>> this is a dpw corporation yard. i work for the bureau of street environmental services used to be street cleaning. we are a new age. >> here we are. >> here we are. >> clean. >> these are our communications dispatchers. hi. okay, no problem. you are welcome. bye-bye. >> all the information about the location, the nature of the complaint and we dispatch it. >> near the steps. >> by new they have started a hundred calls for dispatchers. >> once a get a request if they are not on the air i will page

that unit. these are the radio channels. we have 14 channels. i will give a service request. >> there is a lot of expertise that goes into a call. i think we can have you dispatch and track. >> 448. >> 448. >> 19th at california. >> can you give us a little bit of a view. >> we have the city broken up to different districts. we will go to zone e. we will go to iowa street. put me to work. >> okay.

>> bend it over like that. we chop it. >> while you do this if you come across something that looks hazardous, material wise, >> like this paint? >> you can't take paint. >> that gets dealt with by? >> we have a patrol truck thal pick up the paint. >> we have tv monitors and tires. you want to look for needles we don't mix needles with the garbage. >> you have to be a positive person in a way to deal with this job. you are dealing with areas you know it's been cleaned.

>> basically it happens a lot where you clean up an area. you come back a couple of days later and it's back to that again. we more or less are used to it. that's -- it's our job. you have to get used to it. it's a fact. that's the way it is. >> sure. yeah. >> okay. >> what do you think, are you ready to sign up? >> totally. i'm over dressed. >> a little warm? must be the sweat. >> part of the daily routine is george our steamer. you see the wall people urinate

on the and the sidewalk. a trick. i get it up like this. somebody got to do it. the bigger they -- >> pull the trigger. >> careful, the water's really hot, too. >> i have been on a packer truck. i painted removed graffiti. my favorite. >> what's that smell? pine. one of my favorite, a guy got his head stuck in a trash can. we had to get vasoline and rub his ears. [laughter]. what goes on here we will empty

out and clear this area. >> ever find stuff like drugs or anything? do you deal with that. >> i don't know, do you find anything? >> everything's trash. >> dave, let's get a little of that. >> the way to do it easier without opening the can is push off the debris off the top and you are topping off the can. we are not supposed to empty the can. there is a can on every corner. sometimes we get calls the majority of my work is done on eyesight if i see it i do it. downtown we fill up 3 or 4 times a day. >> daily it could change and be

various different assignments that come up. we can swing by, we see some of the trucks unloading in the area. >> this is our dump site, this is where we dump the debris. we come twice a day to unload all the trucks. i need you to go on up there and he will assist you to unloading the mattress and the futons. >> okay. okay. >> sometimes you see it popping out. you have to be very careful. pushing in and down. pull it out.

>> you have been here once earlier? >> did you have as much stuff? >> more. >> oh , my god. >> did you survive your day in dpw? >> i did i learned quite a bit. the packing truck. shovelling stuff. the steamer i thought i was a candidate for an industrial accident. >> we have 340 employees. most of the people out there do it every day. >> i'm ready to turn in my vest. >> did a good job today. >> would you pass him on probation. >> yes. see you tomorrow at 6 >> hello.

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>> and the morning and welcome to the public safety committee. i am john avalos, joined with supervisor olague and supervisor mar. gale johnson, can you share your announcement? >> people attending this meeting are as to silence their cell phones. if you wish to submit a speakers card, but this in the container in front of the. if you submit the copies of the

materials to members of the committee, please have another copy for the file. this will appear on the february 28 board of supervisors agenda. >> if you could please call the one item? >> the ordinance amending the san francisco environmental code, section 400, and adding 402, for the existence of the existing commercial buildings for bicycle parking that will allow the tenants to bring their bicycles into the building, providing that the ordnances operative date is january 30, 2012, making the environmental finding -- >> thank you. colleagues, at long last, this legislation was first introduced back in september, this has come to committee.

i am happy to be moving this forward. this is up to 20% -- by bicycle. i fully support the goal. we want to get to this important goal, part of this is establishing the infrastructure for the bicyclist in san francisco so we may have community benefits for people working in san francisco, to cover the cost of cycling. one incentive is that we can make certain that bicycles have greater access to the buildings that people work in, especially buildings downtown, where a lot of the bike trips go. with market street and folsom.

we need something to make this happen. currently, the new buildings that are built, they provide space for by cyclists, during the day. this legislation will work with existing buildings, to require that the people who manage the building allow the bikes to enter the building. either through creating a bike parking area in the building itself, creating space in the building or allowing the tenants to allow the bikes in. this legislation is something new. i am excited to move this forward. if you are an employee, in a building that would fall subject to this piece of legislation, it is not like you have the ability to move your bike into the building, but you have the employer who could make certain that there is space in your

office to park the bike, and how space can be created. they would be able to decide on the space being available, and how this can actually fit in the space itself. the building owner and manager would have to make certain that the building was open and available for that relationship to happen between the tenant, and the employees who are cycling into the city. if, in a building owner or manager is not able to fully comply with these limitations -- and set limitations on the access to the buildings, they would have to be required to create a bicycle access plan that would go to the department of the environment, to be positive -- this would be reviewed by the san francisco

metropolitan transportation agency to make certain that we are being compliant in ways that access can still be managed by the building owner. and this will be done by the liveable streets, or part of the mass transit authority, or the bike platers in the mass transit authority department. i don't think this legislation is very complicated. this is something that moves the city forward on the 20% by 2020 and has the support of the building owners, and we have done early at reach to help create this legislation. these are people who are responsible for looking at the commercial sector of downtown san francisco, and to have their input on this was very valuable. this legislation could not have

been created as well without the support of the san francisco by coalition. i want to thank mark for his work on this, and the director -- and of course the members -- a couple of them are here today as well. i have a lot of females from the members who are very excited about this legislation going forward. i am happy we have the opportunity to move this forward today. we have several co-sponsors for the ordinance. supervisors kim, campos, and olague has expressed that she will be a supporter as well, a co-sponsoring. david chu is also a co- sponsored. for this radical piece of legislation. with no other comments from committee members, we can go to

public comment. >> managers association of san francisco and in -- we represent the commercial real-estate industry in san francisco. i am here on behalf of the membership to support this legislation. i would like to thank the bicycle coalition and john avalos's office. this helped to craft the ordinance in a way that we could implement affectively. i am here to answer any questions that you have. thank you for your support. >> supervisor olague? supervisor olague: is there anything that would prohibit landlords from charging fees for storing bicycles in those

buildings. >> currently this legislation does not have a prohibition for that, i think they allow for that to happen, without expressly stating the opposition to that. i think this may fit -- the way that parking is handled in commercial buildings -- as long as this is a reasonable fee, this is something i am open 2. are there any other members of the public who wish to comment? >> i am mark as well-- caswell. thank you for being co-sponsors. this is a smart and cost- effective way to make certain that san franciscans will have a safe place to store their bicycle during the workday. those who are discouraged because they don't have a secure

place to park their black right now will be helped by this bill. i want to thank the building owners and managers association, who worked with to create the solution to help keep employers in san francisco like oracle and twitter, to make certain to keep them in san francisco. 20% of the trips by 2020. they allow for them to have a place for their employees to store their bikes. people who are helping to keep the economy going in san francisco. as fighting continues to grow, we hope that many buildings will invest in by grooms, and as large employers consider this we will see building owners do this more and more. i think this is a great interim solution to make certain that

there is secured by storage as the real-estate market catches up to the demand we see in the next few years. this is a very elegant and effective way to do this and i support avalos crafting this. and the employers talk about where they will store the spikes in the rental space. t encourage more people to bike. someone may say, i want to store this in the conference room or somewhere near their desk. i want to thank all of you for your support of this. >> we have a question? supervisor mar: thank you for your great work on this. we are lucky to have a good bike area. i should try to do this more like my colleague.

this is modeled after a law in new york city. what do we actually do more than the ordinance provides, looking at other cities, not just in the united states but across the world. >> to speak to the new york legislation, this is limited to buildings with freight elevators, which is a small amount. the building that my office is in, i would have had about a quarter mile to my trip to go around the back of the building, to a not well-lit area, where the garbage is, and the compost. we worked hard to get this at the office. if i leave late at night, one of my colleagues, there may be some safety issues there with the freight elevators. this bill goes a step forward by saying that -- it does not only

say freight elevators. this improves people's ability to ride. beyond that i am not aware of any other city with legislation that would allow them to bring their bikes in. >> hopefully other cities will follow as we hopefully pass this. i want to thank them for being visionaries, looking forward to a transit-first and sustainable city. >> and other any other members of the public who wish to comment on this? >> i am douglas yap. i lhave lived in san francisco 60 years. i would like to speak in support of this ordinance. i would like to put a reminder that bicycle-writers are

supposed to stop at stop signs and red lights. i see this all over town and i know this is not my job to say anything, but sometimes i am very tempted -- to tell them they should stop like everyone else. i want to question, as a public safety issue, if the city requires by writers to have lights at night, because when i am out i see a lot of people sitting around with no lights or reflectors. this is an obvious public safety issue. in this large room today, i would like to bring this out for the record, why there is only one item on today's agenda. if you need something to talk about, i suggest talking about the freedom fighters in syria. >> we will keep this directly on the legislation before us.

>> i have no problem with that. as a public safety matter we should focus, to remind the bike riders that they have to stop at stoplights, and stop signs. thank you. >> the next speaker? >> i would like to start by thanking you for giving me the chance to speak. i am a marketing director in the high-tech injured -- industry. i have written my bicycle to work for 15 years at four different companies. at all companies, my employer was very supportive, of my desire to ride my bike. and i could keep my bicycle in my cubicle. in one company they set aside a " rigid set aside a clause that not only for myself but the other co-workers could keep our

bicycles in their, protected from theft. this definitely impacted by continuing to commute. if there was the risk of theft i would not do this. i want to make certain that my bike is secure. i go for the building and makes certain that she is not damaged. and the building is not damaged. by having my bicycle in the office, this inspired a number of my co-workers to start commuting. especially since my last job, i could wear an outfit like this. if we will meet the goal of 20% by 2020 we have to raise the awareness of having blacks in the workplace. i would like to thank you for listening to me in supporting this legislation.

i am grateful. >> thank you for being here and your comments. >> excuse my voice, i am losing this. i have lived in the city since 2001, biking to work every day since i have been here. all of my buildings and company has been supportive. my bikes are also my babies. they have a great sentimental meaning to me. my company moved into a new office building, downtown. the first day of work there, i am one of the first employees to show up. i am prohibited from taking my bike up. we found another accommodation.

this was one of my babies, i could not lock this up. i switched to riding a bike i could afford to get stolen. the building does offered by a parking facilities inside, but they are simply sub-standard. you cannot remove the front wheel and lock the frame, there is not enough space. the building manager said that this is first-come, first-served until 9:00. there is no way to secure these, and many of them are not locked up. i have been working with the building manager to offer alternatives. they are making steps forward. to accommodate more cyclists. hopefully more safely. my question comes down to the wording of the legislation, which includes the word safe and secure. wat