everyone is dedicated across the department staff, they are participating as well as the project team. we're also have our dusting off what has been our plans for the three weeks of training prior to go live. in prior month report, the external stakeholder outreach which includes this commission and city hall constituents as well as the contract community and what we're calling now our resident community to make sure that all of those plans are firmed up and in place. >> vice president walker: it's all heading in the right direction and i want to also applaud our discussions, the commissioners as we have gone through this process with accela

we sea how important it is and having access to all the data in a cohesive way. it's nice to be able to talk about our processes a we talk about rebooting this system. i'm hopeful. i like that. thank you henry for pushing this through. i know it's kind of pushing water in pail. we're headed in the right direction. >> president mccarthy: i'm the one that comes to presents. >> there's a busy team supporting this project. both within the department and project team itself. >> president mccarthy: thank you

for coming this morning. >> any public comment on item 7? item 8 is director's report, update on d.b.i.'s finances. >> you have a financial report that provides revenue and fortunes from july 2018 to marc. i'll go over couple of highlights. on the revenue side, if you look at the first page, you'll see that we're still projecting to be better than budget. that's a good thing.

we've been extremely conservative since the fee reduction in 2015. we plan on experiencing slow downs. i want to be clear that there's going to be a slow down. we're better than budget. we are seeing that number less than prior year. we are seeing revenues go down. it's just a combination of our very conservative budgeting and some activities still going on why we continue to exceed the budget. we are going collecting less money. for charges for services, that's basically our fees. the fees are a lot lower. what's kind of offsetting that little bit is that interest in investment over the past few years, we've been budgeting $500,000. we collected over $2.2 million last year in interest in investment. we projected top the same amount the charges of services are going up and interest of investment is going up. that kind of offset it little bit. that's on the revenue side. on the expense side, we're

higher. we've seen uptick in salaries. we are constanting hiring. we're getting a ahead of it. we're able to keep up little bit more. we're doing little bit more hiring than to retiring. we're seeing uptick in that. we transfer money from our regular operating budget to project fund. you'll see that big number also be attributed to that. that's all i have only the march year to daylight. i wan-- date.i want to give updn affordable housing. there will be a hearing today. the budget analyst have a report. based on their conversation with the mayor office of housing, they're anticipating about 15 small affordable housing sites

that will be impacted by that fiscal year 19-20. for the affordable housing sites, and average that's about $15,000 per project. for a.d.u.'s they're projecting about 200 over that 14-month period. the average we have from audio is there $3200 in fees. that will be waived. then for the large scale affordable housing projects, the average that is about $150,000. based on the numbers that were provided to the budget analyst they're estimating about that amount. the only caveat to that is that once again, because we don't normally collect all the fees in the same fiscal year because of

you will file one year. the impact may not be the full 1.9. this is just an estimate. based on those projects over the life of the project,s, they're estimated $1.9 million of fees being waived. we don't have other details. hopefully we'll have to have them by may because the budget will be done in june. only the rent is in the budget not all the other items. those items will be costly. it will be onetime start up costs. hopefully by next month budget presentation, i will be able to tell you what impact that will have on the budget. happy to answer any questions. >> president mccarthy: on that decrease in 3.2% from 19 to 18, page 2 there, how do you look at

that decrease? do you factor in it could go to 5%? in your long-term thinking. when you see trends like that, i'm not sure if you have the answer for me. how do you look at the world when you see that obvious decrease happening? >> actually, this report looks at year over year. when we did the budget, we've gone to 2014 or 2015, that's when you were in uptick. we seen it's $2 million or it $3 million. not just the year over year to look at the average. for new revenues, we're also looking at -- i talked to the cfo, they are seeing increases. although it's a 3.2% over jeer over year, for our budget in 19-20 revenue, we reduced it lot

more than that. for charges of service. that's where the fluctuation is. in fiscal year 14-15, we're at about $78 million in fiscal year 14-final. just from charges of services. next year we're going to budget about $15 million. we're basing it on a trend that we see over a number of years. it's going down. but in report only does a year over year comparison. >> president mccarthy: thank you. >> you mentioned we've had some increase in staffing over the retirements. do you happen to have the figure how high we are in terms of our proportion to full staffing? >> i think right now we're about 281 or something like that.

when i said an increase if -- in staffing, i should clarify that. it hasn't been a huge increase but it's meaning we've been able to catch up when not hiring two but two people retiring. lot of times these things get itself out or somebody gets a promotion. in some instances we've been able it will slow down on retirement. >> commissioner warshell: 280 is compared to >> our full f.t.e. is full 300. it's very close. >> commissioner warshell: second question regarding the issue coming up at board of supervisors tomorrow, i know we sent a great deal of comment and

we're recommending something such as deferral of fees, which is especially would benefit the large-scale projects. as far as you know, there's not been any movement on that? >> yes, as far as i know. the average fees i cited, these are fees that included in the legislation. plan review fee and building fee, records retention fee and site surcharge fee. only fees that are included is the d.b.i. fees. >> commissioner warshell: no other departments are waiving their fees. >> at this time. no other departments are waiving

their fees. >> item 8b, update proposed or recently enacted state of local legislation. >> good morning commissioners. bill strong, legislative public fairs. to that last point, we'll be covering the g.a.o. hearing tomorrow to see if there's any discussion. your letter which included certain conditions that were preferred is certainly before them. we haven't been told anything indicating that it was going to be a modification of the proposal. i think from the mayor's office perspective, they're looking to see how this works out in this pilot year. keep in mind with that ordinance, about 12 months before the year ends, which means roughly end of next year,

january, we'll have to send a report to the board that will say, how many projects came in so we'll know what it total fee waiver was because of the way some the 100% affordable revenues come in. they wait until the project is actually completed, the number may be less than the anticipated roughly $2 billion in d.b.i. fees. i would mention also, the new ordinance by supervisor fewer on vacant storefronts takes legal effect april 22nd. which is next week. the supervisors invited director hui to join her in the richmond district for little media announcement about that. as of april 22nd will then be

on 30-day clock for owner registration, code enforcement has told us over the last few days, the word about the new ordinance seem to be getting out. we are getting more self-registrations of properties that we've had in the past. right now we have nearlial thousand vacant storefronts on our list. total number of actual registrations is still very small. it's probably less than 100. we're hoping that is the supervisor's intent, with this stronger penalty if you don't register within the 30-day period, you'll be subject to four-time penalty. meaning the registration fee will go to about $2700. that will be an incentive for more registrations and we'll have a better more accurate

account of how many vacant storefronts are out there. in addition, i would mention that the mayor's proposal ordinance on emergency shelters has passed. we're now waiting on the m.o.u. details so different departments would have guidelines. that law takes effect may 3rd. with that, i'll take any questions from you. those are the highlights. >> commissioner warshell: back to the g.a.o. thing for tomorrow, we're saying this is a one-year pilot on the reduction. i could really understand how somebody considering an a.d.u. might be able to really decide

to do it and we might see an increase this a.d.u. filings. given the time frame on the large projects, do we have any reason to believe that for one-year pilot program, we're going to have any kind of result that really could be tangible and relevant to who did this? getting large projects to show interest? >> it's tempting to speculate, i don't think we know. part of that came out of the grand jury report a year ago. that had a recommendation calling for the city to do a study. the budget legislative analyst did do a report and they

generally came to the conclusion, if you reduce fees, you probably will stimulate more especially a.d.u. production. again, we don't have the data yet. i think until we get through facilitate some financial reliefly to encourage peopl -- o encourage people to legalize and create new a.d.u.s, boths are very desirable and the cost

benefit is fairly compelling. my concern is much more with the very large amount that is involved for the large-scale projects that seem to be at odds with the kind of time frame that one-year pilot might be able to entail. that's just really where i see a disconnect. >> understood. keep our eye on it and we'll keep you informed as with go along. >> commissioner warshell: thank you. >> president mccarthy: thank you. >> item 8c, update on major projects. >> ron thomas i'm the director. compared to report between february 2019 and current one is an increase of 6.3% in total construction cost.

that breaks a trend that we've in previous reports. >> president mccarthy: thank you. >> item 8d, update on code enforcement. >> good morning again commissioners. building inspector. i'm here to report code enforcement and d.b.i. monthly activity specifically for the month of march. 5,932,000,000,000 inspections were performed in the month of march. what was up 900. it probably represents more activity after the winter months and february is 28 days. it's quite substantial increase over the previous month. it's 900 more inspections that we had in february. we received 393 complaints in

the month of march. of those 393, 382 were responded to within 72 hours. 190 were closed without a notice of violation. 41 of those complaints received a notice of violation. in regard to code enforcement section, all 124 cases were sent to director's hearing in the month of march, 40 orders of abatement were issued. number of cases that were abated was 165. the code enforcement inspections performed was 332. that's up substantially from the previous month. which was 260. i'm available for any questions. >> any public comment on the director's report items 8a through d?

seeing none. item 9 review and approve special meeting march 20, 2019. >> move to approve. >> motion and second. >> is there public comment. all commissioners in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? minutes are approved. next item is 10 motion to adjourn. >> president mccarthy: big welcome back to john. i want to close this in memory deputy director sweeney's father, mr. edward sweeney who died last week. he was of great age. he was a tremendous character. one of the finest irishman

ballroom dancers you'll see. he lived full life and one of the greatest characters of the irish community. our talks and prayers are with him and his family. that should do it madam second. >> thank you very much. we had our motion to adjourn. it is now 11:46 a.m. thank you.

>> my name tom hewitt. first of all, i would like to welcome everyone to come to this fair. this safety fair, we trying to educate the public regarding how to prepare themselves during and after the earthquake and then to protect themselves for next 72 hours. >> hi. my name's ed sweeney. i'm the director of services at department of building inspection, and we put together a great fair for the city of san francisco to come down and meet all the experts. we've got engineers, architects. we have builders, we have government agencies.

>> well, we have four specific workshops. we have the accessible business entrance. >> my name is leah, and i am the assistant manager with the department of small business. i am leading the new accessibility ordinance that helps existing owners better comply with existing access laws. so all buildings that have places of public accommodation in san francisco, they must comply with this ordinance. >> the a.d.e. was setup by the board of supervisors, and the ordinance was passed about a year ago. >> one of the biggest updates that we have is that the deadlines were extended, so all of the deadlines were extended by six months. >> and it's really to help the public, the business community to be specific, to cut down on the amount of drive by lawsuits.

>> so on this workshop, we're going to be covering what the compliance looks like, what business examiand property owne need to know how to comply with the ordinance. we'll also talk about the departments that are involved, including the office of small business, department of building inspection, planning department, as well as the mayor's office on disability. >> hi. i'm marselle, and i manage a team at the building department. today, we'll cover the meaning of a.d.u.s, more commonly known as accessory dwelling units. we'll talk about the code and permitting processes, and we'll also talk about legalizing existing dwelling units that are currently unwarranted. >> this is the department of

building inspection's residential remodelling workshop. my name is senior electrical inspector cheryl rose, and at this workshop, we're going to be answering questions such as do i need an electrical permit when i'm upgrading my dwelling, when do i need to have planning involved in a residential remodel, and what's involved with the coerce process? we're going to also be reviewing inspection process, and the permitting process for residential remodel in san francisco. there's always questions that need answers. it's a mystery to the general public what goes on in construction, and the more we can clarify the process, the more involved the consumer can be and feel comfortable with the contractors they're working with and the product they're getting in the results. if you have questions that aren't addressed in this workshop, you're always welcome

to come up to the third floor of 1660 mission street, and we're happy to discuss it with you and find out what you need to do. >> the program is very successful. the last piece is already 60% in compliance. >> well, we have a very important day coming up. it's sept 15. last four has to be compliance, which means that the level four people that have to register with us and give us a basic indication of how they're going to deal with their seismic issues on their building. >> i'm francis zamora, and i'm with the san francisco department of emergency management, and today we talked about how to prepare for emergencies in san francisco. and so that's really importantiimportant. in san francisco, it's no secret. we live in earthquake country.

there's a big chance we will be involved in a major earthquake in the next 30 years, but we don't have to be afraid. these are going to be your first responders outside of the police officers, paramedics, first responders, these are going to be the people that come to your aid first. by getting to know your neighbors, you're going to know who needs help and who can help in case of an emergency. one of the great ways to do that is for signing7for nert, san francisco neighborhood emergency response team. it teaches you how to take care of yourself, your loved ones, and your neighborhood in the case of an emergency. information is just as important as water and food in an emergency. san francisco has an emergency text message alert system, called text sf. if there's some kind of an emergency happening in san francisco or your neighborhood, it could be a police action, a big fire, a tsunami or an

earthquake. all you have to do is text your citizenship code to 888777, and your mobile phone is automatically registered for alert sf. >> my name is fernando juarez, and i'm a fire captain with the san francisco fire department. we have a hire extinguisher training system. you want to pull the pin, stand at least 8 feet away, aim it at the base. if you're too close, the conical laser that comes out, it's too small, and the fire won't go out on the screen. if you step back, the conical shape on the screen is bigger,

and it will take the fire go out faster. so it can tell when you're too close. >> my name is alicia wu, and i'm the director of a san francisco based nonprofit. since 2015, we go out to the public, to the community and provide training in different topics. today we're doing c.p.r., controlling external feeding and how to do perfect communications in each topic, and also, i hope that they can bring it home and start gathering all the supplies for themselves to. >> on any given day in san francisco, we're very well resourced in terms of public safety professionals, but we all know in the event of a large scale disaster, it will be hours and days before the public safety professionals can get to you, so we encourage people to

have that plan in place, be proactive. there's websites. we have a wonderful website called 72hours.org. it tells you how to prepare yourself, your family, your pets, your home, your workplace. we can't emphasize enough how >> good morning. we gather here today. welcome. we gather here on the 113th anniversary of the great earthquake to remember those lost. every year since the 190s -- 1920s would gather like today. several years ago once all of the survivors passed away, we

pledged to be here to continue this rich tradition. as our native son summed up perfectly, san francisco is the ultimate survivor. now in a few minutes we will hear from some of our esteemed from san francisco. mayor london bead and the fire chief -- nay orlon -- mayor london breed and more. of course, let's not forget the 2019 survivor honoree donna. let's hear it for her. [applause.] >> that is right. these folks will tell us in a few minutes about preparation what to do and their preparation to get through the disaster such as 1906. a special thanks to the guardian

of the city. give him a nice hand everybody. the guardians of the city are charged with preservation of the city emergency service history. thanks to the fire, police, department of emergency management and sheriff's department for continued suppo support. dave, of course, a personal friend is th the straw that stis the drink and sweeps up so no one sees the mess left behind. a hand for ron ross. he is a founder of the san francisco history association. ron is the second longest attendee after donna. this is his last wreath hanging. he is retiring after forming it

is 1982. we also want to thank ed ruskin and the m.t.a. for the streetcar. to my good friend who is the performethe prfor making this h. a big hand for big lee. is the mayor here? >> you look great. you look fantastic. our mayor is here. she is a native daughter of the city who happens to be the mayor. the pride of the high school. a successful product of the inner city. please welcome our fine mayor, mayor london breed everybody. [applause.] >> mayor breed: thank you. good morning, everyone. now we know that if there were a

woman mayor in 1906, this is how she would dress. i am here to celebrate history in san francisco because many of us who grew up here, we know that san francisco is earthquake territory. we grow up and learn from day one it is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when. in school we learn drills and the history of the city in terms of what happened during the 1906 earthquake, the loss of lives, loss of first responders, the destruction of our city, the challenges that exist there, but we also learn about the resilience of our city and how we bounce back, we rebuild, and we make sure that san francisco is better and stronger than ever. we continue to do that time and time again. i was here during the 1989

earthquake, and we rebuild. we also continue in this city to focus on emergency prepared necessary to ensure that our first responders have equipment and support they need. ensuring we put forth regulations for seismic safety for new development. ensuring that we make sure that every time a challenge comes our way, we come back stronger than ever. that is what being from san francisco is about. it is important today we remember our history. that we talk about the challenges that exist during 1906. we talk about the people and the folks that really help to rebuild san francisco. today marks the time in history, one where we have seen some of the photographs, some of the discovered footage of just

really how amazing san francisco was and what happened during that time. we look at san francisco and hear about what a beautiful city it is and continues to be. i am really excited to be here to celebrate with guardians of the city who continue to protect that history. i am here and excited to be with so many of our first responders from the fire department, police department, department much emergency management. people ready to roll up their sleeves for the city. donna is dressed up just to remind us of an amazing lady who supported our fire department who helped build the tower, who contributed to san francisco, who continues to give of herself to ensure that we stick together, support one another

through the challenging times and yes today during the good times as we celebrate. thank you all so much for being here this morning. what a happy and exciting occasion and what a great time to be from san francisco and to be your mayor. thank you, i am honored. [applause.] >> well, the mayor looking classy as ever upfront today. only to be equaled by our next guest. this guy is personifying big city politics. he wears his age so well. one of the best mayors ever in the town. mayor willy lewis brown. let's hear it for him, please. >> good morning to each and every one of you.

were you pleased with what i chose for london to wear today? doesn't she look good? that is outrageous, outrages. she reminded me that the outfit she is wearing was my age. (laughter). i didn't like that either. we are here, obviously, we do this always as the mayor says to remind people who we really are, and believe me we have been doing this for so many years. when i was first running for mayor. he said something about a fountain. i had no idea what it was. it was no fountain. it was offensive and what have you. there was a fellow working for

me named ed lee. i said if you want to keep your job, you get that god damn fountain working. he went on to be the mayor and the fountain still works. there is a guy assigned to do nothing except make sure that water is running if i pass that fountain. i love that. that reflects the ingennowty of this -- ingenuity of this city. when donna shows up and gets out dressed by london breed, you know there is a new generation, new day and new time. welcome to all of you to this year's celebration. thank you. [applause.] >> always a part of every historic occasion. fantastic.

our next guest is within 15 days every timer. days of the retirement. she is tough, fair and tells a good story. welcome fire chief joanne hayes-white everybody. [applause.] >> good morning, everyone. thank you for being out here and preserving our rich history and tradition. i am grateful this will be my last time up here as chief of department. it is a phenomenal privilege and honor to sheriff as your chief for 15 years. today is about three things. we started this back a long time ago. now we are talking about 113 years commemoration. we commemorate those that suffered great losses and injury, including the fire chief

in 1906, 113 years ago. we celebrate the city's resilience and use this to know about the important of disaster and emergency preparedness. all of the departments are working shoulder to shoulder to make sure we are ready when that challenge coming for us. thank you to all of you here this morning. thank you to the men and women of the san francisco fire department. you are here this morning. neighborhood emergency response team program is wonderful. to mayor willie brown and mayor london breed and someone to be celebrated every day all about preserving the city history. 45 years you have been doing this. thank you very much. also, i was given a picture. i will continue to carry with

me. this is willy del monte. he died in 2016. i want be to honor him. the guardians of the city for wonderful work and big thank you to the fire commission president here with me over 25 years of service to our department. i would like to call you both up. i know we are on a tight timeline. our new fire chief will be taking the oath. i am proud of her. thank you very much. have a wonderful day. [applause.] >> the new chief following the old chief. it is going to be fantastic. it is funny. this guy has been on the job

three years. he is a straight-shooter. his wife is also a member of guardians of the city, which is cool. welcome chief bill scott, please. >> good morning. it is hard to follow mayor breed and mayor brown so i want to echo a few things said. i want to thank everybody for being here. these are moments we can remind ourselves how this city comes together. san francisco has a rich illustrious history of rising to the occasion. in times like these, that is exactly what we do. i want to put a plug i for our program. we get by with volunteers. people come together and they

work and they volunteer. thank you all for being here. i want to recognize the men and women of the san francisco police department standing on the perimeters. [applause.] >> i want to recognize our great sheriff and law enforcement partners and all of our san francisco sheriffs. this is the sheriff's last year at the celebration. i want to recognize vicky. give her a round of applause. thank you. >> chief scott, come on now, we are getting close. >> right now it is time to bring up a person that is really cool. she is the head of the department of emergency

management. would you please welcome director maryelllen carol. >> it is wonderful to see everyone here. i want to thank mayor london breed for being here. you look amazing. i want to thank all of the others chief scott and vicky. all of you who have been wonderful mentors to me in my new position, and i am humbled to be here to share the stage. i am going to be quick. with the department of emergency management. what it does is around personal and community preparedness. a couple directives today. one is to go to sf72.org.

it is a great website about how to be prepared. on this beautiful morning when everything is great for the next morning we might wake up and things are not so great. secondly, you can sign up for alerts with sf alert. text 888777, put in your zip code. we will senduallerts about all kinds of things that might help but particularly natural disasters so we can contact you. today if you are signed up we are doing a drill at 11:00 a.m. we are here for you. one of the most important things we the department of emergency management drew is to communicate with all of you in the event of anything happening. please sign up. thank you for being here. i will turn it back to bob.

[applause.] >> all right. it is almost 5:11. i will put these folks on alert. the mayor, we are going to hang the wreath right after our minute of silence which is right now to remember those who perished and those who survived to rebuild san francisco. please, 30 seconds of silence right now. >> thank you. here is the sound of the siren. we will remember those who passed and for us to be ready

for the future. [ sirens ] >> for those who perished and survived to rebuild san francisco, let us continue. if the mayor would gather up here on stage to hang the wreath everybody.

>> we have very inexperienced wreath hangers, ladies and gentlemen. nice job. how about a nice hand for our wreath hangers. we are going to do a little singing. we will sing san francisco. do you want to start it with us? >> thank you for coming. here we go. one, two, three. ♪ it only takes a tiny corner

of this great big world to find a place you love ♪ ♪ my home upon the hill, i love you still ♪ ♪ eye hav i have been aware bm back to tell you san francisco open your golden gates, you will meet no stranger ♪ ♪ san francisco here is your wandering no more ♪ ♪ other places make me love you best, tell me you are the heart of the golden west ♪ ♪ san francisco, bring me home again ♪ ♪ i'm coming home to go

wandering no more ♪ (applause). >> fantastic for 5:15 in the morning. we are going to 20th and church. if you want you can be in this streetcar number one for the ride up to the golden hydrant. it is right over here. right here. look at that. right there. if you want to join us, please do. we would like to thank you for being here for this great day. we will see you next year, god willing.

>> manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods and for people to create more economic prosperity. i'm kate sosa. i'm cofounder and ceo of sf made. sf made is a public private partnership in the city of san francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in san francisco. sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other small business support organizations who provide more generalized support. everything we do has really been developed over time

by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. for example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide small business owners with education. we have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own

dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help companies set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in san francisco. i'm amy kascel, and i'm the owner of amy kaschel san francisco. we started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of clientele. we have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it's important for them to know where their clothes are made and how they're made.

>> my name is jefferson mccarly, and i'm the general manager of the mission bicycle company. we sell bikes made here for people that ride here. essentially, we sell city bikes made for riding in urban environments. our core business really is to build bikes specifically for each individual. we care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. when people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. it's a pretty fun shopping experience. paragraph.

>> for me as a designer, i love the control. i can see what's going on, talk to my cutter, my pattern maker, looking at the designs. going through the suing room, i'm looking at it, everyone on the team is kind of getting involved, is this what that drape look? is this what she's expecting, maybe if we've made a customization to a dress, which we can do because we're making everything here locally. over the last few years, we've been more technical. it's a great place to be, but you know, you have to concentrate and focus on where things are going and what the right decisions are as a small business owner. >> sometimes it's appropriate to bring in an expert to offer suggestions and guidance in coaching and counseling, and

other times, we just need to talk to each other. we need to talk to other manufacturers that are facing similar problems, other people that are in the trenches, just like us, so that i can share with them a solution that we came up with to manage our inventory, and they can share with me an idea that they had about how to overcome another problem. >> moving forward, where we see ourselves down the road, maybe five and ten years, is really looking at a business from a little bit more of a ready to wear perspective and making things that are really thoughtful and mindful, mindful of the end user, how they're going to use it, whether it's the end piece or a he hwedding gown, are they going to use it again, and incorporating that into the end collection, and so that's the direction i hear at this point. >> the reason we are so

enamored with the work we do is we really do see it as a platform for changing and making the city something that it has always been and making sure that we're sharing the opportunities that we've been blessed with economically and socially as possible, broadening that sustainability mission, even though the bikes are very minimal energy use. it still matters where the energy comes from and also part of the mission in sustainability

is how we run everything, run our business. so having the lights come on with clean energy is important to us as well. we heard about cleanpowersf and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. it was super easy to sign up. our bookkeeper signed up online, it was like 15 minutes. nothing has changed, except now we have cleaner energy. it's an easy way to align your environmental proclivities and goals around climate change and it's so easy that it's hard to not want to do it, and it doesn't really add anything to the bill.

>> good afternoon, welcome to the april 16, 2019 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madame clerk will you please call the roll. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president. >> clerk: [roll call]