they are newly created positions. so no one vacated the position. we are delighted to say we have worked with m.t.a. and the office of -- >> and the developers. >> -- to obtain funding. this is not coming out of our budget. there is a new opportunity and the selection process and that was conducted a week or so ago with the fire marshal and a few others on the interview panel and two other selections were made. and working as fire prevention lieutenants and the bureau of fire prevention overseeing inspections. >> are these temporary positions or do you see developers continuing to support the two new staff positions. >> the funding will be indefinite and something we

would need to lobby for. and continue for some time. and the whole goal is to have one person focused on m.t.a. issues and development issues. and i should mention both of the selections have substantial operational experience as well. and they come from the field as well, so you need both in order to be successful. so i think the funding that we have received will be money well spent because i think that the end product is you will have one person fully focused on the projects that are coming much more frequently. so at least until that pace slows down, i see that these would be funded into multiple years. and with the m.t.a. position, it is similar. we have a lot of the streets are changing. there is bike lanes, and devices

and something that we proposed and did a good job justifying it and to fund the positions. >> captain michael patton will have one -- >> correct. >> and patton. >> right. and captain law will also have just a very specific portfolio, correct? >> correct. and if the question comes up, if one of them was out for a period of time, the goal because some of these meetings m.t.a. issues come up with development, so the goal would be they might be able to on occasion attend a meeting for the other person, but they will have specific job scopes. >> okay. >> and they are just getting understoodway. >> a thank you for -- they are just getting underway. >> thank you for that. the t.l.o., chief nicholson, the

terrorist liaison officer, and chief cochran seems to have hit the ground running. there is a lot to do these days in regards to, you know, that focus for the department. and you may or may not know the answer to this. are we getting any particular fun funds, for want of a better word, targeted at beefing up that particular unit? >> i believe his position is grant funded and we also have a lieutenant within the organizati organization, and i believe that is also grant funded. and other than that, no. >> those are federal grants? >> correct. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, commissioner.

>> commissioner covington, have you concludeed? >> yes, i have. thank you. >> thank you very much, commissioner. commissioner hardeman. >> thank you, vice president nakajo. chief nicholson, glad to hear of all the promotions and including the acting and so congratulations to all those folks, to you and the chief and to everyone that -- i am sure these people get the opportunity to get promoted. you mentioned the three dogs. we have four recently. >> we have four and one retired. >> retired. >> okay. >> so we have three now? >> yes. and we're going to -- is there any conversation about moving that number up again? >> there is. chief cochran has been working

with them. >> good. i was just curious if that was going to happen. it seems to be a good thing to have -- >> absolutely. >> -- available. very good. the art at station 49, you were talking about the location. it is going to be at the entrance. could you explain how that goes? >> there will be two gates going into the facility. one on the mckinnon street side and one on the gerald street side. the artist wills fabricate something that could be out of metal to go on these gates and fences. >> so that decision has been made to do them on the gates? >> yes. >> i like commissioner covington would like to keep abreast of

how this is going. i think it is great. it should be a significant amount of dollars available for this because of the amount that is authorized, so it should be quite a nice project. i hope your team keeps doing a good job. >> we're happy to keep you informed on it. >> thank you. and i think that's it. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner. >> thank you very much, commissioner hardeman. commissioner veronese. >> one more question on the art, chief. who is it that decides what piece, what the art looks like or whether or not it will be accepted or whether or not there's offensive material, for example, in the art, or -- who has that authority? does the commissioner have that authority? to decide if we actually want this piece of art that is made to put on one of our buildings? or is somebody else making that decision? >> it's a collaborative decision between us and the arts commission. >> but the end of the day, off

minority vote on that decision, is that what i am hearing? >> yes. just doing the numbers. two of five. >> let me jump in. >> that was two of five to select the artist. >> that is what i thought. >> a usually before the final project is decided upon, it comes back to the fire department. so correct me if i am wrong, the panel you were discussing was to select and narrow done the -- narrow down the number of folks that would be smithing their materials. the final project will come to the fire department. >> a when you say the fire department, it will come to you, not the commission? you will make the decision to whether or not -- i want to make sure there is somebody at the fire department saying, this is okay, and this is not, or this is not okay. before it goes on one of our buildings. >> a correct. >> u an i see you smiling a little bit, chief. >> in the past we have had to make some changes or decisions

that didn't necessarily line up with the arts commission. yes, it is final decision is ours. >> okay. >> and is the administration's. and in the future, we would be happy to share with the commission. but usually we get -- it's not just -- ultimately it is my decision, but we usually see the input from the members that are going to be working there, and we try and make -- build consensus around it. >> is there going to be some subject matter relevance to this art? is it going to have something to do with the fire department? or could it be -- >> that is what we would like and most of the input that we have been giving to date. we did have some renderings brought to us that none of us really -- didn't resonate with us for that very reason. so it will be fire department related. city related. >> okay. >> all right. i just don't want a hearing

later on about some controversial piece of art. as long as there's somebody in the department with their eyes on this thing because art, i mean, a lot of first amendment in art, and i would hate to have this become an issue in the future. thank you, chief. >> thank you. >> thank you very much, commissioner. commissioner hardeman, did you have another comment? >> thank you, mr. president. real quick. we don't have a real big agenda, so i thought i would bring up a curiosity thing. and i was on the fort commission, we -- when i was on the port commission, we voted with cupid's bow is now. and the embarcadero, and the art commission and the port had approved a giant foot. it was just going to be a foot. about 50 feet tall that was going to go there. and all been approved. and then people started complaining. what is a foot doing? the foot represent ed the embarcadero and embarcadero is spanish and taking a journey. and that turned into such a big

battle royale that the foot disappeared. there was no foot. but now you see cupid's bow and that was just as controversial, but that was paid for not by the city but by the developer across the street who was trying to get rights to put in the building and the restaurants that are there now. and they were able to do it. but sometimes these innocent art projects can get out of control. but i think the gate should be pretty good. i just bring that up as curiosity. thank you. >> thank you very much, commissioner hardeman. chief nicholson, my comment on the art piece is that, as you said, the funding from the art piece comes from the new construction fee that goes to the art commission, this was, did you say 2%? >> yes. >> and the funding comes from the development of and is a great example of collaboration

if we can get it in terms of making everybody happy to the art commission and to our department as well. that is what the oversight is and i am glad we are in there as commissioner veronese was talking about as well. i want to make sure that that sense of cooperation between the department and our department, arts department, sometimes can be touchy, if you will. so that, again, if we can work in the collaborative manner and ask communication back, that would be wonderful for the commission. thank you, chief nicholson for your report. >> thank you. >> thank you, chief joanne hayes-white for your report. i am going to move the agenda, madam secretary. >> item five, discussion on how firefighters assess the plan of attack on a working fire. deputy chief of operations mark gonzales to explain how firefighters assess the plan of attack on a working fire. >> good evening, vice president nakajo, commissioners, chief.

i was trying to figure out how to work on my opinion in the art work on the subject, but i don't think i can. so i'll go ahead. so it is a very comprehensive subject how firefighters and commanders assess the plan of attack on a working fire. structure fires are very dynamic incidents that require in most cases a complex decision matrix within one's head. fire ground decisions are made based on experience, training, resources available, building construction type, occupancy type, smoke conditions, fire conditions, building access, street access for apparatus, sides of the structure, roof type exposure, weather, time of day, topography -- as you know, we have hills. dispatch information you receive over the radio. on scene occupants give you info. often times that is vital information. our building under construction or renovation as we experienced on union street.

and also the favorite subject, obstacles such as overhead wires, muni wires, it all comes into account. i will cite a lot of pointers that were in the risk management mn yule done by -- -- manual very well done by battalion chief hale from 2012. and the rules of engagement for firefighter survival and the incident commander's rules of engagement and put some pointers added to it. and i will put the best effort forward to answer any of your questions. so first of all t rules of engagement for firefighter survival, size up the tactical area of operation. determine the occupant survival profile. if you are going to make that risk and go into rescue mode. do not risk your life for lives or property that cannot be saved. extend limited risk to protect saveable property. extend vigilant and measured risk to rescue saveable lives.

that is be aware of changing conditions. take deliberate steps such as staying in place. this is very important. going together, stay together, come out together. maintain continuous awareness of your air supply situation, location, and fire conditions. constantly monitor fire on the ground communications for critical radio reports and updates. you are required to report unsafe practices or conditions that can harm you, stop, evaluate, and decide. and you are required to abandon your position and retreat before deteriorating conditions can harm you. and the battalion chiefs and the members in the companies at that fire on union street the other night did a great job of doing that. they got off the roof and out of the building when they should have. and declare a mayday as soon as you think you are in danger. a mayday is one of us are in danger or is down or can't get out. and that operations cease and the i.c. will activate the rapid intervention crew and try to address the situation of any

companies in the area. and they will make decisions based on what type of attack they will be doing from that point forward, but their primary priority during that time of a mayday is to save those firefighters that are in danger. on to the incident commander's rules of engagement for firefighter safety. rapidly conduct or obtain a 360 degree size up of the incident. and most of our fires we do not have this luxury to do a 360 due to tight property lines. the i.c.'s generally get ready reports from roof units or units inside that have made it to the rear of the building to get the report for the back and side of the fire building. fire, smoke conditions inside, back of building sides, sides of building, exposure problems, etc. determine the occupant sur viefl -- survival profile. and conduct the initial risk assessment and implement the safe plan. if you don't have the resources to protect firefighters, seriously consider defensive strategy. i am a huge advocate of call more resources if you need them.

if nobody behind you, pull the hook and the next level of alarm. rater have the resources there and not need them than need the resources and not have them. do not risk firefighter lives for or property that cannot be saved for life or property that cannot be saved. seriously consider a defensive strategy. extend limited risk to protect favorable property. we do that often because we're trying to contain the fire to the building of origin, as you know, and with the property lines a lot of fires are in buildings that are type five and spread to other buildings. we do aggressive interior attacks as one of the, i would say, normal plans of attack. normal operating procedure. and extended vigilant and measured risk and rescue saveable lives. act upon harming firefighters, stop, evaluate, and decide. the safety firefighters do that when they roam the fire ground looking for things unsafe. and maintain treekt two-way

communications and this is vitally important and frequently communications are essential on the fire ground. and helps to drop the ground for everybody on the ground. this doesn't mean unses chatter and clear, concise messaging and if conditions are deteriorating on the outside, it is incumbent to notify communities inside. so they know what is going on. the same goes for units inside. if conditions are deteriorating, it is incumbent upon the group leader, division leader, or any officer to notify the i.c. up front. the communications are some of the most important on the friar ground and acknowledgment of the messages is required and also vitally important. often if you send a message and it doesn't get acknowledged, it doesn't get heard. so acknowledgment is very important. and repeating the message back to the original transmitter of the message is the best way to acknowledge a message. so the struck five, we have heavy fire in the back of the

building, then the i.c. report copy, truck five, heavy fire in the back of the building. to acknowledge and both people hear it and other people around the fire are more likely to hear it as well. then, clear, concise messaging and location, conditions, actions, needs. that is a good way to communicate. the operators use the ipads aened the division operators do that and do a good job with the incident commanders. after completion of the primary search, little or no progress has been achieved, seriously consider a defensive strategy. always have a rapid intervention that is an engine company with rescue tools and an extra bottle in case they have to intervene and help the firefighters down inside the building. and always have firefighter rehab services in place at all working fires.

and i'm available for any questions. >> okay. thank you very much, chief gonzales. at this time, we'll ask for public comment on this before we have the questions from the commissioners or comments. is there any public comment on this presentation? >> i would yield. >> seeing none, public comment is closed. xhe commissioner veronese. >> thanks, chief, for your presentation. i imagine that there's a lot that goes into fighting fires and a lot of these decisions are made on the ground when you've got your feet in the water around facing the fire. i believe this item probably appeared on this agenda because of the fire that occurred on union street on the 17th i believe it was, st. patrick's day. i actually, as you know, i was there that night. i responded to observe our

members at the fire. and i was pleasantly surprised to say the least that the attack of that fire was, as i have mentioned before, a well orchestrated opera. it was done well and i wanted to commend you and the chief and as well as all the members of the command staff that were there as well as the members of the department that went face to face with that fire as well as the reserves who were there in the yellow jackets. i thought that was really neat that they were there helping out. i also wanted to commend members of the other city agencies and the police department was on scene. captain yin was on scene and they helped clear some of the neighboring buildings. as well as some of the ore city agencies that were there to help out. and the mayor's office of housing and to make sure that

the members of the public displaced were taken care of as well as the other victim services that were there. and great job to you and the department. it is the reason why this commissioner will be voting on a measure, i believe, is the next item on this agenda that i will discuss at that time, but quick questions to you. we are at the fire. we had responded to that fire. if you know the details, let me know, and just go ahead. but i believe we are on scene within two minutes, is that correct? >> one. >> i believe so. >> just under two minutes. >> between one and two minutes. pretty outstanding. and we had water on that fire within six minutes? >> that is what was reported, yes. and they eventually had four lines on two in the second and two on the third floor working. they had -- they were faced with tremendous obstacles. there were bare studs, bare joists, a lot of the apartments did not have doors. there were holes in the floor, heavy fire load.

they did as much as they could the primary search on the second and third floor. heavy heat conditions, very low visibility on the third floor. units were surrounded by fire at one point. fires underneath them and behind them and they did a fantastic job at that fire. as i said, we do an i a greszive interior attack -- an aggressive interior attack and much of a search as we can, but the front load was too heavy before we got there. >> i know there was another city department -- >> t.h.c. was there as well to help with the water supply. >> a different city had a fire recently where they pulled out too late and they lost a member, as i recall. this is within the last two or three weeks, is that right? >> i think new york -- >> rierght. >> lost a firefighter. they called what you are calling -- >> a mayday. >> and those members pulled out and one of them was lost in that pull out. so big hats off to you and the members of the department who

made that call. i noticed that on scene there was we were a difficult fire to fight and to fight it in the collapsed zone which is the zone if the building were to fall forward and you would be within that and no option there because of the topography and the geography of the area, is that correct? >> you can always move the rigs out of the collapse zone. it was, i would say, watched. and look for buckling and any time you have type three and reinforced masonry, it is a concern. >> i also notice that i believe there were about six trucks that deployed their ladders. >> i wasn't sure how many ladder pipes and a couple of deck guns. deck guns is with the large nozzle stays on the engine and some they took it from the ground and 2 1/2 inch,hand held lines, from the ground. i saw five ladder pipes as well.

>> between the neighborhood power lines, which there were three overhead lines t residential lines from the neighborhood power lines into the houses as well as the muni lines on at least two sides. >> correct. and stay 10 feet away from them. and while they were doing that, they are sitting in a foot of water which is the water being pumped out and thrown on this fire that is running under your feet, correct? i noticed it was a lot of water that night. >> there was a lot of water. >> right. >> job well done to you, chief. one last thing i wanted to mention that there was a drone on scene. it was not a department-owned drone because we don't have them yet, but -- >> an i didn't see it. the gentleman that was handed off to the new specialist and the security chief. >> right. right, mike? you talked to him today? what was his name? >> i don't remember the exact name, sir, but i did speak to him, sir.

>> i have seen that footage and he shared it with me. it is pretty incredible footage. i wouldn't recommend that anybody ever do this at a fire because in many instances it is illegal to do, especially when there are planes in the air. however, it just goes to show how important the drones and how great of a weapon they can be against the fires to have the eyes above the fire level. chief, i look forward to continuing to work with you on the drone issue. but just ending this up, congratulations to you, to the department, and to you chief for a successful fire. i know we had one firefighter who was armed the next morning from a fall. he is mentioned in the resolution that we will present. and he is not mentioned by name for purposes of protecting his privacy. i just wanted to mention that. hats off to you all. >> thanks, commissioner. >> thank you very much, commissi commissioner. commissioner covington. >> thank you, mr. vice president, and thank you, fellow

commissioner veronese. i ask that this item be put on the agenda because now that we are televised, i think we need to take advantage of every opportunity available to educate the public, our fellow citizens, as to how the members of the department do their job. and that way there is less chance of confusion going forward. there was no confusion among the ranks of firefighters and the leaders of the department during the most recent four-alarm fire. everything went as it should have gone. there was no loss of life. everyone was able to return home for those people who were not

displaced on that evening. i think it is really incumbent upon all of us to understand that there is a very classic system of how to fight a fire. it is not something that people develop on the fire ground. this is drilled over and over again. people know what they're doing. they know what their roles are. they know who their fellow fire combatants are. it is for those reasons and others, it is a noble profession being a firefighter. as commissioner, i'll just speak for myself, i do want us to whenever possible, talk about

how members of the department go about doing their work. and i just do have a few questions for you. >> yes, ma'am. >> chief gonzales, how do you measure the force of water coming out of the hoses? >> p.s.i. >> yes. what is the -- >> feel like i am back at the tower. but go ahead. >> i just want you to kind of explain to us how forceful that water is and how important it is to get it out before you -- >> go ahead. >> an i think i know where you are going with this. we have large streams, hose stream, small hose streams, small line, big lines, and deck guns, and when we dpo in, we're -- when we go in, we are generally hitting with 1 3/4.

and very rarely 2 1/2 is a handheld offense i have attack. when we hit from the outside with larger appliances, that is considered defensive. it is very, very rare we would ever do a combination attack. the main concern at the fire building that night was to make sure that the department was complete and that everybody was out there before we started putting lines into that building. if there are large home streams, it can push the fire into the tenable area where the rest of the personnel may be, so there might have been an impression that at that fire that there was no water on the fire, but there was water being put on the fire inside the building on the second and third floor with four hose lines. they weren't making headway. therefore, they had to get out, but they had to make sure that everybody was accountable outside of that fire before we

started putting big lines into that building from the outside. >> so the four hose lines were not visible from the exterior of the building. >> where most of the people were, they were in the square across the street on columbus, the four hose lines went into the residential entrance on powell street. >> good. and you made reference to a heavy fire load. could you talk a little bit more about that please? >> it is just more fire -- the amount of water that you have is going to put out. it's not going -- you don't have enough water. not going to put it out. the fire is taking over. not enough steam is being 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.

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