abundance often have to go and pick up food from pantries but recently couldn't pickup more i used to have a neighbor that helped me pickup pause she lives in the neighborhood but not able to do that to the aging program i serve offered me access to food i typically will not be able to. >> thank you folks. >> i'll call a few more names from the gardens to the table (calling names) >> next speaker. >> thank you. i'm madeline

from the city faefrmz i skipped a line i have to get back i want to say a few things about the have you ever known program since it's intercepts we've been successful at the market bringing in more revenue and is consumers they were happily inundated and created a fruits and vegetables only token for that sf program we keel tea deal what the token for the credit and debts users because of the success it this program has been a tremendous impact on is local farmers you are farms worked tirelessly to make ends meet and it drought has made things hard our farmers depend upon this bringing in $060,000 additional revenue this is brendon in new customers and making them

regular purposes and encouraging healthy eating we don't love problems with the match program we match what the customers spends on e b t cards i hear people in needs of the few dollars but don't qualify for calfresh because of ssi and others reasons e - here's another program you might like we hope for funding for this in the future and other kinds. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon supervisory i'm a member of the i am pal we

strongly support more funding for the quality of life for the new year's in the city. so they will not stave and hunger free thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm representing that the tndc the filipino communities association and i'm the vice president of our member and that's why i come here to improve that task force skirt for food security to in the tenderloin and i belong to senior senior and disability and live in sro i'm ref medical the medical now

they charge me for to chair, of course, 6 hundred for - and how much i can buy the food i need so if you can improve the food security in our place i really appreciate and thankful to everyone and god bless. >> thank you. next speaker. >> yes. i do building that the quality of food distributed to the poor has definitely increased but i do think that administrative costs kind of hamper where more funding to be spent and the modification of the agencies out there

thank you good afternoon. my name is a carol a senior veteran limited income and food sf has helped me to eat fresher food and cook more at home he appreciate that thank you very much. >> that's a great hat too. >> (laughter). >> next speaker >> good afternoon. thank you supervisors and supervisor eric mar and allies i'm carolina member of the bayview program and 82 for coming up their misrepresented and under represented we have those as a long member of bayview hunters point we have a huge food dessert in our neighborhood did food transmittals misses us and we miss the access to food our

seniors have poor mobility and still the number one calls to.org we need your help toe ends hunger for people at risk the year 2020 is a long way yet thank you for the target date people are here from different neighborhoods with the black people in the tenderloin are still missing did seniors can't get out with complex problems need good quality food to address the immovable don't forget the people in the bayview there is a need for this thank you. >> thank you, ms. page. >> next speaker. >> jeffrey from the garden to the table and the green health education kitchen we were fund by a grant from dignity health to again both the sros to teach health education

and cooking but before we could do that we needed a way for this to happen was the fires the community health helped us to build a kitchen that is completely efficient and save and founded burn - it makes a big defensive in terms of the buildings themselves they're old and so what we do we go in and they fund a truck to get around the tenderloin you can't miss it a big green truck a system we designed we roll out and into any sro and we're able to teach classes and cook on this system that is portable they can't do it all by themselves they need help we need help and able to do the work we've been doing so i ask that you take heed to the

information that you got from the task force they working hard on getting if together and addressed one of the needs we cover safety equipment and taking care of the ketchups where they're available and not available that's where were we come in. >> what a great program a mobile kitchen. >> on wheels it was designed on wheels and it is what you call an induction system that means it is 50 persecutes our times on cooking and 70 times more efficient than anything else and all run on one system. >> i'd like to see that sometime thank you so much. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon honorable body my name is m j isabel the recipient of a voucher from e sf

approximately 7 months ago a senior friend of mine extracted me to healthy seniors program (laughter) i went protesting and saying eave learned nothing i learned something i stayed in the program and found that i can do things with my health that i didn't know i could do have a better way of communicating with my health care providers but the bonus after it was over he was as i said you up for this voucher program you might not, about but the most valuable foods in the tenderloin is a banana because most food banks don't give out ban nasal i need ban nasty have a po attach problem -

in my neighborhood grocery and i have been better friends it is a great program i'm 70 years of age i still have my right mind and most of my body is working correctly we want to commend make it to one and 14 thank you. >> (laughter). thank you mrs. bell (clapping) >> next speaker >> good afternoon supervisors i'm andy burns the program coordinator for the groceries program that he marin food bank i want to talk about the impacts of the program think seniors laying a story about mr. white who is an hd t participants when he enrolled in the services or is hd c we learned he was very superb or suspicious person and

unlivable to answer the door when we delivered the groceries our volunteers at the saint episcopal church when they delivered the groceries they were leaving them outside that was the only way if they left them he'll retrieve them as long as the volunteers left he volunteers astound continues to deliver the gorgeous and above and beyond the opened the door and stuck his head out when the volunteers knocked the point it the groceries the home delivered groceries program is helping to create relationships amongst the people everything that food a great lead but leads more than just nutrition our targeted

populations in the program are isolated and lonely and mr. wise story is a way of demonstratively e demonstrating people that are logical the program is good, i want to thank you for your support to the program. >> thank you, mr. burns. >> next speaker. >> thank you, supervisors chester williams i'm the i guess the district coordinator our focus is basically to do everything you've of you've heard reaching those people that can't afford to make to pan fridays in those areas our concerns with the city and county of san francisco for so long we need help we need increased vouchers and home delivery groceries and bag distribution we need resources in terms of after a mobile unit

to help us with the thrives and a way to constantly monitor the quality of food and andy made a great difference the kind of food but still in the bayview as carlene so eloquently said and so many, many other initials focusing in the community he's son of our customers by the way, that it is we have - we need multiple things to happen in the bayview so i'll hope in the fire chief through the community living campaign we can develop a more broad program for the bayview and allow all the seniors multiple seniors to be able to be on welfare thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm curtis the president of the tndc arranging residents

community association those are a handful of our residents as well just here to support me i'll speaking on behalf of all of us we live in sros in the tenderloin with no kitchen and no access to a kitchen and each one suffers to some degree we have an individual story of food insecurity and each one can tell a different story but my story the article in the chronicle that said those people the poor in the country can life a fuel decade shorter lives than people with money because of food i think security we suffer in the tenderloin my story i was ref meals from open hand at one time because of funding cuts those meals were cutie no longer receive them and i've gained like 15 pounds but

it is because i'm eating better. >> as a matter of fact i'm eating junk food because we don't receive apply kind of food stamps or nothing like that we've eating the best we can i can't afford better food we support the expanding of the budgets for the program we need more in each of the programs to target the sro population a study kind of figuring out what is effecting our seniors and is and not working obviously gaps in the system i'm one of the people that feel through the gaps i'm not old enough to qualify for a program we have problems and i really feel strongly about nfl's the importance of expanding the

healthy coalition thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon i'll i'd like to a tell you will c h e f s educating the homeless in the food service industry it is run out of senior center on 8th street they serve one of the best meals in the city only a few hundred a day i'm not old enough to participate in the program they accept me as a young disabled person he receive home delivery meals for the institute on the program i tlument those meals he receive at home are not 10 percent as good as what at can and kidnap senior center service i'm

begging you obviously you'll get fund i'm begging you to quintuplet the fuchz not only teaching young people as a professional chef and helped them with stabilize housing it feeds people like me and the meal is so good i'll invite you to drop in on the program you'll want to go back and eat there it is excellent quality can't think of a program more deferring of our funding than this program i thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker. if there is anyone else wants to speak we'll close public comment soon. >> good evening my name is michael cameron a food justice leader in the i wanted to or tenderloin we've changed stores no, no the the

tenderloin i'm also work and pantry at my church in the for me but what touches my heart the most the people that are able to get food likes the mentally ill the homeless and people open ssi that you know do the certain things make too much money or whatever and by you know paying taxes i know i have and it is a shame we don't get bends but the high costs of san francisco almost at times it is like nearly impossible i want to talk about the people i'm 64 years old and on siding slash ssi and live in the sro and find this hard to make to the end of the month i

don't use drugs arrest smoke cigarettes he simply try to do service the way god wants me to do it i find it difficult but anyway, thank you guys and consider the wonderful people brought before. >> thank you, mr. cameron. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm diana with the food bank and i just you just want to share a couple of short stories from people that were not able to make it the first one is sorry i have my notes the first story speaks to the fact the home delivery groceries benefits will go beyond providing nutrient in january volunteers of one or our partners began to deliver to an 85-year-old man during one of the initial visits

the volunteer noticed the senior has an extension cord in the living room so the next week he brought electrical tape with the bag of groceries and taped down the cord the simple ac act from not wanting this elderly planning man to have a dangerous cyclist fall this connected two strangers of people that are showing care of and concern to one another the second story highlights the connections within the home deliver about a month ago a volunteer called us concerned about a gentleman he delivered to every week the gentleman was not answering his phone or door we permitted training to the volunteer prior to them starting and encouraged them to talk about any concerns of a person's well-being before came back dos

we kept it and reached but he was hospitalized but we notice he had no emergency contact listed on the contact form this was the fact many people have no support whatsoever and this home delivery grocery is making those connections in that instance making sure that someone has assess. >> thank you for your stories. >> good afternoon, supervisors i just want to take a moment to thank you and is mayor's office for really investing in such critical programs that have such a value in the communities and help us save money in terms of public health it is encouraging i've been working in this area for years it's slefrtd i want to

tilt my hats and heavy lifting to bring this issue to your support supervisor mar i think the collaboration and the level of encouragement has really reached a peak and i'm so excited to see the changes and so excited to see how we are leveraging the state state and federal delores that has a tremendous impact on our community thank you all for your great work. >> restate your name and shawn brooks with the sf food bank. >> thank you. >> hi, i'm headquarters charter of board of the san francisco food bank i want to thank you. all you've done to eliminate the hunger for closing the gap interest or there's more work to do there are 200 and 50 thousand people in san francisco despite

the food we're distributing and all the help you guys have before you get forgot 200 and 50 thousand people that are missing 3 meals of the week but you've set an ambitious goal by 2020 we'd like to close if gap and thank you for your support >> thank you. >> kwj supervisors i'm sandy for identification purposes i serve on the loermentd corresponding council and a member of the coalition i want to inform you the long terms care council supports of task force and very combrelsz with the confidence of photocopy report they gave you with data and statistics to show you how the funds you've appropriated

for that the programs will utilized efficient and aly in terms of the the population of seniors and younger disabilities it going to be very big within the next 10 years that's why these types of hearings show the need and the communities for services for seniors and disables will get bigger so thank you very much for having this hearing and we hope to continue the dialogue with you. >> a thanks for the great work for the task force and my public comment to say thank you supervisor mar for sponsoring that and making many hearing happen and thank you, supervisor farrell and supervisor yee and for others for the follow-up of each of you to go through the budget requests going introduce the numbers and status and the needs and where we are headed but overall thank you to all of

you it is hearings last week this feel like another beginning like we're about to take a lot of action to really end hunger by 2020 to thank you, again. >> looks like no other. mr. chair can we close public comment >> public comment is closed. >> thank everyone for the great human stories successful models successes from the additional funding over the past few years but the challenges as we move forward i think the threat of a huge boom in the population as some said an aging population i want to say that the strategies to improve the residents of sros is really an important one working with supervisor peskin and supervisor kim and supervisor campos are the lions share or sro chinatown and mission and others is

critical and the foods justice leaders really to help to make sure we have policies moving forward i also wanted to thank the task force for the great recommendations budget but also other recommendations and say that the research ones with the budget and legislative office he know that campbell is up to their and balls but work with them to try to insure the research gets down with ted and the task force and wanted to say that in the years i've worked with leader from different neighborhoods and great policy people depends, model businesses i really think the city is doing so much right we're really giving recommends to the mayor and the board of supervisors that my hope are listened to as we move this seawall work that

will help end suffering reduce suffering for many tens of thousands of people hearsay of thousands of people if you on about the one in four san franciscans at risk i feel gratified and hopefully move forward in the future i see other colleagues want to make comments. >> supervisor yee. >> very quickly supervisor mar for bringing this hearing to us and this committee and want to thank also the public for coming out and supporting the needs of those who do not have access to adequate nutrition and food i know it is real important streamlined many years of work in the communities what there is children and seniors we get a lot of views that many of the skids get during the day that is

the only nutritious meal for the lunch programs and so once upon a time, when i was much younger i ran the summer meal programs from the nonprofits coordinated all of the efforts in chinatown at the time so i know those niece are important i'm really a great deal of we have strong advocacy. the seniors and those disabilities not having access to foods nutritious food i know will reduce their lifespan 80 so thank you very much >> thank you supervisor yee and supervisor eric mar i want to it thank you for calling this hearing and your work hard on this the topic and more to do the research that was talked about and look forward to having those continued confusion thank

you, everyone. >> i move we table this item. >> we'll take that without objection. madam clerk madam clerk, is there any additional business to come before this body? >> for our 10:00 a.m. meeting there's no further business. >> okay. we'll reconvene in a few minutes for the next hearing with that, we're

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president ken cleaveland is excluzed today. commissioner stephen nakajo, here. commissioner hardeman, here. hayes-white, here. item 2 members of the public may address the commission up to 3 minutes on any matter within the jurisdiction and not on the agenda. speakers shall address the remark tooz the commission as a whole and not individual commissioners and or department personalal. commissioners will no into into debate, the lack of response doesn't constitute agreement with or support of statement made during public comment. item 3, announcements. discussion and change of venue. the april 27, 2016 fire commission meeting will be held at 5 p.m. otmission neighborhoods centers

inc., 362 capp street san francisco california 94110. on the agenda will be discussion item presented by fire marsal dan decossio and members of the staff per taining to recent fires and investigation which wim have a start certain time of 6 p.m. item 4, approval of the minutes. discussion and possible action to approve meetings minutes of march 9, 2016. >> thank you madam secretary. any member that would like to comment on the minutes? for my fellow commissioners i have a number of small corrections but nothing to change the important-- >> [inaudible] >> thank you. >> second the motion. >> thank you. moved by commissioner

hardeman and seconded by commissioner nakajo. >> item 5, leave of absence discussion and possible action to approve chief of department request for leave of absence with pay 4 days april 6-29 to attend the international fire chief association. this is held in newport oreg gone. deputy cleef mark gonzalez will serve as chief during chief hayes-white absence. >> thank you. any public comment on this item? seeing none i will close public comment and the-i will go to the chief. >> good morning. i chs invited

to attends the visioning summit, the first of its kinds sponsored by international fire chief association. discuss fire service trends, the future the fire service as well as overall look at strategy squz tactics for operating in the environment that we are at this point. >> great. thank you. will be presenting as well? >> yes >> on which topic? >> just overall lofenth time i served as chief talking about some of the successing and challenges of serving as chief in this department. i'll talk about a recent acknowledgment from the department of labor. diversity is one topic i'm presenting on. also

talk about random alcohol and drug testing policy and host of other issues. >> great. will there been a document that comes out of the conference? >> i'm not away at this point but i'll know more. they are keeping it tight at this point in terms of expectations but i'll proint a verbal report if there isn't a written report >> we look forward to that. thank you, chief. commissioner nakajo. >> trying to turn on my microphone. thank you very much madam secretary. as a point of order before i refer to the topic matter approval of the minutes we took a motion but didn't take a vote. >> thank you. the motion is in

limbo in the clouds. all in favor? >> aye. >> thank you for pointing that out. >> thank you madam president just want clarity for the records. on the loov of absence request chief hayes -white support this particularly are the international fire chief this department has association with for years. i also have noted that in the invitation only summit, but also that you will be speaking. i just wanted to verbalize madam presidents or commissioner hardeman into the staff my approval. >> thank you commissioner nakajo. commissioner hardeman >> i just would like to echo

what the commissioner nakajo said. i think these are great events to go to and the chief really doesn't spend much time on the road as i'm sure a lot of other chiefs would like to do and she knows the grind stone in the bay area, san francisco. thank you and hope it is successful and get time to enjoy yourself >> in order to approve the request for leave of absence i will entertain a motion. >> so moved. >> and a second, please? >> second >> all in favor? >> aye. >> thank you. next item please. >> chief of department reports. report from chief of department on issues activities and events including

academy planning 150th an versery, special events i outreach to other government agencies and public and report from operation onall field operations including greater alarm fires, emergency medical service, bruro of fire and investigation and airport decision >> thank you. >> good morning. before i start my report i want to acknowledge battalion chief victor worse who is sitting in as division 2 and usually i'll do so when it isn't a regular division chief. he works out of battalion 2. this report covers our last meets of march 23 relateed to the academys. there is 109th in progerize in the 12 week and anticipate graduation june 9.

we have 52 members in that academy. we started with 54. we are planning to have 120 comprised of 54 members june 20. i'll conduct meet and greet brief interviews this week. i believe we invited approximately 64 candidates of which 61 have responded and i'll sit down with them this week. we will in the coming weeks offer background for those on the list and haven't gone through had background process. that will be coming latter part of the month, early part of may. we did start april 4 what we call a bump up academy. it is sthose we hired as h 31 emt 3 to level 2. we have 20 members going through that training which is

approximately 3 weeks. we hope to do the same at the ends of may with 24 members of the department that will take advajt of that promotional opportunity. april 25 we made conditional aurfbest officer to 22 hires. like to acknowledge assistant deputy chief myers has done a great job screening candidates as well as [inaudible] and for processing all the candidates. that will be a 6 week academy for h 3 level 1 class. we are keeping busy with hiring. we also are planning in may 10 titatively may 9th bring in hopefully at least 30, we are interviewing about 45 people to take part in a h 8 process which is

perdeem paramedic hiring to grow that rank to be able to provide support in times of surge capacity and so forth. that covers the academy. i'm not covering the budget because that is the separate item mr. corso cover. there was a meeting march 28 where we reviewed the draft put together by jessica kennedy and decided there should be a subcommittee put together to refine the layout and format. i would say that all components are covered but it is a matterf osynthesizing the information and making it consistent. we have a subcommittee that met twice since the 28 working on that so we'll have a draft for your review and members review. relate today the 150th

an versery, we are very excited about launching our kick off this monday it 18th 9 o'clock at union square. all of you are invited and all the public is invited. there is good work done by the 150 committee. many will gather at f earlier than morning, about 5 a.m. to commemorat the 1906 earthquake and fires. we will demonstrate the 65 foot wooden ladder raise and a host of other events taking place from 9 to 10:30 or 9 to 11. we look forward to that. as well, our website is now up and running with all the events throughout the year between april 18 and december 3 that is posted. we are very excited about that

and center our mail will be coming to speak and open up the ceremony and number of other speakers. there will be-moving to my report on special events and communication. there will be a nurt drill this sunday and we'll have a presence from all the nurt folks. that will take place at marina middle school and look forward to participating in the nurt drill. you are invited to that. on the 17th we'll participate in the cheree blossom prid that take tooz the chery blossom festival and many march with us but as we drop into japan down commissioner nakajo you haven't missed a parade.

there will be a captains exam held in june, dhr is indicating that there will be two component, administers in june. that announcement went out in the closing period in order to get your application is in is april 22 and that is open to all h 20 lieutenants. a over view of the outreach we have done since the march 23 meeting. the budget committee had a meeting with theintsroom budget director on march 25 to talk about our priorities and enhancements we feel we need for the budget. the biggest priority that there is huge consensus around is funding of the fleet and equipment plan, not just this year but to mirror what we have done with the

hiring plan which was a multi-year plan. we are very hopeful that will be funded this year and beyond. you will hear more about that from mr. corso on that. on march 28, myself and chief lombardi and [inaudible] london breed had request of status of station 5 and that station will come down and be replaced with a brand new station so she wanted a update on that. the interior and facade so we met and briefed her on that. then on march 29 we did have a press conference highlighting 150th with the partnership with academy of art university. met with supervisor peskin march 31 to talk about

his concern about the possible sale of awss spare parts so we have a ongoing conversation with him related to that recognizing that those parts are now under the control of the public utilities commission. april 4, several of us participating in a meeting mayor lee had with the mission district at city hall. on the 5th the department of public works came to headquarters and discussed ongoing projects related to the close out of easter 10 and project associatesed with the earthquake emergency response bond and the projects we have taken care of and the roadmap for the future relate today the expenditures on that bond. also, on the 5th and 6 i like to acknowledge ramona williams i designated

her as the point person along with [inaudible] we did host two members working on contract for department of labor and they came out related to us being selected as one of first responders in the country. we were able toprovide provide giving long history with the commission and the department talked to them about some of our strategys and a host of representatives from employee groups and also had a tour of the training sites so we welcomeed them. participated in walk to work day april 7. earlier this week on the 11th we met a budget committee met with-we had commissioner hardeman and

covington update on the budge squt president [inaudible] to talk about nob nub moving forward on our budget needs. and then yesterday a few melt with the department of technology and decided to center quarterly meetings to make sure we and they are on track with the projects they are working on for us and we made a lot of progresses establishing the quarterly meetings. we are fully functional now. we have been waiting a while but at treasure island and training facility there is much improved technology access due to the good work sw partnership we have with department of technology. that concludes my report at this time. >> thank you chief hayes-white. any members the public who have questions regarding the chiefs report?

>> good morning. my name is ray crofered assigned to station 49 as senior captain. i represent myself and captain holoy at the back of the room. he is on duty today so not at liberty to discuss anything on the commission. i had something gnaw on my since the last fire commission meeting and the commission asked a dweckt question about something and the response was that the ems officers are logger head with the administration. this is inaccurate. in order to be a logger head there has to be no resolution and there is a resolution and this is rc 4 placed back in the field and station 49 receiving the [inaudible] i think it is great we are asking for things

from the budget committee and city hall to fund position but they are funded and we don't staff them. i'm perplexed and don't understand why. i speak about rc 4 in the south end of the city as well as station 49, the 4th ems captain. that station spoke at great length here and everybody in administration as well as the union agreed we can have more administrative service and yet have a ems captain funded since july 1 but it isn't being activated. the ems officers association feel that we have tried for the last 90 days to move forward on these processes and there is no movement not for lack of trying. we feel we have no choice but have to file

a event with the county mas authority about the fact rc 4 isn't in the field since january 2010. we are obligated to this. this is the violation of county sknauls procedures. the commission as well as department is note foyed. we feel wealver to meet with the 3 board of supervises in which rc 4 responds to and discuss the issue with them and see if we can get help from them to move forward on these very simplistic. it is unfortunate the public safety neighborhood meeting is canceled because we were prepare today go to that meeting and provides the services the citizens of san francisco dissever. if you have any questions as to why i care or why i think people should be held accountable, let

me shed light on the situation. i was born and raised on a farm where work ethics are a top priority and actions speak louder than words. we don't stop doing work at home until all the chores are done. we don't go on parties or trips or celebrate anversery. we ask for your help in trying to wrap up the chores before we move forwards. thank you. >> thank you. any other member of the public who would like to speak at this time? seeing none i'll close public comment and go to my fellow commissioners beginning with the commissioner nakajo. >> thank you very much president covington. that was a very comprehensive report chief hayes-white, thank you very much for that.

i have some question in terms of time. the merit drill this saturday did you say marina junior high? what time? >> i'm trying to get a time. usually starts at 9. we'll get a time, i believe it is 9 a.m. >> okay. it is marina middle school km >> yes. i believe there is a component of marine agreens as well. >> will ask so we will get you a one page flier. i need it as well. >> okay. the other question was the ceremony, what time is that is >> it is monday morning usually we arrive just before 5 a.m., so i think it kicks off about 5 a.m. i'll be there about 4: 45 a.m. we

would love to have you join us >> thank you i'm planning doing that. after that you do had [inaudible] >> correct. we'll begin at lots fountain and after that ceremony we'll care van up to 20th and church and every year we repaint the hinderant that was functional in 1906 and saved that area following the lots fountain that is usually 6 a.m. or 6ism. 15. there will be several stopping in [inaudible] i believe sthr a essay contist winner that a school child that wrote a essay that i'll meet with and 9 weconvene at union square. is the 150th anversesy

tied into the sair mony? >> the ceremony is pre dominantly what is every year. they are linked. >> the general public is invited to the lotus fountain and golden fountain so they can come down at 9 a.m. at union square and be with us for the kick off? >> correct. >> i will switch a little bit and you refer to the research project that we were selected for for diversity and the the researchers were here 2 days and want to hear how that went and the next steps with them. do they produce a study or paper and can we get a copy or feedback or presentation of their summary? >> so my understanding is they took in a lot of information from several of us that met with them over the

course of two days. there are four other sites they are a in the process of visiting and getting a similar feel and they will then provide the information they captured in a report to the department orphlabejure it is up to the department of labor. my understanding is they will eventually summarize those site visits and come up with something in writing which we are entitled to a copy of >> i bow they are back ipwashington and researchers as well, but i guess a copy of that summary is sufficient. i was looking to get feedback on that. let me change the gears again. you were narrating that there is going tobe interviews conducted this week for potential members that might be selected for the 120th class, when does that class start?

>> it is scheduled to begin june 20th. and there will be 12 members from station 49 and 42 members on the eligibility list. >> how many from the eligibility list? >> 42. >> okay. and then the only remaining thing that i have is i like to make a request to you chief hayes-white to whatever logistics has to occur, probably chief gonzalez and operation. i like to request a ride along with ems captain. i know that the captain willie is on duty today but when he was here as a civilian member he

requested that. i'll use your time and his schedule if i could respectfully ask for a ride along. >> no problem >> thank you madam president. >> thank you commissioner nakajo. commissioner hardeman, any comments? >> the h 8 is a success and reached an agreement with [inaudible] and that is moving along, so you are adding 30 more so what would that total? is the total 30 or is there-what will be the number? >> so, eventually commissioner hardeman we like to have a pool of upwards of about 100 people. we have had two hirings, one in august and one in january and yielded a total of-

we actually had about 13 h 8 medics decide to take advantage of coming i moving into a full time status with us so we have about 25. hopefully we'll train another 30 but over time we would like a pool of 100 people and it is working very well. some members were able to evaluate and bring them on full time so it is a stepping stone, if you will. there are members that are h 8 that don't have a desire to work full time. this is supplementing their work assignment >> we deserve congratuless on this. i know [inaudible] that was very

hard and everybody that worked on that deserves a pat on the back. very complicated >> it was complicated and creative solution to what we foond sometimeicize when we need to fill the void. yes, that was his project and local 798 coming together collaborating which is always a good thing and coming windup a real creative solution to some of our challenges. >> great job. >> thank you. >> thank you commissioner hardeman. thank you for your report, chief. i do have a question about the field unit rc 4. could you tell us more about what that is? >> i can briefly and probably punt the question over for the deputy chief of operations since he oversees. it is a 24 hour shift position. there

is currentsly 3 that work in the field at various stations in the city. we did as a temporary solution a band aid solution move rc 4 which is the typically the southeastern section the city to oversee the staffing and administrative work that exists at station 49. >> alright. are there positions at 49 that have been funded but not filled since the beginning of the fiscal year? >> that is correct and we brought that to you in written and verbal form asking for support related to what we feel is a important position that does need to be field. the type of work is distinct and independent from fire house work where there is one roll call

at 0800. at station 49 there are multiple roll calls. there are members coming on duty all hours of the day and the temporary solution is unatinable because we have members on shift and getting off shift and not having a sfr visor on the floor. the safest and most efficient model have the spuper visor position mirrored with those they are supporting. you need them there to support the members coming own and off duty so we envision the budget positions to be 12 hour shifts. >> and so because the shifterize not 12 hours shifts you haven't hired anyone for those positions? >> correct, we have 24 hour shift rescue captains doing that work and find we have challenges with

that >> howmany positions are there funded and unfilled? >> we asked for 6 and budgeted for 4. this goes back to letters, conversations from the-the funding became available in october and this is something we have worked towards and seeking support and solutions i say since november we have been working on this. we feel very strongly that when you have employees that have narcotings that need to be monitored and face to face exchange at the end of the shift, if that isn't happening we are concerned about that. we feel very strungly that a 12 hour shift is much more conducive to be able to mirror the members working 10 and 12 hour shifts. >> just so that i understand,

are you waiting for everyone to be 12 hours or 24 hour jz that is why you left the positions vacant? >> so we have-we have a supervisor model that is twhour hour shifts and we believe that for efficiency sake and best practice it needs to be a 12 hour shift. not only do success at the h 8 deputy chief [inaudible] is continuing to work diligently to try and insure we have a safe working environment and supportive working environment for our members and community. we are working with department of human resources on developing creative solutions to the problem we are currently facing. >> in a nut shell what do you see is the problem?

>> that the 12 hour shift isn't just preferable but it is a shift that needs to be put into place because we have members coming in and out of the workplace at all hour s of the day and there are occasion where they are not supervised. they need that support. i think any workplace should have a model that has supervisors there at the beginning and end of the shift physically present on the floor interacting with the employee. i very strongly about that >> so that is the preference the administration? >> uh-huh. >> and in conversations with the captains as a body are they in agreement with your assessment how to fix the problem? >> that is where we where at, they are not in agreement at this point.

i know chief gonzalez has been at the table so may be able to shed light for you. >> if you 4 positions go unfilled that means that there is a lot more work for those who are currently employed in that position, so i'm concerned about that. i would like to hear from mr. gonzalez chief regarding this matter. >> president covington i'm happy to again provide you-there is copious notes and correspondence back and forth which i believe you received copies of but it has been a few months and happy to resurrect those if it is helpful to refresh the issue at hand.

>> thauchck i think it is helpful to have this as a agenda item in may so we can have a fuller discussion and commissioner cleaveland will have returned at that point. thank you chief gonzalez >> good morning. my operation report for march we had one greater alarm during this period. third alarm. the building had a [inaudible] 3222, 22 street. [inaudible] between mission and bartlet. the cause the fire is still under investigation. the commander that night was kurt richardson. he did a grood job. he does what i like. he pulled the third alarm i think at the right time when i like having people behind me. you need people behind me. i like all my members inside and strike a next level of alarm. you want them there

when you need them. you don't want them not to be there when you need them so he did a good job. i'll read chief richardsons narrative. upon arrival heavy smoke and fire condition from the third floor the left of the building. the building was damaged from the fire in 2015 [inaudible] chain metal gate. once the entryway was opened [inaudible] blocking the stairwell between second and third floor make tg impossible to pass. redirect to third floor fire windows and other stairwell on the mission side. all windows and doors were boarded shut with ply wood and required effort to remove. [inaudible] heat from the fire damaged the

building on the left mptd water from the hands line [inaudible] prevented the fire from spreading to the bravo building. units made their way to had third floor and [inaudible]ope squn exposed structural component from theprieveiate fire the fire had a foothold. after overcoming obstiicals got the fire under control in a little over a hour. i like to cu-mind members that fire. march 26 as you may have heard 11: 18 rescue boat capsized during a training. all 7 members were displaced in the into had water. due to the rescue swimmer involved in the drill all the staff were pulled out safely. u.s. coast guard provided air

support. also a private boat was nearby and also dropped a couple off at china beach. i'm told our best technical jest ski riders did a excellent job. very treacherous area and happy the membererize healthy and safe. we initiated a safety investigation lead be deputy chief [inaudible] put out a report available for you . another incident of note march 7 we respond today a report of working fire 1350 mason. contained in the basement generated a number of media calls. members did a grood job at that fire. march 14, 1027 respond today a fire in treasure island. [inaudible] they did a good job keeping that to a

single larchl. march 18 fire 623 clument first alarm and smoke [inaudible] the pio response accord [inaudible] explained the fire to the locals. [inaudible] immediate briefing was given to had public. community outreach for high surf hazard safety continue that [inaudible] we believe two lives were saved because of this last month. members the san francisco los [inaudible] employee group went to nicaragua for rescue skills. due to a stormy month [inaudible] provide social media and public service announcement how to get sand bags, what to

do with a down powerline and how to be safe if power goes out. [inaudible] proven successful with the media coverage of positive s frksffd events. department outreach the new sfd [inaudible] volunteered to wurk with u.s. air force to take over the color guard duties thmpt third meeting of the sftd social media policy group comprised of staff and local 98 held last month. the group has a working draft and will deliver in june. emergency medical service, the [inaudible] level 1 held my [inaudible] april 25 class projected at 32 to 33 members. [inaudible] dependent what we can fit in. they have a busy schedule and

training so we'll try to work with them but the end goal is have 100 by the end the year. academy prep class agreement was reached with local 798 for members of station 49 that wish to join the suppression force in the h 2 academy is proved success ifal. the one they did give the percentage rate of those doing well in the tower is much higher than the previous class and like to thank [inaudible] out in station 49 to explain how the agreement is and hot it will be going forward. bewan the h 3 level 1 on april 4, 24 members. completed the classroom phase of rc training who [inaudible] members are participating in field operation jz communications, department of

emergency communications training as well. the ems logistics, recommend the commissioners go out to station 49 and see what is going on. [inaudible] materials that were in the weir house, they cleared it and how a lane the balances ambulances can drive in and restock them. it is imprevs what they did and hope this will get the ambulances back in service than we have now. i will touch on the 12 hour versus 24 hour shift at station 49. you want it in a nut shell, i'll say this, to me it is insane to think you can work a administrative position for 24 hours and be efficient.

there have been i would say members that have worked out there that says the amount of work they have to complete is unattainable, so that is it. as far as the positions, i agree, i wish we could do something with these positions so we are looking at alternatives and continue to do what we can to come to a agreement. [inaudible] fire prevention. the [inaudible] listed for reference. transportation advisory staff committee update for march. second street project is going forward but they must conform the plans to reflect the visions regarding concerns but will take the lane away which we think is a bad aidea. we see the traffic now and thipg it will get worse when they do it. we'll see what happens. the [inaudible] the city

agency met march 3rd, 2016. citizen concerns regarding the piasa and location and concerned with loss of parking and congestion and lack of notification. we review proposals for muni forward project including geary teravel lines. 6th street streetscape. there is a road diet plan meaning they take a lane away from 6th street. i know the chief and i met with some of mta and had some vision 0 and maybe the bike coalition and they said they needed a north/south corridor for the bicyclists to get from market street to south of market. i dont know why thrai going ahead with 6th street bought that is going on. mission street i

we recommend it be tested before implementation. i don't know if you have driven on mission but suggest you give it a try. community development, treasure island and yerba buena island [inaudible] demolition of 29 buildings is approved. a lot of the buildings out there we have got to alarms and abandoned buildings so this is progress. it is a good thing for fire prevention. putraree hill will have 26 foot wide streets however [inaudible] and dpw slope limits. i mentioned this was a couple months ago, it wasn't wisconsin it is dakota. that is a what they are doing, making the streets straight up. i can show the picture jz the buildings will be bigger. there is 4, 5, 6, 7 stories buildings

opposed to what they have there now, similar to what the mission building is. it will be very interesting to see the projecktd on that hill move forward. [inaudible] the bureau fire prevention [inaudible] included in the officer training program. bureau fire prevention is drafted a letter to sends to [inaudible] notifying the buildings are scheduled to be inspected by the sffd. give better details what to expect and information sheet regarding smoke and carbon minoxide alarms. survey code enforcement. the fire marshal is working with building and housing spckz to establish a hearing process #23r fire code violation. also ordinance changes will mandate issuance for [inaudible] the fire department doesn't think this is a good idea and weem rr need more personnel to

curkt the violation hearings. the fire marshals office recommends notice of violations issued for all priority violations that are 3 type of violation. we work with the public on the other. notice of violations may be issued for all other violations. dependent on what happens. it is also a customer service component as well. bureau and fire investigation. the number of open active fire investigation reports march 2016 is 1 saerfb 7. this is 27 open fire investigation. paritouspated in 2 training course [inaudible] cort room testimony preparation course. also is division activity and response summary for san francisco international

airport fire division. that concludes my report. >> thank you very much. okay, commissioner nakajo has a comment or question. >> madam president, thank you very much. did you want to go through public comment for this or my questions with the commissioner? >> let's go through the questions first. >> okay, thank you very much, madam president. i got a couple questions chief gonzalez, thank you very much for your report . on your page one greater alarm for the third alarm report, that first page when it starts from the pio paragraph down, number 1-i appreciate you narrating this report because the general public in the audience can't see it. to me what i want to know is who wrote or is responsible for this report in terms of the summary?

>> so, i started from upon arrival that was chief richardsons narrative he sent to me. the pio- >> this report as we are looking at is pretty much written by or summarized by yourself and chief richardson? >> mostly my assistant jenny franklin who does a tremendous job. she is a assistant for 32 years. she does a great job. we get information from the [inaudible] and information from 234 thfire marshal. since we have the pio it is very proactive john baxter has given me a lot of information included the outreach. i know the outreach maybe about a year ago was concern and when we have someone dedicating to that position it seems we get a lot more of that done. >> i appreciate the information because again i appreciate you reading

this report because the narration and the summary is written very very well. it is a very clear descriptive summary. i want everyone understand and want to acknowledge jenny franklin. she is one of our staff folks that may not be in the public but she is very capeuble in terms of what she does and chief hayes-white is aware of that as well as chief gonzalez and say this is a excellent summary. when you narrate it, i think the public can very much feel what is going on. my second request is that on the other notable incident talking about the rescue boat 1 capsizing, you were talking about two of the jet ski members, at some point can we have identifyication of

the members that are part the rescue and members in the water? do we acknowledge the coast guard when they assist as a deparmtd or is there acknowledge to that? >> i know we have been in contact with them and they will assist and review our procedures following inconclusion of our safety investigation. we can certainly bring them before the commission or ask that they do so, but we definitely have acknowledged them in terms of our good partnership we have on the water with them. >> i don't know necessarily if they have to time to do that for a summary but i greatly appreciate that. if least if we can have correspondence with the mention of commissioners in terms of their operation in

this rescue. this afs rescue drill that in acality turned into a real live scene. >> this was my understanding a area orientation drill and as i said, it went bad when the boat pliped and were lucky to have two of our most talented members on the jet skis. to talk about it while the safety investigation is egoing on probably isn't timely now but those members will be recognized. recommendations to the committee have been forwarded and approve that as sure the chief does. >> thank you chief. last question, in terms of clarity fl supervisor recommendation, historically correct me if i'm wrong, when we started shift assignment for the rescue captains when we started station 49 they were

not captains but lutenent rank jz the shift started at 24 hours, is that correct >> i believe it started at 12 and went to 24 hours >> i stand corrected. that is knhaut i wanted to say. it started at 12 due to the justifications, budgeitarily, administrative cost and such, we move to a 24 and in terms of the present sipuation it chief and your administration, the administration of our department is recommending a 12 hour shift and the problem of moving towards that is agreement by the fire chief association and the union, what is the hang up for that implementation? >> the hang is the language in the mou. >> that is-i want to be able to be very clear and also everybody else that it is a negotiation issue that has

to be resolved before-because otherwise my other question or assumption if that is the recommendation why isn't the command force implemented that as a general order. it isn't as easy, it is a negotiation item >> it has to be a side letter. >> i think that is important. second to that, is the rescue captain 4 position, any tie into the that shift change budge tearly or administration or is that a separateentsty? entity? >> they call st. rescue captain 4 because that is where it came from t. is assigned to that position. optimally if we can from our standpoint implement 12 hour shifts rescue captains. that position will

go back out to the field. i'm not sure if i answered your question, commissioner, but it is tied together, yes. >> that's what i wanted to get knowledge in terms of that. thank you very much chief gonzalez, >> thank you madam president. chief gonzalez, i like to talk about rescue boat one. nobody has a ongoing injury that was-- >> i'm not at liberty to talk about injuries but not nothing seriously physical. it is [inaudible] for be flipped on a boat in that location. it can shake you. >> it is sort of just what

happens with the job. in training or operations or viewing the area, whatever they call it, it wouldn't be necessary to do it if it wasn't dangerous so there has to be something involved. i attended a conference a navy seal speaking not too long ago and to my amazement he is one of his-survived a recent episode they made a movie out of. it was quite amazing to listen to this guy talk to 45 minutes. more seals have been killed in training that in combat. it shows some jobs and even our fire fighters in h 2 class we had a couple injuries and that is just the nature of what happens this profession. it is impossible to eliminate all the

job related catasraphies including the-i know the chief and you are good about putting notice about -[inaudible] even on the vehicle fires or whatever. that is really good that that is just the danger the job. getting dumped in the water is just a example. i hope there are no finger pointing because it is a example of what happens, that is why they are out sthr. they are out in in a dangerous area and getting prepared for rescuing somebody else. i certainly hope that works out. then you talked about second street. i don't know if you read the chronicle but carl multi, the person who writes about neighborhoods in last sundays paper wrote on second street. he failed to include and second

street has the san francisco fire department headquarters but talked about all the wonder things going on and it is the hottest street in town. somebody forgot to tell him what will happen when it is remodeled and traffic will change dramatically >> i agree >> too bad he didn't put that in. i loved your report t is so detailed. again, you had 99 fire fighters or personnel at the 22 street fire. 35 units. just saying that out loud because the public should know how many people it takes to deal with a 3 alarm fire. appreciate it and thank you for the great report. >> thank you, commissioner. >> thank you chief gonzalez.

could you please introduce battalion chief richardson, the source of- >> happy to. >> he was offered to read it today and did n't want to come up. >> okay, we appreciate your writing skills. any other questions? none at this time? okay. thank you chief gonzalez. sorry, one moment. commissioner nakajo has a follow up >> is it appropriate for me, i had a couple comments i saw for the chief hayes-white. >> yes, please >> just conclude the section of the report on chief hayes-white, i want to let you know the quarterly bulletin and i know the public can't see it but the quarterly bulletin that contains a message from yourself as well

as information. there is the second page in terms of ems and part of that is there are picture jz i love pictures especially if there are pictures of personnel and if you don't know who they are it makes difficult. for myself in this particular the ems services, these pictures and identifiable staff i think that is really great and think it is real important to acknowledge that. even the picture of the bus behind. that gets everybody in a contemporary upkeep of information and again, the distribution of recognition for members of the department. i wanted to say that. itologist fails me to ocknowledge hr and [inaudible] in terms of all the work that is occurring now out of the offices. when we talk about hiring at all these levels

somebody is working really hard and want to acknowledge the dr.s office and our physician and also barbara merino as well. thank you very much chief hayes-white and madam president, and thank you frathe acknowledgments. >> thank you. specific to the quarterly report i would like to acknowledge my assistance kelly [inaudible] and jessica kennedy assigned to the division of support services for formatting and putting that together as well as all the input we received. this time we features the ems decision so there is a lot of work that went into putting that together. thank you. i do have a specific response i received word that the nurt drill this sunday is at 9 a.m. and at those two locations. opening remarks are at marine agreen at 9 amp and the

drills take place at marine amiddle school. >> thank you for that update, chief. nothing else commissioners? okay. thank you. next item, please. >> public comment. if you have public comment please step forward. >> thank you commissioners. actually i came to speak on item 8, but there are a couple things i want to address from the deputies report. one, sean buford city resident and a member of local 798, our president is out of town for family reasons so came on his behalf. in terms of the rc captain, we understand there is work to be done for station 49, but money was put in the budget and it is our possession

we put it back in the field to reduce the workload of the rc captains and we'll convert the other moving forward on station 49 with a two items are not excluse wasly tied together and therefore we should put rc 4 back in the field and work later moving on. the other item i like to acknowledge your comment commissioner about the rescue incident. we realize that this was very dangerous, it is important part of our jobs. we have a lot of water rescues throughout the year and investigations and it is or position to beef up the training. when a incident may happen they are very prepared and as the deputy said, the members on the jet skis are out there a lot. they were able to perform hor

oweicically and cuman them as well. we dont want to retreat from the water service we want to beef it up so we can become more proficient at it. >> thank you. >> gooding. ray coughered representing the ems office association. president holoys isn't on duty so unable to speak for the commission. i want >> student reiterate what director [inaudible] field unit rc 4 and station 49 are two separate identities. jus like the police and fire commission, they are two separate. they are both appointed by the mayor but are separate. rc 4 is a unit in the field to provide emergency service and oversight for the southern half of san

francisco. station 49 is the amblulance center. what would help is take the 4th position and give it foome monday through friday 8 to 5. being a officer association don't understand why the administration decides to tie these two things together. it is a leverage technique and don't understand why. it also brings into question is this a type of management structure the western fire chief association want to have hap snn i'm concerned now as well as ems office association. thank you again for your interest and concern in the issue, hopefully we can move forward before the may 11 fire commission meetjug bring this to resolution. >> any other members of the public that would like to speak on this item? the chiefs report. >> good morning chief, fire commission and fellow candidates. my name

is deonmark and on the eligibility list for the h 2 position. i had a question for the ha position, the perdeem parametic position, will there blee a per deem emt position in the following years as well. that is all. >> thank you, i want to reiterate we are not allowed to have back and forth conversations with members of the public but i know that you will remain in the room and perhaps your question can be answered off line. madam secretary. >> item 7, draft operating budget fiscal year 2016-17, 17/18. provide a update on the draft operating budget for 2016-17, 17-8. last update

february 10, 2016 >> good morning. mark cor skoe and here to give a update on the next item is department budget process. the department submitted the operating budget request to the mayors office in late february. the department requested to submit budget reductions to the tune of about 1 and a half percent of general fund support. given the needs the department as discussed previously and will continue to discuss, the department didn't submit deductions and requested additional allocation frz the variety of unfunded departmental needs identified totally 70 million dollars. also the department as reconvened the is

committee of the budget cycle. the committee met twice. the first is march 25 where the committee sat with the mayors office and acting budget director melissa whitehouse who give a update on the cities finances as they had updateing the cities joint report. after the committee the committee had the opportunity to discuss the needs and priorities of the fire department. it was clear from both the administration side as well as the committee side the top priority was the need for the department to have a vehicle and equipment replacement plan. vehicles were identified as a clear need for the departments and discussed as previous meetings and administration recognizes that as a top priority. the establishment of annual funding source for the department would be of benefit

to the department of a variety of levels where the department cz count on a annual allocation. the budget committee met monday. at the meeting in march it was suggested by committee members it would be a good idea to invite a representative from labor to decuss budget needs of the department. prez dchbt o'connor of local 798 joined in addition to it commissioner covington and hardeman. one of the take away to request a joint meeting with the mayor and chief of staff to discuss and advocate frafr department needs going forward in the budget process, so more to follow with that meeting. as far as next steps, the department is in the process of scheduling a meeting for the budget committee with supervisor farrells office. supervisor farrell is chair of budget and finance committee at the board where the department will

present. he agreed to meet with the budget committee and discuss the needs and priorities of the departments and hear committee concerns. the department would like to thank the supervisors in advance for his time as we iron out the details. next week the department is scheduled to present at the budget and finance committee april 8 wednesday at 10 a.m. the budget process. it is a opportunity fl wherethe department give as ovview of the budget and needs and priorities and present a opportunity to advocate for diss cuss the needs and priorities. outside of that we continue to work with the mayors office fl balance budget submit today the board june 1 and happy to answer any question youz may have. >> thank you very much for the update. colleagues going forward we will have the budget on the committee

often so that we are kept abreast of progress. alright. thank you. is there any public comment regarding update on the budget? okay. >> sean buferred. on behalf of president o'connor. just let you know 798 is supporting the efforts that the department is moving forward to increase the budget. there were [inaudible] not supportive of and i was on the committee and had a injury and unable to attend therefore there wasn't reputation. we had a clonfict with all the work so president o'connor was able to attend on my behalf monday qu once this is submitted you have a [inaudible] we'll push