>> chair: this meeting will come to order. this is the september 22, 2021, budget and finance committee meeting. i'm matt haney. and i'm joined by committee members saf clerk, do you have any announcement? >> clerk: the minutes will reflect that committee members participated in this remote meeting through video conference to the same extent as if present. we invite public comment in the following ways. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, in channel 26, 78, or 99.

each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speaks. comments during public comment period are available by calling 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 24855346023 and press the symbol pound twice. you will be muted and in listening mode. when your item of interest comes up, dial *3 to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. you may also submit public comment in the following ways: e-mail to the budget and finance committee clerk. if you submit public comment via e-mail, it will be forwarded to the supervisors. written comments may be sent to city hall, 1doctor

city hall.items acted on today e expected to appear on the board of supervisors' agenda on september 28th. mr. chair, thi concludes my announcements. item 1, ordinance authorizing the municipal transportation agency to set parking rates at the parking lot, golden gate underground parking facility and marina small craft (indiscernable) on park property, making conforming edits (indiscernable) and affirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental equality act. members of the public who wish to provide public comment, call 415-655-0001.

if you have not already done so, please dial *3 to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. >> chair: great. thank you. you have ms. ketchum from the department of rec and park to present on this item. >> good morning, supervisor. dana katchem from rec and park. i'm joined by my colleague, ted grass. the legislation before you allows us to modernize the pricing structure at the music concourse garage and the parking lot. it enables to implement or demand responsive pricing. in 2009, the park code was amended to add section 6.14 to allow the m.t.a. to allow the department to set new rates for parking and park property. at this time, other

provisions were also amended to allow sfmta to adopt rates at city-owned garages and parking lots. the purpose is that m.t.a. is the expert and parking and traffic management, and this provision, 6.14, would give them the same power for all city garages and parking lots. it acquires the board of supervisors to approve the locations of paid parking areas, but provides for the implementation of restrictions. parking rates are done by the commission. the park code rates for those two facilities were still in the park. as section 6.14 has never been implemented to apply two kisar and the music concourse, as a result those parking lots have had flexed rates that increase each year.

this ordinance will clarify that 6.14 should be used to set rates at those parking rates going forward. kisar, its primary purpose is for events at kisar stadium and pavelium. it provides monthly parking for residents and those working in the neighborhood, including ucsf, and it validates parking to merchants in the neighborhood. the music concourse garage is actually owned by the music concourse partnership. under a lease of the underground land for the department. m.c.c. p. was a non-profit that built the garage in 2004using debt financing, and currently has debt outstanding of more than 25 million.

historically, that bond debt expense has exceeded over 50% of their revenues, with the remaining expenses to cover the expense of the garage. the lease between the department and m.c.c.p., that was adopted at the time, provides rates cannot go below an amount sufficient to maintain debt payments and maintain certain reserves. the commission requires that any changes to the rates of the m.c.c.p. garage would have to be approved by the music concourse community partnership as well to ensure debt coverage. please note that the mayor's office has submitted an amendment to remove general paid parking at the marina from this legislation as we need to conduct further outreach at that site. but we are still proposing to increase the rate for annual berth holder parking passes. they will continue to receive two free parking passes, but the annual

rate increases from 156, to $600, which is comparable to other marinas in the area. i'm happy to answer any questions. thank you. >> chair: thank you so much, ms. ketchum. is there a b.l.a. report on this item? >> chair haney, nick bernard from the b.l.a. we do not have a report on this item. >> chair: i know that vice chair safai, did you have something you wanted to add or say on this? >> yes, thank you, chair. simply, supervisor chan has reached out to me and asked if we could duplicate the file? >> chair: sure. before we do that, can we take public comment on this item. >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. d.p. is checking to see if there are any callers in

the queue. any members who wish to provide public comment, please press *3. are there any callers who wish to comment on this item? >> there are five callers. >> clerk: thank you. please unmute the first caller. >> good morning, members of the committee. my name is parker day, and i'm calling in to ask for your full support for this ordinance. and hopefully management under sfmta control. it is pretty clear that the current pricing management does not work for many people. there are conflict of interests with how the pricing is set, and the rates. an indicator that we could be doing a better job managing this public investment. it is obvious that the garage has the ability to

increase the parking and provide parking for employees. [inaudible] managing pricing would be a step towards removing or reducing conflicts over management of the garage. i think it would be a step forward to finally making sure that the garage lived up to the intentions of serving our park patrons. garage pricing and management (indiscernable) in golden gate park as well. but with the current fragmented administration and out of sfmta's control, we rely on the government's influence to act beyond the museum's interest. so passing this ordinance today allows sfmta some control, and the transportation plans for golden gate park can become a little less

fragmented, and in the endmore people will have access to the park. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> caller: i oppose this legislation. [yelling] >> caller: these increased parking spies fees area conspiracy! >> clerk: next speaker, please. >> caller: good morning, supervisors. my name is dave alexander. i live in direct 1, and i fully support this ordinance. i want to thank the mayor's office for introducing this ordinance and legislation. it's long overdue that sfmta take over pricing, and eventually the management of this very important garage on public

land. that's the music concourse garage in golden gate park. in 1998, voters approved the garage as part of prop "j," in exchange for creating a pedestrian oasis. the pandemic has showed us how good that oasis could be. we have the opportunity to uphold the prop "k" by making eighth avenue an entrance to the park. if you've never checked out the garage, check it out. it is actually amazing. i recommend you hop on a bike and check it out. the sfmta can put the garage to its best use on public land, including lower parking rates, and affordable parking for police. the board has been governed by using trustees and contractors for the entire existence. today six of the seven garage floor members are

from the two museums. three years into the garage's life under the governance of the board chairs, $4 million was embezzled by the garage c.f.o. he was put in jail, but left an ever-increasing debt and increased parking rates for garage visitors. the garage only averages 20% occupancy. in a 2019 rec and park study, they found only 50% capacity over the busiest parts of the day. this conflict of interest has never been disclosed in the i.r.s. filings. we must end this conflict of interest and get this garage out of their control. next, let's get this garage fully into m.t.a.'s control. >> the time has lapsed. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> caller: my name is

josh kelley. i'm calling in from district 4. i'm happy to voice my 100% support for this ordinance, and echo what some of the other callers have said, that this taking over pricing should be the first step to sfmta fully managing these garages. this is public land. the garage is clearly being mismanaged between the embezzlement and the low capacity rate. i think it could be a lot better utilized to increase a.d.a. access. so, yeah, i'm in full support. them so much for putting this forward. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> caller: good morning, supervisors. my name is jody mendarese, and i'm the main director of walk san francisco, which we advocate on behalf of anyone who walks in our city. yesterday the full board

of supervisors unanimously approved a resolution for a bay to beach community route. thank you to all of you for voting in support of this resolution. the ability for the sfmta to set dynamic parking rates, especially in the music concourse garage, will get us closer to our call of an inviting destination for all. we believe the 800 park garage is a viable solution in making golden gate park is more equitable space. having the flexibility to lower rates for zip codes with historically low income and underserved residents, especially for children and their families from the bay view, chinatown, o.m.i., imitation valley -- they should all be able to easily come and enjoy the park, and all of the glory the park has to offer. thank you for voting yesterday to move forward with these changes and for

voting today to make these edits to the park code so we can all move forward with a safe and accessible golden gate park. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker. >> caller: hi. my name is jay bain. i'm a resident of district 1. i'm calling in to voice my support of this measure and legislation. and i also wanted to say that i agree that it is extremely important that the operations of the garage work as hard as possible to pay off the bond and the money owed for the construction of the garage, and also that we minimize vacant spaces in the garage as well. there is a framework for capturing capacity data or available space data called the parking data

guide published by sfmta in the city. while we also adjust parking, i ask that the available spaces at any given time are available on line and on the sign out front so that people coming to the garage know how many spaces are available and the likelihood of them being able to park there. thank you so much. it is an important part of our tool kit in making sure -- >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> caller: hi. my name is shay -- hello, can you hear me? >> clerk: yes. >> caller: hello. my name is shahin, and i live in district 7. i'm calling in support of the item to put pricing under control, pricing and

management to public parking as a component of our public transportation system. and it should be managed by the agency accountable for public transportation. better management is needed. thank you for putting this forward. please pass this ordinance today. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. >> caller: hi, this is lisa church. i'm a resident of district 3. thank you for the opportunity to speak today. i fully support sfmta having the ability to dynamic pricing on all of these spaces, including the berth parking increase that was mentioned as an amendment. what i wanted to bring up was included in previous comments, which i thought were great. so i'm not going to repeat that, other than to say i believe sfmta is the best organization to serve in this role, especially in line with some of the other ongoing positive

changes we're making to make this city more accessible to people not in private vehicles. fully utilizing, in particular, the music concourse garage will actually help make all other forms of getting around, whether it is on muni, on paratransit, walking, biking, whatever, much more accessible to people in the city. thank you for your time. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> caller: thank you, supervisors haney, mar, and safai. i'm one of the leader organizers of kids safe s.f. i want to thank the mayor for putting this ordinance forward, and encourage you all to pass the ordinance unanimously. it is long overdue for sfmta to take over pricing and management of this

garage. in 1998, voters approved the prop "k." the pandemic has showed us how good that pedestrian oasis could be. we have the opportunity to uphold the premise of prop "k" by keeping s.f. kid-safe. and directing car parking and dropoff to the giant, underutilized garage. the m.t.a. can put the garage to best use, including providing ample a.d.a. parking and affordable parking for employees. unfortunately, the garage has been governed by trustees and contractors. six of the seven garage board members are from these two museums. three years into the garage's life, under the governance of the deyoung and chair, $4 million was embezzled by the garage's c.f.o. he was put in jail, but it

led to increasing debt and increasing parking rates. the garage only averages 28% occupancy. they found it barely 50% capacity on the busiest days on weekdays. it owes more than $2.5 million in loans. this conflict of interest has never been disclosed on their i.r.s. filings. we must end this conflict of interest and get this garage out of their control. today is step one. please allow m.t.a. to set pricing, and let's get this garage fully out of m.t.a. control so we can best serve the public. >> clerk: thank you for

your comments. are there any other speakers in the queue. >> we have one more speaker in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. to the callers who have dialed in and would like to comment on item 1, please press *3 now. >> caller: good morning, supervisors. mike chen, district 2 resident, calling in support of the legislation. the garage seems to be underutilized, and allowing m.t.a. to set the rates would allow better access to all people, including folks who are disabled, and to have more accessible parking. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. are there any other speakers in the queue? >> there are no more speakers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. >> chair: all right. public comment is now closed. colleagues, any other comments or questions? i know there was -- do we have to make a motion to duplicate the file? >> no.

>> clerk: you do not. >> chair: you do not. okay. all right. well, then i want to duplicate the file and i also want to make a motion to move item 1 to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we have a roll call vote, please? >> clerk: yes. on that motion: [roll call taken] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair: great. this will go to the full board with a positive recommendation. thank you to ms. ketchum and everybody who called in. madam clerk, can you please call item 2. >> clerk: mr. chair, before we do that, we need to take action on the duplicate version of this ordinance. just to continue the matter -- >> mr. chair, i think we just want to have it continued to the call of

the chair and committee. and supervisor chan will follow up with this committee. >> chair: okay. great. i want to continue that item to the call of the chair. >> clerk: on that motion to continue the duplicate version to the call of the chair: [roll call taken] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair: great. thank you. we continue the call of the chair, madam clerk, can you please call item 2. >> clerk: item 2: resolution approving a professional services agreement between s.p. park corporation for a three-year term with one-two-year option (indiscernable) to commence on november 1st, 2021, through october 21, 2024. members of the public who wish to provide public

comment, call 415-655-0001. if you have not already done so, dial *3 to line up to speak. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. mr. chair? >> chair: great. thank you. >> thank you, supervisors. the airport is seeking your approval of the curbside management for a term of three years with one-two-year option to extend. it manages and coordinates commercial ground transportation operations at s.f.o. the contracted firm monitors and dispatches taxi services, monitors curbside limousine, and monitors the shared ride and limousines. they are contracting with s.f. parking a 100%

latino-owned company for administrative services provided in this contract. the airport is in agreement with the b.l.a.'s recommendation to reduce the contract not to exceed amount by $600,000, for a total not to exceed $20,100,000. the amendments were provided to this committee for your review. the contract is funded by fees charged to ground transportation providers. i'm happy to answer any questions you may have, along with my colleagues from the inside operations. >> chair: great. thank you. could you clarify a bit what exactly the services are that -- a $20 million contract is a large contract. what exactly is their role. >> i would like to call on my colleagues to further talk about those services. >> chair: welcome.

>> hi, this is daniel wu from the san francisco international airport. i can speak to the services. so the services provided by the contractor will be for curbside management at the terminal curbside for the transportation modes that dianna has just specified. the limousine, the transportation companies, and the taxi modes, as well as the operation of the staging lanes towards those vehicles, while they wait prior to their dispatching to the terminal curbside. we have five staging laws. a few four taxis, a few for the t.n.c. modes. so there are staff at the staging laws who have a dispatching of those vehicles to the terminal curbsides. >> chair: got it. and what is the -- you

said that this is paid for by charging the ground transportation companies. what does that fee structure look like? are they, you know -- who pays and how much? >> correct. so right now our fiscal year '21/'22 fees for each trip made by the modes are 450 for t.n.c. vehicles -- i'm sorry, i misspoke, 550 for t.n.c., limousines, and taxi vehicles for each trip they make to the san francisco airport. >> chair: so you charge each individual driver, not the sort of companies themselves? is that how it works? >> so we charge the -- the amount goes to the t.n.c.s for the t.n.c. rides, and also to the

limousine, and for the taxis. and those fees are subtracted out of the revenue collected by the individual operators. >> chair: okay. got it. and we charge taxis the same amount that we charge ride share? >> yes. >> chair: why? >> perhaps abu, would you like to explain that a little more? >> sure. supervisors, taxis get charged only for pickups, and transportation companies get charged for dropoffs and pickups. and this works on a cross-recovery model. the airport takes all of the costs of ground transportation, including roadway costs, maintenance costs, staffing costs, and that goes into a model where it is divided up between the ground transportation modes that operate at the airport. each specific mode has a percentage that is allocated from that pool of money, saying this is how much you used our

system, and that's how the trip fees are calculated at a cost recovery model. >> chair: it's a cost recovery model, except we're charging the ride shares twice and the taxicabs once. is there a difference in costs that they -- is there -- how does that reflect itself in a cost recovery model if -- is it more expensive for us to support the operations of the ride shares? >> yes. ride shares, charters, and vans, those type of vehicles are regulated by the california public utilities commission. they set the rates for these vehicles, and we collect for -- for c.u.p.c., we collect for dropoffs and pickups.

taxis are regulated by the san francisco sfmta. there is a regular rate for the taxis. and taxi drivers who decide to come and pick somebody up -- first of all, only s.f. taxis are allowed to come. when we have a shortage, we allow others to participate. each driver that participate in the program, they get charged we tha go up to the curb to pick somebody up. the reason we don't charge for dropoffs is because taxis come from all different jurisdictions, not only from san francisco. and they drop off as well. so we don't charge san francisco taxis because that would be a disadvantage to the san francisco taxis. no taxi company that operates from different municipalities get charged

for dropoffs. and the only ones that get charged for pickups, and that is the san francisco taxis. we have staff monitoring them and staff dispatching them. this contract does the monitoring, the dispatching, and coordination of rides for passengers requesting a taxi. >> chair: so the role of this company is -- if you're coming out of the airport and you're going to get a taxi or ride share, they are the ones who are standing there at the taxi line and making sure that the taxi is coming, and making sure you know where to go and all of that? they're providing those services? and on the other hand, with the ride share, there is sort of a whole other process where you have to go to get the ride share. i don't know if you have to get a bus or go to a certain part of the parking lot where you get the ride share. and then they're operating

all of that? are they the ones helping to transport people to get the ride share? what is the specific role that they're playing with it comes to ride shares and taxis. i'm a little confused. >> for ride shares, this particular contractor monitors the staging lots where the ride-share companies stage their vehicles. we have currently one staging lot open. but during the peak, before covid, before the pandemic, we had three separate lots open for ride-share companies to stage. these vehicles stage in that lot, and the staff there monitors the lot to make sure there are no disruptions, and there is customer service provided for the drivers that are waiting. if they have any questions, we provide facilities for them, such as restrooms and things like that. and then once the vehicles are dispatched, they're automatically dispatched by the transportation network companies through the application. so once they're dispatched, they go to

level 5 of our garage in the domestic terminal. that's where we've done extensive roadway work for them to create a zone for pickup. and so all of that money that was spent goes into the cost recovery because this is a ground transportation service and is spread around through the different modes of transportation that operate here. >> chair: just so i'm clear on the cost here that we're charging them, so for our -- for the taxis, the sfmta is actually setting the level that they can be charged? that then is given to the airport, and then in the case of the ride share, the c.u.p.c. is setting the level they can be charged at our airport and then the money goes to us? do we have any say in the level that they're

charged? i just think our taxi industry is struggling, and one of the only spaces that they have where they have some consistency in their business is off in the airport dropoffs and pickups. i think we should be support them and not putting a ton of fees and things on them and putting them at a disadvantage. what is our role in settling those fees? or is it entirely done by the sfmta? >> let me clarify. the m.t.a. does not regulate the ground fees, including taxis. the fee is set by the airport. the taxis have an advantage because they're only being charged for pickups. and they 100% pass through that to the customer. so the taxi driver is not paying anything.

they're not paying anything to the system besides that it comes out of their account, but then they get reimbursed by the customer. so that is already zero. as far as t.n.c., transportation network companies, or any other regulated mode, it is up to that company if they want to pass that cost on to the customer or not. for sfmta, we have allowed the taxis -- the m.t.a. has allowed the taxis to pass on 100% of the cost to the customer. >> chair: got it. okay. i understand that it doesn't have a cost directly to the driver of the taxi, although if they're passing it on to the customer, you know, it could create a situation where the taxi is as expensive, or more expensive in some cases, than the ride share. i wonder if there are ways to give them an even

greater advantage here so they can keep their costs lower and, you know, and i wonder if these fees are helpful with that? i realize that is not exactly what we're voting on here. we're voting on a contract to support the administration of these folks, so this is, in some ways, a different conversation that i would like to continue at some point. supervisor mar? >> thank you, chair haney. i just have some questions about the workforce and labor issues with this. so this will be a new -- there will be a new contractor taking over this work, it looks like in the fall or early november. and it looks like there might be, like, 40 to 50 employees with the current contractor doing the work. so i just wanted to see what the plan is around

retention of the jobs for those current employees with the current contractor when the contract changes over in november. and then it looks like there is a projection of increased -- or some hiring or expansion of the workforce for this contract over the coming three years. so what -- yeah, what provisions are there for the workers that have been laid off to be able to offer access to those jobs? >> supervisor mar, let me take a stab at answering that. we have a 90-day retention policy. so the employees that are here will are retained for 90 days by the new company. they will do their own background checks for the 90-day period. and then the employees that were laid off, they are on a list. and that is the list that the new employer will tap first to see when they do any kind of new hiring. if those employees are not

available or they're saying they don't want to work for this company, then the new employer will be able to insurer other higher otherstaff that are not f the list. the company that is leaving and the company that is taking over negotiated with the same union, so these employees are part of the same union. so there is a lot of protection built in for the employees that are here. >> chair: great. thank you for that explanation. i understand. thank you. it all sounds good. thank you, chair haney. >> chair: thank you. i know there is a b.l.a. report on this item. >> nick manard. good morning, committee members. so this proposed resolution would approve a new contract between the airport and s.p. plus to staff the airport's curbside management program. the proposed contract has an initial three-year term

through october 2024. the total projected caught for the services provided by this contract is $20.1 million funded by ground transportation provider fees. we recommend a $600,000 reduction in the resolution not to exceed amount from $20.7 million to $20.1 million. we recommend approval of the resolution as amended. i'm happy to answer any questions. >> chair: great. i know we have an amendment that we'll move in a minute. but is there any public comment on this item? >> clerk: d.p.is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. for those already on hold, please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. are there any callers who wish to comment on item 2?

>> you have two callers. >> clerk: thank you. please unmute the first caller. welcome, caller. >> good morning. in my 20 years of watching this, i've never seen a longer airport contract. through the public health examination, and considering the amount of international travel, this contract will lead to more circulation (indiscernable). >> clerk: thank you for your comment. next speaker, please. >> caller: good morning. thank you for your service and the opportunity to speak this morning. my name is patty, and i'm the owner of s.f. parking l.l.c., a latino-owned parking company. i'm excited and honored to be serving as a subcontractor on the

curbside management contract program. over the last decade, it has enabled my company to grow. it has allowed me to not only provide amazing union jobs for my community, but has been there when needed beyond the scope of work relationship. for instance, when the mission food hub needed us to pack food items at the onset of the pandemic, s.b. parking immediately jumped in and existed. it is an example of the program working and how in collaboration we were serve our community in many capacities. it is truly an honor for me and my company to be able to serve s.f.o. and represent our great city, where i grew up and continue to live with my family. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. are there any other callers in the queue? >> there are no more callers. >> clerk: thank you. >> chair: great. public comment is now closed. supervisor safai? >> thank you, mr. chair.

my question to the airport is: what is the size of the subcontract? i'm happy to hear about the subcontract along with the local l.b., and i'm really happy to hear that this company has been able to mentor her business and help it grow and then help to establish local union-paying jobs. but what's the size of the subcontract out of this? i was reading through the contract and i didn't see what size it is designated as. >> i can answer that question, supervisors. so the subcontract would be as dianna mentioned, for the administrative staff. so roughly 5%. >> so 5%. and what are the retention policies of the subcontract? it sounds like they have a

long relationship, so i'm not as worried about it in this instance, but i just want to know what provisions of retention do you have for the subcontractor? at times primes will get to the point where they say they have met their needs, they don't need the subcontractor anymore, and they're able to let subcontractors go and perform the work themselves or no longer perform the work. can you talk a little bit about that in terms of the subcontract protections that are written into the contract? either you or dianna. >> dianna, would you have any input to this? >> well, the 90-day retention policy is there. so the employees that are there are not going to be laid off for 90 days for sure. as far as protecting the subcontractor, that is an agreement between the prime and the sub. we basically provide the contracting mechanism to contract with the prime,

and if there is a sub they decided to use as an administrative support contract for that part. we don't retain any controls over it, as far as i know. >> i know when we worked on other contracts with the p.u.c. and other entities, they have a certain amount of time that they have to notify the subcontractor if their services are no longer required, to allow the subcontractor to either appeal or to work with the agency to ensure. so there are usually provisions written into the contract to protect the subcontractors so that they're not just hired on a short-term basis to win the awarded contract and then let the subcontractors go. >> i'm personally not aware of any such provision in our existing contract. if cynthia is on the line, perhaps she can share.

>> she isn't, but, supervisor, we're happy to followup on that information and see if that is part of the contract and get that information to you. >> this contractor did not have this contract before? they were the one that responded? but it sounds like they have done work at the airport before in some other areas. what are some of the areas that other contractors have done work at the airport. >> there has been a subcontractor managing the s.f.o. airport garages. >> so this is the first time they're getting into the curbside management. who was the vendor before? >> a.b.m. and p.p.m. it was a joint collaboration between pacific park management and a.b.m.. and they were here for almost a decade.

>> did they apply again? >> they did. but they were not successful in this current round. >> got it. got it. it would be good, dianna, for this committee to know, one of the things we care about -- obviously we care a lot about the l.b.e. program, ensuring that local vendors are protected, what kind of provisions are written into your contract to ensure that. i'm prepared to support this today, but definitely want to know that those provisions are in there going forward. and if you could follow up with our team, that would be great. >> will do, supervisor. and we'll also follow up with supervisor haney in terms of his questions regarding our taxi rates and charges. >> thank you. i appreciate that. we've got to take care of our taxi industry. they're having a tough time, and i think the airport is really essential for them. >> chair: all right.

with that, i want to make a motion to accept the b.l.a.'s recommendation to amend this item. can we have a roll call vote on the amendment, please. >> clerk: yes. on that motion: [roll call taken] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair: great. i want to make a motion to move item 2 as amended to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we have a roll call, please. >> clerk: yes, on that motion: [roll call taken] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair: great. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> chair: thank you. madam clerk, can you please call item 3. >> clerk: yes. item 3 -- >> chair, i'm sorry. before you call item 3, i think if it's okay with you, we can rescind the vote on item 1.

rec and park has some amendments they weren't able to get in. it is up to you if you want to wait and do item 3first and then come back to it. i wanted to alert you they have some amendments they need to make to item 1. >> chair: let's come back to that after item 3. >> clerk: item 3: resolution authorizing the recreation and park department to accept an in kind grant of up to $200,000 from t. f. studio for design services (indiscernable) for a project term beginning upon the approval by the board of supervisors, and until the notice of substantial completion. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 24855346023 and then press pound twice. and then dial *3 to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised

your hand. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. >> chair: great. thank you. and we have... >> good afternoon. i'm abigail mare with the recreation and park department. and i am sharing my screen just to show you a quick presentation about this in-kind donation for filmore park renovation project. this is an in-kind donation of $200,000 for design services. located in the western addition neighborhood on filmore street, between turk street and golden gate avenue, it is nestled by a three story landmark brick building to the north, a three story private housing building to the east, and a one-story restaurant parking lot to the south. a small stage is at the central area that is

surrounded by benches and game tables, which encourages neighborhood gatherings, sitting, and picnicking. it includes new community leadership foundation, san francisco beautiful, and t.s. studio. [inaudible] >> the new community leadership foundation, they, you know, of course allow the use of the park a lot, however, the park does suffer from some poor drainage and could really use some upgraded seating and park amenities. so they partnered with s.f. beautiful and went through a community design process. and then they applied for and were awarded a community opportunity fund

grant, which is a program of the 2012 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond. and these photos show the existing site. the existing lawn, often muddy and inconsistent, keeps park users from gathering informally. and the existing landscape does not provide a sense of peace and relaxation. t.s. studio has offered pro bono design services to do new landscaping, drainage, and seating within the park. i would like to thank our partners on this project, and if anyone would like additional project information, please consider visiting our s.f. park project page for the renovation. that concludes my presentation. and please let me know if you have any questions. thank you. >> chair: great. it looks wonderful and

exciting. colleagues, any question or comments? not seeing any. is there a b.l.a. report on this item? >> no, chair haney, we do not have a b.l.a. report on this item. >> chair: is there any public comment on this item. >> clerk: d.p. is checking if there are any callers in the queue. for those already on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. are there any callers who wish to comment on item 3? >> there are no callers. >> clerk: thank you. >> chair: great. public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to move item 3 to the full border with a positive recommendation. can we have a roll call, please? >> i put my name in the queue. i don't see to be recognized that way, so i

just waved my hand -- just kidding. i only have one question for rec and park: when will the trees at the mini park grow as big as they are in the photographs? >> oh, that's a good question. [laughter] >> think some of the trees in these renderings are some of the trees that are there. and then we'll probably plant smaller trees and they'll grow over time. >> okay. good. i hope you -- i hope you have some flowering trees so we can get some cherry blossoms or something that is going to bring some nice, good energy to that mini park. i know it very well. i started my career one block away from it and continued my career there. so it is a very important mini park to me personally. thank you, chair haney, for making that park a

priority. and thank you for all of the families and children in that neighborhood. >> thank you, supervisor safai. that is great to hear. i will definitely share your comments and input with the project team. >> thank you. >> you see why i hesitate before calling on you, vice chair safai -- i'm just kidding. i agree, bigger trees, flowering trees, the renderings look amazing. so we will -- can we take that motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on that motion: [roll call taken] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair: great. this will go to the full board with a positive recommendation. thank you so much. all right, can we return to item 1, please?

>> clerk: yes, mr. chair, would you like me to read item 1 for transparency? >> chair: yes. >> clerk: ordinance authorizing the municipal transportation agency to set parking rates at the key parking lot, the golden gate underground parking facility and marina harbor, provision to authorize sfmta, making confirming edits, increasing parking rates for the marina, small craft harbor (indiscernable) under the california environmental quality act. public comment has already been provided on this item. mr. chair? >> chair: great. just to be clear, i -- are -- de amendments to the version that we sent to the full board? >> to clarify, the version we submitted this morning

has some non-significant amendments that were moved, charging for public parking at the arena, from the original version that was submitted to you because we wanted to do more outreach with the marina. so that is the change. so my understanding is that we needed you to specifically approve that amended version submitted by the mayor's office. and that we just missed doing that in the first go-round. >> chair: got it. okay. are those amendments clear? i guess first we have to -- i want to make a motion to rescind the vote. roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on that motion: [roll call taken] >> clerk: there are

three ayes. >> chair: all right. and now do we have our city attorney here? are those amendments clear, what we're adding to this? >> yes, deputy city attorney ann pearson. the legislation had originally proposed to make some changes with respect to the parking fees at the marina. they're proposing to remove the changes that were part of the original legislation to restore the status quo while they consider what amendments, if any, to make to those fees. did i get that right, ms. ketchum? >> there are currently no fees to park at the marina. the original proposal included adding fees for public parking at the marina. that part has been delete pending public outreach. we're still asking to increase the fee for

annual berth holder parking at the marina, but the changes that were given to the clerk delete the sections that would have added general public parking at the arena. and that is the only change, per the city attorneys. >> chair: all right. i want to move those changes. give me a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: for clarification, would you like to amend both the original version and the duplicated version or just the original version? [please stand by]

>> supervisor haney: great. thank you. welcome, adult protection department. >> thank you, president haney. this resolution is to retroactively extend a contract term with northpointe.

this amendment language was forwarded to your offices yesterday, and i'm happy to read it for the record right now. so resolution, the amendment that -- that we are proposing that we need to make and hope that you could approve to the resolution is as follows. resolution retroactively approving a fifth amendment to the agreement between the adult protection department and northpointe software, inc. for maintenance and support of the correctional offender management profiling for alternative sanctions system, to extend the performance period by 12 months for a total term of 11 years from march 7,

2011, through march 7, 2022, with no change to the total amount not to exceed $752,488. the amendment doesn't change the total amount of the contract. and i understand that -- excuse me, introducing this amendment requires the item to be continued for a later meeting, and at that point, i'll be happy to introduce the matter of the contract, and if you'd like, i'm happy to do so now. >> chair haney: thank you. is there a b.l.a. report on this item? >> chair haney, we are still working on the report on this

item. we will have it ready to present next week. >> operator: there are no callers willing to comment. >> chair haney: all right. public comment is now closed. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: yes, thank you, mr. chair. i know this item will be continued, but it would be good to have someone that can come and answer questions that actually manages the performance of this contract, what it does, and the evaluation. i have a series of questions with regard to the algorithm, how it affects bipoc communities, and how bias is implicit in how this particular

contract is utilized, so if you could have someone from your team prepared next week, we have a series of questions that we want to get on the record with regards to this particular software management tool. >> absolutely. we'll be here with the right team members to respond to any questions you may have. >> supervisor safai: and then just quickly, even though i know we're going to be here next week, but why is this retroactively? this is the fifth amendment to this contract? >> right. honestly, we had every intention to get this item approved through the right channels and on time, but we had to do a number of reviews by the department of technology, department of o.c.a., office of contract administration, and all the

channels that it needed to go through, so that took a considerable amount of time, and i hate to just say this, but we are very thoroughly understaffed in my unit of finance and contracts, so it just takes longer to do everything, so it took us this long. and then, we got the whole packet submitted just before the board went on summer recess, which i know was already late. >> supervisor safai: if there's a problem with the department of technology, we need to try to anticipate that because otherwise, you're doing the work out the approval of this body, and it causes some issues, particularly for our approve authority. >> absolutely.

i understand. >> supervisor safai: okay. thank you. we'll talk about it next week. >> yes. >> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. chair. >> chair haney: so i want to make a motion to accept the amendment. roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes, sir. on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: okay. great. and i want to make a motion to continue this item to september 29 as amended to the budget and finance committee meeting. can we have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: great. we'll see you next week, miss

martinez. madam clerk, can you please call item 5? >> clerk: yes. item 5 is a resolution retroactively authorizing the office of the district attorney to accept and expend a grant in the amount of 914,000 from the california department of insurance for the worker's compensation assurance fraud program for the grant period of july 1, 2021 through june 30, 2022. members of the public wishing to make public comment dial 415-554-0001, meeting i.d. 2485-534-6023, pound, pound. if you wish to make public comment, press star, three to enter the queue and wait until

the system indicates you have been unmuted before you begin your comment. >> thank you. chair haney, supriya [inaudible] and we are asking for this amount to [inaudible]. >> chair haney: okay. is there a b.l.a. report? >> there is no report from our office. >> chair haney: sorry. not seeing any questions or comments. is there any public comment? >> clerk: yes, mr. hear, d.t. is checking to see if there are any caller in the queue. members of the public who wish

to make public comment, press star, three to enter the queue. >> operator: threw no callers. >> chair haney: yes, and did you give any explanation for why it's retroactive? >> yes. it's actually part of the regular budgeting process and it doesn't require a separate process, however, as part of the grant making requirement does require the separate resolution, and we don't receive confirmation of the grant amount until typically this period in the fall, and then we have the resolution. >> chair haney: all right.

okay. i want to make a motion to move this item to the full board with a positive recommendation. roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: great. it will go to the full board with a positive recommendation. madam clerk, can you please call item 6? >> clerk: yes. item 6, ordinance retroactively authorizing the office of cannabis to accept and expand a grant award in the amount of 1 million from the board of state and community correction for the proposition 64 public health and safety grand program for a term of may 1, 2021 through october 31, 2024 and amending ordinance number 1 ##

-- 166-20. members of the public who wish to enter public comment, call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2485-534-6023, then press pound and pound again. press star, three to end the queue and wait until the system prompt indicates you have been unmuted. >> chair haney: okay. thank you. >> thank you for your time. [inaudible] the purpose of the legislation before you is to fund projects addressing public health and safety associated with the implementation of the control regulate and tax adult use of marijuana act. the grant term is may 1, 2021 through october 31, 2024, an award amount of $1 million for three years. programs include facilitating

an educational campaign [inaudible] additionally, funds will be used to create a new position, an 1823 senior administrative analyst to be completely funded by the grant and terminate at the end of the grant term. they will oversee complex matters in the cannabis space, including on-site inspections for permanent operators and following up regarding cannabis complaints. thank you again and i'd be happy to address any questions. >> chair haney: great. thank you. is there a b.l.a. report on this item? >> no, chair haney. we do not have a report on the item. >> chair haney: is there any public comment on this item? >> clerk: d.t. is checking to see if there are any callers in

the queue. for those who have already done so, please star, three to enter the queue. if you have already done so, please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted before you begin your comments. >> operator: there are no callers. >> chair haney: public comment is now closed. not seeing any other questions or comments. i want to make a motion to move this item forward with a positive recommendation. roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: thank you so much for your time, mr. short. madam clerk, can you call items 7 through 9 together?

>> clerk: yes. item 7 is resolution approving for purposes of internal revenue code section 147-f, the issuance and sale of revenue obligations by the california enterprise development authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 17 million to finance the acquisition and renovation of educational and related facilities to be owned and operated by chinese american international school. item 8 is a resolution approving for purposes of internal revenue code the issuance of tax exempt obligations in an amount not to exceed 35 million for the

purpose of financing the abri significance, construction, renovation, equipping and furnishing of senior residential and care services. item 9 is resolution approving for purposes of internal revenue code the issuance and sale of revenue ablgss in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 9 million to finance and refinance the acquisition, construction, renovation, rehabilitation, improvement and/or equipping of educational and related facilities to be owned and operated by presidio hill school. >> chair haney: thank you. and we have [inaudible] with us. >> good morning, supervisors, chair haney. i apologize i was not able to

[inaudible] my name is [inaudible] describe each of the proposed financing, the terms. representatives from each of the nonprofits are also available. if there are questions, they can speak more in detail about their organizations if needed. [inaudible] by nonprofit organizations through joint powers authority. these resolutions [inaudible] federal tax law requires that the governing body of the jurisdiction in which the project is located approve the financing of the project after providing an opportunity for a duly noted public hearing before the bond can be issued on a tax exempt basis. the jurisdiction, which of course is the city and county of san francisco is not obligated for payment on the biopsied. the first resolution before you is for chinese american international school or cais, which is a federal 501-c-3

organization. the debt will be issued through california joint debt authority. this hearing was published on the city noticed website on august 18, 2021, and public hearing was healed by the [inaudible] on august 30 [inaudible] proceeds from the sale of the bonds will be a total amount not to exceed 17 million [inaudible]. some background on the borrowers. cais opened in 1981 in the

basement of a downtown building and has [inaudible] a faculty of 80 and a staff of 27. as a dual language emergent school, it seeks to build white powder -- build upon a -- the stated core values, and the legislation is being sponsored by supervisor melgar. approval of the legislation [inaudible] to the city and county of san francisco. the second resolution before you is for [inaudible] also known as san francisco home for jewish leaving [inaudible] hearing notice is published on the city's website on august 6,

and a public hearing was held on august 16. no comments were received through the public hearing process. the proceeds from the sale of these bonds will total 35 million [inaudible] in connection with the provision of senior residential and care services. the project is located at 302 silver avenue in san francisco. the owner and operator of all capital improvements to be financed with the bonds will be [inaudible] doing business as jewish home of san francisco. per its website, apologize for the background noise, jewish home of san francisco traces its roots to 1871 when the business was organized to establish a home for orphaned children. over the years it has expanded

to provide high quality care and services for its residents [inaudible] this project is located in district 11, and that legislation is being sponsored by supervisor safai. [inaudible] approval of this legislation will have no physical impact to the city and county of san francisco. the third resolution is [inaudible] this debt will also be issued through c-debt, the california enterprise debt authority. the information was published on the web [inaudible] via teleconference on august 19. no comment from any members of the public were heard or received through this hearing process either. proceeds from the sale of these

obligations will be [inaudible] in a total amount not to exceed $9 million to refinance a 2014 tax exempt bond [inaudible] located at 3839 washington street in san francisc [inaudible] of additional educational facilities through 3839 washington street and san francisco [inaudible] it was established in 1918 as the oldest of record school in california. in keeping with the heritage, presidio hill continues to offer students a challenging curriculum, and the school instructs students to be critical problem solvers with a

commitment to the whole child. the school has an enrollment of 220 students in grades k through 8 on their website. approval of the legislation will have no physical impact to the city and county, with that i'll end and take any questions you may have about these resolutions, skm as i mentioned, representatives -- and as i mentioned, representatives are here from the three institutions, as well. >> chair haney: thank you for that detail. supervisor safai, do you want to be heard of your district? [inaudible] >> chair haney: okay. somebody needs to mute.

>> this is sfgovtv. i believe you are unmuted. >> chair haney: i was able to mute them. i actually have super powers. >> that actually muted the p.c. line, and we'll have to rebridge. if you could give us a moment, we need to fix it. hold on. >> chair haney: okay. >> clerk: would you like to take a two-minute recess? >> yes. could we take a two-minute recess to reestablish the bridge line? >> chair haney: and could

>> chair haney: welcome back to the budget and finance committee meeting. madam clerk, do we need to call the items again or can we just continue? >> clerk: we do not need to call the items again. >> chair haney: okay. because that could take ten minutes to call them alone. do we have any public comment. >> clerk: yes.

members of the public who wish to make public comment, dial star, three to enter the queue. >> chair haney: seeing no public comment, i'm going to close public comment and make a motion to move the items to the full board with a positive recommendation. roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on the motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: thank you for that, and i have learned my lesson to never mute that item. madam clerk, call item 10.

>> clerk: yes. item 10 is a resolution leveeing property taxes at a combined rate of 1.18 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property for the city and county of san francisco, san francisco unified school district, san francisco county office of education, san francisco community college district, bay area rapid transit district, and bay area air quality management district, and establishing a pass through rate of.07 sents per 100 of assessed value for residential tenants pursuant to administrative code chapter 37 for the fiscal year ending june 30, 2022. members of the public who wish to make public comment dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d.

2485-534-6023, then press pound and pound again. then press star, three to enter the queue and you may begin your comments when the system indicates you have been unmuted. >> chair haney: thank you. and i believe i see my colleague, jamie [inaudible]. >> yes. the property tax rate, the secured property tax rate will be applied to about 210,000 real properties assessed values as determined by the assessor-recorder and will be -- this rate will be applied to those values to produce property tax bills in the treasurer and tax collector's office in about a month. the 1% portion of the tax rate

is set by prop 13, the california voters approved in june. the .114% is san francisco voters general obligation bond tax rate factors. that raises the [inaudible] on general obligation bonds approved by san francisco voters, and the remainder is for voter approved general obligation bonds approved by voters issued by the school district, college district, and b.a.r.t. for a comparison year over year, i used the median taxable value of a single-family home

in san francisco, $628,289. this is just for the ad valorem project tax. there are also typically parcel taxes or direct charges that are on the property tax bill, and those are extra. that is it for my presentation. i'd be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> chair haney: great. thank you. appreciate the information on this. is there a b.l.a. report on this item? >> yes. as mr. whitaker just mentioned,

we do show the change in property tax rates on page 9 of our report, and we recommend approval. >> chair haney: great. supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thank you, chair haney. i just had a question just to try to understand this a little bit better. so the proposed -- it looks like it's about a 1.3% decrease in property tax rate from the prior year, and that's really based on the debt service -- my question is, where's that really sort of 1.3% decrease come from? >> sort of a combination -- thank you for the question,

supervisor mar. it's a combination of the assessed secured value and the assessment role is, so it grew about 4% year over year, and also how much do we owe, what do we owe the investors that bought the general obligation bonds from the various taxing entities, and it turned out that the growth and the assessed values, the tax rate, what we need to charge to cover the debt service, the rate is a little bit less than it was last year. but there's two values: the assessed value and how much we owe -- what we need to generate from property owners. >> supervisor mar: got it. and then i don't know if there's a raw estimate if how

much that 1.3% reduction represents in total with property tax collection in the city? >> well, i would say that the rate itself is what the reduction is. the total being collected is going up, and i believe that's $1.3 billion, and that's for all counties, not just the city and county of san francisco. i want to say that last year, it was probably in the neighborhood of $3.2 or $3.3 billion, but i believe what we're collecting overall is increasing as the assessed value went up year over year, if that helps. >> supervisor mar: yes. thank you. thanks, chair haney. >> chair haney: for sure.

thank you. i don't see any other questions or comments. can you open this item for public comments, please. >> clerk: yes. members of the public who wish to provide comment on this item, please press star, three to be entered into the queue. for those already in the queue, please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. mr. cooley, please indicate if there are any callers wishing to comment on item 10. >> operator: there are no callers. >> chair haney: public comment is closed. thank you so much, mr. whitaker. appreciate it. i want to make a motion to move item 10 to the full board with a positive recommendation. may i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on the motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: thank you. appreciate it, and thank you for being here for your work, mr. whitaker. >> yes.

>> chair haney: madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: there's no further business. >> chair haney: great. if there's no further business, this meeting's adjourned. thank you. >> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san

francisco's aelectricitied assessor. today, i want to share with you a property tax savings programs for families called proposition 58. prop 58 was passed in 1986 and it was helped parents pass on their lower property tax base to their children. so how does this work? under california's prop 13 law, the value we use to calculate your property tax is limited to 2% growth peryear. but when ownership changes, prop 13 requires that we reassess properties to market value. if parents want to pass on their home or other property to their children, it would be considered a change in ownership. assuming the market value of your property has gone up, your children, the new owners, would pay taxes starting at that new higher level. that's where prop 58 comes in. prop 58 recognizes the transfer between parents and children so that instead of taxing your children at that new higher level, they get to keep your

lower prop 13 value. remember, prop 58 only applies to transfers between parents and children. here's how the law twines an eligible child. a biological child, a step child, child adopted before the age of 18, and a son-in-law or daughter-in-law. to benefit from this tax saving program, remember, you just have to apply. download the prop 58 form from our website and submit it to our office. now you may ask, is there a cap how much you can pass on. well, first, your principal residence can be excluded. other than that, the total tap of properties that can use this exclusion cannot exceed $1 million. this means for example if you have two other properties, each valued at $500,000, you can exclude both because they both fit under the $1 million cap. now what happens when the total

value you want to pass on exceeds $1 million. let's say you have four properties. three with current taxable value of $300,000 and one at $200,000, totaling $1.1 million in value. assuming that you decide to pass on properties one, two, and three, we would apply the exclusions on a first come, first served basis. you would deduct properties one, two, and three, and you would still have $100,000 left to pass on. what happens when you pass on the last property? this property, house four, has been existing value of 2 -- has an existing value of $200,000, and its existing property value is actually higher, $700,000. as i said, the value left in your cap is $100,000. when we first figure out your portion, we figure out the portion that can be excluded. we do that by dividing the exclusion value over the assessed value. in this case, it's 50%.

this means 50% of the property will remain at its existing value. meanwhile, the rest will be reassessed at market value. so the new taxable value for this property will be 50% of the existing value, which is 200,000, equaling 100,000, plus the portion reassessed to market value, which is 50% times $700,000, in other words, 350,000, with a total coming out to $450,000. a similar program is also available for prepping transfers fl interest r from grandparents to grandchildren. if you're interested in learning more visit our website or [♪♪♪] >> i really believe that art should be available to people for free, and it should be part of our world, you shouldn't just

be something in museums, and i love that the people can just go there and it is there for everyone. [♪♪♪] >> i would say i am a multidimensional artist. i came out of painting, but have also really enjoyed tactile properties of artwork and tile work. i always have an interest in public art. i really believe that art should be available to people for free, and it should be part of our world. you shouldn't just be something in museums. i love that people can just go there, and it is there for everyone. public art is art with a job to do. it is a place where the architecture meets the public.

where the artist takes the meaning of the site, and gives a voice to its. we commission culture, murals, mosaics, black pieces, cut to mental, different types of material. it is not just downtown, or the big sculptures you see, we are in the neighborhood. those are some of the most beloved kinds of projects that really give our libraries and recreation centers a sense of uniqueness, and being specific to that neighborhood. colette test on a number of those projects for its. one of my favorites is the oceanview library, as well as several parks, and the steps. >> mosaics are created with tile

that is either broken or cut in some way, and rearranged to make a pattern. you need to use a tool, nippers, as they are called, to actually shape the tiles of it so you can get them to fit incorrectly. i glued them to mash, and then they are taken, now usually installed by someone who is not to me, and they put cement on the wall, and they pick up the mash with the tiles attached to it, and they stick it to the wall, and then they groped it afterwards. [♪♪♪] >> we had never really seen artwork done on a stairway of the kinds that we were thinking of because our idea was very just barely pictorial, and to have a picture broken up like

that, we were not sure if it would visually work. so we just took paper that size and drew what our idea was, and cut it into strips, and took it down there and taped it to the steps, and stepped back and looked around, and walked up and down and figured out how it would really work visually. [♪♪♪] >> my theme was chinese heights because i find them very beautiful. and also because mosaic is such a heavy, dens, static medium, and i always like to try and incorporate movement into its, and i work with the theme of water a lot, with wind, with clouds, just because i like movements and lightness, so i liked the contrast of making kites out of very heavy, hard material. so one side is a dragon kite,

and then there are several different kites in the sky with the clouds, and a little girl below flying it. [♪♪♪] >> there are pieces that are particularly meaningful to me. during the time that we were working on it, my son was a disaffected, unhappy high school student. there was a day where i was on the way to take them to school, and he was looking glum, as usual, and so halfway to school, i turned around and said, how about if i tell the school you are sick and you come make tiles with us, so there is a tile that he made to. it is a little bird.

the relationship with a work of art is something that develops over time, and if you have memories connected with a place from when you are a child, and you come back and you see it again with the eyes of an adult, it is a different thing, and is just part of what makes the city an exciting place. [♪♪♪] . >> clerk: this meeting will come to order. welcome to the september meeting of the local agency formation commission meeting today. i am commission president, connie chan, chair of the commission i should say. i'm joined by commissioners

gordon mar and dean preston and sean hasting. i do see commissioner dean preston here too, right? >> clerk: i did not see him myself. i don't believe he's here. commissioner singh is here though. >> president: great and the clerk is madam clerk. and also i'd like to thank the staff at sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. madam clerk, do you have any announcements. >> clerk: yes, madam chair. the lafco meeting is being held. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. channel 78 and sfgovtv.org are streaming the public comment number across the screen. chances to speak are available via gone by calling (415) 655-0001.

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that concludes my comments, madam chair. >> chairman: thank you so much, madam clerk. please call the roll. >> clerk: on the roll, [roll call] madam chair, you have a quorum. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. before we call item two, i'd like to note that sadly this is second officer brian gobo's feeting as our executive officer. would any other commissioners like to speak? and, i also just want to thank executive officer gobo for all your work and we look forward to seeing you again and i have.

>> commissioner: yes. i'd like to comment, chair chan. thank you for your leadership of lafco these past three years. lafco itself where it's kind of struggling a little bit is reaffirming its role in our city and lafco's been reaffirmed as an extraordinary body here in this city continuing the oversight of clean power sf, but also taking

on important new roles particularly on the ground breaking research in our city that it's just been so impactful locally and really nationally and then now taking on the role of supporting the planning for the public bank initiative. so thank you so much again for all of your contributions and putting lafco on such solid footing for us to move ahead in the next few days and i look forward to seeing you, director gobo in your new role. thank you. >> chairman: thank you, commissioner mar. i don't see anyone else on the roster. and, i just want to note that our commissioner mar and commissioner preston is here with us today and thank you.

welcome. thank you for joining us. >> commissioner: thank you, chair chan and commissioners and sorry to just join late and i just wanted to stop by even though i have am alternate so i usually would not be speaking when supervisor commissioner mar is here, but i do want to stop by just to say a few words to and about the director and thank him for all his really tireless work and commitment to lafco over the years and i think in many ways, for everyone involved in lafco, folks have really season they have transformed lafco in many ways into a real force on many issues and i think you brought from your work, you know,

previously as a journalist and blog a depth of understanding to the issues and a kind of willingness to kind of dive in deep. that's really served the agency incredibly well. supervisor mar was just talking about that particularly as we're working to get closer to independent renewable energy grid in the city and working on just so many of the studies specifically that you did during your time in lafco and in particular, when i came to lafco on what i think is the biggest and so much of this work goes unsung and

underrecognized and you've just championed so many projects during your time as director. so i'm just going to miss your passion and commitment and really appreciate your impact on the energy and laboring government in san francisco. and thank you for all your public service and i'm going to miss working with you. >> chairman: thank you, commissioner preston. before i see that both commissioner singh and officer goebel's hands are up. let's go to commissioner singh and then to officer goebel. >> thank you, chair chan. sorry for the camera. i'm having a few difficulties right now, but i just wanted to echo how invaluable executive

director goebel has been in the last three and a half years i've been on lafco. this is a really challenging role, but something that requires 110% pure initiative and creativity and i really appreciate all of the work that director goebel has done even with all the challenges that we've had and like, yeah, i'm just -- i just want to say thank you and you'll be sorely missed. >> chairman: thank you, commissioner singh. and, officer goebel, the floor is yours. >> director: thank you, madam chair and thank every one of you for your kind words this morning. it is a bittersweet moment. later this month will actually be my last day, but this is my last meeting and i just want to express deep thanks and

gratitude to all commissioners current and former for giving me this opportunity three and a half years ago. it has been a wonderful and rewarding experience and i'm going to miss working with all of you. i'm very proud as i said of all we've accomplished at lafco including the gig survey, including the recommendations, the hiring of a renewable energy consultant and all of the wonderful work and reports that our research associates did during this time. all eleven of them, and, i have to say that working with every one of those research associates was one of the most rewarding aspects of this job. i am the sole staffer here at lafco, so they were an immense help and they learned a lot in this their roles and i learned a lot from them and i certainly hope that lafco can continue those partnerships with both the coral institute and the university of san francisco.

i'd also want to extend a special thanks to all of the legislative aids that i've worked with over the past three and a half years. i've learned so much. they are incredibly hardworking individuals and i also want to thank everyone in the clerk's office who are true professionals. in particular, i want to thank alisa, wilson ing. i'm going to forget a lot of names but a big thanks and to the clerk angela for her wise guidance over these past three and a half years. again, thank you so much, commissioners, and i wish you all the best going forward. >> chairman: thank you, officer goebel. i wanted to take this opportunity and frankly it is a privilege of mine to be able to present this to you even though it's online, i wish we were doing this in person.

i just want to let you know, mr. goebel that i had a chance to speak with my predecessor, the former chair of the commission, chair sandra and she's saying [inaudible] and she really thought that there was no way that, you know, the commission could have done the work that you all have done together if not for dedication and hard work and really brought us to where we're at today and so i just want you to know i'm going to relay this message from her and i assign myself with her sentiments. i want to also take this chance if it's okay to present you to with a certificate of honor that we all have prepared for. it's a privilege to present this to you and it's unfortunate i'm not able to present this to you in person, so this will be mailed to you

and i hope that you can look at this and know that we're thankful and grateful to your work and that we really look forward to seeing you in your new role and look forward to working with you in your new capacity. thank you. >> director: thank you so much, madam chair. >> chairman: thank you. moving on. i do we want to make sure if there are any agenda changes that any of our commissioners would like to propose at this point? >> seeing none. thank you so much that we. madam clerk, could you please call item two. >> clerk: yes. item number two is aapproval of the lafco minutes from the july 16th, 2021, regular meeting. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on

this item call 4156550001. now meeting i.d. 24930998339 and then pound and pound again. if you have not already done so, please press star three to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. madam chair. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. do any of the commissioners have changes to the minutes from the july 16th, 2021, meeting? seeing no changes. i will open this up to public comment. speakers will have three minutes. are there any members of the public who wish to comment on item number two? >> madam chair, d.t. is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. please let us know if there are any callers. please press star three to be added to the queue.

for those on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. do we have any callers? looks like we have one in the queue. >> chairman: okay. >> hello, commissioners. this is eric brooks representing our city san francisco and californians for energy choice. just wanted to echo what everyone said at the beginning of the meeting about executive officer goebel that without his important and crucial work, so many of the things that lafco needed to accomplish and even its existence as a commission moving forward would not have been accomplished without him doing the things that he did and i just wanted to quickly put that forward as somebody who's worked with this commission for many years. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. i believe that was the only caller. do we have any more callers on the line? >> there are no more callers in the queue. >> clerk: all right.

thank you. madam chair. >> chairman: seeing no more public comment, public comment is now closed. is there a motion on the floor to approve the minutes? >> commissioner: so moved. >> chairman: moved by commissioner mar. is there a second? >> commissioner: i can second that. >> chairman: good. seconded by commissioner singh. without any objection -- wait. so do we need to call roll? >> clerk: yes, madam chair. on the motion to approve the minutes moved by commissioner mar seconded by commissioner singh, [roll call] there are three ayes. >> chairman: great. these minutes are approved without any objections. madam clerk, could you please

call item number three. >> clerk: yes. item number three is the executive officer's report. a., funding recommended for e-bike rabbit program for delivery workers. b., coro fellow ashley gerrity. and c., calafco annual conference canceled. for members of the public who would like to provide public comment, please call 4156550001. meeting i.d. 24930998339. then press pound and pound again. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. madam chair. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk, we will now hear from executive officer goebel before we start, we're trying to keep all the presentations to about

10 minutes. >> clerk: madam chair, would you like me to time it? the presentation? >> chairman: sure. please do. thank you. >> thank you, madam chair. and, good morning, commissioners. brian goebel executive officer. i'm thrilled to bring you some very good news. i am thrilled to report that the -- well, i have a couple of items, but i'm going to start with the most exciting news and that is that the california energy commission has recommended that $560,000 in funding be awarded to the department of environment for a four-year e-bike rebate pilot for on-demand delivery workers. this is a recommendation that came out of lafco and our survey work and our recommendations to improve working conditions for gig workers. initially, the grant was not

awarded, but the california energy commission wound up having a surplus in their budget and so the department of environment is receiving their funding for this pilot and their broader electric vehicle strategy. so really good news and i really want to thank to them loosen at the department of environment for all of her work on this grant along with the partners with alternatives. the san francisco bike coalition, the driver's seat cooperative and sfmta and the sfpuc are also partners on this. essentially, what this is going to do is it's going to take cars off the streets, it's going to transition drivers who have expressed an interest and e-bikes to doing delivery bike on an e-bike. as you know in our survey, there was an encouraging number of ride hail and delivery drivers who expressed an interest in doing a delivery by e-bike if they were given an incentive. and the hope is that this could serve as a broader model, the

model for a broader program for an e-bike incentive for all san franciscans. also, could serve as the model for other community choice energy programs who want to offer e-bike delivery as well. i'm very happy to report that news this morning and happy to answer any questions on that. the second item that i have today is i wanted to welcome coro public affairs fellow ashley gerrity to lafco. she's our third coro fellow that we're introducing at lafco and she's looking into the city's climate policies and how they're enforced. not a particularly easy assignment, but ashley is already diving into it. she received her undergraduate degree in geography and society and environment from u.c.

berkeley where she's focused on environmental and public environment. please welcome ashley gerrity to lafco. i just want to let you know that the calafco has decided to cancel the board conference. also budgets have been slashed across lafcos across california. the next one is being planned for october 2022 in newport beach. and, finally, today, we talked about today being my last lafco meeting and i wanted to thank my time in the clean power sf team. we really grew to have a strong relationship over the years. i'd like to thank barbara hail and everyone over at clean power sf. when i came on, i did not know a lot about renewable energy

and the way the program worked and they were always extremely helpful in helping me figure things out and i also want to thank my consultant that we brought on to lafco to produce a number of valuable reports. i also want to thank all of our survey team, u.c. santa cruz for all the survey work that they did. with that, madam chair, that concludes my report. >> chairman: thank you, officer goebel. it's really amazing to hear your feedback. i hope many folks appreciate that now that san francisco and the department of environment earned the grant, you know, that i really think that we should recognize the work that you've done. having to find the grant and [inaudible] development. and commissioner mar.

>> commissioner: thanks so much, executive officer goebel for your final executive officer report. and, welcome, ashley, our new coro fellow and i really just wanted to say i'm so excited to hear your report that the department of environment got the state grant to start up the e-bike rebate program for the delivery drivers. you know, as you mentioned, this came directly out of this proposal came directly out of the ground breaking research that lafco under your leadership led under workers here in the city. so it's exciting to see this first policy recommendation that came out of that research, you know, moving forward and it's important for so many reasons. it will address our -- support

our climate action goals in reducing green house emission. help congestion on our streets and more importantly, it's going to provide support for the app-based delivery workers here in our city. i think it's a reminder of the importance of all the policy recommendations that the full comprehensive set of policy recommendations that came out of the work over the last year or two and the need for us to continue to push for the other recommendations and other ways to support our gig workers in the city. i had the opportunity to join a group of doordash workers in a big protest and that just was a reminder of the need for us to do a lot more and especially here in san francisco to support our, the growing gig workers and ensure that this

new economy is going to be fair and economic, provide economic security for the growing workforce. so thanks again, executive officer goebel for all of your work on this. yeah. >> chairman: thank you, commissioner mar. are there any other questions from commissioners or comments? seeing none. should we go to public comment, madam clerk? >> clerk: yes, madam chair. d.t. is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. if you have not already done so, please press star three now to be added to the queue for those already on hold. please continue to hold until the system indicates you have been unmuted. do we have any callers ready to speak?

>> there are no callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. madam chair, there are no callers. >> chairman: great. seeing no public comment, public comment is now closed. madam clerk, can you please call item number four. >> clerk: >> chairman: madam clerk, i think you're muted. >> clerk: sorry about that. item number four is a clean power sf -- community choice aggregation c.c.a. activities report, update on activities to implement cleanpowersf's 2020 irp. and update on covid-19 debt relief. for members of the public who would like to comment on item number four, call

(415) 655-0001. meeting i.d. 24930998339 and then press pound and pound again. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. madam chair. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. we will now hear from cleanpowersf executive director mike -- oh, no. we have season else with us. >> thank you, madam chair. i'm standing in for mike today. barbara hail. i want to thank you for the opportunity to present an update on the cleanpowersf. first, i have to pause and say thank you to brian. thank you, brian for your partnership to us. the executive officer role is a key link between the commission

and the sfpuc. we really appreciate the open communication channel, the open dialog that you've already afforded us. the insight you've brought have been really valuable to us and i mentioned that mike heinz is off today. he said don't forget, it's brian's last meeting. he said don't forget to thank brian, that's really just to indicate how sincere our appreciation is for that partnership. it's such an appropriate role and we look forward to the new executive officer approaching the job with that same partnership spirit. so for our clean power sf update. and supporting our presentation. we have grace kay, justin pine,

and kiara herman from the clean power sf team. and so, with that, i'd like to have kiara take over the speaking role and we'll hear our presentation. thank you, commissioners. kiara, are you able to come off mute and present? >> yeah. can ya'll hear me? >> yes, we can hear you now. we can't see you, but we can hear you. >> okay. did the video work now? sorry. okay. are you still hearing the echo? >> yes, kiara. please go ahead. >> okay.

great. good morning, all. i will be providing an update on our program enrollment and service participants. the enrollment and customer participation in clean power sf remain stable. since our last update in july, we have seen some gross in commercial customer participation in our super green products. since commercial customers use more power than residential customers, even just a few commercial customers can make a big impact on sales. so although our participation from a percentage of accounts has not changed, we now forecast our super green sales will exceed 6% in 2021. can i get the next slide, please. okay. now, i will be providing an update on clean power sf 2020

integrated resource plan. so this slide provides background information and contact about our integrated resource planning for irp process which is a requirement for clean power sf under state law. an irp is a long term energy resource planning tool that helps identify electricity research portfolios that meet regulatory requirements, policy goals and support reliability in a cost effective manner. can i get the next slide, please. so last august, the sfpac commission adopted irc on september 1st of 2020. in the 2020 irp, the sfpuc adopted a plan to accelerate clean power sf's achievement of 100% renewable and carbon-free

energy by 2025. next slide, please. the 2020 irp adopted a number of renewable energy and energy storage capacity system within the targets which we've covered in previous meetings and are summarized here. we've already made. this table here summarizes our active resource procurement efforts. as part of a community choice program, we issued solicitation for long resources last fall. we are planning to seek approval from our commission and the board of supervisors to participate in one or more of these projects due to california community power the

new cca joint powers agency. we also issued a request for offers for utility scale renewables in july. this closed last week and we are in the process of evaluating bids. we are seeking approval from the board of supervisors to enter the contracts later this year. and, just this past monday, we took a step towards implementing our solar program by issuing solicitation for small scale renewable energy sources for discount programs, and the lastly, we're working to slis tate energy for 2022 for solar and sfpuc reservoirs. can i get the next slide,

please. okay. great. and then, in addition to a renewable procurement, we are expanding our custom programs offerings. this table here lists and operate in-develop customer program. later this year, we plan to launch our low income solar program. the heat pump solar program is slated to launch in 2022 and we also plan to launch our disadvantaged community with an existing interim resource in spring of 2022. lastly, i wanted to share that since we last presented to you, we've submitted our application for the energy efficient food services program to the california p.u.c.. if approved, we plan to operate the program in 2023. okay. i will now pass the presentation off to my colleague grace kay who will share information on covid-19 debt relief.

>> hi ya'll. thank you. . can you hear me? great. thank you, kiara. good morning, commissioners. my name is grace kay, regulatory analyst supporting the clean power sf team. i'll be walking you through an update on activities engaged in at the state level which provide covid-19 debt relief to our clean power sf customers. about a month ago, after the city took action to during the pandemic, the california public utilities commission directed the investor owned utilities [inaudible] . a couple times over the past year so through -- sorry. i think there was an interruption. so the moratorium was extended a couple times over the past year, so through june 30th of this year. as we reported to lafco, in

february, the cpuc opened to address approximately $1 billion in covid debt across the utility service areas and to adopt policies regarding customer disconnections for nonpayment. next slide, please. in the first phase of this proceeding, the cpuc issued a decision in june extending the disconnection moratorium, so from june through september 30th and adopted a new covid payment plan for all residential customers with exceeding 60 days past due. under this new payment program which is being implemented this month, all residential customers not currently already enrolled in a payment plan will be auto-enrolled in two-year payment plans and as long as customers remain on their two year plan, they'll be disconnected from service. i also applied this to small

businesses and they'll be auto-enrolled to payment plans. or 5% for small business customers. this covid payment plan is meant to complement the amp program for low-income customers. which i will be introducing in the next slide, please. in june, the state budget allocated nearly $700 million in federal funding to ccas and investor owned utilities in bill relief for covid related arrearages. and on the 16th, the governor authorized and established the arrearage payment program also known as cap. the agency task overseeing the

implementation of the cap program and disbursement of the funds. clean power sf is working closely with to value the amount of arrearages. cuc will then allocate the funds for the and all funds are to be disbursed by january 31st of next year. and according to capp programs, residential customer with past due balances accumulated during the covid-19 pandemic period. so that's from march 4th, 2020, through june 15th of this year and once funds are disbursed, they'll be directly credited to customers' bills and customers cannot be disconnected while

the capp fund is deposited. so while csd works to relieve the capp funding. the cuc remaining issues related to covid debt forgiveness. so in phase two, the cpuc will be addressing any implementation issues with the capp program to ensure that the funds are successfully being distributed and the status such as the emergency rental assistance program which we have shared information with you on previously and while capp funding will address a significant portion of the customers' arrearages during the covid period, it will not be able to cover the entire amount. and whether there is a need to address the remaining debt in

how it should be treated. so we will continue to actively participate in this proceeding on behalf of our clean power sf customers and keep you informed as phase two of the proceeding progresses. with that, that concludes my short presentation. my colleagues and i are happy to take any questions you may have. >> chairman: thank you. i have one question about if we can go back to the electric water heater that i think the roll-out is for early 2022. and, i just kind of want to learn a little bit more about what is the plan for the roll out? i think it's very exciting. electric water heater has been something that we want people to start considering, but i know it's also pricey. so just try to understand how that program works if you can

just elaborate a little bit more detail and how that is going to share with san francisco residents. >> sure, if you'd like me to i'm happy to. so we have the benefit of being able to join our program. our heat pump water heater program with a program that's been operating in the bay area region through what's called r.e.n. and so this is one of the local area partnerships, a number of counties and c.c.a.s have been participating in this program. we will be rebating to customers to some of the costs to purchase and install these

qualified heat pump water heaters. so we are. we're excited to be able to partner with the bay r. e.n. people who's been implementing this program for awhile in the bay area and other jurisdictions. so clean power sf is contributing funds to that program to begin to make it available to san franciscans. the bay r.e.n. qualified installers on their website. that can talk them through this technology and understand how it will work, how it will perform relative to what they're used to with the old technologies and so this is part of our effort to decarbonize and improve the efficiency of the water heating services in our territory. >> chairman: great. and i really look forward to it. i agree that, you know, i think

it's great that we're moving away from natural gas with our stove and it's good to see that there's effort and really incentive for people to help them with these electric water heaters. my next question is about the disconnection moratorium that now has been extended to september 30th, which is good news, except it's also coming up in two weeks, but i also know that in the previous report from director heinz that we know that it's going to time with the debt relief so that we know that, you know, if those who cannot pay in time, they will not really suffer from the disconnection. they will automatically go into the debt relief program. but i just look forward to

receiving the information of who's receiving the debt relief so, perhaps that we can get more of that information once the programs start rolling out but on top of that, for those who qualify -- i shouldn't say qualify. who gets to qualify into the debt relief program and what happens for those who get left behind so to speak and my assumption is not going to cover everybody. >> can i comment? in response to commissioner chan. that is part of the main goal

of phase two of the c.p.c. proceeding is to look at the entire picture once you apply and leverage all of the federal and state funding that's available from the capp program and looking at what, who might be left behind and if there's a need, there may be a new relief program that may be created to address that amount. but in the meantime, i think parties are advocating that we see the capp program through and how much funding is available and how much is applied. each applicant utility is required to report out on a disbursement of their funds which customers have received them, have received the capp funding and so we'll get all the information later on in this proceeding. >> chairman: great. and do we have a time line for that, roughly? >> there is a preliminary schedule for phase two, but right now, they're asking questions about how the capp program implementation is going

and they'll be some workshops to get more data also on how the other relief programs are going as well such as erap. before we kind of move into a more action kind of phase for the proceeding to see if what we can do to address any remaining debt. >> and, when we are -- when we have the information, commissioner chan, about who in san francisco received those funds, we'll flag that we're ready to present it here because i hear that's an outstanding question you have. so when we've got that information together, we'll present it in a future update for you. >> chairman: that's great. i think the disconnection moratorium is key to get us through and i'm interested to hear how that's impacting our businesses for the commercial ones as well. i think it will be tremd usually helpful.

thank you all three for your presentations and answers. fellow commissioners. i'm checking in to see if you have any questions or comments. seeing none. going once, going twice. all right. so madam clerk, should we go to public comment for this item? >> clerk: yes, madam chair. d.t. is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue please let us know if there are any caller who is are ready. if you have not already done so, please press star to be added to the queue. for those on hold please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. do we have any callers in line? >> hello, again, commissioners. this is eric brook. first, on the relief program, i

just want to flag something that's important for us to follow up. pg&e is changing the way people are doing applications online and on the phone. which it's more commonly done through the mail and so you might want to check with customers that are traditionally on care which ties into this program to make sure that they are doing their care application properly since pg&e is changing the way that's done and then on to clean energy, it's great. thanks for the report. it's great to hear that nine more megawatts of solar are going to go up on reservoirs. that's a really important progress. commissioners, as you know, we do have 400 megawatts of use in san francisco, so we do need to go ahead and fill out that

whole 400 megawatts by renewables and run by local community in creating local jobs. i just want to flag for you all that at 8:22 in the morning today, i sent you an updated version of the sign-on letter about getting local clean energy and climate justice and so please look at that that has 18 and it's really time for the board of supervisors and hopefully lafco to move forward with that bigger plan. so please do look at that letter. thanks. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. is that the only caller? do we have any callers left in the queue? there are no more callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you, madam chair. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. seeing no public speakers in the queue, public comment is

now closed. madam clerk, can you please call item number five. >> clerk: yes. and for the record, there was no action taken on item number four. item number five is open local agency formission commission appointment and positions. the one public member seat on the commission with the term ending february 22, 222. and open executive officer staff positions and open reinvestment working group policy analyst staff position. please call 4156550001. meeting i.d. 24930998339 and then pound and pound again. if you have not already done so please press star three to line up to speak for this matter. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. madam chair. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. so as you know, at the july

lafco meeting, commissioner cruz-pollack resigned and we now have an opening for the public member seat on the commission. we have received two applicants. we also received two applications from applicants since commissioner cruz-pollock's resignation. so we're extending because we really only have two, i would assume that we would like to extend the application period to be open for another month to allow more candidates to apply. so, you know, if the general public is interested in applying, please visit sfbos.org and navigate to the board and click on vacancy. but, of course, you're also welcome to contact our madam clerk and her team here directly to see about that

information. and, also, for the open executive officer staff position, with the executive officer goebel leaving us, we're also hiring an executive officer in his shoes. probably very challenging, but we're going to try. the application opened on july 29th and closed on august 6th. a hiring panel will interview applicants who qualify and were selected for interview towards the end of this month, end of september. the hiring panel will not include any of the lafco commissioners at this time, that's including myself. hopefully, we will have a new executive officer hired and start worked mid october. if all goes well. and, for the open reinvestment working group policy analyst staff position, finally, lafco.

it's very exciting lafco is assisting in hiring and processing and hiring analysts to staff the reinvestment working group. so i just want to thank you to the clerk's office for giving us one of their decisions on loan to fill this role for this fiscal role. the hiring panel decided to wait until our executive officer is hired before proceeding with hiring a policy analyst. staff will be working together. so the job announcement now has re-opened on tuesday, september 7th. applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. the earliest it may close is on friday, september 24th, so next week. colleagues, do you have any comments and questions about these announcements? please, commissioner mar. >> commissioner: thank you,

chair chan. thanks for these updates on filling such important positions for lafco and thanks for your work as well as the clerk's office on the recruitment process. i just had a question about the recruitment for the new executive officer staff position. so it sounds like -- i guess my question is do we have enough -- did we get enough applications and have a good enough pool of applicants to move forward with that timeline, you said around hopefully making a hiring decision by the end of the month and having someone on board in october? >> chairman: sorry. i think i'm having echo. it sounded to me from what i learned from the clerk's office and actually, angela is helping

us put it all together and that they do have a good list of candidates that they will be interviewing. we know that they are carefully screened and according to the rules and regulations and i think we're fortunate enough to have a good list of candidates to be interviewed. but we'll know more. >> commissioner: okay. that sounds good. thanks again for all of your work and to the clerk's office as well on this. thank you. >> chairman: of course. and, i think what it is is that there are five applicants are moving forward from those who've submitted their applications. great. thank you. i don't think i see anyone else on the roster for questions, so are there any members of the

public that would like to speak on this item? >> clerk: thank you, madam chair. please let us know if there are any caller who is are ready. if you have not already done so, please press star three to be added to the speaker line. for those on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. do we have any callers who are ready? >> good morning again, commissioners. eric brooks with our city sf and californians for energy choice. so i just had a couple of questions for chair chan. you mentioned on the executive officer's staff position that there's a hiring panel and i think you mentioned you were on it. just kind of the audio's a little bit rough on this phone connection, but i was wondering if you can elaborate on who makes up that hiring panel and, also, if executive officer

goebel was able to put his two cents in on candidates and also, will the public at some point be able to comment in case someone that's being lined up to be hired would give us concerns. i'm not sure if that's possible or not. but the main thing is what is the constituency of the hiring panel? >> chairman: thank you. i realize it's public comment. i'm not answering it yet, but go ahead. i'll answer after we're closed out on public comment. >> clerk: please continue your comment. >> well, that's all i had. >> clerk: thank you. do we have any other callers on the line? >> there are no more callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. madam chair. >> chairman: thank you. seeing no more public comment. public comment is now closed.

i do want to take this opportunity to answer some of the questions and to clarify that i myself am not on the hiring panel. and that i at this moment i'm not disclosing specific names of the hiring panel to avoid any candidate who may have the advantage of seeking out the panelists, but i can say that it is representative from a member of the board of supervisors and someone from the clerk's office, and also someone from san francisco public utilities commission to sort of make a diverse perspective to on the panel. so i'm not disclosing the names, but i think that gives you a perspective and understanding of who the panel -- where the panelists are coming from and i think there's some other questions about sort

of the process. madam clerk, would you elaborate briefly or make like a brief announcement about the hiring process more as the technical part of if we're going to disclose and how will the public -- if the public would like to vet the hiring or the candidates, i should say. >> clerk: are we talking about the executive officer's position? >> chairman: correct. >> clerk: that would be juco loxamana. i don't really know the specifics. she handles the hiring process. if you'd like, i can see if she's available if you would -- if you wanted me to take a moment. >> chairman: yeah. i think that's -- if she's available, great. just kind of give everybody an understanding of whether the general public has a chance to vet this position. >> clerk: okay. let me see if i can get ahold of her.

hold on. madam chair, we've reached out to her for a chance. would you like to go to general public comment for now and we can circle back to this?

>> chairman: that sounds great. madam clerk, please call item number six. >> clerk: item number six is general public comment. for members of the public who wish to speak on this item, please dial (415) 655-0001. meeting i.d. 24930998339 then press pound and pound again. if you have not already done so, please press star three to line up to speak. d.t. is checking to see if we have any callers in the queue. do we have any callers ready? >> hello, commissioners. eric brooks with our city sf and californians with energy choice. as i often do, i want to reiterate the importance of the public bank and getting that moved forward as fast as possible. hopefully on the next meeting we're at a good point with the public pang. and all the other things that we're talking about including

gig workers. and then on the issue of utility debt relief, that was covered a little bit in today's meeting, but i as a tenant organizer am very in touch with this issue of utility debt relief, rent debt relief and while the moratoriums are helpful in the immediate sense, the fact that most folks that are making use of those moratoriums are not working means that on october 1st, if it's not extended and even if it is extended, all that debt is going to come due and people are not going to be able to pay that old rent debt and the old utility debt. so it would be good also on the next agenda to see an item that really flushes out what are we going to do to make sure that all the people that were going to get crushed by that debt do not get crushed by that debt

and that the debt gets waived. it's not an easy question to answer, but that would be good to have answered by the next meeting especially so organizers like myself can reach out to tenants and others to let them know what's going on with these debts. so that's all i have for that. thanks. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. i believe that was the only caller. d.t., can you confirm? >> there are no more callers in the queue. >> clerk: great. thank you. madam chair, i believe that completes the general public comment. and we also have juco luxamana here. >> chairman: great. i just want to quickly respond about the debt relief. if they owe the debt, they automatically are rolled into the debt relief program. but that's exactly what we want to see, who else is not covered by that debt relief and who

else is being left behind. i just want to clarify that. and it's so good to see you, somehow on the screen. >> clerk: madam chair, can we close public comment on item six. >> chairman: thank you. close public comment is closed for item six and let's return back to item number five where junco can kind of give us a walk-through the hiring process and whether there's a public vetting component to the hiring for the executive officer position. >> i'm sorry, i just called in. so you're asking about the executive officer hiring plan? >> chairman: we know we have the hiring panel is taking

place. taking the interviewers end of this month, end of september, and we just wanted to if you could walk us through the process thereafter. >> sure. okay. so for the executive officer, we have a panel interviews scheduled next week and if the panel selects someone from that round of interviews, this is an exempt position, we can quickly move with the onboarding process, that should take, that should happen within a few weeks after the interview and i believe that's all we really have at this time. unless you have any specific question about the process. >> chairman: so would the hiring panel determining the candidates or will there be a

vetting process that we would have a discussion about the candidates publicly with the commissioners. is there such a procedure and protocol in place? >> okay. >> chairman: or will any of this information be publicly disclosed? >> we can certainly disclose what we've posted publicly for the job opening and how many candidates we -- how many applications we've received and how many were invited for interviews. i believe we can also -- we cannot disclose the names of the scandinavians that were invited to the interviews. but if the commission has a question about the criteria or

metrics that the panel used to score these candidates, we can talk about that, but we cannot discuss specific applicant's qualifications in the public meeting. i believe that's confidential. >> chairman: great. just wanted some clarification. that sounds good. i wanted to make sure that my fellow commissioners don't have any questions for hunko shgz. if you do put them in the roster now. great. thank you. thanks for the clarification. great. so, madam clerk, could you please call item number seven. >> clerk: yes. and, for the record, there was no action taken on item number five. item number seven is future agenda sites. for any member of the public

press star three now to be lined up to the speak. madam chair. >> chairman: thank you. colleagues, are there any future agenda items that you would like to note and make sure that we discuss now for to put it on the future agenda? okay. so if there's nothing else, then um, madam clerk, is there any other business before us today. >> clerk: we need to take public comment on this item before we adjourn. for this item, item number seven, d.t. is checking to see if we have any callers in the queue. please put any caller forward. >> yeah. eric brooks with our city sf and californians for energy

choice. one last time. just wanted to flag again that sign-on letter for the local clean energy and climate justice billed out to do 100% within 10 years on that. i would like to see that right away as an agenda item hopefully in october or if you don't have a new executive officer up to speed by then, maybe the next meeting. but it's important we get that on the lafco agenda right away. thanks. >> clerk: do we have any other callers? thank you for your comments. do we have any other callers in the queue? >> there are no more callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. madam chair. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. are there any more business for today? >> clerk: if you can close public comment then we can adjourn the meeting. >> chairman: that's right. seeing no more public comment. public comment is closed.

thank you, madam clerk. >> clerk: i believe that concludes our business for today. >> chairman: thank you. and we will see all of you in october. >> clerk: thank you. >> chairman: thanks. .

>> shop and dine the 49 promotes loophole businesses and changes residents to do thirds shopping and diane within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services we help san francisco remain unique and successful where will you shop and dine shop and dine the 49. >> my name is neil the general

manager for the book shop here on west portal avenue if san francisco this is a neighborhood bookstore and it is a wonderful neighborhood but it is an interesting community because the residents the neighborhood muni loves the neighborhood it is community and we as a book sincerely we see the same people here the shop all the time and you know to a certain degree this is part of their this is created the neighborhood a place where people come and subcontract it is in recent years we see a drop off of a lot of bookstores both national chains and neighborhoods by the neighborhood stores where coming you don't want to - one of the

great things of san francisco it is neighborhood neighborhood have dentist corrosive are coffeehouses but 2, 3, 4 coffeehouses in month neighborhoods that are on their own- that's

>> okay. sorry. all right. good morning everyone. i'm san francisco mayor london breed and i'm excited to be here at footprint with michael, the owner. with our captain and our assessor-recorder, the supervisor of the community

gordon mar and office of economic and work force development. so many people who work hard to help support our small businesses because we know despite what has happened during the pandemic, so many of our small businesses have been suffering in san francisco. the cost of doing business, the ability to find a storefront and go through the city's bureaucratic process to get open in the first place has changed our city as we know it. often times during the spring time, we're celebrating small businesses in san francisco but we need to do a better job of putting our money where our mouth is when we talk about supporting small businesses. i still go to the same dry cleaner i have been going to since i was a kid. i still go to the same dentist i have been going to since i've had teeth, i go to the same place to get my nails done when

i can afford to get them done. it is an important part of the spirit of san francisco, we love our neighborhood shops and restaurants and businesses and we want to do everything we can to support them and this pandemic has made life very challenging. i remember walking around in the castro, there are a lot of businesses i frequent because they're close to where i live. one day i was walking and i noticed something different. there were a lot of windows that were broken. i was devastated, but i was so angry. i thought now all of the money that they struggle to make during the pandemic is now going into fixing something that they did not do. in fact, in the castro, there was one person who vandalized all five of the windows broken. in chinatown, 20 businesses were vandalized and thanks the the

san francisco police department, that one person that vandalized those 20 businesses has been arrested and is currently being detained in our jails. the fact is, we have to make sure that we are doing everything we can in this city to hold people accountable for the crimes they commit. but we never want those crimes to happen in the first place. if they do, we have to stand by our small businesses. we have to provide the relief and support they need because it's not just about the business owner and their livelihood, it's also their employees who are supporting families themselves. it's a big deal. and so in san francisco, we've tried to be very creative about the programs we have instituted, especially since this pandemic. we have been able to give out a significant amount of resources

for grants, for loans, for facade improvements. for people dealing with challenges. we know that that little bit of money goes a long way. with our sf shines programs and a number of things, we have been able to help support small businesses and in addition to that, just recently the board of supervisors supported an effort to for the next year provide for those who want to open new businesses in san francisco, able to waive a number of city fees that often times are expensive and makes it difficult to open a business. we know we have too many empty store fronts. we have to get rid of the bureaucracy like we did when voters passed prop 8 and small business recovery efforts. we hope businesses notice a difference and just to be clear, for someone who may want to -- i'm sure you have probably heard

about this, change a nail shop to an ice cream bar or shop, it shouldn't take two years to do something that simple. we must do better. but a bakery recently was vandalized, pharmacy ramshacked and they faced two cases of vandalism. frank's flowers burned to the ground. all these incredible places that are institutions in our city. i want to thank supervisor mar for working with us to establish this new program, this vandalism relief fund that will provide anywhere from 1-2 thousand dollars to those who need to provide repairs the first their businesses. we allocated a million dollars in the budget to do that because we know there are so many businesses that have experienced this. this is one of so many of the programs that we try to offer to help support and protect our small businesses.

there's not a one size fits all. san francisco is an expensive city, but i'm really proud of the fact that we continue time and time again to look at creative ways to invest in small businesses. they are the driving engine of san francisco. we can't just keep talking about it and adding more layers of bureaucracy to make life difficult for them. we have to make changes to our policies, we have to make changes to our investment. we have to do that because we need to see a change in the city we all know and love, built on the backs of small businesses. i want to thank you all for being here and i'm really excited that footprints is a beneficiary because of the challenges they experienced and i'm looking forward to make sure at least 500 businesses i think will benefit from this program and hopefully we won't have to use all of it.

i want to take this opportunity to introduce our partner in this effort, supervisor gordon mar. (applause) >> thank you mayor breed and everyone for being here for the announcement of the relief grant program. i'm pleased to be here along with mayor breed, office of economic work force development, assessor-recorder and our merchant association to announce this important, very important new program that the city is start together provide economic relief and support to our mom and pop businesses that have been victims during the pandemic. unfortunately that's a lot of businesses throughout the city and particularly in residential neighborhoods. during the pandemic, we have seen a surge in vandalism and

burglaries, in particular targeting neighborhood businesses in our neighborhoods. here in the sunset district, there's been dozens of businesses that are victims. mr. bread bakery, sugar and water dessert cafe were all burglarized and we have seen it play out in other areas. on irving many businesses have been hit. and then most recently and i think it has gotten some attention, frank's florist, 87-year-old historic business not only burglarized but burned out last week. i want to really thank michael,

the owner of footprint shoe store here for first suggesting the creation of the program. i remember when i came to visit michael, after footprint was broken into it and his efforts to recover. michael mentioned that it would be helpful to owners like him who have suffered these losses to have a little bit of financial support from the city in their recovery. and whether it is to repair the broken windows or damage to the storefront, to pay their insurance deductible or to beef up security system, to prevent -- to hopefully prevent crime impacting them in the future. from that conversation i had with michael back in february, i started working with my staff and colleagues on the board and

in june, i proposed $1 million to provide a fund for small businesses and i want to thank mayor breed for working with my office over the past three months to create this program. i know, you know, we are hopefully going to be able to provide support to at least 500 businesses through this program. but the need is even greater and we're going to look at how we can expand the pot. in the budget, i think there's an additional -- some additional funds in this year's budget that we can used to expand the pot if there is a great demand for the program, which i think there will be. beyond that, this is just providing relief to the businesses and supporting them in their recovery. but we really need to look at how we can prevent the steps the

cities can take. i know mayor breed and chief scott in the police department and -- good folks here at this station are committed to as well. i'm going to hold a hearing mid october in the public safety neighborhood committee as to what we can do as a city to address crime in our commercial corridors and ensure safety for businesses and residents. that will be an opportunity to really look at how we can prevent this type of crime from happening in the future. today we are here to announce the launch of the important new program and i want to introduce sunset native who took over this footprint shoe store from the previous owners just before the pandemic kicked in. i want to thank michael for keeping this important business going in the neighborhood and serving the community and for

suggesting that we create the store front relief program. thank you. (applause) >> it's an honor to be here and i want to thank supervisor mar, mayor breed for taking time and putting this program and their entire teams and everybody behind the scenes, putting this grant together so small businesses can come out of this. i want to thank the station after our store got vandalized, the captain reached out personally and was along my side to get through the insurance handling process. he and his team were there for us. thank you. the pandemic has been for me, never knew what a pandemic was. when i took over the business i was excited to start and two

weeks later we were told we had to close. i think something that is positive that has come out of the pandemic is community. i think without the pandemic, this never would have happened. i definitely see this is a positive to come out of covid-19 and i look forward to continue to engage with the city to help small businesses. i grew up just a few blocks from this store. i shop and eat at all of the neighborhood stores and it is very sad to see them struggling. but i do believe if we come together, with the help of the grant for the stores that got vandalized, we'll be able to come out stronger and united as a whole together. i want to introduce people to come up. grace? (applause)

>> hi, i am with carolyn lin -- carlin company hair studio. i just want to take a moment to thank supervisor mar for helping push through the relief bill and mayor breed for signing the bill and pushing it through. it is very much needed. we have been in much -- had many challenges, the construction and pandemic and now crime. it is good to have relief and help from the city in these very hard times. just want to thank you supervisor mar and mayor breed. and i guess i'm the last speaker, we're all available for questions if you have questions for the speakers.

>> i saw that the release was saying that grants aren't to cover stolen goods or shared spaces. >> for -- this is a vandalism relief fund. it is for, sadly, people who have been victims. there are specific requirements we have. for example, if you have been vandalized, we would ask that you report it to the police. so we want to make sure there's a police report and receipts for the expenses. and if you are a victim of graffiti for example, all 311 to report it and as long as we have receipts, we can provide the relief. today we brought the checks for footprints, not just the vandalism relief fund for what he had to deal with but also sf

shines and the less questions you ask, the more time we can spend shopping to spend more money in his good store. christian? >> i'm not sure if it's for the mayor or supervisor, are we talking broken grass, graffiti you talked about. what does it cover? and does it work in conjunction with broken glass? >> just to be clear, it is any vandalism related to anything you would need to make a police report for the vandalism on your store and it could include graffiti and often times people don't leslie make police reports for graffiti but if you have been vandalized and something needs to be fixed because of the vandalism, that is what it encompasses. the money from the broken

windows fund can be used as a tool as well. so for example, say if you had a broken window and then you also as a result have desire to put in cameras and other systems the enhance and protect your store, there's possible support through these various programs to do that with a cap on the idea that we provide. the vandalism relief fund is capped at $2,000 at this time. >> can we have an idea of what is going on? [indiscernible] is it one person or -- >> captain, do you want to talk about that today? >> so we made an arrest recently and it was a series of vandalisms occurring in the chinatown business corridors and it was occurring up and down

ocean avenue. so, from the investigation in that arrest, what we were able to learn was it was basically one person that was responsible for upwards of 30 or 40 incidents. in that case, we do know based on interviewing that person, too, that it was prejudice based. there was vandalism involved but it was driven by prejudice and again, 30-40 incidents is quite a lot of incidents. and across multiple police districts. hopefully that arrest in and of itself will reduce a lot of these incidents. >> feel free to shop if you want. thank you for being here. ♪♪♪

>> manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods and for people to create more economic prosperity. i'm kate sosa. i'm cofounder and ceo of sf made. sf made is a public private partnership in the city of san francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in san francisco. sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us

apart from other small business support organizations who provide more generalized support. everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. for example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide small business owners with education. we have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person

shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help companies set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in san francisco. i'm amy kascel, and i'm the owner of amy kaschel san francisco. we started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of clientele. we have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors,

lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it's important for them to know where their clothes are made and how they're made. >> my name is jefferson mccarly, and i'm the general manager of the mission bicycle company. we sell bikes made here for people that ride here. essentially, we sell city bikes made for riding in urban environments. our core business really is to build bikes specifically for each individual. we care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. when people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the

riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. it's a pretty fun shopping experience. paragraph. >> for me as a designer, i love the control. i can see what's going on, talk to my cutter, my pattern maker, looking at the designs. going through the suing room, i'm looking at it, everyone on the team is kind of getting involved, is this what that drape look? is this what she's expecting, maybe if we've made a customization to a dress, which we can do because we're making everything here locally. over the last few years, we've been more technical. it's a great place to be, but you know, you have to concentrate and focus on where things are going and what the right

decisions are as a small business owner. >> sometimes it's appropriate to bring in an expert to offer suggestions and guidance in coaching and counseling, and other times, we just need to talk to each other. we need to talk to other manufacturers that are facing similar problems, other people that are in the trenches, just like us, so that i can share with them a solution that we came up with to manage our inventory, and they can share with me an idea that they had about how to overcome another problem. >> moving forward, where we see ourselves down the road, maybe five and ten years, is really looking at a business from a little bit more of a ready to wear perspective and making things that are really thoughtful and mindful, mindful of the end user, how they're going to use it, whether it's the end piece or a wedding gown, are they going to use it

again, and incorporating that into the end collection, and so that's the direction i hear at this point. >> the reason we are so enamored with the work we do is we really do see it as a platform for changing and making the city something that it has always been and making sure that we're sharing the opportunities that we've been blessed with economically and socially as possible, broadening that are going to s >> hi everybody, i'm the general manager of your san francisco recreation and parks department.

i'm thrilled to be here with all of you and our honored guests. we have our mayor, our assembly men, supervisor mandelman, our new assessor, our commissioners. to all of the honored and elected guests, we have a ribbon cutting for all of you today that is right up your alley. this is actually the ninth ribbon cutting of let's play sf. this happened -- let's play sf, none of us remember where we were in 2012 but if you were a voter here, you passed a parks bond in 2012 that allowed a community of your peers including some of our representatives i'll introduce in a second, to identify the most needy playgrounds around the city for public and private investment. we're also joined today by drew

becker, the ceo of san francisco park alliance, the recreation parks department and our commissioners and elected family here have worked together to make sure each of the 13 most deserving playgrounds is funded and neighborhoods are revitalized through a combination of play, creativity, of connectivity and if you look at this space, you can see the potential of this project. this project is also the beneficiary of the open space acquisition fund that goes back to the 70s. the city was smart enough -- this used to be a rail line, many who live in the community know this. look what we have been able to do with it. it's really quite special. this particular 1.7 million renovation includes something that is near and dear to my heart and to the hearts of so many children in san francisco,

a nature play area. part of our san francisco children and nature initiative. to give every child in san francisco a nature-based experience every day. it is little projects like this that really make the difference. so i'm really thrilled with that. we also have a lot of ada accessibility features in this project so we can all get out and enjoy our parks and play. we even have green space on that end of the alley for dog walking and exercise equipment and all kinds of fun stuff. this project was a mix of funding services from the let's play initiative and we also have funding from the 2012 community opportunity fund and some will speak to that in a second. let me just say a few thanks and then turn it over to our mayor. first to all of you for being patient. these projects take time.

it seems 2012 was a really, really long time ago but in playground time, it was like a blink of the eye. special thanks to dave who leads the jury commoners. i believe dave is speaking in a bit who wrote the application and dr. michael lindsay, i don't think dr. lindsay could be here today, but the school was very involved in the cof application and design and certainly they're going to enjoy the space. quick shout outs to our partners. the san francisco parks alliance, we wouldn't be able to do these projects without the caring, generous support of the parks alliance. the san francisco children and nature network, our city family from public works.

there are several here. thank you dpw, you guys are awesome. i see rachel gordon in the background i think. and everybody has a mask on. i shouldn't be calling out people by faces because i can't see them. again to our commission. to the parks recreation advisory committee, the committee of citizens that works with us to help develop these projects. i know karen and steven are here. thank you for your presence. to my own staff for their hard work. lisa is here, she has been the captain of let's play sf. i see nick here, thank you nick. michelle who leads an amazing crew. james, robert, i know i'm going to forget somebody. these are the people who so

lovelily and talently care for the space. our commission president likes to say victory has many parents and this is another victory with many, many, many parents. thank you to the entire team of people who have worked on this. in the interest of time, i'm going to turn it over to our mayor. mayor breed. (applause) >> thank you. we want to just extend heartfelt thank you to the people of this community, especially. it was your work, your advocacy that made it possible. people ask me in the last year and a half, isn't it hard being a mayor. we just went through a global pandemic. it has been tough. yes, it has been tough but being here today makes it worth it every day. i'm here with community. i'm here with people who care about san francisco. and who want to create these

amazing opportunities for our children, for our neighbors. that's what this city is about. the same thing happened when the pandemic first hit our city. we all came together like never before and yes, we are one of the densest cities in the country, which is why creating spaces like this are so important, but we also saw despite a global pandemic, we saw one of the lowest death rates anywhere in the country and seeing the highest vaccination rates anywhere in the country. so -- (applause) we should be proud. but i'm not surprised. it's what we do best. when an opportunity presents itself, we don't see just a problem. we see a solution. jury commons is a solution for the community. it created an old rail yard, a place that this community knew about for many, many years and used for many, many years but had a vision to make it into

something that can be extraordinary and that's what you created. all the greenery, all the plants, all the play structures and yes, the advocacy it took to get it done. reaching out to apply for fund ing with the city. you know how difficult the city can be and how difficult it can be to get funding from the city as well. i want to thank the parks alliance stepping in with the last bit of cash to get it over the finish line. it takes a village to make incredible things happen in san francisco and the village of jury commons has been instrumental in making this happen for the community around us and the entire city. this is an amazing accomplishment, one we should be proud of and one to take us to the next level for economic recovery. we know during the pandemic, our parks were everything for us.

our open space and parks, they brought us closer together. i don't know about you, but i didn't know a lot of my neighbors. during this pandemic, going outside, meeting folks, walking around, going to parks, you get to know people you never knew lived in your neighborhood. that's what this jury commons will continue. as we begin to open and recover and go back to our lives the way we knew it once before, this will still serve as an important gathering place for this community to make sure that our kids, our neighbors, we continue to know one another, support one another and get through any challenge that comes our way. thank you for being here today. (applause) i'm like to introduce assembly member chui.

(applause) >> thank you madam mayor, particularly for your leadership during these times. i'm a former musician and i usually don't verbalize the songs in my head but i have to at this moment. the song going through my head is the one that starts with "it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood". i'm going to stop there. it truly is a beautiful day here in this very spot. the mayor has thanked so many folks from her perspective as our incredible leader of our city. i'm going to thank so many of you as a parent. as someone who has a ritual with my 5-year-old son every weekend of trying to find a new park to play in. and what you have created here is not only going to be the destination this coming weekend, you have given not just kids a slide to slide on, adults

something to play on, but just another place for us to bring community together. when i'm in sacramento, my colleagues ask me, hey, you represent san francisco, san francisco seems to have a lot. why are you such a park advocate. i explain to folks that in our amazing city, seven years ago when i was first elected to the legislature, i would tell folks in chinatown, you have immigrant kids kicking soccer balls on top of housing projects and in the mission, you have latino immigrant kids kicking soccer balls down alley ways and a few miles away, the bayview, african american kids from time to time kicking balls on top of formerly toxic contaminated sites. this is why we do the work we do. we need to make sure our next generation of kids have the opportunities that every child should. the opportunity to play, to

thrive, to learn how to be in community with each other, to grow strong and to grow to become the next mayor of this city. i just want to thank all of you who are part of this amazing community. this village, whether from the public sector and from rec and park and with the commission, whether you work with rec and park, from the private sector helping to construct the spot. whether you're from the nonprofit with your vision, it takes all of you coming together. in particular, i want to ask, how many are jury commoners? raise your hand. you guys are the ones who really made it happen. let's give it up for them. thank you so very much. with that, it is my honor to introduce someone who represents this section of the mission, my good friend supervisor mandelman. (applause) >> thank you.

there are a lot of politicians to speak today. i will try to be brief. i do want to say three big thank you's. first to jury commoners and the neighbors. this was a project that came out of the community. i think i remember back several years folks in the neighborhood, dave and others were taking care of this park even in its prior iteration. the vision for what this park could become came out of the community, grant applications were done by community. even until the very end in figuring out that this park needed garbage cans god damn it. the neighbors stepped forward and e-mailed us and we forwarded e-mails to rec park and they figured out we need garbage cans. tremendous thanks. and to rec and park for both providing joy during the pandemic for finding ways to keep us safe, i remember phil

put in the dots around in delores park in early days thinking about social distancing and delivering a service i think people love, constantly our controller studies show people love our parks and grateful for the management they are getting and they really love it when we have beautiful new or renewed parks like this. and to the parks alliance, drew and the alliance, thank you for your partnership with rec park and the work you do in district 8. we were doing a movie night which was fantastic and lovely and delightful. but the mayor and i were out for a ribbon cutting for christopher park opening, there's a lot of great work happening through the partnership. as a neighbor, i live like a block away. and very grateful to have this as a supervisor, i'm grateful

for it. speaking of people who helped get us through the pandemic, the former head of the office of economic and work force development and now our assessor controller. >> thank you supervisor. it is a pleasure to be with everyone today, especially when you step away from the evaluations you have to do being your assessor-recorder here in san francisco but most importantly, i wanted to say thank you to dave, to mary for your leadership in making this happen. ensuring we could get the work done and investments in place. i know how important it is to wake up in the morning and know you have greenfield equipment to do exercise on and i'm happy to see you here in jury commons and to the department of recreation and parks and all of the work you do to make sure the spaces are open, healthy and safe for our communities across the city.

whether here, at jury commons, in delores park or all throughout special places, nooks and allies to enjoy each other, breathe fresh air, be safe and be in community, i'm so grateful to all of you and the parks alliance doing this in so many places around our city. it is needed for all of us of every age. and i'm grateful for drew becker and continued work he does to make this happen. with that, drew becker. (applause) >> thanks. i want to bottle that. thank you so much. really appreciate it. so happy to be here today in this amazing new space created by the neighbors for the neighbors and for this great community. this is part of our partnership with rec and park the let's play sf initiative. basically it's crowd sourcing for playgrounds that will impact

about 20,000 children when they're all open in a few short years. we have raised over $12 million for 13 playgrounds throughout the city. i want to thank the board and donors for making that happen. we are lucky to live in san francisco that prioritizes parks. in the past year and a half, we have realized how important they are to our life, specifically playgrounds. if you remember back in the day, a year and a half ago when playgrounds were closed. there was the outpouring of support to open our playgrounds and i think it reached the state house actually. it was amazing to see. it's really the community like you is what changes that. you change this space with that as well. the san francisco parks alliance is a proud to support the rec and park department and happy to support all of the amazing things it does. it is by no big issue that the

rec and park department is one of the best in the city and county of san francisco. people love rec and park department and under the leadership of phil, thank you so much to him and what he has done for the department. phil, thank you. (applause) investments like this are the reason why -- this is amazing, timeout magazine called san francisco the number one city to live in in the world because of great spaces like this all over the city. you're within a 10 minute walk of all public spaces. new playgrounds and parks and allies that have come alive. that's the san francisco we know and we're proud of. i'm proud to be a part of it and the parks alliance is a part of it and the rec and park

department is part of it and proud to be working for a great mayor like london breed making sure her dream is reality. i want to give a shout out to the capital team. (applause) it's under new leadership. stacy, congratulations on that. and then tara and alex, great job on all the work you do. sarah and suzanna and team, thank you so much. we appreciate being a part of it. (applause) >> thank you. >> i live around the corner on san jose avenue. (applause) i've led the jury commoners as we call ourselves since 2009 which literally means i buy the coffee. i'll stay on the thanks train or describe more parts of the thanks elephant. number one, laura who couldn't

be here, who started the jury commoners in about 2004. and started the organization that led to the work that led to us all being here. number two, in i think 2014, eric anderson, the park services manager of this area at the time got me to write a grant for the community opportunity fund, which was unsuccessful. a couple years later, mary who is right there in the purple mask wrote the grant that succeeded and that's why we're here today. (applause) super thank you to mary. and then number three, i want to thank smart folks at rec and parks, i don't think i fully know how it works but assembled

with a community opportunity fund grant money from the let's play initiative and it turned into a more substantial project and that's why the whole park is in great shape now. so what that got us, i want to point out a couple of things i'm personally super happy about. anyone who lived in the area used the old park remembers what it was like. the paths were the crater of the moon, you couldn't get through here even with wheels. it is all great now for everybody to get through here and use the whole park. and number two, a new irrigation system, the things we plant will stay alive for a little while. (applause) as a volunteer, i'm super happy about that. one more thing. if -- for everyone who is here and interested, this is not an end, this is the beginning of the next step.

for everyone here interested helping keep this park in lovely shape it is in today, find me before i go or google meet up jury commoners and you'll find us. join the group and we'll start coming and cleaning up and keeping it in good shape. thank you. (applause) i don't know who's next. >> now to the business of this thing and cut a ribbon. >> okay. are we ready? 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. (applause) ♪♪♪

>> 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1. cut. >> we are here to celebrate the opening of this community garden. a place that used to look a lot darker and today is sun is shining and it's beautiful and it's been completely redone and been a gathering place for this community. >> i have been waiting for this garden for 3 decades. that is not a joke. i live in an apartment building three

floors up and i have potted plants and have dreamt the whole time i have lived there to have some ability to build this dirt. >> let me tell you handout you -- how to build a community garden. you start with a really good idea and add community support from echo media and levis and take management and water and sun and this is what we have. this is great. it's about environment and stewardship. it's also for the -- we implemented several practices in our successes of the site. that is made up of the

pockets like wool but they are made of recycled plastic bottles. i don't know how they do it. >> there is acres and acres of parkland throughout golden gate park, but not necessarily through golden community garden. we have it right in the middle of >> roughly five years, i was working as a high school teacher, and i decided to take my students on a surfing field trip. the light bulb went off in my head, and i realized i could do much more for my students taking them surfing than i could as their classroom teacher, and that is when the idea for the city surf project was born.

>> working with kids in the ocean that aren't familiar with this space is really special because you're dealing with a lot of fear and apprehension but at the same time, a lot of excitement. >> when i first did it, i was, like, really scared, but then, i did it again, and i liked it. >> we'll get a group of kids who have just never been to the beach, are terrified of the idea, who don't like the beach. it's too cold out, and it's those kid that are impossible to get back out of the water at the end of the day. >> over the last few years, i think we've had at least 40 of our students participate in the city surf project. >> surfing helped me with, like, how to swim. >> we've start off with about

two to four sessions in the pool before actually going out and surfing. >> swimming at the pool just helps us with, like, being, like, comfortable in the water and being calm and not being all -- not being anxious. >> so when we started the city surf project, one of the things we did was to say hey, this is the way to earn your p.e. credits. just getting kids to go try it was one of our initial challenges for the first year or two. but now that we've been doing it three or four years, we have a group of kids that's consistent, and the word has spread, that it's super fun, that you learn about the ocean. >> starting in the morning, you know, i get the vehicles ready, and then, i get all the gear together, and then, i drive and go get the kids, and we take them to a local beach.

>> we usually go to linda mar, and then occasionally ocean beach. we once did a special trip. we were in capitola last year, and it was really fun. >> we get in a circle and group stretch, and we talk about specific safety for the day, and then, we go down to the water. >> once we go to the beach, i don't want to go home. i can't change my circumstances at home, but i can change the way i approach them. >> our program has definitely been a way for our students to find community and build friends. >> i don't really talk to friends, so i guess when i started doing city surf, i started to, like, get to know people more than i did before, and people that i didn't think i'd like, like, ended up being my best friends. >> it's a group sport the way

we do it, and with, like, close camaraderie, but everybody's doing it for themselves. >> it's great, surfing around, finding new people and making new friendships with people throughout surfing. >> it can be highly developmental for students to have this time where they can learn a lot about themselves while negotiating the waves. >> i feel significantly, like, calmer. it definitely helps if i'm, like, feeling really stressed or, like, feeling really anxious about surfing, and i go surfing, and then, i just feel, like, i'm going to be okay. >> it gives them resiliency skills and helps them build self-confidence. and with that, they can use that in other parts of their lives. >> i went to bring my family to the beach and tell them what i

did. >> i saw kids open up in the ocean, and i got to see them connect with other students, and i got to see them fail, you know, and get up and get back on the board and experience success, and really enjoy themselves and make a connection to nature at the same time. >> for some kids that are, like, resistant to, like, being in a mentorship program like this, it's they want to surf, and then later, they'll find out that they've, like, made this community connection. >> i think they provided level playing fields for kids to be themselves in an open environment. >> for kids to feel like i can go for it and take a chance that i might not have been willing to do on my own is really special. >> we go on 150 surf outings a year. that's year-round programming. we've seen a tremendous amount

of youth face their fears through surfing, and that has translated to growth in other facets of their lives. >> i just think the biggest thing is, like, that they feel like that they have something that is really cool, that they're engaged in, and that we, like, care about them and how they're doing, like, in general. >> what i like best is they really care about me, like, i'm not alone, and i have a group of people that i can go to, and, also, surfing is fun. >> we're creating surfers, and we're changing the face of surfing. >> the feeling is definitely akin to being on a roller coaster. it's definitely faster than i think you expect it to be, but it's definitely fun. >> it leaves you feeling really, really positive about what that kid's going to go out and do. >> i think it's really magical

almost. at least it was for me. >> it was really exciting when i caught my first wave. >> i felt like i was, like -- it was, like, magical, really. >> when they catch that first wave, and their first lights up, you know -- their face lights up, you know you have them hooked. >> i was on top of the world. it's amazing. i felt like i was on top of the world even though i was probably going two miles an hour. it was, like, the scariest thing i'd ever done, and i think it was when i got hooked on surfing after

. >> clerk: this meeting will come to order. welcome to the september meeting of the local agency formation commission meeting today. i am commission president, connie chan, chair of the commission i should say. i'm joined by commissioners gordon mar and dean preston and sean hasting. i do see commissioner dean preston here too, right? >> clerk: i did not see him myself. i don't believe he's here. commissioner singh is here though. >> president: great and the clerk is madam clerk. and also i'd