Mr. President , you have a quorum. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, will you join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Supervisor yee on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv. Michael batazar and colleen a memendoza who make transcripts available online. Are there any communications . Clerk i have none to report, mr. President. Supervisor yee we are approving the minutes from the july 30th, 2019 regular Board Meeting. Are there any changes to these Meeting Minutes . Seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented . Made by supervisor walton and seconded by supervisor fewer. Motion to approve ok. Then these minutes will be approved after public comment. Madam clerk, will you please call the 2 00 p. M. Special order. Clerk item number 1, formal policy discussions with the
Department of Public Health, as well as dr. Anton nagusablan who is the director of Mental Health reform. Daniel leary, the c. E. O. And founder of Tipping Point community, and matthew state, the chair of u. C. F. Department of psychiatry here in San Francisco. Im excited because these are incredible leaders in our community who are going to help us with some really challenging problems that we know we face as a city. Last week we launched the Mental Health Reform Initiative to help those at the intersection of homeless, Mental Illness, and Substance Abuse disorder in San Francisco. And through our detailed analyst, dr. Nagusablan and the department of Public Health have identified the people in our city who are most vulnerable and in need of help. Now, to be clear, we see it. But now we have clear and accurate data. Of those 4,000 individuals, 41 frequently use urgent and emergency psychiatric services. 95 of those folks suffer from alcohol use disorder. 35 are africanamericans, despi
Homes. Without the validation of schools, without the validation of cities, so particularly with the next generation coming up, they wont have a connection to our grandparents who are from this place. It will be really great to see the city really support this. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon, my name is sarah. Last saturday, may 28yearold daughter who was born and raised in the bay area, for the first time she experienced it. She brought so many of her friends and she said, mom, i have such a hard time explaining to my friends about this ritual, but it just happened right there i would like to continue this tradition where she could be proud to be koreanamerican as well as share her traditions to others. Thank you so much for supporting this, supervisor stefani, and i hope you will support us. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervisors. I am a senior at Lowell High School and i have been a San Francisco native and i wish to speak in
Committee and on the association and im speaking for the board today. I want to address a particular aspect of the environmental report and that is alternative c. Thats opening to vehicular traffic. You want you to urge the Planning Department to support this alternative. As currently planned, there are two openings for vehicular traffic in and out of the reservoir site and a third access point would be provided. Mitigating some of the lockedin nature of the suit. When it was concluded that thisd reduce bottlenecks into the neighborhood and this would extend site traffic and can be acom datad withouaccommodated ig neighborhood. The draft states that opening this would redistribute traffic from ocean avenue and fredda calloway resulting in transit delay and this would provide emergency vehicles better access. Further, it would result project generated Traffic Volume at lee avenue which is identified in the draft report as a troublesome intersection with a lot of projected congestion. In
Hope you will support us. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervisors. I am a senior at Lowell High School and i have been a San Francisco native and i wish to speak in favor of the resolution for the past 17 years of my life , my father has worked in korean history and many korean other services. When i was younger, i never understood why he was doing this having volunteered the festival, i can understand why its so important for him. We need to carry on their traditions, especially for those of us never had the opportunity to experience living in korea. Passing the this resolution will help the next generation very on with korean traditions, region that leaves the country. I would like to thank the board and recognize supervisor stefani in recognizing the solution. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, supervisors. My name is lena and i am the executive director of the koreanamerican Community Foundation of San Francisco. We are a phila