city proud i call this meeting of the san francisco public works commission. today is friday, december 15th, 2023, and the meeting began at 9:31 a.m. secretary fuller, please call the roll. good morning. please respond with hear or present. lynn newhouse, segal, present. commissioner newhouse. segal is present. lauren post here. chair. post is present. gerald turner. present commissioner turner is present. uh, paul wolford present. commissioner wolford is present. and fatty sasabe is absent today. so with four members present, we do have quorum, uh, for the public works commission. so public comment is

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by mail to 49 south van ness, suite 1600, san francisco california 94103. on behalf of the commission, we extend our thanks to the staff of sf gov tv building management and media services staff for helping make this meeting possible. the chair post. thank you. before calling the next item, are there any requests from the commission to amend the order of today's agenda? hearing no requests. we'll move on to the next item, which is announcements by chair. i just have two today. the first is i wanted to point out that a recent press article on the reconstruction of the icu's creek bridge to make it safe and resilient as the city prepares for sea level rise. it's an aged bridge that connects dogpatch to the bayview. the construction project inevitably will disrupt some traffic and transit, but it's in the early planning

stage, and so there has not been extensive community outreach yet . director short, i was wondering in general, when the city prepares for construction of a capital project, what is the process and timing for community notification and input as the plans are developed prior to their approval. good morning carla short, uh, director of public works. um, almost said that other little pesky word. thank you. chair post. um so, as you noted, this is a lengthy project that is really, um, involves a good amount of design work well before construction will take place. typically the eir is kind of the kickoff of our public engagement or our more extensive public engagement . so, um, that was published for

review on november 29th. um, and , and we typically will have a series of community meetings after that happens to continue to inform and solicit feedback from various stakeholders. we did send out notice of the project back in may. um, but usually before the eir, things are still very much in design. a lot has not yet been, um, pfizer analyzed, so we don't have a ton of information that we can share with the public. so i do want to note that the article really talked about the impact to the community. while there will be impacts during construction on this rebuild will allow much better, more consistent traffic fit for the community and the head of the mta said, you know, this is one of the best things we can do to connect that community. so i think the we're working not i think i know we're

working closely with the sfmta to ensure that we will mitigate the transit impacts during construction. so there will be a number of options likely bus bridges that will get people from where they would normally have been on on the t line. and we are doing everything we can to ensure that there will be good transit alternatives during construction. so there's no construction that's not disruptive, but we are very sensitive to the fact that this, you know, this is a means of getting to work for people. and we're going to have that that mitigation in place. but in the long terme, this is really going to be a benefit in terms of reliability for their transit options. thank you. so the eir kicks off the process is what you're saying. even though there was some early notice. so i realized for every project it's different. um but is it a year

or two generally where there's public input? i mean, i know in my neighborhood and um, sometimes there are years of public input, sometimes it's excessive. of course, and there will always be people, even if you've had a dozen community meetings who will always say, i never heard about it. so that's always a risk with any of these projects. but i was just trying to get it that there's ample time for community. the community, to be made aware and for input when it's appropriate. right? yes. so we're not we're yeah. we always try, you know, as, as you've heard here, uh, recent we for some of our paving projects, we send out notices five years ahead of schedule, um, a scheduled construction. so in this case, we have at least two years before we're anticipating the actual construction to start. and we plan to hold a series of community meetings in the coming months to really get the information out to the public. so as you note, it varies project to project. um duration, you know, complexity. all of

those are factors in how much community outreach we do. but i think we have ample time in this case. and we really viewed the eir as that kickoff of our community engagement. great. thank you. director gordon, did you want to add some add something? of course. uh, rachel gordon, director of communications. so this like other infrastructure projects, uh, has a very robust communications plan. director shaw started with the eir is really the start of that process. but for an infrastructure project like this , we do a series of written notices, community meetings, uh, social media posts. we really focus on things like next door, which you can target to neighborhoods. then we will have an assigned public information officer and a web page on this. so they know both with the project manager and the public information officer who they can get information from of a project of this magnitude will also have opt in emails. we can't do proactive emails. it's not allowed. but if someone signs up saying i'm interested in this project, we'll send out

the opt in emails every week to two weeks to every month, depending on how the construction is going and what the changes are and then it's really going to be important because the biggest impacts are going to be with transit and traffic that the mta, our partners, partner agency, they will be doing, leading the outreach to their constituents. so we're going to see things like, i'm guessing bus placards, uh, electric messaging around town and that they're going to take at least several more months before they come up with their traffic plan. and then we have to time it if the project's not starting for two more years, we don't want to put the messaging out right now. it's not going to. they don't. people don't need to know that they're going to where their bus bridge is going to be at this way, they might want to know and we'll say, there's going to be a bus bridge. but the mta has been really good over the years with projects of timing. when's the best time to get the message out, particularly to the transit riders? that's the big that's the big issue here because of the t third. um, but director schwartz said it. there are going to be impacts. there's no

doubt about it. when there's an infrastructure project of this magnitude, we are taking a bridge out that connects to two neighborhoods, but thankfully there are other alternatives for people to get around. thank you, thank you. yes. and i we all understand the impacts. i was just just in general, i just was trying to tease out what the process is to make sure that neighborhoods have been notified so that no one could come at the end and say, i never heard anything, and you didn't do anything, even though that will inevitably happen. so thank you very much. uh, my only other announcement is another, um, article that i was very pleased to see coverage of public works is love our neighborhoods permit effort that has now been enshrined in legislation that was passed by the board of supervisors. as a reminder, this is a new ordinance that will enable community groups to more easily beautify and otherwise improve their neighborhoods. that concludes my announcements. do any of my colleagues have questions or comments? if not, secretary fuller, please open. oh, no. i beg your pardon. um, your own. i'm sorry to forget.

do any of my colleagues have announcements this morning? secretary fuller, your own announcements. i do just have a few brief announcements and that of one more time. i'll bring the drum of reminding commissioners of the training requirements of all commissioners, um, that are due by the end of the year. and please let me know if you have any access, access issues or questions that come up. um, and then also to provide my update from the sanitation and streets commission, uh, their december 18th meeting for this upcoming monday has been canceled. um, for to take a recess for the for december. uh they'll meet next on january 22nd, 2024, in a joint session with this commission to hear the department's budget and also, um , news about that commission, the mayor's nominee to the sanitation and streets commission, as zerlina. usopp was recommended by the board of supervisors rules committee this past monday. um, and it's

expected her nomination will be heard by the full board in early january. and that concludes my report. i'm happy to take any questions on it. thank you. if there are no questions from the commission, please open this item to public comment. 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 for this from the door. if you're here in the chamber, if you're commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or or press star three on your phone to be recognized. and it appears we do not have any, uh, in-person commenters on this. and, uh, sf gov tv has indicated we do not have any callers on, uh, this item either. so that concludes

public comment. thank you. please call the next item. secretary fuller. item two is the director's report and communications public works director carla shaw is here to present. and this is an informational item. good morning again, commissioners. carla short, director of public works. um, hope you're all having a good week. and the holiday season is upon us. i have a very brief update for you today. i wanted to notify you about our storm preparations. we're expecting our first heavy rains of the new storm season to roll in this weekend. and we've been working with our partner agencies to prepare last winter. as you'll recall, san francisco experienced unprecedented storms, causing significant flooding, mudslides and power outages that impacted local streets, public buildings and infrastructure homes, businesses and community facilities alike.

the impacts are real, and the city takes them seriously. we have workers on the ground now clearing storm drains and pruning trees during the storms will have crews working around the clock with a priority on keeping people safe, protecting property and minimizing transportation related disruption during big storms. we have a lot of different teams directly involved arborists, street repair, street cleaning, communications, hydraulic and structural engineers, and the radio room with support from throughout the department. this is one of our core jobs, and i can say with confidence that we take on with skill and experience. okay in addition to the role of city workers, we also ask members of the public to be storm prepared, get sandbags if you think you need them, and help keep the storm drains clear by sweeping up any leaves and litter in front of your homes and businesses. public works will provide san francisco san francisco residents and businesses up to ten free. sandbags leading up to and during severe rainstorms. they are intended for properties that are prone to flooding.

sandbags can be retrieved monday to saturday, 8 to 2 at the public works operation yard, marin street, kansas street gate . we're also running a special sandbag distribution operation today and tomorrow in district two. district two residents will have the opportunity opportunity to pick up sandbags today and saturday at the marina green east parking lot. chair post. as you noted, the love our neighborhoods permit. got some nice press and i wanted to let you know that the board of supervisors gave final approval by unanimous vote to that permit legislation. it now heads to the mayor for her consideration. as a very quick reminder, the new permit, as you noted, will make it easier for residents, businesses, nonprofits and neighborhood groups to install community minded improvements to make their neighborhoods more beautiful and welcoming. talking little libraries, sidewalk benches, corridor string lights, tile staircases, and the like. and we are now focused on developing the accompanied

regulations to get this initiative up and running. in 2024. i also had the opportunity earlier this week to visit the city's newest park under construction across the street from the chase center. the waterfront park, now known as mission bay p 22, in the mission bay neighborhood, is being built by the office of community investment and infrastructure under the successor to the redeveloped agency. once it's completed, it will be transferred to the recreation and park department and added to their expanding roster. public works is managing the construction of this bayfront park, which is about five acres in size. it will add an interesting new public open space for residents and visitors to enjoy. for one thing, pieces of steel from the old east span of the bay bridge are being used for picnic tables and sculptural elements. another interesting aspect is the use of dense, styrofoam like material known as geofoam. that's being molded to create a burm. the geofoam will be covered with sod. i lost my

notes and blend in nicely. sorry uh, with the rest of the park while providing much needed protection against flooding. a cool thing about geofoam is that it's lightweight, so it's perfect for bay fill land where the park is located. and if you haven't spent much time exploring the city's southeastern waterfront lately, i strongly encourage you to take the time. there are wonderful new parklands and walking trails that will open up san francisco in a whole new way. and on that note, i just want to wish everyone a happy holiday season. it's been a busy and productive year for public works. i want to thank you, commissioner, for your continued support in moving our department forward by 2024. be a year when we turn challenges into opportunities and that as a city and a world, we keep a focus on working together for the benefit of the common good. and with that, i'm happy to take any questions. thank you. and i'll just echo your praise for the waterfront park by chase. i walked by there so often it was just dirt sort

of on hold during the pandemic, and then all of a sudden, boom, it's really coming up quickly and the berms are very interesting. so i do encourage members of the public to go check it out. it's a very interesting project. yeah i think the design is really beautiful and i'm the use of the bay bridge steel and then there are some weathered steel. um, they may be benches, although they will stain people. they, they're rusty. so beware if you're going to sit. but they that really ties in together with the use of the old steel. it's quite beautiful. i'd love to hear what commissioner wolfforth thinks of it when he has a chance to visit. we'll hear. right now, i think what commissioner wolford thinks of it. i was just mostly going to ask a handful of questions when is it specifically? so it's right on illinois street, literally just across from the chase center. okay right in illinois. okay right on the. yeah, on the waterfront side. got it, got it. okay. cool. and was it public works landscape or was it a private firm in the city who designed it? it was a

private firm. who designed it? do we know who you know, i saw it. yeah, i saw it wednesday and i can't remember. okay. but i can let you know. maybe at the next meeting. it would be great if you were able just to bring some because i don't sit on the arts commission anymore. so i don't see it. uh, it'd be great to see it. it sounds exciting. yeah, it's really beautiful. commissioner newhouse. siegel so i do have a question, and i'm not sure if this is the right place on the agenda. i thought it might have come up in in, uh, an earlier part of this, either in the chair's report or the director's report. so if this is not the appropriate time, i can do it later. but i am wondering ing if there's any i thought there might be an update on what we're doing with with vendors, food vendors that are not permitted because there are a lot out now. i've seen them and i just because of my position as a, as a commissioner and also because i'm a concerned citizen

and it smells good and there are people around it. what are what is a person who's thinking of using that vendor or anybody from the public who sees this? how do they know if these are permitted vendors. commissioner turner, do you want to answer? one thing i learned after telling everybody i loved hot dogs? um, i'm really proud of the department and the work that you guys are doing, particularly after having to implement a strategy around our street vendors. so now i look for the carts and i look for the little emblem. um, so there you will. every cart now has an emblem that you can look to make sure they have their permit and that they are operating safely. um, and so that's the way in which you're able to now distinguish who's licensed, who you should be eating from, and really, who should not be operating. now, i will add no carts. gotcha go ahead. please no, i'm just

saying these are not carts that i'm talking about. they're tables. so i think maybe you're referring to when people set up, um, prepared foods at, at a table. uh there with barbecues with. yes. and i have seen the kind of the kind of conditions that, uh, we've been notified of that are health issues. yes i seems to me i'm not a professional observer of that, that the food is stored on the floor, that it's not covered, that it's so how does one are there on the public right of way there in the sidewalk? is this in our jurisdiction or what? please, you don't need to explain it now. just we could do that in the future. i wasn't even sure if this was in a correct, uh, spot on our agenda. well, i will answer. sure i'll give a little information now and then. we can provide more later. if you'd like. so the jurisdiction over food vending

is really under the department. prepared food vending not packaged foods. if someone wanted to sell, you know, packaged nuts, for example, that would fall under our vending program and they could obtain a permit from public works. but prepared food vending falls under the jurisdiction of the department of public health. and so department of public health. so they have, um, inspectors, food safety inspectors who will go out and engage with people and determine whether or not they're compliant, whether or not they have a permit, and they can inform them about what they would need to do in order to obtain a permit. as commissioner turner noted, whether it's a cart or whether it's some other facility, if they are permitted by the department of public health, they have a sticker, an emblem that and a diamond shaped, which is why i'm using my fingers this way. that should be visible so that people know that it's a permitted sight. if you don't see that i would

express caution about purchasing food from there because, um, what does the sticker actually say? city. city city emblem or it's not a city emblem. it's kind of a diamond shaped design, but it it says d-p-h. and, you know, that's kind of what you look for. um, so we do support the department of public health when it comes to if they deem, uh, a cart, for example, as, as, um, unsafe if it can be essentially condemned or, or required to be impounded and we will support by putting those carts on trucks and, and taking them for storage. but df is really the, um, jurisdiction over that prepared food. and this is probably going one step a little too far. are other city are, for instance, police or dpw

or or mta any of our city personnel, if they see these things, are they are they expect to let d-p-h know about this or like, how do we or do they just go, oh, that's another department. you know? um, certainly our, uh, street inspectors who address the other types of street vending are in regular touch with d-p-h. and they i know, communicate when they see food vendors in certain areas. um, people can also call 311 to notify the department that there are food vendors in a location. an i know d-p-h is certainly aware of some of the more common in areas where food vendors are found, and so they schedule, you know, in, um, outreach and enforcement activities based on that information. but i can't speak

for other departments, but i can say that our, our, um, our staff in particular, our vending staff do notify my df when they see food vendors, um, around town. yeah. i apologize for taking this office, but it seems very relevant now at the holiday season with so many tourists around and our streets are much livelier and there's a lot of customers for that food. so thanks. any other questions or comments for director short before we open her remarks to public comment, please open this item for public comment. members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment on item two, the director's report may line up against the wall for this from the door. if you are here in the chamber, if you're commenting from outside of the chamber, please press either the either press the raise your hand button in the webinar or press star three on your phone. if you have called in. and we'll it

appears we do not have any in person comment on this item and sf govtv is also indicating that we do not have any callers for the director's report to do public comment either. so that concludes public comment. thank you. please call the next item on the agenda. item three is general public comment, which is for topics under the commissioner's mandate but not related to a specific item on today's agenda. and members of the public who wish to make three minutes of general public comment may line up against the wall for this from the door. if you're in the chamber, if you are commenting from outside the building, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or press star three on your phone. if you have called in. and as a reminder for general public comment is limited to a total of 15 minutes for all commenters and can be continued to the end of the agenda. item

nine if we exceed that limit, it is now 958, and it does not appear we have any any in-person uh com commenters and sefcovic is also indicating we do not have any callers for general public comment either. so that concludes general public comment . thank you. please call item four on the agenda. item four is the consent calendar of routine matters. it includes the draft minutes from the december first, 2023 meeting of this commission. it also includes one contract modification and 13 contract award. please note that corrections for clarity have made been made to the december 1st meeting minutes for items three, five and six. consent calendar items can be heard individually upon request by a commissioner, staff or the public, and adoption of the

consent calendar and all resolutions contained in it is an action item before any motion is made. i'm happy to take corrections to the minutes or any questions. thank you. i have no questions or comments on the consent calendar. do any of my colleagues have any questions or comments on the consent calendar ? hearing none, i move that we adopt the consent calendar and all related resolutions as well as the amended minutes. second, thank you. please open the motion to public comment. members of the public wish to make three minutes of comment on item for the adoption of the consent calendar and all resolutions contained within it may line up against the wall for this from the door. and if you are commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or press press star three on your phone to be recognized. and

we do not have any, uh, members of the public in person who have called in or who want to speak on this item, but we do have one caller, um, in the queue who would like to comment on the consent calendar as if govtv. please go ahead and uh, unmute that caller and caller. you will have three minutes to speak and i'll provide you with a 32nd notice when your time is about to expire. okay. can you hear me ? okay. we can hear you. okay. um, i apologize, i, i raised my hand for the general public comment. um, and sf govtv didn't recognize me. is it appropriate to give a general public comment? not on this item. i'm all right with that. if it's permitted, is it permitted, deputy senator? yes okay. thank you so much. commissioners um, i'm. i'm commenting on a general

item that's not on this agenda, and i recognize you're not allowed to comment on it. um, but i wanted to make you aware of an issue that i'm facing in my neighborhood. my name is alyssa chung. i live in the, uh, oceanview merced heights, ingleside neighborhood in the southwest part of san francisco. so i live on a bike path. um, uh, the saint charles bike path that is the main thoroughfare that connects our neighborhood to daly city. bart. um i have noticed that on one side of the bike path, there is a curb cut on the south side of brotherhood way. um, but on the north side where i live, there is no curb cut. meaning that bikes have to dismount and get, uh, onto the sidewalk, or they have to enter via a neighbor's driveway. um, i've tried 311. also working with dpw who have passed me off to sfmta, who have then passed me back to dpw. um, i've worked with my supervisor's office who has undergone sort of a similar toss around. um, and i'm also

trying to work with the mayor's office of disability as this i believe this is an ada, um, issue. um, but my question and is how do i make sure that a simple curb cut that really shouldn't take so long is addressed in my neighborhood? um, who can i speak to? i see elderly people. i see folks with strollers, i see bikers, etc. um, really unable to use this much used bike path. um, and i'd really just like a way to, to get around the bureaucracy and really make sure this happens. um, so, so i appreciate you listening. um, again, i will continue to comment on this issue. um i don't know if there's a way to bring it on the agenda. um, but would would really appreciate the resolution. as i understand, this has been going on for years in my neighborhood. um, and still not been resolved. um, thank you again. appreciate your time. thank you. commenter and i apologize that we, uh, missed you during general public comment. uh, but that is our last public comment on, uh, on

the consent calendar. thank you. if there's no further discussion on the consent calendar, all in favor of adopting the consent calendar, please say. oh, i beg your pardon, commissioner newhouse. siegelman. yeah uh, so thank you for your comments. i just want to say something to the we all apologize for not being able to be recognized at the, uh, in the general public comment, but you used a word, a phrase that is so unfortunate and i'm sorry you had to that you use that phrase and that we all know exactly what you mean. you said, get around, get around the bureaucracy and bureaucracy is not necessarily a bad concept or a bad word. what we all have to keep in mind and we're part of that bureaucracy, is to make our bureaucracy more accessible and more practical for our

citizens and our visitors and, and, uh, so that's that's it's a shame that we all understand what you mean about get around the bureaucracy. so thanks. commissioner turner, i do think this is, um, maybe the caller, i think, has pointed to something else that, you know, i hope to help take up with our amazing director. uh which is we often get public comment about, um, you know, uh, the, the curb cuts and, uh, driveway aprons and things of that nature and a part of it is very functional things that are tied to other systems, that that's why we don't do a curb cut there in any other. but how do we i think we still need to figure out a way in which to take this information and then give response back, because i think that no one wants to be caught in a loop or circle. but often they actually are getting the response. it's just complicated. uh, and so i'm just trying to think, how do we best,

uh, address these issues? so that one, we're doing our job of listening and supporting the needs of the constituencies, but also being mindful that a lot of things aren't the way they they are just by happenstance. there's just complications from stormwater or street design and others that that allow or disallow a curb cut, an intersection, a plethora of things to happen or not happen. thank you. uh, just for the record, i'll state that when we do have public comments that request information from public works or have felt frustrated with public works, secretary fuller and i do follow up with the department to ensure that the public's needs are met and their concerns are addressed, whether or not their concerns can be addressed to the public satisfaction, it would be dependent on what the issue is. but as i said, as a rule, i don't like to respond to public comment, but that i do. secretary fuller and i do make

notes of public comment, and i do discuss discuss it with director short where where it's needed. uh, commissioner newhouse. segal. so thank you. that's really good to hear because we, you know, because of the sunshine rules and everything, we don't speak among ourselves. it would be very helpful. so we see the communications log and but we don't know what our, what we know what our, our people on the, on the ground are doing. but we don't know what our administrative staff is doing and how they're. so if in the director's report or not, the director's report, i'm sorry if in the chair's report or in the secretary's report, if they could let us know that we're interacting with the public about that, because we often get questions about that. but those of us who are in the lower echelons of our department, uh, aren't aware of that. so people ask us, and i don't have, uh, i don't have an effective answer. great comment. noted. thank you.

all right. if there's nothing further, all in favor of adopting the consent calendar and all related resolutions, please say i or yes, i, i, i believe that vote is unanimous and the consent calendar is adopted and i would just note that despite our rapid adoption of the consent calendar today, it does not diminish the tremendous amount of work that staff put into the 14 items on the consent calendar. i think it speaks to the efforts of the staff paying off, and that the commission has no questions or comments on the consent calendar. so thank you for your hard work to make that an easy vote for us secretary fuller, please call the next item. move to the regular calendar. item five is the 911 call center renovation contract modification , and project manager lisa zhao is present. uh, is here to present this modification. and

this is an action item. good morning. oh good morning, commissioners and director schwartz. um, how do i pull this up on the screen? just realize that. oh no. these are. it'll be just. one moment.

it's not up on the screen. it will. okay. all right. uh, good morning again. so i'm here this morning, uh, to request your approval on a contract modification for the 911 call center renovation and also provide a contract construction progress update for the project. um, so, again, my name is lisa xu. i'm the project manager who is managing the 911 call center renovation project at the 1011 turk street site. okay, so this morning i'm asking for the commission to approve a contract modification for the 911 call center renovation to increase. could you speak up just a little? okay, certainly. thank you. sorry. um, so, uh, this morning, i'm here to request the commission's approval, uh, to

approve a contract modification for the 911 call center project to increase the contract cost. by $339,500 and increase duration by 72. calendar days. um, and the original contract amount. was 3,000,003 $3.395 million. the original contract construction duration was 360 consecutive calendar days to reach final completion. our general contractor for the project is buehler commercial. uh, some of the reasons contributing to the request are. don't hesitate to shout at us. okay? yeah seriously. very loud. this laptop over. because i don't have to tilt my. i'm sorry. is it okay to move the laptop onto the podium or is it too difficult? okay. kind of like i try to. so the reason contributing to the request to increase the cost and duration are changes that we discovered during the construction phase. um, those are changes directed

by the client. those are also, you know, contributing to unforeseen conditions that we discovered during construction and also a little bit of design errors and omissions and other code requirements and etc. so, um, in the following slides, i would like to uh oh. here's another slide that shows the location of where the project site is. it's located at 1011 turk street in district five. and so the following slides were some, uh, photos that we picked during the construction that shows the before and after for, um, uh, the status of those rooms and areas. so the first slide shows the training room, which is also the quad room, they call it, and so we'll have four workstations in this room plus a training station. so you know, a total of five workstations. the left photo is what it used to look like. the photo on the right is what is

currently right now. and so what we did was the wall on the left where the four tiny windows were. we removed that and we install a pretty, you know, wide 15 foot, uh, sliding glass door that we could fold and completely open up that space case. uh, the intention was that during an emergency situation where the department needs to increase dispatcher capacity, they could open up that training room, and that could become part of the dispatchers and operations floor. um, and that, you know, partition was really a great that it's completely transparent. so you can look out and you could look in and so it makes those two spaces, um, a look a lot, you know, um, more together. um, so the second slide are the existing or the before or conditions of what their lineup room and resource rooms are. um, so that that was used to be a pretty small room. it has a few chairs, has got

small tables, got some, um, cubicle or like cubes for letters and stuff like that. so this is a room that they use daily. um, more times during the beginning of each shift where they, you know, uh, do a brief meeting with the dispatchers before they go and work at their stations. uh, the next slide shows what their new lineup, room and resource room looks like, which is a much larger space. and we were able to include, uh, close to 300 lockers for the staff to put their personal items. um, it also their mailbox and stuff like that. so they're they'll be able to have a lot more space to store their items. they currently don't have that function. they usually are stored on their chairs. um, and so and this room is under construction. but in the end they're going to have a large conference table where they can have set up some desks, computers, floor mounted outlets, and etc. so, um, and this one, the next slide is what

the brick room used to look like . um, um, so it's nothing, you know, um, pretty typical with some cabinetry and, and um, uh, upper cabinets and lower cabinets, a sink, uh, this is their improved brick room. it got relocated. so it's in a much taller space. um, we have a large windows, clerestory windows to emit daylight. and so it's a lot brighter now. and so they have a lot more cabinetry. we were able to also, um, add an additional sink. so they now have two sinks instead of one sink. so they could use it and share that space a lot more efficiently. uh, the next slides were the operations and dispatch floor. so this is what it used to look like. and these are the after photos. and so on these photos we show the supervisors bridge with a brand new sort of program. um, it's raised. so there's going to be four desks up there with their supervisors

and that bridge being elevated allows the supervisors better visual. um communications with the dispatchers. um, and they're able to there's also a connection with the supervisor's office at behind where they can look in and make, you know, eye contacts or, you know, talk to talk to them easier, i guess, communicate better communication on better lines of feel. um, and , and just some more photos of the, um, supervisors bridge and then, uh, these you see these raised rods on the floor? that's what the furniture team did a few weeks ago. they anchored these rods onto the concrete floor in, in preparation and get the space ready to receive the furnitures. the furnitures are going to be anchored to the floor so they don't move during a seismic event. and these, um,

slides i include in here to demonstrate the amount of cables and wires that we have in below the floor. and so it's just, um, it's got it's the entire operations floor is raised up by about eight inch. and that's where all the wires, all the data, all the comm cables, all the electrical wires run and they go into the first floor server's room. um, so it's just a lot of cables. um, and then this is just some general photos of the other office areas on the left is the wellness room, on the right is the supervisor's office. um and so on the right hand side with the supervisor's office, with the line of the windows above. that's where you look out to, um, to the supervisors bridge. um, in terms of current project status and schedule. um, so we issue the construction mvp early in the year. uh, january 5th, 2023. um,

the original total contract duration was 360. calendar days for final completion and the original final completion date would have been december 30th. this year, 2023. we're about, uh, 95% completed. uh, we're the contractor. i was there on wednesday. they're beginning to lay out carpets. there were about 80% done. and so we're going to have our punch list next week with the contractor. and then in january eighth, the furnitures are going to arrive. and then once the furniture are installed, we make the final electrical connections and the project is done and we'll be, you know, the facility would be arranging for final move ins and etc. um, the but the we are we are delayed by a couple of months for final completion. the no projected substantial completion date is now february 7th and final completion is march 20 of 2024. and the graphic on the right illustrates the original contract duration

versus the amount that we're requesting and the next slide is the state office on the contract value. the original contract amount was 3.395 million. and we have approved a total of $284,000 up to date, um, of change orders, which is about 8% of the original contract value. uh, some of the reasons of the change order reasons were client requests, which was the biggest piece of, um, at 66% of the change order total change order percentage, unforeseen conditions, 28. and then we had a little bit of code requirements, 1% designer errors and omissions, about 5. uh, some of those client uh uh, direct changes. um, there were two major ones, really. um, the first one is that there was an existing room in the building

that was unused. and at the beginning of the construction, the client wanted to convert it into an idf room, um, which is sort of like their central hub for communication systems. and so all the wires would go to the idf room first before they would go to the first floor. so we had to rewire, we had to purchase additional, uh, wires. we had to convert the room into a fire rated room. we had to change the door into a fire rated door. and then new hvac equipment and fire dampers. um to hvac. so that was a big change as a programmatic change. um, but it was early on in the project, um, during construction. and so we were able to work with our architects and engineers to quickly make that design change and instruct the contractor to proceed with work. um, but that was the single biggest change order we paid over $150,000 for that change. uh, the second change was, uh, came later into construction occurred around

august. september when the department decided to increase the number of, uh, wires in per workstation. so initially we had 12 wires for each workstation. and they wanted to increase to 16 cables per workstation. there were 55 workstations, plus three, uh, future workstations. so 58, um, so that's a lot of cables that we had to purchase. uh, they had, you know, rt has to install and so unfortunately, it came in at around december when this request came. it was kind of late. um, and so this kind of delayed, you know, the furniture installation delayed carpets, etc. um, but we were able to make it done. i mean, um , because they really wanted to make that upgrade. and this is really the best time to do it. um so we so we authorized that change. um, and then some of the examples of unforeseen condition

, um, were existing steel columns discovered, uh, when we were removing an existing wall, we thought, you know, it was a full height steel column spanning all the way from the floor up to 30ft tall. so we thought it was supporting some weights, but we did our investigations. we uh, then were able to conclude that it was an existing column left over from a previous renovation that was not load bearing. so we instructed the contractor to take it apart and remove it. um, there was also an existing diesel exhaust hidden behind a wall that was to be removed in the break room. and so we couldn't demolish the diesel exhaust. we had to relocate that which is a pretty, uh, large job too. um, and then also when we remove the excess tiles and demolish the cables, there were, you know, existing cable trays that were no longer used. so we had to remove them. there were cable trays that were in conflict with the new wires, so we had to relocate them. uh,

there were also a lot of existing wires that we don't know what they're for. so we had to ask the contractor to, um, trace them, make sure they're no longer in use or not. you know, critical wires before we remove them. so those are some of the unforeseen conditions, um, that we encountered during construction. um, happy to provide more examples. if you would like to hear them. um so again, i, i this today i'm here to ask the commission to approve the contract modification to increase the contract cost by $339,500 and duration by 72 calendar days, so that we can complete the project, pay the contractor, and extend the contract duration, and then close out the project. um and so this would mean that we're asking, um, the commission to authorize the public works director to approve future contract modifications for a

total contract cost not to exceed 4.4.07 4 million. and a total contract duration of up to 460 calendar days. i think that's, um. thank you. end of my slides. thank you so much. thank you, miss zoe, and good morning. thank you for coming. um, i thought your slide deck was excellent. thank you very much for the work that you put into that very informative, as i thought your presentation was. and i appreciate you answering questions about specific examples of unforeseen conditions and client requests whenever projects delayed. i like to be able to explain to the public why it's been delayed and even though this project is not a huge ticket item, it's critical to the public. the public has a keen interest in the nine over 11 call center, especially when we all need to call 911. so so, um, again, it might not seem like a huge project by some measures, but it is a very important and critical project and i appreciate your stewardship of it. and your very thorough explanation today. um,

i have no further no further questions. i would only add that perhaps after close out sometime next year, no rush. you can come back for a brief preview and show us the finished product. when everything's done and just a short presentation when everything's done. show us how lovely it looks and everybody in there answering calls. thank you. uh, commissioner wolford, thank you so much. thank you, commissioner wolford. uh, thank you, miss so very helpful, very informative, very clear. i do have a question, um, of the breakdown of the costs, what percentage was it for the change in the electrical that you said was presented in december? what percentage was electrical? um, i, uh, for additional cables to each station. oh, how much was that? so, to add the fifth, uh, it's, you know, between it's from, uh, 12 to 16 cables. so that's a 30% increase in, uh, materials. um, so we paid out an

additional $500,000. it's not in the bueller scope. um because it's a tt. uh scope of work, which we manage separately. but what? bueller had to do to assist in, uh, increasing that much cable was to create additional holes through the concrete floor. so that the cables could run through it, and that was a pretty immense exercise indeed, because when we have to cut through concrete floors, um, we had to scan the concrete to make sure that we avoid, uh, cutting into rebars and also at that facility, we knew that there are, uh, conduits embedded into the concrete deck. um, and we don't want to cut into the cables. the cables could not be detected by just regular concrete scanning. so we had to order an x ray, uh, company to do an x ray. um, and so that took a lot of time to coordinate, uh, because there were concerns about radiations and an active building. and so we, you know, go through you know, meetings after meetings

with the end users, with the client departments, with the x ray company, with the contractor , to ensure that there are no, um, you know, their guidelines were followed. if we follow those guidelines thoroughly, then it shouldn't be any. you know, uh, risk concerns. and so we pay the contractor, you know, an additional sum of money to the core, you know, to create the cores in the concrete and to order x ray company and to reinforce the floor after it's core. um and so i don't remember exactly how much i would want to say it's about 20,000 to 30,000, uh, together. um, i just wondered of the percentage of the several hundred thousand. do you have a sense of what the electrical adds were in that the electric, this everything you just described for the whole entire project? uh, of the several hundred thousand dollars add for the tt scope. for $500,000 was was to tt complete. that was it. okay. so i would just say that you know,

technology changes is constantly and rapidly, although this is something of a self-inflicted wound. so the city and county of san francisco is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars at a late breaking point in construction because someone didn't realize in the process that they wanted to amplify the amount of data and power going to those stations. without question, we want to support the data and power going because 911 is in trinsic to our safety and security. i would though, question just as a citizen, as an architect and someone who works in this field constantly, that that that decision at that late breaking point cost several hundred thousand dollars in additional fees. but if it had been anticipated originally, it would have been a fraction because inflation and escalation costs have been 30% since the inception of the project. so we're paying an enormous premium for something that possibly could have been detected and decided earlier. and i'm not

laying this on you, but, uh, in the case in the future, when something like this is brought and when it's clearly the responsibility of someone in the team, not you, but someone in the team from the client side who made a call, it would probably be helpful for us as commissioners and, frankly, citizens of san francisco, to understand from them why those decisions were made at the time. they were, because the costs become highly escalated. to make decisions like that at such a delay, a delayed point in your construction, as you said, everything else was disrupted in order for those mods to be made. so it's just not lost that it it's a self-inflicted wound that we've done to ourselves here. i would just add, and, you know, we've been down this road before where it's our client that comes in at the 11th hour with a with a request for change. i mean, and as we've talked, we've talked to, you know, public works, we've all said please do your part to call attention to issues in projects based on your

expertise in building capital projects that a client might not realize, you know, early in the process. and i presume that we are we do make a rule of that. on trying to get our clients to anticipate everything. but but again, public works can't anticipate everything that the client needs. so i appreciate what you're saying. um, especially as you know, taxpayer point of view, that emergency management department, perhaps should have seen this earlier. yeah commissioner newhouse. siegel, i would like to thank, uh, my colleague commissioner wolford for bringing this up, that those of us who are not of professional architects or in construction, we i mean, even we if we do something small, we should think about things like that. but thank you so much. it's a reminder of how important it is to have somebody with your expertise and training on our commission. so thank you so much . um, i also want to ask the brick room. this was done for seismic reasons, as the whole

project for prop b funding. uh why was the brick room originally constructed with bricks? is that why we're calling it the brick room? uh no, the brick room is actually sort of their kitchenette area where they prep their food and, uh, you know, eat their lunch. yeah, that's right. thank you. i was just wondering if that was part of the seismic. oh, no, no, no, it's a room where they i think, you know, they have appliances for coffees, microwaves to heat their food. uh, that's where they ate, um, great. great. break room. yes that's okay. the closed captioning said brick. okay. thank you. um, never mind. right are there any further questions from the commission for miss? so before we open this item to public comment. actually, i guess there should be a motion to adopt this. and then we have public comment on the motion. so

i will move to, um, uh, award the contract modification in or to modify i move to modify the contract. six wolford. thank you. now please open this motion to public comment. members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment on item five, the 911 call center renovation contract modification may line up against the wall furthest from the door. if here in the chamber, if you're commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or press star three on your phone. if you've called in, uh, and you'll be recognized and. looking in the room, no one has come forward to make public comment on this in person and sf govtv. sf govtv is indicating that we do not have any callers

on this item either. so we, uh, that concludes public comment on this item. thank you. if there are no further questions or comments from the commission, all in favor of modifying this contract, please say i or yes, i , i, i believe that's unanimous. and the contract is modified. thank you again miss. so and we'll look forward to seeing you at some point next year with um, some photos and, and, uh, explanation, you know, of how things are going in the new facility. thank you, everybody. thank you very much. secretary fuller, please call the next item. item six is the fulton and grove pavement renovation contract modification project manager, ramon kong will present this contract modification. and this is an action item.

right uh, good morning, commissioners. good morning, director short. uh, happy holidays to all of you. uh, my name is ramon kong, project manager for the paving program here at public works. let's see. uh, we're here today to request approval for a contract modification to increase the contract duration contingency by 40 days and decrease the contract cost. by $655,549. and $0.49 for the fulton street and grove street pavement renovation and sewer replacement contract. uh, this contract was awarded to jdb and san construction in the amount. of $5,853,445, with a contract duration of 400 days. the reason for the contract duration increase was due to mta not able to provide overhead wire support services for the paving work. uh, in a timely

manner. on one of the blocks on fulton street between webster and fillmore and the reason for the contract cost decrease was due to work scope reduction on the roadway work, and further coordination with mta and puc. at five intersections. the location of the uh, of this project, um, the paving and sewer work was done across district one, two, two, and five on the neighborhood of north panhandle, alamo square, western addition, hayes valley, and vine civic center. this contract has 27 blocks and 16 intersections paved with new pavement, 17 curb ramps constructed, meeting ada compliance and pfizer blocks completed. and now, in response to chair paul's inquiry regarding the block on 14th street between baker and broderick, we skip that block

because the pavement on that block was in very good condition . um, on our condition score scale called pci score or pavement condition index zero, basically is rated worse and 100 being excellent. the pavement condition for this block was 79 on. now the project started october 12th, 2021, uh, with a contract duration of 400 days and contract duration continued jen psaki of 40 days as of now, the project is 100% fully completed and we're moving forward to execute the close out of the job. as in previous slide mentioned, the main reason for the contract duration increase was due to mta and ability to provide overhead wire support services for the paving work in a timely manner. uh, on one of the blocks along fulton. and what happened is that during the design phase of the project,

public works and mta coordinated the support services for the paving work. but during the construction phase, the work was postponed and rescheduled to a later date due to rain. and unfortunately, mta were not available to provide services at the new rescheduled date. so in order to avoid any further delays to complete the last work of this contract, uh public works granted the contractor to use a third party electric electrical subcontractor to provide overhead contract support services to the paving work. now, if we were to wait for mta to provide the support service required, we would have to incur, perhaps to an additional 3 to 4 months delay to the contract. but instead we use the electrical subcontractor to support this work. on this slide, we also show the original contract duration and the original contract duration with the required time extension to complete the job. for the reason

of cost reduction to the contract, it was due to scope reduction determined by the city construction management team and the contractor when they discovered that the concrete road, uh, the concrete roadway structure beneath the pavement at various locations, uh, were in better condition than anticipated. and in addition, five intersections were coordinated with mta and puc and removed from the contract and moved to the upcoming mta and puc contracts. this was done in in order to avoid paving these locations twice and minimize disruption to the area, neighborhood. so to recap, uh, we're here today to request approval for the contract modification to increase the contract duration, contingency by 40 days and decrease the contract costs by. $655,549.49 for the fulton street and grove street pavement renovation, sewer replacement contract. so

this concludes my presentation. i'm open to any questions that you may have. and thank you for listening to my presentation. thank you, mr. kong. it's nice to see you again. and as far as i know, this is the first time we've ever had a to approve a reduction in a contract amount. and we've approved a lot of contracts. i hope it won't be the last. so you're you're wishing us a very nice holiday. i can tell with this good news. um, so thank you again. i have no questions or comments. commissioner turner, i did want to echo, um, it is nice not only to have a savings, but also i wanted to point out the coordination that happened with mta to find a solution and to keep us moving. and i think all of that is really reflective of the expertise of the staff, but also the direction that's coming from our director, um, to be at the forefront of these problems come up with innovative solutions, but also to be mindful of the public dollar, because time is money and all these projects. so i was so pleasant to see this as a person. i was like, oh, this is

different. um, but i really want to commend the staff and the leadership that allowed this to happen in the interest of the public. and getting this job done on time. very well said. if there are no further comments or questions, uh, i'll move that. we approve this contract modification. i'll second, thank you. um, secretary fuller, please open public comment on the motion. members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment on item six, the fulton and grove pavement renovation contract modification may line up against the wall furthest from the door. if here in the chamber, if you are commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or press star three on your phone. if you have called in to be recognized. and no one has come forward to speak on this item, um, in person and nsf.gov

tv is also indicates that we do not have any callers. so that concludes concludes public comment on this item. thank you. if there are no further questions or comment, all in favor of approving this contract modification, please say i or yes, i. i believe it passes unanimously. thank you again, mr. kong, and congratulations on completing the paving project, and we'll look forward to word from director short that the wiring's all been completed to. all right, secretary fuller, please call the next item on the agenda. item seven is the public works commission. election of officers for calendar year 2024. and i will present this, uh, this item, um, and it is an action item. uh, the commission rules of order state in article two, section one, that commission members shall elect from their number their officers, a chair and vice chair for the next calendar year, by the last day of the current

year, or at a subsequent meeting in the new calendar year. um, providing some flexibility. fauci and article two. section two lists the powers and duties of those officers and the chair presides at all meetings of the commission, preserving order and decorum decides question of questions of order. works with the department director and commission secretary to plan meetings. may appoint members to committees and directs the work of the secretary. the chair may appoint members as representatives to other organizations or agencies, and additionally the chair works uh regular daily with the sanitation and streets commission chair to navigate issues that involve both commissions. uh, the chair participates in the proceedings of meetings, including voting and making or seconding motions, and the primary role of the vice chair is to fulfill the chair's duties. when the chair is not available. uh, the role of the

chair, uh, entails more work than is expected of other members of the commission. however, i do work, uh, to make every effort to ensure the role is meaningful but not a burden on our volunteer commissioners. uh, the commission often will have discussion, and during which time members may express interest in serving in either role and following that discussion, uh, commissioners may nominate candidates for each role. um, if there is no more than one nominee for each role, i suggest voting to elect the chair and the vice chair in a single voice vote. um, but if we do have multiple nominees for a single position, uh, generally we would, uh, the commission will vote on each candidate in the order they were nominated until one nominee receives three votes in their favor. um, the commission would consider nominees for the chair and then nominees for vice chair. and i'm

happy to take any questions before moving on to discussion by the commission. thank you. secretary fuller. i would just add that i would be interested in serving another terms of chair for the following year, 2024, and all the commissioners couldn't be here today. he also said if elected by his peers, he would like to serve another year as vice chair so that we could have two full years under our belt since our first year was sort of a mini year in 2022. uh, commissioner turner, i'm more than happy to hear your interest and happy to nominate you for another stellar year as our chair. uh, i think that is worth, uh, clapping for all intents and purposes, this has been a stellar year for this commission. uh, one seating me. um, take that credit. uh, but, uh, but also leading a national search, uh, that resulted in a globally recognized leader, uh,

making sure that a department that needed to have a senior leadership team understand even how to work with a commission, uh, how to make sure that when we showed up here, we all knew what was on the agenda and were ready to vote. that's a ton of work. but even outside of this, i want to also commend you for the work you do in our own neighborhood, uh, including yesterday being lauren post day. um, that is really reflective of, i think your commitment, your dedication to upholding really the work, uh, what it takes to be a real public servant in so many realms. so i'm grateful to be serving next to you and more importantly, grateful to nominate you to be our chair. thank you. commissioner turner. commissioner wolford, i just echo everything, gerald just said. and i want to say, um, if it's working well, let's stay the course. i second your nomination. thank you. uh, commissioner newhouse. siegel. so so thank you for your work. and i we're all realizing that

you do a lot between our meetings that, uh, takes a lot of time and, uh, study and so thank you for that. i would like to know it's very frustrating for me and probably for the rest of us to know what is, what is going on. and also in the absence of, of a real life live director. so thank you, commissioner short. i think things are going to change and be be a lot better, uh, going forward. but it would be great. you are empowered to set up committees and perhaps it would it might even shorten our meetings and answer some of our questions ahead of time before our, uh, before the presenters, uh, present to us if there are appropriate committees that two of our commissioners could be on, i don't know if it's appropriate for the committees to, uh, have sas commissioners on it as well, because that way you could get more than two. but

some of us are prepared to work on committees within our specialties. and our our experience. and i think it would be very helpful and would also give us an opportunity to, uh, it would lighten your load, perhaps, and it would give us an opportunity to understand how the department really works. so i hope that will you'll put that on your on your goals for this year. so thank you i certainly will. and um, i think, uh, i guess i haven't personally seen a need for any committees yet, but certainly that, that may arise and i think it's a testament to the work we've done with, uh, director short over the year that that things function very well. and i have to say that, uh, i said to secretary fuller just the other day, things have been suspiciously quiet since the last meeting where all the

emails, where all the phone calls. and i just think it's because we're all settling into a routine here and that we have a director for, uh, the search took a lot of time, but it's over. it's done. so that that that freed up a lot of my time as a volunteer. and certainly i think going forward, i appreciate you. you know, our need to want to understand the department, but i'm hopeful that we've gotten some progress, yeses and routines now under our belt and that things are operating more efficiently and will continue to operate more, more efficiently. going forward. so i thank you. and i, i understand your your concern about so definitely if anyone feels the need for a standing committee as time goes on and issues come up, let's let's have it suggested. and it's also difficult for us because we come from different, um, i did have my hand up here. i didn't want to burst out. uh, it's also difficult for us because we do come from different, different departments. we're appointed. it's mandated that we're

appointed by different departments. so because of the sunshine laws and the requirements that we're all from different departments, i think that for us to know more about what is going on prior to our meetings and, and some of us don't mind if we hear about this stuff between meetings. so uh, uh, that would be very helpful. so you are hearing a need for committees. thank you. thank you . we'll follow up with you on specifics on that. all right. um, if there's so i think it was a motion made. gerald made the motion, made a motion. there was the single nomination not hearing a second nomination. it might be helpful to hear if there are not options for vice chair as well. and if there's only one of those, then we could do a single vote. i thought we were going to do it sequentially, but if you want to just put the nomination in, i would be glad to nominate fauci zarb as vice chair. he he said

he would be willing to do it and we appreciated his service. and so i would nominate fauci as vice chair. so commissioner turner, you'll amend your motion to include both positions. thank you. all right then i think we can open this item to public comment, please. okay. members of the commission who wish to make three minutes of comment on the nomination for commission chair and vice chair may line up against the wall for this from the door. if you were here in the chamber, if you're commenting from outside the room , please press uh, the raise your hand button in the webinar or press star three on your phone to be recognized. and it appears no one is approaching to speak on this item. sf gov tv do we have any callers on this item ? and they are indicating we do not have any callers to speak on these nominations so that concludes public comment. thank you. secretary fuller. um i

don't think i need to ask for a roll call. vote on this. so i'll just say all in favor, please say aye or yes, i, i can i vote on this since i'm voting for it, i'll vote yes because to support commissioner zogby, i believe it's unanimous. so i thank my colleagues for their confidence in me for another year. i will do my best. and then just for the record, um, it would be my intention not to serve, uh, in 2025. i do believe in time limits for officers, and it would be my intent to turn the gavel over to somebody else. all right. thank you. um, secretary fuller, please call the next item. okay okay. the, uh, item eight is new business initiated by commissioners. and this is an opportunity to suggest business for a future agenda. and it is an informational item. i commissioner wolford here. so it's not suggesting new business, but i just thought i wanted to share i just returned from chicago last evening where i was in there for the atheneum

museum annual american architecture awards. the atheneum is one of the only public museums in the country devoted to architecture and design. it was the first museum in the country nearly 150 years old, and my practice was accoladed with four awards most significant, uh, the american architecture award honors for the o street legislative and governor's administration building in sacramento. it's the temporary house for our people. it's where the senate and the assembly meet in, in sessions and all committee sessions and all constituents are welcome into the building. and i just wanted to share someone who is in private practice and serves on the commission, a little bit of the meaning of that and the importance of that to myself. so the word civic architecture, the word civic itself comes from the latin civitas. and in ancient rome, civic was a wreath that was made of, uh, oak leaves and

acorns. and it was crowned by onto a roman citizen who did something of extraordinary beneficence for society. the saving of another person's life, saving someone from starvation, providing a home, or general magnanimity to the community at large and so that tradition of public service, of giving, of oneself, that we now simply call civic, uh, has extraordinary power. and i wanted to thank everyone on the commission, our director for, uh, everyone in public service at public works for the things that you all do. because as someone who comes from a world of private practice , it's the importance of giving back and contributing to the public good is maybe the highest honor we could all have. so happy holidays, merry christmas, happy hanukkah, and it's just wonderful to be with you all today. thank you, commissioner wolford, for those wonderful remarks. thank you very much.

all right. i believe then we don't have to have general public comments. it's uh, we do need to take comment on comment on new business. however uh, director short, no. thank you. chair post. um, i was not commenting on this item, but. so if i should hold my comments, i wanted to get one one extra word in before we close today. all right. i'll do that in a moment. uh, please open public comment on item nine. uh so members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment on item eight, new business initiated by commissioners may line up against the wall for this from the door. if you're in the chamber, if you're calling from outside the room, you can either press the raise your hand button in the webinar or press star three on your phone to be recognized and. and no one is

approaching to speak on this in person. and if govtv, do we have any callers who want to speak on this item and they are indicating we do not have any callers on this item either? oh one moment. uh, we do not have any further, uh, commenters calling in on this item. so that concludes public comment. thank you. before we adjourn, uh, i think director short wanted a word. uh yes. thank you. chair post. carlo short, director. um, so first of all, congratulations on lauren post. i, i was not aware of that, but delighted to hear it. um, and also, congratulations to commissioner wolfer for your, um, awards. i did, commissioner wolford had asked who the designers of the park that i mentioned were, and

i got an assist from the team watching at home. so thank you to john thomas. um, the landscape architect for that park is surface design, inc. uh, the civil engineer is lotus water for, uh, another civil engineer is ghd. they are also our electrical engineer. and then the structural the as well as the structural engineer. so ghd is doing a lot of the engineering, lotus water civil engineering and then landscape architect surface design. just wanted to give them a little public credit since, um, i do think it's a really special place and we'll look forward to providing more photos down the road. thank you. thank you, commissioner turner. uh, a quick question. so i was is this going to have the marina tied to it? to where the ferry is going to be able to land there. so this is that big kind of connecting to visa that okay. thank you. all right. well just a reminder

that in 2024 we will now be meeting on monday mornings monday mornings at 9:00. we will not we will only have one meeting in january. we will skip an early january meeting as we all return from the holidays. so our next meeting will be on monday, january 22nd at 9:00. and in this room, as i recall, secretary fuller, we will still be meeting in 408. we should be meeting in here unless i'm able to find a slightly larger meeting space to accommodate the joint commission. oh that's right. okay. thank you. so that as secretary fuller has reminded us, that will be a joint meeting with the sanitation and streets commission to consider the budget for fiscal 24, 25. so that may be a different meeting room, but but we will certainly get the word out on that. so again, monday's next year, uh, the first and third mondays is uh, no excuse me, second and fourth mondays, second and fourth sanitation streets is the third at 9:00. and until then, happy holidays to everybody to

the staff, to my colleagues. and here's to a happy new year in 2024 for everybody. thank you so much. and we are adjourned

>> you don't know what will be inside the canister until you open it. [♪♪♪] >> these are beautiful, historical drawings of san francisco. these drawings range from 1908 to 2010. [♪♪♪] [laughter] >> i build muscle. a lot of people don't know this, but we have a full team of architects that designed specific buildings and public safety. sometimes it is creating a brand-new building from the ground up. other times it is giving new life to one of our historic structures. [♪♪♪] >> i had to have some degree of artistic skill from a handcraft

point of view to become an architect at that time. it is an incredible amount of loss, in my opinion, to not draw by hand. that skill of having to manipulate a pencil or a pen to make line wait and to make the drawing we've. i have seen this development of technology and this huge transformation in the world his that you do leave some things behind that have beauty to them. [♪♪♪] >> now a day, technologies a completely different. we're not using paper, we are not using paint pencils, but we are using computers to model our buildings to produce drawings, it is different craftsmanship. >> in addition to the beautiful drawings, the person who was taking care of our file for almost 30 years was the one who organized those drawings and listed all of them in big binders with all the name of the

projects, and they were still using these which is amazing. >> 840. we are building an electronic archive of all the drawings for future use. the scanning project started back in march, 2018. we have scans about 36,000 sheets of paper and there's the remaining balance of 93,981. we can do about 100 sheets per day. hopefully by february 2020, it will be completed. >> we feel that our collection of historical drawings represents san francisco's a rich history. not only do we help make history , we also preserve it for the benefit of future generations.

kimberly brandon here. commissioner gail gilman present. commissioner stephen lee here. vice president willie adams will be absent today and commissioner ed harrington is on his way to the san francisco port commission acknowledges that we are on the 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 peoples who reside in their traditional territory. we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the romantic ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples.