>> this is the fresher island authority sustainability committee. item one. call to order. >> let me welcome you to the first meeting. a special thanks for inviting me to chair this. i am excited. good morning to the fellow commissioners and staff. welcome. we hope this will move things forward and keep things sustainability. one note on sustainability given my day job, we have come at the academy of sig sciences to makee we are re-invigorating but under

the sustainability term. i recently came back from a trip celebrating my 25th wedding anniversary. i never can't my marriage sustainability. we want to thrive. that is the spirit of everyone here. thank you and welcome. (roll call). we have a quorum. 2. public comment. public comment will be held on each item on the agenda. >> any public comment? okay. seeing none. next item. >> 3. leadership in energy and environmental design. neighborhood development update.

>> we thought that kicking off the sustainability committee would be good to start with an overview of the leed for neighborhood design program and our status within that ranking system. i will turn it over to erin. >> thank you, bob. this is the review and discussion or reinvigoration and what was the other word? >> reactivation. >> i think that is a great principal. we are not just locking something down and not having it change. it is a sea environment. things will be changing for the lifetime of the project. i will try to give an overview of basically where we are to this point. that will be maybe 60 or 70% of my presentation. for the last couple minutes some

ideas of suggestions for future areas of exploration. there are others but these have come out in our work with the development team, talking to kevin and bob and their team of ideas that you might consider exploring, and then welcoming your other ideas to continue exploring to this committee in other ways. here is the review part of this. i gave a similar presentation to the tida board maybe three or four years ago when we first got the le. d certification. i am not sure if you were there. i know you have a long history with the project. this could be review for some of you and might be new material for others. this is to get us up to speed. the design for development back to 2011, i worked on this a little bit with perkins more like on the planning andy sign side. it is gratifying to see what was

a big wild idea coming to fruition right now. it is exciting to think through the details what can happen. that really form the foundation for a lot of development work occurring, which you all know. associated with that was a development agreement and sustainability obligations with the development greet in 2011. if you want to get into exhibit o of the gda. one of those was to achieve le id for neighborhood development. that is what i have been involved with achieving certification and implementing it. there was also transportation, infrastructure and energy and water that the project committed to. those are locked in and required by the development agreement and we are benefiting from or tearing off the commitments that were made years ago. there was a plan that pre-dated

the design for development and was updated in 2011. there is good material in there and it is something to revisit, maybe think of updated concepts how it could work. that is a nice resource. then a series of other plans and obligations habitat management, transport improvement. stormwater, infrom structure, housing plan. wastewater is here today. all of these topics have efforts predating or neighborhood development effort and we are rolled those into a standard with the commitment and implementation items for the island. we are not starting from scratch. we are following on the heels of great work done for the last 10 and 20 years. a little more about the leed.

it is the most widely used green building in the world administered by the u.s. green building council and typically used mostly on buildings. in the last several years they have been diversifying the late of rating systems. in the last 10 years is lead for neighborhood development certification that goes beyond buildings to look at the neighborhood scale development that are not in the system like streets, infrastructure, housing afford ability. policy issues, stormwater, how it works on the site. things you cannot touch building by building. this system attempted to inkoroperate that. that was appropriate choice for treasure islands. that is what i will talk more about the details. it is leed for neighborhood

development. leed-nd. that is the system that we were certified under. not to say we can't do building level certification. i will talk about that. that is the umbrella under which everything else will fall. a couple details what we have achieved. we achieved leed-nd platinum for treasure island as one project in 2016. it was the highest scoring lat numb project in the world -- platinum project in the world. i need to doublecheck that. it was also the largest and one of the first under the version four rating system that had just come out. version four is the most current in use. there might be 4. 4.1 but the bc structure is there. i know it has gotten press locally, nationally and something to be very proud of, and it is a very inspiring

accomplishment to have done that. it is very rare to get platinum. only 7% of the projects get platinum. it is a very high standard that we are trying to continue. i won't go into all of these credits. the way you get a certification is pick the list of tropical credits and get points. one or two points for a total of up to 100 or 110 with bonus points. this is the list. you can take it home and study it, but every topic here is where we scored points. generally it is three categories. one is smart location and linkage about where did you place the development, and some of the i guess foundational items related to location and transit in transportation connections. neighborhood pattern andy sign. second about urban design and

building façades. green infrastructure and buildings is the more traditional or conventional green building topics like energy, water, infrastructure efficiency answer materials in the third category. the points we scored highly in all three categories. often the project will do well on location right next to transit but don't have the money for green building. they score some pointses but not all. what was great about this project. great location, had excellent site plan for walkability and transit. it also followed through on a lot of amazing infrastructure. wastewater, things that a lot of projects will look at wastewater treatment and say, well, we will never get that point because i am not going to build a wastewater treatment plant because it doesn't make sense for my location. here it does. we are required to.

we are benefiting from that aggressive program here. that is so far. what is next in terms of the leed-nd status? we need to make sure we are delivered on the commitments we made in 2016. make sure we understand how they flow to the work plan for infrastructure, horizontal and vertical development. that is what we are getting into right now. second, and this is partially your charge is to continue exploring new strategies and implementation details. we might know that we want to achieve an energy efficiency target or renewable energy. exactly how, where, about technology to use there are open questions, and still things being discovered and explored. you have a nice moment of

opportunity to get into those details. i am going to talk about some specific commitments so you know. i don't want to get into the details because we have time to come back to this. we are getting credit for some of these things. some seem like black box claims that were sustainability, but you are like what did you do? we will come back at a later date. so you know i like to split it into a few credits or ways they play out on the site. several are inherent to the site plan. not to say you couldn't mess these up, but it would be very hard based on what we know is required and is happening on the island to miss the credits. the overall mix of uses and mix of housing types, a lot of that is locked in and just knowing what is built. you will meet the diversity of housing types credits. you can continue to improve on

that. it is something to meet the requirement for affordable housing. you will meet that and get bonus points. you probably couldn't miss that if you tried because you are not allowed to. the climate sea level rise topics are happening. we are benefiting from that. issues like flooding, requiring transit service. you can talk about what technology do you use? what is the frequency? the fact the service will be there is required. we get credit for all of those. this is a list of examples. location, previously developed. you get pointings for that. parks and open space. small block network which is walkable. diversity of affordability. transit. building reuse. naval officers are rehabbed. you will get points.

habitat preservation and commitment to do local food production with the farm in the middle of the site. these things you are getting credits for. it is not to minimize, it is to say some of the work has already been done. then we get into the horizontal and vertical. how are these implemented on the ground. horizontal energy efficient streetlights. infrastructure item that the development team is figures out how to install to prep for actual vertical development. it also including stormwater management, i mentioned flooding is crossing over. wastewater treatment is a good example. it needs to be in place at horizontal level to enable vertical development. we have commitments on recycled

content and infrastructure. there is material created. reusing that in road base there are limitations what the city allows us to do. as a principal that is a target. providing street trees and walkings, which it is sort of good urban design. to say they are everywhere and they meet a certain standard is important. you want to make sure we don't miss that. urban farms, speed limits. transit stops. these are all happening across the island, and not just building by building. i should mention outreach and education. i will come back to that. that is one you can weigh in on. then we have the vertical specks flowing down from leed-nd, water efficiency and things around pedestrian oriented frontages.

what is great is that leed-nd recognizes sustainability is about a beautiful pleasant place to walk because you designed it that way. cross-checking architects' elevations to make sure there aren't huge 100-foot blank walls to walk next to that are not conducive to walking. then other things so water, energy, solar reflective roofing, there is some parking reduction commitments that we are going to meet, recycling, composting. all of these can be baked into the new building specs. some blend. renewable energy could happen on top of buildings, which is going to happen on some buildings. then it could also happen as more of a shared site-wide piece

of infrastructure whether it is wind, solar, geothermal, battery. there are new used around this topic. things like waste diverse. they have to do it if it is building or infrastructure. transportation demand management. what i went through is sort of like the dirty details of what we are getting credit for, including commitments. there are several things valuable topics but we aren't dictating through the certification. these are the building level things that happen through building design. some of the classics that you would see in a leed like indoor air quality, we aren't making requirements on those topics. it will come to the building level.

bicycle parking, green power and actual coordination how we pull these off. it is not dictated. we say this is the standard and it is up to us to deliver on it. we are organizing, trying to coordinate with project teams. transportation consultant, landscape, wastewater treatment consultant often only have three or four pieces of overall certification to worry about. we are trying to annotate which they are and describe how they apply to the site so there is a crosswalk between our big umbrella and what they are doing on the ground. that is a back and forth coordination reviewing site plans and we are be beginning that process as the work gets done for the first time. that was my first and the majority of presentation. that is quick and dirty. you can ask any questions

afterwards, but i think as we pivot from what we committed to and what we want to do in the future, there are topics that there is a lot of flexibility or opportunity, and some of these might be related to like earning leednd credits. they might be the right thing to do for the project. i mentioned renewable energy. onone thing that come up is maye there is the opportunity to have exciting interesting demonstration projects. there is land out there, there is the need for renewable energy, solar, wind, total. i worked in hawaii deep sea water cooling, battery storage. silicone valley battery companies are doing interesting things with energy storage. maybe they do the coolest and latest and uv talked to the california academy of sciences

with a demonstration how this works on treasure island. that could happen. details. integrating the wastewater reuse concept. we will hear about the waste water treatment at the top corner. urban farm. retention farms and open space. i think how those programs are linking with the availability water, how it flows through the site is stuff that other folks are much more well versed in the details, but just to raise it as a topic, i think, of consideration. this is one maybe you wouldn't score points on this. it is cool to tell your story. highly visible reuse. you are generating a lot of material, rubble, stumps you are unearthing, boulders, steel, pilings from the bay bridge, old navy equipment.

the chip and container restaurant out there. there is a cool story to tell where you don't just bury the stuff, you can make it visible and put it out there. here is a cool rendering of an art installation. i think the landscape firm pulled this together. sustainability transportation. like i said, we have commitments on service levels. exactly how the transportation demand management works and who is doing it. all of the new topics online in the last 10 years. electric powered vehicles, buses, ferries, scooters, bike scare, congestion pricing, bike pad transit needs an integrated transportation plan. there are new opportunities there. coordinating the building level performance targets. sometimes in a target this big, every building is done on its

own pace with its own program. there might be topics for energy or water or materials where you want to look at how all of the buildings together are performing. you can make statements like our buildings are meeting x level of efficiency across the board. sometimes it is communicating to the vertical developers. there are others where you leave it to the architect. there won't be possible to make them all uniform, but i think figuring out those and some checklists whether it is green point or leed buildings would be cool. sustainability education is a credit we are going to score. it could be something as simple as aligning with existing signage so there is signage around the island that highlights the sustainability performance. i think what i get excited about

is finding potential partners. i am sorry i left your organization off here. there are a lot of them. the treasure island museum wants to do something exciting and cool. they are a great partner. existing non-profits, save the bay, city art commission. some of this might happen individually or joint things. what if the exploratoryium was there and a lot of people will come out to the island and take the ferry to give themself guided tours, that type of stuff. the final piece is continuing the coordination to make sure we deliver on commitments and getting the final certification and continuing your work with new ideas and strategies, and to say also that we are taking notes and open to other ideas

for how this can all come together. thank you for your time. i can answer questions and also listen to your comments. >> a couple questions. thank you. this is really cool. three things unrelated. in terms of neighborhood planning. i am familiar with platinum leed. in terms of neighborhood that is new. walkability. what is the plan to having benches? senior citizens, one of the fastest growing segments. i don't know how many citizens will be on ybi or tbi near medical services. having benches to go to. are there guidelines or is that an add on? >> just going through my rating system in my head, it does show up in things like required benches for transit stops and those facilities in terms of

regular benches on the public soacspace. i agree the idea of street furnishing and benches is in the walkable streets credit. i don't think there is an actual requirement. >> i am not an expert in this area. >> i don't think there is a requirement but i endorse your concept. >> transportation. is that under your purview the vehicles? >> no specific topic is under my individual purview in terms of deciding what is going to happen. i am trying to link it. i think the concept is sustainable transportation. bike, scooter, tdm, transit.

autoautonomous vehicles look wih other solutions and allow it as independent not integrated with other transportation planning would be a problem. it needs to be integrated with the bucket of sustainability in transportation as the topic. >> the third thing and final thing. you had some of the reused falling len-- fallen wood. your view on the neighborhood is key. we want it a public attraction. a music festival and things will continue, but one thing we found in golden gate park. people come because we have a sustainability mission at cal academy. there is a bench cut out of

redwood they want to post on instagram. we cut down a tree, and they carved it into a bench. that is one of the oddesting public attraction. whatever draws people. instagram moments are increasing attraction to people to be drawn. i am glad you focus on the soft experiences within that realm. thank you. >> thank you very much forgiving us that overview. we need to be reminded that this project has actually received and is the larged le ed platinum certification in the world. is that right? we should be extremely proud of that fact that we have received this designation, which it is so

hard to get. the plan was developed overall most a decade ago. it was very forward thinking at that time. it was 2011. so much has changed since then and certainly the issues that we are facing in terms of sea level rise, climate change are even more urgent today. i am glad we have formed this committee for treasure island we are doing so many cutting edge things or we could be a demonstration project for cutting edge things. continuing to have that i am ths important. thank you for chairing the committee. the other thing the committee is important for is really propelling the education part of

it. the sustainability education that we can in fact be a way of channeling community education, getting alignments and collaborations with other institutions and providing information but maybe even public symposiums, community gatherings on these topics. even symposiums where we gather leading scientists working on these issues. i hope this committee will be that forum where we can do that thinking and planning. i want to say i am so happy we created this committee. as far as issues, and maybe we will discuss this later, certainly what is the latest in the thinking on sea level rise and climate adaptation and we

ought to refer back to treasure island. when we were planning in 2011 sea level rise was sort of thought of. people said maybe 24 inches, 36-inch chess, but now people are expecting much more by the end of the century. i would like to go back and revisit what we are doing at treasure island. we have actually been noted as one of the plans that the bay conservation development commission has used as an example how other cities should respond to creating reserve to deal with future climate change and sea level rise. i think that would be a good thing to bring back, especially new commission members may not

know about it. infrastructure is something we are looking at constantly. stormwater and wastewater systems put into treasure island. i am hoping we are going to be cutting edge on those. urban farms and composting. that is really, you know, that was part of our plan. we would like to look at the possibility of urban farms of native plants of the ideas. if they were allowed to pursue at pressure island, i don't know. it is something to explore. renewable energy. as you said perhaps some demonstration projects we can have on treasure island. finally the landscaping if it is sustainable or not is important in creating the ecosystem for this island which we are going to have almost 300-acres which

will be open space and parks. all of these topics are very important today in today's climate of concern and crisis so i am very glad we have this committee. this overview was really excellent. thank you very much. >> any comments? okay. thank you very much. >> thank you all. >> item 4. recycled water and wastewater treatment plan. >> mr. billing birmingham welcome. >> good morning directors. thank you for having me today. i am tom birmingham, project

manager with the san francisco public utilities commission for the wastewater treatment plan we want to call it water resource recovery facility. i am probably going to call it wastewater treatment plant at least 10 times today. we are trying to go forward to recognize opportunities to reuse what we are capturing in the plants, recycled water or biosolids. there are a lot of opportunities here. it is no longer taking wastewater from homes, dumping into a water body. we want to do positive things with the water as it comes in. i will give an update where we are today on the project. i will talk about the items we are doing with the rest of the development, walk through some

architectural images of the direction we are going with the project and update where we are on the schedule. if treatment plant will below indicated south of the existing plant. thathat is the odd-shaped gray blocks and the proposed plant is to is south. the reality is the planning documents are planning documen documents. >> can you point that out? >> yes, i can. >> you may have to know point to the screen. the laser pointer doesn't show up on the tv screen. >> the existing plant is up here. this is proposed. >> right next to it?

>> yes. the old barracks were there and storage facility were there previously. those are demolished. i have a presentation of what is there now. that is the site for the future plant. it is a 10-acre site used for planning purposes. it is a rectangle 10-acres going forward. this is a little better image to show the existing plant and in the red is our proposed water resource recovery facility. directly to the east of the blue box is the proposed wetland site. we have gone to the state lands commission in august and the gray infrastructure is the red box that you see was pulled out of the trust. it was not a trust compatible use. the wetlands is trust compatible

use. it remain in the trust. we were a bit constrained on his site like any site in the urban environment. we have fire training to the south, existing plant north and tenants surrounding the rest of the site. this was the sand box to plan. we have worked with this site to move forward with the project. i will give a little background on the recycled water. in 1991, the city passed recycled water ordinance which in every new building that went up dual plumb inside. the purpling areas on the figure that includes treasure island around the edges of th the city. presidio and golden gate park.

treasure island is included. in 2015, the city passed the nonpottable water ordinance which stipulated all buildings over 250,000 square feet were responsible for meeting their own nonpottable demands. they had to capture gray, blackwater and treat it and provide the water for uses inside the building or irrigation. treasure islands was not included in this because it was approved prior to 2015 however it is looked at as a district with the single central treatment plant to produce recycled water for treasure island. this shows the blue circles.

treasure island will be the first neighborhood to use municipally recycled water for indoor and outdoor demand. we have a great opportunity to really showcase that. >> this shows the network of piping that will provide the water for residents, commercial uses and ball fields, urban ag and other items. the new water resource facility we are looking at 1.3mpg on average. peak flows about 4 mpg wastewater. we are anticipating 1:0 anticipk

uses. every drop of water will be treated to title 22 no contact restriction recycled water. if we are able to find additional water uses for recycled water on the island we will have that water for use. this shows we are part of the overall sustainable plan for the island. we are capturing waste, sending it back out as recycled water. we are going to use urban ag, dual plumbing in buildings, some of the green infrastructure on the island during the summer

when it is not watered we will use it there. there are still more opportunities we will come up with. this is a rather detailed image of the proposed -- recommended treatment. it is now at conceptual engineering 10%. what we try to do is identify a plan that will work, knowing as we go forward we will optimize that plan internally or externally depending on the project procurement. i want to show this because it shows right now because the plant is going to be serving small flees we are still hauling biosolids or sludge to the oceanside facility for treatment of the biosolids. while you may not think that is the most sustainable thing, it is nice ba because oceanside wil

be treating to class a level which opens it to what they are used for farming in the central valley, alternative cover on landfills, package it and sell to residents. there are a lot of opportunities. in addition to biosolids you capture the gas. the dythe boilers and things lie that. we now hall the sludge to ocean side. it is used by farmers in the central valley. they love it. we have great images that show when they use it and don't use it. it is great fertilizer. there is a lot of opportunities. in the future when the development is fully built out and there are more flows we do anticipate doing some kind of biosolid treatment on the island. we are reserving space for it. we don't want to build something

now and mothball it for 15 years. it is not the best use of money. in the future we plan to do something on the island. it is not wise right now. this shows our proposed footprint for the plant. two things to point out here. to the south or the right of image is the switchyard. the power is coming from oakland. it will reach the shore on the eastern shore to the south of here, come to the switchyard to distribute to the rest of the island. we anticipate the switchyard, which is a project not directly tied to the wastewater project but we ar we are co-locating top things together. we think that will be online by the end of next year or end of this year, sorry. it is already 2020. it will be online by the end of

2020. the power to increase the reliability of power for residents on the island. that is great important to the residents out there. the wetlands are located to the east of the site. they are about 1 to 1.5-acres. they are not big but they are proposed to be nice. what they are going to be is hydraulic retention wetland. you are not going to get a lot of treatment. they are providing a hydraulic buffer for how we propose to get rid of did h of the effluent. many propose it to the river, ocean or bay. we propose tieing to the stormwater pipe that is from anyway.

it discharges on the shore there. the water is so clean, there is no reason not to tie in and let it discharge on the shore. however, during the stormy haven'ts when that pipe is full we need a place to leave the water. the wetlands if we see a large storm we close the valve to fill the wetlands with water. we will fill them to provide habitat and recreation for people to walk around. during the winter for a storm we plan so they provide a hydraulic buffer so we don't flood the island. as i mentioned before this is the site right now. i went out. this is probably a month or so ago. it was exciting to see things happening. they are installing drains. after that is done they will start compaction and surcharge work. we are designing our site for

sea level rise in 2075 or so. we do that because that is about the life of the plant. there is no reason to raise it for 2100 if the plant isn't going to be there any more. we are designing the site for 2075 sea level rise. 39 inches and 6 inches on top of that brings us to 45 inches. we are also capturing all stormwater on our site. every drop of stormwater falls on our site will go to a stormwater basin. that is the blue blob on the left side of your image to the north of the plant. there might be some treatment there, but what will happen is it will get sent to the head works. we don't want any contaminated rainwater to get off the site to the stormwater system.

trastreasure island is separate stormwater and wastewater. we want to keep the two from contaminating. we are coordinating with the developer on many, many touch points. i don't want to go through them all. there are a lot o. we are working on the switchyard to the south and sharing that it is not two projects. we want the public-facing part to be seamless. the fence and perimeter wall will look the same from the outside. that is very important to us and the arts commission as well. we are coordinating on the wetland construction and moving dirt around for that. the coordinating on the temporary infrastructure. as development starts we need to

get to waste water to the new plant. we are coordinating on the pipelines around the plant. there are a lot of touch points i can go into at a different time. there is a lot going on with the developer. the plant being in the wilds part of the island is an opportunity for us to treat as an educational experience for the residents of the island and the city. we want these wetlands to be a place to walk next to and learn about the effluent and how it moves through there. the statement with stormwater. we are in the outdoorsy park. we want to blend that. we are working with the public utilities commission, security team to make sure this is a

secure facility. that is one of our most important parts. the walls will be about 10 feet tall, nonscalable to make sure it is safe for the people working inside and so the equipment doesn't get stolen. these are the facilities to be part of the plant. we are early in the project, however, from previous projects working with the arts commission i learned they like for us to embrace the nature of what we are doing. don't try to put a piece of equipment in a giant brick building. embrace what is inside there. we are going to try to have as many things outside as we can so you can get the mechanical equipment feel for what is going on out there. that is why we need to make sure there are no odor issues. things with odors will be inside or have proper odor control. this provides a couple of viewpoints.

the bay is on the right side of the image and east side avenue is on the left. if you are on the sidewalks or bay trial, what you might see looking in. you will see the top of equipment and you will see the top of some acknowledges and from talk ? buildings. last week they want to make sure what is at the top of the buildings does match the feel for the rest of the island. we will be working with the engineering consulting team and architecture team. c mg is the architect and they have done the planning. it is great to have th the team. one idea for the perimeter fence because it is so long. it is above 22 to 2500 feet. it is a long fence. it is a long wall it would be miserable experience so they have come up with this waved

fence along. you will have moments of a solid wall, moments to see through. you will have color. it kind of breaks it up as you go along. there is a different look here. there is a landscape buffer between the sidewalk and the plant with some shrubs. we will have a few trees. generally speaking trees and wastewater treatment plants don't get along. you don't want leaves anabranches and needles into equipment and you don't want people climbing trees and hopping the fence. we want them to be the right trees for the application. another view. that solid wall provides an opportunity for public art. we are going to be working with the art commission on where our public art money gets spent. this is one opportunity that

will be kind of neat. this is a view from the bay trail looking towards the trim plant. those are the proposed wetlands right there. it is pretty neat the way we envision it is near chrisy field. it will be a low fence to keep dogs from going in the wetlands. if somebody wants to go into a cold wetland, then they will find away, but i don't know why you would. the low fence is to keep the dogs from running in there. the same fence going around that perimeter and scattered trees and berming. we want it to stand out so people recognize what is there. we don't want it to be an eyesore either. one more view. right now the cer was brought in

last week. that is done. we are out there doing a condition assessment of the existing infrastructure getting a better handle on how to move forward and keep it up and running as we go forward. we are looking at different project procurement methods. we went to our commission last year with a design-build operate procurement. we still have to go to the board of supervisors and we are working on those details. if we are able to go forward we would like to have the r.f.p. out this summer. if we need to change directions and go a different direction, the r.f.p. would come out a little later for the procurement. we think the important date is 11/1, that would be the start of construction and the 3/1, 24 would be the construction date.

we believe that will hold true. with that i am happy to answer any questions you may have. >> commissioners. >> thank you. most times wastewater is not a sexy subject, but i think it is very fascinating. i am so interested in how you are designing the wastewater treatment facility. i would just start with my first comment when you talked about art and incorporating a small part of the walls and having art there. i would really encourage robust engagement on using those walls and finding opportunity for artwork. we do have a committee at treasure island, not just arts commission.

it is a joint treasure island arts commission committee looking at possible locations to make treasure island a place to come to because there are surprises with artwork. when you have walls like that, if we can incorporate artists' works on those walls, you know, infrastructure, wastewater systems usually is like separated and hidden from view, but since you have those walls if you can make them into something which is delightful, which is is surprising which is something that people would want to see. [please stand by]

in general, though, it will go into the storm drain and out into the bay. >> okay. i see. and then my final question is about the wilds, what is being labeled as the wilds, has there been some thinking as to what that will be? >> i don't know the answer to that. beyond the walls of the truman plant, i'm not quite sure what's planned for the wilds. i've been talking to c.m.g. they talked about having some urban camping out there. i believe there's a pier out there, there's going to be a little beach out there, windsurfing. everything i know has just been from listening to them. but we're not directly tied to anything outside of our walls. >> okay. great. thank you. >> you're welcome. >> any other questions? thank you very much. it was very thorough.

>> sure. thank you. >> clerk: item number 5, discussion of touch agenda items by detectors. >> well, i think that we've covered a lot of future discussion topics. >> yeah. i was taking notes on a number of topics that came up during the course of both presentations, as potential follow-on presentations. but if you have any further, i'd be happy to type up my sustainability education, recycled materials, sea level rise, urban farm, renewable energy landscaping. but if you have others, i'd be happy to follow up. >> i think we will determine them as they come up. but there's no lack of issues that we can talk about. and i think this forum itself is going to be a good education, both for the commissioners, as well as for the public. >> okay. >> well, one thing based on what

you were saying, in terms of public art, there was someone -- a san francisco-based street artist that did something for the p.u.c. in hunters point and bayview. the massive wall where they did sort of a san francisco environment-themed, with a giant turtle with the city of san francisco on its back. i don't know if you remember that mural? i'm not an artist. but that's something to consider as some sort of tie-in to the neighborhoods that reflects it. it was really well received and it actually held up very nicely. and it's been five years now since that came up. but speaking to the joint agency effort, you know, public art is great. to have something that might be kinetic over time. so it's refreshed over time. so as my colleague was saying, drawing people to the island to come see a new installation doesn't have to be a new

sculpture, a new something, could be street art that reflects the city itself. just one note as we look -- as you work with the arts commission. >> yes. absolutely. >> i'll look at the name of the artist. i think it's mowberg is his last name. >>that's all i have. >> clerk: meeting is adjourned. >> thank you. >> thank you all. ♪

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>> for the first time in nearly two decades fishers have been granted the legal right to sell fish directly to the package right off their boat -- to the public right off their boats in san francisco. it's not only helping local fishers to stay afloat but it's evoking the spirit of the wharf by resurfacing the traditional methods of selling fish. but how is it regulated? and what does it take for a boat to be transported into a floating fish market? find out as we hop on board on this episode of "what's next sf." (♪) we're here with the owner and the captain of the vessel pioneer. it's no coincidence that your boat is called the pioneer because it's doing just that. it's the first boat in san francisco to sell fish directly from the boat. how did you establish your boat

into such a floating fish market? >> well, you know, i always thought that it would be nice to be able to provide fresh fish to the locals because most of the fish markets, you would have to do a large amount of volume in order to bring in enough fish to cover the overhead. when you start selling to the public that volume is much less so it makes it hard to make enough money. so being able to do this is really -- it's a big positive thing i think for the entire community. >> a very positive thing. as a third-generation fisherman joe as his friends call him has been trawling the california waters for sustainably caught seafood since an early age. since obtaining a permit to sell fish directly to the public he is able to serve fish at an affordable price. >> right now we're just selling what a lot of the markets like, flat fish and rock fish and what the public likes. so we have been working for many, many years and putting cameras in them.

there's the ability to short fish and we have panels that we open and close so we target the different species of fish by adjusting the net. and then not only that but then the net sort out the sizes which is really important. >> joe brings in a lot of fish, around 20,000 pounds per fishing trip to be exact. >> we had one day one time that we sold almost 18,000 pounds. >> it's incredible. >> i know, it's hard to imagine. >> but this wasn't always the case for joe. >> the markets that we have left in california, they're few and far between, and they really are restrictive. they'll let you fish for a couple months and shut you down. a lot of times it's rough weather and if you can't make your delivery you will lose your rotation. that's why there's hardly any boats left in california because of the market challenges. my boat was often sitting over here at the dock for years and i couldn't do anything with it because we had no market. the ability to go catch fish is fine, i had the permits, but you couldn't take them off your boat.

>> that was until the port commission of san francisco rallied behind them and voted unanimously to approve a pilot program to allow the fish to be sold directly to consumers right off their boats. >> the purpose of the program is to allow commercial fishers to sell their fish directly from their boats to the end consumer in a safe and orderly manner for the benefit of the overall fishing community at the port of san francisco. we have limited the program to certain types of fish such as salmon, halibut, tuna and rock fish. crab is restricted from this program because we did not want to interfere with the existing crab sales on taylor street and jefferson street. so this is not meant to favor one aspect of the fishing industry more than another. it's to basically to lift up the whole industry together. >> and if joe the program has been doing just that. >> it was almost breathtaking whenever i woke up one morning and i got my federal receiver,

my first receivers license in the mail. and that gave me permission to actually take fish off my boat. once we started to be able to sell, it opened things up a bit. because now that we have that federal permit and i was able to ppetition the city council and getting permission from san francisco to actually use the dock and to sell fish here, it was a big turning point. because we really didn't think or know that we'd get such a positive response from the public. and so we're getting thousands of people coming down here buying fish every week and so that's pretty cool. they like the fish so much that they take pictures of it when they cook it and they send us all of these pictures and then they ask us, you know, constantly for certain types of fish now. and when they come down here the one thing that they say is that they're so amazed that the fish is so fresh they could eat a little bit during the week and it's still fresh all week in the refrigerator. so that's really cool.

>> the fish is very fresh and the price is super. i don't think that you can get it anywhere in the bay area. i can see it, and i can stir fry it, wow, you can do anything you want. i just can say this is a good place to shop and you have a good experience. >> this program supports the strategic plan in terms of engagement, people being connected to the waterfront, and also economic vitality. because it's helping the fishermen to make ends meet. they have no guarantees in their businesses, not like some people, and we want to do everything that we can to help them to have a good and thriving business. >> how does it feel to be able to sell your fish locally kind of in the traditional way, like your grandfather probably did? >> when i was a kid and i used to work in my dad's fish market, a lot of the markets that we sell to now are second and third

and fourth generation markets. so i remember as a kid putting their tags on the boxes of fish that we shipped out of monterey and ship down to l.a. so it's kind of cool that we're still dealing with the same families. and this is probably about the only way that anyone can really survive in california is to sell your own fish. >> one of the advantages of this program is the department people that pull in the fish, they can find out where they caught it and find out more about the fisherman and that adds to their experience. the feedback from the fishers has been very good and the feedback from the customers have very good. and there's a lot of people coming to the wharf now that might not have done so. in fact, there's people that go through the neighboring restaurants that are going to eat fish inside but before they go in they see the action on the dock and they want to kind of look at what's happening on the boat before they go in and they have a meal. so it's generated some conversation down at the wharf

and that's a good thing. >> as you can see by the line forming behind me getting ready to buy fish, the pilot program has been a huge success. for more information visit sfsport.com. (♪) (♪) >> good morning, i'm c.e.o. of pier 39 and i want to welcome you to our anniversary of the arrival of the sea lions. [applause] first i would like to take a moment to recognize a few special guests today. the executive director for the water emergency transportation authority, the executive director for fisherman's wharf

benefit district, the director for the ports real estate division, the director of california traveling association, senior waterfront planner for the port, president of the local 16, president of san francisco travel, president of the port commission and commissioner of the port commission. thank you all for being here. [applause] >> thank you for braveing weather to be here to join us. it's been my great fortune to work at pier 39 for the past 41 years and i remember the dark days that followed the october 1989 earthquake. visitor traffic on the pier dried up to a trickle in the months following the quake, and they were quite bleak. i remember dan rather leading the evening news for what seemed like weeks on end with images of the collapsed bay bridge and freeway. he certainly did not help the city's recovery efforts. by january the city was busy

rebuilding but visitors continued to stay away. it was at this time the pier began receiving complaints about a small group of sea lions. the number of sea lions grew quickly and pier 39 realized it had a real problem on its hands. after conferring with regulators and experts who advised they were federally protected animals a decision was made to relocate the boat owners and let the sea lions continue to use the dock with the hope they would find a new home and leave. fortunately for us, they did not. [applause] we then noticed that the few visitors who were here were gathering and watching these fascinating animals frolic and play. our pr team decided to send out a press release about this new natural attraction and word began spreading that something wonderful was happening at pier

39. within weeks, the sea lion story was covered by the today show, good morning, america, the new york times, the london times and dozens of other news out lets. one thing was crystal clear, the sea lions were big news with a capital b. pier 39's management congratulated itself of being public relations geniuses and the rest is history. [laughter] for three decades, this herd of sea lions have made it their home. over that time, over 250 million people have watched the sea lions bark, roughhouse and play king of the mountain on the docks below. we are so proud to have been stewards of this amazing group of benefits and for the work of our partners at the bay and sea lion center. i want to thank all of you for coming today to help us celebrate these amazing animals. i would like to invite president and ceo of aquarium of the bay to the podium.

george. [applause] >> a quick two-minute video on how we got here in the last 18 months. >> this is a truly compelling example of how they intersect to create one of the bay area's most vibrant, visual, engaging and educational public artwork. introducing sea lions of san francisco. our celebration of 30 years of sea lions in the bay. sea lions are fascinating and much-loved marine mammals. they have a unique gift for san

francisco. in 1989, they mysteriously began a arriving at the bay. they set up permanent residence and were soon making a big splash. the aquarium of the bay provides programs to educate and engage thousands of people around the world. despite being covered under the marine protection act, our much-loved neighbors are under threat. they are currently classified as endangered. we want to generate awareness of the largest threat to our planet. no blue, no green. we selected 30 bay area artists to paint these sea lions, one to

commemorate each year of their presence on pier 39. visit the sea lions today. follow the trail to discover each stunning artwork and learn about the animal, the artists and their messages. join us in celebrating the 30th anniversary of our cherished marine friends. [applause] >> i know that time is pretty tight. excess nitrogen creates an al ash algae bloom that affects the sea lions. stories like these, i'm really

happy to see the artists today. the youngest is nine years old. and please scan your qr codes, and you can learn about sea lions. they can hit speeds of up to 25 knots. they can dive up to 900 feet. and they have hearing that can go up to 40-kilo hertz. there are conditions in the bay in terms of mic -- microplastics. this would not be possible without our sponsors. i want to acknowledge a few other people. dan from the port of san francisco helped us with the permitting process. thank you very much. i'm delighted to have the president of the port and commission kimberly and our

board member, our partners from s.f. environment, s.f. travel and golden gate parks, partners from the u.s. army corps of engineers. and our friends from the media from b.b.c. to new york times, thank you for being here. and lastly but not least, our wonderful mayor, london breed. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, george. and with that, i would like to introduce and thank the honorable london breed and have her join us at the podium. [applause] >> i was in high school during the 1989 earthquake. i went to the high school right up the street. i actually spent a lot of time at pier 39. in particular, sometimes we used

to maybe leave class a little bit early and come and hang out in the arcade. but i also remember the time when one of my science teachers proposed it was like this period, it was right after lunch, and as an extra credit period said if we came down here to see the sea lions that we could get extra credit, we would all have to meet down here. he actually came down here as well. and we didn't understand the significance. we know they were loud and they were barking, and we were like doing the same thing. but then we started to study it. we had to write about it u we had to talk about it and its significance, and it was just odd that this didn't happen before until after this earthquake. and just understanding, really endangered species and really studying science in a different way and looking at the environment and the planet and animals and so on and so forth, that's the kind of thing that

really sparked a lot of my interest in really changing how we address the challenges around the environment. in fact, i drove my grandmother crazy, because i came home and wanted to recycle everything. and we didn't have at that time the blue bins and green bins and all of that stuff. and there were places you had to go to take those things. but it was really an incredible experience. and pier 39 has been just really an institution for so many years, so many visitors from all over the world come here on a regular basis to just not only enjoy the incredible restaurants, the aquarium by the bay and many of the great stores and also the places that you can buy wonderful candy, including pink popcorn which i'm very excited. if -- if you know what pink popcorn is you are probably my age. it also, the sea lions really created a different kind of

feeling, a different kind of warm. you see them, you watch them. and i don't know what it is about watching the sea lilyons and listening to them, but sometimes minutes go by, then sometimes even an hour can go by before you realize that you actually have to go. but it is so fascinating and great that for the past 30 years, they have continued time and time again to come back to pier 39. and people not only do the tourists who visit san francisco look forward to coming here, san franciscans look forward to coming here during that time as well. so i'm really grateful to be here, excited about what this continues to do to really engage the community and really support the sea lions and call attention to what we need to continue to do to protect the bay, to protect our environment and to make sure that they do not become an endangered species. it is so critical we do a better

job as stewarts of this earth. so i want to thank so many people here today including the pier 39 marina staff. the marine mammal center, the aquarium of the bay, marina operations, bay.org and port of san francisco. so many organizations continue to make sure that our port and our pier are attractive, are also economically vibrant but also stuarts of the environment. and i think that's so critical to the success and future of our city and of our planet. and so thank you all so much for being here. and i invited the sea lions love to get attention. i invited the king of the sea lions to come here today to accept this proclamation, making it sea lion day in san francisco. [laughter] [applause]

king herbert said you know what? king herbert couldn't lose the weight to come up the stairs this time around. as you know they weigh hundreds of pounds and it's very challenging so instead, i want to ask -- who do i want to ask to accept this proclamation. why don't you come up? and you can deliver the proclamation to the sea lions so they can know that today as we celebrate 30 years, it will always be remembered as sea lion day in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, mayor breed, that was wonderful. next i would like to inshiite the director of marina -- to

invite shina, the director of operations here. >> thank you. i'm not particularly used to doing public speaking. so here goes. when i heard our honorable mayor mentioned she was in high school when the sea lions first game to pier 39, i have to say i thought i had already been working here as master of pier 39 marina for four and a half years when that happened. so before you all do the math, i'm going to launch into this. so as taylor had mentioned, we had really been hit hard by the earthquake. i felt like i was working in camelot when i was working at pier 39. it was so marvelous. we hadn't sustained a lot of damage but getting the visitors back proved to be pretty challenging. so it was really a momentous event when this one animal that came up on to the end of j dock

had some line around his neck so he got nicknameed sleek holder y some children. that he he he heralds the most e arrival. this didn't happen over a protacted period of time. this happened very quickly. we went from maybe ten or 20 animals to 1400 on k dock within a matter of months. so it was a very overwhelming and incredible event. and we didn't really know how we were going to deal with it or what we were going to do. and eventually the marine mammal center came out and they said you have to close down k dock. we have been trying to maneuver our way through hundreds of sea lions to allow our boaters that were there to get through it. and it was just proving a nightmare. so we closed it down, and we located our boaters to the east

harbor. and that's when we started to talk about ways that we could accommodate them. because by then, it was so obvious that this was a huge attraction, not just as taylor said, to our local community, but also to international and national visitors. what i want to share with you very briefly is my own experience of what those first few months were like, because it was incredibly bizarre and strange, all of a sudden we had gone from having no business on the pier to having 1400 sea lions and about the same number of press all converging on our property. and this turned out to be an incredibly happy and vibrant event that everybody wanted to record. and they wanted to make it humorous. and they wanted to make it something that everyone would

enjoy. so every national, international news person came here and were filming. and we were treated to a burst of what i can only describe as ill literation. so there were headlines that trumpeted something fishy is going on, lion tamer sheila, the boys of blubber are back in town and so on. and my voice mail at my office actually it was a machine in those days, was full every morning with very miscohesive recordings. we didn't have a caller id so i never was able to track them down. but it was sea lion barking messages and lots of versions of i left my art in san francisco. it was a humorous time, and it transformed our business. in addition to having to escort our boaters and then having to

relocate them, we actually really just had to think about how could we make this, keep it a natural attraction. you don't want to make it some kind of artificial event. we had been blessed with this incredible opportunity, and we needed to manage it well. and we needed to manage it safely, and we needed to make sure that the public had safe access. so you've seen how that's evolved over the years, we have this beautiful overlook, the sea lion center. but at the time when i was making those decisions, along with the executive group at pier 39, there was some very helpful suggestions that were coming in from the more quirky and whimsical members of society, which was a truly terrifying insight at the time into some people's minds. but those who thought we still maybe wanted to get rid of them would suggest things like detouring them by putting broken

glass on the dock or some versions heavily designed cattle prods that would work and things like that. but on the fun side, some people designed all kinds of lovely attraction-style floats. but what we ended up doing, of course, was building floats that looked just like the normal dock. so we tried to keep that very natural attraction. anyway, it's been a phenomenal ride for all of us. it's completely changed my job description. because i never thought i would be an expert, if you like, in representing the sea lions. so i just want to say this last thing. excuse me. we have a wonderful array of marine life from sea lions to dolphins, we've even had whales in the bay. we have pelicans. and it's all showcased, a lot of it is showcase in our lovely aquarium here. but you can also go out on the end of the pier and see all of

that. so while we enjoy this phenomenon, i want to reiterate what our mayor has said. let's take this moment in history and continue that environmental stewardship and vigilance so they can thrive and keep coming back. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. to close the presentation, a couple of notes. as you leave pier 39, please make sure to look at the new sea lion taupe area that will be a permanent installation going forward, and we can't have a celebration without cake. so we invite you to stay. here comes the sea lion cake. a couple photos and then we will all share it. so thank you all very much for coming. [applause] - it.

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fifth generation of candy in san francisco still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the

hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm. >> you don't have to go anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. >> san francisco has to all >> good afternoon. we are excited to nows the san francisco safe 23rd annual lunar new year public safety and crime awareness campaign press conference in partnership with

sfgovtv. i am the captain and i will be standing in for the executive director who was called away on a family emergency. we will give you helpful public safety continues to keep you safe during this special holiday and educate you about potential crime risks. we are here with community members and city leaders to celebrate lunar new year 2020 san francisco, the year of the rat. we are here for the crime awareness campaign. it is an important yearly collaboration between the chinese-speaking community, law enforcement and the community stakeholders. it is a time for celebration and reflection. there are criminals who take advantage of this special time to prey upon our city's most vulnerable citizens, including merchants and senior citizens.

together with san francisco safe we are working to be sure everyone can celebrate during this time of year through public education, crime prevention and community engagement we are working to eradicate crime related to the lunar new year. we are honored to partnership with our merchants in chinatown and city leaders, media and community members working together to increase public safety. [peakin[speaking a foreign lang.

>> we will now hear from our elected city officials who prioritize public safety. >> i am proud to welcome our mayor, london breed, a frequent presence in the community with a record of reaching out to build relationships with the diverse communities, responding to needs and working to make the city safe for everyone. mayor breed. >> good afternoon. very nice to see all of the seniors here today and all of

our law enforcement officials, new district attorney, supervisor peskin and carmen, our assessor, police chief. so many people in this city care about the safety of our community. as we embark on lunar new year in the next tw two weeks where e celebrate the year of the rat, we want to take this opportunity to remind everyone, especially in chinatown we have to look out for one another, especially our seniors. i want to thank sf safe for their continued leadership and support in helping to make community safe. they are a big reason why we have been able to add along with supervisor peskin. we have been able to add more security cameras, more beat

officers, mob more bilingual officers. we want th the folks who live ad shop here to be safe, we want tourists who visit from all over the world to feel good and safe and secure. today is just really a reminder that we have to be vigilant. yes, we want to enjoy the lunar new year. we want to have a good time. we want to celebrate with our friends and families. we want to support local small businesses. i can't wait until the parade which is the highlight of the celebration. as we enjoy this city and this community, let us also be on the lookout for a number of challenges that we know continue to persist around lunar new year. the too popular blessing scam is

one that is a problem for so many seniors. we have to remind people that we have to stay focused. we have to pay attention, and we have to look out for one another. thank you to everyone here today. i also want to thank the san francisco police department for not only stepping up additional enforcement in this community during this very incredible time in our city, but just the office hours and the work they continue to do to make themselves available along with using this incredible technology so that if someone seeks mandarin or cantonese or languages not familiar to the officer, they can pull up their phones on an app and communicate with someone on the spot available. i really want to make sure we do a better job, especially with

the chinese press of getting the word out that it is okay to approach any officer and know that they will try to do everything they can to communicate and to break down those barriers. that is also what today is about is making sure that we have the ability to communicate with one another. thank you to chief bill scott and the san francisco police department for working hard every day to keep our community safe. i am looking forward to a wonderful year of the rat where we have sunshine every single day, owe especially during the parade. thank you for being here. thank you for those that came out to be with us today. it is a beautiful day in san francisco. make sure it is a safe one. thank you all so much.

(applause). [speaking foreign language]. >> at this time i would like to introduce norman yee, the champion for safer communities and better police community relations. it is my pleasure to welcome president yee.

>> [speaking foreign language]. >> i want to say happy new year once again. every year we come to remind our community to keep yourselves safe, be alert, watch who is around you, and you see something, you make sure you report it to the police. you make sure you report it to

police. they are here to protect us, and we have to work with them so that we can keep our community safe. every year, these perpetrators try to abuse our community, taking advantage of the situation where we are trying to relate to our relatives, bring prosperity to our friends, and it is time for us to stand up and say no more abusing our community. we are going to stick up for ourselves and work with the police department and work with everybody else that stands up here that believes you should have a safe life. be safe, be alert. happy new year. [applause]

thank you. san francisco police chief william scott works to ensure that we are working to educate and empower community members, the chinese speaking communities abto prevent crime before it happens. welcome, chief scott. [applause] >> good afternoon. i am not going to -- we have had the mayor, the president of the board of supervisors talk about what community safety means. i won't repeat what they said. i want to emphasize something. community safety is about all of us. it takes all of us to do our part to have a safe city and

safe community. i want to point out a few things. because of all of us, i think it is important for everybody to know that you all are elected officials, our command staff and officers are men and women of the san francisco police department. because of the work we have done in our community, we have the lowest homicide rate that we have had since 1961. [applause] now that is just one thing about public safety. for those that have been victims of car break-ins or assaulted, we understand that you might not care as much about that as you do about your own personal safety. that is really important to us. as the mayor mentioned, we are the support of a great mayor, support of the board of supervisors, we have the district attorney here, and all of us are working together to

make the city safe. i want to give a couple of public safety tips. i want to thank the chinese media. we have had a number of high profile incidents that happened in the course of the past year, and most of them, almost all of them we have been able to bring people to justice and catch the perpetrators. thank you. part of that is due to the media. it is due to exposure. when we get a video. the mayor mentioned supervisor peskin is working to get the cameras in the area. those cameras allowed us to catch people robbing and assaulting people. it is important that everybody has apart in this. be aware when strangers ask for money. don't follow strangers anywhere, particularly don't bring a stranger into your home.

don't allow anybody to convince you to take money out of your bank account. don't take outline wallets when you are not familiar with people. before withdrawing huge sums of money. make sure you are not being watched. we have a lot to do to make our city safer, and it takes all of us. we encourage you to get to know your beat officers. they are around here. they are all ways here. know your police captains. also, get to know your public officials if you don't already know them. everybody knows supervisor peskin. he is here to make things happen, and he does. ask for what you need as a community and we will make it happen. i want to point out the mayor mentioned the efforts to communicate better with limited

english proficiency. we have apps on the phone. if you have trouble communicating we want to speak to you and understand and we can encourage you to report crimes. if you are driving on the streets or walking on the streets, if you can, have a buddy with you. make sure you pay attention to what is around you, stay an letter. if you are driving slowdown. we lost 29 people last year to traffic collisions. we have to reduce that. our goal is zero. you can do part. pay attention. obey the traffic laws. if you are walking, don't walk in the middle of traffic. it might take longer to get where you want to get but get there safely. if you are driving, please slowdown. lastly, stay aware. your own vigilance will keep you safer than you can imagine.

we hope this year of the rat and i don't be like rats but i like the year of the rat. we hope this year of the rat will be prosperous and safe for everyone. thanks for allowing us to be part of this community. thank you. [applause] [speaking foreign language]. >> thank you very much. we are fortunate to be joined by

supervisor aaron peskin, our friend and advocate for the chinese community from san francisco and probably the person who knows this area, district three, better than anyone else. please welcome supervisor pesk peskin. >> thank you, captain. mayor breed, president yee, to my colleagues, to our recorder, chief scott, to the command staff of the san francisco police department, to the working men and women of central station, to the new presiding president of the chinese six companies, to the chinese chamber of commerce, and everybody gathered, this is my

20th kickoff here at the gate. i want to say that over that 20 years of prevention sf safe and the community and pd have made this community much safer. the old extortion scams that we saw 20 years ago, much, much less of them today. our district attorney his second day on the job stopped by a few minutes ago. i talked to him. he is absolutely committed to prosecuting blessing scams as was his predecessor. we will end that. let me join in the words of the chief and the mayor and the president which is we are only as good as your eyes and ears report, report, report.

>> thank you very much, supervisor peskin, char men is with us -- carmen is with us today. she has grown the responsibilities of her office to truly include everyone and meet the needs of our citizens and seniors, families and everyone. assessor carmen chu. >> [speaking a foreign languag

language]. >> hello. i am the assess or. i am pleased to kickoff the new year and really to join with my colleagues standing with us and with the fine men and women of the police department to make sure we are sending a message of public safety, to remember to report. when you see something suspicious or you have witnessed a crime or you are a victim of crime, please remember to do those three things most

important. report, report, report. this is important because we need to make sure that all of our statistics bear out and show where crime is happening. when they do not, the police officers do not go there unless there is a need. we need to report so the need is real. we understand what is happening in the community and our responses can be appropriate to it. second reason why we need to report is to make sure people understand that we are not going to stand quiet and be silent and become victims. we need to make sure people understand when you hurt or seniors, when you victimize our community we are going to fight back. make sure you do those three things, report it, report it, report it. thank you. happy new year. >> thank you. at this time i if i could call r

supervisor walton to the podium, please. >> good afternoon. i came by today as district so supervisor to let everyone know i stand with the leadership of san francisco, that i stand with our district 3 supervisor peskin to make sure we do everything to keep our seniors safe, keep our community safe. as chief scott mentioned this is the new year, and we know there will be a lot of celebrations. we know there are people who intend to do harm. there is nothing more despicable than a crime committed against a senior, a crime committed against any of our vulnerable populations. we are standing to let you know we are going to continue to push policies, we will continue to work with police departments to make sure we have increased presence, to stop and prevent crimes from happening, to make

sure we catch perpetrators of violence in the community. thank you for having us here. i did bring a little bit of this with us. let's be vigilant. >> thank you very much. in closing, i would like to specifically thank san francisco safe and executive director. i know the staff is here and has worked tirelessly putting this together. the garage for sponsoring this, chinese news companies, cyc, george chan. the support of the command staff behind me as well. i would also like to acknowledge

some of the other attendees here. robert kenny, thank you to dpw. in closing, i would like to say the safety of our community members is a top priority. during the lunar new year celebration with the many celebrations and events you will see increased foot patrols with extended hours of operation, enhanced community engagement and outreach. please remember to report crimes and as mentioned before lap services are available. reach out to officers when you see them in the neighborhood. if you are a family member in need of assistance, please reach out to our officers as well.

every one deserves a safe city and happy holiday. we wish you a safe new year. please join us as we walk together as a community. thanks to san francisco safe and the year of the rat we will pass out mouse pads and whistles. thank you. that concludes our press conference.

>> still a lot of people wonder since the trees have a lot of issues, why did we plant them in the first place? >> trees are widely planted in san francisco. with good reason. they are workhorses when it comes to urban forestry. we have begun to see our ficustrees are too big and dangerous in san francisco. we have a lot of tree failures

with this species in particular. this is a perfect example of the challenges with the structure of the ficustrees. you can see four very large stems that are all coming from the same main truck. you can see the two branches attached to one another at a really sharp angle. in between you can't it is a lot of strong wood. they are attached so sharply together. this is a much weaker union of a branch than if you had a wide angel. this is what it looks like after the fi c.u. resolution s limb . >> we see decline. you can see the patches where there aren't any leaves at all. that is a sign the tree is in decline.

the other big challenge is the root system of the tree are aggressive and can impact nearby utilities, and we can fix the sidewalk around the tree in many cases. we don't want to cuts the roots too severely because we can destabilize the tree. >> in a city like san francisco our walks are not that wide. we have had to clear the branches away from the properties. most of th the can canopy is one street side and that is heavyweight on those branches out over the street. that can be a factor in tree limb failures. a lot of people wonder since these trees have a lot of issues. why did we plant them in the first place? they provided the city with benefits for decades. they are big and provide storage for carbon which is important to fight climate change and they

provide shade and really i think many people think they are a beautiful asset. >> when we identify trees like this for removal and people protest our decision, we really understand where they are coming from. i got into this job because i love trees. it just breaks my heart to cut down trees, particularly if they are healthy and the issue is a structural flaw. i have also seen first hand what happens when we have failures. we have had a couple of injuries due to tree failures. that is something we can't live with either. it is a challenging situation. we hate to lose mature trees, but public safety has to always

business slide.ty has to always >> welcome. it's our custom to begin and end each small business commission meeting with a reminder that the office of small business is the only place to start your new business in san francisco. and the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when have you a question about what to do next. you can find us online or in person here at city hall. best of all, our services are free of charge. the small business commission is the official forum to voice your opinions and concerns about the policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters start here with the office of small business. >> item 1, call to order and roll