my business fit into the phasing conscience the phase schedule as there are a lot of businesses that are not specifically identified in that phase schedule. our client services since the office of small business opened has seen a 77% increase from the year 2008 to 2009 to the end of the last fiscal year that ended in june of 2019. the temporary position started in the fiscal year 2018-2019 and i think our stats show that this temporary position allows the office of small businesses to serve and so, it demonstrates the need that the amount of staff that we have, that there is a demand for our services and

our ability to be able to respond to that demand a really predicated on the number of individuals that we have to serve the business community. the san francisco business portal was up until this last year was being managed through digital services and we are not going to be doing any more technology enhancements to the business portal. much of what was being planned, it will now be service through the one-stop center at 49 south venice.

we're talking about equity and the individuals that our business councillors serve.

the highest percentage of who we counsel are businesses in their pre-start-up mode, which is very critical because this really helps the businesses know what is ahead of them so that they're planning early in advance of what are the city's requirements, connecting them to resources, so if they have not drafted a business plan, we're connecting them to one of our economic development organizations. to help them with that. if there's a need for access to capital and financing, we connect them there. and then, the next kind of too high categories are then start-ups which are businesses that are in their first -- they're just about to open up into their first year and need

some additional help and then, also, we do work with existing businesses. the demographics i think this speaks to who we're serving. so i think commissione there waf african-americans in san francisco and it definitely -- it is definitely under the 5% that i think is the last analysis around 2015. we're at 7% and this is 7%. so i think -- we're able to serve our percentages of who we're serving in terms of the

community, i think, speaks to the importance of our office. the local business registry is general funded and it started in 2015 when the registry was established by legislation. the historic preservation grants was established by voters. it has one fte program manage expert then we have one fte technical assistance coordinators that is housed in the center. october 16 working with the mayor's budget office, there was a commitment t commitment to doe

for the historic preservation grant at a million dollars per yearly allocation or that grant program. last year i fiscal year 2019, wd two add-backs, added to the business assistance grant and then one fte added, as well. and that funding was $54,000 added to the firefighte fte so d startothe last half of the fiscr and then another 75,000 for moving into fiscal year 2021. and in was funding that was already allocated for this position. but funding allocated in the position, but interestingly

enough, the funding went into the legacy business program and not necessarily into the line item for salaries. as of now, knowing the directives that have been presented to all of the departments, that is likely a position that may not able to fill. some key also budget items is

key considerations in terms of budget items their bega items tg discussions with the president and we would have had a different presentation had covid-19 not occurred. but the new legacy business position would have helped us to elevate on a marketing -- to help market the program and this is something that both rick and i have seen that is much needed for the program. it definitely would help with grant management and then would also take on additional communications for the office. so again, where we have business counselors who will be handling the upkeep of the business portal, they deal with our communications in the eblasts we're sending out so social media, taking that responsibility off of them and

again, it allows more client service time. so that was some important components of that important position that i was hoping that we would able to have. in addition, we were hoping to be able to work on creating a new position that would take on the administrative duties of the small business commission. and then for the business assistance grant, again, the budgeting for that, we are almost -- for the $1 million, we're close, over 700,000 of it is now, allocated for the rent stabilization grant for the commission direction and we have maintained that as the priority grant to fund. and if we are to receive any

additional funding to support the business assistance grant, we will need a new grant program because the new grant program, we cannot administer it without additional staff. so moving into what the budget locks liklooks like and i did hl presentation. our fiscal year with all of the positions and our fringe benefits, health insurance, pension, all of that, is $1,007,000. if we did cost increases only for this next fiscal year and i'm just going to really work on the next fiscal year 2021, in this presentation, it would

increase roughly by $63,000. with the enhancements of including the legacy business position and the commission secretary position, then it's 1.300 and $6,000. with the proposed budget cuts and in early preliminary discussion, while still challenging, the office asking to take a look at cutting its budget by $111,000, which is almost 5%. so it's much less than the initial 10% that is being asked by most departments. so working on cutting by that

amount, this means the fiscal year salary budget would be 980,900, roughly and that definitely reflects not having the legacy business position or an additional commission secretary -- or a position for commission secretary. and it's being done by offsetting some salary savings by allocating funding from the disability access fund to one of the current business counselors who is administering that program and then another 30% of offsetting the staff in sbdc who provides technical assistance to the legacy businesses.

and then in the category of overhead, the overhead is our rent and it's paying for sharing costs for hr and financial support those who entities that support the larger oewd, entities that are lumped under that category. i'll move over to the far right and i'm proposing we cut about $11,000 out of that because we do not really process grants and if the legacy business assistance grant program is not funded, which does take up some time with the finance team in oewd, then we will not be needing that support. our operational expenses

increased a little bit for the fiscal year 2021 from 89,000 to 93,000 and with the budget allocation, i am proposing a $10,000 cut there. for the legacy business program, our budget al let's case in this fiscal year was $1,921 and so that was a combination o and wel see it broken out but that's the one million grant allocation, the $5 million add-back, the annual 20,400 that is allocated for operations and promotions

and then there was additional -- there was additional money not used in the previous year that we looked over and in addition, $150,000 that was allocated to help with disability access, ada improvements. we took those things and added those to the business assistant grant because we felt it was important to try to fund that grant as much as possible, at least, for this fiscal year in light of the covid crisis. with no budget enhancements, the legacy business program will return back to its one million dollars grant allocation and then the 20,400 for us to work on operational expenses for that program. if we are to -- for the business assistance grant, if there's

going to be any funding for it, we really -- rick and i feel strongly it does need to move into its new program, particularly if we are not going to have a physical body helping manage the grant program. rick has developed a new type of business assistance grant. for it to have any substantive meaning, it would need to be -- additional funding would need to be there for it to have any substantive meaning. what i am proposing is that in dealing with the budget cuts is that we keep the legacy business program at one million $95,000,

almost $96,000. so the 75,000 that was allocated for that position, because it wasn't specifically allocated into salaries, but allocated into the program that we maintain that so that we can continue to work on tornad -- wn contract out working on doing more marketing and development of that program. and the disability access fund, this is not a general funded. that fund is collected through h $4 so when you register each year, the city collects an additional $4. this is a statement requirement and i am anticipating a reduction in -- this is somewhat

of a projection of a reduction n in reduction in the number of businesses. so in total, and i have presented -- this fiscal year, the total budget is 2,588,000. ed this ther2,588,000had there , there would be 2,000,522, almost 23,000. with the enhancements, it would be 2,000,758 or o 59,000.

how we have such a big increase for this particular year and our baseline grant is one million, program expense allocations is consistent. we had the add-back for the grants at 500,000 and the add-back for the position position at 54,000. the carry forward of grants -- the carry forward of unused grant amounts or the unused one million grant amount from the fiscal year '18-'19 was 179,000 and there were reserves that were relieved as a part of an initial reserve package back in 2016 and that was 25,000. and then, there was money on reserves for doing the

accessibility work for the legacy businesses at 143,000 and so that's how we got to the total of the $1,900,000. and then, we outlined the expense, the rent stabilization grant expense is at 728,000. i think that i will -- and so on. we have our contracts out with -- our contract out so that we can start putting up slack and we hope to have that ready to go by the end of june. again, there was a delay in the issuing of the contracts just because of the covid situation. and so moving into 2021, our baseline grants will be a million dollars and our baseline

program expenses 20,400 and then, i will be working very hard to maintain this 75,000. if we're not able to have that in a position that we are able to utilize in relationship to a -- be able to do a contract. and the reason -- perhaps, just to give more explanation. it not being put into a position means that this funding is here for, essentially, a year and if it were to go into a position, then that position is there for continued obligated funding. this is why i think it may be more challenging to get that position funded, so that's what its original intention is for -- excuse me, not funded by

allocated into as a continual position into the office. our rent stabilization grant, we are budgeting for $800,000 and so, meeting the current obligations and then based on the average number of grants we get the year. and we will have a carry forward of 196,000 from last year and then we'll use $15,000 for continued use of putting up slack and the 75 for our marketing which one of the key components is developing a very interactive and user-face

website for our legacy businesses so that it takes them easy to search, find. right now, you have to scroll through a very stagnant long list. so with that, that's the end of the budget presentation and i'm happy to take questions. >> thank you. any commissioner comment? commissioner ukudio. >> so i wanted to see if i can simplify it, to make the budget reductions work, basically how you're doing it is cutting some of the program's budget? is that the short answer? is it the way you'll make it happen, the programs will get cut a little bit?

>> to a certain degree, yes. if you're taking a look at -- one of our key programs is the business assistant centers and cutting some of that salary and trying to offset it in different ways. though, the person who is in the sbdc program, it would definitely be a salary reduction. and then, trying to offset some through our operational expenses and then -- through the program cut wouldn't that we would not be at this particular point in time asking for additional funding for the business assistance grant at this particular time. >> and other than the small business development center, will there be any proposals for salary or wage cuts in any other

parts of the department? >> no. >> thank you. >> any other commissioner questions or comments? a couple quick questions, director. one, it sounds like one stop is potentially on the bubble and i know that that's something that a lot of people have had some interest in. how on the edge are we with respect to that? you know, if you had to put some odds on whether we could pull that off or not, where are you? >> it will be -- i think one of the key elements going back to the position that was allocated by the board of supervisors,

taking some of the responsibility of the communication's side of the small business assistance center and having that position help do that -- add that communication as part of not only marketing for the legacy business but the marketing of the office, right? so that frees up more business councillor time for us to then be able to have a greater flexibility of being able to rotate and have that time at the one-stop. not, the one thing that i just -- to make very clear, is we are as a city going into -- when we begin to open up in our covid phase, we'll need to be mindful of how many people are there and in that one-stop. again on, with the social distancing. and so there is the possibility

that even our presence there may need to be delayed, but i still may be delayed just because of the social distancing and we're not social to permitting. and so, the city does feel that it's very important to have our presence there. and so, i think that is my answer to your question. we may be able to facilitate some of it. the number of individuals coming in through city hall is reduced, then allocating staff to the one-stop because we are having a reduction in the number coming into city hall. >> so tbd, essentially. >> correct. >> and then, at a top level, it sounds like there's a pretty big question about whether there will be enhancements or cuts or

neutral. do you have a sense of what way the wind is blowing there? is there something the commission can do to help? >> well, i think the commission -- yes, the commission can definitely provide some help. our department is going to be an essential department ensuring as part of the economic rebuilding of this city in terms of providing support to the businesses and you as a commission being able to have a full-time policy person who can help develop and do research and policy for you, i think is also critical and right now, you do not have that.

>> i agree. so if you can come up with or help us identify tangible things that the commission can do that would be constructive and helpful to that regard, please let us know because i'm sure all interested, we have all have an interest in having well researched and well thought out positions on policy and particularly in the past year, just because the situation demands it, we've taken a proactive stance and having that fire power from perspective of research and policy has been super helpful, but we also recognise that our resources are stretched very thin. and so any tangible advice you

could give us, we're all ears. >> will do and thank you. >> is there any other commissioner comment before i move to public comment? are there an there any members e public who would like to make comment on public 4? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> item number 5, action item. >> commissioners, any questions? >> no. >> any members of the public who would like to make comments? seeing none, public comment is closed and i move that -- what

do we do with -- >> my motion to approve the minutes. how h abou about that? >> i second it. [ laughter ] >> motion by commissioner adams to approve the draft meeting minutes and seconded by commissioner dooley. role call vote. (role call) motion passes 6-0. >> next item, please. >> item 6, director's report, update on the office of small business and small business assistance center. department programs, policies and legislative matters, announcements from the mayor and announcements regarding small business activities.

>> thank you, commissioners. to provide some quick updates. so to date, our staff has assisted just over 2400 businesses in -- and i know my budget presentation said 23, but then i took a quick look at the business records and we're now over 2400. we did an additional six eblasts since we last spoke and director torez went over the phasing in and i noted at our last meeting, the office of business staff is assisting the guidance and engagement with the business community around hair salons, business shops, accupun

accupuncturists. this is from business engagement developing those protocols, i will say that the recommendations that the commission put forward to the economic development -- or the economic recovery task force indicated outreach and engagement as we are bringing businesses back on. and so i also want to underscore again, the recommendations that you submitted to the task force are being taken into consideration. the other element that i also

want to add in relationship to the phasing in as we're talking about the current light of the situation around "black lives matter" and businesses and our statement around equity and the phasing in of some of the businesses when we're looking at, like, hair salons and barber shops and nail salons, some of these types of businesses are very intrical into our communities of color. and often are businesses where the business formation is sole proprietors in terms of loss and not just businesses that employ one or more individuals.

that's very intrical in terms of an equity perspective. i'm almost extremely appreciative that director torez and his team also really took into consideration about these businesses are going to need a particular -- i'm going to say a satisfied but of that funding to ensure that some is there to support them as those businesses in that industry are very important to our communities and because right now, they're slated for a july 13th to a mid-august phase-in and again, the delay of those businesses being able to open can have

significant impacts to not only the businesses but those communities. we were going to hear about code codifying the business prospect, certain classes of businesses -- right now as it stands are eligible to go in the cb3 program which is once the application is complete, they're on the consent agenda within 90 days.

they were to be routed through the cbd3 process. in a very simplified way, i'll just say, they recommended that these businesses just be exempt from the conditional use process. i think there may be a little more nuancing to that and so, supervisor peskin's office is needing more time based on the planning commission's recommendation and so we anticipate having that legislation back before you on

the 22nd and, again, the land use component is -- that's one of the elements in your land use section of the business tracker. and then, tentatively is scheduled on june 22nd, supervisor peskin's fee for delivery apps and that is another item on your economic recovery task force list of recommendation. and also, i've been in conversation with supervisor mandelman's office and she's hel introduce the soft story ordinance by a year to two years. and so that there is more time

for property owners to be able to get that work done. and because the deadline was september and so, we do have 4 -- roughly 450 properties which consist of one or more commercial tenants in each of those properties that are still -- they're in various stages right now of the soft story but they have not completed that process. and so, the next step that i would like to work with director torez on is a means of us being able to identify those properties that have not started their soft story and if there is a bar or a place of entertainment and/or if a restaurant is interested that we try to fast-track those soft story permits now so that we can

get at least that soft story work done while the businesses close. but for a retailer, seawant we o extend the sometime because soft story work takes less time than in a place like a bar, a restaurant or a place of entertainment and so, at least that will give another year to two years out for the property other than to complete that work unless, of course, the business and the property other than come to an agreement to do it sooner than later. and so that was on your list as well. and then i think the last sort of element in terms of as --

thank you commissioner laguana for your statement and the urging of the commission for the commission and the office adding equity into our mission statement. this will be an important component to help with a guiding element in terms of taking a look at legislation because often within the city, i hear about economic and equity in relationship to our equity and economic -- in relationship to jobs but not business ownership. and so, you know, mayor lee created the lbe program which is the local business enterprise program because we can't

identify businesses as minority women, lgbt, so we have the lbe program. and, you know, there are -- there's been legislation in the last couple of years that have actually reduced participation of the lbe program and mayor lee set that up, specifically, so that -- particularly minority women-owned businesses were able to get more of the share of the city's contracts and to do business with the city. and that's an important component, also, in the development of equity and economic equity for businesses. so i appreciate the commission in making the statement and its interest in adding equity to our mission statement. with that, those are the key elements that i wanted to

provide for you today. >> thank you. and any commissioner questions or comments? seeing none, director, thank you for your comments and i appreciate your support and i also appreciate -- i think it's a good time to acknowledge the extraordinary work that osb is doing. it seems like just one thing after another, global pandemics and protests and budget cuts and all of the stuff, but we're i think doing a far better job than what could be expected under the circumstances to make sure we're serving or small business community and i think

so far, at least, we're fulfilling our mission so thank you and thank osb staff for everything you're doing. and so with that, is there any public comment on the director's report, item number 6? no. seeing none, public comment is closed. and next item, please. >> item 7, commissioners' reports, allows, president, vice president and commissioners to make announcements of interest to the small business community discussion items. >> commissioners, any reports? commissioner dooley.

>> i sent a lengthy letter composed and sent to many people by the north beach business association just outlining again what we're all dealing with and, you know, reminding those who are higher than us, like our congress people that we are out here and we need help and if they want us to not have empty corridors in the future, they need to really put their mind to it. so we just wanted to put that out there as a statement. i know that the council district merchants will be doing their own statements, but we just felt it was important to put it out there for people to see that we're watching and we're listening and we have needs. >> commissioner dooley, i got that report and i wanted to, again, thank you for forwarding

this to us and also encourage other commissioners as they receive letters or any formal communication from the business communities that they interact with regularly, to please forward them to director dikandrizy or dominica so that we candie can all be better infd about what the small business community needs. i think it is important and good that we advocate for ourselves and talk amongst ourselves to work to accomplish these goals. thank you.

commissioner ukudio. >> thank you. we are trying to illuminate have valencia corridor. we're jealous of 24th street and the philmore and parts of north beach and i have received a quote from the vendor that did philmore to illuminate valencia permanently and we're looking at the 14th to the 24th and i got quote for all the way from chavez and it will cost $20,000 to no $30,000 to have it professionally installed and we're trying to figure out a kick-starter to crowd fund this money, but there are a chunk of businesses that have reopened on valencia and it's unfortunately pretty anemic out here on

valencia and very little street traffic and most of the businesses are boarded up. even the ones opened, you would barely be able to tell. i'm nervous about the long-term health of this corridor, this proportionate amount of food and businesses and a lot of bars slated to be opened in the process and we have a couple of venues between stage works, the marsh and the chapel and we have a lot of venues, a lot of bars and a lot of indoor restaurants and nervous about valencia and hoping to come up to attract as one tool to support our local businesses in the mission and on valencia specifically. thank you. >> thank you. i look forward to valencia street being the envy of all of the other business districts and i hope you have successful in your mission because i, for one, would be delighted to see

beautiful lights and more artistry in our commercial districts. i'm a huge advocate of that and i hope we can have a lot of it moving forward. and so, if there's any way the commission can support other than just helping to get the word out and amplify your message, don't hesitate to let us know. >> $30,000. [ laughter ] >> that's how. >> well, perhaps we should lobby the director to reallocate a portion of her budget. [ laughter ] >> so i would say that offer i just made, of course, goes out to any district or any commercial corridor. if there's anything anything thl

business commission to make your corridor look better and more beautiful, to help make the city more magical, we are your ally and we will support you 100% and we will do anything that is within the commission's power to amplify that message. and is there any other commissioner comment? so with that, i'll go to my brief report. there's been a few economic recovery task force meetings. we did get pretty much the exact same report that you all received from ted conrad on shared spaces. and i've been vocal in advocating, as i just did and as i will continue to do for shared spaces to be soon as an artistic opportunity for the city. i did last weekend meet with the

coalition of online and zoom meeting with the coalition of gym owners who approached me, looking for assistance, navigating the current health orders and the opening of the various spaces. i'm very interested because it does seem in the personal service's sector it's a complex area and there's a lot of considerations and so, i want to commend them for reaching out and thank them for organizing and i also want to encourage other business sectors to organize likewise and i advocate for your interest as a group to the extent that you can because i think that one voice can speak loud but many voices will always speak louder in that's the best,

i think, way to be heard at oewd and dph is to organize and i want to commend the gym owners. they've done a really good job of organizing not just their strategy of how to deal with this, but also best practices and standards for the gym industry is really interesting learning about that. and i think that's the end of my report. is there any members of the public who would like to comment on item number 7? >> no. >> seeing none, public comment is closed . item number 8, new business. any new business, commissioners? ok, i'm going to introduce a little bit of new business here.

while i was vocally advocating for beautiful spaces online about shared spaces, director tumlin, sf director tumlin replied to a comment and encouraged business owners to sign up for notices on shared spaces and i noticed he was using some software called air table. and i did some asking around and apparently, the city has a contract with air table. as i think many of you will recall, when i was elected president, one of the things i was real big priority for me was improving our communication with the small business community in giving them and opportunity to

sign up for either emails or text messages, particularly about subjects that may be germane or relevant to their business. and so, what i hope to do is to have osb be able to take advantage of this air table form and begin to collect that information from the small business community so that we can community kate with them. and i will be following up conversations with the director about this, but wanted to let you all know this is something that may come up before us in the future. i think it will be helpful to our mission because i think a lot of times, there's a lot of business owners out there that don't realize how important a forum the commission can be for

advancing their interests with policy makers. and so, is there any other comment on new business? any public comment on new business? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> sf gov tv, issue of small business slide. >> we will close. >> go ahead. i'm sorry. >> president laguana, i request we close in memory of george floyd and shawn monterosa and all of the support with the active protesters across america to let them know that the office of san francisco small businesses across america

stabbestandwith you that all cof color endure and won't rest until that's not a case any more. >> yes. and with all of my heart. is the slide showing, dominica. >> yes. we start with a reminder the small business commission -- we close with the reminder that the small business commission is the official public forum to voice your. s anconcerns about the economicn san francisco and that the office of small businesses is the best place to get answer about doing business in san francisco during local emergency. if you need assistance, particularly at this time, find us online or via telephone. as always, our services are free of charge and i don't have the language in closing. but do we have a motion to

ajourn? >> motion to ajourn. >> second. >> role call vote. pai.(role call). >> the meeting is >> ♪e meeting is

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retail let us know about the rain water and are excited to have the local operators in the airport. >> we have to go going through the conceive selective process and they award a lease to the restaurant. >> they are planning on extending. >> we that you could out the china and the length evens and the travel serve and fourth your minds and it's all good. >> how long for a vendor to move through the process. >> i would say it could take 80 up to a year from the time we go out to bid until they actually open a restaurant. >> i don't know what we signed up for but the airport is happy to have us here. and, you know, even taking out the track simple things there's

a learning curve >> with once we're here they are helpful. >> it's an award-winning program. >> we're prude of your awards we have won 11 awards the latest for the best overall food address beverage program and . >> like the oscars (laughter). >> the professional world. >> tell me about the future food. >> all the sb national leases are xooirz and we're hoping to bring newer concepts out in san francisco and what your passengers want. >> well, i look forward to the future (laughter) air are we look fofofofofofofofo >> good morning, everyone. this meeting will come to order.

welcome to the june 22, 2020 rules committee. i am chair of the committee. with me is vice chair stefani and rules committee member mar. we are also joined this morning by matt haney. the clerk today is victor young. i would like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. do you have any announcements? >> due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members and the public the board of supervisors legislative committee room are closed. members will participate remotely. committee members will attend through video conference and participate to the same extent as if physically present. public comment is available for each item. they are streaming the number on the screen. each speaker is allowed two

minutes. comments are available via phone by calling (415)655-0001. access code for the meeting is (145)143-5810. press pound and pound again. when connecting you will hear the discussion but you will will be ibe in his senning need only. dial star three. call from quiet location and speak slowly and turndown your television or radioia. you may submit public comment via e-mail the clerk at

sfgovtv.org. if you submit via e-mail it will be included as part of the official file. items acted upon today are to appear on the agenda on june 30 unless otherwise stated. >> thank you so much. mr. clerk, please call item the out of order. >> charter amendment to amend the charter of the city and county of san francisco to create public works commission to oversee the department of public works to create the sanitation and streets department to succeed specific duties currently performed by the department of public works to create a sanitation and streets commission and to oversee the sanitation and streets department affirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality

act. supervisor haney. >> i am excited to be able to present this charter amendment and discuss it to you, but not today. i am here to ask for this to be continued to next week to save you time today. i am looking forward to sharing with you this needed charter amendment. i will be asking for a continuance today. >> thank you so much. if my colleagues don't have comments we will open this up to public comment anticipating motion to continue. >> do we have anybody on the line? members of the public who wish to comment on this should call (415)655-0001, meeting i

id1451435810. if you would like to speak at this time press star 3 to be unmuted. do we have anybody on the line? >> madam chair, no callers in the queue. >> public comment is closed. i would like to make a motion to continue this item to our next rules committee meeting. >> on that motion. >> shall we continue it to the call of the chair just in case? i would like to revise my motion to continue this item to the call of the chair. >> on that motion. supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> chair ronen. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you very much.

could you please read item 1. ordinance amending the administrative code to include as a mandatory element in the definition of the term responsible substantiation of a record of safe performance on construction projects by the bidder or proposer on a public works or improvement project and to expressly require construction contract an weareds for all specific project delivery methods to be made only to responsible construction contractors. >> wonderful. we have bill barns here from the city administrator's office. any comments or presentation? we can't hear you.

>> so this ordinance is based on work from president yee who had a hearing in 2018 about a dangerous situation in the tunnel where an individual was killed. one of the questions asked was how do we evaluate safety in public works contracts? for the benefit of the public chapter 6 governs all public works department airport, m.t.a., rec and park and public works. every other definition of those responsible. abidder you have to demonstratin bonding capacity. it doesn't require a safety record being included as the responsibility determination. this adds to the definition of responsible that you share your safety record. that includes both citations and

promotions as well as those pending. in an earlier case there was a pending citation because it wasn't finalized it wasn't reported. it is previous work and department would review it. it applies responsible to all different method of contractors. design build, elevator construction, hazard mitigation. those were inclusive of the responsible language. working with the city attorney this was added. this has support of the chapter 6 contracting departments based on what the p.u.c. has already done and i am happy too answer any questions. >> any questions? okay. thank you so much. mr. clerk. is there any public comment on

this item? >> i would like to state that members of the public to participate should call (415)655-0001. meeting id1455r1435 '81 0 and press pound. if you are on the line and would like to make public comment dial star 3 at this time. mr. speakers on the line? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> then public comment is closed. i am happy to make a motion to move this item forward with positive recommendation. >> on that motion. supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> chair ronen.

>> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you so much. is there any other items on the agenda? >> that completes th the th ther today. >> fastest rules meeting ever. have a nice day ever everyone. meeting is adjourned.

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of essential workers and what's available. what we plan to have this summer and what people can do to either sign up or what other programs to do to prepare under the new guideline for the programs that they want to make available to people. so, let's get started. phil, you -- we hit the ball running, both you and maria su got together because we knew

the schools were going to close. but we also knew that there was an essential workforce out there. people who were driving muni, people who were working at hospitals. they had children. they needed child care. they were concerned about taking their children to their elderly parents. they couldn't leave them at home. tell us a little bit about the program that you established that is available currently and will potentially be extended once programming starts for june 15 during the summer. >> thank you, mayor. yeah. you asked us as soon as the schools closed to start thinking about our kids and working families, particularly our health care workers and first responders and people who were needed to help in the city's response. and so the department of children, youth and family and recreation park department are working closely together under the guidance of department of public health, set up an emergency child care system that is now in its 12th week. we, over time, served over 475

kids, 19,000 hours of child care offered during that time and we served over 4,000 meals at over 25 different sites. the program runs between 6:30 in the morning and 7:30 p.m. and kids have been involved in distance learning and a little bit of recreation and it's really been, you know, wasn't what we were used to doing and we had to stand it up pretty quickly, but it has been an amazing experience and i'm really grateful for my partner in runing this thing, maria, and the department of youth and family who have been terrific. >> and i want to just add -- because i know that, you know, sadly, you had these kids and these pods with limited number of social distancing. these are kids coming together on a regular basis. something similar to what we're going to be doing this summer. and, unfortunately, there have been people who have made nasty comments or complained or even yelled at, you know, the kids.

and so what i want to say to people is to back off and mind your own business and to leave kids alone. because at the end of the day, these are kids whose family members are putting their lives on the line to help support this city. so, i can't reiterate enough that it's important that folks really just stay in their lane, mind your own business. we're providing essential service. and we want to extend this and make this available to more kids. so, let's talk a little bit about -- phil, can you just talk a little bit about june 15? >> sure. >> we're going start programming and we're going to extend the number of kids that we're able to serve. not just in our park system, but our overall summer program so i want you, phil, to touch on what will be available for our park system, both for our young people and our teenagers and then we're going to jump into maria su to talk about programming in general.

>> sure. so, our child care operation -- it's summer, and child care was intended to operate while during the school year while the school system -- when the school system was closed and what families and kids are used to during the summer is camp. you're right. the truth of the matter, it will look somewhat similar in that we're going to have pods of 12, but beginning june 15, rec and park -- between rec and park t private sector camp providers and our nonprofit providers we expect that there will be over 200 different camps available to kids can. we are going to prioritize. kids of parents who are working in essential businesses, who are part of the city's response, who are, you know, in allowable businesses and, frankly t kids who need us the most right now. many of our kids in the city

have been without their coaches and mentors for going on 10 weeks and we want to reengage and make sure that these kids, above all else, have something to do this summer. so, starting june 15, camp providers will be allowed to operate. they're going to need to certify that they're going to comply with the health order and guidance coming out of public health, which means kids still need to be in pods of 12 for older kids. the minimum session for camp providers will be three weeks and the boll rationale behind that is to keep kids from normally during a normal summer kids go to one week of this camp and one week of another camp and the health -- and our public health officials have asked us to keep kids together in a consistent pod. so we'll have three three-week sessions beginning june 15. at rec and park, we're planning over 25 different camps.

we expect there to be another 40 to 50 private camp providers operating in our park system. i believe that maria is estimating nearly 100 nonprofit camp providers will operate around the city and then there are some other muscle private providers that will be operating on, you know, nonpark property in different spaces. we're going to start working with camp providers as quickly as possible, right after we're done speaking with you. and for our camps, for rec and park camps, we'll begin priority registration on may 26 for all of the participants that are currently in our emergency child care program and our kids in our scholarship program who are a little bit more vulnerable and who really, really need us. we're going reach out to those populations first and then city-wide, registration for rec and park camps will begin on june 6. all of this information will be

laid out on the department of children, youth and family's website, dcyf/cares.org. and i'll turn it over to maria to talk about the other providers and program staffing. >> thank you, phil. thank you, mayor, for this opportunity to share with our residents of the work that we're doing right now. so, like the mayor shared, we are in the process of expanding the opportunities for families, particularly for summer. we're really excited about this because, as a parent myself who has two children, this is going to be great opportunity for our young -- our young people to go out there and engage with others and just really address the social isolation issues that we know is happening in our families right now. so dcyf is really excited to be partnering with rec and parks

and the rest of our summer providers in the city to stand up all of these programs for the dcyf-specific agencies, which are the nonprofit agencies, that our department provides supports to, we are going to be working with them to open up camps and programs that they will then be made available for all of our families. we are looking at around 100 programs that will be available for families starting june 15. we are asking all of our nonprofit agencies to follow health guidelines, which still has shared, restrictive groups of young people in consistent three-week programming at a minimum. we will also put on our

website, dcyf.org/care. more information around the health order, around the drexives and the guidelines, with how private camps are also fulfill all of those requirements and then document that they are going to open up. so look for that website to go live -- actually the website is live now. but look for the forms to go live soon. >> great. >> and over time, mayor, i think we're going to try to inventory -- try to provide parents with as much information as we can about all of the camp opportunities because we have to think about it as a network this summer because of the health guidelines. so, we hope to be able to have a list and some reference materials for not just rec and park camps, but all of the private camps happening around the city, too. >> yeah. and i want to touch a little

bit because, you know, child care has been important because we have allowed that to continue for essential workers. can you talk a little bit, maria, what we can expect as it relates to the 0 to 5 age group and what might be available during the summer? >> yes. so, we're really excited that this new health order that you have authorized with our health department to allow the expansion of child care services for more families. so, there are child care programs for children 0 to 5 right now that are providing services for our essential workers and other allowable businesses. under this new health order, we are now opening that opportunity for more families. we have hear that there are families out there who are working, who need care, who really, really need care for their children. and for children to need -- to need opportunities to be with their friends.

so, this health order will allow more families to have access to these slots, these child care slots. i do want to caution folks that we are still following health guidelines and so the slots are going to be limited. we are restricted to a smaller group of children per site. so i just want to set expectations for everyone that it's not just usual child care as we remember how it was a year ago. >> yeah. and i do think it's great that, you know, this is providing an opportunity for kids to come together. so we're talking about pods of 12 within the course of a summer camp or preschool or in other arenas so that not only can kids -- can parents get to work, but also it gives these

children an tounlts interact with one another because i'm sure, especially if it is a child who doesn't have any siblings, to be able to play with another kid was -- like i know everything for me as a kid and i just feel so awful that these kids can't go out there and enjoy one another. this is an opportunity and a great opportunity. but i also, sadly, know it is a very limited opportunity. but do want to touch on, you know, teenagers because i know one of things that happens often times they are always left out. so i am commited to making sure that opportunities for all is available so that we have paid internships for kids during the summer. and that we make that available, especially for our teenagers. because, you know, already they're missing their graduations and activities and events. and we want to make sure that they have a productive summer

as well and they're not left out. so, maria, make you can touch on what might be happening with opportunities for all and i know that with rec and park, we have a number of teens that are going to be working and helping with these camps during summer. let's talk a little bit about, you know, how kids who are teenagers can sign up for some of the programs. >> thank you, mayor. so actually a lot of our programs are doing a lot of connections to young people now but they're doing it remotely. they're doing a lot of wellness checks and follow-up on what academic support these young people need. so, once again with this health order, we're now allowed to have face-to-face and in-person connections with these young people. so, we're going to work closely with our nonprofit agencies to help young people connect to internship opportunities or actual job opportunities at some of these summer programs

or at offices that are slowly opening up. so, there's great opportunities for private sector folks who are now interested -- who are opening up and would be interested in being a mentor for a young person this summer. that would be amazing. however, if that is not available, our young people are actually engaging in project-based learning right now. so a lot of our young people in our workforce program will be doing small projects that are -- that is remote for the agencis that they're assigned to. there will be engagement but it is so much better if the engagement is in person and not remote. i do -- >> how do they sign up? like a teenager that wants to participate and have access to a paid internship? >> for now, we're directing

everyone to go to dcyf.org/care so they can find out what's available in the community and make sections there. i also do want to say that, for young people and for families who are struggling right now because there are young people and familis who are struggling right now we do have a website that is available and under the mayor's leadership, she wanted to prioritize mental health services for families and for our essential workers and other service providers. for those who are struggling and who need support, please go to fieldsan francisco.org to learn more about different resources for parents, for young people and for adults and service providers. >> and also can we call 3-1-1 and be referred if we don't have access to the internet? >> yes. we'll definitely make sure that that's possible.

>> great. great. we want to make it as easy for people as possible because i know sometimes you jump on a website and trying to figure it out or if you don't have internet access but want to ma you are that your friend knows that this might be available for their family. talk about what some of the teens are going to be doing in your program this summer. >> sure. for the last 607 years, san francisco has had a program called workreation, where we actually fund teenagers, kids between the ages of 14 and 17 to work in our camps. and because of your leadership and focus on getting these camps opened safely and getting kids an experience, we're hiring approximately 200 kid this is summer that will be counselors in the camps that we just talked about. i also think there is an amazing opportunity, mayor, for

those private camp providers that want to operate this summer to hire teenagers. here's why. the health order and the health guidance requires a minimum of two staff for every pod of 12 kids. and for private camp providers used to operating with a ton of kids and a few staff, you won't able to do that this year and staff won't be able to move around between pods during the camp session. for private camps to operate, they need to be very well-staffed and we highly, highly recommend that private camp providers hire teenagers to help and provide some support in making sure that your camps operate safely and smoothly and gives these kids a great experience and opportunity to make some money. >> i want to provide an example because, for example, we have been providing a camp at -- well, i guess it is called a camp, i don't know what it is called, but we have been

providing support for young people whose families are essential workers at hamilton rec center. so hamilton rec center has several rooms that could be used. so, i know that the plan is there is going to be probably two or three pods of 12. and each of those pods have their own rooms and their own activities around their rooms and they are also able to go outside and enjoy the field but not in the same pod, although they have their workers that are assigned to their pods. so, it provides for more opportunity to support more young people. so, the good news is even when they're in these situations, they're social distancing, but you know how it is when you're a kid and you're out playing, most likely you're going to somehow have some interaction where you might touch or be next to each other. so that is really why the importance of keeping these pods to what they are is

significant in preventing the spread of the virus and giving these kids a chance to have their community of people to hang out with. >> yeah. i think that is what we're going for. it is super important for kids to first of all get outside and reengage and, yes, there will be indoor spaces. but a lot more emphasis on being outside this summer for children. and as you know, mayor, for them to be together and hang out and a under the health guidance to your very early point for those who are concerned about the health of our children, under the health guidance, kids within the same pod can play sports. they can do certain activities. >> so, k they play basketball together? can they -- >> together, within the same pod. they can do those activities. and that is why this whole pod concept is very important. our public health officials have been focused on minimizing risk. it is impossible to eliminate

it 100%. but minimizing it. and that is the whole premise of these long three-week sessions and these pods of 12. depending upon which spaces a camp uses a camp may be able to have only one pod of 12 kids but may be able to have two pods or even three pods. as you know in hamilton or season seth rec center where the richmond or jolie, some of our buildings have multiple spaces, some schools where camps might operate have have multiple spaces. and then we've got the best park system in the country. so, we have plenty of outdoor spaces as well. for each pod, each pod requires a minimum of two staff people and staff cannot circulate between pods. so, again, for all you private camp providers out there, hire kids to help you this summer. >> all right. well thank you all so much for the insight. i'm sure a lot of parents are excited about this. i am hopeful that, you know, some of the -- in addition to the private -- the public camps

that we'll provide with rec and park and a number of rec centers and nonprofit partners will be able to provide a sufficient number of locations within the public sector and hopefully in combination with the private sector, many of our kids can have an enjoyable, effective, fun summer. so, we appreciate that and for more information, make sure that we reach out to department of children youth and families on the website or call 3-1-1 and before we wrap it up, i do want to talk a little bit about this weekend because it's memorial day weekend and typically everyone -- first of all, the weather in san francisco, even today, is gorgeous. and most of the time people want to go out and have barbecues and hang out with friends and family and i really like the idea of what you did in terms of circles in park to make it clear like you have to stay away from each other.

we want to be next to each other so bad. but at the same time, we're doing so well. we still see the numbers of infections going up. but we see the number of hospitalizations going down, the number of those who are in i.c.u. going down. san francisco is doing well. and the last thing we want to do is get too comfortable and all of a sudden go backwards so we still need people to keep their distance. we still need people to wear masks. we still need people to wash their hands regularly! wash your hands! but phil, tell us a little bit about what we can expect with the parks this weekend because we are, as much as we know people would want to use the parks, we'll be out in force regulating during memorial day weekend. again, we don't want to shut down any parks but if it comes down to that point where things are out of control and aren't following the guidelines, we won't have a choice. we really need people to be on

their absolute best behavior. so, tell us about what we can expect with our parks this weekend. >> sure. i mean, mayor, you covered it perfectly, which is that, look, our parks are super important right now. they are the one place where people can get outside, get some exercise, connect with nature and you have been amazing at making sure that these spaces are open and accessible. but for them to stay open and accessible, people need to do the right thing and over the last 10, 11 weeks, most people have been. but we need to focus and not ease up so you can be outside but you have to socially distance. we still recommend that you wear a mask. no partying, you know, no big events, no big picnics. just enjoy nature and enjoy a little time with your own immediate family or your own roommates. we will have park ranger, san francisco police department, police officers. we'll have sheriff's cadets,

fire cadets, police cadets and the neighborhood emergency response team, all doing education and outreach. there are over 1500 signs in all of our parks indicating what you can and can't do. just do the right thing so we don't put the mayor in a position where she needs to take more drastic action. it is amazing, mayor, in a lot of cities just threw their hands up and say, oh, parks closed because we don't want to deal with it. you haven't done that. you've kept parks open for people. so, you know, we're all asking the public to do the right thing this weekend. the weather will be nice. you will want to get outside. if you have to get in a car, it's too far. so go to your neighborhood park, enjoy it. but socially distance. if you're deloris or jackson or the marina green or washington square, we've offered a little bit of pop-up behavioral art to inspire you to claim your own

space. that is the circles that are in some of the parks. and, you know, they're intended to be joyous and inspirational, but intended to remind everyone that we need to be mindful as we continue to fight this virus. >> and i just want to say that please don't get offended if, you know, our park rangers or someone walks up to you and asks you, you know, are you guys in the same household just to, you know, make sure that people are following these orders. we have a responsibility. and the other thing is, if you're not the police, then please don't act like you're the police. we don't need you to walk and regulate and tell other people what to do because that creates more drama. it creates more tension. so we are doing the very best we can. we want to make this park and open space available to you because we know how challenging this has been. for the most part, san franciscans have followed the order and we are so fortunate that we have amazing residents

in the city who are taking this seriously, even though not everyone is complying which has made life difficult in some respects. but please let us deal with that. we're doing our very best to try and reduce this curve to the point of it being nonexistence because i know how badly we want to get back to being out there, to going to work and allowing kids to play. but the fact is coronavirus is with us for some time. it is not about getting back completely to normal. it's about adjusting to our new normal in a responsible way. it is going to take time. it's going to take ai, patience. we appreciate everyone for what you continue to do to help san francisco be a leader in this effort. thank you, phil ginsburg, thank you, maria su for your insight. for more information call 3-1-1. i know there might be a lot of questions also about the schools and other things. we're happy to continue these

conversations based on your feedback. based on your questions. because many of us are doing the very best we can. this is not like anything any of us have ever expected. so, we're all in this together. we're going to get through this together and that requires us to continue to be patient, get information to you as soon as it is available and just really try to come together, lift one another up, enjoy the memorial day weekend. and thank you all so much for your cooperation. have a great weekend and we'll see you next week.

>> good morning. the meeting will come to order. i am afnay el mandelman. we are joined by supervisor stefani and walton. our clerk is john carroll. thank you sfgovtv for staffing this meeting and operations and it for lending support for this meeting and for everything you all do to keep us going smoothly most of the time, even in a pandemic. mr. clerk, any announcements? >> yes, to protect board members