go morning, welcome to the rules committee for san francisco. i am chair aaron peskin joined by mandelman and chan. mr. young, do you have any announcements? >> the minutes will reflect the committee members are participating through video conference to the same extent as if present. public access to city services is essential. public comment will be available

on each item on the agenda channel 26, 78 or 99 or sfgovtv. each speaker is allowed two minutes. opportunities to speak are available by calling 415-655-0001. id24888378588. press pound and pound again. when connected you will hear the meeting discussions and be in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up dial star 3. best practices call from quiet location and speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. e-mail public comment to myself at sfgovtv.

if you submit public comment by e-mail it will be forwarded and included as part of the file. written comments may be sent by u.s. postal service to city hall. that completes my initial comments. >> thank you. could you please read the first item. >> first three or just the first. >> just the first. >> item 1. motion approving or directing the nomination for apminutementt of mark gonzales. >> we heard from this nominee and continued last week because

of technical problems one nominee had in presenting. earlier this morning we receive a letter from the mayor withdrawing mr. gonzalez from this nomination to the seat on the sheriff's over side board. why don't we take public comment and then take roll for this item. are there any members of the public to speak to item number one? >> yes, members of the public who wish to comment call 415-655-0001. id24888378588. press pound and found r pound again. dial star 3 to speak. the system prompt will indicate you are unmuted to begin your comment. at this time we have one listener but nobody in line to speak. >> all right. public comment is closed.

on behalf of the mayor i see you are attending. any comments before we call the roll on the motion to table item 1? >> you want me to turn on my video. >> sure. we would love to see your smiling face this morning. >> i don't have any particular comments. i apologize for last comment withdrawal. we feel like for the betterment of the oversight committee it was the best decision at this time. i appreciate you making it easy for us to amend. >> thank you, ms. funnel. >> item 1. roll call, please. >> motion. supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman.

>> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you, please call items 2 and 3 together. >> item 2. motion approving or rejecting the appointment of julie soo to the oversight board term ending march 1, 2025. item 3 is appointment of dion-jay brookter for a term ending march 1, 2025. >> last week ms. soo had a bad connection. we have an opportunity to hear from here this morning. we have tested her line and it is working perfectly or so we

have been told. we will hear from ms. soo. i will ask the same questions we asked the other two nominees last week. the floor is yours, ms. soo. >> thank you, supervisor peskin. i took your advice and left twin peaks. as to the questions, you have my background. i am no stranger to city hall and public service is personal to me. my family dates back to the late 1880s. public service is about my reputation, family reputation. background in mathematics and statistics. masters degree and law degree. majority of my career is enforcement attorney for the california department of insurance. where i evaluate individuals and

companies, perform disciplinary action hearings and evaluate rehabilitation. i may being policy recommendations -- make policy recommendations to the agency and state legislature. i define how laws are enforced that requires public notice and hearing. i am no stranger to city hall. before the millennium as a former legislative aid i worked on the data call for all departments, language with city attorney and conducted public hearings. the supervisor i worked for lost by 36 votes. supervisor mark leno carried the legislation. i would like to remember wilma chanwho took this to alameda county. the first to have an equal access to service. i have had nine years as

fiduciary trustee on the board of st. francis memorial hospital. 12 years on the commission on status of women. i gained importance of committee approach to human trafficking and violence cases. i engaged in data collection and public education. the family council reports began in 2009. four years without a domestic violence homicide between 2011 and 2013. through that work we reevaluated the needs of community, looked at resources, accountability, training of responders and community input. i continue to serve on the california democratic plat fork commit -- platform committee.

i was reappointed. i have served as co-chair since 2009. appointed as lead in 2019. the platform committee developed documents reflect the values, vision and policy of the parties on testimony intake. i manage 28 committee members to build consensus into a product ratified by 3500 delegates. still sets are important to lay foundation of new deputy sheriffs over site board to evaluate policies and practices and look at budget and resources. this goes to act ability, social contract between personnel, those in custody and the community. in particular, i really believe

in rehabilitation. that means those in custody receive education. charter school is one such and i did it is through the school board meeting as they were tasked to reup the contract with the charter school. our job skills in incentive to rehabilitation for domestic violence offenders, completion of counseling. supervised visitation with children and through that is with the rally family visitation services initiated through the st. francis memorial hospital. in terms of questions last week public law enforcement reform. six years ago i chaired the democratic platform criminal

justice plank. it took 10 years to have as declaration of policy elimination of death penalty. another question was when i advocated for someone in custody. i haven't directly advocated for someone in custody. i was a character witness at a sentencing hearing and filed papers for federal pardon. those who served for crimes they committed as young add did you tells now face -- adults now face deportation from the family they have. conversations about jails closing. i have not engaged in the conversation about the jail closures. surveillance technology. yes, i would be in favor every visiting the surveillance technology policy for the

protection of both personnel and individuals in custody. >> thank you, ms. soo. you answered all of the questions i asked. so i have no questions. colleagues any questions for ms soo? if not why don't we -- we heard from mr. brookter. any public comment on items 2 or 3? >> members of the public should call 415-655-0001. the meeting id24888378588. press pound and pound again. if you haven't done so, dial star 3 to line up to speak. the system prompt will indicate you raised your hand. wait until you are unmuted and begin your comments. we have two caller on the line

for public comment. >> first speaker, please. >> thank you, chair peskin and committee members. i am arnold townsend calling on behalf of ms. julie soo who i have known for a number of years and i know her to be a person of outstanding talent, commitment and compassion which i consider essential to this role. she is someone that i consider a true ally to many who are challenged in this society and do not have the same opportunities in life nor same opportunities when they fall into the hands of the judicial system. i would urge you to support her for this important work.

the only other thing i will say this is the first time i hear about her great background in math, which makes me wish i would have known her in high school. thank you so much. i hope you will endorse her candidacy for this job. >> thank you, reverend town be . next speaker, please. >> i am larry yee. i am in support of julie soo for the sheriff oversight. she would make an excellent choice. he hit the point i was going to say. she is a long time activist in our community and standing up for social justice. i hope this committee moves it forward. i thank you all for your time and service, too. thank you very much. >> any other members of the public to testify on items 2 or

3? >> we have one more speaker. we are down to no speakers. three listeners, no speakers on the line. >> public comment just got closed. colleagues any motions that you want to make? if not, i would suggest we forward these two individuals to the full board of supervisors with recommendation as committee reports. i see supervisor mandelman nodding on that motion. mr. clerk, roll call, please. >> let me redo that. i would like to make an amendment to both subject motions file numbers 211147 and 211148 to remove the word

rejecting in line 3 and remove the word reject in line 11 on that motion a roll call, please for both items. >> on that motion. supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion to amend is adopted without objection. >> on the items as amended to send to the full board with recommendation as committee reports. a roll call, please. >> motion to recommend as committee report. supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> next item, please.

>> item 4. motion approving or rejecting the mayor nomination for tonightment of timothy kojo min take to the redevelopment successor agency over sight board term ending january 24, 2024. >> successor agency mr. timothy kojo minta. tell us about yourself and why you want to serve on this thing. >> i go by kojo. to make this short, i was my parents -- my parents are from ghana, i moved to san francisco in 2005. lived in nob hill for been 10 years. when i moved here i wanted to get involved in the community

the easiest way to become a big brother in the big brother and big sister program. i was able to get deeper understanding of the challenges the under privilege lemminged in san francisco face. i -- underprivileged face in san francisco. seven or eight years ago i wanted to get more involved. i had constraints due to apply y professional obligations. i became a volunteer for david chu in the campaigns that he had at that time. through my relation with him, i was able to get a better understanding how the city government works, how the board of supervisors operating. it was important for me because being a 16 year resident of the

city this is my home. i want to try to understand it better and do what i can as a citizen to help out. through that process, working with david, i realized that, okay, maybe at some point if it made sense i would like to get involved at a deeper level. that is where this nomination comes up. i heard about it through kira. my background and data analyst. i work at adobe as expert solution consultant on the platform. because of the opportunities i heard about being a member of this oversight committee, i thought it would be a good way to evaluate it deeper than before. i think, i know it is not the most sophisticated math involved

having the financial background i can be a good fit and help out with the efforts of this oversight board. i think that is about it. i am excited for this opportunity. i love the city. i believe i could really help out with this committee. i think i could, you know, be a positive member of this body going forward. thanks for your time. >> thank you, kojo. i appreciate your enthusiasm. the two basic questions i was posing and the beginning. what you think this body does and how you see yourself fitting into that. >> my understanding the body was

created to wind down the redevelopment agency so i believe that that's an effort that is more financially oriented to make sure the budget is allocated to conduct the actions necessary. i will be transparent. i am not aware of the details of that but i believe with my background i would get a grasp on that fairly quickly. >> can you tell us a little bit about the history every development in ocii and their current projects and your interest is. i understand you have a background in finance. i am looking more about your knowledge of the redevelopment agency and reconstituted as the

successor agency. >> again, in spirit of full transparency i didn't do a ton of in depth research on the prior activities of the redevelopment agency. my understanding was it is an agency that is being wound down. there is an oversight board to make sure it happens in the appropriate manner. i was told my general background could be useful. more importantly that i am passionate about the city and want to be involved. between the background on that front and the opportunity, i just my understanding it is getting ramped up on what is needing to happen as a member of that board would not be beyond

the realm of my comprehension. i understand that maybe you are looking for a deeper understanding of the prior activities of the redevelopment agency. i apologize. i am not prepared. >> a sense of what is currently under their jurisdiction. this wind down is not happening in the next two minutes or two months or two years. it is going to go on for a long, long time. do you known know any current properties under their jurisdiction, do they build housing? do they have tax increment? do you know what tax increment is in. >> it is my understanding these are the detail that i would learn as a member of the board so i do not have that knowledge at the moment be. apologies for that. >> no worries. any questions from colleagues?

supervisor chan. >> so now, i am wondering. this is one of the questions i do ask any candidate for any appointment. i want you to know this is very standard coming from me. typically i would ask how do you know about the appointment. you know it through tyra. what makes you want to be on the board? it sounds to me you want to have a deeper involvement with the community. now this is the typical question i would ask. what will be your priority once you are appointed to the body? i am having a little concern that it is a very critical body,

in my opinion, especially as a former aid to former district 10 supervisor maxwell. redevelopment, in fact, has a deep history in san francisco, not just in this district but district five. thinking how it is throughout the city as well as, you know, you have alluded to we are transitioning. it is a critical role. what would be your priority once you are appointed to the body? >> well, overall my priority would be to participate as an active contributor to the body, bringing my time and my relevant expertise as it might pertain to

my role and really devote myself to it completely. i don't be have a lot of other public service activities at the moment. i volunteer at a couple other agencies. i have plenty of free time and i hope to fill a gap in the sense of not having the background and full understanding of the agency at the moment. i have the willingness and time and passion to learn quickly. being a meaningful contributor to the extent that i can be. >> why don't we open up to public comment. are there any members of the public who would like to comment on this item number 4? >> members of the public who wish to comment on this item call 415-655-0001.

id24888378588. press pound and pound again. dial star 3 to speak. a system prompt will indicate you raised your hand. wait until you are unmuted to comment. at this time it does not appear there are any members of the public in line for public comment. >> public comment is closed. given that there is no time pressure on this, the board doesn't have to act in any compressed timeframe or at all. i would suggest that we continue this item to the call of the chair and see what evolves. on that motion, mr. clerk, a roll call, please. >> motion to continue the matter to the call of the chair. supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman.

>> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> next item, please. >> chair peskin. >> yes, supervisor chan. >> chair peskin. this is a discussion more if i may ask or make a comment really. you know, i think that this is not -- should not be a reflection of mr. minta's qualifications. from my experience from the appointee that withdrew mr. gonzalez from sheriff oversight committee through the questioning we had last week. let's be more thoughtful moving some of these great candidates but may not be suitable for the

body. they are probably very committed community members to do the right thing, let's be more thoughtful when we start moving forward and sending appoint beties to the rules committee for appointments and to think through about the qualification and interest and the expertise of these individuals. that is all i have to say. thank you, mr.minta, for submission of your application. >> thank you for those very well-taken, very mature comments. supervisor mandelman anything to add or subtract? >> i think this is a nomination like this raises interesting questions. in general i would like to defer to the mayor's choices for who she would like to appoint to commissions where she has that ability. on the other hand, it is

troubling to have applicants who don't seem to have the very basic understanding of the commission they are joining or the job that it has to do. i think, you know, i am a past redevelopment lawyer. i know this as part of my fiber, but i think knowing the history every development in san francisco should be a prerequisite on any commission and having understanding of tax increment and the projects they are responsible for is something i would expect for an applicant to have before they come here as supervisor chan said. that is not the fault of the applicant who might server well on the body. you don't need to be an expert. i think it would be reasonable to expect folks before rules to

know that stuff. that is all i got. thanks. >> thank you, vice chair mandelman. i associate myself with your constructive and well-stated comments. thank you. that is a very clear message to the administration and no reflection on the individual nominee. with that we have taken action on item 4. mr. clerk please call item 5. >> item 5 a motion appointing rejecting the mayor nomination for reappointment of al perez to entertainment commission for a term ending july 1, 2025. >> good morning. greetings, supervisor mandelman, chan, peskin. i am al perez.

resident of san francisco for over 40 years. family integrated from the philippines. i was born and raised in the philippines. after living here a few years after college i started working in the corporate world and realized i needed to reconnect to my roots because as we were growing up here in san francisco after we first integrated, my -- immigrated. after graduation from college i really wanted to reconnect with my roots. i became a volunteer and started reaching out to give back to the community to relearn my language and roots. as i found this non-profit

organization called the philippine architects position. i volunteered there. i am a graphic and designer. i do posters for the festival. year after year they invited me to come back until i became the president of the organization. now after being a volunteer for 20 years i am serving as president of the non-profit and leading a team of 200 volunteer to produce the annual festival. the largest philippine cultural celebration in the country bringing together community stakeholders, exhibiters, performing artists, cultural torchbearers in celebration of the culture and cuisine. through that experience i have also been very, very active in

the philippine community in organizations the cultural and community events. film festivals, heritage night with the san francisco giants, golden state warriors, oakland as and other teams. i am serving in the filipino food movement, and also. [indiscernable] i have been serving in the entertainment commission for three terms this would be my fourth term. san francisco is a city of celebration. city activated by entertainment that strengthens the diverse neighborhoods and welcomes the world. our nightlife and events, community festivals and parades bring the community together to strengthen the community ties

and is an economic driver. i thank the mayor for trust and confidence in me to continue in this reappointment and thanks to the commission staff led by the wolf executive for the executive work she has done. i am proud to live and work in san francisco, a city that welcomes diversity and equity. i would like to receive your approval for continuing to serve on the entertainment commission. >> any questions from committee members? >> supervisor chan. >> thank you, chair peskin. thank you for all your service, mr. perez. i have a quick question out of

curiosity. giving your service with the entertainment commission especially during the pandemic, what would be your priority as we recover from the pandemic from your point of view as the role the entertainment commission can play? >> during the pandemic the goal is to help them get back on their feet. in fact our commission has been working hard with them as well as with the city hall as far as with the shared spaces program and also streamlining the permit process to give folks who want to have entertainment as an accessory to business model to get that process as quickly as possible including i believe we

are part of providing grants for venue operators, especially last year. also as a community representative i work with a lot of community non-profits and organizing festivals and parades and giving them an opportunity to recover so we can come back again celebrating our communities in a safe manner to provide information and resources to do that as quickly as possible. >> any members of the public to speak to item number 5? >> yes, members of the public who wish to comment call 415-655-0001, id24888378588. pound and pound again. if you have not done so dial

star 3 to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. wait you are unmuted to begin your comments. we do not have anybody in line for public comment. >> public comment is closed. the sense of this committee is to make a motion to forward this individual to the full board with recommendation. i will make a motion to amend the subject motion by removing the word rejecting online 3 and making a change. >> motion to amend. supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> a motion to send the item as amended with recommendation to

the full board of supervisors. >> on that motion supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> congratulations on one more tour of duty. we are adjourned. >> thank you so much.

>> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their business in the 49 square files of san francisco. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and right vi. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i'm one of three owners here in san francisco and we provide mostly live music entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food and it's not a big menu, but we did it with love.

like ribeye tacos and quesadillas and fries. for latinos, it brings families together and if we can bring that family to your business, you're gold. tonight we have russelling for e community. >> we have a ten-person limb elimination match. we have a full-size ring with barside food and drink. we ended up getting wrestling here with puoillo del mar. we're hope og get families to join us. we've done a drag queen bingo and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different

things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop that all of the kids like to hang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies. some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and it's exciting. >> we even have our own brewery for fdr, ferment, drink repeat. it's in the san francisco garden district and four beautiful murals. >> it's important to shop local because it's kind of like a circle of life, if you will. we hire local people. local people spend their money at our businesses and those local people will spend their money as well.

i hope people shop locally. [ ♪♪♪ ] women's network for a sustainable future . rk for a >> san francisco streets and puffs make up 25 percent of cities e city's land area more than all the parks combined they're far two wide and have large flight area the pavement to parks is to test the variants by ininexpensive changing did new open spaces the city made up of streets in you think about the potential of having this space for a purpose it is demands for the best for bikes and families to gather.

>> through a collaborative effort with the department we the public works and the municipal transportation agency pavement to parks is bringing initiative ideas to our streets. >> so the face of the street is the core of our program we have in the public right-of-way meaning streets that can have areas perpetrated for something else. >> i'm here with john francis pavement to parks manager and this parklet on van ness street first of all, what is a parklet and part of pavement to parks program basically an expense of the walk in a public realm for people to hang anti nor a urban acceptable space for people to use. >> parklets sponsors have to apply to be considered for the program but they come to us you know saying we want to do this and

create a new space on our street it is a community driven program. >> the program goes beyond just parklets vacant lots and other spaces are converted we're here at playland on 43 this is place is cool with loots things to do and plenty of space to play so we came up with that idea to revitalizations this underutilized yard by going to the community and what they said want to see here we saw that everybody wants to see everything to we want this to be a space for everyone. >> yeah. >> we partnered with the pavement to parks program and so we had the contract for building

236 blot community garden it start with a lot of jacuzzi hammers and bulldozer and now the point we're planting trees and flowers we have basketball courts there is so much to do here. >> there's a very full program that they simply joy that and meet the community and friends and about be about the lighter side of city people are more engaged not just the customers. >> with the help of community pavement to parks is reimagining the potential of our student streets if you want more information visit them as the pavement to parks or contact pavement to parks at sfgovtv.org

>> when i first started painting it was difficult to get my foot in the door and contractors and mostly men would have a bad attitude towards me or not want to answer my questions or not include me and after you prove yourself, which i have done, i don't face that obstacle as much anymore. ♪♪♪ my name is nita riccardi, i'm a painter for the city of san francisco and i have my own business as a painting contractor since 1994 called winning colors. my mother was kind of resistant. none of my brothers were painter. i went to college to be a chiropractor and i couldn't imagine being in an office all day. i dropped out of college to become a painter. >> we have been friends for

about 15-20 years. we both decided that maybe i could work for her and so she hired me as a painter. she was always very kind. i wasn't actually a painter when she hired me and that was pretty cool but gave me an opportunity to learn the trade with her company. i went on to different job opportunities but we stayed friends. the division that i work for with san francisco was looking for a painter and so i suggested to my supervisor maybe we can give nita a shot. >> the painting i do for the city is primarily maintenance painting and i take care of anything from pipes on the roof to maintaining the walls and beautifying the bathrooms and graffiti removal. the work i do for myself is different because i'm not actually a painter. i'm a painting contractor which is a little different.

during the construction boom in the late 80s i started doing new construction and then when i moved to san francisco, i went to san francisco state and became fascinated with the architecture and got my contractor's licence and started painting victorians and kind of gravitated towards them. my first project that i did was a 92 room here in the mission. it was the first sro. i'm proud of that and it was challenging because it was occupied and i got interior and exterior and i thought it would take about six weeks to do it and it took me a whole year. >> nita makes the city more beautiful and one of the things that makes her such a great contractor, she has a magical touch around looking at a project and bringing it to its fullest fruition. sometimes her ideas to me might

seem a little whacky. i might be like that is a little crazy. but if you just let her do her thing, she is going to do something incredible, something amazing and that will have a lot of pop in it. and she's really talented at that. >> ultimately it depends on what the customer wants. sometimes they just want to be understated or blend in and other times they let me decide and then all the doors are open and they want me to create. they hire me to do something beautiful and i do. and that's when work is really fun. i get to be creative and express what i want. paint a really happy house or something elegant or dignified. >> it's really cool to watch what she does. not only that, coming up as a woman, you know what i mean, and we're going back to the 80s with it.

where the world wasn't so liberal. it was tough, especially being lgbtq, right, she had a lot of friction amongst trades and a lot of people weren't nice to her, a lot of people didn't give her her due respect. and one of the things amazing about nita, she would never quit. >> after you prove yourself, which i have done, i don't face that obstacle as much anymore. i'd like to be a mentor to other women also. i have always wanted to do that. they may not want to go to school but there's other options. there's trades. i encourage women to apply for my company, i'd be willing to train and happy to do that. there's a shortage of other women painters. for any women who want to get into a trade or painting career, just start with an apprenticeship or if you want to

do your own business, you have to get involved and find a mentor and surround yourself with other people that are going to encourage you to move forward and inspire you and support you and you can't give up. >> we've had a lot of history, nita and i. we've been friends and we have been enemies and we've had conflicts and we always gravitate towards each other with a sense of loyalty that maybe family would have. we just care about each other. >> many of the street corners in all the districts in san francisco, there will be a painting job i have completed and it will be a beautiful paint job. it will be smooth and gold leaf and just wow. and you can't put it down. when i first started, it was hard to get employees to listen to me and go along -- but now, i have a lot of respect.

shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering

place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service stores, where you can get your hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is

changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's very important that you do so. >> we have private and public

gardens throughout the garden tour. all of the gardens are volunteers. the only requirement is you're willing to show your garden for a day. so we have gardens that vary from all stages of development and all gardens, family gardens, private gardens, some of them as small as postage stamps and others pretty expansive. it's a variety -- all of the world is represented in our gardens here in the portola. >> i have been coming to the portola garden tour for the past seven or eight years ever since i learned about it because it is the most important event of the neighborhood, and the reason it is so important is because it links this neighborhood back to its history. in the early 1800s the portola

was farmland. the region's flowers were grown in this neighborhood. if you wanted flowers anywhere future bay area, you would come to this area to get them. in the past decade, the area has tried to reclaim its roots as the garden district. one of the ways it has done that is through the portola garden tour, where neighbors open their gardens open their gardens to people of san francisco so they can share that history. >> when i started meeting with the neighbors and seeing their gardens, i came up with this idea that it would be a great idea to fundraise. we started doing this as a fund-raiser. since we established it, we awarded 23 scholarships and six

work projects for the students. >> the scholarship programs that we have developed in association with the portola is just a win-win-win situation all around. >> the scholarship program is important because it helps people to be able to tin in their situation and afford to take classes. >> i was not sure how i would stay in san francisco. it is so expensive here. i prayed so i would receive enough so i could stay in san francisco and finish my school, which is fantastic, because i don't know where else i would have gone to finish. >> the scholarships make the difference between students being able to stay here in the city and take classes and having to go somewhere else. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> you come into someone's home and it's they're private and

personal space. it's all about them and really their garden and in the city and urban environment, the garden is the extension of their indoor environment, their outdoor living room. >> why are you here at this garden core? it's amazing and i volunteer here every year. this is fantastic. it's a beautiful day. you walk around and look at gardens. you meet people that love gardens. it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year. mark your calendars every year. you can see us on the website

. >> clerk: -- the covid-19 emergency, members are participating in this meeting as if they were physically present. public comment will be available for each item on the agenda. for members of the public wishing to make public comment, the number to call in is 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. number is

2492-945-6836, then press pound and pound again. when your item is call, press star, three to lineup to speak. you will be afforded three minutes to make public comment. item 1, roll call. [roll call] >> clerk: you have a quorum. >> thank you so much. so just welcome to everybody. i am so looking forward to seeing all of you in person in time. we're getting there since our vaccinations and boosters are available for our children now. good to see you all, and let's

begin the meeting. >> clerk: item number 2, general public comment. this item is to allow members of the public to address the treasure island development authority board on matters that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the authority board and that do not appear on the agenda. in addition to general public comment, public comment will be held after each item on the agenda. >> is there anyone that would like to make public comment? >> clerk: there is no one on the comment line. >> okay. let's go to item 3. >> clerk: resolution making findings to allow teleconferenced meetings under california government code section 54953-e. >> can i have a motion and a second? >> so moved. >> second. >> okay. all those in favor say aye -- sorry. this has to be a roll call. >> clerk: yes, i'll take roll. [roll call]

>> clerk: and there are four ayes. >> great, so the ayes have it. >> clerk: item 4, report by treasure island director. >> go ahead. >> thank you, director tsen and members of the board. i want to begin my comments by recognizing that our chair, director batesenand hill top park were recognized yesterday at the spurs silver spur award ceremony. it was a virtual event, but wanted to begin by recognizing their accomplishments and that recognize from spur. local board and committee

meetings are still not expected to begin to return to in-person meetings until the new year. we'll continue to follow guidance from the mayor's office and the health officer. certainly, our december meetings and i expect our january meetings will continue to be virtual. the heavy rains over the weekend of october 23 and 24 presented some operational challenges on the island as we had some localized ponding and flooding roadways. it was also a factor on power outages on yerba buena island and treasure island on the 24 . at a little bit after noon, there was an outage on yerba buena island attributed to

downed tree branches contacting power lines. that was on the 23. on the 24, a separate power outage occurred on treasure island at 9:35 p.m., and service was restored at 3:05 a.m. the response time in that instance was impacted as sfpuc crews were deployed in other areas of the city when power first went out on yerba buena island -- i mean treasure island. flooding in electrical room one was the cause of the outage and the part had to be flown in from los angeles. power was restored on the 29. we also had two outages from

vandalism. wednesday, october 27, at approximately 7:11 a.m., treasure island and yerba buena island experienced an outage. power was restored on yerba buena island at 7:37 and on treasure island at 8:30. on sunday, october 31, there was an outage limited to yerba buena island. power was put on the generator at 7:30 that morning and kept on generating until the following day. in this case, the cause was

identified as vandalism to the line. there were also power outages on october 29 limited to bayside drive, november 1 limited to two residential buildings, and also this a.m. affecting a single residential building. other work are being planned with the p.u.c. and asked p.u.c. to provide an update at the december t.d.c.

we have an item on our consent agenda file for continuing support from -- authorizing support to round out the financial picture from that with the hopes of closing financing on that and beginning construction in march. the premarketing window for the 14 inclusionary units in the bristol has been extended. a door hanger is being distributed to village residents today to let them know the additional time. the new deadline is january 18, with the lottery expected to be held on february 8. mayor's office of housing reports that they have received nine applications from current residents, so the prospects of

many of those existing units going to residents looks promising. other island work, the developer ticd is planning to do some work to refresh the outside of building one as well as the chapel, working on retrofits with our leasing staff and also some possible activations for the ground floor of building one. treasure island building development also demolished building 34, which was the former golden gate rugby clubhouse, and this next week, we expect that the project team from the san francisco glenns will begin the process of demolishing buildings 261 a and b across the street from the

gymnasium. wes is also working with s.f. little league to find a new home for one of the two fields, tepper field, on the island. the pg&e anticipates beginning work in the spring that would affect that field site, so we're trying to find an alternate location for that field two. the department of public health is preparing to roll out vaccine distribution for treasure island residents between the ages of five and 11. parental permission will be required, and we'll be sending out additional information as the details are solidified. also, the california academy of sciences recently completed their initial two years survey of the yesh a -- two years

survey of the yerba buena island and we expect them to make a presentation in early 2022. >> we'll be having a closed session on litigation, but the hearing that was scheduled for last week, november 4, was cancelled with the judge ruling that oral arguments were not needed. finally, last week, several

departments came over on muni. the group visited yerba buena island and treasure island recovery zones and was widely reported by the chronicle and several t.v. stations, and that concludes my report. >> thank you, bob. are there any questions from the directors or comments? >> yes, yes, director tsen. >> director richardson? >> thank you, director.

i was honored to be part yesterday, and i saw that, and i just kind of wish that everyone had the opportunity to look at the accomplishments and contributions of one of our commissioners, commissioner chair of sustainability, and it's a testament why she's highly regarded, not just in the san francisco region but across the country, so it was an honor for this commission, and it's, again, letting the public know that we have what it takes, more than what it takes to guide this

development, and it is an icon to the entire country, to the entire world. commissioners, i talk to you, but my colleagues on the outside, they are the one pulling me. they are the one telling me about your work, and every time i get the opportunity, i say it loud, so thank you and keep up the excellent work. >> thank you so much, linda. thank you so much for your support and for the rest of the board. we have the chance to really shape the future of this island, and i am glad to be here with all of you. i have been many years, over

four and a half decades, in the public sphere, and treasure island may be in fact my last. i don't know, but it's certainly one which i think we can bring experience and [indiscernible] together and really shape this incredible neighborhood and incredible district. but so glad to be here working with the rest of you on the board and the rest of the staff, because it's not ever one of us, it's all of us working toward [indiscernible]. >> i just wanted to say, director tsen, that it's been a

pleasure working with you. bob, thank you for your update, and i look forward to the p.u.c. coming to speak with us in december, and i would like to work with you on a list of questions that i would ask them before they present. it's a long list, and i also want to raise some concerns that were just brought up. the security, how many times there were security on the island. i think that's really important. there were a lot of consequences there. with all the construction and so much development going on, we just need to kind of look at that again because i think as we have more buildings going up and more and more people going on, we need to make sure we're coordinated, and safety concerns, too. so i just want to say, i heard you on that, and i support you on that. the flooding component worries me a little bit. we haven't talked about the

infrastructures, and i just want to put a place holder on that. as we have to decarbonize our environment, how are these new buildings and existing buildings being [indiscernible] to address flooding, energy efficiency and the elements, so i don't want to miss the opportunity to address all of these different attributes and flooding again. when you mentioned the back up generator, was that a diesel generator or natural gas? >> we have two diesel back up generators, one on yerba buena island and one on treasure island. between them, they're capable of handling the existing load on the island, but really, they're primarily useful, the one on yerba buena island, when

there is an interruption on the service from refresh island to yerba buena island or the one on tresh island when there's an interruption in the service from oakland to treasure island. when the fault of the outage is in the current network on treasure island, we're not able to switch to generator because the distribution is in fault, so it's primarily when we have a distribution failure as opposed to a transmission. >> and one thing i'd like to flag, too, is how many communities in california -- particularly there's a lot of disadvantaged and frontline

communities that have back up generators in their backyard, and i'd look to look at other options as what we're planning for going forward because we need to get off diesel, and not just have it better coordinated, but a different grid. and the other also i want to raise and talking with the p.u.c., too. there's many options here. i want to see where we stand in buying the batteries and coordinating them with neighbors that need them the most right now? >> and thank you, director. that reminds me, i failed to ask nella to give an update on

that report. >> nella, go ahead. >> sure. hello, directors. nella gonzales, director for one treasure island, and i'll give you an update on batteries. i'll start with covid-19 development and coordination. we had vaxers on treasure island last week to give people information about getting the vaccine. as mentioned, vaccines for five to 11-year-olds is now available, and when i left today, we were just beginning to have conversations around that. as more information is available, we'll share it. around one treasure island programming, we're very excited

to announce one treasure island's new employment director, jamie brewster. he's joined us today. jamie has over 20 years of social services and workforce development experience in the bay area. we're really excited to have jamie join our team. i look forward to having him meet some of the partners and players on the island soon. so jamie, i don't know if you want to say a really quick hello. >> yeah, absolutely. a really quick introduction. i had the pleasure of meeting some of you at the event, but for those of you i haven't met, i'm jamie brewster. i have about 20 years in social development. i look forward to work on this team, and i look forward to getting to know each and every one of you better so we can continue this work in a forward manner. so thank you so much, and i

look forward at seeing you guys at our annual pot luck on december 10. you should have received an e-mail today, and i look forward to seeing you there. >> thank you. and then, the one treasure island connector newsletter was there, and it was attached to the report. we have begun some construction readiness workshop as an outreach tool to our construction workshop, and we're looking to start at least two more prior to our construction training in february. very excited to let you know we had our halloween trunk or treat, and i included pictures, so i hope you had an opportunity to look at it, and the parent council created an

absolutely awesome haunted maze. thank you so much to director preston price because she was absolutely essential in making that happen. we had over 100 attendees and 50 families attend the event. d.p.h. came out to the event and gave out vaccine shots that day, so we're chipping at it little by little. we also had an october fair and featured a food truck called soul on the road, which is women who were formerly incarcerated, and they provided some great sandwiches and also [indiscernible] gave out free

vegetables, and island makers came. again, we could tell that the community is really clamoring for some interaction after being locked up two years. as the holidays approach, we're going to be winding down and helping smaller tiffs with the bakery. -- smaller activities with the bakery. one treasure island will be distributing, as we do every one, canned goods and turkeys. we had our first sandwich saturday last saturday. it was a great success. i just want to give a big

shoutout to our partner [indiscernible] market. residents were able to get sandwiches, drinks, and chips. and we have rolled out a survey for nourish treasure island, and to date, we have 45 responses, which for those of you who, well, work on treasure island know we're doing really good with that so far. it's been out just over a week, and overwhelmingly, the response has been great. it's been really nice. residents have reported it's been assisting them financially without having to pay for five meals a week, and lots of moms have said that they enjoy not having to cook every night, so we're really excited about that, and we're going to have

the survey roll out through the end of this month, and we'll look at the results and adjust any parts of the program. last but not least, back up batteries. there was a delay because we realized that our battery does not work on oxygen concentrators, and we have quite a few residents who have oxygen concentrators. when we reached out to the company, they had a lot of questions and cautioned us against buying the batteries without having them tested. i have received the order form. i have completed the order

form. it will go out and friday, and with [indiscernible] and to date, we have had 11 residents fill out the q.r. form and request a medical device, so we're continuing to outreach it, and whatever devices we don't give out, we will save for our emergency medical prep workshop and any other residents who need devices. we're getting there, julia. it's been a long time coming, but we wanted to make sure that we were purchasing the correct battery and not wasting money or disappointing folks. i did get a call at the last outage particularly around cpap machines. >> just appreciate that. thank you so much, and shoutout to barkley for him taking time

out of his work schedule. thank you so much, again, for pushing this forward. >> absolutely. absolutely. last thing, we're developing some procedures around handing out the batteries. i'll send you a message, and we'll get them sent out next month, and that concludes my report. >> thank you. thank you for all the events at one treasure island. bob, did do you have any other -- bob, do you have any other items on your director's report? >> yes, that was everything i had. >> great. were there any other comments or questions from the board? i'd like to move on. we've got closed session today,

as well. >> just real quick, is there any other type of equipment we should be concerned about when it comes to the batteries? i don't know, pacemakers or things of that nature? is that something we should check into also? >> so we've done all of that already. we checked on based on what people told us they had. pacemakers don't -- because they're in your body, they don't require -- it's an internal battery, but we looked at electric wheelchairs and cpap machines.

this has been quite a task. one more thing i'd like to say, alex francois was supposed to give a report today, but based on our agenda today, he's going to put it off. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. so proud to be working with you. >> shout out to you working with the kids.

>> yeah, shout out to the council. they got it on, really working with the kids. >> okay. any other remarks or questions or comments from the board? >> clerk: we have no public comment. >> okay. so we can go to the next section, please. >> clerk: item 5, communications from and received by tida. >> okay. are there any comments or questions from the board? hearing none, is there comments or questions from the public? >> clerk: there is not. >> next item. >> clerk: item number 6, on going business by board of directors. >> okay. any questions, comments from the board? yes, julia. >> yes, i did want to ask, we were asking about the items to review, is that at the end again or are we going to move

it up to the front? >> right now, i believe it's set to the end. looking at my agenda, and where do we have -- >> bob, you're muted. it looks like you might -- >> item 6, there's on going business by board of directors. >> yeah, that is still part of the discussion at the end of future agenda topics. i apologize. i did not understand there was a request to move that to the top of the agenda. >> i think -- julia, i think having it at the end does make sense because we get to the end of today's agenda, then we can get to those items that we need to review for the future, but we do have it then, and we

should discuss it for the future. okay. any other questions, comments? okay. hearing none, next item, please. >> clerk: item number 7, consent agenda. 7-a, approving the minutes of the october 13, 2021 meeting. item 7-b, resolution of the treasure island development authority board of directors authorizing the execution of the california housing accelerator documents including the standard agreement and any amendments or modifications thereto, authorizing the authority to accept and expend a loan of not to exceed $65 million approved by the housing community development and authorizing the director of the treasure island development authorized to execute such documents. >> okay. is there a motion? >> so moved. >> is there a second? >> second. >> okay. is there any public comment

before we approve the consent agenda? >> clerk: there is no public comment, and i will call roll. >> okay. [roll call] >> okay. so the ayes have it, and let me just point out that 7-b is incredibly wonderful because this is for our second affordable housing project, and this $65 million which comes from the department of housing and community development from the state is important as we get funding for the project. it means that we are able to go forward with the catholic charities project hopefully by the middle of next year, so it's private consent agenda, but it is an important part,

and i'm so glad that we got it financed. next item, please. >> clerk: item 8, resolution establishing an ad hoc nominating committee, consisting of three members of the treasure island development authority board of directors to nominate officers to serve one year term. >> so this is an annual thing that we do every year, to get an ad hoc committee so that we can get members and committee members to form those committees. and for the nominations committee, i would like to have linda richardson, ike kwon, and myself on that nominations committee, and we will forward recommendations to the board as a whole as, i believe, the december meeting. so i think that this is a resolution to establish that nominating committee. may i have a -- >> yes, i would -- thank you,

commissioner tsen, for nominating me to this committee. i accept, and i would like to make a resolution to endorse this. >> so we have a motion. do we have a second? >> this is ike. i'll second it. >> so the motion has been moved and seconded. if we could have a roll call vote. [roll call] >> clerk: there are five ayes. >> the ayes have it. next item, please. >> clerk: item 9, presentation of draft tida collections management policy. >> this is an informational item, and who will be presenting? >> peter somerville from our

staff will be presenting. >> good morning -- good afternoon, excuse me, president tsen and staff. i have a couple of slides that i want to share to give you an overview of the basic document you have in front of you, and then, i'm going to turn it over to treasure island museum and debbie kahn to provide you a little bit more. can i just go ahead with the slide show? >> clerk: yes, you should share your screen. great. >> okay. so the collections management policy, what is the collections management policy? for those on the board that may not be aware, generally, tida

has [indiscernible] accepted by deeded gift from the authority and the city within the last decade, [indiscernible] six of which are in front of treasure island administration building today out of a total of about 13. so it's not a large collection, but tida does have a lot of locally valuable items, unique items that it has an obligation to steward appropriately for the public. the transparency, it's a written document to act according to the standards set by both the city and county of san francisco as well as the museum profession.

draft c.m.p. presentation that indicates that the general scope of tidas collection, provides standard for overall collection and care collection access, and a code of ethics for collections management. and all the elements of this document are consistent with the administrative code and the city's larger purchasing and property disposal requirements imposed under the administrative codes.

[indiscernible] as treasure island museum is a current certified supplier to the city, professional services contract of under $10,000 was executed by treasure island museum staff. with that, i am going to introduce mike from treasure island museum who will speak to their role and introduce debbie

who will be speaking about the contents of the documents. i will return for a slide of next steps, and we are open to comments, suggestions, revisions that the board may have. mike? >> thanks, peter. >> i'm going to keep this brief in the interests of time. we have one of the biggest collection of artifacts around, but it's largely unknown, and we're excited to laying this foundation. this is an incredible first step, and we're excited about it. debbie kahn is the person who started the work, and i'm going to turn it over to here. why don't you go ahead and take

it away. >> thank you, peter. i am debbie kahn, and along with the work that i've been doing with the museum and tida, my original background is in library and archives, but i'm equally now, if not more, involved with the museum side. so i've been with them during seven years, and much of that time, i've been involved in writing policies and procedures. in addition, i've written sections of the department's ever evolving cataloging ma'am manual, so i've had some

experience documenting policies and procedures prior to this work. when i was hired to create the c.m.p., the scope of work included three main tasks. creating the c.m.p., which is comprised of the nine parts that are in the document that was distributed to you, a set of procedures involved in cataloging and preparing the collection, and software with recommendations. i am focusing on the c.m.p. and its associated documents today. so elaborate you further on what peter said on the c.m.p., it's to elaborate on the parties that are responsible for the care of the collection throughout the life of its objects.

the policy also governs how incoming and outgoing loans are handled as well as any other regulations with regards to all of these areas, and every c.m.p. is tailored to its collection and to its governing body. so prior to beginning this work, i read through our c.m.p. to make sure that i understood what was being stated and why. i did this because it's the closest example of a document to emulate given that it is a historic collection owned by the city and county of san francisco. after that, i stepped away so i could refrain from simply

recreating the current document. these documents drove some of my early research and i then reviewed the c.m.p.s of other museums with similar scope and structures, so i looked at municipal run state collections and museums as well as military collections owned by nonprofits. after the research phase began to wind down, the writing

began. i was working on several documents as once, depending on where my attention was needed. but then, i met with pete and walt with several rounds of review and rewriting. and after one of the rounds, i decided -- i looked more closely at the documentation from the fine arresteds -- fine arts museum.

in addition to some of the resources mentioned earlier, i also referred to a.a.m.s, museum registration methods, which is the bible of registration as well as the national parks services museum handbooks part one through three. the collection inventory list was critical to the development of the care manual since it provided an overview of the material and material types as well as care for them. once we gathered all of the comments from various parties,

we were able to produce this document today. in conconclusion, i want to thank both the tida and the treasure island museum as well as peter and mike. it's my hope that this document will help guide tida in its stewardship of this unique historical collection. thank you. >> thank you. is that the end of the report, mike? >> director, i have one final slide, if you don't mind? >> go ahead. >> thank you. just so we can discuss this with the board, obviously, incorporating feedback from today's meeting, understanding that it is a very complicated document, we'll certainly be open to receiving feedback from tida staff for the next couple of weeks, so certainly after you've had a chance to read through it after whatever

discussion happens today, feel free to submit further discussion through kate. city attorney and the risk manager is going to look @it -- look at it in its current form before we present the final to you at the december 8 meeting. this is just a foundational document to help us then continue next steps with inventory. this certainly gives us the foundation, but just because we have all the tools in the toolkit, that we're going to be going crazy with the management and changing all of that. and finally, i just want to

acknowledge, and debbie brought it up, the additional resources that were created as part of this product. overall, we're extremely impressed at the staff level with the quality of the delivery with the amount of information that was generated, the amount of documents and forms that are going to help tida. it's not tidas mission, but it's a unique role that needs to be filled, and certainly, the cmp and debbie have ensured that we're getting off on the right foot, and also, s.f.o. museum's debbie callum was very generous with her time. and with that, i'll complete my presentation, and myself, mike, and debbie are available for any questions. >> thank you. thank you so much, peter. i almost didn't recognize you with your covid beard, but i also wanted to say, peter, that

we -- the board as a whole did want to extend our condolences with what was noted at the last meeting. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> and glad that you're back. >> nice to be back. thank you. >> and debbie, thank you for that presentation on the c.m.p. nice to have you on board. i think we do have valuable items that are so important to the history of the treasure island and to have it be done in a rigorous way and to be able to keep track of those items is important, so thank you for that. and who -- who -- where are the items being stored and handled right now? is it through the treasure island museum? no, it's at tida. >> the items that are considered under this collection management policy are the tida items.

the vast majority of those save for the ggig culture and navy items are contracted at an art handling and storage facility. there is not much handling of the items right now. the statues that are on display are on display, the ones that are not on display are in storage on the island and the collective boxed up museum items are all stored on shelves. >> wonderful, and we have an item which is on loan to mexico city, is that right, to the museum in mexico? >> currently on loan, you're correct. there is a request of a loan for a couple of exhibits in mexico city in 2023.

we're negotiating that with the parties down there. we have loaned them before, but that will be brought to the board closer to the time the negotiations will be in place. >> and i think it's great that you're starting the oral art history project. >> and remember, one treasure island is about the current last 20 years on the island, so we want to make sure that we're

all part of the same family. peter, you did a how -- it's important to us at the museum, but i'm glad to see it's kind of coming back around a little bit in support of this group. and again, it's not your first priority right now, but i'm just so glad that we're doing that. >> yeah. so i'm going to open it up to the board for any comments or questions? >> yes. >> yes, linda, go ahead. >> yes. thank you, peter. i didn't almost recognize you, as well, and i want to convey condolences to you and your family. this is an exciting project, and debbie, i'm very familiar with your work in the city. this is again very exciting.

the questions, i'm going to go back to revisit your document and, like peter says, be passing out my comments later on, and one of the -- linking the questions with some of the connections that we have on treasure island. what about those pieces that are missing? are we still holding out? shouldn't that be reflected in the c.m.p. to say hey, anybody out there, if they have any of the historical artifacts, i remember with the treasure island historical museum, we

touched on that, that maybe one or two pieces are still out there, and we should never give up, and maybe in a c.m.p., you should reflect it, that we are still on the lookout, you know, for those historical objects. and what about the [indiscernible] i don't know about the conditions of some of them, but this is for the preservation or care of some of these artifacts. lastly, i know that peter mepgsed the next step, regarding the cataloging of those artifacts. i think that would be a major project to know what we have in

house so we can make policies and provisions to preserve those while we are open to making accusations because at the end of the day, the goal is to make the public appreciate what we have in our collections. treasure island is going to be a destination, and going to be, at some point, somewhere where we have to invite the rest of the world to come on. lastly, with our history project, i would like at some point for commissioner breston, yeah, it's a great idea. we just want to make sure that we kind of cast out the net so we're able to get as many of the residents and, you know, points of view as possible, so again, thank you, debbie and thank you -- >> we're taking nominations for

the current world history, so if you have nominations to make, you can make them on the website and the treasure island usium and members of the community are on the committee, citing who is going to be on the exhibit. >> director tsen? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i can speak to the question quickly about missing items and item handling. i think certainly, director richardson is talking -- we were talking about the murals earlier, one of the murals from the original ggig set, long