Clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, colina and michael, who record each of our meetings and make them available to the public online. Today, i would like to start off maybe saying a little bit, but not much, just to make sure that people understand what this is. This is a hand sanitizer, and which is very easy to use. If you either use this or soap, either, its healthy, and you can keep your loved ones healthy. If you want to find out more information and find out how the city is responding, you can go to the website, sf72. Org. Sf72. Org. So now that im all sanitized, we can begin. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk i have none to report, mr. President. President yee okay. Colleagues, today we are approving the minutes from the january 21, 2020 special Board Meeting and the janu
Do you have any announcements, mr. Clerk . Thank you, and can you please read number one. Clerk agenda item number 1 an ordinance amending the city code to authorize the city administrator identifying those departments that would qualify as business entities or associates under hipaa and to require the city administrator to develop and maintain a citywide hipaa policy. Chair ronen great, and i understand there will be a brief presentation . Great. Good morning, chair ronen and committee members. We have emily cohen from the mayors office, and i have a very brief presentation for you about our hipaa covered entity designation ordinance. Im also joined by bill barnes from the City Administrators Office who will present on their part of the ordinance. So as im sure as most folks are aware, hipaa is the federal law thats to protect personal information. It allows large cities or municipalities to declare themselves a hybrid covered entity. San francisco has not, and it creates a large comp
February 11th. Mr. Clerk, can you please call the roll. [roll call] we have quorum. Can you please call the first item. Im 2, the citizens advisor report. Im john larsen, chair of the citizens advisory committee, and im here to report on january 22nd meeting of the c. A. C. We began the meeting welcoming to members, representing district 5 and 9, so were currently on full strengthe strength of te c. A. C. Item 6 on your agenda, the c. A. C. Members discussed the vetoed legislation relating to a paved area the time, resources and funds being allocated towards a project that might have a limited impact on overall congestion, while benefiting a very specific neighborhood, could possibly be used better in neighborhoods of concern. And other thing is exploring a tax assessment around the affected part of lumbar street. Sb50 was also discussed by the c. A. C. , specifically linking housing proposals too closely with additional funds for transportation and infrastructure. One member expressed
Mr. Clerk . Thank you, and can you please read number one. Clerk agenda item number 1 an ordinance amending the city code to authorize the city administrator identifying those departments that would qualify as business entities or associates under hipaa and to require the city administrator to develop and maintain a citywide hipaa policy. Chair ronen great, and i understand there will be a brief presentation . Great. Good morning, chair ronen and committee members. We have emily cohen from the Mayors Office, and i have a very brief presentation for you about our hipaa covered entity designation ordinance. Im also joined by bill barnes from the City Administrators Office who will present on their part of the ordinance. So as im sure as most folks are aware, hipaa is the federal law thats to protect personal information. It allows large cities or municipalities to declare themselves a hybrid covered entity. San francisco has not, and it creates a large compliance burden for multiple city
San francisco. I just wanted to say thank you and to acknowledge the department of Emergency Management, the p. U. C. , public works, m. T. A. , fire and rec park. We met yesterday to review the citys response to the december 7th storm and recent flooding. As folks are probably aware, we had an out of nowhere, almost tornado, technically a micro burst, but it dumped a whole lot of water on the city in a short period of time on a saturday afternoon. So, due to that, we have been working on adjusting our plans to be more ready to respond in a no notice storm event, which is fairly unusual. However, due to the variability in weather and Climate Change and changes on the planet, we have to be ready for the unexpected. So, we are working on improving our situational awareness, operational response, and our public messaging regarding the storms when they do happen. Secondly, were going to move into the recent activities also this week. We had a Safety Assessment program, proof of concept. It