>> good morning, everyone, the meeting will come to order. welcome to the first meeting of the year, the january 13th, 2020, meeting of the rules committee. i'm supervisor ronan, and seated to my right is supervisor catherine stefani, and seated to my left is supervisor gordon mar. and we are joined by supervisor shamon walton. i would like to thank our clerk and those from s.f. gov. tv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> yes, please silence all electronic devices.

speaker cards and documents should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the january 28thf supervisors' agenda. item number one is a hearing to considering appointing one member term ending 2023, to the oversight committee. one seat, one applicant. >> chairwoman: hi. is atori laou here? a beautiful name, did i pronounce it correctly? >> yes. >> chairwoman: is good. come on up. do you have any presentation or thoughts you want to share with us. >> i would like to introduce myself and share with you why i would like to join the committee, if that is okay with you. >> chairwoman: that would be fantastic. >> i've been living in san francisco for 21 years, and i work both for software and investment management companies. and i'm very fa familiar with

expenditure ough aud dids auditd oversights. i attended the meeting of the ashbox since last september, and i visited the re reservoir in december, and the southeast water treatment in november. and in august, i visited the hedgegy water system. and i'm really impressed by the scale and magnitude of the public is structure that we own and operate in san francisco. and what is really important to me is to ensure we take good care of this infrastructure, and we maintain and up great it for future generations to come. it is a big budget, and i think it is important that san franciscsan franciscosan fra

(indescernable). >> chairwoman: i just had a question for you. i've been working quite closely with the p.c. on attempting to acquire pg&e's structur infrastructure r the transmission of energy of electricity to san francisco residents. have you been following that effort, and how do you feel about it? >> i've been following it in the news, and i think it is a big opportunity for san francisco. as you drive around the city, you can see poles that are not even straight, they're kind of crooked. it appears to me as a lay person there is quite a bit of deferred maintenance there. and certainly upkeep and upgrade, necessarily. i think there is an opportunity for san francisco, if it can be done right, in a way that makes sense for san franciscans.

>> chairwoman: great. music to my ears. is there any other questions? supervisor stefani? >> i would just like to say i know atori, and i know he would make an excellent addition to this committee. so i speak very highly of him, and we've known each other for a while now. >> chairwoman: do you want to do the honors of making a motion? oh, after we have public comment. thank you so much. i think that's all of the questions we have. thank you for your presentation. i'll know open up for public comment. if there is any member who wishes to speak, now is your time. seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor stefani. >> i would like to move that we appoint atori to the revenue bond oversight commit in seat one. >> chairwoman: without objection, that motion passes unanimously. thank you so much, mr. atori.

mr. clerk, can you please read item number two. >> a hearing appointing one member ending december 3, 2e oversight committee. there are two applicants, and one seat. >> chairwoman: okay. thank you. is sean richard or anna ray grabstein here to testify? i don't see either one of these. supervisor walton, would you like to speak before public comment or after? >> i will speak before. real briefly, if you will allow me. thank you, chair ronan. i want to say i had the privilege of, when i was on rules, of nominating sean richard to serve on the oversight committee. there were some technical aspects that weren't taken care of in his application, in terms of the start time for his retail operation that is up and running, so he is definitely a qualified applicant. he is someone who has worked in our community for decades here in san

francisco, and started an organization to fight against violence, and now being someone who qualified as an equity applicant who has experience working in and with our communities is just exciting, and my hope is that he can be nominated again. so he can actually serve on the committee. i just wanted to come in and speak on that. >> chairwoman: thank you very much, supervisor walton. supervisor stefani? >> i wanted to speak in favor of sean richard. we worked together in the movement, as he has "brothers against guns." we sat down and talked about this committee, and, of course, he is one of the first applicants to be granted a permit under the office of cannabis' equity program. he should continuing serving in this capacity. >> chairwoman: thank you. seeing no other comments from my colleagues, i want to open up this item to the public. is there any member of the

public who wishes to speak on this item? no worries. good morning. >> good morning, supervisors. i had no intention of speaking on any public comment for any item, but i just wanted to share that when i had heard that mr. richard had opened up a facility, honestly, it was so heart-warming to hear that. there is just a level of reassurance that comes over someone from the community, such as myself. when you hear that, it just -- that's the yes, what these programs are for. and when we see somebody who has come from us, who has worked so hard to make our community better, and to be a role model for others to emulate in this process, i want to let you

know that is a wonderful thing. so for myself and my family, i want to communicate that we're really supportive of sean richard being on the committee, and also so happy that he is our first, through the programming, opening up a facility. thank you very, very much. >> chairwoman: thank you so much. any other member of the public wish to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. i just wanted to remark i know both of these applicants as well, and i think they would both be phenomenal additions to this body and in fulfilling this seat. but i have to agree with both ms. moffet and my colleague, supervisors walton and stefani, sean richard is uniquely exciting to serve in this seat, being the first equity applicant to open a store.

i can't imagine a more important perspective to have on this body. and i also, along with my colleagues, i don't think it is an accident. i'm a big fan of his work, and that's because he just does extraordinary, tremendous violence prevention work in our community. so i, too, will be supporting mr. richard for seat 12 on this body. supervisor mar, do you have any comments? or supervisor stefani, would you like to do the honors again? >> sure. i would like to move this forward, appointing sean richard to the cannabis oversight committee in vacant seat 12, to the full board with positive recommendations. >> chairwoman: and without objection, that motion passes unanimously. thank you, supervisor walton, for joining us. we're going to miss you. [laughter] mr. clerk, can you read

oit number three. >> a hearing appointing one member, term ending october 19, 2021, to the eastern neighborhood committee, one seat, one applicant. >> chairwoman: this is my nomination. i am incredibly honored to nominate kemtry moffet, a long time district 9 resident, who has served in a number of capacities in our city, both as a school board-elected commissioner, and as an all around active community member in so many ways. it is such an honor to nominate you, and i wanted to know if you wanted to come up and share any thoughts with us. >> thank you so very, very much, chair ronan supervisors.

good morning, and i wept tmeantto say happy new year when supervisor walton was here. i have been thinking about being on this committee for a while. i just had to wait for things to clear off my plate. i had to graduate for my doctorate. but i've always been watching this committee because i not only have lived in district 9 for so long, since 2004, 2005, but also have lived in district 10, since the '90s, so this area and its growth and expansion, and the environmental issues, but also, you know, the transportation issues that have come across between district 10 and district 9 are on the forefront of my mind all of the time, as well as the area -- my area of expertise, which is education. and not just any type of education, but my doctoral degree is in education for speakers of other languages.

and also adult learners. so what i hope to bring is really a deep sense around educational concerns, but also, you know, to remind the folks at ucsf, of the promise that was made to the residents of district 10 and district 9, that while mission bay's growth, which has been expotential, was really quick, one of the things that was promised was they would do an adult education program for residents. i want to make sure i support and remind them of that promise to the community. i would be honored to sit here, but also bring my education app to the committee. and i'm so grateful for your nomination. >> chairwoman: and i'm so grateful for your willingness to serve. thank you. and now i want to -- >> any questions?

>> chairwoman: sorry. any questions? no? is there any member of the public who wishes to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. i would love to make the motion to forward applicant kemtry moffet with positive rome day recommendation, sitting in seat 6. without objection, that motion passes unanimously. congratulations. should i reopen item number two? okay. mr. richard, we just unanimously appointed you. [laughter] to the committee. but i wanted to give you the opportunity -- do you want us to make a motion to withdraw your nomination so that you can speak, or are you happy with just letting things move forward? i'm going to leave it up to you. >> let's do it again. >> chairwoman: yeah.

let's do it again. you missed supervisor walton, who was here to speak on your behalf. but you might as well hear all of the wonderful things we had to say about you. supervisor stefani, do you want to make a motion? >> yes. i move to rescind the vote on item 2 and move to reopen. >> chairwoman: without objection, that motion passes. mr. clerk, can you read item number two again. >> a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending december 3, 2020, to the cannabis oversight committee. >> chairwoman: i see we are joined by mr. sean richard, one of the applicants. would you like to come forward and make some remarks? ms. moffis also spoke on your behalf. >> well, thank you, supervisors. it's an honor. it has been a long time coming.

i have been in this community and this city of san francisco for over 51 years. and i am proud to be a member of this oversight committee that was nominated by you four lovely people. and thank you so much. it's an honor. and as you know, my store is now officially open. yes. and i'm really excited about ili'm moving forwardit.i'm moving forward. "brothers against guns" was started 25 years ago, behind the death of my two brothers, who was murdered. and i didn't imagine, by any chance of me standing before you, talking about overseeing -- sitting on a committee of legal marijuana, and i am thrilled about it. the fact that i will be able to not only employ

folks, but at the same time take some of the profits of the money that we receive from our store and put it back into the community, and that was part of the oversight goal of me joining forces with that type of brand, which is the cookies brand, make insuring that themaking sure thk to the community. 5% of our profits will go back into the city. it won't just be particular organizations, it will be many types of organizations. the only difference is i know how stressful it is to put together a proposal to get some money. i'm not going to do all of that. i know all of the organizations out there doing the work that needs the money, all the way from sunset to chinatown to the bay view, to the western addition. they will automatically be blessed with some of that money. i want to just say thank you, guys, for appointing me to the oversight committee. i really appreciate it. >> chairwoman: thank you so much. we really appreciate you.

you can go back -- i don't know if we're going to spend a lot of time repeating everything we said, but if you go back and watch the video on s.f. gov. tv, you will see how much you are appreciated and loved in this city by us. >> thank you so much. and the work is still going to continue with "brothers against guns, guns," so i just wanted to put that out there as well. >> chairwoman: thank you. we wouldn't accept anything less. thank you so much. i'll now reopen this item for public comment. if any member of the public wishes to speak -- anybody? no? oh, you're not allowed by the rules. you can only comment ones. but -- so i will ask my colleague, supervisor stefani, to make her motion again. >> thank you. i want to reiterate how amazing sean richard is.

and he is going to be amazing on this oversight committee. thank you so much for all of the work you do, "brothers against guns," and we've worked together for a long time, and you're an amazing advocate not only for gun violence, but for equity on cannabis issues. i would like to move to appoint sean richard, and forward this to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> chairwoman: without objection, that motion passes anonymously. mr. clerk, can you please read item number 4. >> it is a hearing appointing two members in indefinite terms to the college oversight committee. there are two seats and three applicants. >> chairwoman: thank you. if we can call the applicants up in order. win monki, good morning. how are you? >> good morning. so i can speak orally

because i don't have a presentation. good morning, everybody. i want to introduce myself. i am born and raised in san francisco, grew up in filmore, mission, and sunsitsunset, and have attended ucsf as a student since 2011. and i've participated since its initiative, and have contributed to the discussions in the free city coalition, with community groups, students, union folks, and other community members. and so, yeah -- yeah, throughout the application for free city, on the ground from door-knocking, from speaking, i had aimed to really keep the students in mind, right? because at that period, i was part of the solidarity committee, which was already fighting against

anti-student policies, that was predominantly pushing predominantly students of color out of an educationtha tha education ty deserved. from there to participating in the free city coalition, it has been exciting advocating for this visionary program, and looking at it from line by line, from looking at what are the conditions that we want to consider? and keep in mind that students are facing issues, and keep their needs in the free city initiative. my aims and goals while being an active member, hopefully, on the free city oversight committee, is to contribute to the transparency and democracy that has transpired. this program has changed the conditions of my peers, including myself. me and my brother also qualified for free city,

and so seeing how it really has grown and been implemented from its inception until now, and have been really, really exciting, and so i hope to further deepen my commitment through this committee and challenge my peers alongside in the committee to also be vocal, critical, and vigilant in this time, and to also seek any timely opportunities that can be voiced, any opportunities that can also expand, potentially, you know, and advance the program as well. so if we really believe the principles that education is a human right, i really hope to serve on the committee and work alongside with others based on this principle. so thank you. >> chairwoman: thank you so much. are there any questions? great presentation. any questions? no? thank you so much. thanks for your willingness to serve. and i see connie ford. would you like to come up and present?

thank you, chair ronan and supervisors. my name is connie ford. the first thing i want to say is i highly recommend win mah. she is exemlary in exemptlary. in the bierpg o beginning of the 20th century, this country made a good decision to decide to include education, k-12 for every citizen in the country. that was really a wonderful thing. during a lot of that time, if you got a high school degree, you had access to the path into middle

class, working class jobs so you can thrive. in the last couple of decades, things have changed. and now that is not adequate. you get a high school degree and it doesn't mean much. you need to go on. and so the -- so that's really what started the whole discussion of free city. and president obama started it during his term in 2015, saying that he thought everybody should have access to a free community college. and then a few states took that up. tennessee, portland, oregon, and minnesota, i think, and it was at that time that we at san francisco started studying it. and then with jane kim's leadership, and the leadership of the faculty at city college and then labor and community, you know, we were able to win that fight. and we won it and then we were able to fund it. and that was in '17, and

so '17 and '18 was the first year. and then there was an oversight committee on that, and i served on the oversight committee as the community representative. on that, there was a subcommittee that tasked us to make an annual report. and we did. and it took a long time. and it was dcyf, the controller's office, 2121, and myself. and we worked tirelessly for a year and produced this report. and it is now up on the website, in november of '19, where the mayor approved it, the controller's office approved it, and everybody did. and it was a tremendous success. it was took away people's fears. it raised the population of going, and it stabilized those who were already getting scholarships by giving them an extra stipen, so that they could do their books and their

transportation and all of that. it did have five recommendations for improvement, because we all know city college had some ups and downs now. it is those five, and this is really the reason i would like to serve on the commission again, so that as a community member, we can keep clear on the definition of free city, expand it, if possible, but at least make these five recommendations real and clean it up a little bit. so that's why i'm running, and i appreciate being here and working with all of you. >> chairwoman: supervisor mar? >> thank you so much. i don't really have any questions for you, connie. >> thank you. >> chairwoman: do you want to wait until we hear from the last applicant? okay. kevin fraser? >> i believe that mr. fraser communicated with your office, and i believe there is an e-mail on your desk. >> chairwoman: oh, i'm sorry. thank you.

thank you very much. do you want to speak before public comment? okay. supervisor mar. >> thank you, chair ronan. i wanted to briefly acknowledge and thank win manki and connie forward. i've had the great pleasure of working with both of you very closely on these issues. before my role at jobs of justice, and now on the board of supervisors over the past year. i think the two of you are the most qualified people that i can think of to fill this seat, the student seat, and the sort of general public seat on the oversight committee. the two of you really are among the most -- have demonstrated the most deep commitment to city college, and just capability in really organizing around the complicated issues to strengthen and support city college here, from

the campaign to originally create the free city program in 2016, to over the past year in the complicated, but ultimately, very successful work we all did to ensure the full funding for city college for the next decade. and city college, as we awe know, continues to face challenges. i think this oversight committee for free city college is cite clee importanis criticallyimportant r issues. as a board of supervisors representative, i look forward to working with you. thank you. >> chairwoman: thank you so much, and thank you for your leadership, supervisor mar, on this very important program. i really appreciate your voice on this. we'll now open up this item to public comment. any member of the public who wishes to speak, please come forward now. >> sorry.

>> chairwoman: don't be sorry. we love hearing from you. >> good morning again. i had no intention of speaking, but i just want to support the two members of the community, and the student member, because this committee does need their voices. working for a little bit with city college myself, i know that some of the challenges that were met the first few years of free city, and just the bumps of something new and so large coming forward, in terms of rolling out something like this that has such public goodness, but also has such bureaucratic -- i don't know what to call that -- poop. it is what it is. with the help of a really strong oversight committee and these two members here, win and connie, i just want to support them going on the committee. i really have a lot of trust in their work already, that i've seen,

and i'm really confident that they'll be helping with smoothing out some of the rough edges there. thank you for their consideration. >> chairwoman: thank you so much. any other member of the public wish to speak? seeing none, public comoancomment is closed. i just wanted to say i read mr. fraser's e-mail, which was very compelling, and i just want to appreciate his interest in willingness to serve. but today i'm going sto be supporting connie ford for seat 14, and win manki for seat 4 -- i'm sorry if i'm mispronouncing your name. how do you pronounce it? i believe it is very important to have the continuity of ms. ford on this body so that she can continue her excellent work on this program that is so important to our city.

you've been there since day one, and i think having that continuity is extremely important. so i just wanted to appreciate mr. fraser so much for being willing to serve and for sending this very compelling e-mail to us. it is very appreciated. but today i'm going to be supporting connie ford. and i would like to ask supervisor march h mar. if he would be willing to make a motion. >> i recommend win manki to seat 4, and connie ford to vacant seat 14. without objection. >> chairwoman: and without objection, that motion passes unanimously. mr. clerk, can you read item number 5. >> item 5 is a hearing appointing one member to

the park open space advisory committee. one seat, one applicant. >> chairwoman: wonderful. this is a district 6 nominee. mr. roddy, are you hear? good morning. >> good morning. >> chairwoman: thank you for being willing to serve. >> no worries. i'm patrick roddy, and i've been working in the city since 2011, and working in the tenderloin since 2013. i did a lot of work around the alcohol prevention coalition, the store frontage work, and i'm working with that, and helping youth around the abc argument around certain stores should sell alcohol as well. but i recently -- now its been going on three years -- been working at boddecker park for boys and girls of san francisco. in that time, it has been eye opening to see what is

going on and what is happening, and the advocacy, and the former person who had this seat, anna g., i worked closely with around the parks network and how we connect as parks. really what it comes down to is that in the tenderloin, if you give everybody in the neighborhood a piece of open space, you get half a yoga mat, which really isn't acceptable. when you look at the equity of some of the parks and how safe those parks are, it becomes a concern. especially with working in that network trying to get more parks activated, and more park safety activated. and how do we partner to make the best of the situation that we have? >> chairwoman: thank you so much. i appreciate your willingness to serve. any member of the public wish to speak? seeing none, public

comment is closed. anybody wish to make a motion? >> sure. i'll do it. i move that we recommend appointment to the parks recreation and open space advisory committee, patrick roddy to seat 17. >> just note, a waiver is required for this applicant if you do want to make a recommendation. >> with a residency waiver. >> chairwoman: without objection, that motion passes unanimously. congratulations. mr. clerk, is there any other business before us? >> that completes the agenda for today. >> chairwoman: thank you so much. the meeting is adjourned.

[♪] ♪ homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn't just affect neighbors without a home, it affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [♪] >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the globe host their own.

there's over 120 service providers at the event today, and they range anywhere from hygiene kits provided by the basics, 5% -- to prescription glasses and reading glasses, hearing tests, pet sitting, showers, medical services, flu shots, dental care, groceries, so many phenomenal service providers, and what makes it so unique is we ask that they provide that service today here it is an actual, tangible service people can leave with it. >> i am with the hearing and speech center of northern california, and we provide a variety of services including audiology, counselling, outreach, education, today we actually just do screening to see if someone has hearing loss. to follow updates when they come into the speech center and we do a full diagnostic hearing test, and we start the process of taking an impression of their year, deciding on which hearing aid will work best for them. if they have a smart phone, we make sure we get a smart phone

that can connect to it, so they can stream phone calls, or use it for any other services that they need. >> san francisco has phenomenal social services to support people at risk of becoming homeless, are already experience and homelessness, but it is confusing, and there is a lot of waste. bringing everyone into the same space not only saves an average of 20 hours a week in navigating the system and waiting in line for different areas, it helps them talk, so if you need to sign up for medi-cal, what you need identification, you don't have to go to sacramento or wait in line at a d.m.v., you go across the hall to the d.m.v. to get your i.d. ♪ today we will probably see around 30 people, and averaging about 20 of this people coming to cs for follow-up service. >> for a participant to qualify for services, all they need to do is come to the event. we have a lot of people who are at risk of homelessness but not yet experiencing it, that today's event can ensure they stay house. many people coming to the event

are here to receive one specific need such as signing up for medi-cal or learning about d.m.v. services, and then of course, most of the people who are tender people experiencing homelessness today. >> i am the representative for the volunteer central. we are the group that checks and all the volunteers that comment participate each day. on a typical day of service, we have anywhere between 40500 volunteers that we, back in, they get t-shirts, nametags, maps, and all the information they need to have a successful event. our participant escorts are a core part of our group, and they are the ones who help participants flow from the different service areas and help them find the different services that they needs. >> one of the ways we work closely with the department of homelessness and supportive housing is by working with homeless outreach teams. they come here, and these are the people that help you get into navigation centers, help you get into short-term shelter, and talk about housing-1st policies.

we also work very closely with the department of public health to provide a lot of our services. >> we have all types of things that volunteers deal do on a day of service. we have folks that help give out lunches in the café, we have folks who help with the check in, getting people when they arrive, making sure that they find the services that they need to, we have folks who help in the check out process, to make sure they get their food bag, bag of groceries, together hygiene kit, and whatever they need to. volunteers, i think of them as the secret sauce that just makes the whole process works smoothly. >> participants are encouraged and welcomed to come with their pets. we do have a pet daycare, so if they want to have their pets stay in the daycare area while they navigate the event, they are welcome to do that, will we also understand some people are more comfortable having their pets with them. they can bring them into the event as well. we also typically offer veterinary services, and it can

be a real detriment to coming into an event like this. we also have a bag check. you don't have to worry about your belongings getting lost, especially when that is all that you have with you. >> we get connected with people who knew they had hearing loss, but they didn't know they could get services to help them with their hearing loss picks and we are getting connected with each other to make sure they are getting supported. >> our next event will be in march, we don't yet have a date set. we typically sap set it six weeks out. the way to volunteer is to follow our newsletter, follow us on social media, or just visit our website. we always announce it right away, and you can register very easily online. >> a lot of people see folks experience a homelessness in the city, and they don't know how they can help, and defence like this gives a whole bunch of people a lot of good opportunities to give back and be supported.

>> good morning and welcome to the san francisco county transportation forth. our clerk is mr. albertta kintania. can you please call the role. (role call)

we have a quorum. >> next item, please. >> item 2, approve the minutes of the december 17, 2019 meeting. this is an action item. >> is there any question on december 17, 2019? seeing none, public comment is closed. is there a motion to approve said minutes. on that motion made and seconded, a role call, please. (role call) the item is

approved. >> next item. >> item 3, election of chair and vice chair for the year 2020. this is an action item. >> nominations are now in order for the office of chair. is there a motion, commissioner xi. >> i would like to make a motion to nominate erin peskin. >> seconded. >> any other nominations? nobody wants the job. seeing none, we will close the nominations and on that motion made and seconded, can we do that same house, same call -- i'm sorry, commissioner furer. >> i meant to put my name on the next item. >> same house, same call. thank you for your confidence,

colleagues and now the nominations are in order for the office of vice chair, commissioner furer. >> i nominate commissioner mmandelman. >> made and seconded by commissioner ronan -- i'm sorry, commissioner stephanie, excuse me. are there any other nominations for the office of vice chair? seeing none, co nominations are closed and we can take that same house, same call and another year at the sfcta. mr. clerk, next item, please. >> item 4, allocate 220,000 with conditions and sales tax funds to the san francisco transportation industry for the bike lanes. this is an action item. >> mr. picfer. >> this is for 220,000 for the

smta to conduct outreach and design is construct lanes on anza street from angella. this is from commissioner furer. and outreach will occur starting in the spring of 2020, including individual meetings of stakeholders and receivinging feedback from the community. it will be in english, chinese and russian along the corridor and further analysis will be collision analysis, locations for speed hurricane humps for fe projects and construction will begin in late 2020 and completed in the first month or two of 2021. that's all i have. so i can take any questions. >> commissioner furer. >> thank you, chair and thank you for considering this request in my neighborhood. i have been working with many of my residents around traffic safety on a number of corridors. we're working on the california and fulton corridors. as the committee had delved into

discussions for what safer streets look like for the safety project, one of the needs and suggestions for my neighbors was to look at strengthening bike east-west conducivety and improving safety on anza. this will look at the crash history, traffic counts, speed surveys and more on the corridor for potential improvements for the corridor, 1.5 miles from argelo to south avenue. and i know many residents do explore further blocks. i know in my neighborhood the flow of our streets change gradually. we have a bike lane well utilized that we can look to as an example and i look forward to engaging in this process and discussions with my neighbors and stakeholders to hear from them and gather feedback. thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item?

seeing none, public comment is closed and commissioner furer, would you like to make the motion? >> yes. i would like to make a motion to approve this item, thank you. >> is there a second for that motion? seconded by commissioner preston and colleagues, can we take that same house, same call? the item is passed on first read and is there any introduction of new items? is there any general public comment? seeing none, we are adjourned.

>> the bicycle coalition was giving away 33 bicycles so i applied. i was happy to receive one of them. >> the community bike build program is the san francisco coalition's way of spreading the joy of biking and freedom of biking to residents who may not have access to affordable transportation. the city has an ordinance that we worked with them on back in

2014 that requires city agency goes to give organizations like the san francisco bicycle organization a chance to take bicycles abandoned and put them to good use or find new homes for them. the partnerships with organizations generally with organizations that are working with low income individuals or families or people who are transportation dependent. we ask them to identify individuals who would greatly benefit from a bicycle. we make a list of people and their heights to match them to a bicycle that would suit their lifestyle and age and height. >> bicycle i received has impacted my life so greatly. it is not only a form of recreation. it is also a means of getting connected with the community through bike rides and it is also just a feeling of freedom.

i really appreciate it. i am very thankful. >> we teach a class. they have to attend a one hour class. things like how to change lanes, how to make a left turn, right turn, how to ride around cars. after that class, then we would give everyone a test chance -- chance to test ride. >> we are giving them as a way to get around the city. >> just the joy of like seeing people test drive the bicycles in the small area, there is no real word. i guess enjoyable is a word i could use. that doesn't describe the kind of warm feelings you feel in your heart giving someone that sense of freedom and maybe they

haven't ridden a bike in years. these folks are older than the normal crowd of people we give bicycles away to. take my picture on my bike. that was a great experience. there were smiles all around. the recipients, myself, supervisor, everyone was happy to be a part of this joyous occasion. at the end we normally do a group ride to see people ride off with these huge smiles on their faces is a great experience. >> if someone is interested in volunteering, we have a special section on the website sf bike.org/volunteer you can sign up for both events. we have given away 855 bicycles, 376 last year. we are growing each and every

year. i hope to top that 376 this year. we frequently do events in bayview. the spaces are for people to come and work on their own bikes or learn skills and give them access to something that they may not have had access to. >> for me this is a fun way to get outside and be active. most of the time the kids will be in the house. this is a fun way to do something. >> you get fresh air and you don't just stay in the house all day. iit is a good way to exercise. >> the bicycle coalition has a bicycle program for every community in san francisco. it is connecting the young, older community. it is a wonderful outlet for the community to come together to have some good clean fun. it has opened to many doors to

the young people that will usually might not have a bicycle. i have seen them and they are thankful and i am thankful for this program.

>> we take a lot of pride in what we do. the electric shop covers all of

waste water, so out of this location here, we cover everything from oceanside to southeast plant and all the computations including treasure island and yerba buena. we have all the preventative responsibility, maintaining maintenance and also keeping up with work orders from operations. i would say one of the things fortunately for me is the staff is incredibleably motivated. the staff here knows what to do, how to do the job safely, and it makes my job incredibly easy. >> they know the job, and they know the challenges, and i think it's all about personal pride. they want to do a good job. from our maintenance group to our i.n.c., dedication to the people. when they're going home, and they're crossing the bay

bridge, and they get a call that there's a problem with a pump station on treasure island, they return to work. they turnaround in westbound traffic and get back to work and get this pump back in line, and i can't tell you how much that means to me as a boss and the city and county of san francisco. >> as a group, if they didn't do what they do, the streets would be flooded with waste and gray water, and it could become a health hazard. we take a lot of pride in what we do, and we do the jobs right, and you walk away fulfilled that you've done the city a

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

>> president caen: good afternoon. i'd to call to order the regular meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission. today's date is tuesday, january 14, 2020. roll call, please. >> president? here. vice president is expected shortly. commissioner moran? here. maxwell here. paulson is expected in a bit and we do have a quorum. >> president caen: before you,