Let me say a few words. Ava is the top Civil Engineer and the true innovator in her field and shes the first woman to hold a position of chief engineer in the history of the Golden Gate Bridge highway and district. Ava has been 20 years with the district and shes managed and constructed several Major Projects including managing the privilege seismic and wind retrofit project, overseeing the installation of the longest bridge, movable, movable, medium barrier and she is currently overseeing the construction of the physical suicide deterrent project. This project is the remarkable feat of lifesaving engineer. The barrier is an intricate structure comprised of 385,000 square feet of stainless steel. The equivalent of seven football fields. Hung 20 feet below the bridge public walkway and the construction of the barrier requires the use of heavy equipment suspended 250 feet above the water. The impact of this project cannot be overstated. The physical suicide deterrent project will save li
Welcome. I call this hearing of the subcommittee on homeland curator to order, this is the subcommittees first hearing of the budget cycle, and we are pleased to join chad wulf. Mr. Wolf was named after acting secretary and its thousand 19. Prior to taking on the task, he developed and coordinated strategies and policies that advanced the Homeland Security mission and protect the American Public through his later ship role in the office of shadow gee, policy and plans. He is a recipient of the Homeland Security distinguished Service Medal for his initiatives to counter domestic and international terrorism, a safeguard american interests throughout the duration of his career so, thank you for that. Im glad to be joined by our seven queen is Ranking Member, senator tester. We are continuing to the fiscal year 2021 budget request and look forward to further insight today from you, mr. Secretary. Very pleased to be joined by the Ranking Member of the full committee, senator leahy, as well.
I see the poster boards are up but theyre blocking the monitors. So at least the one in the back should be moved so members of the public can view the monitor. Appreciate you guys going old school. Id like to take role at this time. role call . First up is general Public Comment. At this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission, except the agenda items. With respect to agenda items, that will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. I had just the one speaker card. Its not me. [ laughter ] no, i know its not you. [ laughter ] its carvallo. Real quick, im from the San Francisco heritage. I just want to mention that the legacy business backlog right now is five months when a business applies to be a legacy business and theyre overwhelmed over there and i think rick could use some help. So any influence you might have to move resources to the office of Small Business to he
The public can view the monitor. Appreciate you guys going old school. Id like to take role at this time. role call . First up is general Public Comment. At this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission, except the agenda items. With respect to agenda items, that will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. I had just the one speaker card. Its not me. [ laughter ] no, i know its not you. [ laughter ] its carvallo. Real quick, im from the San Francisco heritage. I just want to mention that the legacy business backlog right now is five months when a business applies to be a legacy business and theyre overwhelmed over there and i think rick could use some help. So any influence you might have to move resources to the office of Small Business to help with the legacy business program, you all know how popular it is, but we try to get a new Business Online and five months is
Mr. President , all members are present. Please 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. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfg tv, Mia Hernandez and kalina mendoza. Madam clerk, any communications . Yes, mr. President , i have one to report. We received correspondence on february 14th, 2020 from mayor london breed communicating her veto of the ordinance with 2. 7 millions of general reserve conditioned upon an executed agreement at city college. Pursuant to 9. 104, my office received no request to consider this veto and therefore, file 1961 stands. Thank you, madam clerk. First of all, i want to apologize for starting a little late. We had a little press thing with the mayor announcing some issues that youll hear about in the paper. So colleagues, today we are approving the minutes from th