it went from suddenly overloading it like a circuit. tremendous planning by folks. on the tip of the spear that you and the administration are training so hard for. we went without hesitation into a heavy populated with covid. they went for 13 hours and held it up. held it together. incredible. very very proud. that's on top of everyday that we're still working all day, everyday. you call 911, we're going to come help.

earlyity raition and a lot ofea. we get more vehicles that are appropriate. more partners trained up. we're getting fields of support and it's really proving itself in opportunity. right now it has a small capability but that's planned out and very very proud. again, everyday, all around. our fire prevention investigation arms there's a number of requests for investigations ramping up in request to covid numbers. they are working hard to figure out how to safely do their work. very creative and forward thinking trying to figure out how to get materials and plans

for inspectors in the fields. we're not getting the numbers we used to for infections, some of that is out side of our department. there's aspect of this where people try to encounter in another bureau. very proud to be working in these services. these are some of our folks giving thanksgiving meals in fundraisers that were incredibly successful. you may have heard them in your reports. a group of thieves broken in and stole a bunch of bicycles . the response from the public was great. they stood up and did all of the

work. it's just an honor working. the airport division saw some increases in travel for thanksgiving and christmas. they continue to do a lot of training. emergency prepared. training of new folks coming in and all is well. they actually responded off of the airport vehicles. as we're getting some additional materials. we had some additional water craft. the number of rescues we're making out of the water.

home land security just doing their job. just to give you a summary. tremendous aid of all of what we're doing. we had a successful contest. it felt good, i think the city

-- [indiscernible]. sorry. the volume didn't work there. it was a success. station 38 was the winner. it was remarkable, it was -- always reach out. i think i've taken up enough of your time. >> okay. great. thank you, chief. quite a comprehensive report you've given us among the great

news is that met van is released from the hospital. that's really good news. his team mates were there to cheer him on. that's fabulous. madam secretary do we have any members of the public that would like to comment? >> i will check. there's nobody on the public comment line. >> okay. i will begin with my fellow commissioners. >> thank you very much. i definitely noted that it was two months of material when i picked it up and reviewed it. i definitely saw the weight of the report. i appreciate the comprehensive

nature of the department and members in terms of support. a lot of the question in terms of the alarm fire of davis, the high rise. i wanted to know what floor was that fire. i wanted to know what the origin of that fire was? >> the fire was on the fourth floor. i don't know if the official report has come out yet but the occupant --

>> can you share with the commissioners how we deal with the high rises. >> that's a great question. this was the fire, we've had fires in these high rises before. i'm getting an echo, is anyone else? can you hear me okay? >> it's coming from commissioner -- >> let me mute myself. >> thank you, commissioner. we know these buildings. these are older high rises in

san francisco. the dry stand by system requires us to put the water in an get it out on top. modern buildings have modern facilities. they are built from building control stations. they have fire fighting elevators. they have the ability to safely operate in a fire. in buildings like this we can't use the elevator because they aren't safe to operate. every fire fighter that fought this fire went up the stairs. i'm here to tell you that we went up the stairs too, we did it without packs and hose

bundles and forceful entry. they were in their -- it was a great job. they knew what they were facing. they understood that this whole fire on the 11th floor was putting out so much energy that it was definitely dosing the 12 floor. one of the differences here is that the fire came out of the glass windows where the balcony. the fire had to go passed the balcony above. in that way it did burn everything on that upper floor. the 12th floor balcony was destroyed but it didn't make it back onto the 12th floor.

>> thank you very much, chief. when it comes to the high rises the fact that the members had to climb 11 floors with hose and part of the discussion is the members get upstairs and run out of oxygen, the replacement of those oxygen, it's clearly indicated that the members did a great job. the commander took care of business again. i wanted to remark over that

again. in terms of helping the department and the member with the complexities of the high rise system. the safety elevators. we have a high rise committee. this commission is very interested in that. i'm going to move onto the report by ems on page 22. i missed it on your slide that especially on the report they talked about accessory and skilled nursing facilities and responding. that we reported staffing shortage for 13 hours on top of

everything else. could you please share with us where that facility was just as a point of mention. >> i would like to ask chief to please step in. her team did a great job. >> good morning commissioner. this was a facility over on 19th avenue. we were alerted a couple days prior to us needing to respond that there was a potential for a problem there. we were aware there was an opportunity to respond. we didn't know exactly when. initially our emsr c three

typically our plan would send over six captains. they were trained in what these situations would be and how we would need staffing there. because this happened before they were actually in service, they sent us over there to a sets what was happening and triaging what kind of supports would need to be provided. in terms of how they signed people in to relieve us at some point. >> thank you. do you have a follow-up question? >> i have just a comment and a few other questions. >> thank you for that comprehensive answer, again. being a former director i know

this is a scaled facility. folks are captured in terms of their capabilities. for us to be able to respond and support staff which was 13 hours was a remarkable thing. i want to move on. i don't know if it's appropriate at this point in terms of the sickness of this report, i notice that the prevention and investigation such it is noted with material and information, i don't know again, because we have a lengthy agenda. at some point if the chief might want to give us an update in the department. if that's not appropriate at this point, we did some guidance on this when they might be able

to give us some update in terms of this particular report. is this a senior package. i'm assuming it's part of your jurisdiction. is that affirmative. pash par. >> it is commissioner.it's argun you might be interested. i'm wondering if a summary would be more beneficial. >> maybe we can get a verbal update in terms of what we see and hear and get more

information. i'm going to pause on that question. the only other thing then would be some sort of verbal update in terms of the airport seeing as we just went through the holidays. we have our finance director coming in with the budget. we can earmark that at some point. >> thank you, chief for your report. very comprehensive for the past

two months. it's a bit difficult to understand you in your presentation. i'm not sure if the audio is as good as it should be. at least for me it was a bit difficult to hear. i appreciate the written report though because it was very detailed. i did a little computation and it looks like you did at the department over the past few months of bay rescues. you put out 30 encampment fires. that's about one every two days. i'm assuming that is extruding g all health calls. cooking fires. seven cliff rescues.

seven vehicle accidents that require you to respond to. i see you had one adult mia, missing in action, did you ever find that person? >> regrettably not. there were credible reports. they searched for hours. >> did i understand it correctly that the davis fire that started, we think from hoover boards that were being charged. >> i'm not sure if it was a scooter or hoover board but some sort of electrical. >> what was that problem? why did that malfunction. >> it was by the engineers on team. we didn't have to figure out

what went wrong and sort it out. they were able to rotate it manually themselves. they did respond. >> in lake mer c ed somebody got their arm or hand stuck in a street sign. how in the heck does that happen? >> i believe it was a juvenile. >> how do you get your hand stuck in a street sign. >> in the posts there's little holes in them. >> unbelievable. a couple of times you mentioned a yellow a receiptor. >> it's a way to tell there's a

potential for a lot of potential victims to be transported to the hospital. it's sort of a warning. >> okay. i notice you had a code three on december 17th for medics were threatened by a patient. a patient's combative family members. what the heck happened there? >> the entire planet is a little high strung right now. this was a high charged incident with a younger person who may have been pregnant. aggravated family members.

did you call the police? >> the police was involved. >> unbelievable. i had a couple other questions here. i'm looking at -- i see where the commissioner -- i think it would be good to have a more in depth report at the appropriate time on the bureau of fire prevention to discuss some of the things happening there. >> he is on the line. he is running that whole ship. if the commissioners would like to hear from him, he is standing by. >> at a later date.

i don't want to get into it right now. >> i looked over the report. it's really quite amazing. i don't know who has that noise but it keeps going off. >> i think that's an alert of something serious. >> i can't turn that one off. i'm sorry. >> particularly the ems people, my heart goes out to those group of people of what they have to deal with on a daily basis and the challenges they face. i can't imagine a kinder gentler city when it comes to drug and

alcohol and mentally ill. we are the kindest city in my opinion. it boggles my mind. i heard that bakersfield doesn't have any homeless problem. what are they doing that we're not doing. what really makes me upset is i don't understand why our judges in our city don't remand people for treatment an get them off the streets if they are absolutely out of their minds and drug addicted and can't help themself. why are we not doing something about getting them off the street and getting them into treatment. i simply don't understand why we allow people -- why do we allow them to just disintegrate in front of us on the streets. i don't understand why we don't

take them into conservatorship and help them help themselves. >> i'm sorry. are you done commissioner cleveland? >> i just had to say that because i think it's a stress on our system and city. >> agree. >> i had a question, i was looking at the transport report and i wonnerred why is it so uneven. some hospitals get most of our calls referred to them on page 22, obviously zuckerberg gets the largest share. you look at kaiser and they only

get two point two six percent. i'm wondering why aren't our hospitals getting an equal proportion of 911 referrals with the exception of general which i realize sf general gets the largest slice. >> again i'm going to ask chief tom it answer. >> hello, again. i'm sorry commissioner. could you repeat that question one more time for me, please. >> i was looking at the distribution of our transports and which hospitals they go to. on page 22. i notice that san francisco generally gets the largest. st. francis gets the second largest slice of calls. you look at kaiser, they get two

point six percent of the calls. why is there such a uneven distribution to the hospitals around the city? >> thank you. it's not a real quick answer but the short answer i would say is because they get a proportionate number of calls of trauma related injuries.

in the last eight months or longer there has been the paddy system which is a distribution process that ems help set up to try to more even out. trying to take a look at what hospitals are busy. where we can redirect patients. originally that was a recommended -- before it was mandatory. the caddy would be telling the crews the destination regardless of whether or not that was the patient's choice. they are somewhat successful but not fully successful. st. francis just by virtue of

location. they sometimes just go to the closest. there's a variety of different reasons. it's not just a san francisco issue to more evenly distribute where parent's get transported. it's not as easy to manage as we would like. >> what i'm hearing is what i was afraid to hear is there's possible hospitals just rejecting referrals. saying that we don't want you to send your 911 people to us. we're overburdened or whatever. i wondered how often -- if that's happening disproportionately among hospitals that aren't willing to share the burden of the 911

calls that have you to respond to. >> that's not the case. they are obligated to take any patient that we take to them. the only time they don't have to take patients is if they close their hospitals. that's one of the things we're trying to administer with the caddies. >> okay. thank you so much. madam president. that's all my questions at this time. >> thank you. for your report and i mean it

was quite comprehensive. i don't want to overlook any part of the report but this weighed a lot. i'm not sure about my ability to make it up eleven flights of stairs if i can't carry this report. i want to direct a couple of comments with learning more with each meeting and each report. i'm going to land on ems and chief tong if you're willing for a moment. i do not mean this to be sarcastic or in any way, you know, i can't figure out -- how do you collect all this

data? i have never seen more data on any topic in my life. it is so detailed as to what ambulance went where and took whom and what the outcome was. i commend you and your team on that. it's a matter of my learning not your presentation. most specifically i wanted to ask because i know this always comes up with an issue of budget and everything else. directing your attention to page 12 with your packets with the first page at least in my packet. i don't know if that's true for my fellow commissioners. what -- if you could just

assist in providing a little explanation, if you see we have to the far right column ems suppression and p90 and then minutes and p90 again and i'm assuming minutes. i'm trying to understand what this page is telling us. >> i don't think she has the same numbering that you're looking at. this is the activity somewhere.

it's my first page. >> ems -- >> hello, again. the p90 is the time -- in this case any way p90 would be the time that -- 90% of the time we are in that range. 90% of our calls say for instance on december first -- 90% of our calls fall within that timeframe. 10% of our calls are over that time. >> sorry. if i can just ask you i was looking at november.

i turned the page. i figured out how to do that. now i'm looking at december 12020. you had 297ems calls. we have our suppression calls. i'm trying to understand -- i realize you can speak best to the ems call average. i'm trying to understand what that is. just going forward i need to understand that. >> okay. if we just take ems call average minutes, that's all of our ems calls whether it's transport or whether or not the patient refused or we couldn't find the

patient. that's all the calls, the average time for that incident -- the average call, our time. the transport time is only those patients that were transported. eighty two minutes would take users to run a call including transport. >> i see it includes both on december first, the 63 point 45 and the transport to get you to 84 -- i struggle with this. >> if we take ems call average. if it takes an hour, it would take sixty minutes for a whole call. we also have calls where we respond and can't find the patient. we may be on the call for five

minutes. all of those times to average those times. >> just so i'm clear and i don't leave an unclear record. this is not your response time. this is the total time that your folks are on scene at a medical situation. >> correct. any incident. >> okay. can we then move to the p90 again. i'm sorry. help me here. >> the p90, i consulted with the keeper of all of our data and he is our master mind and the one that is responsible for all of our data. >> never let him go. >> for this number, it's 90% of the time averaged 90% of the

time the call would take ninety nine point eight six seconds. >> i see. that's very very helpful. i have to really commend you on the detail of these statistics. it's really incredibly impressive and really -- not just us but really the public informed of everything that is going on. i really -- i wanted to command you for that. i know your folks are under a lot of pressure especially with covid.

this is a comprehensive overlook of what hour department does. i think we need to shout it from the mountain tops. i have a couple things i'll bring up later with regard to the mission statement. it's just -- i think our citizenry, our government needs to know how incredibly well they are served by being in san francisco should they confront an emergency. same thing applies to the san francisco international airport. we are lucky to be here despite our problems and everything

else. i've marked a number of things. i don't want to take more time. if i need a tutorial, you guys can change your phone number so i can't find you. i appreciate this really quite a lot. i do have one last question. i have a shared space program question. to whom would you like that directed? >> i discuss it a lot but we have the head of the fire marshall here. >> whoever wants to pitch in. i've seen professionally built

shared spaces and i'm talking about those that restaurants were using for outdoor dining. i see some that are less than well constructed. in my unprofessional opinion they are unsafe. i see here in december there were 992 inspections completed. i think in november 698. are you finding some of these are unsafe and if so what is the remedy?

>> good morning. yes. we all have a role. it's a collaborative effort from the shared space. i don't want this to sound like we're passing things off. we look at too many things. fire department access, the buildings and structures behind the shared space that we can maintain that. we also look at any kind of irregulated activity. the structure itself it lies with dpw. they are the permitting agency. they issue the permits. we look at nose other two items.

however, i've had this conversation with our district inspectors. when we come across a site that doesn't look safe. they've been instructed to refer to dpw and dbi. they committed an inspector to assist the group, the team on evaluating these structures for safety. i don't have the numbers committed to memory. i know we've had a handful of these. i don't have specific numbers. >> i see. that makes perfect sense. thank you. i'm going to hold further comments. i don't want to take people's time. again, this department just seems to be working really really smoothly and really really well under very onerous

circumstances. i want to comment all of you who are our first responders and our command staff for making it through all this. i'm going to go through this with a fine tooth comb and may wish a tutorial. thank you. >> okay. i'd like to commend you on your report like everyone has already said. very detailed. i have a few questions. maybe i'll just give you one you

can answer. on page seven there was something about cooking fire or containers. >> that would be a pot on the stove. you can burn a pot of soup and we would respond to it with the full force of a building fire. >> okay. thank you. to me it seemed -- okay. the other one was page 11. building alarms you go out to -- because of the alarm? >> that would be a notification

from an alarm company or notification from somebody who could hear an alarm. we respond to those with an engine, a truck and a battalion chief. >> would that be related to activity summer report where it says there were 944. would that be the same thing that you respond to the alarm and when it says 725 does that mean there wasn't anything? >> you're look at the report on

page 12 and comparing it to the report on page 11? >> okay on page 11 it said building alarms. i think in november 920 of them. you're explaining you go out every time that happens to investigate what is going on. towards the end of this whole report where it's activity summary report on page two of three. that's alarms and then fails. i'm trying to find out are they both correlated and both the same thing. >> i apologize, i need more help finding the report you're

looking at.

>> thank you very much. i don't have any questions. big and heavy report outs are fine with me. the more the better for me. i just wanted to say that. i just think it's incredible with a building that has no sprinklers and sand pipes that everyone was able to do exactly what they needed to do.

very very trying. this is why train and train and train. this is why we have a wonderful division of training in two different places. i was struck by the number of cooking fires during that month. i realized i was looking at december the christmas month. i figured these were new cooks. they forgot they were cooking and went elsewhere. the only thing that i would like to point out for maybe future inclusion is in the past when you look at the final reports of

how many numbers of departments responded to sites of the fire the casualties that were there and all of that. previously quite some time ago, the report also included a dollar amount for the damage. i don't know if you still have that information, if you do have it, if you're still collecting that information, it would be helpful to see it in the future reports. >> that is noted. if i might just take this opportunity to thank all the commissioners for the praise on our members. it will be passed onto them.

the chief is taking great care of this department. thank you. we're getting a lot of great work out here. >> i'm here. but thank you. >> we want to see your face if you're here. >> i didn't pay him to say that. >> i heard you were baking cookies. i don't know. okay. i think we're in really good state. i want to point out to new commissioners that the black pls you receive for your card. if you get the alert of a greater alarm, you can go to the scene, don't forget your ppe. put that placard in your car and

don't forget your bath. badge.actually seeing our team g their excellent work in person is always a good thing to do if you have the time and the inclination. i'm cutting short my time on this and we have a budget to discuss. next item, please. >> overview of the city's budget instructions and fiscal year 2021, 2022 and 2023. >> okay. let's see if there is any public comment? >> there is nobody on the public comment line. >> okay. over to you.

>> thank you very much. finance and planning here to present on the next few items budget related. if you wouldn't find passing me -- give me one quick moment. you should have copies of the presentation before you. i want to walk briefly through it.

as a result of that analysis, the city is looking at a projected deficit over the next

three years. the same theme as it's always been at a very high level. the city's expenditures continue to grow. they are out pacing the revenues the city is expecting to bring in. it's appropriate at every single budget process we go through. given the negative revenue impacts of covid it's more extenuated here. just in a historical context, this is in the mayor's instructions and documentation. this is a comparison at this time and the deficits that were anticipated in previous years.

that is pretty significant for users. if you're look willing at 10% in total that's about $8 million which is very significant for us

. last year's process a lot of the low hanging fruit so to speak and equipment facilities and things often neglected were reduced for the department. anything to a reduction in this size would have material impacts to the department. as far as strucks from the instructions are theyare to cors covid response and health initiatives and initial recoffee. recovery and equity across the city. just wanted to touch on briefly

there wases a piece of was a pin that passed that didn't become effective until december first of this year. it's around the budget transparency. there was a piece of legislation that passed through the board that wanted to open up and make sure departments had significant opportunities for the public to comment on the budget. it was a requirement for two public meetings prior to february 14th and having proper documentation and notice available in advance. i think our current commission structure meets the requirements of the legislations . the only changes we need to make sure the documentation is posted advanced internally on our website as well as a centralized city

website for budget related items. we'll be working to make sure we meet those reporting requirements. i don't foresee those being an issue. shouldn't impact the commission approval process at all. shifting back to a more normal budget schedule. that's instructions in mid december. capital projects due. february 22 is when all budget submissions from departments are due. june and july we'll have department hearings and discussion at the board of supervisors. this is similar to the standard city schedule for budget. specifically related to the department, we have also back to

a regular schedule. today would be constructions an capital requests before the commission. additional discussion, the main item would be at our next meeting on the 22. february tenth, the week of february 16th it's a holiday week on that monday. a special meeting would be necessary. that leads up to the department submittal. we are also convening our budget committee and kick off those internal discussions and give that update for that. with that, i just wanted to open up to any questions an discussions. before i do, the internal priorities that we've discussed so far. i'll let the chief talk to the priorities if she would like to.

given the reduction amounts that have been requested, the department's goal is to maintain front line services during covid as was mentioned throughout the meeting, the need for our services are only increasing. continuing to support employees and provide sufficient resources for them. that is also very high priority for the department. in addition equity along the mayor's lines both external and internally that's very much a priority for the department. with that i'll defer to the chief and open to any questions. >> thank you.

>> director really spelled it out in terms of our priorities and how challenging it is going to be. mental health, equity, ems. we have a lot of needs. we are asked to do more every year and we do. our ems folks stepped up and staff skilled nursing facility last month, when their staff was out sick with covid, now we're doing the street crisis response team. we're doing more. if you look at all of our water rescues for example, you probably get notified about a lot of them. there's so many things we're doing in addition these days that it is really challenging to

-- this budget is really challenging. i really believe our diversity, equity, and inclusion are racial equity and action plan and rin inclusion office is going to need to be staffed in order to make the changes that we need to make. lots of things going on. fortunately as always there's a great team. we get stuff done. thank you. >> thank you, chief. madam second, is there any public comment? >> there's nobody on the public comment line. >> okay. public comment is closed. i'll go to my fellow

commissioners. beginning with commissioner cleveland. >> madam president, at this time i have no questions for mr. co rso. i do have questions when we dpet getto the capital budget report. >> okay. vice president. >> i just have a question and a point of order because i agree with commissioner cleveland. are we going to be discussing the capital project issues separately because i can see what the issues might be there that we might need to pay some attention to.

>> i'm a little confused. i have questions about the capital budget request. should i just wait until that's

discussed and we can ask questions on that at that time. >> you can do it either way. you can do it now. are you on item five? >> no. not really. i'll wait until capital budget request. >> thank you very much director for your report and update on the city budget instructions and process.

i know that every san franciscan is feeling it. we're all feeling it. for us to be able to have to digest this between city and county within our fire department, my comments are comments because i know the answers are still being worked on. you said six point five million dollar deficit. >> that's correct. >> seven point 5% cut with a two point 5% contingency.

what is the spirit behind this legislation as it applies to us in department. share, please. >> i think it's not necessarily

for us in general. obviously there's a commission structure. in general i think it's just to allow the public to have better input into the kind of process that the department formulating the budget. overall in the city, the city has public comment. i believe the intent is to allow the insertion for public comment. they are working through their budget. >> thank you for that clarity. it helps a lot for me to understand and the commission to understand. i can share that input in terms of our budget as well. i need to tell you as well as the rest of the commission for

something as difficult and complex and we use the word depressing for the city. i find that begin that the articulation of our situation is something that i very much appreciate and may seem very mundane but when i see pages like update on fiscal year budget. current year update. current year update and budget process instructions. budget process instructions and transparency. i really appreciate that it's comprehensive and inclusive for us to comprehend the challenges. i have no other questions at

this point. >> thank you commissioner. my question is directed to the commission secretary. these new reporting guidelines for the budget for the department -- is there anything that you see that you might need to do differently. >> as far as getting them on the agenda? >> as far as the statements from mr. co rso is concerned. >> we just got some additional guidance. it would be more on myself getting her on the proper documentation in advance. >> very good. thank you.

it is your assertion that we would be in total compliance with the request. >> okay. thank you. i am looking at the time. we still have a lot of business to conduct. again, i don't get to say everything i want to say. we will move on. let's go to the next item, please. >> item six. report on fiscal year's 2021, 2022, and 2023 budget requests. >> thank you again. another relatively quick presentation and probably more

discussion on the capital budget. let me pull that up really quickly. there should be the corresponding documentation in your packets. can we see that all right. this is the second of a two budget item. this is an action item. we're back along the line of a normal budget process time wise. while part of the overall budget process . the capital budget is parallel and simultaneous. all city departments submit to the capital planning committee. in advance of the february 22 deadline. that's why this item is before you early for approval.

last year we had the 35 and the

new adf. we have smaller projects. we're looking at generators and windows and part of the easter bond as well. we're continuing to work on planning budgets and needs. seismic issues et cetera. the easter bond funding does not cover all of our funding needs as you'll see from the attached sheet.

as a summation of all the

different projects we're looking at a 7 million-dollar request in the first year. we're not optimistic about funding that may be available. we'll continue to work with capital planning to work through any issues that may come up or funding that may be available. with that we're happy to open it it up for questions. >> thank you. could you go back to the slide before the questions and leave that up.

>> there is nobody on the public comment line. >> okay. thank you. all right. i'll go through my fellow commissioners. >> thank you. as usual for someone who isn't in the world of budget and finance you've done a great job in preparing a presentation. i thank you for that. i have a couple questions and hopefully you can help me here. i guess i'm backing up a little bit as i'm starting to think about the last presentation you just did. in terms of the operating budget. i would like you to help me

understand -- i had it but i don't have it in front of me. what is our operating budget for this fiscal year and what is it proposed to be for next fiscal year with these cuts. i didn't realize that the two point five was really not a maybe that it looked like it's a certainty. >> thank you for your question. it's a certainty to the extent that we're requested to submit it. i think it goes for all city departmental submittals for target reductions. these are proposals and nothing is certain. we need to propose some ideas at least to meet those targets. that's a difficulty when talking about a number this large. i'll have more numbers when we talk at the next meeting in

larger detail. all of our operating budget for operations, personnel, -- >> i don't mean to interrupt you. that's for this fiscal year. >> yes. >> please continue. >> going to the next fiscal year. some things are incorporated like labor, we're not necessarily held responsible for those. the majority of it approximately 90% i would say is staff benefits. that's front line operations. we don't have a large admin staff or infrastructure. it's been talked about a lot. we have a lot of infrastructure needs for sure. it's predominantly forefront line operations.

>> next question and i think, it concerns me to see some of these capital projects deferred or knowing that they are going to be deferred because some seem to be a relative necessity. that's probably to be taken up in a different forum. question two that i have is page four of your report you indicate that given fiscal realities, the department is looking for alternative sources of funding to assist with massive backlog of progress and maintenance issues. can you give me some example as to where you might be looking? or do you not want to disclose publicly your secret source of funding? >> not at all. it's mainly through grants we've

had. we've had fema grants where we have been able to adopt our exhaustive system in the station. we apply for generator grants and those types of things. we're looking at grant projects and partnering with other entities. exploring with the department of environment and the public utilities commission. work with them on a number of projects in the past. heating systems and things like that where we leverage some of the funding they have available where they can enhance our capable abilities. >> last question i have for you is the capital planning committee. i've never heard of that. what is that? it's a derivative of something?

>> it was set up -- i want to say almost 20 years ago. they are responsible for the city capital projects go through that in some capacity. i think it's headed by the city administrator's office. the board and mayor's office. pay essentially bonds and large scale vetted bonds. capital schedule and annal annul budget requests. general obligation bonds or regular budget requests. >> is it an independent entity or does it fall under the mayor's office or c ao.

>> i believe it falls under the city administrator's office. >> thank you. that's all my questions. thank you. >> thank you.

>> this could be detailed in your packets that go over all the specific suggestions. that in aggregate. thank you so much. thank you for the supplemental material that's in our packet. i just wanted the fellow commissioners to know that there is a supplemental detail. at this time no other questions. >> thank you. you move that this be accepted as prepared by mr. co rso.

>> i would. i'd like to wait until we hear from mr. rodriguez. >> okay. thank you. >> my question is just a point of clarification. i think you were trying to explain it. i don't quite understand. all this maintenance work, does it fall under the bond that was passed in 2020. and then there was a previous bond that dealt with seismic and fire hazards. is that one completely used up? >> thank you for your question.

yes. obviously with the scope of the easter program we have limited funding capacity. we have outlined projects. there's a 2014 easter and recently a 2020 easter. all these projects would be eligible theoretically under the bond. given funding limitations we're unable to include them in the funding at this time. these projects would be in addition to anything that's been scoped out through the easter plan as of right now. >> okay. thank you very much. >> thank you, commissioner.

>> i couldn't unmute myself with the presentation on the screen. thank you for your comprehensive report. yes, i have a lot of concerns of our capital budget deficit. it's really distressing. we have fifty five million dollars worth of needs and 9 million of which to address them. i concur that we need to do more partnering at least as much as possible to find those alternative sources of funding as you so eloquently presented

it. we'll partner with other city agencies such as puc and the department of the environment. can we not partner with the private sector. can we not create more private partnerships here. i look at this list and it comes to mind, our fire houses need to be painted. why don't we talk to the painters union and see if they can help us out. if we have plumbing issues, let's talk to the plumbing union. i just don't understand why we don't reach out more to the private sector when we have these critical needs. we have fifty five million dollars worth of dire needs

across the city and hand strung that we cannot work more effectively with the private sector to ask for their help. that's a problem. we need more creative solutions and i couldn't concur more with president. when you talk about the 900 how 900,000is that just through junf 2022. >> it's a one year allocation. >> for the next five and a half months essentially we have this 900,000.

>> we've done facility work. >> how much of that 900,000 have we used? >> we are still waiting on billing for it. we do a great job of prioritizing work unfortunately. there's more requests that come up than we're able to fulfill. it's a balancing game every year unfortunately. >> i'm sure. that lends me to my next question, how do you prioritize projects and i guess if chief dewit is in charge of prioritizing, how does that happen? who gets to say my plumbing gets

fixed. >> i think everybody is able to submit station issues. some of the larger scale projects are well known and talked about but there are day-to-day -- let alone what our -- >> good morning everybody. that $900,000 goes to all of our maintenance and equipment purchase ses. we prioritize our repairs based on need. obviously plumbing emergencies have to be addressed. electrical emergencies have to be addressed. if somebody puts in a request for a broken light, we probably

won't fix those issues. if faucets are leaking, we try to combine them so we are not sending out a service call for each individual issue. we fix things as they come up. so far we haven't run out of money. we try to be prudent in grouping repairs together. >> that was my concern. is who prioritizes these repairs. i look at the roof replacement needs and it would seem that your roofs are pretty critical to keeping everything else working as well as having the back up emergency generators in case power goes off in our city for whatever reason.

our fire houses need to be able to operate to get engines out of our stations. that seems to be extremely critical for our emergency back up. that was really my observation. we have critical amount of need, very little money to address those needs, we are not allowed from what i can see to work with the private sector to help us with all these really basic critical needs of our fire stations across the city and i wonder how we set up our priorities, how we align our priorities. why can't we go to google or apple and say help us with our data infrastructure upgrades. there's so many private companies and unions that i'm

sure would step up and help our city and fire department. back fill these critical infrur infrastructure needs. >> it's a long process. i'm not sure the private wants to give free labor. i think they would rather give it to causes and charities rather than the city. >> i hope that is wrong. i hope the private sector would step up if we were able to help we have a million point three six nine in deferred maintenance to that structure that is historic yet it's falling down.

is there any way -- can we look into selling that structure? we don't use it. the chief is not living in it. it hasn't been used for twenty years as a chief's residence. what's keeping us from selling it? >> we do currently use it. it's a crucial facility for us. there's deferred maintenance. >> i'll take it. thank you commissioner for the question. in terms of the chief's residence. we're currently using it for offices and we had our behavioral health folks in there. you know, in terms of looking at the budget. i would love to be able to sink the millions of dollars into

that place to get it to where it needs to be. obviously, i need to prioritize our operational facilities and that's what we do. i've always said we need a good billionaire to help us with that piece of history. it's a really important piece of history to our department and i very much would like to keep it in the department. we're utilizing it now but it really needs so much work. i was looking at seeing if i could live there when i first started but it just couldn't happen. you know what happens when a building sits unused for fifteen or twenty years it falls into disrepair. we are using it now but i do not

want to let go of this piece of history. absolutely not. i'm sure you can understand historical importance. i know how you feel about all of our rigs and everything else. but thank you for the question. >> a number of things occurred to me, commissioner cleveland was talking about a friends of the san francisco fire department. that was meant to be an out of department entity. 501 c three. i would like commissioner

cleveland to revisit that. now we need such an entity more than ever. bill airs would probably support that kind of endeavor. that's one thing. the other thing is we have a plethora of committees but we do not have a grants committee. this is something i've been asking for for a long time. why don't we have a grants committee. we need to prioritize what rent should be sought. we have more people to help strategize how to get this money. this is not walking around

money.

>> i think it needs to be

formalized. we have how many committees? >> i believe it's 21 committees. >> we have 21 other committees. we don't have a grants committee. that's a tremendous oversight. i don't understand why there's push back on that. $50 million, my goodness. it's just amazing to me. that's my point of view. i've mentioned it many times. i also have a question regarding the number of people that can be hired that are former members of the department --

>> could you please expand on that. >> former members of the department who are familiar with the department and have a background in grant writing. can we hire some of thoases thoe people.

>> i need a motion and a second for everything that has been presented to us. >> i would make a motion.

>> we've been living under the restrictions for quite a while. i ask the same questions you asked years ago. it's clear in my mind that the ramifications of what we're working with. again, ideally it sounds like we might be able to approach a private vendor et cetera. we're restricted to do that. that's what i've been understanding for quite a while now. the dilemma of the budget deficit. all of this discussion is because of the pandemic and the covid results. i know that you all know that. the pandemic an the covid result is in terms of the ramifications of this budget deficit in large number. there's so many complexity and

challenges, the overall budget that we had and are working on is capital budget that is presented in terms of approval is a separate item. as a point of the reference to the chief's residence, i've been on the commission long enough at one point when we ran a deficit we had property in the fire department, we had a facility in some old stations, i thought to solve this budget deficit it is now our properties. we did. we sold a large facility on 19th avenue and two different former fire stations. we know in the amount of dollars and deficit in terms of behind

sight -- in terms of today's operations, i know that we can vastly use in range of that. that chief resident is one of our given historical -- we don't have the kind of revenue in this deficit scenario. they are trying to keep that -

[indiscernible]. it would be a mortal sin to sell that in terms of the longevity due to covid. the fact that we're using the facility is very important. >> may i make one comment on what commissioner just indicated. >> go ahead. >> i support the motion. i absolutely agree about selling

property.

>> commissioner, can you repeat your motion? >> chief at the fire department

-- [indiscernible]. when the earthquake occurred my motion is to adopt this petition for the budget request. >> i would second the motion as pressing as that is. but i would second the motion. >> okay. thank you. >> commissioner cleveland has already seconded the motion. >> sorry, commissioner. i withdraw my motion. >> but you vote yes on the motion. >> i vote yes on the motion. >> okay. thank you. >> i vote yes on the motion too. for reasons of historical preservation and i do want to

emphasize that there is money for historical preservation out there. lots of it. on a national level. i suggest we go get some of it. i agree with the motion on the floor. that passes unanimously. yes. >> yes it does. and there's nobody on the public comment line. >> okay. public comment is hear by closed. will you please read the statement aloud for us.

>> it's a page long. >> annual statement of purpose. it is the responsibility of the fire commission to ensure that the fire department successfully implements its mission. to protech the lives and property from fires, natural disasters and hazardous materials by providing emergency medical services and education programs and is free of

harassment and education. policy and support the administration to accomplish the mission of the department.

>> and procedures and contribute to the common good by conducting open meetings regularly and having additional meetings as deemed necessary to inform the general public of the work of the fire commission and the san francisco fire department. >> thank you madam secretary. last year we didn't have the --

sworn in at noon. it's our tradition to have it read. thank you. do i have -- oh, is there any public comment? >> there is no one on the public comment line. >> thank you. i will entertain a motion to approve. okay. i can see you but can't hear you. vice president feinstein? >> yes, madam president. i do have a comment and it intertwines with the presentation earlier. of course i don't have any issue with what is stated here. my issue is whether it is

incorporating everything that really what the department does. the one thing i learned in my year on the commission is that i do not believe the citizens of this city and county have any idea of the number of things. i don't know, i can't come up with a more articulate word that this department does. you know, from what goes on at the airport to the number of rescues now that i receive these notices, you know, the rescues we can take up at another meeting about whether they should be open or closed. i know that's really a controversial thing, but everybody seems to fall off the cliff there and then the fire department has to go get them.

i mean the number of rescues. i'm sorry to use this word and i don't mean it disrespectfully but jumpers or those who have gone into the water where they shouldn't or those, you know, slid down the cliff. i'm just -- my only question and i need the education this way is whether this, whether the mission statement itself really incorporates all that the department does. in terms of what the fire commission will do, i think that is exactly what we should be doing. so if that's not the issue, but i just think that this department is so amazing in

terms of its scope and breath of what it does that the statement itself doesn't quite capture me in that, in the way that i would like it to. i think that the people need to know what they do, what everybody does. it's tremendous. i mean we looked at what our documents for today's meeting. it's just tremendous. i leave it open. i realize i'm not the expert on this but that's my one comment. >> thank you, vice president feinstein. the statement of purpose for the commission only, it's a reminder of why we're here and what is expected of the commissioners and what we will do to help the

department and how we will do it. so it isn't inclusive of all of the things that the department does, the member of the department do because we love the department, but we're not members. we're commissioners. that's why it's so carefully constructed, i believe. that does not, you know, mean that you don't have the ability to put together a statement that you would like to propose at a later date to replace this one. okay? >> and i thank you madam president for that and i would appreciate the feedback from my fellow commissioners, if i'm off base, i'm off base.

i would like some feedback just on what i'm expressing what my feeling is and i'm open to what others might think, including the chief of the department. i know she's not a commission person or what anybody thinks. if i'm off, i'm off. i'll accept that. >> all right. let's see, how about commissioner rodriguez? i don't think i called on you in a while. you're on mute. >> thank you,.

i read this last night, right? i think i mentioned this many times. i've been in san francisco my whole life. i always reflected the fire department, but i never knew to the extent of what it was to run a fire department and how many they dealt in. i'm still learning all that. when i came to number 8, that was -- everything else to me made sense. even 8 made sense, but the only thing i would say is -- i'm generalizing here. if i were here my whole life and didn't know the extent and didn't have an idea of what the fire department does, i think there are a lot of people like me out there in san francisco that don't know.

i don't really know, like madam president said, come up with some stuff and come back to the commissioner, come back to the meeting. i'm not saying we're not doing a good job but the idea of letting the public know what the fire department does, we have to figure out how to get it out there better than what we're doing right now. >> thank you, let me see. commissioner cleaveland. >> thank you madam president. >> i understand commissioner feinstein and commissioner

rodriguez are concerned about our statement of purpose, but as you madam president mentioned the statement of purpose is what are the purposes of our commission basically? so it's really incumbent on us, what are we suppose to be doing as commissioners? what is our mandate, what is our mission? obviously if you believe that the commission should do more outreach or should be more promotive of what the fire department does to the general public, then that's something we can incorporate into our mission statement. i would say vice president feinstein, commissioner rodriguez, write your amendments to the statement of purpose and we'll vote on it and adopt it. i don't know if we're ready to do that today.

if that's the case, i would say let's defer this action, this item for action until the next meeting. it's an idea, but it's not currently in our statement of purpose. that's all i have to say on that and i leave it to my fellow commissioners to see if we approve the statement of purpose as is or we table it for additional work. >> thank you. >> excuse me. >> commissioner cleaveland, are you making a motion that this item be tabled? >> madam president, i would defer to vice president feinstein or commissioner rodriguez if it's their desire to amend this statement of purpose, to make that motion. i would support it.

>> we haven't yet heard from commissioner nakajo. he is the only one that hasn't spoken. we will go to him and then madam vice president. >> i know that we're running out of time for the list of items. my point of view is that we should adopt the statement of purpose, with the interpretation of the vice president and commissioner rodriguez is within the details that we want to implement we as commissioners our annual statement of purpose. he would like to table it and have further discussion. i don't know if there is a timeline in which it should be adopted. the recommendations and the suggestions you both made, i'm okay with that. again to me, in terms of adopting, and the implementation

as how we direct ourselves as commissioners, in the spirit of this statement of purpose, we should be able to define that out. i don't want to rush anybody. [inaudible] >> okay, thank you. okay, vice president feinstein. >> well, my -- i mean, my inclination is to table it and to recruit commissioner rodriguez or anybody else that is interested in working on an amendment to do so. i actually would like to hear if she has an opinion from the chief of the department. i don't want to slow anything down and i don't know what the implications are to do that. other than that, i don't know if

this statement represents the scope of the work that the department is doing, as i understand it. >> i'm looking for a motion of any type, a motion to table, a motion to approve, somebody give me some movement. >> commissioner rodriguez, what are your thoughts? >> so my thought is, i'm not saying that we should table this mission, this statement. my only -- what i was saying is that i think we need to increase our message to the public. i don't think that needs to be written into this. i'm just giving my viewpoint, my awareness to the fire department. i'm trying to show that a lot of what the fire department does, the public doesn't know.

we just need to be more open. if we need to do that -- i mean people ask me, how do you like being on the fire commission? after a while, they start rolling their eyes. they look at me and they don't really know. all i'm saying is i don't really want to change the mission statement. i just want to be able to say that we can probably do more with the public knowledge, in other words. >> okay, as a result of this conversation, i will table this item. people can think about it. those who want to put together new language for us to vote on, that would be great. time is of the essence and we still have one more very important thing that we have to

handle today. if there are no objections, this item is tabled. okay. all right, thank you. madam secretary. >> do you want to continue in order or do you want to go to the election and then the calendar? >> why don't we do the calendar? that's a very quick item. >> okay. >> item 9, fire commission meeting calendar 2021, discussion of possible action to adopt the 2021 fire commission regular meeting calendar. >> okay. is there anyone, any member of the public? >> i move that we adopt the calendar as presented. >> i second that motion. >> okay, i agree we should

accept the calendar. commissioner nakajo? >> i vote affirmative. thank you. >> okay, commissioner rodriguez? >> i agree. >> thank you. next item please. >> item 10, fire commission elections of officers, nomination and election of commission president. >> okay, thank you madam secretary. i'm going to jump in here. i would like to nominate our current vice president to be president. all right. >> i can second that. >> thank you, seconded by commissioner rodriguez. are there any other nominations for the office of president?

is -- all right, seeing none, how do you vote commissioner cleaveland? >> affirmative. >> and commissioner nakajo? >> affirmative, wholeheartedly, thank you. >> thank you. so that is unanimous. congratulations. >> we have to get commissioner feinstein. >> oh, yes. commissioner feinstein -- [laughter] >> you're on mute. >> thank you. i know i was muted. i was trying. thank you and i will vote for myself, thank you. [laughter] >> very good. all right, thank you. let's see, we now have the opportunity to open nominations

for vice president. >> madam president, i would like to nominate commissioner rodriguez for vice president of our commission. >> thank you very much. commissioner rodriguez, is that agreeable to you sir? >> i accept, thank you very much. >> thank you. do you vote for yourself? >> i accept, yes. >> i assume there are no other nominations. commissioner nakajo? >> we need a second on that. >> oh, sorry. >> i will second that motion and i vote affirmative wholeheartedly for commissioner rodriguez to be vice president. thank you. >> i want to say the only reason that commissioner nakajo was

able to second it is because i wasn't able to unmute myself fast enough. [laughter] >> all right, i also vote for commissioner rodriguez to be our new vice president. >> the motion is unanimous. >> wonderful, wonderful. thank you all very much. >> you can go back to item 8 now, the commission report, report on any commission activity since last meeting on december 9th. >> okay commissioners, do you have anything to report? >> no, i'm sorry. this is commissioner feinstein speaking. i am just going to tread on this item, but i want to say something that is important for me to say. i'm honored to be the new commission president. i want to make sure that i thank

president covington, who from day one has taken me under her wing and taught me an awful lot of the ins and outs of the fire commission that i didn't know. also, my fellow commissioners and some of you have been there a long time and some of you are new and have been incredibly gracious with your time and expertise. i want to thank our dear maureen, our commission secretary because she only has to e-mail me things twice before i seem to be able to process them and is always there for us. also, to recognize our chief and her command staff, both current and retired. i really want to thank them.

they have put in extra efforts that i know they don't really have the time to do, to help educate me and get me up to speed to be able to do this. i just don't want to overlook any of them and also you know, to commend the -- i'll say more administrative staff. i don't know how i'm supposed to do that. everybody has been kind, gracious, and generous with their time and expertise. i really, i want to thank you all and i hope i can do, as well as my predecessor. we shall see. i look forward to having a whole lot of fun with commissioner rodriguez and the resident of you. thank you. i just wanted to say that and i realize that it was out of order, but you know, what's the penalty? you know? thank you.

>> and there is no one else on the public comment line. >> thank god maureen. >> okay. did any other commissioner want to add anything? okay, great. all right. >> so agenda for next fire commission meeting. >> we didn't go over what the commission has been up to. did anyone have anything to report out? if you call the item, we can discuss it. nothing? okay. all right. future agenda items. >> madam president, i would like to get an update on our search for a new location for our training facility. i know that's probably been tabled for months now due to the

ongoing pandemic, but it's certainly an item that all of us are interested in knowing as much as possible where we stand on this search for a site and development for a new training facility. >> okay, thank you. anyone else? >> madam president, another item in terms of future, i wanted to thank you and our colleagues for serving the president and the fire commission during this challenging time. your support and your graciousness is always appreciated. thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you commissioner nakajo. okay -- >> and i would second that. thank you mr. commissioner

nakajo. >> thank you. another suggestion for the next agenda? or a future agenda? none? okay. we have no public comment madam secretary? >> there is no one on the public comment line. >> okay, public comment is closed and we'll go on to our next item. >> item 12, adjournment. >> i'll entertain a move to adjourn. >> madam president. >> moved. >> thank you, and let's see, i need a second. >> i'll second it. >> thank you commissioner cleaveland. i vote yes to adjourn. >> yes. >> yes. [♪♪♪]

>> i am jeff gee, board vice chair. the board meeting is being conducted pursuant to the rules of the brown act and recent orders issued by the governor to facilitate the risk of transmission of covid-19. ordinarily, the board sets

strict rules for teleconferencing. the governor's order has suspended those rules. as noted on the agenda, members of the public may observe the teleconference meeting via sfgovtv, and they may offer public comment by calling the publishes public comment phone number. i'd like to welcome the members of the staff and public who are watching us live on sfgovtv. mr. secretary, could you please call the roll? >> clerk: thank you, vice chair gee. prior to calling the roll, i would like to note that tilly chang is like to provide direcs

for the public comment process. to make public comment, you should call into the meeting phone call: 855-282-6330, then enter the meeting code 126-636-1766 then listen for the item of interest to be announced. members of the public have three minutes to provide public

comment. i will call each public comment at which time, callers should press star, three to be entered into the queue. the call-in number and meeting i.d. will be streaming on the screen all through the meeting. all callers will remain on mute until their line is open. [inaudible] until it is their turn to speak. everyone must account for the time delays and discrepancies. it is best to call from a quiet location, speak slowly and clearly, and turn down your television or radio. are there any other communications from the board members? seeing none, i will proceed to call your next item. >> thank you. >> clerk: directors, item four

is board of director's new and old business. seeing none, i will proceed. directors, item five is the executive director's report. >> good morning, directors. happy new year. i'd like to congratulate director [inaudible] as acting director of caltrans and welcome here to this new board. i look forward to working collaboratively as we work to mitigate the effects of covid-19 and deliver a world class travel center. with 2020 behind us, i'm excited for the opportunities on the federal and state levels this [inaudible] improvement to

transit infrastructure and transit funding. as we start 2021, i want to share with you my three main priorities. first, we will focus on the continued operation of the transit center in a world class partnership center in partnership with our regional leaders and stakeholders. we are actively seeking to lease the remaining vacant spaces and develop an operating schedule when operations return to normal. this has been demonstrated through our active partnership [inaudible] as they provide outdoor gym services to our

partners [inaudible] to reduce the community spread of covid-19. we also continue to monitor and adhere to all rules with our public health officer and continue to work closely with our transit agencies and tenants. in addition we continue to provide commuters and visitors to the transit center the most up to date information about mask wearing, distancing, and hand washing, while ensuring that rules remain in place. second, the d.t.x. project. in building with the momentum created by the e.t.c. and approved by the board in december, we will be working on our plans to rebrand and conduct engagement to diverse areas of the regional bay area and the state. with president-elect joe biden's inauguration on january

20, his administration promises to bring forward some funding for transportation projects not seen since the great recession. some of you may recall that we are successful in securing $400 million in 2010, made possible by president obama and speaker pelosi, saving the transbay program $100 million and adding additional funds [inaudible] as we anticipate president-elect biden's administration to support the investment in rail systems to bring communities closer, reduce impact of climate change, and lead to economic recovery of a nation. we hope to participate in the reinvigoration of the state's rail system and be the central hub for the state. we are steadfastly committed to getting the funding needed for this regional integrated

system. we are also excited on the confirmation of pete buttigieg as the head of department of transportation. we are optimistic that phase two of the project will stand out as a success with funding [inaudible] later in your agenda, our federal advocacy contract agenda is before you for consideration and of course we will continue to collaborate with our local, state, and federal partners. congress approved the second covid stimulus bill which provided $975 million to bay area transportation agencies, and we are working with tjpc to determine our allotment. i would also like to

congratulate supervisor raphael mandelman, who was confirmed as the [inaudible] we are continuing our search, and the recruitment process is ongoing. and lastly, we will build on existing partnerships and create new ones as we move forward with bringing integrated transit and rail system not only to the region of the bay area but the state. we will highlight tjpa's role in serving as a catalyst, bringing housing, open spaces, and economic vitality to the area. on january 12, we closed escrow for the acquisition of blocks two, three, and four, the former transbay joint terminal. that will bring additional housing and open space to the neighborhood. ocii has secured the services

of a transit firm until such time as inner activation occurs, with a target date for contract by april 5. our team and tjpa will continue to collaborate with ocii which has the potential to bring out their farmers market, food trucks, programming, and outdoor theater area. we also will be starting the annual process for the tjpa members. the notice and applications will be posted on our website, and applications will be accepted until february 26. we will conduct an on-line awareness campaign about this recruitment process which will

include e-mail marketing, social media, and add placements in neighborhood newspapers. we hope you will assist us in getting the word out about this great opportunity. included in your materials are the fourth quarter report, and there were no significant labor items in q-3 and q-4 2020. [inaudible] is included in the staff report. directors, that concludes my report. i'd be happy to take any questions before john provides the facility update, and i will pause my camera since i appear to be magical again. >> thank you, executive director. directors, any questions on the report? okay. seeing none, secretary, i guess we can continue. >> clerk: yes.

on that same note, john, it is [inaudible] to present this item. >> good morning. happy new year to you all. so today's operations update, i wanted to reiterate a few things. we are continuing our high touch cleaning measures and continued our high cost reduction measures that resulted in very little impact to patrons. that's going very smoothly. also want to expand a little bit on the fitness s.f., and

i'll get that slide up. we have been working in virtual collaboration with fitness s.f., the city attorney's office, and the department of public health, we are able to expand their footprint extensively. recently, it only allowed three instructors, but now, we are allowed to have 12 persons per pod, and we have extended the length along natoma, as you can see in the picture here. there's actually five of them, so that allows them the opportunity to keep their contract instructors employed, keep their membership pace from further eroding and actually seeing a little bit of growth. we've seen daily lines to enter

the facility. that's certainly a very good sign, so this process is working as best we can, helping our anchor tenant during this difficult time. moving onto the park, as we mentioned in the previous report, there was a closure of the playground, and the state and ground allowed a reopening of the playground, and it had an impact to the playground and park in particular. holiday lights were well received. we're continuing that until the end of january due to popular demand, so that was also nice

to have for the residents. and then, of course, we are ready to ramp up our programming as soon as restrictions are relaxed. we are prepped and ready to go at a moment's notice with a variety of programs, many of which will be led by fitness s.f., again, trying to strengthen that partnership with our anchor tenant, but we also have other partnerships in the queue. we can turn to retail leasing now. two active engagements that i've spoken of before are food and beverage vendor on the top deck. negotiations continue and are continuing very positively at least for that location, all to be open in the summer and syncing up for when we

hopefully will see a return to both transit patrons as well as offices, and second, in green in the map, tjpa offices on the third street side of the facility, we have suite 232. those negotiations also continuing positively. hope to be bringing at least forward for your consideration group for that space. we continue to see third floor vacant sweeps that we have. that's a good sign and testament to the long-term viability of our location. we have at least four locations seriously in play and under consideration. i'll show you on the next slide that colliers, our broker, who

we'll be going out with, they'll be identifying to the community the area capital and the need for space. they did an excellent job highlighting the center and the positive attributes of the center for prospective clients. the occupancy that we have, no changes since the last meeting. we're still at 78%, up to, again, as i say, a number of these suites are in play, so we're hoping that those numbers are going to shift dramatically in the spring. verizon express opened up on veteran's day in november, so they continue to be open. it's great to see. kaiser's work on the interior

is now complete. they have their certificate of occupancy, rent payments have commenced for kaiser. they do want to time their opening with the return of patrons to the downtown area, and that's combined with their need to focus right now on vaccine distributions, so their resources are a little thin to be opening up a new prototypical facility, so their start-up has been pushed to no later than may 2021, and we're working collaboratively with them. we want them to be opening and be successful, so opening at the right time is just as important to us as to them. the common area from the tjpas offices, as you can see, they've made tremendous progress since our last meeting. i think my last photo might

have been a little bit of drywall. pleased to show you we've got a complete finished interior, so we're working with them on a price opening date. it will likely be in february, and the rents have commenced already. they're frantically working on finish trim, and we'll see signage wrapping around beale similar to what we're seeing on-site now. tenant improvement work will be completed and openings can occur in either q-3 of 2021 and identify lessees or q-4 2021

opening for the more complex large scale project. we remain on track with that, our base project moving along very nicely. one aspect of that, the common area, approval of the gender neutral rest room project, and finishing up on this. with respect to our budget status, we're in very good shape there. we've had some change orders, but the net change orders processed to date have actually increased [inaudible] so budget remains on track. next month, aaron and i, i'm

sure, will have much more detailed information for you on tenant improvement and projects. happy to answer any questions. >> thank you, mr. updike. directors, any questions on facility operations? mr. secretary, any comment in the queue? >> clerk: seeing none. >> being on. john, thank you very much for the update. very good. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> clerk: i will call your next item, vice chair. directors, item 6 is the c.a.c. update, and we have our c.a.c. chair, derek holt, who will address you on this item. >> good morning. happy new year. i'm derek holt. we had an executive citizens advisory committee meeting this

past tuesday evening. we welcome [inaudible] and all the experience she brings to the san francisco tjpa. her san francisco city and county experience is just as impressive as she is when she engages with the members of the she's a great addition to the staff, and we're glad she's here. we appreciate comments from executive director gonzales including expectations for federal funding for bay area transportation projects, transfer of the temporarily terminal to ocii, the great hall video wall accommodating the vtex video in the near future, and the reminder that several members will be ending their terms. for several months, members have been asking about progress of the status of caltrain. we are happy to report that we

were able to gain two members from cal tin, topics covered or were addressed included the electrification project, the fourth and king rail yard, which is an s.f. city and county project, the downtown station, intramobile connectivity, multiagency team, and the executive steering committee. thanks again to the caltrain reps and for steven to coordinating all of that. our c.a.c. members acknowledged the covid challenges and complimented caltrain for adjustments that have been made in plans for the near term future. we thank john updike for the facility updates. c.a.c. members responded positively to the increased size of the health club outside workout area in an effort to

meet social distance standards. that's great. we are excited to hear the playground reopened, and that's appreciated by the public, including some of the families of c.a.c. members that use it. the 78% occupancy with significant tenants currently paying rent was great, and last, but not least, periodic visits by jasper the hawk and his human handler, soon to be keeping the pigeons away from the park. members were glad to hear that there's excellent communication between the tjpa and sfcta. c.a.c. members with engineering or city planning experience brought up topics such as their involvement with the high speed rail project in taiwan as well as rebranding comments and

interest. c.a.c. members, of course, are tasked with a duty to inform, and we're always receptive to the public's comments. i recently got engaged over the holiday, and i look forward to a great 2021 and look forward to the report. >> i'm not sure we can top your announcement. thank you to the c.a.c. and for your service. directors, any questions for derek? we've got to beat his news. he's just got fantastic news, so director chang, we look forward to your report later in the meeting. >> great. can't top that.

>> all right. mr. secretary, let's keep going. >> clerk: there are no public comments, so i'll keep going. directors, item seven is public comment. members of the public may address the authority on matter that be not listed on today's calendar. moderator, are there any members of the public that wish to address -- >> operator: yes, there are. there is one thus far, and will it's the 9352 number, and i will go ahead and unmute them now. >> clerk: hello, caller. please state your name, and your three minutes begins now. >> hi. this is jim patrick from patrick and company calling, and i'd like to director the board's attention to a real estate deal that's in the

making with recology, and, i believe oracle -- not oracle, but google. it's a very large area, and i'd like to maybe entertain the idea of taking that fourth street location and maybe moving it up there, and maybe they would fund part of that station as we integrate and make it a big area, plus maybe we could get an easement underneath there to store some trains, so i think it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we should maybe do some rethinking. i'd like to put that out there in the public domain, and hopefully, our leaders in the tjpa will think about these things. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. mr. moderator, was that the

only member of the public wishing to address us this morning? >> operator: yes, that is all. >> clerk: thank you. >> thank you. can we go onto the next item? >> clerk: next item is the consent calendar. all matters listed hereunder constitute a consent calendar are considered to be routine by the tjpa and will be acted upon by a single vote. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the board or the public so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item. seeing none, i've not received

any indication that a member of the board or the public wish to have any items considered separately. your items are 8.1, approving the minutes of the december 10, 2020 meeting, and authorizing the interim executive director to execute an amendment to extend the agreement for federal advocacy services with carpi & clay, inc. for one year at a rate of up to $166,000. do i have a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> it's been moved and a second, so mr. secretary, will you take the roll call and consent? >> clerk: yes, i will. [roll call]

>> clerk: there are six ayes and zero nays. the consent calendar is approved. >> excuse me for a second, mr. secretary. interim executive director gonzales, with the approval of our federal advocacy services and the comment of our director's report, perhaps we can have them visit in february or march. >> that was actually our plan. thank you, vice chair gee. lily and i have already set a strategy session and are bringing that back to you. >> very good. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. i will now proceed to call your next item, directors.

directors, item 9 is approving the fiscal year 21-22 preliminary operating projection in the amount of $26,195,923 and erin rose, tjpa chief financial officer, will present. >> thank you, mr. secretary. erin rose, tjpa chief financial officer. this is an agreement between a.c. transit and sfmta to provide review as we all enter into our annual budgeting cycle. can you progress the next slide? thank you. our budget cycle begins -- well, it begins when it ends, in june of each year. as we adopt the current year budget, we also provide a three-year projection, and then

in september-october, we provide a projection to our main tenants, a.c. transit and sfmta, and we work with each other to understand each other's needs, and then, we move onto january, in this year, 2021, to allow for adoption of an agreed-upon projection. after that, we look at the capital budget, and then may to address the budget, and june for a final adoption of the operating and capital budget. next slide. >> erin, you want to unmute?

>> oh, thank you. i'm not sure how that happened. in this operating projection, there's a few highlights. the projection has a reduced contribution from the operators, down from 6.7 to 6.1 million. it's a small reduction, but something we think we can accomplish with our retail tenant rents being conservatively projected as some of the new tenants come on and as we have adjust for the economic conditions. additionally, we are expecting the operating expenses to be consistent with this current year, so at a diminished level. we won't know the resolution of the current lawsuit until later in the fiscal year, so we

budgeted for but have not programmed funds for it. next slide, please. an overview of the revenues are, we've accounted for r.m.-ii, which is a roll back of guidance from m.t.c. we've programmed for r.m.-iii, but understand it might not be available, and the contribution is roughly 30% of park operational costs, with tjpa covering the roughly remaining 23%. revenues generated at the transit center include contributions from our operators totaling 6.1 again. we also have a named rights agreement, which this would be the fourth year of that

agreement, and the scheduled payment amount is $3.2 million. we anticipate the retail revenues to be about $2.7 million, again, piggybacking on what john said, there's 2021 q3, q4 places that intend to open and occupy and start rent collection on, and then, there's other spaces as we finish the tenant improvements that we expect to come on-line in 2022. we have a minimum guarantee for advertising revenues, we have sponsorships and miscellaneous events such as the dreamforce to you that have happened here, and we would expect some other sponsorships and events to occur over the next year. additionally, we have [inaudible] and that's a minimum guarantee of 125. finally, a.c. transit provides

capital contributions to the transit center for maintenance, capital maintenance, and we've programmed an amount that they feel is comfortable for them at this point, and that clearly can be negotiated as we move forward. and miscellaneous dollars that come in and interest earnings on operating revenues, reserves, and unrestricted funds that we programmed to the operating budget. so the total resources total 26,195,923. can you progress to the next slide, please? our expenses for the transit center are broken between the transit center and the parks, and so for the transit center overall, minus the parks, we expect our expenses to be $24 million. in those expenses, we have tjpa's administration cost, which is down from this year.

we've had some vacancies and delays in building some vacancies, so we expect a little bit of increase in our administrative cost. l.t.c. has been working with us to keep our costs low. we have physical security and security systems, which are our allied and police force along with the security systems that help them monitor the transit center, and those costs have been fairly static. we were able to achieve some savings in our new contracts this year, psfm and firelight safety, so it's a slight reduction to offset the annual escalation in the long-term secure contracts, so it's about a wash between this year and our contract for next year. our i.t. costs and

cybersecurity costs have stayed static. there's no change or increase in that. facility maintenance, we're holding steady. we understand that if transit activity comes back, there may have to be some adjustments upwards as we have to keep -- change our level of maintenance and enhance cleaning. we've got some life cycle things that will need to be replaced, so we've planned for 250 for those items. our digital and way finding systems, which are the kiosks that show and some of the way finding throughout the center, those are the annual maintenance costs to keep them going. excuse me. the bus storage facility where

the a.c. transit buses store throughout the day is ongoing maintenance, and that is passed through to a.c. transit, and it's based on annual costs, but as we adjust up our down, this pass-through as an equal off -- has an equal offset at revenue, so as we progress through the facility, this amount can be increased or decreased. finally, with insurance, we were able to change insurance carriers this year, in 2021, so this amount represents a small increase based on market adjustments, just historical increases, but can be refined throughout the -- throughout the budgeting cycle. and then, finally, we have the $1.8 million in contingency, so

this contingency really offsets the operation of rm-3, and it can be programmed through the other line items as we gain more certainty about the revenue that comes in, so if it's -- if economic activity comes back, and we need to program some general maintenance or janitorial or facilities, we can program it to way finding or some of other areas that could be significantly affected by increased activity in the transit center. next slide, please. thank you. for this presentation and kind of going forward, we wanted to call out the park expenses to provide a little more transparency and to -- just so that we all have a greater

understanding of the park costs in comparison to the overall transit center costs, and so we've created specific costs just for park to call it out and to be able to present it separately. so for this projection, we expect $1.8 million for the park costs, of which the c.b.d. contributes 80% and the tjpa contributes 20%. we've held most of the costs static with the current year, so maintenance, janitorial, and facilities, but we've increased the park administration fee to allow for increased activity, the easing of the shelter in place, so that we can ramp up for park activity as that occurs. we're continually working with the c.b.d. to understand the neighborhood's needs for desires and programming and

speed in the park. so when you take all of that into consideration, we get to a total number of 26,195,923. we wouldn't expect any reductions in expenses as we're cutback to bare lanes at this point. our reserves are expected to be funded at 6%, where our board policy has a goal of 25%. we have to work out the revenue lag if there's an increased activity in the transit center, so if ridership comes through, we have a little more activity here, the revenues that kind of offset it may not follow in the same pattern as the increased transit activity, and so we

need to work through that revenue lag. there's refinements with rm-3, understanding how that court case might pan out for all of us, the whole region, honestly, and our leasing revenue, we expect our tenants to come on-line as they promised and as we've negotiated, but if the shelter in place or the vaccine rollout kind of changes, then there could be additional delays or it could be increased or there could be other changes, but we need to understand the need for those leads and our environment so we can better program our revenues. in addition, revenues kind of follow with transit activity. we've budgeted for the minimum guarantee but understand that advertising is part and parcel with activity in the transit center.

finally, as revenues increased or decreases, and we have to make sure we're mindful of janitorial in the transit center and remaining activity. as we go forward in our budgeting processes, you know, we welcome ideas, activities, your desires, -- desires and wishes for the contingency. additionally, we had way finding programmed in because when there's less programmed in, there's less opportunity to do the capital adjustment, but also understand that making those adjustments are tied to the availability of renew, so i'd like to understand any particular priorities that you have as we work forward in programming contingency and addressing these resident issues. and with that, i'll take any questions or comments or ideas, suggestions.

>> thank you, erin. any questions or comments, directors, at this point? director lipkin? >> thank you, director rose, and keeping the budget on track over the course of the year. i just wanted to understand a little bit better the relationship between the rm-3 and the contingency funds. it seems like, just going back to this fiscal year, how much contingency are we tapping into? my concern is the rm-3 is kind of an on-off switch. if we get the full amount, there's not a lot of gradation there, so just wanted to see

what other unexpected expenses we might have had this year and how that might translate to next year, what we would do in that situation if we sort of had a few bad things happen at the same time. >> so in this year, last year, and anticipated for this year, we've worked with m.t.c. to do a letter of nonprejudice so that we could use our own reserves and then get reimbursed once the funds were available. at this point, we've tapped into most of our reserves. we've used them or activated them in 19-20 and 20-21 to cover that, so at this point, there aren't enough reserves to offset for 21-22 the lack of funding if the rm-3 doesn't come through, so yeah, for 21-22, it is kind of like an on-off switch with the

contingency, whereas this year and the previous year, we've been using our reserves to get us through. we've made some adjustments with expenses. we've made -- had some additional revenues, like the dreamforce opportunity and p.m.c. rebates and reimbursements and using our reserves and the lack of dollars throughout the year, so throughout the year, we've made adjustments on the fly to make sure we're in a good position and not relying so much on the uncertainty of our [inaudible]. and that is for 21-22 as we go along, we can, you know, work towards identifying other mechanisms or other revenue

sources that might be available to fund the contingency as opposed to just relying upon rm-3. >> all right. thanks. >> thank you. director hursh, followed by director lipkin? >> thank you, and thank you, director rose. what i heard was kind of contradictory, to do it now without the crowd. i'd urge you, and i know how difficult your job is, and i'm probably shooting myself in the foot, but i appreciate how forward you've worked to keep our contribution down, but that way finding needs to be addressed. i thought there was a project

to do that. i thought m.t.c. was funding that. can you comment on that? >> we're actually working with them to have some additional contributions. i have not secured that at this point. i would like for them to contribute, and i would hope we can get some dollars in, but i didn't want to program it and have the expectation that it would actually be there and then it not come through. i can program the dollars in, and i agree with you, that i believe this is the right opportunity to effect additional wayfinding and correct some of the additional issues that we had, and i will definitely work with m.t.c. to try to secure additional funding. >> my other question that we add it back in, maybe scrape the budget to find a few more bucketfuls, and even if we have

to ask the m.t.c. for a no-interest loan to be paid back at a later date, the $26 million budget and the opportunity for it, i just don't feel we should lose it over $300,000. i appreciate it. >> thank you for your input. >> thank you, director hursh, for identifying that as a priority. director tumlin? >> director lipkin, i think, is next. >> i'm sorry. >> i got my question is. -- question in. i think you're up. >> with that, i'd like to second what director hursh just said. i think that wayfinding is a priority. we all are suffering from budget challenges, so i'd like to make an offer. we have been making wayfinding a priority, and we are also

interested in reinventing the muni plaza portion wayfinding, and i think we could offer to collaborate with the tjpa to look at reprogramming the existing hardware in order to allow it to be more effective and would certainly support urging m.t.c., as part of their efforts to support larger regional coordination efforts, to look at upgrading some of the signage to make it easier for passengers to find their way around, some of the hard signage, while we help with the programming. so let us know who -- let me know who my i.t. people should talk to at tjpa. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you, director tumlin, for your collaboration with tjpa, and thank you, also, for weighing in and prioritizing wayfinding at the transit center. any other questions from directors? >> i have a third -- a third

second on the wayfinding, and thank you, erin, for your excellent report. it does seem pennywise and pound foolish to not take advantage of the funding, so in all ways, i think pursuing the wayfinding is critical at this juncture. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, director forbes. i think there's some clarity about priorities here, and so hopefully, that is helpful. [please stand by]

in this projection. it is anticipating using it. we still have about $1.6 million.

>> i want to make sure we are all available of the risk in terms of being able to pay the bills timely which we should be doing as well as depleting reserves. if the funds are not available to us and other transit agencies, it has a significant impact. if i heard you correctly, the offset is reserves which would take us close to zero. if the splitgation prevails in plaintiff's position so we need to monitor that carefully. thank you.

>> are there any callers? >> yes. >> hello, caller, please state your name. your three minutes begins now. >> this is jim patrick again. i have two thoughts for the board of directors. i notice the security is almost 25% of the total budget. on occasion i have lunch and sit on the bench there, and there are times when i find two san francisco policemen riding a bicycle by me on that park, and i find maybe two people walking. to policemen for two walkers.

what i am suggesting, that is number one. number two, look at the homeless situation in the area. there are no homeless people in the transit center as a result of the $6 million. that is good news. go one block up and there are a lot of homeless people. yesterday there were 10 in the alley 250 feet away. what we are spending there is effective but, once again, 25% of the budget is over effective. they are moneys that can be save understand the security part of this budget there. number two, on the way finding, we spent time developing those way findings in the transit center is it failure in the board direction or vendor performance?

there is a design error someplace. if it is a vendor we ought to fix it. if it is the board of directors we ought to own up to it and fix it. thank you. >> any other callers? >> it appears not. i believe that was the only one. >> with that is there a first and second motion? >> so moved. >> there is a second. okay. >> first by tumlin and second by lipkin. roll call vote. >> director chang. >> aye. >> director forbes. >> aye. >> director hursh. >> aye. >> director lipkin. >> aye. >> director tumlin.

>> aye. >> vice chair gee. >> aye. there are six ayes. item nine is approved. >> thank you for the hard work and thank you to the partners. this is not an easy time we are talking numbers, and i appreciate the partnership and hard work on everybody's part. >> item 10 is authorizing the interim executive director to execute a professional services agreement with supper recap tolfor financial advisory services for five-year term not to exceed $1,075,000. the chief financial officer will present.

>> based on the rsvp in october to find a financial adviser to compliment the consultant. it was to find a firm to help us with debt issuance and investment and monitoring capital, being able to help us raise capital. we issued is r.f.p. in october with four responses. we went through a series of scoring and interviews and landed on sperry capital. it has been one of our financial advisers previously, but we took them through the rigors, made them compete to make sure we were getting the result out there, best pricing that we could. we landed on supper reagain. -- sperry capital has been with

us for nine years. they have experience with la metro and bart and other transit agencies. we believe the experience of the capital market and transit will serve us well in trying to raise capital and access to capital markets. additionally, sperry capital far exceeds our goal for this contract. we believe they are the best financial adviser going through competitive process. i will take any questions. they are available if you have questions. >> thank you. directors, any questions? director lipkin. >> thanks. this is not about sperry or this

procurement. it seems clear there was the top team. from the procurement process that we went through was the scoring of the written versus the interview was like 100 points for the written and 5 for the interview. having been to these you find value in interviewing the teams to get a sense what they are offering. that might change from what was in the papers. maybe my ask will be to think about that in the future procurement he about the weighting of those two things and weight the interview higher relative to the written, i would think that might help us make sure we are getting the best services. sperry was both in this particular procurement but for future months. >> thank you. any other directors with

questions? >> i move approval. hursh. >> second tumlin. >> thank you. we have a member of the public to address you on this item. this is 41206. they are unmuted now. >> thank you, caller. your three minutes begins now. >> thank you. good morning. san jose. happy and safe new year to yours i would like to echo the

comments on the last item. let everyone know that we have a vacancy. thank you. >> thank you. there has been a motion and second on this item to approve. any comments waiting in the queue? >> no other comments. >> mr. secretary, would you like to take the vote, please. >> director chang. >> aye. >> director forbes. >> aye. >> director hursh. >> aye. >> director lipkin. >> aye. >> director tumlin. >> aye. >> vice chair gee. >> aye. >> there are six ayes. item 10 is approved.

>> thank you. >> i will call the next item. item 111. authorizing the interim executive director to execute a second amendment to block the 4 option agreement by and among the successsop agency to the redevelopment agency of the city and county of san francisco office of community invest minute and infrastructure to allow completion of negotiations on the time disposition and development agreement and eliminating the deadline in h of milestoneses for closing described in the dda. >> good morning, debra miller, general counsel. i residential that redevelopment block four is the northern one-third of the terminal.

caltrans conveyed to provide space for a temporary bus operation during construction of the new transit. upon completion of the transit center the reassumption of bus operation they no longer require the site for the transbay program. it was temporary in 2008 they granted the former development agency an option to require the parcels in block 4. in exchange ocii will prepare for a private developer and development with the redevelopment plan and provide tjpa the sales proceeds to the private developer and the net tax increment generated by the developed parcel. as interim reported they exercised the option to acquire block 4 and other parcels that may being up the temporary site and that closed on tuesday.

in 2016, oci entered option agreement granting the option to acquire block 4 under the terms and conditions including disposition and development. the board approved that option agreement as part of the tjpa sale of the powers site to the transbay partners. in 2018ocii and the developer entered first amendment to extend the time period for negotiations and make other changes. tjpa approved that extension at that time. ocii and the developer are making progress on completing negotiation. the current program for block four which is not yet final but is the current program that is assessed would include 669 residential units, 327 of which below market rate of 49%

affordability. it also includes ground floor retail and open space as well consistent with the redevelopment plan the parties long contemplated for the block four site. ocii and the developer require additional time to complete negotiations. proposed amendment before you today would give them until march 2021. it also authorizes ocii executive director to extend for three additional months to june 2021 to complete those negotiations. the commission approved the second amendment at the decembef recommends the board likewise approve the second amendment today. i am happy to answer any questions. >> thank you for the presentation. directors, any questions? is there anyone in the public to

comment on this? >> there are no members of the public. >> is there a motion for approval? >> so moved. tumlin. >> second. forbes. >> thank you. we will take a roll call vote. >> director chang. >> aye. >> director forbes. >> aye. >> director hursh. >> aye. >> director lipkin. >> aye. >> director tumlin. >> aye. >> vice chair gee. >> aye. there are six eyes. item 11 is approved. >> thank you. directors, item 12 is the san francisco peninsula rail program

executive committee update. >> thank you. here are the updated slides. these are interim director. [indiscernable] can you hear? >> is this better if i made it closer. >> it is not loud enough. >> my apologies. is that better? >> it is still low. [indiscernable]

>> thank you again for this opportunity to update you about the executive steering committee. i want to appreciate our interim director. the whole integrated team, project management team. this is a quick update. we don't have any specific actions we are seeking from you all. if i could have the next slide,

please. we will be updating you today on the phasing work underway. it is a funding plan coming to you as well and the look ahead for there after. because we are in such a tight timeline to get done this year, given all of the opportunities that interim executive director mentioned at the top of the meeting, we want to keep you appraised of our work, which is happening on multiple fronts each month. the phasing study comes as we look at and we presented this last month as well. to look at these potential cost saving items to reduce the length of the train extension and temporary terminal relationship just mentioned as well. deferring certain items such as the bart connector to a later

date and the bus related to the train-bus extension. the high-speed rail components or other systems at the stations or in the tracks at a later date, depending how much we need day one. the buildout of the fourth street station which is a potential cost savings that we need to understand the trade-off there for adding that back in at a later date and working with all of the folks at the m.o.u. site. the city and developer and caltrain and cjpa. two versus three tracks we looked at before. we are looking again to better understand all of the different potential options there. quite likely it is looking like there will be three. we want to give you due

diligence there. identifying the relationship to operations. not only what will it take to operate the different level of service anticipated in both operators business plans but also the inverse perhaps to take a look at what might be the best service possible for the two services given different infrastructure constraints. here we are looking at what it takes to run a safe and reliable service for both operators at both stations and identifying what potential sort of nonrecurrent type situations may arise to ensure we have reliable service. eventually we anticipate this station will be a true running station. that is important to show the link to what is known as link 21 connection running all the way

through. that is now going to relate to the analysis for the very long run past the initial operating program but also when we connect to the transbay service. the new forecasts is an item the team just heard on tuesday. apologies to colleagues on the esc. we will hear this tomorrow at the steering committee. we are a bit ahead of the way these meetings worked out this week. i want to give you a preview of what the members will be hearing tomorrow. it is a quick update here. we are looking at all different scenarios from no project situation to understand what caltrain and high-speed rail may achieve at fourth and king station until we make the connection but also to be looking at all of the different potential arrangements and

service level out of the operation study in culmination with where it is headed. showing those costs compared with benefits of ridership, congestion relief, vehicle miles traveled and regional benefits as well. that is really important with the new administration and the house passed act looking at the act for projects regional and statewide and national significance which we believe had help make the case. the funding will pivot off ridership. here we are looking with the staff and m.t.c. they have a very robust regional model. in either case all of the different staff will be involved as well as coordination with the fta already underway.

the funding plan will be the focus for you to better understand how we can be timely. i am glad to see the federal advocacy contract awarded today. thank you, vice chair, gee, for arranging that. the funding needs are very clear. we are still trying to find cost savings. we are updating each source and looking at other new sources that have come on line since the time that the only original funding plan was prepared. that is the focus of our work to ensure that we have fta folks very well briefed each step of the way as well as, i hope, also working with director lipkin to look at how to involve the state

as everyone may be reevaluating our potential for the region and the state with a not administration. the proposals coming forth from the secretary will be very exciting. our initial report is being planned for your next meeting in february. i look forward to preparing more detailed update at that time. the other supporting task, certainly the outreach that executive director mentioned. we are happy to also work with our m.t.c. representatives who will be helping to the outreach to other commissioners. there is high interest in this project. if you have been following. it is the streets blog article that came out this week in connection with our chair

mandleman elected earlier on tuesday. i want to reiterate we appreciate the cover age. one of the things i want to make clear in the article this is the tjta and that is our work. anybody in the audience that might have been confused, the article mentioned the city wants to apply. they want to help jtpa to apply and to prepare the project for future opportunities. the public outreach will be forthcoming with the new consultant that we selected last month and risk management plans are continuing along with the management plans per the board's direction. that is it. the upcoming workshop in february. funding plan coming to you au. in march ridership findings.

we will coordinate with operations analysis and our saving plan is still targeted to come to you by late summer and that will help ensure that we can meet our goals to hopefully submit the selected alternative as our initial operating project to fta for consideration to enter the new starts program. that is it. i will be happy to answer any questions. >> thank you. director chang. thank you. any questions, directors? director chang, i don't see hands raised. are there any anticipated actions this board will need to take in the next quarter or this

quarter? >> i believe it is mostly informational updates. i see a nod from stephen. >> good to know. i appreciate that. it looks like the work plan is on schedule. >> yes, i believe we are. >> great. steve, thank you to you and your team for being responsive to my comments with the work plan and edits in the final draft. thank you. any comments from the public? >> there is one for public comment. i will unmute now. >> thank you to director chang for the report. i was really excited to hear

about the 2021. let me explain to you why. first of all, if we start designing the tunnel at this point in time we will discover two things. one, there is no way to expand the train box. there is no room for it. second thing to find out is that the need for the third track essentially goes away for the same reason that it doesn't need three tracks to cross the bay. when you get to two tracks. the seventh street alignment is going to get there in no time at all. with regard to dedicated high-speed rail infrastructure. anybody who traveled to france knows there is no need.

they are shared with the local and high-speed trains. you can walk across to the local train. same platform. by the way, the platform for caltran that is the european standard. there is one way to close this issue once and for all. potentially use caltrain to any shape high-speed trail service between san francisco and. [indiscernable] at the same time as la is putting between burbank. mr. bryan kelly me direct his time. [indiscernable] thank you. >> any other speakers on the public comment side?

>> we have one more member that wishes to address you on this item. please let the caller in. >> yes. it is unmuted. >> this is jim patrick. as we put this together, we are talking about what row lansaid. looking at the throat to get under the bay from the transit center that is a strategic problem dealing with other buildings and what have you. we have been sweeping that under the table. it is time to get it out and say this is a long term problem we need strategy to build a new building where the throat could possibly go. it needs looked at. please don't sweep it under the table. thank you.

>> thank you. >> that appears to be all the members that wish to address you. >> that was information. thank you from the update. >> at this time you are scheduled for closed session. i am checking to see if there are any members to address you on the item listed on closed session. there are no members that wish to address you on this item. we will proceed to place the meeting in private session and go into closed session.

>> the board meeting january 14, 2021 is back in session. council will report on item 16. >> the conference with property negotiators regarding payment as indicated on the agenda. there is no action to report. >> thank you. directors that concludes the business before you today. >> thank you very much. happy new year. welcome director el-tawansy. we will see everybody in february. thank you.

>> good afternoon, and welcome to the city and county of san francisco's covid-19 update. for q. and a., state your name and outlet and two clearly stated questions in webex chat. and now we welcome mayor london breed. >> mayor london breed: good afternoon, and thank you all for joining us here today. after almost a year of this pandemic, we can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. we're not there yet, but that day is coming, and it is coming soon. we've been preparing for this moment, we're eager to get there, and we're gonna be ready. no one wants to open the city more than i do. and today i'm proud to announce that we have a plan to work with our private health care providers to create a network of vaccination sites in san francisco, including three large sites that will allow us to quickly vaccinate people once we

have the supply to do so. this has taken a lot of work and i really want to recognize how this is an example of public and private sectors coming together to deliver for the common good. i know that there have been a lot of questions about the vaccine. i know that there's been a lot of information -- misinformation that has been out there in the public. i have a lot of the same questions, including how we get more vaccines. my focus has been on setting up the city to be ready when we do get vaccines. and making sure people know where to go when it's their turn. look, this pandemic -- it's not easy. but i want to be clear with the people of san francisco -- we have a plan. we are moving these vaccines forward. we can do this together. testing was hard at the beginning too. i remember several months ago when dr. colfax was talking about how we didn't have enough

cotton swabs to collect samples. but we worked through that. and we set up a system to make sure that thousands of people could get tested every day. and while we don't have direct control over how vaccines are allocated to our city, we can do everything that we can to make sure that it is as easy as possible for people trying to get them. today i want to walk you through where we are with vaccine distribution, our next steps, and what you can expect once we are actually receiving enough doses locally to get where we need to be. let's start with where we are now and how the city is managing that process. the federal government and the state are distributing the vaccines. in california, the state is giving vaccines directly to health care providers, which includes providers like kaiser permanente, and others, as well as our own department of public

health. as a health care provider, the department of public health is in charge of giving doses to workers in our city-run hospitals, like san francisco general and laguna honda hospital. the largest skilled nursing facility in this country. as well as their patients in the san francisco health network. so we have vaccines being distributed in san francisco from a number of different sources, which i know can be quite confusing. and we know in a pandemic confusion is a huge problem and clarity is essential. people are tired, they are scared, and they just want to know what they can do to get the vaccine. that's why we are working with our private partners to create a network of sites to bring all of these different groups and efforts together to start from the beginning. the state has set the guidelines for prioritizing which

populations are to receive the vaccines first. which means we must follow those guidelines. the city is currently in phase 1a, which initially included frontline health care workers and people in skilled nursing facilities. to give you a sense of how this phase compares in san francisco to a lot of other counties -- it's important to remember that we have a massive world-class hospital system that anchors the entire region. that is san francisco general, crunch sf hospital and mission bay parnassus and the brand-new campus on van ness, and st. luke's in the mission. and st. francis and st. mary's and kaiser on garry boulevard. those are just the hospitals. we are so lucky to have this incredible health care system. but it also means that we have 80,000 to 90,000 frontline

health care workers in the city. so that tier is bigger for us than it is for other counties in this state. this is important because while people 65 and older represent just 15% of the total infections, they are 85% of the total deaths. so d.p.h. is now serving people in the san francisco health network who are 65 and older. i know that our private providers are starting to do the same. of the vaccine doses that we have received directly to the city through the department of public health, all of them have either been administered or assigned. we are not sitting on any vaccines. they are all moving out the door. since the state is giving vaccines directly to a number of different health care entities in addition to the department of public health, the majority of doses aren't controlled by the city and county of san francisco.

but what we've been working on to do -- but what we've been working to do is to bring all of these health care providers together with the city to mobilize all of our efforts together. and here's what that looks like -- first, every resident in san francisco, every resident, can go to sf.gov/vaccinenotify. v-a-c-c-i-n-even n-o-t-i-f-y, starting on tuesday. and when it is your turn to be vaccinated you will be contacted with what you should do to make that happen. again, that is sf.gov/vaccinenotify starting on tuesday. as a reminder, the vaccine is limited, and we are still in phase 1a. so you may not be contacted for

a little while. in terms of distribution, we are ready to ramp up to distribute 10,000 doses per day in the city. as long as we receive the supply to do so. locations are easy to get access to all over san francisco. we have many city facilities. we have many empty parking lots. we have people reaching out to us and offering their locations for vaccine distribution. the locations are not the problem. it's the supply. and if that supply significantly increases, our facilities will be ready to exceed this goal and handle as much vaccine as we receive from the state and federal government. to do that, we're moving forward with a plan to create a network of vaccination sites. some will be large sites, others will be smaller community-based sites. the key to this network is that we will work with our private providers to provide easy access

and meet people where they are. these larger sites include ones we are setting up at city college. one in the bayview at the s.f. market. and one musconi city. each will have spaces for health care providers to set up and vaccinate their members, creating coordinated, centralized vaccine locations that people can go to regardless of their provider. the first of these sites will be ready to go next week as long as we receive the sufficient supply of vaccines from the state. and we're ready to ramp up even more as soon as we have the vaccines. to increase availability to those people living in high impacted communities, we will bring pop-up vaccination sites and mobile vaccine teams. these neighborhoods will also be served by the department of

public health community clinics, as well as other safety net clinics for uninsured or underinsured. we're also working with one medical -- safeway and walgreens when the doses become available. for example, walgreens was instrumental in helping us to not only vaccinate the staff at laguna honda hospital, but to vaccinate all of the patients at laguna honda hospital who agreed to the vaccination. but i want to be clear -- the vaccine doses we have received remain limited. we're ready for more doses, we need more doses, we're asking for more doses. we can ramp up and open up these sites the minute that we have the vaccines. we're mobilizing the entire citn and it means our -- city government and it means our health care departments. we're all on the same team here. san francisco has led from the very beginning.

it's why we have one of the highest rates of testing per capita, and one of the lowest deaths in the entire country. since the beginning of this pandemic, we have seen less deaths in san francisco over the entire time, and los angeles county, for example, their death rates in one day alone yesterday outmatched our death rate over this entire pandemic. we know that it's been hard. we know that we want to get our economy going. but i want to be clear -- we are ready to do what is necessary to make sure that we get these vaccines to people as quickly as we have them. i want to really recognize all of the city staff who have been working tirelessly to put this effort together. it's not easy. it's one thing to say that we need to do something.

it's another thing to put it all together. and the folks who have been working on the frontlines, the people in the department of public health, the city staff and agencies, they have been working closely together to make sure that when this is executed that it goes off without a hitch. to the residents of san francisco, we are doing our best to support you and to provide clarity. and i know that it's not easy. but we are here to do everything that we can. and we are. i also want to thank all of the providers who are working with us, kaiser permanente and sutter, and ucsf health. this is a huge effort and we appreciate their cooperation, because we cannot do this alone. it takes all of us coming together to move this forward. today we have carey owen pleats, the president of kaiser permanente northern california to talk about the work that kaiser is doing, to both work with us and to get people

vaccinated quickly. but, first, i want to introduce the department of public health director, dr. colfax, to say a few words. >> well, good afternoon, everybody, and thank you, mayor breed. and welcome carey owen pleats. mayor, your leadership and unwavering commitment have brought us to this moment. and, you know, so much of what i have shared with all of you this year has been hard news to hear. about how things are bad, and how they may get worse. well, i am delighted that today is the day of good news. mostly good news. and i am so thankful for that. now is a time that seems unimaginable to me and so many of us just six or eight months ago. now is a time when we are

rolling out covid vaccine and getting shots into arms. i want to thank our health care providers, including kaiser, dignity, ptmc sutter, chinese hospital, and ucsf. who have literally stood shoulder-to-shoulder with us as we care for those in our hospitals suffering the most from this virus. and now as we move forward together, we will stand, we do stand, shoulder-to-shoulder, as we vaccinate people and eradicate this terrible virus from our city. look, we have been on defense. now we go on offense. you know, during this pandemic, i've often referenced how this city came together during the worst days of the aids pandemic. and our amazing response. we did that -- we did that together, and we did that even

without a vaccine. we have vaccines for covid. they are good. they are safe vaccines. they are our ticket out. and we will get it done. that's what we do in san francisco. indeed, our creation of a network of vaccine sites would not be possible without our city workers, our community and business partners, and all san franciscans. there have been no easy decisions, nor easy answers during this time. but as a city, we have come together. we have made sacrifices. we have been resilient and overcome so many challenges these past few months. our collective action has saved lives and protected our capacity of our health care system. as we roll out this unprecedented vaccine, let's recognize the thousands of city workers that have tirelessly

worked throughout this pandemic. this includes our health care workers who have worked with tremendous devotion, but also the hundreds -- the hundreds of city employees that we have deployed in our covid-19 response. from the project manager now overseeing the testing site, to the librarian working on our contact tracing teams. our city workers have dedicated themselves to the care and the healing, the care and the healing of the people of this city. and, let me tell you, we have an incredibly impressive team. we have engineers and environmental specialists making sure that our schools are safe for in-person learning, and transit operators, greeting and guiding people through testing sites. we have city employees who volunteer to be deployed to our isolation and quarantine hotels, to support people in their time of need as well deploy to our

safe sleeping sites. our team includes city employees who are working with community leaders and business groups to ensure that we are keeping communities informed on the ever evolving pandemic. as well as those employees who crunch data to help to guide, and others who analyze the policies and the best practices to keep us safe. we have people across the city running testing programs, food programs, and financial relief programs. they raise and solve issues relating to equity, accessibility, and efficiency. they are transit operators, homeless outreach workers, e.m.t.s, paramedics and public safety personnel, and environmental service and public work employees, that show up each day to work on the front lines to keep our city functioning. and for that i am grateful. our team embodies the very best

of who we are as a city. and we will emerge from this pandemic as a strong city because of them. we are stronger together from our city workers, to our non-profit partners, to our community partners and business partners, and, of course, our health care provider partners. our successful rollout of vaccinations will require that we work together and continue to remain vigilant. because even with the arrival of vaccines, we must still take precautionary measures. we are still seeing an increase in cases and hospitalizations. unfortunately, our case rate is higher than it has ever been. but vaccines are our way out. and we need more as soon as possible. i want to make that clear. and even with increased supply, the estimates are that most of

the general public will not receive vaccine until later in the year. until then and even if you are vaccinated, we must all continue to take the precautions that we know so well. we will emerge from this pandemic a changed city, but i truly believe a better city, because we have experienced what we can do when we work together, when we consider our individual actions and the impact they have on the collective whole. when we work together to care and heal for ourselves, for each other, and for our city. now i want to introduce carey owen pleats from kaiser permanente, who has partnered with us throughout this pandemic, and who is committed to this goal of vaccinating more than 10,000 people a day when the vaccine is readily available. thank you.

>> great, thank you so much, dro to mayor breed. i apologize for the video, how it looks. i'm actually at one of our hospitals today, who is seeing one of the surges down in sainta clara, and supporting the team on the ground. it's great to be here today. and we have been dealing with this the devastating effects of the covid-19 pandemic and what it has brought to our families and our friends. we've all been negatively impacted in some way. and we've lost loved ones and we've suffered ourselves. we have also seen the rise of the human spirit through heroic efforts across our communities. from health care workers on the frontlines, to the teachers who are helping our kids at home, to grocery store clerks, and just neighbors who are reaching out to care for each other. it underscores for me that there is so much hope and so much

optimism in this discussion. especially this announcement today. the covid-19 vaccine represents a return to normalcy, a return to our communities, our businesses, and an opportunity and obligation to care for our most vulnerable friends, family and neighbors. we, along with mayor breed, dr. colfax and our many public and private sector colleagues are committed to getting covid-19 vaccines to our communities as soon as possible. based on the vaccine allocations we receive, we are really pleased at the level of interest in our community through vaccination. we have said in anticipation of a vaccination that if we can get people lined up to get the vaccine, that would be a great problem to have. maybe not a long line, but in a line. because we want everybody to get vaccinated. it is a safe and effective

vaccine, and we want to make sure that it eventually ends this pandemic, as dr. colfax outlined. at the same time, this is an evolving situation. combined with the current limited vaccine supplies, it presents like everything else in this pandemic, an unprecedented challenge. a vaccination effort of this size is new for all of us. and we want to acknowledge also the frustration that so many of you are feeling as you try to get vaccinated or understand when you can and when you should get vaccinated. new information is emerging often within a few hours, days, and we are pivoting quickly to get vaccinations to everyone in this extraordinary and confusing time. just yesterday we received four times the normal call volume into just one of our call centers. we appreciate your patience.

i'm trying to get some of my own. and we are working to get you vaccinated as quickly as possible as the vaccine supply allows. like other health care providers, kaiser permanente is an approved vaccine provider in every market that we operate. as an approved provider, we have received a limited supply of vaccines that we are administering. consistent with the guidelines we have prioritized individuals in phase 1a, and those are health care workers and clinical and non-clinical roles, who work in hospitals and urgent care settings who provide covid-19 patient care, and come into contact with covid-19 patients. for this focus on phase 1a, personnel are most at risk -- health care personnel in kaiser, and in our communities continue to receive the vaccine based off of the c.d.c.'s priority phases and the state of california's guidance to date. we proudly applauded our

physicians, nurses and patient facing staff who received the first vaccines. and now a majority of them in phase one have taken not just their first dose, but many have received their second dose. we are also vaccinating external health care personnel in phase 1a, who are kaiser permanente members or members within the community, regardless of their health plan membership. to date, kaiser permanente has given first dose vaccines to over 90,000 health care workers. with second doses, if you include the second doses, over 120,000 doses of the vaccine so far. and that is increasing every day and every hour. we've vaccinated more than 9,000 health care workers who are not kaiser permanente staff, and more than 1,600 individuals who are also not kaiser permanente members. because our role is to work as part of the community to ensure that everyone gets vaccinated. with the expansion of the

vaccine eligibility to those over the age of 65, it's time for hundreds of thousands of more of our neighbors to be eligible to receive the vaccine. and that will be expanding rapidly. we have been preparing for this expansion of eligibility of priority groups designed within the state. the successful delivery of the vaccine to people over the age of 65, even as we vaccinate those within the original priority groups, again, depending on the access to adequate supplies of the vaccine, and appropriate sites for mass vaccination. but we are committed to ensure that we act as quickly as possible to provide the vaccine to those who are eligible and soon to everyone who wishes to receive it. we have been partnering with counties to vaccinate phase one populations. we're broadly working to expand the vaccination locations in all

of our markets. and here in san francisco, we're pleased to be working with mayor breed and other health care organizations that were outlined earlier to create mass vaccination sites as quickly as possible. and, again, as vaccine supplies are available. i would be remiss in this moment if i did not remind everyone that even after you get the vaccine, it might be a few weeks before you have full immunity. i also want to remind everyone that even with the vaccine that we must continue to protect our patients and our families and ourselves. we are hopeful that vaccine supplies will increase and allow us to more quickly vaccinate more people. meanwhile, covid-19 remains in our communities. and it is essential that everyone continue to protect themselves and others by using masks, washing hands regularly, avoiding gatherings, and maintaining physical distancing.

we can do this, we can do this together. i want to thank mayor breed, drr colleagues in health care for working through such a challenging effort. wrestling with many complex components of such a program, and committing to rising to the occasion. we are privileged to step up in this challenge and to serve our communities in this very, very important way. thank you so much. >> mayor london breed: thank you, carey. and, look, i know that this has been hard for everyone. we've come too far to start falling apart now. we've come too far to start to see things explode and chaos created. there's so much misinformation out there. there's so much confusion about this -- the vaccine. and we are here to set the record straight. i know people are asking us to

put up all of these sites everywhere. well, we're putting up sites, we just don't have complete control of the vaccine. but we are going to fight every single day to get as much as we can, because i want to get our city open. it was so hard to make a decision last year to close the entire city and county of san francisco. that has never happened in any of our lifetime. so just imagine the fact that we are almost a year into this and we are still closed, and we are seeing the numbers increase and people are frustrated. not just are we trying to protect people's physical health and make sure that we don't continue to lose lives to this virus, but the challenges around mental health -- our kids who aren't in school. our businesses that will never come back because of this pandemic. i know more than anyone, with everybody's life riding on my

shoulders -- the importance of getting this city open as quickly as possible. which is why this plan to move this is so important. but what we don't especially from other public and elected officials is misinformation about what is actually happening in san francisco. so we're asking you all to be careful about what you say, especially because when you talk about something that is not true, it puts fear into the hearts and minds of the public. our goal is to instill hope. we want you to know that we have a plan, that we stand ready and prepared to serve the public in a way that gets this vaccine to people and quickly as we possibly can. we are doing everything to get our city open again. so that we can begin to come together again. this is more important than ever. so, again, san franciscans, i

need your understanding and i need your patience. because we are going to get through this. we've come too far to go backwards. so let's think about that time when we're going to be able to come together to celebrate our child's second birthday party. or visit our grandmother or grandfather at laguna honda. or have a family gathering, where we won't wear a mask. those days are coming. those days are coming, and for now we need your patience and understanding, as we go through this next phase of vaccinations for the people of this city. that's how we're going to get through this. so thank you all so much for joining us today. and i hope that today's press conference provided you with a lot more clarity than what you have had in the past. and with that we'll open it up to some questions. >> thank you, mayor breed and

dr. colfax, and care carrie owen pleats. and we'll take a quick pause and let our reporters submit questions via webex. we'll be right back.

>> thank you for your patience.

mayor breed. the first question is for you, mayor, and comes from kevin stark. the "washington post" is reporting that the federal reserve of vaccines is used up. state health officials across the u.s. had anticipated vaccine delivery next week, and that might not be arriving. can you speak to how this will impact the vaccine rollout in the bay area? >> mayor london breed: well, the fact is that as you know that we vaccines ourselves. we have no control of what we get and when we get it. but we do have control over if we're ready to distribute it, and we are ready. we're not sure what's going to happen. we're not sure on every single day what we may or may not get. so the fact is that i'm not sure, we don't know if that is entirely accurate. but my hope is that those vaccines are getting made, they're getting delivered, and we're able to administer them to

people. so, definitely, if that doesn't happen it will have an effect on the vaccine distribution, but our hope is that it doesn't. >> thank you, mayor breed. the next question comes from ron len of the "los angeles times." mayor breed, as an elected official, you often hear a lot from your constituents, and dr. colfax has credited people staying at home in san francisco for blunting the impact of the surge. was there a moment in the last few months that you can recall where you felt people suddenly changed their behavior to stay at home more? when was it? and why do you think that it was successful? >> mayor london breed: i think that it's hard to say. i do spend a lot of time walking around the city. i do see people doing everything they can to wear their masks, to keep their distance, and, you know, interact with people

outside as safely as they possibly can. i think that for the most part people have been just trying to do their very best. and, you know, are they messing up every now and then? yes. do we have 100% compliance? no. but for the most part you see people walking -- when i'm walking down the street and a runner is coming towards me, most of them -- not all of them -- but most of them will put on their mask as they walk past me. and they should do that every time they walk past anyone. so i just think that it's really turf to say, but the more that we do, the better off we'll be, and we still have some challenges with that. but this vaccine brings us hope, and hopefully we'll get to a place where things won't be as problematic. >> thank you, mayor breed. the next set of questions are for dr. colfax.

>> hello. >> excellent. dr. colfax, your first question comes from ron len, also of the "los angeles times." dr. colfax, while other areas of california have had heated public debated among elected officials over stay-at-home orders, san francisco's elected officials have largely been in agreement. has that made it easier to sell stay-at-home policies to san francisco residents? and, do san francisco's i.c.u.s still have decent available capacity? >> so, thank you. i think that it's really important that we celebrate and recognize that san franciscans have responded to the science, data and facts, in terms of the prevention methods adopting the prevention activities, behaviors, that we know that prevent the spread of this virus. it's not a matter of -- with

regard to the question -- it's not a matter of selling to the community. it's around the community being with us, being empowered, being supported, to -- to protect ourselves and one another from the covid-19 spread. so i think that it's really incumbent that we understand and recognize that it's the people in san francisco who are making this happen. they are slowing the spread of the virus. and the leadership, the policymakers, the leadership of mayor breed, is delivering the message and people are responding because they know that we need to protect everyone in the city. with regard to the i.c.u. capacity, we are still -- we still have -- good capacity in san francisco. we are at 26% of our i.c.u. beds that are available. and once again we follow that very closely. we have more beds than most of

the other regional counties and, certainly, more than many other regions of the state. so we're continuing to watch that -- watch that very carefully. our cases, again, are higher than they have been before, so that capacity could well go down in the next couple of weeks. >> thank you. the next question comes from trisha bedoni of the "san francisco chronicle." when will the sites open, and which ones will open first? and, how many doses has s.f. received so far? and how many has it administered? >> so at this time, we expect these sites, which will be able to deliver 10,000 -- we're aiming for 10,000 vaccines a day when the vaccine becomes available -- we are working to open all three of these sites as quickly as possible.

and as needed, according to the vaccine supplies. and with regard to the first site that opens, we expect that the city college site would be ready to open as quickly as the end of next week. depending, again, on vaccine supplies. so, again, you just saw today that the federal government made what i found a very confusing announcement about the vaccine supply -- what was held back and what wasn't held back. i can tell you that our vaccine supply, what we're allocated from the state, which, again, we have no control over -- jumps up and down. so what we see fluctuates week by week. and sometimes day-by-day. and as an example, this -- we were recently told by state that next week we'd get 1,700 vaccines, whereas a couple weeks ago we got 11,000 vaccines.

so it's very hard to plan for this. but our commitment is to getting vaccine into arms as quickly as possible. all vaccines that we have received has been allocated and dedicated to people. so we are not sitting on vaccines, we're getting it out the door as quickly as possible. we will be ready for as many vaccines as we can get. 10,000 vaccines a day is our goal with these mass vaccine sites and the vaccine ecosystem that we're setting up. we need the vaccine and we need it now. >> thank you, dr. colfax. the next question comes from dan kermin. dr. colfax, what is your advice to people who want to get a vaccine -- do they contact the county? do they contact their provider? do they wait for their provider to contact them? is there a sign-up list? >> so most people will get the

vaccine from their provider. the city have the notification site they can sign up on to tell them when they are eligible for the vaccine. and then we will encourage people to also contact their provider. and for the most part the providers that we have partnered with are keeping their patients up to date on the availability of the vaccine. but i think that the other key point with this scale-up of these mass vaccine sites -- when we have vaccine available our vision is that people can get the vaccine as long as they're eligible as quickly as possible. and people can go to those sites. the issue right now is that we simply don't have enough vaccine. >> thank you, dr. colfax. the next series of questions will be for carrie owens pleats.

miss pleats, your first question is from lily tan, nbc bay area. how does the news of no increased shipments of vaccines impact kaiser's rollout plan? >> well, i think as mayor breed responded, that it's been a communication opportunity. so i'm hoping that that information is inaccurate. and hopefully -- if it is accurate that we can work together as a country to change that answer. as you can imagine as what dr. colfax highlighted, if we do not get vaccines because we are not sitting on vaccines either -- as soon as we receive the vaccine we are actively working to get them into arms of

the individuals who are in the high-risk categories of phase 1a. and now that we have expanded to the greater than 65. so if we don't have vaccines to give, we don't have vaccines to give. and it will impact us. and i want to highlight again that i hope that it's inaccurate information and hopefully we can work together as a country and get those vaccines out -- and a steady supply of vaccines as dr, switching from 11,000 as he was saying to 1,700 is also what the providers within the community are also experiencing. when we can get to a steady reliable state of vaccines coming in, we'll have a much more sophisticated and reliable delivery system to get out to our members and vaccines to the community. >> thank you, carrie -- miss

pleats for your time today. and this concludes today's press conference. we want to thank mayor breed, dr. colfax, and yourself, miss pleats, for your time. fur future questions email dempress@sfgov-tv.org. thank you and have a nice day. (♪♪♪)

>> good morning and welcome to the newly reconstituted rules committee of the san francisco board of supervisions for the first committee meeting of the new board. my name is aaron peskin, joined by new vice chair supervisor rafael mandelman and newly elected member of the board of supervisions and member of this rules committee, supervisor connie chan for today's meeting of monday, january 11, . mr. young, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: hi, due to the covid-19 emergency, the board by the legislative