our facilities, the a.d.f., the ambulance deployment facility, this'll be behind station 9. the construction bids are in and under review. d.p.w. has already pulled all the permits, construction permits, so we're just waiting for the award of the bid and the notice to proceed, and that will likely occur within the next 60 days, and it's scheduled for opening in late 2020. station 16, final completion date is listed at november 8. the fuel oil system, the permit is the delay, and the fuel oil system. station five, final completion date, we're still looking at december 28. we did get awarded a p.p.e. contract for cleaning and maintenance, so that will be commenced in september. the pick up and drop off of

damage turnouts for repair and cleaning. and we do have a new p.p.e. contract that is with o.c.a. right now, and we're hoping to get it finalized over the next week or two, and i know chief rivera put in a lot of work on this. training division, probationary drilling and training. the 122 class is about to finish their one year, so they're undergoing their final testing right now, and once that is completed, the 123 class will undergo their six-month testing. it's written, manipulative, and physical agility test. in-service training, we had 309 members go through 960 hours of training. this week, we started our live fire training module, and so what that means is they're training in dynamic fire

conditions where the smoke will bank down on them, actual smoke, not a smoke machine, and they'll really feel the heat, so they're actually burning wood in some of these buildings. and then, they get to see the release that they get once a hole gets cut, they get to see how steam can affect them when they put water on a fire, all those kinds of things that are really important for them to see before they may go into a fire. so we have multiple instructors on hands with them to ensure their safety and to make sure that we're teaching them the lessons they need to learn to keep themselves and their colleagues safe, so super great training that the t.i. service -- t.i. in-service training staff put together under the direction of chief sato. we also had a multiagency caltrain drill in july at the bayshore caltrain station, and the scenario was that a train

crashes into a vehicle, there's a fire, there's multiple people trapped, and so it's working with different agencies to make sure we're communicating, we're not duplicating efforts, and we're all working towards the same end. so it was with caltrain, san mateo county sheriff, north county fire, and ourselves, so that is a success. officer's academy is coming up for all lieutenants and captains who have yet to go through an officer's academy. i have the tentative schedule i just got today, and so we're looking good, and we're dialing in on that. it should start september 17, so that's super important training for our officers -- our new and used officers. e.m.s. academy and in-service -- e.m.s. in-service training, actually, they put 965 members through 3,628 hours, and including in that

was the annual rescue captain training, which they integrated medical strike team leader training into that. you probably know last year in sa santa rosa, we sent up a strike team of ambulances, so that's what that is, as well as active shooter training. and nert did 11 events, classes, and outreach presentations, including july 21 outreach day, including ham radio communications, which may be very important during an earthquake. homeland security, chief cochran is having ongoing fleet meetings with the f.b.i., and military. i believe the parade of ships is on october 5. our boats will be part of that.

he's also been working with boma, which i know is near and dear to your heart, president, on disaster and active shooter response planning meetings which -- so he's been working with them. and he works with salesforce on their active shooter drill. he's also been working with the hazards and resilience planning with city agencies, again, what are we going to do in the event of a disaster, what are we going to do afterwards? i did want to talk to you about our usar -- our usar team. i brought a couple of photos. let me see if i can make this work. so we had, as the chief said, one member deployed with

california task force 3. that is firefighter ed martinez and his dog, fritz. he is the one who is deployed to hawaii ahead of the hurricane, so building on the ground and sheltered either in an army base or some such thing, and then, as soon as the hurricane passes, they'll be able to go to work. so there are 40 members that are deployed on this usar team right now. i think there's a total of 80 members on the usar team. three dogs -- three k9 members were deployed, two for live and one cadaver. this is a live -- there we go. that's a live search and rescue dog. so ed's a tiller person at truck four. he's a 24 year veteran. we also have two other members of our department who have dogs. just so you know, fritz and the other two dogs that we have were rescue dogs, so there is a group called the search dog

foundation that -- that goes around the country and rescues dogs from shelters, and these are dogs with high drive, and it's no wonder they ended up in shelters because they have so much energy, they either ran away from home or people didn't know what to do with them. that's the kind of dog they want with super high drive, so they will just search and search and search for people. so they've been certified with fema since 2016. and just a shout out to chief michael cochran for getting us back into task force three, so -- and our other two members are eli thomas and gareth miller with their dogs vader and vita. they're also part of that task force. so that is that.

all right. chief cochran's also been working on our incident management team. many of us are going to be in a five day training class next week, so it's basically how we're going to be running things from a -- whether it's logistics, operational point of view in the event of a large-scale disaster. and that is a uase funding class that we're having at treasure island. so we had a little bit, talk about wild land response. we have a rig called o.e.s.-361, and that is a state owned rig that we deploy -- we can deploy as a single unit resource with other rigs from the state, and that is remember mit is permitted to stay out for 15

days. the personnel are permitted to stay out for 15 days. that rig had been out at the mendocino fire for a month. it's my understanding it may be released correct, is that correct, chief? >> that's possible. >> okay. so that's possible. okay. so the last i heard, they were doing structure protection at lake pillsbury, which is in the mendocino national forest, and the other team is at the mill creek fire, as the other chief said, up in humboldt. and then, finally, i know you wanted to hear a little bit about the chief's residence. so we are happy to answer questions, but what i can tell you is that it was built in 1921-22. it was designed to look like a fire house, even though it was not a fire house, and i guess it was built by donations from city firefighters and other

members of the public. and it was dedicated to chief dennis sullivan, who was injured and then died as a result of his injuries in the 1906 quake, where he and his wife were residing. his wife survived, he did not. the first tenant, original tenant was fire chief thomas murphy, and in 1971, it was designated as a san francisco landmark. as you know, it's at 870 bush street in lower knob hill, district three, and the city and county of san francisco is the property owner. the building's approximately 4300 square feet, and the parcel is about 7100 square feet. and, you know, it's set back a little bit from the street, small yard in front, and i'm not sure what you all would like to know, but myself and the chief and chief rivera are

happy to answer questions. and that concludes my report. there we have it. >>commissioner cleaveland: thank you, chief nicholson. is there any public comment on chief nicholson's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner hardeman? >> commissioner hardeman: yes, thank you, chief nicholson. i'm delighted to hear that the duties of the grant writer are going to be expanded and versatile. that's great. that's music to my ears. thank you. i thought that was appropriate, and though i never said anything, i'm glad, and that's the way i generally felt all along. so the 123rd class, they did their six-month trunk, six-month engine, and do they do that in different houses or do they stay in the same house?

>> different houses. we try to different them a different experience somewhere else in the city. >> commissioner hardeman: i thought that. >> a lot of times, if they're at a single engine company, there's no truck engine available for them, so yeah, different stations, different parts of the city. >> commissioner hardeman: i'm glad to see -- i'm a big supporter of the dogs. i'm glad we were financially able to do it a couple of years ago. budget and economy improved to are able to do that. it's a huge thing, and i hope we never have to use it, but you never know. i see where jerry brown says that surfing is our state sport now, so we might have more experience in that, talking about your surf rescue squad. i think that -- i think that covers it. thanks for the good report. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> commissioner hardeman: all the numbers with good. >>commissioner cleaveland: thank you, commissioner

hardeman. commissioner veronese? >> commissioner veronese: -- the question that we had in regards to -- or the question that i had in regards to the chief residence had more to do with the budget request for -- i believe it was $1 million, and how we got to that specific number. i know it's not a question you're going to be able to answer now or mr. corso. i don't expect mr. corso to be able to get into the details of that now, but if you could, since that number was presented to the commission, give us an idea how that many of us have had an idea to visit the building, or at least three of us have in the last four or five months. >>commissioner cleaveland: i think he's got that. >> commissioner veronese: if you would like to give us how you arrived at that numbers.

>> mr. corso, if you could come up and give us a brief, if you have them with you currently, as to what the ask was for that particular building, how we came up with that. >> so good evening. mark corso, finance planning. yes. so our budget submittal was based off an initial assessment by the department of public works: they are currently in the process as part of the easter bond doing an overall assessment where they look at each individual department facility and make estimates on all the subsystems within that facility. there's some modelling based off of that. but back in 2014 -- with the 2014 bond, a couple years ago before that, they embarked on a preliminary assessment of all the facilities. one of the e. is as they looked into, as it wasn't under the neighborhood fire station's umbrella, since there was no emergency response coming from that was the chief's residence.

so our numbers were based off an estimate provided by the department of public works, and i'm happy -- i will provide it to you in e-mail, as well, but they looked at roofing, exterior envelope, windows, mechanical hvac, electrical, sidewalk, kitchens, interior work, specialty systems and a.d.a. upgrades, and that's where they got a total of approximately $1.4 million. that doesn't include any seismic work that would be needed. that would obviously inflate that price, but that's the numbers that we have provided for our budget, have been based off of what d.p.w. has provided us. >> commissioner veronese: when you say a.d.a. upgrades, are you talking about putting in an elevator? >> i don't know specifically what they're talking about. i imagine if there were significant work on the facility, that could be one of the ramifications of it, depending on the scope of work, but we've asked d.p.w. to do an

analysis. >> commissioner veronese: i imagine there are some exceptions to the a.d.a. requirements, because that number could go up millions of dollars, millions and millions of dollars. so i guess i'm just trying to get a sense. what you're saying is everything but the bones of this thing if retrofit wasn't included, is what they looked at, and they came up with $1.2 million for that. >> you the infrastructure, electrical, there's some major work that needs to be done in those systems. >> commissioner veronese: and before we do or start any sort of construction, that budget will come before the commission, and we'll look at actually what's being spent. this is just an estimate, correct? >> it's an estimate. we don't actually have the funding for it, but if that was the case, i'm sure we could bring it before the commission. we've requested it as part of our general fund budget, but it has not been approved, and i imagine we will request it

again, but specifically, we have not been allocated any funding for the chief's residence. >> commissioner veronese: and did i hear a comment earlier about how the -- the grand writer -- correct me if i am wrong, but the grant writer that was part of the budget, that the mayor's office approved that we have an open requisition for, that grant writer's job is 100% to write grants, no other job attach tod today -- attached to that position? >> yeah, it would be 100% grant related. grant writing, i think it would depend on the skills of the person, but grand writing is the main focus of it. there would most likely be grant administration, grant reporting, those things related intrinsically to the grant itself, grant management, some of the accounting portions of it, budgeting, but that's the intent, is to be 100% grant

focused. >> commissioner veronese: i just want to be clear, because i think that was the intent of the commission, that when we asked info asked for a grant writer, that would be that person whose sole job was to write grants, administer grants, track grants, whatever you're saying. but what i want to be sure is we're not talking about a position that will be doing half grants and some other job in another department. >> i think where the confusion was the other position that was open previous to the new budget it happens that the candidate that was extended an offer has some skills in addition to writing grants, but that was separate from the new position that was allocated in our budget. >> commissioner veronese: okay. so i'm correct that it was 100% grant associated. >> that's correct. >> commissioner hayes-white: let me just -- we are committed on that, but recognizing that we are a department where everyone steps up when they need to for some work.

i'm just giving an example. i don't like to speak in absolutes, so i don't want mr. corso to commit 100% of the time. we don't work in a vacuum. certainly if mr. corso has been tasked with something to do from my sooffice, from the mayor's office, we're not going to say -- i just want to let you know that we're committed to it, but i don't want to feel like we can't use that person on a special project for a defined period of time. >> commissioner veronese: chief, i totally get what you're saying. this is an all-hands administration. what i don't want to see is the one thing that we asked for in this budget was this grant writer, and if there are no grants out there or there's no job or work to be done on grants, i'm fine with using that person for other stuff, but as lopg as there's an open

grant, as long as there's work to do on grants, i would hope that that person's job is 100% grants, and if there's other work to be done, they wouldn't be tapped for it. i don't like -- i mean, look. absolutes, that's one thing, but when i -- when i hear you say that it's possible that they're going to be used for something else, i would prefer that person not be used for something else as long as there's grant work to be done. that's my only point on that. that's my position. >>commissioner cleaveland: thank you, commissioner veronese. commissioner covington. >> commissioner covington: thank you, mr. president. i would echo commissioner veronese's concern. this grant writing position is very important. barring any unforeseen

circumstances, that's what the grant writer should be doing. so i just had a couple questions for you -- excuse me -- chief nicholson. can you tell us a little more about the officer's academy. >> yes, i can. so i took -- i took an officer's academy when i first became an officer back in 2008-2009, and it was a five day class. >> commissioner covington: it's just for lieutenants and captains. >> back then, it was just for lieutenants, but we are making this for any officer who has yet to go through an officer's academy, so that might be a captain. so there are -- there are -- the there's probably going to be a day, probably eight hours of on-line training, and then four

days of classroom and hands on training. so they're going to talk about everything from e.e.o., management as a -- as a -- on the company officer level, to fire dynamics, decision making on the fire ground, doing probationary drills, surf rescue, hazardous materials, wild land, communications, m.c.i., b.a.r.t., muni, high-rise, technical rescue, leadership, so there are multiple parts of this. but it will be -- like i said, probably eight hours on-line, and then the week starting september 14 -- september 17, excuse me, five days of module one. and then, the next week, five days of module two, so all the way through the week of october

8. >> commissioner covington: so ten days in person and eight hours on-line. >> eight hours on-line and four days in person. so when i say module one, so that class will be taught monday to a certain set of officers, and then tuesday to another set of officer, then wednesday, depending upon their schedules. and then, the following week, monday, it will be module two, which will consist of different exercises and classroom stuff. and that'll happen five days in a row. >> commissioner covington: and this training will take place on t.i. or will it be here in this -- you know, at the training -- >> 19th and folsom. >> commissioner covington: 19th and folsom? >> mm-hmm. >> commissioner covington: okay. and in order to be able to attend the academy, will you have to make a request or do you give the order to show up? >> we'll be detailing officers

there and moving people around the city to make sure we're operationally covered while still getting people the instruction that we think is so important. >> commissioner covington: now, i think that continuous training is the key to success. you know, everybody, you know, everybody if you're new in a position, it's very good to be able to be with a cohort of people who are in a similar position and to work together collaboratively and to learn how best to do the job, so that's very good. all right. i had another question, but i have so many notes, i can't really find it right now -- oh, i think it was related to the chief's residence. is there any written history on how the chief's residence came to be built and designated

exclusively for the fire department? any covenants that are provided, you know, all of that? i -- those are the things that i'm really looking for, and perhaps -- i'm sorry, commissioner veronese, were you going to say something? >> commissioner veronese: yeah. i googled it, and a lot of information came up googling it. >> commissioner covington: okay. so what did you say, commissioner veronese? >> commissioner veronese: i googled it and did about 20 minutes of research. i don't know if there's an official record, but i don't know if the guardians of the city -- i know they do some historical writings on it, but if there is, i'm not sure. maybe you could tell us more

about it. >> i think there's a littblurb the guardians of the city. but i'll see what i can come up with. >> commissioner covington: i'm particularly interested in the covenants, what can be done and what cannot be done with the residence, and i also had questions sometime ago regarding the breakdown of the -- i think it was $1.5 milli $1.5 million upgrade grade for the residence in line. i think some of that was covered this evening, you know, the electrical and that sort of thing. mr. corso, can you come back to the podium, please. okay. sir, over the past few budget cycles, have we consistently requested money for the chief's residence because my recollection may be foggy and not quite up to date, but i don't recall us actually asking for the money.

it was designated as a need, but we didn't request it. >> i believe at least the past three years, and i can look back and provide some additional information. for at least the last three years, we have, especially since we've been provided some of this information from d.p.w., it has been include paz part of our capital budget request. >> commissioner covington: okay. well, that's good. i did say after visiting the residence in more than 15 years, i did say i was very pleased with the way it looks. it's a lovely, lovely residence, and everything seems to be up to snuff, but of course i am not a electrician, and i did not look into the walls. so there are those safety things to be considered. all right. those are all of my comments at this time. thank you, mr. corso.

>>commissioner cleaveland: thank you, commissioner covington. vice president nakajo. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you, mr. president. in terms of important's for our commission, i know that children or grandchildren are important, and today happens to be the birthday of my grandson. so when we look at the agenda, traditionally, if it's not too heavy, we will move to a timely motion of adjournment. so chief, i will make this short. i would make, at the time of agreement -- first of all, i wanted to congratulate you on your report. i always like your comprehensive report. i like the wow factor that you incorporated this evening. i know that you know that the commissioners are impressed with numbers, and those kind of numbers, when it denotes how many we responded to in e.m.s. and such, are very impressive. those are real, real numbers.

i wanted to also let you know that in terms of the officer academy, and i agree with all of the commissioners, in terms of the importance, i believe, 'cause i witnessed through the years, certain segments of that. i think i brought up as a segment, perhaps not be able to be refined because coming up so soon, an area of description of the rules and how rules may move to an offense or discipline and how charges are denoted. there's concepts of coaching, there's charges of, but how that whole process goes in terms of who brings charges and how does that order work? we as commissioners go through that when we review discipline hearings, but i just think it's very important from the officers all the way up to keep refreshing in terms of that. so i just wanted to request that. >> that's 10:00 on day one.

>> commissioner nakajo: okay. got it. and are the commissioners invited to these little training sessions, chief? >> absolutely. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. what time of day? >> so september 17 is the first week. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. >> and it'll be the same class -- so it'll be groundhog day for five days. and then, september 24 will be module two, october 1, module three, october 8, module four. >> commissioner nakajo: okay, chief, do you think you'll be able to send us an e-mail through commission secretary and get us locations, as well. >> absolutely. >>commissioner cleaveland: commissioner, just keep in mind we can't have more than two commissioners attending at the same time. >> no problem. we can do one on monday, one on tuesday, one on wednesday. >> commissioner nakajo: in terms of numbers, i really like

to hear the rescue training numbers. those are important, so again, that's part of the report in terms of all of the information that occurs with that in terms of numbers and -- numbers started, completed, how many officers. impressive. it tells us we're working. the other request is just a request to chief rivera and such. i know you're reporting that station 49 and the nj new facility might be completed by projected date 2020. >> yes, in late 2020, i believe. >> commissioner nakajo: 2020, like, january 2020, or december 2020? i'm just asking. >> so i think it's more towards the end of the year, 2020. october -- september, october, november time frame. >> commissioner nakajo: i'm just asking because as a point of reference myself and commissioner hardeman, our official terms for the charter are all january 2020, and i've told chief rivera that i'd love

to sign the auto graphs on those beams. >> oh, the beams should be in by then. no problem. i'll get a sharpie out with your name, no problem. >> commissioner nakajo: to the new facility for station 49, that's a big deal, so again, i just wanted to probe this all along, and i definitely thank d.p.w. for their cooperation in this, as well. thank you very much, chief. appreciate it. mr. president. >>commissioner cleaveland: thank you, mr. vice president. chief, just had a couple of comments and questions. i am really pleased to hear -- you said we had 129 facility requests and 128 were closed out. these are requests through public works, correct? >> correct. >>commissioner cleaveland: and was that within the last month? >> yes. >>commissioner cleaveland: that's really excellent. >> the month of july. >>commissioner cleaveland: what was the majority of these

facility requests? >> sorry? >>commissioner cleaveland: what was the majority of these facility requests? >> plumbing and electrical, probably the two categories. >>commissioner cleaveland: mostly at fire houses. >> yes, and we've been working diligently with chief rivera, olivia scanlon, been working diligently with d.p.w. to get on a better schedule to meet our needs because things are starting to fall off the back end, so yeah, we're really happy with -- with the progress that's been made. >>commissioner cleaveland: i'm delighted, too. this is one of the things that i'd hoped when i first came on the commission that we'd have a closer working relationship within public works and we'd have a dedicated group of people within public works that would address fire department issues immediately and that we were given priority, if you will, as one of the public safety departments within the city. so i'm really pleased to hear

that. on the drug and alcohol testing you do, all these negatives, how do you do them? >> 80 of them were random, and they're selected by an outside vendor, the names are, and given to our i.s.b.'s, investigative services bureau, captain michael smith. he goes out during the day and tests those people. the other six tests were by accident testing. >>commissioner cleaveland: so they're not notified in advance. >> no. the only time you're going to know that you're testing in advance is if you're going in for in advance, you know you're going to have that test done, but know, we don't notify our members. >>commissioner cleaveland: station 16, fuel oil permit delay, how long or how much of a delay is that going to mean?

>> i'm going to have chief rivera step up for this one. >> good evening, commissioners, chief hayes-white, assistant deputy chief tony rivera. so i just attended a meeting this afternoon at fire station 16, and we had the contractor on-site, we had d.p.w. liaisons also on-site, project manager. it looks like the latest update is that the fuel oil system should be completed by november 8 of this year, barring any significant delays, which kind of have our fingers crossed on that. it is a very, very restricted area. it's not -- there's a lot of challenges where the fuel

system or the fuel tank is going to be placed into. we have been working with d.p.h. in getting all the proper permitting. it is a lot more rigorous than when it was probably installed many years ago, so there's a lot of paperwork and documentation that has to be done by putting an underground storage, a fuel tank. so -- but with that being said, we are moving forward. the facility itself is actually looking great. the contractors are there. i would say you could drive by it. the doors are installed, the windows are in. the exterior is complete, they're just finishing up interior work. >>commissioner cleaveland: when do you anticipate the firefighters will move back in. >> they'll probably move back in after the fuel system is installed. the fuel tank is actually going to be placed underground at the apron or the front driveway of the fire house, so it probably

would not be wise to put the firefighters in, knowing that we need access to that front area, so we're just going to wa wait. >>commissioner cleaveland: so the ribbon cutting won't happen until december? >> they may be cutting the turkey at 16, but then again, it might just be christmas. we're not sure yet. we definitely -- on the support services side, we have all the furniture ordered, complianc compliances -- appliances have been ordered, and as soon as we have all that ready, we're going to get it ready for the firefighters so they can move in as quickly as possible. >>commissioner cleaveland: thank you very much. >> yes, sir. >>commissioner cleaveland: chief nicholson, one last question on the chief's residence, has there been any discussion of going for a state historical landmark status? >> not that i'm aware of.

>>commissioner cleaveland: i think if we got that, we wouldn't have to put in the elevator, but it's something to at least research. thank you for your report. >> thank you. >>commissioner cleaveland: madam secretary, would you call the next item? >> clerk: item six, commission report. report on last activity since august 8, 2018. >>commissioner cleaveland: seeing none, anything to report, commissioners? commissioner covington? >> commissioner covington: thank you. i did want to share with my fellow commissioners that i did have a conversation with a couple of members of the department regarding the high cost of charges that the chief has brought before them. they're asserting they have to

hire an attorney, and they said it's in the neighborhood of $10,000. and i said yes, but we have this early case resolution conference that we've been doing over the past few years, and they said that they weren't aware of that. so their sharing with me was that some people feel as if they are forced to take the days without being able to defend themselves, to be able to mount a defense for themselves. so again, the early case resolution conference, they were not aware of, and that led me to call our city attorney, mr. bradley rossy, to ask him about it. i wanted to make sure i had the name and phrasing correctly because some of these are, you

know, very, very strict, and he pointed out to me that we were supposed to be having these conferences on a trial basis, and we have to now declare the trial to be over. we need to amend our rules so that this is a part of the way that discipline is meted out, and if we're going to continue, not only do we have to amend the rules, we have to include the feedback from the union, yes. so he shared with me that he has mentioned this to us several times, and then once he mentioned it, i said oh, yes he

has. so it seems to me that time is of the essence so that we can more widely share what's going on, that it isn't one thing or the other thing, that these early case resolution conferences are facilitated by one of the commissioners, and we go back and forth until we come to a decision. the chief of the department chimes in. there's a -- a give and take, and quite an extensive conversation about it, and then, everything goes to the full commission for an okay or things get changed around. i just think that it's important for the members of the department to feel that they have an opportunity for a fair hearing, and this is why the early case resolution

conference was developed, and so now, we need to codify it. >>commissioner cleaveland: yes, we do. was that something that brad would do? >> commissioner covington: i don't know if your mic was on. i don't know if people can hear you. >>commissioner cleaveland: would he prepare a draft of rules to amend this early case resolution. >> commissioner covington: i'll ask him to, and then, we can handle it by a vote of all of the commissioners and then get the word out about how the process works and how valuable it can be to members. >>commissioner cleaveland: and i will say it does save money and time on both sides, so absolutely, it's something we need to memorialize in the rules. very good. thank you. commissioner hardeman? >> commissioner hardeman: thank you, mr. president. i already talked about the

graduation class, which is, again, everybody, kudos, especially to the training staff. and i was in sacramento last friday, and they had a bacci ball tournament. when i heard about this bacci ball tournament, when the commissioners were invited, it never dawned on me that i would be going. my grandson takes his soccer lessons at this park in east sacramento, so that was sort of fun. so i did go over, and captain darius latrop, who works for chief soto in training, was sort of the spear head of the whole thing. it was quite a good time. i really enjoyed seeing the camaraderie of batallion chief to firefighter, and you never knew anybody's rank unless you asked them, but it was very

cool. and it was a 29-year-old baby. one of the firefighters had a child, and that was one. but it was great. i really enjoyed it. i was happy to see a group of people that live in the sacramento area that are involved in this. it was terrific, and i was just happy to see firefighters getting together on their own time, having a good time, and seeing how much they like each other, and that was really fun. i just wanted to thank captain latrop for a beautiful facility, bacci ball facility, brand-new facility, that they've built in that park. so portal park. it was in east portal park. i live in west portal in san francisco, so any way. thank you. >>commissioner cleaveland: thank you, commissioner

hardeman. vice president nakajo. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you, mr. president. just as a point of clarification, i know and will need feedback in terms of this particular item. in terms of september the 25, we're scheduled for a retreat. i believe you said the retreat time is between 10:00 and 3:00. and for myself, it would be nice, mr. president, if there could be clarity addressed to agenda and schedule, meaning, what time we're coming, what are we talking about. i understand we're going to have a facilitator, which for myself, i don't recall the facilitator that was exchanged for the retreat. >>commissioner cleaveland: none is setup at this point because neither that i talked to are available. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. and i didn't realize that we have a budget for facilitator, and so i assume that's going to be taken care of, who are the

facilitator is in the budget. so i just wanted to get more of the information. and i think between 10:00 and 3:00, there's lunch scheduled, and my clarity, is it a working lunch or social lunch? and just for myself, 10:00 to 3:00 is a lot of time. i have something pressing in the afternoon, but if we can see a calendar -- >>commissioner cleaveland: i've got 3:30. >> commissioner nakajo: well, this calendar has willingly got some engagements. i will be there madam secretar

next item. >> clerk: item eight, correspondence, e-mail from don chan dated 8-11-18. >>commissioner cleaveland: any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, any comments? seeing none. >> clerk: item nine, adjournment. >>commissioner cleaveland: i would like to adjourn this meeting in honor of the four fallen firefighters fighting the fires, most recently, the wildfires in northern california. dangerous job, and it's always brought home when a firefighter loses their life trying to protect others, so in their honor, let's adjourn this meeting tonight. thank you.

today we are going to talk about fire safety. we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. it's a wonderful

display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have the fire marshall join us today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> we talk about the san francisco earthquake that was a fire that mostly devastated the city. how do we avoid that kind of problem. how can we reduce fire hazard? >> the construction was a lot different. we don't expect what we had then. we want to make sure with the gas heaters that the gas is shut off. >> if you shut it off you are going to have no hot water or

heat. be careful not to shut it off unless you smell gas. >> absolutely because once you do shut it off you should have the utility company come in and turn it back on. here is a mock up of a gas hear the on a house. where would we find the gas meter? >> it should be in your garage. everyone should be familiar with where the gas meter is. >> one of the tools is a wrench, a crescent wrench. >> yes. the crescent wrench is good and this is a perfect example of how to have it so you can loosen it up and use it when you need it. >> okay. let's go inside to talk about fire safety.

many of the issues here relate to fire, for example, we have a little smoke detector and i see you brought one here, a carbon monoxide smoke detector. >> this is a combination of smoke and carbon monoxide detector. they are required in single homes now and in apartment buildings. if gas appliance is not burning properly this will alert you before the fumes buildup and will affect you negatively. >> this is a battery powered? >> this is a battery powered and it has a 10 year battery life. a lot of times you may have one or the other. if you put in just a carbon monoxide

detector, it's important to have one of these too. every house should have a fire extinguisher, yes. >> one thing people expect to do when the power goes out after an earthquake about using candles. what would you recommend? >> if you have a battery operated candle would be better to use. this kind of a candle, you wouldn't want it in an area where it can cause a fire or aftershock that it doesn't rollover. you definitely want to have this in a non-combustible surface. >> now, here we have our stove. after a significant earthquake we expect that we may have gas disrupted and so without gas in

your home, how are you going to cook? >> well, i wouldn't recommend cooking inside of the house. you have to go outside and use a portable stove or something else. >> so it wouldn't be safe to use your fireplace to cook? >> not at first. you should check it by a professional first. >> outside should be a safe place to cook as long as you stay away from buildings and doors and windows. >> yes. that will be fine. >> here we have some alternative cooking areas. >> you can barbecue and if you have a regular propane bark could barbecue.

>> thank you for joining us. and thanks for this terrific space that you have in this exhibition space and thanks for helping san francisco stay safe. >> i personally love the mega jobs. i think they're a lot of fun. i like being part of a build that is bigger than myself and outlast me and make a mark on a landscape or industry. ♪ we do a lot of the big sexy jobs, the stacked towers, transit center, a lot of the note worthy projects.

i'm second generation construction. my dad was in it and for me it just felt right. i was about 16 when i first started drafting home plans for people and working my way through college. in college i became a project engineer on the job, replacing others who were there previously and took over for them. the transit center project is about a million square feet. the entire floor is for commuter buses to come in and drop off, there will be five and a half acre city park accessible to everyone. it has an amputheater and water marsh that will filter it through to use it for landscaping. bay area council is big here in the area, and they have a gender equity group. i love going to the workshops.

it's where i met jessica. >> we hit it off, we were both in the same field and the only two women in the same. >> through that friendship did we discover that our projects are interrelated. >> the projects provide the power from san jose to san francisco and end in the trans bay terminal where amanda was in charge of construction. >> without her project basically i have a fancy bus stop. she has headed up the women's network and i do, too. we have exchanged a lot of ideas on how to get groups to work together. it's been a good partnership for us. >> women can play leadership role in this field.

>> i tell him that the schedule is behind, his work is crappy. he starts dropping f-bombs and i say if you're going to talk to me like that, the meeting is over. so these are the challenges that we face over and over again. the reality, okay, but it is getting better i think. >> it has been great to bond with other women in the field. we lack diversity and so we have to support each other and change the culture a bit so more women see it as a great field that they can succeed in. >> what drew me in, i could use more of my mind than my body to get the work done. >> it's important for women to network with each other, especially in construction. the percentage of women and men in construction is so different. it's hard to feel a part of something and you feel alone.

>> it's fun to play a leadership role in an important project, this is important for the transportation of the entire peninsula. >> to have that person -- of women coming into construction, returning to construction from family leave and creating the network of women that can rely on each other. >> women are the main source of income in your household. show of hands. >> people are very charmed with the idea of the reverse role, that there's a dad at home instead of a mom. you won't have gender equity in the office until it's at home. >> whatever you do, be the best you can be. don't say i can't do it, you can excel and do whatever you want. just put your mind into it.

>> i would like to call role. >> please do. [roll call] >> thank you very much. ladies and gentlemenac