ongoing, the office of resiliency, we submitted our strategies for the future of the city, that is ongoing, also, and the drone policy has been forwarded. the chief has signed that often we are waiting to hear from them , and that is it for homeland security for this month >> thank you, very much. chief nicholson, questions for chief cochrane from the commissioners at this point. >> thank you. >> do you want to do questions at the end? or do you want to question each of them now. >> i think we will wait. >> okay. >> has all of your report and all of your staff can come up and get your reports. >> thank you. it sounds good. let me bring up the training division. >> good evening, mr. president

and commissioners. congratulations on your retirement, thank you for your support of the division and of me the chief mentioned, the 125 th class is in the 13th week. we have 44 members graduate on the 14th of june at 9:00 a.m. in the morning. earlier this month, we had our hazardous materials specialist for certification. we had 61 members recertified february. our e.m.s. section island has been working on several classes for recertification and renewal of skills and members will need to be part of the bump up academy that we are planning later this year. they are also currently having an e.m.s. field evaluator training class where paramedics and e.m.t.s on the ambulances can evaluate graduates from the paramedic academies we had 32

members trained in that. we have a wildland refresher, 133 members. this is for the upcoming fire season for mutual aid to deployment and we also have a second round of wetland refresher scheduled for mid may. we had almost 100 members sign up for rescue recertification that was going this week. i don't have all the file number is completed yet, and then special interest is to be have a peer support refresher scheduled , two sessions of that and two sessions of resilience class. those are set up by the doctors office that we are hosting. other than that, we have some preplanning going on for a high wire skill going on. that concludes my report. >> thank you very much.

>> to continue my report as the chief stated, we have been working closely with the mayor's budget office. they will be presenting to the mayor on wednesday, and we will certainly have more information for you after that and we'll keep you apprised of everything and how we can collaborate and move forward in our asks. the chief went over those. in terms of some of the e.m.s. asks for our community and our e.m.s. six, just to let you know , that captain simon pain from e.m.s. six, the mayor touch office asked him to go up to sacramento this week and testify for s.b. 40, which is the conservatorship bill and it passed out of the committee of 6

-0, so that is good news and we appreciate the captain for that. i had a meeting with some of the members -- some of the people from the new chase centre at headquarters the other day to convey to them our concerns and advocate for the department to ensure that we have proper access to that facility during events. they do have a good best medical plan set up or they have ambulances and paramedics and physicians, but we have made it clear to them that the access that we need and the concerns that we have, and we are working with the police department and m.t.a. in bringing that forward to them. and with the chase centre, there are 50 basketball games, but 150

events throughout the year, and some of those coincide with giants games. it will be an interesting upcoming year. we put two brand-new engines and service at engine two and engine eight, and those engines go out to engine 42 and 44, so we're upgrading our fleet, in addition to that, we did go to the board of supervisors and gets the contract that we had for $10 million for our apparatus, we had to get it approved by the board of supervisors to go up -- anything over $15 million has to get approved. so we got it approved for up to $50 million so we can continue purchasing the fleets that we need, so that is good news. station 35, the new floating fire station. we got be c.d.c. approval this

past week, which is great, and we are working closely with the port. we're this close to getting the m.o.u. signed, really close. i am hoping to have that signed off in the next week or so. and ones that get signed, they will issue the permit and then we can move forward, and hopefully begin some type of work by the end of june. that is the hope there. we are making good progress. the port has been a great partner with us in working on this with thanks to elaine forbes. looking at retirement, the numbers broke -- bump up every week. we have approximately 30 retirements as of looking at july 1st. we are expecting their do more retirements by then. like i said, every week they are bumping up a little bit. we will see what happens with that number.

the 2020 bond is moving along, and as you know, it has included $125 million for a new fire station, hundred $50 million for the training facility, and separate funding for emergency, firefighting, water supply,. the initial polling has been done, and the water supply, emergency firefighting water supply pulled a very high. the neighborhood fire stations do well pick the. the training centre, not quite as well. because of that, because we need a little bit more flexibility, we're going to mine, or we are looking at combining the $125 million, and hundred $50 million for the fire station and the training facility under one heading. we will still spell out what everything is, and what that does for us is, besides

improving polling, is it gives us a little flexibility. say we need to go to 155 million for the training facility, we can do that. it gives us a little bit of flexibility. we are looking at that right now , and then, what else do i have? station five, the chief already spoke about this, and if i can just say, i have really learned so much in my time as c.d. three as deputy chief administration. [please stand by]

>> -- to request funding from fema or cal o.e.s. >> commissioner covington: and they would be writing those grant requests or would we be responsible for requesting those moneys? >> we submit input for them to request is the way i understand

it. >> commissioner covington: okay. gre great. >> we do have the auxiliary water supply and earthquake preparedness. >> commissioner covington: and does the captain participate in those. >> yes, and i went with -- the deputy chief also attended. >> commissioner covington: and how often are these meetings? >> there's one at city hall and a side one at vanness. i try to attend. i know there's at least once a month, overhead and site meetings. >> commissioner covington: how many staff members are there for the officer of resiliency.

>> i don't know. >> commissioner covington: you don't know? >> i know two members i meet with. >> commissioner covington: i'm sorry. chief nicholson -- anything else you would like to add? >> no thank you. >> commissioner covington: okay. chief sabo, you're up next. can you give us the date and time of the graduation? >> the date is friday, june 14 and the time is 9:00 in the morning, scottish rite center, sloat and 19th avenue. >> commissioner covington: and you said that 133 have already gone through the -- >> wildland refreshing class. >> commissioner covington: how many do we have overall with wildland certification. >> i'd have to check and get back to you. >> commissioner covington: okay. chief mello?

>> last year, there was -- >> commissioner covington: you can come to the microphone so people can hear you. >> as of last year, we trained 255 members. and then, the numbers keep going up as they keep going through the system. it's been going up through the years. >> commissioner covington: very good. so 255. and are you all -- okay. thank you, chief. chief sabo, you also mentioned the upcoming resilience class. so tell us more about that. >> that's actually setup more by the physicians department. we're just hosting it. i don't think there's anybody here from physician's office to speak on that, but i believe it's led by a doctor who works with the police department who

offers health in their stress unit. >> commissioner covington: i see. okay. great. all right. that's all i need from you. thank you -- >> thank you. >> commissioner covington: -- for the information. and chief nicholson regarding the new chase center, you said there are going to be 50 basketball games preplayoffs and then 150 events. is it possible there would be more than 150 events? >> i don't know. these are just the numbers they gave us when we met with them. >> commissioner covington: i think it would be important to know if that is the floor for the numbers or if there is a possible 75 more or whatever. that would be helpful for us in planning. okay.

thank you, chief nicholson. >> you're welcome. >> thank you, vice president covington. commissioner cleaveland? >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, mr. president. i had a question -- you were here for public testimony and you heard the testimony from jeremy paul about the farmhouse and the possible dislocation of the artists there. can you give us a little background on that particular issue and if there's any sort of means by which they can upgrade that facility and not have to vacate it while they do it? >> yes. good evening, commissioners. i don't have knowledge of this particular site, but what i do know is the process, and we follow the process, and we're consistent with this.

when we receive a complaint, we do respond and inspect. if there is a violation of the fire code, we notify the occupants. there very well may be a complaint in motion. at this time, we are not up to a violate. the intent when we respond to a violation is to make sure the tenants are safe. we're here to partner with all san franciscans and keep san franciscans safe. our kind of our guide and measurement in making a

determination if a building is safe to say, is it safe to use, is it a deficient use, do we have proper rescuing stairs and windows? if we don't come to those determinations, we would determine it has come to an inhabitable lev inhabitable state. >> commissioner cleaveland: have you issued a notice to vacate? >> i believe we've issued four notices of to vacate in five years. we've come a number of buildings that have been occupied in violation of the building code, illegal change of use, but only five of them have been issued a notice to vacate. we do not issue a notice to vacate unless it's deemed an

imminent danger hazard. so again, if the building is deemed reasonably safe, even though it's being occupied in violation or not per code, we will continue to work with those occupants and the building owner as they work through the process and try to get a change of use through the building department. >> commissioner cleaveland: can you keep the commission appraised of this particular farmhouse project? >> absolutely. >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you. >> president nakajo: thank you very much, commissioner cleaveland. commissioner hardeman? >> commissioner hardeman: thank you very much, commissioner nakajo. we have plenty of time, so i might get rambling. as we talk about -- on chief nicholson's time -- >> my time is your time. >> commissioner hardeman: talking about mayor breed, i think we have to give her a lot

of accolades in doing this transition. it's a brilliant move, fantastic. very happy when we heard it. all the commissioners, i think, were involved in the fire department, especially the upper echelon, fire command staff. the other thing i talks about -- talked about, my respect for chief joanne hayes-white. i don't want to sound like the mayors feinstein, jordan, lee, and newsom. they could be difficult to work with, but almost in the week,

mayor breed appointed heather fong for the fire department, a number of whole -- a whole litany of women leaders to take over leadership. when it comes to you, he made that decision. so any way, and then brown -- mayor willie brown, the smartest politician i ever worked with. he changed the whole city in the waterfront and mission bay. the guy is just the most fantastic mind i ever worked with in politics. the smartest guy i ever met in

politics was jerry brown. he has a photographic memory, but willie brown, the city will never be able to repay him. i wanted to bring up the notre dame fire in paris. you know, when they showed the firefighters who made a conscious decision to risk their lives to defend this structure, that tells you something about firefighters. it's one thing when you risk your life to save a human, but it's another thing when you risk your life -- and they were risking their lives to save this structure. i think it says a lot about the type of person that is a firefighter. that was quite remarkable, and it moved me when i saw it was happening. they weren't ordered to do it, they voluntarily saved most of it.

so that was it. i wanted to throw that out there how wonderful that was. >> president nakajo: thank you very much, commissioner hardeman. commissioner alioto veronese. >> commissioner veronese: thank you very much. commissioner hardeman reminded me of the fire in paris. that was an historical fire, something once in a lifetime we see, and i was wondering if they had needed or we had offered any resources to them or for that matter, if there's anything we can learn from that fire, and would it be worth sending somebody out there to study either the response, the fire itself, the type of building, anything related to that? i'm wondering since it was such

an unusual fire, would it be good to send somebody from chief sotto's office. >> so church fires are notoriously difficult to fire, especially a church like that. there will be an after action report and investigation that comes out of that, and we always look at those things, whether it's from, you know, a fire in, you know, houston, texas or in north carolina or -- but we typically don't send people over there to -- during an investigation, but we do -- we always learn from incidents such as this, and we will -- once we get that

report, once we see that report, i will. >> commissioner veronese: i'm going to be reaching out to a team of those firefighters. i'm going to invite them to come over and do the stair climb, so if there's anything that can be said on behalf of the department, let me know, and i'll say that. >> okay. thank you. >> president nakajo: thank you very much, commissioner alioto veronese, captain nicholson. captain sotto, the next meeting, you will be sitting in this seat, and part of that is to be able to have functionality and time to perform where your duties and tasks, which we know will take time. this commission will support

you with that and with the rest of the command force. as we conclude this particular segment of administration reports, you as administration deputy chief, i just wanted to, because previously, we have acknowledged the command force, but also, there's a civilian command force as far as support, as well, and i just wanted to take advantage of the fact that financial director mark corso is here, as well. sitting behind you is someone who has served the department very well. jesu jesus de shawn, and i wanted to thank you for all your services during the time of chief joanne hayes-white. thank you, chief nicholson, very much, for your service to this department. thank you.

>> president nakajo: madam secretary. >> clerk: commissioners reports. activities since march 19, 2019. >> president nakajo: is there anyone that would like to update -- >> commissioner hardeman: the chief was visiting from kansas city and he just walked in. i said, do you know what's happened? he said no, we're just visiting. i said, do you know we have a woman fire chief? oh, no, my. i said, do you know we have another woman replacing them? he said oh, no my. commissioner cleaveland

introduced me to them. >> president nakajo: and thank you, commissioner cleaveland, for introducing our visitor from kansas city. the only thing i wanted to report is i as the president had to meet with the grand jury, and i met with them on april the 15. the grand jury meets with the fire commission on a yearly basis and writes a report. commissioners, as we all know, the grand jury are volunteers, and then to be privy to this information and discussion, a lot of the discussion was on the awss, auxiliary water system, as well as discussion on the next big one, the earthquake. i thought particularly, it was appropriate that we had the nert training that was immediately following our grand jury interview. you will hear probably in the report some comment about this department in terms of our readiness for the big one but

also i remarked to the grand jury that their component is such an important component born out of the tragedy of '89, but citizens are going to be utmost in terms of working with us as a department. yes, we are first responders -- or the department is first responders, but if we don't have trained citizens out there in san francisco to help and provide services as well as relief, it's going to be a great thing that we're going to need. so i appreciate training, i appreciate the concept of being ready, i made remarks that we're not trying to scare anybody in terms of the eventuality, but we know that we're going to have to be prepared and we know that we're going to have to be ready. thus, the training.

[inaudibl [inaudible] >> president nakajo: at this time, is there any public comment for commissioners report? madam secretary. >> clerk: item six, agenda for next and future fire commission meetings. >> president nakajo: commissioners, i purposely tried to make this meeting simple so that all of us can

share some time with you, chief hayes-white, on your last commission meeting. a next meeting, we have a charter amendment on discipline that will be given by the city attorney. we also have a closed session that's scheduled, as well, for your point of information, and that will be in the next commission meeting that's scheduled for may, i believe may the 8. madam secretary, is there any other item on this particular point? >> clerk: not that i have. >> president nakajo: all right. thank you, commissioners, at this point? all right. thank you very much. is there any public comment on agenda for next and future fire commissions from the public? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam secretary. >> clerk: item seven, resolution 2019-02, discussion and possible action regarding proposed resolution commending chief joanne hayes-white for

her dedication and outstanding service to the members of the san francisco fire department and the city and county of san francisco. >> president nakajo: chief h hayes-white, in terms of this, all of the commissioners are going to participate in this resolution. we haven't had a chance to rehearse, so this is life, coming from -- live, coming from the heart of the commissioners. this resolution is 2019-02. the commission assisted the county attorney in putting together this resolution, so i wanted to acknowledge maureen, as well. if we could start with our vice president, proceeded by commissioner cleaveland and then commissioner hardeman and commissioner veronese, we can present this resolution. commissioner covington. >> commissioner covington: thank you, mr. president. whereas joanne hayes-white

entered the fire department in 1990, and became the first woman fire chief in january 2004. and. >> commissioner cleaveland: whereas chief joanne hayes-white has served the san francisco fire department with passion, integrity and honesty. and. >> commissioner hardeman: whereas over the nearly 30 years of her service to the san francisco fire department, joanne hayes-white has attained many goals and has worked tirelessly to achieve the goals of the san francisco fire department. and. >> commissioner veronese: whereas the san francisco fire department wish to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of chief joanne hayes-white and for her efforts to make the san francisco fire department one

of the most diverse in the nation. >> president nakajo: be it known that the san francisco fire commission acknowledges chief joanne hayes-white, and thank her for her devotion and outstanding service to the members of the san francisco fire department and the city and county of san francisco. at this point, i'll take public comment on this resolution. if there's no public comment, public comment is closed. i'll call for the question. >> so moved. >> second. >> so moved. >> president nakajo: i'll call for the question. all in favor? thank you very much, commissioners. thank you very much for

participating. [applause] >> president nakajo: on behalf of the san francisco fire commission, thank you very much. the commission secretary assisted me in this, as well. congratulations and godspeed to you. >> commissioner hayes-white: thank you very much, everybody. [applause] >> president nakajo: at this particular time, in terms of adjournment, we'd like to close this commission meeting in

memory of vince nolan. commissioners, i'm going to need a motion and a second. >> commissioner hardeman: move. >> commissioner covington: second. >> president nakajo: moved by commissioner hardeman, seconded by commissioner covington. ladies and gentlemen, this meeting is concluded. thank you.

>> hi, i'm lawrence corn field. welcome to building san francisco. we have a special series, stay safe. we're looking at earthquake issues. and today we're going to be talking with a residential building owner about what residential building owners and tenants can and should do before earthquakes and after earthquakes. ♪ ♪ >> we're here at this wonderful spur exhibit on mission street in san francisco and i have with me today my good friend george. thanks for joining me, george. and george has for a long time owned residential property here in san francisco. and we want to talk about apartment buildings and what the owner's responsibilities

might be and what they expect their tenants to do. and let's start by talking a little bit about what owners can do before an earthquake and then maybe after an earthquake. >> well, the first thing, lawrence, would be to get together with your tenants and see if they have earthquake insurance or any renters insurance in place because that's going to be key to protecting them in the event of a quake. >> and renters insurance, there are two kinds of insurance. renters insurance coffers damage to goods and content and so forth. earthquake insurance is a separate policy you get after you get renters insurance through the california earthquake authority, very inexpensive. and it helps owners and it helps tenants because it gives relocation costs and it pays their rent. this is a huge impact on building owners. >> it's huge, it really is. you know, a lot of owners don't realize that, you know, when there is an earthquake, their money flow is going to stop. how are they going to pay their

mortgages, how are they going to pay their other bills, how are they going to live? >> what else can property owners do in residential rental housing before an earthquake? >> well, the first thing you want to do is get your property assessed. find out what the geology is at your site. get an expert in to look at structural and nonstructural losses. the structural losses, a lot of times, aren't going to be that bad if you prepare. an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. get in there and get your property assessed and figure it out. >> so, what is a nonstructural issue that might cause losses? >> well, you know, pipes, for instance. pipes will whip around during an earthquake. and if they're anchored in more numerous locations, that whipping won't cause a breakage that will cause a flood. >> i've heard water damage is a major, major problem after earthquakes actually. >> it is. that's one of the big things. a lot of things falling over, ceilings collapsing.

but all of this can be prevented by an expert coming in and assessing where those problem areas and often the fixes are really, really cheap. >> who do you call when you want to have that kind of assessment or evaluation done? >> the structural engineering community is great. we have the structural engineers association of northern california right here in san francisco. they're a wealth of information and resources. >> what kinds of things might you encourage tenants to do besides simply get tenants renters insurance and earthquake insurance, what else do you think tenants should do? >> i think it's really important to know if they happen to be in the building where is the safest place for them to go when the shaking starts. if they're out of the building, whats' their continuity plan for connecting with family? they should give their emergency contact information to their resident manager so that the resident manager knows how to get in touch. and have emergency supplies on hand.

the tenants should be responsible to have their extra water and flashlights and bandages and know how to use a toilet when there's no sewage and water flows down. and the owners of the building should be proactive in that regard as well. >> so, george, thank you so much for joining us. that was really great. and thanks to spur for hosting us here in this wonderful exhibit. >> good morning. thank you so much for joining us today. as you can tell for a monday morning, we have quite a crowd. as i was just talking to both jim and greg, who have the pleasure of the challenge of living here. this is nothing compared to what you might see on a warm summer day where there is in the height

of tourist season. i am proud to be working with our san francisco county transportation and introducing ab1605. this is one of the most famous streets in the country. we get 2 million visitors a year. people will be here for 10 hours just to get the opportunity to drive down, take a few minutes to drive down this very famous street. we are so proud that people come from all over the world to visit our city, but we also have to be acutely aware of how it impacts our residents. that really is the idea behind ab1605 that they have been working on and studying this, and, finally, after the study has come out we have come to the conclusion it is time to really start to pursue a reservation

system similar to muur woods. it is the idea to give people the system so you don't have a long line and traffic constantly blocked. it also allows this neighborhood not to feel the intense pressure of what it feels often time on a daily and hourly basis. this is the very beginning of our legislative process. the authority would be given to the city and county of san francisco, at which point we would turn it over to supervisor stephanie and the board to come up with their own plan of exactly how they want to implement it. we give them a lot of latitude what that is and how it would look to the public input. we are excited to work with

everybody. the time has come to implement a reservation system to tourist can enjoy and so residents can get their life back. this is supervisor stephanie. it is an honor to work with you on this issue. >> supervisor stefani: thank you for being here. i want to thank everyone who helped get us to this morning. assembly member tank. and the head of our transportation authority and andrew for actually dedicating so many hours to studying this issue here and coming forward with a resolution. they have been incredible partners to me. first as legislative aid and now as district two supervisor. i want to thank greg the president of the lombard hill association and the other community members who have been

actually tire less advocates for this neighborhood. i am thrilled to stand at the bottom of the iconic street in san francisco to talk about solutions to an issue we tried to address for years. we all know there are so many tourists. san francisco is one of the most beautiful places to visit. the crooked street is one of the top tourist destinations 2 million visitors each year. tourists are vital to our city and economy. they present challenges. on a busy day 20,000 people visit this area by foot and in cars. for a decade i worked to manage the crowds by trying several different things. i started the lombard ambassador program to assist visitors. we added parking control.

we have signs. we increased police enforcement and did a pilot program to shut street to traffic to see what that would do. each action has made an impact. they are unable to properly manage the crowds with the rapid growth of visitors. as i said in the last community meeting we have yet to nail this. this is something we must try to address the congestion that jams all of these streets and the surroundings areas. the bumper to bumper traffic is an environmental problem and can make this experience miserable for tourists. rather than waiting in line for 45 minutes visitors will have a reservation and drive down the crooked street with no problem. i am excited this pilot program is coming together. one of the steps necessary is to

get step approval. i want to thank you for agreeing to allow the implementation and pricing system. i look forward to the continuing work to try something that is going to make a difference in this area. now, i would like to introduce the president of lombard hill association and my friend. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here this morning. it iwe have worked for five or x years with supervisor stephanie and her predecessor. it is a long hall. during tha whole period things didn't get better, traffic picked up. it was an increasing hurdle for us. supervisor stephanie mentioned

andrew who has been tire less working on this project. i think he has what makes sense. it will free up the neighborhood, not just the street. our group that we represent, everyone lives on the street and on montclaire, the whole area is affected by the congestion in the summertime. it goes four blocks each way in terms of traffic jam. this will help. it is really the start. it is half of the hurdle that we have. the other hurdle is to get control over the pedestrian traffic in the future. this is the first start. gosh, i am really excited we are at this point. as supervisor stephanie said. it is a pilot program. we want to see where it will go. we have unbelievable support. the paper said the support is

mixed. at the town hall meeting two months ago it was over whole manying. two people spoke against it and one was a tour bus guide. the support is strong behind this. we are excited this day has come, and we look forward to seeing where this goes. thank you. >> thank you. you have heard some of the reasons why we are all working together to do this while we want to treasure to be seen from people around the world and visitors, we also want to be able to make sure the neighborhood is liveable for the people who do live here. again, i want to thank the supervisors and stca for great work. are there questions? >> can you address the full aspect, where the money will go?

>> the city and county need legislative authority from the state. it needs to go through legislative approval and signed by the governor. that process will go through its process. our timeframe is we have until mid-september to get our bills to the governor's desk. he has until mid-october to sign them. >> it is up to the board of supervisors. >> basically the fee will be used to operate the system and for any safety measures in the area and for our ambassador program. >> we haven't decided but we are looking at around $5 for the price point. the board of supervisors are commissioners on the transportation authority. we would advance the proposal after we get state approval. >> do you know how much money that would generate?

>> we are still studying the cost. it could generate a couple million dollars a year to cover the cost of the reservation system and supporting measures. the ambassador, perhaps even paid off-duty officers. >> would that go back to the city or to the neighborhood? >> i believe the idea is to fund the program. whoever the board or city would choose to implement the program would have that to add more the program -- to ad to administer e program. >> we are not looking at a physical gate. we are looking at license plate readers as a form of being able to either read the license that is going down that has the reservation. we are not looking at putting any physical structure here. >> i noticed it is a pilot program. is there any evidence this will

reduce traffic if traffic is the concern? >> absolutely. that is why we are doing it. muir woods is an example of that. we have been studying this for years. after not nailing this we have tried so many different things. asking questions for months. >> 20% reduction? define it? >> sure. right now we see a focus of 45 minute wait on any given day. that spin of the congestion can go 10 hours on a weekday. that is to reduce that from three blocks to the first block before you head down the crooked street. not only in the woods we see it in a lot of different venues, museums, the anne frank house in europe. you see venues popular using this method to manage the dema

demand. >> people that don't know there is a fee and end up turning and trying to find parking. >> we are already talking with sf travel and the various folks in the tourism industry to make sure folks would understand this is how you make the reservation. we would have paid staff in the initial pilot for the customer service for a good experience. if you didn't have a reservation you would be advised where there is a reservation available and we would help you on the spot. >> a campaign to reach people from all different countries around the world? >> absolutely, sam. we had a similar situation where the north parking lot on the

golden gate bridge. the golden gate bridge is probably the only thing more famous. that north parking lot is now closed for a number of weekends only open to to your buses. the bridge authority runs that and work with sf travel and do signage to make sure residents have known that. part was to relieve congestion. what happened is people would get to the north parking lot. it would create congestion all the way through the park up 19th avenue. i live a block from 19th avenue. the cue would go all the way down there. that is how much congestion that would cause for people waiting for the parking lot on a summer day. it can work with proper outreach and information. with the internet it is easier

to get information out to people coming. other questions? >> what opposition do you anticipate? >> we don't anticipate opposition. the discussion is trying to ensure the neighborhood and residents have a robust discussion to find exactly the right fee as well as the right thing to do for the neighborhood. >> an issue regarding congestion and safety. is far for car break-ins? what are the safety issues you are looking at. >> first of all, pedestrian safety. you can look around you and see this is a situation that with cars and pedestrians that could, you know, could end up in a fatality or injury. we want to make sure we have the right amount of parking control

officers and police to make sure everyone is taken care of. >> do you have examples of people hurt here? >> definitely. we can have greg speak to that. the car break in is why we have had police officers here to make sure that tourists are taken care of. they don't realize they can't leave things in cars. we are beefing up security. >> in terms of safety, i have lived here 22 years it is a good record, to be honest. there are about four major accidents, cars flip over. there has been one little girl pinned between the wall and car, broke her leg and some other things. there has been no deaths that i know of. the crime situation has picked

up dramatically. it is one of the worst part of the city because of car break-ins because of the tourists. what we are going to do here, i think, will help. >> thank you for coming. we appreciate it. ♪ 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.

[gavel]. >> chair ronen: good morning. the meeting will come to order. welcome to the april 22, 2019 meeting of the rules committee. i am chair hillary ronen. seated to my right is supervisor shamann walton, and seated to my left is supervisor gordon an mar. mr. clerk, do you have