help them alleviate that problem. we, just starting last night -- [inaudible] >> we're recognizing that that's a barrier, and it's not just a barrier in san francisco. we're getting it back through feedback and we're working on getting waivers at the state level, too. but we changed our messaging to say that it's possible and for families to come without their students. >> so yes to opening more sites, more food distributions, especially in the tenderloin, but i also think it shouldn't be put upon families how to find food in this city. and if there's something we can do to talk to the police department, then it's essential at this moment to talk to them about who's on the streets and why so that that doesn't become yet another thing that families

have to navigate during this time. >> do we have somebody who's in contact with the police department so that they can relay this message? >> we're in contact with the police department, so we can relay that message. >> thank you. >> are you done? >> i have one more thing. it's questions about the sick leave and the sick leave bank. how can people who have a number of sick leave share with others who have little during this time? >> so commissioner, i know that

uesf and sefu both have catastrophic sick leave banks. >> yeah. we have the open period for uesf just closed, so i've been in discussions with susan and carolyn, and actually -- so we're trying to look at how and what is the need of reopening that on an emergency basis. we're a little stretched out right now, in terms of actually being stretched out, but i am in communication with the union on that. there have been a number of developments on covid-19 related to legislation, so

we're reviewing that, as well. in terms of sefu, we have a rolling donation. it's sort of a form. they don't have a bank per se, but they can generate donations to this plan as is needed, so they're a little different in terms of their implementation. >> one thing i want to add that i think is important for folks to know, typically, when you run out of sick leave, you can use your extended sick leave. but while students and work sites are closed, folks that go into their extended sick leave get their full rate of pay, and that should also potentially alleviate the need to dip into

the catastrophic sick leave back.2:00.

it may mean putting a video on-line, kids can watch it when they can watch it, and then, they can respond via e-mail. that can be distance e-mail. distance learning can be getting an e-mail from your teacher, and you can respond via chat. so there's a lot of ways that it can look, and it does rchlt ha -- doesn't have to be in

real-time? i know that this is a conversation that's happening centrally. i want us to be a part of that, and i'm hoping that we can all participate. we have several educators on the board as well as folks who are communicating with constituents that are monolingual speakers, low-income folks. we want to make sure that we're doing this with compassion as well as equity. so i want to ask president sanchez, can we have a curriculum committee meeting in this format where we can dive in and get, you know, hear about some of the plans, some of the conversations that are going on between both department of technology and limited instruction, and we can weigh-in and do some of this problem solving and thinking in a more public way so that community members can also be a part of this conversation? >> yeah.

so we aren't having in person meetings because of the ongoing pandemic. >> i know that some of us are here today, and the reason we can't go in person, the governor has suspended the brown act, we still have to have a way for the public, in real-time, to participate in comment, and that has been a technology challenge. so if you want to have committee meetings, they would have to look similar to this where some staff show up to make the meetings happen. >> okay. we'll have to schedule that. >> okay. i would love to do that.

and also, this is kind of beyond that, but we need to have virtual town hauls using youtube, and i know we rely on sfgovtv to make visible, like, to video record our meetings in general, but i would like for all of us to explore ways that we can be meeting with constituents and community-based organizations via on-line platforms? you know, i think we should be thinking a little more creatively -- like, we're thinking creatively about distance learning? we will versus think creatively about how we make these conversations public and inviting the public to participate. and then, additionally, i just also wanted to say, you know, i appreciate your comments that you're working collaboratively? we know that, you know, italy is a whole country that's shutdown, and if we had actual leadership, i'm just going to name it, we would be shutting down the whole country, but

we're seeing it state by state because we don't have a national leader. we as a region are trying to operate. as a nation, we're getting worse. the good thing about twitter is you get this real-time feed of how things are happening, and things are going to get really ugly. with that, we need to get compassionate about distance learning, but our families and our educators are going to be impacted by this crisis, and people are going to lose family members or they're going to be sick, and i also want us to hold space that what we're going into, we're going to require that we have space for people to grieve or to take care of loved ones, you know, and be supportive and, you

know, think along the lines of schedules that have to be met, and we're going to have to have a lot of flexibility. and then, in addition, i want to echo commissioner lam's comments. i think especially as a district and as a system, you know, there's a lot of kind of ingrained behaviors that people are used to doing, and this is a challenging time, but we're going to have to shift. so i'm glad as a district, we're thinking about who are social workers doing at this time? a lot of them spend their time coordinating i.e.p.s, kind of doing coordinating work in schools. how can they support our teachers and educators right now? maybe they check in with parents where they have on-line groups with their kids.

and then, nurses, you know, how are nurses -- what's their role? can they shift? can they help parents or, like, families understand symptoms of kids? we have a lot of folks that are not in a -- you know, a brick and mortar school anymore, but we're all -- we want to be activated and we want to help where we can, and that even goes to kind of getting out information. maybe we need to shift some staff into communication so we can be better and more nimble in communicating with folks. like, i'm feeling, like, there's an overload right now

in terms of capacity to answer all of those questions one by one. as commissioner lam has suggested, maybe we can get some staff members -- we need -- the chief dodd was saying increasing capacity and bringing in more capacity, but maybe we need more capacity for folks to just answer phone calls about enrollment and even just getting resources, so i'm looking forward to having those conversations and seeing who's not being utilized right now and maybe span capacities into things that have been underresourced, and as commissioner lam said, how are we connecting with the city. i want to understand how we're

leveraging city resources and working in partnership with them. [inaudible] >> as you know, we're under the umbrella of -- [inaudible] >> i'm talking about on-line. that's what i'm talking about. on the phone. >> so as i mentioned, when commissioner lee asked the same questions, social workers,

counselors, and nurses are going to be starting next week. they're working on protocols, and they're going to be working around communications with students and on the phone, and they've already begun that shift. >> could we see the actual plans -- i'd love to see the actual plans or communications that you're giving out, or the nurses, as well, are we giving information what they should be shifting their work towards? >> yes. and we're going to have them working the whole company. it's included social workers, counselors, and nurses, so there will be information going out. i want to say there will be information going out to staff, and that includes social workers and staff, what they're being asked to shift to, and

there's also information going out to families. >> okay. one question, i haven't seen any of these, and i think there may be commissioners who would like to see some of these plans. i mean, i'd love to form with central office leaders in your plans. can you share those with us based on the policies that we're connected with? >> sure. there's a lot of plans, but she and i can go through the material that we can share. >> and i just want to clarify, we can provide some draft guidance around what teachers and site administrators are doing as they prepare to facilitate teacher-led distance learning. as i said, more guidance for

nurses and some of the other roles that you just called out is forthcoming, so i just wanted to make sure i make that correction. in the meantime, we'll be ramping up the various distance learning models in the various forms, but -- [inaudible] >> -- with you all for some feedback, and we're also providing drafts to our latest partners to get some feedback, as well. >> yes. why is everybody laughing? i can't see anything. it's not okay. [inaudible] >> oh, you heard her? i'm sorry. see, this is the new normal.

[inaudible] >> we're actually finding that there's a lot more requests coming to the school district for support, and there are requests going out for support, and they're not being met. i think the department of public health is probably going to be looking for some of our nurses to come into play. we're being asked to provide masks and gloves and cleaning supplies, so all of us are sort of making the same requests to be enforced.

we are partnering, but i think everyone is stretched, and we're all looking to each other for resources that we may or may not have. [inaudible] >> -- and i'd also like to get an account on how many nurses and p.d.s are -- >> i'll let the chief comment on that. [inaudible] >> we are obligated to adhere to the requests from the mayor

if we are not using our staff, to deploy our staff as needed. so we're in close contact with them. obviously, we, at this point, being our janitorial and custodial staff, we have not responded to that by sending people, but obviously, anticipating this goes on longer, we're going to get more and more requests. [inaudible] >> or i just feel like -- i'm trying to figure out what's happening on friday. so anything -- [inaudible] >> can we communicate that, you know -- let's look at creating

an sfusd plan for our kids. so i would like to see folks really ramp up on that, trying to figure out what that would look like -- [inaudible] >> i will get that for you.

[inaudible] >> and do you have a -- [inaudible] >> the nurses, i want to say we have -- i want to say we have a little over 100, but again, i can figure that out while we're sitting here and come back and give you that number when it's available. and also, when it's happening, i know we have -- when we do get a request, we do have a little bit to go back and forth and say this is the amount of time that we can provide and things like that. and once that person is deployed, they have a completely different supervisor, and that person is telling them, so we absolutely have the ability to say, we can't do eight hours, we can do six hours, and things like that, and we get a pretty good

idea of what is being asked at that person. >> i just want to ask a quick follow up. what i'm understanding and what i'm receiving from folks, it seems like there's an opportunity for us to clamp down a little bit tighter in terms of this transition process. and if we could really be vigilant in terms of what our processes are moving forward, folks would understand here, how does that look like? [inaudible] >> i would hate for us to be in a situation where i want to transfer information, and we

can't, and folks are being placed here, and -- [inaudible] >> any other questions or comments? commissioner make sure we have

capability to meet grades 3 through 12 -- [inaudible] >> -- and they have that access. okay. so we're good on that? okay. section k, introduction of proposals and assignment of - section l, proposals for

immediate action and suspension of the rules, there's none today. section m, board members reports, there's none today. n, item one, acceptance of gifts, monthly report, section n-2, initial proposal from international federation of professional and technical engineers, local 21 to san francisco unified school district, there's no discussion. item o, memorial adjournment, we have none.

>> great, good morning, everyone. the meeting will and to order. welcome to the meeting of the public safety and neighborhood services committee. i'm supervisor rafael mandelman, the chair. and we're joined by vice chair supervisor stefani and supervisor walton and i want to thank the fine folks for staffing this meeting as well as the operations and i.t. for lending their support to this first remote meeting of our

committee. and for all that you are all doing to keep all of our meetings running smoothly, which i know that is challenging in these times. and mr. clerk do you have announcemented? >> clerk: due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect city employees, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and the committee room are closed. the members are participating in the meeting remotely, the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment is available for each item on the agenda, both cable channel 26 and sfggovtv.org are streaming. and the ability to speak during the comment period are available by calling 888-204-5984. and you can utilize an access code. the code is, 3501008.

i'll repeat those numbers, the calling number is 888-204-5984. and the access code is, 3501008. and once callers are connected they s3501008. and once callers are connected they should press the pound symbol. and then press the pound symbol again. and then after they're connected if they wish to speak they should dial 1 and then dial 0, in order to be added to the queue to speak to that particular agenda item. they are lined up in the order which they dial 1 and 0. while waiting the system will be silent. the calling system will notify you when you are in line and waiting. all callers remain on mute until their line is opened for comment. everyone must account for the

time delays and speaking discrepancies between the live coverage and streaming. we have about a one or two second delay. and best practices are to call from a quiet location and speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television, radio or your streaming device. alternatively you may submit your public comments in either of the following ways -- you can email me johncarol, and my email address is john.carroll@sfgov.org. to repeat that, that is john.carroll@sfgov.org. if you submit public comment by email it's in the legislative files as part of the matters. written comments may be sunday by u.s. postal service to city

hall room 244, san francisco, california, 94102 and that address is available on the agenda for this meeting. and, mr. chair, the items today are expected to appear on the. the agenda of april 21st agenda unless otherwise noted. >> can you call our first item. >> clerk: agenda one is a hearing to consider the issuance of a type 21 off-sale general beer, wine and distilled spirit liquor license for the epicurian trader l.l.c. and located at 1 ferry building. and it will serve the public convenience or the necessity of the city and county. the members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item call the number that i mentioned earlier and printed on your agenda and dial 1, 0 now to be added to the queue. >> i believe that we have the officer here to present on this

item? >> yes, good morning. >> good morning. >> okay. so you have before you a report for the epicurian trader and they have applied for a type 21, 41, 86 license and if approved this allows them to separate in off-sale general to sell beer and wine anyplace and a tasting type license. there are zero letters of protest, zero letters of support. they are located at plot 216, which is considered a high crime area. and they are in a high saturation area and no opposition. and recommends approval on the following conditions -- number one, winetasting is conducted there should be signs in a conspicuous space, that the entrance and/or the exits of the premise as depicted on 257 which state no alcoholic beverages

beyond this point. said times shall be no less than 7-inch by 11-inch in size and contain letters no less than one inch in sign. two, signs posted that no minors are allowed in the tasting area as of april 1st, they have not agreed formally to the conditions. >> they have and they have not? >> they have not as of april 1st. >> okay. and if we could ask the applicant about that. thank you, officer. do we have matt pawns on the line? or another representative of the applicant? >> the applicant is matt pond and matt pond is on the call-in line and our operations team could unmute mr. pond's phone number so he can speak to our committee now.

>> he is ready to speak. >> clerk: mr. pond? >> hi, guys. everybody hear me? >> clerk: yes, we can. >> okay. so first of all, thanks for the meeting and i know that it's been difficult for everybody to try to push things forward and we appreciate everybody working hard to keep the process moving forward. firstly, as it provides to the conditions, you know, i think that in the hustle and bustle of shelter-in-place and trying to run a business that just was missed but we're fully supportive of the conditions and we have no objection and we're more than happy to put that on the record and anything that is required. and just everybody on the phone call knows, the epicurian trader and the suggestions -- hopefully that will clear that matter up. and, secondly, you know, as i sort of think about, you know, the essence of this topic which

is whether it's a public convenience and a necessity, i think about our other locations and in moments like this i think that it's very paramount and clear that we are a necessity to these neighborhoods. if we were not currently opened, you know, the residents would have very limited or zero access to fresh produce and milk, eggs, fresh bread. and so i think that, you know, i think that it's highlights how big a necessity that having a quality grocer, san francisco-run, and locally owned and operated, you know, how critical it is for the residents of those neighborhoods. you know, and the financial district is in a similar pocket. there's very limited access to quality grocers in that part of town. and, you know, we strive to offer a similar selection as we do in the neighborhoods and try

to become a convenience for the people -- th that work in the aa or use the ferry building as a means of transportation. and so, you know, we hope that you guys recognize that what we do, we do things by the book. we definitely strive to try to adapt and to become part of the neighborhood and hopefully some of the board of supervisors who have had other locations in the neighborhoods have experienced that either firsthand or through, you know, comments from the constituents. >> thank you, mr. pond. i don't see any comments or questions from my colleagues. so we can open this up to members of the public if any have called in.

mr. clerk, are there any callers on the line? >> clerk: mr. chair, staff is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. >> one second, please. >> clerk: thank you. a reminder for anyone who may have called in, if you want to speak on agenda item 1, you dial 1, and then 0, after you have connected to our public line and entered the access code. >> there appears to be one caller. >> clerk: great. >> i will say some things about public comment. we give our speakers two minutes and we ask that you state your first and last names clearly. okay. i'm going over public comments and the speakers will have two minutes and we have to hear your

first and last name clearly and speak directly into the phone. if you have a written statement that you have prepared, you are encouraged to send a copy to the committee clerk for the official file. and in the interest of time we ask that speakers avoid repetition of previous statements, though we only have one public commenter, that's not going to be a problem. so, please, go ahead. >> you can begin now. have we connected the first caller? >> yes, we have. hello, caller, can you hear us? >> that caller is not mr. pond, right? >> clerk: it shows mr. pond -- >> all right, well, we already heard from mr. pond.

so it sounds like we don't have any additional public comment on this item. and so i'm going to close public comments now. and bringing the imaginary gavel down. and so, again, no comments or questions -- i don't see any comments or questions from my colleagues. i understand that supervisor peskin is supportive of this item. moving forward, i think that it is reasonable to expect that the applicant can meet the conditions and formally agreed to the conditions before this gets voted on with the board of supervisors. i'm hoping that will happen. and i'll probably ask to confirm -- our office will make sure that has happened before this is voted on, board of supervisors. but with all of that said, i think that we can direct our clerk to prepare resolution determining the issuance of the

license to serve the public necessity and i will make a motion to send that forward to the full board with positive recommendation. and, mr. clerk, can you call the roll. >> clerk: on the motion to recommend a resolution to the full board of supervisors, that finds that the service premise would meet the public convenience or necessity, vice chair stefani? >> aye. i got it. thank you. >> clerk: stefani, aye. member walton. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> clerk: walton, aye. chair mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: great, the motion passes. thank you, everyone. we got through one, one more to go. clerk, call the next item. >> clerk: pardon me, just a moment. agenda item 2, is a hearing to consider that the transfer of a

type 20 off-sale beer and wine liquor license to d.p. and d.k. investments incorporated doing business as kal neighborhood maisht at 19th avenue, will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of the and the members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call the public comment line and enter the access code and then queue up by pressing 1, and then 0. you should do so now. mr. chair. >> supervisor mandelman: great. thank you. and, again, we'll start with officer samuelson from the a.l.u. >> all right, you have before you a report for d.p. and d.k. investments inc, and applied for a type 20 license and this allows them to operate in an all of-sale beer and liquor premise. and zero letters of opposing and they are in a low crime area, they are in census track 32601,

which is considered high saturation, and no opposition. a.l.u. recommends approval with the following conditions. number one, sales, service and consumption of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. each day of the week. number two, the participants shall monitor the area under their control to prevent the loitering of persons on any property adjacent to the licensed premise as depicted on the most recently certified form. and number three, the petitioner shall be responsible for maintaining it free of litter area adjacent to the premise over which they have control as depict. and noted as of april 1st, the applicant had agreed to the above listed conditions. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, officer samuelson. and then we will hear from the applicant. is jodie knight or the applicant on the line? >> clerk: we have sabrina

shaggy on the line. if you could unmute her mike so she can -- her mic so she can address the panel. >> good morning, supervisors. we appreciate you hearing -- we appreciate you hearing this item today. i'm sabrina shaggy and i'm speaking on behalf of the project sponsor. and the gas station has been operating at the site for decades and includes a building with an awtdo repair station and a small food mart. the owners propose to put the auto repair station to a more beneficial use by expanding this into the rest of the existing building. the planning commission unanimously approved the project on consent. although this is a chevron gas station it's a family-owned and operated franchise where the owners take great pride in being part of this community. their goal is to provide a true neighborhood serving market in response to the needs of their

customers. the expanded food mart will include the sale of general grocery items, fresh coffee, made-made food and personal items, as well as beer and wine. so that the local residents can conveniently pick up most of the items they need while stopping for gas. 37 neighbors and customers have signed a petition or written letters in support of the project and stating that this type of market would be beneficial to the neighborhood. aside from providing a one-stop-shop for customers, the addition of beer and wine sales will provide a much-needed increase in revenue which is crucial for the long-term viability of the gas station. in turn, this will help to preserve jobs for current employees and to provide new employment opportunities in the neighborhood. given the current economic crisis, it's imperative that the city support neighborhood serving and family-owned businesses. aside from the conditions that the police department has imposed and the owners have agreed to, the owners are also taking a number of other safety precautions. they're not providing any beer

or wine near the entrance, they're requiring all employees to complete abc's online training course and the site will be monitored at all times for the insulation of 11 security cameras. and the owners have no tolerance for any loitering and they take the maintenance of the property seriously. and the addition of this type 20 license will ensure the continued viability of the gas station and most importantly it will look at the needs of those that live and work in the neighborhood. for these reasons we respectfully request that you forward this to the full board for positive recommendation. thank you and i'm available for any questions. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you. i don't see any comments or questions from my colleagues. so i will open this up to public comment. do we have any callers in the queue? >> clerk: mr. chair, staff will check to see if there's callers in the queue. mr. chair, there are no callers wishing to speak.

>> supervisor mandelman: great. i will close public comment. and, colleagues, i understand that supervisor mar is not in opposition to this license, he supports sending this item forward to the full board. given that, i think we can direct our clerk to prepare a resolution to determine the issuance of the license for public convenience and subsidy and i'll make a motion to send that resolution to the full board with positive recommendation. clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: on the motion to amend the resolution pending public convenience or necessity findings for the applicant, vice chair stefani. >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> clerk: stefani, aye. supervisor walton. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> clerk: walton, aye.

is it chair mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> clerk: there's no further business. >> supervisor mandelman: then we are adjourned. thank you, everyone. >> clerk: thank you. >> thank you, chair mandelman. >> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san

francisco's elected assessor. when i meet with seniors in the community, they're thinking about the future. some want to down size or move to a new neighborhood that's closer to family, but they also worry that making such a change will increase their property taxes. that's why i want to share with you a property tax saving program called proposition 60. so how does this work? prop 60 was passed in 1986 to allow seniors who are 55 years and older to keep their prop 13 value, even when they move into a new home. under prop 13 law, property growth is limited to 2% growth a year. but when ownership changes the law requires that we reassess the value to new market value. compared to your existing home, which was benefited from the -- which has benefited from the prop 13 growth limit on taxable value, the new limit on the

replacement home would likely be higher. that's where prop 60 comes in. prop 60 recognizes that seniors on fixed income may not be able to afford higher taxes so it allows them to carryover their existing prop 13 value to their new home which means seniors can continue to pay their prop 13 tax values as if they had never moved. remember, the prop 60 is a one time tax benefit, and the property value must be equal to or below around your replacement home. if you plan to purchase your new home before selling your existing home, please make sure that your new home is at the same price or cheaper than your existing home. this means that if your existing home is worth $1 million in market value, your new home must be $1 million or

below. if you're looking to purchase and sell within a year, were you nur home must not be at a value that is worth more than 105% of your exist egging home. which means if you sell your old home for $1 million, and you buy a home within one year, your new home should not be worth more than $1.15 million. if you sell your existing home at $1 million and buy a replacement between year one and two, it should be no more than $1.1 million. know that your ability to participate in this program expires after two years. you will not be able to receive prop 60 tax benefits if you cannot make the purchase within two years. so benefit from this tax savings program, you have to apply. just download the prop 60 form

from our website and submit it to our office. for more, visit our website, sfassessor.org,

>> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's elected assessor. in our seven mile by seven mile city, we have over 210,000 properties and close to 90% of their are residential like the homes you and i live in, so you might ask, how can we possibly value all these properties? well, to better understand our work, we need to explain the

state's proposition 13 law. in 1978, california voters passed proposition 13. under prop 13, we value your property at market value when you first buy it. every year after, that value goes up by the c.p.i. or the california consumer price index. but if the c.p.i. is more than 2%, prop 13 caps the increase at 2%. we'll walk-through the maximum increases prop 13 would allow. let's take a home with initial value of $400,000. in the second year your assessed value grows by a maximum of 2%, growing from $400,000 to $408,000. in year three, that $408,000 is increased by 2% to roughly $416,000. every year, the value grows by the maximum rate of 2%, and that is called your prop 13

value. keep in mind as time goes by your prop 13 value may not be the same as market rate. what do we mean by that? let's say over the last ten years, home prices in san francisco have gone every roughly 10% every year. despite that, your prop 13 value is capped at 2% growth creating a difference between your market value and prop 13 value. know that the value recessed when there's a change in ownership. a change in ownership means that the property has a new zoner. maybe through a -- new owner. maybe through a sale, a gift or adding or dropping names through title. at that time the home will be assessed a new market rate. that value becomes a new starting point for the property. just like before, the growth continues to be limited at 2% until the next transfer happens. remember, the new owners are responsible for paying taxes at the new level from the first day that they own it. value might also be added when

construction happens on your property. that would be another instance when growth in your value might exceed 2%. here, we would add the value of construction on top of your existing prop 13 value. every july, we'll let you know what your assessed value is by sending you a letter called a notice of assessed value. you can use that information to estimate your property taxes early. please note that a separate office called the treasurer tax collector's office will send you a letter in october and they're responsible 230r collections. for more information, visit our website, >> while this technology allows us to hold these meetings via teleconference, it may not be

as seamless as we would like it to be. there will be some gaps and dead air, so we beg everyone's indulgence, but we think it's important that muni go about its business and hold the meeting, and we'll have to go ahead and cope with the limitations that technology presents us. sounds like everybody has done this before, but if you're participating via remote technology, please keep your microphone on mute so we don't get feedback on everything. i'd like to thank people who made this meeting possible. our secretary, roberta boomer, along with shawn, art, jack from sfgtv, the staff at the board of supervisors, carolyn

and sophia. a lot of people worked to make this happen at this unprecedented time. i will say to our staff, from jeff tumlin down through the ranks, the response has been remarkable, and we'll talk more about this as the meeting goes on, but i just want to say thank you. you guys are emblematic about this city. >> clerk: announcement of prohibition of sound producing meetings at this time. there is no prohibition at this time with respect to this meeting. item 4, approval of the minutes. this is for the minutes of march 17 regular meeting. >> okay. very good. board members, as is always, this has been circulated to us

in advance. i assume there are no comments, so at this point, i will ask first if there is any public comment on item 4. miss boomer, do you see any comment on item 4? >> clerk: thank you. our moderator will check. so if members of the public would like to comment, please dial one-zero if you wish to address the board on the minutes of the march 17 meeting. moderator, please let us know when you are ready or whether there are any callers who wish to address. >> caller: there are no members of the public that wish to address the board. >> okay. thank you very much. seeing that, we'll close public

comments. unless there's a motion from tfrom -- there's any comments, i'll ask for a motion -- >> interactive talk mode. all participants are now in listen-only mode. >> clerk: mr. director, you may proceed with the meeting. >> we had a motion from director torres. >> all those in favor, please say aye. >> clerk: mr. president, i need to do a roll call vote. [roll call]

>> clerk: mr. chair, that is a unanimous approval. >> very good. would you call -- go ahead. item 5. >> clerk: under communications. >> okay. would you please finish your portion of this? >> clerk: yes, mr. chair, i will. all right. so this meeting is being televised by sfgtv. please be aware that there is a 20-to-30-second time lag, so if members of the public are watching, there will be a lag between what you're seeing on sfgtv and what you are hearing. if members of the public wish to make a comment on the agenda, the phone number is

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directdirecto directdirecto director eaken? >> director eaken: >> director eaken: i think at a minimum, there's sort of two phases at this challenge, but just wanted to say that i've observed this phase during this crisis. many cities around the world are creating more space for safe walking and biking to make sure that people have enough space to use those modes of transportation in a way that's also adhering to public health guidelines, and it's remarkable to see how many cities have made that essential space for walking and biking. the second is as we think about

recovery, i talked to a colleague from another city talking about how pollution is down, traffic is down. i haven't seen the numbers, but i would presume that vision zero and accidents and fatalities are down. so the thing is, when we go back, how do we get past the largest source of death and greenhouse gas pollution in this country? [inaudible] >> -- in terms of how do we come back and be more strong and equitable than our transportation system was before this crisis? >> wonderful. thank you, director eaken. i certainly look forward to watching you push forward those ideas, no pun intended.

i see no other comments, so we'll move onto the director's report. director tumlin, crazy first couple of months for you. you are unflappable. very impressed with how you're dealing with this. thank you for taking care of our professionals and making sure that they'y're in the loo and looked after. thank you very much. the floor is yours, sir. >> thank you, director heinicke. who would have thought that i as a lifelong transit rider and resident of san francisco would be, in my first three months on the job, eliminating muni lines and telling people not to ride muni to save those spaces for some w