six training is due at the end of this week. I believe most of us have completed it. So its a brief reminder video. So its but still very important. And thats the those are all of my announcements. Thank you. Please open Public Comment on this item. Members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment in person on item one. The announcements by the chair, commissioners and secretary may line up against the wall furthest from the door. And if you are commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or star three on your phone to be recognized. And no one has, approached to speak on this item. And sfgovtv is letting me know that they we do not have any callers on this item either. So that concludes Public Comment. Thank you. Please call the next item on the agenda item two is the directors report and communications and public works director carlos short is here to present. This is an informational item. Thank you. Bob good morning again. Carlos short, public works director. Hope youre enjoying the first days of summer. And as i said at your meeting earlier this month, and im happy to say again, happy pride month. All right, weve covered a number of the updates already, but ill just say a little bit more about, the civil grand jury, we have the report, as you noted, chair post, we are also reviewing the findings for accuracy, for example, how they describe which agency is actually responsible for what, such as maintenance and site selection. There are some assumptions that we identified that we know are not factually correct. We are also reviewing the recommendations to assess where we can and should do better. And im happy to report that actually, later this week we have a new colleague started starting with us, who is really helping us focus in on Capital Project delivery and where we can make improvements. We appreciate the civil grand jurys goal, which we share to improve Government Services and as you noted, even before the report was issued, we already had initiated some process improvements that were touched on by their recommendations. Examples include facilities renewal project delivery that streamlines processes around project delivery. We also have worked with Capital Planning to establish a process that better assesses the true budget needs to establish those original budgets. With that said, theres always room for improvement, both in the delivery of Capital Projects and in educating the public and our City Partners on our roles and responsibilities. Building an Infrastructure Projects from identifying and securing funding to planning and design, to construction and closeout is a highly complex undertaking and one that we have a very strong track record to stand on. Next up, another update on Sidewalk Vending, this past friday, working with the Mayors Office, supervisor ronans office and the office of economic and Workforce Development, we launched a Pilot Program for Sidewalk Vending. In the mission, were allowing ten permitted vendors to return to a one block stretch of Mission Street to sell their wares. We will assess the impact on street conditions as the pilot comes seven months after the city imposed a temporary moratorium on Sidewalk Vending in the mission between on the on Mission Street, between 14th street and cesar chavez, to bring order back to Mission Street prior. The corridor that was packed with more than 100 permitted vendors and many, many others without permits, selling fenced goods. The sidewalks at times were impossible and impassable and impossible and dangerous. Since the moratorium went into effect, data has shown a drop in assaults and street cleaning requests. Another consequence, however, was that the good actor Street Vendors saw an impact to their livelihoods. Now we are testing on a small scale whether we can bring back a limited number of vendors who have played by the rules. The ten vendors in the pilot were selected by a city run lottery. They can set up shop between 10 a. M. And 7 p. M. They are identified by branded Mission Street vendor uniforms, canopies and tablecloths. They must set up at one of the ten sanctioned spots between 23rd and 24th streets, and maintain an accessible path of travel at all times. Meanwhile, our street inspectors, accompanied by Uniformed Police officers, will be on the ground seven days a week to one. Make sure the vendors in the Pilot Program are adhering to the rules, and two, that no other vendors will be able to sell in the corridor. Our inspectors will continue to Issue Citations and impound items from the unsanctioned sales. The moratorium, however, does not apply to food cart sales for things such as cut fruit and hot dogs. The moratorium is set to expire on august 22nd, and the city will continue to monitor the conditions on a daily basis. I will continue to keep you posted. I am also happy to report that last week our budget was approved by the board of Supervisors Budget Committee with no consequential, consequential impacts beyond the mayors recommendation. The budget process, however, is far from over. Its now in the hands of the full board, where the supervisors and the mayor will continue to debate proposed cuts and restoration. I will keep you looped in as the budget advances, but for now, its looking good for public works with no layoffs. I do want to take the opportunity to thank cfo bruce robertson, finance manager jennifer marquez, budget manager victoria chan, and their teams for all the hard work they put into this years budget plan. Their strategy, skills and determination served us well. And on a lighter note, im proud to report that Team Public Works came in third place at the may louisa mays softball tournament. This was the first year back after 2019 and is a key fundraiser for the San FranciscoSan Francisco foster youth fund. Its an event that draws teams from many City Departments, as well as major partners like the San Francisco giants and the golden state warriors. After an early loss, public works went on to win four straight games, beating the San Francisco county transportation authority, the warriors, to be clear, staff, not players. The office of economic and Workforce Development and rec park. Im proud that our team drew from all divisions of the department and embraced the best spirit of the event. It was a long day, starting with the first game at 8 a. M. And wrapping up at about 10 p. M, but Team Public Works kept their energy and commitment strong. And with that, im happy to take any questions. Thank you for that report. The games were all played in one day. Yes, at moscone softball fields, which has, i think like 5 or 6 fields going at any given moment, and it was a long day of. In the middle of this project. And of course, this project has a lot of steel. I do want to give a shout out to our project manager, whos now the manager of our of our project management team, who really managed to actually claw back some of those costs that we had to pay. And was tenacious in finding out how we could actually not be held accountable for all of those steel tariffs, some of the other challenges were the bcdc, which is the bay conservation development. Yes we anticipated, you know, anytime were working on the bay that we will have requirements from bcdc. I think from our perspective at least, the requirements on this project were greater than we had ever experienced on other projects. So while we did anticipate some of what they would require and planned for that, there were additional requirements that we did not foresee. And that adds to the to the time. And then therefore the cost of delivery. So, i appreciate your pointing out that this is a unique project and with any unique project, its going to be more, more challenging to deliver. And i think its a really great project. In the end. Id like to while i do think and i commend our team for delivering a very complex project, the reason i bring this up and why, as we, you know, develop our response and our recommendations, i want to make sure the public is well aware of things that are coming down the pike, im very proud of the work weve done over at laguna honda. That work has got it recertified for medicaid, hugely important for the work that we see every day on the streets and how we support our community, we also have General Hospital coming down the pike very soon. So as these very unique projects are coming down, one of the misnomers that seems to be out there is that its all about our cost. And these things, but does it not boil some down, boil down to the complexity of what were doing . And given that they sometimes are just one offs, i. E. Sometimes we like to call it boutique, but how does that factor into our planning to our both our response to the civil grand jury, but also the public who often do see what seem to be caused very different than building their home. In fact, we are doing something very, very different. Is that not a matter of fact . Yes, i think that is absolutely correct. And i think, you know, some of the challenges that we also face is that we dont always have control over certain aspects of the project. So a lot of the grand jurys report focused on location, location, location and i think a very dense city like San Francisco does not have a lot of easy places where we can just pick up a great spot and decide to build on it. Right. So a lot of those locations are driven by whats available, what is the city already own . And they may not be ideal, but sometimes its a balancing act. Do we build here now and provide those Critical Services to the city, or do we hold out and delay and potentially impact the residents of San Francisco . So, there are a lot of challenging factors in delivering important Capital Projects for the city of San Francisco. Thank you. I thought it was important for that as a matter of record, for every citizen who reads that report, but also for the world who visits San Francisco, so who get to make sure they can do it safely from cruise ships on the pier to biking up and down our streets to if you need to go to a hospital. Weve been there to make sure those Capital Projects are delivered safely in every single day. Perform. Ive never seen a perfect project. Ive never seen a perfect house. Ive never seen a perfect building. But i do think that we are working toward perfection every day. And i thank staff for continuing to improve process every single day. Thank you. Good morning. Alameda, Deputy Director for buildings and city architect. And i really dont have a whole lot to add to what carla had had spoke to, but i want to express my appreciation, commissioner turner, that stepping back and understanding kind of the array of complexities and challenges that we face every day, with a smile and leaning into, weve delivered a lot, of lot of projects under esser and other programs that have been quite successful. And, im eager to dive into this report and address it with my colleagues. I think my First Impressions of the report is it was one that started or did recognize a lot of the array of complexities and challenges, some of the recommendations and dive in drilling into some specific s, put a big focus on some smaller areas, and i appreciate that you step back and look at kind of the whole array of types of projects and complexities and innovation that we apply to the project. But as, as, director short has noted that were always seeking, ways, ways to improve, with our other departments in terms of as she said, you know, stepping back and understanding that we want to, focus on facility renewal programs and starting to build a focused group on that in conjunction with our, sister departments, if you will. So, again, much appreciate the reaching mission of what we what we do and the level of complexity. Thanks again. Okay and ill just comment on the fire station 35 project. I recall something because it made such an impression on me that, for example, when the floating fire station was was had to be put in, as you noted, it caused shadowing on the bay. Right . So one of the bcdc requirements that director short referred to is all right. Now, if youre going to create more shadowing on the bay under this fire station, you need to then eliminate shadowing somewhere else on the bay. And so as a taxpayer, i think, well, i certainly dont want to see life disrupted by more shadows. Sea life that needs sun, but its just an indication of time and cost that you might not expect either the department or as a taxpayer to, you might support it in the end or not. But it just these things crop up and its terrific. If a state agency like bcdc gives you the laundry list ahead of time way early. But thats not always the case. So again, who would have thought shadowing would have would have . I just remember Deputy Director alameda when i was on go back that being mentioned, and i obviously remembered it and made such an impression. If there are no further questions or comments on directors report, please open the side into Public Comment. Members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment in person on item two, the directors report may line up against the wall furthest from the door and if youre commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or star three on your phone to be recognized. And no one has approached to speak on this item, and we are getting indications that no one has called in to speak on it either. So we have no no Public Comment. Thank you. Please call the next item on the agenda. Item three is general Public Comment, which is for topics under the commissions mandate but not related to a specific item on todays agenda. Members of the public who wish to make three minutes of general Public Comment in person again, may line up against the wall for this from the door, and if commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or star three on your phone. Okay. And no one has approached to speak on this in in person and also no one has raised their hand to speak about it, through the phone. So we have no further Public Comment. Thank you. Please call the next item, the consent calendar. Item four is the consent calendar of routine matters. On this meeting. It only includes the draft minutes from the june 10th, 2024 meeting of the Public Works Commission. And please note, there are corrections for clarity that have been made to the draft minutes, and these corrections are reflected in the documents posted on the commissions website, and before we take a motion on this item, im happy to take any questions or corrections to the minutes. I have no changes to the minutes. Do either of my colleagues i move . We approve. Second, thank you very much. Can you please open this motion to Public Comment . Members of the public wish to make three minutes of comment in person on the motion to approve item four. The consent calendar may line up against the wall for this from the door. And if youre commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or star three on your phone to be recognized. And we do not have any inperson commenters, and no one has raised their hand over the phone to speak either. So that concludes Public Comment. Thank you. All in favor of approving the minutes from the last meeting, please say aye or yes. I it passes unanimously and the minutes will be posted to the commissions website. Secretary fuller, please call the next item. Item five is the public works collaboration with the department of environment, report and director carla short will present this item and is joined by the department of environments chief policy and Public Affairs officer, charles sheehan. And this is an informational item. Im going to try to use this microphone. Good morning, commissioners. Again ill be presenting today hoping to give you a glimpse into some of San Franciscos environmental priorities and showcase our extensive collaborations with the San Francisco environment department. I want to thank charles sheehan, whos here today, for joining us. He is the chief policy and Public Affairs officer for the department of the environment. As you know, probably San Francisco has been at the forefront, forefront of environmentally conscious policy making on a local level for quite some time now. In 1996, San Francisco voters created the department of the environment to lead the citys efforts with other City Departments, including public works, supporting and amplifying our collective commitment to sustainability from prioritizing Green Building practices like leed certified facilities to incorporating native plants into projects and beefing up our electric vehicle friendly infrastructure. Preparing for a changing climate, rising seas and a warming planet is at the heart of nearly everything we do , and since the release of its first Climate Action plan in 2004, San Francisco has been leading the way on local Climate Action. Some of the goals include supplying residents and businesses with 100 renewable electricity. That is reliable and affordable by 2025. Another is eliminating emissions from all buildings by 2040 through electrification and using 100 renewable electricity. And we do know that what were doing is working. So here are the areas in which we collaborate with sfe. And i will try to relatively briefly go through this extensive collaboration. All right. The interagency Biodiversity Working Group is a group that meets monthly to ensure that the city is becoming more biodiverse, including through the planting of local native plants in all municipal projects. This is close to my heart as this i am trained and have worked in Biodiversity Conservation for many years. Biodiversity. In its simplest definition is looking at the variety variety of species such as plants and animals found in a thriving, found, thriving in a sample area, and typically the larger the variety of species is, the healthier the environment. The working group has representatives from all city agencies that share information best practices, grant opportunities, project successes and lessons, lessons learned, and the convening group was directed by a board of supervisors resolution. In 2018, passed unanimously by the board. The San Francisco biodiversity policy directs 15 City Departments to strengthen their collaboration on behalf of the citywide biodiversity vision. San francisco environments biodiversity coordinator Peter Brastow convenes and runs the monthly meetings, and we have staff who attend and contribute to the discussion and information sharing. The port just put out their own biodiversity guidelines that also follow San Francisco environments guidance and mandate 50 native plants on all port projects, public works Design Projects such as pelican park, which is part of the trans bay block three park and streetscape improvements project, features a native habitat meadow at the heart of the project and uses 80 native plants and trees and our sunset boulevard biodiversity master plan and its pilot block, implemented by San Francisco public works with great collaboration from the california native plant society, boasts new plants that are 100 california native plants. All right. Building traditionally has been very carbon intensive. Concrete and steel, which are ubiquitous in modern day construction, are significant drivers of Greenhouse Gas emissions, specifically, carbon dioxide. And those emissions further supercharge our Climate Change crisis. The act of making cement requires a tremendous amount of energy and releases a lot of co2 in the process, similarly, producing shipping and recycling steel requires Copious Amounts of energy, much of todays steel is recycled content, but melting down steel and repurposing it is often achieved by burning coal, which makes it a pretty dirty process. Once construction. Buildings historically also use a lot of energy to stay operational, and buildings in San Francisco currently generate 41 of the citys Greenhouse Gas emissions. However, we are working to build better and this shows one of our great projects. The Southeast Community center, this is a great example of, all of the best Green Building practices. Its leed gold certified and all electric facility. The center has solar panels on the roof, uses High Performance glass to stabilize the internal temperature, and features motion sensor activated lighting inside and outside to save energy. Not only does the center take advantage of natural light, but the lights indoors dont turn on if theres sufficient daylight in the room. Sunshades in the form of slats around the building help keep it cool, and the parking lot includes nine electric vehicle charging stations. And when it rains, the stormwater runoff feeds our extensive rain gardens on the campus. The water is filtered through the planting area areas and recharging the aquifer. So how does sf environment play into all of this . The San Francisco environment code has several chapters that are relevant to public works. Perhaps most importantly, Chapter Seven. Chapter seven specifically outlines the Green Building requirements for city buildings. That includes everything from leed Certification Requirements for Municipal Construction projects to the collection, storage and loading of recyclable and compostable materials, as well as Indoor Environmental Quality guidelines. All our projects, regardless of size and budget, make huge efforts to comply with all the city regulations as required, and we frequently reach out to sf environment with implementation questions and we also provide input when new regulations are being drafted by them. And then theres the municipal Green Building task force. The task force has representatives from 12 City Departments, including public works, and it provides communication among City Departments on Green Building issues and policy development, supports the integration of Green Building practices, and plays a key role in implementing Chapter Seven of the environment code. So for example, if the sponsoring City Department of a Municipal Construction project determines that compliance with any of the Chapter Seven requirements is cost prohibitive, that City Department can request a waiver which is submitted to the task force, and then department of the environment handles those waivers. One last piece of that is the construction and demolition debris requirement for recycling. So to properly track the recovery of construction materials, we use an Online Platform called green halo. All construction projects, no matter the size or budget, are required to recycle or reuse a minimum of 75 of the discarded materials generated by a project. All right. We have a new, Pilot Project thats being launched with the Mayors Office. The sfmta, sf environment and public works to allow public curbside electric vehicle charging stations to help us understand the demand, identify impacts, and garner market interest, and gather data and learnings to consider a future larger scale program. For the first time, electric vehicle charging providers will be able to install their charging infrastructure at select on Street Parking spaces. This effort in the very early stages also aligns with the mayors Climate Action plan and the ev roadmap, which includes the goal of increasing electrification of all new registered vehicles to at least 25 by 2030 and reach 100 by 2040. Similarly, the California AirResources Board established new regulations in 2022 with the goal of ensuring that all new vehicles sold by 2035 will be zero emission. The project works to advance the citys Climate Resiliency efforts and help bridge the gap for city dwellers who use electric vehicles, but have limited access to charging, charging infrastructure. Last year, electric vehicles and plug in hybrids made up 37 of all new vehicle sales in San Francisco. So heres how the pilot works ev charging providers can apply at sfgovtv sfgovtv curbside, detailing their technology and proposed installation locations means the city will review applications to ensure they meet the necessary criteria and support San Franciscos Climate Action plan and equity goals. Once approved, applicants can proceed with obtaining any required permits, such as excavation permits from public works, and once installed, the program establishes a data gathering partnership with the charging providers to monitor usage, demand, and other key metrics. This information will support the sfmtas ongoing Feasibility Study and guide the development of a comprehensive citywide policy for curbside ev charging. The goal is to implement and install a select number of charges in the coming months for up to two years, or until San Francisco completes its citywide implementation effort. The Stakeholder Group consists of representatives from the City Departments. And, weve been meeting regularly to generate all the necessary elements for this Pilot Project, which includes communications with a third party charging installation companies, coordination with other city agencies Like Department of building inspection, the Public Utilities commission, developing our intake forms, and a public facing website, and ensuring a relatively streamlined process and processing any Border Commission legislation that may be needed. So we anticipate rolling out this project, this Pilot Program, to the public this summer. All right. The urban Forestry Council, also close to my heart, Public Works Bureau of urban forestry reports its tree maintenance and planting data to sf environments urban Forestry Council during its annual survey. The annual urban forest report, now in its 20th year, serves as analysis of survey data from public, private and nonprofit agencies that grow and maintain the urban forest within the city and county of San Francisco. The bureau of urban forestry has assigned a manager to serve on the council since its inception. Nicholas crawford, acting superintendent, currently sits on the council. In the past, ive had a seat as has urban forester chris buck. Buff pays a portion of the salary of the councils urban forestry coordinator and the council has served as the Public Meeting forum during development and approval of the citys urban forest master plan. Phase one street trees. Buff also works with sf environment through the integrated Pest Management program. Buffs team ipm is led by acting landscape manager nikki mixon, and we provide annual Pest Management reports to sf environment, which regulates Pesticide Use for all City Departments. Im proud to say that public works has significantly reduced our Pesticide Use since the implementation of this program, San Francisco maintains stringent regulations and even stricter than the state for our Pesticide Use. The principles of integrated Pest Management are that we exhaust all nonchemical methods available for weed and Pest Management before considering the use of products on the reduced risk pesticide list. If buff wants to use such an application during its work on medians and in the public right of way, we have to go before sf environments Technical Advisory Committee for approval. As i mentioned, there are regulations around Road Construction debris and our bureau of street use and mapping works with sf environment to issue and enforce permits for companies who collect and haul construction and demolition debris in a debris box and or in collection vehicles. So the goal behind this is really to reduce solid waste disposal. Thats going to the landfill or to incineration by 50 by 2030. So the city requires anyone who transports construction and demolition debris in San Francisco other than the owner of the property at which the material was generated. So if you are doing something at your own house, you dont need to get one of these permits, or to register with San Francisco environment and any facility that in San Francisco that processes construction and demolition debris must also be registered with sf environment. While most construction and demolition debris is recovered for reuse and recycling, at least 150,000 tons needlessly, winds up disposed in a landfill or incinerator annually, making up a quarter of all solid waste. And community engagement. As you know, we host, regular events with the community. We had one on saturday in district 11, and we also work with sf environment at these events, including arbor day, the best event of the year where sf environment staffs and information table every year, as well as our free neighborhood beautification day compost giveaways. Eva chang, our Program Manager with community engagement, works with the San FranciscoUnified School District and sf environment to coordinate free compost giveaways at some of our 2024 neighborhood beautification day events. We talked about our outreach and Enforcement Team, and historically, weve worked with sf environment on night walks, which were paused during the pandemic, and we are looking to restart those operations mostly looked for contamination issues within containers, so businesses and residents not properly sorting their castaways landfill compost and recycling. They also provide constituents with waivers for certain trash requirement. For example, if a business is cited for not having compost, they can go to sf environment and obtain a letter from them saying they dont need compost for the trash. If two businesses want to share service. And that is a brief overview of our extensive collaboration with sf environment, and im happy to take any questions. Thank you, director short and i appreciate this presentation which was at my request. So im particularly grateful for it, if mr. Sheehans here, id love him to come to the podium since i have some questions for him as well. Hi there. Hello, hello, commissioners. Charles sheehan, chief policy and Public Affairs officer for the environment department. Glad to be here. Thank you very much. And thank you for your good work. I dont know much about the department. How big is your staff and what is your annual budget, staff. You know, obviously fluctuates depending on vacancies, but its around 90 ish personnel, and then in terms of budget, i want to say about 25 to 30 million. And do you partner the most with public works in terms of all City Departments or. Not necessarily, i would say that there are a couple of departments that we routinely collaborate with, work on existing city programs and then work on like new upcoming environmental initiatives and ordinances. Public works is probably one of the top three five. Id have to really sit down to see who is number one, but like when it comes to ipm, when it comes to like building electrification in our latest initiative with, ev charging on the curb, theres usually one or more public works representatives in the room helping us to collaborate and kind of move, environmental initiatives forward. So i did listen carefully to director shorts report, but id love to hear in your words what you see as the departments role in San Francisco, the environment department. Yes, please. Sure. So we do have a place in the charter, and thats kind of how we came about, in terms of our role, its a very open ended question that i dont often get, when i look at like, kind of what you know, our department and what we do with other departments and how we collaborate on the environment, like our role is to get the city to zero emissions. And thats clearly stated in our Climate Action plan, which was a, you know, community led, you know, City Department collaborative process that got us to that Climate Action plan. And you know, one of the main goals is zero emissions by 2040. And so, like, how do we get there . And thats what our department is tasked with being the lead on. And i say the word lead, but also collaborator because there are so many other departments that own the Electricity Supply. Thats the sfpuc, for example. Or like, you know, smaller roles to helping us. Do you know, ev charging on the curb like public works is doing. And so while were lead, were also like kind of the lead collaborators and so were leading were collaborating to get us to that 2040 zero emissions goal. And that collaboration takes us from, you know, our department to other City Departments to the private sector and to residents as well. And so its kind of an all hands on deck. And were trying to like, get everyone on deck to work towards that goal. And so thats zero emissions. But were working towards zero waste, which is also, you know, an all hands on deck, challenging environmental imperative. And so, you know, when i look at our role like thats pretty much it, we want to create that green all electric, zero waste, sustainable city of the future that were all aspiring towards. Thank you very much, director short. I did have a few specific questions on your presentation. Please in your your discussion of, of biodiversity and all the plantings, which all sound fantastic for all city facilities. My question is about homeowners, what outreach is done by the city, by public works specifically, or by other City Departments to encourage homeowners to plant biodiverse gardens, use native species . San francisco species, or at least california species, that we have so many gardeners in San Francisco and all these different microclimates, i would think regular reminding and assistance in converting gardens to, of course, drought tolerant and native species would be an important goal. Do we do any of that . We do. Thank you, chair post for the question. So one of the things that public works does is when we send out those, everything is coming full circle. When we send out those sidewalk repair notifications, we also send information on sidewalk landscaping. And we have a very low cost permit to install landscaping, in the sidewalk adjacent to your property. If the sidewalk is wide enough and we can meet all our accessibility, guidelines. And with those notices, we send information that links to our website where we have a lot of we have sample plans as well as plant palettes. We also, as a city, have developed, sf plant finder, which really is a useful tool for people to look up what plant might do well in their condition. You can, you know, describe what youre looking for. Showy flowers, you know, very low water use. And it really guides people. And of course, were always looking to promote, local native plants as well as california native plants. So we do that outreach through our sidewalk inspection and repair program, at our neighborhood beautification days and at our, our, arbor day. We have information on native plantings. And then we did hold a series of Community Meetings around our sunset boulevard biodiversity master plan, where we really talked to the neighbors and anyone who was interested about why we were going with a biodiversity master plan and the goal behind that. So we do do some outreach around how to support Property Owners and then direct them to those resources that are available, to help them choose the right plants and find where they can get native plants because they at times can be difficult to source. Okay. Great. Thank you. I think i think thats an important effort that should be ongoing. So thank you, regarding the charging station Pilot Program, which im excited to hear about, will, i hope public works will be drawn upon for its expertise in siting. I mean, no one knows better than we whats under the ground when you stick a jackhammer in, right. So will will we take a proactive role, insert ourselves whether or not we are invited into into this pilot so we can really give some advice on on where we think some of these stations should be sited. So we are invited. Lets, to provide our, our expertise. And yes, we will be reviewing the location. So the providers will submit where they would like to place these locations. And then the city, including public works, will review those sites. Of course, before they can put the jackhammer in the ground, they will have to get an excavation permit from us, and we will ensure that there are no conflicts with other projects or utilities through that review process. But yes, we will always provide our guidance on best possible location, but the initial request will come from the company that wishes to install the infrastructure. Great, and i would love to see it ahead of the permitting process. I mean, thats i think always our goal, right, is to try to check as many of these things off before it gets to permitting, because by the time it gets to permitting, its late in the game. Thank you. And my last question was, integrated Pest Management. What does the department, i dont recall, do we handle rat abatement, i mean, we talked about pest, you know, lowering Pesticide Use and all of that. But how do we handle live vermin . Yeah we do handle rat abatement, in fact, that was i talked more about rats during our trash can design process than i ever thought i would, our integrated Pest Management team is trained in handling rats. We mostly deal with rats in the public right of way. Of course, and often we are working with other City Departments Like Department of Public Health and in many cases sfmta bart, the those stations and their tracks are great rat corridors in the city, as well as San FranciscoPublic Utilities commission because sewers, theyre called sewer rats for a reason. They like to run through the sewers. So we do handle that. We do trapping. We also do baiting in some cases, i know way too much about what the rats like to eat. Im happy to share that at another at another time. So yes, our team is trained in that. And in fact, we met with, with, new york city has a rat guru and our ipm team proactively reached out and met with him to learn about how new york handles their rats, because, of course, the pandemic. Really, you may have read, increased the rat population in new york or, or brought them out of the shadows more. Thank you very much, commissioner zarb. Thank you for that presentation, very informative. And youre right about especially the compost, presentation at arbor day with all the worms and stuff was was very interesting. To learn about it, the question about the collaboration with the San Francisco environmental, how do we measure the emissions . How do we measure it as only a dome, like a certain radius in San Francisco or how is the measurement done, i, i will defer to my colleague for the answer to that question. Thank you, commissioner, for that question. Again. Charles sheehan, commissioner, environment department. So every two years we do a comprehensive, emissions analysis, for the city of San Francisco and its operations. And we do it in two ways. One is a sector based emissions analysis, and one is a consumption based emission analysis. The consumption based emissions analysis is a little newer, and were still developing it. And it looks at you know, all the emissions we generate, especially from what we consume. And so what the emission impact is beyond our borders. When, you know, residences or businesses are buying something, its shipped into the city and then its manufactured somewhere else. And so were looking at kind of the whole line of emissions on that supply chain. Again, thats a little newer. What we traditionally do, though, is just measure the emissions from sectors. So the building sector, which is about 41, 42 of the citys emissions, the transportation sector, which is like 42, 43 and then everything else, landfill organics and municipal, i dont have those off the top of my head, but so we do that every two years and we follow a standardized model that other cities use throughout the world. So its widely accepted, way of putting together your citys emissions, and thats how we do it. Im happy to take any questions. Thank you. Sure, so through the follow up question to that. So we were talking about adding, ev charging stations on the sidewalk, has any, any, research or surveys done about the fossil fuel that takes to get the electricity to the chargers . I mean, i love the idea of electric cars, but is the Environmental Department actually calculating that part where more electric station charging stations, theyre going to use our power plants that use fossil fuel, well, the good thing about our Electricity Supply here in San Francisco, its very, very clean. And so, you know, if youre on hetchhetchy power, its 100 Greenhouse Gas free, no fossil fuel. If youre on cleanpowersf, its. I dont have the numbers off the top of my head, but its probably 90, 95 Greenhouse Gas free. Very, very clean. And then even if youre on pg and e, like, its also very, very clean. Like primarily from non ghg emitting sources of energy, including nuclear. And thats got its other environmental issues. But technically its non ghg emitting. And so when you charge up in San Francisco when youre kind of accessing the San Francisco grid, whether again its like getting hetch hetchy power cleanpowersf power or even pg and e power, its very clean, electricity. And so the emissions reduction that goes from like, you know, driving a, you know, typical gas powered car around the, around the streets versus driving an electric vehicle, car around the streets thats using electricity sourced here in San Francisco. The emissions reduction by that ev, by charging that ev is dramatic and significant. We dont really have to worry about fossil fuel Energy Sources in our Electricity Supply. There might be a little bit of natural gas, power supply in our electricity, but were were approaching 100 Greenhouse Gas free electricity. And thats a goal of cleanpowersf by 2025. So thats not as much of a concern as it is somewhere else in the nation where, you know, if youre charging your ev, youre getting coal power that doesnt exist here in San Francisco. We dont have that issue. Its very clean electricity. When youre charging up your car. Thank you for clarifying that. Another environmental issue. Batteries have we is there any plan. Are there are there any plans or, foresight of whats going to happen with those batteries . Batteries are definitely an issue, i know the federal government is looking at it. There was recently a grant, about how you do battery recycling, kind of on a large scale level. I know the state of california is looking at it. And we here locally, were concerned about kind of our batteries and the electric vehicles were driving all the way down to the batteries and the scooters and some of the bikes that are on our road, you know, i think this is being more addressed at the state level, which is which is a good thing because we want it to be comprehensive throughout the state. And then there obviously needs to be National Legislation as well. But what is best is kind of an extended producer responsibility model, where when these batteries are manufactured by a manufacturer to and when theyre sold by a retailer, you know, and then a, you know, a customer buys it, theres kind of that extended producer responsibility model where, where when it is sold, there is a program for the end of life disposal and recycle and recovery of that scooter, of that bike, which includes the battery, that is the model we kind of want to move towards. Were moving towards it. Im not so sure were quite there yet as a state, but it is an issue that we and state agencies and, you know, the state assembly, senate, the state senate are kind of looking at to do better that there is a comprehensive extended producer responsibility for batteries and products so that when you buy something, theres a way for that customer to recycle and recover and that burden the mandate to recycle and recover because its extended producer responsibility should be borne by the manufacturer and the retailer. Got it. Okay. Thank you. Last but not least, sure, i, how confident are you with the zero emission . I mean, if we get if we hit it by 2 or 3oz, we failed, right . Well, actually, our Climate Action plan recognizes that getting to zero emissions is challenging. And so , you know, what we want to do is we want to get all of our cars medium light duty, heavy duty vehicles off of gas and fossil fuels on to clean electricity. We want to electrify all of our buildings, you know, continue to decrease the amount of organics we have in our landfill. And that gets us very close to zero. But again , our Climate Action plan recognizes that its difficult to get to absolute zero. Thats another term for another science issue. But if you cant get to absolute zero, there are ways to sequester to, you know, plant trees, to encourage biodiversity, to make a natural sequestration process. And so anything that youre still emitting, whether youre, you know, if youre at 95 below your emissions and youre still emitting that 5, youre going to try and use your natural resources, your tree, your biodiversity that youve encouraged throughout the city to sequester carbon. And thats what helps you get to zero. And so we do recognize that getting to zero is difficult, but we also have strategies in place mainly through, you know, sequestration to help us get to that zero. And thats why we call it net zero emissions and not like zero emissions or carbon neutrality. The technical term is net zero emissions. So at the end of the day, when you kind of put it all together, youre at that net zero figure. Last promise. So sure, no worries. These are good questions. I like small successes. I like celebrating successes. Is there a, a detailed plan of, like 20 drop by 20, 30 or 15 other percent drop . Is there is there like, such thing that is, detailed . Yes for us to, to like, celebrate at least as as we go. There is, off the top of my head, i believe we are supposed to be at like 60 to 65 below our 1990 emissions baseline by 2030, so the ultimate goal is obviously net zero emissions by 2040. But we do have that interim goal of by 2030. And off the top of my head, its either 60 or 65, and so we do have some smaller milestones along the way thats on the emissions front on the zero waste front, by 230, we want to have reduced our waste generation by 15. And then by and then what we send to landfill by 50. And i believe thats also by 2030. And so we do have some of those interim goals, those small successes help motivate you to keep working towards those large successes. So i think youre exactly right there. Thank you. And mr. Secretary, can we all we im not sure if, im going to get reappointed by 2030. Can put that on the calendar from now. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Thank you. If there are no more questions, mr. Sheehan. Director short, please open this item to Public Comment. Members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment in person on item five, the public works collaboration with department of environment may line up against the wall for this. From the door. And if youre commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or star three on your phone to be recognized. And no one has approached to speak on this item, and it appears no one in the queue has raised their hand to speak either. So we do not have any Public Comment on this item. Thank you. And again, thank you, mr. Sheehan, for attending todays meeting and answering our questions about your department was very informative. Secretary fowler, please call the next item. Item six is contract number 36. Traffic signal modifications, and product, project manager earl gaffud, will present this modification. And it is an action item. Good morning. Lets see if i can make this a little taller. Good morning, chair post, vice chair. Darby, commissioner turner and, deputy City Attorney tom, and, of course, director short. My name is earl gaffud. I am the project manager for this project and an electrical engineer in the bureau of engineering for the electrical section. Im here to present. And a proposed contract modification for the contract 36 traffic signal modification project. Accompanying me here today is, Deputy Director albert co, electrical section manager, chief yao and sfmta senior traffic engineer brian wu. Thank you. Okay. Okay. Public works is requesting the commission to approve a contract modification to increase the contract duration for by 365 calendar days and increase the contract cost by two, 2,754,707. 20. The original contract was awarded to bay area light Works Incorporated for. 3,443,384. With a 608 consecutive calendar day duration. The reason is our Client Department at sfmta requests the addition of new traffic signal work at the intersections of 19th street and folsom 21st street in folsom 22nd street in folsom, 23rd street in folsom, and golf and market. The original contract consists of 14 locations located throughout San Francisco, as shown in the blue colored pins. Our Client Department is requesting to add five new locations, as shown in the red colored pins. The funding for this project is projected and provided by our project sponsor, the sfmta. This is a brief overview of the proposed contract. The purpose of the contract is to install upgraded Traffic Signals, upgraded street lights, and upgraded curb ramps and pedestrian accessibility improvements. A major. A major reason to add these locations is to ensure the project is constructed by april 2025, and final billing sent in june 2025 to meet the criteria to use the hsc, Affordable Housing and sustainable communities grant funds. This grant applies to the four folsom street intersections and would be a potential loss of approximately 1. 2 million. The additional five locations were part of another traffic signal project, which was delayed and the project schedule would not meet the ahsc grant criteria. Since contract 36 was starting construction, it seemed to be a reasonable, reasonable solution for multiple reasons, including the intersections for the two projects have similar scope and locations for the intersections are close in proximity to one another. Three of the folsom intersections and the golf and Market Street intersection are part of the vision zero high injury network. This project will support the citys adoption of the vision zero policy and commitment of zero traffic signal fatalities. There will be more Pedestrian Safety improvements made to the intersections, such as curb ramp upgrades, crosswalk improvements, pedestrian signals , and countdown timers. Another major reason for adding these new locations is to improve the overall safety of the intersection. In areas of low lighting and dark spots, the streetlights are being replaced or added to increase the visibility at the intersection. The Traffic Signals are upgraded to increase the visibility to drivers. The curb ramps are upgraded to meet the latest codes and standards to provide improved accessibility to pedestrians. An accessible push buttons are installed to provide safer notifications for pedestrians with disabilities crossing the street. This contract, originally started construction in april 2024 of this year, and we are in the early stages of construction approximately 1 complete. What the requested contract modification in the projected final completion will be in december 2026, and the total contract cost will be approximately 6. 5 million. These five locations are expected to take an additional 365 calendar days, or approximately 12 months, mainly because of the time needed for ordering new equipment, particularly the steel poles, which based on recent contracts, have been taking a minimum of seven months to manufacture. To summarize, the original contract was awarded to bay area light Works Incorporated for approximately 3. 44 million with a 608 consecutive calendar day duration. The Public Public works is requesting the commission to approve a contract modification to increase the contract duration by 365 calendar days, and increase the contract cost by approximately 2. 75 million. The reason is our Client Department department sfmta, requested the addition of a new traffic signal work at the intersection of 19th street and folsom 21st street in folsom 22nd street in folsom, 23rd street in folsom, and golf and market. Thank you for your time, and im happy to answer any questions. Thank you very much, mr. Gaffud. Am i saying your last name correctly . Yeah, that was correct. Great. Thank you very much. Does mr. Wu want to come to the podium to add any comments from mta on this project . Since he took the time in trouble to join us . Thank you, commissioners, director short, and, want to just, comment and appreciate the Public Works Commission and the department of public works for continuing continuing to support our, projects, its certainly been a collaborative effort, given the amount of infrastructure that we have to do that requires coordination, cooperation with multiple City Departments, including the puc and public works, naturally, we only want to tear up the street one time, minimize disruption to the public. And so this is the best way to do that. And certainly we dont want to miss the opportunity to lose out on grant money. So, we hope, that you can support this, change order. Thank you very much. Thank you. Commissioner zogby, yeah, actually answered one of my questions, but, so the funding is going to come from mta through a grant that was provided previously last year. Right yes. Thats correct. But so my question is how how is that process go . So because the 17th and folsom was already on the initial contract, right, yes. There was, certain, well, did you want to run that one . Yes. So my team, develops a list of project locations, identifies locations of greatest need, and 17th and folsom was already on the list of projects, under contract 36, under contract 35 is what youre approving under this change order, which were other locations on folsom, including 19th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd. And given the proximity of the work already ongoing for contract 36, it makes sense to add the contract 35 scope on folsom to this project as well, so that we dont lose that money. Got it, im not sure how you know what level, what percentage of the money we already used, but my the question is the, what what is being requested today is almost pretty close to the original contract amount for adding five locations, but then its very close to the 15 other locations. How is that calculated and how can it was missed in the first first place . So when we do a signal modification contract, oftentimes, as in the original contract, contract 36 scope, the majority of that is to simply touch one corner at each location. And modify, for example, location, a direction where we could improve signal visibility in one direction. In this particular case, the intersections on folsom that were adding to this to the change order is actually touching all of the signals at each of those intersections. So instead of touching just one corner, were touching all four. So yes, from the number of intersections standpoint, it looks like the original contract 36 scope is very large. But in reality its a bunch of piecemeal improvements at each site. At these locations on folsom, were Touching Every corner, so were touching 16 corners rather than just 1 or 2. So thats the key reason for the difference in cost relative to the number of intersections. So, whenever we touch a corner, we of course try to address other shortcomings such as intersection lighting as well as the lack of, accessibility and, in adding curb ramps as well as adding pedestrian signals. So at these four locations on folsom, were doing the complete 100 job. So 14 is not is not the complete job. No do we should we expect another visit for the other 14 locations . If you decide we want to do the eventually of course as funds allow as part of our normal state of good repair, this is where the cooperation comes in with other departments, because other projects could come in first, whether its a sewer line, a water line, or a simple repaving job that would do the curb ramps and other projects first, as well as the puc maintain a state of good repair to their Street Lighting programs. So it just depends on the locations that we do and what work needs to be done. What has or hasnt already been done. Thank you. Sure if there are no more questions for mr. Wu or mr. Gaffud, please open this item to Public Comment. Members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment in person on the motion to approve item six, the traffic contract. Number 36 traffic signal modification. The modification to that, may line up against the wall furthest from the door. And if you are commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or star three on your phone to be recognized. And seeing no one coming forward to speak on this item in person. And we also do not have any of our callers have not raised their hand on this item either. That concludes Public Comment. Thank you. Ill move to modify contract number 36, traffic signal modifications. Is there a second . Second . Great oh, im sorry i didnt do that before. The Public Comment. Can we proceed . Since i didnt, i didnt make the motion prior to the Public Comment. Should we reopen Public Comment now that we have an active motion, even though nobody commented . I think i think youre okay to proceed. Great. Thank you. All in favor of the motion, please say aye or yes. I, i and the motion carries and, the resolution will be posted to the commissions website. Thank you again, mr. Gaffud and mr. Wu for attending todays meeting. So we are going to take a recess in about 15 minutes. But so before then, id like to move item seven up, which is new business by commissioners. Oh. What am i saying . I guess were fine. Well do item okay. Were on item seven. Pardon me. Any new business by commissioners to discuss this . So hearing no new business, we still do need to hear Public Comment on the item. Thank you. Please open comment to item seven. So members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment on item seven, new business initiated by commissioners may line up against the wall for this from the door. And if youre commenting from outside the chamber, press the raise your hand button in the webinar or star three on your phone in order to be recognized. And no one has approached on this item, and we do not have any callers on it either. So that concludes Public Comment on item seven. Great thank you. We will be taking a recess now until 11 00, after which we will enter into closed session. I do not anticipate any further, Commission Business after the closed session for those members of the audience and staff that dont want to hang around. So we are now going to recess until 11 00. Thank you. The next item on. Eight and nine will be heard in closed session. Item eight is the conference. Is the conference with the Legal Counsel regarding existing litigation and item nine is the performance evaluation for the commission secretary. The commission will need a motion, will then take Public Comment and a vote to enter public to enter closed session in order to do that, is there a motion to enter closed session to hear this item number eight. So moved i will. Second, given the motion, we will now turn to Public Comment. And just just to clarify, this will be a single closed session for both items. So members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment on the motion to enter closed session to consider items eight and nine will may line up against the wall for this from the door. And if youre commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or star three on your phone to be recognized. And we do not have any inperson commenters, and there are zero callers on the line for this item. So that concludes Public Comment. Thank you. If theres no debate, all in favor of the motion, please say i or yes, i, i and that passes unanimously. We will now move to closed session. All members of the public and staff not part of this discussion are asked to leave the hearing room. I think as everybody left, the commissioner fuller, excuse me. Secretary fuller, please call the next item. So item ten is the announcements following closed session. And it is an informational item. Exactly. There are no announcements following our closed session. So, secretary fuller, please open Public Comment on this item. Members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment on the announcements following closed session item, which is item ten, may line up against the wall for this from the door, if youre commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or star three on your phone to be recognized. Okay, no one has approached and we do not have any callers. So that concludes Public Comment. Thank you. Please call the next item. Item 11 is a motion regarding whether to disclose the discussions during closed session pursuant to San Francisco administrative code 6712, a. Thank you. I would move not to disclose our discussions during closed session. Is there a second . Second . Thank you. Please open this time to Public Comment. Members of the public wish to make three minutes of comment on the motion to disclose discussions during closed session, and this is item 11. May line up against the wall for this from the door. And if youre commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or star three on your phone to be recognized. And we do not have any callers and no one has approached to speak on this item. Thank you. All in favor of not disclosing the items discussed in closed session, please say i or yes. All right. And that takes care of that. That passes and i dont think we need item 12. Is that correct . That is correct. We did not exceed the public general Public Comment time. All righty then. We will next meet on monday, july 22nd at 9 a. M. In this building. And we are adjourned. Still a lot of people wonder since the trees have a lot of issues, why did we plant them in the first place . Trees are widely planted in San Francisco. With good reason. They are workhorses when it comes to urban forestry. We have begun to see our ficustrees are too big and dangerous in San Francisco. We have a lot of tree failures with this species in particular. This is a perfect example of the challenges with the structure of the ficustrees. You can see four very large stems that are all coming from the same main truck. You can see the two branches attached to one another at a really sharp angle. In between you cant it is a lot of strong wood. They are attached so sharply together. This is a much weaker union of a branch than if you had a wide angel. This is what it looks like after the fi c. U. Resolution s limb l. We see decline. You can see the patches where there arent any leaves at all. That is a sign the tree is in decline. The other big challenge is the root system of the tree are aggressive and can impact nearby utilities, and we can fix the sidewalk around the tree in many cases. We dont want to cuts the roots too severely because we can destabilize the tree. In a city like San Francisco our walks are not that wide. We have had to clear the branches away from the properties. Most of the canopy is on the street side and that is heavyweight on those branches out over the street. That can be a factor in tree limb failures. A lot of people wonder since these trees have a lot of issues. Why did we plant them in the first place . They provided the city with benefits for decades. They are big and provide storage for carbon which is important to fight Climate Change and they provide shade and really i think many people think they are a beautiful asset. When we identify trees like this for removal and people protest our decision, we really understand where they are coming from. I got into this job because i love trees. It just breaks my heart to cut down trees, particularly if they are healthy and the issue is a structural flaw. I have also seen first hand what happens when we have failures. We have had a couple of injuries due to tree failures. That is something we cant live with either. It is a challenging situation. We hate to lose mature trees, but Public Safety has to always we are ready to start happy juneteenth happy juneteenth for those who are standing, can you come and please sit down, so that we can get started . Can we have everyone come and take a seat, so that we can get started . Everyone who is standing in the back, there are plenty seats. Please come forward and take a seat. Thank you