The regular meeting of the San Francisco Public Utilities commission. Todays date is tuesday, may 26, 2020. Roll call, please. President caen . Here. Vice president vietor . Present. Commissioner moran . Here. Commissioner maxwell . Here. Commissioner paulson . Present. We have a quorum. We begin the meet, id like to make an announcement. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendations issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health and that Governor Newsom and mayor brown have lifted restrictions via conference, its being televised via sfgov tv. There is a brief time lag between the live meeting and what is being viewed on sfgov tv. On behalf of the commission id like to extend our thanks to sfgov tv staff. If you wish to make Public Comment on an item, dial 8882733658, access code 3107452 and pound, followed by pound again. When Public Comment is called, dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the speaker line. You will be you will hear an automated v
Recent executive orders by the governor to facilitate teleconferencing to reduce the risk of covid19 transmission at public meetings. Ordinarily, the brown act sets strict rules for teleconferencing. The executive order does require that we continue to notice meetings in advance. The department has met all of the applicable notice requirements. As noted on the agenda, members of the public may observe this teleconference meeting via sf gov tv and may Public Comment by calling the published Public Comment phone number. I would like to welcome the members of the public and staff who are watching online, sfgovtv. The Commission Asks and thanks for your patience during these unprecedented times. Teleconferencing has never happened in our history. That being said, we respectfully ask the public to have patience and expect delays and gaps during the meeting, particularly during Public Comment. Were working diligently to learn and become familiar with this new system as this may be the way we
The meeting now. This is a special meeting of the Small Business commission. The meeting is being called to order at 11 05 a. M. Small Business Commission thanks Media Services and sfgov tv and the department of technology for televising this meeting, which can be viewed on sfgov tv 2, live streamed at sfgovtv. Org. Members of the public, who will be phoning in, the number is 888 3634735. And the access code is 4134030. When prompted, dial 10 in order to be added to the speaker line. The auto prompts will look at callers entry. The questionandanswer time. But this is the Public Comment period. If you call in before Public Comment is called, youll be added to the queue. When you are called for Public Comment, please mute your device that you are listening to the meeting on, when it is your time to speak, youll be prompted to do so. Public comment during the meeting is limited to three minutes per speaker, unless otherwise established by the presiding officer of the meeting. Speakers are
Patience in advance. The merged platforms are not perfect and at times may even seem clumsy. If you are not speaking, mute your microphone and turn off your video camera. Do not hit any controls that may affect other participants. Allow the producer to do her job. To unable participation, sf gov is streaming this hearing live and we will receive Public Comment for each agenda. They are streaming the tollfree number across the bottom of the screen. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment periods are available via phone by calling 888 2045984, hitting access code 3501008 and pressing pound and pound again. When you are connected, dial 10 to be added into the cue to speak. Each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes to speak. When you have 30 seconds remaining, youll hear a chime indicating your time is almost up. When youre allotted time is reached, ill announce your time is up and direct my ta staff to take the next speaker. Speaker clearly and slowly and mute
Perfect. Sorry, dominica. Okay. Sfgov tv, we are ready to start the meeting now. This is a special meeting of the Small Business commission. The meeting is being called to order at 11 05 a. M. Small Business Commission thanks Media Services and sfgov tv and the department of technology for televising this meeting, which can be viewed on sfgov tv 2, live streamed at sfgovtv. Org. Members of the public, who will be phoning in, the number is 888 3634735. And the access code is 4134030. When prompted, dial 10 in order to be added to the speaker line. The auto prompts will look at callers entry. The questionandanswer time. But this is the Public Comment period. If you call in before Public Comment is called, youll be added to the queue. When you are called for Public Comment, please mute your device that you are listening to the meeting on, when it is your time to speak, youll be prompted to do so. Public comment during the meeting is limited to three minutes per speaker, unless otherwise e