good morning, everyone. thank you very much for being here. san francisco is thrilled to be hosting super bowl 50. when we found out we were hosting super bowl 50 we were planning right away. we've been planning last spring with many exercises and pulling together our regional partners and local and federal partners to make sure that super bowl 50 is a safe, fun, experience for everyone who comes here. it's the golden anniversary of the super bowl. that's something to really celebrate and we are thrilled that san francisco was chosen for this honor to be the super bowl 50 host.

today, we have what we are calling a super bowl scrimmage. we have the second of three exercises that test our assumptions, refined our plans and actively engage our players in planning and response. each one of these we learn new things. we alter our plans and define them an deconflict them and as we move forward we are speaking with one voice and we know what other agencies are doing and what assumptions are in place. our goal is to work through all of these challenges together. so, again, super bowl 50 is a wonderful fun family event that's going to be 9 days long here in san francisco. we want people all over the region, all over the world to come and celebrate with us. we think that unfortunately our own team will not be part of this. but, other than that, it's like

it is the perfect event for san francisco and the bay area. we want to encourage efrj -- everyone in san francisco and sf to be alerted. it will be an important way to get messaged about with such information as what streets to avoid or what areas to avoid. so please encourage your residents neighbors to sign up for alert sf. i'm going to introduce my good friend. police chief suhr who is going to come up. there you are, chief. he's going to give us a few words of wisdom.

>> thank you, ann. i will preface my comments as a lifetime 9er faithful, i'm not ruling out that we are in the game. don't give up. anyway. we are so excited to be hosting the 50th anniversary of the super bowl. again, the planning has started in ernest pretty much as soon as we won the bid for our chance to show case san francisco and as police chief of what i believe is the finest police department in the country, we want it to be as safe as it can be. we've been to the new york fan fest where the super bowl played in new jersey, we've been down to arizona, where the super bowl was played in glendale and went to the phoenix police department to see what they do and it got us that much more excited to be able to host this event over a

9-day period event in san francisco. one thing san francisco is good at is planning. it's what we do. no matter what eventuality that happens, our fire department and with the leadership with the mayor's office, we plan as if that event happens here. pretty much for every eventuality all the way up to and including typhoons and/or anyway, tidal waves. so, or tsunamis, which we hope never happens. that said, we'll be planning and it will be a great event where we plan and get to know each other. everybody has each other's cell phones and we work with our state and federal partners on what may come and i can't say enough how much preparation is going into this effort to make sure that it is safest. i know with events going on overseas is leaving people right now anxious. again, it's just one more

variable that we are training to. we are in regular contact with the fbi. again, there are no known threats to the united states, no known threats to san francisco and certainly no known threats to the super bowl. that communication will remain open regular and we will absolutely make sure that every precaution is taken to make sure the whole world can come to the super bowl in late january and february and have hopefully what is going to be the best super bowl and best fan fest ever here or nfl experience. i would just say as police chief here in san francisco, you are all invited. >> thank you, chief. now i would like to introduce our very own fire chief chief hayes white. >> good morning, everyone. like the two previous speakers, san francisco is very enthusiastic

about hosting super bowl 50. although we won't be in shoulder pads and cleats. the people behind me gathered around the city are like a team. we are the team preparing, planning and communicating about what's going to happen end of january, beginning of february. we are very well prepared and that's what you see today with the men and women of san francisco county and state and regional partners. what i want to advocate to those visiting san francisco is we will do our utmost to keep everyone safe. we operate at a high level in san francisco. we know there will be additional challenges but we are up to the challenges and as a team we are practicing and per -- perfecting and we are going to assure everyone that we are going to respond to emergencies outside of the

super bowl as well as those coming to the super bowl. chief suhr wanted me to pass along what he always talked about and not just from law enforcement but fire department perspective. if you see something, make sure you say something. it's important to utilize 911. if it's not an emergency you can use 311. if you have some ideas related to preparedness and transit, make a good plan and utilize all the city's resources many we want you to understand that from the san francisco fire department that we have 15 more paramedics that will be available. we have private providers as well. we anticipate we will have a high call volume during the period of time, but we are prepared and ready and look forward to hosting everyone here in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you, chief. i'm going to call chief suhr back up real quickly.

>> so my partner at the fire department shouldn't have to say what chief suhr said with chief suhr standing here. anyway, with all of our devices we are never going to be as safe as we can be with the millions of people in san francisco looking out for one another. whoever comes to the nfl experience during those 9 days. especially right now with everybody anxious in san francisco and around the country. please, if you see something, anything remotely out of the ordinary. please call. 911 is on alert to expedite calls. that will be the case in the nfl experience as with other major events with our three world series championships and runs with super bowls in the past and other major events in san francisco. we need to remain vigilant as a city as a whole when it comes to taking care of one another and looking after one

another. that's when we are going to be safest and you will get the most rapid response you can possibly get to checkout any possible potential concern.er on the side of the caution, if it's nothing, no problem. you would be remiss what i always call a predictable surprise where you saw something and didn't say anything and something went on. just call us. >> thank you, chief. now i would like to introduce our director of sf mta, ed reiskin. >> thank you, good morning, everyone. i would like to thank ann and the team for her leadership and what the team referenced. to put on a big event like this does take a lot of coordination and planning and is really preparing us for anything that might happen and that planning is essential to making for a great

event. it will be a great event as everybody else has said. i think this is a great opportunity for san francisco whether you like football or not, whether you are planning to participate in these activities or not. the super bowl being hosted here is going to bring a lot of people, a lot of excitement and a lot of goodwill to our city which is a good thing. from a transportation point of view, our task is really straight forward. we want to make sure that people can safely and readily access the event and from and to the event and everybody else in san francisco can go where they need to go whether it's work or school or just trying to make their way across town. we have been planning with the rest of the city planning but also with the rest of the regional transportation agencies and particularly law enforcement and homeland security, particularly the transportation security administration to make

sure we can have a safe and secure event and from secure transit agencies. we want to encourage everybody to take transit because of the transportation we have developed is very much reliant on people taking transit. but for people taking transit, we want people to report anything that looks suspicious or worry some. like the chief said, call 911 and let them do their job. to support emergency services in particular, part of our effort is mapping out the security routes, the emergency vehicle access routes to and from all of the various events in the area to make sure that without being impeded, they can do their work. and then in terms of the transportation service itself, we've been working with all the providers and particularly with muni which is going to do a lot of the heavily lifting for this event to make sure that where we can work

around and with the street closures to make sure that everybody who wants to take transit from and to the events can and everybody else who uses transit on a regular bases can get to where they need to be going. we've been able to figure out routes to the buses and figure out where the taxi stands will be and the emergency vehicle access will be. this is something we do for many large special events. we did it for america's cup and for other large parades and other large celebrations. we are very confident in our ability to ensure people get to where they want to go whether they are participating or not safely and efficiently. we will be encouraging folks to use transit and just to address an issue that's been out there. there has been a lot of talk about the impact that sites down at the foot of embarcadero on muni might have overhead wires. we've been working hand in hand with the community over many months

as they are refining their plans. the issue with the wires if you get close to the wires, that's not a safe situation and we need to move the wires. as we've been communicating with them, they have been able to redesign their structures for the village so it will not require the removal of overhead wires. the removal of overhead wires would have brought some cost but brought disruption because it would have made the removal period long. without the need to remove wires, that won't be an issue. we'll be able to keep that window closure as soon as possible and get folks to and from the event and around the event as well as possible and we'll continue to work with the other transportation providers to make sure it's great for everybody whether they are participating or not. thanks.

>> thank you, ed. it's now my pleasure to introduce keith bruce who is the ceo of the super bowl 50 host committee. keith? >> thank you, ann . good morning, everybody. regardless of who is playing in the super bowl, it is 80 days from today. and more importantly 70 days to the opening of the super bowl city and the official celebrations that will mark this great event coming to the bay area. safety and secures has been our no. 1 priority from the very first day that the host committee was formed. we have been working with the nfl, with city officials and with public agencies to ensure a safe and secure environment for super bowl 50. the nfl, the one beautiful thing about the super bowl is it's an annual event and you are able to learn from past super bowls around public safety and security and apply those to future events and with this fantastic

team behind me is truly a coalition, it's about a team coming together to provide a strong safe and secure environment for not just the super bowl itself but the activities and events happening around super bowl week in the area. with the exercises yesterday and yesterday with the fbi's efforts that we saw at levi stadium, we are clearly on a path to make sure all the safety protocols are in place that are required. in super bowl city, that is one of our crown jewel events for super bowl 50. it's a nine day9-day of events and for guest and around the world who will come to the bay area for super bowl 50 and it's our job to make sure they have a fantastic time and to know what bay area is known for. chief suhr

and chief white, the department of homeland security and the federal agencies involved in supporting our efforts, it's a fantastic coalition of support that we enjoy as a host committee. it's our job to make sure they have the resources and information that they need to be able to do their jobs as effectively as they can so everyone enjoys this spectacular event. i would like to thank the mayor's office and tony and martha for being so supportive of our efforts and mayor lee of our entire process of this game. we have 80 days to go to the game and 70 days to the opening of our events and we are going to be working very hard on that effort. i would like to reiterate to our partners of the mta and to partners over the past several months in safe and reliable transportation and solutions for not only the guest of super bowl 50, but for the residents and the bay area commuters who work here and live here.

we are conscious of all of that as a host committee. as we are looking at plans for super bowl city and finalizing that final foot print and working hard with mta to come up with a plan, a reconfigured plan to work with the city that all of our stakeholders are expecting but still not have an impact on the muni wires and keep them in place. we will not be removing those overhead wires at any point in time during the super bowl celebration. it's important that we recognize that this event will be a great event for everybody involved, not just those who are visiting but for the bay area residents as well. we'll continue to finalize our plans for super bowl city and we'll be announcing more details on that in the coming weeks and we want to thank our partners at the mta and all the public safety officials who are

here to support a great super bowl 50. thank you very much. >> thank you, keith. before i conclude, i wanted to just acknowledge some of our other partners who did not speak today. we have the mayor's office, martha cohen here who has been doing special events for a number of mayors. but we are very lucky to have her as part of our team. we also have jody travisero, from oef, whoo-hoo. kad em king from department of homeland security. and from dod , and john from -- thank you for sticking around.

we'll do one on one for anyone interested in that. thank you for coming. [ applause ] >> >>

>> good afternoon i'd like to call the meeting of san francisco public utilities commission to order before i ask the commission secretary to do the roll call welcome mr. anthony valdez the new secretary for the environment welcome and good luck with our new position next item. >> >> roll call vote commissioner president vietor commissioner courtney