resource in saving lives of those who are suffering through substance abuse. and it's an important resource for us in the opioid pandemic. if you have any questions on this resolution, i'd be happy to try to answer them. >> chair haney: great. thank you. is there a b.l.a. report on this? >> chair haney, we do not have a report. >> chair haney: great. any public comment on the item? >> yes, mr. chair, they're checking to see if there are callers in the queue. if you wish to provide public comment, press star 3 now. let us know if is there rcmp -- are any callers? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> chair haney: public comment is closed. i know that naloxone saves lives

and it's critical that our first responders, our police officers have access to it and i know they've saved hundreds of lives through reversals over the past few years and will continue to. we appreciate your work and the work of our first responders and police officers in responding to the deadly overdose epidemic in our city. with that, i want to make a motion to move item 3 to the full board with a positive recommendation. a roll call vote, please. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> chair haney: aye. >> there are three ayes. >> chair haney: great. thank you, to the full board with a positive recommendation. can you call item 4? >> item 4, resolution retroactive authorizing the police department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $61,000 from the california governor's office of emergency service for the paul coverdell

forensic science improvement program to procure ammunition for the forensic testing and controlled substance hand held raman spectrometers for the criminology laboratory. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item, should call 1-415-655-0001, meeting i.d., 146 791 8550. then press pound twice. if you have not already done so, dial star 3 to line up to speak. the system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. wait until the system indicates you've been unmuted and you may begin your comments. mr. chair? >> thank you. we have received a grant from the california office of emergency services to purchase supplies to assist our forensic testing efforts. our granter has requested a formal copy of a spend

resolution and we're requesting the committee's recommendation for the acceptance of the grant. if there are any questions regarding this grant award, i would be happy to answer them. >> chair haney: is there a b.l.a. report? >> we do not have a report on this item. >> members of the public who wish to provide public comment, press star 3 to be added to the queue. for those on hold, please continue to wait until you've been unmuted. are there any callers? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> chair haney: public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to move this item to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we have a roll call vote, please? >> on that motion, vice chair safai? >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> chair haney: aye.

there are three ayes. can you call items 5 through 7. >> resolution declaring the intent of the city to reimburse expenditure from future bonded indebtedness and authorizing the director of the mayor's office of housing to submit an application to cdlac to permit the issuance of bonds in amount not to exceed $90 million for 600 to 7th street. item 6, declaring the intent of the city to reimburse certain expenditures from proceeds of the future bonded indebtedness. to permit the issuance of mortgage bond in aggregate principal not to exceed $58.7

million for the 1500 block of sunnydale avenue. item 7, resolution declaring the intent of the city to reimburse certain expenditures from proceeds of future bonded indebtedness in an aggregate principal of $63 million and authorizing m.o.h.c.d. to submit application to the cdlac to permit ifshance with of a mortgage revenue bond for 351 and 151 friedell street. members of the public who pitch to provide comment public comment should call 1-415-655-0001. meeting i.d., 146 791 8550. if you have not done so, press star 3 to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. >> thank you, madame clerk. welcome. >> thank you, chair haney.

good morning. and good morning to supervisors safai and mar. i am project manager at the mayor's office of community and housing development. i'm here on items 5 through 7 related to the bond issuance of the sunnydale hope s.f. block and 151 and 351 friedell street, known as the hunters point shipyard. the purpose of the resolutions is to approve the hearing for the city conducted for 600 7th street to comply with the act. and enable all three projects to apply for tax exempt bond. it will not require the city to pledge any of its funds to the repayment of the bond.

600 7th street, is a multi-family housing project on the corner of 7th and brandon street. 54% of the units will serve homeless households, adults and families, subsidized by the city's operating subsidy program. the remaining units will serve family households with incomes ranging between 50% and 80% of the income known as a.m.i. item 6 is for a housing project on sunnydale avenue. sunnydale is within the second phase of the hope s.f. revitalization of sunnydale and the building will serve households earning between 50% and 74% a.m.i. per the

development agreement. the san francisco housing authority has been assisting households living within this phase to relocate to units been the sunnydale public housing site. and hunters point shipyard block is a 112-unit affordable multi-family housing project located an 151 and 351 friedell street. the jonathan rose condition and bayview hunters point senior services are the developers of the project. the building will serve households earning between 30% and 50% a.m.i. they plan to return to the board for bond issuance approval this winter. financing for the projects are anticipated to close spring 2022. with me today are my colleagues, amy chan, elizabeth and the project sponsors to answer any questions that committee members may have on the three projects.

and thank you very much for your consideration. >> chair haney: great. thank you so much for your work. this is a very exciting project. and we appreciate everyone who has contributed to it. is there a b.l.a. report on this item? >> chair haney, we do not have a report on these items? >> chair haney: great. is there any public comment on these items? >> yes, mr. chair. checking to see if there are calls in the queue. members of the public who wish to provide comment, press star 3 to be added to the queue. for those on hold, continue to wait until the system indicates you've been unmuted. are there any callers? >> there are no callers. >> chair haney: public comment is closed. colleagues, any questions or comments on these exciting projects? i want to move items 5 through 7 to the full board with a

positive recommendation. can we have a roll call vote, please? >> clerk: on that motion, chair safai? >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> chair haney: aye. >> there are three ayes. >> chair haney: great, to the full board with a positive recommendation. thank you so much again. much appreciated. and we will now go to items 8 and 9. >> item 8, resolution retroactive authorizing the department of emergency management on behalf of the city of san francisco as the fiscal agent for the bay area urban areas initiative uasi grant fund in the amount of $1 million for a total of $33 million from the u.s. department of homeland security through the california office of emergency services for the period september 1, 2020 --

grant of homeland security, urban bay security and the agent for the uasi approval authority securing the city's program grant in the amount of $1 million for the total of $3 million for the united states department of homeland security for the period of march 9, 2021 through october 30, 2021. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on these items, call 1-415-655-0001. meeting i.d., 146 791 8550. then press pound twice. if you have not already done so, dial star 3 to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until the system indicates you've been unmuted.

>> chair haney: thank you. welcome. >> good morning. good morning, member safai and mar. department of emergency management presenting on items 8 and 9. the two grant awards are increases to already approved funding. the uasi is an increase of $2 million for the statewide risk management program which san francisco manages for the entire state and we are working through our approval authority who have directed us towards that. the securing the city grant program is a 10-year cooperative agreement. we're in year two and hence the increase. we cover 49 counties in california and one county in nevada for this grant program. and it's a 10-year program. and i'll be happy to answer any questions that you might have. >> chair haney: thank you. is there a b.l.a. report on this

item? >> chair haney, we do not have a report on this item. >> chair haney: any public comment? >> mr. chair, we're checking to see if there are callers in the queue. members of the public who wish to provide comment, press star 3 now to be added to the queue. for those already on hold, continue to wait until the system indicates you've been unmuted. let us know if there are any callers who wish to comment on items 8 and 9? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> chair haney: public comment is closed. i appreciate the update on sort of the general increase in numbers. this is a fairly large set of money from the united states homeland security office which i think for a lot of folks may raise some questions. can you describe in a bit more detail what these funds are going to?

>>, of course. so, you're talking about the urban areas grant? so san francisco access the fiscal agent on behalf of the 12 bay area counties and 108 cities plus and includes the three core cities of san francisco, oakland and san jose. so the funds are divided up through an extensive process whereby the various hubs in the bay area meet and determine the needs based on risk and threat. and then it's voted on by our approval authority. san francisco is the fiscal agent for the bulk of the funds, the extra $2 million is for the statewide funding of a risk management program on behalf of the state of california. does that answer your question? >> chair haney: i get to where the fiscal agent for the funds going to all the different cities, but what are the funds being used for? >> they're being used for all kinds of things, including

community resilience projects, an extensive training and exercise program that is run out of the offices. they also purchase large equipment items. some of the things that are purchased are security, you know, rescue vehicles for emergencies, fire department emergencies, police emergencies. health department items such as testing equipment for -- that was used extensively during the pandemic. i'd be happy to provide you with a greater list if your office wishes it. >> chair haney: how did san francisco end up being the fiscal agent for all of these different cities? how did that happen? >> originally, san francisco, years ago, in 2003 when the grants first began to be funded, san francisco had its own grant

award, the city of oakland got its own, the city of san jose got its grant award. then in 2006, the federal government combined the three cities into one group. and we were required by the federal government to come up with a -- create a working group. the urban area working group that had to be approved by the federal government. and then we created -- we have m.o.u.s and by-laws for all the agencies and then we have representatives from the various counties within the bay area who meet regularly and then they conduct these -- they make the determinations and guide what the urban area does. >> chair haney: okay. all right. well, not seeing any other questions or comments from my

colleagues. madame clerk, i called public comment on this already, right? >> that's correct >> chair haney: i want to make a motion to move 8 and 9 together to the full board with a positive recommendation. roll call vote? >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> chair haney: aye. >> there are three ayes. >> chair haney: all right, these go to the full board with positive recommendation. item 10. >> item 10, resolution authorizing designated city and county officials to execute and file on behalf of city and county of san francisco and any actions necessary for the purpose of obtaining state and fisherman financial assistance under various grant programs. members of the public who wish to provide public comment, should call 1-415-655-0001. meeting i.d., 146 791 8550.

please wait until the system indicates you've been unmuted and you may begin your comments. >> chair haney: great. ms. sanders. >> good morning, again. this is the governing body resolution that we are originally required to submit annually for many, many years. and now the state of california is giving us three-year window where we must name the three grant years and all the grants involved. and so i come to you today for -- then you won't see me for the next three years. it's the governing body resolutions for all of our homeland security grants for the department of emergency management including the state homeland grant. the emergency management proportionalance congratulate, the local government oil spill and hazard mitigation grant. we're asking approval to move this to the full board with a

positive recommendation, thank you. >> thank you. b.l.a. report on this item? >> we do not have a report on this item. >> chair haney: any public comment? >> mr. chair, checking to see if there are callers in the queue. members of the public who wish to provide comment, press star 3 to be added to the queue. >> no callers in the queue. >> move forward with a full board with the positive recommendation. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> chair haney: aye. >> there are three ayes. >> chair haney: great.

thank you, again. madame clerk, please call item 11. item 11, resolution retroactive authorizing the department of office of economic and workforce development to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $136,000 from the university of california san francisco ucsf for supporting the community construction outreach program with referrals of local residents to contractors on ucsf projects to meet the volunteer 30% goal during the grant period of july 1, 2020, through june 30, 2021. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 1-415-655-0001. meeting i.d., 146 791 8550. then press pound twice if you have not already done so, please dial star 3 to line up to speak. please wait until the system indicates you've been unmuted and you may begin your comments.

>> chair haney: great. thank you, madame clerk. and we have o.e.w.d. to present on the item. >> thank you, supervisor. good morning, board members. grant is to provide support on ucsf projects, to support the construction outreach program for local residents. city build is the administrator of the city. it's a state entity, so we're supporting them to make sure that they get the opportunity on ucsf projects. >> chair haney: thank you. b.l.a. report on this item? >> we do not have a report on this item. >> chair haney: seeing no questions or comments from colleagues, madame clerk, any public comment? >> checking to see if there are callers in the queue. members of the public who wish to provide comment on this item,

press star 3 to be added to the queue. for those on hold, continue to wait until you have been unmuted. are there any callers? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> thank you. >> chair haney: public comment is closed. this is a great program and we're happy to see it and support it. and thank you so much for your work. i want to make a motion to move item 11 to the full board with positive recommendation. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> chair haney: aye. there are three ayes. >> chair haney: great. move to the full board with a positive recommendation. madam clerk, please call item

12. 12, resolution approving anding the director of property to lease real property located at 1360 mission street for an initial term of four years at base rent of $644,000 per year with 3% annual increases and authorizing the city to contribute up to an additional $200,000 in tenant improvements to commence upon substantial completion of the installation of the tenant improvements necessary for the city's occupancy which is expected to occur on or around august 1. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item, call 1-415-655-0001. meeting i.d., 146 791 8550. then press pound twice. if you have not already done so, press star 3 to line up to speak. wait until the system indicates you've been unmuted and you may begin your comments. >> chair haney: thank you. welcome, director.

>> good morning. director of real estate. i am before you seeking a positive recommendation for a four-year lease of approximately 17,000 square feet of space at 1360 mission street on behalf of d.p.h. i have a brief presentation. hopefully, you can see my screen. as i indicated, 1360 mission is leased on behalf of d.p.h. it's split on two different floors. on the first floor, approximately population health covid-related staff for the short-term will be housed on the

first floor. on the second floor related but different use of approximately 73 behavioral health and mental health staffers will be located. this includes teams from the office of coordinated care, street and justice services, utilization management. the terms of the deal are very favorable and straightforward. the term is for four years with two one-year options. rescindable by the ownership. the reason that the options are rescindable by ownership is because ownership has redevelopment plans for the building. so we have four years guaranteed and if available we have two additional one-year options. rent is $38 per square foot. which equates to $644,000 annually, or $57,000 monthly. we have escalations of 3%.

and as indicated in the title, we anticipate tenant improvements at $200,000. in addition to a competitive base rent, we also have an eight-month concession of free rent. commencement is upon completion and acceptance of the improvements, which we anticipate being on or about august of 2021. that concludes my presentation. i have rita knewen, marlo simmons to answer your questions. as am i. >> chair haney: thank you so much. >> supervisor safai: thank you. director, i mean, i guess maybe this is not necessarily directed to you, but whoever wants to speak on behalf of d.p.h. my question is, d.p.h. has a lot

of real estate. they're in a lot of different places. you know, was there an assessment done to look at their existing use? and see if they were fully utilizing those spaces before we went out and rented some additional space? the reason i ask that question because we had a very similar conversation on the same building a couple of years ago on the budget committee for h.s.h. i believe h.s.h. was trying to rent some space in this building and we pushed them to use turk, was a more appropriate location. it was centered in and around a lot of their services and work they do was provided. so i'm just curious, you know, i understand that there is a lot of expansion in this work. i know a lot of people were redeployed and some new-hires, but i just want to hear from

d.p.h. we were not briefed from their department on this. and i'm curious why the need for expanded space and not utilizing any existing space in their real estate portfolio? >> that's an excellent question. i believe d.p.h. is prepared to answer that question. >> hello, supervisors. my name is lisa chen. i think the video is not on me at the moment, but i work in our facilities in capital planning unit. both of these programs are kind of surge staffing that we're going through. and they both suit this kind of short-term surge. so for example the covid hires are grant-related hires where the grants are about two to five years, which fits well with the

four-year lease timeline. our behavioral health unit, this site is about one block from our 1380 howard behavioral health administrative building which is currently full to the proximity. especially expanding this very important program was great actually for us. and please know that we are also in the process of rehabbing space at our laguna honda hospital right now. we're still in the finalizing design document phase where we do plan to move out staff from that 1380 howard site that i just mention. so again, the timing works out well. we're anticipating that we'll be able to complete that laguna honda renovation project and start moving staff in there in 2023.

so this site gives us a good buffer between needing certain space now and more space for the long-term staff in a few years from now. >> so what happens when covid-related work or surge staffing, as you referred to it, is over? so, do you anticipate not renewing this lease? and what happens to those staff? are they all new-hires? you said they're all grant-funded. what is the long-term -- i understand the more short-term as you described it. just curious about the -- and it makes sense and i appreciate that argument, proximity to the service is important. grant funded-related activities and short-term staffing, that all makes sense, but just

curious then what happens at the end of the grant period for the workers that are hired to do this? >> i would just say, just to preface, i would say that our plan for this site in particular is that we would, you know, end the lease as soon as, you know, we're able. we're not planning on continuing the lease outside of the four-plus potentially one or two option years. we would like to -- we have a larger plan to kind of, like i said, you know, invest in our existing facilities and move staff. d.p.h. does have a lot of space. so we also have a lot of older space that needs renovation. needs seismic improvements, et cetera. so, that work is under way. so that we can expand our footprint within our existing

buildings and speak to the grant-related staff in particular. >> i can also weigh in from the framing of the reality that covid is not going to be an endemic that the entire globe has to contend with. although for the last year and a half we relied on temporary surge staffing, you know, experts in the field including the state and cdc recognize that this is just new reality. that covid is not going away. and that's when we do -- and that when we figure out a way to deal with it, it requires massive infrastructure. so the funding is on the scaling of $50-60 million from the state and the cdc. just recognizing the new normal that we're in and that public health infrastructure generally needs to be supported. hence, these grants that have just come our way. the intent that we suspect for many of them is it's going to be

ongoing funding for some of the cdc and state grants. none of that is set in stone. but some positions, we would imagine, might end up being permanent infrastructure to support public health going forward. >> thank you, mr. chair. thank you. >> chair haney: thank you. madame clerk, any public comment? >> checking to see if there are callers in the queue. members of the public who wish to provide comment on this item, press star 3 to be added to the queue. let us know if there are any callers who wish to comment on item number 12? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> chair haney: public comment is now closed. i want to thank you everyone for

their hard work on this. and i want to make a motion to move item 12 to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we have a roll call vote, please? >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> chair haney: aye. >> there are three ayes. >> chair haney: great, this goes to the full board with a positive recommendation. can you call item 13? >> item 13, resolution approving and authorizing the director of property to amend the lease of real port located at 650 fifth street with townsend association for $159,000 per year with 3%, for an initial term commencing upon approval. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item, call 1-415-655-0001.

146 791 8550. if you have not already done so, dial star 3 to line up to speak. the system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. you may begin your comments when unmuted. >> chair haney: madame clerk, we have claudia gore am for the city administrator's office. good morning. >> good morning. as stated, this is a lease amendment to an existing lease at 650 fifth street. it is the first lease amendment. it's exercising or basically in lieu of exercise of the first renewal option. the department of public health has been at the site since about 1999 which includes patrol 3060 square feet with four parking

stalls. d.p.h. has been operating its jail administration services, which serves as the main leadership hub that serves to provide overall, comprehensive and integrated services to inmates in the san francisco jail. the last renewal lease was approved by the board in 2016 and it had a five-year term with one three-year option. this being that option. the proposed amendment basically changes the term from 3-5 years and adds options of one year each. the department desires to basically relocate the program and staff at this location with staff at 198 brandon to one site. currently, there is not enough site at any city owned facilities to do that. through discussions with the

department and the landlord, we basically recommended a longer option to provide the continual operation of the program without interruption and allow the possibility of the program and all related staff to relocate to a city-owned space and perhaps a new building. so accordingly under the amendment, the lease continues through june 30, 2026, with two one-year options, basically at 95% of the prevailing market rate. the proposed amendment also provides that the base rent will be $52 per square foot which is substantively lower than the existing rate. the lease provides -- the existing lease provides for the rent for the option term to be no lower than the current rent. however, based on an independent appraisal, the rent was $52. that is why now we would like

the amendment, because it amends and adds an addition year to the option term. ownership agreed to that and therefore, we can lower the rent. it's about a 10% reduction. all other terms of the lease remain the same. there are representatives from the department to answer any questions, including marten soto about the program and the question busy the lease. and we -- questions about the lease. and we ask that you give this a positive recommendation. thank you. >> chair haney: is there a b.l.a. report on the item? >> we do not have a report on this item. >> chair haney: any public comment on this item? >> i just want to note that vice chair safai has his hand up to speak?

>> supervisor safai: just to add on to the previous. we have a few lease extensions, new leases and requests from d.p.h. i've been very reluctant on this committee and prior to that to sign leases and continue to sign leases when we have the opportunity, particularly with d.p.h., that has the ability to get larger grants that has additional support and resources from the city to buy property. i'm happy to hear in the presentation that the idea is to sign this lease for continuing the operations, but then also to be looking for permanent space and space that the city could potentially purchase. so i just want to put it on the record that very supportive of the idea of looking for buying a building and if this is going to be a permanent need and having a permanent home for this rather than paying rent to landlord

when we have the opportunity to buy property. so other than that, thank you, guys. thank you, all, for your presentation. and i'm supportive of the extension. >> chair haney: thank you. so, madame clerk, any public comment? >> yes, we're checking to see if there are callers in the queue. members of the public who wish to provide comment, press star 3 to be added to the hold. for those on hold, continue to hold until you've been unmuted. are there any callers? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> thank you. >> chair haney: public comment is closed. we make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor safai: aye.

>> supervisor mar: aye. >> chair haney: aye. >> there are three ayes. >> chair haney: so to the full board with a positive recommendation. madame clerk, can you please call item 14. >> item number 14, resolution approving and authorizing the director of property to extend the lease of real property at 555-574 polk street with matteson family trust with the a base rent of $500,000 per year with no annual increases, commencing upon the later of august 1, 2021. expiring on july 31, 2026. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should called 1-415-655-0001, meeting i.d., 146 791 8550. then press pound twice. if you have not already done so, please dial star 3 to line up to

speak. please wait until the system indicates you've been unmuted and you may begin your comments. >> chair haney: thank you, madame clerk. we have, again, ms. gorm. >> good morning, again. as statemented, this is a proposed lease extension for 55 a-557 polk street pore the exercise and only option for five years. the department of public health behavioral health community justice center is located at this site and has been since approximately 2012. it's consists of approximately 18,000 square feet on the second and third floor of which the first floor is subleased to the state administrative office of the court. which also pays over half of the rent. the community justice center

provides court authorized alternatives to incarceration. currently, the lease expires on july 31, this year. the lease provides that the extension base rent shall be 95% of the then fair market rent, however, it cannot be lower than the current base rent at the time of the extension. as no appraisal was required by the code because the rent value per square was less than the threshold, a set of comparables was reviewed that indicated that the price actually would be a bit more if we were to use an -- were to use comps. so the parties negotiated that the rent would remain the same. so the rent for the next five years will be at the current base rent with no adjustments. that means it's about $27.84 per square foot or about 5364 per

year. the office of the court will pay over half the rent. i think it's 61% or something like that. and all other terms remain the same. director is here from the behavioral health services to answer any questions you have about the program. and i can answer any questions about the lease. we ask that you give the proposed lease extension a positive recommendation. >> chair haney: thank you. questions or comments from colleagues? supervisor safai? no? b.l.a. report? >> supervisor safai: no, i'm good, thank you. i've said pretty much what i needed to say. thanks. >> yes, the proposed resolution approves the five-year extension of existing lease between the city and matteson family trust for 555-575 polk street. this is subleased to -- a

portion to the administrative office of the court and the balance is space occupied by the department of public health. the first year rent, actually the rent remains unchanged over the five-year term, less than $28 per square foot, which the real estate division considers favorable to the city. the estimated lease cost over the five-year term, we recommend approval. >> chair haney: great. thank you. is there any public comment on this item? >> mr. chair, we're checking to see if there are callers in the queue. members of the public who wish to provide public comment, press star 3 to be added to the queue. for those already on hold, wait until the system indicates you've been unmuted. are there any callers who wish to comment on item 14? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> thank you.

>> chair haney: i want to make a motion to move this item to the full board with a positive recommendation. roll call vote, please. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> chair haney: aye. >> there are three ayes. >> chair haney: this will go to the full board with a positive recommendation. and thank you so much. and madame clerk, are there any other items before us today? >> there is no further business. >> chair haney: great. meeting is adjourned. thank you, all.

>> we broke ground in december of last year. we broke ground the day after sandy hook connecticut and had a moment of silence here. it's really great to see the silence that we experienced then and we've experienced over the years in this playground is now filled with these voices.

>> 321, okay. [ applause ] >> the park was kind of bleak. it was scary and over grown. we started to help maclaren park when we found there wasn't any money in the bond for this park maclaren. we spent time for funding. it was expensive to raise money for this and there were a lot of delays. a lot of it was just the mural, the sprinklers and we didn't have any grass. it was that bad. we worked on sprinkler heads and grass and we fixed everything. we worked hard collecting everything. we had about 400 group members. every a little bit helped and now the park is busy all

week. there is people with kids using the park and using strollers and now it's safer by utilizing it. >> maclaren park being the largest second park one of the best kept secrets. what's exciting about this activation in particular is that it's the first of many. it's also representation of our city coming together but not only on the bureaucratic side of things. but also our neighbors, neighbors helped this happen. we are thrilled that today we are seeing the fruition of all that work in this city's open space. >> when we got involved with this park there was a broken swing set and half of -- for me, one thing i really like to point out to other groups is that when you are competing for funding in a hole on the

ground, you need to articulate what you need for your park. i always point as this sight as a model for other communities. >> i hope we continue to work on the other empty pits that are here. there are still a lot of areas that need help at maclaren park. we hope grants and money will be available to continue to improve this park to make it shine. it's a really hidden jewel. a lot of people don't know it's here.

>> everything is done in-house. i think it is done. i have always been passionate about gelato. every single slaver has its own recipe. we have our own -- we move on from there. so you have every time a unique experience because that slaver is the flavored we want to make. union street is unique because of the neighbors and the location itself. the people that live around here i love to see when the street is full of people. it is a little bit of italy that is happening around you can walk around and enjoy shopping with gelato in your hand. this is the move we are happy to provide to the people.

i always love union street because it's not like another commercial street where you have big chains. here you have the neighbors. there is a lot of stories and the neighborhoods are essential. people have -- they enjoy having their daily or weekly gelato. i love this street itself. >> we created a move of an area where we will be visiting. we want to make sure that the area has the gelato that you like. what we give back as a shop owner is creating an ambient lifestyle. if you do it in your area and if you like it, then you can do it on the streets you like.

>> my background is in engineering. i am a civil engineer by training. my career has really been around government service. when the opportunity came up to serve the city of san francisco, that was just an opportunity i really needed to explore. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] i think it was in junior high and really started to do well in math but i faced some really interesting challenges. many young ladies were not in math and i was the only one in some of these classes. it was tough, it was difficult to succeed when a teacher didn't

have confidence in you, but i was determined and i realized that engineering really is what i was interested in. as i moved into college and took engineering, preengineering classes, once again i hit some of those same stereotypes that women are not in this field. that just challenged me more. because i was enjoying it, i was determined to be successful. now i took that drive that i have and a couple it with public service. often we are the unsung heroes of technology in the city whether it is delivering network services internally, or for our broadband services to low income housing. >> free wi-fi for all of the residents here so that folks have access to do job searches, housing searches, or anything else that anyone else could do in our great city. >> we are putting the plant in

the ground to make all of the city services available to our residents. it is difficult work, but it is also very exciting and rewarding our team is exceptional. they are very talented engineers and analysts who work to deliver the data and the services and the technology every day. >> i love working with linda because she is fun. you can tell her anything under the sun and she will listen and give you solutions or advice. she is very generous and thoughtful and remembers all the special days that you are celebrating. >> i have seen recent employee safety and cyber security. it is always a top priority. i am always feeling proud working with her. >> what is interesting about my work and my family is my experience is not unique, but it is different. i am a single parent.

so having a career that is demanding and also having a child to raise has been a challenge. i think for parents that are working and trying to balance a career that takes a lot of time, we may have some interruptions. if there is an emergency or that sort of thing then you have to be able to still take care of your family and then also do your service to your job. that is probably my take away and a lot of lessons learned. a lot of parents have the concern of how to do the balance i like to think i did a good job for me, watching my son go through school and now enter the job market, and he is in the medical field and starting his career, he was always an intern. one of the things that we try to do here and one of my takeaways from raising him is how important internships are. and here in the department of technology, we pride ourselves on our interns.

we have 20 to 25 each year. they do a terrific job contributing to our outside plant five or work or our network engineering or our finance team. this last time they took to programming our reception robot, pepper, and they added videos to it and all of these sort of things. it was fun to see their creativity and their innovation come out. >> amazing. >> intriguing. >> the way i unwind is with my photography and taking pictures around the city. when i drive around california, i enjoy taking a lot of landscapes. the weather here changes very often, so you get a beautiful sunset or you get a big bunch of clouds. especially along the waterfront.

it is spectacular. i just took some photos of big server and had a wonderful time, not only with the water photos, but also the rocks and the bushes and the landscapes. they are phenomenal. [♪♪♪] my advice to young ladies and women who would like to move into stem fields is to really look at why you are there. if you are -- if you are a problem solver, if you like to analyse information, if you like to discover new things, if you like to come up with alternatives and invent new practice, it is such a fabulous opportunity. whether it is computer science or engineering or biology or medicine, oh, my goodness, there are so many opportunities. if you have that kind of mindset i have enjoyed working in san francisco so much because of the diversity.

the diversity of the people, of this city, of the values, of the talent that is here in the city. it is stimulating and motivating and inspiring and i cannot imagine working anywhere else but in sannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn >> president bleiman: i'm the president and due to covid-19 health emergency and protect the entertainment commission members and employees and the public the city hall meeting rooms are closed however we will be participating in the meeting remotely and this is taking to orders and directives and commission members and employees will attend the meeting through video conference and participate as if they were physically present and public comment will be available on