up happening. as as a result of being centralized, we were able to bring down complaints by 30%. and i shared. . memo in the fall that went in details about the process and also in first year actual out come we were able to produce. thank you. >> thank you. anymoring comments from board members. i would like to raise one theme. congratulations on hiring. it excite to seat chart with the members and their teams. and my question is around how the members of your team interface with the other staff at sfmta who have portfolio and jurisdiction. that feels like the essence of

our sense or challenge the decisionmaking for different work strolls and director cajina's points how we structure engagement. you could talk about this forever but i do want to independent everunderstand how your team is connected with the other parts of agency. jobs duplicating efforts for the things that involve engagement i coordinated and tom and his team around planning the out reach functions, lot of the workforce and work place i was w with kim and virginia and tony. [inaudible] a lot is part of the first making the jobs. now a phase to life.

i say it happens with general locality project deliver as we get to project its make its easy to see should hr lead that or [inaudible]. i will say a lot of the work remains to be done. we are theme have people power export to be effective. understand the return on investing. a lot has been with taking the lead from other teams. so the public out reach team have an idea where they feel strong. and also i think standards around racial equity opportunity to reflect and where we improve. if it was like a basketball team. you have 6 player. add more support. a lot is around ensuring if there is a process or permanent function we amplify that and offer our support of we will be doing upon different functions

around out roach and a collective. we are better at engaging black and lettin folks and include different partners who have shared goals. [speak very fast]. everyone who can be close to that work consulted before jobs create. input and this we were filling a gap in a special focus on racial equity.

mix of monitoring had we are doing who we are reaching and who we are not and goal setting that is general low the trends for every w function like out roach or recruitment. >> great. i wonder in the next couple quarterly updates this feels so important, your team brought in are they consulted? co deciders or cocreating? what is their role. the a future meeting share examples of where it is working well and challenge and recommendations continuing to make sure your team has the authority in the average they need. >> thank you. open up for public comment in the room on racial equity plan update. can you open the snowboard moving to remote public comment

not to exceed 10 minutes members wish to comment dial star 3 youville 2 minutes. give it a moment. no speakers in the queue. >> no speakers! okay. well, that just speaks to how thorough your presentation was. thank you for lead thanksgiving critical work. that will close public comment and move on to item 13. >> item 13 adopting the climate road map for healthier san francisco priority actions for the sfmta to help meet the city's net zero goal by 2040 and moat mode share goal by 2040 >> i'm planning director i will do an introduction in the climate road sxhap i will hand it over to darryl of the transportation planner. it is interesting to be doing a presentation on the climate road map we are listening to impacts

of it. the climate change upon the terminology is something we have been talking about now we changing the terminology. the climate crisis. climate emergency. this monday there was a gentlemanal panel on climate change with the un that came out and this we are at another critical point with the paris climate agreement. talked about error careful level 1. 5 degrees celsius if we meet this level free industrialization and 2010 that would tell us where we are and that tipping point. we are about to they in early 2030s. the point we are at now is another moment take more action to make sure we reduce these fuels and stemming that temperature increase.

so shalling of course as a transportation agency in san francisco this is the front of the w we do and has been done for a language time and sfmta a climate leader for a language time and the greenest fleets. but we are in san francisco prosecute at a moment of reckoning with a variety of other things. swon as director tumlin mentioned, the housing element asks for 82,000 more unit in san francisco the next 8 years adding more resident and keeping the residence didn'tses we have and reducing displacement means we will have fewer regional trips which is good this it is an action it means we are like low to have local trips. we will have more trips in the city and have to make sure they will be safe for the city and climate. we are manage a long over due

reckoning around racial injustice. how we take actions from this point with climate goals we need to make sure environmental justice is the center. framework was passed by plan and that is in pregnancy to state mandates and our new climate the environmental justice element. an element in the general plan and then we have to manage most dramatically the mitigating affects of am when we experienced with the crisis. for mta resilience with assets in the southeast part of the city and prepared to keep our transportation system work. we are dealing with the affects. one more piece san francisco is dealing with and mta the fiscal cliff you spoke to in your board

workshop inspect approximate financial as we take actions we are look athall of the 4 consideration, rather than thinking of this as a report think of it as a work plan building on had we already do. when you hear you was talking you know the next hearing we'll have a discussion of the communities plan we talk about transportation demand management and transit improvement and state of good repair they are built together in a work plan for the planning subdivision how we address climate change. we'll bolled when we do but emphasizing that the work neateds to be centered on the communities most have been harmed or at risk. make sure that actions come out are fiscally responsible and contributory. we increase urgency of the

moments so we recognize the points we are in. 10 years of the moment that is nothing on the scale of of the way we build cities. this has to happen now. and i think because it felt like a deep crisis we have to be optimistic we can do this. we have this approximate all the pieces working together and it puts together a picture that is in the nature of when san franciscoments to be the director said more housing and affordable housing along the transit corridors with more safe walk, roll and bike infrastructure. helps people to be closer to the things they dmeed give our transit more resources to be safe, reliable and freak went. supports us being together and neighborhood businesses. they all go together.

darryl has presents today at the board before but not in person of the he has been a planner currently in the long range planning team. but has been at sfmta for 6 years you may have seen him remote. with the 2021 capitol planful darryl? this evening hello directors will we near a climate crisis the city has done a lot our data hes we are not doing enoughy will present on the climate road map of priority actions for the sfmta to meet the net zero goal by 20 de feoed and mote share goal by 2030 and racial equity competence public health. staff recommend the mta adopts

this road map. il talk about purpose and goal and progress the process we took and the climate road map strategies. evaluation, funding needs and recommendations. the climate road map supports the mta's vision the city is diverse connected by safe and affordable transportation for all this decision is linked to the city's climate goals. now the charter machine days issued a strategy every 2 years the board supervisors declared a claimant emergency call further steel to do everything to reduce green house e missions. the mayor released the climate action compla sudden this road map. [inaudible]. climate action flan was released left year to advance actions from the action plan.

>> this is realize in the the following mobility goals the goal is laid out in chapter line of the environment goat. net zer over by 2040. transportation had is equal to getting 400,000 gas powder cars off the road there is are 2 goals. first is mode shipment 80% of trips low carbon by 2030. that is transis, walk and bike. plus vehicles with 2 or more and electric vehicles. trip this is require a vehicle our electrification goal.

at 44%. grown house gas e missions 2 thirds from car and trucks and titail manages transportation it plays a role in the fight. our reduction and green house gas e missions is not taking pace. the over all e missions gone down by 41% since 90 annual e missions from car and trucks down by 26%. we cathed that if we were to continue the bye-byes as rush since 1990 we would not meet our goals until 2080, 40 years too late. most trips by driving gas car with one or 2 people. you know, 2017 city reach aid mode share of 58% of walk and

bike. in the pandemic people changed behavior and data from 2021 shows that more people are driving acomploen fewer are taking transit. in that two-year period from 20 upon 19 to 21 driving alone went from therein % to 36% and transit mode share down from 22% to 11%. 50% decrease all while the total number of trips stayed the same. and electric vehicles side. registrations are still low but rising. about 3% in 2021. but in the left 2 years the latest data shows that new registration increases to 26% of all new vehicle sales likely push thanksgiving higher. why does this merit? the way we travel criminalities

to climb change the negative impacts felt by communities of color and are have to decarbonizes that in a way that advances racial equity. and many people will have a cultural preference for car the shift the city needs to get residents using low carbon modes will not be easy. san francisco designed around car travel inform california cars are in the culture. san francisco planning construct more housing for the housing crisis protect our air and help our street when is we add more housing we can'ts add more cars. additionally, nerve san francisco not everyone has the ability to leave the personal vehicles entirely. some with disabilities, older adult and people with travel needs with sxhrn goods will need cars for some trips.

we need to prioritize those with needs for cars. as we plan for growth and tackle the crisis we need more taking approximate transis, walking, rolling, electric vehicles and vehicles with 3 or more people of how low carbon options encourage ways to use and ask others to pay more fair low for their impact. climate action generates community benefits. when we tackle climate change we need to factor in racial equity. air quality. public health. safety economic vitality and travel sprjs. first and foremost actions to reduce the crisis must advance racial equity by approximate repairing harms. and that you will is not to say we are not doing to combat the crisis the sfmta is a leader.

we have didn't great things that shift to lower carbon modes. slow streets. transit and parking pilot but we need to do more. and this it is where the road map come n. took actions from the climate action plan and engage with stake holders to come with strategies and actions for the road match a consultant quantityified green e mission reductions for each using data from the california air pollution control association and travel demand model to inform our ajs. developed i framework measuring the cost president with the sfmta have yous and developed our findings and recommendation. updated key stake hold and incorporated them in the climate road map we plan to incorporate in plan and improvement program i will show in the next slides.

these are designed to increase travel option and shift to low carbon modes. include all aspects from transit, transportation, transportation demand management, p reform. electric vehicles and commune engage am the strategies work together to make travel the preferred option. am in addition, we will developed practice intgreat in the titail practice. it produce burdens for communities of color. increase and increase opportunities for communities of color and others who is have responsiblesed oppression. which will be further developed in the sfmta equity impact assessments and phase 2 of the action plan. now i gallon through the 6 strategies. it is first is expand program its communities this trips transis, wuk and bicycle.

the community benefit's program to cover more trips. transportation demand mmth, strategy is modium costment prosecute voids lower community beg your pardon and reduce about 5 huh thunld metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. the next can create a complete active transportation network attracted to all demographics from automobiles to active modes. of this includes expanding bike park. e bike subsidy. developing mobility hubs places where people access options and expanding the bicycle network. the active strategy medium will cost and reduce about 5,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. the next is conduct impactful

community engagement and transportation plans to ensure climate actions are addressing needs. we do this through transportation planning, out reach and education which are in addition to the other if 5 strategies. community engamentment low cost and reduce 12 thnltd metric of carbon dioxide per year and adoption of zero e mission vehicles and electric options. motor use is necessary. this includes ev charging stations in lots, garages and curbs. where people don't have dedicated p. this does in the include the option that the sfmta does not manage like private lots, resident and commercial building. electrification is low cost. provides medium benefits and can reduce about 37,000 metric tons

of carbon dioxide per year. a faster transit system. this includes major capitol projects improving the bus system through muni forward and making transfers between system faster and cheaper. transit strategy is highway cost. provides high community benefits can reduce 40,000 metric tons per year. the most impactful is manager ping resources fortunate low to charge the right price for every space funds transit prescriptions and supporting people with fewer options. we do this by increasing the initial paid parking spaces and increase the times. the park strategy generates net ref now, provides high community benefits and reduce about 69,000

metric tons per year. in sum row the annual effectiveness by strategy by 20 confucianism seat 2 big of the are transit and parking. this makes sense as they other 2 bandwidth this sfmta has. electrification is huge. but because the strategy focuses on public e very close charging stationos sfmta property does not capture electrifying the entire transportation system. one lesson suspect we can't do some of the actions we must do it all. you can't build it and expect people to come. you have to make it better to get the fuel action benefits. i will walk through our evaluation. the climate road map gets close to transportation e mission goals bypass 2040 in dark blue we don't get there unless we seat fuel efficiency at federal

and state levels and other plans and promise like implementing the housing element and congest 1 price figure all that happens the road map help reduce ground transportation green house e missions by approximately 26% from 90 levels to 77% from 1990 levels boy 2040. which is close to our goal. on the mode share side the road map gets close to the mode share goal by 20 thirst. factor in federal and state fuel efficiency tarrant county, texas and plan and programs we go from 50% mode share to a 65% low carbon mode share in 2030. this road map gets close to our goal. we don't get to the goal until a future years after the goal year. most of this will represent of the preferred moesd of transit, walk and biking enemy lighter

green. and the remaining represents other low carbon modes of vehicles with 3 or more vehicle s and. represent in the dark green. san francisco would need an approach of bold policies and investments that generate community benefits to close that remaining gapful we then and there decision makers enough make hard trade offs to illustrate these we analyzed the road map inspect 3 packages. a pap to the pack onlying on actions that require mostly capitol like expanding active transportation. a program intensive package on low are cost programs likerousing park. and everything package all the actions and increaseless the scale of the parking reformless. for each we create an evaluation

frame cork comparing e missions and mode share and cost effectiveness and the community benefits to cross the 3 investment packageless. over all, an approach of all ookzs on capitol and programs to get to the climate and mobility goals start with the most cost effective advocating for funds need to implement all action unless the long-term. you can find more burden of proof this evaluation of the package in our report. to put it together we analyzed the cost effectiveness and community benefit and potential for e mission reduction. on the chart the further right the action is the more revenue of green house is reduces the further left [inaudible]. actions that can be done on a low cost with a higher potential

for reduction in grown house e missions have the highest cost effectiveness like the parking actionless not voenl high potential for reducing green house and the benefit generating revenue. prospect vied community benefits beyond e missions on the y axis the higher up the action is the miles an hour community upon benefits it provides. actions that are less cost effective at green house gas e missions will not as cost effective have high po fish for emission resdpukz provide many community benefits this is in the report. and how much is this going cost? the cost of implementing all the next 27 years through 2050 would be 24.4 billion in today's dollars. this is far beyond the capitol

budget for existing climate actions and require funding for all levels of government of the fortunately, much. our existing 5 year improvement program covers the costs we are already doing forward the climate road map and the action plan. approximately 2. 6 opinion of 5 year c ip of that, about 2.2 billion toward climate actions. with 400 million of it going to things that don't support climate action. if we were to funds our upon cim at the levels every 5 years wield stril 1. 8 billion dollars of unmet funds needs every fooim 5 year or 11 billion dollars short through 2050. most of this need is reflected in our 20 year plan and our sfmta transportation 2050 forecast with new actions not in

either of the documents. to get to the net zero emission goals by 2040 make low carbon tramp the preferred option through a cost effective approach in transit and active transportation engage with community, developing program this is incentivize this and electrifying trips that require a vehicle and reducing park subsidies bibetter managing p. i have presented on the background. goals, progress forward goalless the press we took are the climate road map strategies, evaluation and whattor funding needs are. because the it shows we need do toefrg get close to goals but we acknowledge resources are limited staff recommend in the near term through 2030 the sfmta funds the road map action in the

upcoming c ip with focus on increasing sfmta work in priority actions such as charge the right prays for on street parking spaces and expanding easy charging stationos city property. why? no single action has a greater impact on rusing e missions than gradually charging the right price for each park space then revenue guess back to transit. and public low accessibility electric vehicle charging stations and a cost effective way to bring down e missions. the action in the climate am road map when combined with other plan and programs upon like impleth the housing element and congest whereon pricing essential to reach the e migsz's goal by 2040 and mode share goal by 2030.

i will take questions and i have tom and tim to help answer y. thank you for your presentation. director heminger. thick bit thought you would get through a meeting without me taushg being this one is irresistible. i had a couple of comments but first a question. that it is i had a hard time swallowing a few of the results of the estimated reduction in green house gas e missions. you had a couple at the gipping that were mall amounts for tdm and i agree with this i'm not sure that should be small they may be should be zero. but then there was one this was better than either one of those which is public out reach. i don't see how talking to

people can get you any green house gas reductions. yea we model today on community based transportation plans the idea is community based transportation plans are low cost. so you can implement them sooner and therefore shift more people out of cars to the low carbon modes. the other thing sucan get community buy in when there is buy in to community transportation plans then they are like low to mode shift. >> that is a nice drive. this is a bit of a stretch to me and i will get into in a second the bigger game that you got which is electrification and parking. approximately i'm glad that jeff brought up the anniversary of

transit first policy. but i think we have and look it deserves the words we hear borrow it. it was grounds breaking ats the time. but the way we responded to it is largely through a series of incentives to00 transit. and inupon sebltives alone don't get much done in my opinion. and in this case, you know per capita ridership since this policy was implemented dropped like a rock. so i think we need it acknowledge that its very difficult to move people between one mode and another. simple low by encouraging them to use the one you want them to. you need to couple that with a

noose discourages autouchz and that is twhon we have been shy about deploying in the united states. so, i do think that over all other thanninging should guide our am approach here because. it is not like we are new to this game. we have been pursuing many for other reasons not for climate reasons. pursuing them for a long time and i think that we have been doing it long enough we should know this some of them have a greater chance of success and theed 1 this is have a chance some of them you know, if you pursue them you will get what you want but have to go through an army of dragons to get there. so -- in terms of transit use

and the like, i think this there are lots of reasons to invest in the transit system we have. i'm not sure climate is one of them. and i think when we should to and what you indicate here with electrification is go straight to the source. san francisco is positioned in the united states to have a transit is thats draws power from a hydro electric facility. the clonest kinds of energy you can gechlt you know there are system in the east coach that are running on coal. you know you are bear low getting ahead when you have that source of power for the system you run. upon given the city's rable position there, and i think this hen a policy with the trolley

fleet as well, is we should take advantage of the power system we own and try to shift as many people out of cars into ev's. and that would be an excellent place for incentives because we need to get people to move. but we also need to acknowledge that when we do get folks to move to transit, and they are leaving their car the car they are leaving is getting clean and cleaner every year. in terms behalf is sold. to the public. and emgiven the fact it it is cleaner and cloner you have toy squeeze harder this, too.

there is a return you have a float that is -- upon department on those duksz you will not get them as you used to when we started this idea. in 1970 so -- in dam chair i wanted to put this on the table because i think to some extent we have taken a suite of strategies invented for another purpose and tried to force march them in the debate. i said earlier. we are going to have a diminished if we have a success in moving folks to mule moesd we

will have a diminishing result because the cleaner the fleet gets the tougher to squeeze e mission reduction out. that is the simplest way i could will put it. i don't i'm raising i know broad and general criticism of this will report and may be we are at a point we need to approve it and move on. i think we are falling a bit shy on this work and obviously the subject matter depends on us not falling short at all. so new thinking on how we could hasten the electrification of the fleet including our own. people don't like over head woirs that is as clean a transit

option you can find. thank you for the sdpiem letting me drone a bit >> thank you director heminger and director hinze is next i would love to ask to share thoughts in response regarding the percentage of all ev's in today and current prosecute jections and how you respond to director heminger's comments. iot electric sifkz a huge part of the strategy i mentioned i don't know if you can show the slides. i the go back to the mode share slide. this slide on the right shows

how the proportion of transportation e missions from that chart around 2 thirds of this over 2 thirds are from car and truck and a percent from public transit employed yes, this is following the regulations to electrify our transit float. bigger persian is the car and trucks. society objective is to electrify those. sfmta has never been a fuel provider before it has some electric have been charging station in the goage in a few lots but we need to expand temperature the recommendation of this report is to expand our role in electric fighting public low accessible electric vehicle charging stagsz i see jeff. du want to say anything? if i can put another thing on the table. i know i gave you a hard time

buoy want to give you a compliment. the emphasis you do on parking reform is a great idea that is in part what i was talking about when i said you need to pair insivents with disincentives for autouse. that sell a good accomplice to start. can you run me throughout quick assumption that was generating that large number of e mission reduction? what were you dog to the park >> for park. the park strategy about am charging the right price what did you asuit right price >> we don't the demand [inaudible] every process we want to reduce the demand of the quote an ordinary or average or

typical motor i felt would pay merchandise we have not calculated that yet >> later >> thank you. director be hinze. >> yes, thank you for your presentation. we chatted months ago on in. i will [inaudible] president investment packages my comment was similar to director tumlin's suggestion. . around the last item of racial equity and he incorporate thanksgiving in the staff report. using this report as a base for our [inaudible] until we see

what our [inaudible] is on this particular area of climate, i think a good thing to do on the whole [inaudible] [muffles, echo] the board cease the big picture. i think may be figure out how to incorporate some of the basic level of the report and the package in our staff report would be a good idea. so we can look at everything. ir do agree with director hem sdwroer an extent we should may be look innerattorney low doing

when we can to electrify our further bring our own float i know we have one of the greenest floats in the country and trying various electric bus. and i have been the potrero yard will have -- for [inaudible]. i do agree with director

yekutiel. >> thank you i want to condition seems there is a tension 20 the need to engage the communities and a thorough process and to implement these measures. it is kind of may be ironic that we are debaited thanksgiving in a midst of a cyclone hitting the city and trees are falling all overnight streets that should not be falling. on one hand i'm hearing we need to move quickly and do your words were, transformtive approach and bold policies and i'm told habefore we can present a plan on how to connect an active transportation bike way we need go to community for

yeeshs to see what they want. so i guess i wonder and i guess i continue is controversial it bring thisum. it seems that there is a tension between having community in to with us when they want to see as ideas. take parking reform we could spend tw decades going to community and would not want us to dot things we want to do with parking reform to address these things and need to take, prop in bold policies. when i would like to see instead climate action plan is i think the space to change the way we implement the strajs theory necessary on streets to meet the moment of the we did it during covid. we were faced with an emergency and crisis and needed to rethink how we use our streets. we are told that there their is a climate crisis approximate need to be bold. the question i have as the

architects of this, where does this fit with when we hear from community to slow down? what we hear from neighborhoods to do more work to see what they want? the felon viz valley was -- but started 2-3 year ago i wonder how many would be different today because of it. it seems like a tension but may be correct me if i'm wrong. if not how do you think we have both of the 2 thing sns you are right. i'm going to defer to yes. will am mia snaul. i think that in some ways we look deeply what the nature of working with communities means. one of the most powerful projects i worked on took 6 weeks with item an town they

lead an action. they want today put in something before law would come in place work the with the communities in 6 weeks we did design guidelines. couple dozen folks come here. had people crying in doomth design guide lines something no one thought possible and because it was from their heart and the spirit of the history of the place and rekt fiek something they seen as harm that had been done for generations. i think there xrsh are various ways to do out reach. a scale of community lead to hay here they are where do you want them that it is a difficult challenge with an agency as big as mta every day delivers transit, streets and safety that tension if we get to the deep are trust building takes working with people, leaders and people on the grounds you go and speak to people before their projects

and you learn about the neighborhood from them they other 1 who is understand it better when we get to the play-offs keep deep are understanding and recognize the harms done in history and rectify them in a way they given us testimony whereof we upon understand it. we can look at data and out come. then when we bring projects forward they pass fast and go through we are bodiesing a better plan and we will see the bike lanes don'ts have conflictless on the street. we'll see that people are novelty struggling with things we have done and come back and pull it out again. that work takes time but it it is deeply worth it and makes things go more quickly. >> that's my hope. you other perfect fortunate talk about i'm glad youor team. where do you think our department should be between having the plans community or.

based. >> versus our department with the staff come with idea and ws with them to make sure it is the right plan. relate to when we are talking about the bold policies park reform. be transportation. . where do you think we should be? one of the first things we need to do is looking at the communities that have been at risk and harmed and focusing cans tragz you will seat community plans coming forward in april there are specific community based organization work.

we have to negotiate the day to dame there is no easy solution. but we can make sure that information is flowing. i think we will struggle with the decisionmaking in ways unless we understand the neighborhood. we have to do both and xhoukt to make it is best decisions. this is for you all to make those decision. provide that information to be able to reconcile the 1 to 1 until the work is done. the planning department has been doing this work through the

equity division the last 3 dwleers has been transformtive in the way communities let city talk to through projects. i think that laid grounds work. e missionful another community process this ground our work in the mission i'm having conversation with folks. i think we need it build on those efforts the housing element did that reached voices that never reached before with american indian and black community. you don't want to take too much time there are a lot of mindses in this way you laid it out. because for one i seen sitting from here on the grand podium there are many whether they are self appointed or appointed boy a small group come to us as community. are sometimes they live ablockasm way both

arrangementing community and oppositional views. we have the easy thing we have clear goals. things we need to mrifrnl we are make sure people don't die in the street and produce e migsz it is hard and to understand had community want and then also make sure we have done everything right to out reach. one of the first meetings i attends as a small business owner a community forum on the updates of the city and street's project for 22 bus line. we had police officers to break up fights. had people pulling their hair out screaming. how could you do this. you are destroying our community you are not lynch to us this was the feedback mta staff got on a project that needed to happen for folks take the trin and

climate mcgonigle and when we need toad get people across the city if we were listen to community we would not have done the project than i think is really necessary for you to hit goals. i worry if we are realistic when our agency nodeses to do to accomplish. accomplish sometimes we will not listen to community or bring them in the process and may be i'm being00 unnecessarily strict about this. i look at when we needed to do to rise to the occasion we did not have time to engage with community in every project and the things i believe that folks will not want us to dom parking reform. turning every pot to metered spots or hundreds of dollars a mont. i think we should do it but we can't wait for a community to get behind us i wonder this is

the plan. flexibility and realism for the things we may need to use different presses. the 2 will make it impossible one will mech it impossible to reach the other. this is my fear. >> there are trade offs have you to make. and i think the only council nel this process i would forward is really just the tightening and control and increasing control and tightening the number of people making decision leads to more voices being frustrated and not listened then causes delay.

it feels scare tow do this. with decrease resources to let go and provide more santa fes for power sharing and the difference in the voice. in some case people are voicing pregnancy or feelings and experience of communities and it is speaking for a variety of upon experience of community versus their individual interests. this is heard it differentate. i don't mean somebody who represent a community. may be everybody who come forward with something they are concern body has a reason why. it is up to the board to ajust and understand who is speaking in their interests and come from a place of privilege and speaking for history of harm communities of color, low income communities. communes with lbgtq+. there are other veriations.

seniors. we need to make sour they are at the center. this is a thing navigated every dame the more we do that deeper work the easier the things become on the other side. time is relative and say when you are that sense of we will do out roach and afraid and tell be intluptive i think this when it come down the projects we do, too fast and don't do out reach take longer or disrupted later or make otherers things not work this is heard to rescue sthiel is daily sprjs. i believe in long range planning. >> okay. i will end this saying i respectfully disagree. and that's okay. >> yea. >> and welcome to the agency. [laughter]. >> thank you. reminds us we are on the topic of climate road map the things

you are raising a fundament potential out reach and community engagement and move fast to reach goals that is an important conversation. i'm hoping victoria will bring back the recommendations coming out of this february 7 workshop bolleding community trust that will be a time to have more discussion on this personal topic and directorments to get in on this. >> yes , i will pick up the baton. i will actual upon one thing this was a lesson for me in the pandemic is that we came up with 20 ways to do a pilot project. we turned the project to the out roach and engagement forum. and -- my i think you said the term you in evolved from climate change to climate crisis. if it is a crisis we should tree

it like one. and just as we treated the pandemic like a crisis because it was one. and the advantage i think we have is this not all buff approximate many of the were strategy this is we need to implement are policy related or rather reversible. we can try them and change them and either continue them or end them. and if we can get to a place with the public where we can talk them into reserve judgment. we can debate whether this new policy produce aor b. let's stop argue. try it for sick months see whether it is a or b or may be c. and i if do think we should learn it lesson. and i think we got, way with a rable amount of innovation.

i have not heard a lot of buyer's remorse. now folks come in every meeting saying i want to be slow street, tooch so -- we got new customers for the new strategies and i just think we got may be more room then and there we thought we had. or think we have. to experiment with the public. there will befect when is don'ts want to hear what you have to say and it is hell no. what don't you understand about that. of there are enough folks that if we talk about something this is term limited and revisit the decision and deep 6 the project if it does not work out, i think we change the ground of the debate.

gekt back to the climate plan itself will given park action i want to follow up on director heminger line of question the parking impact is one of top 2 recommendations to what to move forward you can't tell us specifics but we are interested in how our work can help you and the mta and the city achieve our climate targets. sudden front should be a climate leader for the world. how can we take the specifics of the analysis that you put forward and turn those to actions that this board can take if we don't have the specifics visible? >> this is our road map them is not final implement strategy what this plan does is queues up the next set of prioritieds for action items we will take to the board over the coming 2 years. we are expecting to bring to you several significant itemless in

the coming months. for example change in parking policy. expansion of transit only lane and street network. the active communities strategy. we were grateful that this plan validated most of our existing priorities but it it is also causing us to shift emphasis and in schedule. it is also of course, i think insisting this we work more quickly and more fortunate loyal in order it deliver this action. >> so expect to see many of the items that are discussed in general terms in the plan come to you as specific action item in the months. and i think speaks again to the conversation this we had around equity as well about changing

how we do staff reports to link back to these foundational prioritization documents. >> [inaudible]. i wanted clarify when i said i disagree i wanted make sure clear what i agreed with not everything you said director small the point i agree that it is our support to make sure when we hear from community we do our work to make sure when we hear from represents the communities that are affected opposed ghn says our community. of course we never disagree with that what i was agreeing on with the best out reach work that some of the bold projects will be seen as run smooth or accept the. i want to make is clear i was not saying i agree with everything just this one point. >> [inaudible] first time

present nothing front of us i want to make sure you feel welcome exclude i'm glad you are here. >> thank you director yekutiel. director tumlin i hear when you are saying and have a separate question on the transit piece we ran something. put some assumptions in the model that shoes reduction in e missions from transit. i want to not the gap or difference with our current transit system and the assume instead model to deliver reductions boy 2050 so we when we need to do to do our part on reducing e missions i don't know how to grapple the fact you can't share any specificses. that's not what i meant report as assumptions out lines what it was and what levers we turn up or down in the report.

for the transit stj an additional couple 200 miles of transit improvements and capitol transand i then ping we assumed the city if we raise the price, x, amount undefined we have not test third degree how much would we reduce demand for park and trips. >> okay. limp we are to keep at a high level. i hope as we go forward we act in adherence with this w plan. the road map is not specific as to the exact corridors or price. but it establishes thresholds to thooet meet through later planning work. faring it is transit team does

additional analysis about where transit delay is occur and come up strategies, this will help us meet the thresholds for transit relinocaine improve. dealt with in the plan but not a corridor level for parking and other items. last question the strategy 2 around creating connected and protective bike and mobility network that the director yekutiel has been asking for you approximate by 2050 is there anything we should and not understand about this network in terms of timing and the assumptions this you nut there to get reductions in the plan? >>iel. the assumptions we had was a few hundred miamis of the network that will be developed in the communities plan wing giving i presentation on in the upcoming

board meeting. it is a long range upon plan what our vision is but we hear this is important. i. point out to director hem germ's earlier comment the float is getting cleaner. rusing vehicles miles now can more impactful for the climb understanding the mode shift reasons now and not wait until 2040 for a bike network i know you agree with that i arement to see acts with this crisis you have remindeds today. why that's right and reminder that who i we ever workoth active plan our long range plan we are continuing to move forward in parallel with actual quick build project and other projects folded in the plan. and we are also [inaudible].

thank you we'll open for public comment. for thez in the room on the climate road map. i'm lian d1 resident approximate board member at walk sf i got here 20 millions from thein are richmond on 38r thanks to transit priority. thank you for this. it goes to show when the mta does big thing its has a big impact the speed we need are calls for strong action i love park suggest on the table and hope we can be bold i was surprised to see the plan did not envision a faster transformation active

transportation. in paris behavior can change had a city decides to go billing put on the walking conscientious more often even buy an e bike and learn to roadway than to spin up the infrastructure, supply chains and models we need to support a shift am they are part of solution but a miss to counts on them more than our feet. our legs and our transit float which we already have. i'm taking driving lessons now may teacher bought an e bike and said he loves but afraid it roadway it in san francisco. and there are so many people like this abled body young adults but seniors, parents. kids of all ages treed go and eatingtory mode shift when we

show that the streets are ready for it. inference france adopters in culture and lifestyle i hope we can be bold. thank you. >> next speaker, please. hi. luke. thanks to darryl and staff and team for their work on this report. our climate crisis is worsening long side the roadway safety sxriesz mode share is moving in the wrong direction we need act quickly to move our city forward. in gufr more pollutants from automobiles come from tires more than engines it is concerning the road map and strategy to address electric vehicles. and electric vehicles have other environmental impacts and weigh

more. they are more dangerous and deadly for people especially vulnerable walking and biking and older, low are income and people of confirm our sneesd more to shift away from cars to bikes and public transportation. we continue works we need create more protective bike lane and car free space faefrt. i ask to you amend the road match to exclude ev or change to exclude single occupancy cars to better prioritize transportation as solutions to our climate crisis and moving us forward to vision zero goal ask erment go proactive of curb area for protected bike lane and on street bike and scooter park.

we had stream line processes to reduce time and cost quickly. an example why are we sending every daylighting space to the traffic hearing when it is i proven safety measure. thank you. >> the new community policy manager at san francisco transit roirsd. climate is a part why i do what i do i appreciate the board taking on this item today and thank you to the staff for putting together this road map. i want to urge the board to prioritize muni ridership and addressing the needs of riders over drivers. this includes renewing service and lowering the cost of riding muni. the data sthees without getting

more people on the butts steal not meet climate targets the board should do all tell can to make it cheaper for all to get on muni for trips. a key part improving service including nondowntown rescue rigzal trips the 29 could connect neighborhoods like bayview to golden gate park. but they are slow to be practical. increase ridership and make progress forward climate goals sfmta should pursue strategies that discourage drive nothing favor public transit and expanded service. parking manage export transit capitol improvements are part of the plan i worry focusing too much on electric cars could back fireplace they are better than gas car vehicles for the environment i worry encouraging

car owner ishmael impact on congestion and add c02 if they are not charging sustainable energy source the best way to reduce the transportation e mission system get more on muni. expand service and aincreasing fares. wants to be a resource tonld the needs of the community and rally around a locality funding measure. thank you very much. no other in thes room. open the phone. >> we will move to remote comment not to exceed 10 minutes. members of public wish to comment dial star 3. each will have 2 minutes. first speaker.

staff will bring action items to expand paid park to fund [inaudible] to increase park meter fees as we move off park nothing san francisco. including all residential neighborhood. charging visitors includes families and friends to pay to park when they visit in the permitted your the laughing stock. i urge an out reach all neighborhoods in the city and work with the board supervisors to hold joint town hall in districts on the changes. the last time sunday and weekend park was, proved residents opposed it was rescind third degree is likely to happen

againful as to the residential parking permit system it voted on by each neighborhood and many don't need it or want it. not clear hour force in the a system when we pay to park in front of home and family and friends have to pito park when they visit will reduce climate e missions opposed to tax to funds muni orb homeowners who pay mr. president taxes forced pay the extra fee in neighborhoods who don'ts need orment the program. approve changes pilot programs. next speaker, please.

thank you. chair eakon i think it is balanced and we consider possibilities i said before i do support transit first. sometime i use automobiles. electric automobiles. yes. try to have them charged from sources and i have not rented one in awhile but electric ride share the best way to electrify municipal sebat repower bus i like the over head line system the problem is in the fixed. we can battle it is bus float. i ask you remember the disabilitied community.

not everybody [inaudible]. not everybody can run and not everybody can peddle a bicycle we have to [inaudible] which means electric power transit vehicles and electric automobile and vans. to help our disability community as well which i'm a part of. i would be glad to provide documentation to my disability if you ask for it my disability is real. not forget about this. i think all the things scooters, parking management is essential. as much as i like electric cars i understand the challenges of park i sdoided take bus or train or scooter. so this is a good road map, make sure we remember those most in need and they purchase that,

too. thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello this is tucker district 3. this is an important plan and i appreciate the discussion today. some key points i heard than i are repeating i hope we remember these private cars are san francisco creative source of green house gas we are not moving foot reduce e missions. more are driving alone in cars than in the past and not doing now discourage driving we need to stop subsidizing car travel especially park. and the communities most hurt by climate change are communities of color. it not that san francisco streets or mode share in our city by mistake. our streets other direct rust democracied of policy choices.

partings developed before the car but 19those spots they have adopted serve cars. this is today. even when sfmta has support to do more. begs the question why are transit priority lanes being removed or watered down. why is through traffic added back to slow streets? how are we struggling to develop an active transportation network as this board wants? a company examples but -- the reluctance to be bold come at a great cost. i hope you find ways to be bold and not get wrapped up in politics the changes needed are going to have [inaudible] we heard in the public upon comment today but the changeers necessary and need to happen,

thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. hi. it is vikki i have so much to say. service [inaudible] a mode of transportation is gone because of the climate caused boy transportation. and a big rig rolled over on the bay bridge so those e v's would not get out of here, either. don't approve this plan. police it is insufficient in terms of when we need. it is hundred waiving not the foundation we should make 5 years of critical work ahead of us. transportation is our city, state and [inaudible] for corrector to climate change you need more details and need torous from small cars. mrajs should get people on bike and bus not whether there should be bike lanes or slow streets.

start nudging out the cars out by [inaudible] them this is entire city should have to pifor park. does not have to be e normous. a families and whatever then target the land value. don't place electric charging infrastructure on a street. bat row technology is e involving and don't need to codify cars. put it in garages. if the cars are further away use them when they need to. i in the down the don't [inaudible] model in terms of cost limit anticipations and potential for mode chair they will give up occur lane and ping no onements to do that the road never ends for drivers. we have no car free routes

throughout the city. they are clinging to the convenience. what you do with car free space will affect the community whether to take it from parking. your time is up. thank you. next speaker, please. upon thank you. edward mason employs counts emtransportation authority heard examined sudden front freeway express listens that sustain convenience. is the past lieu traffic pollution counted against the pollution calculation? another would be to measure pollution along major traffic corridors suchs 19th avenue. franklin and collect that documentation and then create road signs that ask if the

marriage traffic on the following day criminalityed yesterday's pollution to change their attitude. where will the new residents work? they will live in san francisco. i think than i will work in san francisco or were live at work in mountain view? so that's it creates pollution for the region. i just provide these comments and lastly, we talk about high winds. well, 1951, high winds closed the golden gate bridge and blew down or fence. thank you very much. thank you this concludes it is 10 minute time limit. >> thank you sect silva. direct cajina middle the last with respect this it is an action item i want to fill you in on the discussion.

since you will asked to vote. we had a discussion about the plan but a lot of the specific questions around parking was seen as a significant e missions reducer whavment does this mean in terms of raising parking price we were not tiebl get answer. with transit was a big item. asked what additional lines or frequencies told we don't have. those details were run through the model. approximate i'm difficult to nltdz when we are voting on here what a yes vote moneyos this plan and life to get a bit clearer sense from the staff that where i am and hear from clothes where you are after this conversation.

i would prefer not to go ahead today. the big head lines from this road map and jeff indicates it is not an implementation plan i'm not sure it a road nap it is an analysis of options. one thing i'm unclear of is when we call this thing. a second is that the more i know you pointed out to me look in the appendix the gearef street subway is in this there seemed to issue a number of things area dropped into this document than i think we need a clearering explanation for why they are

there and how much do they criminality to the rum we are trying to seek. of so, jeff i leave it to you to suggest a delay period whether just one cycle or 2. i'm talking about a wholesale revision but i do think that there are several things we talked about parking and talked about electrification. we had testimony today from people when don't think that is a swell idea. and -- i still do but the point is. i think there is a lot of detail and especially assumption in this road map i think we need to understand better before we move ahead. >> thank you. director heminger. just to high lighter eighty-one of the specifics, one of the actions is to adopt a complete

network of bike for biking when you click in the details the action is xanltd the bicycle network by 2026 and spoke about the modeling can completing by 2040. when are weave talking about the map are come leasting by 26 or 40. i would hoeb hope to see something senior. director yekutiel du want to nil director cajina. >> my piece about it upon know where you are. i was like you know i try to just lay it out how i see it i felt like if we are going to dot big bold things tos draez the issues of climate there is a tension with how to do it quickly given the crisis and how to do it have it community lead. asking like how we thread this needle. because all the stuff we did in

covid brought neap but had to act fast it was a crisis. this it is also a crisis. i guess i wanted to give staff the flexibility in the plan to view the plan if we do need it make big, bold change and do it for climate which is the real reason. that was what i thouchlt i also this board is like i think we are willing to approve big bold things like i think if you came to the board and asked you to vote on increasing the number of park meters we would probably approve it but often time its does not get to that level of specificity. i don't want it poke for the booshd. i was given a worn. answer that was my main concernful

>> thank you, director hinze. i guess i -- guess i would want to know does staff need [inaudible] can we consider this and will informational item and staff could come back with our [inaudible] this it is a framework but come become with a more defailed and edit or are we going to eventual low need an action where we. yes. >> sounds like we have to do it this year, right? for the that was different. >> yea. >> that was for. why good afternoon. i'm in the planning group. appreciate the inquiries. to claire fight action in front of you was to adopt the climate

road map that is the action if you were to i would need to check with christine on if we torch move this to an informational item. il provide a bit detail on if you adopt it today it it is adoption of a framework. with the associated strategies and actions and information on their impactfulness. it is in the an adoption of any of the projects this are nested went action and strategies. director tumlin said those would come to you separately after they have gone through public engagement and brought as project this is is amend to be seen as an over arching framework so you understand how various levers and policy tools can be ewe likewiseed realize and move urgent low to responded to the climate crisis passed by the board of supervisors. can i provide more detail i

could sense there was a desire to end the park strategies to understand more i will or yenlt to you more detail. so, climate road map action top expand paid parking on sunday and evenings. for.2 and 3 was to gradually charge the right place for every on street space. you think about our current park sf program demand responsive pricing would be xanltding that city wide more are a braudzer geographic footprint. and for.4 and 5 was looking at increasing the residential parking permit peoples those were the specific ping actionless we locked at in the broader strategy. >> i think [inaudible] another

sort of point that i was in -- the discussion was it might be more helpful to see this in the context of the like climate action plan and the city has. i wonder if it would be helpful to bring it back in that condition text and see how tell work together. i put this out there for consideration. >> we are always happy to talk about this in detail the guide our work. we have a full board cal dart next month. understanding it is document

versus changing the policy recommendations. doing it is latter will require many additional months of rung the models again and probably sick figures worth consulting dollars the question is -- employees does this will. what we are look for from you is an agreement on this frame w so staff can stop doing conceptual work and focus implementation. am if this general framework works, then we move forward. so i guess the question is are you do you want more detail on the methodology of analysis and included in assumptions or is there disagreement about the larger policy questions? director hinze?

sure. i think i had i [inaudible] i, i am comfortable with the way the plan is written. and um i think as a plan it is a fine plan but i do have questions on the implementation side. yes. thank you very much. jeff for 92y it is a bit of both. you know one thing. shame on me dinot read this full item. i typically do we have been out of town the last week and a half there is a lot of denail this

appendix. one approach might be strip all of that out. i think i heard you just say this is not or may be you. this is not intended endorse any project. but when you put projects between the covers of the document they are there. and people have every reason to believe we are saying something nice about them. that might be one way out of this. when i'm looking for is a better upon understanding of what this model is doing and what assumption its is making. and today sitting here i have not heard an answer yet. we can take additional more time going through the assumptions and modeling exercises in the appendix or may be continue the

item. we can deal with each your individual detailed questions separate low and either make a decision about aon consent in a future meeting or redog the staff work >> when mrs. small introduced the item she -- she said this is a living document. in a way to me is different then and there a pdf done and take consultants a living document evolves. i don't understand what you meant. a work plan. >> yea that is the translation of a framework sets up a series of like there was this is an analysis. you do an analysis and combhup conclusions we have findings. that is telling us what we need to do and focusing on as we promote our planning efforts and

projects in impelementation. this phase of the work is complete and giving information and acts as the structure by which we make decision which projects we prioritize. within the planning process then they are implemented. you act on those actions. so for parking management and you know ev charging and whatever active transportation projects. this help us when you make decisions to say we recognize our top priorities are parking and ev and transit. therefore this supports the piece of the framework we approved. a high level over view that then when you are making decisions they fit and tells when you say we should prioritize and how we spend our staff time i'm comfortable with the detail of the strategies intuitive approximate, lined we are less

comfortable i don't have a clear answer on what was modeld and endorsing that to get on that transit benefit is this board saying yes we are back geary subway a different decision. we will use it to make decisions since it is harder to understands what is here and the impact i deponent feel comfortable doom evertoday and director cajina or borden was not a part of discussion i would love more piece highlighted. are we endorse thanksgiving or that jeff's response said the modeling did not include that. it is done as an analysis process. an analysis process you put in assumptions the assumptions don't line up to individual

projects. the assumptioners x more frequency city ouied. >> the way we dot community based planning this is the network we imagine does not have the specificless because we don't have those yet we have not done this work that statute process which we create the work. >> doochthz documents is not adopting fr. what it it is doing is lookingament the graph the end of the document had circle not guilties big chart and saying staff focus on the big circles closest to the right hand side and top of the graph. what will help us it prioritize the implementation work. jury room revenue implications or cost implications or community benefit implications helps us target when we spend time on. but not specific this project or this project or this project. gives you stands when you make

actions in the future on things not specific in here that says oh we already have been through this we thank you work is really impactful around climate crisis. gives back nothing decision making you need to dom the sooner we adopt at this time sooner we use this document for chasing fund and having project or program in an adopted climate plan is a benefit for pursuing streams of funding y. it is critical. the other thing in terms of director cagina's conversation this does is our piece of the climate action plan. we have to report back on our responsiveness to the plan passed in 21. we made to make practice that helps with grant funding this is our first snep doing that w to establish the specifics that is going from the big scale to the next scale now the individual

piece. right hahn side and top. parking generates revenue as well as disincentive for using private vehicles. the other condition collusion it meet the goal we have to do everything. yes tochlt do everything with a limed staff and resource we figure out what are we going to do first that's what this document helps us make decisions. director cajina. first, thank you to my colleagues for the cliff note version. and your reactions to this. i so appreciate that and appreciate everyone take the space to give me a recap.

iingly their say when i saw the resolution and are presentation and read the staff report i was confused what are we approving today. it seemed like the slide of presentation today there was recommendation that attach funding did not give a number but like a recommendation on prioritieds and funding. i was like where is the i was trying to find the dollar amount and a lot of things like that i understand deeply why my colleagues are confused and understand why there is concern. if we are saying yes we are prioritizing things, it feelings we are endoergs them before we had a football process here to discuss it. had i am hearing from direct

tumlin and xu as l that them is more of a framework then firefighter project by project endorsement. and when those projectses are approximate decisions do come in they will exactly to us and we will have a public process to sdpied yes or no on those specifics? i do think when wore ready to have the ping conversation. tell be a confirmation. we will have a lengthy meeting on just this narrow topic. and it merits that. a lot of community out reach and the whole 9 yards the gold standard we talked about today. so i think i'm comfortable moving forward with this. just because i continuing it is a framework and not and a series

of strategies that we are alined with. the defy you will is in details and i understand those will come before us in a timely way, i hope. and opportunity for the community to engage and opine i'm okay with moving forward with this. if like i want to make it clear we are not endoergs the individual projects or just like the high level strategies and framework but not in anything in the appendix this is just a twoi capture conversations this happened but not something we are upon loning into. right? so. thank you. director heminger. feels like we reached a point we are trying to wear each other down. i'd like to at least suggest an

althoughive to delay item for 2 weeks. and pursue our inquiries during that time to get a sense of clarity what role the individuals are playing. i'm concerned whether you nut in apendics you say in disclaim are language it it is not institute an endorsement. liwonder yet projects are there in the first accomplice. you are rung i model pailsod assumptions that's okay. but they don't include many of the project ideas i'm hearing that are in the appendix. so this is my motion. am i'm fine i know that in 2 weeks we got an opbus meeting my question is whether or not that is the best meeting to move it

to or the one after. >> i'm willing to hear a suggestion from the director about this. >> to add if we add it is to consent this is a way to move past it i think that having time for us to work with staff on the next couple weeks to answer questions is worth it. i would wonder if director heminger would consider adding this to consent versus part of the regular calendar. why and if i could since we need to be clear with exact low when we are asking to do with -- however many number of weeks. i think we need give them clear direction what we nev.ed from them. or [inaudible] i think we they deserve clear direction.

i know we can then and there dwrom a soon but testimony inprecise date and w with the secretary and the chair of the board in order to determine wlp one we are ready and 2 there is time in the agenda >> that's correct. the item can be continued to a date uncertain with understanding you are look to have it come back soon are rather than later without 2 specify a meeting date now. >> we can continue it to the call of the chair. >> correct. >> i'm agreeable to the that if my seconder simple i will second it and i'm torn on the question of consent it is a creative idea and when i'm looking for from staff in the next presently anticipation is a clearer presentation of what this is. what it it is not when we are approving and the public to

understand. i think we missed the mark at this meeting in terms of the significance and meaning of the adopting this plan. i would appreciate a discussion when is come back. i say the appendix of the staff report are thorough. it goes point by point. it is t is just it seems like a grab bag. so i want to make it clear mr. p that you put a lot of work into this. i don'ting anyone is saying hard work was not nut this 102 page report. i think it is more how we package it and what priorities we are asked to make what trade offs we are asked to make. how this do you mean will be used to inform decision make negligent future that are it is not clear. i will second your motion.

to continue. could we call a vote on the motion to continue? on the motion to condition to a future date director cajina. >> aye. >> director heminger. >> aye >> director hinze. >> aye. >> director yekutiel. >> aye >> chair eakon. >> aye. >> that motion passes. item 14. item 14. discussion and vote to code section scent. 1 to mote in closed session to discuss employee performance evaluations. is there public comment not in the room. opening statement phone? remote public comment members of public can dial star 3 to enter the queue. i see no callers. >> is there a notion go in closed session. >> moved. >> second.

>> great. >> vote. >> on the motion to go in closed session director cajina. >> aye. >> correct heminger. >> aye. >> director hinze. >> aye >> director yekutiel. >> aye >> chair eakon. >> aye. >> the motion passes the board will go in closed

>> shared spaces have transformed san francisco's adjacent sidewalks, local business communities are more resilient and their neighborhood centers are more vibrant and mildly. sidewalks and parking lanes can be used for outdoor seating, dining, merchandising, and other community activities. we're counting on operators of shared spaces to ensure their sites are safe and accessible for all. people with disabilities enjoy all types of spaces. please provide at least 8 feet of open uninterrupted sidewalk so everyone can get through. sidewalk diverter let those who have low vision navigate through dining and other activity areas on the sidewalk. these devices are rectangular planters or boxes that are placed on the sidewalk at the ends of each shared space and need to be at least 12 inches wide and 24 inches long and 30 inches tall. they can be

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>> good morning. this is the march 21, 2023 meeting of the treasure island

mobility management agency. i'm matt dorsey and serve as the chair of the board. i like to express gratitude today to elijah saunders serving at the clerk and team at sfgovtv which is under the direction of jason for facilitating the remote access and broadcasting today's meeting. i'm excusing chan, mandelman, melgar and safai from today's meeting. mr. clerk, would you please call the roll? [roll call] >> chair, we have quorum. >> thank you mr. clerk. as mentioned commissioners chan, safai, melgar and mandelman are

excused today. before calling the next item i like to exercise my prerogative as chair to invoke 3.26 from the rules of order that limit total public comment to 30 minutes. each speaker has 2 minutes to speak on an item. >> i have a short public comment. for members interesting in participating in the board meeting we welcome attendance in person in the chamber room 250 city hall or watch cable channel 26 or 99 or zoom live at www.sfgov.org. for those to comment remotely dial 415-655-0001 and when prompted enter access code 24838475803 and press pound and pound again. you will be able to listen to the meeting in real time. when public comment is called for the item you wish to speak on, dial star 3 to added to the queue. do not press star 3 again or

you will be removed from the queue. when your line is unmuted the live operator will advise you have 2 minutes to speak. caller are taken in the order they areive received. speak slowly clearly and turn down televisions or radios around you. public comment will be taken first in the chamber and after remote speaker queue on the telephone line. >> thank you mr. clerk. good morning and welcome to the timm a board. pleased to see the agreement with tida for predevelopment activities for affordable housing as part of the grant on the agenda. this project on e1.2 will be the third affordable housing project on treasure island. it is designated for seniors with some units reserved for current residents on the island. great to see housing element

advancing in the grant to help accelerate efforts. i want to express appreciation for all the work transportation is doing to upgrade infrastructure on the island. the south gate project complete and open in april and contracts for the west side bridges and work there are on the transportation authority agenda for our next meeting following this one for final approval. this project will provide seismic safety and create hundreds of well paid jobs and there is a lot of work going into the funding plan for the yerba buena island multiuse path and advance design and secure environmental clearance so thank ta staff and tida for collaboration with caltrans, mtc and coast guard for all this important work. thank you so much to all and conclude my remarks. any questions or comments from

colleagues? seeing none, is there anyone in the chamber who wishes to comment on item number 2? seeing none, operator, any remote public comment on item 2? >> chair, check in for remote public comment on item 2, the chair's report. i do have two hands raised going to the first caller. welcome caller, your 2 minutes begins now. >> sure. my name is ross leebenson one of over 10 thousand bord sailors in san francisco and member of the san francisco board sailor association here to comment today on the proposal to seek additional funding through a grant while i am in favor of seek ing grant money, it should be used fully to fund the ferry system and not impose a toll. the toll, which is being proposed and limitation of the proposed on-island

shuttle will not permit access to end of avenue i or anywhere along the north perimeter path are contrary to the agreement entered between tida and state lands commission and the information upon which tida and the city obtained a permit from the bay consurivation development commission. both the permit and the land exchange were to enhance recreational opportunities. the imposition of the toll will take that away. that is a clearly a equity issue as i told commissioner dorsey in the past. as well, the allowance of or reliance on one treasure island and i have gone to all their meetings, is that they claim to hear us, but nobody is allowing for access to the north side of the island. if you get grant money, you need to use it

appropriately. thank you. >> thank you caller. hello caller, your 2 minutes begins now. >> good morning. my name is tom (indiscernible) representing recreational users of treasure island. for decades residents have gone to ti for water sports fishing and visiting the shoreline of the bay and recreation is mostly focused on the north side of the island as you probably know, and i'm looking at a lot passed decade or more ago. chapter 9 of the street and highway code which implement-attempts to implement the treasure island transportation management and really encourage the board to look at this again, because sometimes we pass laws that in hindsight don't make a lot of sense, they are bad ideas and go contrary to public policy. in this case the (indiscernible) which is enforced by

the bay conversation development commission not only protects the right of the public to visit the coast and shoreline of the bay, but also encourages it, and that law was put in place because cities and county in the 50 and 60 were cutting off the public access to the bay and the bay is a public commons, so the city should be encouraging public access at treasure island instead of putting implements impediments in place including this toll, which will discourage public from visiting recreation-occasional visitors will not know about the toll and wont know they maybe or maybe not qualify for some sort of discount on their toll. also, the toll is supposed to go-it says in the state law, supposed to benefit the payer of the toll. this toll does not do anything for people who are visiting the

island for recreation. it solely goes to benefit people who are commuting back and forth to their new homes on the island and that's great, but i think that should be paid for- >> thank you caller. >> the assessments. thank you. >> hello caller, your 2 minutes begins now. are you speaking with me? >> yes. go ahead caller. >> okay, thank you. my name is carol harvey a investigator reporter for the san francisco bayview newspaper working on treasure island. i'm a marina district residents and speak often with my neighbors calling for tida to house every islandser and completely stop the tolls. treasure island under tide lands law should be free to everyone. 2/3 of the island residents can not-- >> these comments are

not relate d to the item on the agenda- >> may i speak later then? >> speak directly to the item on the agenda. thank you. >> thank you caller. all comments at this time need to be related to item 2, the chair report. if you are not commenting on the item please wait till general public comment. >> okay, going to the last raised hand. hello caller, your 2 minutes begins now regarding the chair's report. >> i didn't (indiscernible) i was going to talk to item 5. >> okay, thank you caller. that is not up yet. thank you. chair, there are no more comments. >> thank you operator. public comment on item 2 is now closed. mr. clerk, please call item 3. >> item 3 executive director's report. information item. >> good morning. >> welcome director chang. >> thank you.

regarding our planning effort on the island, the treasure island supplemental transportation study pleased to report that there is good progress on that. the final working group meeting is scheduled for early april. as you recall this study was requested by former chair haney and approved by the board back in the fall of 21. one treasure island staff and ta staff presented a update on the study at our fall 2022 committee meeting, including the results of outreach activities and a draft short list of supplemental transportation strategies regarding shuttles, bike share and several activities proposed in the regional early action planning reap grant chair mentioned in his report. we will be meeting again in early april to finalize those recommendations including development of the funding and implementation plan and we expect to bring the final report to you all

later this spring. next, my only other update is on treasure island autonomous vehicle shuttle, so that pilot contract has now been executed with our provider of services beat and they are continuing to plan for obtaining their permits as well as community outreach and vehicle testing and training. we believe that the testing period may happen as early at this april and we expect to bring passenger service to the public and community in may. outreach events of course will take place in spring and we are excited to partner with treasure island and tida organizations for that as well so stay tuned and we look forward to bringing that to you next month. thank you. >> thank you director chang. seeing no questions or comments from colleagues, is there anyone in the chamber who wishes to comment on item number 3? seeing no

one, operator, any remote public comment on item 3, which pertains strictly to executive director chang's report? >> chair, there is no public comment for item 3. >> thank you operator. public comment on this item is now closed. mr. clerk, please call item 4. >> item 4 approve the minutes of january 24, 2023 meeting. action item. >> thank you mr. clerk. any questions or comments from colleagues on item 4? seeing none, anyone in the chamber who wishes to comment on this item? seeing none, operator, are there any remote public comment on item number 4, which pertains strictly to the minutes of the january 24, 2023 meeting? >> there is no public comment. >> okay, thank you operator. public comment on item 4 is closed. can we have a motion and second for item 4? motion

by commissioner walton. second by commissioner preston. mr. clerk, roll call, please. [roll call] >> there are 7 ayes, the minutes are approved. >> thank you mr. clerk. please call the next item. >> approve authorize the executive director to execute memorandum agreement with treasure island development authority for $2 million in regional early action planning grant 2.0 funds for pre-development actiffinties for treasure island parcel e1.2. action item. >> thank you mr. clerk. colleagues, items 5 and 6 were heard at timma committee last week. staff is not planning to make presentation today but can do so if requested or if there are any questions.

seeing no questions or comments from colleagues, because public comment was taken in committee last week we will not do so again today. further, since the item was recommended by committee we do not need a motion. mr. clerk, could we have roll call on item number 5? commissioner walton. >> sorry about that chair dorsey. want sure if we were taking public comment. nothing in this item addresses approving any tolls and i want to make sure that is the case? >> that is my understanding, but -- >> good morning. assistant deputy director for transportation authority. there is nothing in this grant application that implicates anything about it toll. >> thank you so much. i just wanted to ease some of

the tensions of- >> appreciate it. thanks so much. mr. clerk, would you please have roll call on item 5? [roll call] >> there are 7 ayes, the motion is approved. >> thank you mr. clerk. please call item 6. >> item 6, final approval accept the audit report for fiscal year ended june 30, 2022. this is action item. >> okay. seeing no questions or comments from colleagues on item 6, as with item 5, since we took public comment in committee we don't need to do so again today and further, since the item was recommended by committee we don't need a motion. mr. clerk, would you please call roll call on item 6, please? [roll call]

>> there are 7 ayes, the motion is approved. >> thank you mr. clerk. would you please call the next item, 7? >>etum 7, introduction of new items. information item. >> thank you mr. clerk. i don't see anyone on the roster with new items and therefore don't have to take public comment on anything-something that hasn't been introduced. mr. clerk, please call the next item, number 8? >> item 8 public comment. we also received 2 public comments posted to the website. >> thank you mr. clerk. anyone in the chamber who wishes to make general public comment today? seeing no one-- >> this is item 8, general public comment. >> my name is jeff cline a 25 year resident of

treasure island. i came to the first timma committee meeting in 2015. there were two other people there, becky hoge and betty macky. she was evicted from ybi because the project. becky hoge since died. all three commented against the treasure island toll. i was the only islander at the actual full board committee meeting in 2016 there was a meeting of the full board, the first one, i was the only one there representing the island. i spoke three times against various aspects of the transportation demand management program and i want to voice a complaint that a lot of people didn't attend that committee meeting last week,

and missed they chance to comment on 5 and know a lot of people have questions about it and wanted to comment on it and they were waiting for the opportunity at the full board and the chair decided that was not necessary and that brings me to one of my main comments, which is the lack of transparency and effective outreach. it took sleuthing to figure out they were planning to toll us. existing residents. in 2015. we had to figure that out. it was not clear to us. treasure island residents didn't find out about the toll until late 2018 and qu have pages of outreach you have supposedly done. there is a lack of transparency and lack of accountability and say the toll is fatally flawed, mistake, and won't generate the revenue you think it will generate and put all

your eggs in one basket and have a white elephant. >> thank you. operator, any remote public comment for general public comment? >> yes, there is. going to the first caller. hello caller, your 2 minutes begins now. >> hi. thank you. my name is carol harvey, i am a investigator reporter for the san francisco bayview newspaper working on treasure island in the 9 years since 2014. i'm calling for tida to house every islander in completely stop these tolls. treasure island under tide land law should be free to everyone. 2/3 of island residents cannot go car free and take public transportation to and from the island. they need a car to transport their kids back and forth to the school or hospital or get to a job or

their disability preventss them sitting in a bus. the developers are making a huge profit for sale and lease of purposefully scarce parking spaces. that profit should provide homes for every single household and individual resident. treasure island belongs to these residents who are a close nit community. islanders who moved in after 2011 and lived there 12 years and is the same right to continue to be housed on the island (indiscernible) should be dropped. let tida observe relocation law and move everyone to replacement housing. developers are raking in huge profits and should pay all infrastructure and transportation cost and drop these tolls. the tolls are obvious disincentive to people, to businesses, to people to get to the

island. it appears that they are trying to make treasure island an enclave for the rich and that will happen. the tolls are a fast track making that happen. >> thank you for your time. >> hello caller, your 2 minutes begins now. >> yeah, hi. this is steve from treasure island organizing committee. i am surprised by this idea that because the committee heard from people or committee heard from people last week they nobody needs to give public testimony now. there was only two members of the board who were at the committee meeting. chair dorsey and mrs. mandelman. so, nobody else has to

hear anything else that comes from the people who live on the island who are being effected by this? i don't understand that as a democratic process. so, yeah--i'm really upset about this because we have people who have been waiting for a opportunity to speak, and it is bad enough that there is talk of doing away with the remote access, which sometimes is the only way people can give any kind of input into these things, but then be told that public comment is not necessary. that the supervisors, the commissioners don't need to hear from the public, they already heard everything and discussed it, all there needs to be. that just seems undemocratic. >> thank you caller.

hello caller, your 2 minutes begins now. >> thank you commissioner dorsey. this is again ross leebenson offering comment during the general comment period. listening to sfcta's director talk about one treasure island and outreach that has been conducted and need to alert you that that is fatally flawed. i have attended the focus group meetings with one treasure island and while we asked for certain things or they asked what we wanted, they went diametically opposed 180 degrees from what we requested and now they are coming to you telling you they engaged in outreach. the outreach is flawed and fatal and predetermined and the outreach isn't listening to the recreational users on the island, which as i expressed before and as commissioner dorsey knows from his meeting on the island himself

is inherently a equity issue. again, relying on one treasure island, which is an arm of tida for claiming that they engaged in outreach is flawed and you are not getting a full report or story. essentially this, if needs to fund a ferry and the developers need a ferry to sell units, it should be funded by the developers and purchasers of the property, not the public seeking access to public lands and the shorelines. thank you. >> thank you caller. chair, there is no further public comment. >> great. thank you so much. public comment is closed. kw i do want to reiterate nothing on the agenda covers a toll on treasure island and i'm always open to engaging with residents and visitors to treasure island which i represent as part of district 6. you can reach out to me at matt.dorsey

sfgov.org or 415-554-7970. mr. clerk, please call the next item, item 9? >> yes, chair. item 9, adjournment. >> colleagues, board members, please stay with us for the transportation board next which begins shortly after this meeting. this meeting of the timma board is now adjourned.

>> who doesn't love cable cars? charging emissions and we're free which we're proud of you know, it's not much free left in the world anymore so we managed to do that through donations and through our gift shops. you got a real look and real appreciation of what early transit systems are like. this

was the transit of the day from about 1875 to about 1893 or later, you know. cable car museum is free, come on in. take a day. come down. rediscover the city. you can spend as time you want and you don't have to make reservations and it's important to be free because we want them to develop a love for cable cars so they do continue to support whether they live here or other places and people come in and say, yes, i have passed by and heard of this and never come in and they always enjoy themselves. people love cable cars and there's none left in the world so if you want to ride a cable car, you've got to come to san francisco. that what makes the city. without the cable cars, you lose part of that, you know, because people who come here and they love it and they love the history ask they can ride a cable car that has been running since 1888 or 1889. wow! that's something. can't do that with other historical museums. rarely, have

i run into anybody from outside who didn't come in and didn't feel better from knowing something about the city. it's a true experience you'll remember. i hope they walk away with a greater appreciation for the history, with the mechanics with people are fascinated by the winding machine and i hope the appreciation, which is a part of our mission and these young kids will appreciate cable cars and the ones who live here and other places, they can make sure there will always be cable cars in san francisco because once they are gone, they are gone. it's the heartbeat of san francisco that founded the cable and the slot and without the cable cars, yeah, we would lose something in san francisco. we would lose part of its heart and soul. it wouldn't be san francisco without cable cars. [bell ringing]

>> tuesday march 21, 2023. we can hear the wind gusting outside. we hoping everybody is taking precautions to stay safe during this weather. secretary morewitz, please call the roll. >> sure. [roll call] >> commissioner chung will offer the ramaytush oholone land acknowledgment. commissioner chung.

the san francisco health commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> thank you commissioner chung. our next item on the agenda is action item health commission officer elections. we will open this item. do we have nominations for vice president? >> mr. presidents, i would like to-and have the pleasure and privilege of nominating vice president green for

another term as vice president for the commission. commissioner green vice president green has shown true dedication to the mission of the commission and to the-her concern and for the residents of san francisco i had the pleasure serving with her on the laguna honda acc. the immense amount of preparation and dedication to the issues that have come up with regard to both laguna honda and all the other responsibilities that she carries as vice president, so it is my again, pleasure and privilege to nominate commissioner green for second term as vice president. >> thank you commissioner guillermo. do we have second?

>> second. >> any public comment? >> if you like to comment on item 2, press star 3. the comments are on the vice president election. again, star 3. i see no hands commissioners. >> commissioners, any comments? vice president green- >> i'm really honored and thank you for those kind words. it will be a privilege to continue to serve with this wonderful wonderful. a collegial group of commissioners and dpa commission and secretary morewitz. >> thank you vice president green. alright. if no- >> we do a vote? >> yes, let's do a vote. >> now that we are in person meetings we go to old school vote for a motion and second motion and you call the vote in favor. >> thank you for the

reminder we are returning to our previous processes. alright. we have nomination on the table been seconded for vice president green to continue as vice president for another term. all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> opposed? alright. motion carries. >> congratulations. >> congratulations vice president green. our next item is nomination for president of the commission. do we have a nomination for president? vice president green. >> i would like to nominate president bernal for another term. this is such a challenging and difficult time in san francisco, and you have brought every skill you have to bear with your incredible political knowledge, your wise sense of reading people and understanding situations and i think we made such progress, especially at laguna honda thanks to your leadership and your judgment, so i cannot think of anyone in the

galaxy who is a better person to continue as president as we work through recertification and many of the challenges and i also hope that as covid is starting to wane that you have a chance to lead at a time that isn't so medically stressful in our community. i can think of few people who have done more for the city and county of san francisco then dan bernal, you are a true treasure and honor to nominate you. >> thank you for the kind words. is there a second? >> second. >> do i need to hands the gavel? >> yes, commissioner green because she is vice president. >> any public comment on this? >> folks on the line, if you like to comment please press star 3. we see one hand, so i'm going to set up-actually let's go back to this. due to change in remote public comment process, there are several categories of remote public comment. one is for those who

received accommodation for disabilities. i am noting that but there is one hand so we'll take the one hand. moderator, please unmute the caller and i'll put 3 minutes on the clock. >> good afternoon. this is patrick shaw. (indiscernible) making public comment on either item is ww. it is seeking to commissioner bernal's nomination. i guess i support it, but it would be nice to see commissioner bernal take more of a lead on getting the department and laguna honda in specific to submit a written

waver request to cms and cdgh around the 120 bed issue. my understanding is cdgh policy allows facilities to submit a written waver request. we don't need any federal legislation to seek grandfathering three person rooms to prevent the 120 bed cut, so commissioner bernal, i expect and pray that you use your leadership as commission president to get that letter submitted to cdgh

expeditiously, even while we are still waiting for the long drawn out recertification process to conclude. assuming recertification happens, that written waver request should be on file quickly so cdgh can move on to approving it so we keep those desperately needed skilled nursing beds at laguna honda and not see even more people displaced out of county because of the lack and the diminishing supply of skilled nursing beds. thank you. >> is there any other public comment? >> that is the only public comment. >> commissioner comments.

>> i would just like to speak to the leadership team of vice president green and president bernal, which has lead san francisco through very very difficult times during their terms, and really want to go on record, make sure we acknowledge as i said for commissioner green, the dedication and the concern that both of these individuals have shown for the residents of california and also their partnership with the department and other parts of government that are lent to a both collegial environment for the commission and the work that we do, but also for showing the public that there is leadership such as theirs, and particularly for president bernal during these times that

we can count on. thank you. >> commissioner chow. >> thank you. i want to express my support of the team and particularly president bernal. over these 35 years i think we have been able to justify the public's trust in having a health commission. prior to this, we were unable-those of us interested in public health to make our needs known unless we spoke to the officialed a min administrator in charge of the health department. if we were to talk about transparency, there were no transparency at that time, and over these years commissioner bernal and vice president green have fallowed

in the tradition of being a-of leading and at the same time being able to be sure that we hear the public and with that we act on behalf of the public, and so, i would like to strongly support the nomination of commissioner bernal as president for another year. thank you. >> commissioner chung. >> commissioner chow took all the words from my mouth, but i also want to just say that i truly support the nomination of the team of president bernal and vice president green. i know that you two have really (indiscernible) and to juggle between that and balance that with your leadership on the health commission at a time where we are experiencing you know, like unprecedented pandemic, it is

phenomenal,ic and i just want to express my gratitude and my appreciation to have the pleasure and honor to serve with you both. >> president bernal. >> thank you to my fellow commissioners for all your kinds words. i'm humbled by them and grateful for your leadership for your community leadership, for the expertise you bring to the body. every day i learn something from you and you make be a better member of this commission. particularly vice president green who has been a hand of steady leadership bringing both her clinical knowledge as well as administrative knowledge to some of the most crucial issues that we have been facing the past few years, whether it is covid or mpox or the recertification of laguna honda where you and commissioner guillermo show great leadership guiding the process as well along with the leadership. i also want to thank

mayor london breed for the opportunity to continue to serve to protect public health of all san franciscans and grateful for this nomination and the possible opportunity to continue in this role for another 4 years so we can now that we are through at least the public health emergency of covid, but still vigilant in the impact of the community. looking forward to recertification of laguna honda and continuing to make progress and getting to zero initiative to get to zero hiv death transmission and stigma and also to address the real crisis of overdoses on the street and implementation of mental health sf among a number of priorities . thank you very much for your kind words, for your faith in me and thank you.

>> we will take a vote. all in favor? >> aye. >> thank you. congratulations to vice president green. as you recall from the last meeting we were starting with a new system based on guidance put forth. we had hiccups because of new technology. we got strong feedback from the public and took that to heart and must acknowledge the leadership of secretary morewitz taking the input and setting up a new system we are using today we expect to go smoothly. ask for patience from folks in case we have adjustment issues but thank you again to variety morewitz being responsive to public concern and doing a excellent job bringing us a new system. >> thank you. >> our next item is general public comment. >> i have a quick

script, not quick, a bit long. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission that are not on this meeting agenda. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. the brown act forbids the commission from taking action or discussing any item not appearing on the posted agenda, including those items raised at public comment. i

don't see folks outside of government employees in the room so only do remote public comment and first do that from those who received accom modation for disability. i have given each a code. finally, we will hear remote public comment from all other individuals. there is a time limit of 20minutes on the total amount of public comment that can be heard on each item from individuals who have not received accommodation for disability. because of the new remote public comment procedures recommended by the office of city administrator and city attorney office, please do not raise your hand to make remote public comment on a item until your category is called. we will start with those folks who have received an accommodation for disability. please raise your hand by pressing star 3 for general public comment. i see one hand. moderator, please unmute that caller and see if they have a code to

note they have gotten accommodation. >> yeah, my-this is patrick, my code is ww. i too want to thank mr. morewitz for working out the bugs on this remote webex system. i know the technical difficulties were not his fault. my testimony today is about dgh history, not items on today's agenda. following laguna honda 2019 scandal, which cost the city at least 1 million, 867 thousand dollars to date in fines, penalties, lawsuit settlements and city attorney expenses, and time, dgh (indiscernible) 60 day laguna honda

reform plan in august 2019. data shows the plan was authored by troy williams, the san francisco health network chief quality officer. the reform plan claimed an overarching goal. "there is more to reform then just coming into compliance with regulatory findings". which is ironic now. the goal continued quote "the goal for laguna honda is (indiscernible) long-term care residential facility worthy of (indiscernible) and san franciscans". unfortunately, (indiscernible) kept operating laguna honda as if it were not an

acute care hospital, not skilled nursing facility. the reform plan asserted would reorganize laguna honda quality management department. despite laguna honda quality management reorganization in 2019, laguna honda quality improvement problems persist to this day. thanks to williams and dr. covex leadership failure, laguna honda 2019 reform plan was a complete failure. williams is not a reliable actor. thank you. >> that is the only hand up for general public comment commissioners. >> thank you secretary morewitz. we'll move to the next item, 4 for discussion, laguna honda hospital

rehab center recertification update. for this presentation we have roland pickens the acting ceo of laguna honda hospital. welcome director pickens. >> thank you commissioner bernal. >> a little closer, please. yes, if you can. >> thank you commissioner bernal and good afternoon commissioners. pleasure to be here with you on this rainy soggy day. it is my pleasure in my capacity as acting interim chief executive officer at laguna honda hospital to present this month's update on the laguna honda path towards cms recertification.

next slide. you recall that in april of federal center for medicare medicaid service terminated laguna participation in the medicare medicaid provider programs. despite that termination, we brought on board consultant and working with our own internal consultant from throughout dph and across the city. we continue to work hard to meet all the regulatory requirements to make rapid improvement on our path towards recertification and we are confident we have the resources and skills on-board to make that a successful endeavor. next slide. during this process of decertification, a settlement agreement was reached november, 10,

2022 with federal cms in the form of a system-settlement system improvement agreement that outlines the current operations at lieu laguna honda. part of that settlement was significant in it allowed for ongoing funding by cms to support care at laguna honda initially through november 13 and was recently extended on february 1 to have those payments extened at least through may 19 of this year 2023. hope we can all agree this was and is still a very humane compassionate path for our residents, their families, our staff and the entire san francisco bay area community. next slide. as part of our journey we

had the pleasure hosting u.s. department of health human service (indiscernible) february 24. director colfax and mayor london breed joined the secretary on a tour of laguna honda and the mayor was quite active in that process and took a active role in leading the tour and i was able to actually participate also. during the tour the secretary had the opportunity to meet residents, staff with union leadership and even some family members. he visited several parts of the hospital including the rehab department and unit neighborhood 4 north to see first hand many improvements and he really did spend time particularly on 4 north looking at many of the service enhancements that have already taken place and

actually talking directly with many staff members and hearing from them first hand what they have seen over the past several months and improvements that have since ensued. as a result of that visit we feel optimistic secretary becerra and federal partners at cms left the visit with deeper and better understanding of our commitment to improvementt a laguna honda and dedication to our residents and indispensable role laguna honda plays in san francisco. next slide. during that visit with secretary becerra, one thing we also discussed was an issue we discussed previously and that is, the 2016 federal requirement that was put into

place that required newly certified facilities to have no more then maximum of 2 residents per room in a skilled nursing facility. we shared with the secretary of our grave concern about this new regulation and the fact of laguna honda might be subject to complying with that. to date that is the best information we have been provided is we must comply. to show our good faith effort to comply, laguna honda temporarily decommissioned the third room in those triplet areas to that total 120bed reduction and say temporarily, because we have left those beds on the hospital license to remain to give ourselves the most options as we

pursue recertification with the desire that accommodation and understanding can be reached that will allow those beds to be reviewed, certified and licensed in the future, and we continue to work with our federal partners primarily through the city attorney office to pursue all avenues to make that a realty that we will be able to restore the 120 beds. we continue that dialogue on a regular baitss and will keep the commission updated as we gain more information, but please know it is our firm commitment that we are doing everything we can to maintain those beds knowing how vital they are to san francisco and the san francisco community. in terms of the settlement agreement that i spoke about a few slides ago, it has many

components, and at the heart of it was the requirement that laguna honda secure the services of a cms approved quality improvement expert to conduct a root cause analysis to identify potential causes that may have lead to the decertification status. the health service advisory group was selected by laguna and approved by cms as that quality improvement expert, and as you know have been on the ground at laguna actually as early as two weeks past that april 22 decertification. so, they have thoroughly emursed themselves into laguna honda and the aspects of the operations they

reviewed the previous findings prior to april 2022 and developed their root cause analysis with key findings and then turned and worked with laguna to develop a corrective action plan that has some 460 milestones that get to the heart of fixing those deficits identified in the root cause analysis. next slide. another component of the settlement agreement is that cms through the california department of public health would conduct what they call, every 90 day monitoring surveys. the purpose of those surveys is to provide cms and california department of public health with a opportunity to assess the progress of laguna

towards regaining compliance with all federal regulations and eventually to recertify in the cms program. you recall the first of those 90 day monitoring surveys occurred late november, december, and i am pleased to report that the second survey occurred on just last week, and i am also happy to share that it was overall a very successful survey. particularly compared to the first survey. in fact, the first survey that was held, there were a total of 124 deficiencies identified in that survey back in november and december. you recall that under the terms of the

settlement agreement, those deficiencies required the quality improvement expert health service advisory group look at those deficiencies, incorporate them into the previously done root cause analysis, update the root cause analysis, and then update with any additional milestones that would be needed to address those issues. happy to report that those milestones were updated and added, and with the result being that the second survey compared to the 124 deficiencies in the first survey, the second survey yielded only a total of 23 preliminary deficiencies and i say preliminary because that is the verbal report we received from the surveyors when they left on friday, and as you know, we will await their official written result where they reserve the right

to either add more or take away some of those deficiencies, but right now it is looking at around 23 so that is a significant reduction from what we saw in the first survey, and hopefully prove to cms and everyone else that indeed true progress and improvement is being made at laguna honda. i think it is also important to say that despite this reduction in deficiencies, we know our work has not concluded. in fact, we are still on a journey towards improving both the operation and regulatory compliance and the culture at laguna that reinforces an ongoing improving learning organization. as i shared with staff, starting friday and over the last few days, let's celebrate that success last week and also know it

means it raises the bar for us. it means when they come for the next 90 day monitoring survey it has to be even better then the one we just experienced. again, to show that there is ongoing improvement in operations at laguna honda. and according to the settlement agreement, we would expect that-the third 90 day monitoring survey, 90 days from last friday within that window or so. next slide. i talked about the action plan. also happy to report that the cms quality improvement expert was able to report give the second report for the month of february to cms. they were able to report that again, laguna honda successfully implemented all of the required

milestones for the month. there were about 133 for the month of february. we are now a little over half way through the month of march. there are 77 rca milestones for the month of march and as of now we are on target to be hundred compliant with those and as always we'll continue to monitor those on a daily basis reporting up through the dph and to the laguna honda jcc on our progress. next slide. the slide is catching up to what i just reported we completed the 133 milestones. next slide. again, just for reference for everyone to give a pick torl of our journey towards recertification, the top reflects those survey

readiness activities. the 90 day monitoring surveys and then the bottom reflects the rca and the action plan, the milestones that must be completed. next slide. also wanted to reiterate that what i shared earlier that the cms did extend the terms of the settlement agreement through may 13 in terms of additional payments. you recall that under the settlement agreement, rather the initial decertification, there is a requirement that the facility that is decertified must have a closure plan in place. you'll recall that we submitted our initial revised closure plan in december, cms returned it to us, we

made the requested changes, resubmitted to cms february 2, and we are still waiting on their response as to whether or not those revisions we made are acceptable and are hoping they will provide their approval as soon as possible. the good thing is that we remain on pause and transfers and discharges, so not having that closure plan doesn't effect our ability to particularly transfer residents to ort facilities at this time, and again, it is our firm hope and desire that even once approved we would still never have to implement even the revised closure plan whenever that comes to fruition. that concludes my formal report and at the appropriate time, happy to address any comments or concerns that the commission may have. >> thank you director

pickens. secretary morewitz, any public comment? >> we have a couple hands and a script to read before i get to them. for each item members have opportunity to make comment up to 3 minutes. the public comment process is designed to invite input and feedback from individuals thin community, however the process does not allow questions to be answered in the meeting or members of the public to engage in back and forth conversation with the commissioners. the commissioners do consider comments from members of the public and making request to dph. please note each individual is allowed one opportunity to speak per agenda item, individuals may not return more then one statement for other individuals not able to attend the meeting. public comment may be sent to-city policy along with federal state and local law prohibits discriminatory harassing conduct and will not be tolerated. first

we'll take public comment in the room. don't see anyone here so remote public comment from individuals who received accommodation for disable. i have given these individuals a code to speak to prevent others from speaking during this time. we will hear from remote public comment. there is time limit of 20minutes on the total amount of public comment heard on each item from individuals who have not received an accommodation or disablet. so, let's first start with folks. i see two hands raised. i know caller 3 is someone who received accommodation. moderator, please unmute him first and then go to caller 4 to see if that person is also gotten accommodation. >> this is patrick again. code ww. >> thank you. >> mr. pickens continues asserting that cms and (indiscernible) still haven't accepted the revised closure plan. it is inconceivable 6 weeks after the

requested changes were submitted to cdgh and cms february 2, that 2 it still hasn't approved the closure plan. i submitted a complaint asserting that laguna honda, dph and this commission are potentially violating the settlement agreement paragraph 41 requiring all parties and sig tories to the agreement to release documents under law and our local sunshine ordinance. in past meetings, i noticed mr. pickens is referred to as a doctor. unless mr. pickens holds a ph.d, his salutation should be mr., not doctor. good hearing him say though that you are doing

everything he can to save the 120 beds. the city attorney should submit a letter immediately seeking a waver under cfr paragraph 483.90f3iii dated march 3, 2023 that says all you have to do is submit a written waver outlining why (indiscernible) three room suites will not cause residents any harm. commissioner bernal, i expect that you will work with the city attorney's office to get that letter submitted. i will

forward to mr. morewitz the march 3 document i just cited with that paragraph citation, and you guys need to get that letter submitted now and not wait until the outcome of recertify ication. we are all begging you given the severe shortage of beds in the city to make sure that you get that waver request submitted so that we don't keep discharging patients out of county away from their homes like happened during the initial closure plan. please, please, please, get that done! >> your time is up. thank you. let's unmute caller 4 and caller 4, please let us know if you got a code. >> hi. dr. palmer, tt is my code i think. >> thank you, yes.

you have 3 minutes dr. palmer. >> i agree with patrick shaw that the waver is something we are all very concerned with. we need those beds. f it is a matter of the human rights and health of the people of san francisco given the lack of harm that would come from keeping those beds open and the risk to public safety that would occur if the public was denied those beds. given our shortage. i would like more transparency about what can be done and what is being done. i think it is probably more a matter of political will then anything, and i do think that this needs to be further publicized so the public can weigh in on how important it is to have those beds. the other

thing i'm concerned about is the next 90 day monitoring survey is going to coincide with the date of when evictions and closure start up, and we need to know well before that whether there will be an extension. it seems totally unfair to be dealing with both at once, and i would like more transparency around that. i would also like to know what the 23 preliminary deficiencies are and would appreciate if that survey was made easily available to the public as soon as possible. we need to know whether laguna honda is going to need an extension from cms and we need to mobilize the public to support it if laguna honda is going to need an extension. it is big ship to turn around. very

pleased to hear the progress being made, but being transparent with the public will be i think good for laguna honda in the long run in terms of garning the support we need at all levels of government. thank you very much. >> thank you. that's the last public comment request. >> thank you secretary morewitz. commissioners, any comments or questions on the presentation. commissioner chow. >> thank you. i think public comment also was alluding to the issue that i had, which is looking at your timeframe and understanding the strategies that we will have-first of all, it was great and certainly shows enormous progress on the part of your team and on the part of laguna to move those deficiencies down from hundreds

to literally dozens, and so i am understanding that once the federal report has been officially accepted and released that that is public information, and in the meantime, just looking at the calendar that you have given us, it seems to say that on may 13 we are to have completed implementation of all 100 percent of the milestones-of the flags or whatever they are. since you are telling me the milestones are parts of what are really the important survey elements, so that's the 13th. the 19th at the moment is the date that ends the

suspension of our need to move patients. sometime between nay and july is the third survey, so somehow the government and our city needs to have a strategy on not waiting to the last day to tell people we are not going to restart the movement of patients again, and that i think is of some concern to residents. we can say that you are not doing anything until that last day and therefore nobody has to worry about moving at all, but i'm not sure that that will help our residents in a emotional manner and i think that that is-it is really cruel to the residents on the part of the federal government for not giving us

more clarity and such a short timeframe, it is like well, i'll go day by day, because may is just around the corner. >> thank you for your comments commissioner chow, rb and i agree with you. i have the same sentiment and my job is to work through the director to do everything we can that is within our control, which is to continue the advocacy regarding both the status of any potential resumption of transfers or discharges which are governed by the closure plan that is still not responded to, but we are actively requesting that response. and, i think as you point out, there is this confluence of all these things occurring at the same time, and so we will be working to make

sure that we do gain clarity and potentially-definitely not what happened back in february where there was a last minute situation, so thank you for pointing it out. we are aware of it, and in our dialogue and discussions with all the partners, the many partners who are part of this, we are bringing this forward because it is definitely not in the best interest of our residence staff or anyone to have the level of uncertainty and as we gain more knowledge as to how the confluence can be further separated we will bring that back to the jcc and then the full commission. >> thank you. >> thank you commissioner chow. other comments or questions? director pickens, thank you for that excellent presentation and also to you and your team and

all the staff at laguna honda make such tremendous progress in the last survey. a couple things to put in context, i recall the previous survey lasted more then 3 weeks if not mistaken and this was wrapped up just about a week time, which is significant change there. also just the number of milestones that have been reached over the course of this entire process. let's not forget also laguna honda hospital is the largest publicly runed skill nursing facility in the country with upwards of 700 residents and again to highlight the effectiveness of laguna honda, particularly in controlling covid within laguna honda. every death is tragic and one too many, laguna honda stands apart from any other skilled nursing facilities in the country in terms of the efforts and success controlling the spread of covid. i

want to make sure everybody remembers all that because we really are talking about a institution that provides a critical service to the people of san francisco and needs to be preserved and as you know the commission is entirely committed to supporting you and doing that so thank you for your excellent work and leadership again. >> thank you. >> director colfax. >> thank you president bernal and commissioners. i just want to take a moment toic acknowledge the leadership of mr. pickens and his incredible team and the fact that in running laguna honda the day to day operations really integrating the quality improvement work i know the secretary saw and witness and mr. pickens took a active role demonstrating improvements, the teams on the units in the neighborhoods were very actively engaged with the secretary and mayor in terms of sharing not only their

perspective and also their commitment to the residents at laguna honda succeed in recertification. in terms of the quality improvement, the reflection going from 124 to 23 findings, there are 6,000 quality improvement observations happening a week at laguna honda, 6 ,000. if you go to any neighborhoods in laguna honda now you see a quality improvement board, which has all the key milestones laguna honda must meet to meet recertification and how the unit is performing on key indicators. just to emphasize the fact that the work of laguna honda is a big ship to turn but it is turning and are i think going back to the data, we have quantitative proof that things are going in the right direction, so just want to thank again

mr. pickens and his team for the incredible work and of course everyone at laguna honda, every staff person deeply committed to insuring we succeed in recertification. thank you. >> thank you director colfax. thank you director pickens. okay, our next item is the joint conference committee and other committee reports. we have commissioner guillermo the chair of laguna honda hospital joint conference committee. >> thank you president bernal. happy to report that at our jcc meeting of march 14, it was the first time that we had gathered in person since the start of the pandemic so it was actually quite-it was nice to be able to see all of the folks that have been working as hard

as they have over the last so many many many months. and to really have that dialogue in person and to actually see things in action. there was a fire drill while we were meeting and so to be present for that action i think was sort of a good thing for members of the committee to be witness to. at the meeting, the committee discussed a presentation very similar to what mr. pickens shared today, and at the time the surveyors were still on site, so there was less information about how long they would stay and what they would find and as mr. pickens reported, very fortunate and indicative of the hard work that has been put into play that the survey lasted only a week, with only

the 23 preliminary deficiencies that have been mentioned. the jcc reviewed the policies included on the consent calendar today, and recommended that the full health commission approve them and we'll get to that next. but due to the cms survey activities, the jcc meeting was shortened and the regulatory affairs and hiring and vacancy reports were included on the agenda, but not presented by staff as they were with the surveyors throughout the meeting. both items were available for the public to make comments however. and then in closed session the committee approved the credential report and pips minute report and again like to reiterate or associate myself with the comments of president bernal and really commend the effort, the continued effort that endless effort put into the work at getting

laguna honda recertified as well as to really prevent the regard of the closure plan and any other threats to the continuation of laguna honda, the livelihood of all those that work there. thank you. >> commissioner guillermo, any public comment on this item? >> yes, i see one hand. moderator, please unmute the caller. caller, please begin. >> thank you, it is patrick shaw again or call me ww. from commissioner guillermo's summary now of last week's jcc meeting, the closed session update last week on

both laguna honda recertification and the closure plan, which were additional topics in closed session beyond the pips report. mr. pickens announced before last week's closed session that laguna honda's 90 day monitoring survey had just begun, and so it is now good hearing that it only lasted a week and only 23 citations. i had really hoped that there would be no citations. members of the public and laguna honda residents should not have to wait for a probable month or more for the (indiscernible) to write an additional

root cause analysis report and another action plan to detail the results and findings of the 90 day survey we just completed. i support dr. palmer's remark that that survey result should be released expeditiously, and i'm aware of federal regulations and guidance to state agencies that require immediate relief of the findings and the action plan, so i will be requesting those in public records to try to speed up receipt of

the (indiscernible) root cause analysis and action plan. you guys have a ethical duty to san franciscans to disclose the closed session discussions around the status of the revised closure plan, because i still find it inconceivable that cms and (indiscernible) have been sitting on releasing and approving the revised plan that you finally submitted 6 weeks ago on february 2. >> your time is up. thank you. >> thank you caller. any other public comment? >> that was the only caller. >> commissioner, if no comment on this item we can move into the next associated item, which is the consent calendar. we go back to commissioner guillermo. >> thank you president

bernal. as stated in my summation of the march 14 laguna honda jcc meeting we did review and recommend to the full commission the adoption of the policies as listed here on the agenda and in the packet. >> thank you, commissioner guillermo. realize this represents a great deal of work on the part of the jcc and laguna honda staff so thank you for that. do we have a motion to approve? secretary morewitz. can we do a motion first? >> yes, of course. >> motion to approve. >> so moved. >> second. >> do we have any public comment? >> yes, sir, one hand. moderator please unmute. >> gone, it is patrick

shaw. i'll try to be brief regarding approval of the policies listed on the consent calendar. it sill remains shocking the health commission hasn't reviewed an updated laguna honda nursing restorative care policy (indiscernible) to respond to root cause number 8, lack of (indiscernible) nursing program in the resident rights and free from harm section of the first root cause analysis report dated, december 1. even earlier, as far as back as laguna honda's first survey that began june 28, it had identified problems with the restorative nursing program and recommended that

nursing take corrective action to reopen the restorative gym for residents. 9 months later, that entire program remained problematic. laguna honda subsequent action plan claimed "gap analysis" on restorative program would be completed by january 25 and a "scope of service" defining parameters and updating restorative policy would be completed by february 8. today is march 21. were those two documents completed? and if so, shouldn't the restorative policy also then completed and be on this list