javier torez from the sfpuc department, as well as the entire sf tv staff. madam secretary, back to you. >> thank you, madam president. this meeting is being televised by sfg tv. please be aware there's a 30 to 40-second time lag between a live meeting and what members of the public are viewing on sfg tv. if you are watching and wish to comment, call the phone line when the item is called. for members of the public who wish to make public comment on an agenda item dial (888)273-3658 access code

310-7452 and #and dial 1-0 to be added to the speaker line. the auto prompt will see callers are entering question and answer time but this is public comment period. you will be cued up in the order in which your call is received and you will hear an automated voice that when tell you when it is your turn to speak. when your microphone has been un-muted, you will be asked to speak and your speaking time will begin. i will alert you when your time has expired and move on to next speaker. make sure you're in a quiet location, you turn off any tv or radios and if you're livestreaming, mute the sound to reverbate any communication. madam president, your first order is business item 3, approval of the minutes of apri. >> commissioners, you have

before you the minutes of the march 10th -- >> motion to accept. >> commissioner paulson, do we have a second? >> second, commission maxwell, second. >> thank you. >> are there any additions or corrections to the minutes? seeing none, is there any public comment for the minutes of march 10th? >> mr. moderator, members of the public who wish to make public comment on item 3, approval of the minutes of apri, access code 310-7452 and

#followed by #again and dial 1-0 to be added to the speaker line. and we will wait. >> madam secretary, i'm going to enable question and answer mode on the line. >> thank you. >> operator: your question is now in question and answer mode. to summon each question, press 1-0. >> madam president, mr. moderator, do we have any calls? >> we have no one wishing to give public comment. >> closing public comment. >> i will again call for the motion, all those in favour? >> aye. >> commissioner -- >> we need a role call. >> i'm doing that, city

attorney. president cane? >> aye. >> vice president viatore? commissioner moran. commissioner maxwell and commissioner paulson. we have five ayes. >> ok, the motion carries. >> next item, please. >> the next item is item number 4, general public comment and members of the public may address the commission on matters within the commission's jurisdiction and not on today's agenda. members the public who wish to make public comment on item 4, general public comment dial (888)273-3658, access code 310-7452 and pound followedpy pound again.

dial 1-0 to be added to the speaker line. mr. moderator, can you please open the lines and we'll give it 45 seconds or so. >> madam secretary, there are two callers on the line. >> first caller, please. >> operator: you have two questions remaining. >> question: can you hear me? >> yes, go ahead. >> question: my name is chris gilbert. i'm representing the cr club bay chapter, particularly the water committee. i want to urge the sf puc to

continue to address a question of how to restore the bay delta and the tawalmai river in particular. there was a directive given last year, i believe, for the staff to answer the question, what would it take to manage the design drought with the bay delta plan in effect which hasn't been fully answered and i request that that be pursued. we are concerned about the decline in the environment there and the fish stocks and with a possible new drought coming, we need to make sure that the environment and the people's livelihoods that depend on that environment in the bay delta are considered along with making sure that water gets provided to san francisco. thank you. >> thank you.

>> next caller, please. >> operator: you have one question remaining. >> question: good afternoon. this is peter drechmyer and i appreciate the opportunity to comment. as you know, the san francisco bay area is one of the most environmentally conscious regions of the world and, yet, we've seen very little progress on environmental protections from the sf puc. i was loo looking back over the documents from the 1995 settlement agreement and there's a lot of discussion about the need, the sf puc, to develop alternative water supplies, but in reality, we've had little progress, especially compared to places like los angelos. and then in 2008, with the water system improvement program, the issue came up again and we've been great with conservation, but we've only averaged about

one mgd and that's the recovery and storage property in san matteo county and progress on the recycled water. so we did a lot of reports saying these are things that could be done and timelines, but nothing get launched. we've actually lost opportunities and there's a regional waste water plant is valley water, recently, entered an agreement with mountain view to build a 9 mgd advanced purified water system to make recycled water healthier for plants. so the 2 mgd could opt that river water because it's used in the river area, but the 9 mgd is giving it a second life in a different water district and that was a real lost

opportunity. we need to think about what we need to do to move forward on these projects. as i mentioned before, the kirkwood agreement was signed in 1988. >> thank you, peter. thank you very much. >> thank you. (bells ringing). >> madam secretary, there's one more caller in the cue, my apologies. >> thank you. go ahead, speaker. >> operator: you have one question remains. >> question: good afternoon, utility's boards and president and members. alita dupree for the record and i've spoken to you on occasion before. my miscellaneous feelings about puc is to continue the work of

clean power sf and to increase the percentage of renewables that are offered in all classes of service. and i have been following clean power sf since 2013. so i'm very aspirational in this idea. i want san francisco to use more renewables and i ask thaw continuthat youcontinue to be ae city to reduce the amount of particularettes and greenhouse gases being emitted. i ask that you continue to stay the course with the work of creating a municipal in the utility district.

i think this will make san francisco a cleaner and greener city. >> mr. moderator, any other callers? >> no, the cue is empty. >> thank you. madam president, having no other public callers, public comment on item number 4 is closed. the next item is item 5, communications. >> yes. commissioners, any comments on communications? >> seeing none, i will move on to the next item. >> i'm sorry. public comment on number 5? >> yes, mr. moderator, can we please open the phone lines and members the public who wish to make public comment on

communications, dial (888)273-3658 and access code 310-7452, followed by pound and pound again and dial 1-0 to be added to the speaker line. >> madam secretary, we have one caller in the cue to far. >> ok. go ahead and -- >> operator: you have one question remaining. >> this is on item number 5, communications. >> question: yes, thank you. president cane, this is a mr. dupree for the record. please use pronounces she and her in the minutes and correspondence and this is

concerning 5c, which is leds and leds are very important to me and i practise leds in my home and i'm very pleased that this city has, although belatedly, has worked very aggressively to convert the streetlight to led. we save a lot of electricity as i read in the report. they save about one third over the previous mode. so i know that the decorated streetlight is something that is challenging, but i think that we can do led lighting and also preserve the historical significance of these fixtures. i think it's important to the as aspirational because every kilowatt hour is a benefit we

can do something else here which will make our great city cleaner and green. greener. thank you. >> thank you. mr. moderator, any other callers on item 5? >> no other callers in the cue. >> thank you. madam president, public comment on item 5 is closed. >> yes, next item, please. >> next item is item 6, report of the general manager. mr. kelly. >> good afternoon, commissioners. can you guys hear me? >> yes. >> but we can't see you. [ laughter ] >> you wanna see me? [ laughter ] >> ok, we can do that. where is that? there it is. so good afternoon, commissioners, and thank you for your support and for helping us

to continue our essential work. we would like to keep delivering water and power and sewer services to our customers. over the past several weeks, we have transformed the way we do business. many of our employees are working remotely, representatives are taking calls from their homes, accounting and finance and payroll from their homes. our water conservation teams are doing evaluation evaluations one instead of in-person. and a lot of folks are reporting at the puc facilities and job sites to do their work. in all of our pause -- well, a

lot folks have paused their day-to-day work so they can lend work for our city or the puc departmental operation's center and that's really to help a city-wide effort. and i am just proud to say despite the operational challenges, our customers receive a wider power and sewer services without any interruption. from start of this pandemic, we definitely focus on the health and safety of our employees first. employees who can do their job remotely are doing so and they have equipment and they need to make it happen. for employees who are still working and are at the puc facilities and work site, we are remain steadfast in our approach

to safety and social distancing practises and ensuring that workers have the necessary ppe or personal protective equipment they need. it's all following the guidance of the federal, state and local agencies. last time we met, i told you that we are standardized the enhanced distancing procedure at the puc facility and work site and put in place voluntary health screenings for anyone coming spot locations. but since then, we began mandatory health screening at our bright street facility and southeast treatment plant. later this week, we'll do the same city distribution. these screenings include health questionnaires and in-person

temperature checks. employees who show symptoms are not permitted on site and are provided information on covid-19 testing appointments. we also have taken steps to ensure customers continue to have access to water, power and sewer services, especially those who arthose. (inaudible). >> there were power set-offs due to late payments and we waive late fees and we provided rental payment deferments for tenants of our facilities. this week, we announced a new $500,000 grant program to support small and local businesses in the bayview neighborhood an that are being

impacted by this pandemic. this is made possible by our social impact partners, our mayor london breed, supervisor walton and the office of economic and workforce development. but we know that we need to do know and in the coming days, we will approve and expand our customer assistance program, our regular place for residential customers to maximize discount opportunities who need it the most. this effort will include the online forum, automatically extending the program for current roles and new criteria for new enroleee enrollees who e experiencing financial difficulties during this covid-19.

this will save a 15% on your water bill through september of 2020, a 30% savings on your power bill and a 35% savings on your waste water bill. finally, we are continuing to respond to this pandemic. we are also looking forward or towards recovery and also the future. this week, we are finalizing the number of vacant positions are essential to our operations and we'll move forward in recruiting and the hiring process between now expect end of the fiscal year. or at the end of the calendar year. and so, we are working diligently to identify savings for this current fiscal year and build out a revised budget for the next fiscal year.

and we are collaborating with utilities from across the country to create a plan to bring employees back to work and return our operations to normal while keeping our workplace healthy. and so i want to thank you again for your support on all of these efforts and on the support to continue to work with the commission over the coming weeks and months and so, that's the end of my report. and if you have any questions, feel free to ask. >> commissioners, any comments? seeing none, madam secretary, could we open this up to public comment? >> members of the public who wish to make comment on item number 6, dial (888)273-3658,

access code 310-7452 and fouled bfollowed by pound and pound again and 1-0 to be added to the speaker line. >> mr. moderator, my calls? >> no callers in the cue. >> as such, i will close public comment. >> to the general manager, thank you for your very good service and the entire staff of our 2500

employees who are moving forward in this very unfortunate time. with that said, next item, please. >> the next order of business is item 7, the bay area water supply and conservation agency written update. and a written memo was provided from bosco for the update for this month and it's included in the packets. >> commissioners, any comment on new business? >> that's the boscoe report, madam president? >> correct. seeing none, moving on to the next item. >> actually, madam president, i will call public comment on item 7. member of the public who wish to make public comment on item 7,

dial (888)273-6558, access code 310-7542 and followed by pound and pound again and dial 1-0 to be added to the speaker line. mr. mo moderator, any calls? >> no callers in the cue. >> having none, public comment on item 7 is closed. >> next item, please. >> item 8 is new commission business. >> i believe we're in the

consent calendar. >> no, item 8, no commission business. >> let's see. according to me, the consent calendar is item 8. >> i believe there is an issue with your script. witem 8 is new commission business. >> oh, ok. that's probably why things are -- i have this as item 7. ok, so new commission business. commissioners, any new business to speak to? seeing none, next item, please. >> next item is item 9 and consent calendar and all matters listed here to constitute a consent calendar to be retained

by the san francisco utility's commission and acted upon by the vote of the commission and there will be no separate vote unless the public so requestions, in which the matter will be removed and considered as a separate item. >> commissioners, any others to be removed for further discussion? hearing none from the public, any item to be removed from the consent calendar? madam secretary, could you please instigate the public comments on this item? >> yes, members of the public to make a comment on item 9, the consent calendar, dial (888)273-365(888)273-3658, and y

pound and pound again and dial 1-0 to be added to the speaker line. mr. moderator, do we have any calls? >> madam secretary, no callers in the cue. >> thank you. and as such, public comment on item number 9 is closed. >> commissioners, may have a motion and a second? >> move to approve -- sophie maxwell, move to approve consent calendar. >> i'll second, this is commissioner victoria. >> thank you. all those in favour? >> actually, madam president, shall i call a role call vote on

that? >> yes, indeed, thank you. >> president cane. >> aye. >> vice president viatore. >> aye. >> commissioner moran. >> aye. >> commissioner max well. >> well. >> commissioner paulson. aye. >> there are five ayes. >> next item is item 10, approve cuw 35210, the recapture project, adopt the required california environmental quality act findings including a statement of overriding considerations and the mitigation monitoring and reporting program and authorized the general manager to implement the project and agm howe will provide a brief introduction. >> good afternoon. >> go ahead. calling for mr. ritchie.

this is kathy howorowe. this is to adopt the ceqa project, this is under the water system improvement program. the project will allow us to recapture water that is released from the calaveris dam and recaptured at one of the quarry pits and downstream of the calaver issue s dam. we will advertise the project for construction bids and that's sometime this is june or july of this year. >> this is commissioner vitore, and i would like to remove the item. >> commissioner moran seconds that. >> and commissioners, any further discussion?

any questions? seeing none, madam secretary, open it up to public comment. >> thank you. members who wish to make a comment, dial (888)273-3658, access code 310-7452 and pound followed by pound again and dial 1-0 to be added to the speaker line. while we're opening up the speaker line, we did receive a letter that was forwarded to the commission from a from alemeda y and they are in support of the project. >> moderator, any additional callers? >> there are no callener callere

cue at this time. >> thank you, public comment on item 10 is closed. >> the item has been moved and seconded and could you please call the role call for the vote? >> president cane. >> aye. >> vice president. >> aye. >> commissioner moran. >> aye. >> commissioner maxwell. >> aye. >> commissioner paulson. >> aye. >> there are five ayes. the motion carries and next item, please. >> item 11, approve project number 10014227, transmission and distribution project and authorize the release of 56,608 in funding for construction for contract dd130, corridor transmission and phase 3. this action authorizes a second

notice to proceed for equipment purchases only and no construction. and this will be introduced by agm howe. >> good afternoon, commissioners. again, this item is to release the funding for the construction portion of the design build contract for the bay corridor transmission and distribution project. this contract is to build the new substation will be at 398 quinnton street in sanfrancisco and approving the release of the remaining funding is to allow us to proceed with the procurement of electrical equipment which usually has a long lead time. we've received approval for this part of the project as being essential from the city administrator and the san francisco county health officer. and we don't anticipate proceeding with actual field work until the shelter-in-place order is lifted.

>> commissioners, any discussion, questions? >> mr. moran moves the might. >> commissioner maxwell seconds it. >> thank you. and madam secretary, could you please open this up to public comment. >> members of the public who wish to make public comment on item 11, dial (888)273-3658 and access code 310-7452 and pound followed by pound again and dial 1-0 to be added to the speaker line.

mr. moderator, do we have any calls. >> madam secretary, no callers in the cue. >> thank you. public comment on item 11 is closed. >> will we have a motion and a second on this item? commissioner secretary, can you please call the role. >> president king. >> aye. >> vice president viatore. >> aye. >> commissioner moran. >> act.there are five ayes. >> and the motion carries. next item, please. >> item 12 approve amendment number 1 to pr00078, helicopter services for water and power

with a & p helicopters incorporated and let the general manager to execute this amendment, extending this by three year for an agreement of six years with no change to the agreement amount and this is introduced by atm ritchie. >> this is steve ritchie, the assistant general manager for water. did i make it in this time? [ laughter ] >> yes. >> good. this is the extension of a contract for helicopter services for hetch-hetchi power and water. this is used for inspections best done from the air and this is a time extension-only from three years to six years and no increase in the amount of the contract. >> commissioners, any questions or discussion?

may i have a motion? >> commissioner maxwell moves to approve. >> i second, this is tim paulson, commissioner. >> thank you. madam secretary, could you please open this up to public comment? >> members of the public who wish to make public comment on item 12, dial (888)273-3658 and access code 310-7452 and pound followed by pound again and dial 1-0 to be added to the speaker line.

item 12 is closed. >> moved and seconded. madam secretary, can you please take the role call. >> president cane. >> aye. >> vice president. >> aye. >> commissioner moran. >> aye. >> commissioner maxwell. >> aye. >> commissioner paulson. >> aye. >> there are five ayes.

>> the motion carries. nois there any further business? >> madam president, we have three more items? >> oh, obviously my agenda is not up to date. >> we have items 13, 14 and 15 to go. >> i don't even know what they are. >> item 13, approve the terms and conditions of general manager to execute a personal and sales agreement in the amount of 1,227,500 for the purchase of approximately 146.5 acres of agricultural land commonly known as driscoll ramp froranchfor each of the allen mr

trusts and deputy carlin will introduce this. >> this is michael carlin and so this is self-explanatory. it's come on the market and we believe that it's in our best interests to acquire this property at this time. >> very good. commissioners, any questions? commissioner moran. >> commissioner maxwell seconds this. >> i have a question, if i could. we're the chair. and mr. carlin, how did this come on the market? could you give us a little bit of context? i know how important it is for us to have our eye on ajoining properties t for our watershed

with could you give more context on this? mr. carlin, your mic may be muted. >> let's see.

he may have left the call. >> this is the assistant manager for water and i don't know exactly the situation in this case, but what generally happens in most of these properties out there is, frankly, they're usually held by the family trust as a ranch and the owners just desire to move on to something else. that's virtually always the situation, so i assume it's the same situation here. >> if there is something extraordinary we should know about and you could circle back, i would appreciate it. >> absolutely. >> this is vice president vitore. should we hold this off until the next meeting? do you have a question on this? >> no, i'm ok moving forward with this. i just want to make sure -- it

doesn't sound like there's anything out of the ordinary but these unusual times and this is great. i just would want to know if there's some context we should know about. >> these take quite some time to come to fruition. the process for the acquisition of this started last calendar year. >> this is commissioner paulson. i agree with commissioner vitore. i need a little bit more and i'm not willing to stop it by any means, but these land deals are important and i want to make sure that we're fully aware of any glitches that could possibly

come up, thank you. >> this is commissioner maxwell. i agree. for any of these acquisitions that we have a context, so that we have how it came about and a little bit more information, i would be more comfortable with that. and i would also be comfortable with putting it off. but i will vote with the rest of you. >> we can do that. we can do that in the future. >> well, then, can you give us context now since you're back. >> i'm back and negotiating something else at the same time. i apologize for that virtual world. these acquisitions just come up when they do, and it's not like we go out and strategically find these properties, but rather, they just become available. to buy properties in the watershed is important to protect water quality and so,

our long-term goals are to purchase properties as they become available from the family holdings to add to our watershed lands and then manage them in a sustainable way. so it's not like we were seeking them out. they would just come on the market periodically and we keep or eyes open for them. >> so a better way to put it is that within our watershed, there are properties that are owned by families for a long period of time and we have our eyes open on those properties and those areas because it helps us to manage the watershed and keep our water quality high. so when they do become available, you know, we definite definitely pursue this. but it sounds in case, the property owner knew that we were

interested in purchasing the property. and so i think it's a mission of keeping the water quality and so i think, you'll see these happening because of that. >> the other thing you have to remember is that in the unincorporated area of alameda county, it's a large piece of land for a low cost is that we're -- developers can't develop this property. that's another thing and so that's one of the things why we also pick up these properties as they become available. >> does that follow your inquiry about the plans or not? >> yes, but just to confirm. there's no extenuating circumstances. i mean sometimes these deals that somebody is forced to sell

and just wanted to confirm that this was a pretty straightforward transaction. >> they know us and so it was mutually an acceptable deal. >> thank you. >> so can we move forward to public comment? >> members of the public who wish to make public comment on item 13, dial (888)273-3658, access code 310-7452 and pound followed by pound again, dial 1-0 to be added to the speaker line.

mr. moderator, do we have any callers? >> madam secretary, we have no callers in the cue wishing to make public comment. >> thank you. as such, public comment on item 13 is closed. >> may have i a motion for item 13? >> we have a motion and second. would you like me to call role vote? >> yes, please. >> president cane. >> aye. >> vice president viatore. >> aye. >> commissioner moran. >> aye. >> commissioner maxwell. >> aye. >> commissioner paulson. >> aye. >> there are five ayes.

>> the motion carries. next item, please. >> next item is public hearing discussion and possible action to adopt a new electric generation tariff for the power customers called a green tariff that qualifies as renewable energy regeneration under the portfolio standard regulation. this would be voluntary, requiring customers to opt in and be made available for a premium charge on the otherwise applicable rate. and this will be introduced by agm sandler. >> your microphone is muted. >> sorry about that. >> good afternoon, commissioners. eric sandler, assistant manager of businesses in cfo. this seeks approval of a new

voluntary generation tariff for the power customers and voluntary green tariff and it's a premium product and allows the power customers to opt in to receive 100% renewable energy that meets the state's renewable portfolio standard for a premium just under 1% kilowatt hour over what they currently pay. in addition to offering our customers a 100% product, it allows the enterprise for the attributes at the kirkwood power caspowerhouse. there's a revenue-sharing arrangement for purchase fitting in the area resource's control board and low carbon fuel standard's program. utilizing the green tariff power allows those customers to meet the definition of zero carb intensity source and receive a significantly higher price for the low carbon fuel standard credit. they then share that value with

the power enterprise. combined, it's expected that this tariff would bring in additional revenues to the power enterprise of about $3 million a year annually between the premium and the revenue sharing with an additional $4 million in the first year and associated with accumulated low-standard credit. i'm happy to answer any questions in the house. >> any questions or comments? >> i have a question. so eric, is this a new product offering? is that why haven't pursued this before? >> we have a temporary product offering and this is making that product offering new. >> and it's been well -- i mean, this is a part of the deep green or whatever we coalite. >> this is for our power enterprise customers, so it's

not clean power sf. >> is there a down side? >> there is no down side here. >> and i woul would love to understand this better because i don't understand how it fits into our whole suite of renewable offerings. because it sounds great. >> i'm happy to sit down with you and power team to discuss where this fits. >> great, thank you. so i would like to move the item. item. >> miss maxwell here and i will second it. >> madam secretary, any public comment. >> members who wish to make a

public comment on item 14, dial (888)273-3658, access code 310-7452 and found followed by pound again and 1-0 to be added to the speaker line. >> mr. moderator, any callers? >> there is one caller in the cue.

>> thank you. >> operator: you have one question remaining. >> hello, caller, go ahead. >> question: yes, thank you. i've been trying to get up to speed with this. i'm not opposed, but it does look a little complicating. i am aware that there is a distinction between customers of hh cree and clean power sf and the power kirkwood house has considered renewable. i will accept that designation. it is important that we monetize this. my personal opinion is that will watt hours should be attributed across the system. but certainly anything that will help to monetize our renewable attributes, i would certainly hope that that inten benefit she

spread to the city at large, especially, if possible, into clean power sf, which can benefit the customers of the economy rate class. i guess the best way to summarize this, i'm not opposed, but i think it should be clearer. i'm in the neutral, but i'm not against. thank you. >> thank you. mr. moderator, any other speakers? >> there are no more callers in the cue. >> thank you. and as much, public comment on item 14 is closed. madam president. >> before i call for the role call vote, vice president vitore, are you comfortable with this? >> yes, i am. and mr. dupree, i appreciate

your response. it seems positive but it's a complicated process but it seems positive, but i'm ready to proceed. >> good. >> madam secretary, role call, please. >> president cane. >> aye. >> vice president. >> a earthquakes. ye. >> commissioner moran. >> aye. >> commissioner maxwell. >> aye. >> commissioner paulson. >> aye. >> we have five ayes. the motion carries. next item. >> final item to approve the word of a green structure grant in 480,958 to an -- excuse me if i don't pronounce this correctly to licee francis san francisco and authorize the general manager to execute a green infrastructure grant agreement

with the school for a duration of 20 years. >> and hem and norbee will be introducing this item. >> good afternoon, commissioners. greg norbee, assistant general manager with the waste water enterprise. what you have before you is the most recent in our series of green infrastructure grants. this one is for -- and thank you for the challenging pronunciation there. i will refer to it as the french school of san francisco. [ laughter ] >> at this point, the staff is recommending approvalling of the grant agreement and the initial disbursement of funds, which is just for the design and the planning of the project. there is no construction being authorized at this point and no monies for construction being released at this point. and i emphasize that only

because of the obvious sensitivities and limitations that the city is operating under right now and under the public health emergency. so if the commission does approve the grant, and the initial disbursement, which is $96,000, approximately, staff would come back to at a future date after design is complete for the ceqa certification and the approval of the remaining construction support dollars. the total grant amount is approximately $480,000. it's addressing a little over half an acre of impervious area, just off of 19th avenue, if you know where the school is located. and just on one note, this project does include the first, to our knowledge, the first basketball court with what will be permeable paving uses for

that number sport facility. otherwise it includes a mix of features that are common to the grant structure projects, including bioretention and rain harvesting and i will stop there and answer any questions. thank you. >> commissioners, any questions? >> yeah, i have a question. i'm excited about this project. thank you for keeping these programs and projects moving forward, greg. i have a question. this is exciting about the basketball court. i want to make sure that you'll be testing it in order to come back at a future date with a recommendation on whether we can really roll that out more broadly city-wide or if there are problems with water retention, what have you, but that seems like a good opportunity for something that we could then apply to other places. >> yes.

so certainly, commissioner -- pardon me, commissioner v irkia. the overall use of permeable paving is well established and has been validated, so to speak in other municipalities and even though it is somewhat new to the city of san francisco environment, but we certainly are interested in working with the school to monitor the performance of some of these features and then able to share that performance and the history of how it works with other applicants. so this will be similar to what we're doing on some of the turf-based athletic facilities, such as the soccer fields that is included with the project that we're pursuing in coordination with the rec and park department. we want to share any

observations from these features. >> ok, thank you. >> any other questions? >> madam secretary, could you please open this up to public comment. >> do we get a motion didn't a second? >> i was going to do that afterwards, but we could do it now. >> commissioner moran moves. >> commissioner maxwell seconded. >> i would like to open it up to public comment. >> members of the public who wish to make a public comment dial (888)273-3658 and access code 310-1452 and pound followed by found and 1-0 to be added to

the speaker line. >> mr. moderator, any callers? >> there are no callers at this time. >> public comment on item 15 is closed and madam president, that was the last item for the day. >> thank you. so we have a motion and a second and could you please call role call votes. >> president cane. >> aye. >> vice president viatore.

>> aye. >> commissioner moran. >> aye. >> commissioner maxwell. >> aye. >> and commissioner paulson. >> aye. >> there are five ayes. >> the motion carries. and any further business for today. seeing none, that concludes our business. meeting is adjourned at 2:39. >> thank you.

>> mayor: i'm san francisco mayor london breed. i want to thank you all for joining us here today. i'm really excited about this small business forum that is so desperately needed for so many businesses in our city. this pandemic has had not only a tremendous impact on our overall city and our public health, but it has also had a tremendous impact on our financial health, and especially many of our businesses in the city. the people who own these businesses, the work force of these businesses, it all will be very difficult as the few -- as the months to come, when we begin to look at ways in which we can open and provide new guidelines around opening businesses. we know that financially so many of our businesses are hurting

now. they need support now, and also will need support in the future. some of the programs that we put forth here in the city, immediately, almost, was to defer the payment of business taxes until next year. we actually extended the deadline for fees, as well. we provided resources for paid sick leave so businesses can extend paid sick leave payments to their employees. we provided grants and loan opportunities with no interest and flexible repayment schedules. we have also provided arts grants for so many of our artists who rely on performances and other events in order to take care of themselves. as someone who not only loves san francisco, but as someone who uses so many of our small businesses, whether it is the drycleaner that i have been going to since

i could afford a drycleaner, or the person who does my hair or my nails or the musicians that play at the lounges and restaurants that i love to go to all over the city -- all of these very unique businesses are what matters to the people of this city. they are part of the fabric of our city. and i want to make sure that as we propose more funding and more support on the local level, that we are connecting to the people who need these resources the most. and we are also making sure that federal and state resources are reaching all of you. so today we are here with the director of the department of the office of economic and work force development. joaquin torres, and if you want to look up some of the services we have,

visit oewd.org. joaquin runs that department. and even before this pandemic, i have been really laser-focused on trying to eliminate fees that make it difficult for small businesses, in particular, to be in business in san francisco in the first place. so even though this pandemic is challenging, i am so hopeful it will be an opportunity to provide some much-needed long-term relief for our businesses in san francisco. joaquin will be leading those efforts. we also have the president of the small business commission, cynthia huey, who will be moderating this discussion, and we have the director of the chamber of commerce here as well, native san franciscan rodney fong, who has been a business person pretty much his whole life. the wax museum -- i don't know about you, but i went to gallileo

high school,and we used to sneak into the wax museum when i was a kid. so i owe you some ticket money, rodney. so between the wax museum, the restaurants and the hair and nail salons, the barber shops, the masseuse locations, all of these great things are really what make san francisco so special. and we know that the sad reality is that because of the pandemic and because of the requirement around social distancing, it is not as simple as those institutions and those businesses can actually go back to work, number one. and, number two, when you go back to work, the likelihood that you're going to be able to make sufficient revenue to cover the expenses you haven't been able to cover for months is going to be challenging. so this is our opportunity to hear from businesses, to make sure that not only are we putting forth good options to support you,

but they are affectively working to serve your businesses, and that we are doing everything we can to come up with the kinds of things that are going to help you in the long run. so with that, i want to turn it over to our director of the office of economic and work force development for a few words. and then rodney fong will say a few words, and then we'll get to cynthia, and she'll moderate this discussion. thank you all for joining us here today. >> thank you so much, mayor breed, and thank you, again, for your leadership and the pressure you place on our office to make sure we're reaching the needs of our small business communities across the city and in our neighborhoods. and thank you for the idea of bringing us all together through this townhall so we can have an opportunity to hear from each other, and our answers about some of the most pressing questions facing small businesses, and the relief you have been driving us to deliver for our small business

communities. whether we talked about grants or loan products or deferral of fees, it is all grounded in wanting to see our small businesses be successful here, not only with what the city can provide, but complementing the wrap-around efforts of the state and federal resources that both essential to our relief and recovery efforts. a few things before we jump in, we know generally, based on some conversations that we've had, we've seen a 70% decrease city-wide. and certain areas and industries are hit even harder in terms of the sales that are out there. we know that we're already seeing 14,000 businesses being affected, 166,000 employees at this moment in time. we're expecting larger hits as time goes on. in addition to over 70,000 people that have already applied for unemployment in san francisco alone. we know that we are dealing with unprecedented challenges here in san francisco, but we, through our

office of economic and work force development, and mayor breed, we're standing ready to support the small business community at this time, and especially with the partners we have joining us today and in our communities. both in the past and also in the present, and we're very much looking forward to the future. so looking forward to answering some questions here today. now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. ey