♪ >> it is unclenate's creativity time. welcome to uncle nate. we are are going to draw bubble letters. you need supplies. you need a pencil, markers, something to color with and a few pieces of paper.

gather up supplies and meet me back right here. all right. let's go. got all supplies out. draw your name lightly in the center of your page. give yourself room. give each letter a little room. all right. now, i want you to draw around each letter like you are driving a car around each letter. next, let's erase the center. take away the original outline and then we will be left just with the bubble letter. make sure you get the center part out of there. okay. we will touch it up. time for color. i chose yellow, orange, and red. yellow at the top, then the

orange in the center, and i am making a stripe right through the center all the way across. last, my red, which makes a cool fade. time for the outline. unclenate's creative time. figure it out. now we are going to do a drop shadow. a shadow underneath each letter and to the side. it is really going to give it a 3-d look. wow! great job. i bet you didn't think you could draw that. now you can draw bubble letters you can use it to draw things for your friends, cards. it is really useful. i hope you had a good time. i will see you next time on

uncle nate's creativity time. ♪ >> hi, you're watching coping with covid-19. today my guest, director of the san francisco international airport and he's here today to talk to us about how sfo has been weathering the pandemic, the safety measures put in place a touch on the future of airline travel. welcome to the show. >> thank you chris, great to be here. >> i know airlines and airports have been particularly hard hit

during the crisis. how has sfo managed and what have you put in place to protect passengers and employees? >> it's hard to believe we have been at this now for 9, 10 months. it is incredible to think about the kind of devastate to our industry. but we have managed through it i think really well and early on, it was clear that we needed to be a primary source for information for people arriving into san francisco. and so we really took that on and put together a really robust program of media as well as announcements in our facilities and we're focusing on informing the public what to expect when they fly through sfo. and our priority is always the safety and security of our passengers and our employees and this certainly challenged us in a way we never could have imagined.

but for starters, it was about physical distancing and we were fortunate to have very spacious facilities. we invested in our terminals over the past 25 years and allowed for an environment to create space and allow for the physical distancing and face mask wearing. really those three priorities when you talk about also having hand sanitizers, but we were the first airport to enforce face mask wearing and it started with employees and expanded it to the traveling public. and we developed and implemented our own hand sanitizing stations and really focused on a helpful safe experience in our terminals and one that builds confidence in the public. there's a lot of interest in what we have done. we have been involved as a

national and global level, really it was about that protecting of our passengers and our employees and being flexible and able to respond as conditions changed. >> i would imagine that includes signage as well. >> yes, signage and announcements. so we have put together our own sfo program of signage about mask compliance and physical distancing and the way things to do about washing hands and using hand sanitizer and all those things were important to our messaging and our public address system, we have been messaging since the beginning about the importance of safety of all of these measures. >> that's great. is there an effort among airports to pull information and come up with guidelines for air travel and how is sfo involved? >> yes, and i feel the pandemic

has brought us all together more as an industry. we're involved in a couple of layers of the industry, at a global scale with eight other global airports and sharing best practices with them and we're involved in many of the work groups around covid preparedness and response with other large u.s. airports. this really is an industry changing moment and sfo wants to be in the role of defining what the future looks like and passengers want a consistent experience and they have a right to expect the consistent experience because we have to all be using similar protocols so there's preparedness and expectation of what is going to be the requirement at both ends over travel. so we have been working on something called an air information hub that could be

the source of information for travellers to go to to find out what is happening, updated by the airports and the airline, so there's the understanding of what's required as they travel. >> this is typically the busiest time of the year for traveling. how was thanksgiving and what do you expect for the rest of the holiday season? >> thanks giving was unlike any other we have seen. and you know, with the health orders and travel advisories and things going into effect, we again saw a primary role of being the point of information. i believe we had more traffic than we have had throughout the crisis, our busiest day we had 20,000 outbound passengers which would have been 80,000, but more than we've had since the crisis began. so we see this continuing trend

of low traffic volumes through the holiday period and it will continue to depress travel as more orders happen. we see more of the same happening. and likely there will be further cancellatio cancellations. >> right, in the future what changes will we see for air travel? can you talk about international travel and recent speculation about vaccine visas? >> you know, it is all evolving and interesting about what the future of air travel looks like. we want to be on the front-end of defining what that is. as i talked about early on, it's about restoring passenger confidence and that should be the priority of our entire industry to get people comfortable with flying again. and so what does that new normal look like and the first thing

is, expectation when you come to an airport you have a safe experience. and we did a survey of our passengers and sfo is rated a 4.3 out of five based on the preparations we have in place for physical distancing and messaging and the mask wearing compliance and all of those things, so that is just the first priority is the safety of the facility. and then, you know, testing is i think part of our future. and our testing has been very well received and it is compelling the success and again building confidence by having tested flights for people before entering the destinations, that they have to get a test to avoid quarantine. on-site testing has been very effective, particularly in the hawaii flights we worked with united on. we see that because the planes

are 70% full instead of 40% full because of the testing element. and i think that's a framework that is going to be important for the foreseeable future, test at airports but ultimately, covid-free flights through testing protocols that are applied at both ends of travel and when you talk about vaccinations and credentials, i think that's the next revolution of this. you will be required to show your health credentials and verify that you have been vaccinated and if you haven't been vaccinated, as we go through this transition, that testing is available and there's confirmation that people are covid-free. i think that's all part of the future of what travel looks like, at least in the next several years i imagine. but also it's about preparedness for the long-term, too, and this

pandemic is likely not the only pandemic we'll see. i think there's this preparedness and technology preparedness to help us in the future. >> finally, could you explain the air concept to us? >> we have been working on this with a group of global airports, it's testing protocols at both ends of a journey so there's a certainty that there's not a spread of the virus by arriving passengers. so if we could develop policies and protocols that provide for this and airline partners that we work with that help enforce this and obviously governmental support for these things, then i think it will help mitigate the spread and have that assurance that flying is not contributing to local spread of the virus, so

it requires the testing at both ends. there was a trial with london and new york and we are working on trials as well. with our testing on site, there's a lot of interest. we have been getting a lot of calls from, well, airports that are trying to catch up with testing at their facilities but a lot of airlines interested in leveraging our testing for different destinations. we are doing testing -- some level of testing and worked with united on these branded covid-free flights. >> that's great. thank you so much. i really appreciate the time you have given us today. thank you for coming on the show. >> thank you chris. glad to be here and talk about what is going on at sfo with what we're all living through. thank you so much. >> that's it for this episode. we'll be back with more

pandemic-related information shortly. you have been watching coping with covid-19. thank you for watching. ♪

>> it was an outdoor stadium for track and field, motorcycle and auto and rugby and cricket located in golden gate park, home to professional football, lacross and soccer. adjacent to the indoor arena. built in the 1920s. the san francisco park commission accepted a $100,000 gift from the estate to build a memorial in honor of pioneers in the area. the city and county of san francisco contributed an additional $200,000 and the

stadium was built in a year. in the 1930s it was home to several colleges such as usf, santa clara and st. mary's for competition and sporting. in 1946 it became home to the san francisco 49ers where they played nearly 25 years. the stayed de yam sat 60,000 fans. many caught game the rooftops and houses. the niners played the last game against the dallas cowboys january 3, 1971 before moving to candlestick park. the stadium hosted other events before demolition in 1989. it suffered damages from the earthquake. it was reconstructed to seat 10,000 fans with an all weather track, soccer field and scoreboards. it hosts many northern california football championship games. local high schools sacred heart

and mission high school used the field for home games. the rivalry football games are sometimes played here. today it is a huge free standing element, similar to the original featuring tall pink columns at the entrance. the field is surrounded by the track and used by high school and college football and soccer. it is open for public use as well. shop and dine on the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within neighborhood. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant. where will you shop and dine in the 49?

san francisco owes the charm to the unique character of the neighborhood comer hall district. each corridor has its own personality. our neighborhoods are the engine of the city. >> you are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping small businesses grow. >> it is more environmentally friendly. >> shopping local is very important. i have had relationships with my local growers for 30 years. by shopping here and supporting us locally, you are also supporting the growers of the flowers, they are fresh and they have a price point that is not imported. it is really good for everybody. >> shopping locally is crucial.

without that support, small business can't survive, and if we lose small business, that diversity goes away, and, you know, it would be a shame to see that become a thing of the past. >> it is important to dine and shop locally. it allows us to maintain traditions. it makes the neighborhood. >> i think san francisco should shop local as much as they can. the retail marketplace is changes. we are trying to have people on the floor who can talk to you and help you with products you are interested in buying, and help you with exploration to try things you have never had before.

>> the fish business, you think it is a piece of fish and fisherman. there are a lot of people working in the fish business, between wholesalers and fishermen and bait and tackle. at the retail end, we about a lot of people and it is good for everybody. >> shopping and dining locally is so important to the community because it brings a tighter fabric to the community and allows the business owners to thrive in the community. we see more small businesses going away. we need to shop locally to keep the small business alive in san francisco. >> shop and dine in the 49 is a cool initiative. you can see the banners in the streets around town. it is great. anything that can showcase and

legitimize small businesses is a wonderful thing.. >> a lot of water heater in san francisco look like this may be yours doesn't too do you know it is the post earthquake problems we'll show you to brace our water heater hi, everybody i'm patrick director of quarter safety for the city and county of san francisco welcome to another episode of stay safe today, we'll talk about bracing water heaters water heater failure is a leading problem with

earthquake fires you have a a single source you'll have in our home. >> how are you. >> so what are we looking here. >> this is a water heater 3 weighs from 200 to nine hundred pound during an earthquake that weight will try to move sideways we need to secure is. >> we'll brace the water heater our model home in south of market we'll use a simple kit interest the hardware stores from $20 it the the clean up itself single thing to do what necessary look like. >> this is what you'll find in our kit a inch and a half wide strap to attach to the wall around the water heater and so

you want to compare this in some garages around the city and state which is called plumbers tape innovate as strong and we need to brace the water heater if you find this you'll want to replace it with a streetscaping kit. >> we've put blocking so that way we streetscape the water heater a nice fit it is important and important probation officer mention you need to move our water heater to strap is it talk about to a license plumber they'll come out with a firm once we streetscape those obviously we want to follow the manufactures instructions. >> typically the instructions will require the strap one strap be installed to fit the top third of the water heater and the bottom on the bottom 1/3rd away from the controls if it is

above a certain size 50 gallons a third train e streetscape in the middle of the water heater. >> a lot of time i see older water heaters on the ground obviously explain why this is required and the mr. chairman is required if you pa a water are hereto in the garage gas fumes can accommodate and the pilot light will ignite the fumes so you want to above the grouped level. >> so why not go ahead and he get started with the bracing. >> we're joined with peter from construction he'll help us

>> there you have it for not a lot of 340e7b in a short time we were able to reduce the risks as you can see secure and even in a big rumble bell not going to come losses thank you for watching we'll give is one more big push as you can see with.

>> my name is angela wilson and i'm an owner of the market i worked at a butcher for about 10 years and became a butcher you i was a restaurant cook started in sxos and went to uc; isn't that so and opened a cafe we have produce from small farms without small butcher shops hard for small farms to survive we have a been a butcher shop since 1901

in the heights floor and the case are about from 1955 and it is only been a butcher shot not a lot of businesses if san francisco that have only been one thing. >> i'm all for vegetarians if you eat meat eat meat for quality and if we care of we're in a losing battle we need to support butcher shops eat less we sell the chickens with the head and feet open somebody has to make money when you pay $25 for a chicken i guarantee if you go to save way half of the chicken goes in the enlarge but we started affordable housing depends on it occurred to us this is a male field people said

good job even for a girl the interesting thing it is a women's field in most of world just here in united states it is that pay a man's job i'm an encountered woman and raise a son and teach i am who respect woman i consider all women's who work here to be impoverished and strong in san francisco labor is high our cost of good ideas we seal the best good ideas the profit margin that low but everything that is a laboring and that's a challenge in the town so many people chasing money and not i can guarantee everybody this is their passion. >> i'm the - i've been cooking mile whole life this is a really, really strong presence of women heading up kitchens in

the bay area it is really why i moved out here i think that we are really strong in the destroy and really off the pages kind of thing i feel like women befrp helps us to get back up i'm definitely the only female here i fell in love i love setting up and love knowing were any food comes from i do the lamb and that's how i got here today something special to have a female here a male dominated field so i think that it is very special to have women and especially like it is going at

it you know i'm a tiny girl but makes me feel good for sure. >> the sad thing the building is sold i'm renegotiating my lease the neighborhood wants us to be here with that said, this is a very difficult business it is a constant struggle to maintain freshness and deal with what we have to everyday it is a very high labor of business but something i'm proud of if you want to get a job at affordable housing done nasal you need a good attitude and the jobs on the bottom you take care of all the produce and the fish and computer ferry terminal and work your way up employing people with a passion for this and empowering them to learn

>> my name is andrea, i work as

a coordinator for the city attorney's office in san francisco. a lot of it is working with the public and trying to address their public records request and trying to get the information for their office. i double majored in political science and always tried to combine both of those majors. i ended up doing a combination of doing a lot of communication for government. i thought it would connect both of my studies and what was i was interested in and show case some of the work that government is doing. >> i work for the transportation agency known as muni and i'm a senior work supervisor. >> i first started as a non-profit and came to san francisco and started to

work and i realized i needed to work with people. this opportunity came up by way of an executive fellowship. they had a program at mta to work in workforce development type project and i definitely jumped on that. i didn't know this was something that i wanted to do. all i knew is that i wanted to help people and i wanted to empower others. >> the environment that i grew up that a lot of women were just stay-at-home moms. it wasn't that they didn't have work, but it was cheaper to stay home and watch the kids instead of paying pricey day care centers. >> my mom came from el salvador during the civil war. she worked very hard. when she came here and limited in english, she had to do a

service job. when i was born and she had other kids, it was difficult for her to work because it was more expensive for her to be able to continue to work in a job that didn't pay well instead of staying at home and being able to take care of us. >> there isn't much support or advocacy for black women to come in and help them do their jobs. there also aren't very many role models and it can be very intimidating and sometimes you feel uncomfortable and unsure of yourself and those are the reasons exactly why you need to do it. when i first had the opportunity, i thought that's not for me. my previous role was a project manager for a biotech start up. i thought how do i go from technology to working in government. thinking i didn't know about my skills, how am i going to fit in and

doing that kind of work. thinking you have to know everything is not what people expect have you, but they expect you to ask questions when you don't know and that's important. >> my mom was diagnosed with cancer. that was really difficult. she encouraged me to go to school because in case anything happened i would be able to protect myself. i wanted to be in oncology. i thought going to school it would set me for the trajectory and prepare me for my life. >> we need the hardships to some of the things that are going to ultimately be your strength in the future. there is no way to map that out and no way to tell those things. you have to do things on your own and you have to experience and figure out life.

>> you don't have to know what you are going to do for the rest of your life when you are in college or high school because there are so many things to do. i would encourage you to try to do everything that you are remotely interested. it's the best time to do it. being a young woman with so many opportunities, just go for it and try everything. >> welcome to "culturewire." today we are at recology.

they are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique artist residency programs. we are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. welcome to the show, deborah. tell us how this program began 20 years ago. >> the program began 20 years ago. our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970's. she started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. she started with kids. they had an exhibition at city hall. city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. >> how has the program changed

over the years? how has the program -- what can the public has an artist engage with? >> for the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. conceptual artists, at installation, photographers, videographers. >> that has really expanded the program out. it is becoming so dynamic right now with your vision of interesting artists in gauging here. why would an artist when to come here? >> mainly, access to the materials. we also give them a lot of support. when they start, it is an empty studio. they go out to the public area and -- we call it the big store. they go out shopping, take the materials that, and get to work. it is kind of like a reprieve,

so they can really focus on their body of work. >> when you are talking about recology, do you have the only sculpture garden at the top? >> it is based on work that was done many years ago in new york. it is the only kind of structured, artist program. weit is beautiful. a lot of the plants you see were pulled out of the garbage, and we use our compost to transplant them. the pathway is lined with rubble from the earthquake from the freeways we tour about 5000 people a year to our facility, adults and children. we talk about recycling and conservation. they can meet the artists. >> fantastic. let's go meet some of your current artists.

here we are with lauren. can you tell us how long have been here so far and what you're working on? >> we started our residency on june 1, so we came into the studio then and spent most of the first couple weeks just digging around in the trash. i am continuing my body of work, kind of making these hand- embroidered objects from our day-to-day life. >> can you describe some of the things you have been making here? this is amazing. >> i think i started a lot of my work about the qualities of light is in the weight. i have been thinking a lot about things floating through the air. it is also very windy down here. there is a piece of sheet music up there that i have embroidered third. there is a pamphlet about hearing dea -- nearing death.

this is a dead rabbit. this is what i am working on now. this is a greeting card that i found, making it embroidered. it is for a very special friend. >> while we were looking at this, i glanced down and this is amazing, and it is on top of a book, it is ridiculous and amazing. >> i am interested in the serendipity of these still life compositions. when he got to the garbage and to see the arrangement of objects that is completely spontaneous. it is probably one of the least thought of compositions. people are getting rid of this stuff. it holds no real value to them, because they're disposing of it. >> we're here in another recology studio with abel. what attracted you to apply for this special program? >> who would not want to come to the dump? but is the first question.

for me, being in a situation that you're not comfortable in has always been the best. >> what materials were you immediately attracted to when you started and so what was available here? >> there are a lot of books. that is one of the thing that hits me the most. books are good for understanding, language, and art in general. also being a graphic designer, going straight to the magazines and seeing all this printed material being discarded has also been part of my work. of course, always wood or any kind of plastic form or anything like that. >> job mr. some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. -- taught me through some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. >> the first thing that attracted me to this was the printed surface. it was actually a poster. it was a silk screen watercolor, about 8 feet long. in terms of the flatwork, i work with a lot of cloddish.

so being able to cut into it come at into it, removed parts, it is part of the process of negotiating the final form. >> how do you jump from the two dimensional work that you create to the three-dimensional? maybe going back from the 3f to 2d. >> everything is in the process of becoming. things are never said or settled. the sculptures are being made while i am doing the collages, and vice versa. it becomes a part of something else. there's always this figuring out of where things belong or where they could parapets something else. at the end goal is to possibly see one of these collage plans be built out and create a structure that reflects back into the flat work. >> thank you so much for allowing "culturewire" to visit

this amazing facility and to learn more about the artists in residence program. is there anything you like our viewers to know? >> we have art exhibitions every four months, and a win by the public to come out. everybody is welcome to come out. we have food. sometimes we have gains and bands. it is great time. from june to september, we accept applications from bay area artists. we encouraged artists from all mediums to apply. we want as many artists from the bay area out here so they can have the same experience. >> how many artists to do your host here? >> 6 artist a year, and we receive about 108 applications. very competitive. >> but everyone should be encouraged to apply. thank you again for hosting us. >> thank you for including us in "culturewire." ♪ [♪] [♪]

>> so i grew up in cambridge, massachusetts and i was very fortunate to meet my future wife, now my wife while we were both attending graduate school at m.i.t., studying urban planning. so this is her hometown. so, we fell in love and moved to her city. [♪] [♪] >> i was introduced to this part of town while working on a campaign for gavin, who is running for mayor. i was one of the organizers out here and i met the people and i fell in love with them in the neighborhood. so it also was a place in the city that at the time that i could afford to buy a home and i wanted to own my own home. this is where we laid down our roots like many people in this neighborhood and we started our family and this is where we are going to be. i mean we are the part of san

francisco. it's the two neighborhoods with the most children under the age of 18. everybody likes to talk about how san francisco is not family-friendly, there are not a lot of children and families. we have predominately single family homes. as i said, people move here to buy their first home, maybe with multiple family members or multiple families in the same home and they laid down their roots. [♪] >> it's different because again, we have little small storefronts. we don't have light industrial space or space where you can build high-rises or large office buildings. so the tech boom will never hit our neighborhood in that way when it comes to jobs.

>> turkey, cheddar, avocado, lettuce and mayo, and little bit of mustard. that's my usual. >> mike is the owner, born and bred in the neighborhood. he worked in the drugstore forever. he saved his money and opened up his own spot. we're always going to support home grown businesses and he spent generations living in this part of town, focusing on the family, and the vibe is great and people feel at home. it's like a little community gathering spot. >> this is the part of the city with a small town feel. a lot of mom and pop businesses, a lot of family run businesses. there is a conversation on whether starbucks would come in.

i think there are some people that would embrace that. i think there are others that would prefer that not to be. i think we moved beyond that conversation. i think where we are now, we really want to enhance and embrace and encourage the businesses and small businesses that we have here. in fact, it's more of a mom and pop style business. i think at the end of the day, what we're really trying to do is encourage and embrace the diversity and enhance that diversity of businesses we already have. we're the only supervisor in the city that has a permanent district office. a lot of folks use cafes or use offices or different places, but i want out and was able to raise money and open up a spot that we could pay for. i'm very fortunate to have that. >> hi, good to see you. just wanted to say hi, hi to the

owner, see how he's doing. everything okay? >> yeah. >> good. >> we spend the entire day in the district so we can talk to constituents and talk to small businesses. we put money in the budget so you guys could be out here. this is like a commercial corridor, so they focus on cleaning the streets and it made a significant impact as you can see. what an improvement it has made to have you guys out here. >> for sure. >> we have a significantly diverse neighborhood and population. so i think that's the richness of the mission and it always has been. it's what made me fall in love with this neighborhood and why i love it so much. .

>> neighborhood in san francisco are also diverse and fascist as the people that inhabitable them we're in north beach about supervisor peskin will give us a tour and introduce is to what think of i i his favorite district 5 e 3 is in the northwest surrounded by the san francisco bay the district is the boosting chinatown oar embarcadero financial district fisherman's wharf exhibit no. north beach telegraph hill and part of union square.

>> all of san francisco districts are remarkable i'm honored and delighted to represent really whereas with an the most intact district got chinatown, north beach fisherman's wharf russian hill and knob hill and the northwest waterfront some of the most wealthier and inning e impoverished people in san francisco obgyn siding it is ethically exists a bunch of tight-knit neighborhoods people know he each other by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the neighborhoods north beach and chinatown the i try to be out in the community as much as and i think, being a the cafe eating at the neighborhood lunch place people come up and talk to you, you never have time alone but really it is fun

hi, i'm one the owners and is ceo of cafe trespassing in north beach many people refer to cafe trees as a the living room of north beach most of the clients are local and living up the hill come and meet with each other just the way the united states been since 1956 opposed by the grandfather a big people person people had people coming since the day we opened. >> it is of is first place on the west that that exposito 6 years ago but anyone was doing that starbuck's exists and it created a really welcoming pot. it is truly a legacy business but more importantly it really at the take care of their community my father from it was formally

italy a fisherman and that town very rich in culture and music was a big part of it guitars and sank and combart in the evening that tradition they brought this to the cafe so many characters around here everything has incredible stories by famous folks last week the cafe that paul carr tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence william getty and jack herb man go hung out. >> they work worked at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians

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[roll call] >> clerk: we have quorum.

>> chair peskin: madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. i will make an announcement on public comment. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda by calling 415-655-0001, and when prompted, enter absaid code 146-501-3359. press pound, and pound again, and when your item is called, press star, three to speak. your line will be muted, and it will be unmuted when it is your turn to speak. best practices is to speak slowly, clearly, and turn down the volume of any television or computer. >> chair peskin: thank you. madam clerk, can you please

read the next item. >> clerk: certainly. item 2, chair's report. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam clerk. i will be brief, but i wanted to end the last meeting of the year for the san francisco transportation authority, but i wanted to express my appreciation for two commissioners who will be departing this commission, commissioners norman yee and sandra lee fewer. you two have exerted leadership on transportation as well as san francisco and your respective districts while you've been members of this body. commissioner yee not only chaired this body for many

years but was one of the original authors of our city's original vision zero ordinance a year after he joined in 2018. he helped create our vision zero committee, which i still serve on and served as vice chair for two years, led as chair for five years, and during this time, commissioner yee passed many pieces of legislation and led any number of traffic safety policy initiatives, including calling for the priority of safety measures over traffic and parking, expanding daylighting citywide. commissioner yee championed funding for quick bills, traffic calming, red light enforcement, and other actions to protect seniors and children and all road users. he advocated along with walk

s.f. and various families for safe streets, both here and in sacramento and nationally, in washington, d.c., and norman, i really want to thank you and acknowledge these accomplishments as well as stuff that you did in district 7, like the undergrounding study and bike path study around lake merced, to name a few. you have been a god send, and i know you are going to join all of us to continue to advocate for automated speed enforcement after you go, and i am committed to getting it through the state legislature and enacting it locally, so i look forward to working on that with you, even after you're no longer on this commission.

commissioner sandra lee fewer has been on the commission since 2018. although her time was shorter, she was involved in many acts. she led the call to bring rail to the west side of the city and met with the b.a.r.t. general director and our executive director, tilly chan, to lay the groundwork for those plans. supervisor fewer ensured transportation funds for major infrastructure projects and supported key smaller efforts in each and every district. and last year, along with supervisor brown, she created the office of racial equity. and now, our t.a. is among the first to submit racial equity plans in response to that legislation, so thank you,

commissioner fewer, for your leadership in these areas and for your efforts for safety and equitable transportation, not only in d-1, but across the city. you will be missed, and we wish you the best in your endeavors, and with that, colleagues, i conclude my remarks. thank you. are there any comments on the chair's report? >> president yee: can i -- >> chair peskin: please. >> president yee: thank you for those very nice words, and again, vision zero has been a joint effort from all of us. there's nobody on this commission that doesn't care about pedestrian safety measures, so i want to thank everybody for being supportive of the things i brought forward. but you forgot two of the most important things i did around pedestrian safety, and i have

to say it, because it probably will disappear. soon after i started, i brought back the idea of school crossing guards. i had hoped that it would be a program with all of the elementary schools, but it hasn't happened. i think eventually you had about 14 schools that participated in it. and then, the other thing that i'm really proud of is pedestrian safety. it took a lot to repair. it was going to come back at the beginning of the year, but then, covid hit.

so please, remember, it was so kindergarten and elementary kids to learn about good pedestrian habits. we have funding that's supporting that program, and for you to let them know that we want it back in san francisco. thank you very much. >> chair peskin: thank you, commissioner yee, for my omissions, and i suspect we forgot many other things along the way, but duly noted, and miss chan let me not forget his parting admonitions as to crossing guards in ed's neighborhood. commissioner fewer? >> supervisor fewer: yes. thank you, chair, for the kind

words, and i also want to thank president yee, commissioner yee, for his service in all things transit. i just also want to give a shout out to angelina yoon, in my office, who helped with so many things. i think president yee -- i mean, commissioner yee and i have been hit by vehicles in intersections, and so we know how dangerous it is for folks to be crossing our streets now, and in my district, sadly, we've had multiple fatalities, and sadly, a couple of them

were fatal. but sadly, we had people injured, disabled, their lives altered for the rest of their lives because of these collisions. i just want to say thank you to this committee and for this department under the leadership of tilly chan, and also the collaboration about traffic calming strategies in my district. i am fully ware of other districts, and your transportation issues are much more complex than my district. i watched you advocate for things in your district to help mitigate these naturals that you have. i commend you for knowing your

streets, knowing your intersections well, and you are help to guide the work around the t.a. and the m.t.a. and your constituents. it has been an honor to serve with all of you before, and we leave it in your hands, your good and capable hands, and thank you to all of the public servants who worked so hard to deliver a safe and dependable transit system for san francisco. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, commissioner fewer. commissioner yee? >> president yee: i'm sorry. i forgot to thank tilly chan and her department for making things happen. i was

i want to say to tilly, you are the best hire that this board has ever made. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you. seeing no other names on the roster, why don't we open the chair's remarks open to public comment. miss milton, are there any public comment on the chair's report? >> clerk: yes, there's one caller. hold on just one moment, please. >> chair peskin: first speaker. >> clerk: hello, caller. your two minutes begins now. >> thank you. good morning, commissioners. this is jodi madeiras, and i'm the executor director of walk san francisco, and i'm here to say thank you to both commissioners fewer and yee for both of their success and dedication to safe streets. the list is incredibly long for supervisor yee's championings and resolutions for vision zero.

one of the most significant measures that supervisor yee did support was establishing the san francisco bay area families for safe streets. as we all know, those are the victims of traffic violence and survivors. we've just been so, so lucky that he has channelled his pain and his devastation that he went through into action, and we cannot thank commissioner yee enough. i do also want to recognize his work for the push for the sfctas committee, and having this forum has made a difference for safe streets and our policy needs, and we really do hope that this attention continues as we quickly approach our city's vision of vision zero in 2024. and i cannot talk and recognize

safe streets without recognizing supervisor fewer. she's mentioned today in her remarks that district 1 hasn't been without its traffic violence and tragedy, and we're so grateful for her leadership, and she also will be missed. thank you so much. it's been a great time. >> clerk: there's another caller. >> chair peskin: next speaker, please. >> clerk: hello, caller. your two minutes begins now. caller? >> hello? >> clerk: hi, caller, yo. your two minutes are starting now. go ahead. >> hi.

my name is ally geller. i'm the walk s.f. vision zero manager. supervisor yee, i want to congratulate you on this milestone. on behalf of every one of the san francisco bay area families for safe streets members, i want to thank you for making san francisco bay area families for safe streets possible. i'm here today because of your leadership commitment, heart, and soul. because of you, i'm able to partner with san francisco families for safe streets. every time i thank you, you brush me off and respond with such humility and deep commitment. our families for safe streets members have told us that they want to turn their grief into action to change this heartbreaking epidemic.

actions are powerful, and this is what your vision represents. you're laying the groundwork for vision zero, and pushing initial tafs like daylighting through san francisco. you championed san francisco families for safe streets. our advocates are inspired by your leadership. families for safe streets are critical to our efforts. your empathy is clear, and we are so grateful for you not just supporting us but standing by our side. i want to thank you for all the work you do and for leading the board of supervisors in a commitment to vision zero. we look forward to continuing to working with you until we no

longer have to. thank you so much. >> chair peskin: thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. >> chair peskin: are there any more members of the public callers for the chair's report? >> clerk: there are no more callers. >> chair peskin: okay. we'll close public comment, but i'll go to jamie with the sfcta who has some more comments with regards to commissioners yee and fewer. >> yes. thank you, commissioners and chair peskin. i'm jamie parks with sfcta. i manage the sfcta's liveable streets division, which oversees san francisco's traffic calming and bicycle programs, and vision zero is absolutely core to all of the work we do.

vision zero doesn't lend itself to easy technical answers. it's about culture change, ensuring in a country with 40,000 traffic fatalities each year that even one death is too much. commissioner yee, there's been such a long list of things that you've done. commissioner fewer, it's kbn a pleasure working with you, as well, on so many safety projects in the richmond

district. throughout it all, you have both done plenty of pushing. you' you've asked lots of difficult questions, and to be honest, answering those questions have not always been fun, but i've always enjoyed working with you and seeing you on this board. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. parks. any final comments for commissioners yee or fewer? if not, why don't we open this up to public comment -- we already did that. excuse me. why don't we go to the executive director's report. miss chan? >> good morning, chair peskin and commissioners. let me add my thanks at the top of my report to commissioners

yee and fewer. we echo part of the appreciations that you've heard already that chair peskin mentioned, jodi at walk s.f., the families for safe streets, and jamie parks. i wanted to share with you these framed prints that we will be delivering to your offices. they may even be on their way, but really, a heartfelt thank you to both of you. on the left, you'll see commissioner fewer's, and on the right, commissioner yee's. as you can see, the image that grabs you right up front is you holding those hearts, and that was a campaign that you can see. your passion, your compassion really for this topic is unparallels, and we were so, so lucky for you to be an original

coauthor of vision zero, and for you to carrie that advocacy throughout all of those activities, whether we saw you at city hall or the nation's capitol, where you can see on the speaker's balcony. i also saw you at your old alma mater, whether it was advocating to bring back the old school crossing guards or safe routes to school type events. you'll see in my executive director's report reference to your events, and so we appreciate your guidance there, and we'll continue that work along with so many other things. the m-line work, the lake merced work, and the advocacy around safer speeds and automated enforcement and everything that will make our

streets safer for everyone. and, of course, commissioner fewer, i want to thank you so much. it's been too short, but we appreciate, however, the time that you've had on the t.a. we love that picture of you smiling on the muni bus. there was one of you at p peabody, and on the steps of city hall, advocating for safer transportation. i also want to mention your one richmond initiative which really i thought was a hallmark of your time on the board. in terms of transportation, we appreciated all of your work for access improvements throughout the district, new mobility and making sure that everyone will benefit from

technology changes. both of you really advocated for a fair and inclusive and equitable transportation. you put your foot down, rightly so, when we were debating the regional measure three measure. so that groundwork has been laid, as supervisor peskin mentioned. hope to see you both in all of these endeavors going forward. finally, i want to echo your thanks to angelica. that's the quick thank you, and then, i'm going to go and quickly provide the rest of my update, if that's okay? >> chair peskin: of course. >> okay. great. turning to a more sober topic,

the covid relief talks in congress is part of the deliberations in congress, and we appreciate speaker pelosi's leadership and still trying to ensure that transit will be a part of that. now, the new number we're hoping will get passed is $15 billion in transit relief funds. originally, they were talking about $32 billion. it may not be able to stave off all of the cuts, but it will help our drivers for muni, which faces a severe deficit, 68 in fiscal 21, and up to 168 in fiscal 22, with potential layoffs on the horizon. we are going to be working closely with them, and i know many of you have asked our office to help with that to see

what, for example, kinds of capital funds can be flexed to operations, and we will keep you posted on that. upcoming workshops in the bay area include the bay area 2150 final plan, presentations around the region to present analysis from the final blueprint. that's the final pay area 2150. we advocated strongly for it, and i think we'll do really well, and we need to continue that through the implementation stage, and that'll be the coming years to put up the implementation plans, and you'll see that in a later item. cpuc, we had some nice outcomes there, and thank you, chair peskin, for working with sfmta and director tumlin and our teams. we were able to get a decision

by the cpuc commission to include goals around equity that would include disabled equity and digital access, so that folks with smart phones, as well, can benefit from automated or driverless services in the future. turning to district 4, a mobility study, we had an amazing town haul with commissioner mar. thank you so much, and your staff, edward wright, for helping to cohost that -- or for cohosting that. we supported that with rec-park, and sfmta and over 500 participants in that webinar where we presented a number of potential designed for the roadway that folks can access at our website. school access planning work is also kicking off, again, there was a request from commissioner mar, and many of you have had interest in this, and we are working together with sfusd and

department of dcyf, children, youth, and their families. for more information, please check our website, and we want to thank commissioner mar for putting some matching funds on that land grant, as well. district 11, the alemany resurfacing project is nearing its end. thank you, commissioner safai, for working with us on that. i think it touches district 8, as well, and the project will install 42 curb ramps, install sidewalks and bulb outs and other projects funded by the california p.u.c. and the sfmta. you may have also noticed, as far as project deliveries and red lanes being built on vanness avenue, so that is in the stage where the undergroundwork is behind us, and we are now working on --

the sfmta is working on building the median islands and the bus facilities. the plan is to test in fall of next year, and it's scheduled for end of next year time, so we can't wait for that. september 2020 did yield revenue of about 7.7 million. that was a 6% increase over the prior month of august. total collections for the first quarter of fiscal year 21 is down dabout 10%, but we'll be monitoring this holiday period, and of course, a lot of it depends on the receipt of covid relief funds from washington. i'm happy to take questions. and thank you to you and all of your staff for this productive and year-long work that we're

able to do here at the transportation authority. so from our staff to your staff, please have a safe and relaxing holiday season. look forward to seeing you all in the new year. >> chair peskin: thank you, miss chan. seeing no other comments from members, is there any public comment on the chair's report? >> clerk: at this time, callers, you are welcome to make a comment, any comment for item number 3. >> chair peskin: i meant the check tiff director's report. i'm sorry. >> clerk: there's no -- executive director's report. >> clerk: there's no public comment at this time. >> chair peskin: with that, public comment is closed. madam clerk, can you read the consent agenda.

>> clerk: yes. items 5 through 8 constitute the consent agenda, and will be voted on by a single vote. >> chair peskin: okay. is there any public comment? >> clerk: oh, there was someone, but they put their hand down. >> chair peskin: okay. with that, public comment is closed. can i have a motion, please? >> supervisor fewer: so moved. >> chair peskin: so moved, and seconded. madam clerk, may i have a roll call, please. [roll call]

>> clerk: we have 11 ayes. the consent agenda has final approval. >> chair peskin: and miss melton, i will be here all day today. if you would like to bring me those instruments to sign, i will be here until at least 6:00. all right. next item, please. >> clerk: item 9, allocate up to $5,773,403 and appropriate $150,000 in prop k sales tax funds, with conditions, for potrero yard modernization. this is an action item. >> chair peskin: thank you. and i know that staff would like to present, but i also know that commissioner walton has comments, so why don't i start with commissioner walton? is. >> supervisor walton: thank you

so much, supervisor peskin, and i am going to really be pushing to continue this item to the call of the chair. there's some major issues we need to iron out with sfmta in terms of their affordable housing commitment to this project and portions of this request are retroactive, which my office only found out yesterday. more discussion is needed for clarity to honor a request of this side. if you look at the description on page 87 of our packet, it lists the resources, it you can at tha -- it talks about housing, but it doesn't even mention affordable. i'm worried that sfmta is trying to push forward without outlining in the r.f.q. we need clarity on funding and prop k requests on a project of this size. they are teetering and tottering back and forth when

we have conversations. they're not truly committed in the conversations that they've had with my office and the surrounding community. there are a lot of items to consider and request, and this item should be continued. >> chair peskin: thank you. and without predisposing our colleagues, i suspect that after the presentation, that will likely be the will of this body per your request. just one question to counsel, i believe, our counsel. miss chan, i know that, board of supervisors, we in committee continues things to the call of the chair insofar as this entity has its own set of rules that are different than the board of supervisors.

do we have a protocol to continue this to the call of the chair? >> yes, absolutely. >> chair peskin: okay. just wanted to confirm that, and with that, why don't we go to miss laforte for the presentation. >> thank you, commissioners. >> chair peskin: i will note, miss laforte, that we do have a number of members of the sfmta present, including director tumlin, so with that, let's go. >> okay. so the request let forth before you today is primarily from the sfmta for just about

$5.8 million in prop k sales tax funds with a modest request from the sfcta for $150,000 for the potrero yard modernization project. this is a project to redevelop the 105-year-old bus facility that you see on your screen into a modern bus facility to serve projected capacity and future battery electric fleet. the new facility would score 213 buses, which is -- store 213 buses, which is a 50% increase in capacity from current operations, and the sfmta has worked with the mayor's office of housing and community development and other agencies and has landed on a concept that would provide housing above the bus maintenance facility. and the proposal is to have up

to six -- six levels for a bus facility with an additional seven levels of residential space above the facility with up to 575 mixed-income units. the proposal is to develop this yard under a joint development project delivery method, and so the m.t.a. is requesting funds to undertake the process to select a master developer that would also be responsible for design, build, finance, and maintain the full facility under what's called a project

agreement. the private developer would lease the housing and current development from the m.t.a. m.t.a. has already released and received responses to our requests for qualifications, which is in part what the retroactive funding would be -- is being requested to cover. the r.f.q. process has resulted in three qualifies short listed candidates or master developer firms that are being put to the request for proposal phase, and that m.t.a. would release this

in early 2021, depending on the outcome of this process and also some legislation from the board of supervisors that i'll get to in just a minute. the proposers would be selected next summer. the funding would also be used to evaluate the request and there's some requests until 2023, when the project is expected to be completed. over

and our work would be funded in part through this request. this is in recognition of the scale and the impact of this project as well as the novelty of the joint project delivery method

the building is seismically insufficient, and we must retrofit it as a safe location for our employees. the project strives to an exemplar of the sfmta's

complete policy vision, with fully developed streetscape enhancements, urban design that supports transit riders, pedestrians, and cyclists. we also support the citywide vision for housing on this site and has provided a transparent forum for all stakeholders to engage in developing the housing program. the purpose of today's request is to advocate requests to allow the project to proceed and to continue conversation about the overall site development program. the sfmta has been at work on this project since 2017, when we first began assessing space needs and maintenance requirements for the bus facility, which will occupy the first three floors and 75 foot in height from grade of the site. in 2019, after several rounds of designs and our frontline

management, we transitioned a detail cost estimate and began to analyze what the sfmta could reasonably pay to support operations and maintenance of the new facility. the sfmta seeks to learn from prior capital facility project delivery and to incentivize the building to high quality construction. with the bus yard component itself estimated at over $400 million, the sfmta also looked for creative ways to finance the project and deliver it on time. in 2019, the sfmta, oewd, mohcd, and s.f. planning, in consultation with our consultants, and as an outgrowth of 1.5 years of community input, assembled a conceptual starting point that included 450 units, 50% of them affordable. the purpose of this concept is not so finalize the housing project, but to provide a financial reasonably feasible

starting point to procure funding. accordingly, this language was included in the r.f.q. and will be included in the forthcoming r.f.p. the sfmta ran a pro forma analysis on the original concept. this was reviewed by oewd and mohcd, and the project was demonstrated to pencil in the analysis model. several projects require a unique project delivery method, the largest one being flexibility of long-term financing of a high-dollar project. inclusi inclusion to incentivize durable construction, and housing of a commercial land use program. the sfmta partnered with public

works to increase capacity to deliver this complex project and enlisted the support of erap to provide joint technical advice. the sfmta has completed the r.f.q. for this project, and just as a little edit to anna's comments, we have received responses to the r.f.q., and we are in the process of identifying the short list of three firms to proceed to the r.f.p. process. i will now pass the presentation to my colleague. >> thank you, supervisors. good morning.

my name is ignacio, and i am with erap. i'll keep my remarks brief, but first, i want to say that -- just highlight the process by which we have come with the sfmta and public works to a decision on an infrastructure led joint development process as really the best way forward for this project, and that is fundamentally based on kind of a rigorous analysis of three things. first is the range of all the different delivery options that are available, considering those very carefully. second, forming that position by a market sounding that was started earlier this year, and where we spoke with over 30 firms in the industry, and then thirdly, by looking at case studies and what are the lessons learned that we can bring into this project of case studies of similar joint developments around the country and around the world? and really, the infrastructure

led joint development process is -- what is important is because it is a joint development where you have a single building with a dual purpose, what you need is a process to ensure the deliverability of the bus yard, of the public infrastructure component under all scenarios regardless of fluctuations in the market and, at the same time, creating a platform that allows for the development of the housing, including and, very importantly, the public housing component of it. next slide, please. so in these case studies that we analyzed, we looked at case studies here in california, around the country -- in new york, there's some very good examples -- but also internationally even. and really, one of the common themes that he with found in these -- that we found in these

case studies is the need to have a flexible commercial and financial structure that allows us to reconcile the different uses in those projects. each one of these projects in the case studies are somewhat different from potrero yard, but there's a commonality in that theme of a structure that reconciles multiple uses within a single facility. next slide, please, eusenia. now, in terms of the procurement strategy and the process to get from the stage where we are now, where the feasibility of the project has been demonstrated, and we're starting a procurement process to the point where we can have a successful delivery of this major project, there are many steps that need to be taken. and this procurement strategy is fundamentally about mitigating and managing risk and resolving the multiple -- the many aspects that are needed to be addressed by the

city in partnership with its infrastructure partner. and those involve ceqa, involve outreach to the community and stakeholders, how those things influence and shape the design that ultimately is built, and then also the financing and contracting for the projects, all through competitive procurement processes at multiple steps in the way. and the point i want to highlight in this process, which is a little bit different than in a conventional procurement, is right in the middle of this diagram, the inclusion of a predevelopment agreement phase that bridges the gap from where we are in the early stages of an r.f.q. and r.f.p. to increasing levels of investment both by the city on the public sector side as well as the development partners on the private sector side to get to a successful financial closing and beginning

of construction of the project. the next slide, please, please, eusenia. so i want to make just a quick reference. i think anna made the key points that needed to be made with orespect to one of the elements that we were asked to address in this, the reimbursement payment. i want to emphasize what are the benefits of doing this and why do the owners in infrastructure procurements such as this one typically include such a reimbursement payment. and the benefits are twofold. first, at the front end, attracting high quality firms, large firms that can lead development, but also, smaller

firms that can lead the development in the next major phase, which is the r.f.p. itself. and then, the other set of benefits really relate to what does the city get back in exchange for the payments, and that is, first and foremost, is are the work products from the r.f.p., albeit successful proposers, which integrate designs and other he ctechnica concepts that could be applied in the next phase. and then, the next is multiple as he can approximates, but one of the major ones is a waiver of protest rights that allows for the orderly progression of the procurement. and incidentally, this is something that is in alignment with u.s. department of transportation guidance for transportation infrastructure procurements of this type. next slide, please, eusenia.

one element i also want to highlight from anna's comments is the reimbursement of local business enterprise design firms. that was a requirement of the r.f.q. and will be a continuing requirement in future phases of the project which would be a requirement in san francisco. these large firms, they have the ability to invest funds at risk in many of these processes, however, many of the contractors and subs that support them don't have that capability, and especially the l.b.e., the local business enterprise firms, so part of the reimbursement benefit agreement is to prioritize the -- the payment for those firms. the next slide, eusenia. i also want to highlight precedents that we were asked to put forward. this is just an example of a

larger number in california, some bigger and some somewhat smaller than this one, although you can see there's precedents around the country, as well. you can see the reimbursement payments in these, from 500,000 to $2 million. what we have estimated for potrero is at the low end. next slide, please, eusenia. so i'd like to close this presentation by highlighting some high-level elements of the financing plan. the first, on the uses side, on the left-hand side of the screen, this is clearly a very significant investment. it's over $800 million total capital investment up front, including construction costs, the major driver of that. roughly a little bit over half of that is for the bus yard

public infrastructure investment. now when you look at the -- on the sources, and how do you pay for that investment, especially the public infrastructure side of it, what the joint development approach allows is for the sfmta to really optimize how its structures have available source of funding, and here are the two payments for the project. the first is a milestone payment and then a series of availability payments over 30 years that amortize the cost of the investment. generally, that's often a smart way of agencies to make the -- to capture affordablity for the project. [please stand by]

>> i'd like to acknowledge the commitment to affordable housing through the presentation. it's not lost on me that the strong affordable housing

language came after expecting concerns. i'd like to move this item, i'd like to continue this item to the call of the chair so i can have a conversation with mta and give them the same page about how we prioratize and move forward. >> thank you, commissioner. it's better to iron this out at the front end than the back end. i have been informed that i actually, in my capacity as chair can do that unilaterally and do so after we hear from director of transportation the floor is yours sir. >> thank you, sir. i'm in complete agreement we would like to make sure all of you have your questions

addressed we would like a clear since of priority including the number of affordable units in the project. i'm happy to defer this until later so we have time to make sure the rest of the issues are resolved. there is a lot of work to be done and we would like to provide the strongest assurance and making sure we are on on the same page. thank you for giving us the time to make the presentation and i look forward to working with your office to iron out the remaining issues. >> as i said, none of us are going anywhere because there is nowhere to go why don't we open this to public comment and i'll continue this to the call of the chair hopefully we'll get back to it in january with the discussions

happening over the next three weeks. any members of the public that would like to comment. >> yes, at this time there are five callers and many hands are coming up. let's get started with the first caller. hello caller. you ten minutes begins now. >> i'm peter and part of the neighborhood working group. i just wanted to voice my support to the project. the neighborhood associations is relatively new. the staff has done a great job informing us and bringing us into various parts of the discussion. as we know, investments are now more important than eever

this is a tremendous benefit and the important details around affordable housing can be worked out i just wanted to voice strong support towards the investment and give you an update. >> thank you. >> thank you caller. >> i'll move to the next caller now. hello, caller, your 2 minutes begins now. >> good morning, this is kat carter with san francisco riders. we support this project. the yard is over 100 years old and unsafe being out-of-date and can't prepare and maintain safety properly and efficiently. as we delay maintenance the impact and delays of san

franciscans. the 30, 14, 22, and 5 continue to be used during the pandemic. they have done a lot during the difficult time. we need to make sure we will approve the funding and not allow anyone to impact it farther. thank you so much. >> thank you, caller. hello caller, your two minutes ends now. i'd like to offer some of the

first one is that this will be a slow step-in inbe happy and safe. i'm with local 250 a. everybody is in support of the

project and need more housing and the city and county of san francisco very serious health and safety aspect. they judged the lack and majority of the transit operators to provide the service for the city of san francisco. they don't live-in the city they have to travel here. sacramento and etc. one of the last encounter is driving around in circles an hour. they have planning on getting

more buses on the road the biggest support and in one way we need to do that to move forward is ensuring the working-class workers have a parking space somewhere within there. if you are a transit operator to not find a parking space the bus won't go out. we will have delayed buses, over crowded buses. i'd like to bring this up as a health and safety issue to make sure everybody nabbeds it's not about parking for the operators. it's a safety issue and pertains to the amount of service that we can and should be bringing out here. please, take that into consideration for the working men and women. thank you. >> thank you, caller.

>> can you hear me now? >> yes. >> i recognize the facility need i question the timing of the project. and the survival. it's not clear to me right now what the needs will be going forward. i'm not sure how much farther you should proceed with the project. we might need it in the future but capital resources some of which could be shifted to operating. so, i'm questioning that in the future.

strongly with the comets there is no employee parking at the new facility which i think is not realistic planning for the project. there are operators and maintenance staff that start at 4:00 a.m. and end shifts at 2:00 a.m. to subtle guest they would have to take a shuttle or find another way to get to a vehicle parked at a different location is just unfair and unrealistics. those are many comments at this time and more in the future. thank you. >> thank you, caller. >> hello, your 2 minutes begins now. >> hello i just want to talk about having the commitment that you will get a certain percentage of affordable

housing an also there are affordable parking. it operates 24 hours per day. it's a slap in the face and tell them there needs to be a way the as prices go up they must be pushed farther and farther away from the city you need to make sure they get housing and parking you will have good public transit service because you have employees that are well rested that don't have parking they

are not allowed to buy a parking permit. it's really ridiculous. there are no more calls for public comment. public comment is closed i'll continue this to the call of the chair and work with commissioner balton and ronon. with that madam clerk next item please. >> going into to close session, evaluate public performance and on injectives for 2021. >> could you also ready [clerk

reads names of members in ready temperature 11. >> the executive direction tor for 2021. this is an action item. >> colleagues, last thursday as we do every year the committee of the transportation authority met in open session to do the performance evaluation for the executive director as well as for the coming year. i'd like to thank chair mannedleman and commission ronon that's before you today. we evaluate our executive director in any number of areas and if any member would

like we could go in closed session and review that. if no members would like to do so as it's happened if past year let me report that we all agree that ms. chang as done an outstanding job and has exceeded her performance goals for the year 2020. to that end after evaluating similar pay scales for positions in other transportation agencies of similar or smaller or larger size and looking at that information understanding that sales tax revenue is down and the county transportation authority relies on them and

after wrestling with that we came to the conclusion as to a 4 % pay raise. ms. chang has recorded them in other municipal sectors as offered to return one half of a percent of that for 3.5 %. the pay raise, if that's acceptable. i will make a motion to amend the resolution accordingly. i'd like to defer to the other members of the committee and the rest of the members of the county transportation commission. if anybody would like to go into closed session i'm happy and able to do so.

>> yes, thank you chair, is it appropriate to describe an in open session how we came to our decision or is that in a prop ate. >> i think that's entirely appropriate if you refer to the council. >> yes, chair, thank you. commission erie would council against talking about anything that was discussed in closed session unless it's set forth in the resolution that's proposed in connection with this item number ten. >> maybe what i could say, i think in a high level i described it and maybe commissioner. >> yes, i can describe -- okay, i understand it and i'll

be very careful. i wouldn't disclose anything talked about in closed session. i'll talk about some of my thinking in making the decision. this was a difficult decision because we are in a time of financial crisis all over the country. i know many of us on the board of supervisors are supervisors -- has given their raise back due to covid-19 response. those who are privileged to receive a paycheck have calms about receiving more money. there were several things that went into my thinking about

voting to give a raise. number one work is just excellent. in personnel committee our grading system and i think we are fortunate and lucky to have our executive director and goes beyond every single day she's an example to her staff and not just the board. if you look at comparative pay scales transportation districts, we are a midrange salary we are not the highest or low howest.

given the given the fact we could retain the high quality staff we have the rest of the t.a. staff received a raise this year as well. i felt it was important to, you know, recognize that different which will in pay scale, you know rises together. so, those are the considerations that i, i was wrestling with when voting the way i voted. i thought giving more context wouldn't be helpful in the situation. i'd like to express gattitude to you for the unbelievable work you do every single day. thank you. >> a little mighty agency that

can. thank you commissioner. i think you did that perfectly. ms. chag. >> i'd like to appreciate your kind words. it's our press sure to sever you all and for the entire staff consider my review to be an opportunity to proudly present our accomplishments and seek your feedback in guidance. it's a privilege to work as a transportation authority and at this time, we will receive compensation for that work that's what we do. we review our staff provided an average of 3.8 %. we did go through that evaluation. i'm proud, the staff worked

hard this year to support our sister agencies. support your offices, and really support the community here in san francisco who we know is struggling each and everyday. thank you. >> thank you, seeing no others on the roster. sounds like we don't need to go into closed session. why don't we open public comment on item number 11. >> thank you, there is one caller. >> first speaker please. >> hello caller, your two minutes begins now. >> can you hear me now? >> this is item ten and 11. >> agency you just discussed.

they will see decreases in other revenue and they have to slink as shrink as a result of resources. possibly the ability to preform and deliver projects and all of that. given the comments about the performance my question if the salary changes as needed. i heard you discussion and i get that and the different concerns. i do note that grantee agencies might be laid off in the next few months and projects and the services that reduced significantly. as it kids like to say it

might not be good. it will show leadership to deny or completely decline a raise at this time. maybe we should hold out the possibility of a reduction depending on the finances. at a minimum the amendment should be used to replace that. other than that i don't disagree. i agree strongly the performance has been great. >> thank you, caller. >> are there any other callers for this item. >> there are no other

callers. public comment is closed. thank you to the speaker for noting that date needs to be corrected. i'd like you to concur the change in the last section needs to be changed from 2019 to 2021. is that correct? >> yes, that's correct. i'd like to make a motion to reflect that change and reflect that per our discussion the total compensation would be the amount. a 3.5 % raise. >> second.

>> on that motion made and seconded madam clerk a roll call please. [roll call] >> five ayes the motion passes. >> i'd like to approve the item assay mended.

>> second. >> on is that motion a role call please. 1-415-655-0001 role role [roll call]. >> we have 11 ayes and the motion passes. are there any new motions. >> we have to vote on item tenement >> ten . >> item ten is a closed

session right. am i missing something? >> chair, if i may this is jenna sitting in general council. there is a resolution in connection with item ten in the board package referred to the commission in orer to adopt that resolution a vote would be needed. you would not need a second. >> i can just call the roll-on item ten is that correct. >> that's correct. >> okay, thank you madam clerk a roll call please. >> i'm item ten the objective. [roll call]

>> we have 11 ayes. the motion passes. any new items. >> thank you you all very much. >> seeing no introduction are there any general public comment? >> there is no public comment at this time. >> okay, public comment is closed. happy trails commissioner

yee. we are adjourned. >> thank you commissioner. happy holidays.

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that want to get into that dark room. >> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography.

>> we get to build the community here. this is different. first of all, this is a great location. it is in a less-populated area. >> of lot of people come here just so that they can participate in this program. it is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience. the people have a lot, they can really come together and share a love and a passion. >> we offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. we offer classes and workshops in digital camera, digital printing.

we offer classes basically in the shooting, ton the town at night, treasure island. there is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program. >> hello, my name is jennifer. >> my name is simone. we are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. >> c'mon, c'mon, c'mon. >> actually, i have been here a lot. i have never looked closely enough to see everything. now, i get to take pictures. >> we want to try to get them to

be more creative with it. we let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. >> you can focus in here. >> that was cool. >> if you see that? >> behind the city, behind the houses, behind those hills. the see any more hills? >> these kids are wonderful. they get to explore, they get to see different things. >> we let them explore a little bit. they get their best. if their parents ever ask, we

can learn -- they can say that they learned about the depth of field or the rule of thirds or that the shadows can give a good contrast. some of the things they come up with are fantastic. that is what we're trying to encourage. these kids can bring up the creativity and also the love for photography. >> a lot of people come into my classes and they don't feel like they really are creative and through the process of working and showing them and giving them some tips and ideas. >> this is kind of the best kept secret. you should come on and take a class. we have orientations on most saturdays. this is a really wonderful location and is the real jewel to the community. >> ready to develop your

photography skills? the harvey milk photo center focuses on adult classes. and saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes.

>> welcome everybody. i want to say thank you for catching this important moment. this is a really very critical issue that we're all here dealing with. this is a real nationwide effort to end senseless gun violence to get guns off the street. this is our ninth annual gun buyback.

we have lot of people who are on here today who want to share some information about ending senseless gun violence. before i bring on the mayor, i want to say i'm not against the second amendment, but i am against senseless gun violence. with that said, i want to bring on our mayor, fierce leader, hard working committed, intelligent, beautiful, mayor breed. >> thank you so much for joining this press conference supporting the ninth gun buyback that will take place this saturday, december 12th between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. you don't center to get out your car no questions asked. rudy will provide the details. we want to get as many weapons as possible off the streets. many of us here have been

affected by gun violence. sadly, i feel like it's been my entire life. so many of you know that i grew up in the western addition. we have lost friends, family members and this senseless violence continues. if we can get these guns off the streets, get the guns out of the hands anyone who will use them, it is in the best interest of our communities and it is in the best interest of our families and friends. whether it's a friend or family member or someone we know from the neighborhood, as we are addressing this global pandemic, we are seeing heart breaking news. there's an increase in gun related incidents in our nation. some of the victims being young kids, children. in san francisco, we saw an increase in firearm related incidents during the first seven months of this year compared to the same period last year. although, we don't know all of the reasons, there's likely a

relationship between the isolation, absence of in-person support people usually get during normal times and gun violence. sadly, many of the critical in-person support systems are unavailable to do so in person. there are fewer opportunities for intervention. what we know is that the loss of a life from gun violence has to stop. we all need to work together to save lives and keep our community safe. many of you who are here today, who have been fighting to end gun violence for years. we need you. the gun buyback program provides people with the opportunities to get these guns out ever their hands, off the streets and out of our communities. thanks to the charitable giving and fundraising efforts of our community partner, we will be able to purchase firearms from anyone who would like to turn

them in, no questions asked. this event has brought in 2000 firearms in the past, getting them off the streets. think about in. 2000 guns off the streets because of this program. that means lives saved. this year, we are still continuing this effort to make sure that we are doing everything we can to reduce the harm and the violence on our streets and in our communities as many people are struggling with so many different challenges. this is part of our broader effort both locally and nationally to end gun violence. we need to create common sense gun control legislation so these guns don't end up on the streets. we need to engage local university and residents is so they don't feel compelled to act violently in it first place. every year in we do this gun buyback, we go and do it at the

united player's office and facility location. every year, when i look at those walls, surrounded with african-american men that i grew with, that i dated, that i went to school with, that i played in the playground with, these are men that that are my age that did not center to die. this is what this is about. to make sure there's not one more black man, lost at the hands of anyone. whether that be law enforcement or any other community member. this is about changing the future, especially because african-american men in san francisco and around this country continue to be victims of gun violence in this country at a young age.

we can do better than that. it starts with each and every one of us. i don't want to see another photo go up on that wall. i don't want to see another life lost. help us change that. help us change that by turning in your guns. help us change that by making sure that you're a part of the solution and not part of the problem. thank you to rudy and the united playaz team. we appreciate george floyd brother and his friend who will be speaking with us today. we are so sorry for your loss. we are so grateful that you have taken the time to be here with us to share your words and your advocacy for ending gun violence, especially in the african-american community. thank you to all the community partners who are here to fight against violence every single day on the streets. i hope all you will continue to

join this fight to end gun violence here in san francisco and across the nation. remember, this year's gun buyback event is between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. this saturday, no questions asked. thank you. >> thank you so much mayor london breed. this gun buyback is from different partners from music industry and mother who lost their kids to gun violence, to sfpd and to the private sector. there's so many people here to make this happen. it's not justs doing it. it takes lot of different people to make it happen. when a bullet comes out one of those chambers, it doesn't discriminate, it doesn't matter. that's what we're doing is to

make sure we end senseless gun violence. it's my honor to have this brother coming on next. he's out there in louisiana, baton rouge, he fights all over the world to make sure we end senseless gun violence. he's a good friend of mine. our brother silky. >> thank you, rudy. i want to commend you on the work in you're doing and let you know i and we appreciate you allowing us to be part of what's going on. due to covid, we have to do it virtually. it's better to do it virtually than not do it at all. you still thinking about those that lose their lives to the violence and senseless killing that take place in the community. that's one of the things that we're very, very, pushing and

i'm tearing up because i lost my brother two years ago to senseless killing in louisiana. we're very, focused on getting these guns off the streets and you know like you say, we're not against the second amendment. we want to get the illegal guns off the streets and bring awareness to gun owners that you can take your gun to work and leave it in your car and it becomes illegal gun on the street. this is important for us to make sure that we get weapons out of the hands of the criminals that's committing senseless acts of violence in our communities. to have the police department to

be part of this. even though what happenedly to george, is not something it turns either of us anti-police. we understand that we need the police and we can't let the action of one bad person turn our feelings toward the police to be negative. this is an important event this you're giving. i want to commend you on that. thanks to the mayor for her kind words to the family. we have to get the guns off the street to in order to stop the violence. rudy i commend you and thank you so much for what you're doing. >> neighboring, brother. usually around this time when we go the gun buyback, it's a nationwide effort. this year with the covid, i believe we're like the only organization that's doing the gun buyback. it's the actual anniversary sandy hook and mayor breed and our late mayor who appointed

this gun buyback. make sure we acknowledge them. i want to bring on george floyd's brother. he's been so kind and been involved in the gun buyback helping us out and supporting us. for him to take his time. brother felonious. >> how you doing, i'm brother of george floyd. happy to speak with you guys today. the buyback program, this is something that -- this is my first time being part of one. it's great knowing that you can decrease violence by taking guns off the streets. many people out in the world don't understand just because you can go get a license, it still doesn't mean you should have a gun. they don't show when they look at your background that you have a mental problem. it's not showing certain things. just me growing up in a neighborhood where i feel -- i

see my friends, it wasn't until covid didn't take them out. they died because somebody pulled the trigger, senseless violence killing young men, men that are growing up, wanting to be something in their life. me understanding that california had bad situations in the past. i look at lot of different things when it comes to the gangs and killing. i live in houston, i don't live see a lot but people are still doing it in different neighborhoods. we don't have lot of gangs and stuff. i commend you all for doing what you are doing. we need to have many more all across this nation. not just here in the united states, we need to see it everywhere. we need to take control of our

neighborhood. we need to make sure that we will be here tomorrow. me, thank you all so much by having me here. i want to decrease violence everywhere across the nation. rudy, i can see the heart and your passion. i thank you all, the mayor for participating in this event. i wish i can be there. we're going to have a good time while we're here. thank you all so much. >> we can't never forget that. it takes a hood to save the hood. the hood-to-hood connect. >> if you turn in a thousands guns today, rudy agreed to cut it in half. [laughter] >> thank you so much.

>> i appreciate you for joining us. >> rest in peace to your brother george floyd. i knew we had jamie foxx, i know he's a busy man. he provides support with us also. next, i want to bring on the ceo of empire records, one of the biggest record labels in the country. my brother who's also native of san francisco like me and mayor london breed. >> i wanted to say i appreciate everything that you're doing for the community. i've known you for over 20 years. it means a lot to me who you're doing for the community, what mayor london breed is doing for the community in helping to keep the streets safe and better

place to raise our children and conduct business and run operation in the city. i wanted to say, i truly appreciate. it means a lot to me. i lost a lot of people that i love over the years to senseless gun violence. quite few in the last 60 days. i wanted to do my part to contribute and just be a battery in your back. thank you so much for everything that you do. >> thank you so much, brother godley. he's being really humble. this gentleman here was instrumental of actually contributing to this cause and making this happen. big respect to you. i know you're going through a lot because we lost a lot of good brothers in the music industry. thank you so much. i salute you man and look forward to working with you. >> i appreciate it. god bless you.

>> i want to also bring one of our main partners to make this happen. we can't make this happen unless we got sfpd i agree with them. without them we couldn't do it. i want to bring on our captain of the southern district. >> thank you, rudy. thank you everyone who's participating making this a successful event. gun buybacks are part of a proven strategy to address gun violence and help get firearms out of the wrong hands. we thank you, rudy for your partnership with the police thousand us to participate in providing the resources you need to make this a successful event. i like to thank mayor london breed for her leadership on this and public safety initiatives, programs like this, they are

designed for the sole purpose of raising awareness about gun violence and reducing the likelihood of future gun violence by getting these firearms off the streets. that continued partnership and we at southern station are grateful for the opportunity to work with you and reach out to the community. it's not just one day. people hear about united playaz and they see the work you're doing and they start talking about gun violence. that's one of the things like to get people talking about gun buyback to make sure the word gets out. lot of people will be surprised to know how many of their friends and family members have firearms in their home. we want to make sure these guns are taken off the streets. some people maybe they had a relative passed away and they found a gun in the house and don't know how to get rid of it. please bring it back to the gun buyback. no questions asked. we don't want guns left

carelessly in homes where there can be tragedies with children find guns or if burglars get in your home and they find homes that aren't properly stored. we're glad to be working with you, rudy, the staff at city hall who are helping us with this. we will bring the resources necessary to collect the firearm safely, to get them off the streets and we'll destroy them afterwards. please get the word out and look forward to seeing you there, rudy, little before 8:00 on saturday morning at 10:30 howard street. please everyone, get the word out, get the guns out the house and keep them out of the wrong hands. thank you. >> thank you, so much, captain. when we leave in the morning, we'll have some breakfast burritos. how about that? [laughter] thank you so much.

we have one more speaker. i save the best for last you guys. before i bring the sister on, the outreach that's being done prior to our gun buyback is done by 15 people and everybody who's doing fliers or putting up the post of all ex-lifers. who did a life sentence behind murder but now they're giving life instead of taking life. when captain talked about the destroying the guns, these are the guns right here from the last gun buyback. we're actually invoicin -- destg them. with that said, my partner who actually helped destroy the guns and creates art out of them, is a mother who lost her son to gun violence and she's the founder of the robby foundation. i want to welcome you, patty.

thank you. >> thank you so much. i wanted to thank the united playaz and mayor breed for bringing us together. i'm the founder of the foundation. it's an organization i found in honor of my son robby who was shot and killed who obtained a gun illegally after the weapon was used to kill my son, it was resold on the streets where it was used to commit some other crime. i believe in gun buyback because i know firsthand that one gun has the potential to commit numerous crime and take numerous lives. the week that my son was killed, he laid out his suit on the bed in preparation for a job interview that he was guaranteed to get the job. instead it was the suit that he was buried in. that's what gun violence does in a matter of second. it can rob someone of their life and change the life of everyone

left behind and that includes the prethe perpertrator. now we're in covid-19 this existing health crises of gun violence. since the expand, we've seen sharp increase in gun sales in in june, there was 2.6 million additional sales. we now have more guns in circulation with i millions of children home from school, domestic abuse victims, we have people facing depression due to unemployment and isolation. when you add access to guns, you're facing a convergence of major health crises and more loss of life. i think we all know that low income black and brown community suffer the most when it comes to both gun violence and the pandemic. 2020 has been a challenging year but it has been a transformative year. it's a year of reckoning where people across the country have

marched against systemic racism and injustice. i believe we have to be just as passionate about preventing gun violence which disproportionately exacts -- impacts communities of color. i can do whatever i can to make sure there are fewer mother who lose their children. i want to thank mayor breed. i want thank united playaz and family of george floyd for theiring their passion. so we can put an end to senseless gun violence. i want to encourage everyone to bring your unwanted guns to buyback saturday. you'll never know how many people lives you saved by doing so. thank you. >> real talk. thank you so much. may your son robby, prest in peace. i want to thank everyone for sharing their knowledge and

experience. i'm a survivor gun violence, twice. last time i was shot at in 2012 in this neighborhood that i'm at with someone who got murdered yesterday three blocks up. one gun off the streets where people who say this doesn't work, one gun off the streets can destroy one person's life. that one person life can be the person who can save this whole planet. you never know who that can be, who that person will grow up to be. we want to make sure we get all the guns i can. i'm not against the second amendment, i'm against senseless gun violence. if shouldn't be little kids and innocent people, people going to work working hard for their families and get killed. i'm not trying to advocate violence, i understand the streets. i understand the world that we live in. i want to be real clear. i'm not against second

amendment. one gun that you may turn in, will be the life you may save this world. how about that. thank you guys for all, everybody on here. mayor london breed, patty, captain, silky, all you guys for your effort for help us end senseless gun violence. we got to do it together. united we stand and divided we play. i'm a united player for real. bullets, they don't discriminate and no namessen them. don't wait somebody you love or you know get killed and for you to be involved. you want to be involved now. you play your part. by turning in your gun that's in your house. thank you guys, thank you mayor london breed for being the

leader that you are. >> thank you rudy. can you remind people of the date, time and the location one more time? >> it's this saturday december 12th at 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 at my headquarters. i will give you a $100 for a handgun, shotgun or rifle. if it's a assault rifle, i'll give you $200. you bring me five handgunnings i will give you $500. >> you don't have to get out your car or do anything. drive up, keep your mask on and we'll get it out your trunk. you don't have to do anything. you don't center t -- to talk to anybody. >> we've been planning this for the last two or three months. we have a way where it's all covid free. it's all covid free. everybody masked up. everybody got chills on. our team with the captain,

captain mcdonnell and damien has been together and planning it. we got a great plan to stay covid free and sucker free. thank you. any questions? i want to turn it over to maria valdez. >> thank you, rudy. i'm the san francisco covid command center. we're happy to address any questions that you may have. please e-mail us. dempress@sf.gov.

>> this saturday, december 12th anniversary is sandy hook, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. $100 for your guns, $200 for assault rifles. 1038 howard street. if you want to contact me, get more details, my number is (415)716-4100. any questions? >> not at this time. thank you everyone. >> thank you guys. appreciate you. >> thank you.

>> we love our parks, but we love... >> and the community who is really the core of it all, came together and said what we need is a place for our teenager to play, not just play grounds for the kids and soccer fields but we need a skate park that will keep the kids home in the neighborhood so they can play where they live. >> the children in the neighborhood and it will be a major boone. and we have generations, the youth generations that will be able to use this park in different places. >> the best park in san francisco right here. >> creating place where people

can be active and lead, active, healthy life styles that are going to just stay with them for life. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is smack in the middle of the tenderloin neighborhood where there are 50,000 people within walking distance. you see the kids that are using what's provided, but there is so much opportunity for this to be a stronger, more welcoming,

healthier cleaner safer place for the people of this community to play. there are going to be new green areas, a full-size basketball court, outdoor fitness equipment, community garden, a brand-new clubhouse. it's going to be a much more welcoming spot for a neighborhood that really needs it. ♪ ♪