>> i will ask for public comment on the agenda item number 7 for future fire commission meetings. at this particular point, in terms of agenda items, commissioners, the only thing that came about was perhaps a briefing that is down the road from our city attorney. >> i would just like a quick update on the program. >> an update on the drone program at the next meeting. >> we will take that in consideration and talk to chief nicholson and see where you can put that on the agenda and get that update. >> it doesn't have to be a separate item. if you could just maybe mention it as part of your section. >> thank you, very much. seeing no other comments in terms of that, we will work towards that agenda with myself and the commission secretary. madam secretary.

>> item eight, adjournment. >> any public comment on adjournment of item eight? other than that, i will need a motion and a second to adjourn. >> so moved. >> second it. >> it has been moved and seconded. this meeting is adjourned. thank you.

>> good morning. the meeting will come to order. this is may 22, 2019. i'm chair of the budget and finance. our clerk is miss linda wong. i would like to thank ker win cooley for broadcasting this meeting. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> please silence all cell phones, complete the speaker cards to be included as part of the file and should be submitted to the clerk. items will appear on june 4th, supervisor's agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you very much. call item number one.

>> a resolution authorizing the agencyings to execute an agreement between the service's public authority for for the provision of medical providers for july 1, 2019 and in the amount not to exceed 255 million. >> we have jill neilson here from the department of aging and services. >> good morning. i'm with the department of aging adult service and today i'm here to present two agenda items that you have before you for consideration. they both relate to the city's in-home supportive service's programme or ihss as we often refer to it. i will address each item separately. first off, we're requesting, you approve the proposed resolution to allow the human service's agency to enter a new grant

agreement with the public authority. >> excuse me. are you addressing items number one and two together? >> no, separately. >> thank you. please continue. >> the majority of the funding for the public authority contract is allocated to the wage's health and dental benefits for approximately 20,000 independent ihss providers in san francisco. ihss is a critically important entitlement programme providing homecare for low-income people and individuals with disabilities. in san francisco our ihss programme serves 22,500 consumers and this important programme helps to keep individuals living safely in the community. the department of aging an adult services operates this programme on behalf of the state and our department is responsible for carrying out a standard assessment to authorize programme eligibility and allocate homecare hours for mon medical personal care and other

household assistance such as laundry and meal preparation. the specific allotment is based on their individual needs and define bid state regulations. our department works closely with san francisco's public authority. it was established in 1995 and serve as the employer of record for consumers. it should be noted that the ihss public authorities providing independent providers as well as consumers. in addition to providing the health and dental benefits to eligible independent providers, the public authority carries out specific state-mandated enrollment activities such as criminal background checks, which are required by law. in support of consumers, the public authority maintains a home care worker registry which ihss consumers can access if

they're seeking to hire a new independent provider. although our prior contract was approved to be in effect until june 2020. we're requesting it begin in july of 2019 to align with the recently signed collectivity bargaining agreement. it included waive increases for providers which is commensurate with the minimum compensation ordinance and this resulted in a $3.75 an hour wage increase rolled out over the next three years. this will positively impact all independent providers. we agree with the bla report that was prepared and i'm happy to answer any questions you might have. joining me are key staff from the human service's agency, budget and contract's team, as well as ilene norman, deputy director with the san francisco ihss public authority. >> thank you very much. could we have a bla report,

please? this contract replaces the existing contract with the authority not to exceed $255.9 million over the three-year term. that includes a contingency as well as the base contract amount. we detailed the expenditure in table one on page 5 of our report. funding sources have a balance of 20% from the city's general fund and we recommend approval. >> thank you very much. we'll take public comment. any members like to comment some seeing none, public comment is closed. make a recommendation to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. we can take that without objection. thank you very much.

madam clerk, can you call item number two? >> a resolution approving a resolution between the grant agreement between the city and home bridge for the provision of contract in-home supportive services and providers skilled development and support to increase the amount for 29 million for a total amount not to exceed 26 million and for a total agreement term of april 1, 2017 to june 30, 2020. >> thank you very much. we have jill neilson back. >> thank you very much. so the second item rettin relato the programme is for human services to grant a one-year amendment to our contract with homhomebridge for the provisionf contract mode ihss services as well as training and supports. specifically we're requesting the contract amount be augmented by $29 million, $136,749. the contract mode ihss is an

essential service and makes up a key part of san francisco's continuum of choice and support we're you proud to offer to ihss consumers and helps some of the cities most vulnerable residents to live safely in the community. it provides nonmedical home care to consumers who cannot direct their own care due to mental illness, cognitive impairment or substance abuse disorder. it provides home care to approximately 5% to san francisco's ihss population and the homecare providers deliver critical care to consumers who are very high needs and who often do not have any other support system in their lives. homebridge provides robust training and skill development that's aimed at enhancing the skills of ihss providers. both providers as well as independent providers are able take advantage of the training that homebridge offers. we agree with the recommendation

that the proposed resolution should be reduced by $5,386,824. however, we have noted a discrepancy in the bla report regarding the ihss caseload numbers. that's on table one, page 9. our records indicate the ihss caseload increased consistently, although slightly since 2011 and we apologize to the bla that we did not make that correction before today. now over the next year, we intend to develop a comprehensive request for proposals with the goal of entering into a if you contract cycle starting in july of 2020. in addition to budget staff from the human service's agency, i have an attendance mark burns, director from homebridge and we're all happy to have any questions you might have. >> thank you very much. any questions from my colleagues? seeingnone, could we have the pla report? >> the board is asked to approve a one-year extension of the

existing contract with homebridge for contract providers services to go through june of 2020. and as miss neilson said, the end of the contract and will go out to solicitor and a replacement contract over the course of the next fiscal year. we show our recommendation in table 2, page 10 of our report. in terms of the existing contracting authority and expenditures, we recommend an increase of the contract amount to $90.7 million which would be a reduction not to exceed almost $5.4 million. and we recommend approval based on that amendment. >> thank you very much. are there any members of the public that would like to comment on item number two? seeingnone, public comment is closed. supervisor mandelman?

>> i'm curious, this homebridge is for folks ihss who need a higher care from a more specialty trained workforce. i was curious to hear more about what that more specialized workforce is able to do and the kinds of services they provide that another kind of ihss worker would not be providing. >> so the homebridge homecare providers essentially provide the same services that independent providers are able to provide. they're carrying out really state regulated activities. however, ihss is a consumer directed programme and those individuals that we refer to homebridge are not able to direct their own care because they have cognitive impairment, because they may have serious mental illness. they're able to staff hours for them and acceptably it's a nonprofit agency operating a

robust homecare agency for approximately 900 very high-needs individuals. homebridge does provide the homecare providers with enhanced training. when working with them and we're pleased we've been able to roll out a programme called the steps for success program providing enhanced training. >> dealing with a case when the client is trying to kick you out in these cases. >> exactly. you're well versed in these issues and they're providing enhanced training and enhanced salaries for those homecare providers who are working with higher need's individuals. >> how does someone get referred for that more advanced level of don't leave tell you when they tell you to leave? >> our in-home supportive service's programme at the department of aging has the discretion to make those nrests.

referrals. we work with adult services and other city agencies to determine who the high-needs clients are. from and some are conserved or not. >> we have a small number who are receiving homebridge services and certainly as we think about community-based, homebridge is a critical partner in trying to expand community-based conservership and somehow it establishes the relationship with that homecare provider to be able to get them in there on a regular basis. >> homebridge does a lot of work around engagement working with consumers to meet them where they're at and that -- they've been angle to roll out a very successful model which is called biscuit, the building-specific care-team model.

what they're doing is bringing a team of providers with a supervisor on site to specific support of housing buildings, working in collaboration with the homelessness and support of housing and the supervisor is able to trouble-shoot with the homecare providers. >> so they go as a group into the same building. >> yes, they're in the same building serving a group of homebridge ihss consumers and they're able to be flexible with their hours. if a consumer says, i don't want care, come back later, we come back we're adapteddable which is critically important working with this population. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i have a question about the training that they receive. is this ongoing training or is it a conference? i mean, how is this training sort of presented to the employees? >> you know, if it's ok, i'll invitemark burns to speak about

the training program because i'm not well-versed. >> thank you. i'm the executive director of homebridge. our training programme evolved over decades. we've been training workers since we first began the organization in '84 and since first took this contract in 1995. the current training program is done in three tiers. the first part are all of the basic elements of ihss homecare allowable under the legislation, as well as a lot of sort of cognitive engagement programming and safety in the community work. then there's a second tier where people are specifically trained to deal with a for cognitively complex population and they focus on that tier on safety and engagement, nonviolent communications, a tow-in-the-door program and which happens after you begin employment is a critical care

level. at that level, you learn more paramedical services because they're allowed under ihss. so our team is taught to engage with healthcare team, on site clinic workers, et cetera, to make sure that medication, management and other allowable paramedical techniques are done throughout that period, they can refer staff to a number of small three-to eight-hour training that we offer that are very specific to client need. some might be nutritional, some hiv related. depending on the specific client load, they can get referred to small training and we'll schedule around them and put them in the trainin training co. we augment that with priority carcaregivers who have experiene in in-fiel in-training. we will provide additional

support either at the caregivers to provide them with on-site training. >> thank you. colleagues any more questions or comments? seeing none, thank you very much. we already had public comment. thank you for reminding me about that. so i would like to make a motion to approve the amendments by the bla. take that without objection, thank you and move this to the board with a positive recommendation as amended. thank you very much. madam clerk, can you call item number 3. >> a resolution approving a master lease of a building at 1601quasada avenue for board approval at a space rent of 18,000 per month and two additional terms of ten years each for the department of home there'homelessness for pregnantn

experiencing this in sanfrancisco. san francisco. i believe we have the director of department of real estate today. >> good morning. i have with me the director of ihss to answer my questions you may have. on behalf of homelessness, in support of housing, seeking your positive recommendation on a resolution authorizing a master lease for a building located at 1601 casada avenue. it's a two-story residential structure consisting of approximately 10,225 square feet. the proposed use is transitional housing for up to 17 homeless pregnant women and mothers with young babies. the term is ten years with two ten-year option for a total of 30 years of occupancy. the base rent is $217,200 a year

or $18,100 a month or $21.24 a square foot with a 100% escalator. in addition to the base representative, the city will be responsible for custodial service and property tax. there are improvements that are necessary prior to occupancy, however. of those improvements, the city will be responsible for approximately $412,000. the landlord is responsible for $325,000. however, this amount will be paid by the city upfront but reimbursed in the form of a rent credit a ammoretized. there is a budget of 1.1 million

the per square foot cost is below the thresh hole. based on comp, i believe this is at our below fair mark and indeed, it's an excellent rent. it would like to thank the mayor with the cosponsor, supervisor walton for their support in this legislation. this concludes my presentation. >> could we have a vallet report, please. >> the board is asking to approve this through 2029 and does provide two additional tenure optionten-year options i. this is for homeless women and

women with babies. the initial rent is $217,000 per year and is less than the $45 per square foot threshold and we showed the estimated cost of $3.3 million in table one, page 15. there's annual operating costs which the department of homeless estimated at $221,000. there's improvement costs on page 16, table two, about a third of the costs will be paid by the property owner and two-third paid by the city and we recommend approval. >> thank you very much. >> i have a question in terms of services that will be provided. are you partnering at all with nonprofits such as the hopeless prenatal program on this?

i'm looking through the report and i don't see a lot of information about what's going to happen there. >> good morning, i'm with hsh. through the chair, supervisor, you're absolutely correct. this, like all of our service provisions, are provided through our wonderful nonprofit providers. we've been working with hpp to get into a contract to operate this site and the services you see in the bla report are just some of the services they'll be providing for women and then their infants, up to about a year, including employment services, wellness classes, prenatal care, parent-child skill building and then we'll be working with hpp to refer them into our recalled rehousing portfolio so that there's a

linkage to permanent housing. >> thank you. >> sure. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. i would like to make a positive recommendation to move this to the board and we can take that without objections. thank you very much. madam clerk, can you please call item number 4. clerk. >> it's a participation agreement with mental health services act innovation program for mental health solutions for mental health support to underserved communities for the amount not to exceed 1.1 million for the tem of june 1, 2019 through june 30, 2020. >> thank you very much. wwe have the instrument director for mental health services. >> good morning. i'm the acting director of the

mental health services act with the san francisco department of public health and behavioral health services. i'm here to request permission through this resolution for dph and behaviour health services to enter to the mental health service's authority non-as cal-mesa to implement a technology suite info vacation's project in san francisco. behavioral health services is a current member of cal-mesa, which is a state-wide authority created to perform administrative and fiscal services. this serves california counties and services in the deliver of mental health and supportive services. put this participation agreement with cal-mesa is for a term of three years with an option to extend to five years. the participation agreement

allows us to participate with the project. this is between the department of public health and cal-mesa, it would allow us to indirectly collaborate with 14 other cities and counties who are entering into a similar agreement. the technology suite is an innovation's project that will utilize a new approach to overall public health, mental health service's delivery in order to use technology to support all individuals in sanfrancisco with a special focus on transitional age youth between the ages of 16 and 24 and socially isolated transgender adults. the primary goals of the project will be to intervene earlier to prevent mental illness and provide alternate modes of engagement, support and

intervention and increase access to interventions with peers who have personal-lived experience with mental health services. dph intends to participate in the peer-to-peer chat interventions and virtual evidence-based support utilizing an avatar components of this project. cal-mesa will provide overall administrative contract procurement for the innovations' program. the technology suite's project will be funded by local and available mhsa innovation's dollars. h this source is uniquthis mustl purpose of implementing a pilot project to implement mental health practices. the funding obligation for the three-year term is $1,197,821, which will be transferred to

cal-mesa in annual increments. it is important to note that this project was developed with mental health consumer and stakeholder feedback. it was approved by the sanfrancisco mental health board on august of 2018 and approve it's about the mental health service's oversight and accountability commission on october of last year. we also consulted with the city attorneys regarding the development of this participation agreement and this project. we ask that you please support our collaborative efforts with cal-me serious as and approve or agreement. thank you for your time. i'm here with myself and my colleague teresa with innovations mhsa programs. >> there is no daily report. seeing no comments from my

colleagues, let's open up this for public comment. seeing none. .i would move this to the board. madam clerk, please call item number five. >> a resolution authorizing the public utilities commission for an extex o extension of a propea ten-year extension term commencing on november 1, 2019 for the continued use by the public utility's commission at 48,000 for a total annual base rent of 577,000. >> thank you very much. we have tony bardo here, director of real estate. >> good morning. i'm the assistant real estate director of puc. the resolution before you is authorizing an extension of an existing lease for office warehouse and yard space at 651 bryant street for the sfp's power enterprise. the original lease was approved

but the board of supervisors in 2009 and the initial term expires at the end of october of this year. 651 bryant is adjacent to city-owned property at 639 bryant and together, these two parcels constitute the power enterprise yard. to maintain the operational integrity and synergy of this yard, staff believes it's in the city's best interests to exercise the extension option at 651 bryant street. the option stipulates that rent during the extended term shall be equal to or below 95%, the fair market rent. the rent that sf puc negotiated is below 95% of fmr as determined by an mia appraisal by caullers in 2019. the new representative is 48,160 a month, adjusted 3% per year. with the extension comes a new

base year of 2019 for property extension reimbursement. any questions. >> seeing none, let's pivot to the bla, please. >> the board is asked to approve a ten-year extension of a lease by puc with 65 651 bryant street and this would extend the lease until november of 2029. the rent is set at under the terms of the original lease, no more than 95% of fair market value. the square foot is $49 per square foot which is below the threshold fo for appraisal. total payments would be $6.6 million and we recommend approval. >> thank you. let's open this up for public

comment. anyone like to comment on item number 5? seeing none, public comment is closed. i would like to move this to the board with a positive recommendation and i can take that without objection. thank you very much. >> madam clerk, item number 6. >> a resolution approving the first amendment to the grant agreement between the city and children's services with a provision of early care and education integrated services to support the city's implementation city-wide plan for early care and education to increase the amount by 9 9.9 million for total term of july 1, 2017 to july 30 of 2020. >> i'm the senior analyst for care and education. we're asking the board of supervisor's approval to modify the existing grant grant with the children services for july 1, 2019 through june 30, 2020. we're requesting an additional

8,000,292 and for a new grant of 34,000,965. this is to ensure the continuation of early care and education services city-wide. they're a vital partner in our early care system. they mainly provide subsidy administration to ensure the young children are access to high-quality, early care and education services. the original budget was developed as the 2016 city-wide resign of the san francisco's early care and financing system. various system and funding refinements including subsidized rate increases, discretionary funding awards, reallocation and costs of doing business have all contributed to the need of funding modification.

this funding will ensure it will provide uninterrupted services to the existing families and children currently case managed. they were selected through a competitive process, rfp744. thank you for your time and happy to answer any questions. i'i have my colleagues here to answer any questions. >> the b l.athe bla report, ple. >> this was for 2017 through 2020. the board is being asked if there was an increase in the contract but doesn't change the term of the contract but will end in 2020. the increased amount is 9.$9 million from 32 million to 42 million. i believe there's increased spending on the original term. it was $10 billion a year and

we do actually, based on a calculation of the contingency recommend a reduction in the request of contract not to exceed 2.5 million from 42 million to 39.5 million and also to delete the ter terminoly in the resolution saying this is retroactive and otherwise recommending approval. >> thank you. lead open this up for public comment and any members that would like to comment on item number 6? seeing none, public comment is closed. i make a motion to approve the amendments proposed by the budget legislative analyst. you can take that without objection and make a motion to move this to the full board as amended and we can take that without objection. thank you very much. madam clerk, any other items before us today? >> no other items. >> thank you very much. this meeting is adjourned.

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.

>> good morning and thank you for being here. today has been a long time coming and it is certainly a cause for celebration. i'm glad to see so much support for our animals. we are joined today by some of our adoption partners, including sonoma reptile rescue, wonder dog, mutts ville, pause, as well as our largest partner, the san francisco spca. [applause] >> it takes a village to care for the 10,000 animals we taken every year, so we all worked

closely together to save as many as we can, also joining us are our coworkers from across the city who help the shelter function. we are animal experts, so we are very dependent on our counterparts at city hall who keep us on the straight and narrow and pitch in from everything from accounting, to human resources, to legal advice , building management, everything else that keeps the shelter afloat. nearly all of the walks and cuddles our animals receive every day come courtesy of our volunteers, who last year, devoted 27,000 hours of time to our shelter. [cheers and applause] >> we couldn't survive without them. we also have a very special group of volunteers, the board

of friends of acc works tirelessly to develop partnerships between the shelters, the community, the business community, and helps raise funds to help support our efforts. last but not least, there is the a.c.c. staff, you every day take in stray pets, injured wildlife abused animals, and heal them as best they can. [applause] >> in addition to animals, our team helps many people in the city, often on the saddest days of their lives as they look for a lost pet or grieve for a companion who has just died. today, we are breaking ground on a new home for all of the city's animals and the people who love them. we will no longer have a building that works against

quality care. each animal will have some place to stretch. we will have forever outdoor play stations which means that bunnies will no longer have to share with the dogs. [laughter]. >> which is no fun for anyone, especially the bunnies. we will have ventilation systems that help fight the spread of disease, we will have isolation rooms so we no longer have to house nervous birds with sick cats. as we approach the department's 40 it -- 30th anniversary, we can anticipate moving into a shelter worthy of the city of st. francis. the building would not have big -- become a reality without the efforts of many, including the board of supervisors, city administrator naomi kelly, the architects, engineers, and project managers at the department of public works who probably redesigned this building three times, sfmta, who

agreed to trade buildings with us, and first and foremost, our mayor, please welcome, maryland and breed -- please welcome mayor london breed. [applause]. >> thank you, virginia, and thank you all for being here. believe it or not, i owned a lot of cats a long time ago. kitty one, kitty two, kitty three, kitty four, kitty five, and jojo. it is something special about animals, and this is why we are all here today. we definitely get really attached to our pets, and honestly, i cry when my grandmother -- i cried when my grandmother wouldn't take -- wouldn't let me take kitty five to college. i think about our shared experiences of how animals make us feel, the love, the comfort, the excitement, and especially when you teach them new tricks, but we also know there are a number of challenges in our city

sometimes, if an owner passes away, they have a pet, and there is no place for that pet to go. sometimes when we see animals that are stray and out on our streets, and they are injured, we have to make sure that they have a place to go, and animal care and control has been that place for over 30 years here in the city and county of san francisco, and in fact, because of the work and the support, and the fundraising from the friends of the animal care and control, the ability to have so many incredible volunteers, and additional resources is why people care about making sure that we have a better facility so that we can accommodate so many animals, so many requests, and do what we know we can do better, and that is take care of animals here in san francisco when they can't take care of themselves. [applause]

>> part of building a resilient city is making sure that our assets are seismically safe, and we know that the current building at 15th and harrison is efficient. it is cramped, and it may not survive the next earthquake, and we know it is not a matter of if there will be an earthquake in san francisco, it is a matter of when. when you look all around the country at the number of disasters that occur, and how pets have been separated from owners, and what happens during that time, it is important that we are not concerned about the structure, that we are able to do the work, that people know that there animal, if found, will be brought to animal care and control, because we will have a seismically sound facility so the employees, the amazing staff of animal care and control can focus on doing their job and not necessarily on

whether or not the rueful cave in. that is what this is about, and i want to thank everyone for being here today, but i also want to think the person who spearheaded this entire project and was really aggressive on the board of supervisors with ensuring that we invested the dollars necessary to get this project done sooner rather than later. supervisor, former supervisor katy tang. [cheers and applause] >> who went on -- during her time on the board of supervisors , she would always, especially during the holidays, bring in a lot of cats, and i would go in there and be tempted to adopt, and then i would think , okay, i have to be able to feed the cat every day, can i feed the cat every day, but helps with adoption, helps with

advocacy for animals in san francisco, and thank you for your really steadfast commitment on supporting this project, and now in two and a half years when you come back to cut the ribbon, you will see the fruits of your labor with all of the incredible people here today. thank you supervisor tang. and thank you to naomi kelly -- kelly, thank you to mohammed knew rue, and all the people who have played a critical role in making this project happen, but a special thanks to the community, to the volunteers who have spent over 30,000 hours taking care of over 10,000 animals year after year after year, and the friends who continue to raise money, and raise awareness for this amazing project. this will be an absolute incredible facility, and i just wanted to acknowledge our new fire chief, janine nicholson, thank you so much for being here as well. [applause]

>> please know that we are increasing the capacities of the fire marshal does not have to shut down the new space. we will have plenty of room and places for people to be. thank you everyone for being here today and your support for this amazing project. [applause] >> i almost forgot, also i forgot to thank the leader of animal care and control, thank you so much, virginia, for your hard work and your commitment. [cheers and applause] >> and your steadfast leadership [applause]. >> and at this time, i want to bring forth our city administrator naomi kelly. [applause]. >> good morning. our mayor and director of a.c.c. , virginia don who basically said it all. this project is so important. it was one of the first projects i worked on when i became city administrator in 2012.

i instantly realized when i went on a right along with one of the animal care control officers that a.c.c., the staff, the volunteers, they are all of the unsung heroes of the city. is the mayor mentioned, as virginia mentioned, animal care and control is truly first responders when it comes to getting animals off the streets, and then they have communicable -- communicable diseases, you don't hear about these diseases going from pets to humans, because they do great work. when there is an emergency, they're the ones making sure folks are evacuating in a safe way, especially if you have many people who are pet lovers, and they don't want to leave without their pets. they have emergency plans around that. when their incidents with police and fire, and their people and buildings you don't want to leave because animals are there, or they are -- that are homeless encampments, and folks want to leave without their animals. animal care and control is there as the mayor mentioned, they are moving from just down the street , so they will still be in proximity with other animal agencies, and they're moving

right here to build a building that is seismically safe. this is important to our capital plan because we are looking at all of our seismic safety of all of the building and as a reminder, the capital plan is a fiscally constrained document that looks at all of our infrastructure in a way that we prioritize what is seismically safe, what is sustainable, what will help with our city to make it vibrant and resilient. i want to thank, as the mayor did katy tang, and your leadership on this. public works director, virginia donohue, and ed risk in from the sfmta. i also want to give a special thanks to our friends at a.c.c. who are doing so much and making sure we raise funds for behavior and training, foster program support, medical emergency fund, rabies and microchip supplies,

marketing and outreach, food supplies, rescue partner grants, senior cat, baby cat supplements , and much more, and also the furniture fixtures and equipment center going into this building. i want to thank the board treasurer, volunteer dianne davis and christopher davis, a board member christina -- christina kizer, and dr. sue wong. your generosity extends past the groundbreaking in this official opening. with that, i would also -- one last thing, i need to give a special thank you to park construction. they are the contractors working with public works on this. and in phase one, they have awarded -- contracted 24 business enterprises in the amount of $12.5 million, that is 33% of the contracting cost. [applause] >> of those who are working on

this project, 149 workers are from san francisco, so thank you with that, i would like to introduce the former supervisor, animal care and control champion , katy tang. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. as i was telling some people here today, the only thing that will take me out of retirement from attending press conferences is something to do with animals. i am so excited to be here and explain a little bit about how i got involved with animal care and control, and really wanting to see this facility rebuilt. aside from the fact that i grew up with a mother who was a vegetarian, at one point in our life, my dad said, i want a dog, and we were shocked that he all of a sudden in his life, in his early fifties or so wanted a dog , and so we went to animal care and control every weekend for four months straight to

search for the perfect dog for him. in that process, i saw the facility first-hand at a.c.c., and it was heartbreaking to me, and then of course, working in the city took additional tours and learned that there's not enough space for animals being quarantined when some of them have diseases or illnesses. i mean i saw that animals had to be strapped to some of the banisters as they are doing intake, the elevator, i mean, don't even talk about that. just the conditions that the employees had to work in where animals need to get x-rays as well, and there was improper shielding of the radiation in those rooms, so it is not just about the animals, but all the people who work at animal care and control and those conditions i think the conditions are really sad, and i'm so excited that we are standing here today to hopefully, and a very short amount of time, you will have a new building. but also the other thing, even to this day, a lot of people when i talk to them, they

actually don't know that we, as a city, have an animal shelter. they are familiar with the different organizations and nonprofits that help with animals, but a lot of them -- you all know because you were all here, many of you don't know i think it is really important that in a city where we have an estimated more dogs and cats and other animals than we do children, that we really do have a world-class facility for them and their families. lastly, i will say that a.c.c. and the staff there, you do all that work, and you take in the animals that other organizations , or whatnot, might not be able to take in. you take exotic animals, you take the wild strays, you also, yourself have to handle those that get killed on our streets, so you handle so much, and you are really deserving of a world-class facility. i'm excited to be here today, and thank you to every single person and department that made this happen. i'm looking forward to the ribbon-cutting. [applause]

>> and of course, i have to introduce the next person who doesn't really need introduction , mohammed nuru. [applause]. >> thank you. it is always great to see you. i hope you are enjoying your life outside of city hall. i know that is how important this project is to you, and i'm so glad you're able to be here with us today. good morning, everyone. i serve as your public works director, and just like everyone else, i'm very happy to be here today, even with the wet weather , seeing how many people are out here shows as how important this project is to so many people and of course, the animals. today is an exciting day for our city, and an exciting day for san francisco animal care and control. we are celebrating the start of unique project, and it brings me

great pleasure and joy that public works will be overseeing the design and construction of the project. it is not every day in san francisco that a modern structure more then a century ago. that is what is happening right here. the new animal care and control facility. the new shelter will be built with the original brick warehouse behind me, the building was constructed in 1893 and served as the original market street railway corporation. it is eligible for listings on the state national registry and historic basins. it served as a maintenance facility for the sfmta overhead lines. the reuse of the building will be an elegant nod to the city's pass that serves the needs of the 21st century san francisco that historic brick face and

wooden frame windows will remain intact, while the interior will be transformed into a state-of-the-art, multilevel facility billed to serve the needs of san francisco for many years to come. as mayor breeden said, we must think about the future of san francisco today, and there's no better way to do so by investing in capital improvements to our infrastructure. public works is proud to be working with clark construction and the many people who will be working on the projects. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. we are going to do the ceremonial gravel shovel thing, and then we are done. there is tons of delicious food that clark brought that is right outside, food and drinks, and we hope you all stay around for a

bit and enjoy each other. >> five, four, three, two, one! [cheers and applause] >> there we go.

>> clerk: item 2, opportunity for the public to comment on any matters within the committee's jurisdiction that are not on the agenda. >> good