produced. you are not going to put it out with what you had inside. and headway meaning it had a head start before the members got in with hose lines in place, so the fire was entrenched in the building. it had already made itself known. we weren't going to stop it, not from the interior from where they were and not with all the hazards that i mentioned. >> and this is with everyone arriving on scene in under two minutes. >> correct. >> it was already pretty fully -- >> it was exposed joists, exposed studs. no wall coverings on anything, so it was all exposed woods and open door. that door would stop a fire right there from penetrating that open. that open door would not, so the fire would go uncontrolled through the door. >> so had a lot of room to expand -- >> correct. >> and did so quickly.

i would like you to tell how many members were there on the fire ground and how many pieces of apparatus. >> i believe 130. let's see. >> about 40 apparatus. >> 38 to 40 units. >> i'm sorry, again? >> 38 to 40 units. >> i commend everyone and i wanted to thank the chief of the department with sirens from across town while visiting her dying friend. and i think and i want to thank you, too, chief, because i did see you being extremely live. and i think everyone did what they were supposed to do, did it by the book as a result of it. >> the last thing is the most important thing.

>> and it is. and that is what i would like to remind people of no loss of life. that is a plus. >> thank you, commissioner covington. commissioner hardeman. >> thank you, mr. president. thanks for your update. i was washing on television and heard a lot of comments from a variety of people. and i thought that leadership of the fire department and saying all the right things and everything i heard was very happy to hear the responses that you brought up how quickly to work and the firefighter in new york city was caught in one of the situations where you try not to get into it. he was in zero visibility and his partners just couldn't find

him. that was very -- real example of what happens when you get into a situation you should haven't people in and i am not saying that was a situation where you should not go in. and the situation might have called for it, but at least we didn't have anybody in a situation oen that union street fire that shouldn't have been there. so you erred on the side of caution. very good. the interesting comments that were heard from some folks when i first became a commissioner, one of the things that i was stressed and told is commissioners do not micromanage. we don't tell people what to do. the people we hire tell people what to do. our job is to do the things we

do in this meetling at other times and i think that people in other government decisions that have strong authority and take that into consideration. you are not supposed to tell people what to do. this is a paramilitary function and this chief is selected to run the department and that is who runs the department, not any of us during a fire and certainly shouldn't be telling the department how to manage the operation. i was very proud of the way everybody handled themselves. >> thanks, commissioner. >> thank you very much, commissioner hardeman.

chief gonzales, thank you very much for this report. commissioner covington, thauch for suggesting this be part of the agenda. for a point of information for myself the presentation as listed is a generic presentation of how we the fire department assesses the plan of attack on a working fire so i appreciate that educational level. i know that the discussion has filtered to the most recent north beach fire. and i know that the chief in terms of the operation report will also be able to dwif us more -- give us more in detail. and i know you gave us quite a bit of detail this evening about that particular north beach fire. i want to thank in terms of the generic education piece for the audience and for the public to how we deal with that. and i have been on the commission with every incident

and every situation and with the fellow commissioners and the colleagues and one alarm, two alarm, and three alarms. and we learn and observe how the men and women handle it and say the command staff deals with it. and there is a whole lot of stuff going on at the same time. and one of the things i learned right away is be atentative. don't get any way. and when we come back to this commission, if it's a budget issue and a hose, an engine, and we know what we're talking about and with the commissioner veronese and you were out there. and commissioner have beens to other fires as well. i wanted to say that the

presentation at the next commissioner meeting when we can ask other issues. and there are areas about the command staff and who is in charge as the rig comes and with the prerogative to take the educational pieces there. and the bottom line with the commissioners is thank you very much all the men and women with the work that you have done. with that, thank you very much, chief gonzales. >> thank you very much, mr. vice president. >> madam secretary. item six, resolution 2018-01. resolution acknowledging the heroic efforts displayed by members of the sffd who responded to the four alarm fire on march 17, 2018, at 659 union street. >> colleagues, i'm going to ask commissioner veronese to

introduce this and it's not unusual that there is the incident over a fire and commissioners have commented at various fires. i am not sure if we sent letters within that. perhaps we have. and it doesn't mean that the commission doesn't appreciate that work. this is a high recognition in terms of what occurred on a particular fire. >> commissioner veronese. >> thank you very much. i asked for this item to be placed oen the menu -- the menu -- the agenda for tonight. the menu for tonight. i asked it be placed on the agenda because having been at that scene that night, recognizing the heroics of the members of the department and the leadership of our chief and her command staff and everybody down the line that i had mentioned earlier that this was really an extraordinary fire.

this was not something that happens very often. we are a city of match sticks. our homes are built of wood. that's good for earthquake, but bad for fires. the way these ladies and gentlemen of the department attacked this fire was extraordinary. it ended where it began. no lives were lost. the only building lost was the building next door with some water damage which is reasonable given the circumstances. we had one firefighter, as i mentioned, who fell the next morning and is recovering and we wish him well. before i make a motion, i would like to hear from the chief on the request to speak list. i would cede the floor to the chief at this moment. >> thank you very much. chief? >> thank you, commissioner veronese. i wanted to echo what the vice

president nakajo said. this is totally appreciative that you are acknowledging us for this fire. we don't get a lot of four alarms and that is because of the great work that the members do and into the course of the year, that is what we appreciate the resolution and with the heightened tension and the kr d criticism and i was very proud of the members and we were, too. i don't know that the incident commander has been named, and he did a very good job under the circumstances and distraction on the fire ground. and we totally appreciate it. but i am proud every day of the professionalism of our members and how well trained we are and the bravery as well.

so going into a burning building and not something that a lot of people do. and that is how we are trained and we will do that and time after time is with the resolution and a great thing. and not necessarily but very much appreciated. >> i would like to call for public comment first. and to read the resolution. >> and with the restated and amended version of it. and asked her to clean up the language and a little bit like to amend the to make it all more. to make it a little more appropriate.

>> commissioner, you are in the position to narrate that with the amendments that you have written. >> i have written it out. and i can hand it to the secretary. i can read it myself. but it's written. >> if we could so as ask you, commissioner, since you were able to offer it, let me do public comment first and then the commissioner cans chime in. public comment on this resolution. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> narrate the amendment. >> an i would move to amend and restate the agenda item. the resolution as currently written to read as follows. whereas the san francisco fire commission acknowledges the heroic and life saving efforts and coordinated response of chief joanne hayes-white, the command staff, the members of the department, and the fire reserve who is responded to the four alarm fire on march 17,

2018 at 659 union street. whereas, the san francisco fire commission further acknowledges the san francisco police department and other city agencies who were part of life saving and coordinating efforts. whereas, the commission wishes a quick recovery to the member who was injured and the best intentions to his family. be it resolved that this resolution be share ed electronically to all members of the department adopted at that regular meeting of the san francisco fire commission on march 28, 2018. >> thank you very much, commissioner. commissioner, any comment on that as we move into a vote? >> commissioner covington. >> i would like to move this item. >> thank you very much, commissioner covington. do i have a second on this resolution? >> second. >> thank you very much, commissioner hardeman. i call for the question. all in favor say aye. none opposed. unanimo unanimous. thank you very much, commissioners. thank you very much, commissioner veronese, for that

work that you have done on that. at this particular time, commission secretary, can we have a continuance of the agenda? >> item 7, commission report, report on commission activities since last meeting on march 14, 2018. >> commissioners, is there anything to report at this particular time from any of your? i have one report on the updated meeting on guard yans of the city. -- guardians of the city. commissioner covington, please. >> thank you, mr. vice president. i would like to thank you for inviting me to the japan center 50th anniversary ceremony which was held late this morning. and just a wonderful gather iin and a very wonderful celebration artistically and heartfelt and very, very good turnout.

it was a pleasure to be a part of it. and we have a new consul general from japan. he's only been in his post for one month. it was very nice to be able to greet him and to greet many of the japan town friend and everyone was in very, very good spirits. thank you for that. >> thank you, commissioner covington. commissioner veronese, you have a comment. commissioner hardeman, at this point, i just wanted to report to you, colleagues, that on march 20, we have a meeting with the guardians of the city to follow up on the presentations and the guardian did at this last commission meeting. and we had chief rivera attend and captain sorano as well. we had director corso, myself, from guardians of the city we had three members.

and four items and one as improvement of communication and coordination because of the recent towing of the antique rigs to t.i. as well as the wrap of the antique rigs in terms of security as well as preservation. the other item that we talked about was the request from the commission and the department for a reimbursement for the cost of the towing and the wrap of the antique rigs that was voted down by the guardians of the city at their meeting with a memo to us on march 11. at that meeting i asked that if the representatives through james lee take back the request of the department back to the board of directors to re-request the reimbursement for the department in terms of the tow and the wrap. the wrap took on an individual discussion to assure some of the members that the wrap was the

best decision by ourselves and the chief and the department. and that everybody understood clearly this is a temporary arrangement. the other thing that was real clear is we wanted to make sure our memorandum of understanding with the guardians which has never been complete. i believe it's about three years now. we need to request from them and the compliance by which they will submit by april 26 their financial statements, they insurance, and that the inventory request we made as well. but basically we hope that they will come through and submit all of these so that we can move to the memorandum of understanding. i offered to appear at the guardians of the city board meeting to make a request personally from the department in terms of the reimbursement dollars. again,

>> is there an agenda item or does the secretary have items? we are open to that if there is some suggestions and we will take it at this point. if not, we are going to the regular presentations of operations and the chief's report. all right. thank you very much, commissioners. i want to, please, madam secretary, move on to the last item. >> item nine, adjournment. >> we're going to adjourn in memory and passing and prayers for battalion chief mark groshan, and we pray for his family as well. thank you very much to everybody. this meeting is adjourned. thank you, commissioners. >> thank you.

. >> the meeting will come to order. this is the regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. i am supervisor sandra lee fewer, vice chair of this

committee. i am joined today by supervisor stefani and supervisor safai who is filling in for supervisor cohen. can i please have a motion to excuse supervisor cohen. okay. that motion, i can take without objection. thank you. our clerk is mr. -- miss linda wong, and i would like to thnk linda and jesse from sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> yes. please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed copies of documents to be presented should be provided to the clerk. items on today's agenda will be in the next meeting, unless otherwise noted.

>> supervisor fewer: thank you. mad being clerk, what is the next item? >> clerk: item 2. >> supervisor fewer: okay. i believe we have a presentation from ruby harris from the mayor's office of housing and community development. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is ruby harris. i'm the small sites manager for the mayor's office of housing and community development. i'm here to request $5 million be released to support the acquisition and rehabilitation of the gran oriente filipino hotel by mission housing development corporation. gran oriente filipino is a 24 unit sro property with a ground floor community room located at 106 south park in the south of market neighborhood. $4.5 million of the funds will be used to being awire the

site, and the additional $500,000 will be used for soft and hard costs related to the project used to enhance the health and safety of existing residents. there will be affordability restrictions for the life of the property. this in coordination with mhjc and community organizations, mo 4 cd will seek to preserve this as a cultural asset. the acquisition of gran oriente filipino will result in both permanent affordability and the preservation of this cultural site. i am available for questions, along with michael from mission housing. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: colleagues, any questions? yes, supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: i have a question just generally about the small sites program because when i saw this, the first thing i thought was this is wonderful. i think this is amazing that we're g we're going to stablize this housing. but this normal? i think there's probably certain requirements within the

soma stablization fund, but in general, do we often use general funds to buy sro's. >> we are including the fund to include sro acquisition. >> have you done it before? >> we have not yet. >> so this is the first time. >> no. we have another sro in the pipeline that we're working on writing at this time with another nonprofit organization. >> supervisor safai: how do you define small sites? >> five to 25 units anywhere in the city. >> supervisor safai: got it. under 25. that was my only question. i think this is wonderful. i just wanted to know if you guys are being wired sro's in the past as part of the small sites program. >> yep. thank you. thank you very much. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. supervisor stefani, do you have any comments?

>> no. >> supervisor fewer: so you said you are going to be naming the gran oriente filipino in the filipino cultural heritage district. yes that's correct. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. we have a representative from supervisor kim's office? >> yes. we would like to thank the soma filipinos for all their great work with collaborating with community groups to help save the gran oriente filipino. thank you very much for your department's leadership on this. insuranc assurances -- we would like to know if the site will be transferred to a filline owe property owner in the future and designating it a landmark. we look forward to it becoming

an official landmark, important for the filipino cultural heritage district and just as an architectural icon in south park neighborhood. i understand the cac voted unanimously to support fadf's proposed language that mission housing is committed to working toward the filipino community towards this end, so this is a very nice project and a very nice building, and we'd like to give our full support. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have a report from the budget legislative analyst. >> yes. the board of supervisors placed $10 million in soma community stablization funds on budget and finance reserve pending identification of these sites for the small sites program. mission budget was awarded $5

million. on page eight of our report, we detail the expenditures of the $5 million which includes 4.5 million for the acquisition of gran oriente filipino, and that concludes my presentation. thank you very much. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. are there any members of the public who wish to speak on this item? please come forward. you have two minutes. thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is bernadette see, and i'm the project sponsor for soma filipino's. our organization began back in the year 2000 in trying to establish the importance of some of our cultural assets in the filipino community south of market. in doing so by 2009, we were able to submit a support for a

specific list of cultural assets, one of which was the gran oriente filipino. a few years ago it was under risk of being sold and the affordability restrictions being -- not being guaranteed. so i wanted to read about -- i wanted to thank the planning department for allowing us to move forward with the landmarking of this property, and i wanted to share with you some of the important historical pieces related to the gran oriente filipino hotel. so the gran oriente filipino masonic lodge was the most prominent filipino organization in the 1930's, and the organization helped filipino cultural identity take root in san francisco during a time period of repeated attempts to restriction filipino immigration, employment and housing. the masons were new active

philanthropists, and it is symbolizes the struggles of the filipinos in the san francisco area. they pooled their money together and bought that property in 1946 for $6,000. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. any other public comment -- seeing none -- oh, please come on up. >> michael from mission housing. senior project developer. just wanted to add that as an organization we're very happy to be able to partner with such great community organizations. i know we see ourselves really as a steward for that property, so you know, eventually, we would love to be able to turn it over to kind of the rightful owners of the property, so thank you very much for the opportunity. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisor. my name is rachel, and i'm the arts and culture coordinator

for soma filipinos, and i just want to speak of the importance of the gran oriente filipino in our community. it's been in the soma for almost 100 years, and it was a reflection of the self-determination and the resi resiliency of the filipino community, being able to own property when it was not a viable situation for our elders, so being able to keep this historic site available to our communities for future generations to come so that we can show visitors from all around the world during ethno towers our place in soma is very meaningful to us, so thank you for your cooperation in that. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. it's raining outside. my name is mario demira.

i work with the soma residential district, and i'm a resident of district of soma. i think the historic preservation and being able to acquire this site is really important as a comprehensive and unique strategy for addressing displacement of the filipino community, but i think working families in general in san francisco, so we really support this project moving forward. you know, i just want to say, i didn't grow up here. i've been in the city for 15 years, but as someone who grew up in the midwest, as a filipino who grew up in the midwest, the bay area has always symbolized as a bastion for filipino community. i used to work in worker's rights advocacy work at the filipino rights community

center, and i used to work with low wage workers who were facing all types of exploitation. as an example of the legacy that gran oriente filipino and the people that built that place and what it means to the community and what it means to the filipino community in general here in the bay area and in san francisco, a lot of our clients who experienced wage theft from other parts of the country and needed to get away would always turn to san francisco, and they came here because they knew that the community was here, and they could be supported and that there were -- just a vibrant community where they could get away kind of from the shadows of exploitation that they were experiencing in other parts of the country. so i just wanted to add that anecdote to show how important it is for saving cultural i didn't cons around the community. >> supervisor fewer: thank

you. >> good morning. carol arredondes. a lot has been said about the gran oriente filipino, but i really want to thank this opportunity to thathis -- take this opportunity to thank the city. you know, a few months ago, we could have lost the site to the highest bidder. that was real for our community, and i want to thank the mayor's office of housing and economic development, and you all for working with the filipino community that the tenants will be protected, as well as to rablth and bring in new tenants as soon as possible. we're still in a housing crisis, and there's 20 units there ready to be filled, and these funds are going to make sure that it happens. i want to say that it's a very fitting use for the soma stablization funds. it's a finite amount of funds,

but a few years ago the city came together to establish these funds for these uses. as we have a new central soma area booming ahead of us, i think it's a great collaboration to show that we can establish real concrete measures when we up zone, when we redevelop an area, so we appreciate you for having that kind of foresight division, and lastly looking forward to working with all of you on the cultural legislation coming forward next month. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. is there anymore public comment? seeing none, public comment is close does. colleagues, there a motion on this item? >> i make a motion to authorize the resolution.

>> supervisor fewer: madam clarke, can you call the item. okay. i believe that we have adam kra fr -- cray. >> i'm the bond program manager for the mayor's office of housing and community development, and i'm here to present a bond issuance resolution to fund the acquisition of dorothy day community apartments. this is a 100 unit affordable housing project in the midmarket corridor. the transaction's fundamentals have not changed since the project was presented to this committee last may. the issuance is still a conduit financing. 90% of the units will still serve families earning no more than 60% of area median income while the balance will continue to serve femalelies earning no

more than 50% of area median income, and finally, no families will be displaced as all of the families will have a right to return. in terms of what has changed the developer has secured volume cap from the california debt limit allocation committee. the developer and the city have identified a financing team including a lender and equity investor. the funding team has met several times and developed the -- [ inaudible ] >> as for a timeline, the financing team's on track to close this transaction next month and rehabilitation is expected to be complete within a year of closing. on behalf of the project sponsor, mercy housing california and the mayor's office of housing and community development, i'd like to thank you for your consideration here today and look forward to your continued support for this project. with that, i'll conclude the staff report and answer any questions that you may have.

>> supervisor fewer: thank you. colleagues, any questions? seeing none, thank you, mr. cray. i believe we have moses from supervisor kim's office. >> yes. including our support for this project in that the acquisition and rehabilitation is actually quite efficient. if you do a breakdown on the budget and a perunit cost, that's around $450,000, and it's a large building, so that actually breaks down to about $602 persquare foot, which is really efficient for acquisition and rehabilitation for a building, so we enthusiastically lend our support for this. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. colleagues, is there a motion on this item?

>> yes. i'd like to move this to the full board with a full recommendation. >> supervisor fewer: yes. we can do that without objection. madam clerk, can you please call item four. >> clerk: -- providing 51 units of supportive housing for initial term of ten years with an annual base monthly rent of 39,000. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have noelle young here with supervisor kim's office. >> good morning. noelle young from supervisor kim's office here to speak on her behalf. our office is particularly excited about this building being utilized, being that it's been vacant for the last ten years or more. our office has very much appreciated the mayor's office for their sponsorship of this legislation, and the opportunity to coordinate with them and the department of homelessness and supportive

housing to expand the city's supportive housing portfolio by an additional 50 units. thank you so much for your time. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. and i believe that we have emily cohen here from department of homelessness and supportive housing. >> good morning, supervisors. i have a brief overview of the projects for you today and i'm joined by director john updike from real estate department who can give you more information on the details of the lease. as you all know, san francisco is facing a crisis of homelessness in our community. on any given night there are approximately 7500 people experiencing homelessness in our community, with about 4500 of those people sleeping unsheltered. as you know, the board of supervisors recently passed an emergency ordinance to help expedite the process of

bringing more projects on-line to address this crisis need. hsh oversees approximately 7400 units of supportive housing that how's approximately 10,000 formerly homeless people in san francisco. supportive housing has on-site support services designed to support our most vulnerable residents in long-term housing. since 2004, hsh and the city has rehoused over 14,000 people in supportive housing. we do this through a couple different models. obviously new build of permanent supportive housing, as well as master lease of existing buildings. this is a great opportunity for us to expand permanent supportive housing in our community. again, this was designed for people experiencing chronic homelessness with the highest barriers to housing stability and the highest service needs. i'm going to ask john to join me up here to explain a little bit more about the lease, and then, i can talk more about the

program design. >> thank you, emily. john updike, director of real estate. good morning. so negotiations for this began unbelievable back in 2015. here we are, finally, with the deal, and we're really pleased to have this transaction before the board. this is a ten year lease. takes us through 2028 plus two five year options for renew als. those would be for the greater of 95% of market rent, and we estimate a commencement date of may 1, so that's when rent would commence. we think the punch list for minor tenant improvement work will be done by then. the price on this is $468,000 a year. that's about $765 perunit.

it increases annually at a percentage of cpi, 60% of cpi bracketed, not less than 2%, not more than 6% annually. there is about 2100 square feet of ground floor commercial space, operation support space and basement space that's included in the rent. as the budget and legislative analyst's report will note, we did have an appraisal on this, and it does indicate we are substantially under the rate as established in the appraisal. technically, an appraisal is not required under the code, but we felt it prudent, given the size of the transaction to have that none theless. the city would be responsible for services, utilities operation and maintenance. we're estimating that at approximately 1.7 mil i don't remember peryear, and landlord would be responsible for maintenance, insurance and repair of systems. we could terminate this lease at any point during the term with 210 days notice, so usually, that has a cost associated with it. we really didn't see that translated into the rate.

so we're pleased to have a lot of flexibility with this. it could be long-term, short-term. gives the department the ultimate choice, and back to emily. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. >> so the mle as part of the 1,000% project that mayor leigh initiated back in december or november . it is currently a vacant sro building and it has 51 units in the building. the case management and services that will be on-site will include care coordination, social engagement, linkages to services, and the great ground floor space will really enable us to have a thriving community environment at the site and to provide these indepth social services that residents need in order to stablize. in terms of the community process leading up to this, we send out a letter to residents and neighbors, we held a community meeting on march 7th,

and we did door to door business outreach in the neighborhood. generally, the neighborhood was incredibly supportive of the project. it's been vacant for a long-term, and neighbors were pleased to see a plan to activate the space, and i'm happy to take any questions. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. colleagues, any questions? let's hear from the budget legislative analyst. thank you. >> yes. the board with the proofing a five year master lease for the -- excuse me, a ten year master lease with the option to extend, this could go up to 20 years. the initial rent is 468,000, and as mr. updike said, this is determined to be below market rate. the board approved legislation in february that would allow a noncompetitive process for operate -- selecting an operator for the hotel. the department has not yet selected one, but there is the estimate of about 1.75 million peryear in operating costs. these are city general fund costs. if you look on page 14 of our

report, we summarize the total cost over the first 14 years of the -- or excuse me, the first ten years of the lease which would be about 25.7 million to the city, and we're available for questions if you have any. we do recommend approval. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. are there any speakers from the public that would like to comment on this item? please come up to the podium. >> good morning. jordan davis. i would like to speak in support of this, the project. with so much homelessness in this city, it's good to say that a vacant hotel is being converted into housing for people like myself. however, this is only the tip of the iceberg and goes to much bigger issues as there are a lot of sro units that are being kept vacant within the city. over 1,000 at last count, and there is a great need for deeply affordable housing. i currently sit on the city's single occupancy task force, and sadly, we have not taken on

the issue of vacant units. it used to be that private sro's could be used by those on disability, but times have changed, and i'm glad to see that the city is leasing this hotel to provide places for the homelessness. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning, chambers. my name is daile seymour. i'm a 33 year resident of the city of san francisco. i just recently moved, but i lived in the tenderloin for 33 long, long cold, rainy years. so -- and i have two businesses very close to this -- to this building, i couldn't think of a more appropriate day to bring this matter up to the city. if you've been outside on the way here this morning, it's cold, it's rainy, it's miserable. and you may say well, i just

walked in, and it wasn't that miserable. you didn't spend 24 hours in it. i'd like to correct in this where it says it's housing 51 people. in the tenderloin, we tend to do an airbnb without rooms. in other words anyone that has a room in the tenderloin generally allows someone who's outside to sleep on their floor, so we're actually dealing with one and then two individuals who will be served by this master lease. so i think it's appropriate for us to move on and get this legislation passed and hopefully this may attract moreland lords like the wonderful land lower that we are in negotiations with to open their doors. there are a lot of opportunities in the tenderloin south of market and chinatown for us to open our doors. they've been closed too long. this is our opportunity to act.

>> supervisor fewer: thank you sir. are there any other public comments on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can i have a motion on this item? >> supervisor safai: make a motion to send this to the -- to approve this lease. >> supervisor fewer: great. so we can take that without objection. thank you very much. are we ready to go to item number one? are we prepared? negotiation great. mad being clerk, would you please call item number one. >> yes. resolution retroactively authorizing the port of san francisco to accept an expanded grant award in the amount of approximately 1 million from the department of u.s. homeland security for the replacement of the police department marine time dock and to upgrade the audio system. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have katey puccioni. >> my name is megan wallace. >> supervisor fewer: oh, megan, from the port of san francisco. >> yes. i'm the finance and procurement

manager with the port. it turns out rainy days on broadway and polk street are not quick routes here. so today i'm here to seek your approval for a resolution to expand and accept a grant from the grant's support security program in the amount of 1.4 million. this includes 1,059,000 in grant funding, and a 353,000 local match. the existing dock is in extreme disrepair. it lacks physical security and so this -- this work will make sure that expensive and vulnerable equipment is protected from the public. and i do want to note that the police department and the port are working very closely on this project together.

additionally, we have an $82,000 project to install new equipment in the port's department operation center which is really an essential place in the event of an emergency or a large disaster in the city. the equipment is currently over 20 years old, and really needs to be repaired. so our 353,000 of local match is going to be able to leverage significant federal dollars. i do want to note that 250,000 of the match was appropriated in the police department's budget in the current fiscal year, 17-18, and 103,000 is from the port. so thank you for your consideration. i actually am accompanied by ken, the homeland security program director at the port. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. any questions from my colleagues? seeing none, i believe we have a report from the budget

legislative analyst. >> yes. this is a $1 million grant from fema. the matching fund requirement of 250,000 is from the police department and 103,000 is from the port. these funds have been previously approved by the board in their 17-18 budget, and we recommend approval. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. are there any members of the public who wish to 13 on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. can i please have a motion on this item? >> i move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. we can do that without objection. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, can you please call item eight. >> motion to move to name san francisco international airport terminal one after former supervisor harvey milk. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. i believe supervisor hillary ronen will be joining us soon,

but i believe -- why don't we hear from the budget legislative analyst now. >> this legislation would amend the administrative code to name terminal one at the airport after our former supervisor harvey milk. the recommendation was made by the facility naming advisory committee that was established by the board of supervisors. the funds to -- the cost of the renaming in terms of the signing is about $335,000. this is actually within the airport's existing budget for signage for the renovation of terminal one, and we recommend approval because it is the recommendation of the facility's naming committee. >> supervisor fewer: oh, and here supervisor ronen is joining us now. [ inaudible ] >> supervisor fewer: oh, so

sorry. so supervisor ronen, do you have some comments? >> supervisor ronen: yes. i'm so sorry. there was some confusion in calling this item out of order, so thank you, madam chair. if i could have the chair's permission, i would like to call up former supervisor david campos, who really is the heart and soul behind this legislation, and before i make comments, i would love if he had an opportunity to make opening remarks. >> supervisor fewer: that would be great. i would love to hear from

former supervisor david campos. >> thank you very much madam chair, supervisors. supervisor ronen, supervisor stefani, supervisor fewer, supervisor safai. thank you very much. i'm not used to being on this side of the podium, so you look good up there. so i guess -- let me say that this has been quite a journey for me. when we first proposed naming the entire airport a few years back, i think that it was a learning opportunity for me because i think in my own naive way, i didn't fully understand the politics behind naming a landmark like an airport and didn't fully realize that one of the things that made harvey

unique was the fact that he challenged the status quo and that many of the people who were challenged in that status quo when he was here are still around. and i think that made it -- naming the entire airport very challenging. and so i think what you have here is an effort on the part of then the late mayor ed lee and myself to really come to an understanding, a compromise that made sense for the city. something that allowed the recognition of harvey milk and what he has grown to represent for not just san francisco but the country and the world, but at the same time that balance some of the different views that people had. and i think that the naming of a terminal is something that makes a great deal of sense. and let me just say why harvey

milk and why naming a terminal at the airport. when you really look at the history of san francisco and the people that from come out of san francisco politics including the people that have come out of this chamber, i don't think you're going to find someone, including mayors of the city that have had a greater impact, not only on san francisco, but the country and the world than harvey milk. he wasn't actually technically the first openly day person to be elected, but he was the first openly day person to be elected to a legislative body in san francisco. and harvey because of that has meant a great deal not just to the lgbtq community but to any community that is struggling

for equality in different parts of the world. you go to different parts of the world and harvey milk is a symbol of equality, a symbol not only for lgbtq people but for anyone who struggles. and that's the thing about harvey milk -- i didn't know harvey milk, but if you talked to the people that knew him, he always talked about the intersection between different people, and you could not be fighting for lgbtq rights unless you were fighting for the rights of women, of people of color, of immigrants, and that intersectionality goes to the core of who he really was. and so honoring someone like that is so important, especially in the age of donald trump and what donald trump has grown to represent. and the airport becomes, in many respects, an important

symbol because it is the day waday -- gateway to the city, and thousands of people are already going to go through terminal one. and the idea as they come in that they're going to see harvey's name, and not just his name, but learn about harvey milk, and that is a powerful thing. i will close about this about the lgbtq community. i don't think that people fully understand that as far as this community has come, there are still many challenges that this community faces. and one of the negative things about marriage equality is that in the eyes of many people, including members of the lgbtq community itself, there is a sense that, you know, we have already arrived, that we have already achieved what we needed to achieve, and so why is there a need to do something like this, when the reality is that there's still a lot of challenges that remain for this community.

last year was the deadliest year for members of the lgbtq community. 52 people were killed in this country because of their -- because they are lgbtq. many of them were people of color, many of them were members of the transgender community. the fact is that we still have a ways to go. and in san francisco, there is a complaceancy that comes, and we as members of this community are guilty of that complaceancy. and i hope that in remembering harvey, we will remember that it's taken a great deal of sackri identification, ultimate sacrifice like harvey made to get to this point. my hope is that that will motivate us to learn more about our history but inspire us to be more engaged in the fight for equality, and that fight continues. so i was to thank supervisor

ronen for continuing this -- this push, this effort. i'm really grateful to the fact that we are here, and i want to urge the board to move this forward. i know that mayor farrell is supportive of this, and what a great statement that in this day and age, san francisco can honor a man who has symbolized everything that san francisco is about. so with that, i want to thank you for the opportunity. and i know that we have other members of the public. i also want to thank supervisor sheehy who's also a supporter of this, but you're going to hear from a number of people in our community for whom this is a very important step. and again, supervisor ronen, thank you, and to your staff -- i see carolyn -- for continuing to push this forward. and to all the people who have worked to make this happen. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. and thank you, supso