Authorizing highway, bridge, aviation, and waterway projects. Members are working on 170 amendments. They plan to complete work on those amendments around midday today. That will be followed by a vote on final passage of the package. Live coverage now here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, thank you for giving day. Other we ask your continued protection empowerment of those who tend to the sick and those who medical solutions to this dangerous pandemic. The work of the house these last few days to votes. Wo upport for the department of agriculture. During these times Food Production and delivery and the many e been among challenges facing our nation. Whatever the particulars of this may it proceed through the legislative process ultimately help the benefit of all americans. We ask, also, your continued protection and empowerment of hose who live heroic lives d
Told, and i know you have a new p. I. O. In the budget, and a. C. That we approved that. I really do think that those stories need to be told and we need to know how those and i know there is privacy and theres a lot of issues, but we need to know what is actually working and i never said that judging this judging these by x number of homeless as a way to measure of success, that is not what owes getting at. But when you said our successes are invisible, i think we need to find a way to make them visible and then tell us what is actually helping people in terms of these contacts that are being made. I know they are working. Yes, i thank you for that and agree that think chair fewer and the entire board for approving this. It showed our outreach staff and Public Relations staff, relative to almost every other Big Department in the city was a small fraction of what other departments have, and we do appreciate the adding of a few Staff Members to help with what you are talking about. I al
I want to start by commending you and d. B. H. And the mayor for additional work that has been happening around getting greater coordination to get resources to the neediest folks across departments, which has been a hard thing, people talk about the h. I. V. And aids example. Again, in the 80s, we were on our own and we had a huge, Massive Public health challenge. Largely, those got to happen within one department. And one of the challenges are around the homelessness response there are about probably seven or eight departments engaged and this is that two some power of something or other. It requires and will require a lot more. It is really hard for us to evaluate or know whether h. O. T. Is performing well, so we do have to rely on youre saying that this is an important part of the program that you are running and that you need the extension of this contract for a couple of years. I will say to your point that we cant really judge h. Ot cant really judge h. O. T. On their own and w
Consent agenda, approving the minutes of the may 21, 2019 motion. Okay. I second the motion. All in favor . The ayes have it. Clerk item 4, Wastewater Treatment plant update. So Tom Birmingham from the Wastewater Treatment plant will be providing us an update. Thank you for having me this morning to talk about the project. My name is Tom Birmingham, and im the director for the Wastewater Treatment plant for the San Francisco Public Utilities commission. Today, im going to give you a quick overview of the location and objectives. Ill talk about some of the Technology Decisions that have been made and some of the other things that were going through right now. So as youre aware, Treasure Island is an island in the middle of the bay. Theres a Wastewater Treatment plant out there, as well as other Wastewater Infrastructure which is ageing and well past its useful life. This is all old navy legacy infrastructure which is a challenge to maintain. However, the staff that works for the p. U. C
Commissioner haney, and we appreciate your presence. Clerk item number 2, general public comment. Are there any items that are not on the agenda that the public would like to make a comment . Seeing none clerk item number 3, consent agenda, approving the minutes of the may 21, 2019 motion. Okay. I second the motion. All in favor . The ayes have it. Clerk item 4, Wastewater Treatment plant update. So Tom Birmingham from the Wastewater Treatment plant will be providing us an update. Thank you for having me this morning to talk about the project. My name is Tom Birmingham, and im the director for the Wastewater Treatment plant for the San Francisco Public Utilities commission. Today, im going to give you a quick overview of the location and objectives. Ill talk about some of the Technology Decisions that have been made and some of the other things that were going through right now. So as youre aware, Treasure Island is an island in the middle of the bay. Theres a Wastewater Treatment plan