which require that any construction be carefully considered and that the restaurant ... i'm sorry, that the permit holder use its best efforts not tointerfere with business operations of the restaurant .under that negotiated agreement supervised by judge david garcia , whitney jones and die, the two designated representatives were able to move forward and as this document admits cooperate and i huge event of work that did impact the restaurant for a great deal of seismic work at this building. for reasons that were not explained to us at that time, see cdc abandoned the job and did not perform the work involving the steel frame on

the commercial street frontage. that work had been discussed in considerable detail even to the point of the method andmode of construction , timing, how it would be done and agreed and see cdc 10 years ago abandoned that . now very recently they submit this. and they say that for various reasons that want to change the design from the redesign. and that their justification is that the restaurant was denying them the ability to do the wor . that is simply not true. we were facilitating the work. we were cooperating all the time and what we were

ultimately told very recently was the permit holder ran out of money and that's why that work wasn't finished 10 years ago . our complaint today is that this permit was obtained in part on representations that are untrue. and that without any consideration for the agreement that's negotiated for this entire project which clearly required the permit holder to use its best efforts in designing and doing the work to avoid impacting the restaurant operations so the highlighted paragraph here, the fourth paragraph says for various reasons are design is for a bunch of concrete instead of some nice clean steel beams. a complete change in the most impactful part of the project with no prior discussion. with the restaurant, no notice

to the restaurant. no conversation with the restaurant and when this came to our attention recently after 10 years, over 10years of delay , i said to counsel who wrote the brief on behalf of the permit holder, warned about our agreement. whatare you doing? why are you making this change ? he did not remember the agreement . he asked me to send him a copy so i did and he said okay, we will honor it but they pulled the permit. we did have a meeting. and whitney jones and i for the first timein many years were able to talk again . and i said what's going on? why did you changethe plans ? i was not able to get an answe . before the permit was full i asked joanna lamb who was the

first representative of see cdc to reachout with this information . he said these various reasons, what are the various reasons? we all know this massive concrete construction was the toxic debris that it's going to create and the noise is going to be completely destructive to restaurantoperations . our previous agreement was the steel beams would come in from above. they would be dropped in and contained. it would be a nice clean job and i was never given any answer so i simply think that the whole spirit and purpose of the underlying agreement under which this work was performed was first denied, then ignored and is still being ignored and i believe that this body should tell the people involved in this to follow their agreement.

mediate if necessary. >> thank you mister winkle, we have a question from president honda. >> president: first question, when was the retrofits on this building required ?>> the permit to do it was issued in 2005 . >> president: i said when was the retrofits, is it amandatory retrofit ? >> that was not clear commissioner honda. they thought they had to do it so they were doing it and we were cooperating. i'm not sure that therewas a mandate order for that they were on the list . >> second question is you understand that this board is not here to honor personal grievancewe're here to determine whether the permit is properly issued, correct ?

>> i believe the board has a legitimate interest in whether permit was issued based on mis factual representations and that is the case here . >> we will now hearfrom the permit holder . and the attorney representing the permit holder, welcome. you haveseven minutes . >> actually tyler ferguson will be presenting. >> tyler ferguson on behalf of the chinatown community development center.cityview has filed his appeal as part of a broader scheme to obstruct the cdc's efforts to complete mandatory seismic work. cityview has refused to mediate or cooperate in good faith and has now filed the appeal to by itself more time before the seismic work begins. cityviewcannot be allowed to

continue delaying this necessary work and the board should deny this appeal for three reasons .first, cityview's claims are governed by the parties mediation agreement. second, ccdc's permit was validly issued and the city has not regarded any claim issuing the permit.the permit relates to mandatory structural improvements required to ensure the safety of the building's residents as well as cityview's own guests and employees . my first point, cityview's claims are governed exclusively by the parties needing mediation agreement. cityview admits its own priest at pursuant to the mediation agreement garcia retained restriction over any matter involving the construction of the improvements of the buildings . here cityview isappealing a seismic work permit . seismic work involves constructionimprovements to the buildings . thus by cityview's own logic.the judge garcia has retained restriction and thus theparties should be in

mediation resolving this dispute rather than before the board here today . second, ccdc's permit was validly issued and cityview has not raised any claim of mistake or wrongdoing by thedbi and issuing the permit . rather, this appeal is founded on a breach of contract issue as explained in the one-page statement cityview submitted when this wasinitially filed . looking at that statement, cityview explained it was filing this field caused the plans did not comply with the terms of the parties agreement and because ccdc was required, should have prepared seismic work plans to bothparties . there are two problems with cityview's reasoning. the first is that cityview has based this entire appeal on the terms of the parties agreement rather than any independent grievance with the permits validity this means the parties dispute should be resolved according to the agreement i.e. mediation rather than year before the court ofappeals . the second problem is that cityview's claims have no

actual basis in the parties agreement. they claim both parties were required to agree to a workplan but no such requirement exists in the agreement . ccdc had no obligation to create aworkplan that was mutually agreed-upon . i would address these two problems in turn. by basing this appeal on the settlement agreement's terms cityview clearly wants the parties to be bound by the terms of that settlement agreement yet cityview has seemingly ignored the agreementsdispute resolution clause by refusing and avoiding respondents mediation attempts and by filing this appeal . the parties agreement is clear and in theevent of a dispute the parties are forced to resort to good-faith discussion. if that is unproductive the parties are to appear before judge garcia in mediation . cityview claims the reason it has avoided mediation up till this point is it feels the parties have had sufficient time to pursue a good fourth

faith negotiations these are not endlessnegotiations. the parties have been in discussion for years regarding this work and at this point good-faith negotiations have been exhausted . simply put it is time for the parties to mediate the second problem with cityview's appeal is the agreement does not support their claims. the agreement does not require that ccdc provide a workplan that is mutually agreed-upon butthat ccdc provides cityview with written notice of the scope of work and contractor performing the work . ccdc has done this and has repeatedly notified cityview of the upcoming seismic work. as a result cityview has been on notice for years and ccdc hascomplied with its settlement agreement negotiations. the seismic work should be allowed to proceed . cityview also argues ccdc is required to use best efforts to minimize the disruption to cityview's operation of the premises that is true. but that does not mean ccdc must then use cityview's

preferred solution particularly when that solution is not code compliant.cityview's sole focus in this case is making the seismic work as convenient as possible for its restaurant. indeed the most convenient outcome for cityview in this case is for the seismic work to not happen at all and that is why we are here today. that is also whycityview has refused to efficiently resolve this dispute and why they refuse to cooperate in good faith . cityview fails to recognize sometimes convenience and public safety are two mutually exclusive goals you cannot always have both. ccdc has received a valid code compliant seismic work permit and is ready to begin work . ccdc has no obligation to create a workplan that was mutually agreed-upon and no obligation to use cityview's preferred solution.cityview

has no complaints about the validity of the permit itself and may not be convenient for cityview it is now time for the work to begin finally, the permit describes mandatory work that is necessary to ensure the safety of both the buildingsresidents as well as cityview's own employees and guests . it is unclear aside from convenience why cityview would seekto delay such important work . ccdc has tried to transparently communicate with cityview and keep them involved throughout the process . cityview has responded by repeatedly delaying the process by avoiding ccdc's attempts to efficiently resolve this dispute. in sum, this appeal should be denied. cityview has brought a claim that as required by the parties agreement should be mediated before judge garcia not before the court of appeals . moreover cityview's claims are not supported by the parties agreement. ccdc had no obligation to get approval before obtainingthe permit. furthermore they had no obligation to use cityview's

solution and addressing the seismic work . >> at this point the views of the city's residentsand own guests demand the permit be approved and this appeal be denied so the mandatory seismic work can begin . >> we have a question from president, >> president: you said this is mandatory work, when was this required is mandatory work ? >> i know ccdc received a noticeof violation regarding 2019 plan but i'm not sure of the date . >> that would be interesting and i read on page 11 of the brief that ccdc will use its best efforts to minimize disruption to cityview restaurant but someone mentioned earlier counsel mentioned from 2005 that's teen years. that's quite a long time without any disruption. so i have a fewmore questions but i'll wait for the apartment . >> we will now hearfrom the planning department .

does the planning department want to wait in on this item? i don't believe there was planning department approval so she may have stepped away. we can check in with inspector green. >> hello president honda and commissioners. a brief history of the permits here. the original permit in 2005 017-4019 was for structural seismic improvement of existing low income detail building with concrete replacement. the permit issued on december 20, 2005. they started work may 2006 to startwork inspection . the second and last instruction was in july 2006 for a sheer wall inspection. the special inspection for the structural work was submitted

in august 2016. interestingly the special inspections did include a steel frame. permit expired may 2008. the notice of violation was issued april 2013 for noncompliance with the umb ordinance. it was an order of abatement issued september 2019 or noncompliance with that violation. the permit was actually renewed for final inspection in 2019. the permit under appeal this morning was filed october 2019 to complete and alter the work previously approved in the 2005 permit. this is october29, 2021 . we believe the permit was approved and issued properly. you have some questions about whether umb ordinance came in place 1992, i'm not quite sure what the level of building it

was but the last required deadline was february 2004. >> we have a question from vice president swig. >> to confirm your testimony do you believe this permit application was fully vetted and without hesitation we will say that the permit was issued and it complies to every standard, correct? >> that is correct, it was approved and issued properly. >> vice president: i liketo deviate and this is important for a bottle . ask brad rossi a question about the proceedings here tonight.

with your permission. >> absolutely. >> brad rossi, deputy city attorney. my connection is not very good on not going to turn my camera on but i can hear you. >> i wanted to get clarification as to why we are here. we are here to either to approve or deny a permit which was either properlyissued or improperly issued, is that true ? >> that's right commissioner. >> and that's all. so if there's a dispute between the two parties as to how we got there, how we got here and how the permit was approved that is outside of the evaluation as properly issued according to thestandards of the building department . none of that really matters.

we are here to assess is this a valid permit properly approved, is thattrue? >> that's right commissioner . >> now we're moving on to publiccomment. anyone here would like to provide public comment for this item please raise your hand . this is your opportunity for public comment. i see a few people in the queue. if you want to provide public comment please raise your hand . okay, looks like we do not have any public comment so we will move on to remodel and we will hear from mister winkle, you have three minutes. >> i don't thinki would have made the claim this was an improper permit . my claim is that the building department was misled.

and that the building department should care about that. i have seen many hearings where a little deeper inquiry has been made into the history behind disputes. and that theoverall integrity of the process comes of concern . this in this instance, there are many things being said which are not supported by the facts. there was no delay here caused by cityview restaurant from 2006 to 2019. there is no reason to offer for a deliberate change in 2019 of the construction approaching the manner in which makes it incredibly more damaging, invasive and disruptive of the tenants. the prior approved approach for which a permit was issued should have been the method

used. no explanation has been given for why it should not have been used or why there's a change accept to be disruptive to the restaurant . i think this commission is well aware of the disagreements of recent years between my client john yee and ccdc with regard to other projects. i think that it is clear. that the engineer here was not in fact told to use best efforts to minimize impact. he was probably told exactly theopposite and that's the only reason for the change in the plan and the new approach. if this body is not concerned about such things , that's just lumps we have to take but i do think thatthis is a more clear problem than it is being presented .

>> we have a question from president tran five. >> president: yes counselor. the umb took in effect as the inspector said in 1992. when did the buildingtransfer ownership ? >> you know, i do not have that recollection. i will tell you the building transferred ownership pursuant to ... [audio lost]

>> is it ready? >> it you wanted tostart over. >> a few points of remodel . appellants had agreed previously agreed on approach and i mentioned he's unsure what the various reasons are and why that approach was deviated from . the reason why that we moved from that approach is because what we agreed upon in 2005 is no longer codecompliant . ccdc is concerned with meeting current code standards and any size or retrofit that happens lives up to current code.if we were to implement what was discussed in 2005, that's not code compliant and would live up to today'sstandards . appellants asked how it would impact ccdc to wait months until cityview closes and i like to remind commissioners that there's a notice of

violation on ccdc and they're trying to remedy that and it wouldimpact them because the building issimply not fit for seismic activity right now. it needs to be retrofitted to protect the building's residents as well as the views onemployees and guests . it's beneficial for both parties if the worst happens . one other point of remodel. appellant says there was no delay caused from 2006 to 2019 of those dates are not of concern . we're talking about the current plans that have been trying to get pushed through.the current seismic work that's trying to happen there have been delays during thattime period. just to reiterate the main points here, cityview claims this entire appealis founded on the terms of the settlement agreement . they make no claim regarding the permits validity orwhether it was properly issued . they feel they did not comply with the agreement's terms but

their claims are not supported by the parties agreement . what they suggest is simply not there. and ccdc had no obligation to use ties make work plans that cityview agreed with. it simply had to provide notice to cityview which it did multiple times.this is a permit that relates to mandatorystructural improvements that the building needs for safety of its own residents as well as the safety of cityview'semployees and guests . >> wehave a question from president tran five . >> president: i'm trying to find mymouse . one quick question . in the previous agreement or plan that was done believe it was build a frame move on to a country house. as thedeviation , what part of the work initially is no longer codecompliant? if you have that information available . >> i would have to have duke come in and speak about that.

>> michigan on now?hi, i'm duke chrisfield . there's basically two things. one is that there's become this issue of lateral personal breaking on themoment frame that's been particularly made them , it's made so that you can't do that in buildings with low diagrams. you cannot brace them sufficiently . the other is that there's an element of its required really wasn't addressed with the steel frame which is that where there are beams framing to unreinforced masonry walls or peers that there has to be some supplemental support for provided and the concept is that is pre-applied shoring in case the brick gives way.

and the ways that the steel frames are detached to the existing steel beam across the front really don't provide that sufficient support for that. where the concrete moment frame it really integrates the whole front part of the building and it can't really move. and the moment frame has been designed tofit within the same surround as the steel moment frame and it's really thesame amount of disruption . so we did , i did take that very much into consideration that the destruction aspect exactly and how the work would be done. that's it. >>. >> president: i'm not an engineer but in essence what you're saying is the steel moment frame does not have a

lateral support or ends up being concrete if itprovides that full support . >> that's part of it, yeah. >> thank you. we will now hear from the departmentof building inspection. anything further ? >> thank you. the appellant said the department been misled. i'm notsure where that's come from . revisions andchanges are fairly commonplace . it's not dpi's duty to provide the applicant's motive. i will say if the permit holders had completed the work in the 2005 permit they would havereceived their certificate of final completion and it would have complied with the notice of violation that's outstandinghere . >> we have a question from vice

president swig . >> vice president: to the argument that things have changed, that would be the appellant's argument and to the argument that sorry, to the argument that the permit holder changed the game , change the design which the appellant made and then to the argument which is while the standards by which the project has to be done now have changed, may i have your thoughts on that. who overrules whom on this? if this were there was a plan that was submitted to you that was according to something which was acceptable 20 years ago was presented to you today, but it was not code compliant,

would you honor that plan or would you say to the applicants sorry, that was 20 years ago but we have new and better rules because we have new discoveries that make a project more safe andsecure ? which would outweigh the other please? >> i understand,yes. i would disagree with your statement that has to be done this way . you said, i have the 2005 permit with those structural designs that was started back then and thepermit was reviewed under those 2005 hundreds . if it was it could be built according to those 2005 plans under the renewal permit and get their final inspection based on that previously

approved design it would receive their certificate of final completion. then it would be in compliance with the ul the ordinance that said it wasn't completed so i believe they are ,they're in their rights to change the design here prior to the

>> i be glad to. i think our job is to design withrespect to appellate counsel .and the cityattorney gives our marching orders .

>> good morning everyone. here we are. some of you have been with us. this is our fifth building the

infrastructure of america event for our country. democrats delivered today safe streets and roads for all. some of you were with us when we began this series of just a few weeks ago at the joe mazola training center where we saw apprenticeships in action, kids learning how to weld so they could repair and build water systems which were very much apart of the infrastructure legislation, the bipartisan ininfrastructure frame work. following that, some of us were together at the transbay terminal where we all came together to solute what was happening in that legislation for transportation in the bay area. $5 billion to come right here for transit whether it's e

electricfication. next, we had a town hall which was participated in by thousands of people in the bay area to talk about with garrett hoffman what was happening in the legislation to save our planet as we improve the quality of life, created jobs, lowered costs in the legislation. and, today, we have our fifth event. this one is a matter of life and death. this one is so important to us and this one takes place on a day where across america will probably add up to about 500 events including the ones that i mentioned to come to the community, thank people for their ideas, to share with them opportunities that will be there as we build back better. this is an initiative of president joe biden. president biden has said i want to do everything i can in a bipartisan way to build the infrastructure of our country, but i will not confine my vision for the country to that

and so we're working on the b.b.b., the build back better legislation as we go forward to save the planet to lower cost for health care, to prescription drugs, lower cost for child care, lower costs in every way, lower taxes for the middle class again doing so paid for by making people who are wealthy and corporate america to pay for fair share. that's what's taking place today. so it's an honor to be in san francisco. we'll be joined by the mayor shortly. i want to thank her for all of her initiatives. oh, we are. thank you, mayor, for honoring us with your presence. and thank you for the leadership and the priority you have placed on the safety of the people of san francisco which is a very major

responsibility for us. your vision 0 bold plan to end traffic fatalities by 2024 as well as your leadership just last week with the proposal to invest $400 million in muni reliability and street safety. i solute you for that and i know you join me in saluting our bay area colleagues who are here who are going to be making their fregss. janice lee, the san francisco bicycle coalition and i know you will agree our v.i.p. today is julie nicholson who survived a terrible traffic injury on our streets here in san francisco and extraordinary courage and resilience inspires us all and she will be speaking and representing the voices of so many of those who are here,

families for safe streets. thank you all for being here. for sharing your tragedies, but also giving us your courage to turn your pain into progress and help to prevent other families from suffering the agony that you have. and we even have some other survivors of crashes as well. so we'll be hearing from them; but first as i put in context, this is a drum beat across america to make sure this happens, i'll talk to you know just a little bit before i have the privilege of yielding not only yielding, but praising our mayor once again. here's what it's about. the bay area has long seen more of its fair share of heart breaking traffic deaths. you all are here as eloquent testimony to that.

while we saw 462 traffic fatalities nationally last year marked the most traffic deaths and fatalities have been shortly on the rise for a decade. they are families shattered by the tragedy, community safe streets and roads for all. we secured $14 billion nationally for roadway safety which will help make california streets safer and friendlier. $260 million from the highway improvement program to help

reduce fatalities and injuries on our roads. this will help design complete streets to design safe and accessible. but the new $5 billion safe streets for all initiatives, our city can compete for funding for vision 0 particularly for our high injury network just 13% of roads account for 75% of severe and fatal accidents. with new funding to modernize our data collection, we'll get a clearer picture of where and how our crashes occur. and with $7.2 billion for transportation alternatives nationally, we'll improve safety of sidewalks, bike lanes, just got a tour in terms of what it means for bike lanes and trails. so i just want to for the bay

area workers, rebuilding middle class as we rebuild communities. it will be transformative safe system approach and i know that's what's happening right here on folsom and second with this historic achievement, democrats are delivering for the bay area and beyond. i was now at this point supposed to be introducing julie nicholson. instead, we're just going to hear first from our distinguished mayor and we thank her for the priority of the people of san francisco. whether it's safety on the streets. safety in terms of their health care. safety in terms of diminishing drug use. more people have died of drug use and covid here. and the mayor is taking the bull by the horns. with that fighting retail crimes and all.

safety is the first responsibility of government. it's the oath we take to protect and defend whether it's the constitution or the people, our mayor has been a champion in living up to that important priority for the community, for the people, for the children, our mayor, london breed. [ applause ] [please stand by]

. . . . it was really about a demand from the people of san francisco to see change to see see change in the particular areas. so many collisions to build for access from the east side to the west side. homes were bulldozed in my community to make what i for gary boulevard which is in essence a freeway in the middle of our city. and we have had to make some significant change and as

speaker pelosi has said, 13% of the location that are the high injury network represent 75% of the collisions that occurred in the street causing major injury and death. this infrastructure bill is so important because here in san francisco we are fortunate that the people of the city care about making improvements to our city. and last week i introduced a transportation and safety bond that will help with high injury corridors and we will aggressively continue the work. but local dollars alone are not enough, and we need help. this infrastructure bill will not only help san francisco. it will help this entire

country. so that we can improve safety on the streets especially in major densities like san francisco where you have seen a significant increase in the number of people who are walking and biking and i am really proud that this city has taken steps since i have been mayor to produce 20 new miles of protected bike lanes as well as daylighting and changes. and we prioritize safety over speed. so that we change how people move around the city. so people know exactly where they belong on the streets to get from point a to point b. madam speaker said our responsibility as leaders to keep people safe. and part of keeping people safe is making investments and sometimes the changes and removal of parking and other

things make people upset or uncomfortable. at the end of the day, if it's going to save someone's life, this is a small sacrifice to make. i am grateful to be here with the extraordinary leader with walk sf and the bicycle coalition and so many advocates who have been impact by tragedy. tragedy where they lost loved ones and where sadly they have experienced it personally hems. and my hope is that we don't continue to go down this path. that is why these investments and that work in san francisco is so important. at this time and i would like to yield the floor back to our special guest julie. thank you so much. >> thank you so much, mayor breed. and madam speaker. what an incredible honor it is

to be here today. i am julie nicholson. i am a member for safe streets community and see behind me a professor of early childhood and a mother of three wonderful girls. almost two years ago january 4, 2020 i was out doing my favorite form of self-care jogging in the panhandle and kel a britting getting to the -- celebrating getting to the end of my husband's final chemo treatment and a driver ricochetted off a car and making an illegal left turn and came into the park to hit me throwing me 20 feet and leaving me with a broken back and broken neck. took me eight months of therapy and healing. but here i am. i'm fortunate. going through that experience opened my eyes to the preventible health crisis of

traffic violence. this is a preventible health crisis that is getting worse not better. it is a preventible health crisis that impacts not just me but everything with the preventible health crisis with proven solutions. i am standing up feeling so thankful, so grateful and overwhelmeded as a traffic violence survivor and i also feel so grateful to our federal leaders for the infrastructure bill that is going to bring attention and action to bring safer streets. we have trauma all across this country from those who are being hurt by traffic violence, but i'm here to say thank you to madam speaker. and on behalf of families for safe streets and our community,

i want to say thank you for the infrastructure bill, for the action you are taking to make our streets safer. it means so much to me. it means so much to all of us. >> thank you. >> and it says so much when we talk about what julie describes. and the eloquence of your statement and speaking for families for safe streets and the tragedy they underwent and one of them said this isn't about an accident. some of this is the decision to run a red light and we have to be prepared in every possible way. and the person who knows that very well is jeffrey tumlint director of san francisco

municipal transportation area. thank you so much. >> let's hear it for jeffrey for keeping san francisco moving in a way that is safe for bicycle, pedestrians, people in cars and the rest. and during the q&a he will take all the hard questions because he tells us a beautiful story about what is happening at second and fulsom with the and as a local member of the state legislature -- so in any case, >> i hope he is not one of my constituents. >> i just really want to thank all of you for being here.

i want to thank the speaker for the tenacity and vision at the last that i was able to attend. i want to thank the mayor for her vision and tenacity in a very difficult position. she is inspiring as a speaker. thank you so much for your career and vocation and your heartfelt story about your experience and to all of you as the speaker said through experiencing and helping you save lives. and i want to thank somebody as a staff person and appreciate -- she is shaking her head. we used to serve together when i was an mtc commissioner and she was a wonderful staff person and now she is working with san francisco to make sure the projects are done. and so this is really a kwigs

vigs and it is time as the mayor said and the speaker has done so with her usual tenacity and for the federal government to reengage in the trfk. and when i started in transportation and the federal government and the model was almost 75% from the federal government, 25% local and state. and here in san francisco and the region with the eastern bay and contra costa county where we have passed super majority self-help sales tax to invest and where the state has done that and the mayor mentioned she is doing it again. now the federal government is back thanks to our leadership. this whole systems management not only will save lives but help everyone's quality of life. for every single occupancy vehicle you take off the road and put somebody on a bike or walking, it saves the

environment. it is a multiplier of 10 on climate and traditional pollutants. it creates safety and reduces congestion. my constituents in the suburbs say every time we take one of us out of a car and put them on transit and bikes like comben hagan and amsterdam and mus any where 50% of the peak trips are by bike, we start to reduce congestion along with tele commuting and this is how readdress our transportation challenges hoer in the bay area. and what happens in the bay area and what happens in california, as jimmy carter said, happens in the rest of the united states. what we're doing here today not just saves lives here, not just in the region, not just in california, but will save lives all over the united states. so thank you so much for your vision, your tenacity and heartfelt advocacy.

>> thank you. they are a health issue. clean air for our children. they are a safety issue in terms of what we are talking about here today. they are a jobs issue and the jobs created to do all of this. and they are, again, ea quality of life issue by getting more cars off the roads and more people safety making their own choices about walking and biking and here is jody who i referenced in my remarks. and from pedestrian.

>> i want to take a moment to remember the people who have lost this year in san francisco to violence with a moment of sigh tense. in the past month we lost aram who moved to san francisco to be closer to his grand kids and made the city his home. he loved walking. he was walking home after working the night shift as a security guard and was hit and killed in the bayview neighborhood. we also lost andrew zieman. andrew was a paraprofessional who works at the elementary school he attended as a child. the school kids used to call him mr. andrew. he was hit and killed outside of the school on november 10. i was only 30 years old. only one block from here where we stand, antonio was hit and

killed while, like so many others, simply trying to cross the street. standing with me today as you have heard from julie and members of the san francisco bay areas for safe streets. these are people who suffered incomprehensible loss. steve, gina and joe, we are here for you today. other survivors survived being severely injured with traffic crashes. the brave people are here to demand that the changes to the streets and mayor breed is standing with us as well as a

true visionary for safe streets. it is deeply meaningful for us no n pedestrian with madam speaker as well as representative. thank you for being here. for so long they have been focused around making it easy for cars to get around. and the speed of vehicles has been the priority. but this bill does change that. the thing that i think about is every day what if a mid sight airport fell from the sky? that is the equivalent of what we are counting in our country from countless towns and cities and people in communities are suffering from unsafe streets for facing the crisis we have in our cities.

we are sending a clear message that the country's approach to traffic safety must change because crashes are preventible. it is packing it up with funding to change this and doing this right here in san francisco. walk san francisco along with our advocates together with our city's mayor london breed and our city's agencies are pushing hard to make san francisco the beacon for other cities. we are trying to show what we can do when safety is the number one priority. and trying to cross the street is no longer a life or death situation. this infrastructure bill is focused on safety. that is incredible.

this might be the first time in our city's history that federal agency is thinking about safety first. and as secretary of transportation pete buttigieg said, we cannot and should not accept these fatalities as part of walk fran and representatives for standing with us today. thank you for taking action to fundamentally change this country's approach to traffic safety. thank you so much. >> thank you for being with us. >> i want to extend my deep

gratitude to madam speaker and representative for your tireless leadership in d.c., fighting for equity for bay area residents. the infrastructure and jobs act means equity for san franciscans right here in the south of market and means equity because this infrastructure bill is going to bring much-needed investments to streets historically design to be dangerous. just take a look at where we are right here standing. they were never designed with people biking, walking or taking transit and these were defactor highways to ket through one of the densest neighborhoods and the results were deadly. the names of bicyclists hit and killed while biking on these two treat streets won't stop until investments are made and of course, i cannot forget antonio,

the 78-year-old senior who was crossing a block away from here this past april. he was hit and killed by a speeding driver just around the corner from the senior affordable housing he lived in. he was a well phone and beloved member in the filipino community. it is people like this whose lives are cut short when we don't have our funds to update our infrastructure to the modern day. this needs to stop and we need to fund shovel ready projects now to bring equitable investments to save lives on our streets thanks to state and federal funding, we are seeing the fruits of early implementation but they will soon be overhauled with transit priority traffic signals, better lighting and safe intersections for pedestrians and a protected two-way bike lane. lastly, thank you to you, mayor breed. you mentioned we are celebrating

protected bike lanes ere and to build 20 miles of protected bike lanes in two years and thanks to jeffrey tumlin and the leadership at smif smif we want to thank you for prioritizing street safety because truly our lives depend on it. thank you. >> thank you for being with us. thank you for being with us. one of the many fine points is highways through the areas and to divide communities is equity

ir, fairness, justice and is so so much a part of what he is doing to undue some past injustices of dividing neighborhoods so that this just piece of it and within the initiatives of building back better. and with that, any questions you may have? we like to start on this subject. on this subject. >> we never give up. wrote a letter to my colleagues yesterday. saying first and foremost we will continue to pass to fight

the legislation. the democratic leader wrote a similar letter to his colleagues yesterday. this will happen, must happen and we will do it as soon as we can. there are conversations that are ongoing but we cannot walk away from this commitment and build back better and transforming the society. build back bet we are women in the work place and with work force development for younger people and newer people who are reaching in with the diversity that is there. this will not pass and i have confident that senator manchin cares about our country. we will not be deterred.

anybody want to add to that? >> amen. >> but back to here, i think it will be very interesting just to hear jeffrey tell us this year some of what you told us on the tour because he made one point that was very interesting and i never thought of every day. and when you are building these kinds of changes for safety in neighborhoods, it is much more worker centric than big machinery. >> thank you, speaker. >> as the speaker said when we work for safe streets like building protected bike ways and upgrading traffic signals and other vision zero work t creation of jobs factor is so much greater than big machinery and concrete and steel. every single dollar spent on

vision zero projects goes to creating skill labor jobs and hundreds up here at the sfmta. a lot of this work we do in-house and a lot more we spend on local contractors and disadvantaged enterprises to have the money spend in a way that develops community and created more skilled jobs. >> thank you for that enlightenment and also for your leadership. any other questions on what we are doing here today? >> thank you, all, for coming and salute the mayor because what happens in pedestrian serves as a model aross loed and

what they thought would work very well, so your voices, the mayor's intercession and turn into public policy benefit not just san francisco but the entire country so thank you for being here. to all of you who suffers through any of this, thank you for your generosity of spirit to share your stories so el quantity so that other people will not have to offer. with that, again, congratulations, mayor, on your successes here. thank you, all, very much for coming. let's build back better for the people. thank you very much.

san francisco is surrounded on three sides by water, the fire boat station is intergal to maritime rescue and preparedness, not only for san francisco, but for all of the bay area. [sirens] >> fire station 35 was built in 1915. so it is over 100 years old. and helped it, we're going to build fire boat station 35. >> so the finished capital planning committee, i think about three years ago, issued a guidance that all city facilities must exist on sea level rise. >> the station 35,

construction cost is approximately $30 million. and the schedule was complicated because of what you call a float. it is being fabricated in china, and will be brought to treasure island, where the building site efficient will be constructed on top of it, and then brought to pier 22 and a half for installation. >> we're looking at late 2020 for final completion of the fire boat float. the historic firehouse will remain on the embarcadero, and we will still respond out of the historic firehouse with our fire engine, and respond to medical calls and other incidences in the district. >> this totally has to incorporate between three to six feet of sea level rise over the next 100 years. that's what the city's guidance is requiring.

it is built on the float, that can move up and down as the water level rises, and sits on four fixed guide piles. so if the seas go up, it can move up and down with that. >> it does have a full range of travel, from low tide to high tide of about 16 feet. so that allows for current tidal movements and sea lisle rises in the coming decades. >> the fire boat station float will also incorporate a ramp for ambulance deployment and access. >> the access ramp is rigidly connected to the land side, with more of a pivot or hinge connection, and then it is sliding over the top of the float. in that way the ramp can flex up and down like a hinge, and also allow for a slight few inches of lateral motion of the float. both the access ramps,

which there is two, and the utility's only flexible connection connecting from the float to the back of the building. so electrical power, water, sewage, it all has flexible connection to the boat. >> high boat station number 35 will provide mooring for three fire boats and one rescue boat. >> currently we're staffed with seven members per day, but the fire department would like to establish a new dedicated marine unit that would be able to respond to multiple incidences. looking into the future, we have not only at&t park, where we have a lot of kayakers, but we have a lot of developments in the southeast side, including the stadium, and we want to have the ability to respond to any marine or maritime incident along these new developments. >> there are very few

designs for people sleeping on the water. we're looking at cruiseships, which are larger structures, several times the size of harbor station 35, but they're the only good reference point. we look to the cruiseship industry who has kind of an index for how much acceleration they were accommodate. >> it is very unique. i don't know that any other fire station built on the water is in the united states. >> the fire boat is a regional asset that can be used for water rescue, but we also do environmental cleanup. we have special rigging that we carry that will contain oil spills until an environmental unit can come out. this is a job for us, but it is also a way of life and a lifestyle. we're proud to serve our community. and we're willing to help people in any way we can.

i'm nicole and lindsey, i like the fresh air. when we sign up, it's always so gratifying. we want to be here. so i'm very excite ied to be here today. >> your volunteerism is appreciated most definitely.

>> last year we were able to do 6,000 hours volunteering. without that we can't survive. volunteering is really important because we can't do this. it's important to understand and a concept of learning how to take care of this park. we have almost a 160 acres in the district 10 area. >> it's fun to come out here. >> we have a park. it's better to take some of the stuff off the fences so people can look at the park.

>> the street, every time, our friends. >> i think everybody should give back. we are very fortunate. we are successful with the company and it's time to give back. it's a great place for us. the weather is nice. no rain. beautiful san francisco. >> it's a great way to be able to have fun and give back and walk away with a great feeling. for more opportunities we have volunteering every single day of the week. get in touch with the parks and recreation center so come

>> how i really started my advocacy was through my own personal experiences with discrimination as a trans person. and when i came out as trans, you know, i experienced discrimination in the workplace. they refused to let me use the women's bathroom and fired me. there were so many barriers that other trans folks had in the workplace. and so when i finished college, i moved out to san francisco in the hopes of finding a safer community. >> and also, i want to recognize our amazing trans advisory committee who advises our office as well as the mayor, so our transadvisory community members, if they could raise their hands and you

could give a little love to them. [applause] >> thank you so much for your help. my leadership here at the office is engaging the mayor and leadership with our lgbt community. we also get to support, like, local policy and make sure that that is implemented, from all-gender bathrooms to making sure that there's lgbt data collection across the city. get to do a lot of great events in trans awareness month. >> transgender people really need representation in politics of all kinds, and i'm so grateful for clair farley because she represents us so

intelligently. >> i would like to take a moment of silence to honor all those folks that nicky mentioned that we've lost this year. >> i came out when i was 18 as trans and grew up as gay in missoula, montana. so as you can imagine, it wasn't the safest environment for lgbt folks. i had a pretty supportive family. i have an identical twin, and so we really were able to support each other. once i moved away from home and started college, i was really able to recognize my own value and what i had to offer, and i think that for me was one of the biggest challenges is kind of facing so many barriers, even with all the privilege and access that i had. it was how can i make sure that i transform those challenges into really helping other people.

we're celebrating transgender awareness month, and within that, we recognize transgender day of remembrance, which is a memorial of those that we have lost due to transgender violence, which within the last year, 2019, we've lost 22 transgender folks. think all but one are transgender women of color who have been murdered across the country. i think it's important because we get to lift up their stories, and bring attention to the attacks and violence that are still taking place. we push back against washington. that kind of impact is starting to impact trans black folks, so

it's important for our office to advocate and recognize, and come together and really remember our strength and resilience. as the only acting director of a city department in the country, i feel like there's a lot of pressure, but working through my own challenges and barriers and even my own self-doubt, i think i've been try to remember that the action is about helping our community, whether that's making sure the community is housed, making sure they have access to health care, and using kind of my access and privilege to make change. >> i would like to say something about clair farley. she has really inspired me. i was a nurse and became disabled. before i transitioned and after i transitioned, i didn't know what i wanted to do. i'm back at college, and clair farley has really impressed on me to have a voice and to have

agency, you have to have an education. >> mayor breed has led this effort. she made a $2.3 million investment into trans homes, and she spear headed this effort in partnership with my office and tony, and we're so proud to have a mayor who continues to commit and really make sure that everyone in this city can thrive. >> our community has the most resources, and i'm very happy to be here and to have a place finally to call home. thank you. [applause] >> one, two, three. [applause] >> even in those moments when i do feel kind of alone or unseen or doubt myself, i take a look at the community and the power of the supportive allies that are at the table that really help me to push past that. being yourself, it's the word

of wisdom i would give anyone. surely be patient with yourself and your dream. knowing that love, you may not always feel that from your family around you, but you can >> it was an outdoor stadium for track and field, motorcycle and auto and rugby and cricket located in golden gate park, home to professional football, lacross and soccer. adjacent to the indoor arena. built in the 1920s. the san francisco park commission accepted a $100,000 gift from the estate to build a memorial in honor of pioneers in the area. the city and county of san francisco contributed an

additional $200,000 and the stadium was built in a year. in the 1930s it was home to several colleges such as usf, santa clara and st. mary's for competition and sporting. in 1946 it became home to the san francisco 49ers where they played nearly 25 years. the stayed de yam sat 60,000 fans. many caught game the rooftops and houses. the niners played the last game against the dallas cowboys january 3, 1971 before moving to candlestick park. the stadium hosted other events before demolition in 1989. it suffered damages from the earthquake. it was reconstructed to seat 10,000 fans with an all weather track, soccer field and scoreboards. it hosts many northern california football championship

games. local high schools sacred heart and mission high school used the field for home games. the rivalry football games are sometimes played here. today it is a huge free standing element, similar to the original featuring tall pink columns at the entrance. the field is surrounded by the track and used by high school and college football and soccer. it is open for public use as well.