good outcome of the placement of d.t.x. and the first period of the planned bay area, as was noted before, the team has participated in coordination meetings with related projects including the transbay -- the new transbay rail crossing with bart and capital corridor. and tjpa sent comments to the high speed rail authority, the draft environmental document. that just happened in the past week. so i appreciate that level of engagement and participation and really a form of championship since that did come up. i think it's really great to see all of the related projects being a focus here at tjpa. with that, i'm happy to take -- sorry, one thing i did fail to mention. our next meeting will be coming up september 18 at 11:00.

as usual, the agenda is posted on the tjpa website and any callers who require additional assistance, we can provide that for the call-in process through tjpa and director gonzalez. we did have folks experiencing difficulty at our prior meeting. i wanted to acknowledge that and offer that assistance. >> chair sesay: thank you for that update. do i have any comments, questions from my fellow board members? i see vice chair gee. >> vice chair gee: thank you, chair sesay. director chang, i wanted to say thank you for the update. this is exactly what -- not just this board needs, but the public needs to see where this is headed and where they can engage in the process. so i appreciate it. look forward to the more detailed work plan as well as all the other items that you shared in your report. so thank you very much for that. >> you're welcome.

>> chair sesay: thank you. anyone else? i don't see anyone else, at least my fellow board members. mr. secretary, do we have members of the public wishing to comment? >> secretary: yes. you have one member of the public that would like to comment on the item. jason, can you put that caller in the queue? >> they are unmuted. >> fellow caller, please state your name. your three minutes begins now. >> thank you, directors. this is roland from san jose. so, to start with i think that director chang is asking for the modelling on behalf of caltrain is critical. and in my mind, this is a very

best $200,000 you will have spent on this project so far. moving forward, i expect that the analysis will finally expose the second street alignment. that will ultimately make it impossible for caltrain to vacate the 4th and king rail yard until the new transbay tube opens. i would like to close with a couple of recommendations. first of all, when you're doing the modelling, limit the model to the section between breeze bane and the sfdtc. any issues caused by -- to eliminate any issues caused by the rider way in san matteo county. i would like to share with you track work in the vicinity of the tank form that makes it

possible to turn around 12 trains an hour per direction between the transit center and brisbane. the other thing i would like to address is to consider, is to expand the scope of the contract to study the 7th street alignment in parallel with the second street alignment, because this ultimately will inform the board -- the 7th street alignment is indeed the only alignment that will enable six full-length true platforms in translink. and i'm pleased to inform you that one of the seven design builders who responded to the r.f.i. gave me a verbal quote to

construct both the d.t.x. and p.a.x. as a combined project for less than $1 billion. which means that you currently have a funding envelope of $1.3 billion, all this project needs is environmental to proceed. and we have two bills, one that passed, senate bill, i think it was from senator wiener. and the one that make in the session, which is 7965 which is extension of 8900. that bill is critical and i need you all legislators to basically join with the mayor in san jose and to convene an emergency session to pass that bill. thank you very much.

>> secretary: thank you. it seems there are no other members of the public that would like to provide a comment. i will proceed along with the agenda. >> chair sesay: thank you, mr. secretary. >> secretary: at this time the board is scheduled to go into closed session. if there are any members of the public that would like to provide comment on the items listed for discussion in closed session, this is your time to do so now. seeing none, i will now put us in closed session. moderator, can you please put us into closed session?

>> yes. >> i can hear you. thank you, jason. you may report out. as to item 16, conference with legal counsel, existing litigation in the matter as specified on the published agenda, there is no action to report. as to item 17, for the spaces in the transit center as noticed, there is no action to report. >> chair sesay: thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you so much for that. so i take it we're adjourned. >> secretary: it looks as if you have a member of the public who wants to provide a comment at this time. >> chair sesay: okay. jason, can you please pass the person -- the caller through the queue, please?

>> hello, caller, please state your name. >> i don't need to state my name. i'm pretty well known. you know, you need to know something about the brown act. so i was listening to the meeting and we are at home because of the covid-19 situation. those of us who pay attention to the various deliberations are getting piecemeal information on what is happening with the transbay joint powers authority. you know, some of us are very interested in the high-speed

rail system with all the millions of dollars that have been spent at the transbay. and the last meeting i saw the -- one of the directors, i think the main director retired. and i know they're going to get some new people in. i know your chair person pretty well. and all i say is, that san franciscans are very astute and stellar. don't hood wink us in broad daylight. keep us informed with goals that have time lines. and i know you have your c.a.c. and some others, but let's not

have people that rubber-stamp issues. we need sound deliberation. we need people who understand what this process is, including the brown act. and, hopefully, if you do things the right way, we'll go to a better place. if not, i think that transbay joint powers authority will also be involved in some sort of subpoena-type of situation, which we do not want to be. or happen. thank you very much. >> chair sesay: thank you. mr. secretary, do you have any more? >> secretary: no. there are no more members of the public that wish to provide

comment at this time. chair sesay, that concludes your items for today's agenda, you may adjourn the meeting. >> chair sesay: thank you, everyone. goodbye. congrats to you, director gonzalez. >> everyone be well, take care. >> thank you, take care, everyone.

>> roughly five years, i was working as a high school teacher, and i decided to take my students on a surfing field trip. the light bulb went off in my head, and i realized i could do

much more for my students taking them surfing than i could as their classroom teacher, and that is when the idea for the city surf project was born. >> working with kids in the ocean that aren't familiar with this space is really special because you're dealing with a lot of fear and apprehension but at the same time, a lot of excitement. >> when i first did it, i was, like, really scared, but then, i did it again, and i liked it. >> we'll get a group of kids who have just never been to the beach, are terrified of the idea, who don't like the beach. it's too cold out, and it's

those kid that are impossible to get back out of the water at the end of the day. >> over the last few years, i think we've had at least 40 of our students participate in the city surf project. >> surfing helped me with, like, how to swim. >> we've start off with about two to four sessions in the pool before actually going out and surfing. >> swimming at the pool just helps us with, like, being, like, comfortable in the water and being calm and not being all -- not being anxious. >> so when we started the city surf project, one of the things we did was to say hey, this is the way to earn your p.e. credits. just getting kids to go try it was one of our initial challenges for the first year or two. but now that we've been doing it three or four years, we have

a group of kids that's consistent, and the word has spread, that it's super fun, that you learn about the ocean. >> starting in the morning, you know, i get the vehicles ready, and then, i get all the gear together, and then, i drive and go get the kids, and we take them to a local beach. >> we usually go to linda mar, and then occasionally ocean beach. we once did a special trip. we were in capitola last year, and it was really fun. >> we get in a circle and group stretch, and we talk about specific safety for the day, and then, we go down to the water. >> once we go to the beach, i don't want to go home. i can't change my circumstances at home, but i can change the way i approach them. >> our program has definitely been a way for our students to find community and build

friends. >> i don't really talk to friends, so i guess when i started doing city surf, i started to, like, get to know people more than i did before, and people that i didn't think i'd like, like, ended up being my best friends. >> it's a group sport the way we do it, and with, like, close camaraderie, but everybody's doing it for themselves. >> it's great, surfing around, finding new people and making new friendships with people throughout surfing. >> it can be highly developmental for students to have this time where they can learn a lot about themselves while negotiating the waves. >> i feel significantly, like, calmer. it definitely helps if i'm, like, feeling really stressed or, like, feeling really anxious about surfing, and i go surfing, and then, i just feel, like, i'm going to be okay. >> it gives them resiliency

skills and helps them build self-confidence. and with that, they can use that in other parts of their lives. >> i went to bring amy family o the beach and tell them what i did. >> i saw kids open up in the ocean, and i got to see them connect with other students, and i got to see them fail, you know, and get up and get back on the board and experience success, and really enjoy themselves and make a connection to nature at the same time. >> for some kids that are, like, resistant to, like, being in a mentorship program like this, it's they want to surf, and then later, they'll find out that they've, like, made this community connection. >> i think they provided level playing fields for kids to be

themselves in an open environment. >> for kids to feel like i can go for it and take a chance that i might not have been willing to do on my own is really special. >> we go on 150 surf outings a year. that's year-round programming. we've seen a tremendous amount of youth face their fears through surfing, and that has translated to growth in other facets of their lives. >> i just think the biggest thing is, like, that they feel like that they have something that is really cool, that they're engaged in, and that we, like, care about them and how they're doing, like, in general. >> what i like best is they really care about me, like, i'm not alone, and i have a group of people that i can go to, and, also, surfing is fun. >> we're creating surfers, and we're changing the face of

surfing. >> the feeling is definitely akin to being on a roller coaster. it's definitely faster than i think you expect it to be, but it's definitely fun. >> it leaves you feeling really, really positive about what that kid's going to go out and do. >> i think it's really magical almost. at least it was for me. >> it was really exciting when i caught my first wave. >> i felt like i was, like -- it was, like, magical, really. >> when they catch that first wave, and their first lights up, you know -- their face lights up, you know you have them hooked. >> i was on top of the world. it's amazing. i felt like i was on top of the world even though i was probably going two miles an hour. it was, like, the scariest thing i'd ever done, and i think it was when i got hooked on surfing after

my name is doctor ellen moffett, i am an assistant medical examiner for the city

and county of san francisco. i perform autopsy, review medical records and write reports. also integrate other sorts of testing data to determine cause and manner of death. i have been here at this facility since i moved here in november, and previous to that at the old facility. i was worried when we moved here that because this building is so much larger that i wouldn't see people every day. i would miss my personal interactions with the other employees, but that hasn't been the case. this building is very nice. we have lovely autopsy tables and i do get to go upstairs and down stairs several times a day to see everyone else i work with. we have a bond like any other group of employees that work for a specific agency in san francisco. we work closely on each case to

determine the best cause of death, and we also interact with family members of the diseased. that brings us closer together also. >> i am an investigator two at the office of the chief until examiner in san francisco. as an investigator here i investigate all manners of death that come through our jurisdiction. i go to the field interview police officers, detectives, family members, physicians, anyone who might be involved with the death. additionally i take any property with the deceased individual and take care and custody of that. i maintain the chain and custody for court purposes if that becomes an issue later and notify next of kin and make any additional follow up phone callsness with that particular death. i am dealing with people at the worst possible time in their lives delivering the worst news they could get.

i work with the family to help them through the grieving process. >> i am ricky moore, a clerk at the san francisco medical examiner's office. i assist the pathology and toxicology and investigative team around work close with the families, loved ones and funeral establishment. >> i started at the old facility. the building was old, vintage. we had issues with plumbing and things like that. i had a tiny desk. i feet very happy to be here in the new digs where i actually have room to do my work. >> i am sue pairing, the toxicologist supervisor. we test for alcohol, drugs and poisons and biological substances. i oversee all of the lab

operations. the forensic operation here we perform the toxicology testing for the human performance and the case in the city of san francisco. we collect evidence at the scene. a woman was killed after a robbery homicide, and the dna collected from the zip ties she was bound with ended up being a cold hit to the suspect. that was the only investigative link collecting the scene to the suspect. it is nice to get the feedback. we do a lot of work and you don't hear the result. once in a while you heard it had an impact on somebody. you can bring justice to what happened. we are able to take what we due to the next level. many of our counterparts in other states, cities or countries don't have the resources and don't have the beautiful building and the

equipmentness to really advance what we are doing. >> sometimes we go to court. whoever is on call may be called out of the office to go to various portions of the city to investigate suspicious deaths. we do whatever we can to get our job done. >> when we think that a case has a natural cause of death and it turns out to be another natural cause of death. unexpected findings are fun. >> i have a prior background in law enforcement. i was a police officer for 8 years. i handled homicides and suicides. i had been around death investigation type scenes. as a police officer we only handled minimal components then it was turned over to the coroner or the detective division. i am intrigued with those types of calls.

i wondered why someone died. i have an extremely supportive family. older children say, mom, how was your day. i can give minor details and i have an amazing spouse always willing to listen to any and all details of my day. without that it would be really hard to deal with the negative components of this job. >> being i am a native of san francisco and grew up in the community. i come across that a lot where i may know a loved one coming from the back way or a loved one seeking answers for their deceased. there are a lot of cases where i may feel affected by it. if from is a child involved or things like that. i try to not bring it home and not let it affect me. when i tell people i work at the medical examiners office.

whawhat do you do? the autopsy? i deal with the a with the enou- with the administrative and the families. >> most of the time work here is very enjoyable. >> after i started working with dead people, i had just gotten married and one night i woke up in a cold sweat. i thought there was somebody dead? my bed. i rolled over and poked the body. sure enough, it was my husband who grumbled and went back to sleep. this job does have lingering effects. in terms of why did you want to go into this? i loved science growing up but i didn't want to be a doctor and didn't want to be a pharmacist. the more i learned about forensics how interested i was of the perfect combination

between applied science and criminal justice. if you are interested in finding out the facts and truth seeking to find out what happened, anybody interested in that has a place in this field. >> being a woman we just need to go for it and don't let anyone fail you, you can't be. >> with regard to this position in comparison to crime dramas out there, i would say there might be some minor correlations. let's face it, we aren't hollywood, we are real world. yes we collect evidence. we want to preserve that. we are not scanning fingerprints in the field like a hollywood television show. >> families say thank you for what you do, for me that is extremely fulfilling. somebody has to do my job. if i can make a situation that is really negative for someone

more positive, then i feel like i am doing the right thing for the city of san francisco. >> clerk: this is the remote hearing for the planning commission on november 19, 2020. on april 3, 2020, the planning commission received authorization from the mayor's office to reconvene remotely through the end of the shelter in place. this will be our 29 remote hearing. remote hearings require everyone's attention and, most of all, your patience. if you are not speaking, please mute your microphone and turnoff your video camera. to enable public participation, sfgov is broadcasting and streaming this meeting live. public comment or opportunities