you're sending it to the design professional regardless discipline, but the owner gets to a copy. that can be immediate approval. secondly, speaking to the new permit centre, if it's brick and mortar what we're looking at, our agency has the largest number of staff there. there's a director who has been hired to handle all those issues our understanding is, health department will have a presence. the whole idea is not to have an applicant go knirl else to get their brick and mortar3related permit. they need that information the permit centre as well. even though it's not permit.

it's a start of deciding whether you want to do business in san francisco or not. there will be presence in that s.f. permit centre. i hope that answers couple of questions. >> president mccarthy: thank you for that comment. >> any public comment on item 6? >> good morning. deputy director lowery did define a serious problem and it deals with managing thousands orateds o -- or tens of thousans of permits of responses from designed professionals. i like to echo commissioner lee's comment, obvious solution is the workforce solution.

one thing a tardy report by department could be issued weekly or monthly and sent to that department. you can kick them in the butt. other is commissioner lee mentioned it, if there was visibility through the citizen portal, which is supposed to be delivered, a citizen or professional could go into the portal and clearly see the status of their permit and if there's an obstacle. i think the bigger issue here really is, performance standards. you can manage and you can report but if you don't have a standard to report against, you're reporting the standard versus performance. that's one of the issues i can h b.i.c. would address.

are they doing things against the standard correctly. it's always the 80-20 rule. thank you. >> president mccarthy: thank you. >> any additional public comment? seeing none. item 7, update on s.f. permit accela permit project tracking system. >> good morning. i'm from department of technology to give update on the s.f. permit implementation project. when i was here last month, we were just in the third day of our user acceptance testing round. as stated on the report, we completed that round only april 4th. out of that round, we had 328

issues and that was on the fourth. as of this morning, we're into the period of fixing and retesting the things that were reported as issues. we're down to 260 issues. this process of fixing, retesting will ensue over the next few week as we work that number of open issues down to zero. these are severity one or two issues which will prevent d.b.i. from going live. that number needs it come down to zero open issues. that will be our entry point to be able to start what's scheduled to be our last round of testing. we're going to add into our acceptance testing process that next round from end to end and business simulation testing. just to show that permit and

involving the various divisions in d.b.i. a large project can come in and c.p.b. staff takes it in. it goes through initial checks with fire and planning and gets routed to t.p.c. the reviews ensue, reviews conclude and permits gets issued back again. 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. >> this is the meeting of the recreation and park commission. would the secretary please call

the roll. (roll call). >> i am going to make a few announcements. we welcome everyone today. it is the april 18th meeting of the recreation and park commission. we would ask you to turn off sound producing devices that could go off during the meeting. we ask you take any secondary conversations outside in order for this meeting to proceed as efficiently as possible. commissioner buhl each commission has three minutes. each person will have three minutes to speak on public comment for each item. when you do, please address your

comments to the commission. in order to allow equal time for all, neither commission nor staff will respond to questions during public comment. the commission may ask questions of staff after public comment is closed. if you would like to speak on an item of interest to you that is not on the agenda but is under the subject matter of the commission. you may speak under item 4 continued to item 4. if the fire alarms activate you must evacuate the building in an orderly fashion. elevators will immediately return to the first floor and are not available for use. if you need assistance out of the building please make your way to the closest area of refuge across the hall in the men's restroom. inside is a speaker box.

press it and security will answer. let them know your location and they will assist you. one change. item 9 is off calendar and will not be heard. with that we go to item 2, the president's report. >> thank you. very briefly. i know this will be discussed later in presentations. i want to note that since the last meeting we have had two very significant public events. one was acknowledgment of the gift at india basin. the largest gift in the history of the recreation and park department. we had groundbreaking for the tennis center in tolden gate park. more will be said about these. this is because of the staff work and the constant attention to the quality of both the

facilities and the programs in the department. it just is a reality the public fireds what we are doing to be worthy of major substantial multi-million dollars investments. this is a long time in the making, fill an it doesn't just. that he look carefully how they spend dollars. they have to trust those will end up being for the intended purpose. that only comes with confidence with the people doing the job. commissioner harrison wants to make a comment. >> i had the pleasure of attending zoo fest last friday. i want to congratulate you on a very successful and enjoyable evening. the food was good, company great and entertainment was

overwhelming with the some of the purchasing. it was great. i want to compliment you an and also tanya. thank you. >> that concludes my report. >> any public comment on the president's report? being none this item is closed. we are now on item 3, the general manager's report. >> good morning. i apologize in advance for a joyous and robust report. that is code for longish. let me start with my not so favorite event of the year 420. this saturday is april 20th. as with every april 20, a throng of revelers is expected to descend upon us in robin

williams meadow in golden gate park to celebrate all things green. as we have seen in years past, this previously not permitted event does create a host of challenges including traffic and health and safety issues. over the last few years we have been grateful to the leadership of supervisor london breed now supervisor vallie brown and local merchants and alex in particular who have stepped off to offer infrastructure around this event including 185 portable toilets in the event area and neighborhood. 4900 feet of fencing, 90 security guards, 33% increase from last year. dedicated cleanup crews inside the event and in surrounding neighborhoods. this is our third year working

together, and this partnership has created a safer and cleaner and less impactful event. the merchant contribution along with a significant amount of support from sfpd, m.t.a., public works, public health, juvenile probation, department of emergency management and, of course, our own staff who works around the clock to manage this event has yielded good results. this event is not without risk, and as always we encourage everyone using the park to respect each other, respect the park, respect the neighborhoods, and to be safe and smart. as a public service reminder there are traffic considerations around the event.

in addition to our regular saturday car-free road closures jfk at eighth avenue will be closed to vehicles as will conservatory drive each and west, nancy pelosi drive and mlk drive between ninth avenue which basically means if you don't have an awfully good reason to be around the park, don't go around the park. moving on. earth day. the very next day we come back down-to-earth, and we get to celebrate, which i believe is also easter. we will be celebrating earth day and the eco center's ninth birthday. sunday april 21st 9 amendment to

2:00 p.m. there wil will be a habitat prot and enjoy a free barbecue lunch. to rsvp and to view the entire earth month calendar log on to earth month blog. next week is five playgrounds in the city including the panhandle, golden gate park. sergeant john mccauley park in the tenderloin playground, the play ground in mic chairren park and in the excelser. it is under the let's play sf initiative a $30 million public private partnership with the san francisco parks alliance supported by park fund money and general fund support. in total they will renovate 13

playgrounds around the city. washington square playground was completed a few months ago. we co-host one big groundbreaking for all five projects on thursday, april 25th at 11:00 a.m. this may marks 74 years since the en end of the holocaust. to remind those of the survivors an installation by a german artist is at the plaza. maybe you walked by it this morning. over 70 portraits of holocaust survivors including several local individuals, one i will talk about in a second. also including those from all across united states, germany,

ukraine, they are to provide voice and visibility to survivors. courageous leann wonderfully presented by the institute of san francisco and the german consoling lat in part he -- consulate it is previously at the lincoln memorial in washington, d.c. and at the headquarters in new york city. it celebrates strength of survivors and they are pictured in the life affirming photographs. one of the survivors i learned about tenacity first hand in 2010 when ilsa alexander wrote me a series of letters demanding to know what we are done with her favorite bench after the pga

golf tournament in 2010. she then came to my office to ask the same question. she got her bench back along with a plaque and also a surrogate grandson here at the park. it is an honor to see her out there. i hope everyone explores her portrait to see her warmth, charisma, humanity. you use it to realize the destructive power of hate. access to adventure. in partnership with support for families of children with disabilities will host access to adventure for kids with disabilities and special healthcare needs on may 4th at golden gate park band shell. this includes art, music sports and live entertainment for all ages. for more visit support for

families.org. lastly i want to report about thaboutthe biodiversity survey d by 107-18. our department completed an inter department mental survey summarizing all planned and existing projects and initiatives to promote the biodiversity. earlier this month we submitted the results of to the department of environment. the survey results are being compiled with those of other city agency and share understand the near future. it would be great to come back to present about the report's findings with a specific focus on our organization. okay. i now have two bits of recognition.

the first commissioner as you will note focuses on yesterday's wonderful celebration at the golden gate park tennis center. it was a day anyone who was there will never forget when mayor breed and president buehl and the supervisors and our tennis learning center kids and staff and our lead donors joined mayor breed in the ceremonial net drop. we officially began the final phase of the 10 year a long journey to create a community hub and youth development program that will be the best public center in the country. our center is 125 years old. it is the keeper of stories and

champions. the courts have hosted billie jean king and peanut louie and brad gilbert and alice marble who won 18 grand slam titles before defeating nazi germany and fighting to desegregate the sport by demanding that gibson could play in the u.s. open. it is the home of those who depend on the courts for joy, health, competition and community. during the 150th anniversary next year the lisa and douglas goldman tennas centers opens to the next 25 years. the $27 million renovation will feature a clubhouse and new lights with 27,000 hours of play and garden for spectating and

the pickleball court and the program at the tennis learning center. it will provide one-on-one tutoring and life lessons in leadership and teamwork through the game of tennis. most strongly symbolizing the unbreakable bond a large mural in the clubhouse will display the words love all. projects like this don't happen. they take determination and partnership and leadership and civic generosity. today i want to thank the tennis coalition for the park that got this project going and for the gensty, experty and help along the way. my hats off for the outstanding leadership. thanks to the leadership of our

donors, lisa and douglas, the fisher family, and thanks to each and every other single person. there are hundreds is not thousands that believe this project important enough to donate treasure, talent or sweat. now, i want to turn to our own team. i want to thank the heart of public tennis, channing hail and dana for helping us find the future operating structure. but my biggest personal thanks is t to curry. who has spent a decade as chief administrative officer and lead cheerleader. without that grace, competent,

commitment and unrelenting, unyielding focus, this project would have never happened. it is my pleasure to recognize dahlia curry. if you could join me with the first sign for the tennis center and this bouquet. [applause.]

(applause). >> thank you so much. that was very kind. i was a little suspicious when i was asked to be here today. i did write some things down assuming i would be a little flustered which i am. this is very, very kind. when i started working for the department about nine years ago, as you pointed out, this was a project in my portfolio, and i think if we are honest it was high in the -- pie in the sky. don't get too attached kind of thing. somehow one gift turned into two, three, we just got some momentum. we had a committed community group in the tennis coalition.

somehow we made it to the groundbreaking yesterday. it has been a real pleasure working with phil and all of my colleagues in the department. members of the tennis coalition and staff of the tlc program especially who work tirelessly every day to support youth development and improve outlooks for our kids in under served communities. victory has many parents. >> i was quoting the boss over there. >> it has been an honor to work on this project, and i just thank you all for the opportunity. >> thank you. [applause.] >> okay.

we have one more two-part recognition. then we have a video. then i am done. today we have the distinct honor of recognizing the outgoing chair and long time member of the parks recreation and open space advisory committee, also known as prozac. stefan had to step down after nine years. he was first appointed in 2010 to seat number six representing district two and was later reappointed by supervisor farrell and most recently by catherine stephanie. i wonder if that is history. has one prozac member ever been appointed by three supervisors.

three years as vice chair and three years as chair. in addition to the committee he is a member of friends of lafayette park. he is an extremely community focused park advocate involved in numerous projects in san francisco, including putting his professional music production to good use in five seasons for saturdays in the park at the concert series. he was instrumental in basically creating what i think is maybe the coolest dog park in all of san francisco at lafayette park. i want to thank you so much for your leadership and commitment to making parks better. i know you are not going away as a park champion and advocate and engaged community and sevvick leader. i hope we -- civic leader.

i hope we will all look back on your tenure as chair of prozac and understand what a turning point it was through your grace, diplomacy and calm reason, prozac has evolved into a partner with the recreation and park department. no longer just an advocat. we work together to keeply explore park policy issues, to problem solve, to make sure the community is informed. i could not be more grateful for your effort in making that shift, and i know that jordan who i will introduce in a second will continue that legacy. that truly serves our parks and is one of the fundamental reasons we have the best park system in the country. if you want to come up and say a few words.

[applause.] >> how do i follow that? thank you so much, commissioners. i did not prepare a speech, but i have my final chair's report for prozac which my brothers and sisters have heard this. i feel i can at least say a couple things. first of all, thank you for the recognition. a volunteer position you get into it because you love your parks. you get into it because you want to make change, and i would say that more to the community that it is about getting your hands dirty, being focused on positivity for your small space and that grows. i will always have the work that we did here in room 278 in the

lodge and in 200 odd parks that we serve. in my nine years we reviewed hundreds of presentations, met with dozens of city agencies with focus on oversight, understanding, input, discussion around many different issues. we talked about budgets and park policy. it is a whole new world when you peel back the layers. i would like to recognizeless an--recognize les and linda. i would like to thank our new chair for serving, you know, as leadership during my terms. i would like to thank the recand park department. my good friend gary, don, stacy,

dana, diane, lamonte, taylor, denny, and of course uncle phil. i believe our roll requires us to be squeaky wheels sometimes. it is finding that shared vision that allows us to make it a better place. we could all just put our vibes out there. without concession, without looking at each other to say we are all in this together for better parks, the commission, prozac and the department, it wouldn't work. it would be a broken system. i am glad to be part of that. i feel the rec park department is open to finding middle ground. it is always nice to be recognized as a member of prozac. it is nice to see our hard work on display all over the city.

i would like to thank catherine stephanie for making parks a priority in their term. our committee is an asset to individual communities and districts. it is clear our national park score reflects how much as individuals we are part of park success. as i term out and no longer serve on prozac, i challenge members and alliance to work with individuals and groups, organizations to make our parks better, support new open space, promote future park bonds. we can have a great park system we need to support it in any way we can. it is my pleasure to serve as a member and chair of prozac. we haven't always agreed we made the parks and city better. i will continue to serve the city and community in other

weighs in years to come. i thank you all for your service and your time. [applause.] >> hang out to let me make one more introduction the next chair of pro zax. we welcome jordan who was the new cherry elected to succeed -- the newly-elected chair. she is a graduate of san francisco state and graduate of usf with masters in public administration. she worked as a legislative intern and interned for supervisor katy tang. she was appointed and during the first term on the board she addvo indicated for the historic preservation of the mother's building of the zoo and the dog play area. the community open space at the

turnaround at ocean beach. she was developed equity metrics to make san francisco the first city in which every person is a 10 minute walk to a park or open space. we are excited to work with you and your prozac colleagues for the next several years. please come up and say a quick word if you don't mind. [applause.] >> good morning. thank you so much, general manager, for the recognition. i am thankful to my prozac colleagues and for our former chair for always encouraging me to speak up and serve as leadership in this new capacity. i am excited for the work that our committee will continue to achieve in the next calendar year and work to have our community serve and support the

commission as well as the department and future parks and recreation activities. thank you and i look forward to seeing you all very soon. [applause.] >> on april 4, 2020, golden gate park turns 150. on april 4, 2019 it turned 149.

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>> thank you. i thought we were nervous doing 14 the of those. that concludes the general managers report. >> is there anyone who would like to make public comment on the general manager's report? being none, this item is closed. we are now on item 4. general public comment up to 15 minutes. this item will be continued to item 10 once those 15 minutes are up. at this time members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public within the subject matter jur