training, food insecurity efforts during the pandemic and holiday season along with other services offered at the community hubs. comcast, as the mayor mentioned, will provide 800 youth with laptop computers which are theirs to keep and free internet at home for a year through internet essentials program. by providing free wi-fi access at community hubs and combining with free laptops and free internet access at home, comcast will help ensure the youth actively participate in class work and complete assignments wherever they are. as a result, the children can receive the best possible education and be set up for a more equitable prosperous future. the partnership with mayor breed, the director and dcyf

team, all of the other city departments, community-based organizations like ymca, comcast has been successful because of the commitments we all have to ensuring we educate and empower the san francisco students and families. we so look forward to continued partnership. thank you so much. back to you, madam mayor. >> mayor breed: thank you, breath. i hope brooklyn will get the laptop and internet so she has all she needs to thrive in the city. comcast support has been strumental to make sure the killeds have access to internet at the hub and this new contribution of 800 laptops is great news in addition to the contribution to staff and the work they will continue to do. we appreciate you joining us today. thank you all again. you can tell we are all excited

about the community hubs initiative and what it means for families and students in san francisco. it has been a team effort. it has shown what this city can do when we come together to focus on what is most important. i am looking forward to continuing to work with everyone involved to ensure it remains a success in the new year and can help inform the school district's ongoing work to get students back in the classroom. at this time i will turn it over to nubia for question and answer from the press. >> thank you for speaking about such an important program. i am with the san francisco command center. i will help facilitate questions from the press. we have a question for maria. we have a question for the

examiner. how will the hubs expand outreach to ensure eligible families know about it? >> thank you for the question. we are currently working with our school district to identify additional young people who would benefit from a spot in the hub. we have planned to serve 3,000 children in total. we have more spots available in the hub. we are hoping to identify those young people and enroll them. we have already worked with the school district for two learning hubs where we were able to identify a number of young people and have already registered them. we are also working with our community-based organizations on a daily basis. we are identifying families who continue to need this additional

support. we will continue to expand as resources are available. our commitment is to ensure up to 3,000 children will have this opportunity by the end of the program. >> we are done with questions. thank you all so much for joining us. i know shauna is looking forward to making sure brooklyn gets her new laptop and internet service and so many kids so deserving. thank you for joining us. have a wonderful holiday season. take care. >> okay.well tom twelo

hearing our last hearing of the year. on february 25th the mayor declared a state of emergency. reveen remotely through the shelter in place. congratulations commissioners. remote hearings are moa-turn off your camera and mute if you are not speaking. we have streaming this hearing

live. we will receive public hearing on today's agenda. when we reach the item you are interested in speaking on you can press star two. each speaker will be allowed to three minutes. when you have thirty seconds remining you will hear a chime. please speak clearly and slowly. i will take roll at this time.

>> (roll call) par pa. >> first on your agenda we have a discretionary review at the time of issuance was proposed for continuance to january 14th but now being proposed to january 7th as long as it remains on your consent calendar. eyitem two a discretionary revi. it's proposed for continuancance

to february 112021. tconditional use is indefinite continuance. further commissioners under your regular calendar your agenda today has gotten significantly shorter. item 11 for one conditional use authorization is proposed to february 18th 2021. the large project authorization is proposed for continuance for

january 21. we should open up public comment. members of the public this is opportunity to speak for matter proposed for continuance. by pressing star 13. commissioners, i apologize. february 11 for item two is a cancelled hearing. we need to change that to february 18th, commissioners. so item two is going to februar. thank you for that reminder. again, members of the public this is your opportunity to speak for the matter proposed for continuance. i do have one member of the

public requesting to speak. you have two minutes. >> thank you. good afternoon commissioners . can you hear me? >> yes, we can. >> on behalf of the project sponsor, we've agreed to the proposed continuance. i disbruf just wanted to make tk points. this is being requested to discuss the project with the supervisor's office and talk about how we can address their concerns. while we're doing that the project response r i sponsor isx hundred thousand dollars each month. weecwe've worked very hard with

staff over many months. there many pending with the proposal our proposed served as a precedent. we ask that staff work with us to address these issues quickly. we appreciate the length of the continuance. we urge that it be kept at february 18 and we'll get right to work addressing concerns. >> okay . last call for the matters called to be continued. seeing no additional calls. public comment is closed. an the matter is now before you. >> commissioner imperial. >> move to continue items as

scheduled. >> second. >> great. that's items continued as proposed. >> (roll call). >> so moved that motion passes unanimously. the acting administrator could you please act on item 3b. >> we'll continue item 3b indefinitely. >> thank you. commissioners that will place us on your consent calendar.

we have one item on consent. that matter is considered to be routine by the planning commission and may be called by a single roll call vote. there is no discussion on matter unless there's a request. item five. a conditional use authorization. seeing no requests to speak from the public if there are no requests to pull this off of consent the matter is now before you.

>> move the approval of the lot split. >> second. >> (roll call). >> so moved that passes unanimously. members of the public if you would like to speak to the minutes. please press star three to be entered into the queue. >> this is georgia, on the general public comment on that day when i mentioned the marry brown study when i sent the

slides you were kind enough to show. the revival homes. i may have mentioned that they should have been viewed as well as preservation but my point was about that specific stall. if you could change those words i would appreciate it. thank you so much. >> thank you. we can certainly make that amendment. seeing no other request it speak to the minutes. the public comment is closed. they are now before you. >> move to adopt the minutes with the amendments. >> adopt the minutes as will be

amended. >> (loroll call (. >> so moved. that passes unanimously. item seven. comments. >> i wanted to start off by sa saying wow. what a year. we started off with a new director, and building. we conducted 32 virtual hearings which is astounding to me. i want to thank everyone for helping us get. we addressed our racial and equity solutions in our department. and we will continue that momentum as soon as we start

kicking off next year as well. the public. thanks for tuning in with us. we're going through the same situation as you are in at home. we're all living virtually. thanks again for all your paition . i wanyourpatience. thank you for all the staff. i also do want to take a acceptate minute to thank someone who has stepped up and literately made this whole year possible. is he not a commissioner. he has acted like one and stepped up. only president's will know what a task it is to conduct a

hearing. jonas has juggled all the public comments and calendar. he has single ha handedly came through. personal thank thanks out to hi. take this time-take a couple weeks and be safe and enjoy your holidays and we'll be back soon for 2021 and looking forward to it. >> commissioner moore. >> thank you. you so well summarized my feelings. we will miss the christmas party. we miss seeing your babies and

everybody else. miss seeing you. this is the first seeing your new digs which none of us have been in. these are certainly strange times. at least we have the media. i do want to echo your feelings p and thank jonas he has done an amazing job. i hope nb c is not going to take him away. he is a message carrier and made it easy for us to make a light hearted functioning meeting. thanks or our commissioner and our longer tenure. it's been a great year. we all muster circumstances that make it harder to really

communicate because we are virtual. you have done a good job. i appreciate the diversity and the strength and i have learned a lot. thanks to everybody. happy holidays. happy holidays to the public listening to today's meeting. >> okay. if there are no further questions to speak from commissioners. thank you for those kind words. i can't reiterate enough how much the team behind me is to make that happen. that will put us on item eight. >> thank you for those words again. it's amazing you all have been willing to jump into take on major issues during extremely

challenging times for us all. thank you for continuing to push and major policy issues and equity around housing and economic recovery. it's been a challenging year. you've all shown we have to continue to push on the challenges we face. so thank you. i want to note something we talked about earlier before. the meeting you may have seen, the instructions or articles on the instructions. the mayor's office has asked us to come to them with a seven and a half general fund reduction. and two and a half contingency. we'll be coming to you and have a series of meetings of the commission one january 21, so next month we'll start to talk

to you about that. we have the general fund reduction to deal with as well as the impact that we're seeing.

they all seem to have horizontal and vertical expansions and change on the facade. they usually raise the original house off of the foundation. they have extensive full lot

excavations. carbon karexcavations. they have an inefficient use of space ancillary living space. the ground are sub ter arian levels. as a second unit kitchen. if there's been a second unit to be approved. they have to keep it. they try to take care of the policy. most of these are speck projects. they are flipped upon completion or the entitlements are sold midway. none of these were review by the commission. the demo either not provide to the staff readily. we have to ask for two or three

pdrs or are often adjusted during the work of the project. but they don't cross the threshold. what happens. it's lost at the site. in the neighborhood and in the city. that was had a i said back in twenty four tean when i started this adventure in this. i think they lead to increased development pressure.

>> members of the public. last call. commissioners i have no additional members flt public requesting to speak at this time. general public comment is closed. we can move onto your regular calendar.

>> what you see on the screen is the layout. it involves two lots. also in the picture is just a general layout of where the existing below grade play area is. the project also is requesting tnal use authorization for four seventy eight twenty seventh avenue. a c u is also requested for development lot size.

>> the five units which fronts onto 27th avenue. the parcel labeled b is a play ground-existing play ground next to the church. the existing play ground about ten feet below street level. it's a sunken area, not the most desirable area around. next slide, please. this is what the proposed senior housing would look like. it's a building that matches the character of the existing neighborhood. we're very proud of the fact that we try to be good neighbors and backing onto this project is an 18 unit senior housing project that is a separate physical rich land billing. if you drove by it you would

never know it was an 18 unit building. we've taken great care to plan into the neighborhood. the building itself at the ground level utility spaces and because of the difference in elevations we will have the ability to drive through this building to the subterrain yan parking. we get one bonus senior adu on the rear facing yard. we have one bedroom and two three bedroom senior unit. the existing buildings in the maybe hood and the senior housing would be available to everybody on a first come first serve basis. next slide, please. returning to the slide showing the architectural of the unit.

i want to look at b which is the existing play yard. next slide, please. what we would do is raise the existing

>> members of the public will have two minutes to speak. >> did you take slide show down? >> it's still up. >> caller are you prepared to submit your testimony?

>> hello. yes i'm prepared. my name is perfect mr. thompson. i live in the neighborhood close to the church and bookstore. i'd like to point out that on the weekends saturday night and sunday morningsings it's very difficult to find on street parking for those of us that live in the neighborhood. i would be supportive of the projectth. on street parking faces off the street for those that are a tenning the church. it creates a problem for those of news the neighborhood. it would be a win win for both the church community and local residents an businesses in the neighborhood. the restaurants in the neighborhood that hopefully with covid goes away we'll be

attracting the normal clientele from the normal neighborhood. it's a win win for the community. voice my support for this project. >> hi. i'm calling in support of this project. my mother-in-law who has lived in san francisco since the late forties and she is now over ninety years old and no longer able to live in her own house in sun set. instead she moved into existing senior housing. this allowed her to live near a church that allows her to hear bells. where she is comfortable and

safely receive visitors. i hope you approve this project. and let the church build more senior housing to serve our aging population. >> hello, can you hear me? >> we can. >> i'm the principal of st. john's academy. it's located on the church property. we have been functioning on the church property for 27 years. we're looking forward to having the play area raised to street level. currently the play area we use monday through friday when school is in session and students are on campus is sunk below street level.

i ask that you approve this project. >> i am living in pacific. i attend church every week covid restrictions permitting. i have two children, four, and two. we're expecting our third baby.

>> i'm a resident in san francisco. i'm a member of the holly virgin community. i sing in the choir at least two plus times a week. it's absolutely necessary that we have additional parking available so i can attend services without being tardy due to finding a place to park. i'm a member of the organizing committee i built the 18 units on 26th avenue. this project has been an outstanding success for our senior community. two thirds of our community are

of the community i ask that you please approve the additional five units so we can continue to serve our aging populous in san francisco. thank you very much. >> hello. i'm greek orthodox. if the project sponsors can work out additional parking for all the church members to be able to attend. that would be great. i'm hoping they can do that. i'm also hoping that these additional five units would be accessible to people of low and fixed income. thank you. >> hello. i'm president of the community services. the seven is that serves seniors

throughout the district in san francisco and sus set district. we serve over two hundred maless a day. parking is a challenge for making our delivery. if anything done to increase parking in the area would help us deliver those meal it the seniors. those that don't live close have expressed they would like to live closer to the area. makes our deliveries more efficient and better for our seniors. thank you so much. >> caller are you prepared to submit your testimony. >> yes. >> go ahead. you may want to mute you're

commuter or television. >> sorry. repeat. >> go ahead. ma'am. you have two minutes. >> hello? >> yes. >> you're going to let me know when i can speak? >> now would be the opportunity to speak, ma'am. >> i'm the president of the russian americans. we are the national organization and have the voice of the russian americans. we're head quartered in san francisco. i feel especially that we can represent the russian community here. we feel it's imperative to have a senior housing project built year the church. most of these seniors were there to build the church in the sixties. i think it's imperative that you

build for this per permit and ey the parking structure as well. thank you for this opportunity to speak. >> hi. i work at st. john's academy. the school next to the potential parking lot structure. providing underground parking would really help the neighborhood for on street parking . i've been commuting to the school for 17 years and worked there for the last seven years and finding parking has been such a struggle . the entire project sounds wonderful an would help seniors and neighbors like all of us. please approve this project. >> okay. members of the public. last call for public comment.

press star then three to be entered into the queue. commissioners i see no members of the public requests to speak at this time. public comment is closed. and the matter is now before you. >> commissioner diamond. >> i think this is a wonderful project. it has so many features to benefit not only the seniors but the community. kudos to the koich. ichurch.it takes a lot to put ta project like this. i move to approve. >> second. >> i'm also supportive of the

project. the community benefits are substantial. we hope it gets implemented as soon as possible. >> commissioner imperial. >> thank you. i'm generally supportive of this project. i do have one question out of curiosity regarding the senior housing. i'm wondering either the five proposed unit dollars. there were 18 units senior housing. can you talk more about the senior housing whether-it is something out to the public as well. >> am i unmuted? the housing is open to all . the 18 units is

two thirds are par ish ners. one third from people out side. we have three or four people that are section eight. we reach out to the community and try to be good neighbors to everybody. it's open to all. >> the five units i assume will be pulled out in the lottery system. >> it will be open to all. >> thank you very much. i'm also in supportive. the play area will be raised to street level. i would second the motion. >> commissioner moore. >> i'm in support of the project. i would hope that if possible that other churches find solutions like this. it's on this level where small

amounts of housing is ties to the purpose of community and community gathering as this one. i very much appreciate all persons who weighed in and i'm in strong support of this project. >> commissioner tanne tanner. >> i think this is the type of project i hope we can see more off. both in terms of the scale, making smart use of the space. help the students and the community and the seen years. it's well thought out and executed project. having projects of this scale throughout the city will enhance our neighborhoods, i look forward to more ways of following the lead of this safe community. >> thank you commissioners.

seeing no additional requests for commissioners to comment. there is a motion that has been seconded. >> n (roll call).

>> you need to acknowledge

>> at the october 1st, 2020 hearing the pla plan allow and e drives of the existing and expanded loading and transit vehicle conditions on ocean avenue to prepare a section drawing of the garage and to operating with 5:00 am time and it was also continued to allow for additional outreach to the neighbors and supervisor yee's office. a memo to the commission has been provided to respond to these items. in regards to ocean avenue

loading, the engineer firm to deal with sfmta increasing loading available to the proposed project. failed drawings show the existing condition and the proposal to add a second 40-foot four-inch long accessible loading area on ocean avenue. last thursday of the sponsored and sfmta staff again, and prior to the october 1st hearing, to the commission a letter with recommended conditions of approval to be included with the project approval. the product sponsor has a written response from the supervisor and is in agreement to the request of conditions except for the request for the project to establish a tax and a phased approach to increasing

the number of patients served and their defenses within their written response. should the commission chose to amend the projects by adopting any of the conditions of approval, recommended by supervisor yee, staff pro pairs a summary of the conditions of approval that currently exist in the draft motion and new conditions of approval that provide the supervisor's recommendations in a implementable and enforceable manner to summarize these to address the proposed conditions, to adequately address issues of proper the department recommends a revision made to a condition avenue approval requiring a driveway loading and operations plan and the language proposed in the memo would replace the condition of approval as written in the draft motion and the main difference would be the addition of a requirement for community

engagement with the drafting of the plan. also, the request to ensure continued engage outreach with the neighbors that the draft motion and it requires a product response to could maintain a communitily say on focommunitile the let tore establish a phased approach to increasing the number of patient served it would be difficult if not infeasible for planning staff to monitor and enforce and and the controlling of the installation of the and the assignment of the

dedicated attempt dedicated attendance to support traffic flow and patient boarding and off boarding of par transit vehicles and includes conditions of approval number 14 and this condition will go into the record during my presentation at the october first hearing and and you and six months veilation and one year report the department recommends a conditions of approval for the operator to report and traffic and loading conditions regardless of a requirement that this could be added in regardless of whether the requirement for the facilities and phase in and medical chair be adopted. there was additional items to also be discussed and per and of

the garage. the exterior height limit of 8 feet two inches it was reduced to and the clearance made it seem feasible for a vehicle tuesday a parking structure based on the typical height of e vehicles. regards to facade improvements the project sponsor stated the building owner has agreed to retain the facade of the building and provide a landscaping at the entry and the sponsor feels this will help freshen up the appearance of the building and a tenant will provide signage under separate permit. in regards to the operational start time the product sponsor

allow them to get the first patient in the clinic and also noted the existing facility also currently operates at 5:00 a.m. and they have an existing modifications using that time also an updated draft and the operations plan. the ocean avenue homeowners association sent the commissioners an e-mail with the final comments on the project and without outstanding concerns on the hours of operations and seeking assurances on the timing and monitoring of traffic improvements and with this, this is my update and i'm available for any questions. >> thank you mr. horn.

the system is not recognizing a microphone and into the hearing and i see, there you go and and yeah, you are going to need to meet your computer or your phone and you have three minutes. you are not audible and if you are on my end.

>> can you hear me? >> we can now. >> there was some technical problems here. ok, should i give a short presentation? >> your time is running. >> ok. so, thank you, commissioners, for hearing my case and mr. horn said this is a clinic we're proposing we have we met with the neighbors to alleviate the concerns. one of the concerns of the size is traffic. we've engaged a civil engineer in the area to look at a potential way that we can increase loading air to allow the paratransit vehicles to park on ocean avenue and not block traffic which has been the main issue with the existing clinic that is operating at 1728 ocean

avenue. >> that's all i have for my presentation. >> ok. if that concludes sponsors' presentation, we should go to public comment members of the public, this is your opportunity to address this matter we have several callers and you will have each one minute. >> caller: my name is shirley lena and i just wanted to make a correction on jeffrey horn's statement the e-mail was representing the h.o.a. which is the 26 residents that are above the project and as of last night, there hasn't been an agreement on two items and i

wanted to bring those up. so in order for us to be happy, safe and operational, we need one, a decline on the 5:00 a.m. start time. the hours of operation include should be 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. through four units that face ocean avenue and a 5:00 a.m. time is not feasible for residents trying to sleep because the vans backing up make loud beeping sounds. at first they needed a 5:00 a.m. because people would allow for traffic to not stack up but traffic running eastbound on ocean during the morning, there's no traffic running web and the sign it's on and we'd like to make sure that ocean

avenue -- >> that's your time. >> hi, my name peter tam. i would understand that with the intention of the approval and the incorporation and of a revocation due for violation of conditions on the same notes that were incorporated into a project at 276,516th street 276t and implementation of this project result in complaints from interested property owners, residents and commercial uses which are not resolved by the project sponsor and found to be in violation of the planning code and the specific conditions of approval for the project as set fourth in exhibit a of this motion and to zone administrator shall refer such complaints to the commission which it may hold a public hearing on the matter to consider rev ovation of this

authorization. >> caller: good afternoon, my name is david bloomingfeld and one of the major concerns outside of traffic and pedestrian safety is the hours of operation. the proposal is from 5:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. while it seems the permitted hours of operation are from 6:00 a.m. 6:00 a.m. is too early and 5:00 a.m. is way too early and even now the clinic operates outside the hours it's supposed to several mornings each week. i hear the vans pulling up even prior to 4:30 in the morning and vans sit in front of the clinic and idle for long periods of time. if they're not doing what they're supposed to be doing now, what assurances do we have that they will operate only asper mighted if approved? i'm also concerned about the proposal for temporary generator mentioned in the detail of the

project and i don't know why that would be necessary but it's a noise issue. i ask that the commission ve consider the recommendation for approval and make sure that everything is in order and questions and issues regarding with the writing prior to a commission vote on this matter. thank you. >> last call for public comment. if you would like to speak to this matter press star and three. seeing no additional request to speak commissioners, public comment is closed and the matter is before you. >> >> i have a question, how do you plan on addressing specifically the loud noises coming out of the vehicle if they're backing up at each an early hour?

>> yeah, think about this and unfortunately the back-up noise or the back-up sound is part of a regulation that they have to have the back up, the beeping when they back up. one of the thoughts is that, with the expanded area to park there's less need to do the backing up because the vehicles can space out a little bit better and pull in and pull backout. that was the thought is by creating additional space, perhaps that issue is mitigate somewhat. >> question for staff. mr. horn, you mentioned the hiring of an engineer and that

there has been another discussion with the m.t.a. where is that application? >> by application you mean some sort of permit for a review within m.t.a.? >> yes. so, that actually would be part of the permits review post entitlement by the commission. a lot of the conversations of sponsors having right now with actively engaging with public works and sfmta, typically most projects get into these discussion and due to the (inaudible) and concern of the traffic at this facility, the sponsor started having those conversations up front with those other cities, departments,

and so the permit that is on file with the project would most leaving planning department then move on to review part of the plan ship review with those agencies and at that time, the agencies, when we got to or they got to a point of a design being supported, any other permits that would be needed would be requested at that time be it some sort of encroachment permit or what sidewalk legislation to make alterations to the sidewalk and so all of those separate applications would happen at a later date during the permit review. >> are you aware of any comments being made by those other agencies in these early meetings? >> are you supportive or are they killing it? >> last thursday's meeting i

explicitly asked the senior transportation planner of m.t.a. to do support this potential design and this project and the answer was yes and that we're at a detailed level which is what the intent that have site would be to get kind of a fine grain detail of some geometry and what is actually on the ground out there for the engineer and m.t.a. to better understand what needs to be altered but over all, and this is initially stated in the letter back in june, that mta was in support of a project at this location of the proposal. >> and since the sidewalk is under also d.p.w., did they say anything? >> they've been involved in many of these conversations and specifically the manager.

it's been a level involvement in support of finding a resolution to the project. as i understand it, both agencies think there's a solution to be made and are somewhat fairly happy with the proposal as presented to them which is a separate bulb in which allows that light standards that supports the meeting line to stay in place where i believe the proposal back in october was expansion of the existing loading area which that resulted in a potential relocation of that muni guide wire. it would have been's year.

>> the existing one? >> the one that that light standard was occurring. >> right. it would have been a continuation of one, long -- >> yeah. >> just as a reminder, the new entrance to the building, to the facility is at the corner which happens to be closer to where the existing loading would be. >> understood. >> >> commissioner. >> i'm boulevard with the operation hours because it says the operation hours five or driveway start at 5:00 a.m. or and then the operation starts at 6:00 a.m. so in that one hour

interval i'm assuming they will park or hangout and operate the clinic and it's not open yet? i'm baffled by that. if there's something further? >> i think there's some confusion and they're seeking to again any operations of seeing patients at 5:00 a.m. and the ocean avenue commercial districts and permitted hours of 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. so the sponsor from the commission to start operations at that 5:00 a.m. so that extra hour of morning operations. >> i would like to hear other commissions and i understand the 5:00 a.m. sounds like it's to avoid the traffic but it can may create more noise to the

residents surrounding residents as well. i would like to hear other commissioner's opinion on that. in terms of the conditions that are being presented to us by the staff, in terms of the six-month evaluation and having a report pack and installation of chairs as well and right, mr. child pornography? >> those are the conditions recommended bmr. chirp.>> it wof these conditions in a way that we feel could be implemented by the department many of so to kind of find a way to control the patients and that conditions is written under immediate

approval would be 24 which is what the existing facility next door has and seeking kind of a relief by the planning commission at a future date for that additional 12 chairs of the sponsors speaking those are obviously numbers that could be modified by the commission, if you chose to adopt that condition and see if it needs to be modified and further phasing every six years and more to begin with that could also be modified. >> i see. >> i'm ok with us being proposed by supervisor yee, that's when we can also see whether it's a good facing and reduce it or add more and i'd like to hear what others say and especially on the operation hours. >> commissioner diamond. >> yes, i have a question for the project sponsor.

i'd like to comment on the proposed language with regarding phasing and putting the (inaudible) to begin with. could you comment on how that might effect the operations? >> sorry, my audio broke up a little bit there. i think i understood the question to be how would the phasing effect the operations? >> yes, please. >> so -- >> and your business model. the financial viability of the operations? >> >> o, i'm with the architecture firm that designed the interior tenant improvement so i can't speak too much to the business model but i know that talking with them, their anticipated growth over net growth for a year is 4% so you are talking about a few patients maybe six to eight patients over a year to

year so they're moving into a bigger space and this is a lot of flexibility having some more chairs but i don't think that the idea is they're going to rush in 50% more patients in the first year. that's not part of the business model. >> are any of the businesspeople for the operation online or is it just you the architect? >> it's just me. unfortunately, with this remote system i'm not able to share the link so we're kind of constrained by that. >> so commissioners, here are my thoughts and i am in favor of all of the conditions as drafted by staff to implement supervisor yee's suggestions except this phasing operation. the concept is generally ok with me in the absence of hearing

anything to the contrary by the businesspeople, but they're moving into larger and larger space so i don't know that we should limit them to the same number of chairs as they currently have and i would be open to perhaps is starting with 30 years but i'm picking a random number. the other conditions are all fine with me and i'm very much opposed to the 5:00 a.m. start time. i believe it's inconsistent with a multi-use facility building that has residential and i would not be in favor of granting the conditional use and the neighborhood district already permits. >> commissioner vaughn. >> this project seems like every meeting there's always questio

questions. even those questions that were raised earlier, the responses are not very well done and they're not very specific many of as an example, if you want to make the position that the existing garage condition handle it, what they showed in terms of that cartoon, those sections, is not something a professional would do to put that will issue away that it cannot be handled, similarly, it appears that both in terms of the opposition to the phased capacity issue and the hours of operations, seem to

be driven by their ability to get more patients through a business day and i would be supportive in this particular use and i think that the ability to see whether they're really interested in mitigating some of their impacts, would need to be demonstrated over there course of their operations. i would support opening hours of 7:00 a.m. and a phased occupancy as proposed by the supervisor, in addition to the other conditions as proposed. >> commissioner chan. >> thank you. i have a question for planning staff. could you explain for the 24 medical chairs number came from?

addressing the language? >> >> jeff warren planning staff. the number 24 is coming from the intent of the supervisor's recommended conditions to have the existing level of operations be approved and then part of that is to see if the traffic improvements that are getting handled the existing conditions so the 24 years and to what the facility next dor has which is 24 seats or 24 procedure stations. >> thank you, cut out a little bit. you mentioned it's to max the current neighboring facilities that has 24? >> that's correct. that's the amount of chairs the

existing facility has. >> thank you, i just wanted to understand that number and if we do adjust it, kind of what rationale we would use. this is the life saving ability and use and this is a complicated location for this type of operation. i do think we want to recognize that this is a mixed commercial residential area and we hear there are units right above. you have this transit-rich area as well. i do think -- [please stand by]

>> commissioner chan: we are enabling growth of the facility. whether it's six chairs now or five, that's our part of the growth. then when we do have the six month and one year check-in and the ability to buy for further growth based on the check-ins, i think there's sufficient pressure on the applicant to

encourage them to implement all the things they would implement to work with folks who are visiting and with their clients even to continue to have good operation and to make sure we see demonstrated changes here in this area. thank you. >> vice president moore: in one sentence i'm in support of president yee's recommendation and with emphasis starting at six. that's a motion.

>> president koppel, if the commission is going to consider phasing an approval here, i recommend that we clarify what that condition means by using the word may seek authorization. if that means it could be interpreted to mean that applicant would have to seek a new conditional use permit application or if the commission's intent is to allow those 12 additional chairs or whatever the additional chairs would be to try to set up some objective standards so that it wouldn't go through a whole new conditional use permit process. it's not clear the way it's drafted now. >> president koppel: thank you very much for that guidance. that makes a lot of since.

is commissioner moore okay with adjusting her motion? >> vice president moore: yes, i am. >> president koppel: i believe city attorney stacy is providing two alternatives. one is to authorize up to a certain number of chairs and require that the applicant come back for the additional chairs or she mentioned, sort of create certain objective standards or thresholds that must be met in order for them to be able to increase the number of chairs. if i'm misstating that, city attorney, city stacy, correct me if i'm wrong.

>> vice president moore: [indisc ernible] >> the intent, i think what the city attorney is point to is the use of the word authorization to release any additional chairs. the intention was not for new application for conditional use authorization. making a determination on that report back. i don't know if i need guidance from the city attorney if that's the language she should be modified or if something more of a plan or report some sort of criteria should be the standard

that the release of additional chairs to be based off of. >> if that's the commission's intent, then i would say that one year after the beginning of operations, the project sponsor may add 12 additional medical treatment chairs pending implementation of the traffic control programs and some sort of verification that those traffic control plans and elements are working. i don't know if that would be a verification from sfmta or if the planning staff -- i guess may be one option might be for the planning staff to verify with the appropriate city

agencies, sfmta, maybe public works, that the traffic control plan is working effectively and that you, planning staff will confirm that for the commission at a public hearing. does that sound like what the commission intends or are you looking for more planning commission input on that determination? >> vice president moore: other people do want to weigh in on that question. because it would still modify the motion.

>> if i heard that correct, city attorney stacy, the proposed amendment would be to add a condition that after one year the facility may add 12 additional chairs pending verification by staff that the transportation plan is effective and reported to the commission at an informational update hearing. >> that's correct. rather than pending, i might say provided that traffic measures are implemented and planning staff in consultation with two other city agency have determined that the traffic implementation are effective.

>> commissioner tanner: that sounds pervertible to me. vice president moore, you said you were not in agreement? >> vice president moore: no, i am. >> commissioner tanner: it's presentable to me as well. >> commissioner diamond: i'm amendable to that. >> if there's nothing further, there's a motion that has been seconded to approve this matter with conditions as submitted by staff including supervisor yee's conditions. i did hear that the motion was restricting the start time to

6:00 a.m. the increase of the facility may increase number of chairs by 12 after one year and verification provided that staff is verified with other agencies that the transportation plan is effective and informational update presented to this commission. on that motion. [roll call vote] so moved, othat motion passes unanimously 7-0. commissioners, that will place under your discretionary review calendar for your final item.

item number 14, geary boulevard, a discretionary review. mr. winslow, are you prepared to make your presentation? >> yes, i am. however, i believe commissioner diamond wanted to -- [indiscernible] >> commissioner diamond: commiss ioners with your approval, i like to recuse flie myself froms item. i live in a house that i only that's less than 500 feet from that project. >> i will entertain a motion to recuse commissioner diamond. >> vice president moore: move to recuse commissioner diamond from this item. >> second. >> on that motion to recuse commissioner diamond. [roll call vote].

so moved commissioners. commissioner diamond you're recused. mr. winslow, the floor is yours. >> can you hear me? >> yes, we can. >> good afternoon president koppel, vice president moore and i'm staff architect. before you is a public request of discretionary review as a revision to permit 2019 to document two existing parking spaces in the rear of the property for use of residents only at the address of 3342 geary boulevard.

no construction work is proposed. board of appeals hearing brought to light a storage shed and missing information regarding a site map where information was incorrectly noted or missing. the planning department requested the permit be suspended to allow time for the project's sponsor to correct the plans. the permit application was submitted. the permit d.r. requester representing five star investment other than of the adjacent property. they are concerned that no correction to the site maps have been made, no plans adequately depict the existing conditions the application does not show access to the rear yard.

there's no access to the rear yard and the parking. there have been no letters of support or opposition to this proposal. planning department review of this project is permitted intended to correct existing noncompliance structure. maximum number allowed on the parking space is three. person allowed in the rear yard in the commercial district. site determined that the existing garage at the front of the property can accommodate only one parking space. project sponsor asserts that the access has been allowed but use of an easement along the

adjacent process site where illegal access easement exist is a civil matter beyond the means of the planning department to determine or enforce. >> mr. connolly, you have three minutes for your d.r. presentation. >> thank you very much. can you hear me?

>> we can. >> good afternoon distinguished commissioners. i'm patrick connolly here on behalf of the d.r. requester. as heard the d.r. requester owns the adjacent property to the east of the subject property. for the last calendar, this is a strange one. the d.r. request challenges the application for rear yard parking. there's no vehicular access to the rear yard. there was a fence constructed on the property line before the permit was applied for and we understand that the permit was applied for in response to the construction of the fence. there's no vehicular access to the rear yard on the subject property which is presumably the purpose of the permit application for rear yard parking. what is the point of the permit

application? frankly to gain a litigation advantage because there are disputes between the parties. it's not for the purpose they're asking. it's not to actually have parking in the backyard because they're unable to gain vehicular access to the rear yard given the fence. the property owner seeking to use the planning department to gain litigation advantage, not for the use the application seeks. this was previously before the board of appeals on a jurisdiction request and many members of the board of appeals were perplexed how the planning department could issue a permit for rear yard parking when there was no actual vehicular access. we remain similarly perplexed on

that point. the other issue is that the map was supposed to be updated per zoning administrator sanchez's letter. in the materials that were provided to us, we don't see that that map was updated. we don't see anything in the application showing the existing fence. thank you for your consideration to this matter. i'm happy to answer any questions that you may have. >> that was not your time yet. you have another 20 seconds. >> that's okay. >> very good. thank you. we should hear from the project sponsor. you have three minutes.

>> hello, can you hear me? >> your slides are up. >> thank you, good afternoon commissioners and planning department staff. i'm here representing -- he's seeking permit to establish his right to the property so his long-standing use of certain portions of this property that east used for vehicle parking is formally recognized. i do understand that mr. winslow has expressed the legal basis for his claim for parking at the rear under section 151 of the planning code. in that sense, his permit request falls within the maximum that's allowed on the property.

there has been a shared driveway on the property. that is preexisted by the separation of these two parcels from the original owner. mr. jalali property always had access to this shared driveway and he's currently seeking prescriptive easement. my opponent here, has stated that a fence has been built on the property primarily to try to exclude mr. jalali in exerting his rights over this property for which he has used for the last 20 years and probably used by mr. jalali's property for close to 100 years. mr. winslow is correct saying there's an ingress and egress that exits only to that shared

driveway. that is an emergency exit to the property. although the use of the driveway preexisted subdivision of the property an easement was never recorded. use of the driveway is now subject to litigation. for this reason, five stars would have you believe that exceptional or extraordinary circumstances is present here. there's really no exceptional or extraordinary circumstances involve in this matter or mr. jalali's permit review. the use for which the application has been submitted is permitted by planning code and requires no permit to be issued. it seeks only to formalize and long standing use of those portions of the property. for that mr. jalali request that the application be approved. >> you have 15 more seconds.

thank you, in concludes project sponsor's presentation. we should now open up for public comment. members of the public, this is your our opportunity to address this matter before the commission by pressing it star and 3 to be entered in the queue. i see no members of the public. take that back, there are a few. members of the public, you have one minute. >> this is jonathan randolph. i was curious about the packet which noted that the shed needs to be removed because it is too high because it said it's over n francisco building code, mission no permit is required by 10-foot by 10-foot shed if it's one story tall which shed appears to

be 10 feet tall. thank you. >> my name is grace johnson. i support the issuing of the permit. there are no exceptional or extraordinary circumstances involving this permit. it should be honored. thank you. >> members of the public, last call for public comment on this matter. press star 3 to be recognized.

commissioners, i see no additional members. we should hear from the d.r. requester for a two minute rebuttal. >> commissioners, you haven't heard anything to dispute the fact that there was no actual vehicular access to the rear yard possible at the time the permit was applied for. there was all existing fence on the property line, which is exhibit 2 to the d.r. application where you can clearly see the fence. this permit, if granted, would not allow cars to park in the rear yard because there's no vehicular access.

the construction of the fence or the long-standing as they refer to it use, is part of litigation and we maintain that there is no easement. there was hostile use for requisite period of time. that use was ended by the construction of the fence before the time ran. from a civil legal perspective, to the extent that it matters to you, we deny there's an easement for this use. there is no way to park in the backyard. this permit has no use other than for litigation advantage purposes and the planning department should not be used for such purposes. >> that concludes your rebuttal.

you have two minutes. >> thank you. this permit application is not for the purpose of litigation advantage. it is trying to confirm the rights that mr. jalali has enjoyed for many years. i can't recall my opponent's name, he referred to the fact that there's no vehicular access. that maybe true now but there's a vehicle in the backyard currently on mr. jalali's property and has been since it was enclosed in that property by this fence. this fence is solely for the purpose of litigation to claim that mr. jalali has no access to his backyard. which he enjoyed up to this point. his vehicle is now enclosed and cannot be removed.

the fact that the vehicle was there, would suggest there's always been access to his backyard. this yal alley has existed frome time these buildings constructed probably almost 100 years ago. thank you. >> great, thank you. that concludes your rebuttal. public hearing portion of this matter is closed. it is now before you. commissioner tanner? >> commissioner tanner: i have a question. if there were a report of easement, would we be able to verify that or would that not be

relevant? >> allowed use, the parking in the rear yard is an allowed use. the question is whether or not one can get to it. that's beyond our means. in other words, no access question is a matter to be determined at a future date in another location, another jurisdiction but it's not a function or a matter to be decided by land use control. >> commissioner tanner: i understand it's not decided -- i'm trying to understand because i concur with staff recommendation on this. just to understand in the situations where you have a land lot property, if they had a legal right to park and that was complied with the code, that lob allowed i'm assuming.

that question has not been answered. >> it's my understanding. >> commissioner tanner: thank you. i would move staff recommendation. >> second. >> seeing no other commissioners upon us, there's a motion that's been seconded to not take discretionary review and approve. on that motion. [roll call vote]. so moved. that motion passes unanimously 6-0. that concludes your hearings for

2020. >> happy holidays. >> indeed. >> bye. >> president buell: please call the roll.

>> clerk: [roll call] this is the recreation and park commission meeting of december 17, 2020. please note that due to the covid-19 health emergency, and to protect the board members, the city employees and the public, that the meeting rooms at city hall are closed. however, the commissioners are participating in this meeting remotely at the same extent as if physically present. we ask listeners to turn down your televisions and/or computers while listening on the phone. we ask for your patience if we experience any technical issues. public comment will be available for each item on the agenda. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments are opportunities to speak during the public comment period and are available via phone by calling 1-(415)-655-0001.

and the access code today is 146 860 8421. when you hear the agenda item that you would like to comment on, dial star, 3, to be added to the queue to speak. you will be lined up in the system in the order you dialed star, 3. while you are waiting, the system will be silent. and the system will notify you when you are in line and waiting. all callers remain on mute until their line is open. and everyone must account for the time delays and the speaking discrepancies between the live covering and streaming. you may submit public comment in either of the following ways, email recpark.commission@sfgov.org. if you submit by email it's included in the legislative file as part of the matter. and subject via the u.s. postal service to san francisco recreation and park commission

501 stanion street, san francisco, california, 94117. please note that this commission meeting is recorded and will be available on sfgov-tv.org. we are now on item two, the president's report. >> president buell: thank you. i will be brief, but to tell you that i so enjoyed the william hammond hall awards this last week. and i simply wanted to congratulate all of the staff that put the work into making those awards happen, and to vince courtney and to larry mazzola and kat anderson for participating in presenting those awards. to phil and the staff. and i particularly want to call out ashley summers for really making that event on zoom and in these challenging times a very heartwarming and pleasant experience. so, thank you all -- all who

participated. with that, i know that there's lots to cover today. and i'm going to include my report, thank you. >> clerk: okay. is there any public comment on the president's report? as a reminder, if you are here to comment on this item please dial star, 3. there will be a time for general public comments. paul, is there anyone on the line? >> there's only one other person dialed in and i do no they do ne their hand raised. >> clerk: we are now on item 3, general manager's report. >> thank you, ashley, good morning, commissioners. we have a few items for you and then some special recognition at the end of our report. let me start with a covid upda update. some san francisco recreation park features are closed or restricted under a stay-at-home order that went into effect sunday, december 6th.

san francisco joined counties across the bay area to impose rather significant restrictions across the region in an effort to mitigate the current surge in covid-19 cases. the city's case rate and hospitalizations have continued to increase rather significantly since early november and prompted san francisco to take further actions. frankly, today the entire bay area hospital region joined san francisco and a few other counties that did this earlier because the region's hospital capacity rate has dipped below 15%. park features that closed under this order include all skateparks and, unfortunately, the san francisco zoo. park activities that can continue but with new restrictions include small -- well, small outdoor gatherings, meaning two people. golf, tennis, pickle ball and botchy and volunteer groups. so we can still operate but with additional restrictions under

the tier and the most important thing is that there are supposed to be no gatherings. the -- to that end, the department of of public health updated its stay-at-home order to allow two individuals from two different households to spend time together outdoors and masked and physically distanced and to participate in certain outdoor activities with safety protocols in place. this is an evolving concern and while there's very good news in that, the vaccine arrived in san francisco, we still do have a long way to go. and we are in it now, we are seeing the impacts of -- in case spikes and in the reproductive rate of the virus because of thanksgiving travel. san franciscans are urged not to travel during the winter holidays and if you do travel, there is going to be a required quarantine for people. so we're really in this now and we have to remain quite

diligent. one bit of good news with respect to all of this new round of restrictions is that while playgrounds were originally closed as part of the december 6th stay-at-home order, they have now reopened after an amendment that closed them. this is really good for kids and families and, frankly, furthers our commitment to equity. because playgrounds are the most equitable and democratic form of recreation that we've got and while some families have the capacity and means to register their kids in out of school time programs and/or, you know, grab a mountain bike and head someplace, in certain neighborhoods, particularly neighborhoods without a lot of open space, playgrounds are the only thing that some families have. and we are very excited and thrilled. there was a lot of advocacy from

san francisco families and advocacy from this department, there was advocacy up and down the state to reopen them. so we really want to thank the governor and the mayor for making a decision based on both science and equity. and prioritizing the well-being of families. and i also really want to thank the department of public health which gets this, without a doubt, and they've had to make so many difficult decisions on the fly. but with the state order revised we are allowed to keep playgrounds open. but you can visit but only with members of your own household. everyone over 2 must wear a mask at all times and must practice social distancing and must comply with the adapted capacity limits that we now have in our play spaces. this is not a time to schedule play dates or meet others at a playground. all of our playgrounds have a restroom or hand sanitizing stations and we just asked san francisco families to do their

part to keep everyone safe and to keep these play spaces open. for more information, you can visit our playground safety page at sfriskandpark.org. and speaking of adaptations of amenities in our parks, as you all know the golden gate park's 150th year and while it's not the celebration that we had hoped and planned for we have been able to do a number of things within the construct of the health order to create specialness in the park. which means that it's as busy as it's ever been, for the holidays, while unable to have a formal tree lighting ceremony for maybe the first time in the tree lighting's five-year history, our uncle john's tree is lit. and we are very pleased to share the light exhibit that is in peacock meadow in golden gate park. it's a public art installation.

it's open to visit with no tickets or reservations required, but only with members of your own household and everyone must wear a mask at all times and practice social distancing. it is really a remarkable, whimsical light exhibit that you can enjoy and just get a little bit of a taste of the holidays. it's outdoors and spread over an acre of open space and we have ambassadors on-site after sundown to ensure social distancing. lights turn off at 8:30 to make sure that everyone can leave and get home safely in compliance with the 10:00 p.m. curfew. we have rangers present on-site and it may go dark for short periods of time to prevent overcrowding. we want everybody to see it, and while we remain in the purple tier, if it seems crowded, delay your visit. the exhibit will be around to the end of february and maybe longer and it will always be free. consider visiting when the covid-19 surge has subsided.

it is -- it is special and it is joyful, but, again, we ask san franciscans to do their part, to keep us all safe. and, by the way, it's not the only exhibit that has lighting in the park. so go see something else. golden gate park is now illuminated than ever with new and old from uncle john's career and the mclaren lodge and to the band shell, and we have mentioned entwine and there's the conservatory of flowers. so there's lots of things that you can explore safely with your own household to experience just a little bit of safe holiday joy. commissioner buell noted the successful william happenedond d -- hammond hall awards that happened this week. i want to extend my thanks to all of our partners and the staff and the commission secretary for organizing a really successful event under trying circumstances. the 12 awardees are truly

exceptional, and we're very, very, very proud of them. this year's award winners are josé alvarez, mofai bastidas, daniel deragodas, and jessica clock, and robert mckinney, nick olgerson, who i saw in the park earlier. and jeff tom and vincent webster. congratulations to all of our award winners. these achievements are a testament to the work that they are doing in our parks every day. and we're very grateful. registration is now open, the winter virtual recreation club. while things have not yet returned to normal we're offering a number of virtual online programs for youth and adults this winter, including programminprogramming with the d the sharon arts studio, and

golden gate park senior center and the young people musical theatre company. to register and to view classes visit the website, and i want to take a second to celebrate our recreation division who is just doing it all under the great leadership of lauer even danford, and not just emergency child care but offering learning hubs and doing virtual programming. it's really quite impressive. all right, we have a special guest in our midst. he's wearing a san francisco recreation and park department hat. he is none other than the wonderful, terrific, amazing chuck holmes. and i'm a bit melancholy about the mix of sadness and gratitude that we're honoring chuck today. this fall chuck stepped down as president and chief executive officer of the ymca director of

san francisco that he held since 2004. he led the y to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities by enriching the lives of all people in spirit, mind and body. he did this through programs and services for over 183,000 children and adults in the 14 major branches of the y and san francisco san mateo counties and over 120 other off-site program locations, including several rec and park sites. including bodecker park, and allis-chalmers playground, and the newly amazingly renovated margaret hayward playground. in normal times these sites have provided homes to ymca programming and to teach kids to swim. and today the y and r.p.d. are working together on the front lines of the covid response, providing community hubs. and at argon playground and at margaret hayward playground. and i want to take a second -- i

know that jamie is on the call. chuck's successor, who is already stepped up and will just continue chuck's amazing legacy as a close partner and friend of the recreation and parks department. and i'm sure that he may say a word or two before we're done here. working together at our clubhouses and pools, chuck has always emphasized the importance of nature and the outdoors in children's lives, knowing that time -- >> hi, julia. >> good morning. >> if we could all stay on mute. knowing that -- >> no -- >> clerk: hello, if you could mute yourself if you're on the call. >> in any event, in addition to working together our clubhouses and pools, i do see the last name collins there -- chuck -- chuck is always emphasized the importance of nature in the outdoors and in children's lives, knowing that the time has

helped to us become our healthiest and best selves. in 2016, together with the presidio trust and the recreation and park department, we co-founded the san francisco children and nature collaborative through the national league of cities connecting children to nature initiative, to move forward our shared vision of equity and nature connection for children and youth in san francisco, building support for collective impact with over 30 san francisco organizations. and a very apt simple mission statement that every single san francisco child deserves a nature-based experience every single day. chuck has led the y in becoming a leader in fostering connections to nature through programming and early childhood and after-school programs, field trips, to the parks and the ocean. and the y ranger summer program in partnership with the national parks where 50% of youth come from our highest needs and most underserved neighborhoods. and the outdoor leadership

program at camp jones gulch that has community awareness and wonder through backpacking and other outdoor adventires. we are part of a national cohort of cities really focused on equitable nature access and we, chuck, in your honor, the national team leadership from c.c.n. offered the following words. on behalf of the cccn national team we want to thank chuck for his leadership and vision to connect children to more nature. and cities connecting children to nature relies on the city leadership and community leaders who help to realize these possibilities. we thank him for being a voice for the movement, the local and national stage, to inspire the city collaboration across the u.s. that's from andrew moore, the director of youth and young adult connections for national league of cities and monica, who is the engagement for the children in nature network to

recognize your accomplishments, chuck -- and let me stop here and add a non-resume reflection -- chuck, for 10 years i've had the pleasure to work closely with you and to learn from you. you have -- you've in many respects been a rabbi for me and you have offered guidance, perspective, and you have contributed so much to my own professional development, and i'm grateful, and you are just such a kind and a caring soul. and i just love the work that we've been able to do together over the last 10 years. you are a true friend and you are a true friend of the recreation and park department. so to recognize your accomplishments we have a little present for you. i hope that everyone can see this. what we have for chuck is that we have an amazing nature kit

for you, otherwise called nature in a box, put together by our very own children in nature coordinator maria darona. and the commission also -- also issued a proclamation for serving our parks and community. and this box here, chuck, it's not just for you. we know how proud of a grandpop you are, and so our hope is that you share this with your loving family and to help to connect your own family with all of the parks and nature that you love. and so on behalf of the recreation and park department, on behalf of the san francisco children and nature collaborative, we are just -- we couldn't be more grateful for your leadership in our city. we love you. and with that, i'm going to turn it over to others who might want to say a brief word to you, or turn the mike over t mike mic o.

>> president buell: let me take a moment to say that i have had the pleasure of working with chuck in the past across many frontiers in san francisco, in politics and (indiscernible) and when i think of chuck, i think of the word integrity. i say that because i've seen him stand up against odds to express the right views of justice and particularly social justice. so i want to add my congratulations. and i would say the other observation is that he's married to a remarkable woman, and i think that shows very good taste on his part. and so, chuck, congratulations for what you've done. >> i would like to adda this is jamie -- the (indiscernible) and a proud legacy of chuck

collins. you have unpacked something specific about his vast and impressive legacy and the ability to connect to youth and to lift up youth voices. not just lift them up but hear them, see them and connect them to nature and the environment and the changing world around us. chuck is not done. this is an honor, an important honor, but he's still vibrant and he'll continue to push the envelope of social justice for all of us for years to come. so, chuck, thank you for your legacy. and thank you for what you're doing. and i look forward to what is next with you working together. >> we shouldn't belabor this -- >> it's not your turn yet, sorry. you got to indulge us another minute. [laughter] just want to add to the kind of, frankly, reverence of the amazing legacy, chuck, that you have created in the bay

area. and the frame that i hold where you are concerned is truth to power. that you have always stood in a place of rightness. and equity and access. centering in particular but not only young people with their voices, their role, their agency, and the agency of people of color even more broadly. and so i certainly have for a long, long time looked to, looked up to, and have learned from all that you have meant to our community. so i certainly personally thank you and also i am confident that you are not done yet. so i'll look forward to the third or fourth quarter that you still have to play. and look forward to the ways of continuing to learn and lead alongside you. so, thank you so much.

>> thanks chuck. this is alan doyle. and i want to say and i want to thank you for your leadership on completing the chinatown ymca. that is a great asset for the community. that project languished for almost 20 years. it was your leadership that got that project built, fundraised and financed and up and running. so i do want to give a special thanks for your contributions to chinatown and the asian-american communities. i guess that i'll see you more on the slopes or maybe at a presidio y spin class or body pump. >> so let me take off my hat to all of you. and really say thank you. you know, alan, you know, when we were little boys in san francisco in 1940s, this town was a different town. it was segregated.

but the place that the collins boys could go from the western edition from the philmore and feel that we were in another world with chinatown. and we were always welcomed in every single restaurant. we always had wonderful -- wonderful sense of belonging. and so when i came to the y and had an opportunity to do something in honor of who i became as a person in this chinese-american community, it was a no-brainer. it was hard work, but it was really genuine in my own feelings about what this city is really founded on and the relationships that we've all carried now for multiple generations. you know, mark, i am lucky. there's a lot -- i don't know what is causing that -- but there's a hissing going on -- you know, mark, you and paula have really shared a wonderful legacy.

and, you know, the work that you have done i think is something that lasts now for generations. and those generations of families that really need access, equitable access to the out of doors is what you and paula have crafted. and what work is going forward. you know, eric, you know, we have been on a long journey and it hasn't stopped and thank you for those really kind and wonderful words. also, you know, ashley, thanks for making sure that we were prepared in advance. i really respect what an agency secretary is all about. every week, you know, we take our grandsons to the zoo. every week he yearns to go to the academy of science in the middle of golden gate park. when he was a baby he played at clay park every day. he became an outdoor child in mid san francisco, which is an

urban city. and he was really gifted by the remarkable resources of rec and park. and also of the collaborations that we have across this city to become a little boy who is deeply entrenched in nature. he feels this every day. you know, the zoo kits and the maps, all of these things, he knows the names of animals at the zoo and he's only 3 years old. and so he is an example of what can happen when children have persistent, consistent and safe and equitable access to our out of doors. they bloom in a different way. thinking about the work that you did in building the park, amid, you know, the challenges of the tenderloin. or rebuilding margaret hayward in the western edition. you know, places where equity and justice really meet populations and children really can have safe futures because

rec and park is there and making sure that they are there in the places where kids are learning. the amazing work that you are leading with maria sew in the department of children and youth and their families with the mayor's office and jenny lam in putting up these community hubs. it's a tour-de-force. it's really looking where resources meet equity and children are learning every single day because of what we're doing collectively, you know, as city governments, and also as community-based organizations to address this escaping equity gap that we have in learning. that rec and park is there. and building on these years of relationships, you know, i am really confident that this is not just an intervention, but i think that this is, you know, a next step in education of our children in communities, where they're connected with resources in their communities and they

don't have to travel so broadly and not have that time and attention to learn. you know, the tennis center. you know, i had a great opportunity to sit on the selection panel and seeing how rec and park works inside, you know, to ensure that we're taking these resources, you know, the staff attention to detail, i feel that as a commissioner also that we never tell our staff that they're doing enough work. they have become essential workers in this. and they have about seconded into the covid response teams and every day there are front line workers right this minute who are making sure that our communities are held safe. i know this, again, because the work at rec and park, and then you have to go down to the command center and do the work there. and looking at what you're doing in the southeast section of san francisco in the parks alliance, you know, that wonderful necklace of resources that will

be a foundation of our city and what we have here in the northwest part of the city -- or the northeast part of the city. you know, it's really that kind of capital project -- karen had the ecocenter and getting deep into the community there. and when i was first the c.e.o. of the y, my dear friend chip rich took me, you know, to many ward centers. and back then it was a safe haven right in the middle of that very delicate community. and it was rec and park that really rebuilt that and really built it on principles of equity and justice. you know, so that children are held safe in places where they can live and learn and become, you know, into their highest potential. i see this all of the time. and i see the opportunities -- tonight we'll light the virtual christmas tree in bodecker park. what it means for you to have to

sometimes fight through the system in order for kids to be safe right now learning and being, you know, their really best. you know, what's remarkable of this story, the lack of violence, the fact that families can engage and children can really, again, you know, feel confident and safe in learning in places that really are in their communities. you know, the city is connecting children with nature, and the work that we've been doing, you know, with phil's leadership and june fraser's leadership and the absolutely young maria darona, you know, it's seminal work because it's connecting, you know, on a national and really global framework the importance of this work. one of the things that we know is that it should be here and always, education should be

here, and access to nature should be inherent. but all of these have systemic barriers that prevent a child and the family and the communities from partaking in that, but rec/park has taken leadership in every single one of those that you mentioned. we have -- for every child in san francisco, it's only five minutes to some place in nature that they can partake. that may be a geographical distance but one of the things that you're doing is removing all of the structural barriers. you're making that really happen. so our children's health is going to be better. you're going to help to overcome the trauma of this time and the adversity that kids are experiencing because nature as we know is a special vitamin. and you are the best part of this city of giving vitamins to children in nature. you're an amazing group of people. and your staff is phenomenal.

your leadership is remarkable. and my dear mentioned friends, phil ginsburg, i would walk across the sahara desert if there was a drop of water, and i would follow phil. you know, and watching what he did in philadelphia and in pennsylvania, i know that we're not supposed to talk about that stuff, but phil really walked the talk. and he is a person of great leadership and a real tribute to this entire city, this nation and to the world. and so whatever gifts come to me, they're given by other people. they're from my ability to connect with other people, and i see the leverage in the partnership and collaboration and that type of friendship that people-to-people really ultimately makes a difference. the pride every day in my life is my grandson. i watch him grow and live and

thrive because of you. >> wow, thank you, chuck. thank you, thank you, thank you. to wrap this up, commissioners, as you know that chuck for you we usually conclude the general manager's report with a short video of things that are happening in our park system. or something topical. today we conclude the general manager's report with a short video in your honor. so if, barry, ashley or sarah or ryan, if one of you could queue it up, i would appreciate it. (♪) (♪) [music playing] chuck, we love

you so much and we thank you and we wait for i think as commissioner macdonald noted the third quarter. >> if i could say one thing -- i just looked at the people that are on here and i'm really blown

away by my staff. thank you. >> well done, chuck. well done. thank you, thank you. >> mr. president, that concludes the general manager's report. thank you very much. >> president buell: thank you. >> clerk: all right, is there any public comment on the general manager's report. and as a reminder you need to press star, 3, to get in the line to speak. paul, is there anyone on the line for the general manager's report? >> there are five people dialed in. but no one has their hand raised at this time. >> clerk: okay, thank you. seeing no public comment, public comment is now closed. we are now on item 4, general public comment. up to 15 minutes. this item will be continued to item 10. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction

of the commission and that do not appear on the agenda. with respect to agenda items, you will have opportunity to address the commission when the item is reached in the meeting. if you are here to speak during general public comment, please press star, 3, to get in the queue to speak. paul, is there anyone with their hand raised? >> there is one, and i will unmute them. >> clerk: okay, and, caller, please state your name when you begin to speak. >> caller: hello, my name is richard rothman and i want to follow up my comments that i made at the operations committee meeting in reference to the -- i didn't want to imply that it's always a traffic jam there. it's probably just the commute hours. and on the weekends. and if the v.a. starts having their people come back to work there, the staff, they use that roadway quite a bit.

so i look forward to working on that. and the other thing they wanted to talk about is the concourse authority. i don't know if the commissioners know but supervisor fewer sponsored legislation or sponsored a working group to come up with a plan of how everybody could use the golden gate park if we closed the park. and we had a first meeting last monday and i must say that i found it very, very encouraging. and i think that we all want to work together. one of the main concerns is the concourse authority, and i found out this week that rec and park can set the rates in the garage. so i hope that after we come up with -- we'll probably be finished in march of actually meeting -- that we could come back to the commission with some

fair ways to make it equitable for everybody to park in the park, especially the people who need to park in the free zone. so we'll look forward to having this conversation, i don't know, probably in march or april. thank you. >> thank you, richard. >> clerk: thank you, caller. paul, is there anyone else with their hand raised. please press star, 3, to raise your hand to speak during general public comment. >> that was the only raised hand, ashley. >> clerk: thank you. seeing no further public comment, public comment is now closed. we are now on item 5, consent calendar. commissioners, are there any items that you would like removed from consent today?

no? >> president buell: doesn't look like it. >> clerk: okay. is there any public comment on the consent calendar? as a reminder, to please press star 3 to raise your hand to comment on the consent calendar. >> there's still five callers on the call but zero hands raised. >> clerk: all right, seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. commissioners? >> if the chair would entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar. >> so moved. >> second. >> president buell: moved and seconded. all those in favor? thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you. we are now on item 6, san francisco zoo. >> hello this is the c.f.o. at the zoo. our report for december is basically that we're closed again. the latest mandate took effect

on december 7th and that's in effect to at least january 4th. so nothing going on at the zoo other than taking care of our animals and maintaining the grounds. that's my report. >> clerk: okay, thank you. any public comment on item 6, the san francisco zoo? >> i do see one hand raised, ashley. >> clerk: okay. thank you. caller, please state your name when you begin speaking. >> caller: i'm sorry, i'm not making a comment about the zoo. it's just general comment. >> clerk: okay, that's item 10 so if you stick around for a little bit longer, item 10 is general comment. >> caller: thank you. thank you. >> clerk: okay, seeing no further comments, public comment is now closed. we are now on item 7, covid-19 adjustments to leases and

concessions. >> hi, commissioners, the director of property and permits. i'm going to try to share my screen. it's spinning. okay. the screen we want to share is -- i believe that you're seeing the big screen with just the first slide on it, can you confirm? >> clerk: yes. >> okay, excellent. thank you. so let's see -- how i move this -- okay, so the agenda item is a discussion and a possible action to authorize the general manager to modify existing leases, concession agreements and operating agreements in light of tenant financial hardships posed

-- caused by the covid-19 pandemic and to recommend that the board of supervisors adopt an ordinance granting the general manager such authority with respect to those leases where modifications are subject to board approval. before i start into the meat of the presentation, i want to give you all just a little bit of background on leases and concessions. i know that we have some new commissioners and i'm going to be able to do this quickly, but i think that it's just good to review what we have and why we have them before we go into the specifics. so a little bit -- the background on leases and concessions, what are our goals? our goals increase public amenities for our parks, having professional operators to run and serve our facilities. generate revenues to help with the department's budget. and then we have agreements for the use of our clubhouses with community-serving partners that provide additional amenities to the public. what tools do we have? we have leases, we have

concessions, we have one-year permits, we have operating agreements and we have partner agreements. all of those different tools we use to make this work. and so i'm going to run through quickly the different types of leases that we have, and which ones we have, and a quick like fly through of our leasing and we'll cover these subjects as we go through. the first one is iconic properties. probably the most iconic property that we have is the tower. a concessionaire [broken audio] and the next one is the tea garden update [broken audio] where you can have tea and things like that. [broken audio] i'll talk about

it a bit later. and we have the [broken audio] which have been closed generally since march. and then we have restaurants, cafés and kiosks. oh, you can't hear me. hmm. >> now we can hear you now. >> clerk: it was spotty for like the last slide but now it's fine. >> okay, do you want me to go back or are we okay? >> president buell: i think that we're okay. you can keep going. >> okay. and then we have restaurants and cafés and kiosks. we have the beach chalet and park chalet, back to pick-up only, it's the only option available. and they had outdoor dining for a month and a half or two months and they had done renovations inside, so we never got inside open. and we have the café spaces at union square, closed since march, and we need to find a new tenant for that spaik. and we have the boathouse café which reopened but it was open for a variety of different

options, but now pick-up only. and the bi-right café at the civic center is closed. and if you go for a run on the waterfront you can pick up your donuts at the end. and we also have a lot of different food kiosks, from toad trucks and they have been open and continue to be open to provide food to those visiting our parks. other park amenities that we have that enhance the visitors' experiences at parks -- the carousel has been closed under the health order since march. and park wide bicycles, we reopened in may, and people have been able to rent bikes and enjoy being in parks. i'm sure that all of those people are from the same household in that picture. and the segway tours are opened with limited ability to have that happen. and the boat rentals -- so the café that we talked about with

the boats, you could rent a boat and you can rent a boat for outdoor entertainment. and normally we have holiday ice drinks anrinks and this year the none. we made a decision in august that in the end turned out to be a good decision. we would have been able to open briefly and then have to shut down. so none of the ice rinks. our golf courses -- they've been very adaptive. and we're open for twosomes and open for foursomes and open for outdoor dining and then open for indoor dining and now back to twosomes and no dining, and just pick up food. so we have hardy and linking and eagles, golden gate and sharp. we have waterfront clubs and other amenities on the waterfront. we have the wonderful golden gate yacht club in st. francis who run ways to access the -- access the waterfront. those actually -- these clubs

have continued to pay rent. and the dolphin and south end rowing clubs. and the gas house cove in the marina. so you can still get gas for your boat, that is open and one of our concessions. and then we have a number of clubhouse concessions, ranging from elderly services to chinatown community development, to a number of almost all preschool early childhood related and many with the ymca. and let's talk about the meat of the matter, the covid-19 pandemic, which has caused abrupt and serious impacts on the operations of our local economy and businesses. the small businesses, which are in our parks, have all suffered. and they have experienced significant deficits and hardships due to required closures, limitations on operations, and lower customer demand due to lack of tourists. in march 2020, we had to take

interim action because of the health order. the state of emergency was declared, including a shelter hainplace. and our tenants were notified immediately to close operations unless they met certain limits. limited exceptions. i want to give a shout out to my team who are all on this phone call who have worked tirelessly to both close and open everyone up. [reading of names] and i couldn't have done -- we couldn't have done this without everyone pitching in. and tenants were informed that they were eligible to delay payment of rent initially from march 17-april 30th because we all thought that it would be over by then. that was later extended through december 31. this came -- it was based on a directive that we had from the city administrator's office. and this allowed us time to work with tenants and to assess the impact and to figure out what the best solutions were, which is why it's taking us this long to get to you.

we took some interim actions to get things reopened. as shelter in place started to allow certain businesses and our staff worked with our health officers and the concessions to find ways to get open. and they started food pick-ups and boat rentals and golf and the use of the docks by the swimming clubs from outdoors. many, many tenants were concerned about the ability to make minimum rent payments and we agreed to waive them and accept percentage rent. i'll talk more about that in a minute. so what are we proposing to the commission? we are proposing that you authorize the general manager to food few leases and similar agreements to address covid-19 impacts through rent waivers and forbearance. this gives the department the flexibility in the long term by enabling it to retain our tenants who are able to continue operating while they regain the ability to pay rent on a current basis. rather than the department

calling them into default and trying to fill vacancies during an economic downturn. it's clearly the sensible way for us to move forward. we have a number of conditions before we agree to lease amendments. and it only applies to forgiving rent, with one exception, coit tower that i'll talk about in a minute. and the general manager has to determine that they have suffered financial hardship due to covid-19. and that this will enhance the stability of the department's operations. we also are confirming that they did not have p.p.p. loans that could have enabled them to make rent. in fact, we have had some tenants who had them and they have used those loans to make rent payment. so let's talk about the type of rent. and before that i want to give a background on how most of our leases work. most of our leases are with

people who provide a service. and the way that the leases are framed, there's something called the minimum annual -- or minimum base rent or the minimum annual guarantee. so they promise to pay us x -- the higher of x or a percent of their revenues. and the base has been set to kind of -- it varies, but, you know, to reflect something that we can both budget for and the minimum level of operations. the types of waivers -- and then we have some leases where it's a regular monthly rent. the type of rent waivers that we're looking at for the typical mag -- we call it a mag -- is the waiver of the mag that the percentage rent has still to be paid and that's how we got people opened quickly. and the other waivers are waiver of monthly rent while the facility is closed, if they have really no ability to make those payments. in a few cases i'll talk about we are waiving the percentage rent and then we have a special

coit tower approval. so back to the mag waiver that i talked about, a classic example is the japanese teahouse and gift shop concession. they have a mag of $261,000 a year and then they have a percent of the gross sales they pay and it varies based on the type of item they're selling. they were closed from march 17-july 28th. and we're proposing to waive that mag. they opened on july 29th, and actually have met mag rent for august and september for a total of over $48,000. but ensuring that they didn't have to pay it if they didn't need it really gave them confidence to move forward, and with these further limitations, they're still open but back to being very limited. we have done similar waivers for beach chalet, and the boathouse, bike rentals, segway rentals and all of our food kiosks and getting those food kiosks open was important. and so then we also have the structure of a waiver of a

monthly rent. and these are almost all of our clubhouses and the palace of fine arts theatre. and so we have waived certain clubhouses, for instance, the nursery school, they don't -- they can't really reopen until sfsud resumes in-person learning. we have a few of these similar situations where we're waiving their monthly rent. the palace of fine arts theatre, ashley got a p.p.p. loan and they paid for six months and that went out. where we have waived percentage rent and it's complicated. the way that it's been exclusively with our golf course operator it's the way that lincoln and sharp work, they go and they make tee times and collect the revenues for playing golf, and all of that money sweeps directly to us. the only they make money is off

of concessions. so food concessions, and then renting out clubs and golf carts. with the limitations that they've had on food concessions -- >> main menu. press star 6 to mute your own line. press star pound to hear the number of participants. >> can you guys still hear me? can you all hear me? >> yes. >> okay. so in this case they came to us and said with our limited operations that we can't make enough money off of these items to cover the cost of opening the golf courses. so we agreed to waive the food and beverage concessions, our percentage on those, which in each case in a typical year is about $85,000. of course this year it would be way, way less because of the limitations on their ability to -- to open those facilities.

so we are proposing to waive that mag rent. and the other is coit tower, and the way that the coit tower lease works is they collect the elevator revenue, they keep 10%, and give us 90%. for those of you who are on the commission way back we did a big economic analysis of what it really costs them to run the facility. if the -- right now, well, we're a long ways from opening the elevator because of restrictiony can't generate similar revenue they just can't cover the expense of opening coit tower or monitoring the murals and monitoring the people coming into the building. so we need to be able to reduce their percentage rent. so instead of giving us 90%, they will give us a lower percentage until the revenues come up. and we will be working with them on what the appropriate number is as we get to a point where

the health order would allow it. so that's the waiver of the percentage rent for them. and the other piece that we have is they were unable to make -- well, everybody else is current and they were unable to make the february 2020 rent payment because they typically make that payment at the end of march and they had no march revenues. so we are deferring that rent until nine months after coit tower elevator is able to be open with no health order restrictions. and then the last piece is this lease is scheduled to expire in march 2022. and we will be asking the board to extend the lease for three years and not put it out to a new r.f.p. to give them a chance to recover from the covid-19 closures. and also as many of you know that the food kiosks that took a long time to open and to also recover their investment in that. so that is a special coit tower approval. so we will be taking to the board after we get approval

here. the leases for approval. some of them -- they were approved by the board and accordingly they have to approve this waiver, but the other piece is that any lease modification which these waivers are considered typically must incorporate any default contracting requirements in the admin or environmental codes that were enacted prior to the modification of the lease, but after we entered into it. so periodically new things go into the admin code what we're doing here is similar to other city agencies, and we are asking the board for authority not to have to add in those provisions, but just waive the rent payments on the lease. and so the financial impact -- obviously, the temporary loss of revenues has been significant. we have been closely monitoring that with our director of finance to ensure that the department's budget takes into

account the impact. the estimates fiscal year 2021 loss is $2.1 million plus the loss of admissions at coit of $1.1 million. i know that our director of finance is planning to talk to you about this prior budget and future budgets i think at the next commission meeting. our recommendation is to approve the waivers and adjustments that i've described. and recommend that the board of supervisors adopt an ordinance granting the general manager such authority with respect to leases in the future. we believe that this is important for small businesses who operate in our parks and having this flexibility because covid keeps changing. we have things open and now they're closed. so it's very much a moving target. thank you. (please stand by)

>> i think you should invite allison cummings, rec and park staff and the p.u.c. staff to come and give a presentation and talk about this issue, also, the

towers should not reopen until the water issue is settled. the tank should be emptied and not used any more. there is an alternative to a smaller tank or i am not sure of the right term. all of the water needed to go to the second floor. i think the tanks need to be drained. who knows what else is going to happen? this is going to cost a lot of money, something the city doesn't have. it is not the end of the world, but, you know, the most important thing is protecting the murals. take the water out could help. thank you. anyone else with a hand raised? >> that was the only one.

>> thank you. no further public comment. public comment is now closed. >> commissioner low, did you have a comment about this? >> yes, what we are being asked to approve, is this for modifications that are already in agreement or is it for future modifications? >> well, we have waived the payment of rent. we have deferred the payment of the rent. this is formally waiving the rent payment. under the directive put out in the emergency, we deferred payment of the rent requirements. we have spent a lot of time with the city attorney on this. we have to officially amend the leases to waive the amounts. now you need to add new provisions. that is why we are coming to you now.

yes, we started to get them open we said don't worry about the payments. we deferred and asked people to pay the percentage. >> these are deals that were already reached with the tenants? >> basically. >> subject to execution of lease amendments? >> yes. >> the only thing i would comment on is that i think it is fine in response to the pandemic of covid-19 and certainly small businesses have just been decimated by the economical amity. i think emergency response is necessary. i do think there should be maybe a reporting back to the operations committee just to give the operations committee an update as to the deals that were

struck and entered into. >> commissioner low, it was such a fluid situation that getting our orals around where we are was hard. >> i am not criticizing anything that you did because certainly in an emergency it calls for extraordinary measures. i am not criticizing you. don't get me wrong, not at all. once you enter into a deal on these lease amendments to report back to operations committee to update the commission as to what deals were struck. that is all. there is a much bigger question about how to make, you know, leasing more efficient. i don't think we have to see subleases. that is for the general manager to and proof.

that is a different discussion than what is agendized. any comments or questions? >> hearing none, seeing none, the chair entertains a motion to approve. >> if i could amend. so moved with reporting on what lease amendments have been entered into to the operations committee, just a report. >> second to that motion. >> second. >> moved and seconded. all in favor. aye. >> thank you so much. thank you, commissioner for the observation. >> thank you. we are now on item 8. 900innes avenue. india basin. contract award. >> good morning, commissioners, san francisco recreation and

park capital division. i will share my screen. it is a pleasure to be here. item 8 is discussion and possible action to award a construction contract in an amount not to exceed $7,099,700 for the 900 innes contract 16641. going quickly through some background for the new commissioners as well as all of you. the project is consistent with department's strategic plant. strategies 1, 2, 3, 4 to inspire public space, play, investment

and stewardship. for some history. in 2014, the department acquired the 900 innes site for the park to fill the gap in the bay trail network. it is a spectacular location with existing parks and open spaces. for history. the 900 inness was home to european my grates. between 1875 and the 1930s they constructed allow bottom boatboat boats question gral toe bay. over time the schooners became obsolete with growth of automobile industry. 900 inness remained an operating boatyard constructing and repairing vessels into the early

2000. that legacy of boat building and repair led to contain nation of ground surface. that left contaminated sites resulting in higher level of environmental health burden in the community. since 2014 with the basin waterfront study and design ideas we have been engaging the community to understand the needs for recreation, amenities, programs and in general how the collective open spaces could serve as beacon for place making, capacity building. out of that process resulted a waterfront park design with the blend of active recreation including basketball courts, playgrounds, boat launches and open spaces to gather and

celebrate on lob lawns and decks. it will increase access to nature while increasing habitat value and honoring the rich history of the bayview hunters point neighborhood. in august 2018 it was approved for the parks and ad adopted the findings associated with environmental review. prior to any park redevelopment phase, the cleanup of the 900 boatyard site is the first milestone stage of work. the remedial action plan for the site is approved by the water board, search offing as the lead oversight agency of the work. approved remedy is compatible with the future use of the site as public park and offers the highest level of health protection as the entire surface will be scraped and backfilled to support the future park grades. for further details the up land

areas will be excavated and new clean backfill imported to eliminate any chemical exposure pathways for future users. all contaminated timber, like those associated with the fence posts and march reason rails will be removed and disposedded of. the rails will be preserved, metal and restored for i corporation to the future park design. some of the other activities will remove any dump debris and remnant parts. the tide dal areas dredged had pete and clean sediment imported to help support the future restoration marsh planting in the seconded phase. finally, the cottage will undergo hazardous building materials abatement prior to full restoration.

secretary of interior standards and the second phase of work. it has receivedness permits from state and federal agencies army corp of engineers and the water board. now this remediation is supported by a number of state and federal funding partners. to date we received $7 million in public grant funding for the cleanup with the largest contribution from the san francisco bay restoration authority of $5 million and federal of $2 million. additional funding for remediation from the state of california controller's office. we can say this project has been truly partnership with the community working with apri, trust for public hand and san francisco parks alliance. since 2014 with the waterfront study, the project team and partners worked and will continue to work together to do something unprecedented for the city to develop the park under

an equitable development plan to inspire stewardship and support place making. in terms of bidding, rec and park supported by public works advertised the bid on june 15th and held four pre-bid meetings. they received bids september 23. the request for relief was submitted there after accompanied under penalty of perjury indicating clerical error. in consultation with the office of contract administration all bids rejected. it was readvertised november 13 with a job walk on november 17 and bids opening on december 2. total of three bids received. tabulation is attached for reference.

rubicon builders of san francisco was determined to be the lowest responsible bidder with a bill of $709,970. remediation is to begin in spring 2021 and ramp-up to be underway in june 1 when the environmental and water seasonal work windows open. with that, staff recommends the commission award to rubicon builders. that concludes my staff report. i am available for questions if you have any. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> if anyone is here to speak on item 8, please press star, 3, to be added to the cue to speak.

>> hello. my name is jill fox. i am here to speak on the environmental cleanup. i live on innes avenue across from the park. i have been speaking on behalf of acquiring and making this land to a park since 1999. i am very happy to see that this is moving forward. i would just ask that we have very clear signage or information given to me to share with the neighbors during environmental cleanup so that we can easily contact someone if we see something a.m.i. ss during public comment or if there are problems. before the pandemic during the six years rec and park owned the

land we have had trouble getting ahold of the right people to contact when there was graffiti and break-ins and problems on the land. i just want to say that i am very happy this is happening. we are moving forward. please give us a clear way to communicate with the company that is doing the cleanup so that we can make sure the neighbors are all safe and everyone feels really positive about this latest action. thank you. >> next caller. state your name. >> good morning, commissioners. eric. i am a community organizer with the trust for public land. we believe everyone deserves a high-quality park within a 10 minute walk from their home.

we are grateful for the partnership to transform the local parks and the communities that are making it in the city. the trust for public land is proud to work with bayview-hunters point community and partner organizations in this project since 2015. in this process we have. [indiscernable] to create a community with trees in the neighborhood and restore hall three habitat. this project represents a down payment on the continued needs investment in parks and open spaces that are directly tied to the public health and well-being of bayview-hunters point community. they have faced decades of environmental ineckteens.

community health is intensified by covid-19. with that said we are thrilled that after a competitive birding process the contractor was selected for the project. this opportunity to hire locallal loins with the equitable development plan by the local leaders representing the broad work force of the neighborhood. this project will strengthen the hunters point community and avoid the gentrification for park sites. without this investment to the local community. the remediation of this is in the equitable development plan to ensure healthy conditions. we would like to share our support for the remediation and urge the commission to approve the remediation contract.

thank you for your time. >> thank you. anyone else with a hand raised? >> no, just those two. >> in you further public comment. >> i would like to make a comment. so sorry. >> okay. is this jackie? >> this is jackie. >> okay. you are in the meeting. most of the public comment is coming from the call in numbers. that is why paul didn't see you there. you can speak. palm put up a two minute timer, please. >> thank you so much. good afternoon everyone. i am jackie flynn executive director of the institute of san francisco.

apri. i wear another very important hat on this project as the equitable development plan manager. i am here to really thank the rec and parks department charlene and omar have been tremendous support. i don't think the staff get enough credit for the work they do. i want to applaud them for every day work and commitment to the excellence of parks and open spaces and general manager ginsburg, you are a visionary. i am one of many organizations leading the conversation with the community. this community has been one that suffered injustices for decades. we are unpacking the diverse and unique layers while building a future park that looks pretty in every as secretary. i appreciate the thorough

process the project delivery team has committed to listen to the community, hire local low for craftsmen and women in the neighborhood. we see this contract awarded the great effort and first step to committing to building an equitable park. there is still so much work to do to complete this park, we look forward to that as a model for other major cities that want to make meaningful changes to the historic timeline of their city and ours. we are also in very much support of this contract award and would like to continue to see that commitment moving forward. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. there is another speaker with their hand raisedded on the call in line. please state your name.

>> hello. i am richard fong. i want to make a few comments. i had a conversation with charlene. i like very much the title is going to be preserved and a learning activity for the youngsters in the neighborhood. i will keep it short like they said to do. it is going to be moved pretty good and everything else seems to be in the right order. the building, shoreline. when they have the kayaks in there how will they know about the tidal pool? how much will they retain and take away from it? that is all i have to say. thank you. good-bye. >> thank you. anyone else on the line?

>> that was the last raised hand on the call. >> thank you. commissioners. >> any comments or questions? seeing none, the chair would entertain a motion to approve. >> so moved. >> seconded. >> all those in favor. aye. thank you so much. >> thank you. we are now on item 9. racial equity action plan. >> good morning. i am lorraine ban ford superintendent of recreation and community services and employees working hard to create a shared understanding of the important role that we as civil servants play in creating a shared

understanding of the importance of promoting practices and policies that are racially equitable in our organization. i wanted to say that some of the words from the previous presentation resonated. remediation and restoration. that is what this group of employees known as dice members. diverse and inclusion committee on equity. we have been working for the last three years to really make a difference in the organization. this three areas of focus. hiring and promotion, resource allocation and access to services. what we would like to do is present a draft of racial equity action plan to help us operationalize all that we have been talking about and discussing. we had meetings and presentations and trainings

internally with city employees in our department to get the information to get a focus how we as the department can do better. one of the things i learned over the years to understand a thing whether it is a problem challenge or group, it is important to get the history of it. part of what we learned through dice. individuaindividual civil serva. it was government decisions deciding who could vote, who could marry whom, where people might live. we weren't immune from being engaged in that nonsense. to share more about history i will turn it over to sarah, director of policy and public affairs division.

>> thank you. good morning, commissioners. i have been working with this team on the chapter of the racial equity plan about the history of racism in our industry and why it matters. the process of inning the roots of systematic racism is fundamental to dismantling systematic racism. the fob derf the center for race and democracy at the university of texas explains this in the research i have done explains it best. his words. if you are going to dismental systemic racism you have to understand the pipeline and why and how it keeps reproducing inequality and marginal session, poverty and racial segregation. so in this section of the report we examine the impact of racism on parks and recreation. to start, the location and

distribution of parks and open spaces, design, quality, management and our evaluation of success or failure are infused with the racist history that places the white experience not only primary but superio. by way of example the national park system was created as a way for people to escape cities during the industrial revolution. that park system was created by removing indigenous people from their lands and creating refuges for white people to get away from cities which we were becoming at the same time increasingly black and brown. our department running the urban park system we must acknowledge that for years parks and

recreation were domain of white, wealthy and those who had significant leisure time. this is true in the conservation movement as well. no more telling example of the big getted roots than the movements the godfather who we have a daily reminder of his looming presence in this industry across the bridge. while he is considered father o simty and founding member much see ara club he called first people dirty and lazy. he believed from the founding grew a system and movement that not excluded people of color but dismissed experiences. today we see a through line to the foundational principles in who visits and works in national

parks. over 100 years after john mirrors founding only 23% of another another park people are color, 79% of employees white as of july 2020. more diverse than parking or recreation there is a history of bias, too. from swimming pools to hiking and camping. segregated recreation had a lasting significance on social strat fiction. perhaps this is seen in aquatics. because of racist and exclusionary policies at public pools. black children are less likely to learn to swim and three times more likely to die of drowning than white children. this pattern of segregation in recreation runs not just through

aquatics but in tennis and other forms of recreation. they are perceived as the domain of private clubs excluding people. this is rampant in public recreation until the 1964 civil rights act desegregated the municipal facilities. the racism didn't disappear and segregation did not magically disappear and took a more insidious form in the form of disinvestment, privatization of recreation, people moving away. in many cases in inner cities the complete closing of public facilities. we have this stories of christian cooper and too many others to show that these roots still pervade our industry. it is really important for us to examine those foundations so we can move on and really have a

systematic way of trying to approach this. thank you. >> thank you, sarah. >> a little rough in the sequencing here. i am going to finish this slide and just acknowledge that i am uncomfortable presentation sarah provided has living legacies today. even though we are subject as the city and county of san francisco to equal opportunity

rules, we are stuck in the workplace policies, prohibitions of harassment as well as state apfederal laws, of course. these things are deep in us, centuries old. one of the in addition to doing that research about the history, we also are using a central and fundamental source of information for our racial equity plan two different medi mediums of employees do that. one was employee focus group. invitation was sent to everyone through staff connections. really fun newsletter that is informative and has gone a long way to connecting people who get their e-mail. invitation too participate. it was curated for diversity.

diversity in race, age, tenure for the department, and had guided discussions. in total there were 27 participants. it was small. it was an hour of time talking and listening. i want to combine that with we conducted our first ever racial climate survey focused on the race of employees. some of the questions were personal about your own perception, your own comfort, your own knowledge. applied to the work team, department and the city as a whole. from these two forums of

feedback, there were real alignments, repeated aligned requests from staff. some of those were. mentoring black, indigenous, people of color staff. developing a volunteer staff mentoring program to help people integrate to our culture, to their job, feeling connected. as a form of support. there was also, you know, repeated requests to learn more about equity. to spend work time on it. this is particularly true for members of -- the people in our organization who have volunteered on their time. iit is unpaid time. they have to do their job as well to participate in learning and teaching these concepts.

there was a request to keep pushing for more diverse hiring with new and different ways, evaluating mqs, panels, and there was one final theme that emerged that certainly anyone who is engaged in communication with our staff has confronted before. depending how you count, 65% of our staff at a minimum do not have screen time as part of their job. they do not have access to city-provided hardware, phone, tablet, computer. nor an element of the job description that allows time on the screen. if you include all of our temporary seasonal part-time employees that number goes up to 85%. do not have screen time.

in an era when more and more is going digital, we invested on rpdu, teaching and learning module on intramet. we revised that. hr forms, performance evaluation forms are all digital. when you think about that disparity of access, there is a real racial element to that as well because most of those people who do not have access to screen time are in the entry level classes, which as you will see, we took the history, looked at the legacy of that. what employees were says, and then we added that to some analysis about our work force when is what ariana will take us

through. next slide. >> these are examples of statistics we were able to gain from data points in the hr database. i have been working closely with taylor on these efforts to be involved in equity efforts with groups and workshops. most importantly, working with hr data. generally, they are examples of the data points to inform our roots and equity efforts. we have been able to attain these by developing dashboards that compare the labor market, gender, race statistics how we

look across the department compared to bay area as well. here this is just a representation of the overall look at demographic representation. gender representation in the department. here is another example of entry level employees looking -- our first layer. direct service, front line community facing individuals compared to the employees. how we really were able to develop the analysis with the tool of the equity dashboard to take into consideration the level of autonomy, responsibility, reports, pay grade and organized the department in different layers and look at the demographic representation of each one. really informed us on where we might be improving and comparing

statistics from previous years past. these tools have been important to making our decisions as data informed as possible and to echo what lower rain and sarah mentioned, the history to take into consideration the numbers and figures and how we can be best and adquately informed to make decisions moving forward. most importantly, it is really important to get the data points and focus groups rather than just statistical analysis. we want to hear quality of data, feedback in person and those were over six different periods or weeks. it has been enlightening and informative and helpful to understand trends. where we might be needing to

look into, consider, and hoping into how can we make sure the data informed as possible moving forward with equity efforts? as important as the history that we have to consider about san francisco, what does that history, how is it embedded in figures like the pool analysis with the drowning rates? that is all i have to say. antonio. >> thanks. i am antonio from the acquisition section in human resources. the racial equity action plan consists of these seven focus areas that are on your screen. human resources staff has been working diligently with the support of other staff such as

lorraine from recreation, sarah and our racial equity leads as well. as we have worked towards the final implementation portion of the plan we have used the following framework. first is being forward looking. we want to make sure we celebrate the programs we already have implemented. we also understand we need to continue to make improvements upon those programs and initiatives as well as make progress in other areas using the data that she just mentioned in a way that is sustainable for many years to come. second is attain ability. we want to be progress over and visionary in our approach. we want to be realistic of the resourceses we expect to have as we continue to work on this plan over the next few years. just briefly, i would like to

hype light some of the deliverables you are likely to see when the plan is published. first is using what we know about inequities in our job classes to develop classification specific outreach plans that focus on fostering relationships with nontraditional outlets likely to produce more applicants for job opportunities. increasing communication between the lower and upper level staff, due to development of department-wide mentorship program. third, exploring equitable alternatives to discipline air reactions such as peer to peer mediation. four. professional developments opportunities with employees. finally, expanding the knowledge of diversity, equity inclusion

and belonging by leveraging di ce and development of the racial equity library for self-guided learning. these are what we hope to accomplish with support of our leadership. i will hand it over to lamonte bishop for the next step in the journey. >> thank you. we are now at the next step in moving the plan forward. first, december 31st, our reap is to be submitted to the office of racial equity. we are not going to wait until that is filed for us to begin strategies and actions to move our job forward. at this time we will be rearranging the hr assignments for support for actions.

we formalize the dice. action leads will continue to advocate for new positions through our budget process and on june 30, 2021 we will receive our report card from ore and we will begin phase two of our template. it has been shared. this is a two-phase process. first phase of the process is focused on internal reflection. phase two will be reflection to make sure that we are being proactive and being -- we are working to ensure we are addressing issues in the community and the people we serve. in conclusion, we want to thank the commissioners to update you on the racial equity action plan. staff will complete the template and produce the first of what we

hope is never ending oversight and focus on racial equity within the department. next level of government's duty and obligation to be fair in all dealings. we want to make sure our policy really does affect the public. we know bad policies can have effects for generations to come. this document is just the beginning, not even beginning but important milestone in the journey understand the effect and correct harms. work that began decades an go with civil rights and will continue in the future. racial action plan document will be submitted on december 31st, 2020 to the office of racial equity. we are working on walking our talk now. we are starting these projects despite reduced budgets and

pushing ahead on the work that is part of the public record. our work plans will go forward on the website. with that our presentation is complete. our staff is here to take questions on what was presented. we also invite you to think about the last chapter, chapter 7 dealing with boards and commissions. we welcome your discussion on these important issues as they come into commission operations and activities. thank you. >> thank you. just as a reminder if you are here to speak on item the, bless star, 3, to raise your hands to be put in the queue to speak. anyone on the line for this item? >> there are callers on the line and one hand raised. >> please state your name before

speaking. >> hello. i am edna zing. from the omi. my concern was that three or four years ago there was a plan about diversity in the program. i am wondering what happened to that plan and how is it different than what you are planning now? >> thank you,edna. normally we don't respond to questions as they are asked. i might ask the general manager if there is a response forkedna on that issue?

>> thank you. hi,edna. a couple closing reflections. in specific answer to the question what i think she is referring to in 2016 when proposition b was on the ballot. equity plan was mandated for a lot of external programming and services. that remains in full effect. all of our external equity work including the equity zones and metric and programming like our scholarship programming, some of the community hub work we are doing now and the india basin with the equitable planning process, what this is a response to the creation of the office of

racial equity. a city-wide effort to coordinate at department level and internal and external focuses on equity. the report is broken into two phases. second phase is external. this is actually on our own internal work. what this document actually does is similar to whattedna was alluding to to create a strategic plan for racial equity. with specific initiatives transparent and measurable. some we have been doing. the first phase is focused on the department's internal work as the team mentioned recruitments, hiring, retention and discipline and training. the internal work is on training and development and culture is very important. it is hard. it requires us to acknowledge

that systematic racism exists in these rules and policies and in our history and culture. as i think lamonte noted and this is the beginning of journey, particularly on internal work. we are learning as we go. what i thought i would offer is my own perspective and vision for this internal phase. that is for us to have an organization in which access to employment, training, development, opportunities and representation access to the highest level of leadership in the organization is as available to our black and brown and indigenous staff as white staff in every occupation in our department from field staff to it staff, project managers and capital division to executive team. as you heard today from the team to do this, we have to listen

and understand experiences. we need to have honest conversations about race. we have to collect and analyze data and initiatives which dismantle existing barriers and equitable opportunities for all. we would love to have a little discussion or have you guys have a discussion, the commission about how we can strengthen equity from the perch of this commission and other boards. we hope to get into that a little bit. i want to thank the members of the team working on this report and all of the racial equity leaders. we are having a lot of

conversations and learning in our department. that is an important step of the journey. a special thanks to lorraine doing this work loc work long be office. founded our group a few years ago. i want to say thank you to commissioner mcdonald who offered his own perspective on the importance of the endeavor and challenges to the group and leadership team. to return to the comment, in the coming year after the internal phase we will submit phase two focusing on external work where we have made more progress because of the. [ inaudible ] proposition b.

>> before i turn it over to commissioners. is there anyone else with a hand raised to comment on this item? >> one hand popped up. >> please state your name before speaking. >> i am paul. i am a san francisco resident. i wanted to say that it seems like you guys have been very introspective about this and that is very valuable and you are approach anything the same way and i support it. i wantedded to lend some possible thought as to the impact that the organization is having on its community as being another source of something that might be deserving of introspection. from my perspective as a

resident i feel like the parks and rec community and the permit process in general associated with that indeed working in entertainment, i feel it is extremely racist and classist. i am frustrated with the city's interaction with their various producers, and i think they produced an exclusionary environment. i think given the structure they have created they can't help to. they have demanded inordinate sums of money for anyone that wants entertainment in the parks. that means the resourceses that are our parks are only available to the people with extra sums of wealth. to be able to use a piece of the park now requires fencing and security guards and telling everybody to go away when it

really doesn't have to be that way exempting the city's racism permit process with giving out access to the parks. when i see the endemic city corruption, i think that one of the places that really should be examined is how it impacts race and culture in our city. what i think that the policy of racism from the parks and rec department have caused is that the communities that are poor and of color are gathering in the streets for sideshows rather than gathering in the park. is that on purpose. >> thank you. your time is expired. we appreciate your comments. >> paul, is there anyone else with a hand raised on the line? >> yes, one hand popped up.

>> please state your name before speaking, caller. >> i am francisco. i have been listening to this deliberation. i have one question that i want the park and reccommissioners to study and that is title 6. i think this talk about racial equity has not been done well. you haven't consulted epthe advocates and many people who

really understand the real meaning of equity. give money to some people so that they have access to the money. are you really telling me in san francisco when it comes to our parks that we have equity? let alone talk about racial equity? how we treat our children when it comes to the soccer field, how we have removed natural grass and substituted with artificial grass. do we really have the concerns of our children? i am asking you to study title 6 before we make any adjudication on this notion of racial equity,

which is really not been thought out clearly. when it comes t comes to accouny and transparency. i have been following your action for a long, long time. >> thank you. >> no further public comment, public comment is closed. commissioners. >> i believe this is an information item. questions or comments from the commission? >> yes, i have a question of taylor. this is commissioner hallisy. thank you and lorraine and phil anand lamonte and the team for e

presentation to me last week. this morning you mentioned the forms put together. were those forums did you put together did they just involve employees of rpd? >> yes, commissioner. as diverse as possible working group of rec and park staff. >> very good. i am wondering, and loraine, in discussion with you, you talked about your own experience with training in the bay area. i just want to know if you think with your background now in meeting all of these people in your role that are in other city agencies if rpd might volunteer

to host and moderate a discussion on racial equity and invite all of the representatives, especially those in the position of hiring for other city departments, whether fire, police, water, whatever. also to have a recent hiree talk about their experience, positiontive, negative, challenges they faced. you may be doing this already, lorraine. having said that i believe many of the city agencies could learn from you and the rec and parks department. i am putting it out there to see if that is something that may be on your own you are doing when you are getting your training or if it is something that might serve all of the city agencies.

maybe rpg can pick up a nugget or two and many can learn from what you are doing as well. >> thank you. that is a really good suggestion. [please stand by]

-- that the equity plan calls for which is kind of the role and space and posture, frankly, that the boards and the commissions can play in this. and so i will offer some thoughts that -- let me say, not just my own, but commissioner hallisy and i had a wonderful conversation about this. and so between us we'll lift those up. and i would begin though by just saying -- acknowledging really the extraordinary work and commitment of the staff to this body of work, in particular from my view as evidenced by a willingness to sit in the uncomfortable place of understanding who we are and where we are and how we got here. james balwin said that its face nothing can be changed but nothing can be changed until it

is faced. and the phases of this work, again, as someone who leads and trains in this space is awareness, acceptance, and then action. and so, again, appreciating the staff's willingness to become aware and hold and own the realities of our history in what has led us here both in terms of the interpersonal, all the way in which this department, as great as it is today, has evolved. and the opportunity then that we have to not only kind of create this plan -- i feel like that a question that is important in this regard that there's value and importance in creating a plan however, if said plans are not implemented, if there is not a commitment to the long-term work of both in terms of learning and

shifting and changing of both perspective and posture and practice, then, you know, the plan isn't worth much. not at all suggesting that is the case here, but just to call that out because for me that was the impetus of -- of this question. and just to submit that, quite frankly, what she also represents in that question is an unfortunate experience of black, indigenous and people of color communities. that there's been these moments throughout kind of history, both past and present, when there's a declared moment of clarity and commitment and then it's unfulfilled. and so, again, just to cement the importance of the long-term commitment to what i often refer to as a journey. and so, lastly, i say then and then i'll call on my colleague, actually, because he captured some notes from our discussion.

we talked about some potential ways in which the commission can hold and embody this work and the role that we can play in supporting the staff team and shifting some of our -- literally some of our activities to be community facing so that we're not only talking about community, but we're actually talking with community. and so, commissioner hallisy, do you want to share kind of where we landed. at least as a point of view. >> commissioner hallisy: certainly, commissioner. one of the items and all of the communication that i received and read was about annual commission meetings that would target certain groups, certain areas of the city, and in my opinion i -- and i believe that commissioner macdonald agrees with me, it's not enough.

and i -- i'm thinking that we should take our show on the road, so to speak. maybe once per quarter we go to a specific racial community/group location to hear directly from local residents on issues that they experience in our p.d. programs, and access to facilities, etc., say, one per quarter at four different locations. and i think that if we did it this way we would get on top of this and we would reach more people, more quickly. >> thank you, commissioner. any other comments? >> one other item -- sorry, go ahead. >> go ahead, you can finish commissioner mcdonnell. >> commissioner mcdonnell: i was

going to say that i would also welcome and encourage us as a commission to think about the training opportunities for us as a commission and -- and then kind of embark upon that -- that journey as well. and, you know, whether that is learning modules that we do individually. another might be one that we do together as a collective as another potential path. and then i would also love to see kind of cement this -- the importance of this issue in the form of what i would kind of call or name as an equity moment in each of our meetings and just to be clear, i mean, it's a moment of highlighting both the space itself, it could be a moment of celebration of a success. it actually also could be a moment where we're highlighting

a current challenge that we're facing and we're willing to kind of eyes wide open name it and grapple together with how do we address this. we now understand it better and how to address it. so that's another element they would like to lift up. >> i appreciate that, commissioner. we've had discussions on how to frame that and i think that it is worthwhile to explore. commissioner jupiter-jones did you have a comment? >> commissioner jupiter-jones: yeah, i just wanted to echo, first, just gratitude for the department and the staff. i also was able to get a briefing last week on all of this. and really i'm just honored and excited to be a part of this work and to really, i mean, it's been said before but it is -- yeah, it's motivating to me to hear that we're starting from this place of real authentic, honest, reflection of the history of how we got to where we are. and i think that gives me hope

and optimism because as people have said this is a heavy load. this isn't just one plan and one meeting and one discussion, this is -- if we're trying to battle, you know, centuries of systemic racism, it's going to take a while for us to build systems of anti-racism. and so i just want to say, you know, to express my gratitude for everyone and especially the staff who i do believe too has been doing this work even before it was kind of mandated from the city. and that's important to recognize. and then all these -- all of the suggestions, both that i've heard from commissioner hallisy and missioner mcdonnell about ways that the commission can be involved in this i totally support. because both of those are an idea for kind of outreach, versus expecting everyone to

come to us and also us going out and also moments of equity, like building those into the meeting, those are systems, right, that ensures this is a continuing discussion of something that will be at the forefront of the commission always, as it should be. so i'm excited to continue this work for a long time. and thank you to everyone who has been working so hard on it. it makes me very proud to represent this department. >> president buell: thank you, commissioner. any other comments or questions? well, i might say as a wrap up to this particular item that i would not want to see these suggestions get lost in the suggestion box. and ask staff to consider how they view implementing these -- and in particular the two wishes that i think that have a lot of merit. one is that our being able -- and i'll throw this to ashley as well -- be able to conduct meetings in the community and to have the ability to notice those

in advance so that everybody can participate on all of the issues that we face, not just in those communities where we'll be physically. and i think that commissioner mcdonnell's suggestion that we have some way of reporting, whether it's every meeting or on a scheduled basis, but not to let it drop, both the positive and the negative aspects of the actions of the department and the perceptions of the community on the issues. so i just ask that the staff get back to all of the commission on these suggestions. with that, that was an information item and i very much appreciate all of the staff efforts. lorraine that was really a very educational and informative presentation and i thank everybody that made it possible. with that, ashley, i think that we'll move on.

>> clerk: thank you. we're on item 10, general public comment. at this time the members of the public who were not able to address the commission on item 4, may address the commission on items that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the recreation and park commission and that do not appear on the agenda if you are here to make a comment during general public comment, please press star, 3, to raise your hand. paul, can you let me know if there's anyone in the queue? >> there were two, but we're down to one just now. >> clerk: okay, great. so, caller, please state your name before speaking. >> caller: edna james again. i just want to make a general comment about the -- i know the item of racial equity did come up, but one item that i did miss was that i hope that you

consider in terms of racial equity -- disability. and i mean seniors and people with disabilities as you address racial equity in this plan and in future plans. thank you. >> president buell: thank you, edna. >> clerk: thank you. paul, i want to confirm that there's no one else with their hand raised? >> there's one additional. >> clerk: there is, okay, great. caller, please state your name before speaking. >> caller: hello. my name is richard fong. i'm trying to get a follow-up on the palace of fine arts update on how the private moneys and so forth are coming up for whatever is needed to commence on to stage 2? i believe the person to get in touch is dan birkenfelt, and if

we can outreach from the rec and park department, through the fine arts foundations, maybe we can get updated on what's going on. i have been waiting for that topic for a long time. thank you. >> president buell: thank you, richard. >> clerk: paul notified me that there's another caller. so, caller, please state your name before speaking. >> caller: hello, my name is paul. and i am calling again to -- or commenting again roughry in the same line to ask the city for people to be outside in the parks. specifically i know that it's a long-standing practice to try to make money on all of these events, pro-cluin except for thy being able to do so. and with the danger with indoor production and all of these long-standing communities destroyed by the city regulations, like the rec

department, acknowledge the presence of the pandemic and to start to permit people to gather outside. i'm sure that's a health department concern for gathering, but as we open the city we want to see that emerge, hopefully before the indoor one. i hope that the parks and rec department doesn't continue to only commit the wealthiest among us to have access and to gather and to have music in the parks. i think that it is ridiculous that it's only certain hours and that it does create this unhealthy environment indoors that is owned exclusively by alcohol purveyors. so we should be able to gather outside and gather in our parks at all hours with music and that they answer now. and doing so means protests, then that is what it is, but i hope that the park and recs department hope to find a realm

way to embrace music in our city again. >> president buell: thank you. >> clerk: thank you. i have been notified that there's another commenter. so, caller, please state your name before speaking. >> caller: so, commissioners, again my name is francisco. so first and foremost according to the brown act you don't need to announce your name. so the secretaries have to be begin that orientation. we are not mandated to say our name. okay? so having said that, i represent the first people of san francisco. and it's a very sensitive issue when everybody is not involved in the deliberations. as one of the commissioners was saying in a general way, we need to go there, there, there, just like the commissions used to do.

but the rec and park as such ahows our children and our youth and our beloved elders and those with compromised health and do not play a very important role post this pandemic. so we have to think outside the box. we need to go out, so people go to the park, people congregate. we need good leadership and we're not getting good leadership from our mayor. she goes to the french laundry and breaks the rules. and she doesn't apologize immediately. she takes her time. all of those silly things that stupid (indiscernible) do, and the spineless that we have in

san francisco. and as i said, i have been following this for 40 years. in 40 years i should have learned a lot about park and rec. so there's a lot of discrimination given to people of privilege and so forth. and i'm not saying all of the commissioners are racist, but i'm saying fine-tune your conscience. go to a better place with your heart in the right place. thank you very much. >> president buell: thank you very much. >> clerk: okay, seeing no further public comment, public comment is now closed. we're now on item 11, commissioners' matters. commissioners, do you have anything that you would like to bring forward? okay. any public comment on commissioners' matters, please press star, 3, to be added to the queue to speak.

seeing none, public comment is closed. and we're on item 12, new business/agenda setting. commissioners, is there anything that you would like to bring up? okay. is there any public comment on new business? seeing none, public comment is closed. we are now on item 13, communications. is there any public comment from this item? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> i have a quick question. not to belabor it at all, but what is supposed to happen on item 13, communications? i have never quite understood. >> clerk: yeah. that's a good question. so generally we list any communications that we've received on items that are not listed on the agenda.

so it's an opportunity for the public to comment on any of those and ask for any of them from us. most of the time it's email, sometimes it's physical mail. and i believe that you all can have a discussion or ask questions about any of those items as well. >> great, thank you. thank you. >> clerk: you're welcome. we are now on item 14 adjournment. >> president buell: commissioner mcdonnell, you have a motion on adjournment. >> commissioner mcdonnell: i would be honored, sir, thank you, to move that we close today's commission meeting in honor of a well-beloved woman, twee newman. i think that it's particularly fitting in the context and backdrop of our discussion around racial equity. twee, vietnamese immigrant to our city, family from laos.

grew up in costa meca, and came to san francisco with a passion to teach and got her master's at san francisco state in education. and she and her husband shawn conley created what was called san francisco skate club. but in point of fact it was more than a skate club. certainly, skating was the theme that drew young people into this community and this orbit that twee and shawn created. it quickly became a space of community of supportive young people, a knitting club, filmmaking club, homework club, cooking club, art club, living club. and it was an amazing space and community that she and shawn led for years. and, sadly, after a long battle

with stomach cancer, twee passed away. 41 years old. and we had -- there was a wonderful gathering to celebrate twee's life this past saturday out at ocean beach, hosted by our good rec and park department friend, and to look across the sand and to see the families and the young people, some of whom would declare that i wouldn't have graduated high school or i never would have made it to college, i never would have stayed connected to my family. as a matter of fact, in many ways twee and the skateboard club was my family. it was really, really wonderful to experience and it certainly is heartbreaking to lose twee. she embodied what i believe is the -- kind of the heart of a steward of community and of san

francisco in particular. i often have described that twee lived her life with a smile. she was infectious in her love for life, her embracing of people, certainly, embracing of these young people. and so, again, i would just move that we close in honor of twee, and while we will miss her presence, may her legacy of love of people and commitment to service live on through all of us. thank you. >> president buell: thank you very much, commissioner. is there a second to that motion? >> second. >> president buell: moved and seconded. all those in favor? >> aye. >> president buell: so moved and i wish you all a very happy holiday season and hopefully a prosperous and connected new year.

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get home, wash your hands. here's a quick recap. >> well, that's it for this episode. i hope you found it useful. go to sfgov for community investment and infrastructure for tuesday, december 15, 2020. i would like to welcome the members of the public listening live and the staff presenting today. following the guidelines set forth by local and state firms during this health emergency, the members of the commission are meeting remotely to ensure the safety of everyone, including members of the public. thank you all for joining us, please call the first item. >> thank you. the first order of business is item one roll call.

commission members plea respond. commissioner brackett. >> here. >> commissioner scott. >> here. >> commissioner rosales. >> here. >> chair bustos. >> here. >> all members are present. next is item 12. announcements. next regularly scheduled meeting will be held remotely january 5, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. please be advised a member of the public has up to three minutes to make public comments unless the commission adopts a shorter period. viewers are instructed to dial 415-655-0001 and enter access code 146 996-6099. press pound sign twice to enter the call.

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previous closed session meeting. there are no reportable actions. next is item 4. matters of unfinished business. approving the second of two five year extensions of residential a and c certificates as authorized under the property owner and occupant preference program. the certificate of preference program, discussion and action. this has a substitution resolution recommended under the regular agenda. mr. chair. >> thank you so much. as mentioned by the secretary, there is a resolution to be recommended by staff under the regular agenda and commission will consider at this time. i will ask the secretary to ask the next item. please keep yourselves on moot until it is your time to speak. next item. >> thank you.

5. matters of new business. consent agenda and regular agenda. first concept agenda. approval of regular meeting november 17, 2020. mr. chair. >> anyone from the public to speak or comment on this item. >> at this time members who wish to comment on this item call 415-655-0001. enter access code (146)996-6099. followed by pound pound. please press pound sign twice to get on the call. when prompted press star three to be placed in the queue. if you are listening by phone and would like to comment on the minutes, please press star 3 from your touch tone phone. we will give them a moment.

if you wish to comment on just the minutes you can press star three if you would like to withdraw your request if it is not the item to comment on, press star three. we have a few callers here. i will unmute them. >> hi, caller. hello. next one. hi. >> hello. i am oscar james. i am happy to be part of this meeting today. i would like to support b and a, a and b.

>> this is to approve the minutes. >> i am sorry. >> call back. >> okay. >> next caller. if you would like to withdraw your request to speak for the minutes you can press star three and it will withdraw your request. next caller. >> did you want to comment on the minutes? >> not me. >> at this time it does not look like there are members of the public to comment on the minutes. >> no further request i will close public comment for the minutes. may i get a motion for this item. >> yes, mr. chair, i move that

the minutes be accepted with any necessary corrections. >> thank you, commissioner scott. >> second. >> i will second. vice chair rosales. >> please take role. >> commission members, commissioner brackett. >> aye. >> commissioner scott. >> aye. >> vice chair rosales. >> yes. >> chair bustos. >> yes. >> four ayes. >> motion carries,. >> next item. >> next is regular agenda. 5b and c related to the certificate of preference program will be presented together but acted on separately. amending the property owner and occupant preference programsertive cal of preference program to extend duration of residential certificates until the successor agency completes affordable housing obligation.

discussion and action resolution 40-2020. 5c. authorizing the commission president to appoint a committee consisting of no more than two commission members and additional public members to review and recommend changes to the certificate of preference program. discussion and action resolution 41-2020. >> thank you, madam secretary. commissioners, as you recall at the december 1st meeting we continued the item to provide the last of two five year extensions to the residential certificate. at this time staff prepared a substitute resolution to extend until the affordable housing obligation is completed. we will present on 5b ab5c. pam. >> thank you. good afternoon, chair and

commissioners. i am from the housing division. i am to present on items 5b and produce 5 -- introduce 5c. the certificate of preference for the cop program was to provide affordable housing for low and moderate income households displaced due to agency action in western division and hunters point. this preference provides qualified copd priority for renting or purchasing ocii housing unit. 301 of the active 894 holders have used their certificates once. that is a subset of 1832 number of cop holders housed to date.

at the commission december 1 meeting, staff requested your approval to extend the cop program for additional five years to december 31, 2025. this request followed up on the commission's 2015 action which was approved for an initial five year extension of the cop program to december 31, 2020. again, they have continued the e administration of the cop program. responding to the commission concerns staff recommend the program be extended until ocii completed and transferred all agency assisted housing units to the city and county of san francisco. a genesee assisted housing units affordable housing and below market rate affordable units in developer funded projects.

the number of agency assisted housing units totals 4290. of these over 3,000 units will be developed in the candlestick point, hunters point shipyard phase two project. we don't have a development timeline but it is likely the majority of the units will be delivered after 2025, which would have been after the expiration date that was previously proposed. by extending the program until all of the agency assisted units transferred it allows interested certificate holders to take advantage of the affordable housing opportunities through the end of the extension period. finally, under 5c the commission will consider a resolution to

form a committee to pursue certificate of preference program changes including potential expansion. ocii and ocd will work to support this work. the program coordinator and i are happy to answer any questions you may have. thank you. >> madam secretary, thank you very much,pam. anyone from the public to comment. >> members of the public to comment on this item call 415-655-0001. access code (146)996-6099. press pound twice and then press star three to enter your request. if you are on the phone with us, press star three to submit your request to speak.

we have our first caller. i will unmute. >> hello. i am oscar james. resident of bayview hunters point i support extending the certificate of preference holder and would like to ask the commission to support it because a lot of people in our community have certificates and throughout the city or bay area, they are not aware of the certificates so there is work to be done to reach out to them also. thank you very much. >> thank you. next caller.

>> hello. this is ed donaldson. i want to thank the commission for the opportunity to speak today and for all of the positive work that has gone into the work around the certificate of preference program. i want to point out one area of concern which is the language around the completion of the project area versus completion of the affordable housing obligation. i think those are two different things. because we are looking at the project area, we are also looking at the market rate opportunities as well as the business certificate opportunities. i just wanted to point that out because it may be an area where there is a need for an amendment, and i want to thank the commission once again for

all constructive and positive work and everything that has gone into keeping this program alive. thank you. >> next caller, please. >> hi, this item on the certificate of preference program? >> yes. >> thank you. you know, there was an article in the sunday examiner in regards to this program. it does not mention anything about the japanese american community or japan town. japan town was decimated not only during urban renewal but incarceration of japanese americans during the war. it consisted of 36 blocks before the war. after the war it was reduced to 24 blocks.

now after redevelopment we are down to what we have today, six blocks. you know, japan town was decimated during this time, and redevelopment when they came in promised we can redeem the certificates of preference for reduced market housing, but it took redevelopment 20 plus years to build anything in japan town. even when they did build something, it was just too small for families. i just commend commissioner brackett for mentioning indefinite extension and also being allowed to hand down these certificates to our children and grandchildren because 20 years when redevelopment did build something, it was too late. we had already purchased homes

of our own. it just makes sense to me to provide an indefinite extension or extend it permanently as another person has stated in the article. thank you very much. >> thank you. one more caller. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am lauren and i am speaking on behalf of bay area legal aid and the clients that we serve. our housing practices enforcing low income tenants rights to remain in homes and communities. their race issues are at the forefront of our work. accordingly we support agenda items 5b and c, fixed on the certificate of preference until they complete the affordable housing obligation and to

appoint a committee to review and recommend changes to the program. as you are aware, federally funded urban renewal programs causedir reparable harms to black and communities of color in san francisco. extending the certificate of preference program and considering expanding eligibility are an important start to making amends to the black families and communities of color that were forcibly removed from homes and neighborhoods. we appreciate your commitment to honor the promises made to these families with this program. thank you. >> thank you. mr. chair, at this time there are no more members of the public to speak on this item. >> okay. hearing no more requests to speak on this item i will close publicment. i will turn to fellow

commissioners for comments or questions. starting with commissioner sto scott. >> thank you. thank you, pam, for your presentation. we are looking at the gratitude that we have come to this point is what i see. i am so grateful for commissioner brackett. i am so grateful for her personal hard work she put in comprehensively to bring us to a clear point, and i am thankful to hear from the public. mr. donaldson and the others as well. especially as well from japan town, which really helps us to see how much we need to do the right thing. we do need to do the right

thing, make sure that this extension is without a period on it, and no ending at a certain point. i am for this extension. i thank you for bringing it this far and look for other things to make it even better. thank you. >> thank you. vice chair rosales, questions or comments? >> i don't have any questions. i absolutely support the revision to substitute the resolution. i think it is commendable. it gives us not just a direction of where we are headed but with the committee that will be formed i recommend the committee be formed as quickly as possible so we can get to the bottom of

the issues as narrowly as we can identify them to move forward on an action plan and this extension will be fruitful and impactful for the copd holders. i commend the work of staff and commissioner brackett. >> commissioner brackett. >> i would like to say it is an honor to serve with my fellow commissioners. commissioners bustos and rosales and doctor caroline scott. you have provided wisdom and mentor ship in this past year. i just really appreciate you guying being supportive when i ask questions or when i bring certain topics. i really want to thank you guys for your support. i want to thank the support of the staff who has been working

over time to make revisions to meet with the members to figure out the best path forward including this working group that we are going to we having. i had two quick questions brought up by the different callers recently because i want to be mindful that we are always putting community first when we do this. we want to listen to the voices of those most harmed by redevelopment policies. i have a quick question for sally. he brought up an issue around japan town and certificate of preferences and maybe, pam, you can answer that as well. how many people within the japan town area were issued certificates or was that not done in the past? >> to the chair. the certificates issued to the

extent they were located in the western addiction to redevelopment project area which included japan town, that is possible. i don' don't have the exact cou. we would get back to you with that data. the program that references hunters point area and the western addition redevelopment project areas. >> okay. my last question. i know there was language around affordable housing and the other caller brought up the market rate housing is not included in that language. i was wondering if we should go for approving this would that tamper us from dealing with those two other issues as we work through the working group? those are more market. they refer to the project area. they are market rate, not affordable housing.

>> the matter is to extend the residential certificates eligible for the below market rates in the ocii projects that is the item to extend those until the affordable housing obligations are complete. this does not address those other items. those would be program changes or expansions that would have to be discussedded in the future. >> so we willed that to one of the working group things we work on later. i am happy to move forward with this agenda item. those are all my questions. thank you. >> i want to first of all, thank the public and the community. you have been with us in trying to refine what it means to do the right thing, and that is invaluable. a long time ago. the city made a promise that it

didn't keep. you know, when i got on the commission when it was redevelopment, we tried to move this ball forward. i am so, so grateful for commissioner brackett that now it has taken us to another level in doing the right thing. one, i want to thank the public and the community. i want to thank my fellow commissioners, you know. we all see ourselves as memberss of the community and try to make things right. at the same time we work with the staff. this staff is phenomenal. rosales, pam, sally, everyone has been wonderful. for the public to know that this is a commission and this is an

agency where the staff tan community works together. i am really proud of that. i just want to say thank you to everybody. this is an example of where we are undoing the wrongs. we still have a lot more to go, but it is an example where we are all trying to do the right thing and be on the same page. i was really proud. thank you, commissioner brackett. commissioner scott for being leaders in the community and vice chair rosales with a wonderful legal mind to how do we work this out? for the public, you should be very proud, i would think, of what is going to happen now. with that if i could assume, commissioner brackett, is this something you would like to move? >> yes. i would like to make a motion to

approve the amendment as it is codified right now. >> thank you so much. >> we are doing it separately. first part then the seconded one was commissioner scott. >> yes. >> so we have a first and second. madam secretary, please call the roll on this particular item 5b. >> commissioner brackett. >> yes. >> commissioner scott. >> yes. >> commissioner rosales. >> yes. >> chair bustos. >> yes. >> the vote for 5b is four ayes. >> motion carries. now we are going to set up the committee. it is going to be exciting. commissioner brackett is this something you would also like to

move? >> yes, it is. i also before i may being the motion would like to extend to the larger community if they are interested in being part of the working group they can contact the oci department and submit a letter of intent or letter of interest, and we will review it. just because we want it to be open and the working group community voices have a place on the working group. i wanted to say that. i do want to move forward, yes, i would like to move to approve 5c. >> second. >> we have a first by commissioner brackett and second by commissioner scott. madam secretary, please take roll for 5c. >> commission members note your

vote for 5c. commissioner brackett. >> yes. >> commissioner scott. >> yes. >> vice chair rosales. >> yes. >> chair bustos. >> yes. >> the vote for 5c is four ayes. >> thank you. motion carries. thank you for members of the public who spoke. madam, secretary, please call next item. >> next item is 5d. authorizing a second amendment to the option agreement with f4 transbay partners llc, a delawear limited liability company for the purchase of transbay block 4 and redevelopment project area. this is resolution 42-2020. >> thank you, madam secretary. commissioners before usa request

to extend the option for the transbif4 project. we have made significant progress on the terms related to the disposition and development agreement as well as the proposed schematic design. however, additional time is needed to complete those detai details. the development specialist will present on item 5d. members of the development team are here to answer any questions should you have them. thank you. page. >> thank you. i am page and i am the development specialist on the real estate development team at ocii. the item before you today is item 5d seeking authorization for the ocii executive director to enter into the option

agreement with the f4 transbay partners llc to extend the outside option agreement from january 1, 2021 to march 31, 2021. it gives the executive director to further extend to june 30, 2021 if more time is needed. a little history of the option agreement. in 2016, ocii entered the agreement and gave the developers an option to purchase transbay block four from ocii and required ocii to negotiate the development agreement. in 2018, the commission approved first amendment to the option agreement which adopted a nonbinding project and extended the time period for negotiations

by one year. in 2019, ocii executive director granted 12 month extension of the outside option exercise date as allowed to june 30, 2020 for negotiation. this past june, ocii executive director postponed the outside option exercise date to six months due to covid-19. this pushed outside option exercise date to january 1, 2021. ocii and developers have made significant progress. currently the project scope is 669 residential units including 327 units making 49% affordable. approximately 8,000 square feet of retail.

approximately 16,500 square feet of open space. space for 224 vehicles. 556 bicycles. construction of the street south of block four. once they are final ocii will negotiate a purchase price for block 4. the developers hired a third-party appraisal with appraisal underway. the project's schematic design is women underway. the approval will allow the option to be extended by three months to march 31, 2021 giving ocii staff and developer more time to finalize the dba. the executive director would be authorized to extend to june 30,

2021. next steps for block four. ocii will come before commission concerning redevelopment plan variation and affordable housing fee related to transbay. we will finalize negotiation with the purchase price. dba will be brought before the commission for approval. the commission approves the dba and plan amendment to be brought before the board of supervisors for approval. that concludes my presentation. i am happy to answer any questions you may have. specifically addressing questions. from the development team we have representatives from f4 and mercy housing for the partner. thank you. >> thank you, page. madam secretary, do we have anyone from the public who wishes to comment on this item? >> at this time members of the

public who wish to comment on this item should call 415-655-0001. enter access code (146)996-6099. followed by the pound sign and pound sign again. press star three to enter your request to speak. if you are on the phone and would like to comment on item 5d press star three at this time. it does not like like we have any members of the public wishing to comment on this item, mr. chair. >> okay. hearing no further requests to speak on this item, i will close public comment and turn to fellow commissioners for comments or questions. commissioner scott. >> thank you, page, for your

presentation. right now, mr. chair, i have no questions. >> commissioner brackett. >> i have a quick question. maybe for sally and page. i know that in the item before us right now there is a three month timeline that we are looking at with additional three month extension. just because we are currently in stage purple of covid right now, can you give us explanation if you guys may need longer than six months how would that impact the appraisal period? >> commissioner, we are very hopeful we can conclude our negotiations within the proposed timeframe. the previous extension which was related to the covid-19

situation came at a time when we were figuring out how to work remotely. i am proud of the ocii staff for mastering multiple technological platforms and we have our feet down in that regard and now we are focused on finalizing these terms. we are again hopeful that we can complete all of the required steps in the proposed timeframe. >> thank you for that. i was asking. i just wanted to make sure we are giving you ample time to make the best negotiations as possible with the new rising covid cases that is not going to hamper or impact negatively impact your ability to negotiate. thank you for that. >> excellent question. thank you, commissioner brackett. vice chair rosales, questions or comments? >> no questions.

>> commissioners there are no questions or comments from myself as well. may we have a motion for item 5d? >> i move. >> chair rosales thank you. commissioner brackett will second it. >> please take roll. >> commissioner brackett. >> yes. >> commissioner scott. >> yes. >> vice chair rosales. >> yes. >> chair bustos. >> yes. >> four ayes. >> motion carries. madam secretary next item. >> number 5e. workshop on the ocii racial equity action plan. initial update on status of implementation. discussion. madam interim director. >> thank you, madam secretary. this is the first workshop on on

the exciting effort to create racial equity action plan. ocii human services manager will precept phase one of -- will present phase one of this exciting effort. >> good afternoon. it is my pleasure today to introduce a over view and status of implementation of ocii racial equity plan. for a bit background, the office of racial equity was established by the board of supervisors in july 2019. it mandates but is not included to development of a city-wide racial equity framework and plan for city departments. while ocii is not a city department, we as agency are

committed fully to achieve goals of the able equity ordinance. >> it is a guided document on addressing implicit bias, addressing individual institutional structural racism and advo indicating more inclusive policies and breaktises to reduce racial disparities and promote racial equity. it is important for us as we can do this to define racial equity as defined by the office of racial equity. racial equity is a set of social justice practices rooted in solid understanding analysis of historical and present day oppression toward the goal of fairness for all, achieving racial equity would mean living in a world where race is no

longer a factor in the distribution of opportunity. this is why in this time and in this history this is why the work is so vital. next slide, please. the racial equity framework for phase one is focused on internal programs and policies, particularly around what? hr we call the life cycle of an employee from hiring, recruitment, retention. discipline or performance management, diverse and equity leadership, professional development, culture of inclusion and belonging and our partners. one thing on hiring and recruitment is that studies have shown that hiring you tend to to hire who you look like. it is important that we have in our hiring practices that we deal with implicit biases in

hiring. that is what this program or plan will address. also when it comes to retention and promotion, particularly for public agency as ourselves, upward mobility has been limited given the long tenure of public staff. it is incumbent upon us in this work to develop opportunities for our staff for continual learning and development. that will be a focus. when it comes to performance management, it is going to be important that managers and leadership understand how implicit biases in form discipline and management, particularly black and brown people have a certain bias toward the work that we do. once again, this work is there to elevate and expose and

educate so we address those racial disparities in performance management. also, just original culture of inclusion and belonging. it is important that we our work environment creates a base where people address these issues with open dialogue around any issues around race, oppression, things like that. our organization is and our agency in partnership is committed to creating a shared dialogue how to talk about those things. our staff feel welcomed and supported and addressing concerns that they have. lastly, as it speaks to the commission on items we discussed today, i am very happy our commission is geared and supported to doing work

equitable to the staff and community that we serve. there are steps. first was equity lead and teams. in my role i am the racial equity lead. our team consists of maria, our contract compliance specialist, george bridges, compliance specialist and aaron, deputy general counsel and acting development manager. it was put together because we each have attended a year of training through the local and regional governmental line on racial equity. this focused on systematic analysis to improve outcomes of government institutions. there is not to be limited to this team. it is agency wide effort.

it will look to collaborate with the team and agency on this work. part of addressing racial equity in our agency is coming to term was the work that historically our agency and redevelopment agencies in general have done. >> we have negativic packet on community in color. particularly you can understand we have witnessed and seen how in past redevelopment have created significant out-migration of african-american community in particular. ocii is committed to work towards understanding how we can

be part of the impact of the history. we will chief this with rigorous analysis of past policies, impact on current communities we serve and how to address the unintended consequences of our work. the next step was to take a look at our work force demographics. as you see there we are currently staffed at 50. majority of staff is white. next staff is black. our next step is to disaggregate this data to understand where our staff is in relation to leadership, management, professional staff. one thing to understand and deal with is if we have what they call occupational segregation,

meaning black and indigenous people of color or margin analyzed community are agated in administrative and not leadership. our step is to break down the demographics in the different areas to understand and address that fully. >> next and very vital key is to understanding where our staff is in this work. our team lead maria was vital in creating a survey that we are now doing with our staff for us to understand how our staff understanding what racial equity is and get a sense of failings of safety at ocii. have they experienced institutional racism? have they had access to training? these series of questions help

form a baseline for training and curriculum to build out our plan. the outcomes from the survey will inform our draft of the racial equity plan. next steps here are to analyze the findings of the survey. wwe are the deadline to complete the phase of the plan is the end of the month. we will be reporting back o baco we will deliver a draft plan of phase one at the end of the year. they will be reviewing and providing feedback of our racial equity plan for phase one in january and february of next year. currently the next phase that the office of racial equity will be doing is called phase two and that is in the development with

our partnership with city-wide community partners. that work will focus on external client facing projects like the certificate of occupancy program and other community facing programs. that is the end of my presentation. i am happy to answer any questions you may have. thank you for this opportunity to share where we are on this work. >> thank you for your hard work and leadership on this. it is deeply appreciated. madam secretary, anyone from the public to speak or comment on this item? >> at this time members of the public who wish to comment should call 415-655-0001. access code (146)996-6099. press pound twice to enter call and press star three to submit

request to speak. if you are on the phone to comment on this item 5e, please press star three on your phone now. we have one speaker. >> this is 5e, correct? >> correct. >> i just attended one of those racial equity last year. i am african-american male. one problem with those racial equities that were actually implemented by different defendants. what i noticed african-american

male in one of those classes. it is difficult to get people to talk at times with these type of subject matters. the person who was facilitating the racial equity last year when we had black folks asking questions because everyone else was not scared but uncomfortable, and what we noticed who is giving the racial equity. if i am african-american male and i am asking questions and no one else is. it is not too comfortable when you have the facilitator to let someone else raise hands but no one wants to participate. whoever is running the programs in these different city departments, i hope they will be a little more open because when you have everybody in there, white, black, korean, doesn't

matter. folks don't want to say something. if i am african-american male and i put my hand up. let somebody else ask the question. that is ridiculous. that is my experience dealing with racial equity at city departments. hopefully there will be a lot whoever is the facilitator will be conscious of that. that is what i would like to mention. thank you. >> at this time it did not look like we have other members of the public to comment on this item. >> okay. no further comments, i will close public comment. we will turn to fellow commissioners for comments or questions. commissioner scott. >> thank you, mr. chair. ocii, sally and your team, i just need to commend you as well

as coming behind the caller that just spoke. i was so grateful, monaco, to hear your person that understands fully what it is like in the situations that are difficult in the workplace, not feel being accepted and included, being part of the leverage that helps the company to live and thrive. i want to thank you for being so clear about why and how and the steps with implementing this and the reasons for doing so. thank you so much for your presentation. i have no questions for you. >> thank you. commissioner brackett. any questions or comments?

>> i have a little both. i wanted to thank monaco for the presentation. i appreciate you tied in racial equity to employees. that is huge. a lot of times when we have discussions around diversity it becomes basically about what are we doing to hire? we are not talking about internal promotion activities, not talking about how that disproportionately discipline activities that leads to that. i appreciate you bringing fort the idea of implicit bias. there is a lot going on in that area as well especially within the tech section where they look at how do they gauge and quantify to get that into a data pool to be able to identify how that works in original capacities. thank you for that. i have a couple questions in

terms of hiring and retention. i know the city program over the years there have been a lot of complaints by people of color that the filtering process to be considered as a candidate is disproportionately impacting african-americans and people from other marginalized backgrounds as well. do you have any thoughts about that or give us any updates how your department is going to leverage resources to change that? >> thank you commissioner brackett. that is true for the case with highering in the city. there are certain barriers to the application and recruitment process they have encountered. one thing that is the benefit as oci agency. our recruiting process is similar to have an application and case study.

we are -- our hands are not bound by certain civil processes the state has. we are definitely more flexible and we are able to streamline and be more creative in recrewment. one of th the things i would spk to that we follow state practices. we also blank out certain identifying factors, implicit bias about the prestigious institution doesn't hinder someone from being considered for interviews, etc. one thing the team has talked about is also expanding our internship program. so we can begin building a better pipeline and engaging community partners to get skills

they need to be competitive in the future. while we do a lot of things well, there are definitely things we can build on to do better and expose our community to the skill set they need to work with us or anywhere. just personally i have a background in training and recruitment in the welfare to workdays. our program was focused not on just getting the job but a career. i want to bring that energy and background to our hiring and recruitment. we do a lot of things well. i commend staff. there are always ways to improve on that process. >> my last question. i saw -- and it is interesting. boards and commissions. as you look at boards and commissions are you looking at representation? there were some concerns in the

community and groups meeting like mega black where they identified some commissions or boards where people are occupying several different seats. one person on several different boards and stuff like that. how are you guys addressing equity in that sense? is that going to change? are you going to have a better relationship with how those seats are filled in the future? >> i can't speak to how the commissions or boards understand. it is appointment. i think to look into that to understand how we can build that relationship. i have to kind of go into that more to consider the bylaws and the mayor's appointments are handled. we can look at the weighs in to which the agency can partner in

that par sessor build relationships to get them invested. clearly this board is invested in equity. to make sure that continues and that it is a real partnership between the board, commission and agency and community partners in doing this work. hopefully that addressed your question. >> it did. thank you for your time and hard work. thank you to the entire staff for being part of this process and leading the way again in terms knowing how you are going to break this down. step one, two. we will follow closely. we want to thank you guys for a wonderful 2020 as well. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioner. vice chair rosales. >> i am going to join fellow commissioners to thank the staff for the presentation.

just state for the record this is an area that is close to my heart. both my personal and professional heart. i have been in this field of racial equity and civil rights my entire career. it has predominantly been in the business area as people know. i am venturing in as professional on the work force and internal organizational view for clients. i think it is critically important work. i want us to be intentional in what we do, which i am sure as a result of this process we will not just get a report analysis but we will have recommendations, we will have concrete ways of, if you will, addressing issues. we are nimble. monaco you mentioned it. i am happy to be part of a nimble organization. we don't need an act of congress

or board of supervisors to do what we need to do. that is very hopeful. i am excited about being involved in this process. i have a couple questions. i want to understand how the work product is going to unfold. on i think it is the slide 6 it says establish department mental background. this to me is a bullet point of the background historic policy, how is that going to be documented? is that through an external study by somebody, by a consultant? is the staff preparing that? how is that, if you will, deliverable work product going to be managed and produced, that historic background part? >> i think the work product

itself is in the racial equity plan template. they have a section where we identify our department's history and contribution to racial equity. that history right now is being developed internally. we have great resources internally to speak to the use ouseof eminent do main analysisn neighborhoods of color. there is history that we can identify the specific practices and policies that have done in the past that can inform our back ground and the unfortunate contribution to racial inequity in our city. hopefully i am answering your question it is going to be part of the working document and that we will pull on the history and the great knowledge that our

agency has internally into building what that background is. i have gained a lot of history today that can inform part of the history or the background of the agency. hopefully that answers your question. >> yes because the historical backdrop is important just to to get the backward lens. you have got to look prior to today to understand where we are, to understand where we need to go and the path that got us where we are which created this systematic approaches, right? we are not able to address these issues if we don't understand the history as to why things happen the way they did. i am very interested in the historic part. it helps inform me as commissioner in terms of policy going forward and for the public. we are going to see it as

concise as possible. that is history or work product in the department background to inform the other item, certificate of preference program in moving forward there. [please stand by]

>> administrative staff particularly are women and they happen to be latina or black. they don't move beyond that category. we need to aggregate that so we know exactly where our staff is. another thing is the leadership and supervis supervisor supervi-

>> you mentioned internship which is obviously very important. do we have a mentorship program which is different than an internship program. you mentioned your own background which was fascinat

fascinating. >> talk about consequences. >> it's great to know where people start from. you have someone that's part of our to team. the mentorship whether it's in business mentorship or certainly employee career paths within our own staff. that's a very important skill. if we don't have a mentorship program-let me ask. do we have a mentorship program for staff? >> not in the formal sense. but i think it is something we should do. it is something very organic. we have subject matter experti expertise. if you need-if someone was an expert in something and you knew how to identify and build relationships with that person to get that skill set you needed

to know. that's something we should do whether it be affinity groups or subject matter expertise meant mentorships. i would not to talk down that. talk to our staff about what type of mentorship they want and how we can partner in getting them that. how we can have public partnership have a relationship around mentorship. that's something we should build upon and be explicit about. >> yes. it builds careers. thank you. >> all right. first of all. thank you. so so much for your leadership. and your passion and the gifts that you bring to this particular effort. it's really important.

i think, once again. it's leading the way. thank you for your leadership on this. thank you sally for making sure this is something that becomes a priority for the agency. >> i'm in the a person of one. i want to thank the team as well. >> yes. thank you all. what you do now is actually going to set the standard for future. this is part of your legacy. thank you so much. >> okay. this is a workshop. we don't have to take any action on it. madam secretary, next order of business. >> public comment. >> do we have any speakers who wish to speak on this item?

members of the public already on the phone, please press star three. it looks like we have a couple of callers. here is the first one. >> hello. >> hello. >> i just want to give you guys praises for what you have done today. this certificate of preference. i would like to give a little knowledge on the certificate of preference that came into existence in 1969. they were also developing-i think you should look into that.

as well as you were talking about japan town. a lot of the people prior to 69. some moved and what have you and never received a certificate of preference. maybe persons who had certificate of preference know someone who were living in those areas to let them know that they do have a certificate of preference. and if not, why not? thank you for your work. i thought the agency was going to fall when i retired from there. i see you guys are doing a good job. i commend you for stepping out and reaching out to people in the community to inform us on that. i also want to say to the staff, your secretary for thanking her for reaching out to me and showing me how to get into these meetings. i want to thank each and every one of you personally. continue to keep up your good

work. god bless you all. >> thank you, mr. james. >> we have one more caller. thank you mr. james. >> hello. >> hello. >> yes. i just want to follow-up on the first item can you hear me? >> can we get your name for the record. >> my name is mr. williams. my public comment is regarding that at the beginning of your presentation as far as you amending the time i get for the preference of the certificate. i don't know exactly what you amended. i'm just calling basically to say the 1969 thing you're saying

folks including grand children who may have been living in that particular dwelling at the particular time and never received any certificates. i went on the site myself and i did see that some of the after dresses, this is one unit, one dwelling. it's not on there. those are some of the thing that's we've been running as african americans when trying to access this information we qualify for a certificate of preference. i'm following up on that myself. i just want to get some information from your presentation today because it's my first time listening in on your presentation via the site. that's all i wanted to say. hopefully you can really look into that. i know one time it was connected to the grant children. things that were actually

displaced by the movement in the 1960s. we actually lived in that area. they were moving all the african americans out of that particular area. >> would you mind-[indiscernible]. talking to the working group. >> sure. no problem at all. >> thank you. >> who would you leave the e-mail to or text it to. >> if you have access to the website, you can get our information there. my e-mail address is commission secretary o c i at sf dot org. >> thank you very much. i definitely will refer. >> thank you.

at this time it does not look like we have any other members of the public wishing to comment on this particular item. >> okay. i'll close public comment. madam secretary please call the next item. item seven. report of the chair. >> i have no report. i'll make comments at the end. >> next item of business is item eight madam interim director. >> thank you. i have no report either other than just to express my appreciation and support to this commission through a very challenging year and to a better 2021. >> thank you. >> the next order of business is item nine commission questions

or matters of concern. >> seeing none. all right. i just want to say to the commission as well as to the contingency that 2020 has been a rough year. last year during this time did we think we'd be going into a new year that would be so challenging. but i want to thank the staff who were able to pivot. jamie your hard work and keeping us together and going is so appreciated. and the rest of the staff, i can't help but-on behalf of the entire commission thank you for making us work and not skipping a beat. you all kept doing it. i want to thank my fellow

commissioners. all of you have been such a joy to work with and bring so much heart and brains to this work that it makes chairing this commission so much easier. it's so much more of a blessing to be among you and see your passion and dedication to the people of this city. just thank you. thank you. thank you. i look at the end of this year and i look back on what we've done. community, staff, commissioners. i know that goodness exists in the world. i need you all to know that. we're commissioned, we're an agency. we're people when we come together great things can happen. i think this year has been proof of that. i want to wish everyone a happy holiday. a wonderful new year. there's hope on the horizon with

a vaccine and new administration. i know that we're going to be back meeting face-to-face soon. that gives me hope. what also gives me hope is all of you. i just want to say thank you so much for everything you do, all of you. community, everybody. thank you so much. fellow commissioners this is our final commission meeting for the year. i will need a motion to adjourn. >> item ten is closed session. but there are no closed session items. so this is adjournment. >> i would like to say something as we close on our last meeting this year. following yourself and sally. i cannot thank you all enough.

iron i believe sharpens iron. with our expected change. i want to thank again and appreciate sally for stepping up, stepping in, and glowing today. thank you so much. it wasn't a hard thing for you. we congratulate you sally because you're like family. we appreciate you. my ears are always wide open. the history and understanding and your hearts for just everyone. the young woman who has joined us in coming in full force with

her wisdom and knowledge and yet such a humble teachable spirit. jamie, i want to cry when i think how essential-that's our essential worker. you have been that to us. you have been the essential worker. i'm grateful for adolf. he comes with such personal character. i just really appreciate our community. getting you to step in at this last month of the year. with your experience and knowledge and wisdom it has been for each of us we've had our

challenges. you look absolutely stunning. gorgeous. it's been challenging. god bless you as well, sweet heart. i thank you hall fo all for shoe what it means together as we move through the challenges and to continue not just for ourselves to bring a brighter future and a deep hope for the community, the people that deserve it so much. if we don't have a voice for them, there's no voice for this city at all. we must and there's not a choice. thank you for being the brave commissioners, the brave soldiers that you are. i just send you christmas blessings to o c ii. the successors.

to the redevelopment department and carrying on with so many that were the team before you took over. taking over and moving forward and i can't close my words without saying the name nadia-i don't know if you're listening or will ever see this but i just thank god for her presence. all that was accomplished and all that is going to happen because of her presence here in this nation and in this city and for the state. thank you all so much. >> thank you commissioner scott. i assuming you're making the motion to be adjourned.

>> i think you said everything. and you guys. i'm just in awe. just thankful and honored to serve the community. >> i do move that the meeting be adjourned. >> i second it. >> thank you everyone. those listening, staff, everybody, commissioners. we are a adjourning this meeting at 2:25 p.m. 2020. everyone have a wonderful new year.

>> one more statement. we are the one. that is our first single that we made. that is our opinion. >> i can't argue with you. >> you are responsible please do not know his exact. [♪] [♪] [♪] >> i had a break when i was on a

major label for my musical career. i took a seven year break. and then i came back. i worked in the library for a long time. when i started working the san francisco history centre, i noticed they had the hippie collection. i thought, if they have a hippie collection, they really need to have a punk collection as well. so i talked to the city archivist who is my boss. she was very interested. one of the things that i wanted to get to the library was the avengers collection. this is definitely a valuable poster. because it is petty bone. it has that weird look because it was framed. it had something acid on it and something not acid framing it. we had to bring all of this stuff that had been piling up in my life here and make sure that the important parts of it got archived. it wasn't a big stretch for them

to start collecting in the area of punk. we have a lot of great photos and flyers from that area and that. that i could donate myself. from they're, i decided, you know, why not pursue other people and other bands and get them to donate as well? the historic moments in san francisco, punk history, is the sex pistols concert which was at winterland. [♪] it brought all of the punks on the web -- west coast to san francisco to see this show. the sex pistols played the east coast and then they play texas and a few places in the south and then they came directly to san francisco. they skipped l.a. and they skipped most of the media centres. san francisco was really the biggest show for them pick it was their biggest show ever. their tour manager was interested in managing the adventures, my band. we were asked to open to support the pistols way to that show. and the nuns were also asked to open the show.

it was certainly the biggest crowd that we had ever played to. it was kind of terrifying but it did bring people all the way from vancouver, tee seattle, portland, san diego, all up and down the coast, and l.a., obviously. to san francisco to see this show. there are a lot of people who say that after they saw this show they thought they would start their own band. it was a great jumping off point for a lot of west coast punk. it was also, the pistols' last show. in a way, it was the end of one era of punk and the beginning of a new one. the city of san francisco didn't necessarily support punk rock. [♪] >> last, but certainly not least is a jell-o be opera. they are the punk rock candidate of the lead singer called the dead kennedys. >> if we are blaming anybody in

san francisco, we will just blame the dead kennedys. >> there you go. >> we had situations where concerts were cancelled due to flyers, obscene flyers that the city was thought -- that he thought was obscene that had been put up. the city of san francisco has come around to embrace it's musicians. when they have the centennial for city hall, they brought in all kinds of local musicians and i got to perform at that. that was, at -- in a way, and appreciation from the city of san francisco for the musical legends. i feel like a lot of people in san francisco don't realize what resources there are at the library. we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. it was nearly sold out every single night. people were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime.

what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the things about this job here is i discovered some great resources for images for my painting. i was looking through these mug shot books that we have here that are from the 1920s. i did a whole series of a mug shot paintings from those books. they are in the san francisco history centre's s.f. police department records. there are so many different things that the library provides for san franciscans that i feel

like a lot of people are like, oh, i don't have a library card. i've never been there. they need to come down and check it out and find out what we have. the people who are hiding stuff in their sellers and wondering what to do with these old photos or old junk, whether it is hippie stuff or punk stuff, or stuffestuff from their grandpar, if they bring it here to us, we can preserve it and archive it and make it available to the and make it available to the

>> this is the regular meeting of the building inspection commission. i would like to remind everyone to please mute yourself if you're not speaking. the first item on the agenda is roll call. president mccarthy... [roll call] >> clerk: we have a quorum. and the next item is item 2. president's announcement. >> president mccarthy: good morning, and welcome, everybody, to the building inspection commission meeting, december 2020. sonya, can everyone hear me? doing a sound check, okay, good. i'm the president of the building inspection commission and i am joined today by my