>> thank you, to the finance and committee and as well as lag no honda for your hard work on these items. our next is to have a motion to approve the consent calendar. >> so moved. >> second. >> all right, we'll move to public comment, sure. policies were posted on saler morning with time for the public to see as well. so i see one--and do caller three? >> yes. >> hi. >> it's patrick can you hear me? >> yes, please begin. >> this is a sunshine violation that you're taking what is separate two separate items that should have been separate items and denying the client an

opportunity to both actual contracts and the policies, shame on you for violating the sunshine ordinance. it's impeding, the contracts to date for all consulting for lag no honda appear, 40 millions. because the, the commissioners and departments requesting 40 millions in emergency repairs to laguna honda that will occur long after, recertifications obtained, this is another 50

million dollars expense in costs extensively to obtain recertification. but if recertification also occured and emergency repairs have been put for maintenance, why is it 50 million necessary? i recommend that you reject approving that hsa contract, it's just certification being presented to the board of supervisors, does not indicate a, it does not indicate that it transition work, instead the certification included on the contracts report the consideration to datetially says will continue doing the same kind of work and not

transitions work following obtaining recertification. people are not being honest with the public about how this 50 million dollars inexpensive including the 10 million dollars for afg, ashg contract is even really necessary to obtain recertification. the previous contracts with shhe says that they would be, preparing laguna honda hospital staff for hand off and that's been a--. >> all right, jamie please unmute caller 3. >> caller: hi, this is [audio

breaking up] >> are you there? >> caller: yeah, can you hear me now? >> yes, start now. >> caller: okay, okay, you can hear me? >> yes. >> caller: okay, i don't see how you can vote the 2001 revised section on additional priorities if it has not been proper low discussed. and the subsection is confusing in that it says that people who need a nursing home and are in a medical facilities but are receiving nursing home care have priority, don't they just need nursing care? why do they have to be receiving nursing home? it's very confusing. and i still, it is good that

you're putting us first priority, is admitting residents who are not in a nursing home who need their care, but how they going to get nursing home care, it's very confusing. and then, health network facilities, patients where ever they are have more priority than people who have been neglected from laguna honda who are suffering out of county. it does not make sense to me, this is still weeks of the flow project and running into people from laguna honda to keep this open in terms of code general and not laguna honda being the facility for elderly and disabled to be. and i urge you to look at the priority again to make sure that the people in the highest

need are first in the priority and that is stated clearly, people in the most danger. and people who need to be in laguna honda, people who are not. it should be individualized, elderly and disabled who are at-risk, should not priority no matter what facilities they're in. and especially if they've been dumped out of county. thank you. >> all right, those are the two comments for this item. and just for clarification those who are not laguna jcc, i do interrupt, they did asked for a review in six months to check how it's being implemented. >> all right, we have a motion and a second on the table, commissioners any questions or comments?

all right, seeing none, we'll go to a vote, all those in favor? >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> any opposed. all right, the consent calendar is adopted. our next item is dph security services staffing plan update. we have our director of security bevle price to present. welcome mr. price. >> good evening, commissioners, bevle price security for dph. i want to give a brief background before we go into the actual power point. so dph has a security plan that we review on annual bases to look at opportunities for improvement.

so we had a appropriate staff to appropriately staff our goals by reducing law enforcement as to well as to align with cnses guidelines with regard to the use of law enforcement interventions when it came down to a patient and individuals in the hospital. that plan included the using of psychiatric technicians as well as psychiatric nurse to see perform or function in the behavior response team or burt. it also included using non uniform sheriffs cadet to operate as ambassadors both of these as well as laguna honda hospital. you can go to the next slide.

one driven bit fact that the delay in the rfp process, the community ambassadors as well as the challenges with the sheriff's stof with regarding to staffing. so the timeline which was originally set for march 2022, was actually pushed out to october 2023. so this presentation is provided an update. you can go to the next slide, please. so the original proposal was to reduce the number of sheriff's deputy by 11.4 and add 29.4 burt psychiatric nurse sxz

technician sxz also to improve program within phases withining in march through may the 22nd. the update is since july the 22th, the sheriff's office was unable to staff at 11.04, so there was not a need to do the reduction because they didn't have the staffing for the physicians anyway. so we officially remove the informations from the work order. the inability for the sheriff's office to staff the positions is primarily driven by this challenges and hiring is not just with the sheriff's office but with the challenges recruiting slault what is driven this all across the city with regards to law enforcement and had it not be been for those challenges, i believe

that the sheriff's office would have been able to staff those positions. next slide. as i mentioned burt was to be implemented in phases, psychiatric staff to provide support in the emergency department as well as the hospital campus. the update is that the bert program is in challenges, the whole objective behind the bert program is to add dedicated 2013 to the emergency department which has been done. in addition to they were to provide support throughout the hospital. so if we were to be able to fill those additional 11.4, we're doing a lot but we would

be able to do more. things as such provide additional support to outline clinics as well as roit now where bert is focused on the emergency waiting room and then the what is is it called, pot a which is where our psychiatric visions are. the original plan was to bert teams to be assigned to each of the treatment pods. so that is still a goal that we're trying to reach. on a monthly basis we received a update from the bert manager. and what i understand, if you 29.4ftds the height reached 19.9ftes. at that point, they began to lose who resigned despite the fact that they were commuting from sacrament to to san

francisco. so that despite the challenges with hr, which the bert manages that more than 7 months would go by before they received an application. in addition to that, there is no side tech schoolsed in the bay area. it was originally one and conquer which is now closed. so that coupled with the other issues and in addition to that also, hospitals are not adopting this motto of psychiatric nurses in bert support. so not only are we trying to get staffing but also competing with other hospitals who are also recruiting in their areas for this particular type of motto. >> the plan also includes that

sheriff deputy will continue to be onsite so it would be overlapping that continues to be the case in the emergency department. however as i mentioned, the fact that they were not able to fill those 11.4 positions, they were not able to accomplish that operating about 30% vacancy rate. let's go to the next slide. the plan proposed that the cadets would go to a non traditional aoun ferm which was accomplished and we would reduce two of the 42 cadets so that those cadets will be assigned and information hospital desk would be provided by health workers. this is the situation where the sheriff's office was not able to do any affective recaougt

for the cadets as well as get buy in with the sheriffs with regard to shrining them as hospital 'em baz doers. --ambassadors. as a result of that, we began to work with ocda, through their contract with security staff to actually provide 46.5ftes to begin functioning training and healthcare security functioning as healthcare ambassadors as well as administrative policies where were revised to clearly define the security officers role authority and jurisdiction functioning at general hospital as well as laguna honda. we look at the 40ftes for

sheriff cadets it comes out to 2.5 million compared to the 46.5 private security, sorry private security is 2.5 and sheriff cadet is 5.7. so the security has been in place accord to go this plan since 2022. let's go to the next slide, the number of changes that have occured since at laguna honda. originally the plan was to reduce the 4.2 deputy and add 8.29 uniform cadets. we did, reduce the deputies, however here again was a situation that we could not get

by and in addition to their staffing in regards to at that time, one of the needs was the cadet to karp in clinical searches which chairs policies, a lot has changed since then. and then we're going to add three psych nurses or burt at laguna honda as well. we went from not hiring the cadets to using that to fund 16 health work inventories perform that role. under the management of hospital nurse anding that's where the plan stands at this particular point. however, there was still a need for security services based on the plan for laguna honda was that we needed to staff 24-7 to

determine any kind of contraband. so once again, we reached out to oca who provided the 34.6 honda contract. so one of the contract was whether this was dph, it's neither it's a contract with o.c. a. contract out with the community base organizations to provide client safety services, the rfp was finalized in january of 2022, approved by the civil service commission and the

contract was awarded in 2002-2023 with the plan of implementation of 2023. regarding the ceo hire it will be consistent with the same security training that the private security that we had planned out in addition to that, there will also go through non violent crisis and be certified in that course upon their first day. and they also have to go through the dph training regarding trauma and deescalation as well. next slide. so under the current state, one of the increase use of force against patients. so we see on the left, it's

been over a four-year period. we still have disparity that black african americans are still the highest subject of force use. in addition, sheriff's deputy are primary role of use of force has been assisting nurses with retraining patients. majority of black african americans occur in the emergency department at 36%.

they have been caught for 4,000 more service called activation than the sheriff's office. that's that is our staff was utilizing this resource, and they have been trained as to when to use bert as oppose today useling sheriff's office. so we started to see the increase as as far as they're work withing patients as well as how they're dealing with the issues of escalating behavior. in february 2023, when the sheriffs when burt starting staffing 20-7 in the emergency department, over 3000, about

3000 proactive activation, 83% were with law enforcement. when you look at the chart on the right, the activations black african americans were the highest to receive support from burt. so it shows you the outcome of call-in to the opposed calling a health professional that is trying to determine whether an individual is in distress. so we see that based on these numbers here.

next slide. reaching the fte staff and gos for the security plan. based on everything that i've shared with you currently, our staffing levels have reached that plan, didn't go how we arrangely planned but when you combine the office and private security we are at the plan operating, since 2002 and at this point, it's proven to be successful as you go in each one of the doors of the

hospital, you have been providing greeter services as well as other value added service with clinical staff to address patient safety which is something different in law enforcement. so i'll stop right there and i'll turn it back over to you, mark. >> before we go to commissioner any public comment? >> sure, i see one hand, we're on item 7, if would you like to make public comment, please press star-3. jamie, please unmute that one caller. >> caller: it's patrick, can you hear me? >> yes, please begin. >> caller: apparently the behavioral emergency response staffing at laguna honda that was identified as being necessary on january 22, included adding pilot security

of 34.6ftds for security officers in march of 2022, before the decertification in april and development of an action plan mild stones subsequently began. the prices were report didn't include the costs for the 14ft ehealth workers nor is there a break out of what job applications codes are involved for the 14 health worker positions or job classification codes for the 3 psychiatric nurses conventions. but it's likely that those

additional 7dph employees will probably run another two million on top of the 1.6 million for the outsource, contract for security officers. that totals a total of 51.6 response team members. it's kind of alarming that there is a lot of contraband coming into laguna honda that you would need to try to deal with it. if there is something else with laguna honda and applications

for being admitted, it's unique 52ftes to get a calendar on this problem. thank you. >> that is the only public comment. >> commissioners, comments or questions? commissioner gerardo. >> i appreciate that, great presentation. i guess one of my concerns. >> please turn on your microphone. >> new system. thank you. i hope you heard me. if the challenges you have in hiring, are they salary? hr? commute? just the behavioral health field? i'm assuming it's all of the above, but i just wanted to check with you and is there a

further out reach or recruitment plan? especially for the burt staff? >> thank you, commissioner. most definitely is all of the above. however from my update with the burt director, the plan is to start focusing on hiring lvns and what they're going to do is vet through them the psychiatry department and from there, gave them extensive training and start utilizing them since those resource right side more available but still we still have the barriers that we have with the on boarding process. >> thank you, i appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >> thank you for the presentation, i just wanted to commend you and everyone in the general first of all for developing the concept of the burt team. secondly for thinking through protocols as well as training.

and i remember you had great confidence that this would be a terrific, affective program and it's just so heartening to hear this information to hear it's been successful, beyond what we had hoped. congratulations to everyone, i think it's remarkable what you've been able to do in termds of force and just the way that you've been able to approach some of the more conflicting actions with such thought and dignity. i was wondering, as you see this success evolve, at what point would you change ratios? and we talked about staffing but as we get more data because it's a 24-hour day service, when and how do you think these ratios compared to our team might shift and what will that imply about recruitment? >> thank you, commissioner.

as we originally planned we do not foresee a situation where there will be absolutely no sheriff deputies, just based on the level of violence that occurs. those positions will continue to remain and the same will be the case. but what would like to see is that anything that does not reach to the level of a crime in progress, there is no need to get law enforcement into a patient care situation. that's what our expectation is with burt. >> i know budge receipts made quite in advance, but is there enough that you'll have enough data that you will shift away from other regulatory? >> i sure hope so. >> thank you. >> sure.

>> commissioner christian son. >> thank you, i join in congratulating you in the use the burt system, and its success. i'm wondering if you have any thoughts about the disproportionate number of times that i would imagine that there is a need for assistance for black african-american people who visit the emergency department or the hospital itself versus why wide latinos and latinas and asians. african-americans are small percentage in the city yet the

percentages are so high of black african americans who are in the situation where the staff needs assistance from burt. do you have any thoughts that can help us understand that disparity? >> sure. thank you, commissioner. dph does a lot of training on bias. and i don't think they would do that training if it was not a issue, who gets called burt or law enforcement? so you have that issue and then you have the issue of just, hospital set setting and the history with hospitals concerning black african-american. there is a lack of trust, so as a result there is a reaction,

that again, somebody who sees that at the early stage can provide that support as opposed to getting law enforcement person because, it exacerbates the situation. >> thank you for the presentation. >> thank you. >> thank you for the excellent presentation, you're showing progress and answered the questions that our commissioners have on equity and thank you for security that you provide for dph and the staff and people you serve and for being responsive to the needs as well. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> motion. >> thank you.

>> all right, next we have item 8 for discussion the 2016 public healthy and safety bond update. >> it will pickup it's to no need to bend over. >> start over, good evening commissioners and staff, joining me my name is mark freemo oversight advisor for the department. joining me is terry director of facilities from zuckerberg general and then chief project manager joe chen from public works. this is just our typical flow of information. go to the next slide, this is something that i added, to show commission some of the

activities that we're embarking on and implementing to close the gap from the 2016 bond funds that are available primarily due to a lot of issues to covid and supply chain. so the first is the state grant that addresses, behavioral health services to adolescents, under the age of 25. and also focuses on transitional use between the ages of 18 and 25 where this work will take place in the existing hospital building 5 out of the portion of 7th floor. we list it because there will be infrastructure improvements for this program that could leverage and benefit the program therefore by reducing the amount of money that we would have to spend, so we're looking at all sorts of ways

and buckets to bridge a gap that jerry will talk to right after i get done. we received our perm pits for increasing our psych emergency services which will allow us the greater capacity to treat patients coming in p the space will increase, so the capacity for that unit which is sorely needed in the city. will be inhansed. we received 11.4 million from the 2020 bond to help support pes. so that project is one of our high priorities. when you sell bonds overtime, the treasurer will project the that money. our projection like a year ago, was half of this. so we're happy that now we can

go after 10.3 million and apply to the program. we had an m.o. u approved this fiscal year's budget for over 50 million which will help us in the 2026 program to advance design and early demo as well as urology. so it's also another saying that will help supplement the funds that we have a deficit for. also currently developing a future bond in april 2023, december. which will have other things involving china town and building three seismic renovation and critical infrastructure. so some will go to zuckerberg general and some to laguna

honda. this also provides potential opportunity to bridge smft budget gaps in our earlier program. the other thing that the team is doing, is really looking closely at some bids that we received from the contractor. there'ses a lot of risk that contractors put on. smft risk is not realistic, some of the risk is totally realistic. so the team went and they looked at this particular infrastructure which is a lot of electrical and low voltage and they were able to reduce ten million dollars from that budget. so it's type of activities that we're trying to do that terry will talk after me about, bridging that gap. next slide.

so the next two slides, basically with we've had three slides. you can see the numbers to the far right, we're approaching almost total spending on all the funds that we received in 2016. i call your attention to the second column that says other fund sources. so this is where additional money is coming in, the 11.4 is what we talked about for the tes, next slide is we talked about the community health centers. okay, same thing here. we went after, environmental health grants, energy grants, so all of those reflect in that second column in addition to the general obligation centers.

i'm going to turn it over to terry. >> thank you, mark. congratulations on your new sound system. this slide is a scary slide. it's a draft project budget, it's going to remain a draft throughout the life of this effort, because it's always changing. up in the left hand corner you see the grid that is pointing out the obvious that we're one of the most expensive cities to do construction in. moving to the i would like to draw your attention to the deficit, the numbers in red.

once you've total up the projects we're looking at 11 million deficits. and we're explain to go bring that down. the next time that we're in front of you, you're going to see a dramatic change because we're taking a lot of those items after they come to fruition to abate these costs. so to take the scariness out, while we have 11 million dollars deficit, the current times that we have at hand, dropped that down to abate about 83 million dollars. and if you, if you look at the family health center clinic in the building specialty clinic, the numbers are equivalent to the deficit that we have and those are contracts that we have not gone out to bid for and we will not go out to bid for. so they are, until we have

abated or found alternative funds to support them. so that takes for me it takes the scariness out of that number, because we have a way to immediately address it but we're still working on all the methods to bring project costs down and looking for alternative funds so we can complete package on this bond. and how we're doing that? , if you go to the next slide, we're doing it by reducing the perceived risk. mark put it at reducing risk with the contractors but also not only in the misunderstandings of the bit documents but also to listen to the contractors and hearing their concerns and seeing what we can do to reduce the risks. run of the risks that we had was a security path for the

riser in the building so we were able to consolidate that with another project and remove that risk completely. out reach, drawing in more competitors when we go out to bid, early demolition, removing all the problem that's you find on the site early before you actually go to construction. descope, reducing the scope of the project. and exploiting the alternative funding sources. as far as forecasting there is a forecast of the business environment meeting the inflation rates within in 2024. last you've seen that throughout the city, we're seeing a lot of improvement throughout the city. accept for dph, except for at zuckerberg.

we're still experiencing pandemic hospital and not the choice place to bid on a project. so we're still experiencing that. so we're going to work on the contract to reduce any fears to somehow, to bring our bids to a more realistic site and delivery. with that, that's my presentation on the budget where we're at. and if you take it from here and talk about project updates. >> thank you, terry. good evening, commissioners. public works program manager for the 2016 safety bond program. next two slides i'll be providing project updates on the component project. since the last presentation, many are gaining momentum and happy to report that we're well into the core of the build back

activities, ten ended and reenforcement steel for the completion of the radar, and ex ray scanning of the existing slab, they were able to restain which allow the wall frame activities to move ahead. the overall project is at 30%. main include wall and metal stuff framing with mechanical and in wall plumbing. also on going work on the floor which is includes new plumbing piping and in the over ceiling space that will support on the third floor. targeting to end by 2024. overall project completion is at 27% demolition of the main

space is completed with approval of invex work plan, has completed and started the slab demolition and trenching. has also started in various areas throughout the space. project is target to go complete by the end of 2024. next slide please. on the project, overall 30% as you may recall, the seismic project includes the scope such as call in enlargest, removal of sun shades and metal plate installation as well as seismic joint between wing 5. we have completed 204, we have

27 locations that are currently in progress with various types of work on the first floor, fourth floor and roof level. project is target to go complete by early 2025. on a clinical laboratory, overall project completion is currently at 40 percent. the medical record to be completed by this month with work on going. the new automated track equipment is scheduled to be delivered by first quarter 2024 with the target of completion. the psychiatric emergency services early demolition project which a stand alone is 98 percent completed. also received approval for the renovation approval. project targeting to target bidding with construction starting in early 2024. in order to traem line this

presentation, we have eliminated the project for the community health center component projects from this slide deck. the community house project are part of the phs program include health center, and south gate center. that concludes my portion of the update and let me turnover to mr. primo to provide updates on the projects. >> thanks, this is just a time line of the new research and academic building of the pride hall. really, 100% completing construction, it looks like they're going to have their total move in by november sometime, so this is gives you a time line. if you have not gone through it, it's an amazing building exterior as well as interior. so i'll open it up to questions now to the commission.

>> before we go to questions, any public comment? folks we're on item 8, if you would like to make comment, press star-3. i city no hands. >> okay, commissioners. commissioner ger ardo. >> thank you, about the mental health in patient outpatient services and its, and the construction, is it part of the infrastructure grantor what the update is on the project? >> i believe it is but i have jason such, service manager. i know he has a migraine but i asked him to listen in, jason,

are you there? or would you, mark? we can get back to you on that. >> the answer is yes. yes. >> the answer is yes, it's under the? >> 7 a a and the adolescent, part of that grant. >> okay, what is the status of, the construction or? >> oh nowhere near that. >> we're just trying to establish the grant at this point. >> so once the grant, then it will be applied or some of it will be used for the adolescent? >> yes, it has a completion date of june 2027. >> that's not soon enough but that's okay. thank you. >> any other questions or comments, commissioners? mr. primo and your team, thank you for the update. >> thank you.

okay. our next item is item 9 for discussion it's fy2023-24 and fy2024-25 patient rates ordinance. welcome executive director. >> greg are you standing in >> >> i'm texting them, they're probably walking up the stairs right now. >> oh okay. >> give me one, sorry for the delay.

just talk regularly. no bar. >> good evening, commissioners through the chair jenny louie financial officer. matt is our director of reimbursement will be going through the actual details of our raise but just introduce to just know that these rates are used. this is an item that has been approved by the board of supervisors and we were late to getting this to the commission for its approval and i do

regret the delay. so that i will turn it over to matt and walk through the presentation. >> good evening, i'm here to present on the patient rate for fiscal year. we can go to the next slide. the patient rates were approved by the board of supervisors affective on july 25th, this annual rate increase, its officially to reinsure that reimbursement from medical and medicare continues to support the services. generally speaking, specifically speaking in the areas of invasion emergency and trauma related services, this extends the rate authorization through fiscal year 23-24 and

fiscal this-at that and new for this year, as i believe that we all know, with tally initiative, health services has gone through payment reform and this ordinance reflects the updated rate structure that has been implemented by the department of healthcare services. so in addition to those high level changes, in terms of uniformity. an additional year, all other physical services are increasing by 5.6 percent in 23-24 and 2.9 percent in fiscal year 24-25 and these rate increase right side consistent with the controllers office and

guidance. another thing that we've done is we've consolidated, the rates for evaluation and management services across the network. what has happened is that, in previous ordinances, we were listing the services in each divisional section to make it easier because we were consistent with the rates across the board to make it easier we've consolidated. and so some technical changes and patient rates relative to our peers whether the rates should be adjusted in the future.

move the administration of the medical benefit behavioral to more convenient system. and then all of the behavioral health rates that changes that we made this year and for 24-25 all reflect the rates that have been established by the department of healthcare services. so i do want to touch on point asked by the commissioners. while when we review our enm rates, most evaluation has been serviced within our primary clinic which are all qualified

centers and so, the payment rates for has been fq qualified health center, are a bit higher than normal fee for service rates. so we have those higher rates than you may find in a private practice. that this ordinance and increase in rates should not affect the amount that patients are liable for. as you know in 2019, we went through a whole host of changes to our patient collection and liability policies including patient cap or patient enter cap changes and broad scale changes to our policies. i think we've over the past couple of years between the no surprises act, a b1020, we've all come in compliance with

those rules, either the 2019 changes to policies or to just in compliance to changes to policy and compliance with the legislative changes or updates. so with that, i think if you have any questions, i'm available to answer. >> thank you, to we have any public comment? >> there is nobody on the line at this time. >> nobody on the line, commissioner guillermo? >> thank you for your presentation, i have one question about the reevaluation of patient rates that you're plan to go dorel tiff to market pierce. can you describe a little bit, well, let us know when that rereevaluation process is going to start and when you say market peers, are you talking

about other public hospital systems or nonprofit systems or for profit systems that have medical and medicare patient population? >> thank you for your question. i think what we i would foresee. since 2019, we have paused on increasing the rates for trauma and that's i think, it's become a point, it's come to a point where we need, it's time to review. so i know that we're working with the controllers office on engaging in a study. so i expect that to happen within the next couple of years. and thefn to your question who

are our market tiers, i think the large healthcare system and especially in california would likely be pierce but when terms of defining who that would be, we would allow that market study whoever we engage with to define who our market peers are. >> thank you. >> vice president greene. >> we have bronze plans or plans with huge deductables, if they show up how are we managing these patients in terms of their costs. i know it's been a conumbbrun, they put them on sliding scales for reimbursement, $300 is a huge, as you said fee higher

than they should be. maybe a small group of people but how would you manage the individuals? >> thank you for your question. i think that i will have to take that as a follow-up item. the one thing that i will say about your question is that the large population of our patients, has medical coverage. so it lives under the medical program. so we would have research for regular care what is our patient schedule or what we expect? i remember especially mr. wagoner and his team when we noticed when people especially at the trauma general, getting

these bills. we were way ahead of that reform, but it may be useful because it may be that the volume increases. to the extent clinic since we don't have strange covered california in primary. we really have mostly now managed medical patients with medical and lv san francisco at least in the primary world, we're not seeing, a very very small number of patience in the state category sometimes as higher bills but for the most part, we can get everything covered. i think it's important one especially for the inpatient services. >> i will be curious with this, because there may be some individuals who end up with the

plans, i don't know how it's going to affect san francisco especially with the extra programs. i know some people are getting through their employers and they still want to go to the places where they've gotten care. thank you so much. >> next report from the joint conference jcc meeting from august 23. i ask that you hold the gavel while i excuse myself. >> thank you very much, president. >> i had the jcc meeting, we discussed robust presentation on achieving safe and equitable care. and it included many metrics that they follow at the hospital most of which they have met or actually exceeded with very rare exceptions for

which they have excellent plans of approach. and there including falls and hospital pressure injuries which were the ones of greatest focus but also bladder infections and hospital acquired infections in general. and the point is to look at this through a general lens to better understand this information through the lens of equity. and in addition to hearing the celebrations that were reviewed in the director's report today, we also celebrated the additional star that the general got from cms which is an accomplishment because it's reflected on data really before the last few years. i think the improvement that they made are yet to be reflected in the star system.

in addition, we heard how involved the leadership the general is in in advocating and of course we heard the commission reports which is the fair's report. and then really privileged every month to get reports from departments at the general and the pediatric department in particular is to impressive, every time we hear about these. it's really, wonderful experience. so we recommended what is on the consent calendar and in the close session, we approved the minutes and got a report that we also approved.

any public comment? >> there is none on the line. >> any questions from commissioners? >> all right, thank you very much. seeing none we'll move to another item of the business. any other business? any public comment in any other business. none. we will entertain a motion to adjourn. >> so moved. >> second. >> all right, nobody is on the public line all those in favor of adjournment? aye. >> opposed. we are adjourned. thank you, everyone. >> thank you, sf gov. tv. sorry before we end, thank you to moorewits to get the audio, much improved thank you for being persistent for this, mark. >> it's the dph folks. >> get that in the minutes, please.television.

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simple check our other parking zone number and thanks for ♪♪ >> san francisco! ♪♪ >> this is an exhibition across departments highlighting different artworks from our collection. gender is an important part of the dialogue. in many ways, this exhibition is

contemporary. all of this artwork is from the 9th century and spans all the way to the 21st century. the exhibition is organized into seven different groupings or themes such as activities, symbolism, transformation and others. it's not by culture or time period, but different affinities between the artwork. activities, for example, looks at the role of gender and how certain activities are placed as feminine or masculine. we have a print by uharo that looks at different activities that derisionly performed by men. it's looking at the theme of music. we have three women playing traditional japanese instruments that would otherwise be played by men at that time. we have pairings so that is

looking within the context of gender in relationships. also with how people are questioning the whole idea of pairing in the first place. we have three from three different cultures, tibet, china and japan. this is sell vanity stot relevar has been fluid in different time periods in cultures. sometimes being female in china but often male and evoking features associated with gender binaries and sometimes in between. it's a lovely way of tying all the themes together in this collection. gender and sexuality, speaking from my culture specifically, is something at that hasn't been recently widely discussed.

this exhibition shows that it's gender and sexuality are actually have been considered and complicated by dialogue through the work of artists and thinking specifically, a sculpture we have of the hindu deities because it's half pee male and half male. it turns into a different theme in a way and is a beautiful representation of how gender hasn't been seen as one thing or a binary. we see that it isn't a modest concept. in a way, i feel we have a lot of historical references and touch points throughout all the ages and in asian cultures. i believe san francisco has close to 40% asian. it's a huge representation here in the bay area.

it's important that we awk abouk about this and open up the discussion around gender. what we've learned from organizing this exhibition at the museum is that gender has been something that has come up in all of these cultures through all the time periods as something that is important and relevant. especially here in the san francisco bay area we feel that it's relevant to the conversations that people are having today. we hope that people can carry that outside of the museum into their daily lives.

>> ir daily lives. >> >> >> >> my name is bal. born and

raised in san francisco. cable car equipment, technically i'm a transit operator of 135 and work at the cable car (indiscernible) and been here for 22 years now. i grew up around here when i was a little can i. my mom used to hang in china town with her friends and i would get bored and they would shove me out of the door, go play and find something to do. i ended up wandering down here when i was a kid and found these things. ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪

>> fascinated by them and i wanted to be a cable car equipment from the time i was a little kid. i started with the emergency at the end of 1988 and drove a bus for a year and a half and i got lucky with my timing and got here at cable car and at that time, it really took about an average five to maybe seven years on a bus before you could build up your seniority to come over here. basically, this is the 1890s verse ever a bus. this is your basic public transportation and at the time at its height, 1893, there were 20 different routes ask this powerhouse, there -- and this powerhouse, there were 15 of them through out the entire city. >> i work at the cable car division and bunch with muni for 25 years and working with cable cars for 23 years. this is called the bar because these things are horses and work hard so they have to have a place to

sleep at night. joking. this is called a barn because everything takes place here and the powerhouse is -- that's downstairs so that's the heart and soul of the system and this is where the cable cars sleep or sleep at night so you can put a title there saying the barn. since 1873 and back in the day it was driven by a team and now it's electric but it has a good function as being called the barn. yeah. >> i am the superintendent of cable car vehicle maintenance. and we are on the first and a half floor of the cable car barn where you can see the cables are moving at nine and a half miles an hour and that's causing the little extra noise we're hearing now. we have 28 power cars and 12 california cars for a total

of 40 revenue cars. then with have two in storage. there's four gear boxes. it's gears of the motor. they weigh close to 20 tons and they had to do a special system to get them out of here because when they put them in here, the barn was opened up. we did the whole barn that year so it's difficult for a first of time project, we changed it one at a time and now they are all brand-new. engineer's room have the four monitors that play the speed and she monitors them and in case of an emergency, she can shutdown all four cars if she needs to. that sound you heard there, that's a gentleman building, rebuilding a cable. the cable weighs four hundred pounds each and they lost three days before we have to rebuild them. the cable car grips, the bottom point is underground with the cable. it's a giant buy strip and closes around the kab and

they pull it back. the cable car weighs 2,500 people without people so it's heavy, emergency pulling it offer the hill. if it comes offer the hill, it could be one wire but if it unravels, it turns into a ball and they cannot let go of it because it opens that wide and it's a billion pushing the grip which is pushing the whole cable car and there's no way to let go so they have to have the code 900 to shutdown in emergencies and the wood brakes last two days and wear out. a lot of maintenance. ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪

>> rail was considered to be the old thing. rubber tires, cars, buses, that's new. there were definitely faster and cheaper, there's no question about that. here at san francisco, we went through the same thing. the mayor decided we don't need cable cars (indiscernible), blah, blah. we can replace them with buses. they are faster and cheaper and more economical and he was right if you look at the dollars and cents part. he was right. >> back in 1947 when they voted that, i'm surprised base of the technology and the chronicle paper says cable cars out. that was the headline. that was the demise of the cable cars. >> (indiscernible) came along and said, stop. no. no, no, no.

she was the first one to say we're going to fight city hall. she got her friends together and they started from a group called the save the cable car community, 1947 and managed to get it on the ballot. are we going to keep the cable cars or not? head turned nationwide and worldwide and city hall was completely unprepared for the amount of backlash they got. this is just a bunch -- the city came out and said basically, 3-1, if i'm not mistaken, we want our cars and phil and her group managed to save what we have. and literately if it wasn't for them, there would be no cable cars. people saw something back then that we see today that you can't get rid of a beautiful and it wasn't a historical monument at the time and now it is, and it was part of san francisco. yeah, we had freight back then. we don't have that anymore. this is the number

one tourist attraction in san francisco. it's historic and the only national moving monument in the world. >> the city of san francisco did keep the cable car so it's a fascinating feel of having something that is so historic going up and down these hills of san francisco. and obviously, everyone knows san francisco is famous for their hills. [laughter] and who would know and who would guess that they were trying to get rid of it, which i guess was a crazy idea at the time because they felt automobiles were taking the place of the cable cars and getting rid of the cable car was the best thing for the city and county of san francisco, but thank god it didn't. >> how soon has the city changed? the diverse of cable cars -- when i first came to cable car, sandy barn was the first cable car. we have three

or four being a grip person. fwriping cable cars is the most toughest and challenging job in the entire city. >> i want to thank our women who operate our cable cars because they are a crucial space of the city to the world. we have wonderful women -- come on forward, yes. [cheers and applause] these ladies, these ladies, this is what it's about. continuing to empower women. >> my name is willa johnson is and i've been at cable car for 13 years. i came to san francisco when i was five years old. and that is the first time i rode a cable car and i went to see a christmas tree and we rode the cable car with the christmas worker and that was the first time i rode the cable car and didn't ride again until i worked here. i was in the medical field for a while and i wanted a

change. some people don't do that but i started with the mta of september of 1999 and came over to cable car in 2008. it was a general sign up and that's when you can go to different divisions and i signed up as a conductor and came over here and been here since. there were a few ladies that were over at woods that wanted to come over here and we had decided we wanted to leave woods and come to a different division and cable car was it. i do know there has been only four women that work the cable car in the 150 years and i am the second person to represent the cable car and i also know that during the 19, i think 60s and women

were not even allowed to ride on the side of a cable car so it's exciting to know you can go from not riding on the side board of a cable car to actually grip and driving the cable car and it opened the door for a lot of people to have the opportunity to do what they inspire to do. >> i have some people say i wouldn't make it as a conductor at woods and i came and made it as i conductor and the best thing i did was to come to this division. it's a good division. and i like ripping cable cars. i do. >> i think she just tapped into the general feeling that san francisco tend to have of, this is ours, it's special, it's unique. economically and you

know, a rationale sense, does it make sense? not really. but from here, if you think from here, no, we don't need this but if you think from here, yeah. and it turns out she was right. so.... and i'm grateful to her. very grateful. [laughter] >> three, two, one. [multiple voices] [cheers and applause] >> did i -- i did that on purpose so i wouldn't. ♪ [ music ] ♪

>> in meeting will come it orders. welcome to the monday, september 11 meeting of rowels of the san francisco board of supervisors. welcome become to our first meeting after summer recess. before we get started it bears mentioning today marks a somber day in american history. 22 years ago terror attacks. claimed lives of 3,000 people from 100 countries many of us knew victims and i like to observe a moment of silence to honor those left behind and those lost.

>> sthk. first off our gratitude to our clerk mr. victor young and everyone in the clerk's office who supports us well thanks to the team at sfgovtv for facilitating and broadcasting today's meeting and our producer today matthew. >> mr. clerk, do you have announcements? >> yes. the board of supervisors are convening hybrid meetings in person and public comment still providing remote access i have phone. public comment will be taken on each item. those in personal be allowed speak first then those on the phone line. the public comment number is streaming on the screen. you will hear the meeting discussion but moud and in listening mode only. when your item come up and public comment is called. those in person should line up to speak and those on the phone dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line if you mean are on the phone remember to turn down

your tv and all other upon listening device. alternateively you may submit in writing in the following ways. e mail them to myself the rules clerk will at victor. young @sfgov.org and send written comments to city hall 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place room 244, san francisco, california 94102. items acted upon today are expected to appear at the board agenda on september 19th, 2023 unless otherwise spesified. i have a memo from president supervisor peskin appointing supervisor chan in play-offs supervisor waltonful would you like to take a motion to excuse supervisor walton. >> thank you, i like to make a motion to excuse vice chair walton. can we have i roll call >> on that motion.

supervisor chan. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> vice chair walton is excused. >> thank you, mr. clerk. call item one. why item one hear to consider appointing a member ending january 15 of 24 to the san francisco health authority. i believe we have our applicant on microsoft teams today. >> thank you. thank you, mr. clerk the san francisco health authority established the local initiative under medical to create an efficients health care delivery system in order to provide contracted by california state d. health services with the authority. access to health care services for medical beneficiaries and other importance as the health authority deems promoteful quality compassion at and appropriate and to ensure

preservation of the safety net. there is a vacancy on the health authority seat 9 and requirement system that they must be nominated by the labor council. cooper is nominated and joining us we have a brief agenda and ask presenters to take no more than 2-3 minutes to allow for questions after. ms. cooper. welcome. the floor is yours. >> good morning. thank you. i hope this everyone has the opportunity to review my résumé that was submitted. i will not rehash that. with my 15 years of clinical experience at san francisco general hospital my 10 you'res of the executive leadership at start up organizations and existing organizations. my training as an in the practice of examining the 96 us with policy practice and patient out come with emphasis on

identifying health care disparities and my passion for policy will passion for policy and commitment for leveraging policy will make me an asset to the health authority board. my goal is to help contribute to a health care deparity in san francisco. increasing access to quality health care. services irrelevant voluntary to the san francisco population. while meeting state and local goals. thank you for your time i'm here to answer questions you may have. >> thank you, ms. cooper. >> i want to i'm impressed with your become ground and express my appreciation. this is a body that over cease the health care safety net. i department to shout out to the work done more then and there i decade ago on healthy san francisco by tom and the mayor

newsome. i was in the office that did litigation on in. this is something what does important work. one thing i thought after my own heart in this ms. keeper was your backgrounds on fighting big tobacco that is important to me. i know for all the thing this is we talk about with we have upon terrible drug crisis and cigarette smoking is the cause of death and disease in the united states and welcome your thoughts on anything you think this any irrelevant the san francisco health authority could play on that issue. >> i think what -- because i not they work at san francisco general i think expanding services and talking to people about tobacco would be critical. also just speaking about expanding beyond just adults and talking to children. we then and there second handled smoke is very detrimental.

talking to children in high schoolers about it as well and a family affair and in the just targeting the vsed. this would be helpful in terms of combating smoking. >> great. >> thank you and thank you for your wellingness to serve our city. no one on the roster mr. clerk, can we open up for public comment? >> members of public when wish to speak and joining in person lineup at this time of for those remote low on the call in line press star 3 to enter the lionel. those in the queue continue to wait until you have been unmuted and that will be your queue to begin your comments. there is then in the chamber for public comment at this time. and just double checking our on line system. nobody on line for public comment at this time. >> thank you, mr. clerk. public comment is closed. >> and i would like to recommend cooptory seat 9 and send it to the full board. mr. clerk?

>> on this motion, supervisor chan. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> motion passes without objection >> thank you, mr. young on a unanimous vote recommended seat 9 and the appointment moves to the full board. >> mr. clerk can you call item 2? >> item 2 a hear to consider appointing a member june first of 24 to the reentry council. >> thank you, mr. clerk this is the appointment on seat 6, added through legislation from our colleague supervisor ronen. the requirements for seat 6 is representative from the entity or agency that is primarily responsible for administering pretrial services involving alternatives to incarceration. david is one applicant to the seat. welcome to the rules committee. floor is yours.

you like to say a now words? >> hello, good morning, everyone and thanks to supervisor robe sxen rules accept thanksgiving seat. a great opportunity. not as much about me but for san francisco pretrial as an agency delivering pretrial service in san francisco for 47 yearsch and also00 autoorganization is responsible for about 70% of the people released from county jail temperature is i great opportunity for us to sit on this board. and work with all the partners. it is we have been connected with agencies joined at the hip since our inception and this gives the opportunity to sit in that space and w closely with everyone in more of i leadership capacity. and just help shape public safety and the communities response to san francisco and bring our knowledge of pretrial services and clines we serve.

i really appreciate your consideration. >> great. >> thank you. i want to express my appreciation. i know it is in the like have you, lot of time given the role you have i appreciate your willingness to serve in this expand the capacity. i don't see anyone with questions, i do. supervisor safai >> thank you for stepping forward this . is extremely important body. and advises us with a lot of direction when it come to the areas around addiction and employment and i than is stuff you have been wing on and a number of qualified trained individuals there those are 2 of the things i care beeply about and dorse and he others do as well. just making that a top priority. is important to mow. i appreciate you stepping forward and look forward to

working with you. >> thank you. why thank you supervisor safai and appreciate your leadership on these issues as well. no one on the roster, thank you for your time. mr. clerk, can we open up to public comment? >> members of public had wish to speak and joining person line you believe to speak. for those remote low on the public call in line press star 3 to enter the speaker line. for those in the queue continue to wait you have been unmute exclude this will be your queue to comment. there is nobody for public comment at this time and nobody on the call in line. >> thank you, mr. clerk. public comment on item 2 is closed. and i would like to make a motion to recommend david to seat 6 on reent row council and send it to the full burden. a roll call? supervisor chan. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye.

>> the motion passes. thank you on a unanimous vote. david is recommended to seat 6 on the reent row council the appointment moves to the full burden, congratulations. >> mr. clerk do we have further business. >> that completes the agenda. >> thank you we are adjourned.

>> hi, i'm lawrence corn field. welcome to building san francisco. we have a special series, stay safe. we're looking at earthquake issues. and today we're going to be talking with a residential building owner about what residential building owners and tenants can and should do before earthquakes and after earthquakes. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> we're here at this wonderful spur exhibit on mission street in san francisco and i have with me today my good friend george. thanks for joining me, george. and george has for a long time owned residential property here in san francisco. and we want to talk about

apartment buildings and what the owner's responsibilities might be and what they expect their tenants to do. and let's start by talking a little bit about what owners can do before an earthquake and then maybe after an earthquake. >> well, the first thing, lawrence, would be to get together with your tenants and see if they have earthquake insurance or any renters insurance in place because that's going to be key to protecting them in the event of a quake. >> and renters insurance, there are two kinds of insurance. renters insurance coffers damage to goods and content and so forth. earthquake insurance is a separate policy you get after you get renters insurance through the california earthquake authority, very inexpensive. and it helps owners and it helps tenants because it gives relocation costs and it pays their rent. this is a huge impact on building owners. >> it's huge, it really is. you know, a lot of owners don't realize that, you know, when there is an earthquake, their money flow is going to stop.

how are they going to pay their mortgages, how are they going to pay their other bills, how are they going to live? >> what else can property owners do in residential rental housing before an earthquake? >> well, the first thing you want to do is get your property assessed. find out what the geology is at your site. get an expert in to look at structural and nonstructural losses. the structural losses, a lot of times, aren't going to be that bad if you prepare. an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. get in there and get your property assessed and figure it out. >> so, what is a nonstructural issue that might cause losses? >> well, you know, pipes, for instance. pipes will whip around during an earthquake. and if they're anchored in more numerous locations, that whipping won't cause a breakage that will cause a flood. >> i've heard water damage is a major, major problem after earthquakes actually. >> it is. that's one of the big things.

a lot of things falling over, ceilings collapsing. but all of this can be prevented by an expert coming in and assessing where those problem areas and often the fixes are really, really cheap. >> who do you call when you want to have that kind of assessment or evaluation done? >> the structural engineering community is great. we have the structural engineers association of northern california right here in san francisco. they're a wealth of information and resources. >> what kinds of things might you encourage tenants to do besides simply get tenants renters insurance and earthquake insurance, what else do you think tenants should do? >> i think it's really important to know if they happen to be in the building where is the safest place for them to go when the shaking starts. if they're out of the building, whats' their continuity plan for connecting with family? they should give their emergency contact information to their resident manager so that the resident manager knows how to get in touch.

and have emergency supplies on hand. the tenants should be responsible to have their extra water and flashlights and bandages and know how to use a toilet when there's no sewage and water flows down. and the owners of the building should be proactive in that regard as well. >> so, george, thank you so much for joining us. that was really great. and thanks to spur for hosting us here in this wonderful exhibit. >> thank you for joining us >> shared spaces have transformed san francisco's streets and sidewalks. local business communities are more resilient and our neighborhood centers are more vibrant and lively. fire blocks and parking lanes can be for seating and merchandising and other community activities. we're counting on operators of shared

spaces to ensure their sites are safe and accessible for all. when pair mets, firefighters and other first responders arrive at a scene, they need clear visual access to see the building entrances, exits and storefront windows from the street. that means parklets should be transfer in the areas above inches above the sidewalk level. it's best if these areas are totally unobstructed by transparent materials may be okay. you can check with fire department staff to make sure your site meets visibility requirements. emergency response crews and their equipment need to be move easily between streets, sidewalks and buildings, especially when they are using medical gurneys, ladders and other fire fighting tools. that means that parklet structures need a three foot wide emergency feet every 20 feet and 3 feet from marked parking spaces and emergency

access gaps need to be open to the sky, without obstructions, like canopies, roofs, or cables and should always be clear of tables, chairs, planters and other furnishings. emergency responders need to use ladders to reach windows and roofs to buildings and the ladders need unobstructed overhead clearance and room to be placed at a 72-degree angle against the building. clearances needed around the ladders to move equipment and people safely up and down. so not all parklets can have roofs ask canopies depending on the width of the sidewalk in your area. please make sure that your electric cables are hung so they are out of the way and (indiscernible) to the structure, they can be pulled down by firefighters. cable connections need to be powered from an outdoor reciprocal in the building facade because hard wire connections are much more difficult to disconnect quickly.

these updates to the shared spaces program will ensure safety and accessibility for everyone, so we can all enjoy these public spaces. more information is available at sf dot gov slash shared spaces. watching. >> ever wonder about programs the city is working on to make san francisco the best place to live and work we bring shine won our city department and the people making them happy what happened next sf oh, san francisco known for it's looks at and history and beauty this place arts has it all but it's city government is pretty

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>> the meeting will come to order welcome to the september 13 other 2023 meeting of budget and financials i'm supervisor cone chan chair and i'm joined by rafael mandelman and short low by supervisor safai. our cleeshg is brent jalipa. i would like to thank kaleena mendoza from sfgovtv for broadcast thanksgiving meeting. >> yes, a reminder for those to make sure to silence cell phones and electronics not to interrupt our proceedings the board of supervisors convening hybrid meetings allow in person

attendance and providing remote access by phone. public comment will be taken on each item. those in person will speak first then those on the phone line. for those watching on line on sfgov.org the comment call in number is streaming across the screen. you will hear the meeting discussions but be muted and in listening mode. when your item come and up public comment is called those in person line up to speak and those on the phone dial star 3. if you are on your phone remember to turn dun your tv and listening devices each speaker will be allowed 2 minutes to speak. >> you may submit comment in write negligent following ways e mail them to myself the budget finance committee clerk at brentjalipa sfgov.org if you

commit have an e mail it will be include as part of the file. >> or send i have postal service to 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place room 244. san francisco, california, and items acts upon today will appear on the board of supervisors agenda of september 19 unless otherwise stated. >> thank you, and before we call item one remind everyone we will have a budget and legislative analyst reports for. s 1, 2 and 3 on today's agenda. >> and so with that, let's go to item number one. >> yes, a resolution approving and authorizing the director of property to enter in a first amendment to the current lease for the san francisco wholesale produce market near 20 knife jerrold avenue with the san francisco market corporation.

city fundses to support the development of elements of the produce market reinvestment plan. a firming the planning determination under the environmental equality act and adopt finding. consistency with the planning code and authorization the property to execute a first amendment to the leechls make modifications and actions and furtherance of the resolution and the lose and vrzing the director to enter in any aadditional amendments or modifications to the lose this don't increase the obligations. or liabilities of city for the purposes of first amendment or this resolution. >> for members joining remote low and wish to comment press star 3. a prompt will indicate you raised your hand when you have been unmuted tell be your signal to begin your comments. why today we have mr. john law the project manager from office of economic and workforce development here. thank you, good to see you. >> good morning.

john law in the office of economic and workforce develop the i'm here to actual director of property [inaudible] the we are both available for questions as limp the reason why we are both here is, ewd leads the per inship with the produce market entity a partnership that has many facet and it is market itself operateos 23 acres of city owned property under the jurisdiction of red. we are involved in lease agreement or engagements of there to with the produce market. so with that, i like to go to the presentation. and i will be brief but it is important to look at a few slides of context. committee members men aware of the produce market. many members of the public still are in the. it is a vital importance to the local xhechl and we continuing

is important in these public venues to spend a minute on education about the produce markets. if you are indulge me, ma damp chair and if we and go. mr. clerk. ure supposed to bring it up. next slide, please. >> the market is located in the northwest industrial direct bay new hunter's point on 23 acres of city owned property, 650 blue collar jobs they are very important.

low barriers to entry, quality and high a paying and dependable jobs. its a fisz cam marketplace in exchange farms and producers of food bring their goods where they are purchased pie merchants and sold out to restaurantses across the city. neighborhood groceryiers and catering companies and the like. much our food and wroi are phone for food in san francisco coming through the produce markets a critical link in the food chain of the city and the region as a whole. society market guess roots in the city dw back or 100 years at the current sight it goes back

to the early 60s. and deem root in thes community there. local businesses and residents and workers alike. in 2012, the market lease at the location in the bayview expired the city and the market san francisco market corporation negotiated a new 60 year lose approved by the board. effective in 2013. the first phase of this -- lease that development project supported by the lease. was a new 82,000 square foot warehouse at 901 rankin operational in 2015. and then late last year, we were forwarded the board with a proposed amendd and restated lees. critical modifications to that. supports the market in its reinvestment in plan.

you see that here. the next focus of the work this will get in the item for today, is the complete reboulevard market central kauchls the for you warehouse sheds surrounding that central prescription's yard many tunnel tunnel kirkwold is the next building to be demod and rebuilt. >> key features of that existing lose i mention it supports the over all reinvestment and expansion plan of the market. the market does in the pay direct rent to the city. it takes net revenues and place thez in a project development account it uses to build to

implement its plan. follow rely on the project development funds for the next building. 1900 kirkwood. next slide. so, the item for tilde will not call it a clean up but i would characterize it connect the dots. 2 items one the lose they mentioned briefly and the seconded being budget item this was proposal approved by the board in fiscal year 21/22. that budget approval included authorize of certificates of participation. 3 million allocate to the market all right. so what this amendment does it was not stated in the market's lease. we brought before you a new

section of that lease and attachment in associated commons that reference this prior allocation and discuss what the market will use the 3 million in funds for. next slide, please. >> so, i mentioned the market was one of 17 projects listed either in the repair or economic recovery stimulus programs establish third degree year in the budget and did discuss improvements of the market. redesign and repaving of the yard. and the workers with the next buil kirkwood. >> next slide. so, the substance of the amendment before you and it discusses in detail both those subprojects the marshaling yard which consists of gutter and

work and the paving again this is the area between the in between the floor sheds on the central campus important to the market's operations to have the efficiency of truck movement. distribution, activities, et cetera . and then previce president am work and design and engineering work associated with the kirkwood warehouse. which we are exampling to be complete in the fall of 25. not to exceed 1.8 million on the improvement this is is written in the amendment before and you market would be allowed use remaining funds on the predevelopment of 19 huh kirkwood this project is over 50 million dollars. there is plenty of task its ewe likewise the funds. >> that's it for today. we do expect to be become in front of the committee in the next 6 months or so.

the current lease requires us to seek board review and approval for a financing event. or a sprit parcel lease. as defined in the current lease. and that's we were waiting to get the terms of commercial loan that the market would use to complete the financing peculiarage for 1900 kirkwood we expect to be back in front of you as well as a final man at the same time. i said myself and mr. pennic is here for questions. thank you. >> i don't see, sorry. bla report. >> i'm sorry yoochl good morning, dan with the budget and legislative office a resolution that would approve the first amendment of the amended restated lose with the san francisco market corporation for

the san francisco produce market to establish the terms of 3 million dollars in previously allocated funds to the reinvestment project. jot market is operated boy nonprofit san francisco market corporation a nonprofit furthermore in the 2012 to operate under the existing lose the board approved a 60 year ground lose. 2012 lose provide for rehab and expansion of the market through a phased development 4 warehouses located at the min site. demo small structures and adds now buildings and improves the public streets. under the lose the market corporation lease the property from the city. and sublose warehouse to wholesale producers and distributeors in 2012 approved a restated lose for the market. to allow the market corporation

to obtain mortgage financing for the project. and change the schedule of performance to, luthe city to vacate public streets before completion. and drill the commencement dead lines of the street improvements in recognition of the city absorbed this aspect of the project. since september of last year the market completed lighting upgrades and improvements to the marshaling guard and predevelopment w for 1900 kirkwood avenue. the amended lease disbers 3 million dollars in city funding including 1 million dollars to funds street emotionaling yard and sidewalk improvements. and 1 million, 190 thousand dollars predevelop and want design work associated with construction of new 70,000 square foot warehouse at 1900 kirkwood avenue. emotionaling road improve ams expected to be complead end of

october and predevelopment work will continue. oewd staff planned to bring a financing peculiarage and separate parcel lose for development of 1900 kirkwood to the board for approval per terms of amended lease. marshaling road improvements completed by american asphalt incorporated selected through a competitive process. however we did not review the material in scoring we cannot peek to that. the market selected jackson architecture the lead for 19 huh human kirkwood avenue. predevelopment work the firm had provided services for the produce market and understands the marketed's campus needs. >> budgets for 2 project in common low and 4 on page 70 of our report. as report in the prior report on the amend exclude restated lose funding source not identified for the phases. project we

recommend approval of the resolution. >> thank you. i dent see name on the roster. exit like to go to public comment. members of public had wish to peek and joining in person lineup you in to speak. for thez remote press star 3 to enter the speaker line and those in the queue wait until the city indicating you have been unmuted. seeing no -- in person in the chamber. we have none in the queue. >> public comment is closed. >> would like to i agree that this is a critical project for the city. and seeing how it meets demands for security over i do, you know, of course think about. i think that we're take when we can accomplish with the projects at this moment.

knowing that 901 rankin is continuing to be on going. as a renovation project. just look forward to seeing how those continue to unfold. in the area. so with that, let's get this what we can, done. first. and come back and have a longer discussion about entire market that is inclusive of the 9 zor1 rankin renovation. . soy would like to will move this item to full board with recommendation. and roll call, please. >> on this motion to forward this resolution on the full board with positive recommendation. vice chair mandelman. >> aye >> member safai. >> aye. >> chair chan. >> aye. >> we have 3 aye's >> thank you the motion passes. >> mr. clerk please call item

2-4 together. >> item 2, a hear to consider release of funds to the mayor an office of housing and community develop the. budget and finance reserve by the board resolution number 207-70. in the amount of 2 opinion 9 million to provide a small cites program lone to mission economic development agency for acwaying suspicion of 5 fiks 56 natoma street. item 3 authorizing the major's office and housing and community development to spend soma stablingization funds dollars in the amount of 3 million. to address various impacts of the destablingization. and buildings in so ma for a term effective upon approval the resolution. through june 30 of 2024. item for you, a resolution declaring the real property located at 1939 market street and 1515 south vaness avenue

exempt surplus land under the cal cat government code affirming use of property by mayor's office of housing and commune development for the development 100% fordable housing with commercial space under a language term ground lease and with a base rent of 100 dollars. annual lease fee of 15,000 and restricting the property for affordable housing commercial space and affirming planning approval of the project developed on the property under senate bill 35 or bill 2162. members of public joining remote and wish to comment on the 3 items press star 3 to enter the line a prompt will indicate you raised your hand. when you are un muted you can comment. >> thank you, mr. clerk. today we are sheila from the

mayor's office of housing. and community develop and is will let you clues your team let's do one item at a time do presentation and bla report both 2 and 3 has the bla report of the thank you >> thank you. >> sheila director of affairs for mayor's housing community development. item 2 with amanda. >> good morn chair chan supervisor mandelman and safai a.m. amanda lopez a project manager for the mayor's office of housing and communal development. i'm hire 2.9 million funds reserved for the program in may of upon 2017 released support the financing of 5 ticks ticks natoma by mission economic development agency. approved by the soma

stabilization fund committee in 2020. located in district 6 natoma is a 3 story 5 unit building. >> 55656 natoma completed rehad been due to the housing accel rirt fund. the retab the project completed of the san francisco funds upon loan and funds other costs including reserve and closing costs. fordability restrictions for the life of the property. importantly 566 in tomah prevent displacement of long-term residents. if anies of natoma will result in permanent afford at and preservation of 5u nits long-term households.

i'm available for questions along with danielle cruz. thank you. >> thank you. >> chair chan. will item 2 is a release of up to 2.9 mission from budget and finance reserve funded by the soma community stabilization fund. they'll enable metafor 5 unit residential property at 566 in tomah alines with the allowable uses of the stabilization fund. in august of 2005 the board approved a new section 418 to the planning code among other provisions imposed a soma communal stabilization fee. created the soma stabilization funds for deposit of fees collected. and established a soma stabilization community mittee to advise the major's office of

you you housing and the board of supervisors on use of the soma stabilization funds. and the small cites program create in the 2014 given by the mayor's office of house and community development provides loans for rehabbing multifamily building 5 to 40 units to meet the goals of housing afford at. the program has issue 2ed noise of funding availability. one in 2014 and one in 2019 cites down a rolling basis. a budget and finance reserve of 10 million dollars from the stabilization fund was establish in the 2017 it fund the program loans in the south of market area as promote cites were identified. in 2018 the board release 5 million of the 10 million reserve funds to fund mission

housing acquisition of the grand orient filipino hotel in soma. the department seeks authority from the board to release up to 2.9 million from the reserve to fund the small site's program loan it metafor the 5 unit residential property at 566 in tomah. the small site loan will not require board approval and this was included in our report this came out monday. the code chapter 120.4 provides authority to mohcd housing comploen guarantee contracts with terms greater then and there 10 years but under 10 million dollars. 3 store 5 unit property which includes 4, one bedrooms and one 2 bedroom was selected for funding in 2019. in may have 20 the soma committee recommended approval of the finance for example pie

66 natoma. the soma community strablization fund portion of the mall cites program offers 3% enter rate for 40 years and repaid by recylinderial income. according to staff, metawill o'riordan amendment to the declaration of restrictions restrict 99 years. the stable wragz funds a billions of 10 million dollars and item 3 -- so on today's agenda would release 3 million 14 million dollars in funds for the stitialization funds. this conversations with mohcd staff we recommend a reduction in item 3 not to exceed amount by 2 opinion 9 million they'll not be made available from the

requested release. if resolution nothing request release of reserves amended or approved in the soma stabilization funds balance 4 million, 786 thousand dollars on page 13 of our report. in 2020 the in tomah site used temporary financing by the housing accel rirt fund with funding provided by meta. a total of about 3. 6 million provided in 2020 to finance the rehelp of the building. shown in exhibits 4 on page 14. project costs by soma stabilization fund total about 2. 8 million. or 96 thousand dollars less than the 2.9 requests in the resolution. the 96 thousand dollars is needed to pay for the acrewed interest in closing costs

according to staff. staff intends on provide a total loan of 3 million, 975 to pay off the comploen interest and provide funding as well at funding by metasm funds remraszment for 20 yers and pay closing costs according to staff and loan committee report. small cites guide lines the policy consideration on the report starting on page 15, of the mall cites guide lines updated in september of 2022, that establish max subsidies of 400 thousand per within bedroom and escalator base on how a project scores. exhibit 5 on page 16. average subsidy per unit 580 thousand dollars an amount over

108 thousand dollars boost subsidy allowable for the site under updated guide lines. this is permissible with approval from the director of mohcd. the total local subsidy per unit of [inaudible] is high irrelevant testify other programless. in our april 23 audit recommend the establishment of a metrics not to exceed amount for all affordable housing programs for this reason and high cost funding we consider approval of the releaves reserves funds to be a policy matter and available for questions. thank you. >> thank you. and let's go to item 3. >> good morning. supervisors chan, safai and mandelman i'm clauden manage the soma stabilization fund.

the proposed resolution authorizes as the budget report stated to spend up to 3 million 14, 800 from the soma fund includes the 2. 9 million for the small site loan discuss in the the previous item. i would like to request an amendment to the resolution to reduce the spending authority amount from 3 million 14, 800 to 114 thousand dollars. funds 2 capacity building grants for labs and united players which organizations that provide service in seem and criminality to increasing economic mobility as residents and business in the south of market. that's all i have for now i'm available for question fist there are any. thank you. >> thank you. sploo supervisors a resolution that would authorize spend up to

3 million, 14800 thousand dollars from the stabilization fund it address destablingization. 2 organization recommended to receive funding provided by the soma community stabilization fund requires board approval. first cultivate labs and nonprofit economic develop export arts receive 74, 800 thousand dollars for staff training and new customer relationship management system and united players a violence prevention and youth development organization receive 40 thousand dollars to restructure prescriptions systems and donnar management data base. >> on january 27 of the year an rfp up to 1 million 330 thousand dollars for community based organizations, ploy for funding for the period of june first 2023 through june 30 of 2.

2 are recommend to receive funding require board approval of the 2 organizations i mentioned. the proposed resolution spundzp spending authority amount includes 2.mine million a small site program for natoma which we discussed for item 2. this will be requested that is being requested under a separate action. we recommend amending the resolution to reduce the spending authority from 3 financial, 14800 thousand dollars to 1 million 418 thousand dollars. >> out line in the exhibit wrn on pin 22 of our report. so. we again recommend amending the proposed resolution to ruse not to exceed amount. and recommend approving the resolution as amended we are available for questions. thank you.

>> thank you. i have a quick question about the 566 natomal and looking at the scoring and recognizing that for -- i wanted have an understanding looks like 84 ever84 points for small site acquisition this is good news. why is it only 14 points oust 30 for geographic equity >> in the geographic equity piece is decided by districts. i want to mention the project was given financing commitment previously and 2019, 2020, before we had the updated guidelines. so this was in the a part of that original approval. but the updated scoring rubric has sections for geographic equity which are pretty definded

scores based on several piece of the planning reports that we use to determine score but. if you go in the roubric there is districts reached districts that is the 14. it is usually it is stays on the housing balance report and that's how the score. it does not fluctuate between projects. s that score for each district. would like to learn more about the geographic equity whale is a threshold. only because if i took a step out and looking at what it means and thinking about over all high resource cording to the planning. right. high resource and highest resource mapping. i would think this looking at

that this would be part of the equity zone >> so, sorry, to go back. the district the district 3 is what is used to caththis it was redistrict friday 2 to 3. >> that makes sense. that is prebl why it is lower than you anticipate seeing. sorry. sorry. district 6 i'm thinking of a different project. >> district 5 thises a different project i apologize. >> okay. the scores are determined based on the housing balance sxrpt update twhem there is now housing balance reports and trying to address you know, upon districts that are seeing more folks being displaced and trying to give scores higher scores.

higher score would gift project more funding. and so trying to address the destable wragz through the housing balance report and making sure we score projects. >> given the fact this body will have to have a discussion about the upcoming mouzing band by the mayor and president supervisor peskin yesterday we love to get an updated housing balance report. the most updated copy for this body to review. and for considering consideration. and just understanding. per of the housing bond and talks about preservation of housing. so just would like to have a bit of context and conversation when we evaluate the bond dollars. not specific low 566 natoma in context. and trying to understand that you know so it says here it says the scoring was not in use.

trying continualed. that's okay i appreciate. >> it was not it was not -- it is an over the counter program. and in 2019. i think that you know there was a single subsidy. did not address the equity. staffs to right size the funding and -- understood. >> okay. >> thank you. you know i am not against seeing in this case i think specific low for us -- calling to and 3 together is putting things in context and understanding shifting the dollars with small cites acquisition reserve makes sense with in tomah instead of using the soma community

stabilization fund temperature makes sense to me and supervisor safai is on the roster. >> uh-huh. please. >> thank you. >> appreciate the hard work that has gone into this program. small cites is building for men years and has been super success and will looks like here if i tread rit from the bla through the chair is the small cites program this is 2017 through the present. 2 threat units have been purchased over this period of time in your report on page 16? ; is that correct? is that what that says? >> yes, that's correct. supervisor. >> so. that's a significant amount of

units. if you think about the e yell it would be similarity difference than i are dispursed all overnight city. stabilizing neighborhoods and,llowing people to remain in the unit in i building they have in most case lived in for a significant a time. the program itself hen successful in my opinion. i was one of the early supporters of of this and prosecute meeting it. when i worked for a nonprofit housing develop and we were advocating for at the time mayor lee to enengage on it. and right about the time he came when i dmam office the housing accel rirt program came to place and seeing the fruition of this. this is a good example of it. might have question is. i want to ask 2 questions relating to the program subsidy

sehigher i want to hear more about that. why that is the case. it is a mall are building. we have done a few. this is not unusual. i want to understand more unless it is you know significant w this needs to happen to the buildings to add value to them or make them more liveable. and then second, there is 10 million dollars in the soma stabilization fund i'm curious, this is significant chunk of this money utilized. there is in the many opportunity like this. i'm curious that the funds have usually used for and the balance is intends for. the higher subsidy purunit the 580 is higher than upon what it would be awarded. today under the revised guidelines. however t is low are than

average subsidy per unit for the small size program. there was the project was acquire in the 2020 and one unit was expanded from i 1 bedroom tom 2 bedroom it was treated as an adu a way for permitting and construction also the pandemic. it dbi had a lengthy wit time. project stayed with the san francisco housing fund for much long are than planned to enter acruel and other costs higher construction costs are factions on as well. so, it required an engineer and other needs. construction costs a bit longer with permitting delayed. >> through the chair were all the units reason i haved. one was expanded. >> the families were am coming become not units

>> yes, than i remained. other thing not just 580 a unit testify is from the simultaneous cites. there are other money in there it is 800 thousand a unit. >> right. the 2016 geo bond the project cash flow anda it is must pay dent return to the city. and will recycleed other projects like a traditional lendser ocd has a hard debt loan product than i will repithis portion of the dent. that is the default city portion. >> right. >> and what about the fund itself. how the money is utilized. >> hi. i can poke to this question. the 10 million allocate friday the so many stabilization fund met low extend i don't have the exact legals of address with mow

now. >> all small cites. >> yes. >> okay. >> we funded now i think include thanksgiving in tomah site 7. different mull site in soma. and so -- i believe now most low extendd that and we the cac felt this was know important program you believed this was manage to prioritizemented make sure there was an additional way for the site in so many am to get prioritized and leverage other funds to do partial fudding from other source. >> right. i guess i just clarified at this time stabilization funds has more machine money there is a category for mall cites >> yes previously they allocate third degree for small cites >> intent for small site s and not utilizing the entire fund that had a learning are intent. that's all i needed.

that makes sense them is -- this is utilized for the purpose. and having the affect and stabilizing the families and you said you have done 7 or 8. this is great >> thank you. >> thank you and vice chair mandelman. >> thank you, chair chan. and and thank you for the presentation and for all of your work all of you. i would like to may be get your help in thinking a bit more about guideline for and spending from the small site's program. because -- i single number for the whole city is challenging. you know what00 autoper door costs. in, in supervisor safai's district will be different from the per door cost in my district or were supervisor steph no's

district. we are seeing per door costs all overnight map for the acquisitions. makes stones have guidelines i think the number that the eli haved number that below the average number. is bizarre. zoel stick are shock fork way suspicion in districts 2 and 8 certainly, probably 7. one of the values or the points of the small sites in areas gentifiying attentives at risk of being displaced land valueers going up. and folks make money buying the assets and the 10 objects and selling these properties as the

property values are going up. i mean there is we have other tools and the few for guesting fordable house nothing districts that don't have terrific site for tax credit projects. you know all the challenges in mall cites. i wonder the value having a number we have to exceed for men projects that make the most sense for this fund. generally we agree worth discussing it is characteristic of each neighborhood in soma the nature of the lands looks [inaudible]. that's had raises the price you say it is lower but we had stick

are shock with every project this come up as well. buzz of the niche of left-hand side there it is more expensive to renovate. not sure if amanda wants to add but this is i worthy while discussion. i want to agree. it is worth having this discussion. project this is we have brought through since tried make sure conform with new guidelines and we have been. >> should you be. >> its challenging. i think to chair chan's point the equity component helped us for more in areas where it has a higher acquisition cost. i'm thinking [inaudible] there is a project we are working on currently. and we are right at the tom. but buzz of the points that we are in d8 we got there.

so i think -- is a worthwhile discussion we are make steps in the right direction but always more. >> yea. i don't think we resolve this. this will keep coming up. i representing the district that has had the second highest level of no fault evictions and displacements and also a district where it it is not easy to find a good traditional affordable housing site. feel like programs something like this is necessary. but you are never going to or rarely going to find a d8 project that neat meets your guide lines a small cites program preservation president trump want to use in a direct that has high level displacement, rising property values, youing in the do this with the program guidelines you have unless we'll ignore the

guidelines which it is not i deal. we'll not solve it now limp is a problem. >> thank you. >> i think that also like even san francisco microclimate like housing market is microdepending on neighborhood and perhaps this is the way to go. to think about in the over limited partnering of geographic equity and he identify this not all housing market is the spam even within san francisco different neighborhoods and perhaps the per unit prizing is in the going to be standardized approach. with that, said. i will like to go to seeing no more on the roster like to go to item 4. . >> good morningful birch start on item 4 for 3 we did circulate

an amended version. the reduced cost. >> open to public comment and come become and make that amendment. >> great >> item 4 is to this request to identify lands at 1515 south vaness and 1939 market. that we want to identify them surplus when the projects, plied for state funding the past summer. state changed the requirements for the lest multifamily housing program rounds of applications. stating i project can receive additional pinlts designated by state of surplus lands. provided the resolution to the surplus land division under the state hcd and agreed once this is approved the properties are able to get additional points. making them competitive for state funds. awards announce in the december this approval from the board allow projects to receive

additional pinlt for consideration in competitive funding this . is just administrative action to get us i bump up in application at the state for state funds. >> thank you. i don't see name on the roster. thank you, i think need more of these. with that, let's go to public comments for all these 3 items j. members of public who wish to speak on items 2, 3 and 4 and joining person lineup now. for thez remote low press star 3 to enter the queue and wait until you have been unmuted and then begin your comments. seeing no speakers in person here in the chamber and no one in the queue. >> thank you. seeing no public comment t is now closed. i would like to first start with amending item 3. the proposed metropolitans are before you.

this would allow you to if amend the, you know when we should -- release the funds of reserve first and amend. so, i think this tech chem is help suggest if we are in agreement, to release the reserve funds, for us to use the small cites acquisition reserve to purchase 566 natoma then testimony allow you to have more of the soma community stabilization funds. which then we can mentaled the dollar amendment from 3 million down to 114 thousand dollars. >> so we can use less of that funds for the purpose for cultivate art in other nonprofits use. so, i will start off with the motion to file the hearing and

release the fund for item 2. roll call, please. >> yes, on this motion, two release the 2.9 million dollars and hearing heard and filed vice chair mandelman. >> aye >> member safai. >> aye. >> chair chan. >> aye. >> we have 3 aye's >> thank you and i will like to make the motion to amend item 3. from the existing up to 3 million dollarsish to 114 thousand dollars. and with this a roll call. >> on this motion to amend the resolution reduce the amount from 3 million to 114 thousand dollars vice chair mandelman. >> aye >> member safai. >> aye vrment >> chair chan. >> aye. motion passes. in dam chair? sorry. i want to add as a sponsor for 3

and 4, please. >> noted. >> thank you. >> noted and with this we like to move all 3 items to full burden including 3 as amended to full board with recommendation. and with this a roll call, please. >> yes, on that motion to forward the resolutions in items 3 and 4. to the full board with positive recommendation 3 as maenltdzed. upon vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> member safai. >> aye. >> chair chan. >> aye. >> we have throw aye's >> thank you the motion passes all to the full board. thank you with that and do we have other business before us. this concludes your business. >> meeting is adjourned. clear clear

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well, well, well. thank you for all being here. i'm annette garcia. i'm the communications managers at mission housing and today's master of ceremony. it's my pleasure to welcome you to the ribbon cutting ceremony. this was a great undertaking and the completion symbolizes the dawn of the rehabilitation of homes for many people. [ applause ] as we gather here today we'll celebrate the positivism pact of the many lives here. admittedly mission housing couldn't have achieved this on our own. it took a team and all of our wonderful partners.

some who will speak shortly. some are dedicated funders, architects, and communed leaders that work to make this project a reality. we thank you. to our amazing mission housing team. your commitment and devotion to making our community a better place and working ever so tirelessly. most importantly, for having trust and patients in our team. we appreciate you and we look forward to building a vibrant community here at noey street. so thank you. [ applause ] >> without farther ado. i'd like to invite our first guest speaker mission housing executive director mr. sam

moss. [ applause ] >> thank you, everyone. i will keep this short and sweet. there we go. i'd just like to thank everyone for coming out today. this development 363noey is part of the portfolio of public housing sites that mission public housing, san francisco housing authority, western alliance bank, and every other person you could think of were required to get us to where we are today. i'm very proud to be mission housing's executive director. i'm proud to stand up here and give speeches like this. it's everyone here that it took to get us where we are. i think about that to get to the long-term occupied rehab projects and how hard they are. it's really easy to widthle

them down to what it cost per unit. what was construction costs. was that the number we could write about or not. we get bogged down and forget why we do what we do. it's for our tenants current and future. it's for our neighbors. because we all here believe that housing is a human right and being a human right means you do what you need to do to get it done. to make whatever compromises is needed. decades and decades later after the original building was built and rebuilt. i for one amex am extremely proud to stand up here today. i'm glad you took time-out of your day. there will be food later. it's important to celebrate when you can. it's important to stop and smell the roses. this is what that looks like.

from me and the mission housing board of directors and entire staff. we'd like to say thank you and how proud we are and god bless. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you sam. our next guest is california senator. [ applause ] >> thank you. you can call me scott. so, this project is very meaningful to me personally. first, i live two blocks from here. i have been here 26 years and proud of the affordable housing that we have in the

neighborhood. we'd like to protect it and preserve it. the neighbors that live on noey street are living in topnotch housing and we want more of it. as we create affordable housing and work hard at the stately level and locally to provide refund and speeding it up to make sure we create more affordable homes. we need to make sure the affordable homes we have we are taking care of them and not falling into disrepair and people are able to live in the housing they deserve. that's what this is about. when on the board of supervisors i had a lot of interaction with 363 noey. there were really problems here. the property fell into

disrepair it wasn't right for people to live in those conditions. i was excited to learn mission housing would be taking over the management of 363noe. it's an amazing renovation and great for so many residents around the city. i'm thrilled the rehab has happened. the management has improved and this project can be all it needs to be for the recognize resident. this program has been fantastic overall. we had so many problems with public housing in san francisco. thousands of san franciscos living in public housing in very bad conditions. under the leadership, we are

seeing that transform. we are trying to do away with the distinction between the afford housing and ol old school public housing. it's all the same. this is a big step forward. thank you mission housing and thank you to everyone that made this happen. [ applause ] >> thank you so much senator. i'd like to invite our next guest linda mason and chief officer of the housing authority. [ applause ] >> hey, everyone. i just wanted to say our ceo tonya couldn't be here today. she sends her regards and congratulations to the grand opening today. i'd like to thank our residents. i have been here for quiet

sometime and we would come here every year and we would have a meeting to hear concerns about the building and we would lead this to the executive director and figure out if we would have the funding that year to make repairs necessary. most years, we couldn't make all of the repairs and we couldn't meet the needs of the residents. i'd like to thank the residents on behalf of the housing authority all of the time to living in the housing they deserve to have. without this project and this conversion the funding would be have been available to allow them to live in these conditions. secondly, i'd like to make sure i take a moment to thank our partners. this wouldn't be happening without the department of housing development, including lydia that hosted the events along with helen who lead our

services efforts as well and continued to do so for all of our conversions working closely with the housing authority. i wanted to take a moment to thank our lenders mayor lee and mission housing who we are, at this point handing off the huge responsibility of taking care of residents. lastly and most importantly we would like to welcome mission housing to the portfolio family with the closing of today's 363 noe project. we have completed five of the projects. it's actually the first set of properties mission housing will be managing after the convergence. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you so much, linda, that was amazing.

i'd like to invite next monica of modern alliance. >> i'm here representing western alliance bank and california bridge bank. we are the lender and credit equity investors. this was a phenomenal project to be apart of. i remember when i first got the call about the challenging project, multiple sites in san francisco. high cost. not to be worried. there were a lot of great partners involved and the project would be a success. i said, sign me up. so, our typical project would be a single site and new construction where this was five separate sites and rehab. complicated project but happy we could come in and take the time to understand the project and the benefits to the

community here and be apart of the partnership with everyone at the state and local level here that have been involved. we are happy to be here. [ applause ] >> thank you so much, monica. that was beautiful. i'd like to invite next mission housing deputy executive director marcia. >> well, i'm not going to repeat what everybody said and everybody has shared. what i'd like to focus on acknowledging every single resident that lives in this location. relocation is never easy.

i always tell our team at mission housing to put yourself in our residents shoes and think about what that looks like and feels like. i know, a partner of ours, helen knows that. she constantly reminds us what that is. i want to acknowledge, first and foremost, the community at 363 noe. to my right randall. he walked the property when we took it over. we weren't necessarily the owners of the property. it was a tricky situation. we had to walk the property and understand the needs of the problemty. randell showed us the way and introduced us to the residents and you should the building and we understood what we were getting into and how to best support the community here at

363. i'm not sure how many residents we have here but can we please give them a round of applause. it took patients and the most important component was trusting mission housing and an organize walking in without them knowing a lot of history about us but trusting the fact that we can come in here and make significant changes to the community. i'm appreciative of that. the second thing today, i know sam talked about our staff. i'd like to talk a bit about every single team member that represents mission housing and this wasn't an easy thing. this was during the core of the pandemic. you see a few more gray hairs in my head this is what it took to get this done. if i can have the residence and housing department of mission housing and every single staff member of the mission housing team, raise your hand so we can acknowledge you. we couldn't have done it without your support,

dedication, and also just being there to support the entire team. lastly, what i'd like to say is acknowledge our board of director. we have a few here. i'd like to invite previous and current board of directors joining us today. can you please raise your hand. irvine severed on the board. thank you for trusting on the management team. we are here to celebrate along with you. with your leadership and support we are able to do that. the last thing i'd like to say to ever partner that supported our effort, i'm grateful. our construction team. our gcs. they work very hard. i see a few of them here, correct, maybe? yes. i'd like to honor them. you probably received a ton of e-mails from us and you kept

that dialog under really difficult times. i'd like to thank the housing authority. team members as well. i'd like to honor them. this wasn't an easy process and they were patient to work with us. also our architects. thank you for taking the feedback we were bringing back from our residents to you and you kept making changes. i'd like to thank all of you for that. at this time, i'm going to go ahead and introduce a person, like i said earlier that opened his doors here at 363 , noe. ran dell randell support. he continues to support us. he's also the president of the

tenant association. come up and share your thoughts. >> welcome, to everyone. the one part i got to see that was missed was the neighbors. i invited them. thank you neighbors. thank you neighbors for the constitution. it's over. yes, the relocation was tough. working with housing authority was tough at the beginning. thank you to mayor reed. we had many of our tenant council meetings and you were there. it's coming full circle. there is about eight tenants here. half of the tenant council is present. one thing i look forward to is working with mission housing.

figuring out the services. keeping going forward. it's in the process. sam, we can talk about the mic and the mic cover. no, we'll leave that alone. >> thank you. before i introduce the next very important person that will speak and advocate for affordable housing. i'd like to honor them as well because they have been working closely on the site. for that being said, i'd like to introduce the next speaker. she's a dedicated person that has been focused on san francisco on affordable housing. she's an advocate. every time we hear her speak. she speaks about creating

additional units that open up to the community. please welcome our san francisco mayor, london reed. >> thank you for all at mission housing for all of the amazing work. not only to build more housing but preserve the existing affordable housing. we started a conversation early on. someone who was in public housing. 200 were built to replace them. i realize, more than ever enter the world of public

service. this is how it supports them. how we as a city need to think about it from start to finish. what are we doing to help each of the individuals maintain dignity. as we make the very hard decisions to uproot their lives and change the communities and change all of the situations that they have been struggling in from challenging toer. how do we get there together and how do we continue to work together and not make the mistakes of the past in doing so. i have to say. the only way we do it is with a village. it's with partners. it starts with people like randell and the people that live here. it continues with organizes like mission housing who really is mission driven to make sure people are able to

live in dignity all over san francisco and be able to afford to live in san francisco. it continues with our verious city agencies. the mayors office of housing. i know eric shaw is here and members of is team. it continues with our private partners. it does take a village. this talks about the need to build. they have to build 82,000 units in the next 80 years. never the less in the process of focusing on all of the new development we can't forget about preservation. preservation of existing affordable housing to ensure the people living in buildings

like this are protected. i know this project was complicated. five locations, 69 units. the program around preservation, especially at the height of the pandemic has done more than just 69 units. in fact over $200 million of investments to preserve and protect the units throughout the city of san francisco. i'm grateful we have so many dedicated people helping us to do that. we know there is so much work to be done. that's why it's so important to have the celebrations and acknowledge the work. part of the work wouldn't be done without state support. your former supervisor and current state senator scott weiner is here.

without his advocacy. people walk into their new home and know they are protected for decades to come. that's what this is about. i know, it's a happy occasion here today despite the challenges of the city. i'm looking forward to continue the great work. i'm looking forward that under my housing plan that we continue to break barriers. we continue to get all of the bureaucracy out-of-the-way so we can move and do projects projects like this faster and less expensive. so we can continue to make sure we are not the only ones that can live in san francisco and others have the same opportunity and feel supported and protected. we talk about san francisco being a diverse city. the only way it can be diverse

economically is if we have people in all kinds of industries that can afford to live here and commit our promise to build the 82,000 units is important. people think, oh, that's impossible. we have approved over 50,000 units to be built. can you image, can you image what over 50,000 units built-in san francisco could mean for affordability in the city if we can get it done. so, today is a proud day. today's an exciting day to talk about housing and continue our push, work, and advocacy to get the financial resources necessary. get rid of the bureaucratic red tape and make sure we are focusing on handing keys to people so they walk into their new beautiful home and continue to love and enjoy their neighborhood. people apart of if

neighborhoods and everything the great city has to offer. thank you for being here today. [ applause ] thank you, mayor. that was absolutely beautiful. to the speakers, i'd like to invite you for a photo opportunity. then our contractors we would like you to join us for a photo op also. you can also join us in the back. >> join me in the count. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [ applause ] television.

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zen citizen in arena hills open and serve old-fashioned ice cream. >> over 20 years. >> yeah. >> had my own business i was a firefighter and came in- in 1969 her dad had ice cream and left here still the owner but shortly after um, in here became the inc. maker the manager and lead and branded the store from day to day and in the late 90s- was obvious choice he sold it to him and he called us up one night and said i'm going to sell the ice cream store what you you

talking about diane came and looked at the store and something we want to do and had a history of her dad here and growing up here at the ice cream store we decided to take that business on. >> and have it in the family i didn't want to sell it. >> to keep it here in san francisco. >> and (unintelligible). >> share worked there and worked with all the people and a lot of customers come in. >> a round hill in the adjoining areas loved neither ice cream shop in this area and support russia hills and have clean up day and give them free ice cream because that is those are the people that keep us the opportunity to stick around here

four so many years next generations have been coming her 20 er thirty or 40 years and we have the ingredients something it sold and, you know, her dad said to treat the customers right and people will keep on coming back and 75 or 74 years, you know, that is quite an accomplishment i think of it as our first 75 years and like to see that, you know, going into the future um, that ice cream shop will be around used to be 4 hundred in the united states and all gone equipment for that one that is the first and last we're proud of that we're still standing and people people are

you tell people it's been around in 50 years and don't plan on >> it is 205 p.m. >> thank you very much secretary. good afternoon and welcome to the meeting of the arts commission on monday september 11, 2023. may we begin the meeting by the calling of the roll? >> president collins, here. vice president shiota, here. commissioner beltran, here. commissioner benavides is absent.

commissioner brenzel, here. commissioner carney is absent. commissioner ferras, here. commissioner hakimi, here. commissioner musleh, here. commissioner rothschild, here. commissioner shelby, here. commissioner stryker, here. commissioner tanner is absent but we have a quorum. >> thank you very much. now for public meeting instructions. today the arts commission meeting will be conducted in a hybrid formit to allow everyone to participate in person and remotely through the webex platform. technology grants better accessibility for individuals joining the meeting remotely, please be mindful tech related difficulties may occur, which could tribute to gaps and delays as staff transition technology between speakers. please note we are doing our best and we ask for your patience. you may also find the

meeting being streamed on sfgovtv2, comcast 78, 28 and at&t uverse 99. i want to remind us of the policies and procedures for public meetings. at this meeting we are bound to follow the structure of our agenda and adhere to the best practices asset forth in the good government guide. at every public meeting there will be a opportunity for general public comment where members may comment on any item pertaining to this body. respectfully we ask you keep your public comment on topic. each public comment is limited to three minutes. please understand the committee does not contribute dialogue towards public comments. each comment will be documented for public purposes. i'll request comments from the public attending the meeting in tern and then from

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to chief of staff alyssa ventry for public comment instructions. >> members of the public joining in person who wish to comment on agenda items, once you're called on you will be asked to voice comment at the podium. public comment cards are located on the podium. you are recommended but not required to fill out the card included in the minutes. if the podium isn't handicapped accessible please let us know. you may also make public comment using the webex link. click the link and prompted to enter the information. first, last name and e-mail. these fields are required, however if you wish to remain anonymous you may type public in the first and last field. please insure you are in a quite location all devices with muted. at the appropriate time, the chair will request public comment. members using the webex link use the hand icon to raise your hand. when your time is up you will be unmuted

and when your time is-when it is your time to be speak you will be unmuted and when your time is up you will be muted. members calling by phone that wish to comment, please press star 3 to be added to the speaker line. you will hear us to state your name and make your comment. you are encouraged but not required to state your name. i'll start you three minutes when you speak and you will receive a 30 second warning. when your time is up, i say caller time is up and you will be placed on mute and moved out of the speaker line. we'll pause briefly before closing public comment to insure no other public commenters are seeking to speak on a item. participants who wish to speak on other items can remain on the line and listen for the next public comment opportunity. anyone who speaks in today's meeting can send a summary to be included to arts [indiscernible] the summary may be redacted as it exceeds the word

limit or not accurate summary of the speaker public comment. you may also e-mail art-info@sfgovtv.org. comments will be shared on the screen. president collins, please proceed with the meeting when ready. >> thank you very much. i like to start the meeting by reading the land acknowledgment statement. the san francisco arts 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 community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. as a department dedicated to promoting a diverse and

equitable arts and culture environment in san francisco, we are committed to supporting the traditional and contemporary evolution of the american indian community.now i'll call item 2, approval of minutes. discussion and possible action. i will remind the commissioners to say their name after they respond to a motion. ask for a motion to approve. i'm asking for a motion to approve the august 7, 2023 minutes and asking for a second. >> second. >> thank you. now i like to call for public comment. is there any public comment on item number 2, approval of the

minutes? >> we will take in person public comment first. for those in person, please proceed to the public comment podium and are fill out the public comment information card. for those joining remotely, please raise your hand if listening via webex. phone, press star 3 to be placed in the queue. we are on item number 2. your time will start when you begin speaking and you'll see a visual timer on the screen and receive a 30 second warning. you will be muted once your time is up. you may stay on the line if you wish to speak another item. [indiscernible] can send a brief written comment included in the minutes [indiscernible] art-info@sfgov.org. i'm just checking. we have no in-person public comment. we have no raised hands virtually so no public comment on this item. >> now i'm asking for a final motion. all those in favor say,

aye. >> aye. >> and those opposed say, nay. motion carries unanimously. thank you. calling item 3, which is general public comment and discussion. this item allows members of the public to comment generally on matters within the committee's purview, as well as suggest new agenda items for the commission's consideration. is there any public comment on item number 3, general public comment? >> we will be taking in person public comment first. for those joining in person proceed to the public comment podium. for those joining remotely, raise your hand if listening via webex. by phone press star 3 to be placed in the queue. we are on item 3, general public comment. you time will start when you speak and you will see a visual timer on the screen and receive a 30 second warning and muted once time is up.

you may stay online if you wish to speak on other items. no general public comment. >> i am also going to make a correction, because we are now moving into item number 5, is that correct? >> we are on 4, the director's report. >> right. just for the record,b i think there might have been a mistake in my verbiage. comment is now closed. >> yes. >> we are calling on director's report, item number 4. calling on the director of cultural affairs

ralph remington. >> thank you. good afternoon commissioners. i hope you had a wonderful labor day weekday earlier this month and like to wish you all an early happy start to latino heritage month, which takes place september 15 through october 15. the start off the month report i like to share a few highlights from recent events the past month. on august 17, i attended a press event for edge on the square celebrating their first executive director, our own joanne lee. the event was attendeded by former house speaker nancy pelosi. so proud of joanne and wish her all the best in her new role. she is so happy and well received and beloved in that community and it was a pleasure to see and i just saw her again at the chinese cultural center for the gala and she is beaming and i

miss her so much. she is wonderful though, and such a great fit for that new role, so there is that. on august 30, i participated in the arts loan fund, arts exchange alongside some community investment staff members. the gathering provided a space for arts and culture funders and grant makers in the bay area, northern california region to strengthen grant making by coming together and building relationships, learning collectively and celebrating the arts. on september 6 i attended act opening night for hipest trip, the soul train musical and a number of folks here have seen that. i recommended to everyone go see it. it is a party in the theater. you will definitely have a good time the celebration of a icon, don cornealious and

iconic show and soul train and celebration of black music in general and hence, celebration of american music, because where american music without black music. no rock and roll, blues, country, hip hop. subtract africa you have hardly music in america. go check out this wonderful production if you get a chance at act. on september 8, i attended the chinese culture center 58 annual anniversary gala. eelectric encounters. i are was there, it was wonderful. great recipients and our supervisor chan was celebrated as well as the first somarts director and interesting because we have [indiscernible] who i'll introduce

later on, and some know is our new deputy director of programs and she attended as well, but she was also a somarts director before maria. so, there is that. on september 9, i spoke at brava theater. i will talk about that later. gallery sponsored wonderful event and the gallery team was late. i will talk about later on. september 10 i attended the world arts dance festival at presidio tunnel tops. great day full of dances around the world that reflect values wisdom and beauty and survival to joy. some community investment updates, the arts endowment, impact endowment project based initiative grant opportunity for 2024 is

now accepting applications through september 29. this initiative emphasize diversity, inclusivity, prioritizing small and mid-size organizations and individual artists connected to bipoc, lgbtq plus, [indiscernible] the focus is on project based artistic works that benefit the community. a recording of last week's informational webinar is available on our website. we are also excited to announce that we brought on-board 8 cultural ambassadors that help strengthen outreach strategies. they play a vital role increasing awareness of sfac grant information session and encouraging applications submission through social mead juon the ground outreach. lastly, i like to report dream keeper initiative application window has closed.

grants reinvest 60 million annually providing arts and culture grants. rci staff are working on the eligibility check and will be scheduling a grant panel in the near future. some public art updates. we recently marked a significant milestone with kick-off of the construction phase for the mission branch library capital improvement project in collaboration with the san francisco public library and public works. the highlight of this project is the site specific commission public artwork by wanna alisia. the artist was in attendance and spoke about the cultural significance of [indiscernible] prickly pear cactus. attendees had the opportunity to get a sneak peak of the reading room where the

fuse glass artwork will be installed in 2025. beautiful. i also would like to share that the public art team recently issued a request for qualifications for the gene friend recreation center improvement project public art project. the project aims to celebrate the rich history and diversity of san francisco soma neighborhood, including recognition of soma filipino cultural heritage district and the deadline is september 18. also pleased to share a update on the restoration work of the mechanic monument on market street by douglas tilten. completed the final page of the treatment. in 2022, san franciscansioided mechanics mon ument as the second most liked monument.

gallery updates. next week on september 20, sfac galleries debut a new expedition at city hall from the archive of mission cultural center for latino arts. this exhibition will showcase the history of political and community activism and cultural events in san francisco through posters produced by mission graphica. we invite you all to join us for the reception september 20 at 6 p.m. in the north light court at city hall. this past weekday sfac galleries hosted a two day symposium celebrating the remarkable influence and work of wanna alisia. five panelist discussed and celebrated contribution to the arts. i had the privilege

speaking at this event and staff were great. great event. congratulations to the gallery staff having such a wonderful event, well attended. everyone there was so excited and happy to be there and truly invested in this artist and invested in this exhibition so thank you for that. hr updates. i'm pleased to announce and welcome our newest arts commission employees sarah hallenbeck joining as our deputy director of finance anded administration and lex [indiscernible] our new deputy director of program s. they both officially began their roles last week september 8. tell you a little about them and invite them up to say a few words. sarah hallenbeck comes to the arts commission from pfm financial advisors llc where since 2001 she served as municipal advisor

and managing director and head of san francisco office. at fpm she managed financial consulting for governmental agencies through the california, overseeing complex analysis and debt issuance for cities, counties, special districts and transportation agencies. hallenbeck started professional career in city county of san francisco mayor's office where she served 5 years in various positions including budget analyst and public finance manager. since 2018, sarah served as a board member of the san francisco girls chorus, a local non profit arts organization dedicated to providing empowering music education for young singers. holds bachelor of arts in history from yale and master of public policy from uc berkeley. lex comes to the arts commission from one nation one project.

a national arts and wellbeing initiative served as the executive director. from 2015 to 2023 worked in san francisco office of economic and workforce development where she supported the city efforts for a healthy and equitable business climate. prior to oewd, executive director of somarts where she established a residency program, grew the organization creative programming and budget through a recession. in 2014, she cofounded arts for better bay area, to broadly engage artists and arts workers around space, artist housing and cultural equity. holds bachelor of fine arts in theater from drake university and master of arts in liberal studies from wes lion university. so thrilled you both joined our team and thank you. let's give them a

round of applause. [applause] i like to invite you up to say a few words. >> thank you director remington. thank you very much commissioners. i mine as well start this afternoon by following the direction of chair collins to keep it tight and just say that i'm extremely honored to be joining the arts commission team and i very much look forward to working with all of you on your governance and legislative priorities together with director remington and the arts commission team. thank you so much. [applause] >> i would also like to begin by thanking director remington and it is wonderful to

have this opportunity. thank you to the commissioners as well. i couldn't be more thrilled to have the opportunity to marry my professional experience with my love of the arts and the work i've done outside my professional career relating to the arts and it is hahn r to be a part of the work that this body does and the difference you make in our community, so thank you and thrilled to be here. [applause] >> thank you both. now update on available sfac job opportunities. the application window for the community investment program officer position has recently closed. we are still accepting applications for the commission secretary and senior monument and memorial program. application deadlines

for both are due later this month. that concludes my director's report for september 2023. happy to take any on questions you may have. >> no questions from the commission. any comments? i think on behalf of the commission, thank you very much for joining us. it will be a great journey. we are really pleased and proud to have you. your backgrounds speak forcefully for your interest in the arts and understanding of that connection to this public body, so on behalf of our commissioners, i would like to well come you and thank you very much. any further commissioner comments? seeing none, may i ask for public comment on the director's report? >> we will be taking in person public comment first. [providing instructions

for public comment] >> i see no in-person public comment. i'll going to give a few seconds for our virtual hands to catch up. i see no virtual hands. we have no public comment and we can proceed to the next item. >> item number 5 is now closed.

i'll call on our deputy director-deputy city attorney lauren curry. it is wonderful to welcome you and are important periodically to understand the rules and responsibilities we hold as commissioners and so, i'll turn the mic over to you. thank you very much. >> thank you president collins and good afternoon commissioners and director remington. lauren curry from the city attorney office and give you a very high level overview of arts commissioner roles and responsibilities, which you are the experts on, so i'll speak to the experts, but as you know, there are so many rules governing city commissioners and so this a high level overview to sort of just issue spot what some of those are and just as a refresher, i know you have annual trainings and that type of thing, but this is just meant to be a refresher and if you

have specific questions that you want to talk about, i'm always available, so please reach out to me directly. so, i will-will you do the slides? okay. perfect. this is our agend taw agenda, and it is very ambitious. we'll look at the background of the arts commission, the arts commission powers and duties. look at the general powers and duties of city commission. we'll look at the role of the arts commission, versus the role of the department head. also talk about your annual filing obligation, and ethics matters. let's start with a background of the arts commission. you're probably all aware the san francisco voters created the arts commission by charter in 1932, and the arts commission is the agency that champions the arts as essential

to daily life by investing in a vibrant arts community and enlivening the urban environment and shaping innovative cultural policy and that's the mission statement in the arts commission website. the arts commission consist of all of you. 15 members appointed by the mayor, and you serve four year terms. per the city charter, 11 members shall be practicing art professionals, including two architects, and a landscape architect and four members of the commission are lay persons. in terms of the powers and duties of the arts commission, these are set forth in the city charter as voted by the people of san francisco in section 5.103, and as you all know, the arts commission approves the design of all public structures and private structures, which extend over public property. you approve the design and location of all

works of art on city property. the arts commission is responsible for cataloging, caring for and maintaining works of art owned by the city. responsible for promoting neighborhood art programs and assuring the city owned cultural centers remain open and accessible. and also for all appropriations made by the board of supervisors for advancement of visual performing and literary arts among other things, but these are the main duties in the charter. the admit code, the san francisco administrative code section 2a150 flushes out those duties and provides more information on your responsibilities. and then general powers and duties of city commissions are formulate and evaluate goals, objectives, plans and policy consistent with the overall objectives of the city and county established by the

mayor and board of supervisors, through adoption of city legislation. you also approved the department budget. you also have the authority to conduct investigations into any aspect of governmental operations within this body jurisdiction through the power of inquiry. you also prepare a annual report describing your activities and that's reported to the mayor and the board of supervisors, and you also have the responsibility to or all commissions to appoint an executive secretary to manage the affairs and operations of the commission. you are in the process of doing that right now as the secretary position is open. next i'll talk generally about the roles of the commission and the roles of the department head. so, the commission is the policy body that oversees the director of cultural affairs and department staff. so, as i just mentioned in the last slide, the

general responsibility of all boards and commissions, is to formulate, evaluate, approve goals, objectives, the policies for a department. whereas, the department head or in this case the director of cultural affairs is the chief executive officer, ceo of the department and that person has full power and are authority to administer the day to day affairs of the department, and the commission and its individual members may not interfere with the director's day to day manage mth of the administrative affairs of the department so thinks like promotions and hiring and there are other examples. and there's a section of the good government guide, the city attorney issues a good government guide on the website. it has you are probably all familiar with, very long, but it is searchable and there is a good section that describes the role of

a commission versus the role of department head and i set forth the applicable pages for you there. the next thing to talk about is your annual filings and obligations. there are two main things to remember. there is the statement of economic interest or form 700 due april 1 every year and arts commissioners must disclose investments and are business positions and any business entity or income from any of those entities, which does business with the arts commission. entities that do business with the arts commission or has done business with the arts commission within the two years prior to you filling out that form, or which may do business with the arts commission so that is what you want to look for when filling out form 700. be mindful must report income investment or

property owned by their spouse or domestic partner if applicable and that is described on the remember form 700. if you have questions feel free to contact me or ethics team or if you contact me i may put you in touch with our ethics team and they are always available to help with questions on form 700. the other annual responsibility that you have are the ethics and sunshine training so must complete a sunshine ordinance training. san francisco public records law, because san francisco has to have its own version too, which is stricter then the state rules and there are ethics training and file and say i have done my sunshine ordinance and ethics training and done that by april 1. the next slide is

not--is just to remind you, there are a host of other things where you could fall into quick sand and we want to prevent that happening. all these can be their entire own presentation and if there is anything you feel you like more information you can call me, i can also come back and do a more specific presentation to the commission on for example, gifts or behested payments or things like that. here we have-we want to watch out for gifts, anything of value that is given to you. there are limits for what gifts you can take and they have to be reported on your form 700. for [indiscernible] generally prohibited so if that comes up, give me a call. travel can be considered a gift if someone is paying for your travel . there is exceptions if you are doing on official agency business for the

commission, so again, just give me a call if someone is paying for your travel. loans can come up, so if you have a loan from someone over a certain amount there are exceptions for banks and general exceptions but that is something to be mindful of, because a loan could be a gift. for example, if it doesn't require repayment then it would be essentially a gift or if it isn't repaid we consider it a gift. that type of thing. there is behested payments, which are basically asking an interested party y for something and those have rules. there is recent legislation that passed about behested payments so happy to discuss that more with anyone that has questions, and there are also issues around fundraising and tickets isn't on here, but the arts commission

does have a ticket policy and so that is another thing that can come up a lot. for any of these, there are rules, they can be complicated and tend to be fact specific so really important to get all the facts who is giving what and how much it is worth and who is doing what. it is virtually impossible to go over all the scenarios that could come up, but please give me a call if you think that you need to discuss that with someone. and then just be mindful because there will be-there are elections coming up and there are restrictions on political fundraising activities of members of boards and commissions and so that's something to be aware of. i am happy to talk with you about. there is a section i have it in the powerpoint. the city attorney good government guide has a section.

i listed the pages here, so i just recommend reviewing those and letting me know if you have any questions. and then finally, ethics matters. there is conflicts of interest and generally a conflict of interest is when a commissioner personal interest such as financial interest or the financial interest of a immediate family member clash with duties of public officer. these are also very complicated rules, they also tend to be fact specific so if you feel you may have a conflict of interest, then it is best to reach out to me and i may have you speak with our ethics team as soon as you recognize there is maybe a conflict of interest, or something that might appear to be a conflict, even if it isn't necessarily a conflict under the law. and then again, political activity by city officers and employees, just be mindful of restrictions using city resources for political activity and there are also

certain political activities that elected officials and commissioners are prohibited from doing, so i would take a look at the pages that i've set forth here in the good government guide before upcoming elections. and then there is also the statement of compatible activities. you are probably all aware that is something that is the ethics commission has to adopt for each board and commission and so the arts commission has its own statement of incompatible activities and that also goes a little farther into what types of gifts would be problematic and activities that are incompatible with your role as a commissioner. want to take a look at that. i'll briefly say that in the statement of incompatible activities for commissioners, i would look at any

relationship where there is financial benefit with art gallery or art house or anybody that supplies materials or art to the commission, so those would be things that maybe should set a bell off in your mind. so, other then that, high level overview meant to get your mind going, but i want to say finally thank you so much. i don't know if people realize necessarily how much work and time and effort it takes to be a city commissioner. it is not for the faint of heart or for those who have a weak stomach. there are a lot of rules, so i really appreciate you having me here today to go over some of them and i welcome any time for you to contact me and discuss any specific circumstances that you have. happy to take questions, but there will be a general

applicability. >> are there any questions or discussion? >> quick question. political activities. i want to be clear is that city of san francisco? >> yes. >> i want to make sure because i try to avoid anything san francisco. >> yes, it applies to the city of san francisco, but if there are certain things you are concerned about, then- >> [indiscernible] outside city san francisco. >> just always good to check in so just check in to make sure. >> any further questions? seeing none, may i ask for any public comment? >> we will take in person public comment first. for those in person please proceed to the podium. for those joining remotely, please raise your hand if listening and calling by phone star 3 to be placed in the queue.

instructions are on the screen. we are on item number 5. your time will start when you begin speaking and see a visual timer on the screen and receive a 30 second warning before your time concludes. then muted once your time is up. you may stay on the line if you wish to speak on other items. can send summary of comments to be included in the minutes if 150 words or less. i'm requesting comments from those in person. i see no in person public comment and just going to give a few seconds for our virtual public comment. i see no virtual hands. we have no public comment on this item. >> we are now closing item number 6. i'm sorry, item 5, and calling item 6. the san francisco arts commission gallery

fall 2023 exhibition. >> thank you. good afternoon commissioners. i'll present out the fall 2023 exhibitions at the city hall and main gallery. to start, i want to present mission graphica here att city hall being installed. we are thrilled to announce we are collaborating with mission cultural center for latino arts on an exhibition documenting the history of political community activism and cultural events through by mission graphica and lu rosa graphics. mission graphica was established in 1977, the same time as mission cultural center. community lead graphic arts studio and

workshop offering classes, studioerantal and service to the community. larosa graphic produced posters and prints primarily by chicano and latinx artist. mission district from 1971 to 1995. organized by artists and community organizerers organized art classes for rallies, fund raisers and cultural educational events. the exhibition will illustrate san francisco history of political activism and cultural vibrancy through the posters produced by mission graphica and la rosa graphics decade by decade. second i like to introduce at the main gallery is tran scinding physicalicality.

14 artist group exhibition-the exhibition delveinize to concept of place, the interplay of human activities relationships and interactions that shape and define places. the exhibition organizes that place extends beyond more-aims to illustrate the multi-faceted dimensions that crebt to essence of place. and the artists include alex arts-we can see one slide of their work throughout. [indiscernible] kiana [indiscernible]

[calling out artist names] sorry, my slides are not going with the internet. [calling out artist names] i'm going to

share about the curator after. an iranian born who makes visible demotional and physical and psychological reflection inspired by nature and environment. employs walking as a catalyst to reference technology as a

colonial structure while negotiating boundaries of land. [indiscernible] relationships between nature, land and technology. while addressing transformation of memories into physical space. thank you so much. i'll take any questions. >> are there questions from the commissioners as to the fall 2023 exhibitions? >> i don't have a question, but in the first la rosa slide is a young illustrated picture of [indiscernible] not sure how old she was. you see her with glasses on. really beautiful. >> nice to inherit those histories, isn't it? >> uh-huh. >> any other questions or any comments? >> commissioner hakimi.

they start the fall of 2023? >> so, september 20 is the first reception at city hall, and the next exhibition of place is october 13 at the main gallery. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. is there any public comment on the 2023 exhibitions? >> we will take in person public comment first. [providing instructions for public comment]

i'm requesting comments from those in person. i see no in person public comment, and i'll give it a few seconds for our virtual hands. and i see no virtual public comment, so public comment is closed for this item. >> thank you very much. we are closing item number 6, and calling item 7. the committee reports and committee matters. the discussion first calling item 7 subitem 1, the civic design review committee. i introducing committee chair kimberley stryker to present the committee report. >> thank you. we had a full roster of projects in august that included the sinole water ozone treatment plant recollect the

treasure island water recovery, which includes constructed wet land water treatment system and structures. a concept review of the southeast water treatment plant new operation building in the bayview, and a very small project review of the famous and historic dolphin club renovation, which we passed. in addition, the project i like to show you today, which passed at phase 3 with committee accolades is ocean beach climate change adaptation plan. the city has a number of projects to promote ecological resilience to climate change, and i like to point this one out because it is exemplary. it offers amenities and in addition to climate change resilience and also a multiple agency

coordinated projectb. so, prepared for removal of part of the great highway around the zoo area, and are that has not been approved finally, but the project is in line to step in when it does. so, these are the things this project does. you can see on your screen a few things. it builds walls along the slope to stabilize those slopes and minimize sand movement,er which is very excessive and blows up on the great highway often and needs to be removed. it creates open space for pedestrians, bike riders and surfs. it offers a beautiful restroom that is accessible to all with minimal maintenance, and that architecture was done by the city bureau of architecture. very contemporary.

offers wonderful art out on the what i would call a plaza across the street from the zoo, which is the main staging area where the restroom is, and it offers enhanced habitat and slope stabilization by quite an extensive pallet of native plants that are flowering all seasons of the year. very superb design by landscape architecture and architects toorbt so together so kudos and high pass to this project which is now on its way. and overall that concludes my report, unless i have comments from anyone- >> no actions on the e docket. any questions of the commission to commissioner stryker? seeing none, may i have any public comment?

>> take in person public comment first. [providing instructions for public comment] i'm requesting from those in person and i see no in person public comment. i'll just wait a few seconds for any virtual hands. and i see no virtual hands. we have no public comment on this item. >> thank you. >> thank you. we are closing that

item and calling for agenda item number 7, subitem 2.1, which is the community investment committee report. i'm going to introduce commissioner shiota to give this report, please. >> thank you president collins. the community investment committee met tuesday august 15, 2023 and we discussed many things. the first was the san francisco artist grant. the community investment committee recommended approval of two san francisco artist grants for $20 thousand each totaling $40 thousand. the san francisco artist grants were originally approved in april along with our other cultural equity endowment grant categories. two these 2 gants are due to couple applicant inability to register with the city payment system. the segd item we went over all the community

service allocation plan and the director of community investment, duneez presented a update on the new community service allocation plan tied to the artist impact endowment, aie and involves community process to review funding recommendations every five years. after request from proposal process and application review panel, community investment staff has chosen the planning and research to work on the data review and community engagement process. we also discussed the community-cultural ambassador program director remington mentioned previously. program officers janelle molena and jennifer chui presented a update. this is follow up to committee member questions and suggestions from the

april 2023 community investment committee meeting. committee members commended the work of staff and suggested a possible payment increase for the work to insure equity in the arts commission support of artists and individuals working in arts and culture. we also had a staff report. the director of community investments reported the community investment staff is hard at work preparing for the fiscal 24 grant cycle, and this fall staff will launch eight distinct grant programs for san francisco based artists and arts organization. a series of grants speaker webinars and technical assistance to assist applicants in navigating the grants process is happening september through october 2023. individuals with expertise in arts and culture fields are invited to participate

in the peer review grant panels. a paid opportunity. applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but we encourage applicants to apply before december 2023 to be considered for the grant cycle. please spread the word about these opportunities. details can be found on our website at www.sfartscommission.or g/grants. >> may have any discussion or comments on the report of the community investment committee? seeing none from the commission, may i ask for public comment on the report of the community investments committee? >> we'll take in person public comment first. [providing instructions for public comment]

requesting comments from those in person. i see no in person public comment. we'll give a few seconds for virtual. i see no virtual hands. we have no comment and public comment is closed. >> thank you very much. calling item 7, subitem 2.2 the cultural center allocations and asking commissioner shiota to present the report. senior program officer ann tricky is

available virtually to answer questions. >> great thank you so much. a little background information on these two action items. these are the stand ard operating grants for all the cultural centers for fiscal year 2024. the reason these are coming to the full commission is due to a change for the virtual center, the american indian cultural center who will become a subgrantee of somarts. this is the time to make change since now is when the grants are being renewed. as reminder, these grants are general operating support, not capital or programming. so, we will now take the first item, which i like to see if there is any commissioner discussion or comments on the first item, which is the discussion and possible action to approve the cultural center fiscal year 2023, 2024 grant

amount not to exceed $864.822 to somarts and the subgrantee, asian pacific islander cultural center for grant amount not to exceed $149.880. the subgrantee cultural center for grant amount not to exceed $149.880. and the subgrantee, american indian cultural center for grant amount exceed $149.880. the subgrantee cultural center for grant amount not to exceed $149.880. and the subgrantee, american indian cultural center for grant amount of $449.880 dollar which include operating support.

for fiscal years 2024 through 2026. do we have a motion? >> and a quick question. commissioner shiota, this is commissioner beltran asking. the american indian cultural center is subgrantee of somarts. does that mean that it will actually have any sort of physical space or still be a virtual center? >> i would ask--possibly to-originally ask joe joanne lee, but-- >> okay, hold on. go ahead and make ann a panelalist. >> great.

>> ann, can you hear us? >> hi, can you hear me? >> yep. >> they still remain a virtual center. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> from what i understand, this is commissioner shiota, that there will be a lot of programming and hopefully cross collaboration between both the virtual and the somarts centers, is that correct? >> this is not for programming, this is general operating support, so not on topic, but happy to answer that question outside this motion. >> thank you so much. >> uh-huh. >> any other commissioner comments or questions? seeing none, can i get a motion to approve? >> so move, commissioner beltran. >> second,

commissioner stryker. >> thank you so much. is there any public comment on this item? >> we will take in person public comment first. [providing instructions for public comment] requesting comments from those in person. i see no in person public comment, and looking on our virtual

hands. i see no virtual public comment. public comment is closed for this item. >> thank you so much. okay, so we put up the motion. we have a second. do i need to read that again? >> no. >> i do not, alright. so, i'll ask for a final motion. all those in favor say yes. opposed say nay. thank you, that motion passes unanimously. i now like to call for item 7, subitem 2, 2.2. we'll take the second item and that item is cultural center allocation. that is a discussion and possible action to

approve the cultural center fiscal year 2023-2024 grant amount not to exceed $864.822-sorry, that was the one we just did. apologies. this one is 2.2 and that is discussion and possible action to afruv the cultural center fiscal year 2023-2024 grant amount not to exceed $47.027 to the bayview opera house and authorize the drether of cultural affairs to enter into grant amount not to exceed $1.555.790 for fiscal years 2024-2026. do i have a motion? or any discussion or questions? do i have a motion?

>> so moved. >> second, beltran. >> thank you so much. is there any public comment on this item? >> we'll take in person public comment first. [providing instructions for public comment] requesting comments from those in person.

seeing no in person public comment, now checking our virtual hands. and i see no virtual hands. public comment is now closed for this item. >> thank you so much. we did not have any commissioner questions or comments, and i have read the item, so do we have a final roll call, please? all those in favor say yes or aye. >> aye. >> all opposed, nay. that motion passes unanimously. thank you. >> i am now calling item number 7, subitem 3, which is the executive committee item. i'm going to present director of cultural affairs ralph remington and chief of staff

alyssa ventri who are available to answer any questions. the talking points-the beginning of the year the arts commission issued a rfp for the planning and development of a agency wide strategic and business plan to help san francisco arts commission build a system of accountability, provide tools to measure the agency success and growth and to provide long-term assistance with the agency goal-setting, after a rigorous process aecom technical service was chosen as the consultant. since the contract amount is over $100 thousand, we have a motion before us to authorize the director of cultural affairs to enter into an agreement with aecom. i'm now asking for a motion and asking for any commissioner comments. >> so move, commissioner beltran.

>> second, shiota. >> are there any commissioner comments on this item? >> i have one. commissioner stryker. what is the duration of the plan and when will it begin? >> thanks commissioner stryker. ralph remington, director of cultural affairs. the duration of the plan is two years. the planning process, the first year is largely from a 30 thousand foot view, strategic operation and the second year is about kind of teach us how to implement and operationalize what we've set out as our strategic direction in the first year. so, and we should begin this month if not the beginning of next month. very soon. this starts that process. >> thank you. >> thank you. i remind the commissioners to say

their name and after they respond to the motion, but i'm asking for now a motion to authorize the director of cultural affairs to enter into agreement with aecom technical service to procure an agency wide strategic and business plan for amount not to exceed $374 thousand. motion is made and seconded by commissioner stryker--shiota. okay. and now is there any public comment on this item, 7, sub item 3, the executive committee item? >> we'll take in person public comment first. [providing instructions for public comment which are posted on the screen] checking if we

have any in person public comment. we have none, and just checking our virtual hands. we have no virtual public comment. public comment is closed on this item. >> thank you. we have a motion to authorize the director of cultural affairs to enter into an agreement with aecom technical services llc to procure agency wide strategic and business plan for amount not to exceed $374 thousand. we have a motion and second. may i ask for all those in favor say aye. >> aye. >> opposed, nay.

motion passes unanimously. i'm now calling for item number 7, sub item 4, the visual affairs committee report and introducing commissioner chair of the committee, suzie ferras. >> thank you so much president collins. i would like to give the visual arts committee report for wednesday august 16, 2023. we covered several things. i would like to start with the alameda creek watershed project. the completed artwork by walter [indiscernible] and purchased artwork by adrian [indiscernible] located in sunole, the alameda creek water center educate about the alameda creek water should. the sfpuc water system and history and

heritage of the oholone people through interpretive and interactive exhibits. walter [indiscernible] water should pays tribute to oholone people and recognize history and continued presence and power. taking the form of-the eagle, represents a protector spirit, a guardian of spaces above and below ground. it is meant as a vessel and sheltering place for reflection, remembrance and visioning. additionally, interspursed are 8 weather proof speakers that admit the voices of the tribe members singing phrases that have been transformed into the songs and calls of local birds. also presented was the two dimensional artwork purchased for the center community meeting room, title traveller by oakland based artist adrian

arias that depicts the california golden trout moving through water. i know this center is not open to the public yet, but we are very very much looking forward to when it is, and when the public can go travel the trails, hear the sound instillation, which again just to describe a little more in detail, the artists actually took the voices of the tribe and translated them into the song birds of the surrounding nature. it will be a beautiful instillation, really looking forward to that. also, we covered the final five of 11 final total designs for 49 south van ness video wall. presented by greg fora. these films were 1 to 3 minutes in length and approaches from animated hand

appellanted portraits, live action and digital animation. all with connections to san francisco history, culture and or the work performed in the building itself. this was a treat for my fellow vac commissioners. it was a movie night for us. silent movie night as there is no sound track that goes with the films. they will be at the 49 south van ness building which houses a lot of city agencies and departments, so as people go into the building, they will be presented with this great big video wall you can actually see if you look at the picture in the corner through the outside windows so people even passing the building will be able to see it, and then as not only employees but people going to visit city aijss are walking into the building, they will be presented with this and again, representing scenes of city life and action and some of the work the city agencies are doing. very excited about

this and a step forward for the kind of work that this commission can present. excited. alright. and, just as reminder, the rfq for the gene friend recreation center is open till monday september 18, so please share that with your community. i like to call for any commissioner discussion or questions. >> i just have a-commissioner beltran speaking, i have a really quick comment and that is that, you can sort of see the new video instillation in the day it is a little hard because of the screening in the windows, but they are incredible visible at night and very striking. anyone who drives down van ness can see them in this huge splendor and as commissioner ferras mentioned, this is the first time we commissioned movie art so it is siteing

exciting for the kind of work we can have. >> commissioner stryker here. i just want to comment on the wonderful art that is going into the beautiful new city building you are describing. so many employees work. it is place where they are proud to go to work every day, and i just want to comment on that, because the art elevates it. the architecture is exceptional, but the art is the jewel in the crown so adding more frosting to the cake is really great. >> thank you commissioners. any other comments? that concludes my report. >> thank you. i'm going to ask for public comment. any public comment on item 7, sub-item 4? >> weal we'll take in person public comment first. [providing instructions for public comment

provided on the screen] inperson commenters. i see no in person public comment, and now checking our virtual hands. i see no virtual hands, so public comment is closed for this item. >> thank you. i'm now calling on item number 8, which is the consent calendar. discussion and possible action. asking for the commissioners first to provide any withdraw

or recusals at this time. seeing none, i am now going to ask for any discussion or comments by the commission. >> i just have one, which is on this item, item 10 and 11, i just want to commend illuminate for cureation in golden gate park of the golden mile, so those two things proposed to be put in there are really phenomenal. i saw no dancing instillation at black rock-installed this last event. the muddy event, but it is huge and it is fun and it's ironic and it's going to look great on jfk, and the figures in item 11 are really gorgeous and amazing as well, so that's it. just want to really

applaud that what is doing in the park. >> commissioner on what you mentioned, i was in new york in july and actually got to see the work by the world trade center, and it was so playful and so much fun and they are massive and beautiful and i was very impressed it on the agenda when i went to our meeting last month. thank you. exciting stuff. >> i just wanted to add to commissioner shiota's comment. if you just are google usa today, no dances, 2023 you can see what it looks like. >> i'm throwing in too for those that dont know where it will be installed in golden gate park. it is directly opposite where the skater is set up and skating happens every day in the park. kind of the ironic nature of it being directly across where people skate dance all the time.

>> any further discussion on the consent calendar? seeing none, may i ask for a motion and second to consent on the calendar items? >> commissioner beltran, so moved. commissioner hakimi, second. >> thank you very much. any public comment on item 8, which is the consent calendar? >> we'll take in person public comment first. [providing instructions for public comment which are on the screen]

requesting comments from those in person. i see no in person public comment and just checking our virtual hands. i see no virtual hands. we have no public comment. public comment is closed. >> thank you. i now calling for the final motion. all those in favor say, yea. >> yea. >> all those opposed say, nay. motion passes unanimously. thank you. now caller for item number 9. this is new business and announcements. any current administrative budgetary legislative and programming developments and announcements? first, i will ask for any commissioner discussion on new business and announcements. >> commissioner beltran. very quick announcement. that is [indiscernible] october 5-21 and it is

the world renowned literary festival starting in san francisco 25 years ago, and it features both local national international literary talent as well as dance and performance, so encourage you to go to [indiscernible] and most many events are free or ticketed at a minimal amount. >> i am actually playing this year so excited about that. i dont know where and when, but it will be the third time so excited about that. or second time. >> i'm going to be interviewing one of the authors on saturday. >> i like to make an announcement. >> please. >> i'm doing a art show october 25. my first one at yq gallery in the ferry

building inside 15. in that space. i'm going to send invites to everybody but wanted to let everybody know. >> congratulations. any other comments? i would like to underscore commissioner remington's comment about the soul train hipest show. it is a [indiscernible] it is also really important for us to understand the significant role that act plays in one of the most challenging areas of our city. not only does it have the theater, but also the strand theater and understanding the context of the strand theater and how creative they are trying to be with their programming to make it accessible to organizations that don't have stages and to insure that the difficulty of the location is addressed, but it takes a lot of courage, and i think a lot of support and so anything we can do to

be supportive of that important investment they made in again, one of the most difficult parts of our city is greatly appreciated, and then to understand the creative energy behind such a production that highlights the history of don cornelius in our town is a significant cultural moment to be chosen to be able to curate this work and see it go forward. it is not just go there, but really understand how many crafts are coming together, the lighting, the sound, the staging. all of that it goes to produce our whole art eco system and so i want to applaud act for their courage, their investment and their vision and their wonderful new director of artistic director of act who has a lot of vision. get out there and support our city.

>> i second that. i saw it last night, and it blew me away. >> i think it also goes to say that the number of years that randal klein served as the artistic director of sf jazz is remarkable. 40 years. i think 40 years-- >> since 1983. >> [indiscernible] >> you are right. >> but his vision is now something that is really embedded in our city. it is significant and i think i would just like to give a round of applause to randal klein for his vision and execution of sf jazz over these many years. [applause] >> anew leader with terence blanchard the new art tistic director who is our artistic director of sf jazz.

that is fantastic, and he is dividing his time between la and here. he has a home in la and will have a home here, but that is amazing, remarkable. >> i want to pile on, soul train is headed to broadway, so he's your chance to avoid a cross country ticket on a plan plain to see a broadway production and you can see it here before it goes there, so highly encouraged. >> that would be the hipest trip, wouldn't it? [laughter] any further new business or announcements? >> i just want to mention, thank you all who came out to castro art walk this past saturday. two saturday's ago now. commissioner hakimi, commissioner carney, commissioner benavides, supervisor mandelman, ex-art commissioner current police

commissioner deborah walker, so nice to see familiar faces there and it was amazing, it was huge. we had two areas, including castro village filled with artists and promoting the small businesses there and performers as well, so we still have two more scheduled for this year. i would love to have you guys come and celebrate our neighborhood, celebrate our city, celebrate our culture and small businesses. next one is october 7, glen park. should be a very small cute one. i don't know if you have been to glen park. you should go. i was there today at one of the local coffee shops and it is the cutest neighborhood so please visit. lined up with the a pex celebration a night market on culmin street so looking forward to that thursday november 16. celebrate san francisco with us.

>> i think for all the old-timers [indiscernible] perform there back in the day? >> family circus. >> no more new business or announcements. any public comment on new business and announcements? [providing instructions for public comment] no

in person public comment and now checking our virtual hands. i see no virtual hands. we have no public comment. public comment is closed on this item. and >> before i take the final item i want to welcome deputy director sarah hallenbeck and deputy director of programs lex. welcome to your new family. [applause] adjourned. [meeting adjourned]