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Before calling the next item, are there any requests from the commission to amend the order of todays agenda . Hearing no requests. We will move on then to the next item, which is announcements by chair, commissioners and secretary. I do have several announcements which include questions for director, short. There was a recent press report that described legislation introduced at the board of supervisors that would increase enforcement against illegal Sidewalk Vending in more neighborhoods than the mission and un plaza. The article noted that this bill would, quote, allow public works to change its enforcement policies without Commission Approval to give the department more flexibility in responding to the crisis, unquote. Director short, is that statement regarding this legislation true . And if so, what does it mean . Also, what are some examples of enforcement policies that public works may want to change to better address problematic street vending . Good morning, commissioners carla short, thank you, chair post for those questions. So i think it its broadly true. Although i would i would note that what it allows us is to change our regulations without seeking Commission Approval. So as you recall, this Commission Approved a number of regulations changes to our regulations that allowed us to better manage when our, people were allowed to create Sidewalk Vending plots. So essentially, this legislation allows us to make changes like those types of changes in the regulation to better manage whats happening. So, for example, the ordinance authorizes the department to establish a number of regulations, including such things as standards for approving permits, additional requirements regulating the time, place and manner. So those are the recent amendments that you all approved, requirements to maintain sanitary conditions. So the department doesnt currently have any changes that we are waiting to implement based on this legislation. But because the commission recently approved the changes that we thought we needed, so i dont have a specific example in mind to share with you, but i was trying to think of something. And, one example would be, you know, we have the requirements to maintain sanitary conditions as a type of regulation. So if we felt like in order to better maintain, sanitary conditions and reduce litter, we wanted to require permit fees to have a trash receptacle next to their plot. This ordinance would allow us to make that change without having to come back to the commission for permission. So it while it relates to the enforcement, because it allows us to change the regulations. Its not specifically about enforcement changes. Thank you. And do you feel that the, regulations that we did approve, as you reminded us, are sufficient for expanding the program to other neighborhoods than besides the mission and un plaza . I mean, i realize if it hasnt happened yet, maybe you cant say, but are you hopeful that exists, that youll be able to do your existing work in new neighborhoods under the existing regulations . So the, theres no prohibition around other neighborhoods at this point in time. So its really where the permits seek to, to have permits for vending. And there are some permits in other places, plaza, just a reminder, is excluded from vending. So that is an exclusionary zone that was in the original legislation, but i think that we may see additional requests for permits in other places. I think weve already seen some additional requests for permits. I will note that this legislation also prohibits, vending in in specifically zoned residential areas. So that is another change in the proposed legislation. Thank you. Also in the news was legislation crafted by the mayor to allow Group Purchasing for construction goods and services when renovating or constructing small public facilities and projects under 5 million. The goal would be for participating city departments to realize cost savings from the type of bulk ordering currently used for equipment and vehicles, was public works consulted when this legislation was being drafted, and if passed, do you think it would indeed save the department and thus taxpayers money, public works was made aware of the legislation prior to the mayors announcement, and we consulted with our contract staff as well as our City Attorney, and, and so we did have the opportunity to provide some feedback, i think the goal is to, well, ill just note that existing law allows departments to Work Together and with other cities to get Group Discounts when purchasing goods, such as vehicles and equipment. And this proposed legislation would then extend that capability to include construction. And as you noted, its for small, relatively. They still sound like big numbers to many of us, but relatively small projects. So i dont know whether this will save us money. That certainly the goal, but i think well just have to see how it how it goes when we implement to see whether its successful. Good. Thank you. And finally, further in the news was a follow up article to the tragic death of an employee of a public works contractor working on a city sewer project. The death was mentioned in relation to the contractor being cited and fined by cal osha for not providing a safe means of escape from deep trenches under construction. Apparently, the contractor had been warned to provide proper Safety Measures, but failed to comply with that warning. My question is for Construction Projects overseen by public works. What is the departments role and responsibility for ensuring contractors provide proper worker safety throughout the duration of Construction Activity . Thank you. Chair. Post so primarily our our role as Construction Managers is to ensure that our contractors have a safety plan in place and then additionally, if we are on scene, we look for any potential safety violations and we will stop work until the hazard has been abated, just a little bit more information about this. The in the earlier inspection, cal osha had told darcy and hardie construction that a trench excavation did not have adequate shoring and did not have a ladder or other means for workers to escape in case of collapse. Those hazards at the site were abated before work was able to continue. In that case, and public works was serving as a construction manager on that project as well also a puc project. And we required to have darcy and hardie have a certified construction professional on site during the work hours. Going forward. So the project where the fatality occurred had been paused, but has started back up with the all of the excavation work scope removed and only paving and bulb out construction and other surface level work is currently allowed, there is an effort to have a Third Party Safety monitor on site for these types of projects, where theres a concern like this. Okay. I guess i was a little confused by that answer. I realize were apparently were not on site every day if were managing a project, thats why we hire contractors. Its not feasible that we have someone there to sitting there watching. I understand that, so but this was a case where the Safety Measures were removed prior to when they should have been. No. In this case, i think those Safety Measures, while they had been well, cal osha had recommended those identified that similar problem and recommended those Safety Measures at the other location. Its not clear that those Safety Measures, if they were ever in place at this location, i see. Thank you for clarifying that. But yes, youre right that were not on site. Our Construction Managers often rotate between a number of projects, and so were not on site all day, every day, right . Which i would of course support and appreciate. All right. Thank you that those conclude my announcements and my questions is, if there are no further comments, commissioner zombie, good morning, by the way. Happy public works week and happy earth day to everyone. So my follow up question on on that. So what what happens to the contract. So to the project in this case. So now that theyre not allowed to do the work because of osha violations, do we would would public works seek different contractor to move forward with the project or we just hold the project and expect an extension . There are a number of potential outcomes. So we are working on behalf of the Public Utilities commission for this project. So were working with them on how they would like us to proceed on this project. One possibility is that, again, if we bring in a monitor, third party monitor, that that would be on site every all day, every day that the contractor would bear the cost of then potentially the work could continue. And another alternative would be to, remove certain scope from the project and, and complete the rest of the project and then a third possibility would be to potentially seek another contractor to do the work. So, i think were still in the process of confirming what how were going to move forward in this case. But as i said, were working with our client department, the Public Utilities commission, to make those decisions. And would the removal of that scope have a time limit . So lets say they were supposed to replace pipes and that scope is gone now were doing the bulb outs and the sidewalk, but then theyre going to have to dig it again. Is there a moratorium on on that kind of action if we do decide to take the scope out . Generally, the if the scope is removed, it wouldnt affect the moratorium requirements. So if it would fall under moratorium requirements, that would still be the case. They would only remove the scope if they felt like that scope could be removed without, you know, completely upending the purpose of the contract. So i think the discussion is, is whether it makes sense to remove the scope or to try to find a way to move forward, including that scope. But currently the idea was to get the contractor moving on. What they could, what the what the city as a whole felt they could continue to work on. So thats the surface level work. Thank you. Please open this item to Public Comment. Oh. Excuse me, urine or urine . I think you should ask if any of my colleagues have any announcements. No. And excuse me, secretary, for your announcements. No, no. No problem. I actually do not have any announcements this morning. All right, then please open this item to Public Comment. Okay members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment on item one, the announcements by the chair, commissioners and secretary may line up against the wall furthest from the door. If youre commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or star three on your phone to be recognized. And we do not have any inperson commenters who have come forward, and sfgovtv is indicating we do not have any callers. So that ends Public Comment. Thank you. Please call the next item. Item two is the directors report and communications and public works director, carla shaw is here to present. And this is an informational item. All right. Good morning again. Commissioners carla short, public works director. Happy earth day and happy public work week. Public works week to you all, i have just a few additional items to bring to your attention today, so today marks the start of public works week 2024, and we have a lot going on. Open houses, project tours, our annual Employee Recognition awards, and years of service pin ceremony. We give out pins for every five years of city service. This year we have eight employees who will be receiving their 35 year pins. Yes thank you. In all, we have 329 people on staff receiving their pins with a cumulative 3430 years of experience. To me, that is awe inspiring and impressive. Public works week is an annual event where we celebrate our employees for the work they perform 365 days a year. Actually its leap year, so make that 366 days. It also provides us an opportunity to showcase our services and projects to the broader public, including the more than 400 young people who will be attending our hands on open houses. Our Public Works Team is looking forward to all this work this week has to offer. Next up, i have some additional exciting news to share. Its hard to top public works week. Three of our Great Projects are being honored with awards from the International Partnering institute. Both our harrison street Improvement Project team and our soma street tree nursery site Improvements Team won a John L Martin partnered project of the year award. The John L Martin partnered project of the year award recognizes teams that distinguish themselves by implementing ipis best practices and fostering high trust and collaborative relationships on their projects and our 19th avenue combined City Project Team won a 2024 ip honorable mention. We also learned this week that the American Institute of architects San Francisco chapter gave our bureau of architecture and architecture commendation honor for the design work that we did on the Southeast Community center. I want to give a big congratulations to the teams that worked on all four projects. The recognitions are well deserved. Im also happy to report that last week, the office of economic and Workforce Development issued its annual local hire report and among all city departments, public works reported the highest local higher percentages on projects covered by the citys local hire policy, with 47 of the total hours and 74 of apprentice hours performed on our projects by local residents. Thats out of a total of 542,171 hours of work. Rec and park and the San FranciscoPublic Utilities commission were close behind in local hire hours, but all other departments lagged further behind in apprentice hours. The local hire policy applies to all contracts for public work or Improvement Projects in excess of 600,000. It mandates that at least 30 of all project hours within each trade be performed by local residents, and that at least 50 of the project work hours performed by apprentices within each trade be performed by local residents. We had a large variety of contracts that fed into our numbers among them roadway paving, sidewalk repairs, street tree planting, a Branch Library renovation, and General Hospital projects. We take pride in giving local residents opportunities to work on the City Projects we work on. And if youre interested, you can learn more about the policy and see the full report at sf gov sf. Gov information local hire construction. All right. Icus creek bridge as you may know, we have three drawbridges in our portfolio, including the icus creek bridge that serves as a segment of third street connecting the dogpatch and bayview neighborhoods. Last week, a section of the deck became damaged, and our bureau of building and street repair crews secured the lane to avoid vehicles getting tire damage removed. The damaged portion, and added a section of plate to repair th