The project manager here who are going to oversee the installation of this project. And i want to thank in particular alex turk for his leadership during this effort. I certainly want to thank our department of technology and its new leader mark tuitu for also stepping up to the plate. Mark is such a visionary and i think we have years of great things to come out of our department of technology and this is just the first step. And lastly i want to thank my staff and in particular wherever margo is, mar cokelly. Margo kelly. Margo spent the last two years quarterbacking this project. She spent so many hours of her life dedicate today bringing this to the residents of San Francisco and we shall all be incredibly thankful. The benefits of free wifi in San Francisco are many. Not only will it further open up our parks and our city to innovation, to education, and includetionthv i. For all San Francisco residents, but its also as i mentioned before a significant step towards bridging our Di
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Wireless connected to our fiber. Were learning that. Were learning that our fine and some of the backbones that weve always had to depend on can be improved on. I have to admit, the new director will also tell you we are behind. I call our selfthe Innovation Capital of the world, but were behind in many ways and we need to catch up. We need to do more, but sometimes the funding wasnt there and it costs more than we think and were trying to figure things out and trying to get as modern as fast as we can. And this is where i think that relationship with the private sector, particularly with our technology and Innovative Companies in San Francisco is so important to us, that we gain a knowledge and a confidence that we can improve City Government services, and also at the same time when we get wifi here, not only will the kids that play and visit here and utilize the services here will they have a better experience, but our seniors, people who dont have access at home will come here and v
Incredible boone to our rec and Park Department and something we should all be very excited about. In terms of the details of the gift, google is providing a 600,000 financial gift to our city with no strings attached. I think a lot of the prior debate around free wifi in San Francisco that never moved forward was because of different questions about Business Models or so forth, to emphasize this is a free gift of financial benefit to the city of San Francisco with no strings attached. The money will come through sf city which will manage the installation of the wifi network from beginning to end, and our department of technology will accept that gift on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco. And ultimately rec and park will be the host of the wifi network on their properties. And at the end of the day, its going to be all San Francisco residents who benefit from this. After going through all the necessary steps in city hall, the timing right now is that we believe installatio
Connectivity effort. When i took the job three months ago, mayor lee challenged me to simplify, accelerate, and bring the private sector experience to, you know, bettering the architecture, infrastructure of the city. And, yes, mayor lee is right, we are behind in some ways, but the beauty is that we are ahead in many ways. And there are plenty of opportunities to leverage our infrastructure throughout the city to bring prewifi to our citizens. Now, of course, when youre new in the any city company, one important thing is the budget. So, thank you, supervisor farrell, for saving me time and accelerating the effort because with thanks to the leadership of the past few years and the generosity of google, i think we have we can jump start this whole process and deliver results fast in ways that will hopefully make you forget the past. I also want to acknowledge a couple of the [speaker not understood]. Mike mccarthy and joseph john. Were going to be partnering with sf city and Phil Ginsbe