fulfilling the legal requirements under the sunshine ordinance and legal lemgs lation. in the last six months, the commission has received and filled 32 public records requests, ten of those since we saw you last, so about 30% of them in the last two months. that means, on average, we get more than a request every week. occasionally, in responding to that request, the answer is that we have no records that would respond to the questions that a requester has put to us, but in other instances, we have an overwhelming number of records that would respond to the questions of a requester. so the scope of response varies from zero records to upwards of 10,000. and you'll see notes that it takes, on average, about 12 staff hours every week to fulfill those requests. staff have produced to the public in the last six months

roughly 20,000 pages of records related to the business of the ethics commission, and staff are currently collecting and reviewing an additional 10,000 for production in the coming weeks. i would add, lastly, that the person who currently serves as the commission's public information officer is thomas maclean. he was senior investigator and legal analyst. he came to us from the san diego district attorney's office. director pelham introduced him to you about six months ago, and he's done an excellent job for the commission, learning a new area of law, understanding the requests that we received, applying the law to those requests, and coordinating with staff how to generate and produce the records that the public are entitled to. and he shoulders the bulk of staff time in responding to

these requests, so when i say that we spend roughly 12 hours a week on these, i mostly mean thomas. and in addition to his responsibilities on the records side, he, of course, has investigations for which he's responsible as an investigation. >> commissioner chiu: so jeff, is there a -- any way that we can get him more help to -- another shoulder at the wheel to help with the heavy lift on identifying documents, reviewing documents, and then producing those documents? because 12 hours per week is a significant amount of time, and it probably wasn't -- whatever he's doing on records requests is not -- it takes away from the time that he can spend on investigations. >> yes, thank you, chair chiu. historically, the job of public information officer fell to the deputy director, so previously,

jessica bloom shouldered the bulk of this responsibility. under staffing transitions, we divided some of that up. the responsibility of the public information officer could be fulfilled by the director of enforcement in lela farlela -- legal affairs. i have a smaller shoulder than thomas, but i'm willing to offer it, so we have talked about, going forward, some work that i might do to free him up to conduct investigations. long-term, if the volume of requests persists as it has over the course of the last six months, i think the commission will seriously have to consider requesting some additional staff resources because although we take very seriously

our transparency obligations we also take seriously our enforcement obligations, and we want to see all of those are fulfilled to the fullness of the mandate. >> commissioner chiu: agreed. one idea, would obviously leave this up to you to determine, but if there are any salary savings from the open positions, if that would be something worth exploring. i just understand that there's -- and applaud your effort to meet both the request of the public for transparency but also don't want to meet those obligations at the expense of making progress against the caseload that only continues to grow. >> thank you. >> commissioner chiu: sorry. i interrupted you as you were going through. >> oh, that was the end. >> commissioner chiu: okay. >> i'm happy to entertain other questions. >> commissioner chiu: any questions from commissioners?

public comment? okay. agenda item number nine, discussion of the executive director's report and update of various programatic and operations of highlighted staff activities since the commission's last monthly meeting. >> thank you, chair chiu. there has been a lot going on over the last couple of months since the commission last met. we've been able to take advantage of that time at the staff level to make some progress -- significant progress on some hiring and some staffing. i would first note as my report does announcing for you formally that jeff pierce was appointed permanently since we last met, so we're really lucky to have jeff's experience as an investigation, boots on the ground, but also just a lot of really great experience and insight from his prior work

experience and his -- his background and training, which is, as you see from the -- my report, extensive and fascinating. so jeff's really -- we're just glad that he's on board to take on this additional role. and i think have a lot of exciting things ahead in the coming year with that. with his permanent appointment, we will be backfilling the senior investigative position that jeff had previously served. i'll get to that in just a moment, but i also am happy to announce that we were able to fill the fourth position in steven massey's electronic data and -- disclosure and data analysis, our i.t. team, that we have now filled that fourth position. as you saw from the previous report, steven and his team continue to do really terrific work in helping the public access information so that it's

not in dusty file cabinets. they've also really helped us as an office move into the 21st century really quickly with how we do our work. so having four of them work together, i think we're going to again, continue to see major progress. maron calderon, he's called ronaldo, he joined our staff last month. he was formerly with the department of public health doing information systems work as a business analyst there and has terrific experience that's relevant to the kinds of tools and efforts that we're making, so we're just delighted that he was interested in coming over to us, and he -- he's now rounding out that team, so we look forward to bringing him to the meeting and having a chance to introduce himself to you all, as well. today at 5:00 is the deadline for five terrific positions. we were able to make progress to get those five remaining positions that have been a part of our hiring plan posted out

in the world. we've tried to extensively notify colleagues, other organizations, other networks, to -- to get applicants so that we have, again, as we've been seeing, a terrific pool of people interested in working with us. we did extend the deadline by one week because we thought it was important with the commission meeting materials being out in public and the sort of dog days of summer, we wanted to make sure it was on folks' radar, so that deadline is today, but we will be working with our support over at d.h.r., the department of human resources, to try and fill those positions as soon as possible. they are also service positions, and as you know, that process can take sometime. it is likely we will see people in chairs at the end of the year -- calendar year, if we're lucky. we're going to continue to be as aggressive as we can, but sometimes it's dependant on getting rooms where the tests have been administered, but

we're going to keep working on that. i would also note that -- two other things over the last month. as you know, we've been in a mode of office renovation. the controller's office has been extraordinarily gracious with our team, housing us over at 314 city hall, and in their annex with some other staff and real estate department as well and allowing us to use some space in 25 vanness. we've been working to finalize deadlines and at the same frames. this week's progress is there is now carpet that has been laid in the office which will now enable the work stations to be installed by next week. all of this is to say we are targeting october 4 as the day we will be back in our office at 25 vanness, and we will hopefully make that a very seamless transition between now and then. we know it's been daunting for the public to sometimes find out where we are, but we're very much working to provide

seamless service over the next couple of weeks so that it won't impact any services or communications that we have. if anybody does have concerns about that, i hope that you will please share them with me and let me know that that we can be on top of it, and the same goes for members of the public that might be experiencing some of that, but we are looking forward at being back in our space and having everybody regularly seeing each other. we've missed each other. the last thing i would say, the other thing we've been able to do over this last month, as you might recall, every year, we establish individual goals about how our work supports the overarching organizational goals that we have as a commission, we know with you have our blueprint for our budget process that describes the kinds of goals that we've continued to work at tleez past three years. we want to take a step back with staff and make sure our individual goals are aligning with those. it's part of an annual

performance review process where we establish those goals and have conversations with each other, we completed that process so that all supervisors have met with all staff in the office at the -- as of the end of the summer. and that's -- it's a good chance for everybody to have a once a year conversation about how we're doing and where we're going. so that was very helpful, i think, to take time to do that and to -- to do it well, and we'll keep focusing on that going forward. i think with that, i'm happy to answer any questions you might have for me, but i would just say from all of us on the staff, we do appreciate the flexibility and support that everybody's shown with this period of transition with the office move. we're looking forward to being back and also to reporting more good news as we go forward this fall on hiring and the progress on the work that we're doing. >> commissioner chiu: wonderful. well first off, i'd like to congratulate you, jeff, on your appointment to the director of enforcement. i think that you are off to a great start, and look forward to continue to work with you

and to see more great things coming out of your department with your team. and also, kudos for getting through the annual review and performance review conversation process. it's -- it's a really important thi thing to do, and i know that it was an ambitious goal that you set, but to have set the goal and met it, i think it a testament to both your leadership and also the commitment of your leadership team to make sure that they do right by -- by all the staff who are working, so keep up the great work. any other -- commissioner lee? >> thank you, madam chair. it's great to hear that you may be move back home october 4, before the election. i wonder if there's been a practice that you have open house to welcome the public because this would be a great opportunity as part of your public engagement and outreach

initiative to really not bring in the folks who's followed you for many years, but the new communities, the folks who may not know the commission that well, this may be a good opportunity for them. and also, we have so many new staffers, it would be good for folks to meet with you. i know that we won't be able to serve coffee and cookies, but at least have people to see the beautiful new office. >> thank you for that. i do make a mean chocolate chip cookie, i will say. we do have coffee in the office, but i think that's a very helpful suggestion. i think we're excited about sharing the newness of being back and sharing it with people outside of your four walls -- our four walls may be a terrific suggestion in the future. i think that's something that would be great to do. >> commissioner chiu: terrific idea.

>> i'll bring desert. >> commissioner chiu: any other commissioner comments? questions? public comment? charlie. >> well, speaking of hospitality it is hospitality, it is an august occasion we've just passed, and that was commissioner kopp's 90th birthday, and i wanted to extend my compliments to him on his amazing anniversary. and also, i'm sure the commission would agree that if you can throw in a birthday cake in the office opening on october 4. >> too many calories. >> well, make it a calorically sensitive birthday cake. >> commissioner chiu: have a small slice. >> well, i don't think we can give you a cake, the public,

but you can give us a cake, and you're not bribing us, you're the decision makers. so that's the thought. i was wondering who could bring the cake. and i think if the staff provides the cake, that would work. >> commissioner chiu: thank you. >> happy birthday, commissioner kopp. >> commissioner kopp: thank you, mr. marstellar. >> commissioner chiu: any other public comment? okay. item number ten, discussion and possible action regarding status of complaints received or initiated by the ethics commission, possible closed session. >> commissioner kopp: madam chair woman, i'd request a closed session on the confidential report from the executive director. >> commissioner chiu: is there a second? >> commissioner renne: i'll

second it. >> commissioner chiu: okay. public comment on this item? no, no public comment. okay. we'll take a five-minute break, and then, when we come back, we'll go into closed session we'll go into closed session we are back in open session. following agenda item number 10, i'd like to move to keep the -- to maintain the confidentiality of the discussions held in the closed session regarding the status of complaints received or initiated by the ethic's commission. can i get a second. >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> agenda item number 11. discussion and action on items for future meetings.

>> commissioner renne. >> back in about march of this year, i had referred a subject about possible legislation dealing with limitations on special -- or on non candidate expenditure committees. provided to the staff some materials that have been produced both dealing with legislation in florida and i believe in massachusetts. i was made inquiry of pat about where that stood. he pointed out to me that when we get our priority list, that

particular independent expenditure committee legislation was not one of those that was the top priority. so i would ask that we put on the october agenda that subject matter of possible legislation relating to independent expenditure committees and limitations on them. i told pat that i have six more months on this committee -- on this commission, before my term runs out. one of my goals is that we act on the draft legislation that has been presented to the staff. we move it as a priority item at

the october meeting. >> so this was the -- to put it on the agenda, would that reason you'd like to revisit the policy prioritization discussion we had? >> my understanding is october is when we do a reanalysis of the profile -- of the priority. clearly, i would ask that it be placed as a priority item for action by the commission within the next six months. >> we have october is the right quarterly period where we said we would bring back the prioritization plan for a check-in and what we can do is attach -- make sure that material information about that legislation is attached to that

so it can inform your discussion about where you'd like to place it. >> i'd appreciate it. >> ok. >> and then pat is flying solo until we can hire his replacement, is that right? >> yes. so hopefully we'll have someone on staff about the the end of the year and we can get to all these policy priorities. >> i think you will find that there is a lot of volunteer activity proposed draft legislation with a draft ordinance and with back up memoranda as to potential constitutionality questions that might be raised by it. and the staff can get volunteer work, we would be happy to assist them in pushing this

forward. >> any other items from commissioners on item 11? >> yes. i want to be sure that staff investigate the former director of public heath of the city and county of san francisco over an allegation of directing city contracts to her wife. i won't ask if such a request has been filed. i hearby ask tha hear herei hern investigation be commenced. secondly, this does not come

from staff i am informed and believed one of the candidates for mayor, whose request for public financing was denied, has filed a million $300,000 claim with the controller of the city and county for i for fo for intl action for public financing. i can't think of anything in the last months more frivolous. i want to go on the record to say that if, after 90 days, and that claim has been rejected by

the controller of the city and county, a san francisco or other county superior court suit is filed, i will make a motion to direct the commission's attorney, not simply to demur to my such complaint but also to move for sanctions under california rules of court and the california code of civil procedure for the filing of a frivolous lawsuit. >> ok. we'll see how that unfolds. public comments. >> good afternoon commissioners. members of the public. ethics commission. i am here to --

>> what's your name? >> my name is louis dillon. and i have been following, apart from last month when there was no meeting, but following the ethic's commissions over all operating procedure and the subsequent claims and filings of people regarding campaign finance and gifts and so fourth. it seems like there is compliance with the city attorney's office to enable, a

abet, coerce and not expos these campaign finance issues. this is evident because you don't really have to prove the case. you just have to prove more likely than not. x and y do not equal z. the fact that we're living in san francisco, which comparatively speaking to the rest of the nation, is the belly of the beast. i mean, this is where all the negative, atrocious allegations towards a supreme court nominee come from, this city. in context from that, we can further deduce that san

francisco is adept at putting the wrong people in service of the public, in service of monitoring the public and in service of refereeing who gets to make decisions in san francisco. the effect of this lack of refereeing, policing, investigating the finance that puts these people into positions of public trust clearly a case can be made that the city attorney's office is aiding and abetting these people to get off. they are enabling these people to get off due to the fact that they're suppressing evidence, not playing by the rules, not giving a fair shake to people who have complaints, and

treating them like they're adversarial. thank you. >> thank you. >> any other public comments? agenda item number 12. additional opportunities for public comments on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda. bylaws, article 7, section 2. >> move we adjourn. >> don't we want to --

>> last call for public comment. >> my name is antonio. i had a question in regards to are you guys going to be going through with any of the hiring for the committee that was mentioned earlier today? in regards to -- i know there's

stuff going on with the sunshine ordinance. i know there were people needed to do research on some of the things regarding the -- how do you say, there was a thing yesterday on the -- you say the oversight, overhauling of the -- how do you say this? this is the proposal for sf open source voting. will there be any people doing research on this that are going to be needed for here or as liaison. people that go to act between this and the mayor's office on

technology? >> i am not familiar with this initiative. i don't know if anyone on staff is familiar with the initiative. >> if i may, if you are speaking about the open source voting system. >> yeah, that and liaison to the mayor's office on technology and the sunshine ordinance committee. anything relating to the open source voting. >> so sorry to have to redirect you, but the open source voting effort is something that's within the jurisdiction of the elections commission. this is the ethic's commission. it's a separate body. if you want to get more involved in sunshine ordinance matter, there's a separate body called the sunshine ordinance task force that meets separately from this body. >> i'm fine with everything. i didn't know if you were needing people for that.

i know it was mentioning earlier there were things needed between the mayor's office on technology and what not. and various committees in the -- how do you say it, in city hall. >> i'm sorry, i'm not familiar with that part of your question. sorry about that. >> you guys mentioned earlier that there was a -- that should be fine. yeah. thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner kopp, your motion to adjourn. >> yes. so moved. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> we are adjourned.

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>> good afternoon everyone. on the mayor of the city and county of san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: i'm really excited to be here with some of our city's most incredible leaders. members of the board of supervisors, and including the person who has led the efforts for each and every one of us that brought us here to this day thank you so much. [applause] for farm too loan, survivors of sexual harassment and assault of how to navigate through tangled web of city departments and resources as they fight for justice and accountability. but thanks to the leadership of everyone here, we are helping those survivors receive the help and the support that they truly need. recent surveys have shown that more than 80% of women and 40% of men and have experienced some form of sexual harassment. nearly two thirds of those assaults are not even reported

to authorities. so why is that klee because time after time -- why is that? time after time survivors have been dismissed by the system. the system that is supposed to help individuals get the treatment they need to help heal from the traumatizing experience that they have heart. we have heard so many incredible stories about things that victims have had to go through, to the point where they just given up. and to have to recount such a horrible tragedy, time and time again, is something, that what we're doing here today to address is hopefully, is going to help to deal with this. this is not ok in the era of the me too movement and we cannot stand by and let survivors go through this experience alone. today, i am proud that the board of supervisors is taking a huge

step forward and helping survivors of sexual harassment and assault by creating our new office sexual harassment and assault response prevention. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: it is why we are here today. we, as a city clearly need to send a strong message. we hear you, we are here for you and will do everything we can to put the resources necessary to make sure that we don't just pass legislation to make an office like this possible. we actually passed the budget allocation to support the success of this office. i want to thank all of my colleagues who are here. every member of the board of supervisors was a sponsor of this legislation. every member of the board of supervisors thought for and voted to support the funding to make this office a success. i also would like to take this opportunity to address cheryl davis from the san francisco human rights commission. she's not here today but she will be leading the charge in

this effort, because we know that she focuses on issues around human rights and equity and things that matter. this clearly matters to the city and county of san francisco, which is why we are putting it at the forefront of the human rights commission. i am grateful to cheryl for her leadership. thank you to all the commissioners here who are here from the commission on the status of women. it does take a village to move things forward in this capacity. we have had an incredible leader in this effort. someone who has been a fighter and relentless in not only just producing this legislation, but making sure that every member of the board of supervisors served as a cosponsor and a real partner for this particular efforts. ladies and gentlemen, at this time i would like to introduce supervisor hilary ronen. [applause] >> hello ladies and gentlemen in san francisco.

today is an amazing day and victory for all women, but also all survivors of sexual assault in san francisco. let's give that a round of applause. [laughter] [applause] >> i want to start off by thinking mayor lee, first off when she was still a supervisor for being a very early sponsor of the legislation, and now for signing it into law and holding this beautiful ceremony. i think it elevates the importance of the legislation. thank you so much, mayor breed. and to all my members on the board of supervisors, it is so rare to introduce a piece of legislation that is unanimously sponsored from day one by every member of the board of supervisors. i think that is a testament to how amazing this board is. and my colleagues who care so much about this issue. it is also a testament to the women behind the legislation. i did not write this legislation alone. i wrote this piece of legislation with a group of six

survivors of right who worked every single day -- of rape and they brought the issue to my attention to begin with and then who said we don't just want to complain, we want to sit down and solve this issue. so i just want to give a huge shout out to those women and a very specific thank you to jane doe, who you will hear from in a moment, to rachel, who is here with us today, tiffany who couldn't be here because she's on one of those rare two-week vacations, but who will have a chance to celebrate at the board of supervisors in a few weeks, to britney, to maria, who is here with us as well, thank you for being here, at also to audrey you you will hear from in a moment. we had an incredible team together, with my legislative aids, and specifically carolina morales, two champions this was

all of her heart and soul from day one. if we can give them all a very big round of applause, they deserve it and so much more. [applause] >> so it was also surprised me that there were many women in san francisco who don't come forward and report sexual assaults, rape or sexual harassment, because we know this is an epidemic all throughout the country. but what did surprise me is that women who did feel comfortable coming forward, who wanted accountability from their perpetrators, who wanted to be involved in our city system to investigate and prosecute and to get some accountability and justice, that they were treated so poorly by city departments. that was, honestly, a shock to me. the more i learn learned, the more i realized that we couldn't

just have a meeting with the heads of those departments, who i know have the best intentions. we needed something more regular that was going to get us the type of systemic change that would make sure that san francisco would not only dissuade survivors from coming forward and reporting these crimes, but would also take a step forward and make sure we are on the cutting edge and meeting the nation in terms of the best practices of dealing with sexual assault. when we have statistics that one in every two women in her lifetime a sexually assaulted and one of every six men sexually assaulted practice is not something that we can just throw our hands up and say, that is a shame. this is an epidemic that must be taken with all seriousness. we must have systemic change at every level. and by starting a sharp office

in san francisco where survivors and victims can come forward and say, i am not being believed by a city employee, i am not being taken seriously, i'm not being treated with dignity, i'm not being respected, that from day one, they will have an advocate to help them navigate through these difficult systems will be with them side-by-side as they are going through the very painful process of telling their story and getting justice. so this is a very important step is one of only many steps that we need to end this epidemic of sexual assault in the united states. and i'm so proud of the leap forward we are making here today without further ado, it is my absolute honor to introduce to survivors who will speak to you next. the first one, jane doe, is actually a city employee who i have worked on for years on women's rights legislation. we worked on equal pay legislation together and is the

one that brought these issues to my attention in the first place. we will hear from her and a moment. and then audrey martinez, who is a leader with communities united against violence. it is an organization that works with the lgbtq community to end violence in that community and deal with a very specific issue that that community faces. if you can give them a warm round of applause, that would be wonderful. thank you. >> hello. mayor brigade, -- mayor breed, thank you. recently, a candidate for congress stated that the people closest to the pain should be closest to the power. often, we suffer in silence. many of us who speak up are further quieted by abuse. but you listens.

you listen to me and dozens of rape victims recount the details of our darkest hour. so many of us were not only raped but blamed and discarded by san francisco process law enforcement agencies. those sworn to serve and protect under equal protection of the law. so many of us did not receive proper care at the hospital because the city process sexual assault response team was inadequately resourced. we are told rape is a fact of life. rape is a sentence. the terror of the crime is only the beginning. the magnitude is unfathomable at first. it slips by shock and denial. but so corrosive is the impact of victims can never be the same nor can we escape the nightmare as it unfolds. i am jane doe. it has been two years and nine months since i was raped. 949 days of my precious life

stolen. supervisor ronan knew me before as a colleague and governments, a week or so after the rape, we had a call about work. i blurted out what had happened. sfpd was utterly indifferent and tried brushing me off without so much as an interview. they deemed rape to be complicated but not serious. i was patronized for asking police to take basic investigative steps like securing video evidence or interviewing key witnesses. i couldn't wrap my mind around it. neither could supervisor whose unwavering ronen support for your support has been a source of strength. she and her extraordinary team, especially early not more alice, have worked with a group of victims of rape to a summons the two stand up. mayor breed, supervisors, i'm overwhelmed with gratitude for each of you. at the beginning of the hearing

that led us to today, victim after victim shared harrowing experience as a being trivialized, blamed and. you listens, you asked watchful and smart questions of our city department that consistently failed the rising masses of victims of rape and assault. you stood with us on the steps of city hall to call for change. and today, we take a step forward by taking action. this office will be a source of advocacy and accountability that shamefully, we don't reelect in san francisco. a voice definitely absent in a course crying out to, me too. on behalf of victims, survivors, warriors, loved ones, all those who ever had or will be affected , thank you. also, special thanks to supervisor stefani for your support. without women and office, we

wouldn't be here. it is amazing that today our first african-american female mayor is signing legislation authored by a female legislature and supported by all of her colleagues. and by community members of all genders. this is truly a celebration of empowerment. to those who spoke up in the hearing, at the sv you or in civil court, because your criminal case is on shelf, thank you. i am honored and humbled to stand in solidarity with you. to those who cannot or will not speak up, who are so far from a seat at the table, we stand in solidarity with you and today, we start the work of building a bridge to you. thank you. [applause]

>> thank you, everyone. i am here, my name is audrey martinez. i'm a member of the community united against violence. i am doing what it takes to make the change, the change i want to see in my life. i want to hear -- to celebrate and thank mayor breed and supervisors in all city officials that supported this new love to create an office of sexual assault prevention and intervention. this office is important because people of all genders need to have a safe place and get help after violence occurs. as an emigrant survivor, it is important to have a space where we can feel cared about without being ashamed. thank you for creating this

space that helps foster, sorry, i'm so nervous. to be accountable as a human being and stop being shamed for the experiences that we have gone through. it is about time to get help and start the change . the shame. thank you. [applause] >> mayor breed: again, i know it takes a lot of courage to get up here and share your experience. thank you both so much for your courage and for bringing us to this point. i'm excited that we are here today to sign this legislation with members of the board of supervisors, president cohen had to leave but we have supervisor vallie brown, supervisor catherine stefani, supervisor norman yee, and others. thank you all so much for your support of this very important legislation. at this time, i will sign the legislation. [cheers and applause]

>> mayor breed: here we go. and today's date is? [cheers and applause] -

>> san francisco is known worldwide for its atmospheric waterfront where spectacular views are by piers and sight and sounds are xhanl changing we come to the here for exercise relax ball games

entertainment, recreation market, exhilaration a wide variety of contributions easily enjoyed look up the bay the waterfront is boosting for activities boosting over 25 visitors every year the port of san francisco manages 7 may have million dollars of waterfront from hyde street and fisherman's wharf to the cargo terminals and name shoreline the architecture like pier 70 and the ferry building is here for the embarcadero and a national treasure the port also supports 10 different maritime industries alongside with the recreational

attractions making san francisco one of the most viable working waterfronts in the world but did you think that our waterfront faces serious challenges if earthquake to damage the seawall and the embarcadero roadway rising seawalls will cause flooding at high tides and major repairs to a safe many of the piers the port is at a critically turnl point time to plan for the future of san francisco's waterfront this year the port is updating it's marts plan the plan working group to invite a wide variety of poichdz from the city and bayview and other advisory teams to share their expertise if

intense and maritime operations the waterfront land use plan has guided the use and development of the lanes for the last 20 years major physical changes take place along the waterfront and now is the time to update the waterfront plan to continue improvements that will keep our waterfront vibrate, public and resilient the biggest challenges facing the waterfront are out the site an aging seawall along the embarcadero roadway and seawalls that will rise by 21 hundred to provide and productivity of tides seawall is built over weak soils and mud the next earthquake will cause it to settle several feet without the urgent repairs that will damage the promenade and other things we've been fortunate over the

last hundred years less than one foot of seawall over the next hundred years scientists say we'll have 6 feet of seawall rise imagine the pier 30/32 will be floated, the embarcadero will be flooded our transportation system is fog to be heavy impacts unfortunately, the port didn't have the financial resources to repair all the deteriorating piers let alone the adaptations for sea level rise. >> it is clear that the port can't pay for the seawall reinforcement or deal with the sea level rise on its own needs to raise money to take care of the properties at take care of the maintenance on the properties no way absent anti funding the issues of sea level rise or the schematic conditions

of seawall can be development. >> as studies talk about the seawall challenges the working group is look at the issues please come share our ideas about recreation, pier activities, shoreline habitat, historic preservation and transportation issues and viral protection. >> we know this planning process will not have one question and one answer we need the diversity of the opinions how people feel about san francisco waterfront and want to hear all the opinions. >> the challenges call for big decisions now is the time to explore now and creative ideas to protect and preserve san francisco waterfront. >> now is the time to get involved to help to shape the future of our waterfront. >> we need the debate please

come forward and engage in the process. >> this is your waterfront and this is your opportunity to get involved be part of solution help san francisco create the waterfront we want for the future. >> this is really to dream big and i think about what our waterfront looked like for all san franciscans today and generations to come. >> get involved with the planning process that will set the fraction for what is coming at the port. >> find for in upgrading dates on the ports website. >> (ship blowing horn in

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>> president brandon: meeting called to order. [roll call] >> president brandon: item 2, approval of minutes, september 11, 2018. >> so moved. >> second. >> president brandon: any public comment on the minutes? seeing none? in favor? minutes approved. >> clerk: public comment on executive session. >> president brandon: any public comment on executive session? seeing none -- >> no public. >> president brandon: all in favor. >> motion to go to executive session. >> president brandon: all in