>> that's right. >> the regular meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission. today's date is tuesday, may 26, 2020. roll call, please. >> president caen? >> here. >> vice president vietor? >> present. >> commissioner moran? >> here. >> commissioner maxwell? >> here. >> commissioner paulson? >> present. >> we have a quorum. we begin the meet, i'd like to make an announcement. due to the covid-19 health emergency and given the public health recommendations issued by the san francisco department of public health and that governor newsom and mayor brown have lifted restrictions via conference, it's being televised via sfgov tv.

there is a brief time lag between the live meeting and what is being viewed on sfgov tv. on behalf of the commission i'd like to extend our thanks to sfgov tv staff. if you wish to make public comment on an item, dial 888-273-3658, access code 3107452 and pound, followed by pound again. when public comment is called, dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the speaker line. you will be -- you will hear an automated voice that will tell you when it is your turn to speak and your two-minute speaking time will begin. i will alert you when your time has expired. these instructions will be repeat. if they haven't already done show, i'm going to ask the commission and staff to minimize microphones to minimize background noise. and i'd like to note that item number 9 has been removed from the agenda and will be

rescheduled to a different meeting. madame president, your first order of business is item three, approval a of the minutes of. may 12, 2020. >> yes. commissioners, before you have the minutes of may 12, 2020, are there any additions or corrections? seeing none, madame secretary, could you please open this to public comment? >> members of public who wish to make public comment on item 3, a approval of the minutes of may 12, 2020, dial 88-273-3658, access code 3107452 and pound followed by pound again. dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the speaker line. [dinging]

mr. moderator, do we have any comments on minutes? >> operator: madame speaker, there are three callers in the queue. >> you have three questions remaining. >> callers, please note this is for item number three, the minutes. first caller, go ahead. hello, caller. >> you have two questions remaining. >> hello, caller. this is public comment for item 3, minutes. go ahead. >> caller: i'm sorry. i messed up. i was wanting to be in the general public comment. i've never done this before. so, i messed up. >> ok. no worries. no worries. >> i'll hop off and do it again. >> ok. thank you. >> next caller?

>> operator: you have one question remaining. >> hi, caller. this is public comment on item number 3, the minutes. >> caller: hi, there. i also misunderstood. i wanted to make a general comment and not on -- >> ok. thank you. we'll do that as the next item. >> caller: ok. thank you. madame president, we have no public comment. >> commissioner, any further discussion on the minutes? seeing none, may i have a motion? >> president caen? oh, i'm sorry. >> i'll move -- >> move to approve. oh. second. >> madame secretary, please call the roll for the votes. [roll call]

we have five ay irks. >> the motion caser. next item, please. >> item 4 is general public comment. members of public may address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction and are not on today's agenda. by dialing 888-273-3658, access code 3107452 and pound followed by pound again. dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the speaker line. and while we're waiting for callers, i did receive two e-mail correspondents to be entered into public comment that were forwarded to the commission and i'll take the two minutes and read each of these public comments. the first one is from maddelein mueller.

please put this into document. it is not for an item that is on the agenda, but may be soon so it is sent now and will be referenced on 5-26 during public comment on items not on the agenda. it involves a complex issue and commission members will no doubt value to t time to read through the materials. a resolution to acquire the balboa reservoir property for city college of san francisco presented by the defense city college alliance, dcca. preamble -- the overwhelming support for the recent prop-a, 845 million facilities bond for ccsf show san francisco's desire development and growth for city college. the balboa reservoir is a critical element for dccf use. the members of dcca, therefore,

recommend the following resolution -- one, whereas proposition a and $845 million facilities bond measure for new and renovated buildings at city and college of san francisco also included the authority to acquire land. and whereas the voter elected trustees of city college of san francisco are responsible to the citizens of san francisco for the protection of the institution, its students and employees from the effects of political inclusion, including any encroaching privatization of a public college. and whereas the voters of san francisco previously defeated two proposals for private housing development in balboa reservoir, proposition b in 1987 and l in 1988. whereas the san francisco public utilities commission signed an agreement in 1991 [inaudible] half of its reservoir property -- [bell ringing] and the timer is up on that item. again, this was forwarded to the commission so you have the

full gist of the public comment. the second is from mr. dave warner. dear president caen and commissioner, it has been a great honor to communicate with you, not just for your present role at the sfpuc but for your experience, expertise and values you bring to the commission. i'm sorry to report troubling information. in resolution 19-0057 march 26, 2019, regarding the bay dock to ecosystem, there is a clear system that directs staff to include biological outcomes in the voluntary agreement. but when reading the portion of the agreement for the river that was recently published on one of irrigation district's websites, there is no specific biological outcome mentioned. it is troubling not just because it is the primary objective of environmentalists, discussions with the sfpuc or perhaps even more so because of the accountability governance concern. if the commission makes a specific resolution, it is

expected that staff will follow that resolution or communicate back to the commission that staff is having difficulty implementing it. otherwise, the resolution becomes meaningless and the effectiveness of the commission's oversight is reduced. a biological outcome statement in resolution 19-0057 was key because it was solution to the conflict between the conflict of water agencies and environmentalists. the water agencies said that salmon populations could recover with nonflow medical examinerer and less water than the state water resources can full board required while the environmentalists said that at a minimum the swrcb's full measures were intended -- i'm sorry, were needed in addition to nonflow measures. by studying biological outcomes in the voluntary agreement t flow conflict became moot as flow debate didn't matter as long as fish populations recover. perhaps staff has been intending to communicate to you at a future meeting of not being able to add biological

objectives to the voluntary agreement. if so, the communication should have been done before the volunteer agreement became public -- [bell ringing] again, that correspondence was forwarded to the commission this morning. and mr. moderator, can you open the phone lines, please? >> yes, madame secretary. >> operator: you have five questions remaining. >> hello, speaker. go ahead. >> yes. my name is thomas. i'm the former trekererer of the libertarian committee of san francisco. i'd like to call the attention to the east bay. it's a huge 55,000-acre parcel that travels four counties. it is slated for development and an inclusion into the state park system. however, governor newsom's budget cuts that line item and it is on the market for $65 million for the first time in 85 years.

the agent is todd renfrew with which the p.u.c. has an existing relationship because it acquired the wool ranch property from him. and although the press [inaudible] doesn't have water, it's simply not true. this 55,000 parcel is adjacent to existing p.u.c. watershed property and could be developed for future water resources, set aside for future water resources or set aside for other resources such as the development of wind power. i urge the sfpuc to investigate finance mechanisms that may not have been available. specifically the public banking mechanism under senate 3wi8 57, the use of time dops and the use of private loan contracting. the p.u.c. could acquire this property through an asset swap and if the p.u.c. involved nontax, nonfinancing mechanisms, i could add the property, which is a 55,000-acre, unbelievably

beautiful open space, unencumbered by any conservation easements to its existing enterprise. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> operator: you have five questions remaining. >> hello, go ahead. >> caller: yes, thank you, president caen and commission. i'm the person who's going to make a comment related to the resolution which you began the reading of. i'll say this this resolution to acquire the balboa reservoir property for city college of san francisco is posted and available at this website. it's www.publiclandsforpublicgood.org . the overwhelming support for

the recent prop-a facilities bond for city college of san francisco voters desire for environment and growth of city college. the reservoir is a critical elements for city college use. the plan to privatize it in in other words to buy 1100 housing units, mostly at market rate, contradicts and undermines the public interest and members of the dcca therefore recommend the following resolution. and they're all documented, you know, the source for the whereas in the document. just wanted to mention a few things. various entities have supported the transfer from the p.u.c. through the college in order to make the -- retain the public status and there is a possibility that both expanding the campus and having 100% affordable housing, the san francisco labor council, the coalition for san francisco

neighborhoods and the college's participatory governance council. i'd like to mention clauses nine and 10s. nine says whereas city college lease the reservoir property continuously since 1946 as the only entity -- [bell ringing] >> thank you, speaker. >> operator: you have four questions remaining. >> go ahead, speaker. >> caller: thank you. hi there, president caen and fellow commissioners. i want to thank you for us to cut in and make comments through this covid per. i hope you're all safe and well. i'm born and raised in the bay area and currently live in san francisco and i live in district 2. i'm calling about my support about restoring and protecting the river and the water and the bay delta system. the cold water that flows through the delta and s.f. bay are important and make a

difference. every day, because i do this, you can walk down to the municipal pier at a quad park and you can see people fishing and crabbing, every day that i go sailing on the bay, without fail, you now see harbor por poises and when i was a kid, this was nots the case. and the salmon boats are out in the water again. so the river water flowing from the source all the way through the delta to the bay is very important. i'd like to encourage the sfpuc to voluntary release the 40% of unimpaired flow and has been discussed many times. and if it is a dry year, they can always revert back to the previous ban. this is possible. because demand for water is low and san francisco and bay area residents have been very good at showing their willingness to conserve water, they're very environmentally-minded and i would like the sfpuc to keep that in mind when making flow

decisions. if it hasn't been addressed yet, it would be great with the recommendations by president vietor be addressed. thank you for your time and please make decisions based on the environmental value for the bay area. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> operator: you have three questions remaining. >> go ahead. >> caller: my name is michael frost. i live in san carlos. i have two young girls and we love fishing together. and my girls pay attention to what's in the news and what's going on and they ask me all the time -- dad, what is life going to be like for me environment tally? is the world going to burn down? will there be any fish left in the oceans? questions like this. what do we do? what are you going to do. what i'm doing, kids, is i'm going to put pressure on our

existing leaders, our elected leaders and our appointed leaders to establish priorities for what matters. water is life. and fish are leading indicator of the health of a region. if the fish die, we die. i would like this board to assign priority to the flows of fresh water into the bay belt ecosystem. because water is life and fish cannot survive on nonflow measures. my 6-year-old understands that. fish need water. the fish die, we die. and we have an insatiable market that we're all living up to and it is tough to catch up with it. but we need to understand hard truths. this is one of them. this is an important time in our society. people are looking more and

more to the environment. today we're living one day at a time and i'm going to implore you as leaders to put priority on to the fresh water flows which is the life blood of this region. if the fish die, we die. we're at extinction levels in the bay delta right now. bottom line. and i don't want to have to explain extinction and the planet being burned down and a repatience market to my kids anymore. [bell ringing] >> thank you. >> operator: you have two questions remaining. >> caller: my name is francis de la costa. and you are still work on the technical problems, but all the same s it doesn't matter. what's important is that we get an opportunity to voice our opinion. we have this pandemic and i

should oefp our eyes. and one of the things that we have to reflect upon is resources and high-density living. all other days of high density living, the last time i was throng this meeting, one commissioner was trying to make a point that we shouldn't be wasting water or we shouldn't be using too much water. and instead of listening to her, the general manager ganged up on her. i read his words. and the general manager should wisen up. the general manager of the sfpuc who makes $400,000 a year should wisen up and represent the people. if he cannot represent the people, then he should step down. now what's going on at city college, what's going all over

san francisco, when i comes to the usage of our resources, we have to be very careful as the previous speaker said. water is life. that is a concept from the native americans. we failed to respect the native americans. this is their land. each and every square inch of this land was stolen from their native americans. it is time to repent and this pandemic is a sign for y'all to learn something. thank you very much. >> madame secretary, i believe this is the last caller. >> operator: you have one question remaining. >> caller: hi. thank you for your time. i appreciate it. my name is mary holser and i'm calling in support of the water

quality control plan and i would really like the ask you, commissioners, please drop your lawsuit against the latest plan. the plan is designed to protect, preserve and repair the bay delta estuary and it is seeking to increase the amount of water to be released from the various dams. the amount of water that the current voluntary agreement plans to release is not enough to flush and replenish the wet lands along the river. and it isn't enough to limit salt water intrusion, which is damaging the delta. in general, it is not enough to preserve the health of the delta and to safeguard a clean water supply, not just the water supply for single use. it's many people depend on the river. that includes safe drinking water and supporting various livelihoods such as salmon fishing industry, and

industrial agriculture. you, as the commissioners, have a responsibility to the environment as a whole and you should encourage -- no, you should insist on reducing dependency in the river by ramping up water conservation methods and recycled water projects. the ecological crisis in the delta is not going to get any better until there is enough water released from the dam to allow this delta itself to make itself healthy. it's important to put a strong bay delta water quality control in place to repair the damage and preserve a healthy delta environment for future general railsings. -- generations. i totally support the previous speakers in favor of this. thank you. >> thank you. do we have any additional callers? >> there are no more callers in the queue.

>> ok. general public comment, item 4, is now closed. madame president, your next item is item 5, communications. >> any comments on communications, commissioners? seeing none, madame secretary, could you please open this up for public comment? >> members of public who wish to present comment on item 5 communications, dial 888-273-3658, access code 3107452 and pound followed by pound again. dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the speaker lineful

mr. moderator, do we have any calls? >> madame secretary, there no call ores in the queue. >> i do have a comment. i was on mute. on 5e. i wanted to ask a question regarding 5e. >> certainly. >> i just want a little bit more background about -- it says the bids are, you know, whatever it is, 5e, aye like a little more clarification on 5e. the status of the connect -- of the change orders. it just says 5e.

it doesn't say who. it just says water system improvement program status of construction change orders. >> can he respond to you? >> good afternoon, commissioners. this is cathy howe, a.g.m. for infrastructure. this is a report that we provide at the request of some of the former commissioners and they basically wanted to know the status of all the list of projects that we have and how close -- how much of the construction contingency we were using and how many change orders we had and basically to report out on the change orders for all of the construction that is happening under the water system improvement program. >> ok. and the reason for that was? >> at the time, the bids were coming in quite a bit lower because the economy was not doing that well and a lot of

the contractors were really eager to bid on our projects and so the bids came in very low and so everybody wanted to know twr contractors going to put in a lot of change orders to try to recupe some of their costs for the low bids that they had put in for. >> and was that happening and is it happening now? >> the program is now about 98, 99% done. and so for the change orders, it really was very specific to the project that was being done. on some projects, the construction change orders was well under the 10% that we usually budget for. on others, it was a bit higher. for example, for calaveras dam, i was quite a bit higher but a lot of that had to do with not knowing what the soil conditions were and not knowing that we had hit a slide area

and a unstable area for putting in the dam. but in general we stayed -- if you exclude calaveras, we stayed pretty close to the 10%. >> great. thank you. >> madame secretary, there is one caller in the queue. >> ok. thank you. >> operator: you have one question remaining. >> caller, this is on item 5, communications. >> caller: yes. i apologize. my comment is actually for just a few minutes ago in the general comments. but i was unable to get through. i was on the whole call. can i take one minute to comment in a general way? for item 4?

>> president caen, is that ok? >> yes. please take two minutes. >> caller: ok. i'll take less than one minute here. yes. again, my name is jeralyn moran. i live on the peninsula. this is a comment on the need for water stewardship on the river regarding the bay delta. i am a wildlife biologist by background and i care deeply about sustainable stewardship of our natural world. [echoing] i'm sorry. i can't understand you. i am also one of your constituents here on the san francisco peninsula. the urgency to correct the continued overwithdrawal of water from this region's ecosystem is reaching a crisis level. there's no more time to continue what has already been tried. i'm not alone in this

perspective. i implore you to boost all water conservation and water recycling projects, including the resumption of work on the bay delta water quality control plan. thank you for considering my comments. thank you. >> thank you. mr. moderator, are there any other callers? >> there no other callers in the queue. >> ok. so public comment on item 5, communications, is closed. >> could you please call the next item. >> next item is item number 6. , report of the general manager. >> good afternoon, commissioners. thank you once again for your support and for helping us to continue the essential work. we must keep delivery of water,

power and the global pandemic continues on. we continue to rethink and revamp our operations at p.u.c. right now many of our employees are still working remotely. for the employees who were still reporting to facilities, we continue to take every step necessary to ensure their safety and well-being. despite all the disruptions to our way of life, our customers continue to receive water, power and sewer services without interruption. while we continue to upgrade under this current condition, we must begin to shift our focus to the future. to determine how we move in a

post-covid-19 world. we have a team of employees representing every enterprise to put together our business continuity plan. that plan will summarize -- that plan can be summarized in three key words -- response, recover and reimagine. we continue -- we consider it a master playbook for how we will adopt where we work, how we work and what we work on while continuing to provide our critical services to our customers. many of the issues that this team is tackling comes directly from responses that we collected from our very first covid-19 pulse survey. more than 1100 employees responded to our survey and that represents 48% of our total workforce. overall, 73% of our employees view the p.u.c. response to the

covid-19 [inaudible] at this time. a mark that we can be proud of. however, from the survey, we have collected detailed feedback from our customers, which includes -- which included valid concerns around using public transportation, health and safety conditions in the workplace and the tools and resources we need for performing work remotely over the next 12 to 18 months. my deputy, general manager and chief operating officer, michael carlin and the chief people officer are leading the business continuity planning team and we expect transformational changes as a result of this work. as always, we will keep you all updated on this effort as it progresses. while we continue to push

forward with efforts to meet the needs of our employees, we also focus on responding meaningfully to the needs of our customers. just two weeks ago, we launched our emergency customer assistant program with the goal of helping residential customers maximize their discount opportunities. this effort automatically extended the program for current enrollees and provides new enrollees who are experiencing financial difficulties due to covid-19. so far the response of this program has been outstanding. in one week, we received over 2,000 applications and i think we're approaching 3,000 applications as of friday. the covid pandemic has brought on challenges to our agency ies

and we see hope amidst crisis. we are already exploring plans for similar, temporary saving programs for businesses and nonprofit customers. by continuing to work with our customers, employees, city partners and others, we will look to move forward from these dark times and be a stronger, better and more responsive agency. i want to thank you for all the support on all of these efforts and i look forward to continuing to work with the commission for the weeks and months ahead. and that concludes my comments. do you have any questions, i'd be willing to answer them. >> commissioners, any questions? >> yes, i have one.

last week, or i think we had some issues with some of the employees with p.e.e. they were having some problems. has that been resolved? >> yes. actually, we had been receiving literally pallets of p.p.e.s and so we are in a much better place and i want to give thanks to the e.o.c., with the mayor's emergency operations center that is led by our very own person who actually led our operations over here, so, yeah. they have done an outstanding job of providing us with p.p.e.s lately. >> ok. so, those -- those employees are -- have been satisfied or

you're work on their satisfaction? >> well, you know, we -- we are, you know, we take everyone's concerns seriously and so, you know, the issue about p.p.e.s, we're making sure that we're providing p.p.e.s more regular to folks because at one time they would have to use one p.p.e. for, you know, for a couple of days and now we're providing more p.p.e. so that they can use them less frequently. and in the beginning, even doctors and everyone, it was a shortage of p.p.e.s. and now i think we're in a better place. and then as i stated in my comments, what we did is to do a survey of p.u.c.-wide and close to 50% of the folks responded. although we received over 70% favorable, you know, saying we're doing a favorable job,

the 27% we are wanting to hear what their issues are and a lot of their issues were about [inaudible] [echoing] i hear an echo. and they also were concerned about taking public transportation and i think they're just nervous about coming back to work. and so we move from the concept coming back and repopulating our office to basically, you know, seeing who absolutely needs to come back to work and so that is sort of a shift on how we're looking at, you know, progressing and operating on what we call reimagining how we do work in the p.u.c. so a lot of the things that we're working on, we're working

with the department of human resources, the city administrator, they're taking a leave on how to bring city back, to -- you know, back in service. so, we're working closely with them. >> any other comments? on the general manager's report. madame secretary, could you please open public comment? >> members of public who wish to provide comment on item 6, report of the general manager, dial 888-273-3658, access code 3107452 and pound, followed by pound again. dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the speaker line.

mr. moderator, do we have any calls? >> yes, madame secretary. we have one question in the queue. >> thank you. >> operator: you have one question remaining. >> caller: here is how i see it. the san francisco public utilities commission is an enterprise department. so you commissioners understand you generate your own money. so, we shouldn't include the people who are involved with the general fund. when it comes to p.p.e.s and other things that have to be in place. if the wider equipment is up in place, somebody is at fault and it doesn't mean that [inaudible] could predict a

pandemic, but since the pandemic is here, we have to learn from that. now having said that, we are talking about things and go all over the place when it comes to the community. in the community, and i've been serving the community for over 40 years, and some of you all know that, i'm one of only ones continuously within the trenches, our children are [inaudible] our seniors are dying and one of elements that has brought about this slow death is the sewage treatment plant. and all the suggestions like what happened during the pandemic now is really not relevant when what is at issue is what is a san francisco public utilities commission and i've said it a million times,

what are y'all doing to help the community? the bay view community. some of the [inaudible] $200,000 in grants and are closed down. y'all know about this. and you look the other way. and now this is our time to do justice. this is a time to have your heart in the right place, to help our infans, our children, our youth, our elders. from slowly dying. otherwise -- >> thank you, mr. decosta. >> caller: thank you very much. [bell ringing] >> do we have anymore callers? >> there are no more callers in the queue, madame secretary. >> thank you. public comment on item number 6 is closed. >> next item, please. >> next order of business is item 7, new commission business.

>> commissioners, anyone? new business. >> yes. >> commissioner moran. >> thank you, madame chair. i'd like to request that staff develop a water supply budget worksheet for use by staff and the commission and members of public. my reason for that really is two-followful -- two-fold. one is to provide transparency as to the process we use to make decisions about water supply and the use of that water supply. and the second is to hopefully create a common can framework for the discussions that we have been having and will continue to have about the allocation of our water supplies. so i have send a more detailed version of that request to staff but i wanted to make that a request through the commission as well.

>> so noted. commissioner maxwell, did you have -- >> yes. yes. thank you. i would like to request a report. i'm sure our fire is season has more than started and sko -- and so i would like the see a report in our next meet in regards to where we are, what we have done and the work we have to do to make sure that we're doing all that we can do to be safe. from fire. >> excellent. yes. any other new business, commissioners? >> is it appropriate for me to ask -- to go a little bit of what we're thinking a little bit further than that. i think that is extremely

important and i wanted to catch all of it. can you elaborate a little bit on that move? -- on that more? >> i will slightly. >> ok, slightly is good. >> it is not a calendared item so we can't have a discussion about it. but i think that we sometimes get lost in the weeds of particular calculations. without stepping back and saying, how do those calculations relate to the bigger picture of how much water we have available and how much demand we have placed on that water. so, what i'm looking for is a tool that will help summarize that at a pretty high level in order to facilitate the discussion, to identify not only areas of disagreement but also to help modify how much that disagreement might reflect. that is the intent of it and i think if we want to get into

greater discussion, i think that, first of all, i think it shouldn't take very long to develop the work sheet. i think it would deserve probablying having a couple of sessions in regular p.u.c. meetings about what it means, how it is constructed and how it might be used. >> thank you. >> any further new business? >> i have additional clarification on that and i'm wondering if we could possibly ask the staff and i don't know if this is what you had in mind, commissioner moran, but for an outline of what would be in the water supply budget by the next meeting, at a minimum. >> next meetings come pretty quickly. i think -- i think we should be able to have. a general outline of it by then. but that is something i'm not producing, staff would be.

so i'd have to leave it to them. [talking at once] >> yeah, thanks. that's good for now. >> just to let you know that we're giving a water supply update the next meeting. so, just wanted to let you know that. >> any further -- >> this is commissioner paulson. i want to make sure that you guys can hear me. >> yes. >> we can't see you. >> he's dialed in. shall we call public comment on item 7? >> yes, please do. >> members of public who wish to provide comment on item 7, new commission business, dial

888-273-3658, access code 3107452 and pound followed by pound again. dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the speaker line. >> do we have any calls? >> there are no callers in the queue at this time. >> thank you. public comment on item number seven is closed. >> next item, please. >> next item is item 8, consent calendar. all matters listed here under constitute a consent calendar, are considered to be routine by the san francisco public

utilities commission and will be acted upon by a single vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussions of these items unless a member of the commission or the public so requests in which event the matter will be removed from calendar and considered as a separate item. >> commissioners, is there any matter that you would like removed from the calendar? seeing none, please proceed to public comment. >> could i make a comment on the consent calendar? i don't want to remove anything. would now be a good time? >> i -- i believe so. >> i just want to comment that i -- there are a couple of items related to pier 70 and i did learn recently that that development project is going to have a black water treatment

project as well as fossil-free fuel system so they are going to be cutting themselves off from gas and using renewables and i just think that's quite laudable. we saw that when they became our largest customer for clean power s.f. so i was just very pleased to learn about that and to see that and just would like to alert and request potentially our communications team if the item does pass that we want to be tracking and promoting those kinds of projects as a p.u.c. really reduce our water use and fossil fuel use and that development seems to be really exemplifying those two pieces. >> thank you. >> to clarify -- sorry. this is franchesca. just to clarify for the public. pier 70 is being heard item 13

under regular calendar and is not part of the consent calendar. >> oh, sorry about that. >> let's proceed to public comment. >> members of the public who wish to provide comment on item 8, consent calendar, dial 888-273-3658, access code 3107452 and pound, followed by pound again. dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the speaker line. [honking] >> mr. moderator, do we have any callers? >> madame secretary, there are no callers in the queue. >> thank you. public comment on item number 8 is closed.

>> commissioners, any further discussion on this item? may i have a motion? >> move to approve. >> and a second. >> second. >> second. >> madame secretary, could you please call for the vote. [roll call] >> you have five ayes. >> the motion carries. item 9 has been removed from the calendar. [papers rustling] >> item 10. public hearing adopt a new

scheduling of hetch hetchy power enterprise general use municipal electricity service rates for fiscal years 2020-20 2* 1 and 202-22 to take effect on july 1, 2020 for certain city agencies, certain noncity governmental agencies such as the san francisco unified school district and certain nonprofit entities such as the california academy of sciences and that are closely related to the city through city governance, financial support and other legacy relationships. the proposed action constitutes the approval action for the purposes of ceqa. and this should be -- will be introduced by deputy c.f.o.s charles pearl. >> good afternoon. commissioners, charles pearl, deputy c.f.o. the proposal before you today is to increase the general municipal electrical rates by one cent per kilowatt hour each

year over the next two years beginning july 1 of this year. as the commission secretary noted, the rate applies to certain city department and other discounted electric customers. the rate increase has been included in the city-wide five-year planning and is necessary to support the ongoing financial health of the hetchy power enterprise. enable it to continue reliably providing greenhouse gas-free power to its customers. the rate increase will provide the enterprise an estimated additional $3.5 million next year and fiscal '21 to pay for necessary planned operating and capital investments. the rate increase is supported by the city's required 2016 power cost of service study which recommended moving all of our customers, all of our power

customers to closer and full cost of service over time. this proposed rate action supports our sfpuc rate payer assurance policy as well as our strategic plan goal of financial sustainability. commissioners, this rate action ties with the financial plan and the budget that you approved on february 11 of this year. but as you know, we are currently working to retool our budget and all of our enterprise, including the power enterprise, with updated revenue projections and we will be reporting back to you in about a month, either the end of june or very early july with a revised budget and how we're planning to rebalance those. with that, i'm happy to take any questions you have on this item. thanks. >> commissioners? everybody's muted. any questions? comments?

madame secretary, please open up public discussion. >> members of public who wish to make public comment on item 10, dial 888-273-3658, access code 310. . 7452 and pound followed by pound again. dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the speaker line. more moderator, do we have any callers on this item? >> there are no caller in the queue at this time. >> thank you. public comment on item 10 is closed. >> commissioners, is there any

discussion further on this item? seeing none, may i have a motion? >> move to approve. >> second. >> madame secretary, please call the roll call vote. [roll call] >> we have five ayes. >> the motion carries. thank you very much, mr. pearl. our next item, please. >> next item is item 11, retroactively authorize the general manager's implementation on may 12, 2020 of a temporary emergency bill discount for certain sfpuc residential customers who have

been financially impacted by the covid-19 emergency. the temporary emergency customer assistance program for covid-19 relief program provides eligible residential customers with a bill discount of 15% on water, 35% on sewer and 30% on hetch hetchy power bills for the next six months, spaning from march 4, 2020 to september 4, 2020. and this will be introduced by erin ranks. >> hi. good afternoon, commissioners and members of public. so, the item before you today is just one piece of the sfpuc's response to the really devastating financial impact that covid-19 has had on our customers and our community. because of how suddenly this hit, what we've seen is that many residents and businesses who might otherwise have thought they were doing ok are really struggling to cover basic expenses, including our utility bills. so, to provide at least some measure of support for customers as they try to adjust to the new normal we're all

dealing with, we're proposing a temporary emergency six-month bill of discount for residential customers who have lost income and who are experiencing financial hardships paying their utility bills. as was mentioned, this discount ranges from 15% to 35% off the the water, waste water and hetch hetchy power bills and open to customers for their primary residence only and they certify they experienced income loss related to covid-19 or the shelter in place order. further more, the income before that loss happened has to be under 200% of the san francisco area median income. the full description of the program will, as well as the application that can be filled out online, is all attached to this item. because this is a time-sensitive program -- we know people are struggling now and they can't wait months to get this support -- to meet this need t general manager took action on may 12 to launch the program and began accepting applications. so, the item today seeks to

retroactively approve it and to authorize and continue it until september 4 and if there is any questions, i'd be happy to answer them. >> commissioners, any questions? madame secretary, please open it up for public comment. >> members of public who wish to make public comment on item 11,dial 888-273-3658, access code 3107452 and pound followed by pound again. dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the speaker line.

>> mr. moderator, do we have any calls? >> there are no callers in the queue at this time. >> thank you. public comment on item 11 is closed. >> may i have a motion on this item? >> move to approve. >> second. >> madame secretary, please call the role call vote. [roll call] >> thank you. you have five ayes. >> the motion carries. thank you. next item, please. >> item 12 is authorize the

general manager to negotiate and execute a memorandum of understanding with the public works department, municipal transportation agency, fire department and port commission regarding the authority and responsibility for operations and maintenance of public improvements at the mission rock special use district. and approve amendments to the mission rock infrastructure plan. >> and deputy g.m. michael carlin will introduce this item. >> so, the title of the item actually explain what is we're doing here. it is a memorandum of understanding to outline responsibility and authority for each city department as we go into port property in the future. port property, port streets are going to stay under the sdwru, of the port but we'll have infrastructure under those streets and we want to make sure we have the ability to fix those streets going forward. i will naention mission rock is the one doing the black water

system and the micro grid. >> commissioners, any questions? >> yes. i have a question. since part of another reason that it's coming before us is because there's going to be a change, i think because they're going to do something different, which is the light weight cellular concrete and i don't know whether it has been done or not, but they don't know how that's going to affect the streets. and so my question is, since it's unknown, the cost associated with the maintenance of utilities and the light weigh cellular co-concrete will exceed the cost of maintenance, utilities in the street without the light rate cellular concrete. if we find there is a problem, who's going to be responsible for that? will the developer be

responsible for differences from the light weight concrete to the regular? >> yes. so, we're going through the process right now and evaluating light weigh cellular concrete with the port and the public works. it will come under the jurisdiction of the city engineer who will have to make a determination of the use of light weigh cellular concrete. it's also that we have written into the m.o.u. that it's -- there will be acceptance criteria and there will be failure criteria and it will come out of the incremental tax fund for the project as a whole to make up the difference between what we would normally pay for in a street the differences with the light weight cellular concrete. so we're working on that with all the other domestics as well. we haven't landed on that as well. it's not an alternatives and not the final say to say that's what we're going use.

>> if we decide to use that. who is going to be -- >> yeah. if the city engineer makes a determination on the use of it and the responsibility again will come out of the tax benefit for the project to make up the difference at that point in time. we have a responsibility for if it was a normal street, if something broke, we were replacing it but if it is failure of the light weight cellular concrete, that difference between normal fixing it will come outs of the tax increment for that project. >> lit not be the san francisco p.u.c. that will pay for that. >> for the increment. that's correct. >> ok. so, we will not be liable. >> that's correct. >> ok. thank you. >> i just wanted to also let you know that we have, you know, negotiated to put a pilot out there, a real live street section where they actually had

[inaudible]. i think that was the first day i came out of quarantine to go and visit that site. and it is interesting. the basic concept is that normally you have bay mud, you [inaudible] so it will settle over time. again in effect that they didn't have time, they removed a portion of the bay mud and put lightweight concrete that was lighter than what they removed. so, they're releasing -- removing weight from there so that it will settle. so, that is the concept. s the concern we had is that what if our facilities are buried into light weigh concrete. you can't dig it up. so, that was one of exercises they performed in front of me and the city engineers. and you can actually dig it out. it's different than soil. so they -- the developer is commited to whatever tools or

equipment necessary for us to dig it out and they will provide it, and as michael indicated, if there is any differential and cost than we would normally do in the street versus this, they will cover it. and so, yeah. right now it's really up to the city engineer to accept this light weight concrete or not. >> so, what -- so we would have soil and asphalt? normally? >> yeah. so normally, you know, it's layers, right? so we have, you know, soil and in this case it will be bay mud. and then we would have some gravel and then we will have the light weight concrete and then we'll have half the concrete and then we'll have -- i mean thes a fall, asphalt and concrete on top. so you have a wearing surface that looks like every other

street. >> i see. so, we have four steps with the light concrete rather than three. >> yeah. >> basically, yes. >> normally, yeah. normally we have all streets that have concrete. a portion of the street is asphalt, concrete and then you have the soil and stuff. now we just have a lightweight concrete and in the wearing surface, which is asphalt-concrete. >> wow. so it -- so is there a concern that it's less durable or as durable? i mean, our streets are pretty rough right now. you know? they don't seem to last as long as maybe they used to. there are a lot of pits in it. so i'm just wondering. >> well, my take is that, you know, if you have a thicker

concrete section, you won't see a lot of, you know, breakage because what we experienced in especially the bayview is that when you have the settlement, you have a concrete base and after a while when you have a void, you can't really see it and what happens if you have a leak in the pipe, it starts eroding the soil. now it is concrete and you won't get that erosion. so i think it could have [inaudible] better, but my fear is when you go to dig it up, we want to make sure that we can easily access our pipes just in case something happens. >> ok. so you're thinking it might be more durable, but it may be more of a hassle to dig it up. >> yes. >> ok. thank you.

>> this is commission kerr paulson, if i could just say a couple of words in. so many of these projects, especially projects that are, you know, might be adjacent to rising tides and whatever else, this is being, you know, heavily experimented with and commissioner maxwell, your questions are absolutely apropos because anytime different construction technologies come into place, everybody wants to know is this going to work, is that going to work? sort of like when the plasters said well, sheetrock will never replace it. [laughter] and things -- you know, things sort of change and i've heard nothing, you know, as the -- in my day job -- that this is going to be nothing but, you know, not just good for the roads, but good for all accessibility to infrastructure and all the new ways that people are looking at doing the horizontal parts of these development projects.

so, that's just my two seconds. thank you. >> any other comments, questions? madame secretary, could you please open public comment? >> members of public who wish to make comment on item 12, dial 888-273-3658, access code 3107452 and pound followed by pound again. dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the speaker line. >> mr. moderator, do we have any callers? >> there is one caller in the

queue, madame secretary. >> thank you. >> operator: you have one question remaining. >> go ahead. >> caller: i've been hearing some of your statements and y'all can make whatever statement you want to. but how does this project on mission rock, where we environmentalists for the longest time have been working or informing the department about toxic and substances control about real contamination on the site. the other things don't count much. the main thing is, has the site been mitigated? just because there's some land

there, we just cannot use it for whatever. this is what we've done all over candlestick point. we've done it on hunters point. parcel d, c, e, f, it's all contaminated. don't look at it in a superficial way and i've come before you before, when the people make the right type of comments, you don't like it. what is holistic about this project? that is what you should ask yourself. what is holistic about this project? at mission rock. this is a very, very, very contaminated site. >> are you done?

>> ok. thank you. do we have anymore callers mr. moderator? >> the queue is empty at this time. >> thank you. that closes public comment on item number 12. >> commissioners, are there any further discussion on this m.o.u.? seeing none may i have a motion and a second? >> so moved. >> second. >> madame secretary, please take the roll call vote. [roll call]

we have five ayes. >> the motion carries. next item, please. >> next item is item number 13. authorize the general manager to negotiate and eke cute a memorandum of understanding with the port commission, san francisco public works, san francisco municipal transportation agency and the san francisco fire department regarding each drm's operations and maintenance of public improve. s the pier 70 special use district, including improvements located in streets turned por's jurisdiction. and this will be introduced by deputy general manager carlin. >> so it is the same sort of idea. this is another m.o.u. between authority and jurisdiction. the thing here is basically they did surcharge this site with dirt so there is no light weight cellular concrete involved but we need the m.o.u. to have.

the other department outline authority and responsibility moving forward. i'd be glad to answer any questions. >> commissioners. questions. comments. madame secretary, please open public comment. >> members of public who wish to make public comment on item 13, dial 888-273-3658, access code 3107452 and pound followed by pound again. dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the speaker line. [music playing]

mr. moderator, do we have any calls? >> there is one caller in the queue. >> thank you. >> operator: you have one question remaining. >> go ahead, speaker. >> caller: so, pier 70 was used during world war ii to build ships. there's also the stack there which means there was a power plant over there. now i never mentioned this before, but never once do you all know about this and maybe you know about it that you look straight in the eye and lie. and this is what it is. there's one million tonnes -- i repeat one million tonnes of coal tar by the stacks.

it needs to be mitigated. there are two huge ammonia spills which were done by the navy. which needs to be mitigated and abated. now why i was choosing sites that are contaminated, and others have said this, too, others in the know -- why are we choosing sites that are contaminated so that we have some housing? and you know when they do this, the passing of the e.i.r.s and all during christmastime. but they never expected this pandemic to come. now listen, i said this 25 years ago. no good will come at hunter's point and there is one commissioner there that's heard me say that. no good will come at hunter's point and no good will come at

pier 70. now here's another factor that you all never, ever took into account. human remains of the first people were found at the site. why don't we respect the sacred sites and respect the human remains of the first people? because spirit,ly y'all are bankrupt. [bell ringing] and, again, to go forward with this project, you have blood on your hands. >> thank you, mr. decosta. mr. moderator, do we have any other callers? >> there are no more callers in the queue. >> thank you. that closes public comment on item 13. >> commissioners, i would like a motion and a second on this item. >> move to approve. >> second.

>> madame secretary, please take the roll call vote. [roll call] >> you have five ayes. >> the motion carries. madame secretary, could you please read the items that are to be heard in closed session? >> item number 16 is existing mitigation, david alfaro et al. versus city and county of san francisco and item number 17 is existing litigation state water board cases, scament tore superior court jccp number 5013 originally filed on january 10,

2019 in tuoloune superior court as san joaquin tribute tears authority et al. versus california state water resources control board case number cu62094. >> madame secretary, please open the line to public comment for the items on closed session. >> members of public wishing to speak on items 16 and 17, dial 888-273-3658, access code 3107452 and pound followed by pound again. dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the speaker line. [music playing]

>> mr. moderator, do we have any calls? >> madame secretary, there are no callers in the queue at this time. >> thank you. public comment on closed session item 16 and 17 is closed. >> at this time, i would like the request a motion on whether to assert the attorney-client privilege. >> move to assert. >> second. >> madame secretary, please take the roll call vote. [roll call] >> you have five ayes. >> the commission will now be

entering closed session. and we'll be departing from the regular teleconference meeting. members of public may remain on the line until the commission rejoins the regular meeting. >> to approve the settlements. item 17, no action was taken. may i have a motion. >> moved not to disclose. >> second. >> madam secretary. could you call the roll for the vote. [roll call]. >> five ayes. the motion carries.

this meeting is now adjourned at 4:48 p.m. thank you.

>> when i open up the paper every day, i'm just amazed at how many different environmental issues keep popping up. when i think about what planet i want to leave for my children and other generations, i think about what kind of contribution i can make on a personal level to the environment. >> it was really easy to sign up for the program. i just went online to cleanpowersf.org, i signed up and then started getting pieces in the mail letting me know i was going switch over and poof it happened. now when i want to pay my bill, i go to pg&e and i don't see any

difference in paying now. if you're a family on the budget, if you sign up for the regular green program, it's not going to change your bill at all. you can sign up online or call. you'll have the peace of mind knowing you're doing your part in your household to help the environment. >> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the

name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915, the building was complete. it opened it's doors in january 1916. >> it's a wonderful experience to come to a building built like this. the building is built as a palace. not for a king or queen. it's built for all people. this building is beautiful art. those are architecture at the time when city hall was built, san francisco had an enormous

french population. therefore building a palace in the art tradition is not unusual. >> jimmie was an incredible individual he knew that san francisco had to regain it's place in the world. he decided to have the tallest dome built in the united states. it's now stands 307 feet 6 inches from the ground 40 feet taller than the united states capital. >> you could spend days going around the building and finding something new. the embellishment, the carvings, it represents commerce, navigation, all of the things that san francisco is famous

for. >> the wood you see in the board of supervisor's chambers is oak and all hand carved on site. interesting thing about the oak is there isn't anymore in the entire world. the floors in china was cleard and never replanted. if you look up at the seceiling you would believe that's hand kof carved out of wood and it is a cast plaster sealing and the only spanish design in an arts building. there are no records about how many people worked on this building.

the workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language. and what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world today. >> meeting of may 14, 2020 to order. i am the board chair. the board meeting is conducted with the act and recent executive orders by the governor to facilitate teleconferencing to reduce the risk of covid-19 transmission at public meetings. ordinarily, the act sets strict rules for teleconferencing. the governor's executive order

has suspended those rules. members may observe the meeting and they may offer public comment by calling the public comment phone number. i would like to welcome the members of the public and staff for watching us live on sfgovtv. madame secretary, please call the roll? >> if you could respond. director forbes? >> here. >> director haney? >> haney present. >> hursh present. lipkin, i think you're on mute? director -- >> i think he's having internet problems. >> we've seen him.

he's waved at us and said a little bit before he lost connection. so i'm sure he'll be back shortly. director tavares is absent. director tumlin present. vice chair gee present. chair sesay present. madame chair, you have a quorum. call your next item? all right, directors, the next item is communications. we'd like to provide further instructions for the public comment process. callers can dial in and listen to the meeting as they wait for public comment to be announced. members of the public have three minutes to provide comments on each agenda item. i will announce when public comment is on each item or for general public comment. during each public comment period, viewers and callers will be instructed to dial

1 (888) 363-4735 and enter pass code 4134030 followed by the pound sign. press the pound sign again to enter. this number will appear on the screen during the board meeting. when public callers are connected, they listen to the instructions and when prompted dial one and zero to speak to specific items. they'll be lined up in the system in the order they dial 1 and 0. while they're waiting, the system will be silent and will notify them when they are in line and waiting. all callers will remain on mute until their line is open. and everyone must account for the time delays and speaking discrepancies between live -- it's best to call from a private location, private and quiet location.

speak clearly and slowly. turn down television or radio. if there are no other comments from board members, i don't see any hands, madame chair, i'm not aware of any other communications board members have. >> chair sesay: call the next item, please. >> it looks like we may have -- it looks like we lost video connection to director lipkin, but did you just maybe call in and -- >> b. lipkin: yeah. i'm having a little trouble on the technical side, but i'm on the phone here. >> understood. so we'll note that, director lipkin is with us via phone. with that, madame chair, your next item. item 4 is board of directors old or new business and i am not aware of any. don't see any members of the board indicating they'd like to

comment on this item. we can go ahead. next item? >> chair sesay: please. >> item 5 is the executive director's report. >> i would like to update you on the continued efforts to respond to covid-19. we continue to operate so that essential workers can commute to work, work -- so that residents -- [inaudible] we're also remaining zone -- [inaudible] we've been able to do so while -- partnership with our -- we are supporting the policies

of social distancing, businesses and educating people to wear face masks. at the same time, we continue to engage in increased -- facility provide for the -- [inaudible] . we continue to monitor by area of officers ensuring they are in compliance -- and public -- [inaudible] we know that the coronavirus pandemic is not over. we expect we'll be living with it for a long time. that's why we're --

[inaudible] -- center at which -- we are planning for additional signage and education and outreach. social distance -- to wear masks and expand their obligations to prevent the virus. i would like to also update you on the former -- as i chaired -- san francisco covid-19 as well. it's my understanding that the test of potential uses and alert us when they have decided if and how they would like -- [inaudible] raise concerns about the terminal. my understanding, work with and

notify the community once they have decided -- i will continue to update you on the response to the rapidly changing outbreak. with regard to operations, remain open, however, it's -- [inaudible] by working with operators, ridership and partners center safe and clean -- staffing. as we continue to -- chief

finance officer. our tenants as you know, placed order, open for business temporarily closed. i reported that locations be open for business. they reported us recently that they have just converted those to -- however, the time line of

completion. and opening retail construction, the construction phase is unknown due to the impact of the order -- outreach. we are able to reopen because of the actions. our goal is to be -- public interest and -- i also want to be consistent with other public agencies just as others are providing -- in regards to the expansion project, we received an allocation from the authority in april to allow us to resume work. we expect that the san francisco

planning -- sorry, pacific rim program by the board last month be -- later this month. at which time -- we expect to have a report. on today's agenda, which i will present later, we have an item moved by the board that allows us to use the funding with the board and to our work. -- resume our work. announcing a new hire. i am happy to report that has --

that by the board to allow us to -- madame chair, director haney would like to speak on the item. >> chair sesay: thank you. director haney, nice to see you. >> supervisor haney: good to see you. director, i have questions about the transbay, the old transbay site, and what exactly happened and what is going to happen in the future. can you speak a bit more about the decision-making process that you took in deciding to sign

that lease. it was -- i found out about it from your e-mail as not only a member of this board but also as the supervisor of the district, and as far as i understand, our board was not consulted on this. and also the community, the surrounding neighbors, many of them found out about this from the e-mail that you sent out. i'm -- can you talk about the decision and how it was made and who was consulted and why the neighborhood wasn't consulted on this decision? >> sure. supervisor. we were approached by the mayor's office in april with the desire to -- [inaudible] -- to be a partner with the

mayor, solve the issue -- we didn't think it was an agreement with the mayors. [inaudible] decision to is moving my authority provided by the board. i used that authority to -- [inaudible] partner with the mayor on which to -- i do apologize for not consulting with you. i did assume that -- that -- i apologize for it. however, we did it in partnership with the mayor.

my understanding that the mayor's office with the community -- once they have decided -- when to use the site. [inaudible] >> supervisor haney: thank you for that. a couple of things. at least as far as my perspective on this, i do think that we should not just be completely saying, you will handle this and it's their responsibility. this is our property as a transbay authority, we've signed a lease. i do think that we are an important and critical neighbor and stakeholder in the area and definitely in my conversations with surrounding residents and businesses, they feel this was

not only, you know, what the city has done, but it has damaged trust and the relationships with transbay specifically with the neighborhood. which i think is important for us to maintain. so, i would say that i'm not certain that it is the right strategy to completely defer all public input and public process to the city on this. can i ask you about the lease? so is the lease indefinite based on the amount of -- the length of the state of emergency? what specifically does the lease say in terms of the length at which this could be used for this purpose? which basically it sounds like we've signed a lease that allows the city to use this for this purpose and whenever and if the mayor decides? >> supervisor, i do apologize

that we didn't consult with, more closely than with the neighborhood. the partner with the mayor. the lease is specific that expires 30 days after -- [inaudible] -- order is lifted. again, i think that decision -- emergency, what i understand -- [inaudible] -- >> supervisor haney: just so i understand, in that sense it's not a month-to-month lease, it's an indefinite lease because we don't know when the shelter-in-place is going to be lifted. it could go on for many months. in fact, that side is slated for development at some point. how do we know that this won't delay or interfere with the plans for that site? if the lease that is signed is essentially indefinite, we don't know when the shelter-in-place is going to be lifted. >> we don't know when it's going to be lifted, but i hope it's

sooner than later. i think -- [inaudible] willing to -- start -- housing -- >> supervisor haney and executive director, this is deborah miller. if i could add a point of clarification. the city did request, it's a license request and the city did request that the license agreement extend for 30 days after the mayor's order is lifted, but we inserted a clause providing that the tjpa may terminate on 30 days notice. so it is 30 days notice. >> supervisor haney: i would look at how it could impact future plans of the site. we don't know how long the shelter-in-place is going to last and how to define what that

means. it's possible if the site was used for that purpose, that it could be there for many, many months to the point that it affects long-term plans. i do think this is a very impactful decision for the work of this authority. and i don't think it should be taken lightly about this board in terms of whether this moves forward. so i would, you know, ask that we are consulted more on what this means for our responsibility as the board authority. >> and, supervisor, i would note -- this is deborah miller, because it's term nabl on 30 days notice -- permanent consistent with the redevelopment plan and options for the site, so there was thinking about that and that was part of the reason for inserting

the 30-day termination, so there wouldn't be impact on the long-term planning for that site. >> supervisor haney: i appreciate that. but if we move 80 people into that site, it does have long-term questions in terms of our ability, even if we were going to terminate it, then there would have to be a plan for where all these people go. i don't think it's as simple to say we can simply terminate in 30 days considering what the intended use would be. so i raise all of that. and you know, i hope that you can understand that this does -- that many thousands of people in the neighborhood contacted me and they were asking about the role of transbay in it and this has had an impact on our relationship are the neighborhood as transbay and we should consider that as we plan forward and not completely defer everything to the city. and assume that is going to be done well or effectively.

it's ultimately our property as the transbay authority. >> chair sesay: thank you, director haney. do we have any board members wishing to speak on this item? any questions for -- >> i'd like to speak on the item. thank you so much, director, for the report. and recognizing supervisor haney, co-chair's comments, i think it is a difficult situation in that as property owners, we're to provide resources for the city's response and integration with neighborhood concerns, discussion of programming, et cetera, it's difficult for the property owner to put themselves completely in that position given that it's a city-wide response that requires property and resource execution across the system. so i'd just like to make that

comment and figure out how we can support what supervisor haney is saying -- and i completely support it in a way that recognizes that there are very serious needs that require resources across the system to accomplish. thank you. >> chair sesay: thank you, director forbes. anybody else? wishing to comment on the item? >> any other members of the public that want to comment on the item, madame chair, it does appear we have one public commenter to comment on the item. should we go ahead and play it? >> chair sesay: yes, please. >> if we can go ahead and put them into the system here so they can begin commenting, moderator? >> you have two questions remaining.

>> hi, caller, please state your name. you have three minutes once you start speaking. >> good morning, directors. the only comment i'd like this make at this point is that director zabaneh is inaudible. i don't know if you can hear them, we cannot. either can sfgovtv. the closed captioner is captioning everything as inaudible. what i would request is that you ask mr. zabaneh to post the director report on the website, on the agenda, on item 5, and the last that we have the same two days ago. that could be addressed as soon as possible it would be much appreciated. thank you. >> moderator, please, put through the next caller? >> you have one question

remaining. >> please state -- >> i'm a neighbor -- >> hi, there, please state your name. >> hi. yeah. thank you. i'm a neighbor of the transbay site and i just thought it was very surprising that there was zero outreach about the making it a safe sleeping site. the mayor didn't reach out to us at all, so i appreciate director haney's comments. and i believe more information is needed about this. thank you. >> thank you, caller. moderator -- >> you have zero questions remaining. >> all right, madame chair, that concludes members of the public that wanted to comment on the item. next calendar item? >> chair sesay: yes please. >> item 6, we have the presenting ball to you. >> good morning. good morning.

okay, i'll share my screen. good morning, directors and public. pleased to be here to give you an update on the closeout. and let me see if i can share here. can you hear me? >> we can hear you. we can't see you anymore. >> yeah, the -- the application wanted to switch over to something. i'm not sure what happened here. can you see my screen at all? >> no. >> oh, boy. >> if i can -- i have it. i figured just in case, i can

share it and ron can speak to it. let me try it. >> give you the ball, one sec. right. let's see, he's passing the presenting privileges to you. and try sharing your screen. >> okay, am i back? >> i can hear you, ron. i see dennis's screen now. this is what you're showing, dennis? >> yes, i'll be switching over to the pdf here and then ron should be ready. >> okay, thanks dennis. >> can you expand that, dennis? >> yeah, and get to the full-screen mode. and then, ron, you can let me know when you want to forward. i'll just forward to the next screen there. >> yeah, please, slide -- that slide. thank you so much, dennis. just in brief since the last report was made good progress on

the closeout despite all the obvious challenges that we've had. we are down to one last trade package that is in the finalizing stage to close out other than the previously discussed dozen or so trade packages that will be going through the dispute resolution process. in fact, we were tracking about 13 trade packages that were going to take the longer dispute resolution process and we've narrowed it down to 12 now. so good progress leaving us to -- allowing us to be at 36 trade packages completely closed out. we will be reporting in the upcoming meetings with the legal team on the details of the

dispute resolution trade packages. i think i'm ready to go onto the next slide, please. our contingency cost has been a little bit of a drawdown on the construction contingency of $.6 million and replenishment of point 4 to the contingency and that was due to a credit back on an unused allowance. generally, as i mentioned at the last meeting, our construction contingency is down to $1.6 million and cmgc is down to 5.5, with an overall program reserve of 30.6 million. and i think the budgeting presentation will speak to some movement, because clearly, i

believe we'll be needing to draw down a bit on the program reserve to address all of the closeout issues. and that's probably a good lead on to the last budget slide. thank you, dennis. and overall budget, we're staying within the overall program budget of $2.259.4 billion. our phase one target, the estimate at completion is 2.174.5 billion. and that's a little over our target for obvious reasons with the challenges we've had, but as i mentioned, we're maintaining the overall budget.

and that's pretty much an overview. we're pleased we're closing out all the trade packages other than the dozen that we've been tracking. and we will be narrowing those down -- or prioritizing. some will probably be resolved through d.r.a. process. others may. and moving forward to mediation and/or the courts. so we are very near to putting phase one down into the books. with that, i'll take any questions. >> madame chair, i do not see any members of the board that have indicated they want to comment on this item? >> chair sesay: okay. if we have no members wishing to

speak on this item, can we -- do we have any members of the public which wish to comment. >> yes, we do. moderator, if you could please open the phone line and let the public caller come through? if there are any other members -- >> you have one question remaining. >> sorry, can you hear me? >> yes, please state your name. you have three minutes for your comments once you begin speaking. >> my name is ma dal, i'd like to comment on the previous topic regarding the sleeping site. and my comment is as a neighbor, can you rescind the decision to give free access to the city right now? can you give access to the city

if the rather was in front -- area was in front of your home? and three, would you comment to the safety of the neighborhood because our buildings would have to hire security and incur additional expenses because of the decision. i think this decision is shameful in the way the city was given free access and the neighborhood was not consulted. thank you. >> all right. madame chair, that does conclude members of the public who wanted to comment on this item. we can go ahead and move into your next item? >> chair sesay: thank you, yes, please. >> all right. the next item, item 7 is the cac update and chair derek holt has

been advising there is nothing to report to you at this time. go ahead and call the next item. >> item 8, directors, public comment, which is an opportunity for members of the public to address the authority on matters that are not on today's calendar. and i am taking a look now to see if we have any callers in the queue to speak on item 8? they have an opportunity to do so now to address you on items that are not on today's calendar. it appears we have one caller. if there are any other callers, please follow the instructions stra streaming on the screen that we relayed earlier in the meeting. please put the caller through. >> you have one question remaining. >> hi, caller, please state your name and three minutes will begin as soon as you start speaking. >> hello, again.

th my comment is about the cac, the government's executive order is very clear, that members of the public must be able to participate and observe. observe is a key word. we were not allowed to observe. the members of the cac on the video conference. members of the public were not able to even join or observe video conference. so i hope that will be resolved by the next cac meeting. if you want to see how it's done, i suggest that you watch the sfgovtv meetings that are forth coming later this month. thank you. >> that concludes members of the -- >> you have one question

remaining. >> there is another caller. caller, if you could please state your name. three minutes begin when you start speaking. >> can you hear me? >> yes. a little faint. >> i'm a resident here of the neighborhood. i have a question. so concerned about use of the site from -- perspective -- and -- as a viable solution. [inaudible] and actually follow the proper procedures when it comes to doing the community. if the time comes to actually --

new contractor as supervisor haney highlighted -- things in advance, like when the election -- [inaudible] -- and what they're going to be to proceed, how many people are going to live there, how -- [inaudible] -- just want to point out also that there is like -- because of the decision. disrupt -- and -- [inaudible] market -- and i don't believe the decision was -- there was actually that shows multiple

sites. so speaking specifically of the one. i would like to know why the decision was made. thank you. >> madame chair, that concludes. >> you have zero questions remaining. >> -- that wish to address you under this item. next item is a consent calendar. all matters listed are considered to be are you teen and would be -- routine and would be acted upon by a single vote. there would be no discussion of the items unless it is requested. i will take a moment to see if there are any members of the board that wish to have any items considered separately? i see no hands. i see no indication. we'll go ahead and check to see if there are members of the

public that wish to have any items considered separately. we have zero callers in the queue to -- that wish to address the consent calendar, so madame chair, your items are, item 9.1, approving the minutes of april 9, 2020 meeting and authorizing the executive director to execute the project specific maintenance agreement with the california department of continuation to provide for mutual understanding of the maintenance responsibilities between the parties related to the tjpa's ramp facility and associated improvements. >> i'll move approval. >> chair sesay: can i have a second?

>> second. >> great. with the first and the second, director forbes? forbes aye. haney aye. hursh aye. lipkin aye. tumlin aye. gee aye. sesay aye. that is seven ayes and the consent calendar is approved. we can go ahead and move into the next item. >> chair sesay: thank you. >> directors, the next item is item 10, presentation of and public hearing for draft budgets for fiscal year 2020-2021, budget operating in 22,125,369. capital budget for phase one, 2 and tenant improvements in the amount of 81,53$81,532,269.

and we have our chief financial officer to present on the item. and i have -- thanks. >> thank you, all, for that opportunity to present the 20-21 draft operating budget, operating and capital budget. our budgettime line is such that we present a preliminary budget to you in january and then a budget outlook in april and a draft budget in may. and then a final budget for approval in june. and the draft budget we provide a comprehensive overview of our projections for next year and

then take your feedback and do further refinements until we can achieve a final budget that we present in june. for this year, 20-21, operating budget, there is some overarching things that are tantamount to the budget. overall, we've taken into the consideration covid-19 and the shelter-in-place orders using as guidelines, we've achieved an overall reduction of expenses and revenue of $6.3 million. we assume there will be a six-month delay in occupancy by our tenants. we are taking consideration of our reserve position.

with these adjustments, we've also been able to achieve some additions that are necessary for the cooperations of the transit center. those additions are, dollars for the park landscape maintenance, physical security system maintenance, critical i.t. and hardware maintenance contracts, dollars for capital maintenance repairs and replacement and to take into consideration rising insurance premiums. the overall 20-21 draft operating budget is reduced by 22% from $28 million at our preliminary budget presentation to $22 million. most of the reduction is as a result of lower revenues and then commensurate expense cuts. you can see in this slide, we've cut administrative costs, we've

cut the park costs and the overall transit operations for 22% reduction. some areas taking larger reductions to accommodate the full 22%. turning to revenues. the most impacted revenues in retail leases. we're expecting 54% decrease in revenues. 15% reduction in advertising. and 15% reduction in dollars. those reductions have been offset by increased contributions from our transit operators, ac transit and sfmta, to achieve an overall budget reduction of $6.3 million.

this slide here shows you itemized, the specific revenues, arm 2, arm 3 and all of our other revenues that the transit center is able to generate, the full impact of the reductions compared to our preliminary projections. on to expenses. we've employed several balancing strategies to reduce our expenses commensurate with the revenues. we've scaled the operational budget as a very lean operation. we've modified our administrator costs significantly and shared the costs across the whole program. we've scaled back maintenance, janitorial and utility costs based on diminished business use. we found efficiencies in scheduling security to achieve savings. we've adjusted park management

for passive parks to reduce. and we've removed commissions from the operations budget. again, the additions we were able to add while balancing the revenues and the expenses were adding the park landscape maintenance contract, adding the physical security system maintenance contract, the i.t. hardware costs, transit center insurance and maintenance and repairs. the itemized operational costs, as you can see here, each category has been reduced with the exception of insurance and park maintenance and programs. the park maintenance and programming line is a shift taking maintenance, janitorial units that are allocated specifically to the park.

the reductions in the overall maintenance, janitorial, facility, some has been shifted to accommodate that. we've gone through significant lengths to reduce all of the expenses to our best ability and continue to look for other opportunities in either additional revenue or other efficiencies that we can gain for this reduced operational budget. moving on to the capital budget. this presentation separates the various phases of the capital budget. so phase one, there is phase two and then there is improvements. as we pull tenant improvements out of phase one calculation. our overall capital budget is $81 million with $27 million

being allocated to phase one, $23 million for phase 2, and $30 million projected for tenant improvements and supported by various revenue sources, our anticipated bond receipts from our intending bond sales, our allocation from our sales tax, reimbursements from cfd bonds, some remaining loan proceeds, and transit center impact fees. we've also had a line for transfers from program or fiscal reserves to accommodate the projected expenses as we move forward. in terms of expenses in these capital budgets in phase one and phase two, we have minimal amounts in salaries, benefits

and admin costs. and more of the costs are in construction, either intended improvements or the construction closeout in terms of phase 1. specifically in phase 1, the $27.5 million falls into two different categories. it's the administrative-legal, any direct administrative costs, project management, project controls, claims management and dispute resolution. that accounts for a small portion of it, but the majority of the $27 million is in the construction claims program. there is an opportunity as mr. alameda referred to earlier in needing some transfer from the fiscal -- the program reserves in order to support the construction closeout. but as we move through may to

june, we'll refine those numbers to provide a specific amount that might be needed to facilitate this project. for phase 2, we've projected $23 million in expenses and it is a robust projection. we assume $2.6 million in administrative costs. this cost is bolstered by two new positions to support the executive steering committee established by the san francisco rail program. it would be the program director and administrator in support of the esc. additionally, we have $3.8 million in professional services which is financial management, legal counsel, economic analysis, real estate and possible right of way costs, depending on how quickly they're able to ramp up and move

forward. additionally, we've cited engineering design services costs at $17.2 million. it is very optimistic and we're really hoping to move it forward so our presentation now provides dollars although they may be refined to a lower amount based on conversations and work plans developed through the esb and tjpa. for tenant improvements, we've projected $30 million in additional expenses and this covers tjpa admin project management and commissions at 3.4. so we've moved some of our staffing costs to tenant improvements to provide closer oversight. we've allocated a million for base building finishout.

we've added 14 -- projecting $14 million for tenant improvement construction. these construction costs include additional projections for the utility relocation. the phase one, phase two, and tenants improvements all project uses of fiscal or reserves. phase one is projecting use for the construction closeout dispute resolution. phase 2 would use program or fiscal reserves for engineering and design services. and tenant improvements would use the fiscal reserves to accommodate the increased cost for utilities, relocation and finish out. we understand that in these

times that the budget is -- the operating budget is in flux as we get new information about revenues and the shelter-in-place orders and how the restrictions will be eased and how we're able to accommodate those. so we fully intend to come back to the board on quarterly basis to provide updates about new revenue opportunities or new cost as they shift and we'll continue to have refinement as we go along allowing for comment and being nimble in our operations here at tjpa. so with that, i'll take any questions. >> chair sesay: madame secretary, can you see any members of the board of directors wish to speak? >> yes, madame chair. i have not -- i don't see any hands up, but i would turn to

the directors now to see if anyone wants to comment on the item. it does appear that we lost director haney. i'm not sure if it was a connection -- and director forbes. >> i'm on the phone. >> there you are. >> thank you for putting that together for us. i like the way that you've balanced the shortfall you see today realizing that is information we don't fully know at this point because we're in such a financial crisis as a country and city. so it's very important to me we have flexibility to iterate with the team as more information comes clear to leverage funding opportunities and also only to make those cuts that we need to make, because it's very important that the tjpa emerge in a strong position just like other organizations to deliver

key improvements, transit improvements, for the city. so i think it was very well prepared and i want to compliment staff. >> thank you. >> and madame chair, director lipkin. >> b. lipkin: yeah, good morning. and thank you for the great presentation. director forbes -- i wanted to echo her comments and reiterate the importance in the uncertain world that we live in, that we do have those opportunities to revisit the fy-21 budget as we go along because of what we know today is the best information we have. and i want to praise you for the great work of trying to forecast all those different things out. but you know, at least my world has shifted a lot in the last eight weeks. to say it's not going to shift in the next 15 weeks is not

practical. i appreciate you're already think being that and will come back as necessary to make shifts as we know more. and hopefully, it's better news than where we are today, but it seems like a prudent start to the fiscal year. >> thank you. >> chair sesay: any other directors? >> >> m. hursh: thank you, i'd like to echo director forbes compliments to staff. i'd also like to compliment staff for working with my team at ac transit. i am going to vote yes, i think tjpa staff have done an excellent job and thank you, and i'll vote yes for this today. >> any other directors wishing to speak on this item? >> madame chair, i don't see any other hands up from board members. >> chair sesay: okay.

i'd like to express my gratitude as well. thank you for putting this together. it's helpful to see that we're refining the budget in light of what is going on. and looking forward to partnering with you in the approval in june. hopefully, things will change for the better, but we flow it's going to be a -- know it's going to be a while, but we're happy to work with you on that. with that, madame secretary, any members of the public who wish to speak on this item? >> madame chair, we have one member of the public queued up. i wanted to mention if members of the public are on the line, we have other listeners, if they want to speak to this specific item, they should press 1 and 0 to be placed in the queue. for now, if you could put the caller into the open line. >> you have one question remaining. >> hi, caller, if you could state your name. your three minutes will begin as

soon as you start speaking. >> thank you, this is roland again. the first thing i'd like to bring to the board's attention is that i was extremely surprised there was no cac report, because there was a robust discussion about the funding. specifically, i would like to attract your attention to the transit authority's april 14 board meeting, item number 18, which is where the allocation is. the allocation is for $12 million, not $23. but not only that, we've seen two separate notices of proceeds. $8 million. and it will be on reserve until released by the board following,

number one, both acceptance of the project's phasing strategy and main stream budget and schedule. and number two, the identification of a new program director, through a mum dumb -- memorandum of understanding. the last comment i would like this make. i recommended that once they figured out what they're going to be doing here, they provide animation that can be seen by the board and the public saying exactly what they're going to do. in my letter to the board, the link at the bottom, one was a trench, the other was a tunnel. they were both rejected because of the foreclosure around palo

alto. thank you. >> you have zero questions remaining. >> madame chair, this does conclude members of the public who want to comment on the item. >> chair sesay: thank you. call the next item. >> the next item is the item 11, authorizing the executive director to execute an amendment to the professional services agreement for program controls, exercise remaining option to extend the agreement by four years, july 1, 2020 through june 30, 2024. increasing the budget by $14,600,000, 0 to support the advancement of the transbay program phase 2, downtown rail extension to ready for procurement and status. i'll pass you the ball, one moment. all right, mark.

should be getting those privileges shortly. >> have you got it, mark? >> can you see it? >> not yet.

>> there we are. >> you can see it? >> yes. >> m. zabaneh: this item would extend the program agreement with urs by exercising the remaining options for four years. also increase the budget by $14.6 million to be done in the next four years. [inaudible] next slide.

this contract will extend the term from july 1, 2020 to june 30, 2024. the term of the extension is based on the -- and process of four years. [inaudible] -- because funding depends on the plan that has the different scenario and just adjust that as we move forward. order contract prior to each fiscal year, staff develop a work plan based on needs for the -- [inaudible] -- annual budget. so we have the money we need to do the work and we're going to -- use it as work -- [inaudible] . acts of extension of the

staff -- scope of the work is knob proposed services, also support for the work of the steering committee. and also [inaudible] summary -- that we executed partners. support -- [inaudible] -- status and for program be able to capture -- [inaudible] -- funding become available as well as the public funding with the -- [inaudible] some background.

urs was authorized by the -- 2014, for ten years. there was a -- base term at options for the board to exercise the extent of the agreement. [inaudible] -- closing was project in -- project services for the completion of the -- center in construction. as a -- work, prior amendments of the agreement have allowed for continue to work student services, and also to -- operations. with little bit of work on the -- [inaudible] -- but limit number 4, increase the -- by $5.7 million. and the work limit was never completed because the funding

by -- so we have -- [inaudible] -- amendment move forward with work on the extension. the contract project services -- [inaudible] and process or finalizing -- preliminary engineering services that we hope the board -- in the next couple of months. we need both contracts. we need the project management contract as well as the -- [inaudible] -- in order to be able to -- [inaudible] . and this completes my presentation. any questions? i'll be [inaudible] . >> thank you. we have directors wishing to speak on this item or ask

questions? >> supervisor haney: this is director haney, i have a question. >> chair sesay: please go ahead, director haney. >> supervisor haney: it seems to me this is an extension of four years, is there a reason why we didn't put this out to bid and why we are simply extending it rather than having a more open process? >> m. zabaneh: supervisor haney, this is a 10-year contract that has -- years and the board is able to extend it two terms to enable the -- [inaudible] -- work. we'd be going out with a new contract -- services that was provide -- that will provide -- work on the project. terminate the contract and not

extend it -- [inaudible] -- full services and a lot of certain knowledge of the project. and would also delay work on the project for -- [inaudible] >> supervisor haney: what sort of assessment of the performance of this contract has been done in terms of -- been working on it for a while and obviously, there have been some things that have not gone well. how have we assessed and what sort of metrics are we looking at for performance on the contract so far? >> m. zabaneh: yeah, this -- well qualified. and tender of the projects was to elect funding so there is a lot of stops and starts for the project. and that is kind of the -- [inaudible] -- be able to be more sufficient. now that we have the money from

tjpa, we're able to move forward along with the engineering contract that -- in the next couple of months. >> supervisor haney: okay. >> chair sesay: any other board of directors wishes to speak on this item? >> j. tumlin: may i ask a couple of questions? >> chair sesay: yes. >> j. tumlin: good morning, my apology for the technical difficulties. i can see the presentations but not you. my apologies. sort of following up on director haney's questions and the executive director minutes for the meeting. i would like to ask that the june meeting, that, mark, you come back to the board next month and give us a presentation, a high-level

presentation or overview of the services and the procurement methods that you'll need for initiating engineering on phase 2. you've said -- you shared with us that you need engineering services. you'll need project controls here with this item. may need to recruit a project director. how will tjpa go through the process of procuring those services? what other services are needed? at a high level. i don't think we need to see the details of the r.f.p.s or the solicitations, but what services are needed. what is the timeline? what is the process so that the board and the public can be informed? likewise, i think, while i understand the need for this extension of services, it's also

difficult to continue for four more years and say then we're going to open a recruitment for new project controls while this team is four years deep into phase 2 or d.t.x. so there is a balance point of when new recruitment for project control services is needed versus the institutional knowledge or project history. so, at the next meeting, hopefully, we can meet members of the esc, be able to provide us a high-level overview of the procurement strategies necessary so we're all on board. >> m. zabaneh: i'll be happy to do that. >> thank you. >> chair sesay: okay. if no other directors wish to speak on this item, i'll turn it over to madame secretary, if we have members of the public? >> thank you, madame chair.

lost some connection myself. we do have one caller. that is lined up and again, if folks are listening on the line, dial 1 and 0 to be put into the queue. moderator, if you could put the caller into the open line. >> you have one question remaining. >> hi caller, if you could state your name. your three minutes begin as soon as you start speaking. >> thank you. be very brief. also following up on the director haney's comments. the first thing i'd like to bring to your attention, the urs. corporation was acquired

four years ago. the other thing i want to bring to the attention is the principle engineer on the project was a man by the name of mark o'dell. he left three months ago. i believe he's with hks. and through the chair, i'd like to bring to your attention that mr. odell is now on the cac. and i, as a member of the public, would like to inquire as to the process that is being followed for appointing various members of the public to the cac and whether these appointments ever come to the tjpa for approval. thank you. >> you have zero questions remaining. >> all the members of the public that wanted to comment on that item? madame chair. >> chair sesay: thank you. with that, can you call the next

item. >> well, i know that i checked out for a bit -- not intentionally -- but do we have a first and second on this? >> chair sesay: good point. do i have a motion. >> so moved. >> chair sesay: do i have a seconds? -- second? >> second. >> chair sesay: okay, i have a first and a second. madame secretary? >> thank you. director forbes aye. director haney no. director hursh aye. director lipton aye. tumlin aye. gee aye. sesay aye. that is six ayes. item 11 is approved. go ahead and call the next item. >> chair sesay: yes, please. >> item 12 is approving the use of the additional operating reserves to cover revenue short falls in the transit center

operating fund for fiscal year 2019-2020 in the amount of $2 million. our c.f.o. will present the item. >> thank you. so this item helps tjpa to cover revenue shortfalls in the current fiscal year. our predecessors before me were smart enough to sock away some money for these sorts of opportunities and times. the temporary terminal fund, which is a distinct accounting fund within our financial system, has had an operating reserve for emergencies and such. and so as we decommissioned the temporary terminal and moved into operations at the transit center, our existing agreement and our lease and use agreements require us to roll over the operation of maintenance reserve

from the temporary terminal to the transits and our operating fund. so we're making those moves with this action. and then asking your permission to use some of these reserves to cover the current year revenue shortfall. reserves are generally reserved for extraordinary circumstances and i believe our covid-19 and shelter-in-place orders qualify as extraordinary times. so we're seeking approval to use $2 million of this reserve that we're rolling over from the temporary terminal site. i'll take questions if you have any. >> chair sesay: thank you for that presentation. any board members wishing to speak on this item? >> madame chair, i'm not seeing

any members indicated by way of raising their hand. not sure if they would like to do so verbally now, they have an opportunity. >> okay, so then -- >> chair sesay: do we have members of the public wishing to comment on this item? >> there does not appear to be any callers in the queue. did want to remind folks if they're listening in, they would press 1 and then 0 to enter the queue. no. confirming we do have no public commenters for this item. >> chair sesay: thank you so much. we'll close public comment. do i have a motion for the item? >> i'll move approval. >> second. >> we have a motion and a second.

please call the roll. >> with the first and second, director forbes aye. haney aye. hursh aye. lipkin aye. tumlin aye. gee aye. sesay aye. that is seven ayes and item 12 is approved. that does conclude your agenda for today. >> chair sesay: thank you. do i have a motion to adjourn? yes? we're good. we're adjourned. >> thank you. >> thank you, everyone, be well. >> thank you, be well. thank you.

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>> i see. let's say we've realize add child is having difficulties. are there specific ways we can talk to them to get them to open up, perhaps phrases or ways to ask questions that will encourage them to share their concerns? >> there are a number of ways. number one, the biggest thing that parents can do is to really listen to their child. often times we're rushed. we are working parents, plus as well as now teachers online as well as playmates. so, to pause and really listen to what their fears are. as parents, we often don't get down to a younger child's physical level, look at them and listen to them and talk to them directly. i often use the technique of

nailing a feeling and kids often times -- they're not going to, especially in times of stress, come up with this feeling that they can name. so, i recommend to parents always of naming three feelings. happy, sad and mad. and you've been through those three. not frustration. but just nailing it to those three. another technique that i highly recommend is to use the third person. in a way such as i have heard other kids say that they're scared and they don't know why they're scared. do you think that happens with you sometimes? this is a way that kids feel much safer in talking about their feelings because they don't feel like they're on the spot, but other kids are feeling that same way. >> i understand. do you think that there is

secondary concerns for kids as concerns are gradually lifted? i know one small child frightened to go outside right now. >> yes. and we're seeing that already right now. because with -- as one -- as restrictions are lifted and we're able to go outside, you know, people are wearing masks and that can be very frightening. even if halloween. many kids won't wear a mask. children under 2 do not wear masks. under 7, they don't have to. but over the age of 7, it is highly recommended by the c.d.c. that kids wear masks. that is going to be difficult. so, what i've recommended is for kids to make their own masks. they can make their own designs on the paper surgical masks. and so it is there. they can't put [inaudible] on

it, whatever makes it feel a lot safer for them. other things that i have heard are kids are afraid to go outside. i heard this from a number of families because they haven't really been able to do so so they're afraid they will get sick. i recommend that families start very small steps and the first step is take a ride in the car. that is the first way to go outside, windows down. and if you have a sunroof, open the sunroof and unbuckle the seat belts or car seat and be able to stand up and that is a small step to feel like the outside might be safe. so, it has to be in small steps for the fear it is going to be exacerbated. >> absolutely. so, could you tell me a little bit about your book, disaster shock? >> yes, "disaster shock" has

been originally written for the 1989 earthquake in san francisco. this has been a number of disasters since then and families in 1989 gave us the feedback that it was extremely helpful because there was really no literature available on how to help children and families that haven't talked to them. unfortunately our natural disasters increased with tornadoes and the last wildfires affecting northern california. it has been updated again for the pandemic. >> right. and finally, what would you say to parents about how to talk to their kids in general? could you suggest some good ways to re-assure them? >> a few ways that i have been suggesting is, number one, you have to be honest. about what you know. and be able to explain in

developmentally appropriate terms what is happening. and that we are all learning. we don't know. there are many things we don't know. but that parents need re-assure the kids that they are safe, that the family will be together. but they need to be able to get the kids a little leeway, so to speak. and i'm not saying not disciplined, but what your discipline techniques may have been before may need to lighten up a little bit because these are very unusual circumstances for adults, but as well as for kids. but i always suggest and recommend that parents be honest with the kids because that is the trust that children have in their parents. parents must be really aware

their kids will hear, they will read their body language and understand the anxiety we all feel, but the parents need to be honest that they -- the kids will be safe. >> i understand. well, thanks for coming on the show, dr. girardeau. i appreciate the time you've given us today. thanks again. >> you're welcome. >> and that is it for this episode. we'll be back with more pandemic-related information shortly.

s >> san francisco has been doing a great job flattening the curve and sfds has been a big part of that.

the stepsky foundation and silver giving foundation at 225,000 and somaland foundation 476,000, linkedin, 146,000 and the webb family foundation at 70, golden state warriors at 50 and walter and alysse haas fund and the tipping point community at 25, and the stepski foundation is 20 and i want to thank all corporate and giving foundations and individuals -- this is a response fund -- the ones their gave before throughout the year and this is the ones for the covid-19 response. and toma bravo at 1.1 and

anonymous at $11,000, golden state warriors at 125 and the hellman foundation, 50,000 and palms against poverty is 28 and herbert and gene foundation at 25 and facebook is 20 and cohen elevators is 20 and the wells fargo 20 and google fiberton 10. wellington management 10, the 697 and alaska's airline 5,000

and o'dell family and dennis wulliver kelly and these are all that have given towards are covid-19 responses going to our meals program, to devices and technology and hot spots and we're thankful for the giving during this really difficult time and we hope that other corporate foundations will step up, as well because this crisis is going to continue. so again, thank you very much. section a, general information, regarding virtual meetings, ada accommodations and translation services and for the translation part, is this the appropriate time for comments? >> yeah, i've included them in

dr. matthews remarks moving forward and he'll be making that announcement and we do have -- >> can we also have at this point, our translators, make the announcement. i'll make it in english but if they could make the announcement of how to go to the rooms right now in spanish and cantanese. >> great.

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>> section b of 2020 and we need a motion and a second. >> so moved. >> and second. >> thank you. any corrections? also, jensen, i have a limited view of people, so if you happen to see people raise their hands, will you let me know? >> yes. >> role call, please. pai

(role call). >> superintendent's report. >> thank you, president sanchez and good afternoon, everyone. as you just heard, i'm going to repeat that announcement in english now and transportation will be provided throughout the day's regular board meetings and at all meetings moving forward. the translation for chinese and spanish will take place in separate google hangouts. for chinese interpretation, please call (484)854-2388 and pin number 721-60-9895 and for

spanish interpretation, call 13193829676 and the pin number is 665-99-6976. we also will have translators on the zoom meeting for public comment as needed. and as a reminder, if you need translation, make this request 72 hours ahead. last week was the national teacher's appreciation week. during these challenging time, teachers have been true heroes for students and families and i can't thank you enough for all that you do. thank you for fostering the 21st century skills essential for success and thank you for being a role model and thank you for caring about the student's academic growth and emotional development and thank you for being a part of this community that is redefining school

together in service of all of our students. we continue to learn as we go and here are a few updates. as student's well-being is our priority, we're providing for the wellness check in addition to each system of communicationg with students and families and supporting needs where possible and connecting with them and connecting them to the resources in the community. we are about to hold our second community partnership's forum to help us organize around the most common areas of need. 15,000 students were mailed kits last week and students should have received those kits by now. 12,400 chrome book and 37 hot spots for wi-fi access have been

distributed to grades 3-12. by the end of the day, 99% of technology requests made by families for technology have been fulfilled. the district will be hosting summer programs this summer but all programs will be virtual. as a result, the department of technology is spending the next few weeks focusing on supporting techniques for the summer. tomorrow may 13th, is the last day to submit a request for a chrome book or hot spot for wi-fi access. and if you know of a student in grades 3-12 who still needs a chrome book or wi-fi access, they can visit our website a to fill out the online request form or call the family resource link at (415)340-1716. we know the office of curriculum and instruction together with

the department of technology is now deploying devices to the paraeducator staff in our district. we will continue to do so through thursday of this week. we will be offering summer programs remotely for summer 2020 and prioritizing our largest summer programs, college and career readiness at extended school year for students with ieps and these programs will begin june 10th and will be offered in a remote learning format. students who are eligible for high school recovery and esy will receive information about the summer program offers. and we are working with community-based organizations and after-school summer programs to identify other summer programs and opportunities for students. and we'll share more information on summer learning options as they become available. as we continue to make our way

through the covid-19 pandemic, we know that reopening schools will be a challenge and will require extraordinary coordination and planning. as a result, we have opened rfq, which is a request for a quote, from outside partners who wish to help facilitate and plan this work. the successful provider will partner with us to facilitate and plan the work for when we finally reopen schools. the rsq can be found on the sf usb website with our covid-19 school closure updates and resource page.

>> i'll call on her and she'll be out in just a moment. >> so she's in the other chatroom. >> i'll switch her out as soon as i get her. >> we're ready for your delegate support. >> got it. >> can everyone see me? >> we can see your screen, but

not you. and now we can. >> the miracle of technology. >> i was panicking for a second. [ laughter ] >> hello, everyone. so student delegate campaign update. we would like to announce that the 2020 student voice survey/student delegate election has been extended to may 20th. our goal is to encourage engagement. the student delegate position gives students a platform for student needs and concerns. it's an amazing opportunity and we encourage every student. we would like to thank all of the candidates and second reading of the resolution. last night at our sra meeting,

we had a second meeting and in resolution works with our allies, the youth commission, to relocate education funds. they voted to have this passed and presented to the board of education and we would like to thank commissioner astro and the cacabinet team for working hard. summer entranceship program. every year the sac partners provide a paid opportunity for high school students. due to the pandemic, this internship will be virtually ruled out for the summer internship program. the goal is to continue to provide the best mentoring experience for our peers.

our next meeting is monday on zoom. this is a public council and anyone is welcomed to attend our meeting. if you would like to attend, make a presentation or would like a copy of our open coming agenda contact the sac supervisor, mr. salvador lopez and thank you. that's all. >> thank you. item 4 is recognition and

resolutions of commendations. >> this evening, we have a video recognition. the st. warriors had a special surprise for teacher appreciation day on may 5th. so we will run the video and afterwards, i'll describe what was happening. [ ♪ ] >> come on in, everybody! (video playing). >> hello, everyone. we're going to start this meeting. you have a special guest here. >> hello, everybody! >> it's good to see you.

>> thank you for everybody that you do and it's special and near and dear. and we know that the youth is our future and on behalf of the warrior's community foundation, we're excited to share the news that san francisco unified school district will be granted $125,000. tomorrow a national teacher's appreciation and we wanted to say thank you for everything that you do and you have been helping out the community and we know this is our future and as long you're taking time out of your day and helping out, we'll still do the same and we can help get through this together.

>> you could hear what was going on, a video zoom call, a staff meeting and warrior's players, damion lee and announced the warrior's community foundation is partnershipped with the hewlett-packard foundation making $125,000 contribution to the san francisco unified school district. so it was a great way for the district to be honored, but most importantly for teachers to know how special they are and we thank the warriors for their partnership, for the hewlett-packard foundation bridging with us and for just recognising the special work that our teachers are doing, especially. it's all of the time, but especially in these times. >> thank you.

i got to see it without the glitch before and it's such a wonderful video, so hopefully we can make it available somewhere. kind of zoom bombing. so i have a feeling that we'll be teaming up with the warriors with some fun in the near future. and item five a recognising all valuable employees, awards are announced tad. today and section c is public comment and so our host, mr. steel, will call on speakers and keep the two-minute time. here is the protocol. please note public comment will hear from the community on what's in the board's jurisdiction and we ask you refrain from using employee and student names and if you have a complaint about a district employee, you may submit it to the employee's supervisor in accordance with district policy. as a reminder, board rules on california law do not allow us

to respond to comments or attempt to answer questions during the public comment time, as much as we would like to. if appropriate, the superintendent will ask the staff follow up with speakers and so we'll go into public comment items that are not on the agenda. >> thank you, president sanchez. please raise your hand if you wish to speak during public comment. >> before you call on people, just as another reminder, because we've been having problems with this, at least at the last meeting, please make your comments germane to the topic at hand and this is all i'ms that are not -- these are regarding items that are not on the agenda today. >> thank you. >> hello, ben? are you there?

>> you have two minutes and you can go ahead. >> i'm the news director at the san francisco unified school district and i wanted to give you a heads up about good news we had. following up on the good news mr. sanchez shared to the district. our radio station has been honored with some really prestigious awards of late and i wanted to call your attention to that. it has to do with the learning-while-black series that lee romney made, about the fight for equity in san francisco schools. supervisor matthews and others might remember an event we held at the african-american community center where we brought together members of the community around this reporting and that series has been awarded best news series in the western region by the radio and television digital news

association and it is one of many awards that this series received. so that is really great kudos to both our educational reporter lee romney and to the district where we have done this work. and also, the pulitzer prizes came out recently, and there was an audio journalism category for the first time ever. several people trained for kaw's training programs were recipients, including lina masitiz and she reported on a return to mexico winning the pugh lipulitzer prize and other finalists for the pulitzer prize with the team from peer hustle. we trained erlon woods and nigel poor to do that work.

i wanted to give you a heads-up about the great training work and the awards that were recently given out at kalw. thank you. now. >> thank you. >> hello, michelle. >> hi, this is michelle parker and i'm the vp legislation for the district pta and i just had a couple of quick things today for you, commissioners. the first one is that i appreciate the updates to the agenda on board docs where it's more streamline.

i wanted to let the public know the district is holding a series of meeting for the rest of the year and call 4-1-1 meetings for teachers across the district to connect and learned and we've had a district budget staff and we've helped to navigate in the community and navigate the pt business during these school district closures and we'll have our state legislators talking tomorrow night. next week superintendent matthews will be coming on and talking about what parents can expect moving forward and then the following week, we'll have board president sanchez and mr. lamb to advocate for more funding for our schools and you can find information at our website which is sfpta.org and

that's it. thank you to much. >> thank you. >> caller, are you there? >> hello, everybody. can you hear me? >> yes, you have two minutes. >> i'm conceri'm kevin robinson. i would like to preface my comment, in response to public comments. the district does not own or have control of the radio station kalw. students can't walk across the stage or field to receive diplomas or share experience with family and friends, it will be great thinking outside of the proverbial box to provide radio time to as many 2020 graduates as possible over the next couple of weeks. they have a license to and

content responsibility for. again, klw 97.1 f.m. to make that happen. beyond that, there should be more youth and education-focused programming and that means hours, not minutes, made by for and about our youth for the social, emotional and educational enrichments. thank you. >> president sanchez, that concludes public comment. >> thank you. thank you to the public for your comments and section d, advisory committee reports and appointments. we have the parent advisory council. so if there is a representative, a representative we will identify you. >> yes, good afternoon, president sanchez and commissioners, superintendent

matthews, student delegates, staff and community members. i'm michelle vegas and i'm coordinator for the parent advisory council. and i'm joined today by a parent member herself. michelle, are you there and can you introduce yourself? >> i am, but whatever just happened to my screen? [ laughter ] >> it took away my notes so hold on one second. i don't know what just came up on the screen. >> it probably took away your split screen. >> thank you. i'm michelle delaneny. i'm the parent of a kindergarten and i'm here for the parent advisory council report for the board of education for may 13th, 2020. the roles of a parent advisory council is to represent parent voice expose perspectives t voices and perspectives. this is our first report in three months to the advisory

group meetings. we would like to take this opportunity to present a slightly different report than usual, highlighting both the challenges and the situation that has been brought to our families, as well as express our ideas during this unprecedented times. covid-19 challenges for students and families. as families across our district, members have spent the past nine weeks trying to support the learning and well-being of their children and this juggling act has not been easy, especially for those whose students would be receiving aadditional support to be successful in their academic and social, emotional learning, including student who's are learning english as an additional language, students already struggling to achieve grade level proficiency, students who lack access to additional resources outside of school, students who rely on the

social support of peers and site staff including teachers, after-school leaders and mental health professionals, students with ieps, especially those who are not able to access services like physical and occupational therapies and parents who may not have the skilled resources to provide the supports themselves in the best of times. let alone 24/7 in this highly stressful time. we recognised that taken families are frontline workers, restaurants and grocery store workers, delivery from transit drivers and so many more putting the safety of themselves and their families secondary to the needs of others in the community. we recognise this is a huge challenge for the district to adapt to a largely unknown scenario and in this time of unknowns. when will school start again and when it does, what will it look like and how can we provide all resources to the students in

need, especially into the most vulnerable when we are facing a budget crisis and likely a recession? coming together to support students and families, during this time of shelter-in-place, we would like to acknowledge many people are coming together in a variety of ways to support the diverse needs of toker to st the students and families. the city will continue to receive much-needed nutritional support and we would like to express or gratitude for the staff who adapts to the free meals for the children of san francisco. we greatly appreciate the efforts in partnership with companies and providers across the city to provide students and now paraprofessional staff with access to much-needed technology including laptops hot spots and internet services and to provide families with young children with learning materials and would like to acknowledge many district and community-based organization staff who continue to work to support our students and family's needs.

these are vital resources to help ensure the students to need to continue to learn during this time. >> thank you, michelle. we are also pleased to see that efforts are made through the community partnership's forum, to the connections between the district, the city, community organizations and service providers and best meet the needs of students and families, not only in this time of crisis but going forward. we applaud the creation of the family resource link available under the family's tab on the sfusd website and by calling (415)341-1716. and we celebrate the work of the study's task force is able to continue during the shutdown, as well. the community town hall meeting held wednesday was well attended and we look forward to the next gathering tomorrow at 4:30 and hope our youth will join us as they were a vital component of the task meeting. update on the local control and

accountable plan and stakeholder engagement. as we presented last wednesday and thursday, the california department of education has made revisions to the process and timeline for this year and the shelter-in-place instituted during the covid-19 crisis is very limited about the stakeholder engagement that is conducted by the task force this spring. we hope to be able to conduct more robust engagement in fall in order to both inform the 2021 school year now due in december of this year and the new three-year l-cap in the spring of 2021. the district advisory groups are making arrangements to meet to review the component of the report due to this california department of ed this june, to gather input from stakeholders to draft recommendations to present to the board of ed. information can be found at

sfusd.edu/budget and sf-l-cap. they are recruiting new members for the new school year. and we include those from different neighbors, types of schools and backgrounds. this represents the arab, southeast asian and philippino communities, as well as those from lgbtq families and those with experience with foster youth, homelessness and secondary incarceration. they will focus outreach to include parents, guardians and caregivers from these communities and on finding ways to include voices in the work we do because we know not everyone can participate on a council. applications to join can be found at packsf.org and available in chinese, spanish and english. applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. for more information or to request an application in a particular language email

pack@sfedu. this is a great way to get a sense of what we do. our next meeting is tomorrow, may 13, and will be conduct askeconducted virtually. all are welcome. this month we'll be discussing impacts of school closures on students and families and we'll be joined by members of the community advisory committee for special education and others. we invite everyone interested to attend an upcoming pack meeting and the meetings are scheduled tomorrow, may 13th and june 10th. if you're interested in attending a virtual meeting or have any questions or comments about this report or the packs in general, contact me michelle@pack@sfd.edu. before we conclude or report, i would just like to make a request that the announcement of the interpretation be given out at the very beginning of the

board meetings before any other comments are made and i want to appreciate the pta's offer to assist, making it a little bit easier for families and others to engage in board meetings. and we are curious as to how families can be involved in helping to plan what school will look like in the fall of 2020 and beyond. thank you. please let us know if you have any questions. >> thank you so much parent advisory council and i don't recall if we open this up for public comment. do we normally? any public comment? >> seeing none, president sanchez. >> thank you so much. >> board members, any comments or questions for the parent

advisory council and justin, i can't see again, everybody. so i'll try. ok, it doesn't look like it. >> i had one question. >> go ahead, sorry. >> so i always appreciate parents, especially parents that are volunteering in this line role anrole.i want to say thankl parents in the pack and i'm grateful for their service and families that are interested in supporting our district to apply for the pack because it's a great way to get to know how decision-making that you are maybe used to doing at school sites, how you can actually support all schools by doing that at a district level. so just appreciate that. additionally, i had a question for you, michelle. i know that our district is engaging in family wellness check-ins and i wanted to know how the pack may or may not have been engaged with in order to do

this work that we're undertaking. >> so i presume you're talking to this michelle, the coordinatorrer michelle. >> yes. >> i can speak to the pack itself. we're not involved in the wellness checks, but i have been a part of a lot of meetings that bring together the head of the advisories and district staff and community organizations to try figure out how we make sure that all of the bases are covered and all families are reached. thank you. >> did you want to respond? >> as far as with our school, our principal is doing a great job of checking in with the families and really, really proud.

i misspoke over there. >> commissioner. >> thank you so much to the pack. i know so much a challenging time and to meet, but it's so much to express our deep gratitude to the advisory councils. i do want to spotlight for superintendent and staff how important it is to engage our parent advisory committees through this fall planning process and again, i think i appreciate that being lifted up and just wanted to echo the importance of engaging our parents, particularly before finalizing something and rolling it out. so thank you. >> thank you. i want to thank you, as well. i appreciate your work executivi know it's volunteer work. it's an added -- everything is added to with covid-19. so i know it's much harder right now to meet and deliberate.

>> go ahead. >> hi, sorry. i juswe did meet with all of the coordinatorrer from the packs and michelle was a part of that meeting in designing the family wellness check-in. they gave a lot of input on the script and the process and they were involved in that process. >> thank you. and, also, going forward, as we want a task force, for lack of a better term, parent groups will be involved in that process, as well as labor and multitudes of others. we're not doing this on our own. >> thank you, president sanchez. >> thank you. >> section d is consent calendar, motion and second for the consent calendar, please. >> so moved. >> second. >> in concert. so do we have any public

comments on the consent calendar? >> seeing none, president sanchez. >> ok, any items corrected or withdrawn by the superintendent? >> no items. >> any items removed for first reading by a board member?and any items severed for discussion and vote tonight? seeing none, we need a role call, thank you. (role call).

>> we have six ayes, thank you. >> discussion and vote on severed for consideration and there were none today. section g, proposals for action and if i hear no objection from the board, we will take action on the next policy items in one vote. and so there's a number and they are board policies 5116.1, safety policy and number 500, accountability, number 4003, lactation accommodation, 5022, student and family privacy rights, 5131, student conduct and number 6143, courses of study and number 6178, career technical education and number 5117, interdistrict attendance and number 0420.4, charter school's authorization and

0420.42, charter school renewal and number 0420.423, charter school revocation and number 02.1 charter school oversight and number 5142, safety. all policies removed and seconded at a prior meeting. rule's committee was met yesterday and we'll have a report out from commissioner lamb who shares that committee. >> president sanchez, just one note that board policy 511.61, safety transfer process was amended after this agenda was processed at rule's committee and in accordance with the committee's direction, the following sentence is being added. the definition of a description of the investigation process incidents are described in board policies 5131.2 and

administrative legislation 31.2 and i wanted to note that was amended and we will make sure the final copy that is posted carries that amendment. >> thank you so much. commissioner lamb. >> was that to provide an update, president sanchez? >> yes, just generally speaking, that's what when do when we're about to vote. >> yes, thank you. so again, we've reviewed the various policies. i believe it's 15 in total and had line item by policy discussion and all were positive recommendations to the full board from committee. >> ok, thank you. >> sorry. can i ask questions at this time for clarification? >> i don't see why not.

again, because it did get raised in the committee meeting for the policies proposal action 8 for career technical education. i know we're updating it with the policy, but i just wanted to get from staff, an update of how that is reported to the board now that it's moving to an annual base says. >> do you want a response? >> yes, please. >> just for clarification, ratherring our progress against the l-cap goals, i think what you asked for in committee is how are we currently doing it and under the new policy, how do we plan to do it? >> correct, thank you. >> so superintendent matthews, since that doesn't need a

recommendation, do we need to do that? danielle? >> so with your permission, president sanchez, i would like to read one together. so our recommended action tonight is that you adopt the policies listed in items 1-11 as drafted with the exception that i previously noted around inner district safety transfer. >> thank you very much. so we'll call on public speakers, if there are any. >> no. >> so there was one, but i'm unable to figure it out because he has an older version of zoom.

so my apologies. >> if it gets fixed, we'll hear from that person later. >> ok. and so any commissioners, any comments? or questions? seeing none, role call, please. (role call). (. >> six ayes, thank you. >> special order of business 205-1 and memorandum of understanding with united administrators of san francisco

regarding sick leave during city shelter-in-place order and we need a motion and second. >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. superintendent matthews. >> yes. chief officer of labor relations, carmello will be presenting this item. >> good evening, commissioner, superintendent and all participants. what i would like to do is ask for the board recommended action to at few th ratify the action g sick leave and stipends during the city's shelter-in-place orders. >> is there anything in particular that stands out that you would want to share with us about the mlu? >> nothing in particular, only that it adheres to all of the sick leave language that has

recently been instituted, federal and local levels and, basically, addresses general working conditions, as well. >> thank you. any public comment on this item? >> there's none. >> comments or questions from the board? >> it doesn't look like it. ok. so role call. (role call).

>> that's six ayes. by the way, i just wanted to thank you, carmello, for all of your hard work on these mlus. section j, discussion and vote on consent calendar, items removed at previous meeting and there are none tonight. section k, introduction of proposals and assignment to committee. one public and comment on proposals and two -- a motion to 6.1.4, if needed.

now. >> so moved. >> ok, any public comment on this item. >> there is none. >> any board comment to this first reading. it doesn't look like it. >> i just had a question and it doesn't need to be followed up. i wanted to know how this is different than -- i'm assuming that it's an amendment or revised revision and it would be great to find out what's different. >> mr. sanchez, did you want me to address that now or follow up separately? >> follow up separately, unless other commissioners are interested. >> i would be interested. >> go ahead.

>> so this item is actually memorialized in our current student hanbook. therhandbook.it includes languaa and one thing, we have noticed over the years that many of the items that should be board policies have been codified in the student family handbook as opposed by the board. so we're trying to make sure as we catch these things that we transition them to board po policies and we reiterate them in the student handbook and this is one of those items, but we don't expect this to be a change in practise. again, this is just to memorialize what we're doing and if we want a longer discussion about changing that, we can do that. but we're trying to get the status quo adopted. >> thank you. >> so unless i hear otherwise from legal council, i'm referring the policy to the

rule's committee. >> great. >> great. section l, proposals for immediate action on the rules and there are none tonight. and section m, board member's reports. ok, so the following virtual meeting have taken place since the regular board meeting. and budget and business services, which was wednesday may 6th. and that was at 3:00 p.m. commissioner lamb. >> thank you. so we got a very detailed update from cfo, megan wallace, and with young lee and embarking on our process and knowing, also, with histori historical deficitt we had initial projections, both for this coming year, coupled

with some additional covid-19 examples. and we went through and the power point's presentation is available to be able to demonstrate closing out this year, the budget solutions for this fiscal year onward to next year, what that deficit looks like

>> hi, everybody. i'm san francisco mayor london breed and i'm joined here today by our county health officer, dr. thomas aragon. he is a native san franciscan and has been with the department for over 10 years, has been responsible for all of the decisions that are being made to keep us all safe and healthy. just yesterday, we made an

announcement about a safe re-opening plan and i want to talk a little bit with him today about the kinds of decisions, the very hard decisions as a public health officer that he has to make to keep us safe. i want to touch a bit on how are we going to re-open safely. why the decisions around masks and locations that are opening at the time they are opening. i know so many of you have so many questions and also there is a lot of uncertainty. so today we want you to meet your county health officer and we want to dig deep and talk about why the decisions that are made are important for us to follow and what we can do to remain safe and healthy in san francisco. at this time, i just want to welcome you, doctor. thank you so much for your work. we know that that we have been working hand in hand with other county health officers throughout the bay area. a lot of hard decisions that

we've had to make in every step of the way, i know you focused on public health. let's start from the beginning. i know that initially we were having discussions about the need to start to reduce the number of people at events and then finally begot to this shutdown and it was necessary. so tell us a little bit about how the decision was made to really get to this point. >> that's a really good question. if you remember in march, everything was moving incredibly fast around the world. we saw what was happening in italy. we saw the number of cases, the number of deaths and understanding the information that was coming out of [inaudible] so i think that -- [echoing] i think that that information that was coming out and seeing

how other countries were responding, the united states has not been there yet. we did not have a surveillance system. and so as we moved and started shutting things down, i think that really set the mindset. we were incorrodably supported by yourself, elected officials in the bay area were very supportive of everything as we moved forward. i think that is what really set up the ability for us to collectively make a decision because we really felt we have the support of elected officials and also of the population. that was on march 16 that we got together and decided collectively to do the shelter in place. >> yeah. and i remember those days because i remember -- as i was given arbitrary numbers of, you know, closures of events, i got to a point -- i know i ran out of. a little patience when i felt like, well, why sit 100 versus 50 or why is it 1,000 versus 500? we got to a point where we knew that, in order to protect as many people as we can, we were going to get to that point so

why continue to kick the can down the road? so, we appreciate the support and the guidance you proud on helping us to make that decision. tell me the role of a county health officer. i am making decisions and leading the city, but i'm getting advice from from my county health officer. that's you. tell us about your role for public health in san francisco. >> the way it works in california -- so, authority really exists at the state level. and in california, we're fortunate what they do is that every health jurisdiction has a physician health officer, by law, to implement legal authority around health issues throughout california. and so that's existed for many, many years and so it's a big state to have policies that are customized to the issues that

people are facing. san francisco's very unique because we're a city and a county. whereas the county health officer in los angeles has to deal with 88 cities. i only have to deal with one city. so, it makes it a little bit -- it makes it easier for san francisco to be much more agile in responding to public health threats and i think that is one of reasons why san francisco has been a leader in public health is because we're very agile and so that is basically how it works. >> so, yesterday we made an announcement. working with the economic recovery task force, the department of public health, we focused on and our assessor/recorder who has been leading this effort, we talked about ways to re-open safely. and we announced this plan and, of course, it was really challenging.

because vefn though, from your perspective, you see the numbers are changing and the testing is going up, the p.p.e. and we're in a better place. people really are frustrated. they feel like this is moving too slow. and they don't understand why one business over another is able to open or why museums are able to open. or why did we pick the things we did to open. again, people are -- this is not just about me wanting to go to the hair salon. this is about the fact is those folks who have hair salons in places with direct contact with people, they have no income coming in and they are struggling. so, can you talk a little bit about the decisions that you're making? i mean, i believe they're too conservative. you believe that they are a little bit faster than what you would like them to be. help us understand what goes into making a decision as to who is re-opening and why, based on our s.f. safe

re-opening plan. >> so, one thing to appreciate that -- we have never experienced this before. so, while it was in some ways straight forward to shut down the economy, opening it up is much more complex because there's so many stakeholders that are involved. and the city cannot act by itself so we work with a region and we work with the state. so we've been working with the state and really making sure that we have smart alignment with the state. the state has some challenges because they're going to come out with recommendations that's almost a one size fits all for california. so, while it may be too slow for humboldt county, it may be too fast for san francisco. we face some very unique vulnerabilities that other cities don't face. we're the second densest city in the country. we have, when commuters come in, we have a lot of folks and so while we have made incredible progress, we want to

lock in those gains. we want to lock in those gains. and we want to move forward in a way that is going to be safe for everybody. we're really committed to not moving backwards and i think as we learn more about this virus and how it acts, we want to move forward and not backwards and safely in alignment with our region and the state. >> so, doctor, here's my pushback on that because, for example, in grocery stores where the system exists or even target is open because it has a component of a grocery store, you wait in line, you're wearing your mask. only a limited number of people are able to go in. you're still there. there's no rules about what you can and can't touch, even though people are, for the most part, socially distancing themselves within those stores and those locations. and they're not probably touching as much. they may have gloves. so, why is it that, like, for example, book stores and other retail businesses, you know, why -- why can't they do the

same thing sooner rather than later? >> so, what happened was that we realised is that to open up the economy, we had to phase things in. so, that is really critical. and the state provided an overall framework and economic recovery task force applied criteria to identify the areas that had the highest risk and the lowest risk. and what you do is you start with the lowest risk areas and you just slowly move through those phases. and one of the challenges is that some people in the later phases say i can do that safely and that may very well be true. it's just that we can't do everything at once and that is really the challenge. even though some people -- some industries in later phases could, in theory, do things safely. we have to phase it out so that

we don't move too fast. the next thing we do is we give it about two to four weeks to really understand the implications of what we just did. because we don't want to do too much and then have to move backward. just to give you an idea, there's already two counties and one is sonoma and the other is lassen where they felt they moved a little too fast. sonoma is slowing down and lassen pulled back from one of their re-openings. it is critical for us to be mindful and make sure we have enough time to make sure that we don't get ourselves into trouble. check the numbers. and then continue to move forward. and i think what we do know from the 1918 influenza pandemic, those areas that moved at a good pace did better economically because they did not have a large second wave of infections. >> let's talk about that.