efficiency programs and put $5 million towards small business impact funds. now, where did these other two needs come from? as you know, with the pg&e bankruptcy there's been discussion among folks in the building how the city can start taking steps towards energy independence. we have done projects and we put solar panels on our facility at 700 pennsylvania. they allow us to consume less energy which benefits us and puc because the provide energy at less than market cost.

so the $13.8 million would allow us to conduct energy assessments in the rest of of the buildings as well as fund solar panels on our maintenance facilities as well as other buildings and projects as determined by the system-wide audit. the second item the small business impact fund last week at the transportation authority commission there was considerable discussion about the impacts of city construction projects particularly mta projects on small businesses. particularly when the construction projects are delayed. so there was a desire indicated and this is not a new conversation. you've heard this a lot before.

we as a city step up the assistance we provide small businesses extraordinarily impacted by city construction projects. i spoke earlier in my report about the delays on vaness avenue and the idea with this second item my revised recommendation to you is you adopt the resolution with modifying language that would allow us to finalize the amounts with the controller's office and

with the mayor and board of supervisors office and the allocation of these funds, the charter gives you the full and ultimate authority over these. >> commissioner: so procedurally do we need a motion to amend the current thing before us? okay. is there public comment on the item, ms. boomer. >> clerk: it looks like the individual has left and it doesn't look like everybody in the audience is making moves forward. >> commissioner: is there anybody that would like to comment publicly. seeing none, we'll close public comment. >> i failed to note a couple important points in thinking further. one is that it would be my intention that whatever the amount is we need in order to

issue the notice to proceed for the rail manufacturer to proceed on this accelerated path if the $19.3 of the supplementally added revenue and we would look elsewhere and reprioritize elsewhere within our capital program. there are trade-offs here. i want to be very transparent about that. we don't know what the final number would be. we think it probably will be more than $19.3 we'll need to execute the notice to proceed and will need it make other tradeoffs but the change and not having all the revenue available comes with trade-offs but i wanted to assure you as i said the acceleration of this vehicle procurement is the single most thing we can do to improve rail

service so it's my intention to move forward with that regardless and if it means we have to reprioritize other areas program and we'd report that back to you, that would be my recommendation. under the revised proposal i'm not seeking we put at risk the notice of the replacement of the light rail vehicles. >> commissioner: do you have enough figures to know what you think that acceleration project will cost? >> i don't. when i met with staff last week they thought in the order of $30 million. it's why we were seeking the full amount. we'll know that better once we can nail down the price with the manufacturer. >> commissioner: and that estimate of $30 million is the full acceleration. it's not doing something

partially the full acceleration of the lrvs envisioned? >> there's not the lower and faster. it's the fastest possible the manufacturer can achieve. the amount of the notice to proceed cost is really based on certain costs in the contract we need to provide for up front and seek the fastest possible accel rage. >> commissioner: someone can say this is a priority why don't we throw more money and finish faster and if i understand correctly the item you estimate to have a $30 million price tag is the fastest possible acceleration and if it turns out to be $30 million or over $19 million the agency will re-allocate capital priority to go and accelerate as fast as

possible. >> commissioner: are there other questions? i bet. >> so the staff report and what you just said articulate very good reasons to accelerate the lrv procurement using these funds. i was curious though to know

staff's analysis we have criteria that we use. i don't have them off the top of my head for unforeseen revenue and how to use them. ultimately it was my decision that focussing these on something that could very materially impact muni service especially at a time where we're seeing increasing challenges with our older light rail vehicles as a clear winner in terms of the funds. we've not had a whole lot of time to evaluate other needs that have emerged in conversations with folks in this building. we have a lot of needs. these are legit nat -- legitimate needs and we have other needs. we have gone through another progress and i presented this last year of reassigning our two-year capital budget based on updated revenue figures. we had recently gone through a

prioritization process. wen that was happening -- when that was happening we didn't know the revenue were there. we knew at the end but not at the time we were going through the process. these are revenue not anticipated so it frees us up to be flexible in how we allocate them. the size of the budget was over a billion dollars so to address the two needs that have been identified and things that have h happened it's a good use of the revenue relative to other needs. >> commissioner: does that answer your question? director brinkman. >> i won't be able to put this

gracefully or delicately or even maybe correctly, but we've been talking about how to spend these funds for a couple months now. we've heard from the public when they disagree one us on this and some of the things they think we should spend this on. it feels dodgy to me to save this at the last moment. any public who may have want to spend it on this, aren't here to tell us otherwise. this is input from the board of supervisors how they want us to spend these funds. with said we want to spend it on providing new lrvs for the public to avoid the break downs

and they are saying no. they have us over a barrel. i would approve it because i don't see how to get the $19 million and may even hold up more funds. i don't like this. i don't know why they didn't bring this up earlier and give this a chance to be aired in public. i hope in the future when lrvs break down they won't yell us about why trains aren't moving through the tunnel and hopefully we'll still be able to speed up the purchase of the lrvs. i don't like it at all and think they're monkeying in the work we're supposed to do and supposed to look out for the riders and system and the board of supervisors is at the last minute pulling the rug from underneath our feet and putting our feet to the fire to approve something like that that's not going to stop them from fighting us and combining about us and

tearing into us in the future when things go badly for the lrvs. that's my two cents worth and it may be incorrect and i will support it because otherwise we don't get the money. >> i appreciate the sentiment. we did notice the item and speak and agendize it. i think the public input is important. the formal action that that prove provesa that approves the supplemental action starts with the committee and the full board of supervisors. there'll be opportunity for the public to weigh in.

>> the $5 million to a small business impact fund. do we know how that will be administered or decided or a brand new thing that will have to be administrated? >> we hope not to create special new funds but we have mechanisms and started building into our project budget a line item of funds that support the work of construction mitigation. mostly done through the office of economic and workforce development. we would ideally be able to use existing channels and not create new mechanisms. in term of how the allegation would be done, it's something we want to work with our partner at oewd as well as the other the

works and the role of the mayor and board and the processes while the charter gives the mtab board the full and sole authority ultimately, in all of our budget processes we try to work collaboratively with the mayor and board to make sure we understand what their prospectiv perspectives are and in term of the timing of this being last minute, and negotiations have been ongoing and probably aren't done at this point. i can appreciate your concern or feeling this came last minute. it did. we're trying to work collaboratively with the folks in the building for the

unforeseen revenue. >> i appreciate you being so willing to adapt to this and still committed to moving up the appropriates of the new lrvs. for the public to know if they want to weigh in on that the appropriate time to do that is the board of supervisors meeting i assume. >> this item will be at budget and finance committee tomorrow. >> tomorrow's budget and finance committee. thank you. >> commissioner: thank you director brinkman. anyone else? let me address this personally. i share a great deal of director brinkman's concern about the merits of this and the way it came about. i will tell you if i thought this would jeopardize the fastest acceleration of the lrvs i would make a stink. >> and i won't recommendation. >> the reality is the system is not working as well as it should. the transit professionals and

you told us expediting the purchase of the lrvs is one of the best things to fix it. it had to be done. you committed you will carry out the fastest acceleration you can. the reality is the pressure to do other things which is not money flushed down the toilet it's just not in my view the highest priority nor agency. it's not coming at the expense of the lrv acceleration or folks can say why'd do you that if i can put a finer point on what director brinkman said. the relate is you haven't had the time to figure it out and how you'd prioritize it and if

we have to reallocate this for the public and us to know an

shop and dine in the 49

promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a

great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service stores, where you can get your hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but

to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's very important that you do so. . i'm scott adams. i'm board chair of the a.p.a. heritage foundation. we want to thank you for joining us this evening as we celebrate lunar new year, the year of the boar. we wish you and your family the best of fortune, prosperity and much happiness. we are a nonprofit organization dedicated to securing funds and coordinating resources to support the city's annual

a.p.a. heritage organization festivities. our organization is made up of a very small board, and i'd like to introduce to you our directors. we have our treasurer, irene yee riley, our incoming treasurer, j.j. lara. board member matt mooey, and our founder and president, claudine ching. [applause] >> so although we're a very small organization, we're able to put on celebration events every year because of the dedicated members of the a.d.a. celebration committee, and that's a group of 30-some odd representatives of the community that makeup the a.p.a. community. so if you are a member of that group, can you please raise

your hand? okay. everyone give them a hand. [applause] >> want to thank you so much for being part of the a.p.a. team. now please give a warm welcome to our president and founder, claudine ching. >> thank you, scott. [applause] >> thank you, everyone for helping to come celebrate lunar new year. today is the third day of the new year. some of us were in chinatown for the first day of the year with mayor breed, and when i friend, walter wong, celebrated the biggest celebration in chinatown with eight pigs, is that right? and firecrackers, so i want to acknowledge of the presence of the mayor who will be speaking shortly and the members of the council and community members

of the so eve-- members. every year, we kick off events in the community with the lunar new year celebration. we can take the opportunity to tell you a little bit more about what we are doing for a.p.a. heritage month this year. some of you may not have been to our a.p.a. heritage month celebration, so i want to take the opportunity to talk about the a.p.a. heritage month. last year, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the law that established this particular celebration. so the month of may, why is it the month of may a.p.a. heritage month? congress decided because of two reasons. the first day of 1943 marked the rival on may 7 of the first japanese immigrant into the united states in the record so that was one reason. and the other reason was on may

10 -- 1843 -- 1869 was the completion of the trans-continental railroad. so that's why the month of may was selected, and this year was the 150th anniversary of the trans-continental railroad. so for this year's celebration on may 1, as you all are invited to our event, together with mayor breed, we'll be celebrating two significant historic events. one is the completion of the trans-continental railroad, and the other one actually is the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the college of ethnic studies at san francisco state. this is unbelievable that to this date, although there are a lot of ethnics -- different studies classes in many universities and colleges, our san francisco state remains the only ethnic studies department in the whole country where asian american studies african

american studies, all ethnic studies had a part of. this is a momentum decision. we are very happy to be celebrating these two significant occasions this year, and during our event, we will be presenting the second annual edwin mah lee public service award. last year, the winner was our assessor-recorder carmen chiu. we're very happy to have her -- in the month of may be able to bring to our city a whole month of activities. we have plenty of events because we have celebrations, partners such as the asian art museum, san francisco public library, and the country's largest asian american themed festival. with all of these

organizations, i think we have a healthy calendar. but back to today, we are happy to be here, celebrating lunar new year. we are very lucky to be in a city that we have cultural offerings with the different cultural offerings. so some of you -- some of you may not have met mayor breed. mayor breed is a native of san francisco. she grew up in the western addition in the public housing, graduated from schools -- from schools in san francisco, from galileo, as i remember, and without taking the time to read the mayor's long bio, many people have asked me how is it working with mayor breed? and i just have to say, i am not jewish, but if i were

jewish, our mayor has a lot of chutzpah. no matter what issue she is addressing, housing, transportation, public education, every time i hear the mayor talk about this, she's open-minded. she's willing to look at other solutions of the city that have been -- of problems of the city that have been around for years and decades. so we're very proud to have mayor breed with us today. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, claudine. you know, when i first started on the board of supervisors, i attended this event, and it was always in room 201, in the mayor's conference room. and i would always say, claudine, we're growing. we need more space. and finally, she took me up on my word, and she decided we were going to move this

incredible celebration to here, the north light court. this is our great celebration of our a.p.i. heritage month kind of kickoff. even though it's not in the month of may, it is during the lunar new year which is of course fitting that we celebrate such a time honored tradition here in our city. i want to thank so many people who are joining here -- joining us here today, including so many folks from the leadership, many of our sister cities, folks from manila, from osaka -- yes, you can clap -- from seoul, taipei, ho chi mint cities, places that we share more than our brotherly and sisterly loves, but relationships of community, of business, and a number of other things that are so important and vital to the success of not

just san francisco but the entire world. i also want to take this time to recognize that we have a number of council generals who are with us here today. starting with the council general of the philippines, who is -- i hope i don't butcher your name council general. i apologize from the philippines, and his wife. thank you so much for being here. council general for the republic of korea is here, as well. and council general from japan. thank you so much for joining us. we have really an incredible relationship with so many of our sister cities as well as the council generals from all over the world, and san francisco, as you know, has been the gateway to the pacific, and we truly value our relationships which promote trade and cultural and

educational exchanges. we -- we know sadly we're living in a time our immigrant population and our cultural diversity are sometimes not welcomed in other cities across the united states, but i want you to know that here in san francisco, it's not only welcomed, it's celebrated. it is celebrated in a way that really honors our rich history and our traditions. and we have many celebrations throughout the year, including during the month. we just kicked off black history month here in the rotunda in city hall, chinese lunar new year, which is amazing, along with an amazing parade and a number of festivities, and we will kick off asia-pacific heritage month, which we started celebrating in 2005. when i served on the board with supervisor -- well, actually, only supervisor president yee was on the board when we passed

that resolution, making it official in san francisco. and here he is now, the president of the board of supervisors, along with his colleagues, and they'll be talking in just a minute. so i am just here to say thank you to so many of you, especially because as we know, it takes a lot of resources to put together so many amazing community activities that promote our diversity and our culture, and i just want to thank the a.p.i. heritage committee for their continued work and fund raising and bringing people together. and claudine, at this time, i'd like to honor you and the members of the committee with a certificate thanking you for your service and the work you continue to do every year, not only asking for support, but twisting our arm and making us all participate and help us to understand how important this is to so many of our asian communities around the city.

thank you for being a real advocate for the a.p.i. community in san francisco. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, everyone. [speaking chinese language] >> so understand board president norman yee's here with all his colleagues, and from the dinner we have in

chinatown recently, i was shocked to hear that every single one of the board members of supervisors speak beautiful chinese, japanese, all kinds of languages. so in the interest of time, because i understand that mayor breed might have to leave, so i'm going to ask you to maybe just say two lines of greetings in your own language, whatever you prefer. and try not to repeat what the -- what the preceding speaker have said, okay? but maybe we should start with president yee. >> president yee: thank you, claudine. [speaking native language] >> president yee: happy new year to every one of you. this is a great celebration that happens every year. i want to thank the a.p.a. heritage foundation to sponsor

this every year because it really means a lot to our community. yes, mayor breed, it's true. in san francisco, we embrace our diversity. in san francisco, and probably the only city, the public school actually gets a day off for lunar new year. probably the only district -- we should give them a big hand. [applause] >> president yee: and that was made possible because of the leadership of supervisor fewer and myself and a few other a.p.i. school board members that were able to provide to say you know, it makes a difference to 50% of your students, and they made it happen. now another thing, every year, we get to look at the new stamp. by the way, claudine, i still

have the original one, 1993, when you unveiled that, that was such a happening. this is something that took a little while to get the federal government, the post office to actually engage and make this happen for us because they didn't -- there was a little rip resistance there, but after a while, they said wow, this is pretty good. to all of you, to all of my colleagues here, we are here to celebrate, and we are here to honor the a.p.a. heritage foundation. so on behalf of the full board of supervisors, we'd like to give you this certificate. claudi claudine scott, would you come up and accept it?

[applause] >> president yee: so come on up. just say happy new year. >> supervisor fewer: [speaking native language] [applause] >> good evening, everyone. my name is matt haney. i'm supervisor from district six. congratulations and thank you for all your work to the a.p.a. heritage foundation. i have to say i've been to a few celebrations around the year of the pig, but this is the first one that i've seen where there's a whole pig to eat.

happy to celebration with you. >> supervisor brown: hi. i'm vallie brown, the proud supervisor of japantown. unfortunately, can you please tell me how to say happy new year in japanese? [inaudible] [applause] >> supervisor safai: good evening. my name is supervisor ahsha safai. happy new year. very happy to be here for the third or fourth year. congratulations to claudine and all the leadership for a.p.a. this is a wonderful celebration. i actually am also an asian supervisor from western asia, from the -- from the country of iran, so i'm going to say happy new year in farsi. [speaking native language]

>> supervisor safai: thank you. [applause] >> thank you. ve we want to acknowledge d.b.i., the head, tom, and mohamed nuru from the department of public works. we have captain link from central station, and commander lozar. so the highlight of today's program is unveiling of the lunar new year stamp. as board of supervisors president yee mepgsed, inntion u.u u.s. post office issued the first series of stamps in 1993. this is the last year of the series of stamps.

we are not sure if we're going to get the new ones. so there is a pgs for all of you to sign after the program because we want to make sure the united states postal service unders we in san francisco, just like many people around the country, we love our stamp that celebrate our cultural heritage. i would like to invite post master abraham cooper. >> good afternoon. or i should say good evening. you know, it's an honor to unveil the 12th and very last stamps and celebrating the lunar new year. as the post master of san francisco, i'm proud to present such a beautiful and meaningful stamp. it represents a lot of significance not only to the community but also to the people that we serve in san francisco, but our employees,

as well as we celebrate, and they also celebrate lunar new year. the lunar new year stamp is currently available for sale at the local postal service and also independently also as booklets. the board believes to represent luck and good fortune but also symbolized hard work and generosity as trust and also sincerity. i'd also like to think that the postal service fits that description well as the relationships between the san francisco district community and the leaders that's in the room today. and without further adieu, i'd like to bring up the mayor as well as norman yee and claudine chan for the unveelg of tilinge

chan for the unveiling of the stamp. [applause] [inaudible] [applause]

hello, welcome to the tuesday, february 5th, 2019 commission meeting for the san francisco commission meeting. i am the commission president. if you are a member of the public, there are speaker forms on the front tables. you can fill one out and hand it to the staff or come to the microphone when i call for public comment. turnoff your cell phones or put them on silence including