Its important to shop local because its kind of like a circle of life, if you will. We hire local people. Local people spend their money at our businesses and those local mean that wor people willr money as well. I hope people shop locally. [ ] good morning everyone. Lets get started. I am tom mcguire, i am excited to be here today to christen this brandnew increasingly carfree space in hayes valley. Remember the freeway over our heads. We took that down. We didnt stop there. We have been working with the neighbors and residents from the city to make patricias green and octavia boulevard to have more space to walk and enjoy the valley. We have several speakers sharing about the opening or closing to traffic and opening for people of this section of octavia. I want to thank the mayor, whose leadership has been very strong. I will introduce the district five supervisor valley. This is amazing, isnt it. It was interesting because i was standing in the street, and i thought i am in the str
Comment . All right. All those in favor . Okay. Unanimous. We will now be going into closed session. President breslin were back. Item 17. Item 17, possible report on closed session regarding the employee evaluation presented by president breslin. I move that we not report on the action taken in closed session regarding an employee evaluation. President breslin thats 18. But i dont know what this 17 is. 17 is the action. Reporting of the action. I move that we not report on the action taken in closed section regarding employee evaluation. Second. All right. All those in favor . Opposed . Its unanimous. Item number 18. Item 18, vote for elect whether to disclose any or all of the discussion held regarding the employee evaluation in closed session. I move that we not disclose any or all of our discussion held in closed session. I second. President breslin all those in favor . Any opposed . Its unanimous. All right. So this is item number 19. This meeting is adjourned. Happy holidays. Hap
You have questions, if youre presenting, please use the microphone as we are filming this and we want to make sure we capture everyone. So, we are going to start with our first item with a report around preparedness. Before i start that, i just wanted to say that since the last meeting, we have gone from summer to winter and from fires to floods, as is how it goes in 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
Saint marys, thats the one piece we know we have to set up, mobile showers. They allowed us to use their trailer. They also coordinated with urban balcony to provide shower services and that was great to have them as a partner as well. Medical care, pet care, supplies, and technology. I know you pointed this out as well. Initially people want to be connected to the outside world. They want to know whats going on, they want to communicate with their families and be connected to their communities. D. T. Provided some wifi boosting within saint marys and allowed residents to have a connection through wifi. Also event information. There was a p. I. O. That came from the actual response area to give residents realtime information about evacuation orders that have been lifted. They talked about everything from the change in the wind to the direction of the fire. It was really useful and i think people felt really connected in that they were given the information they needed to determine if t
Before i start that, i just wanted to say that since the last meeting, we have gone from summer to winter and from fires to floods, as is how it goes in 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 sto