santacana, commissioner and also present is brad russy who will provide legal add voice this evening. at the controls is the board s legal clerk and i m julie rosenberg the board s executive director. we will also be joined by representatives from the city departments that will be presenting before the board this evening. scott sanchez, with the planning department and joseph duffy, acting deputy director for the san francisco department building inspection. the board meeting guidelineses are as follows, turn off and silence all crowns and electronic devices so they will not disturb the proceedings. appellants, permit holders and department respondents are given seven minutes to present and throw minutes for rebuttal. people must include their comments within the seven or three minute periods. members of the public who are not affiliated with the parties have up to tee implants each to address the board and no rebuttal. mr. longway, our legal clerk, will give you a verbal war
[roll call] clerk: we have a quorum. madam president, i want to make a couple of announcements. first, i want to let everybody know that closed session will not be heard today. due to the covid-19 health emergency and given the public health recommendation issued by the san francisco department of public health and that governor newsom and mayor breed have lifted on teleconference, this meeting is being televised on sfgovtv. please note that there is a delay between live and what is being viewed on sfgtv. if you wish to make public comment on an item, dial 1-415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 146-710-1398, pound, pound. to raise your hand to speak, press star, three. please limit your public comment to the item that is under consideration. i m going to ask the commission and staff to mute their microphones if they have not already done so. madam president, your first order of business is to approve the minutes of the meeting of october 27, 2020. commissioners, do i have any quest
on the street and they primarily have it. it s primarily to stop you from infecting people around you. that s why surgeons wear the masks. during surgery, they don t want something dripping out of their nose so they cover up to make sure something isn t coming out. it does help baaoth sides. it helps you the wearer. here is what we strongly suspect on modeling. if we could get 80% of people in the community, it would actually stop the spread of virus in its tracks. we have actually seen that in a number of countries. i get in the past couple of weeks we heard more about the hang time and travel time of the virus particles, but even without that, why do you suppose for the longest time officials were saying you don t need that unless you re sick. was that simply to prevent a shortage? yeah. i think there s a lack of understanding in the west that these cloth masks are something yu can make, and people do make. in fact, the entirety of the czech republic made themselves
for the deliverables as well as the outcome objectives, and then as we get new fellows, we do modify the contract to make sure that the deliverables and the outcome objectives are in par with the was that your question? i think the question was, is ucsf doing this as an evaluation since are they doing it is ucsf doing their own evaluation? right. i understand i m not sure, but i can certainly get a more clear answer to that question. given their other work in this area, i m just curious if they re going to use this as an evidence based project. right. i assume that there would be because this is part of this community arts for brain health initiative that s already in existence there. so yes. thank you. any other comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor. any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. item k, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement
[ inaudible ] as i said, protecting healthcare workers and first responders one of the top three priorities at the health department. i don t have the numbers to share in terms of number of healthcare workers quarantined. they are at high risk for exposure. we are working with hospital systems across the city to prepare for the potential for a substantial portion of the work force to be under isolation or quarantine. one of the key things we are working on is insuring there is adequate protective equipment in keeping with the cdc guidelines to keep workers safe so they can care for the people most vulnerable for this disease. do we not have enough healthcare wore concernings. we have a robust healthcare system and everybody is stepping up. that will be posted on the frequently asked questions. what services at city hall are going to continue? essential services will be continued. essential city services will be continued both at city hall and a cross the city. t