Welcome to the april 13, 2020 meeting. I am joined by Video Conference with vice chair supervisor stephanie and supervisor gordon mar and id like to thank sf gov tv for staffing this meeting. Any announcements . To protect members, City Employees and the public, the legislative chamber and k Committee Rooms are closed. However, members will be participating remotely at the same extent as if they were present. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda, both the channel 26 and sfgov. Org are streaming across the screen. Call 888 2045504. When you are connected, dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the key. You will be lined up in the system that you dial 1 and 0. While youre waiting, the system will be silent and notify you when youre in line and waiting. All will remain online. Everyone must account for the time delay between live coverage and streaming. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways, email me at victor young. If you submit
Here. Supervisor fewer, did you say present . Yes, i said here. Fewer present and supervisor haney . Here. Supervisor mandleman. Present. Supervisor marr. Present. Supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronan. Present. And supervisor sayaye. Present. Supervisor stephanie. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. And supervisor yee. Present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart and would you please join me in the reciting of 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 that the staff records each of our meetings and make transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Yes, mr. President. In the event that there are a few members of the public who are watching th
This is thes Transportation Committee for monday, april 13th. Im the chair of the meeting. Our clerk is miss erica major from before miss major gives any announcements, i want to thank all of the staff from the clerk of the board who are bringing this Virtual Meeting to everybody who is participating and watching. Thank you to john c. And author thorougarthurcoo. The board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are close. However, members will be participating remotely as if they were present. Public comment will be available for each item on the agenda. Channel 26 and sf gov tv are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments are opportunities to speak via phone by calling 888 2045984. The access code is 3511558 and then press pound. You will be lined up in the system in the order you died, 1 and 0. While youre waiting, the system will be silent. Thank you, madam clerk. Could you please call the first item. Sure. It
Ill take you through the timing of that and what to expect in 15 minutes. All right. We look forward to that. Well see you in 15. Federal Health Officials now are recommending everyone cover their mouth and nose when leaving their house. The centers for Disease Control made that announcement yesterday, one day after bay area counties rolled out similar guidance. Let me take you to joanne fabrics where in concord the store is giving away patterns and fabrics so customers can make their own. This federal announcement coming after some debate within the Coronavirus Task force. But ultimately they have come to the consensus it is best to be covered because there are more people than they expected who are a symptomatic and can be unknowingly contagious. This means that the virus can spread between people acting in close proximity. Coughing, speaking or sneezing even if those people were not exhibiting ri a Face Covering, the cdc also says wash it on. Dont touch your face while its on. Leave
Scott, the director of emergency management, Mary Ellen Carol and thank you to the press for accommodating this virtual rest conference in order to maintain social distancing during this very challenging time. I also want to take the opportunity to thank the people of San Francisco. This weekend, things looked like somewhat of a success in terms of social distancing for the most part and definitely an improvement from last weekend. The streets are pretty clear and there were some definite hot spot areas that well be focusing on, but the beaches and some of the parks and other places, people were practicing social distancing and we very much appreciate your cooperation. It will make a world of difference and, in fact, we already have made a difference in really saving lives. We may not realize the impacts this until this is all over, but eventually, we will learn, im sure, that because of what we have done and how we all have participated in complying with social distancing, it truly ha