>> thank you mr. president. as usual, chief gonzalez, very extensive report. >> i wanted to mention with the chief says i know you know because you were on the championship team with the bouncy floor. >> i would never have brought that up again. (laughter) actually reardon is -- lieutenant o'leary here last month was on the team, one of the great stars. but your report on -- i don't know if this is through chief stanoff on ambulance on time. can you go into a little detail on that. it looks fantastic but just to make sure i'm reading these right. the first page, the first tab

the first ambulance on the scene. could you go into detail on the numbers. they look pretty good but am i reading it right? >> you are. >> 90% all the time. >> starting with the first unit on scene, commissioner veronese brought up, the qrv's would help that one. that's when we get our first unit there to the code three responses. the 90th percentage 5.18. what they want us to be 4.50. that would be the goal. that's why i say the qrv's would help there. that's where we get the most calls, they'd get there quick. i think it would bring it closer to 4.5. the second section, the first als unit on scene, including the engines or ambulances or rescue captain. we're mandated to get them 90th

percentage under 7 minutes and we're at basically 6.326. emergency response, the last one is the first ambulance on scene the goal there, 90th percentage we're not meeting it this month, it could have to do with new year's eve but usually around nine minutes, the 90th percentage. we're doing good on that stat. >> thank you. it was difficult to comprehend without you explaining. >> thank you commissioner hardeman. commissioner covington. >> thank you mr. president and thank you for your report chief gonzalez. i'm looking at your operations report and the greater alarm,

there are -- there were six greater alarms that are included in your report. and i noteded that five out of the six were type five structures. can you please describe for us what a type five structure is and what its inherent vulnerabilities may be? >> it's made of wood, whether it's multi residential or r1, r2, r3. our concerns with five is it's made of wood. my concern is combined buildings similar to mission bay, they built type one two stories, parking garage but five stories of type five combustible

construction. light weight is another concern because of collapse hazard. putting the buildings in existing neighborhoods next to other buildings with zero lot lines and hills and fire spread. we were lucky with mission bay, there wasn't a lot around it at that time and what was, there were wide streets and something rare, the buildings across the street where the raidant heat made them very hot, some of the buildings had exterior sprinklers. that's not the case with most streets. we're lucky we saved the building under construction next to it to the north i think. there's a dieing ale diagonal street there. if you remember, there was a news story, the mayor actually, it was pretty funny actually, there was a uc tip one made of

concrete but they had a deck on top and something up there that was wood. an ember from this fire caught that on fire. we put it out. but it was a couple hours later news was showing this. and the chief and i were on scene and the mayor texted her, what's with this other building on fire. but it was one we had put out. we thought the mayor was telling us something we didn't know and that wouldn't have been good. but the type fives we're concerned about. the type one made of concrete, i mean it was a highrise with elderly units in it but generally stay contained through that unit, residential. >> i ask you to describe that because, and this is consistent, we are a city of wooden houses. >> yes, ma'am. >> and that's part of the information that we have to get out to people, these houses are

the most vulnerable and why and what they might be able to do, you know, to make things safe. i know we've had discussions, you just brought it up, discussions about roof top gardens, roof decks and how that might impact other people. so during the process of applying for permit to build a new home, is that something that people in our permitting department discuss with homeowners who are contemplating building yet another type five? >> dbi and fire prevention work in conjunction working together with building and fire code as to what they can build in new construction. if you have specific questions about the code, my expert is right here. i could bring him up.

but when it comes to roof decks, solar panels, most new construction does have sprinklers. >> correct. >> so that's good. but again, if a big earthquake hits and the water supply is compromised, the sprinklers are not going to work so there will be concern with wood still. are there specific questions about roof decks? >> no, i was saying it had come up before. i was trying to link my comment with your comment regarding mayor lee calling the chief of the department, he used to do that and did it with mission bay. i'm looking at the television and i see this, what's happening. >> the chief says what other building is on fire. i go i don't know.

if our fire marshal has anything to add at this point. >> good morning chief and commissioners. our codes address all different hazards associated with use. our codes are based on the occupancy. how are we using the building, what is the intent of the use of the building, every building has associated hazard and there are provisions in the code that addressed all hazards. we're bound by code. for us to be more restrictive, we have to through the ordinance process at the local level come up with more restrictive requirements. for type five, podium type five over type one, these are permitted and allowed in the code. to be more restrictive, we have to come up with our own ordinances. these are addressed in the code and requirements for non

combustible decking and proximity to open flame to combustible material. it's in the code, it's all there. >> i guess my question was more related to do we emphasize these things with people building type five houses, wooden houses, whether they're over a podium or not. but we can talk about it -- >> we have a robust community outreach and on our web site we have many fire safety tips that address decks, cooking fires, barbecues, all those type of things. if an applicant comes in and do we sit there and say you are building a roof deck and you should be concerned -- we do not do that. >> okay. thank you. >> are you finished? >> yes, i am. >> okay. thank you commissioner covington. vice president nakajo.

>> thank you mr. president and chief for your report. a couple of comments and only one question, your photos section pages 11-15. i like it, it helps. the picture of the dog, the picture of the children, the pictures of the different kinds of drills that occur. it certainly helps within the report. the other comment i wanted to make, on page 23, 29 when it comes to the total numbers, i do notice they're in red which helps the emphasis. after a while reading the report your eyeballs start to get a little blurry and any kind of difference make helps with that. >> some you need coffee to drink while reading. >> i appreciate that. out reach education from november 1st through december 31st that's under division of permit bureau, is that part of

pio or -- >> the pio will work with them but the out reach is fire prevention. >> all this good work is done by the fire prevention. >> in conjunction with the pio. >> that's excellent. i recall with all the fires in the mission a couple years ago it was important at the department to do constant outreach with the residents in the community. this kind of outreach helps with the discussion and the comments that the commissioners made in terms of educating the public. thank you very much chief. thank you mr. president. >> commissioner hardeman you had a follow up question. >> real quick mr. president. i just wanted to comment, i was there at the fire at fourth street and the heat generated, the aerial trucks that were

putting out spots, they put them out -- i stayed there watching it a couple of hours, it would pop up again, the spot they put out like 15 minutes before, it's like the craziest thing to someone like me, a novice with fires, i just saw that out, the ladder truck moved 20 feet to get the other spot and it would spring up again. but the interesting part and it may have been you chief gonzalez, pointed out that ember that went over to the building three blocks away, six or seven story building and pointed out to me there were embers on the roof and the fire had started over there. so that was quite an amazing experience to see that structure burn and how far that ember, big enough to start a fire on the

roof, that ma-- that distance away. >> that was with the wind. >> thank you commissioner hardeman. commissioner veronese. a follow up. >> quick question. on page -- second tab, i think it's the first page top it says san francisco fire department activity summary report. >> yes, sir. >> maybe the third tab looks like this. >> got it. >> there's a section that says response by unit time. unit type. following up on our conversation before about more information, it would be really interesting to know of the engine calls, the 18,044 engine calls, how they breakdown, are they medically related typically or fire

related? >> it's generally 70-80% medical. our overall calls are medical. but i could find out how many engine calls, some of the medical calls the engines don't go on. i can find it out. >> okay. so if you look at the numbers then, 70-80% of those, let's call it 15,000 of those calls are actually medically related, you're looking at a majority, 30,000 of the calls being medically related. >> i say it might be lower than the 70 or 80, it could be in the 60s. >> it's pretty significant nonetheless. which speaks more to the potentially the need for the qrv's you were talking about earlier. >> commissioner covington you had a follow up? >> no, sir. >> okay. chief gonzalez, i would like to

thank you for your support. i want to echo my fellow commissioners on the outreach effort, snowing how fires start and how they can be prevented, i think our division of public safety is doing a good job and our pio is doing a good job. i would like to continue the outreach in all the communities in the city so they're aware of how fires get started. you see all these second alarm instances and we don't really know how they got started but i think knowing how the fires get started and without putting out the addresses, using the examples in outreach effort could be very important to the citizens of the city so they have live examples of how fires got started in our city and how they can be avoided in the future. i applaud our fire marshals

outreach efforts and their associates in getting the word out and maybe working together with nert to enhance that broadcast of fire prevention. >> they work hand in hand with nert. >> thank you. >> thank you president. >> madam secretary, would you call the next item? >> fire commission annual statement of purpose 2018 discussion and possible action to adopt the 2018 annual statement of purpose. >> thank you. any public comment on this? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners have you had a chance to review the annual statement of purpose. commissioner covington. >> i would like to move this item and i would like to have the commission secretary read into the record the annual statement of purpose for 2018.

>> thank you commissioner covington. we'll have that done. commissioner veronese, did you have a comment? >> i have a question, this is new to me, i have never seen this before because i haven't been on the commission a year. could someone give me historical background of what this is and how often we do this and does it actually change over the years or is it the same annually? just a little bit of education. >> we look at it, sometimes we modify small portions and add things to it. in the past -- i would defer to vice president nakajo who has been on the panel 20 years. >> mr. president, commissioners, commissioner veronese, it's a process of adoption every year. i believe for my participation, commissioner covington and commissioner hardeman with our

experience, we take it seriously and examine it through various years and have discussed it. if we have to modify or do additions, we have those discussions as well. at this particular point, i think it's pretty much where i can accept it within this current writings and i'll support commissioner covington's suggestion of reading it into the record so the general public out there as well as commissioners by the narration of our purpose of statement can reinforce and rededicate ourselves to this statement. >> is the purpose to provide guidance throughout the year or just merely -- not merely, i know it's important to you, but is it to come out at the beginning of the year to state our purpose to the world and let them know we're here to support

the department? i notice that every one of the comments on here is to encourage and support with the exception of the first one. >> commissioner, again, it's very important. for myself it's a rededication and reaffirmation. in terms of the mission statement, when chief robert demmens became the chief of the department under the orders of consent degree for us to have a culture and diversity free of harassment and discrimination, that was not part of the mission statement. we worked ernestly to create that kind of language of viae you wills of health, wellness, free of harassment and discrimination in the line of the sense of reference of providing a work environment. so to me it is an annual affirmation. it's something very important. i think what we adopt and how we

practice the mission statement is how we walk and talk and it provides a level of in terms of if we move away or distract from the mission statement. i don't know if that's -- >> it provides context. it's new to me. i'm just trying to understand what the document is. >> i appreciate being able to express that. commissioner covington would you like to chime in, please. >> thank you, through the president, this is the equivalent of our renewed new year's resolution. it's a tradition we do it at the first meeting of the year. it's a reminder of why we're here, what we do and why we do it. >> well said, thank you.

>> thank you commissioners. do i have a motion to adopt? >> i moved. >> second from commissioner hardeman. all in favor? aye. our statement of purpose is adopted and our secretary will read it into the record. >> annual statement of purpose 2018. responsibility of the fire commission to ensure that the san francisco fire department effectively implements its mission. the mission of the fire department is to protect the lives and property of the people of san francisco from fires, natural disasters and hazardous materials incidents to save lives by providing emergency medical services to prevent fires from prevention and education programs and provide a work environment that values health, wellness and cultural diversity and free of harassment and discrimination.

to this end, set policy support of the administration to accomplish the department and support the administration's efforts to enhance and support the cooperative work in fire prevention and medical services with focus upon the common public good, encourage and support the administration to develop and implement systems to improve fiscal responsibility to enhance the budgeting process while maintaining and protecting essential public services including fire protection, fire prevention and emergency medical services. encourage and support the administration to develop an effective physical fitness and wellness program to promote health, safety and welfare for the memberses and department and public. encourage to develop overall strategic planning, effective

career development for membership. actively encourage and support recruitmentship to bring highly qualified applicants to the department who truly reflect the city's rich diversity. work with the administration and city's office to review and where necessary revise policy and procedures and contribute to the common good by conducting open meeting regularly and covering such additional meetings as deemed necessary to inform and educate the general public of the work of the fire commission and the san francisco fire department. >> thank you madam secretary. would you call the next item, please? >> item seven -- >> did we vote?

>> commissioner report. >> no, we didn't. >> we did vote. >> we didn't -- we had a first and second. >> okay. all in favor of adopting the report into the record. say aye. aye. thank you. reaffirmed the annual statement of purpose. now madam secretary. >> item seven commission report. report on commission activities since last meeting on december 13th, 2017. >> any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner hardeman. you had something -- >> i wanted to say congratulations to all those at 798 and others who worked on fund-raisers and other things for the toy program. i was able to attend one and it was well done.

very nice, very wonderful that firefighters have taken this upon themselves to -- so the children receive at least some toys and -- they deserve a pat on the back. >> thank you. commissioner veronese. >> i wanted to thank the fire stations for welcoming me to their stations on christmas day. i had the pleasure of bringing my son agustus who loves the fire department. what 8-year-old doesn't, but i was welcomed into the fire stations and i want to thank the chief and each of the members of the fire stations and deputy chief burke who was at one of the stations who i see here. we got to spend a couple hours

with the stations on christmas day, brought them some treats. and got to know some of their stories. i appreciate -- i hope to make that an annual tradition because i know my grandfather when he was mayor, he used to bring us to fire stations on christmas day. those guys are out there working while everyone else is enjoying their lives. thank you chief and members of the department that welcomed me in that day. i will reserve the rest of my stuff for the next item. >> thank you commissioner veronese. vice president nakajo. >> thank you president cleaveland. just continuing discussion on the discussion level, i know there's discussion on the antique rigs and i made reference to gardens in the city and there was reference of possible friend office fire

department. i would like to take it into a more formal process, a discussion committee to put concrete concepts together to deal with the issues of "the antique rigs" and other areas. just as a suggestion mr. president and colleagues. >> thank you. commissioner covington. >> thank you mr. president. i visited along with my son, who is not eight. i visited our local firehouse, it was a quiet day for the crew there. they're always very well coming. i just stop in from time to time since they're in my neighborhood and the folks closest to me. i also wanted to --- i mentioned to the chief of the department,

i attended the memorial service for the late great mayor lee. as i was entering the building, i noticed a pre-talk with a number of members of the department and he shared with me the action plan and we walked around city hall and i did call the chief of the department to let her know i thought the action plan was great and everybody was prepared and made sure egress and all the other issues were truly well thought out, how to go about things in orientation to the building. kudos to them. >> thank you commissioner covington. i just want to publicly thank the academy of art for

continuing to house our historic fire department apparatuses until we can get a relocation to a more permanent or semi permanent location. i want to publicly thank the academy of art for continuing to be such a good steward and shepherd of our antique fire apparatuses and fire engines. far beyond the time they ask us to take them away. okay. madam secretary. >> item eight. agenda for next fire commission meeting on january 24th, 2018. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, i think the first thing is to ask our madam secretary to see what we have on the list for future meetings

already. >> we have an early warning system update. draft drone policy. strategic plan. budget presentation. i believe the ambulance deployment facility is scheduled for february 14th. and an nert update. >> thank you very much. vice president nakajo. >> mr. president are we not scheduled for the election of the commissioner officers on the 24th. >> oh, yes. >> thank you. >> commissioner veronese. >> commissioner to the president, i would request that perhaps this item in the future is otherwise entitled future agenda item so it doesn't limit

to the next agenda since the next will be set by you and no other place to discuss future agenda items. to the extent that's possible and not making this item so limiting, that being said i guess i could keep it within the limitations of what's written here by requesting that the following be on the next agenda, anticipating it won't be. this is our first meeting of the year and i would like to set resolutions for myself to occur at the next agenda, subject to of course the discretion of the president. the drone policy is obviously a policy that is bleeding into this year that we would like to get obviously a priority as we saw from the fire, the cliff rescues, a lot of different incidents where the drones would

be useful. i would like to see us finish the drone policy fairly soon. i know the issue of having a grant writer is something that we need to address and it needs to be a priority in our budget and it needs to be a priority in the items that we discuss in the future. i would like to request of the chief to set some minimum standards on staffing of the stress unit and i will have further comment on that going forward as we will be losing as i understand it some key members of our stress unit to retirement. also i would like to look at and have the discussion of expanding the authority of the ems 6 unit. as well as the qrt's as was

discussed prior. i would also like to create a commission level award as i had discussed with the president of the commission, that is akin to what is the purple heart award, a commission level award that would go towards with the details further to be worked out, but would go towards some member of the department that is either killed in the line of duty or injured in the line of duty. further details to be worked out there. i would also like to work on annualizing the awards that are given to firefighters, instead of doing them every two years, i think by the time we get to them two years later, the time has passed to recognize the award of people -- members of the department who have gone over and beyond. i would like to annualize those events. and i would like to recognize by

some measure members of the department that have broken barriers. such as firefighter gauge who was the first african american. whether how we do that is up to the commission but it is a discussion i would like to have at the next meeting. and he is obviously not the only -- there are other members of the department, whether female or from other races or national alties or other qualifications where they have broken barriers and there should be some sort of permanent memorial to those people here in the department. working on a more permanent solution for the fire training center, that's something we need to work on at the next meeting. as mentioned prior, the department has started tracking homeless related calls to further understand the resources

the department is allocating to that particular population. i think it's important as i mentioned in the past, if we're not tracking it, we're not managing it. if we're not managing it, we -- if we're not tracking it, we're not measuring it, if we're not measuring it, we can't manage it. this relates to qrv's and ems 6 unit. and finally, well, i will leave it at that for now. so there's a lot to do at the next commission meeting. >> thank you commissioner veronese. that's an impressive list and very important list of items we need to discuss. i would ask to amend the title make it agenda for the next and

future fire commission meetings to add in any of the items that commissioners may have that they would like to bring up but not necessarily could be fit into the next three hour commission meeting. so, thank you very much commissioner veronese for that list of items. i think it's something we have all thought about, some of us and they're excellent, really. so we'll incorporate them in future agendas. commissioner covington, i thought you had a comment. then you disappeared. >> yes. i'm mindful of the time. >> okay. thank you very much. okay. do we have any public comment on item 10? which is to go into closed session. public comment is closed.

we have some litigation matters to go into. we'll go into -- >> we need to vote on it. >> i'm going to bring that up. do i have a motion to go into closed session? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> weion. >> back in open session. item 11 report on any actions taken in closed session, discussion in possible action specified in government code and san francisco administrative code section 67.12d. >> council did you want to mention anything. >> the commission voted unanimously for the findings of fact in item 10c. and the commission continued -- decided to continue item 10d to

a subsequent meeting to be decided. >> how about 10b? >> no report on 10b. >> thank you council. commissioners do we wish to disclose or not disclose. do we have a vote? >> i move not to disclose. >> do i have a second. all in favor of not disclosing. aye. okay. madam secretary. the next item. >> item 13. adjournment. >> i move that we adjourn after the president has read -- >> yes, do i have a second for adjournment? second. i would like to adjourn this meeting in honor of firefighter al heretty that passed away and battalion chief bill perell that passed away recently. and this meeting is now

adjourned. ♪

>> good morning. >> it's such an amazing, wonderful, wonderful morning. thank you for coming to this incredible event. i'm the director from the office of the mayor. i want to do a few house keeping notes beforehanding it over. i want to thank the office, our incredible leader here who made

the event possible. and the partners at jon stewart company. i know i see kathryn back there, the amazing people. thank you for your leadership. (applause) and the community of infrastructure and investment, nadia, you are somewhere here. thank you so much for the investment in the amazing development and the mayor's office of housing and community development. thank you for coming here. so without further adue, we want to start the celebration this ribbon cutting, this amazing moment, we have our supervisor malia cohen and mayor london breed here. first, i want to bring up our director to kick us off. (applause) >> thank you very much for being here this morning.

this is a really, really important time for me and for all of us. as a child growing up here in hunters point, i actually played on this very spot where we're standing. which is a surprise, that our childcare center is now here. we lived right there in the building right there in the place right here we were playing as children, my sister and i, who is the co-founder and there was a lot of housing in this area here. when we opened up the center and my program director tracy and i was walking through and i was telling the story, she said gladys it's here, the childcare center. and i was very moved but it couldn't be done without all of you helping and supporting us. i'm not going to be up here long but i really want to quote a saying by myriam wright elder

man. children must have at least one person who believes in them, it could be a counsellor, a teacher, a preacher, a friend, it could be you. you never know when a little love, a little support will plant a special seed of hope. one of the things that we work very, very hard to do at frandelja that has now been open 17 years, is plant the succeed of success to ensure that all children have an opportunity to succeed in life, as well as their parents. again, i thank mayor london breed and supervisor malia cohen for being here this morning. thank you so very much. (applause) we will now hear from our mayor.

>> thank you everyone and good morning. it's so excited to be here today. i grew up in the western edition community in public housing there and we were fortunate, the childcare facility i went to as a kid was just right across the street. mary lee would pick me up while my grandmother was working and we had a community, we had a lot of support. we would walk to school together, we grew up together and that's what being a community is about, making sure that our children have these incredible opportunities to start off in childcare to grow and thrive in our communities. i want to take a moment to acknowledge our mayor, mayor ed lee who constantly was an advocate for making sure we were fulfilling the old promises that we promised decades ago to the

residents here in the bayview hunter's point community. this is a promise fulfilled today, it's an opportunity for our young people to grow and thrive. this is an opportunity to make sure that every single child here succeeds and going to preschool is just really the first opportunity any kid gets to grow and learn and thrive. and so i'm excited to be here, 70 slots. 70 slots. childcare -- (applause) childcare just like healthcare should be a right, not a privilege. every child in our city deserves this incredible opportunity and thank each and every one of you for being a part of this wonderful event, actually this is really cool, this floor is really soft and i'm kind of melting in it. we didn't have that, we had to play on the concrete. these kids are lucky, they have

toys and new equipment and great stuff to play with. this is absolutely incredible and i'm so grateful to be here and i'm grateful for the amazing leadership of supervisor cohen who represents this district. she's a hard worker and cares about the community and steadfast, constantly pushing to make sure we're headed in the right direction and i think about ed lee again today, often times supervisor cohen and i would be the main persons going into his office talking about our districts and what we want and fussing a bit about what we want. and the mayor would just tell us, look, i'm going to take care of it, and he did take care of it. he took care of it and malia cohen has been a fierce advocate for making sure the community is taken care of. ladies and gentlemen, supervisor cohen. (applause) >> thank you. good morning ladies and gentlemen. so today really is a celebration no doubt.

but this is truly a combination of all the work that started almost three years ago, frandelja has had a fantastic story that is rooted here in our community, started at gilman at true hope with the vision of a few community members that recognized there was a gap in service right here in the southeast. people should be able to walk their kids to school or drive a few minutes to drop their kids off. so that's when the leadership of frandelja got together. now, years passed and they came to me about three years ago and said we're in jeopardy of losing this, we need to move and find a site. i don't know if you remember that conversation, it was difficult to have, but it's true, ed lee was at the table and neighborhood and campaiommu partners as well as the developers of this project that assisted us in moving from one location to another so we don't

lose any services. but let's be clear, we still need more quality early education opportunities here in our neighborhood just as we see across the city. this is a fantastic day we have come to celebrate this resource we're pouring into our community and the childcare facility that will make it a little bit, just a little bit easier for moms and dads to go to work, knowing that their child has a safe place, not only are they playing, but they're also learning. i think it's property to highlight they're learning basic fundamental principles that will put them on the pathway of being successful for education and then ultimately a career opportunity and who knows run for supervisor or mayor. we have a good track record right here. (applause) you're looking at two products of the public school system before you, good things do come

out of san francisco and working class communities and i think that's a very important message we need to speak out over our little ones. so i'm proud to stand with the women that founded the high quality learning center and you know what's really beautiful is that it started with a vision and tenacity of community members that saw the need and they just took action. they weren't elected officials, they weren't appointed to anything, they felt the urgency and the call to action. they felt that urgency of now. and they stepped up. i want to give my humble gratitude to sandra and gladys for their leadership. there's many organizations here that help us with the funding of such an endeavor. so we as a city are proud to be part of working together to make

sure this facility and others are successful. i want to say congratulations, it's a big victory for all of us here and i hope we can take a few moments in the early parts of 2018 to recognize this and celebrate. congratulations everyone. (applause) >> thank you supervisor cohen. madam mayor breed. i'm looking over to gladys, i believe we have some special guests, i see some amazing little ones over there, a special treat for the mayor here. but first, i think i'm to bring up miss ariana smith, miss smith is a parent of a child enrolled at frandelja. welcome. >> good morning. >> come on mama smith. don't be nervous. >> i'm not really a speaker but i want to say thank you to frandelja for being accessible

to me as a single working parent and you guys have been so helpful making my child feel she's at home. it's been very helpful to me. i thank you for everything. thank you. (applause) >> miss gladys would you like to introduce the special performance or ribbon cutting first? special performance first. as you come up, we have a few elected officials here, our school board president. thank you for coming. miss gladys. >> they are very excited, maybe a little nervous, so if you know the songs, i would like for you to help them along. here's our performers. ♪ round and round

♪ the wheels on the bus ♪ go round and round ♪ all through the town ♪ the baby on the bus ♪ goes wah-wah-wah ♪ the baby on the bus ♪ goes wah-wah-wah ♪ all through the town ♪ the mommy on the bus goes ♪ shh-shh-shh ♪ the mommy on the bus goes ♪ shh-shh-shh ♪ all through the town ♪ the bus driver on the bus goes ♪ ♪ move on back ♪ move on back ♪ all through the town (applause)

>> we're going to stop at three, is that enough? 3, 2, 1! >> we did it! ♪ ♪ today.

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the time. >> my name is art the owner and chief at straw combinations of street food and festival food and carnival food i realize that people try to find this you don't want to wait 365 day if you make that brick-and-mortar it is really about making you feel special and feel like a kid again everything we've done to celebrate that. >> so nonprofit monday is a program that straw runs to make

sure that no matter is going on with our business giving back is treated just the is that you as paying any other bill in addition to the money we impose their cause to the greater bayview it is a great way for straw to sort of build communicated and to introduce people who might not normally get to be exposed to one nonprofit or another and i know that they do a different nonprofit every most of the year. >> people are mroent surprised the restaurant it giving back i see some people from the nonprofit why been part of nonprofit monday sort of give back to the program as well answer. >> inform people that be

regular aprons at straw they get imposed to 10 or 12 nonprofits. >> i love nonprofits great for a local restaurant to give back to community that's so wonderful i wish more restrictive places did that that is really cool. >> it is a 6 of nonprofit that is supporting adults with autism and down syndrome we i do not involved one the wonderful members reached out to straw and saw a headline about, about their nonprofit mondays and she applied for a grant back in january of 2016 and we were notified late in the spring we would be the recipient of straw if you have any questions, we'll be happy to answer thems in the month of genuine we were able to organize with straw for the monday and at the end of the month we were the recipient of

10 percent of precedes on mondays the contribution from nonprofit monday from stray went into our post group if you have any questions, we'll be happy to answer theming fund with our arts coaching for chinese and classes and we have a really great vibrate arts program. >> we we say thank you to the customers like always but say 0 one more thing just so you know you've made a donation to x nonprofit which does why i think that is a very special thing. >> it is good to know the owner takes responsibility to know your money is going to good cause also. >> it is really nice to have a restaurant that is very community focused

they do it all month long for nonprofits not just one day all four mondays. >> we have a wall of thank you letters in the office it seems like you know we were able to gas up the 10 passenger minivan we were innovate expected to do. >> when those people working at the nonprofits their predictive and thank what straw is giving that in and of itself it making an impact with the nonprofit through the consumers that are coming here is just as important it is important for the grill cheese kitchen the more restrictive i learn about what is going on in the community more restrictive people are doing this stuff with 4 thousand restaurant in san francisco we're doing an average of $6,000

a year in donations and multiply that by one thousand that's a lot to . >> good evening and welcome to the january 10th, 2018 meeting of the san francisco board of appeals. the presiding officer this evening is the board's president, darryl honda, and he is joined by our vice president frank fang, commissioner an lazarus, commissioner bobbie wilson, and commissioner rick swig. to my left is the city atty