warriors and concerts and efforts and university of california san francisco that area is buzzing. withhold have thought that pier 70 empty and vaccand. and no one not there closed off to the beautiful waterfront shipps were built and repaird and now it is open to the public and satellite company is developing and building. who would have thought? the freeway that blocked the beautiful views and a cloud on the ferry building area. withhold have thought that after the 89 quake when everyone thought the city was destroyed things were over the waterfront is the most sought after death of the nations of san franciscans and people who visit who would have thought. san francisco, san franciscans

we would have thought. we know what we are capable of. we know what we can do. we than when we come together anything is possible. so let's transform san francisco and let's make magic happen! [applause] thank you. [applause]

>> good morning, everyone and welcome to fire station 49 art work unveiling it is appropriate this is the national ems week celebration as well. welcome everyone mayor breed, thank you for being here and for your support of the fire department and ems. welcome to supervisor walton, our director of cultural affairs remmington and public works director here carla short. and to our fire commissioners greetings president nakajo and vice president morgan. colin and fraser thank you for being here and the art commissioners president collins and others, welcome, i don't know all your names i apologize.

but welcome. and thank you for your partnership on this. >> to our my command staff that is standing behind me i like to point out our ems command staff. chief tong who is the assistance the deputy chief of ems and paramedicine. chief tang and gordon and choker. also thank you to the sfac public art's staff. mary chew, marcus davie. lee. [applause] thank you to public works. kathleen o'day in the house. thank you, sister, you did a great job on this station from beginning to end for us. and we appreciate you, we need to clone you, thank you.

and would like to welcome our fantastic artists here. michael bartloss have ralph come up per further opening remarks. come on down, brother. [applause], thank you, chief. good morning i'm ralph remmington welcome you to fire station 49. we celebrate initial ehs week and new art work. i like to take a moment and thank the fire department for hosting us today at station 49 opened 2 years ago and for their close partnership and collaboration the past few years we work on this incredible public art project. we are honored have mayor breed. supervisor walton. chief nicholson and michael here with us today who you will hear from in a few moments.

i see and would like to welcome several art and fire commissioners this are here with us today. as well as inter~im director carla short. welcome. [applause]. the over all ambulance deploy am fire station 49 project managed by public works. construction began in 2018 and complete in the 2021. the san francisco art's commission public art program staff managed the artist selection and installation process. art work titled, serving the city, honors and highlights the work of first responders who do so much for the city and the people of the city of san francisco. and what better time than during national ems week to unveil a magnificent and meaningful installation. funding made possible through

the art enrichment ordinance allocates 2% of construction costs from capital improve am projects for the commission on new public art. art work has the vehicle and period of timent row and exitigateos jeerld and mc kennon and over lapping stainless and painted steel cut outs insignia and badges associated with emergency medical response. and supplemented illustrating yes or no upon fire department operation and san francisco's neighborhoods and landmarks. and now, to get this celebration under way. it is my pleasure to welcome the mayor london breed. [applause]. thank you, receive and i think the celebration has already started. thank you so much.

we are grateful to be here. and you know what is interesting about today, people wonder, why do we have you know the ems team and everyone coming here together to celebrate this incredible art work? well, in light of everything that continues to happen in our city, it is so important this we take a moment to celebrate and appreciate what we are accomplished. it is not just about the beautiful art work it is about the process that we under went to get to a place that even build station 49 in the first place. it started when i was on the board of supervisors and in fact, may be even as far as when i was on the fire commission. when we saw the previous conditions of what people and station 49 were working under. they were out on the streets saving lives. the first responders in many case and did not have an appropriate facility.

then come the union and at the time a deputy chief o o'connor was it is president of that union harassing me every day about making sure that station 49 was in the next public safety bond. that fire house and other things we are taking care of. but not station 49. then, 2016 kicks in the board of supervisors made sure that it was person part of what we needed to do. the fire department worked to get the voters to approve it and than i did. and we got to work with the d. public works and the fire department leading the way on this extraordinary project. we broke ground 2 years ago. got to this place an amazing facility. fact is this is more than about a facility this is public service. and the people who represent the ems division of the department. we know the fire department is

loved throughout the city because they save lives. we also know what there are so fifteen many levels of medical calls and challenge this is we deal with in this city unlike ever before in light of what is happening around the opioid crisis that has been really challenging our city like nothing else. the people who are on the 41 lines helping us to dweel it. helping us to save lives are a lot of folk who is come out of station 49. the w they do to package everything. and get everything red with partner and to also without a lot of protection the dangerous conscience putting themselves on the line. the least we can do is make sure they have a facility of this nature with beautiful art work that really represents the importance of their work. because i don't know how you were able, michael to carve an iv bag in a metal situation but

you made it look good. thank you for your creativity come able to really capture the essence of san francisco and more important low the essence of that the public servants with the fire department and station 49 when they do to serve and protect the people san francisco every single day. today is an occasion for acknowledging them. yes it is ems week where we honor and recognize the courageous work our ems support does every day. i know there was a great event of yesterday at the san francisco public library. and calling out those various stories and recognizing you and today is another part of recognizing your work and also celebrating what makes san

francisco so special and that is art. art brings people together. whether you love it or you don't. it is still sparks conversation am wlchl visual or performing art, people talk about what happens in san francisco because. we are dedicated to making significant can investments in highlighting our city in so many ways whether it is with the gate or murals or other things, per of our commitment to art has toefrg do how we invest the resources to get it done y. we see beautiful -- beautiful gate and things like this because of our commitment and desire to continue to make investments in artists who represent the best of san francisco. and michael is the person who does this. we are excited be here to celebrate this mile stoneful i want to thank the commissioners i think we have a quorum of art's commissioners here.

this is the most exciting and enthusiastic bunch people i ever worked watch you will they do is fun stuff all day. they get to have fun and approve art and give out art avenue money. get thanks all day for the great w they dom thank you, ralph and to the president colins and others all of you for all the amazing work do you for san francisco to make art an important part and we have a collection of our quorum of our fire commissioners here today as well. they wanted to make sure that they were getting a part of the action. and of course we are here in supervisor walton's district, really to highlight that this facility the most upon important life saving facility in san francisco with the most beautiful gates in san francisco. is right here at station 49. thank you, everyone for joining us today.

[applause]. >> give another round for mayor london breed! [applause]. thank you. mayor breed and now it is my pleasure to welcome supervisor of district 11 supervisor walton! >> thank you. we are in district 10. welcome to the amazing district 10ful >> that is all right. >> that's all right. >> [laughter]. hey. the sun is not here today but what we have to offer is upon one this beautiful facility station 49. we love our fire department in d10 in case you didn't know. we have station 49 and the training facility on the way, my staff and i had an opportunity

to participate inoms to get a look at the work our fire department does. i want to thank our firefighters for their amazing work and everything that they do and i think they deserve a hand. it is grit to come together and celebrate the amazing not only amazing work of the fire department but bringing art back to an area and back to a space where it is needed. ure look at the culture of the district and look at the culture of the fire departmentful combike art, saving lives. bringing everyone together is manage we mead to celebrate and make sure they are aware of in our city. i want to thank the artists for the amazing work i finally looked at the gates and i will tell you when we are gets the one thing we want to do is make sure they are welcoming. right? and they are welcoming gates.

they have beautiful art like the mayor said. being able to come up with those designs and the making that happen and out. i don't know the material but -- that is manage that is beautiful. and something we ped to cell brachlt i want to say i appreciate having the opportunity to have a station 49. i want to say happy national ems week. it important we celebrate all of our emergency medical service workers. at the end of the day they dot most important things you do in providing service this is save living i want to honor them and thank you for coming out to celebrate the beautiful art. everyone has been thanked and acknowledged. i appreciate all of you, welcome to the beautiful district 10, we want to do everything we can to

support the work of our departments naneed us. and the folks who save live and thes folk who is make our city beautiful with art. thank you, so much. [applause]. i forgot but now i have the opportunity and pleasure of introducing the chief of the fire department, chief nicholson. >> all right. thank you, i will be brief. but again thank you mayor broed for your support and this irrelevant turned toubt a beautiful facility and the gates are incredible. and this was a much need infrastructure project do you to the increase in ems call volume and the work that our folks do on the street and i irrelevant want to give a shout out to off the emt's and paramedics that

work on the ambulances and street crisis units. that are out there daily. and you know they do it because they love to help sxeem it is challenging. and so i want to thank them again. and so i love this program in terms of how we beautify our public buildings. when i start in administration 5 years ago with chief white i was on the committee that got to chose this lead here. and i appreciated, we had someone from the neighborhood on it. i appreciate that. we don't want to go in a neighborhood and say this is when we are doing. so i appreciate the process and it speaks to the values that our city holds.

and i'm proud of that. and i'm no artist. let me tell you now. and i also want it thank you, michael for doing great research. to make this what it is and if those of you who have not stleen is a panel on the side here. behind me that is a key to what everything means. and i learned a thing or 2, too. i appreciate that. any you have mad skills i don't know how do you it i can barely draw a stick figure this is a wonderful way to honor people that work here. and it it is a way to engage the community with this station. thank you, again mayor breed and whoefrn had a hand in making this possible. and yes. go artists! that's what i say for you michael! [applause] and having said that,

you know there is a list of wonderful accolades michael has but i will say briefly he is a visual artist and works in print, video and skullor and fabulous gates as well. and he has worked with a multitude of xerox park the san francisco center for book. maryland college of art. national science foundation >> artists and writer's program and works exhibited internationally and found in numerous artist book collections including the gety research institute and the walk are art center. attended school of art institute of chicago. prat institute and stanford university for msa. lives and works in san francisco. love that. where he serves codrerth of art made here and the first

affiliate artist of the california academy of science. his work is online. and i would like to now introduce the artist michael. can i'm not as talented as the speakers i will refer to my notes if you don't mind. i have prepared remarks for you all. first of all i like to say headquarter for your introduction chief nicholson it was an honor to work on the project as a residents i cherish

opportunity it enhance our communities through art. steining for an important facility like station 49 is gratifying. after all, where would we be without the amadzing emt's and staff that drive through the gates around the clock serving the city? my hat is off to them i titled, serving the city. from the outside of the project, i aimed to accomplish three things with the art work. one, to communicate the sf fire department's mission which is to protect the lives and property of the people of san francisco. i did this by referencing badges that express strength, courage and commitment. they describe our personnel giving spirit and seed sense of provide in work. team and history. and another objective was to celebrate our city's greater fabric and character. our neighborhoods and land marks. buildings and bridges. florala and fawna.

this imagery is throughout the fence to describe unique features past and present. lastly i want to engage viewers to welcome them with bold, exciting designs. designs that delight eye whether for the first timer 100th this is important ambulance drivers and staff pass through often on long and challenging shifts. if the art's playfulness can bring a baptist you to the start and end of their workday i will feel i have succeeded. of course of course the fence could not have been, chiefed without the help of so many. i like to thank the key mrashs. let's start with fire chief nicholson. she championed this project. [applause]. yes. she champion third degree project from its inception with

her energy and wicked sense of humor. when she calls you brother or sister she means that means the world to me. thank you for having mow as a brother here, chief. >> thank you also section chief gordon your involve am in every facet of the installation was key to its success from accommodating equipment and crew reviewing progress, pouring overnight signage details your hospitality at station 49 saw this project through. [applause]. >> gratitude to deputy chief tong assistant and many other fire department personnel involved. >> over at the art's commission i like to thank 3 project

managers trisha goldburg. gent crane and marcus daveys saw the fence to completion. my navigators on the journey your guidance was invaluable. [applause]. much appreciation to civic art collection and director mary chu. public information officer edward tong and public art project manager alita lee who was studental in producing the signage outside the building entrance. as chief nicholson mentioned the signage describes the elements, check it out. at the d. public w i like to thank kathleen oshg day and tongue and the rest of the tome for input and expertise. [applause]. and last but not least,

tremendous kudos to jw niccol at rocket science transformed my digital drawings to reality. coordinated the art work fabrication 3 d production files and installed the art work with incredible team. and believe me the steel panels are really heavy! [laughter] [applause]. >> jw you are an awe some work partner and problem solve and thank you for going above to see the project through as i saw it down to the smallest details. thank you, everyone for your support, have a great ems week and enjoy. [applause] >> thank you. >> congratulations, michael. this is wonderful. beautiful. before we wrap up today and

continue to celebration of ems week in district 10. [laughter]. i like to take a moment and thank our public art program staff mary chew, marcus dave competence, lita lee and other who is worked to complete this project. thank you to the artist, our first spond and thank you to you all. i now like to invite to you garth in all the speakers department heads and staff for a group photo in front of the art work. thank you for attending. [applause].

welcome to the small business commission meeting on may 22nd 2023. the meeting is being called to order at 4 30. pm this meeting is being held in person in city hall room. 400 broadcast live on tv and available to view online or listen to by calling for 156550. the small business commission thanks media services and sf gov t v for televising the meeting, which can be viewed on sfp t v two r livestreamed at hgtv dot org. we welcome the public's participation during public comment periods. there will be an opportunity for general public comment at the end of the meeting, and there will be an opportunity to comment on each discussion or action item on the agenda. for each item. the commission will take public comment first from people attending the meeting in person, then from people attending the meeting remotely.