Transcripts For SFGTV LAFCo 102116 20161024

Yes. Completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Very good a motion to excuse supervisor mar motion in schematics and sxoufks. Approval the lafco minutes special meeting. Colleagues, any questions or comments about the minutes okay. Public comment is open on the lafco minutes and seeing no member of the public come forward Public Comment is closed. And motion to approve from commissioner pollock and commissioner campos and without objection. Were going a little bit out of order and so what call item 5 first if we can do. Work plan for treatment and the general landscaping a cooperated and operated in the city and county of San Francisco. At the last lafco meeting an idea how we could look at the city and how the city takes responsibility in maintaining trees we have different jurisdictions the work plan will be ignored to study how to bring the tree maintenance into one jurisdiction our chief executive officer. Jason fried, executive officer. I know with is where a time crunch with time issues over 2 oclock in your packet going into how to look at t streetscaping so phase one is 4 to 5 months a lot of interviews and research and questioning of the agencies and reviewing how the jurisdiction deal with the issue of mandatory departments doing similar work and try to merge the process or San Francisco is doing to correctly and no more work to be done once that phase is done depending on the details a month or two to write and report depending on the detail and phase three something weve looked at and resolved and no more work a future local Agency Formation commission will deal with that. Thank you and im not clear of the 5 points maybe that might be a little bit long for a report and also important that we build on the work by the urban Forestry Council there is a report they have i think the report extends into the year 2030 how to take care of our trees but under a different jurisdiction to with that, we have colleagues other questions or concerns to be raised about the plan commissioner pollock thank you mr. Fried the scope of work is gathering the information that takes four or five months then a discrimination made if a formal report. The question how much like there are a lot of other reports that are out there so to a degree did i find a lot of information that is to be looked at from a different angle maybe longer but something short and sweet not much difference in what which is covered a shorter report one of the reasons up to 5 months were going into the holidays to we are anticipating a future one of the things d c a at the end of this year or next year an in depth of the future plan and updating that and other aspects of the cpa program i gave middleincome time and maybe focusing on the cac to be realistic with my workload i would anticipate it takes 5 months i could get that done quicker. Got it so green house yourselves the time not late but also knowing that is not four to five months of fulltime. Parttime work while im working on the cca. That make sense. Did i mention the elephant in the room in the room ask is ruby next year and people are volunteering so i think the report should be ignored something that can be ignored vertebral to the board of supervisors to and people to spend what we can do in gentrificational influence in the city ill put that out as a hope but no control over that in my mind we want representatives here and this report can help guide them as their movng into the next work plan for this organization. Correct one of the goals ive talked to outlet folks at the board of supervisors and worked on street trees issues and other aspects ive talked with the offices to get information all over the place engaged of time them so depending on what occurs on the november elections well be able to determine what is going on with future commissioners. Okay. Great so that item anyone wish to comment and seeing none, Public Comment is closed. And so basically, you want to motion to give you the go ahead to do this report . Okay. That motion moved by commissioner campos and seconded by commissioner pollock and without objection thank you lets go on to our next item which will be ignored number 4. Item 4 hearing on how to connect fiber to all resident and businesses. Jason fried, executive officer. Well invited department of the environment we have a power point presentation not utilities that given the timeframe but any questions hell be able to reference that. Snooemz a bryan and with the department of technology and like to thank the commission for inviting us here today, i want to talk about an effort were engaged in we call it for San Francisco and seeking Advisory Services how to move forward the Guiding Principles are equity that every resident and business has access to fast and Affordable Services and that will increase the local employment and Economic Development jajz and insuring we have a network that is future prove that can be expanded over time just context this project grew out of Research Efforts one by the budget analyst and the report in march president different options wanting the broadband for the city and ct did cost modeling and worked with the d l a costing some of the options and this initiative has been opportunity two the Capital Improvement plan and committee on Information Technology for the Advisory Services supported by d t but it is going to be implemented by public works were seeking to hire a project manager which has the reason for this i think broadband especially from the options were commissioner Vice President moran is project construction and the it and the heavy lift the construction key doing the digging, the stripg on poles that kind of thing both a an it and construction but the heavy lift with the construction piece the purpose of Advisory Services seeking technology Advisory Services and comparing public and private and public option public is the status quo and so the Advisory Group will recommend and approach gordons brief Decision Makers for displacement and forums on this recommendation from the city decided to proceeded with the public option it will gave me in the procurement and emphasis this is a little bit different many features of this project will be ignored new no other by city the size of San Francisco has engaged in this ambitious project those cities have many of them a little bit smaller us have a unit for electrical utilities as well just a quick question what is the body that is doing the you mentioned d t and public works but is there an advisory body you mentioned the services so for the project who is making decisions about were reporting to Capital Planning and will be ignored thats sort of the Advisory Group cumber. So the Capital Planing Committee. Yeah. In terms of 6 you know we talk about private that is one thing obviously public means another publicprivate could be kind of lots of forums. Exactly. So do you have a sense of belonging what those forums can be ignored at this point . Right there is two primary types those are new one is an approach that has been tried in a couple of cities alabama and maryland the city owns the fiber in the streets call it dark fiber and engages with the isp in west minister google fiber have thought in the electronics and do the Customer Service and provide the connection to the internet the approach the city deals with the infrastructure and the private partners deals with the shorter Term Investments in a number of equipment and so forth and the Customer Service center. They lease the use of the private and the leases are structured they pay for on a per pga each home or best that the Company Passes have to pay a certain amount per month the formula is different in the jurisdictions but thats the model so the i f p pays for the opportunity to serve a customer and in the case of west minority they pay an a firm will design and build and the city will maintain the ownership and that hadnt been tested in the United States yet there is a discussion of it in utah on assess called utopia has gone through a few considerations and theyre looking to model to arrive that effort to get more capital for it but enough of the member cities have agreed to go forward with that model yet so those are the two models weve look at it and the pricing exercise on the publicprivate side. I guess im not clear can you explain the defense between the two if we have the city providing dark fiber and the i f p provides the electronics i dont know the difference between the approach where the city owns it but it is designed built and operateed and it is in the financing of dark fiber piece in the first model the were not there yet minority hunts model the city will eventually pay for the takes the reflex for installing the infrastructure the fiber infrastructure on the concessioner approach the city will be making a payment guaranteed payment through a private developer that would finance that more in the financing you can your right a hybrid two approaches that is just the example if we focus the modeling in the cost effort the d o a focuses the report that is underlined we have an opportunity to take the best from both. Any examples in the country there is a totally public version. We do chattanooga is an example and lafayette and louisiana many month of them municipal electrical utilities it gotten in there are a few not the case sandy oregon has a standalone i f p. So youll be able to provide like different ways to do those different oppositions how much appetite for the rest of them this is was it phase one will be ignored flushing out a question from commissioner pollock. Thank you for coming to speak with us i have two quick questions one how does the sfpuc play into this with cleanpowersf or is that something that youll flush out with the option. I think it is something well flush out. Great, great i wanted to make sure that was on the radar and the second im not familiar with the Capital Planing Committee we have a number of advocates that come to bosco that expressed an interest in the broadband i wonder in the made up of Capital Committee has this retention im not sure of the make up. It is city departments that participate. Okay so for example, on lafco im the public person and none not part of city departments. Ill need to check or the board is represented in the Mayors Office but ill need to check. It is pretty much 9 Department Heads that deal with the investment last week puc and airport and then the president of the board serves think the Capital Improvement committee and generally the president of the board staff if theres other you know offices like the board of supervisors participate that and lafco is not part of that it is neat to commissioner tang the dynamics but the composition by the charter. That make sense i just wasnt familiar with it so i think this making sure that we tie them and put it on their radar theyre watching this meeting thank you. So the scope for this project is going to be 3 phases one is with the developing not saying it should happen in the first 4 months thats defining one of the options weve talked about and the second is assistance for repairing and viewing and a request based on the analysis we decided to for the record with a publicprivate option the same Advisory Group will help us with the procurement and the third to be assistant and negotiations with by vendors in that case the second phase vendors to help with the systems wallow go with the public or publicprivate approach so the rfp were still reviewing the responses so that the rfp for 9 Advisory Services. Im sorry for the Advisory Services and. And we continued to select a vendor in december and went over the first two phases and phase one is dependent phase one and that was my presentation ill be happy to answer any questions you may have. I know that jason asked. We have to be brief so perhaps mr. Recorded individual followup well ask month presentation and if commissioner pollock wants to do that she can double up with me in my office to be able to have. Ill be happy to. That will be ignored a meeting wouldnt it so well have to stage that. You could do two not 3 thats a meeting. Got you. Okay. Okay. Ill defer to you. Thank you on the composition of the meeting but my Contact Information is on the first page. Thank you, mr. Robert so open up for Public Comment anyone wish to comment and seeing none, Public Comment is closed. And this is just information item so we can go on to the next item. Aggregation status update on the cleanpowersf and Program Launch and status on the procedures even if California Public Utilities Commission given our timeframe for today what i have i have an email from the director the cca program ill for the record forward that are incorporated inform save time not read into the record but a copy to the clerk part of official file if it is acceptable to everybody. Any Public Comment . The executive officers report report seeing none, none. This is item the cca report. On item number 3 none coming forward for opinion Public Comment is closed. And on to the next item. Item 6 chovts. Jason fried, executive officer. The only thing given the timeframe the next meeting december 9th that is the last of this calendar year unless it means special meetings added to the agenda weve share supervisor campos will be ignored their last meeting we look forward to seeing you and well be able to have a full meeting have a long discussion of lafco. Okay. Thank you. Okay Public Comment on the executive officers report is now open and seeing none, Public Comment is closed. And good evening to the next item. Item 7 Public Comment. General Public Comment is now open and so no one is coming forward for Public Comment Public Comment is closed. Go on to did next item and item 8 future agenda. Colleagues weve talked about the fortune future and lack of future for some of us well close Public Comment and our last item. Item 9 adjournment. Were adjourned thank you, madam clerk really glad to have you here for this dedication ceremony for the new air Traffic Control tower at sfo well begin our speaking portion and spanned a welcome to michael administrator. clapping. thank you very much and good morning San Francisco and. Morning. Im delighted to be back in any home state of california and i want to begin by welcoming everyone who took time out from in their busy schedules to join us today what were celebrating a significant milestone it is a significant milestone for the faa and San Francisco International Airport city and county of San Francisco and for the millions and millions of travelers that pass there to at t park every year it is undertaking and completion was the result of something unique a unique Partnership Im wondering talk about that in just a moment before i do that i want to recognize some distinguished guests wave or youre all standing wave when i call your name alice if Nancy Pelosis office alex there he is. clapping. Karen Chapman for congresswoman aaron. clapping. okay kathleen deputy for jackie spier and, of course, my great friend the honorable mayor ed lee. clapping. and mayor, i have to take a moment and thank you for eyes and ears to represent the u. S. Conference of mayors as we look at the next century of aviation my history with San Francisco at t park goes back a way to the 1980s and early 1990s when i lived here and executive director of port of San Francisco San Francisco is changed a lot since then and so has this airport those days you even though emigrate feeling when you come into that building you stepped into an architecture digest spread as stroll through certain parts of airport including the spot were gathered in with this incredible view of the tower that is rising upright behind us here now San Francisco has proven that infrastructure can be fundamental and eloquent at the same time as faa administrator i objective find myself reflecting on the big Infrastructure Projects as much as how important that these investments are to our National Economy and aviation and era space are 5 percent of the Gross Domestic Product some 12 million american jobs that is working in the aviation and era space industry to say for those Investments Continue because they contribute to great jobs for American Workers and help to insure that our Transportation System is going to remain save and plea of for many, many decades to come i also find myself thinking about all the core graphed work into planning, designing and building those structures and id like to acknowledge some of the groups whos close collaboration insured the process was moved and efficient and it was safe our air traffic managers and kroerldz and the national air Traffic Controllers association those people not only operate this tower but are involved in the planning and design and the functionality of this tower from the very beginning our technical Operations Managers the technicians and the professional specialist who are responsible for maintaining this facility in the infrastructure in it the project Design Built Team architects and others and, of course, our faa Engineering Services personnel and the leadership right here at San Francisco airport and the Construction Management team now faa and sfo are not strangers to working collaboratively with one another in the last few years weve worked closely to improve runway safety and skis in more arrivals when the bad weather comes in not a problem today but this control tower to the collaboration to a new level what we added at the faa was a no air Traffic Control tower that met the schematic standards and which met all of our operational needs sfo wanted a tower that reflected the city s unique culture and distinguished itself from every other air Traffic Control tower in the era space system do you think theyve succeeded. clapping. now on top of that the structure had to be integrated into the existing airport terminals that is no easy feat in an air Traffic Controller that at t park that has as busy and come pack as San Francisco bus because of the unique circumstances the few agencies shared the costs of this project and in a striking departure from the faas normal way of doing busy 70 designed the tower and oversaw United States construction work while insuring the twoeb tower was built to faa specifications and so i really have to sweat shirt to the team here at San Francisco airport that did a great job. clapping. now this was a pretty ambitious undertaking neither of our agrees are used to doing business were controllers we like to be in control. laughter so to make this collaborative approach work each of the agencies need to relinquish some of that control to the other now our Engineering Team told me earlier today when i was Walking Around the facility this approach they didnt know there approach would have worked with any other Airport Authority anywhere in the country and at the is that the key to the success here at sfo was an exceptionally professional trust worthy and flexible partnering at San Francisco airport i know your to hell in a hand basket at tower that is 200 he 21 feet tall the cab is 6 hundred and 50 square feet and gives our controllers unobstructed views of airport runways and take ways contains sfpuc air Traffic Controller equipment a a host of green features that reflect the faa and San Franciscos shared commitment to responsible Environmental Stewardship that reflects the similar culture of our two agencies we both embrace tough tasks and embrace pushing the envelope to see what we can accomplish when we see a challenge we dont not only try to that how well get it done safely and get it done efficiently so id like to express my sincere thanks to all the remarkable people at the faa, the San Francisco International Airport and everyone who played a role no planning, building and outfitting this now tower the work you did and the work that you are all continuing to do is going to help make San Francisco the safety, and the most efficient airport possible for many, many decades to come thank you very much clapping. thank you thank you administrator and now its my pleasure to welcome the mayor of San Francisco mayor ed lee. clapping. thank you good morning giants. Yeah. This is a great day and i want to again welcome the administrator michael who has a history with our city but he said it all it is he is absolutely correct i truly building and am thankful what we described the faa wouldnt do this with any airport you have to have the right team the high barrow to the 70 team and the faa team put together with interests, with the h n t B Corporation and pencil phelps creating that team that had the faith and shared cost is incredible to have this new control tower done it is one that i know were going to be proud of for many decades as the administrator said it sits between two airport runways here the terminals between one and two and see iconic views at the top ive had the pleasure to do an unobstructed view of the entire airport that, of course, was ultimately needed in this modern facility it is modern not that radar system that will be able to get introduce any fog no matter how thick it is to be able to see the airport by the way, 16 Million People coming every year with all the planes and the way we configured them the type this is have to be contingencies thank you to the air Traffic Controllers everyone for keeping our airport save everyday and flight everyday tight and were not to be to be expanding more runways well be Environmental Partners through the entire area and figure out outlet ways to increase the flight that want to be here in this great city and region he is to the entire Team Congratulations i say that you know when you think about this tower is in and of itself the way it is constructed and designed it is invite and creative it has the environmental sustainability and ultimately that i think it is iconic whether you think about it weve got iconic symbols in San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge, the accosting and the cable cars the way this was done i have to say in my own words this adds to the iconic facility our control tower and sfo now another place people will come and see and marginal i cant wait to see it lit in orange congratulations, everyone. clapping. thank you, mr. Mayor now, please welcome the airport correct of 70 i vary and thanks doug it was orange and been orange more than a couple of days and i hope in weeks it will be orange a lot of work and talent but thank you all for being here today that is really a wonderful event and it is 6 years in the making and it took such a Collaborative Partnership with the faa and with our Design Partners and Construction Partners that is a proud day for us i want to also acknowledge some important people to our airport if i could Vice President linda is here linda. clapping. thank you for coming it is wonderful to have you, you here and also i want to thank the administrator for being here that is a pleasure to have you here and show off our wonderful facilities thank you for the kind words and mr. Mayor for our tremendous support as well and this has been such an amazing collaboration it took the faa as an organization to help to put 3 program together im appreciative of work with the folks bad actor in d. C. When we were developing that the local a v o office and the project staff that were completed and compassionate to two cultures coming together that do something successful and something exciting for the safety off our airport area and someone i need to recognize our retired airport director john martin under who is leadership this project started and completed i know that john would be very proud of this accomplishment and worried about he could be here today but a tremendous lead for our airport yeah. clapping. and so you you know this is a significant day for sfo that is the launch of our new icon at the airport i think of if in the context of starting a new era in the transformation of 70 at the beginning of a 5. 7 billion Capital Program including the tower, excluding major terminal renovations and including a Grand Hyatt Hotel on the airport and conveniences and amenities that continue to elevate us oas worldclass airport for the next 5 or 8 years will be tremendously existing this tower is truly special for the airport the collaboration and the partnership was tremendous from day one and i think the trust that the faa showed in sfo that we could deliver this successfully was a wonderful acknowledgement of what sfo can do as a team and airport i think about the innovation of this tower that is youll notice some interesting features including the offset design it gives great viability for the the air Traffic Controllers and the schematic destine it is the first vertical concrete did i get it right jim concrete structure in the us that withstands a 8 point plus earthquake following events and also the new Technology Going into they are with the runway status that will be part of safety features of this tower and so you know this is an if a of a tower reflecting a seamless ambitious engineering and Operational Excellence with iconic design and been a recipient of a number of awards and recognized from the architecture industry and it is showing so much how we deliver projects as an airport and our core security of our airport engaging in a partnering collaborative project delivery process also a thoughtful integration of public art look over there. Thoughtful integration of our art into our architecture and a passion for the experience and, of course, that commitment to sustainability and im proud to announce this tower has received lead gold certification it is official. clapping. thanks mark. And so with that, were very proud to have another iconic symbol providing a beacon of safety for the people of the San Francisco bayview and around the world thats correct so much important being here. clapping. thank you i bar. Our next speaker the president of the professional airways specialist please welcome mike perry iron. Good morning professional aviation specialist we changed our name because safety is very, very important in the past as to the faa and to the underlying public thats what we do and do that well your folks behind the scenes they make sure that the arborists have the except up upcoming in bad and good weather 24 7 and have to maintain the existing equipment all the powder of the airport is equipment has to stay upcoming while were getting this new tower upcoming a double workload do it well, thats what we do best i want to applaud everyone the administrator folks and the air Traffic Controllers everyone got together to do this and sfo it was unique and done differently than in the past i got an opportunity to visit the tower earlier today as you may know it is a model like i said decades to come people will be looking at this tower and say what a great job and it is important we continue to move forward modernizing the air Traffic Controllers system to keep it going safely and smoothly day to day and the only time you notice us when those cameras see a problem and then we make the papers and television today is the day we want you to know the probation officer; right . The days you due hear about us folks and brothers and sisters in florida and the east going went through a traumatic hurricane so one other note while im here in San Francisco im routing for the giants. clapping. if you cant tell i have an east coast accent im a yankees fan now im wondering route for the nationals and see a banner up here San Francisco giants are champion again so thank you clapping. thanks mike it is good so have one extra fan our final speaker representing the national air Traffic Controllers association. Thank you administrator for coming out here an honor to be with you and with the navy and stakeholders and building this no facility im proud to represent this is very important the only way air Traffic Controllers sit right now where the tower is 60 years old the original tower in 1954 was the beginning in 1981 that building was updated and the the record will so show gained a larger tower with the operation of equipment for safety today San Francisco controllers handle one half million flight with over 50 million passengers in the tower we have everybody from aviation tours to the Golden Gate Bridge and the boring 787 and is underlying the longest commercial routes in the world the new tower is 200 and 20 feet at all thaurn the old tower maybe not a huge difference but the air Traffic Controllers a better view for arriving and depatching airport and it is to withstand a 8 plus earthquake without damage and survived the loma prieta earthquake the new tower is a between you testament to share the project and were proud of partnership newcomers controllers fall within the Management Team from the design all the way to decide where to put up equipment everything is laid out in a specific manner for safety air Traffic Controllers technicians and managers in San Francisco Work Together truthfully so design a wonderful tower with cuttingedge technology and with surveillance capacity and radar included is a big deal touch screens display screens for the service thats the bottom line the new facility is not only better but better for the environment and mentioned earlier the facility has a led gold certification that levels very different difficult to obtain the tower is open twentyfour hours a day on behalf of the air Traffic Controllers station i want to thank all the hard working individuals and thanks fewer professionalism and dedication thank you clapping. thank you very much jerry. Now it is time to turn on the new facility weve had several the speeches reference those panels how led lighting tonight theyll be lit in orange it is difficult to see now but nevertheless, we are going to ask our administrator to officially turn on the lights if you turn on a big lighting you need a big switch in order to do this so weve got this large light switch and ask our administrator and mayor ed lee to give you a count down from 3 and ready to join me in the count down 3, 2, 1. Wow. There we go. Thank you very much for joining is well begin the process of providing tours if youre interested in getting a tower of the tower cab see lynn and if Everyone Needs attire parking validated come to the front deck thank you very much for joining so nice to see everyone in here. We really appreciate you coming and taking part in this with us. Its been such an exciting year for the San Francisco Fire Department. We are in the midst of a yearlong celebration for our 150th anniversary and we are so pleased that we are able to include this wonderful ceremony in our agenda and special events that weve had plans for to help us celebrate this year. So we are really really happy about this data we been looking forward to it for a while. I would like to welcome our federal state and local partners and elected officials. Our invited guests and members of the public. And the active and retired members of the San Francisco Fire Department and this includes several members who responded to the Marina Districts in the fire boat, phoenix, who you will see over there 27 years ago today. For theearthquake. Its no go incidents that we are holding the ceremony on this date. You know, our fire boats have proven to be unique assets and very necessary assets were San Francisco. Im sure everyone is well aware of the vital role that our fire boat, phoenix, and are members of the department played in saving the Marina District from burning up. 27 years ago today so again, we really like to thank those and we are really excited that youre here with us today to open celebrate this. So without further ado, i would like everyone to stand as the San Francisco Fire Department Veterans Association presents the collars and leads us in the pledge of allegiance followed by the national anthem, followed by Award Winning artist, amino marks wife of San Francisco Firefighter David hawkins who is also United States naval veteran of desert storm. Now id like to invite our beloved Department Chaplain father johnto give the invocation. As we celebrate 150 years of bravery and service to the city of San Francisco, we give thanks to all of the brave men and women of both our Fire Department and our Police Department. As we gathered to dedicate and commission the boat today i would like to just ask for a moment of silence as we remember the young Police Officer who shot and as we pray for kevins recovery today. [moment of silence] lord, our god, we ask you to bless all the men and women who serve on this new fire boat. Watch over them and keep them safe. Remember them now as they dedicate their lives to saving others both on land and on see. Lets this boat and bless ourselves to your service. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, father green. We are very very pleased to be joined by our first speaker today. Please help me welcome United States vendor, diane feinstein. [applause] thank you very much. Mr. Mayor, distinguished fire chief, members of the department and ladies and gentlemen, i just want to begin by saying to the riordan band, you were just great. I love the uniforms. They do so much. I hope that some of you have a career in music because youre really good and when i was mayor i had something called a command performance in the bands used to come down and perform in city hall. Mr. Mayor, maybe thats an idea . [laughing] so my favorite was at the time the Benjamin Franklin middle school band but i think today it would be you. So thank you so much for this performance. The clapping [applause] when i was mayor was more than 27 years ago my the fire boat was and looked at as a useless appendage of the Fire Department. It was a lot of pressure on me to zero it out in the firefighters budget. In the Fire Department budget and i never did. Because i believe it was our safe point should something really happened and then the year after i left office that something did happen. Who would have believed at the time that the giants would have been at Candlestick Park at 5 pm in the afternoon playing in i think it was the third game of the world series. And who would believe that the area struck at least by the earthquake was, in fact, the marina. All the planning that we had done indicated that was going to be the areas where we had a number of unreinforced brick buildings. Namely, chinatown and the tenderloin. Instead, it was still the marina is built on fill. Well, i was getting ready to go to a queens bench and make a speech and instead i went down to the marina. I saw the fire boats come in. I saw the portable hydrant being rolled out and i asked why now and i was told all the water mains were out. So that hydrant went up to visit darrell street and actually, to great extent saves the day. The man who invented this portable fire hydrants name was frank blackburn. He was the deputy chief of the department. It was a real step forward. The hydrant was subsequently used in rwanda for the transfer of water during a terrible drought and was credited with saving the lives of 140,000 people. So this is where the protected productivity, the design, of a command staff of the San Francisco firearmFire Department produced something that had never been done before. It was very special and i always became a firm backer of the phoenix. Never got zero doubt in my nine years as mayor and so here we are today with a bran new phoenixwell brandnew fire boat that is going to be named. It will be bigger. It will be better. And it will be the failsafe should something happen and these mains go out again. So i want to say, congratulations Fire Departments. Frank blackthorn isnt here but i just want you to know wherever you are, that it was really a good step forward and i want to thank the San Francisco Fire Departments for all you do. I had the privilege in the nine years that i was mayor of going to every major alarm in this city and so i actually saw you were. Once i saw that it was interesting for me because all the Union Battles became nothing. It was all worth it. Thank you so much for your service. [applause] thank you so much sen. Feinstein. It is such a pleasure to have you here with us today. Please, help me welcome the mayor of San Francisco, the hon. Edwin lee to say a few words. The bank. [applause] thank you very much. Good morning, everyone. Sen. , its a joy a pleasure to an honor to be with you this morning to christen this next fire boat. Its monday morning everybody. We are at atc park. We got the Riordan High School band. Ive got my feels copy. Im with the San Francisco Fire Departments. Mondays dont get any better. [laughing] so i want to say, thank you as we add to the incredible need of apparatuses that we must have in this evolving city. I know that the fire boat is going to be invaluable. The chief and i and the commission know that the equipment, not only has to be replaced, it has to be modernized. As our city is growing. With mission bay that we are in now, with the growing population that we have, and the bayshore, the south bay, all of the areas of the city, we need the modern apparatus. This morning im joining all of you to say, thank you, to the men and women of our Fire Department because this apparatus not only complements the things that we did, the guardian and the phoenix, but it also complements the men and women who on on everyday basis, whenever the call is made, you rush in to that danger in order to relieve us from danger. So i personally want to say thank you to each and every one of you because that apparatus replacement is helping. We have just made investments in your ambulance and i knowand convert and achieve our working together with me to make sure that Response Teams and her influences are there. They are there today because of your work with us. Now, the fire boat with his new apparatuses and its new ability to pump bay water into wherever we need is going to be an incredible answer to the needs. Now i will also say that this new fire boat is more than just a piece of equipment. It is about our cities resilience because we have more and more with the use of all of the equipment that we have and the training that we are doing with fleet week, and i know lewis and the threeweek association are here. Just last month we celebrated fleet week we celebrated more than that could the sen. And i were there to see the actual training that is going on between our Fire Department, all of our First Responders in the city, our Police Department, of course, in our Health Department working together with our federal and state agencies to make sure we train to the level in which the next big event will call upon us. Our neighborhood emergency Response Teams, they are training over 26,500 500 residents of our city to be better prepared to be able to save themselves, their neighbors, their friends in the community. That is about resiliency. That is about being really prepared. The good story about this new fire boat is that the bulk of it was funded, thanks to the senators advocacy on our behalf and others. The majority of it was funded through fema and federal grants. Well, you know fema usually comes in after the event happens to have fema come in before an event happens is what we have been always trying to do in our city, to be better prepared. Have all of the responding agencies, whether it is pg e were whether small or utilities, whether it is all our departments working together ahead of time so that we never introduce each other at the time of an emergency. This is what we do and this is what this apparatus will do. So i want to say thank you. I want to say thank you to the men and women of local 798 for your dedication to working with the commission, the chief, the city, to make sure we are at our best. To make sure were all prepared and of course thank you to our Police Department our Sheriff Department all the First Responders as well. This is an incredible time for our city to be adequately prepared to make sure that we are investing properly and we are prepared for the immediate future. Thank you very much. [applause] now the president of our Fire Commission francine covington. Good morning everyone. Isnt this a fabulous day . Wow. Mother nature loves the Fire Department. You can see that. [laughing] thank you all so much for being here. This is such a fantastic day for us because we get our third fire boat. As a city we are not growing out oh we are growing up. Becoming more densely populated and we need to have as many Resources Available to us as we possibly can have. I want to thank the mayor for his support. I definitely want to excuse methank sen. Feinstein for her support when she was mayor and now in her position as sen. Its very very crucial that we have this support because we were able to get to more than 8 million in fema funding. The process of going through naming the boat was delightful. We received more than 300 names from schoolchildren and the guardian and the phoenix were also named by schoolchildren. So, this continues a a tradition in the department and youll find out with a winning name is an injustice gets. I would be remiss if i did not acknowledge by fellow commissioners starting with commissioner sancho was on the zombies are longestserving commissioner. 21 years as commissioner on the Fire Commission. And we also have commissioner cleveland and commissioner hardeman so again thank you all very much for being here and i just cant tell you how delightful this is. [laughing] see you soon. [applause] thank you president covington. Now it gives me great pleasure and it is truly an honor to introduce the next speaker. Please, welcomed the chief of the San Francisco Fire Department, joanne hayeswhite thank you. Good morning and welcome an open e ctr. Five signs, did thank you for bringing us in to archbishop Riordan High School band. We really appreciate you being here. If you dont pursue a career in music consider the fire service. Thanks for being you. My brother was class of 1971. Its a great privilege to be here with so many of you get a lot of people to knowledge and think. Certainly, our federal partners are regional partners, my colleagues from throughout the bay area, Fire Department, thank you for being here as well as our military partners. To our elected officials, i see some remember to supervisor peskin here today as well as our sheriff vicki hennessy. Shes not elected but i think if she was elected she got 100 support and that is the city and state chief of protocol charlotte schultz. Thank you for being here. [applause] so many people we have our partners in the pvt. Ambulance amr is to get my colleagues are city administrator naomi kelly could you blame force from the port the port has been huge part of good always with us every step of the dig i see jack therefrom the giants here. Thank you for helping us have a beautiful backdrop. And lets get them in 2017. [laughing] ive three of my former deputies which hegary and pati appreciate you being you were part of the team as we thought about this boat. Guardians of the city is here. Well represented with jim finley retired captain 150th committee the threeweek Committee Like mayor lee said thank you for all you do and someone also said to shout out to Bearden High School mentoring free week were picked as number one in the battle of the bands. So congratulations again to you. [applause] we also local 798 president tom oconnor. Thank you for being here today and celebrating with us. Also, in the back mark heller please offered scissors as you is a great partner. In our hearts and souls are out to officer kevin downes who we Work Together on friday night and we wish him a full recovery. So this is about celebrating and i can definitely say the native san franciscans am proud to continue serve as your fire chief you have a great team i can than staff is all here. I appreciate all the hard work you do. My hat is off to all the members active and retired civilian and uniformed in our department it is about teamwork. Sometimes we dont always see eye to eye when it comes down to what we really need to do the filling our mission we get it done and i really really appreciate that. Part of the team though as i was growing up was a great admiration for the mayor during the 1980s as she took over a difficult time in the late 70s. Now shes our sen. A Great Respect and shes been an inspiration to all of us. I do know personally from so the gentleman i work with when i started at the fire boat worked there for about 18 months would allow about maritime operations. The importance of a fire boat. Sen. Feinstein is absolutely correct and i dont be she gives herself enough credit whatever aides at a time later became the Fire Commissioner have the rough, she sent him down multiple times and she herself can down to station 35 during her time as mayor because she was getting a lot of pressure to retire the fire boat. Its an expensive vessel to maintain. We all know that. But all of that those arguments, those discussions of those all went out the window 27 years ago today when the fire boat phoenix pumped throughout the night and saves most of the marina a great part of the marina get so sen. Feinstein is very special with us that youre here today. We really appreciate it. Of course, mayor ryu appreciate your leadership and support are always a champion for preparedness. And that does not go without us noticing here in the San Francisco Fire Department get we really appreciate all your support of our department throughout the year. Or commissioners also appreciate your support that we also have a beautiful craft behind us which were democrats and berries. We would like to say thank you for the craftsmanship from jensen maritime and bigger corporation. Then as well weve had a great partner throughout the year and very proud of the Partnership Since ive achieved since 2004 has even gotten better with Pacific Gas Electric were happy to have Vice President of electric operations Gary Anderson with us today been a great partner and specifically the router 150th year they have been with us to upper celebrate and enables to celebrate. Other Department Heads, i know mayor lee engine and cronenberg thank you also from the department of emergency management. My sister is your patricia get second row and i see my big brother dan class of 1971 just showed up. City college. Instructor for 39 years thanks for being here, jim. I want to say to code thank you to all the men and women the station 35 and are fire boat. Like i said i have the privilege of working on the fire boat in the 90s. I learned a lot. Some of the people i learned from our now retired good im grateful they are here at the party was the engineer on october 17, 1989. He is it. Neat, where are you . Thanks for being you could happily retired. We also have bob costa who taught me a lot. When i was at the fire boat where is bob . Thank you, bob for being here. We have Dennis Kennedy also here. A number of other retired these wave your hand if you work on the fire boat and are now retired. Thank you for all for being here. [applause] i would also like to pay tribute to two men that are worth with their no longer with us. They were wonderful pilots. One was died in 2006 and one died and audio seven. Pilate arvid habaneros and pilot kevin devine. They were huge numbers of our department and both died unexpectedly while they were still serving in the San Francisco Fire Department. I know the members always have Great Respect for them but i want to acknowledge them. We did also invite their families today. So without further ado, we all wanted them am excited to introduce fairly sooni think mindy has Something Else to say but were going to introduce the schoolchild, third grader from st. Peter in a few minutes hes going to come join me and work get on with us our market so thank you very much for coming out and appreciating our beautiful boat. [applause] thank you so much chief hayeswhite. I dont think this boat will be officially ours until we receive the title. So id like to invite the chief executive officer, bigger, mr. Frank so deep, up to present the vessel title to the chief of the department. Speed thank you. Good morning. Did anyone hear the hammering going on behind you spewing raise your hand if you did. Okay so what were you thinking . Were you think i can believe someones making noise in the middle of the ceremony . Were you thinking is he building a piece of staging or is he building an awning to keep someone out of the weather . Were you thinking is it safe . Were you thinking does it fit if you need a hammer . [laughing] we are bigger we build think. Thats how we think. Its a great honor to be here on behalf of of the 500 different craftspeople who touch this boat who are skilled artisans at baker who really built this remarkable fire boat. To chief hayeswhite to mayor lee to sen. Feinstein, thank you for honoring bigger by allowing us to partner with the San Francisco Fire Department to build its. With me today is alius cut planning and zoning one of the people selected by his peers to be here to represent those who with their hands with their brilliance, built this great boat. At baker we are pretty partial to San Francisco bay area. We built for of your ferries that some you travel in south big that are run by. When you go by the transbay new Transbay Transit Center and you see those really cool that their xrays think of it v for bigger because we both goes structural parts for you. We built your boat. So were also building two more boats fourwhich will come out in the spring and winter group and designing some electric hybrids that will overly transit people. Most environmentally sponsored boat manner possible. Whether we are building ferries or structural sections for transbay were by designing the hydro electric ferries are people at baker lake allee, take great care to deliver quality we deliver it with love. Why . Because fire boat has a critical purpose often a purpose that has the potential to save lives and to protect our countries citizens. So ali is one join me in this presentation and chief, if we may, on behalf of bigger, jensen maritime the designer, and are 2500 skilled artisans at baker please accept this title to this great fire boat from us. [applause] you are welcome. Also please join your boat has been selected by people as being one of the 10 significant votes of the year and might just get out onward later this should enjoy it with the love. Thank you. Thank you. [applause] before i bring up our next presenter, i did want to also acknowledge the beautiful singing a Firefighter David huckins wife geico, thank you very much for making this so special. Beautiful rendition. [applause] my staff kelly and olivia without them this one ive happen today either. So i know you dont want a lot of acknowledgments but its definitely do. Thank you so much. This is the exciting part. Were going to have a red. Come on up. On board to induce you know mr. Nico the there appeared geico is a thirdgrader at st. Peter and paul. [applause] i happen to know him although i did not know that he was the person that committed the name. As president coming says were over 300 entries to name the fire boat. Nico is the winner. Were going to unveil the name soon but i did want to say that he had about eight member panel on the selection committee. Was not an easy task but you are entry was picked. Im going to have you unveiled again shortly but first of all we are going to have nico read a fire code that was written in 1935 by one of our members. Here is a scuttle that protects our big a floating tower with a chilling spray. To douse the anger of starting flame and put the minutes of dread fire to shame. Whose staffs this towering ship spewing when she must team into some blazing slip . Must be firefighters of courage possessed by very few. Members of our fire boats crew. [applause] great job. Nico is the son of one of our valuable members capt. Tony rivera. Tony, please stand up. And his lovely wife, lisa. And his daughter in fifthgrade, nina is with us. And his inlaws. So thank you for being here. Great job on the poem. Pretty good for third grade i think youre not an easy poem to read the very fitting one. Thank you so much, nico. That was great. Okay. Now on with the ceremony. Two members of station 35, will assemble for the chief to give the order to command the ship. Thank you members of engine 35 fire boat and now we will do the official unveiling of the name. Which was recommended by nico rivera and selected by our fire boat naming committee. The name of fire boat three is the st. Francis. Speech during[applause] good afternoon recruits im going to be very short, because i am [laughter ] okay, i should start off with a joke you have to laugh. Anyway, first off, its my pleasure to be with the chief and with our department of Public Health director to welcome you into the finest Police Department in the country and i know that because that is what you have chosen to do and im very gratified i could be here in front of you as you ago through this invaluable academy and training. Really two points i want to raise. One is to thank you for making that choice. You can join any other department in the whole bay area, but you have chosen our city and im grateful for that. Second is that today i especially appear before you to make sure that you understand what we are trying to do as an entire city with our Police Department. Were undergoing one of the biggest Reform Efforts in the history of this department, and our chief is leading that, and one of the reasons today is that you will undoubtedly be involved in many of our confrontations that other Police Officers do probably on a daily basis. And the trend has been that there are more people that are victims of alcohol and drug abuse, and will exhibit in many occasions a danger to themselves or others and you will definitely be called upon to intervene in those situations. One of the principles of our Police Reform that is going on today, one that i greatly value is the principle of the sanctity of life. You probably already have been receiving training on that. But you also will be trained in the practice called receiving time and distance. That is when you are called upon, i think well ask you to do your best to create that time and distance for the purpose of preserving life. In that, i want you to know that the rest of the city is not simply asking you to carry the entire burden of that. ; that were going to be partners with you the best that we can and one of those strong partnerships that i am and this administration is funding with the full cooperation of the police commission, your chief , all the management staff is to say that when you are asked to intervene and if you can create that time and distance with everybodys safety in mind, well then have Mental Health and Public Health experts to be at your side. So that they can do the specialty crisis intervention that you create the time and distance in order to have. We have got to work as a team. If were going save more lives out there, we have to make sure that we have the ability to get some professionals to work alongside with you, so we can intervene in the sometimes very tragic circumstances and if we can get the Mental Health expertise with the people standing behind me, the crisis intervention specialists, they are referred to as our entire team train by our public Health Department to work in these crisis situations, were going save more lives and ultimate ly that is what you seek to do in your profession and we want everybodys lives to be here. You will get crisis intervention training. You will be introduced to the sanctity of life principle, but in the realstreet situations that we have, its your ability to implement that in an effective way with the chief and all of the managers crisis and all of the trainers that are here. That we want to do it with your safety in mind and with the immediate peoples safety in mind so we can gain that valuable, sometimes minutes to be able to introduce a professional. So that we can go on and perhaps save a persons life even more times than we have in the past. Quite frankly, it has worked in no less than probably five situations in the past several months. And i was with the chief on one of those occasions, almost three to four hours in those negotiations and we saved everybodys life and everybody walked away. We need more of those opportunities, because there is drugs, there is drug abuse, there is a tremendous amount of Mental Illness and you cant do it all. We dont want to tell you to do it all, but you have an invaluable part of that process. So those are two messages. Again, thank you for choosing the city and county of San Francisco to work in and well be there to create more classes as more of our officers decide they want to have an even better life and retire and at the same time, we need to get enough officers to meet the challenges of population, and the needs of every one of our neighborhoods. Thanks for being officers in the city and county of San Francisco. Chief. First of all real fast im with the mayor every wednesday and the joke you heard i have to hear those every wednesday when i meet with him [laughter ]so the sympathy should be flowing my way. The incident that the mayor was talking about wasing at market and jones and it was a support armed with a firearm and the officer showed incredible restraint and saves that mans a life. I have since met with the mother and father of the mans life that was saved and they are incredibly grateful to the San Francisco Police Department. They spent about two hours praising our efforts, and giving us kudos for making sure that resolved the way it did. That is what were trying to push forward and we all understand its not always going to work out in our favor and things that happen that are well beyond the control of anybody wearing that uniform and we need to make sure were Crystal Clear on that, but at same time, to approach every situations a lifesaving situation. The department is moving in a different direction and were trying to be at the front of this and not the back of the line. I just sat in an awards ceremony, voting process for Department Members to get silver medals and awards and most of the recipients came up in situations that they tracked about what they did and talked about using time and distancing in deescalation. One an officer was stabbed in throat on the freeway onramp and went for his firearm which he reholstered to baton because he recognized that the situation changed and the individual no longer had the knife and he had presence of mind to think about it as it unfolded. Another situation a gentleman was sharpening a knife and had residents holed because they were too afraid and they formulated the plan of creating time and distance and they subdued him and took him into custody without shooting him. Arguably a yearandahalf, two years ago the officerinvolved shooting scenarios pure and simple. That is what were trying to preach and push today and the Group Standing behind me are meant to give you additional tools in the tool belt when you have those situation and the San Francisco Police Department is proud to partner again with the department of Public Health on Mental Health services to the community and the San Francisco police have worked with department of Public Health for years including mobile crisis teams providing assistance to child Crisis Services which helps youth in crisis. This new team of clinicians standing behind me isa valuable to San Francisco Police Officers to support negotiators in the field and conduct crisis assessments and debrief persons involved and affected by incidents, and consult with victims and provide Crisis Services. They are going to also assist with our ongoing Crisis Intervention Training Program to help our officers improve their ability to recognize people with Behavioral Health problems. This program is part of an ongoing reform system that the department has undertaken over the past year and again, im talking about the San Francisco Police Department being the lead, not following, not picking things up from everybody else. We were using a model that is still effective, but there is say better model. And our people are now researching that model to bring it to San Francisco with dealing with people in crisis. That is part of us taking the lead. Were under a Collaborative Reform Initiative review by the department of justice right now that we invited in. Because again, all of these changes are meant to make us better. So i want us all to make sure we embrace it and look behind me at these white jackets with another tool for the San Francisco Police Department to use to enforce the sanctity of life on the streets and save people, because that is our primary mission to preserve life. I want to introduce director. Thank you you and thank you all of you and i saw you standing at attention to so long and you are so fortunate to be part of a city and part of a police force that are going to be at the head of many Police Forces in this country in terms of really understanding the impact of substanceabuse and Mental Health on many of the individuals that you may meet. Behind me is a team that we have been over the last decade working very closely with the police, and coming to any incidents of violence and providing assessments and support to family members. Were going to be expanding this team with three clinical psychologists and social workers to work deeper with all of you and give you training how to engage and meet the needs of many of these individuals. And also, i have been on the calls and some of these interventions that the police chief talked about, and we believe we can really give you really Important Information about the background of an individual, who you may be negotiating with. And so were very proud. Im very proud of the team that is behind you in the white coats and im very proud of the team in the blue. And together were going to be really providing you, i believe, some essential training and also support. And we believe that doing this together, we can reduce improve the health of many of the individuals who you are going to come in contact and reduce the incidents that we have at times when we have to be more forceful with individuals. So we look forward to this. Were going to be quickly hiring these individuals, and the police will be involved with this in hiring. So we have the right type of individual who will work with us closely and by the new year, well be really working closely and responding. In between now and then, this team behind me will be taking that place until our new staff is expanded. Were 24 7, and were located in the bay view, but we travel throughout the city in order to provide these services. So i want to thank you for your attention today and we look forward to working with you, and proud to see all of you today becoming new Police Officers. [ applause ] were going to conclude this and any questions that the press may have well be outside in the hallway for you. Good afternoon the commission will please come to order and call the role. Pating, present. Loyce, present. Singer, present. Chow, present. San chez. Motion and is there a second . Okay motion and second the minutes are before you for approval, are there any corrections or additions . Yes i like yes, commissioner sanchez. Just dropped my notes, here