>>clerk: this is a reminder to silence all electronic devices. san francisco fire commission regular meeting wednesday, november 14, 2018, and the time is 9:03. roll call.

[roll call] >>clerk: item 2, general public comment. members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commission's jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department personnel. commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with a speaker. the lack of a response by the commissioners or department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during public comment. >> do we have any public comment? please come forward. >> good morning president, vice president, commissioners, chief.

i'm the president of the golden gait tenants -- gate tenants association of the hotel. as you know, a fire broke out on the 22nd floor of the davgate w hotel. on behalf of all of us, i would like to thank the san francisco fire department in its response to the gate way hotel fire. the first firefightered arrived very quickly with other engines following within minutes. they arrived several ways upstairs. the quick response was really

what we appreciated. the effective action saved us from what could have been a major disaster in this high-rise. it's a 22, 24, 25-story building. the fact that no one was hurt and only an elderly couple was carried out safely reflected great training and professionalism and courage of the fire department. please extend our appreciation to all members of the force. we know that the fire station 13 was the first one to respond, but others joined them and additional members, and we are so very, very thankful for their tremendous works. thank you so much. i'm not here alone. other members of the gate way tenants association are here and would like to speak, too. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> good morning, commissioners.

my name is bill hammond, and i am a member of the golden gate tenants association, and i live at the gate way. firefighters from station 13 arrived on the scene in two minutes flat, an amazing response time. other stations also responded rapidly. the fire started on floor 12 and spread up to floor 16 with flames shooting out onto the balconies on several floors. your firefighters ran up several flights of stairs, rescues several tenants and put out the fire. there were no reported injuries. one of your firefighters physically carried john resnor to safety from the third floor. we're glad you're here. we think you have a very fine

department. thank you. >> thank you. >> i live in vista south. i was one of the lucky ones in our building. the fire crew was absolutely amazing, and i want to thank all of you. >> thank you. we'll need the gentlemen that are standing by the door to move to the other side of the room. can't block the exit. >> finally, we wrote a thank you song for the great work of all the firefighters involved in what happened so recently. >> what's your name, sir? >> came the call to 911, station

13, turn your engines on. flames raging at davis street and washington. hear the sirens race down the street, carrying in our firefighting elite, soon to beat the high-rise inferno into retreat. brave men and women of the sfpd shine, racing -- sffd shine, racing up stairs, they saved our lives at the gate way. pictures melting off of the walls, deep with smoke, hoses in the halls, all the flames jump

floors, their hoses rolled up. before it wasn't long they'd grown to 100 strong, so now, without that blaze, we're singing this song. brave men and women of the sffd shine. racing upstairs, they vanquish flames they saved our lives at the gate way ♪ [applause] >> thank you. what was the name of our talented musician? [inaudible] >> thank you. thank you. for the record. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam secretary. >>clerk: item three, approval of the minutes, discussion and possible action to approve the meeting minutes of october 24,

2018. >> is there any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, what's your pleasure? >> commissioner hardeman: so moved, mr. chair. >> commissioner hardeman motions for approval. do i have a second? >> commissioner covington: i have a correct. >> -- a correction. >> do i have a second? >> commissioner veronese: second. >> okay. i have a motion and a second. kmifgser covington? >> commission -- commissioner covington? >> commissioner covington: on page 7, it says i did want people to get the impression.

it should be i didn't want people to get the impression. >>clerk: so noted. >> okay. we have a motion and a second. we'll go onto item five and come back to item four. >>clerk: item five, ambulance employment facility update, anthony rivera and kathleen o'day from san francisco public works to present on the construction of the new ambulance deployment facility an overview of san francisco arts commission on artists concept design. >> good morning, commissioners. assistant deputy chief anthony rivera. good morning, chief of department. i wanted to introduce kathleen o'day from public works. we've been working very closely on the ambulance did eployment

facility, and we're very pleased to show this rendering of what we see as an asset to our current deployment. samuel chiu who also has been working with us is currently on his honeymoon, so we'll give him a pass on that. >> good morning to both of you. >> good morning. so without further adieu, kathleen. >> i was wondering if you can pull up the screen. >> i see our officers are here for recognition, so would you call item four. >>clerk: item four, recognition of san francisco officers.

chief, would you like to say a few words. >> thank you, president cleaveland, and good morning. i'd like to ask the officers to come up to the front, please. >> good morning once again, officers. we're here to applaud you for your partnership and great work on sept sember 19. commissioners, i'd like to summarize what was brought to my attention by captain kevin choker. service on september 19 that

throws two officered assisted in saving a life. officers nicolsa wise and brian carew had been doing a welfare check on a reported unconscious patient. they moved the patient to the floor, opened his airway and provided rescue breathing through a c.p.r. mask. the patient was experiencing an opioid induced respiratory arrest, and after receiving natu narcan, was able to respond and coerce with the officers. [inaudible] >> officers wise and carew should be commended for their perseverance, quick thinking and application of c.p.r. and first aid skills.

your actions saved this man's life. on behalf of the san francisco fire department we're here to say thank you, congratulate you, and i know chief bill scott is happy to have you as members of his police department. i know your roles are somewhat different thanes roles of the san francisco fire department, but if it wasn't for you who was on the scene before we were, that man may not have survived. so thank you very much for stepping up. san francisco fire department is always hiring, in case you want to make a career change, so we really appreciate -- sorry about that, chief scott. you have good instincts. but i -- on behalf of myself and the commission want to present a certificate to you. before that, i'll defer to the commission if you have a few words. >> president cleaveland: did you have any words that you wanted to say, officer? >> thank you very much. >> president cleaveland: all right. let's give them the certificate. >> commissioner hayes-white: so i'll read the certificate from

my microphone. they say the same thing. san francisco fire department of meritorious appreciation. thank you very much from all the members of the san francisco fire department.

[applause] >> okay. chief rivera, come back up, and we'll continue with item five. >> good morning. assistant chief tony rivera, and the lovely kathleen o'day. we're going to go ahead, and i

believe we may be having some technical difficulties with the display screen, but i just wanted to mention that what you won't see on this display is all the meetings and issues that we had to resolve over -- before we came to this point, and it has really been rewarding to work with kathleen and samuel and the whole team to get to this point, so i just want to make sure that everyone's aware of that. >> are you able to see what i have on the screen? >> president cleaveland: we can see it on the screen here. it's just not visible to the public, i don't think.

>> good morning, commissioners. i'd like to also introduce a few people here -- [inaudible] >> president cleaveland: is your microphone on? >> karen mar, who's with m.e.i.yama mar architects. we also have the artist, michael bartolis, and trish goldberg from the arts commission. i believe susan contius is here from the art commission, and we have s.j.amoroso construction. thank you all for coming. we're excited. we just started construction october 22. we issued the notice to proceed,

and i know that the people behind me do not see this beautiful image, but i think i'm going to hold it up so they can all see the beautiful facility that we're going to be building. so it's a four-story new facility, and big yard for the ambulance. so the new facility is not too far from the old facility at 1415 evans. the new facility is located between 280 and 101. it's in the bayview neighborhood, so, maureen, again, do you think you'll be able to pull it up. >> i will work on it. >> i will try and describe the

building for everybody. >> oh, you can see it? so as i was saying, it's a four-story building with deep piling foundations. on the first floor is the warehouse, and on that same floor is the captain's rescue office, a restock. on the second floor, we have the officers e.m.s. officers as well as the biomedical and gurney repair. on the third floor are the locker rooms, showers, break rooms. on the fourth floor is all the conference and training rooms. the whole building is 44,000 gross square feet. on the next page, you'll see the site plan. so the site is flanked between gerald and mckinnon.

the area is 58,000 square feet. we have an ambulance yard for 49 ambulances. we have a restock area right at the warehouse level for four ambulances. the current facility only can restock one at a time. this will have four. we also have a fuelling station. we have two pumps, one for gas, one for diesel. we can actually fill up four ambulances at a time. that's also going to help expedite. the ambulances will be coming in off gerald, and they'll exit off mckinnon. there's a little bit of planting, which i'm happy to see at this point. we have some trees and planting along the edges. we also have solar panels on our roof. and other stormwater measures, we have permeable paving.

you'll see in this first photo on the upper left, there's the e.m.s. office, and that has a view down in the first floor warehouse. on the bottom image, there's a warehouse image if you're walking around in the warehouse. so the right is an image if you're looking down at the image at the warehouse from the second floor. there's a cat walk. and then, on the third floor, as i said, there's about 300 lockers, and that's the image in the upper left-hand corner. these 3-d renderings are from that. we have a training room with 30 seats, and here's a typical office on the fourth floor on the lower right hand corner, and then, the upper right corner is

the open floor office. so the next slide is about our budget? this is a $50.1 million project? the total construction budget is 38.1 million? we awarded the contract to s.j.amoroso. our project controls which are all the soft costs, permitting, etc., that is 8.6 million? the art enrichment is $560,000? our sf&e and department of technology costs are 1.5 million, so that all is a total of 50.1 million. and here is our current schedule? so we had initially -- as you see in the upper -- the lower corner photo, those are the existing buildings that were

behind fire station 9? and then, the photo on the right, you'll see that we're showing the buildings demolished. that was the first phase. if you look at the lower yellow on the schedule, that was the first phase construction, was to abate those buildings and remove them, and that happened end of may, beginning of june. and then, you'll see where we just started construction, we were waiting for the -- you know, we were -- basically thought we'd get a jump start on the demolition while the contract was being bid and awarded. so then, we started on october 22. we will have substantial completion in july of 2020, and then close out in the fall of 2020. this next slide shows you what milestones we made since the last time we were here to present. the last time we were here was valentine's day, and so we got

our site permit, we had our construction documents in the spring, our permit issued also in the spring, our phase three design permit in the spring. then we bid the job on june 7, and we awarded it august 31. we bid this job with the best value procurement method. this is the third time the city has tried this, where it's not just a bid on costed. the other things that are evaluated are oral and written scores, as well as what the contractor commits to. we had some outreach, as well. we were at the police station presenting this project in april. we were at the bayview-hunters point c.a.c. in march.

we also presented in front of gobach in march, and then, i just went through the construction listed in the below part of this slide. so the risks and challenges that we see on this project, in the bayview, as you know there's a lot of contaminated soil. it's also corrosive soil, so one of the things when we start demolition is what we unearth. we're hoping there's not anything more than what we suspect. we had done a lot of soil borings to determine what the class of soil is. we have primarily class two. class one is the worst. we also met with the department of health to figure outweighs to reduce the -- out ways to reduce the off haul another risk is

when we do the pile testing, the piles right now are estimated to be 135 feet, so once we get the results from the analysis of the pile test will tell us how deep they need to be. hopefully, that's adequate, and hopefully, they don't need to be shorter. another thing to note about this project was we have risen the elevation of the site to -- because of the potential impact of sea level rise, so the middle of the site is about 2 feet higher than the existing grade, and then, it grades down all the way to the street to meet street grade. we have a lot of long utility lines and multiple you tiutilit lines, so these are all challenges, and we're working with our different teams and departments to make sure that we

don't run into any hiccups. this is a view from mckinnon. this is sort of the black view as the -- back view as the ambulances are exiting. i'm very excited to announce we'll have the ground breaking on december 9 at 11:00 a.m. with that, i'm going to present the mic to the artist. we're very excited? michael bartolis, i don't know how we're going to do this. you're very tall. [inaudible] >> i can answer any questions after. there we go.

>> hi there, everybody. thank you for having me today. i'm going to give you a five-to-ten-minute quick overview of the artwork that's been commissioned for the gates and fence of the facility. i'm going to start by showing a previous project that i did with the san francisco arts commission as a way to introduce myself and the artwork that you'll be seeing for this particular project. this project that exists already is called the mission parade fence. it's a decorative metal fence that runs besides the valencia street and mission sides of the valencia street playground, and it was installed in the spring of 2012. the images that you see here are

the playful depictions of the mission neighborhood. i am he showing this because a lot of the same qualities that made this a success will be applied to the ambulance deployment facility project. for example, easy to read shapes, but have enough detail to draw in engaged viewers, and bold, graphic forms that are whimsical but graphic enough to engage all ages. it's a sequential narrative, and they're an assemblage of vignettes to suggest a story, which is what will be happening with the ambulance deployment facility, as well. and perhaps most importantly, it seeks to deliver a positive message. it's designed to be

entertaining, up lifting, inspiring and inviting. one of the things of working on a project like this is the artwork's ability to cast shadows. these will reach onto the sidewalk, vying with passerbys for attention. you'll see that this steel -- this one-eighth inch steel is the same material that we'll be deploying to the ambulance deployment facility project. so to show you -- to get into that now. this overview shows you the two proposed art installations. on the right, you see the entry at jerrold avenue, and this is the gait through which vehicles and pedestrians enter the facility. the second location for the artwork is the mckinnon avenue

gate, which is the far left, and that's where the ambulances exit the facility. these act as the identifying markers for this essential civic facility, and they serve to enhance the ambulance driver's duty of entering and exiting the site several times a day. this is the pedestrian entrance gate. this artworks imagery speaks to the history and visual vernacular of the san francisco fire department and the emergency medical services. the pedestrian gate here focuses on firefighter, while you'll see

that, in my next slide, the vehicular gate focuses more on e.m.s. there are two kinds of steel being used. there's brushed stainless steel, which is silver in color, which is shown as gray, and painted black steel on top of that, which is shown in black. so basically, we have a two -- we have a layered -- a layered composition happening. together, they create imagery that represent images, insignia and emblems that generate response and imagery as well as san francisco neighborhood landmarks. okay. this is the vehicular entrance

art. the two panels on either side are stationary, while the gait in the middle with the 4 and the 9, signifying station 49 are the gated that actually open for the vehicles. the gate aims to put forward the mission of the fire department. [inaudible] >> -- personal deep seated sense of pride in their work as well as their teams, history, and the community they serve. if you look closely, you'll see recognizable landmarks such as sutro tower, palace of fine arts, golden gate bridge, and historic victorian townhomes dotting the hills.

a quick visualization of what this will look like in real life. this is what the site looks at the present time. here is the a.d.f. when it's -- materializes. and pretty much the last thing to be installed will be the gate itself, and this is roughly what that will look like. and here, we have the various elements labelled, so you see station 49 in the background. there's a left gate, pedestrian gait at the mckinnon entrance. there's only one gate that will be decorated, and that's the vehicular exit gate.

i believe that's it for my overview. if anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask. >> president cleaveland: thank you very much. >> i just want to mention that michael is a local san francisco artist, and also, that our architect team is also local san francisco, and i want to just thank them for all their work and thank the chiefs for all their assistance throughout the project for so many years. they've been great to work with, and happy to answer any questions. >> president cleaveland: thank you. chief rivera, did you have anything you want to add? >> i did. i forgot to mention chief zanof and his team, who's been working with us from day one, also an integral part of this a.d.f. team. >> president cleaveland: thank you, is there any public comment on this presentation? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner covington?

>> commissioner covington: thank you very much, mr. president. thank you, chief rivera for your presentation, and thank you, miss o'day. it's a lot of work that's been done, which is very good. it's wonderful to see everything coming along so well. i appreciated being able to not have to visualize a verbal -- a description of the various offices and other locations on this site. my only questions right now regard the artwork, so if the artist can come up, i think that would be good. and i don't know if you can bring up this particular conn t

schematic, the one that is the jerrold avenue pedestrian entrance. i appreciated the icons of the various parts of the city being showned. i just had -- shown. i just had a couple of questions. some of this will be brushed stainless steel, some of the icons. i'm wondering in the lower left-hand corner, the crown, what is that in reference to? >> so i'm borrowing from infantry and coats of arms. they're supposed to represent courage and commitment and pride, all of which are expressed in coats of arms. because this is playing off of

the iconography of the fire department and e.m.s. and various agencies that have to do this work, so it's a creative extension. >> commissioner covington: okay. so i see the coat of arms because i was wondering what the image was -- can you go back to that? thank you. the one that's top left, so that is the echo of the court of armor? >> yes it is, and it's showing protection. >> commissioner covington: okay. so now, i understand. so this representation of the eagle at the bottom is -- >> if i may interrupt, that won't be the final eagle, and i know exactly what you are thinking. >> commissioner covington: what am i thinking? >> that it perhaps looks a bit

militaryistic. >> we all know which one you're referring to. >> commissioner covington: i thought oh, when they present, maybe that particular image won't be there anymore, so that's a problem. >> absolutely. this work is in progress, and we're still getting feedback. this is not the final artwork, but that will certainly be resolved. the eagle was placed in there because i -- the eagle, first of all, shows up on the fire department's official emblem. >> commissioner covington: well, we have a phoenix, and this is our emblem, and the wings go up, as opposed to straight across, which is a throw back to another time that we would never like to see come again. >> absolutely.

absolutely. i'll make that correction. that was meant to be a bullald eagle, which represents the united states of america, but i will correct that. >> commissioner covington: okay. the circles above, is that razor wire? >> yes it is. >> commissioner covington: oh, okay. is there another artistic deterrent that you can use? >> i'll have to let the artist address that. >> that was outside our scope, commissioner. >> commissioner covington: okay. well, who's chief of razor wire? who's in charge of making the decision about the razor wire? who might that be? >> so basically, the razor wire is to deter people climbing off the fence, but we have not

determined whether we could use those arced metal fences. the razor wire -- we're continuing to work with this artist. artist is on board as of july, and i just want to note, the eagle, we have asked him to change. we asked him that because we realize the perception. and as far as the razor wires, that is currently how we're showing it to defend the site, but we are also open to look at other alternatives that will keep people from climbing over the fence. >> commissioner covington: most certainly. >> it's not as friendly, that's for sure. >> commissioner covington: absolutely and for a new facility that's 50-plus million to build. >> it's effective in what's effective and not effective. because people put cushions on

some of those arches, but i want to introduce susan pontius from the art commission, so you know who's standing here. >> commissioner covington: yeah. i think i saw her walk in. >> we'll continue to work closely with the artists, and we also agree that razor wire is not friendly. we just want to make sure that we put up a defense so that people aren't climbing into the site at night. >> commissioner covington: you'll get no argument from me on that, for sure. i want us to keep in mind that you know this is not out in the country, this is in a neighborhood, and, you know, you have your nice home, and you have -- you know, your planting and front and everything, and then, you have this large facility with razor wire across the street. that's not being a good neighbor on our part. that's what i'm saying, that's not being a good neighbor on our

part, so i'm glad you will be looking at that again. >> yes, indeed. >> commissioner covington: okay. i love seeing the 49 displayed prominently, even though we're still calling it euphemistically, the ambulance deployment center. it is station 49 to those of us who love station 49, so thank you for your presentation. >> thank you. >> president cleaveland: thank you, commissioner covington. commissioner remembveronese? >> commissioner veronese: thank you for your explanation of the rai razor wire. i would love a sculptural solution would be good for that. >> commissioner covington: i think a sculptural solution

would be wonderful. >> is that a conconclusion? >> commissioner covington: a conconclusion from me, and you can go onto another commissioner for now. >> president cleaveland: commissioner veronese? >> commissioner veronese: these are just my comments, along with commissioner covington's concern, i'm a bit concerned with the symbolology of the eagle which to me looks similar to -- and i'm just going to say it, the reich sadler, which is a symbol used in nazi symbology. there's also the runich insignia, which is also used in nazi times, which is the double lightning strikes, and to have

those both in the same fence to me should probably be changed. >> yeah. so just to reiterate, this is the artist's proposal when he was in competition with five other artists. he had a different interpretation of the bald eagle, and we immediately, when he was selected, that was one of the things we already told him to change. i'm sorry when we came to this presentation, we didn't block that out with something else. i'm sorry, we didn't even think to do that. and i'm sorry, i didn't understand the other symbols. >> the ss bolts which are iconic of the nazi era, you have those above the latter. if you do a little research. >> commissioner, again, as director of the public, our program, let me assure you that the design -- actually final design will need to come back to my commission for approval before we start fabrication.

we will definitely take these items under consideration. i know the artist is very willing to modify his designs to meet your concerns, so i can guarantee you that will happen. >> commissioner veronese: okay. the third concern i have is -- while i love the fact that it says station r9 there, if you actually look at where this fence is going to be, it's going to be right alongside station 9 because it's on the gerald side. it's a little confusing to have station 9 here, and then right next door to station 9, you've got station 49 being celebrated in the fence. maybe we could put the 49 -- i don't mean to redesign it. i hate when commissioners do this type of stuff, but i just want to be a little bit considerate at the men and women from station 9 because we already seem to be taking from their parking and some of the

other free space that they had in the back of their station, that we would have a 49 there right next to the 9 just, to me, sounds a little bit strange. and then, the question i had with regards to the space that we're taking from station 9, that they were using some of that back space for parking. are we taking parking space away from station 9 or are we making sure that the ladies and gentlemen of station 9 had the parking that they had before. >> we are making -- we have a new parking lot right behind station 9 with ten spots? and there's also room for when they do their shift change? because there's also up to 20 cars during a shift change. and also during construction, our contractors are making sure at all times there are at least

ten spaces and an accessible, safe walking path from their temporary space on-site during construction, and that site will move the temporary parking lot for station 9 will move through construction if the contractors need to get into one area or another. >> commissioner veronese: so they'll have parking during construction and once it's completed, as well. >> on-site, and we're working very closely with captain mcfarland on that, and station 9, and chief zanof and chief malloy have been working with us throughout the entire project to make sure this moves as smoothly as possible. >> i know that station 9 was using that area to dry their coats after they washed them. is there an area that they're going to have to do that, as well? >> so that is correct. i just want to mechanics that we've been very sensitive to the needs of station 9 to ensure that any response is not

hampered by any of this construction that's going on. so we've had meetings with the captain of station 9 to keep them in the loop to ensure that they're aware of all of the different stage of construction. one of the things we did address was the drying of turn outs, which has been move today another site. >> commissioner veronese: so there will be a spot for the drying of turn outs? >> yes. >> commissioner veronese: and then, there were a couple of historic rigs, and they're no longer in that back lot? >> that's correct. actually, we moved all of the historic rigs to the division of training, which is outside on treasure island, and i believe we have approximately four convertible restored antique rigs inside a building at 260 treasure island. so all of the rigs have been

moved out, completely cleared out of that area. >> commissioner veronese: okay. thank you. >> president cleaveland: thank you, commissioner veronese. chief hayes-white? >> commissioner hayes-white: thank you. i just wanted to express my thanks to everyone. i think we are a good client, but at times probably from their perspective, a demanding client because we've asked over and over for redo's or we're definitely, through chief rivera and chief zanoff, on it, and it's great from both commissioners that we've heard from, but you've been responsive to our requests and needs. also, the artist has been very diligent in responding to our feedback. i also do think there could be other solutions to the fencing or security. security is a number one concern

for that. we're fortunate that there are no adjacent residential properties that are on that block that i'm aware of. it's an industrial area. it doesn't necessarily mean it needs to have chicken wire or security fence like that, but it is something that we're sensitive, too, but also, i know the architect is here today, so thank you. >> president cleaveland: thank you, chief. i appreciate your presentation very much. i have a couple of questions. i think the idea of having a phoenix, san francisco raising from the ashes is a good idea, so having a bird -- the phoenix on the fence would be a good idea in my personal opinion. i had a question on the bidding process. was the bid done with the piling going down 135 feet? >> yes. >> president cleaveland: okay. and is there any penalties for not completing the project on time or any bonus for completing the project ahead of schedule? >> no.

i mean, extra bonus to the contractor? >> president cleaveland: right, if they complete the project sooner than expected. >> no bonus other than, you know, they basically would make more money themselves because they wouldn't be out at the job so long. >> president cleaveland: and there's no annalipenalty if the over? >> oh, penalty? yes, liquidated damages. >> president cleaveland: okay. thank you. excuse me. vice president nakajo had a question or a comment? >> commissioner nakajo: mainly a comment. thank you very much, miss o'day, chief rivera. i appreciate that everyone is here, all of the renditions that are here. by the questions and the commen

comments, you can tell this commission is engaged. for myself, in terms of being on the commission, the art commission and the fire department, this is one of those occasions we have a departmental relationship. we have that with other departments, as well. in my recollection, the art commission is something that is a welcoming relationship. but for me, who was a former art commissioner, it's a new relationship, as well. the other thing is that i think you got the feel of it, this station 49 is a dream. in terms of the chief who's been here and working on this you're chief hayes-white to us, and all of the ambulance, chief zanoff and 1usuch, this dream has been long and coming.

we've gone through a lot of cultural adjustments, and to have renditions at this point is very, very exciting. i think the commission is engaged, so i'm just looking forward to the sequence of relationships that we'll have, and i'm very pleased that we're going to have a check off level on the commission, as well, as we move forward, so i just wanted to comment on that. thank you so much for all of your engagements this mornings. >> president cleaveland: thank you, mr. vice president. commissioner hardeman? >> commissioner hardeman: thank you, mr. president, and thank you, chief rivera and miss o'day and the public works arts commission and to michael bartolis, and the art project. the nice thing about this is the set aside of dollars for art will be actually visible to

people that have been displaced from station 49 and 9 for the construction, and the patience that they've shown at station 49 in particular over the years for a very rundown facility. and most of all, to the taxpayers of san francisco that love their fire department and have shown it, and will have a better-run ambulance system in san francisco because of this, and their brill in voting to support the fire department, like they usually do. so thank you, and this is a fun time, so thank you. >> president cleaveland: thank you for your presentation, and we look forward to the ground breaking on the 28. thank you. madam secretary, call the next item. >> item six, review, the department of human resources timeline and plan for department