>> you are here -- >> yes, i was here september 25 th. >> can we make sure that she gets the documents that she is requested so long as they are in existence? that she has them by close of business on friday, at the latest. this item is a recommendation to the full board of supervisors. >> right. >> it is not an action by us. go ahead. >> except that there may be issues that the commission needs to deal with like the quality of the ordinance being considered today. the need to, possibly if people haven't been aware before of their need to address questions and ask for site review since they found themselves on the map i just feel its a very important issue.

over 2,000 people will be affected by this. some people might not be able to afford the insurance that's being required. >> yes. i would defer to council. if council thinks we are positioned legislatively to hold this back, i'm not sure what necessarily it will change that. i will defer to council and my colleagues. it is a recommendation based on a staff recommendation. i'm prepared to move it forward to. i will pay very close attention to your particular case, but i will grant one more comment and then we will have to decide. >> individuals haven't seen this legislation. they don't have the ability to respond to it. there has not been mailed to notice about it. they haven't been able to review it. i think there has to be time for that to be done so it can be addressed by the commission rather than moving this forward. >> i will leave you with this, unless the commissioners have

comments. >> my understanding is there is not required insurance. >> if you are in the flood zone map,. >> it is a disclosure based ordinance, is my understanding. is there an insurance requirement as well? >> i want to clarify there is no requirement embedded in the ordinance to purchase insurance. and also, i want to clarify that we did send out the letters to all of the property owners before the map and will also send out, during the board of supervisors process, to hear the ordinance as well. that government process has its own public notice requirements. so i do want to clarify that by this body recommending the board to look into this ordinance, we then start into a whole other process where it will be heard at the board. there will be 30 days. there will be, and i completely

respect that you need to, there will be that opportunity to provide feedback during the legislative process. that opportunity will exist once this body recommends the ordinance. >> so that 2,000 people will receive additional notification of the ordinance if and when this body takes action. >> correct. >> and have an opportunity that they will be able to provide public comment on the ordinance through the board process. >> we can't e-mail a notice to folks saying there will be an ordinance until you all recommends that there be an ordinance. because then -- we need to be creat -- correct in stating that fact. that is why we sent the first letter. it was about the map itself. and then this process is about recommending the ordinance to the board of supervisors. the legislative process will

include space for public comment and we will again have to reach out and describe what we are doing in that legislative process, which is different from the technical process that we underwent to create the map itself. >> thank you. that's very helpful. >> i think so. i want to grant the citizen as much time as she feels she needs i am comfortable with the fact this is not a legislative body. i would move it to recommendation but i will call for a vote. i will give you another comment. >> i think that if people get mailed notice while it is still in commission there will be consideration of an ordinance, and i am sure that the body of the ordinance was in the packet. i wasn't able to review it. but then individuals if they were to have the opportunity to

review the ordinance at this level and raise any questions, because then they received other implications for them as property owners. and then they could respond -- it might raise issues that they have that need to be responded here as well to sarah in terms of review. sarah's letter it was back in may. that is the last. >> forgive me. i want to give you as much time, especially for being here. they will have a bite of the apple when -- they will have another bite of the apple when they get to the legislative process and they will have the same notice requirements. i will have to call for a vote, unless you have something to add >> people might not know all of the issues. >> i'm concerned primarily with you because you do, i do want to make sure you get the options you ask for. i have asked for them to be

provided to you by close of business. we will have to worry about that >> i know. i completely understand. we are guessing, they will have a bite of the apple. >> is there any need to pass the ordinance today? not pass it, but forward it? do you have to do it today? >> we will vote. i will call for a vote. >> can we do for this action? >> one of my colleagues mentions that if we do that, it will be up to them. thank you for being here and thank you for your comments. okay. it has been moved and seconded. is there any further public comment? public comment is now closed. i will call for a vote. all those in favor? >> aye. >> and opposed? the motion carries. thank you for being here. make sure you get that from staff. please have a conversation with staff. with staff.

they will be happy to talk to you. thank you. >> next item, please. >> item 12, adopt a resolution recommending the board of supervisors adopted an ordinance extending the sunset date of the bond committee for an additional six years to january first, 2025 >> i would like to move the item >> it has been moved and seconded. his or any public comment? seeing non, public comment is close. all those in favor? aye. the motion carries. next item. >> item 13 is improved a aggravated service agreement with the electric company for continued service to the clean power s.f. program. >> commissioners? it has been moved. >> seconded. as any public comment on item number 13? seeing none, public comment is closed. i will call for a vote. all those in favor? >> aye. >> the motion carries. next item, please.

>> item 14 is approve the integrated resource plan and a company filing and authorize a general manager to submit it to the california energy commission >> colleagues. >> with the item. >> so moved. >> seconded. >> and seconded. >> i have one speaker card. >> you will recall that when this item was brought to you last spring, i had some comments at that time about concerns about the implications to your water system because you do operate this component is part of your joint system. so this report is something that i am asking you to consider some changes to in your action today. i would urge you to go forward and adopt a resolution as britain. but also as part of that too to

direct staff to analyse and report back to you as part of future efforts that the potential impacts of those updates on the ability of the p.u.c. to satisfy the water supply readability -- reliability goals and impact to rate payers and also, independent of your action today , direct staff to report back to the commission about any impacts this irp has on budgets or planning that you are doing as a capital investments and ask that you report back in january when you go through your budget process. two changes. asked direct staff to come back as part of future i.r.p. to say what is the implications of this action on your water rate payers because they are part of this joint system. and then for the upcoming budget , which will be before your next i.r.p., over the implications of this plan of the recommended changes in your

capital planning. thank you. >> i would like to move the amendment as stated, if possible >> can reprepare -- can we prepare to move the amendment that was made following the comments? i'm not sure i understood the amendment. >> or it could be -- could it be taken as a directive instead of an amendment? it. >> sounds like what was being asked for was a direction to staff. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak. i just would like to point out that in the classes of the resolution, we do acknowledge, now i am looking at the fifth whereas a clause. that the i.r.p. noted that its scope did not fully address the

impact of the scenarios on the p.u.c.'s water operation. so this is a planning tool. it is not intended to constrain or direct any particular budget decision-making of the commission. it is really just to provide additional information for planning purposes, four power operations. we understand the system operates under water first and this is now, with the passage of sb 350, a requirement that we perform with integrated resource planning, at least every five years and produce a document like this that addresses the state's policy objective for power content efforts to achieve greenhouse gas free electric supply and 100% renewable

electric supply that you saw through legislative directives. this is not intended to modify the commission with an approach to standard budget considerations. >> what about -- i thought the request had to do with what the implications were on the water supply, primarily, financially. so i understand that this is a plan that's being submitted to the state, but where could we codify, maybe it is a directive to the general manager through the a.g.m., to make sure that we do understand that through the negotiation -- through the budget process or at some point that this particular plan as submitted, we want to understand what the implications are on our rate payers and water supply. >> certainly. i think the budget process that we go through and the planning

efforts that we undertake as an agency both on the power side and power and consultation with water considers that in all of its business transactions. we take a look at the impacts on our customers, our rates, our ability to maintain reliable service. i'm saying that not just as power enterprise a.g.m., by the agency does that. this tool isn't intended to change that at all. this is a planning tool with additional information that goes into that process. and in all those considerations. if the considerate -- if the commission wants to consider a different approach to trying to capture that decision-making, i suppose we could do that. this isn't intended to be that tool. >> i'm just getting a little confused. i believe the screen shows we are on item 13. correct me if i am wrong, we are

on item 14. >> know you already voted it out and we moved on to item 14. >> we are on item number 14 k., thank you. >> i understand what you are saying. and it is just a plan and not actually part of our budget or decision-making. i would just want to know if this plan, and you are saying it doesn't actually have any implications because it is just a plan on the water supply, but it is used as a planning tool. >> much like we have a financial plan of a capital plan, these are all efforts, different views into how we are conducting our business and how we should conduct our business. >> i think this discussion is probably evidence of why we need to report back from the task force. >> i would appreciate the opportunity to speak. i was not aware this request was

going to be made to. having said that -- >> it has been moved and seconded. what is a supply strictly. >> in the last budget process, the i.r.p. had been discussed but not adopted. by the commission did fully consider all the aspects of all its business. >> there was not a special line item and here is the implications to the i.r.p. or not before these decisions. for example, we made various power funding decisions that did not jive exactly with the i.r.p. but they made sense overall for the p.u.c. >> if the intent of the enterprise was to stop the power system and a way that compromise water supply, that is something we need to know about and may be something we would have to act on.

we walk -- work under the water first assumption and that the power operations will be indifferent to that. >> on behalf of the general manager, that is very clear for the entire organization that we need to make sure that these things are fully disclosed so these decisions by the commission are fully in consideration of all of these aspects. >> is there any further public comments on item 14? seeing non, public comment is closed. i will call for a vote. all those in favor? >> aye. >> and opposed? the motion carries. next item. >> item 15 is authorized the expansion of the commercial paper program from 19 million to not exceed 250 million and direct the general manager to request approval from the board of supervisors for expansion. >> colleagues? >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon.

i do not have a formal presentation. i instead wanted to provide you with a synopsis of what this item and action entails which is described in your staff report to. we are asking to consider approval of the power enterprises commercial paper program. the program, which is currently authorized an amount of $99 back would be increased to $250 million. is part of this action and we are asking you to approve two bank credit agreements that would support the expanded program as follows. we are asking you to improve an amendment for the existing bank of america letter of credit agreement currently authorized at $90 million to the amount of $125 million for a term of three years. we are asking you to approve the credit agreement. you are also being asked to approve amendments to the existing commercial paper dealer agreements with the firms of

barclays, r.b.c. and goldman sachs for a term of four years each. by approving this action you are directing the general manager to request the board of supervisors authorization of the program expansion. i wanted to point out there are a number of documents related to this action including the approval of an updated offering memorandum which is the p.u.c. disclosure document required for selling the commercial paper. as i mentioned, this is more fully described in your report and i'm happy to take any questions. >> colleagues? >> i would like to move the item >> second. >> it has been seconded. his or any public comment on the sight simply public comment is now closed. all those in favor? >> aye. >> next item. >> item 16 is approve the grant public guidelines for the grant program for the general authority to negotiate award and execute plan agreements up to $2 million each and with a term of 20 years. >> okay. once again, i am the assistant

general manager. what you have before you on this item is consideration of approving or calling the green infrastructure grant program guidelines. for quick context, the green infrastructure element or the green infrastructure is a key element of this city process adoption of the urban watershed planning flick -- framework. it is a very important part of the sanitary system over the next decade. there are substantial resources included in the funding for green infrastructure. all the commissioners are aware we have finished or are near finishing the last early implementation projects to help us demonstrate the feasibility and cost effectiveness of the infrastructure projects. what this action does is it is intended to start laying the groundwork for the scaling of green infrastructure throughout the city by incentivizing parcel honours as they go through their natural building cycle and properties turned over need to

be investment. they are bringing green infrastructure features to their properties to provide the related stormwater management benefits. those benefits include all of the following. we have reduction of combined overflow discharge volumes, we have marginal improvement to flooding impact and we have reduced pollutant loading in our discharges through the system and we also have potential benefits and regards to groundwater recharge and the important parts of the city. those are the big picture benefits and i have sarah bloom from the wastewater enterprises to give you a brief presentation on this topic and we will answer any questions that you may have. thank you. >> hello. i work in the utility planning

commission of the wastewater enterprise. today i'm excited to share with you the s.f. p.u.c. infrastructure grant program. i will be going over the golden drivers behind the program. the elements that influence a program development and the components of the proposal itself. the program has three main drivers. the first is to manage stormwater using green infrastructure and the second was to respond to feedback from you to look at lower cost alternatives for delivering green infrastructure in the third is to address customers that may be impacted by the face two stormwater cost allocation. so the goals state for the program to manage stormwater cost effectively by funding green infrastructure projects that meet the minimum performance and co- benefit criteria. in the structure of this program , the maintenance responsibility will lie with the property owner and the inspection responsibility will live with the s.f. p.u.c.

through the budget process, the commission approved $8 million in funding for the first two years of the program and to anticipate being able to award a 6.4 million dollars in funding two grants to about 11 projects. the program has four elements that influence this development. the first were the golden drivers that i reviewed with you , but also lessons learned that we gathered from national green infrastructure grant programs and lessons learned we gathered from the local pilot project in san francisco. and feedback from the stakeholders. the pilot project was a joint project that was funded by the s.f. p.u.c. and delivered by the school district. this project was critical at setting up this grant program for success in demonstrating how we can effectively deliver these types of projects. we also conducted stakeholder

outreach. we met with the internal departments at the p.u.c., and our city family they'll be interested in participating, a trust for public land and other organizations i'll be interested in participating in the program. so as greg said, the program will be open to all parcels, public and private that can meet the five eligibility criteria. in order to qualify for grants, projects must be located on a parcel within an s.f. p.u.c. sewer system service area, combined or separate. projects also must be able to manage runoff from half an acre of service using green infrastructure and they have to design that green infrastructure to manage the 90th percentile storm for the first .75 inches of rain. teams will also have to demonstrate previous experience, with designing and building green infrastructure and demonstrate to have our priority co- benefits.

and the list of priority co- benefits is designed to support existing s.f. p.u.c. goals and programs such as recharging groundwater, reusing stormwater for nonpotable received just for use in providing job training opportunities. and the maximum grant amounts that will be available to projects is $765,000 per acre managed. that is the limit and up to $2 million in funding per project. eligible costs include planning and design of green infrastructure, direct construction cost, removal of impervious surface and educational signage for the project. and if awarded, grantees will be required to sign a 20 year stormwater management agreement documenting their maintenance requirement over 20 years. during that time, s.f. p.u.c. will reserve the right to reserve the project at any time.

>> will be providing technical assistance to the program and conducting site visits and scheduling preapplication meetings. today we are seeking your approval of the green infrastructure grant program guidelines. we are also seeking your delegation of authority to the general manager to negotiate award and execute agreements under the program and we are seeking your recommendation that the board of supervisors adopt an ordinance which delegates their authority to the general manager for people who are in excess of ten years. if we are successful we will move onto the board of supervisors an estimate launching the program in february of 2019. thank you. >> commissioners? >> can i ask a question about monitoring the projects creates

81 -- say the school wants to monitor -- they picked co- benefits of groundwater recharge and using stormwater. will the p.u.c. then be checking out and following up if they are meeting those benchmarks and reporting back? >> we don't currently -- monitoring is not an eligible costs under the grant program and the inspections that we will be doing our visual. we won't have monitoring data. but we will be going out to inspect for performance. if grantees are interested in doing monitoring of their project, we would likely luck with -- work with them for external funding. there's a lot of grants that are available. we currently only half have the monitoring program for the eip. >> that will not be a way to study lessons learned to capture data as we go? >> we could definitely look into adding that into the budget.

>> i think that would be important. if we will really do a citywide rollout, it feels like it would be important to aggregate, before the projects are picked to really see where we are going and the jobs training component to understand that for future programming. >> absolutely. >> to assist conclude front yard investors? >> this program does not include that. that will continue as well. >> thank you. >> for ever and ever, a man. i have a question. along the same lines. i get nervous with not knowing who will have responsibility. that goes back to our earlier report with a garden project. i. i don't feel like its enough to say that the agency reserves the right to inspect. because this is all a lot of work. the worst thing that can happen is we reserve that right and never exercise that right and it blows up in our face.

i would be much more comfortable with this and in granting the general manager ongoing authority if i knew that the agency -- our agency will inspect regularly. because if you have a lot of different cooks in the kitchen, someone will burn something. and i would feel strongly that we need those strings attached. not the threat of us looking at it, bet them knowing that we will hold them accountable. my hope is, there is a slide. that said packet said basically we are probably not going to inspect and we have a right to. that is like if you walk into my apartment. can we do that? >> absolutely. i should have called -- clarified. we will be doing inspections. the agreement provides a right for us to enter the property. the grant agreement also provides monetary relief to projects if they are not

performing. if we inspect a project in year five and it is not performing, we have the legal authority to recoup the money from the grant and get it back to the s.f. p.u.c. that amount of money is dependent upon how long they maintain the projects for. if it is in year one, we can get the entirety of the grant money back. if it is in the years 19, may be we can only get a portion back but it is prorated based on the link. we will be inspecting the projects, we are anticipating leaping these grant projects into our stormwater management agreement projects which are in the process of developing an inspection program. they will go in and we will have our regular inspectors going out about every three years or when we hear of an issue. >> thank you. back to my original point, i would want, i would want us to say no matter what, we will be inspecting each and every

location and not less than every six months and not less than once a year, whatever it is. these can be 20 years. i wouldn't -- again, i know how government works at that level. all too well. i would not want something -- if we are going to do something and do it well, we need to do it all the way down to the ground and make sure we are actually on top of these sights. i do not see that here. is that here in your mind or could it be here? or will you make it here? >> it is absolutely here. we will be working with the grantees from the very beginning on developing a successful proposal and during inspection during construction and doing a final signoff to the grantee before releasing the final payment essay okay, the infrastructure has been constructed as designed and that will be required in order for the grantee to get the final payment of money. once that is done, we will be looping them into the inspection program. i'm happy to report back to you

on what that proposal will look like. the most effective way to administer that would be to wrap into the stormwater management inspections which inspects every three years. but we can definitely look into doing it more frequently. >> did remove the item? >> not yet. >> okay. i will call for a motion. >> so moved. >> it has been moved and seconded. any public comment on this item? >> if i might pitch in one point since i'm sitting here, if i feel obligated to point out that we will be doing that at a particular frequency. you will get some to take -- dangerous budget territory when you find out later -- i have no reason to doubt why we would but those are hard commitments that we need to be very sure of that we will keep on this. i totally support this and i think that the general manager supports us and we will be inspecting but if we get to a particular frequency, we need to

be cautious of that. >> every other week. >> would it be possible to pass these guidelines and then ask for the staff to combat just come back with a proposed inspection schedule and monitoring plan? >> if there is no objection, that will be the order. >> that should be part of the motion. >> i will move that. >> okay. it has been moved again. >> i will second. seconded again. >> are you okay with that, councillor. we are good. is there any further public comment? public comment is close. i. i will call for a vote. very good. thank you very much. next item. >> i will read the discussion items prior to your motion. or prior to calling public comment. item 19 is anticipating

litigation of a plaintiff. item 21 is existing claims. the city and county of san francisco. >> thank you. is there any public comment on those items? hearing on, public comment is close. i will entertain a motion on attorney-client privilege. >> i will move to assert. >> it has been moved and seconded. any comment on that? will have no comment. i will call for a vote. the motion carries.

>> we can sweep by in front of a house in a matter of seconds. the only people who don't like it are the people who get the tickets. >> this is a street sweeping sign. don't let it get you. pay attention. [♪] >> in the morning, when we first go out, we start at six in the morning or seven in the morning. we call that our business run. we sweep all the main arteries of the city. after 8:00, we go into the residential areas and take care of all the other customers. >> the idea with the street sweeping program is to get the leaves and the debris off the ground. >> we -- for not only appearance and cleanliness but safety as well. >> we will get anywhere from 2-

7,000 pounds per truck depending on the season and the route. the street sweeper and the choice of the use right now is an error sweeper. they have a motor in the back and it blows winds down one side and carried by air into the hopper. what will mess this up is new -- large pieces of cardboard or sticks or coat hangers. anything that is more than 12 inches. the tube on the tracks is only 12-inch diameter. >> people asked what they can do to help to keep the city clean. there are people that letter. leaves are one thing. any of the garbage you see is from people being careless. [♪] >> one cars parked in the way, we can't sweep under the

congress. to deal with this, we have parking control officers that are provided by m.t.a. and they go in front of our sweepers and pass out citations to people that are parking the wrong way. once the sweepers sweep past in san francisco, you may park behind the street sweeper. we all know parking is a big issue. north beach hasn't been swept since the eighties because of opposition. but we are getting a lot of requests to sweep. basically our trucks are 10 feet wide. we stick the brooms out and they are may be 12 feet wide. >> there are a lot of blind spots when driving a large truck pedestrians and bicyclists and cars. and navigates this 22,000-pound truck through the city. >> we involve the public here -- to adhere to traffic laws. these routes were developed back in the eighties around the

capability of the sweeper. things have changed since then so we have to adapt. luckily, public works is embracing technology and working on a system to alter our maps. this is literally cut and paste -- cut and paste. we will have a computer program soon that will be able to alter the maps and be updated instantly. we will have tablets in the checks for all of the maps. we will send a broom wherever it needs to go and he has the information he needs to complete the safety. what is needed about these tablets as they will have a g.p.s. on it so we know where they're at. you do get confused driving along, especially the inner sunset. recall that to the be made a triangle. >> thanks for writing along with us today. i enjoyed showing you what we do and i urge you to pay attention to the signs and move your car and don't litter. with all

>> i strive not to be a success but more of being a valued person to the community. the day and day operations here at treasure island truth in family is pretty hectic. the island is comprised of approximately 500 acres, approximately 40 miles of sanitary sewer, not including the collection system. also monitor the sanitary sewer and collection system for maintenance purposes, and also respond to a sanitary sewer overflows, as well as blockages, odor complaints. we work in an industry that the public looks at us, and they look at us hard in time. so we try to do our best, we try to cut down on incidents,

the loss of power, cut down on the complaints, provide a vital service to the community, and we try to uphold that at all times. >> going above and beyond is default mode. he knows his duties, and he doesn't need to be prompts. he fulfills them. he looks for what needs to be done and just does it. he wants this place to be a nice place to live and work. he's not just thinking customer service, this is from a place of empathy. he genuinely wants things to work for everyone and that kind of caring, i admire that. i want to emulate that myself. that, to me is a leader. >> i strive not to be a success but more of being a valued person to the community. the key is no man is an island.

when anything actually happens, they don't look at one individual, they look at p.u.c. stepping in and getting the job done, and that's what we do. my name is dalton johnson, i'm the acting supervisor here at treasure island treatment plant. >> good morning everyone. i'm the director of the department of homelessness and supportive housing. it is so wonderful to see everyone here at the grand opening of this family access points. let me start the program by introducing the director of catholic charities in san francisco. [applause] >> thank you all. thank you, jeff, for your presents an introduction and thank you, mayor breed to, for your presence and endorsement of our program. i am honored to be here with you today and be present at this

very special occasion. catholic -- catholic charities, although we have been serving the population in the bay area for 100 years, this is one of the third programs, one of three programs in the mission. we have 35 programs. this is just one of three. we have been very, very blessed. we have funding now to open this site. the mission access point is really what it is. it involves immigration services , as well as homelessness prevention. if it were not for the city of san francisco who gave us the money to start this program, we would not be here. i am very grateful to the city of san francisco. our sustainable plan is to see more funding so this program can grow, providing homelessness prevention services to the greater community has been such a big need to. as you know, we are seeing the numbers of homelessness increase

our brothers and sisters are suffering every day on the streets. there are many who are not even counted. there are families living in their home, up to 20 people in a small space and they are often not counted. i would suggest to you that we have to work together, along with the city, and other nonprofits in our community, and our business community. those private-sector communities , to come together and solve the problem. none of us can do it alone. i am grateful to the mayor because i know she is committed to helping us solve this critical problem. bless you all for being here. we serve everyone. i want to make sure everyone knows that. we do not discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation , or faith or anything else. the catholic charities are here for everyone. it is a safe space. we will always be a safe space. 116 years in san francisco and in the greater area, 153.

we expect to be here for another 150 years plus. again, i'm grateful for your presence, your endorsement, your support, and mayor breed,, please honor us with your words. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. i want to start by thanking catholic charities for their 150 years of work and services in the community, but more importantly, their willingness to step up and manage this incredible center that is going to be an incredible resource for , not only, sadly, some of our homeless families were struggling on our streets, but also our immigrant community. with the services that will be provided. as we sadly know, we have a president, who every single day, is attacking our immigrant community and here in san francisco, despite the attacks and despite the threats that come our way, we will continue

to stand strong and provide resources and support to our immigrant community, for our people who are san franciscans, because sadly, we are under attack as a city and we will continue to do what's necessary to move the city forward which will include all san franciscans part of doing that is having a coordinated entry system in order to help our families grow and thrive. here at catholic charities, this is one of five locations that provides a place that people who are experiencing homelessness, can come in order to be entered into a system so that we can help people get into shelter or get into permanent housing. already, and i think jeff kaczynski who is running this department of homelessness for the city, can talk to you about the numbers and how amazing this coordinated entry system has been in terms of identifying individuals, tracking

individuals and transitioning people into permanent housing. i'm excited about what we've been able to do. because i know that you hear a lot about the numbers and what's going on, and why isn't san francisco doing enough to address this issue, and the fact is, san francisco is doing a lot to help house people and help get them on the right path. and one of the statistics that you may not hear often enough is we housed about 50 people a week and right behind those 50 people there are another 65 people to take their place. there is a problem around the entire state of california about homelessness. about 24% of the homeless population that exists in the united states is here in the state of california. i'm excited about working on regional solutions for the purpose of addressing this problem. san francisco can't do it alone. but we are lucky that we have incredible partners who are willing to step up to the plate

and they are still hiring for this location and looking for great and dedicated people to help facilitate this process and serve the community. in fact, thank you for your service in working with one of the clients who is here and who is actually working with the homeless population and is housed herself. michelle, in fact was a client and was working with the homeless population and is now housed herself. so this is what is -- what success looks like. it is having a coordinated system and working together, providing the right resources, providing shelters, providing housing, getting rid of the bureaucratic red tape that prevents us from building housing in the first place. i am looking forward to collaborations with all the 90 -- nine d. bay counties to address this challenge.

access points cannot only just exist in san francisco, but also throughout the bay area. we have to build those partnerships so we can help make sure that people are housed, but especially, especially families. people with the children. that is going to be extremely important to move the city forward. i'm happy to be at mission access point, where we will be open and available and working with the community. i want to thank jeff kaczynski and catholic charities and all the people who are actively engaged in helping us and making this place a success for the homeless families, as well as immigrant populations. thank you all so much for being here today. at this time, i would like to introduce the supervisor who represents this district, henry ronen. [applause] -- hillary ronen.

[applause] >> thank you so much. it is a very exciting day in the mission district. as you all know the mission district is one of the neighborhoods in the city where there are more homeless people living on the streets and in their cars in this neighborhood than anywhere else. it is one of the hard-hit neighborhoods. and to finally have an access point right here in the heart of the mission is so incredibly meaningful and it is going to make a big difference in the lives of so many people. i also want to say that catholic charities being the organization housing this important program is also, you know, i don't know if it is luck, it is hard to say luck when there's so much hard work involved. but this is an organization that the mission of community trusts. the mission of community trust this organization because catholic charities have been doing the hard work and

neighborhoods for decades. it is known as a safe place to come where the services will be linguistically and culturally sensitive, where they understand the intersection between several challenges, whether it's someone who is homeless and might be undocumented and might not be in the english dutch and english language speaker, catholic charities knows how to work with a population and make them feel heard, invested, involved, and left. that is why i am particularly excited today. thank you. thank you so much for doing this important work and to all of the staff, thank you so much. i also just want to say that thank you to both the mayor and to jeff kaczynski for creating this coordinated system, finally , in san francisco, we are not reinventing the -- the wheel every single time interact with an individual. that is going to make the services that we provide so much

more effective and meaningful because we will know what has been tried before and what did work, what didn't work, and be able to engage. finally, at the home, to one navigation center and one that has very close -- is very close by, to the shelters in santa maria and santa marta are, and to a new overnight program, the first of its kind that is starting at one avista horace mann school for the students themselves that are experiencing housing and security or homelessness, knowing that they will be able to work in conjunction with the school, with the principal, with the social workers at the school and those families, and get them housed as quickly as possible, because we know it's criminal for over 2,000 students in our public school system to be homeless. we have to fix that yesterday. can we know that this coordination between the overnight program and catholic charities running the access

point in the mission, that we will be able to do that. congratulations and thank you so much. [applause] >> okay. thank you, mayor breed and thank you supervisor ronen. i was going to do introductions of both of our speakers so i will do this backwards and thank mayor breed for her leadership on supporting coordinated entry, which is really revolutionizing the way that we address homelessness in san francisco. will be able to help more people more effectively and eliminate waiting lists and really direct people towards services and resources that will help them move beyond homelessness or prevent them from becoming homeless and the first place. mayor breed has been a really incredible champion of this and we are very grateful to her leadership, and i also wanted to acknowledge that supervisor ronen has been very instrumental in bringing resources to the entire city, but especially into

the mission district, helping raise $10 million at the state level to open up two new navigation centres. and more importantly than that, saying yes to navigation centres in her district and working with her constituents to help them support bringing services like the access point or navigation centres into her district. thank you very much for your leadership. and of course, to everybody at catholic charities to do such amazing work every day. now he is my pleasure to introduce another part of the catholic charities family. ellen, who has a few words for us. thank you. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you everyone. good morning. i am the senior division director for catholic charities. it's my pleasure to welcome everyone and open this site. it has been a work of beauty and

pleasure to finally have us open i do want to thank our c.e.o. and all the staff who i work with day in and day out to our dedicated to serve our clients in the best way possible. we are an accredited organization. our standard of care follows best practices and we are truly blessed with being able to provide the best services and the highest quality care for our clients. i also want to say, thanks to all the staff. this focuses us on hope and the tangible ways we can actively hope -- help our vulnerable neighbors thrive with dignity and self-determination. with the city and all of our other collaborative partners, we are focused on problem-solving. solving the problem of homelessness, and ending cycles of homelessness forever.

that is our goal at catholic charities. we use problem-solving in our coordinated entry systems in order to end homelessness. we engage everyone in an equitable and community-based, solution oriented practice. where we acknowledge and give people opportunity to stand up and walk on their own to be empowered to us use our tools so they can sign -- find their way in their lives and support their own children to thrive. i am honored today to introduce a client who we have served through our bayview access point site and our s.f. home homelessness prevention program. our sister program in the bayview has been open for a year now, which is really exciting, and hopefully we will have a birthday celebration there sometime soon. it does the same work. we do outreach in the

communities, so we go out teen vans and find families that need our help and bring them into do the problem-solving and the coordinated entry care. his of the client is here today. i think you've already seen her. michelle english. she is a catholic charities client who, with the guidance of our staff and the services at the bayview access point and s.f. home programs, was able to prevent homelessness, find stability, rebuild her life, and remained with her beloved 8 -year-old daughter, samara. did i get that right? so maia. i knew i would do that. with the stability of a home and a job now, she plans to become a sign language interpreter and pay it forward. please congratulate her and welcome her. [applause] >> how is everybody.

first and foremost, i want to say thank you. everybody and jesus, i love you guys so much because without the consistency of it all, i don't feel like i would have accomplished everything. access point and bayview, people get discouraged in the neighborhood and it is not what it is kept up just cracked up to be. the people inside a very welcoming and loving, like you feel welcome and from the time that i've been there and the time that lady has been assigned to my case has been nothing just greatness. when i feel like giving up and finding somewhere to live, they continue to keep pushing. i did some footwork but i owe them everything. they do the majority of the footwork. i don't really know what else to

say, but it is a blessing and if we can keep utilizing the things that are out there. just know that you can reach out for help. i am big on pride i was allergic -- working at a homeless shelter the whole time i was home. i don't want to step out on myself and go ask for help but i asked for help and i received it so the lesson now is i am able to walk into my home with my baby and she's so happy and i'm just thankful. [applause] >> thank you all very much for joining us today. i believe there's refreshments in the room over here. thank you again.

take pictures of the view of the city that you soon went forgot. our first look out and at buena vista park san francisco heavily forested hill with couples and doing walkers it's as old as the near neighbor golden gate park and both have a coast live oak forest and fresh in retreat from urban life and meanders under a canopy of oaks yup lipid u.s. and chill out in this pleasant and quiet environment and you might see butter nice, and dandelion and is squirrels hundred dollaring for their next

meal and buena vista park is 88 >> thank you. this is a meeting of the recreation and parks department. would the clerk please call the roll. [roll call] >>clerk: a >>clerk: so just a few quick reminders. today is the november 15, 2018 meeting of the rec and park commission. we do welcome everyone, but we request that you turnoff any sound producing devices that could go off in the meeting. if you want to speak today, we request but we do not require that you fill out a blue card, and unless otherwise requested, a person will have -- >> three minutes -- >>clerk: okay.