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health emergency and have extended the order for people to shelter in place. this meeting is being held virtually with all members of staff and commission participating today via teleconference. this will ensure the safety of everyone is well taken care of. the mayor s office has determined that the commission on community investment and infrastructure has an urgent need to take action on the matters before us to ensure public health and safety and has authorized the commission to meet for these matters. madame secretary, please call the first item. the first item of business is role call. respond when i call your name [roll call] all members of commission are present. the next order of business is item two, announcements. announcement of public comment procedures. please be advised a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent public comments on each agenda item unless the commission adopts a shorter period on any item. during each public comment perio
our online data sunny skies sf.org/covid-19 for full details. i want to just kind of update all of you on a few things and get to dr. colfax and some important things that definitely need to be discussed. first of all, this past monday dr. colfax and i had a monday was yesterday, right? it feels like monday every day, but yesterday dr. colfax and i, along with dr. susan phillips, had this great conversation about what it would take to reopen, and we talked about the indicators and the hospitalizations and a number of other things and the various phases. it was a very good conversation, and i think it is needed. what we found from that conversation are, of course, a number of questions, and many questions centered around when will we will able to get child care open, summer camps, schools and other things centered around children because i know many parents are anxious to not just get a break from their children but to get back to work and to get their kids involved in activ
coordinate and respond to a potential outbreak. the declaration of a local emergency allows for much faster mobilization of city resources, accelerated emergency planning, streamlined staffing and coordination across the city. it also allows the city to be reimbursed from the state and federal governments. and it raises awareness throughout san francisco about how everyone can prepare in the event that covid-19 appears in our community. also santa clara and san diego counties have taken the same action, similar declarations to bolster their preparedness. i d like everyone to note that cruise ships visiting the port of san francisco come from domestic location, as well as from canada and mexico. the u.s. coast guard routinely reviews passenger records to document travel history of the vessel, passenger and crews, the coast guard has issued guidance on reporting it passenger symptoms, for passengers or crew. additionally, the cruise line international association has implemente
clerk: mr. president, you have a quorum. president yee: thank you. would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee: on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, colina and michael, who record each of our meetings and make them available to the public on-line. today, i would like to start off maybe saying a little bit, but not much, just to make sure that people understand what this is. this is a hand sanitizer, and which is very easy to use. if you either use this or soap, either, it s healthy, and you can keep your loved ones healthy. if you want to find out more information and find out how the city is responding, you can go to the website, sf72.org. sf72.org. so now that i m all sanitized, we can begin. madam clerk, are there any communications? clerk: i have none to report, mr. president. president yee: okay. colleagues, today we are approving the minutes from the january 21, 2020 special bo