Hospitals and even deaths. But theres only so much we can emotionally handle as human beings, so ktell us how were supposed to deal with all of that . Thank you, mayor. I appreciate this, and again, this is such a challenging time, i would say the risks the downsides to the shelter in place and the slow reopening are very real and very concerning from a health standpoint and an economic standpoint. I think the Counter Point is no one has said, were going to go ahead and open quickly. As you see across the country, the Mental Health consequences of opening and having a surge, many people are struggling in San Francisco, but if we have a surge like we saw in new york or unfortunately like we saw in houston and parts of florida, we would have all of those concerns that youre talking about on top of the overwhelming the Hospital Systems due to covid19 plus the covid19 pandemic and everything that were dealing with and managing today. Unfortunately, theres downsides to where we are today, b
Commission meeting. As i have done in the past im going to read the following into the record. On february 25, 2020, the mayor declared a state of emergency related to covid19. Further moremore, theres laws apicable to boards and commissions to hold hearings remotely on. April 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization from the Mayors Office to reconvene remotely through the end of the shelter in place. This is so that we are here. I am requesting everyones patience in advance, and the platforms at times are not perfect and may seem clums i. If you are not speaking mute your microphone and do not hit any controls that may affect other participants. To enable the Public Participation sfgovtv is broadcasting and streaming this hearing live and we will receive Public Comment for each item on todays agenda. You can do so by calling the 800 number at 1 888 2733658. And enter access code, 3107452. Press pound, and pound again. When you are connected and your item comes up that y
Off your video camera. Do not use any controls ma may affect other participants. To enable public participation, we are broadcasting and streaming live and we will receive Public Comment for each item on the agenda. We are broadcasting and streaming at the toll free number across the bottom of the screen. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone by calling 8882733658 and enter the code 3107452, pressing pound and pound again. When you are connected, press one and then 0 to be added to the queue. Each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes. When you have 30 seconds remaining, you will hear a chime indicating your time is almost up. When your allotted time is reached, i will announce your time is up and direct my staff to take the next person. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and mute the volume on your television or computer. At this time, i would like to take roll. [ roll call ] thank you,
Thank you. So we have a quorum. And our next item is item 2. President s announcement. Good morning, everybody, welcome to the june 17th, 2020. I have some president s announcement and in add please forgive me for any miss spelling or miss pronouncing of words in advance. As i said, good morning and welcome to our remote Building Inspection Commission meeting for june 2020. I am president of the Building Inspection Commission and im joined today by all of our commissioner members along with interim director reardon and senior d. B. I. Staff. Welcome to all of you. As we continue to cope with this extraordinary circumstances caused by the covid19 pandemic, we are now in our First Quarter of on going building safety work and different ways from back in february of this year that we have to do this report. Were certainly still working on issues. I can Sate Department is doing an outstanding job of keeping customers and staff hearing to the publichealth protocols that have been put in plac
Possible to hold meetings remotely. We received authorization from the Mayors Office to convene through the enter of the shelter in place. This will be our 14th remote hearing. I am requesting everyones patience in advance. The platforms will not perfect, and at times, may seem clumsy. If you are not speaking, please mute your microphone and turn off your video camera. Do not use any controls ma may affect other participants. To enable public participation, we are broadcasting and streaming live and we will receive Public Comment for each item on the agenda. We are broadcasting and streaming at the toll free number across the bottom of the screen. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone by calling 8882733658 and enter the code 3107452, pressing pound and pound again. When you are connected, press one and then 0 to be added to the queue. Each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes. When you have 30 seconds remaining, you will hear