Pricing. Were obligated to find the lowest rate possible. Generally, most of the time, there is one Space Available on every block. Anything that allows muni to move more smoothly throughout the city is a great thing. If you manage parking effectively, then youve got fewer people circling around. It not only benefits folks that are parking, but it benefits folks riding muni, as well. Continuously monitoring occupancy. Thats what we used to make our android and iphone apps. Its open to everyone. Lots of people can help get that information out there for the broader social benefit possible. The first city in the world to have that kind of data available. Other cities can take elements of sfpark and implement it in the cities. Los angeles is working on it. Berkeley is working on a project. Washington, d. C. Is, too. Cities are looking at Parking Management differently than the have in the past. Later this year, we are gathering all the data we need to evaluate rigorously all our expectati
[laughter] mike coy cook, personal photographer, and no. 1 critic. I know i forgot so many people tonight. You know who you are. If i can give more to the city, i will. Thank you. [applause] they have extra photographers that travel with them. Lets hear it one more time for jocelyn and her family. Thank you very much. [applause] i graduated from the university of california berkeley with a degree in civil engineering. I started with the department of public works in 1984. In 2003, i was asked to come to San Francisco Public Utilities commission to take the meat on the program. Im responsible for all the Large Capital projects for water, waste water, and power. Its about 12 billion of capital projects. We have a lot of projects. Our water system improvement program, 80 products that span seven counties. We have a staff of about 400 City Employees and about 500 consultants. Puc is really embracing technology. We wanted to make sure we really had a system that would elevate all issues so
Thank you. [applause] steve castile. [applause] i started working for the Public Works Department 15 years ago. We are like a family. It is a very closeknit group. I think, because of that, we get the best out of people. One of the problems we encountered in the city was we were not able to pay our vendors and contractors. People were entering data inconsistently. Documents were always getting lost. Payments were not going out. The numbers do not add up. Everything has to flow horizontal and vertical leap. We created several modules to make it easier for contractors to attach the documents in a standardized format. We do not have to go deeper anymore. I dont have a formal education in i. T. , however, i have deployed some systems when i was working for the industry, and i brought in young, energetic staff to help. We implemented this. It took three months. People knew when they were going to get paid. I think we have a happy contractor community. These system improvements have really i
I started working for the Public Works Department 15 years ago. We are like a family. It is a very closeknit group. I think, because of that, we get the best out of people. One of the problems we encountered in the city was we were not able to pay our vendors and contractors. People were entering data inconsistently. Documents were always getting lost. Payments were not going out. The numbers do not add up. Everything has to flow horizontal and vertical leap. We created several modules to make it easier for contractors to attach the documents in a standardized format. We do not have to go deeper anymore. I dont have a formal education in i. T. , however, i have deployed some systems when i was working for the industry, and i brought in young, energetic staff to help. We implemented this. It took three months. People knew when they were going to get paid. I think we have a happy contractor community. These system improvements have really it increased service to our clients and reduced c
To get paid. I think we have a happy contractor community. These system improvements have really it increased service to our clients and reduced costs and really improved the bidding environment for our contractors. Its remarkable what she has done. Been a Public Service being a Public Servant is a good thing. I love my job. I would Never Exchange it for anything else in the world. [applause] [applause] i am from the department of public works. I have the honor of introducing jocelyn quintos. I will just a real quick, jocelyn works very hard. Through her work, a lot of contracts and a lot of work that she does she has brought new systems that have saved a lot of tand time and allowed us to give contracts and make payments very fast. Please meet jocelyn. [applause] first of all, i just want to thank spur and mfac for giving me this honor. Ive never really won an award. It does feel like you won the oscars. Its different when you are standing here. I do not even have a written speech. I