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evaluations into the new permit tracking system. this is another area where that new system is going to be very valuable to us. on behalf of the volunteer advisory committee i'm happy to respond to questions and comments. we certainly appreciate the support we have received from the commission. president murphy: do you have any questions for mr. paxton? none. >> thank you, commissioners. president murphy: any further public comments? three minutes. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm heidi seek. i serve as the program director of the resilient s.f. initiative and i'm excited to be here talking about this initiative and its relationship to capss. i hope there's an opportunity to come and do a presentation about resilient s.f. because i think it is an internationally unique program looking at all of the possible ways the city and

county of san francisco as a government entity can make sure we can do ast many projects as possible. it is sponsored by the general services agent under the director of ed lee our city and the director of d.e.m. it is based on a harvard kennedy school acting in time initiative and it is a neat program. we have enjoyed working with the capss group because they have given us the data the we needed to be able to determine and assess the areas that the city and county of san francisco need to work on and projects we need to work on to implement these programs that are part of resilient s.f. it has given as you baseline for the earthquake narrow yourselves that we can build all of our plans on. baseline for the earthquake narrow yourselves that we can build all of our

plans o baseline for the earthquake narrow yourselves that we can build all of our plans on. baseline for the earthquake narrow yourselves that we can build all of our plans obaseline for the earthquake narrow yourselves that we can build all of our plans o baseline for the earthquake narrow yourselves that we can build all of our plans o baseline for the earthquake narrow yourselves that we can build all of our plans on.u baseline for the earthquake narrow yourselves that we can build all of our plans on.s baseline for the earthquake narrow yourselves that we can build all of our plans on. baseline for the earthquake narrow yourselves that we can build all of our plans oa baseline for the earthquake narrow yourselves that we can build all of our plans on. it is very important and i encourage you to adopt that extension and i can tell you more in the future. thank you. president murphy: thank you. commissioner walker: i wonder if we could put her on the agenda to present to us the program and how we can actually interface and carry forward the tasks under our purview. maybe we could put her on the agenda with your presentation. president murphy: we can do that. >> with g.s.a. is there any affiliation or connection with fe fema? >> part of the resilient s.f. is looking at improving our relationships with fema. the department of emergency management already has existing response relationships but we are looking at administratively what can we do to set the city up to make sure we can interact as fluidly and efficiently as possible with fema so it is a huge part of the work we do and the underlying motivation to make sure we have the cash flow,

the administrative issues in place, the process is in place, record keeping, economic analysis. all of that. commissioner walker: i understand we applied for a grant in advance work of an earthquake to work on issues like the soft story initiative, from fema, which would be historic because they usually only bring money in after the fact. do you know the status of that? >> we have tphnot -- our priori is just to submit the soft story retrofit to the fema hazard mitigation program which is the pre-disaster mitigation program where each jurisdiction is allowed $2 million or $3 million per project per-year. so they are prioritized for this but we have in the submitted the application yet.

commissioner walker: do we need a mandatory program -- it is not need to be? >> no, just prioritize that project and submit. president murphy: any further public comments? seeing none. commissioners? commissioner walker? commissioner walker: i want to thank a.t.c., capss, mrs. seek and the work that she has done. this is a vital step we have taken forward with the bold cooperation of the commission, i'm going to make a motion to support the extension of the capss as requested, the capps contract as requested. as it was stated, there is the report which is important, and i think that we've put enough urgency under this issue to get some closure on some of these

reports. but now it is up to us. we have the information. we have a broad group across all stakeholder groups that came together to talk about this issue, to be able to identify where we are at as a city, what steps we need to take to better prepare so we can avoid the kind of disaster that we know is coming. and i think that we, unfortunately, lost the opportunity in this last election to actually fund some of our most challenging building seismic upgrades. hopefully we can come together and find ways of funding these with the help of fema, but also we are going to come together and go to the public and actually get support for this. in the meantime, i hope that what we do is carried forward, the recommendations, including a mandatory program for our wood frame buildings which are identified and we all agree are

the biggest risks. the mandatory program is, i believe -- maybe you could talk to us about what the status of our mandatory program is because i know we have been working on it with the mayor's office. but that is one of the things that has been identified as the next step in the successful mitigation program. >> john malamut from the city attorney's office. i had a conversation with the mayor's office this morning and a program for mandatory retrofit for the wood frame soft story build some things still under consideration. it is considered as sort of in the draft stages right now but something they are still very interested in. >> is there a potential for the building department and experts in the field that we have on our code advisory group to start reviewing that process to make

recommendations to the legislative body or the mayor's office, or do we have to wait for them to act? >> uh, if there is a legislative proposal from the mayor, the way the charter is set up it is something that would come through the entire process at the b.i.c. so the code advisory committee would look at it and it would eventually come before the buildi building inspection commission. the department or commission also has the opportunity to initiate legislation themselves. so that is sort of an alternate rou route. the commission would obviously, if they were to do that, they would have to put something on their agenda. commissioner walker: exactly. president murphy: i think where the department can really help here is notifying the homeowners and property owners and get them involved. i don't see very many of them involved. granted i haven't been to a lot of the capss meetings, but what i see in there is great people,

mostly engineers and experts in the field. but we do have to get the property owners involved if we are going to have -- if we are going to take this forward. commissioner walker: we have had the small apartment owners, building owners and managers. we have had ongoing and constant representation from these organizations representing, as well as building owners themselves, at all of these conversations. so i think that -- president murphy: i don't see any of them here today. commissioner walker: well, you know, i don't know what to tell you, mel. our job is to look at the risk, which is what we have paid people to advise us about. and they have outlined those ris risks. now it is our job as people who are appointed to look at these things to carry forward mitigation efforts. if we fail to do that, it will

be on our backs. president murphy: all i'm saying commissioner walker, is we need to educate the public, both from the tenant's side and the landlord/owner's side. and i don't think we are doing enough to do that. commissioner romero: one thing we have to do is let the complete to finish its work so i want to second the motion to extend the contract to december and we know when the contracts come out that is when the work really starts which includes education and letting everybody know what are the risks and what we have to do to deal with it. president murphy: i have no problem today with letting them finish their contract. they have done a lot of work the last two or three weeks and i'm

proud of them for that. so i don't have an issue there either. commissioner hechanova, do you want to say something? vice president hechanova: i believe in being pro-active. we are coming up with a really terrific document. but we don't seem to be pro-active enough to say the next step is to really inform and provide this information to the public, much less keeping everyone engaged. but also what are the next steps to effectively do the education and outreach out there? i think that is as much the challenge in the education component to provide the public the information so they can act, responsibly act on what they need to do on the next steps. and somehow we don't seem to be

active enough at this point. president murphy: commissioner walker. commissioner walker: i want to point out that we got almost 65% of the public to support funding retrofitting soft story buildings in affordable housing units and residential hotels. unfortunately, 1% less than what we need for a two-thirds majority on this issue. i think that there's been sufficient activity around what the goals of a.t.c. are, which was to get a group of people together representing all the stakeholders. i have been to most of these meetings and i have to say there are tenant representatives, owner representatives, as well as people who are engineering experts and geologists and seismic experts who have worked on the recommendations. i think if people have read the reports that we have already been given, there are clear

recommendations especially about those issues like wood frame soft story buildings that are three stories and five units and more that we have identified and agreed upon that there is a huge risk. so, my suggestion -- and i know what is on the agenda is basically extending this to get the contract under way, is that we also realize the urgency within the reports. and if you haven't read them i encourage you to read them. but we need to move on them. and whether it is a mandatory program or just a letter out to building owners saying you are in a possible problem building and give us back a report. if we fail to carry forward the urgency of this issue and implement some sort of response, i think that it will be a failure. i want to move to extend the contract as requested.

and i will be asking to put some action items on our agenda to move this forward. president murphy: we have a motion and second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> opposed. it carries unanimously. item number seven commissioner's questions and matters. 7-a is inquiries to staff. president murphy: commissioner walker. commissioner walker: yes, i would like to put an agenda item on to actually look at a mandatory program and what is being looked at by the mayor's office and see if there is an interest from the commission to have our code advisory committee take a look at things and make suggestions back to us. president murphy: commissioners?

commissioner walker: also, an update on the notification of ab-35. >> we have continued that so we will bring it back. commissioner walker: perfect. >> any public comment on that item number 7-a? president murphy: seeing none. >> 7-b, future meetings and agendas. next meeting is scheduled for december 15. we have a litigation committee meeting on november 30. president murphy: ok. >> we definitely need to have a subcommittee meeting on the appointmen appointments. i have been trying to get a hold of you guys. we evenly have four applications but we need to reappoint. commissioner walker: could you do an e-mail to the commissioners as to the openings and maybe we can help get people to apply? >> we have been extending it and extending it and some have gone past 60 days of when they should

have been appointed. president murphy: you have been too busy to notice. commissioner walker: can you just do an e-mail about what the actual vacancies are? >> yes. but time is of the essence. president murphy: commissioner hechanova you chair that committee. vice president hechanova: yes. >> any public comment? seeing none. item eight, adjournment. vice president hechanova: is there potentially the joint meeting between both -- >> yes, i sent out an e-mail changed to january. so, as soon as i have any information i will get it to you so that you will be available for the dates. president murphy: motion to adjourn. >> second.

>> in the store manager, and i would like to introduce the mayor of san francisco and the newly elected lieutenant governor of california, gavin newsom. [applause] mayor newsom: is that me? supervisor, i'm not ready for this. welcome, everybody, and thank you all very much for coming out today on this special ribbon cutting. supervisor maxwell and i were colleagues on the board of supervisors when this project was first brought up. i remember the controversy like it was yesterday. originally, as you know, this

was supposed to be home depot. exactly. i knew it would be like saying the dodgers of san francisco or something. people immediately started to align themselves up in tents, those that just could not imagine a home depot, could not imagine a big box retailer in the city and county of san francisco. i remember all the community meetings of on the hill. all over. we were all over the city having community meetings about the basic future of san francisco and what kind of city we wanted. were we a city of neighborhoods, or were we just going to find a suburbanized san francisco as our future? that was the debate, and home depot had to come to the table, spend a great deal of time with

supervisor maxwell. the other supervisors wanted nothing to do with it at the time. but supervisor maxwell was open and wanted to make sure if there was ever going to be a retailer like that or a big box like this, that there had to be some strong commitments to the community, and they needed to take shape in a private meeting. they needed to be on paper. they needed to be in writing, and we needed to make sure the attorneys were there so that all those commitments were enforceable. then, home depot, out of nowhere, decided to take off, just like sirens on that engine, and all that work, the macroeconomics of the world started to change, and they decided they had gone through the entire process, those arrows, those slings, and they went through all of that, and we had this incredible untitled

project. every single thing approved. all those commitments. and the supervisor -- i remember the day after that announcement. we were on the phone talking with michael cohen, saying what do we do? and we got this call from lowe's saying they might be interested. i remember that conversation. we said, "can you believe this?" we were pinching ourselves saying, "this is too good to be true if." there were a lot of disappointments because of the commitments that were made and the negotiated agreements, and we had gone through all the politics of this, and we finally -- the community was very supportive out here. not unanimously, but overwhelmingly supportive. we thought it was time to follow through on our commitment to the people of bayview hunters point, particularly 94124 area code.

days became weeks and weeks became months, and folks in the mayor's office, my office, and supervisor maxwell's office, and lowe's said they were willing to accept all the commitments that previous books made. we thought they would say they would commit to everything, but then we thought they would start to unravel, and they would pull back. but the reality is they said they would commit and they committed. and here we are, and they did exactly that. the local hires i think are without precedent of any big project in this city. this is real on the destruction inside and the permanent jobs that are being created. that is a pretty extraordinary thing. 211 or so jobs. 88% are just from in and around

the area. it is an extraordinary story. i'm really proud of lowe's. we are not jumping up and down four big boxes. we will be candid. we love the sales tax. this is a big deal. but we are sensitive to what big stores do. because you guys are so good that some of the little guys can be threatened by it, but this location was the right location. this boulevard needed the economic stimulus, the anchor. look at all the fresh paint across the street. it did not always look like that. you are going to see in the next few years this boulevard take shape. if lowe's continues to be the employer they have proven to date, a lot of families will benefit because of the jobs

created because of this, so thank you for following through on all your promises. so far, you are one of the good ones, and we want to keep saying that for years to come. i thank supervise the maxwell for getting in the mix and holding strong because it was not easy. i was watching those votes, and, man. [applause] all the commitments on the work force training money, the day laborer program, all those new trees we were going to get -- thank you for holding steadfast. michael cohen and all the folks in my office that helped make this possible. we are on our way out. we have had the best dam year. this is like 1998 and again or something. there's so much to be proud of

or thankful for. with that, your supervisor, supervisor sophie maxwell. [applause] >> thank you. i remember like yesterday those five to six votes, but what made a difference was the community. what made a difference was young community developers and hard hats and yellow vests lining up the walls. 60, 70 of them, and each of them speaking about the opportunities that they wanted to become working people. they wanted jobs and they wanted a leg up, and that is what this was about, so that is what i remember. i remember 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning, but it was all worth it. i can hardly find a parking place this year. i'm really excited, and this

boulevard -- you are right. we are working on becoming a home improvement district with lowe's being the anchor, so i think you are going to find a lot of fascinating things happening in this area, this district, so i want to thank the mayor and all of my colleagues. the so-called progressive -- they do not relate like economic development that much. they like programs. so aaron said that it was going to be rough, and i told him to represent the people standing here, and he did. i want to thank all the people who are going to come here and the 50% from 94124 and 93134. thank you for that. >> and thank you to look of 22,

local 261, to rsr construction. thank you very much. now, we are going to hand it back to lowe's and have the ribbon cutting. thank you. >> with all of that, we just want to thank everyone. first from the city of san francisco for welcoming us. we opened the doors, and it has been wonderful hearing all the comments from the customers about how excited they were to come into lowe's and how they look forward to come into lows. i want to thank the community and neighborhood for welcoming guests -- welcoming us. i want to thank the honorable mayor of san francisco and sophie maxwell for welcoming us.

i would like to thank rhonda simmons and her wonderful and entire staff for her guidance and support, and i would like to thank everyone for the partnership. i would like to thank derek smith for his guidance with this whole project. without your advice, i think we would be wandering through, wondering where to go. i would also like to thank my district manager for his support and guidance, but most of all, i would like to thank short construction and the storm voice and their families for the hard work and dedication and the hours away from home that they spent building this store.

it was a wonderful experience to bond with our group that were from this community. [applause] i would like to cite -- to thank malcolm x academy for allowing us to do a super heroes project at their school where we repainted and unified their school and planted for them and help them with their nutrition project, but i would like to present the thurgood marshall high school a check for $1,000. from cost to you, -- from us to you, thank you so much. [applause]