Every year from around the world to our beautiful city. I want to tell you about another jewel of the San Francisco port that just celebrated 125 years. The San Francisco Ferry Building. [applause] in the 19th century, commuters and visitors traveled by train or ferry or both. A Ferry Terminal on the waterfront downtown was a practical necessity. It was the sfo of its day. Grand central station. But as we so often do, San Francisco built a practical space a world class beauty, with a 245 foot clock tower along arched arcade, and a interior worthy of a renaissance cathedral. At the foot of Market Street, a beautiful bridge from water to land, the Ferry Building announced to every commuter, every traveller, this is San Francisco. You have arrived. Until that is, [applause] until that is, in the late 1930s when two new bridges the bay and golden gate and rise of the automobile made the Ferry Building seem outdated and unwanted. Soon the grand interior converted to drab cuneals cubicles an
14156550001 and using meeting id 26645312704 and the webinar password is 1234. Please insure you are in a quite location, speak clearly and turn off background sounds. Wait for the item you would like to address to be called. When prompted press star 3 to be added oo the queue. The system will notify you. Callers will hear silence when waiting to speak. Operator will unmute you. Callers have the standard three minutes to provide Public Comment. You may watch live at www. Sfgovtv. Org. Item 1, roll call. President nakajo. Present. Vice president morgan. Present. Commissioner Catherine Feinstein has been excused. Commissioner fraser. Present. Commissioner collins. Present. Chief of Department Jeanine Nicholson. Present. President nakajo will now read the land acknowledgment. Thank you very much. Good morning. Thank you madam secretary. The San Francisco Fire Commission we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of
Also recognizes that every sit en residing within the greater bay area has and continues to benefit from the ohlone aboriginal lands, founding in 1932. Its vitally important that we not only recognize the history of the tribal lands on which we reside but acknowledge and know the fact that they have established a working partnership with sfpuc can you call the first item, please do not a. Item number 3, approval of minutes of february 27, 2024. Okay, are tli corrections to the meeting . To these minutes . Let us open the minutes to public document, please. Remote callers raise your hands if you wish to provide comments on item number 3. Do we have anybody present want to go provide comment on item number 3. Seeing none, can we have a motion and a second to approve the minutes. Do we have any callers with their hands raised. Madam secretary, there are no callers who wish to be recognized. I didnt hear that, there are no callers, thank you. Seeing no more in cue for Public Comment, can i
Unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Thank you. The next item on the agenda is approval of the minutes of the Health Commission meeting from august 1, 2023. I believe there was some kind of correction, so secretary morewitz, if you can share that with us. Page 2 of the revised minutes i added Public Comment for Robert Rinehart and apologize for leaving that out. Otherwise, the minutes stand before yo
Meeting id 26645312704 and the webinar password is 1234. Please insure you are in a quite location, speak clearly and turn off background sounds. Wait for the item you would like to address to be called. When prompted press star 3 to be added oo the queue. The system will notify you. Callers will hear silence when waiting to speak. Operator will unmute you. Callers have the standard three minutes to provide Public Comment. You may watch live at www. Sfgovtv. Org. Item 1, roll call. President nakajo. Present. Vice president morgan. Present. Commissioner Catherine Feinstein has been excused. Commissioner fraser. Present. Commissioner collins. Present. Chief of Department Jeanine Nicholson. Present. President nakajo will now read the land acknowledgment. Thank you very much. Good morning. Thank you madam secretary. The San Francisco Fire Commission we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco pen