away, t-shirts and hats to make it fun for people to take care of the city. thank you for the opportunity. >> commissioner riley. >> i like the idea of having people to sign the pledge to not litter, because i always wonder, if people don't litter, we don't have to sweep. >> that is exactly right. we have a mindset that has happened with san francisco in public works, we pick up 30,000 gallons of trash and we'll continue to pick it up, but wasn't to get it to the point that people don't toss it down in the first place. the bottom line is working with kids. we have had phenomenal response from the 6,7, 8 and 9 years old going from 2nd grade up, 1st grade up really with this campaign. we have our own mascot, not

lucile, but sweepy as well. sfgiants.org in people are interested, and we're really getting rolling on this. thank you for your time. >> any other commissioner comments? >> i would like to say thank you very much for coming. i am actually the one that requested that you come today. and i did sign the pledge. and i also took the graffiti watch classes and i'm actually almost out of all of my cleaning stuff. >> we'll make sure that you get some, commissioner. >> i am on the list, which i do like, but i want to thank you for this. this is so important especially this time of year and with america's cup coming up. it's one of the things that i used to push when i was with the castro merchants was get out there and sweep in front of your store. because we have people coming from all over the world to this city and we're known for being a very clean city, but it takes an effort to do that.

i really appreciate that and people will watch this on tv and i will encourage everyone watching this on tv to go and sign up for the giant sweep and actually sweep. and don't sweep it in the street. one thing i learned in the training, people think into the streets thinking that the street cleaners pick it up and that is not cool. sweep it into a dust pan and put it in a receptacle. >> the department of public works is there to help, if you need brooms or pickers or you want to do a special event with a merchant corridor, we're happy to help you with that. we have got the tools to help san franciscans whether it's businesses or residents, community groups neighborhood associations, we want to make this work as a partnership with people. >> yes, and they will do that. and i want to give a shout-out to peachy mathis and jim, who have both been doing the

graffiti-watch trainings and going to the giant sweep events. i know there was a big one last week and you have promotions. i was at the game on friday night and they had you up on the screen. so i wanted to give those two individual shout outs, because this is important to the city. you can call 311 and they will put you on the list. it's so important for merchant corridors, just to go out there and keep them clean, because this summer the world is going to be coming to san francisco and we want to put our best food forward. so thank you very much. and thank you for presenting today. i really appreciate it. >> thank you, commissioner, i really appreciate your time. >> any members of the public who wish to make a comment on the giants sweep program? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> commissioners, before we go on to the next item, i can

work with jane to do a reminder about the giant sweep program coming up in the newsletter and link to the pledge and other information and also encourage the merchant associations as well to participate. >> thank you. >> our final presentation of the day, item 6, presentation and discussion on the healthy workplace coalition by julia parish. >> welcome. >> hi. thank you so much for having us. >> one moment while we get the powerpoint.

&i'm going to go ahead and start without the powerpoint, but you have a paper copy of the powerpoint in your folders on the left, if you want to pull it out. i may have forgotten to save it to my flash drive. i apologize. i am the director of the heavy mother's workplace coalition and a little bit of information about who we are, is we're a collaborative of a variety of different groups in san francisco, government agencies, non-profits and employers that are committed to improving workplace polices for women and particularly for women with families and child-care obligations to promote both health outcome and generate

equity in the workplace. some of our partners -- oh, you found it, so good. so we were formed basically to address health disparities and the outcomes with women with children and gender equity. our partners include the san francisco breast-feeding promotion coalition, the department of health, the sbc, san francisco wic, et cetera. the reason is the employer polices around lactation or project pregnancy accommodation and leave really do have an affect on both the work life balance of the employees and outcomes in terms of critical

health outcomes. so we are aiming to highlight employers who are providing these polices and supporting their employments, and also start a conversation about how we can work to make the polices that are in place even more effective and work for everyone involved. the way in which we're doing this, we worked with all of our coalition and we did surveys and a lot of researches about a variety of polices and created an assessment. it's a really easy assessment. it's one-page. it's not going to be too burdensome to fill out. basically the policies are in three categories. there is lactation accommodation, parental leave and then workplace flexibility and work-life balance polices and employers can fill out the assessment in order to get an award.

and we work together really hard to find an assessment that was appropriate for a wide variety of different kinds of places of businesses. we wanted it to work for small and business and places of employment that had primarily women employees and not. and so there are three levels of the award in its current form and basically the bronze level award mostly mirrors the legal requirements that are in place. so this is really about making sure that people know the obligations that they have already to provide for their employments employees and help the employees know about that as well and also highlight ideas for ways that some employers may go above and beyond and move a higher level and get a higher award and distinct and create longer term movements in the sense for

working with employees to get higher employee morale and better health, which saves health care costs and less turnover, which reduces costs and supporting working women and families in the workplace in san francisco. on the slide is a picture of the assessment, which you also have in your folders. as you can see it's one-page. it really shouldn't be too onerous. and the idea is that everyone should be able to fill it out and email it back to us. if you have any questions, you can always email or come to the workshop that we're doing later. again, 60% of familis are relying on women for at least a quarter of their income and we want to make sure that women aren't placed in the position to choose between the ability to take care of their family and provide for their family in this particular need. so how do you apply? it's really easy

as i mentioned it's a one-page assessment that you can download from our website healthymothersworkplace.org. once you complete it, you aoa mail email it back. we're having a workshop on july 25th, anyone can come and you can make any comments and we're always happy to engage in discussion around any of these things. and there will be an awards ceremony at the federal building september 9th and all award winners will be honored at that ceremony. and if you have any questions, i am more than happy to answer them and i'm here with my colleague elizabeth, who directs the program with me. we are really excited about

this and we really think it's a great opportunity for employers in san francisco to highlight their strengths and get publicity around these very important issues. when they are doing these great things for their employees, we want to recognize them and encourage that in any way that we can. >> great. commissioner dwight. >> it says here size, company must have over a thousand employees worldwide to participate. >> that is a separate initiative and there is additional information in your folder. >> so what are your size categories? >> we have no size categories. if you see on the assessment, there is one category that has a line and above the line is fewer than 50 and below the line is great than 50. because that is the greatest divide in terms of legal requirements for what employers have to provide their employees.

we hope that employers of every size will participate. >> any other commissioner comments? >> so i guess one could also use this as kind of the self-assessment to determine whether you have friendly polices or not. >> that is exactly the goal. we have talked to one employer in san francisco, who thought this was going to be a great learning experience, to learn a lot about themselves. because some of these polices don't always come up, you know? companies sometimes don't have a lactation policy, because they haven't had a lactating employee, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't sit down and think about and have it ready. the other great thing i forget to point out, on our website, which i highly encourage you to visit and you can like us on facebook and twitter.

we have a toolkit, which you also have printed out in your folders, that give sample polices. a lot of resources, for more information, we're continuing to develop the toolkit to include even more sample polices and we're trying to make it as easy and accessible as possible. you can find a lot of stuff right there on the website. >> i would also like to add to that, part of this has been informing and empowering workplaces and one of the companies that we have been working with actually was a bronze and saw a couple of areas where they could improve their own polices and get silver. so they are actually working on that now and taking the next step, which is really the goal. >> commissioner riley? >> for each of the larger corporations they have the hr departments and are well-informed of the requirements, but for the smaller businesses, they may or may not have all of the

knowledge. so what kind of outreach effort do you have to try to educate the smaller businesses? >> one of the things that we include on the website is links to a lot of these resources that explain both the polices and kind of the requirements of what is boiled down to be in this assessment. again we're trying to make the assessment as short and simple as possible. we're dealing with a lot of different laws and polices at the same time. so it's slightly a generalization, but there are a lot of resources on the toolkit and the website that people can find and sample policies, so they don't even have to write them. >> we also recognize that a lot of people that will apply are small businesses and it can be very fficult when you don't have a hr representative who knows all tjargon. that is why we're holding our

workshop in july, helping those with questions to improve their policies and we're hoping that that starts the conversation around what they can do. >> are you working with any of the merchant associations? >> we haven't directly been working with them yet, but we're hoping to reach out to them, especially through your newsletter, and other outreach. >> that's a good idea. >> thank you. >> any other commissioner comments? do we have any public comment on item no. 6? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you very much and chris, let's do something to get through the newsletter. >> we actually already exchanged some draft language as julia mentioned, we're part of the organization and our office has been working th them. so we have already got plans for the news letter and we'll do some outreach with

merchant organizations. very excited because it's a voluntary assessment and educational opportunity for sinees on a whole host of areas related to maternity/paternity and other workplace requirements >> and proved provide a link to their website too? >> absolutely. >> thank you, commissioners. >> next item, please. >> item 7, president's report, allows the president to report on recent small business activities and make announcements that are of interest to the small business community. >> i did speak at a all-day forum on heritage or legacy businesses in neighborhoods in san francisco and how to teach

them to thrive and what works and doesn't work? as you all know lately in the news, you had the gold coast moving and other businesses closing. and so there are other businesses that have been in business in this town, you know, for as along as san francisco has been around. it was very, very informative and i actually spoke on the afternoon panel about family businesses, and there was a very good presentation by the gelert foundation, that is based out of the university of san francisco, where they actually work with families on generation-passing from one generation to another. and if that doesn't work, selling to employees and other mechanisms. so i found it very fascinating. it was very interesting,

because you would be amazed at how many legacy businesses there are in this city and how long they have been around, from hardware stores to paint stores to bakeris, victoria bakery in north beach. the jewelry stores. it really woke me up on how many small businesses that are family-owned that have been around for 100 years in the town. >> that shaped the neighborhoods. >> and are still in the neighborhoods. i thought it was awesome and that is my report. >> commissioners, item 8, vice president's report, allows the individuals to report on recent small business activities and make announcements that are of interest to the small business community. >> i have nothing to report. >> item 9, commission reports. >> do we have any commissioner reports? seeing none, next item. >> item 10, general public comment. >> do we have any members of the public who would like to

make any comments on any future meetings concerning this commission? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> item 11, new business. >> does anybody have any new business? seeing none, next item, please. >> item 12 is adjournment, is there a motion to adjourn? >> i move. >> i second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> meeting adjourned. >> commissioners, the final is 3:24 p.m. >> thank you commissioners. all

for being here today to commemorate this beautiful new strut. -- street. this is a wonderful area of san francisco and we are happy to mark this completion of this project. what a great new place for the city of san francisco. i'm mohammed, from the dpw. you think of places that are inviting, welcoming, spacious, contemporary, while maintaining it's heritage. you think of easy access for visitors to

enjoy themselves and make plans to come back again. fisherman's wharf is a world class destination spot. today it is even better. there have been lots of hands-on this project, many many hours and meetings to put together. besides the strategies for making it work here, creating an updated top notch public space. these improvement were driven by the fisherman's wharf community. without the support of all the businesses here, we wouldn't be standing here today. today we have the opportunity to recognize the individuals and groups who played a part and then we'll officially reopen this beautiful vibrant new corridor. now, i would like to introduce our first speaker.

you know, our mayor has earned a reputation as a leader who brings people together and gets things done. as a former city administrator, he gets it. all the city infrastructure is paramount in creating jobs. our mayor is a great coordinator of these complex projects. the dozens of departments and community groups and businesses that are lending their time to give input. when you have someone who cares that much and dedicated to fostering a collaborative networking environment, public spaces get done. they get done in a timely manner and the city gets to reap the benefits for many many years. we are glad he's here

today, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our mayor, mayor ed lee. [ applause ] >> thank you, muhammad. >> well, truth be told. somebody said, mayor, it's a sunny day. would you like to go down to celebrate something and it's in front of an ice cream parlor. of course i said yes. you know, i have to count. it's june now. it's middle of the year. i think we are part of the 5 million 500 thousand. that's the midway point because every year fisher man's wharf

has over 10 million visitors. [ applause ] . we know there is a good connection as to why. there is a connection to our city's infrastructure as to why people want to visit fisherman's wharf. thank you and the merchants association for putting together a fantastic six year effort of collaborating with public works and making sure landscaping was able to do it's job so i can have my ice cream cone today. it takes a huge amount of effort to do this, but we are doing it right. we rushed it and i know supervisor and board president david chiu, he knew that we had to get this done

for our great celebration this year which is america's cup. that forced us to have this exciting first phase done. we will talk about a second phase later. i know supervisor chiu is going to welcome you all to his district. he's working very hard with me. we meet every week and he is constantly reminding me about the second phase of this and that, all the investments we have to make. i have already heard it, three times in fact last month and we are working together for the next phase. we have to take this moment to celebrate because without this recognition of how we got here already. it shouldn't take six years but it did. i need to thank a lot of people for that effort. six years of planning with the planning department and working out so many

inclusionary meetings with everybody to make sure all of our agencies, the mta and office of economic development and the staff have been wonderful, but it takes a long time for something incredibly potentially interruptive to everything we were able to work through it. sometimes things take a little longer, but it's sensitive. we are a sensitive city and sensitive to all the investments that have happened. it's an incredible balance. we'll do it better, we'll do it right and we'll do it with a lot of input from everyone. that's the way we do things in san francisco. this part of the city is very valuable. it is $80 million of revenue. it is of 65,000 visitors every single

day. it has 10 million visitors. we have to honor that as a big investment to our city. we are going to make these improvements because these will generate more investment down the year because we have visitors who want pedestrian safety and vehicles and large buses of people and cable car experiences all balanced to have not only a safe experience, but one that is honored by everyone in all the different agencies working together. we need to have even more pedestrians down here celebrating all the wonderful and liven experiences from the ice cream parlors to the great attractions and hotels. it's my pleasure to recognize names that are very familiar to you,

that is david burrby, thank you for your leadership as well, troy campbell, thank you for your leadership, daniels, thank you for being such an on the ground person working with all the contractors. as i mentioned the planning department has worked really hard to get this jefferson street under way. that's why we have such collaborative efforts going on because they have led planning very well. hopefully we don't have to do that much more years of planning because we have phase two already in mind. i know that supervisor chiu is going to have some comments about that. i want to thank the jefferson street merchants for your incredible patience. everyone along this route

deserves an applause because it could have been very disruptive for everyone. we got the word out and because it's happening we are going to welcome america's cup because there is going to be thousands more people out here because of this. i look forward to being here on the 4th of july. when all the punch list is here so we can celebrate our great american celebration on the 4th of july and really kickoff america's cup. with all that, let's celebrate today and have a great anticipation of phase two and keep this project going and welcome in whole 10 million plus visitors to san francisco. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you, mayor lee. i

would like to recognize some special guest here today to be with us. from the port commission, mell murphy is here with us, from the mayor's office of disability, carla johnson and her staff, from the port, a number of deputy directors, tom carters, susan reynolds and elaine. and from dpw, our city engineers. next, we are honored to have a city representative who has given us a great deal of support to this project and many improvement projects that the city enjoys. he's also someone who values partnerships and works to seek out ideas from san francisco residents, business owners