tv Mayors Press Availability SFGTV September 5, 2016 8:30am-9:01am PDT
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doctor hunter i'm sure you have a signature and naomi and staff and agencies working collaboratively together with fire chief and her staff to make sure the beam gets up there because that is a milestone and means we are more than half way done and means the promise of having earthquake safe buildings for our first respond ers is going wem and that was the promise made to the voters when they voted over 79 percent to get the bond passed. this is how we honor the vote is get the projects done on time in which all values in san francisco, with locing jobs and making sure we give people the opportunity to work here is all done in the right way. i am very proud of literally every aspect of this work and of course everybody is being safe on this job as well so we want that to continue w. that, i want to say again to city
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build, thank you very much and one the graduates that i get to introduce next, she herself has been not just a graduate of city build, i know she will forever remember her training but has gone to exactly what wewant her to go on and completed a number of hours on a new sf [inaudible]. she is proud to be part of the team that brought us one of the most modern museums in the world and now gets to have her hand in helping build one of the most modern chief medical examiner buildings that we will have and that will be a important function for the community from which she came and i want to introduce you to city build graduate but also worker exextraordinary, joan moore.
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>> thank you mayor lee. i'm so grateful for this opportunity to be up here today and represent the work of everyone on this project. and my neighborhood. my name is joan moore. m i was born here in san francisco. i'm a bayview residents, live here all my life. went through the city build job training program in 2013 to pursue a career in the construction industry. since then i work many different types of construction jobs including the san francisco [inaudible] where i was at that [inaudible] going through city build program has been good for me because i went through the training and took class to advance and every employer look at me differently. as i increased my knowledge, things opened up for me. as i educate myself i find more chance tooz
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advance. i'm not settling for anything. right now i'm a general labor and safety monitor. everyone i'm involved in say i see you as a safety person, you should pursue this. that is my encouragement. everyone gives me that advice and that motivates me. that is my encouragement. for future city build participants i tell you this, never stop thinking you can't advance in your career. never stop pursuing your career. there is something out there for everyone. thank you to [inaudible] construction. thank you to the city of san francisco. thank you for abu. thank you all for letting me share my gratitude. [applause] >> thank you mrs. moore-thank
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you for sharing your story and see members of the abu and want to give a shout out to them. this is a organization that nob they have done a great job reaching out to women. nob nub on the project, $65 million is how much we spent on the bond funded project. 35 percent is local hire, half from the bayview as mentioned. 450 jobs in san francisco as a result och this project. 46,000 square feet is the size oof the new facility. 375 tons of steel and 2500 cubic yards will be in the building. 345 tons of rebar mpt 145 miles of wiring. 50 years is how old the seismically [inaudible] in 2017 in the fall is when the new medical examiners office
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will relocate in the state of the art biltding. public works department is responsible for putting this tonight and manage the building design and construction and at the helm and leader of public works is mohammed nuru and he will be up next to speak about this project. [applause] >> thank you mayor lee and thank you [inaudible] for all the work that you are doing. i think you know, we can all say that under mayor lee's leadership so many of the city projecterize delivered on time and budget. we rently finished the bayview opera house and finish thd library program and have a new library and all those projects were delivered on time and budget. more porntsly importantly is what
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we talk about is can the commune tay get jobs on the projects and on the bayview opera house and library we did very well and doing very well on the project. it is the only way we will be able and-only way the resident will be able to learn skill squz be here for the future of san francisco and through our bond programs many projects awhether it is transbay or general hospital or our new police station we are able to meet the numbers set forth and achieve those numbers so the city family is working very very hard and the voters of san francisco trust the leadership of our maying to vote and pastz the project and have many more projects coming down the pipeline. the public works department, the role is work very closely with the community. we work with
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engineer and architects. we all get down and try to figure how to deliver the project the best way we can and today is the example of the medical examiners building. we are part of a [inaudible] team and so not just the city, but also our contractor. [inaudible] construction, partnership with city build and abu and partnership with many local businesses. we set goal squz avenue one of the projects we exceed those goals. this building and this projict is a commitment that we are committed to put all san franciscans to work and have the workforce to build anything that you bring to us. i think the mayor deserves a very big hand for his leadership. [applause] on the projects we
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are building, they are not jush for now but many generations to come so excited. i want to quickly thank a few of the team that i work with from public works who work day in and out to [inaudible] start by thanking city architect [inaudible] he is here. [applause] [inaudible] if you don't know him you should meet him he is in charge of the [inaudible] project manager [inaudible] is here. [inaudible] are on the staff here who made sure that we are moving on time and on schedule. [applause] there are also many or key consultant that make a project happen, it isn't just one or two people with we have a few consultant and like to thank from [inaudible] that is the team that actually designed the building. james mueller,
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[inaudible] thank them. [applause] and on the construction management side, we have [inaudible] construction management. [inaudible] from public works involved in over 4 billion dollars of construction projects in san francisco and very luckily because we are busy and able to build the workforce to dlinch the projects. like all projects today is a milestone and will put the final steel beam up and make sure the project is completed on budget and on time. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you mohammed. this modern facility provides
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structural, operation resiliency and efficiency. the new aufs moves us as city in the direction and strengthens our resiliency. here to speak next is chief medical examiner, dr. michael hunter. [applause] >> i want to thank two people today. i want to certain mayor ed lee and city administrator, naomi kelly. i want to thank them for their vision. if not for their commitment we wouldn't be here today. they understood early on the need to have this facility so want to thank these people very much. [applause] i'm also impressed with the amount of dedication and hard work that mohammed's team with public works has done
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to get this job to where it is today. the progress is imprivess and this will allow san francisco to maintain our own sense of preparedness and resiliency. the new center will enable the city to be at the forfront of [inaudible] lastly, i want to thank the residents of the city and county of san francisco for making this possible. thank you. [applause] >> thank you dr. hunter. another partnership that we value with our relationship with the general contractor. welcome from the primary contractor for this project, senior vice president of park construction group, [inaudible] [applause] >> good afternoon everybody ft first, thank you mayor lee for your leadership and your support throughout the city.
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thank you naomi and mohammed and dr. hunter for your support and leadership in the project. marks relationship with the city is a fantastic partnership z also want to recognize the great leadership by edgar lopez [inaudible] to make this a realty and be a great partner with us through the juny. we are honored to be a active community partner with inbayview neighborhood and community and have on going relations [inaudible] with pub lrk works are continuing to reach out and involve and make the xhounty every much a part of as we are during the construction phase. we are proud of what we accomplished to date, but still have approximately a year left so there is tremendous amount of opportunity we intend to
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maximize. so far we trained and graduated 9 bayview small businesses as part of clark small business training program we call the clark strategic program. we worked with rebuild ing together and abu to assist with renovations at the double rock church, which we felt was a great success. we collaborated with abu and mohammed nuru to provide winter coats, thanks giving turkeys. we preely do appreciate and thank the abu and this great community for your support [inaudible] [applause] teamwork is a haulwer hark what makes clarks construction project successful and not only do we have a great team leading the design we also think is a great teak associate would the
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construction of the design but that also involves the community. i do want to make kmd, [inaudible] we have a great group orsubcontractors to make this a aif project and want to thank the clark team for their dedication to the project and community and everything we achieved thus far. we look forward to future collaborations and the grand opening of the facility next summer so thank you, everybody. [applause] >> okay. as we wrap up there are a new more people who i like to thank. first i like to tharng depy city administrator [inaudible] work would the medical examiner and pub lrk works to make sure we are on budget and meets the operational needs to best services the public. want to thank contract monitoring division [inaudible] we have
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local business participation and thank you for that. and the san francisco arts commission. there are two permanent art works commissioned. one at the entrance of the office and [inaudible] which fs built at hunters point shipyard in 1891. there will be another sculpture in the visitors center [inaudible] thousands of pieces of fabric which depict the salt marshes of indian basin. with that, let's raise
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foremost thank you. the mayor for his leadership in the program fix it is a multi agency coordinating the services be neighborhood by neighborhoods wroesh focusing on one neighborhood a month it is the interset residents and their neighborhood so without further ado, again, thank you to the mayor for his envision and leadership mayor ed lee. >> thank you. >> (clapping.) >> sandra has a great dilate called the fix it leader of the city thank you to supervisor president london breed for joining us this more than the leaders on board the board president and for the neighborhoods particularly the ones she represents they wants it fixed yesterday but i also want to say thank you to both the captains of taraval value and the park stations for being here as well our homelessness outreach teams part of fix it teams thank you. this
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is a difficult job you're helping to improve lives for everybody formatting we put together a new department to really be dedicated and focused on the outcomes for our people that on the streets i wanted to say thank you to rec and park the dpw, that i used to head and i know that they're happy because they always said we can't do it by ourselves we need the partners they got the partners the fix it teams as sandra will explain a coordinated multi department this has handles things from our health department and mental health person on the team that is part of outreach team their services were needed just this morning was we remember coming down the blocks we saw individuals that needed assistance and given that
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assistance not necessary by police officer but homeless outreach our police department is here, too because they're part of this entire effort not just the fix it team this is to also say that through the budget and through the leadership of the board, through activists like andre here to remind us our budget is for the people of san francisco and i just had the privilege of signing a $9.6 billion budget this incorporated with the support of board and if the budget we heard our neighbors and they want save and clean neighborhoods they want safe neighborhoods that is reflected we're in a hurry to get to the 19 hundred and 71 chapter officers that the people can stop burning my areas
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through the chief we need nor officers to respond to dedicate what the residents want let's stop that neighborhood crime levels rising and make sure we pay attention to car break-ins to burglars to the feeling of being safe on the neighborhood street like linking or irving or 9 street this is a major thoroughfare day and night without the outlands everyone visitors and residents and neighborhood shops to feel the customers and residents are feeling safe if you don't feel safe this no, not part of our city? the beginning we starred the safe and clean neighborhoods program in castro and market this the the second i know that supervisor president london breed is sxieftd we're taking this to fillmore and divisadero
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then chinatown and mission and geneva and in the next 3 years cover with sandra leadership and you'll see teams lip reads over one hundred neighborhood in the next 3 years to make sure they're safe and clean to make sure the fix it team are there i saw the fiction teams they're working on graffiti on the poles, fixing up the parking meters broken lights be holes in the sidewalks so that a chihuahua won't fall into a sidewalk that recently happened to just neighborhood cleans up everything should be fixed and proud of is city it passed a $9.6 billion budget this is what it means safe and clean neighborhoods is a priority and bringing this to many of the neighborhoods across the city we
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wanted to demonstrate what a concentrated multi agency kind of coordination can look like after we're through you'll see this happen all over the place and i know the residents of neighborhood feel this is the kind of thing they wanted out of this and that bucket will reflect all the things we want to do for the residents to make it safer and cleaner and improve the services within city government i wanted to make sure we have this kind of government i worked in 2, 3, 4 government and now approaching thirty years and always been about improving the way we do things and making sure we don't work in the silos sometimes that is not recognized and by the way, the director of 311 we asked people invest in calling in on the things you're calling in i have the privilege
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to make sure it is respond to by all the different departments that we are working this is truly a team that we're all putting together to make fix it and sofa and clean neighborhood really happen all over the city and glad to support the neighborhood businesses i'll be having lymph in the department and malcolm heinicke did i is on the memo as well as some local ice cream parlor i hope do you get it do i get regards. >> honey cream is relatively new i want to say you'll see obvious us out in the neighborhood it is where our budget priorities and city hall they passed a large budget i want them to feel the budget in the neighborhoods and team members are proud of work and they should get all the credits
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for connecting up with the neighbors with that, sandy. >> thank you, mayor ed lee someone who has been a comment r champion for neighborhood and working hard to fix a lot of things our board president and supervisor london breed. >> (clapping.) >> good morning, everybody. and welcome to the entering sunset i'll honored to be here but represent this district thank you to the mayor and the many city departments that will help make the neighborhoods a better community for those to live and tlieft i was a former member of the african-american when we made investments into renovating the place and making that beautiful i noticed the difference when someone would drop something on the ground i
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saw kids picking up trash i saw kids painting the graffiti that was sometimes get placed on the building i saw people from the community planning department staff trees and doing whatever we could to make sure that we protected our space we protected our building and protected our community doing this work is an important part of protecting the community and making the community better when you have pride in our community all of a sudden you notice a difference that's what it is about making sure the dollars we invest that all the city departments make it out to the residents all over the city so the quality of life improves it not just about picking up trash it is not just about covering up graffiti it is about making sure we all play a role and the residents of those communities can play a role in helping us to gnat some of the
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issues they counter and calling 311 you notice there is something or legally or trash when you notice graffiti and want to report something not an emergency call 311 and when there is an emergency when you see a crime happening the car break-ins make sure. >> call but us the police department and report those crimes work together communicating and reporting it is what will help change the city for the better i'm committed to this i know how mayor is committed and our police department is committed i want to thank the folks from 311 and the hot team the homelessness outreach team especially i call them frequently to get services we know we have challenges in the city but we can't criticize what is not happening we have to focus on solutions and make sure we're investing the dollar on
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what needs to happen in order to get the job done 0 is every single resident can feel the difference that a $9.6 billion makes more housing and transportation better quality of life, safety we are investing what we are doing the work every single day thank you you'll for being here and let's keep on working to make district 5 and the city and county of san francisco even better in the years to come thank you . >> (clapping.) >> thank you supervisor president london breed. >> so supervisor president london breed touched on is one of the my favorite piece of this job the relationships i get do build in the community that helps me decide and determine where to focus so andrea is a community member i had the pleasure of working with for many years but specifically in the intersunset like to
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introduce her to you. >> hi i'd like to thank the mayor and the city agencies for coming out and also to stress it is not about today we are a western neighborhood it often doesn't get attention from city hall but we video problems and we feel powerless and frustrated with repeated car break-ins and watching people struggle with mental illness and i'm happy that sandra and the mayor recognize the problems are all connected not dealt with separately the city agencies need to work together trash, crime mental illness all those things have to be dealt with what we're doing is in the past clearly not working or not working in my opinion so i'm glad to have everybody here the streets all right look way
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cleaner than yesterday and i hope this will be more than a one-day event but 6 months from now and want to of the efforts in whatever way the city agency needs to make things happen and reporting 311 is important thank you, everyone for coming today really appreciate it. >> (clapping.) >> thank you, ann debris that concludes our lunch of fix it for the intersunset we'll take a few questions. >>
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