>> chair ronen: good morning. the meeting will come to order. this is the may 4, 2022 budget and finance committee. i'm supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. i'm joined by supervisor ahsha safai, and we will be joined by supervisor gordon mar shortly. we are joined by clerk brent jalipa, and i'd like to thank matt at sfgovtv. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. the board of supervisors and its committees are convening

hybrid meetings that will still allow public comment and participation both in person and via telephone. public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. those speaking in person will be taken first, and then on the phone line. for those watching on channels 26, 78, or 99 or on sfgovtv, that number is streaming across the screen. that number is 415-655-0001, then enter the meeting i.d. of 2488-607-7768, then press pound and pound again. when you are connected, you will be in the meeting but in listening mode only.

if you're on your telephone, please remember to turn down your t.v. or any listening devices as i mentioned. alternatively, you may submit public comment in writing in either of the following ways. e-mail me, the budget and finance committee clerk at b-r-e-n-t-j-a-l-i-p-a@sf.org. items acted upon today are expected to be heard on the board of supervisors agenda on may 10, unless otherwise

stated. >> chair ronen: thank you. mr. clerk, can you please read item 1. >> clerk: yes. item 1 is an ordinance amending the administrative code and police code to prohibit the city from using gas powered landscaping equipment to perform a city function starting january 1, 2024, with temporary waivers for city departments that document to be the satisfaction of the director of the department of the environment the unavailability of needed technology to replace such equipment.

members of the public who are joining us remotely and wish to comment on this ordinance please call the public comment number at 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 2488-607-7768, then press pound twice, and once connected to the meeting, you'll need to

press star, three to enter the speaker line. once the system indicates your line has been unmuted, that will be your prompt to begin speaking. >> chair ronen: thank you. supervisor melgar is still working on a few amendments, so she asked me to continue this for another week. i will make a motion to continue this to the may 11 budget and finance committee after we hear public comment, so can we please open this up for public comment? >> clerk: thank you, madam chair. members of the public who wish to speak on this ordinance and are joining us in person should lineup to speak now. for those joining us remotely, call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d.

2488-607-7768, then press pound and pound again. press star, three to lineup to speak and wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted before you begin your comments. we have no in-person public comments. mr. atkins, do we have any speakers on the phone line? >> yes. can you hear me now? >> clerk: yes. please go ahead. >> thank you. i hope that my statement i submitted last week will be considered. thank you. >> clerk: mr. atkins, are there any further callers in the queue? >> operator: mr. clerk, there are no further callers in the queue. >> chair ronen: thank you. public comment is closed. can i have a roll call vote.

>> clerk: thank you. on the motion to continue to the next meeting -- [roll call] >> clerk: you have three ayes. >> chair ronen: thank you. please call item 2. >> clerk: item 2 is a resolution authorizing the office of contract administration to execute amendment number 3 between the city and county of san francisco and w.w. granger,, inc. , for the purchase of industrial supplies for city departments and increasing the contract amount by 2.2 million for a total contract amount not to exceed $12.1 million with no change to the total term of july 15, 2020 through december 31, 2022. members of the public who wish to provide public comment and are joining us remotely should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d.

2488-607-7768, then press pound and pound again. press star, three to lineup to speak, and wait until the system has been unmuted before you begin your comments. >> good morning, supervisors. i am [indiscernible] the director of the office of contract administration, and i'm here to request your approval for amendment number 3 to o.c.a. contract 74105. this contract provides a wide variety of supplies to all city departments. this was originally awarded to w.w. granger in the city of tucson. this was in march 2019. pursuant to section 22.1 of the

city code, they executed this agreement in july 2020. the agreement is currently at 9.9 million, with a current end date of december 31, 2022. it is used heavily by all departments, so in terms of contract expenditures, we have seen fairly substantial increase this fiscal year due to increased active engagement, and by that, i mean the supplier has actively been reaching out to city departments so they understand what is available on the contract. we've received larger discounts through an enhanced incentive program which is available to all vendors through the

cooperative agreement, and then reopening of city activities and, in particular, increased travel at the airport. the average monthly spend is about $400,000. at this point in time, the contract balance is insufficient to meet city business needs through the end

date. >> chair ronen: great. and before we take questions, we have a report from the b.l.a.? >> thank you. this is nick menard from the budget and legislative analyst's office. so this legislation would approve the third amendment to the agreement with w.w. granger, an industrial supply contract that the city departments can purchase from. the amendment increases the not to exceed amount by 2.2 million, for a total not to exceed amount of 12.1 million. this is based on actual expenditures to date and includes a contingency in case spending exceeds those projections. we recommend approval. >> chair ronen: colleagues, any questions? no questions? can we please open this up for

public comment. >> clerk: thank you. members of the public who are joining us in person should lineup to speak now. those joining us remotely should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2488-607-7768, then press pound and pound again. press star, three to enter the queue and wait until the system indicates your line has been unmuted before you begin your comments. there are no callers in the room. mr. atkins, are there any callers on the line? >> operator: mr. clerk, there are no callers on the line. >> chair ronen: thank you. may i have a roll call vote. [roll call]

>> clerk: you have three ayes. >> chair ronen: thank you, mr. clerk. would you please call item 3? >> clerk: yes. item 3 is a resolution receipt owe actively approving the first amendment to the management and operation agreement between the municipal transportation agency and friends of the cable car museum to exercise the first option to extend the term for five years from july 1, 2019 through june 30, 2024. members of the public joining us remotely who wish to make public comment, dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2488-607-7768, then press pound and pound again. press star, three to lineup to speak, and wait until the system indicates you have been muted before you begin your

comments. >> so i'm william zau from the municipal transportation agency, otherwise known as sfmta. today, i'm presenting an agenda item asking you to consider approving the first option to extend the term from five years from july 1, 2019, through june 30, 2024. to give you some background, the sfmta operates a cable car bond facility in the building located at 1201 mason street. the building consists of the cable car maintenance location as well as the san francisco

cable car museum. next slide, please. on november 3, 2009, the board of supervisors adopted resolution 432-09, which approved a management and operations agreement between the sfmta and friends of the cable car museum for a term of ten years with two five-year extension term options. the cable car museum provides educational museum experience and tours of the general public with free admissions as part of the agreement. it has several cable car artifacts and a gift shop. the ten-year term expired in june 2019, and we are in holdover status. next slide, please. finalizing the five-year extension term was delayed as a

result of transferring certain museum artifacts to the sfmta. also, during the pandemic, the museum was closed for over a year in march 2020. the museum reopened in october 2021, but business was down significantly. for the first half of 2021 calendar year, the income is - $78,000. . in november 2021, the board of supervisors approved the first extension of five years with the friends of the cable car museum retroactive to july 1, 2019. next slide, please. the amended agreement,

including extending five-year term, waiving annual concession fee to october 2021 due to covid pandemic reasons. the total five years concession fees available to the city is $174,744. we need your support and approval pursuant to charter rule 9.118. the sfmta would like to thank the supervisors for consideration of this contract amendment. we realize the city has recently learned of some unsavory goings-on with some

other organizations, but we are confident that this contract amendment is 100% transparent and is done purely for the benefit of the public. we assure you this contract is fully ethical and deserving of your confident approval. thank you. please let me know if you have any questions. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. i don't believe there's a b.l.a. report. any questions, colleagues? supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: yes. thank you through the chair. how long has the friends had a management and operations agreement for the museum? >> it's ten years, but we had another agreement prior to that, but the agreement started in 2009, sorry. >> supervisor safai: you had an agreement prior to that 1234. >> i don't have that information. >> supervisor safai: but has it always been the friends of the cable car museum?

>> yes, as far as i know. >> supervisor safai: has this ever gone out to bid? >> it was bid out in 2009, supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: and it's just continuously been extended? >> yes, as far as i know, the information i have on hand. >> supervisor safai: is there a reason that it hasn't been put out to bid? >> okay. i'm going to let my manager, jason gallegos, answer that question. >> yes. there's a ten-year contract with an option to extend. this is the first five years, and there will be another one

thereafter. >> supervisor safai: okay. i don't have any more questions. do you have any questions? >> chair ronen: i don't, but i think supervisor mar does. >> supervisor mar: so great to see that the museum is back open and the visitors are coming back. i did have a question about the friends of the cable car museum and the relationship of the sfmta. is there any other aspect to the relationship between friends of the cable car museum and sfmta beyond just this operating agreement? >> no, it's primarily an operating agreement. what they do is they provide tours to the general public, right? we have visitors that come to the general public, and we provide tours to them, and that

is about it. there's no further relationship between our facility and the work they do. >> supervisor mar: the friends of the -- >> yeah, they've been a very good partner of ours. >> supervisor mar: yeah, thank you. >> thank you. >> chair ronen: neither supervisor safai have ever been there, and we've both decided that we're going to go there and have a kids at workday. can we please open this up for public comment? >> clerk: yes. members of the public who wish to make public comment, please lineup now. members of the public who wish to make public comment who are attending remotely, dial

415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2488-607-7768, then press pound and pound again. press star, three to lineup to speak, and wait until your system has been unmuted before you begin your comments. we have no speakers in the room to speak. mr. atkins, do we have any callers in the queue? >> can you hear me now? >> clerk: yes, we still can. >> i can't remember if this has been the original operator, but this is the operator that has been doing this a period of time. i support this specific amendment. i am concerned, however, about retroactive contract approvals, and this is lengthy period of

retroactivity going back to 2019. i would suggest in the future when there's a retroactive approval, it not be this lengthy period. i understand the staff explanation, but i think it's a long period of time. i would ask m.t.a., not necessarily in this legislation, but perhaps separately, to provide a letter to the board or the budget and legislative analyst as to any holdover tenants that may result in other retroactive term extensions in case there are other things like this in terms of real estate hanging out there, and perhaps, if mr. gallegos is there, he mite be able to respond to that question either day or in writing. those are my thoughts on this item, and i support the resolution. >> clerk: thank you, david pilpel, for your comments.

mr. atkins, do we have any other speakers? >> operator: mr. clerk, there are no further callers in the queue. >> chair ronen: thank you. public comment is closed. supervisor mar, would you like to do the honors? >> supervisor mar: actually, i'd like to be added as a cosponsor, and i'd like to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> chair ronen: can we have a roll call vote. >> clerk: on the motion to send this to the full board with a positive recommendation -- [roll call] >> clerk: we have three ayes. >> chair ronen: thank you. can you please read item 4? >> clerk: yes. item 4 is a resolution authorizing the san francisco public utilities commission to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1 million from the metropolitan transportation

commission, with funds from the federal highway administration and reviewed by the california department of transportation for design and construction of the southern skyline boulevard ridge trail extension project which would extend the bay area ridge trail south from state route 92 to the golden gate national recreation areas phleger estate and improve educational and recreational access, parking, and rest room if a tilts on peninsula watershed land owned and maintained by the sfpuc in san mateo county, for a term period of may 2022 through january 2024. members of the public who wish to make public comment should lineup to speak. members of the public joining us remotely should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2488-607-7768, then press pound and pound again.

madam chair? >> chair ronen, supervisor ronen, supervisor safai, it's my first time in this room in a couple of years. >> chair ronen: welcome back. >> thank you. i have a presentation with a few slides for this item. the first item is just a picture of the existing trail looking down at the reservoir. next slide, please. so this has been a long road. this is the existing trail that we're showing here, and access on the peninsula watershed has always been an important topic and often controversial topic, and that explains the time that it took to arrive here today. next slide, please. this is the peninsula watershed in its entirety, the 23,000 acres that we own in fee. these are the existing trails that we're showing. the ones in black are already open. the ones in red are planned,

and the one in bottom left is the item in front of you today. next slide, please. this is the map that is provided in the environmental document that we've used quite a bit to explain some of the detail. they actually have three little pieces of this project. >> supervisor safai: through the chair, is there any way to zoom in on that? it's microcopic, and i can't read it. and can you go a little more slowly? so in the red area, through the chair, that's what's going to be improved? >> the red that goes from highway 92, from sky lawn cemetery, down through the south, that trail does not exist. the proposed project is to

construct a trail on the perimeter of our watershed. >> supervisor safai: can i ask another question? it says [indiscernible] watershed. do we not own that? >> we do not own that. when the city purchased spring valley and all of its holdings, it bought the land, but this was not included in this project. >> supervisor safai: it's amazing. i actually went to their gold mine for the first time, and on the wall, it was the bourne

family, and they had water and gold. >> yes. it's an amazing place to visit. >> supervisor safai: so this'll all be open to the public? >> the red is not currently in existence, but when it is complete, it'll be the bay area trail.

>> supervisor safai: is the only way you can access -- sorry, through the chair, is the only way that you can access is to hike in? >> yes. >> supervisor safai: can you talk a little bit more about that? >> there's an easement that the council made with sky lawn. right when you pull into the

cemetery, there's some dedicated park is spaces to use now, but we're building two dedicated parking lots.

this is now our model that we're proposing in other places, and it's been a very big success. >> supervisor safai: what was controversial about it? >> the peninsula watershed is the home of many plants and animals, some of which only exist on our watershed. it's also a hazard fire area under state code, so we're very mindful of the risk, as well, to the surrounding communities, and we're trying to find a way to balance access, recreation, and the safety of the watershed

constantly. >> supervisor safai: okay. so if member of the -- members of the public want to access this, they have to call in and get permission? >> yes. once people have a permit, whether it be annual or multiyear, they'd be able to access it, so it would be different than the new trail we're constructing is the of 92. >> supervisor safai: and that would be the one that's in purple? >> yes. >> supervisor safai: and that's the same one on the other page that's in red? >> that's correct. one more detail that i think also is important to mention, on the map, the inset in the

bottom left-hand side, sort of the black rectangle that we're adding, this'll be a lot that's a.d.a. accessible and accessible to all members of the public. this area is going to be expanded to accommodate buses entering the cemetery gate. it's a really great asset that we were able to fold into the project, as well. >> is there a reason why it's called cemetery gate? >> i'm only guessing it's because of the cemetery to the south of us. it predates my time. >> supervisor safai: okay. >> next slide, please. just to highlight a couple of points here, we're actually building an education center in

the east way watershed or alameda watershed. this is our center of the peninsula. we're going to try to beef up our interpretive systems and our school systems as a result of this project, and we did extensive project along the way. now it's been almost ten years, and we want today do that because we knew there was so much interest in it.

next slide, please. just a couple of highlights here. the watershed plan was adopted by san francisco planning department, and our commission in 2001, envisioning the project that is before you now today at a conceptual level. we worked very hard with city planning on a project level ceqa document that was certified last year. the grant we're talking about is actually federal highway funds, so we have to comply with that, as well. we're at the end of that process now, or coming to the end of it, and as soon as we're able to navigate that path, we hope by the end of this year or next summer, and we'll be able to start the trail. i just wanted to show this and provide some context. this is a six-area section of the bay area ridge trail, but the trail exists to the south

of us will have. we hope to connect to the phleger estate, but right across is the estate where the current ridge trail is right now. we're hoping to across the highway with mid pen, so we're a part of the family for the ridge trail. and i think that's our last slide. i'd be happy to answer any questions. we really appreciate the thoughtfulness. >> chair ronen: thank you. before anything else, we have a b.l.a. report. >> so this resolution approves an accept and expend for $1 million for the public utilities commission from the metropolitan transportation

commission. it does require the p.u.c. to put in at least $3 million to this project. the total cost of this project is 25.5 to construct the 33 million feet of the trail that is subject to the grant. we do recommend approval. >> chair ronen: thank you for your help, and thank you for your thoughtful questions, supervisor safai. >> we are hoping to use our partners we have now to continue to broaden our outreach. the bay area council will certainly get the word out, and we will, too. we'll work with our neighbors, and all the open space

districts on the peninsula work together. we have access to a lot of different networks because of our relationships with all of them, so we hope to get the word out to talk to the new project, we'll use every and call means to get the word out to people as best we can. >> chair ronen: great. thank you. supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: yeah, thank you. this looks like a wonderful project to create some amazing new trails in that area and also support the -- the overall bay area ridge trail every day, and i've been out to some of those trails before with my family, particularly at crystal springs reservoir. >> crystal springs regional trail. >> supervisor mar: yeah. i just had some questions about

this. it's great that we're able to get the $1 million from the p.u.c., but the city is using 24.5 million of funding from the water operating fund, and i guess my question is the justification for using that significant amount of funding. in my experience being out there, it's not very equitable, the access to these trails, not -- and parking is really difficult. it seems it's serving the people who live in woodside and those higher income neighborhoods, so i wonder if you could talk about that, the justification for using

25.5 million for this particular trail, so i wonder if you could talk about that. >> yeah. this is why i mentioned the educational component. this is our chance to tell our story, and it raises the question you said about equity, which is why we're partnering with folks around us to provide access for those communities. this is not a place that's easy to find, and we're working with groups in san mateo to work on that access.

we want to make sure we lean on our partners as best we can and learn from our issues. it's not easy to get to this area, but it's spectacular when you get there. we're doing interviews as we speak for what we call our volunteer coordinator. that work's in front of us, but we're excited about it, and we have a group that's experienced to work with us, and we're excited to get to do that. >> supervisor mar: thank you for the information.

>> chair ronen: supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: so it would be helpful to have a visualization -- when i was reading the b.l.a. report and saw the 25 million, and now, you're doing the $3 million match, which i am in full support of, that was why my question was around access. it would be great to see what plans are part of the 28 million, 25 million plan to improve this trail. this is our land. we have the ability to improve land access and parking, but it would be great to see that. the other part is the educational component. usually, if there's an opportunity -- i forgot the author's name that's famous

here, steinbeck, right? part of the thing that they have up in sonoma county, they preserved his house. part of the land that he owned, he deeded, and it became -- >> jack london state park in sonoma county. >> supervisor safai: jack london. i knew i was going to say it wrong. the thing that's interesting is he was planning on building a larger estate that then got burned, but the rate payers are going to be paying for $400,000

of this. the fact that there's not an educational center written into there. this is one of those things that makes the bay area unique, as you know. there's probably not many other places where you have major urban areas like that. i would say for us to be able to approve that, for me -- for this supervisor to be able to justify for his constituents,

which we have the highest number of children under the age of 18 in san francisco, the fact that none of them have a way today to access this trail, and we're making this type of investment, i think it needs to be justified, this plan. i think we want to preserve the access to some of this exclusive stuff, but this was deeded by the bourne family to the city and county of san francisco, so we should be utilizing that for the city and county of san francisco's residents from the environmental component. the water, we do. we get the freshest water in the world. thank you so much, all of you. this is exciting to me.

that's why i was asking a lot of question, but i still feel like the every day issue for the average san franciscan does not feel really attainable. i would appreciate if your team come back with more -- presented documented accessible plan for san francisco and then also thinking about the children and students, and i appreciate you've already started thinking about the educational component. thank you, madam chair. >> chair ronen: thank you so much, and i do just want to appreciate you, mr. ramirez. you've answered the questions so clearly and so directly. it's clear that you have such knowledge, and it's nice that

you get clear answers to question, so we appreciate that. >> thank you. this is my 17 year, and this is one of those projects. we're getting closer all the time, but i appreciate your comments and your questions. >> supervisor safai: and i would just add, i would love to be invited out to see the project. i would love to go on-site, so thank you for all of your work. >> chair ronen: all of us. >> thank you. >> chair ronen: just to let the public know, i will be making a small amendment to the proposed resolution. it's the construction term, for a term period of january 2023 to august 2025. but before i do that, can i please open this item up for public comment? >> clerk: yes, madam chair. members of the public who are joining us now should lineup to

speak. members of the public joining us remotely should dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2488-607-7768, then press pound and pound again. press star, three to end the queue and wait until the system indicates your line has been unmuted before you begin your comments. we have no speakers in the room. mr. atkins, do we have any callers on the line? >> the ridge trail is envisioned at a 550-mile trail. it's supported by a community of 5,000 members who share this vision of a fully connected

ridge trail. 6.7 miles of this ridge trail is one of our biggest projects, and once it's complete, we'll be close to completing 100 continuous miles from marin to mid san mateo county. this is 20 years of collaboration, investment, and education in community land investment. we support sfpucs continued effort to fund this project through the acceptance of these grant funds. it'll be a stellar project and all the residents of the bay area and san francisco. we are working closely with many groups right now to improve access opportunities. we've done a number of hikes already to the existing it had

-- existing fifield-cahill section, and it's amazing. we hope that you would accept these grants, and thank you for listening to my comments. >> clerk: thank you. mr. atkins, can we have the next caller? >> thank you. i assume you can still hear me, and i thank tim ramirez in the planning resources section and everyone for their work on this really important project. for anyone who hasn't been down there, definitely get down there. it is arguably a lot more scenic than the cable car

museum, although that's important, too. i encourage people to visit, and the ridge trail extension project will allow more people to visit and see the magnificent land that the city owns, manages, and stewards, so thank you, again, to everyone on this. >> clerk: thank you, david pilpel, for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have anymore speakers? >> hello? >> clerk: yes, we can hear you. >> can you hear me -- all right. great, so i'm matthew blaine, chair of s.f. urban riders, and we're here in san francisco where we advocate for all riders and bikers in the city. we've been advocates for many years for this trail, also, and

urge the city to approve this project. i heard some questions or comments about access, and it wasn't noted in the presentation, but this location is close to a bus stop, so actually building this trail will improve -- it'll be one of the few ridgeline trails on the peninsula and also about access, we've been advocating that the city improve its sites on the fifield-cahill trail, and we hope that this can improve accessibility for people on the trail. again, hope you support this, and thank you to the p.u.c. for all your work on this, and thank you to the board for

supporting it. >> clerk: thank you much for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have anymore speakers in the queue? >> operator: mr. clerk, there are no further callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you much. >> chair ronen: public comment is closed. mr. clerk, can you please take a roll call vote on my motion to amendment. >> clerk: on the motion -- motion to amend. >> clerk: on the motion to amend the time frame -- [roll call] >> clerk: we have three ayes. >> chair ronen: thank you. and supervisor safai, would you like to do the honors? >> supervisor safai: yes. i'd like to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation and add me as a cosponsor.

>> chair ronen: as amended. >> supervisor safai: as amended. >> reporter: on the motion to send this to on the full backward with a positive recommendation as amended -- [roll call] >> clerk: we have three ayes. >> chair ronen: can you please read item number 5? >> clerk: yes. item 5 is an ordinance approving a design professional services agreement with mark cavagneroed associates for the new san francisco public utilities commission water enterprise city distribution division facilities at 2000 marin street for a total cost not to exceed 27.8 million with a term of five years, exempting

san francisco officers and employees from the prohibition on behested payments in the campaign and governmental conduct code, for any roommate regarding the social impact partnership, s.i.p., program obligations included in the agreement, and authorizing the sfpuc to include its s.i.p. program in the agreement notwithstanding that prohibition. madam chair? >> chair ronen: thank you so much, and supervisor peskin, who is the sponsor of this item, asked to continue this to the call of the chair. there are a lot of issues that need to be worked out. i'd like to ask the budget and legislative analyst if they'd like to present now or waiting on the item? >> i do think it's worth stating what the issues are.

>> chair ronen: sure. >> this approves a new contract with mark cavagnero for $27.8 million, it's a new city distribution division facilities at 2000 marin street. we show the site plan, on page 26 of our report, it will be paid for using water capital revenues. the other two issues are we had some questions about the procurement process. there were two rounds of

r.f.p.s, both of which resulted in one responsive bidders. two bidders were disqualified from making amendments on their cost proposal forms, and i will say it's not the kind of hours that you would typically see from a professional service firm that operates in the professional sector. we asked p.u.c. for additional detail about why that happened, and we were told the firms weren't experienced with, you know, the p.u.c. requirements, but one of the proposers actually designed the p.u.c. headquarters up the street. another has very deep public sector experience, so i think we have some questions about the procurement process. in addition to that, the not to exceed amount of the contract far exceeds the annual budget

in the contract. and we do consider these items to be a policy matter for the board. >> chair ronen: there's a lot of outstanding questions on this, so i appreciate that supervisor peskin is asking to continue this item to the call of the chair. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: yes, i also want to thank the b.l.a. and their team for highlighting these issues.

one thing that i wanted you to highlight for your team, it doesn't make sense to have a multiplier and having the multiplier be a disqualification. i know you have the ability in your contracting process, and we do in the city, to make adjustments. if they were not responsive, if they were not able to meet to the b.l.a., you had had a person that was disqualified that was a previous contractor designed one up the street that was less than $400 million, by the way, but a lot of this doesn't make sense, so i just feel this needs to be a full scale investigation on the part of the p.u.c. with clear explanations as to why we would be asked to look into that and support something that there's not a lot of justification for.

>> chair ronen: 100%. thank you, supervisor safai. mr. clerk, can we please take public comment? >> clerk: thank you, madam chair. members of the public who wish to speak on this item and are joining us in person, please lineup to speak. for those joining remotely, dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2488-607-7768, press and press pound. then press star, three to enter the queue and wait until the system indicates your line has been unmuted before you begin your comments. we have no speakers in person. mr. atkins, do we have any callers on the phone? >> david pilpel. i think this item should be

done by staff or d.p.w., but not contracted out. i think this is another thing that should be done by city staff. where's local 21 on this? i also oppose the behested payment. i would ask p.u.c. to explain their position for the existing facilities in the southeast area and the southeast real estate that p.u.c. owns, including the southside of the digesters, the facility -- the southeast treatment center, and i think this particular committee would be useful. i understand there are a number

of concerns here. i appreciate the budget analyst laying those out. i support continuing this matter to the call of the chair, but i hope that my comments will be considered. thank you for listening. >> clerk: thank you, david pillpel, for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have anymore speakers? >> operator: mr. clerk, there are no further callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you very much. >> chair ronen: public comment is closed. mr. clerk, i would like to make a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair. >> clerk: on that motion to continue this ordinance to the call of the chair -- [roll call] >> chair ronen: thank you. can you please read item 6? >> clerk: yes. item 6 is a resolution authorizing the public utilities commission to purchase long duration energy storage from goal line battery energy storage system 1, l.l.c., by entering into the

buyer liability pass through agreement, entering into the goal line storage project participation share agreement, and entering into the goal line storage coordinated operations agreement, all of which are agreemented between the california community power, cleanpowersf, and five community choice aggregators to enable the city and county of san francisco to purchase language duration energy storage to serve customers of cleanpowersf with a not to exceed amount of $60 million for a 15-year term to commence upon commercial operation of the project and making the environment findings. madam chair? >> chair ronen: thank you so much, and we have with us hike

hyams, the director of cleanpowersf, on the line, i believe. >> yes, chair ronen. i am mike hyams, chair of the cleanpowersf program. i'm sorry i can't be there in person. i came down with a cold, but i look forward in the future to presenting future opportunities for this committee. we have for you for your consideration today three agreements that would allow cleanpowersf to participate in a second long duration energy storage project through california community power, the goal line project. i've got a short presentation for you with some slides i'm going to bring up right now.

apologies for the delay. can you see that? >> chair ronen: yes. >> okay. great. thank you. okay. so last summer, the california public utilities commission ordered cleanpowersf and other power providers under its jurisdiction to procure long duration energy storage resources. so these are resources that are defined as having the ability to charge electric energy, hold that energy, and then discharge it at its rated plant capacity for eight hours or longer.

to meet this obligation, cleanpowersf participated in a request for offers for long duration storage as a participate in clean community power. the commission and the board of supervisors approved cleanpowersfs membership in california community power in february 2021 and cleanpowersf formally became a member in april of last year. today, there are ten members of california community power,

including all of the c.c.a. programs serving the bay area region. cleanpowersfs participation in california's first long duration energy storage program, the tumbleweed project, was approved by the board of supervisors on february 22 and by the mayor on march 31. on february 25, the p.u.c. approved its second long duration energy storage project, the goal line project. with the approval of this goal line project, cleanpowersf will be able to comply with the cpucs long duration power program that i mentioned before. the project will be a 50

megawatt lithium ion battery. the project will be located in escondido, california, in northern san diego county. this location will meet the cpucs requirements to procure energy requirements that supports statewide reliability, and the specific location demonstrated high energy market valley in california community power's evaluation process. the goal line project is committed to building its project in line with california prevailing wages and the special operation date is targeted for june 1, 2025, and

the total cost will not exceed $60 million over the 15-year operating term. i did want to point out, too, that i've updated our image on a slide deck here from the tumbleweed project presentation i made to this body in response to supervisor safai's interest in seeing some actual projects, so this is an example of another battery storage project of this type. i'm sorry. my apologies. i do have one -- >> chair ronen: oh, sorry. go ahead. >> sorry. i have one other slide here. and this is just really to show

the -- the two projects that we have brought through, with goal line being the second for approval through california community power, will support cleanpowersfs proposal to provide clean power. this will provide us a little bit of a margin in case regulations change over the time frame that we're required to comply. that's about a 10% margin, and my final slide here is just to show you a summary agreement structure. this is the same summary as the tumbleweed project i got you.

number two is the project participation share agreement. this is between the project participants and california community power and specifies the requirements of the project as well as how the benefit would be shared. number three is the buyer liability pass-through agreement, and under this agreement, cleanpowersf and the other participating c.c.a.s are guaranteeing the payment of their share of california community power's obligations should it fail to make a required payment, so this agreement is intended to address the fact that california community power itself does not have any customers or revenues, and it mimics what cleanpowersf would

commit to if it entered into the agreement on its own. so that concludes my presentation, and i'm happy to take any questions you may have. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. so before we take any questions, if we can hear from the b.l.a. >> thank you. this item approves agreements for long duration term storage with goal line, l.l.c. as we show on page 29 of our report, this provides approximately 54% of the storage capacity that is required by the state, california public utilities commission, and we recommend approval. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you

for the thorough presentation. one question i have is i know that southern california has had a large number of fires. can you talk about how the energy storage is protected in fire zones? i know that escondido is one that's been hit by fires, so can you talk about how fire protection is ensured? >> thank you, supervisor safai, for the question. to be blunt, i don't think there's any way to ensure that any area in california is completely protected from fire -- >> supervisor safai: no, let me be clear. if there is a fire, and the energy storage is destroyed, how does the provider ensure -- no, not insure, but ensure that

they'll be storing our energy? >> okay. thank you for the clarification. so projects like this absolutely carry insurance, and fires tend to be force majeure, something out of the case of the supplier, the developer, and operator of the plant or the buyer, so typically, there are no obligations under those types of circumstances when a force majeure event is call. but if, for example, in the hypothetical, the plant was significantly damaged or

destroyed by a fire, cleanpowersf rate payers would also have no obligation for on going rate payer obligations. so the obligation that we have to the plant is contingent on it being able to operate and perform. if it's no longer able to operate and perform in this particular example, a catastrophic fire that disables it in some way, then payments would cease. i hope that answers your question. >> supervisor safai: it does. if we pay for the energy storage and it's lost, it's lost. there's no obligation for them to provide energy for us even if there was storage for it. >> correct. if there's energy stored at that time, i do not believe

they would be obligationed to compensate us for that amount of -- obligated to compensate us for that amount of energy. it's something that i'd need to look at the contract to get a firm response on that. i think the loss of the use of the plant going forward would be probably a larger -- have a larger impact to the program than the loss of one roundtrip of storage facility. >> supervisor safai: got it, but it's more we're no longer obligated for the payments that we're contracted with the provider because the fire destroyed it, and that is in the agreement. >> yes. >> supervisor safai: okay. thank you. thank you. thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you. supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thanks.

thank you, mr. hyams, for this presentation. i really appreciate how -- the information that this, combined with the tumbleweed long duration energy storage project that we approved earlier will allow us to meet the requirements of the cpuc on long duration storage, and also, this will also -- how we're also using the c.c. power with the other c.c.a.s in the region to negotiate a good deal for this contract, and also very much appreciate the labor provisions on this, as well. i just had a similar question that i asked for the tumbleweed project. what's the source of the energy that's being stored at the goal line's facility, and i just

want to confirm that it's 100% renewable clean energy. >> yeah, happy to speak to that, supervisor mar. thank you for your question and your comments. so this particular plan is what we call -- it's a grid connected stand-alone storage facility, so it is connected to the power grid and charging based on sort of the general supply of the grid around it. there's -- there's no way, really, in this type of configuration to ensure that the elect rons that are charging this facility --

electrons that are charging this facility are linked to cleaner sources of supply. specifically what we see happening on the grid today, in developing solar resources, as certain times of the day, california is actually producing more solar energy that had can use. more energy in total than it can use, especially with a significant amount of solar energy now being produced, and oftentimes, it's exporting that power to regional areas outside of the state. energy storage facilities like this one will help the state utilize its abundant solar resource. the way this will be managed is

really around market pricing because it's connected to the california state grid and the wholesale market, and the idea is to maximize the value to our rate payers that we would charge this plan, charge it when the cost of power is low and release it when the charge of power is high. it happens to be during the time of day when the cost of power is very low is when the solar power is most abundant, and in fact, what we're seeing is prices are consistently negative, so the supplier has to pay the user to take the power. we need to store the power

during the middle of the day when prices are at their lowest and discharge it in the even when statewide demand is at its highest and reliance on natural gas applies, so that's how this plant is going to operate. i can't guarantee that all the electrons that we store will be operable, but it will likely be majority renewable. >> supervisor mar: thank you for that very thorough explanation of this. i just had a follow up -- few follow up questions. escondido is quite a long distance away from san francisco and the bay area. i was just wondering if you look -- if c.c. power and sfpuc looked at closer -- geographically closer options for a long duration energy

storage and whether that -- the geographic distance to san francisco might have any impact on the source of energy is clean energy and 100% renewable, and also whether it might impact other considerations, like transmission, you know, the transmission lines and wildfire risk? >> yes. let me take those one by one. so with respect to considering local or regional projects, this -- this project, the goal line project, we're bringing to you as a result of a competitive solicitation, where california community power issued a request for offers, inviting bidders to submit project proposals that met general criteria. it had to be long duration energy storage that would

support our compliance to california p.u.c. order. it had to be able to deliver energy into the california grid. [please stand by]

and when we issue our power supply solicitations, we do identify a preference for projects located in the bay area. so we're actually in the midst of a solicitation now and are hoping to move into negotiation phase on contract shortly ands that particular

solicitation that include the bay area region. i'm hopeful and optimistic that we'll be able to bring projects like that through to approval soon. >> members of the public who wish to speak on this item and joining us in person should line up now. for those listening remotely, please call 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 24886077768 and press pound twice. once connected, press star 3 to enter the speaker line. for those already in the queue, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and that will be your cue to begin your comments. we have no in-speakers here in the chamber. first speaker, please.

>> caller: good morning. i'm the research and advocacy director for the san francisco electrical construction industry. i have been working, at this point, over two years now with -- following the clean power s.f. and its activities with the -- with community clean power.

this thing is being advanced and glad to see that the labor standards that c.c. power had adopted for the tumble weed project are expanded to this one as well. nonetheless, i do want to keep you as members of the board updated on what is going on with c.c. power. since starting tracking c.c. power, we've been trying to get this joint powers authority to adopt permanent policies for transparency, for labor standards and for -- and around environmental justice. unfortunately, we've not made very much progress. when the board allowed the clean power s.f. to join c.c. power, it was directly in the resolution from the c.p. -- from the sfpuc and i believe it was coming from the board as well that we were supposed to take a strong leadership position in supporting these. unfortunately clean power s.f. has not done that. we've -- like i said, it's great to see this happening on this particular project, but to move on an ad hoc basis really puts the burden back on to communities and

advocates to make sure that this is done on work moving forward -- >> thank you for your comments. i do apologize for cutting anybody off but we are timing each speaker at two minutes. >> caller: i spoke on the related item back in march and if you could associate that file board 22145 with this in legistar. that would be excellent. i support this resolution but maintain the concerns that i expressed then on environmental aspects locally and as to waste. i hear the regulatory requirement but i would try to reduce demand on that side and increase willful generation on the supply side. i appreciate the discussion that you just had. i agree that this location is

farther away than the tumble weed promise and i'm concerned about transmission loss. we're moving essentially power elsewhere and storing it there for a period of time. and then moving it back here there is inherently transmission loss in that transaction. and, you know, that is something to try to avoid. i discussed this so none of this should come as a surprise. in any event, as i said last time, perhaps some periodic follow-up at a meeting would be helpful to the board and the public as to how this is all working out. but thank you for hearing my comments and i do support the resolution before you. thanks. >> thank you for your comments. mr. adkins, can you confirm that was our last speaker? >> caller: there are no further callers in the queue. >> thank you very much.

>> public comment is closed. i'd like to make a motion to send this item to the full board with positive recommendation. >> on that motion to send -- pardon me, to forward this resolution to the full board with a positive recommendation -- [roll call] we have three ayes. >> thank you very much. item number 7. >> yes. item number 7. it is a resolution approve and authorizing the director of property and the mayor's office of housing and community development to enter into a ground lease for real propertied by the city located at 180 jones street with 180 jones associates l.p. for a lease term of 75 years and one 24-year option to extend with an annual base rent of $15,000 in order to construct a 100% affordable 70-unit multifamily rental housing development affordable to low-income households, including 35 supportive housing units

available for households experiencing homelessness. and one resident manager unit approving and authorizing a loan agreement in in the amount not to exceed $13.95 million for a minimum loan term of 57 years to finances the development and construction of the project. adapting findings declaring that the property is except surplus land, pursuant to the california surplus lands act, determining that the less than market rent payable under the grounded lease will serve a public purpose by providing affordable housing for low-income households in need, in accordance to -- in accordance with administrative code section 23.3. adopting findings that the project and proposed transactions are consistent with the general plan and the eight priority policies of planning code section 101.1, authorizing the director of property and/or the director of mohcd to exec cute the ground lease and the loan agreement and make certain modifications to such agreements as defined and take certain actions in

furtherance of this resolution and authorize the director of property and/or director of mohcd to enter into any additions, amendments or modifications to the ground lease and the loan agreement that do not materially increase the obligations for liabilities to the city and are necessary to affect wait the purposes of the ground lease of the loan agreement or this resolution. members of the bhoubl are joining us remotely and wish to comment, call 415-655-0001. and the meeting i.d. is 24886077768 and then press pound twice. once connected to the meeting you need to press star 3 to enter the speaker line. when the system prompt indicates that you have raised your hand and unmuted, that will be your cue to begin your comments. manager? >> we have m. romero to present on this item and if you can do your best to keep the presentation to three minutes, we would appreciate it. >> sure. good afternoon, chair ronen.

my name is anne romero and i'm of the office of community development. i'm here to present on item 7, related to the proposed ground lease and permanent loan for 180 jones street. the purpose of the resolution is to approve and authorize the city to enter into a long-term ground lease for the property owned by the city at 180 jones. and to authorize a permanent loan agreement in the amount not to exceed $13.950,000 to finance the development as well as the associated findings. so, 180 jones is a 70-unit affordable housing nine-story development to be cuktsd on the corner of jones and turks street with 35 supportive housing units for dultzes experiencing homelessness. tenderloin was selected in june 2019 to develop and manage the property under their response to the 180 jones developer request for qualifications which was issued in 2019. the project site and loan

proceeds are provided through an inclusionary housing land dead case ining contribution from market rate developer to satisfy its inclusion nicer housing requirement. the proposed project will have 70 total studio units comprised of one manager's unit, 35 supportive housing units and 34 units which are low-income households. the sponsored secure state accelerate to and h.m.p. funding plans to start construction in early june 2022, if these approvals go through. construction would be complete in december of 2023. so i'm happy to answer any questions and thank you. for your consideration. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, chair ronen. this would approve a $13.95 million amended and restated loan agreement for 180 jones streets associates l.l.p. and a proven ground lease. the source of the city loan

is funded by a developer payment that was subject of legislation back in 2017 that waived inclusionary fees for the developer at 950 market street in exchange for our payment and this land that the city now owns. the city loan will fund a project that will be developed by tndc, half the units will be affordable housing units, half will be supportive housing units. we recommend approval. >> members of the public that wish to speak on this item and joining us from person should line up now to speak. for those listening remotely, please call 415-655-0001.

the meeting i.d. is 2488-607-7768 and press pound twice. to request to speak, press star 3. there are no in-person speakers in the chamber mr. adkins. first speaker, please. >> caller: good afternoon. this is anastasia ogilopoilis. this sounds like a very worthwhile project for the developer fees to be channeled into my only reservation is affordable to what a.m.i., they say affordable units. so i'd like that to be specified and in the future you should consider doing family-side units as well for this neighborhood. thank you. >> thank you. anymore speakers? >> mr. clerk, there are no further callers in the queue.

>> thank you. >> public comment is now closed. i'd like to make a motion to send this item to the full board with positive recommendation and i would like to be added as a co-sponsor. >> noted. on that motion for this resolution to the full board with a positive recommendation -- [roll call] >> please add me as well. >> noted. [roll call] >> please add me as well. >> noted. we have three ayes. >> thank you so much. can you please read item number 8. >> yes. item number 18 a resolution retroactively authorizing the departments of public health to accept and expaends grant in the amount of approximately $249,000 from the stupski foundation through the san francisco general hospital foundation for participation in a program entitled "zuckerberg san francisco general serious illness care program" for the period of september 1, 2021

through august 31, 2022. and members of the public who are joining us remotely and wish to comment on this item, please call 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. isplease call 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 2488-607-7768 and press pound twice. to request to speak, press star 3. >> and i understand cusf is here on this item. >> thank you, supervisor. i am the chief of the division of hospital medicine at zgsg supportive and palliative care service. i'm here with my colleague who is the chief nursing officer to provide information and answer questions regarding this resolution.

we provide high quality palliative care for all san franciscoians who rely on the health network for serious illness and caregivers and families of patients with serious illness. we aim to achieve these goals through developing palliative care services that match the needs of families across all settings of care. facile tating timely discussion with patients regarding their serious care preferences and delivering collaborative partnerships. the serious illness care program is developing and implementing a range of interventions to achieve these goals that initially will target cancer patients within their last year of life. our plan is to scale these interventions to patients with other diagnoses in the future. these interventions will capitalize on current staffing and resources and leverage established and respective partners both locally and nationally to implement proven solutions in palliative care and adapt other solutions to our unit

setting in patient population. the fronts support these interventions were received by the san francisco general hospital foundation as part of donations provided by the stupski foundation to the serious illness care program. the city and county of san francisco is providing personnel resources to assist with carrying out the purpose of this grant. the total grant expanses for september 1, 2021 through august 31, 2022 are not to exceed a total amount as indicated of $248,924. and myself and terry are happy to answer any questions regarding this program and my colleague greg wong, administrative analyst in the department of public health also has an amendment that he would like the introduce. >> thank you. would you like to introduce the amendment first? >> good afternoon, supervisors. on the resolution itself, page two, we would like the introduce the word

retroactively in line 12 that the director of health is and also we would like to introduce on line 13 the second page of resolution and memorandum of understanding to replace the word "agreement". and also to cross out "and be it" at the end of the sentence. we also are removing the draft further without cause. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. i'd like to make a motion to amend the item as detailed by mr. wong. and seeing no questions, can we open up this item for public comments? >> yes. members of public who wish to speak on this item and are joining us in person should line up now. please call 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 2488-607-7768 and press pound twice. to request to speak, press star 3.

if you are waiting in the queue, please wait for the prompt. do we have any in-person speakers? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> public comment is closed. can we please take a vote on the amendment? >> on that motion to amend this resolution as stated by d.p.h. -- [roll call] we have three ayes. >> and could we send that amended item to the full board with positive recommendation? >> [roll call] we have three ayes. >> thank you so much for the presentation. mr. clerk, can you please read item number 9. >> yes. item number 19 a resolution

retroactively authorizing the department of public health to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $125,000 for the centers for disease control and prevention for participation and in a program entitled dp21-2111 closing the gap with social determinants of health accelerator plans for the period of september 30, 2021 through september 29, 2022. members of the public joining us remotely and wish to comment on this item, please call 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 2488-607-7768 and press pound twice. to request to speak, press star 3. when the system indicates you have been unmuted that will be the signal to begin your comments. madame chair? >> thank you so much. and i believe paula jones is here to present. >> yes, chair ronen. good afternoon. and vice chair safai and member marr. my name is paula jones,

director of food security for the department of public health. i'm here to give you a little bit of background about what this is intended to do and how it will be used and how my colleague greg wong and also ask for an amendment to the resolution. this program is intended to address and create a multisector action plan to address social determinants of health. it will the focus on two of those determinants of health, food security and community clinical linkages. this will be led by our office of health equity and support the creation ofs a san francisco black african american focused social determinant of health accelerator plan to improve the disparities in cardiovascular disease incident and severity. and the need for food and nutrition to manage these

diseases. funds will be used to convene with community residents to create this plan as well as the leadership team will also include members of representing services agencies and other members from the departments of public health and it is intended to create stronger connection between clinical staff and food providers and to create better food solutions with high health disparities. these will be managed through a public health foundation that is already in place. and i'm here to answer any questions on the program and greg wong will also ask for an amendment to the resolution. >> thank you. mr. wong? >> thank you very much, supervisors. we would like the introduce on a resolution on the second page, line 17, after the

sentence expand the [inaudible] we would like the replace semicolon and be it with a full slot. and delete the two causes on line 18 and line 22. thank you very much. >> thank you so much. i'd like to make a motion to amends the item by mr. wong. it looks like there is no questions. can we please open up this item for public comment. >> yes. those who wish to speak on the item should line up now to speak. for those listening remotely, please call 415-655-0001 with a meeting i.d. of 2488-607-7768 and dial pound twice. can you confirm we have no speakers? >> mr. clerk, there are no

callers in the queue. >> thank you. >> public comment is now closed. can we please take a roll call vote on the amendment? >> on that motion to amend the resolution as stated by the department of public health -- [roll call] we have three ayes. >> and can we take a vote to send the item to the full board with positive recommendation. >> that amendment -- [roll call] we have three ayes. >> thank you so much. can you please call item number 10. >> yes. item number 10 is a resolution retroactively authorizing the departments of public health to accept and expand a grant from the alliance and safety justice through san francisco general hospital foundation fors a participation in the program

entitled trauma recovery center, national learning collaborative for trauma recovery centers in the amount of $135,000 for the period of october 1, 2021 through september 30, 2022. members of the public are joining us remotely and wish to comment on this item. please call 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 2488-607-7768 and press pound twice. to request to speak, press star 3. a system prompt will indicate that you raised your hand and when the system indicates you are unmuted that is your signal to begin your comments. madame chair? >> thank you so much. stacey wiggle? >> hello and thank you. i am stacey regall of the trauma assistance recovery program and here as a representive for the

department of public health regarding this grant titled trauma recovery center or t.r.c.s in the amount of $135,000 from the alliance for safety and justice. for the period of october 1, 2021 through september 30, 2022. and on behalf of my team, i would first just like to express my gratitude to the board of supervisors for your long-time support of this program. and to acknowledge that the san francisco trauma recovery center was created here in 2001 with support from the department of public health, the san francisco general hospital foundation and ucsf. and begining in 1999, it was the san francisco general hospital found case thating gave us the money for this program and for years we have worked closely with them and with zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. with the support of the ucsf dean's office t. draw ma recovery center model is designed to remove barriers to care and to provide comprehensive support and evidence-based services for victims of violent crime. especially those from underserved communities and

it is because of the success of this model and its effectiveness that it is now the state model for developing recovery trauma centers in california and there are 34t.r.c.s in eight states across the country. this grant helps support the replication of trauma recovery centers and to provide training and technical assistance to those 39 programs that are collectively serving thousands of victims of violent crime. but the growing scope of our work, this will be the last years that money for the trauma recovery center technical assistance program and the national learning collaborative will be coming to the san francisco general hospital foundation. we respectfully request approval to accept and expand these funds. i'm here to introduce my colleague greg wong who has an amendment to the request. >> mr. wong? >> >> thank you very much. on the resolution on page 2, line 7, introducing the

[inaudible] retroactively. on line 8, we would like to replace the word "agreement" with "memorandum of understanding" and at tend of the sentence we would like to replace the semicolon ands so be it. and on line 11, we would like the delete the last further result. thank you very much. >> thank you. i'd like to make a notion amend item 10 as detailed by mr. wong. and i just wanted to thank you, ms. regal for your work and it is very exciting and i would love to be a co-sponsor of this item. thank you for piloting and starting a model that is being spread all over. it is super impressive and very grateful for your work w. that, can we open up this item for public comment?

>> yes, madame chair, please call 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 2488-607-7768 and press pound twice. to request to speak, press star 3. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and that will indicate the cue to begin your comments. we have no one in chamber. mr. adkins, do we have anyone on the phone? >> caller: mr. clerk, there are no callers in the queue. >> thank you very much. >> public comment is closed. could we take a roll call vote on the amendments? >> on that motion to amend this resolution by the department of public health -- [roll call] >> we have three ay irks. >> and could we take a roll call vote on a motion to send the amended item to the full board with positive recommendation. >> on that motion to forward this resolution to the full board with a positive recommendation as amended --

[roll call] we have three ayes. >> thank you so much. and last but certainly not least k you read item number 11? >> yes. item number 11 is an ordinance amending the administrative dozed authorize short term extensions for construction contracts, goods and services contracts and grants to mitigate staffing shortages and to authorize amendments to modify skoem and compensation for goods and services contracts to mitigate supply shortages. members of the public who wish to comment, please call 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 2488-607-7768 and press pound twice. to request to speak, press star 3. a prompt will indicate that you have raised your hand and the system will also indicate that you have been unmuted and that will be your signal to begin your comments. madame chair? >> thank you so much.

and we have rachel tuckerman. >> i work closely with the office of contract administration. there are contracting agencies within the organization. i'm here to present the short term contract ordinances that will allow the departments to extend existing agreements for a duration of 12 months with the objective of giving them a time to conduct solicitations and so that they can continue their operations in the meantime. first i would like to thank our sponsors, supervisor ronen and safai and melgar and mandelman w., that i think we have a presentation via teams and she will be going through this item. >> so first i'm going to go over the purpose of the legislation and then a few of the details behind it.

a you're probably aware, the city and our departments are facing a backlog in contracts and day-to-day procurement activities and this is really due to three reasons. one, there's been the covid emergency and departments and spend ago couple of years responding to the emergency at hand. which has really meant that day-to-day operations needed to be delayed while we focused on the emergency. the second is the great resignation and this is true in our contract analysts positions. this can be particularly difficult with contracts analyst positions because san francisco's contracts rules and regulations are highly complex and unique to the city of san francisco so when you get a vacancy in one of these positions and able to fill it, it can still take upwards of a year to train that person so they can really manage solicitation and contracting process. and then last but not least, the covid emergency has also

led to supply chain issues making it difficult to get to high inflation rates, making it hard to work with any existing contracts. next slide, please. i'm going to quickly go over some details of the legislation. as the -- as i mentioned earlier, this is a short term contract extension that allows departments to extend existing agreements for a 12-month duration. with the objective of giving them time to conduct solicitations while continuing their operations under the existing agreements. the ordinance also allows departments to add dollars to the contract, if necessary, commensurate with the duration increase and it sunsets on july 1, 2023. next slide, please. i think the important thing to highlight here is we're asking for an extension of time but not a change in process. so when departments do amends

their contracts, they need to go through normal or standard amendment procedures. what this means that the city attorney will need to review any contract amendment. if it's a chapters 21 agreement, the office of contract administration will review and approve that amendment. for example, if an amendment is increased over $10 million for for 10 years, lit come to the board for review and approval as well. we're also working with the controller's office to make sure that we can track and monitor any use of this ordinance and report out if requested. and with that, i'm happy to answer any questions. >> thank you so much. i don't believe there are any questions so could we please open this item up for public comment? >> yes, ma domestic chair. -- yes, madame chair. members of the public who wish to speak, line up to speak. for those remotely, please call 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 2488-607-7768 and press pound twice. to request to speak, press star 3.

we have no in-person speakers. do we have any on the line? >> caller: david pillpel again. last time during this meeting. i am concerned about changes to contract authority. i think the mohammad nuru situation in the last couple of years showed very clearly the need for effective controls on city contracts. this would allow staff in various departments to amend and extend contracts without the normal approvals from this board and perhaps others under applicable code sections. i think a better solution is not to do this. but to hire and assign staff to o.c.a. and elsewhere, including the city attorney's office. perhaps c.m.d., including the

use of prop-f retirees. i know there are several recent retirees in various departments or from various departments that could help here as well as knowledgeable staff in other departments that could be assigned to o.c.a. and elsewhere. i know that taryna and others have been working hard and over time considerably over the last two-years to make contract work happen. it is not fair to her and to them to have the existing situation continue. but i think that this proposed ordinance would change the situation, not necessarily in a good way to protect the taxpayers and citizens, but might create more problems in terms of contracts. so i would just ask the board to think very carefully about this approach and whether it sets a bad precedent for

other types of changinging to contract authority and the various sections that are bedrock to contract work in the city. thank you for listening. >> thank you. mr. adkins, do we have anymore speakers? >> caller: mr. clerk, there are no further callers in the queue. >> thank you. >> public comment is closed. supervisor safai? >> thank you. i'll be real brief. i just want to say that i appreciate the office of city administrator and contracting for this thoughtful proposal. i know that from conversations there is a shortage of supplies. i know that from conversations that there is an inability if you were to go out and rebid these contracts now, you would pay more money so the city would be paying more money given the shortage of those supplies and the competitive nature of the market. i think it is very thoughtful that it will expire in one year. it gives us the ability to look at what we're doing and

then you will give us a report. i know the b.l. will work with the controller to provide that report. under normal circumstances, we would not be doing this. but these are not normal circumstances as you laid out. we're in the process of hiring and in a competitive market with a shortage of supplies and good answer if we were to rebid many of these contracts, first of all we might not get any response of bidders. people may not be interested. and secondly we would be paying a lot morse money. so appreciate the nimbleness of this. this is what governments should be doing. the ability to have flexibility and so we will be watching this. but the fact that it's one year gives me confidence that it is the right thing to do in this environment. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor? >> i just wanted to thank the city administrator and office of contract administration and the controller's office for all of your work on hiring and contracting streamlining and i know this

is the first legislation to come forward from all that work and appreciate all the thought and work that went into this and i would like to be added as a co-sponsor as well. >> thank you so much. and i echo both my colleague's comments. mr. clerk, can you -- i will make a motion to send this item to a full board with positive recommendations. could we have a roll call vote? >> yes, madame khaifrment on that motion to forthat -- forward it to the full board. [roll call] we have three ayes. >> thank you so much. and is there any other items on the agenda today? >> madame chair, that concludes our business. >> the meetinging is adjourned and i will just make a quick announcement that we're going to return a little late to start the budget and appropriatations meeting at 1:15. so, we can have a proper lunch. thank you. >> very well. thank you.

>> i don't want to be involved in the process after it happens. i want to be there at the front end to help people with something in my mind from a very early age. our community is the important way to look at things, even now. george floyd was huge. it opened up wounds and a discussion on something festering for a long time. before rodney king. you can look at all the instances where there are calls for change. i think we are involved in change right now in this moment that is going to be long lasting. it is very challenging. i was the victim of a crime when i was in middle school. some kids at recess came around at pe class and came to the locker room and tried to steal

my watch and physically assaulted me. the officer that helped afterwards went out of his way to check the time to see how i was. that is the kind of work, the kind of perspective i like to have in our sheriff's office regardless of circumstance. that influenced me a lot. some of the storefronts have changed. what is mys is that i still see some things that trigger memories. the barbershop and the shoe store is another one that i remember buying shoestrings and getting my dad's old army boots fixed. we would see movies after the first run. my brother and i would go there. it is nice. if you keep walking down sacramento. the nice think about the city it takes you to japan town. that is where my grandparents

were brought up. that is the traditional foods or movies. they were able to celebrate the culture in that community. my family also had a dry-cleaning business. very hard work. the family grew up with apartments above the business. we have a built-in work force. 19 had 1 as -- 1941 as soon as that happened the entire community was fixed. >> determined to do the job as democracy should with real consideration for the people involved. >> the decision to take every one of japan niece american o japanese from their homes. my family went to the mountains and experienced winter and summer and springs.

they tried to make their home a home. the community came together to share. they tried to infuse each home are little things. they created things. i remember my grand mother saying they were very scared. they were worried. they also felt the great sense of pride. >> japanese americans. >> my granduncle joined the 442nd. when the opportunity came when the time that was not right. they were in the campaign in italy. they were there every step of the way. >> president truman pays tribute. >> that was the most decorated

unit in the history of the united states army. commitment and loyal to to the country despite that their families were in the camp at that time. they chose to come back to san francisco even after all of that. my father was a civil servant as well and served the state of california workers' compensation attorney and judge and appellate board. my parents influenced me to look at civil service s.i applied to police, and sheriff's department at the same time. the sheriff's department grabbed me first. it was unique. it was not just me in that moment it was everyone. it wasn't me looking at the crowd. it was all of us being together. i was standing there alone. i felt everyone standing next to me.

the only way to describe it. it is not about me. it is from my father. my father couldn't be there. he was sick. the first person i saw was him. i still sometimes am surprised by the fact i see my name as the sheriff. i am happy to be in the position i am in to honor their memory doing what i am doing now to help the larger comment. when i say that we want to be especially focused on marginalized communities that have been wronged. coming from my background and my family experienced what they did. that didn't happen in a vacuum. it was a decision made by the government. nobody raised their voice. now, i think we are in a better place as country and community.

when we see something wrong we have change agents step up to help the community affected. that is a important thing to continue to do. you talk about change and being a leader in change and not knowing whether you have successes or results. the fact of the matter is by choosing to push for change you have already changed things. through inspiration for others, take up the matter or whether it is through actual functional change as a result of your voice being heard. i think you have already started on a path to change by choosing that path. in doing that in april of itself creates change. i continue in that type of service for my family. something i hope to see in my children. i have a pretty good chance with five children one will go into some sort of civil service. i hope that happens to continue

that legacy. >> i am paul, sheriff of san francisco. [ music ]

>> you're watching san francisco rising with chris manors. today's special guest is mary chu. >> hi. i'm chris manors, and you're rising on san francisco rising. the show that's focused on rebuilding, reimagining, and restarting our city. our guest today is mary chu, and she's here to talk with us about art and the san francisco art commission. well come, miss chu. >> thanks for having me. >> it's great to have you. let's talk about art in the city and how art installations are funded. >> the arts committee was

funded in 1932 and support civic review, design investments and art galleries. projects we have are funded by the city's art enrichment ordinance which provides 2% of construction costs for public art. >> so art is tied to construction. there's been a great deal in the southwest of the city. can you talk about some of the projects there? >> sure. our city has some exciting projected in the bayview-hunters point coming up. one artist created a photo

collage. in the picture pavilion, one artist formed a collage of her one-year residency coming together with residents, and anchoring the new center is a landmark bronze sculpture, inspired by traditional ivory coast currency which the artists significantly enlarges to mark that it's a predominantly african american community in bayview hunters point. >> are there any art installations around town that uses light as a medium?

>> yes. the first is on van ness between o'farrell and geary. it's funded with the m.t.a.s van ness geary street project. another project is for the central subway. it is one of ten artworks commissioned for the new line. it's over 650 feet long, consists of 550 l.e.d. panels between the powell street station and the union street station. it's called lucy in the sky, and the lights are patterned with unique sequences so that commuters can experience a unique pattern each time they pass through. >> perfect. what about the early day

sculpture that was removed from the civic center? >> this is a question that cities have been grappling with nationwide. following the removal of early days in 2018, there was a toppling of statues in golden gate park as well as the removal of the christopher columbus statue. we are partnering with the parks department as well as the community to engage with the public to develop guidelines to evaluate the existing monuments and memorials in the civic arts collection and evaluate the removal of a monument or statue but also installing new ones. >> finally, it seems like the weather might be nice this

weekend. if i fancy taking a walk and seeing some outdoor art, where would you suggest i go? >> well, i would suggest the embarcadero. this work was commissioned with funds from the fire station 35. this suggests the bow of a boat and the glass panel surrounding the structure depict the history of fireboats in the bay area. >> and where can i go from there? >> then, i would walk up to the justin herman plaza to check out the work of the art vendors. then check out the monuments like the mechanics monument. also, be sure to check out the poster series, installed in bus

kiosks along market street, which features four artists each year. >> well, thank you. i appreciate you coming on the show, miss chu. thank you for your time today. >> thank you, chris. >> that's it for this episode. we'll be back with another show >> everything we do in the tenderloin, we urban outfit. here, this gives us an opportunity to collaborate with other agencies and we become familiar with how other agencies operate and allow us to be more flexible and get better at what we depo in the line of work in this task. >> sometimes you go down and it's hard to get up. so we see ourselves as providing an opportunity for the unhoused to get up. and so i really believe that when they come here and they've said it, this right here is absolutely needed. you can't ask for nothing

better. >> the tenderloin is the stuff that ain't on the list of remedies, liked the spiritual connection to recovery and why would i? why would i recover? what have i got to live for? things like that. and sharing the stories. like i was homeless and just the team. and some people need that extra connection on why they can change their life or how they could. >> we have a lot of guests that will come in and say i would like -- you know, i need help with shelter, food, and primary care doctor. and so here, that's three rooms down the hall. so if you book them, they get all of their needs taken care of in one go. this is an opportunity for us here in the tenderloin to come together, try out these ideas to see if we can put -- get -- connect people to services in a

>> hello everyone. welcome to the bayview bistro. >> it is just time to bring the community together by deliciousness. i am excited to be here today because nothing brings the community together like food. having amazing food options for and by the people of this community is critical to the success, the long-term success and stability of the bayview-hunters point community.

>> i am nima romney. this is a mobile cafe. we do soul food with a latin twist. i wanted to open a truck to son nor the soul food, my african heritage as well as mylas as my latindescent. >> i have been at this for 15 years. i have been cooking all my life pretty much, you know. i like cooking ribs, chicken, links. my favorite is oysters on the grill. >> i am the owner. it all started with banana pudding, the mother of them all. now what i do is take on

traditional desserts and pair them with pudding so that is my ultimate goal of the business. >> our goal with the bayview bristow is to bring in businesses so they can really use this as a launching off point to grow as a single business. we want to use this as the opportunity to support business owners of color and those who have contributed a lot to the community and are looking for opportunities to grow their business. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing. they are doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security

answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the

opportunities on the way to this community. >> bayview has changed. it is growing. a lot of things is different from when i was a kid. you have the t train. you have a lot of new business. i am looking forward to being a business owner in my neighborhood. >> i love my city. you know, i went to city college and fourth and mission in san francisco under the chefs ria, marlene and betsy. they are proud of me. i don't want to leave them out of the journey. everyone works hard. they are very supportive and passionate about what they do, and they all have one goal in mind for the bayview to survive. >> all right. it is time to eat, people.

>> ever wonder about programs the city it working think to make san francisco the best place to work and will we bring shine to the programs and the people making them happen join us inside that edition of what's next sf sprech of market street between 6th is having a cinderella movement with the office of economic workforce development is it's fairy godmother telegraph hill engaged in the program and providing the reason to pass through the corridor and

better reason to stay office of economic workforce development work to support the economic vital of all of san francisco we have 3 distinctions workforce and neighborhood investment i work in the tenderloin that has been the focus resulting in tax chgsz and 9 arts group totally around 2 hundred thousand square feet of office space as fits great as it's moved forward it is some of the place businesses engaged for the people that have living there for a long time and people that are coming into to work in the the item you have before you companies and the affordable housing in general people want a safe and clean community they see did changed coming is excited for

every. >> oewd proits provides permits progress resulting in the growth of mid businesses hocking beggar has doubled in size. >> when we were just getting started we were a new business people never saturday a small business owner and been in the bike industry a long needed help in finding at space and sxug the that is a oewd and others agencies were a huge helped walked us through the process we couldn't have done it without you this is sloped to be your grand boulevard if so typically a way to get one way to the other it is supposed to be a beautiful boulevard and fellowship it is started to look like that. >> we have one goal that was the night to the neighborhood

while the bigger project of developments as underway and also to bring bring a sense of community back to the neighborhood. >> we wanted to use the says that a a gathering space for people to have experience whether watching movies or a yoga or coming to lecture. >> that sb caliber shift on the street is awarding walking down the street and seeing people sitting outside address this building has been vacate and seeing this change is inspiringing. >> we've created a space where people walk in and have fun and it is great that as changed the neighborhood. >> oewd is oak on aortas a driver for san francisco. >> we've got to 23ri7b9 market

and sun setting piano and it was on the street we've seen companies we say used to have to accompanying come out and recruit now they're coming to us. >> today, we learned about the office of economic workforce development and it's effort to foster community and make the buyer market street corridor something that be proud of thanks to much for watching and tune in next time for