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>> supervisor fewe >> supervisor fewer: our clerk is miss wong, and i would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. let's see...madam clerk, we will hear items one through six last on today's agenda. can you please call item number seven. >> clerk: resolution approving an emergency declaration of the san francisco public utilities
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commission to repair the southeast treatment plan final force main for a total estimated cost not to exceed 5 million. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe michael chan will present on this item. >> my name is michael tran. i'm a project manager for the san francisco public utilities commission. i'm overseeing this emergency project, and the objective of today's presentation is to provide an overview of booster pump station and an emergency declaration. the first picture on the slide shows the booster pump station. i'd like to give a broad overview. booster pump station is located several blocks northeast of the treatment plant.
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it's located several miles south of the at&t neighborhood. it was built in the 1960's and last upgraded in 2002. the final effluent is the product of the southeast plant's treatment. booster pump station pumped approximately 50 to 60 million gallons a day and approximately 110 to 100 million gallons a day per peak. it pressures it through a pair of forced mains, both of which combine into a single pipeline on the northern shore of yslais
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creek. on october 28, 2018, sfpuc staff discovered a leak from yslais creek crossing. the 46-inch main was confirmed to be the leaking. what are the risks of the leaking pipe? the continuing operation of the leaking 36-inch pipe represents a noncompliance under the southeast water pollution control plant's national pollutant discharge commitmented. in addition, [inaudible] >> on october 22, sfpuc
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declared an emergency under san francisco administrative code 6.60. sfpuc manager revised the emergency declaration on september 26, 2018 to include authorization under both chapter 6.60 and chapter 21.15 with an increased anticipated not to exceed value of $5 million. giving -- i'd like to give a brought overview of the emergency bypass project. the p.u.c. anticipated design of the emergency bypass line with a specialty engineering consultant. staff confirmed that there are potential safety concerns with further internal pipeline repairs. after several specialized inspections to confirm assumptions, staff recommended to readvise the emergency
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declaration. and i'd like to point to the pictures on the slide just to describe what is going on on the pictures. so the blue lanes indicate the existing pipelines that cross yslais creek. on the top view is an aerial photograph that gives a better perspective. the blue line is the cross section that crosses yslais from a cross section point of view. as you can see, the bypass is intended to float immediately on the mud line at yslais creek. the project is identified to be statutorily exempt. the current status of the
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project, p.u.c. is establishing separate emergency contracts for design and construction. the current designer is identified kennedy jencks. they are currently finalizing design with feedback from power engineering for constructability, in essence to fine-tune the design so that it can be constructed in an expeditious manner. power engineering is also beginning long lead material procurement and also securing staging area and providing constructability review. and i'd like to give a little description as far as the permanent replacement of the pipeline. so in the previous picture, the blue lines illustrate the existing pipelines, and the yellow line also indicated what is being proposed to be constructed as the new alignment for the forced mains.
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they're currently identified as a pair of 54-inch h.d.p. pipelines. construction target is expected to complete in 2023 with an engineer's estimate for construction at $38 million. currently, ceqa is classifying it as a mitigated declaration. what we're asking for is the board of supervisors support of the approval of the emergency declaration by san francisco public utilities commission pursuant to san francisco ad stiff code chapter 6.60 and chapter 21.15 with a not-to-exceed value of $5 million. and the photo shows the existing main as it dives cross yslais creek. thank you.
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>> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. colleagues, any questions? at the. hearing none, let's hear from the b.l.a. >> good morning, supervisors. severin campbell from the budget and finance office. there is a budget that we were provided. it's on page 17. table one, page 17 of our report. the budget's for a little more than $9.4 million. the emergency declaration is for up to $5 million. we are actually recommending a reduction in the emergency amount, to reduce it by $ $88,000, otherwise, we do recommend approval as recommended. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. colleagues, any questions or comments?
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let's open it up to the public. are there any members of the public who would like to comment on item number seven? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: i have a question. this is the third emergency declaration that sfpuc has brought before us, and i'm wondering if there is any kind of prevention plan moving forward or are we just going to be seeing a lot of emergency declarations? >> specifically for this pipeline, we are planning for a permanent relachlt project to hopefully mitigate the future needs for emergency declarations. historically, we have been inspecting them as soon as there is a notice of deficiency for each one of these pipelines, but at this point, it doesn't appear that it is possible to further repair without alleviating potential safety -- health and safety concerns. >> supervisor fewer: so it's
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just that these emerging declarations are specific projects, and it's kind of not related to an overall maintenance problem? >> correct. i believe so. >> supervisor fewer: correct. i'd like to make a motion to approve this. i'd like to make a motion to approve the amendment that the b.l.a. has presented. thank you, and we can take that without objection. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: and then, i'd like to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation as amended. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, can you please call item eight. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i understand that the department needs more time on this item, so i'd like to continue this to the call of the chair and bring this back when they're ready, but let's open this up for public comment first, are there any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is
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now closed. colleagues, is there a motion to continue this item? yes, made by supervisor mandelman, and we can take that without objection. thank you very much [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, can you please call item number nine? [agenda item read] few. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. we have derek chu, ad stror of compliance peculi compliance -- director of administration and finance rec and parks. >> good morning, supervisors.
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i am derek chu, director of administration and finance rec and parks. in 2018, the clubhouse was destroyed in a fire. the department is in the process of replacing the clubhouse, and the projected cost is $4 million. the department has identified a funding source for this project, and it is through the refunding of outstanding bond issues in 2006 and 2007 that were secured by the open space fund. the debt service reserve for the refunded lease revenue bonds was no longer necessary once 2006 and 2007 bonds were refunded. the department proposes to use $4 million of these funds for investment in the park system. the $4 million in leased revenue bonds savings are tax exempt and there are must be used for a public purpose. the golden gate park golf course clubhouse, although used
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as a public recreational facility is operated by a private lessee. on the advice of bond counsel, the department has identified the rossi pool project eligible to receive these fund does. as such, the department is requesting board approval of this ordinance that would schiff $4 million of open space moneys from the rossi pool project to the golden gate park clubhouse project and reserve $4 million of debt savings for the rossi pool project. the department thanks the work of everyone. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much, mr. chu. colleagues, any questions? let's hear from the b.l.a. >> this legislation, what the
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board is being asked to use is funds from the rossi pool project. the recreation and park project actually approved these funds for the clubhouse project. as mr. chu said, this is because it is being operated by a private nonprofit entity and probably is not eligible for tax exempt bonds. so the funds are being used for the clubhouse project. it's $4 million. we do show the funds of the clubhouse project on page 31 of our report. this is expected to fund the project, and then in order to make the rossi pool whole, money services for the 2006-2007 revenue bonds are no longer needed because those bonds were refunded within the use of the rossi pool, so it's basically both funds would be made whole. therefore, we recommend approval. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. let's open it up for public
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comment. are there any members of the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: mr. chu, i have a question. i am completely supportive of the rebuild of the golf course. it's in my district. and also rossi pool. it's in my district, too. as we're switching funds, i find it a little shocking that you have $4 million left in this 2006-2007 revenue fund. why is that and is there more funds available there? >> the city refunded those 2006-2007 bonds, and in the process of one saving money for the city, the debt service reserve that was placed for those bonds was no longer needed because those bonds have
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since been made off by the refunding. so it wasn't that we were not spending the money fully. those moneys were in a reserve for those bonds self- >> supervisor fewer: -- specifically. >> supervisor fewer: and it was 4 million. >> yes. >> supervisor fewer: okay. thank you. i look forward to those projects being done soon. >> we're working on them. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: okay. do we have a motion for this? yes, from supervisor mandelman. so i think we can move this with a positive recommendation to the board. thank you very much. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, can you please call item number 10. [agenda item read].
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>> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have sarah nester here from the mayor's office of housing to present on this. hello, sarah. >> hello. good morning, chair fewer and supervisors stefani and mandelman. i'm here to present on item ten, a bond issuance resolution to fund the construction of 143 affordable housing units at 16th and folsom in the mission. the project is known by its address, 1990 folsom. the project is being developed by a joint venture partnership. representatives from both partners are here in the room with us today. the transaction's fundamentals have not changed since mohcd presented to this committee in november 2017. the issuance is still conduit financing with no recourse to the city's general fund. the development consists of a mix of studios, one, two, and
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three consisting of 30% and 70% a.m.i. since we brought this resolution to you in 2017, the developer has secured all financing for the project, including tax credits, mortgage, and 34 ohcd gap financing, and they expect to close financing and begin construction by the end of next month. the project is expected to be complete by the end of 2020. so behalf of the development team and mohcd, i'd like to thank you for your consideration of this resolution and your continued support of this project. and i'm here joined by members of my development team and amy chan, and we're happy to answer any questions you might have. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. colleagues, any question?
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none at all. okay. and i don't believe we have a b.l.a. report, is that right? okay. let's open it up to for public comment. i have one card, and i believe this is feliciano rivera. for give me if i mispronounce your name. >> you actually had it spot on. i am here speaking on behalf of the development team. we're grateful for the partnership and support that we have received from the city. as you may be aware, we've been facing a significant affordable housing crisis obviously citywide but in the mission in particular, meta, our partners, tmdc, and our peers would not be in this a position where we're able to stablize a large number of existing affordable housing and build new affordable housing and projects
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like this 1990 folsom project which we're excited to bring to the community a year ahead of the schedule we had originally proposed to the city when we were awarded proposition a funding in 2016, and were also very, very pleased that our partnership with the city has resulted in our ability to deliver these -- this project with a construction budget that is below the recent median point, so we're trying -- we've really worked well in tandem with our partners to be fiscally prudent with the development of this project. so we're grateful, and we encourage support of this item before you. thank you very much. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much, sir. any other members of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: colleagues, do we have a motion? >> supervisor stefani: yes. i'd like to move this forward
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to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, supervisor stefani. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, would you please call item number 11. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have jim stillwell from the department of public health, behavioral health division to present on this item. >> yes. good morning, supervisors. some form of this contract has been enforced between the state and the county for about 45 years, and about 35 years ago, it became mandatory for all 56 or 57 counties, depending how you count them. the purpose of the contract is
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primarily to subvene federal funds to the county, but also some degree of state funds go along with that. along with that, it has all the regulations that are required to be followed. so this contract, first issue about this is it always says retroactive. all of these. they change the contract about twice a year. the contract itself is a three-year framework. they've been two years and to you years in the past, but they always go multiyears to smooth their financing, i think and reduce paperwork somewhat, but it's he revised a couple times a year. and every time there's an amendment, it gets categorized as retroactive. the current amendment is one of the easiest i've ever seen because it doesn't provide any
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shift in policy, it just provides funding for administrative activities, utilization review and quality management activities. these are all activities we've been required to provide, you know, since before i started. and i'd say starting about five years ago, the newer contract, so it was an increase in administrative and quality activities required. certain parts of this were funded before, but as -- i don't know, it became a more fundamental change in a more simplified or unified way of claiming the federal portion of this. so that's the primary item here. if you look at the budget part of it, first of all, it's composed entirely of federal and state funds. there's no county liability, no
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county financial liability involved here. there's no match, no leverage. it's just funding, eventually a state and federal mandate. there's no particular policy change involved in this item. it had been announced long ago, i mean, five years ago, that some level of this type of activity was going to be required and be paid for. so looking back at the budget, it's just the addition of federal funds with a percentage of state general funds matched to that, and the change really goes from -- the contract was worth about $46 million. they moved it up by 7 million. it's about 2 -- $2.25 million a year change, and it's all accounted for just in those
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quality and utilization activities. i think that's probably the core of what i need to say about this contract, but i would expect you have questions. >> supervisor fewer: let's ask colleagues if you have any questions. yes, supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: yes. thank you, chair fewer. i just have a question, what is the 7 million going to? >> just quickly to say utilization review involves visiting clients in treatment during the course of treatment toy assure ourselves that they're in the appropriate treatment, that they're making reasonable progress, that there's a coherniate plan for their -- coherent plan for their future in there. all of our services are also indeed contracted out, so this is sort of a standard routine
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measurable way of keeping track of the efficiency of our system and the fairness and many of those other items. quality management is a little bit more open-ended in some ways, but i mean, it involves standardized reporting on compliant measures and quality measures. the program is shifting to be more and more a medicaid -- state optional medicaid fund, and the bulk of the funding now comes from the feds, so it is a little bit upping the standards to be a little bit more consistent across the boards. if you step back one step further, this is a broad shift of turning substance abuse services from sort of mom and mom and grassroots organizations into accountable medical organizations and ultimately into a substance abuse or substance use disorder
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managed care plan, to get differences between substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment. also composes certain parts of parity that in medical treatment, well, we've see you twice this year. we can't cover this. so there's a shift in that. it's also been opening up a vast number of procedures, particularly medications, to broader use and adequate funding to provide those. >> supervisor stefani: okay. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: yes, supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: i suppose i'll learn this over the next few months, but i'm wondering how this relates to our overall funding budget?
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>> no, it's a big piece. san francisco provides more for substance abuse pretty much more than any other country, at least in california and possibly the country. that chunk is about 30 million, so this is 48 million, and then, there's grants. some of them are substantial, but this represents more than 50% of our activity. >> supervisor mandelman: great. thank you. >> and -- we're always open to questions, too. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. let's open this up for public comment now. are there any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: colleagues, can we have a motion, please? yes. >> supervisor mandelman: i will move to forward this to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, supervisor mandelman. i think we can take this without objection. thank you very much. [gavel].
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>> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, can you please call items one and two together? i see kathy widener from the san francisco airport is here to present today. [agenda item read] [agenda item read]. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. we have kathy widener from the san francisco airport. >> thank you. good morning, supervisors, kathy widener from the san francisco international airport. the items before you seek new concessions in two terminals.
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these two leases were part of a request for proposals processed for retail concessions in terminal one. each lease will pay either the greater of a minimum annual guarantee rent or a percentage rent and have lease terms of seven years with two one-year options to extend. terminal one is currently under going renovation and will be opened in phases. the mag rent proposed with these two leases are the marshall group, $440,000 a year, and paradies lagardere, $700,000 a year. based on previous sales, airport staff estimates that both outlets will pay on the
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higher percentage rent formula. the budget analyst has reviewed the -- both leases and recommends approval, and i would be happy to answer any questions. >> supervisor fewer: i think there's a b.l.a. report on this, is this correct? thank you very much. >> yes. these leases -- these two leases are part of a package that the airport is presents. there were seven leases all together in terms of the original request for proposals. two are pending and will come before the board for approval. so the lease with marshall and the lease with paradies and marshall, they were the two highest as part of the competitive process. the rent is set at the minimum annual guarantee or a percentage rent. the airport expects to get
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percentage rent, but if you look at the percentage rent minimum annual guarantee on page five of our report, the leases, they're being phased in due to the construction in the terminal, so they won't reach initially the total minimum amount guarantee, but our estimate is about 4.3 million over the seven-year term of the paradies lease and 3.8 million over the term of the marshall lease. we do recommend approval. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. let's open this up to public comment. are there any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: colleagues, do we have a motion? >> supervisor stefani: i'd like to forward this to the full board with a positive recommendation, items one and two. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much, supervisor stefani. can take that without objection. thank you very much. [gavel] madam clerk, can you please call items number three, four, and five together. [agenda item read] [agenda item read]
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[agenda item read]. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe kathy widener from the san francisco international airport is here to present on this. >> yes. thank you, chair fewer and members of the committee. kathy widener from the airport. this seeks approval for
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electronic concessions in terminal through, two, and 1. all three locations have a ten-year term with varying mags depending on their locations and square footage. the terminal one location has an annual guarantee of $405,000, $500,000, and the international terminal location has a minimum annual guarantee of $340,000. as with the other leases that you've seen, the tenant pays on the greater of either the minimum annual guarantee or a percentage rent based on their gross sales. also in this case, airport staff estimates based on previous sales from these locations that the tenant will pay on the higher of the percentage rent formula. the budget analyst has reviewed and recommends approval and i can answer any questions that you might have. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, colleagues, any question are
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for miz -- miss widener? citying none -- seeing none, let's go to to the b.l.a. [inaudible] >> -- and other activities, but they did consider in motion to be responsive to the r.f.p. the minimum annual guarantee for each -- for these three total leases is 2.2 mil -- 1.2 million or 12.4 million over the five-year term. the airport is expecting to receive the percentage rent which is higher than the minimum guarantee, and we recommend approval. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. let's open this up for public comment. any members of the public wish to speak on this?
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i see none, so public comment is closed. colleagues, do we have a motion? yes, supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: i'll move we forward these agreements to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor fewer: yes. thank you, [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, would you call item number six? [agenda item read]. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. miss kathy widener of the san francisco international airport to present on this one. >> thank you, chair fewer, members of the committee. kathy widener for the airport. in -- one in terminal three and one in the international terminal with a ten-year term.
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each less again will pay either of the greater proposed minimum annual guarantee rent or the percentage rent, whichever is higher. the mag rent associated with these three locations with terminal three -- oh, i'm sorry. that's not right. i'm going to let -- this is not accurate, so i'm going to let the budget analyst give you the minimum guarantee, but as the other leases, we do expect the tenants to be paying on a percentage rent based on previous sales. these leases were all part of a request for proposals process with spa b.r. s.f.o. ranked as the highest bidder. this concludes my presentation and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. any questions for miss widener? seeing none, let's go to the b.l.a.
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>> the b.l.o. is being asked to approve these leases. they're for massage and other services at the airport. spa brsfo was the highest scorer to an r.f.p. process. we show that on page 12 of our report. the less is for 12 years. the minimum annual guarantee is 250,000 per year or 2.5 million over ten years. the assumption by the airport is that they will be paying the higher percentage rent rather than minimum annual guarantee, and we recommend approval. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. are there any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. colleagues, do we have a motion for this? yes, supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: yes, i'd like to forward this to the if you mean -- full board with a positive recommendation.
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>> supervisor fewer: thank you. >> good morning everyone. let's start the celebration of this beautiful amazing building. i'll begin by introducing myself. i serve director of public works for the city and county of san francisco. today, we're going to be celebrating this amazing fire station. how about a big hand for the fire officials. [applause]
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today is an exciting day. not only for our fire department but for the entire city of san francisco. every time we open a new civic building for our first responders, we are providing a safer san francisco that will be prepared when the disaster strikes. this new fire station, which was built from ground up, replaced one that failed to meet today's building codes and first responder needs. the new fire station meets national accreditation and seismicresilientcy standards. like to thank our city administrator. i like to thank the public works engineers and architects who designed and managed this project. a special shotout to the project
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manager. our city architect edgar lopez and roebuck construction, give them a hands. they really had to work hard. thank you. of course, all of the voters in san francisco that made this possible. this funding was passed in the 2010 earthquake safety emergency bond and this is the first of the full complete fire houses that the city has produced. isn't it beautiful? the bond which funded this upgrade is a voter-backed initiative and aimed to strengthening earthquake
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resiliency. public works takes great pride in overseeing some of the city's crucial capital and improvement projects. with the support of voters we can componen continue to work on world-class facilities to many diverse neighborhoods. at this time, i now have the honor of introducing our mayor london breed who has been champion making sure that san francisco is kept safe. join me in welcoming our mayor london breed. [applause] >> mayor breed: good morning. i'm so excited to be here today. it's always a good time when you're able to come to a new place a new an improved place where some of our most important services take place. the people who are first
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responders, the people who helped to protect the city and county of san francisco, whether it's a disaster, whether it's a fire, what have you, they deserve beautiful space where they also feel safe. today, we are opening up just what is a beautiful fire house. couple of years ago, i was there when we cut the ribbon on fire station one and also i'm looking forward to finishing the new station 49 where our e. e.t. and paramedics will have a safe space to respond to emergencies in a timely manner. today is just really a commitment by the voters through the issa bond that provided an opportunity to make sure that we have the funding necessary to rebuild this incredible fire station which we all know was not in the best shape. we also know we have other fire
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stations that we need to repair all over san francisco and i can't wait to cut the ribbon on station five this year. you know, building a resilient city and dealing with the challenges that we know exist and the possible earthquake and other challenges that are yet to come, we have to think about the future. how do we make sure that our public safety folks are in building where they feel safe so that they can respond to emergencies to help people in need all over our city if the time comes. as our population increases and our city grows, we need to ensure that we have the capacity and the resiliency to survive in the future. i want to thank you for being here today. to thank the chief and the san
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francisco fire department for their work and also president of the fire commission as well as steve covington who is also joining us here today. thank you to local 798 and members of the fire department. i know the former president is here, thank you tom o'connor for being here and so many others. this incredible neighborhood, thank you for your patience during the time of construction. last but not least you want to thank the 33 members of the fire department who are actually stationed at station 16. thank you for your patience, thank you for allowing this process to occur and the inconvenience that occurred more importantly, you continue to do your job without complaint during this process and made sure that our city remains safe. we want to thank you all for
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being here. i'm looking forwardly to cutting this ribbon and opening this fire house and the best is yet to come with so many other opportunities throughout our city. thank you again for the voters of 4 san francisco for investing in our public infrastructure. we'll continue to make sure that we invest endollar wisely and you see the results in places like this. thank you all so much. >> i will introduce the interview of the district. >> i don't know if any of you have the chance to see state of the city yesterday. you should watch it, it will make you proud to be a san franciscan. mayor breed said something yesterday that nothing wrong with san francisco that can't be
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fixed what's right about san francisco. today is an example of that. i want to welcome everyone to district one. i want to acknowledge all the people here who's leadership and hard work was vital to it project. thank you to our amazing san francisco fire department and chief joann hayes white and to our fire commission president and fellow fire commissioners to our service. thank you to public works and our director for delivering this incredible project and doing it on budget. it was definitely worth the wait. finally, i want to thank the residents of district two and san francisco for your support and commitment to prepare a resilient city. we know this project could not have been possible without passing the bond in 2010 and 2014 and your commitment to earthquake safety makes all the difference in the world. it was worth the wait like i
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said. fire station 16, originally built in 1938 has been a home for the firefighters who proudly served geldengate valley and marina for the last 81 years. it's not just a building. i lived in this community for 18 years. it means so much to the people who live around here. i'm a mom i have a 14-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter. my son is in boy scout, we've been in this building with the firefighters teaching them about emergency preparedness, teaching them about fires and it means so much to the community. i can't tell you how many times we've dropped off cookies and brownies. i hope they were good and probably not if i made them. there are so many other people that have done that. we are so excited to have this station up and running again. i live just down the street,
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everyone morning when i'm going to work, i drive by here and i wave to the firefighters. they wave back. it means so much to have this as a part of our community. it's another example of san francisco pushing us to be prepared as possible in the event of an earthquake and we know in san francisco, earthquakes are reality. we continue to have to be prepared over the past several years, we have made massive investments in our most critical safety and emergency response infrastructure cruing our -- including our new fire station and improvements to emergency firefighter water system. for the safety of all san franciscans, i look forward to continuing to work with mayor breed and all city departments to continue making our city safer and more resilient. i want to introduce my old boss, former boss, naoimi kelly our city administrator who is vital so our city and county of san francisco.
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>> good morning. this was very exciting for me today to pull up and see this beautiful fire station. as you all heard, the city of san francisco, especially if you group up here and grew up here, we think about resilience all the time. we think about our private assets. on the public side we have a 10-year capital plan we're looking at all our vital public facilities and the fire faces are vital along with our police stations. we pass earthquake safety response time in 2010 and in 2014. we're looking again for another bond. we have been very thankful to the voters because they see that we accomplished what we're doing. they know that we are not issuing new debt without paying down old debt. we have oversight bond committee that is making sure we deliver
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on those projects. we're united. we're united with the fire chief, local 798, department of public works, board of supervisors and the mayor-in what are the priorities for this city. not only that as we talked about -- with live in earthquake country. there's 73% chance of 6.7 magnitude earthquake by 2043. the mayor directed us to look at our private assets. as you know, we adopted an ordinance that impacted the marina district to make sure our private asset are strong. we want to make sure not only we survive this earthquake, we reoccupy our buildings and get back into our lives in san francisco. that is why we're all here today and i want to thank all of you
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for supporting our earthquake safety emergency response bond. it's for the people of san francisco. [applause] >> thank you naoimi. we'll hear from our fire chief who calls me all the time, checking on all the projects. she's a project manager herself in addition to all the work she does. >> thank you mohammed. i have his number on speed dial. i did want to say, first and foremost, welcome to new station 16. it is something we anticipated for quite some time. the quality is amazing. i want to take a full tour around. this is a public building all of you are welcome. neighbors and anyone from the public will be happy to show you around our new station. good morning to everyone that's gathered. we're very proud to have reopen this station. it's brand new.
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definitely want to have lot of thanks. i know you heard other people thanks. i want to thank our mayor london breed. she always been a champion for public safety. thank you very much for that. from executive branching to legislative branch, also champion for public safety. always has been and that -- i wanted to thanks you both. as mentioned three fire commissioners are hear.
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d.p.w., it's an incredible team. we work with them all the time on projects. edgar is here today as well as charles. thank you very much. roebuck construction, thank you for the work they did. quality craftsmanship. before going on too much further, support services, that's a division in our department. they get all the work done. under the direction of the assistant deputy chief, this project would not have come to fruition. he was strong advocate on what they wanted. he worked with captain steve. both of them had incredible construction knowledge. i have my command staff here, the neighbors, we want it thank you. we know it's a long process. there was some hardships along the way. thank you very much for your support in public safety.
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this project in particular but in general the voters on the bonds have been supportive. last but not least, we have our members. there's nine of them working here today. today's officers -- all the members, i looked at the roster today, i hired every single one of you. as i look forward to your retirement, it's time. i hired all these people that are working here today. thank you very much. you were hugely patient. they kept this neighborhood in mind and kept this neighborhood safe responding from different areas. we made it work. we always do. there's one person in the back, i wasn't going to recognize him. i wasn't sure if he was here. he's amazing to me. that's our chaplain, father john green who recently -- thank you
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father green for being here. he wouldn't want anyone to know, he was very ill earlier this month and really huge that you're here today. if it fits in the time limit, at the conclusion, i like to have father green to join us to give us a nondenominational blessing. i like to thank san francisco, mayor and myself and others, native san franciscan, that is president of the fire commission. thank you everyone. >> good morning everybody. thank you very much chief hayes-white. she will retire very soon. 15 years as the first woman chief of the san francisco fire department. i wanted to definitely acknowledge our mayor mayor breed, champion of the fire department. also former fire commissioner,
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also supervisor from my districting in japantown district five. this is all part of a collaboration from the bond through the voters through the collaboration to the supervisors. we all appreciate that. i wanted to recognize that today. we have the vice president of the fire commission francine covington. we wanted to acknowledge joseph who's the neighborhood supervisor who remind us constantly that station 16 is his neighborhood. fire station as well. it's very important in 798 is represented as well. we thank you so much. we look forward to the work. this is the greatest example of san francisco which is collaboration and taking care of public safety.
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we also have mr. kendall coleman. thank you so much for all your contributions. thank you for the neighborhood in terms of your patience. thank you for being part of san francisco. thank you for this beautiful day. thank you. >> are we ready to cut the ribbon? father grown, will you come up u come up and say a prayer for us. then we'll cut the ribbon. >> we'll pray that the scissors work. i thank chief hayes-white for
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her kind words. i liking to meet that father grown some day. sounds like a nice guy. for all those who work at station 16, may this house always been a sign of safety and service for this neighborhood. amen. >> okay. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! zhou.
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e-l-l-e-n -- zhou. >> the friday before a long weekend, so we'll start with the roll call. [roll call] >> okay. commissioner lee is under the weather and unable to join us today. agenda item number two, public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda. >> can i ask, is this two minutes or three minutes? it says two minutes in front of