where as the green house gas reduction funds by 2022 includes 47 billion dollars national clean fund and sick billion dollars community accelerator competitions fund community left-hand laneders green bank for patriot capitol and green house gas reducing projects. those are the amendments together with on page 4 line 14 to insert i number 4 security funds to support the implementation of green bank adding those to the list of opportunity that we should seek funding for. is there a motion to adopt those amendments med by supervisor preston and seconded by walton. take those amendments without objection!

>> the amendments adopts and on the resolution and as amended same house same call it is adopted madam clerk read the memory >> today's meeting adjourn in the memory of the following loved individuals on willful of supervisor melgar for the late neil ofmachine and supervisor ronen for the late father louie vitaly and on behalf of sproirs safai the late recommendin patele. >> the board of supervisors is adjourned. clear clear

secretary full are call the roll. >> good upon morning. respond with here or present. >> segal. >> not yet present we expect her. >> warren post. >> here. >> chair post is present. >> turner is absent. paul woolford. >> present. >> zoubi. >> present. >> vice chair zoubi is present. with 3 present we have quorum for the public works commission

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publicworks. commission @sfdww. org we thank sfgovtv media service staff for making this meeting public. well is construction work going on just above our heads this relates to the heating and air congress for the building. it may be a bit stuffy but we have windows open and may have extra noise. chair post. >> thank you. >> before proceeding i would like to amend the agenda i like to move item 5 which is the bureau of street repair over vow to appear after item 7. i like to do this because i would like to take our time with that i think it will be interesting presentation and i

don't want them to feel rushed we take the 2 contract awards as our first business under regular and have the presentation. i apologize to the operation's staff. >> second, i had ask everrequested a closed session on the agenda should we need it. we do not need tiwould like to strike it from the agenda. is there a motion and session to strike the closed session from today's agenda. why moves woolford. >> second. >> thank you. >> secretary fuller open public ment on this motion. >> on the motion to strike the closed session from today's agenda would involve items 9, 10 and 11. members of public withhold like to make comment on that motion

would dial -- 3 minutes to speak on this item. and members of the public who are joining us here in the chamber line up against the wall. if you are call nothing dial 415-655-0001 access code: 2663 971 7202 ## and then star 3 to be recognized. look, we don't are members speak on this item. we have one caller who has raised their hand to be able to speak on this item. sfgovtv, go head and unmute that

caller. you will have 3 minutes to speak on this motion. >> great. can you hear mow. >> we hear you. >> good morning david pilpel i'm not sure if this the i recognize there is a motion you need to take public comment i'm not sure if this requires a motion. i support removing the item from the agenda exported to take the opportunity to thank you all for take the time on wednesday in closed session all morning to do whatever you did in closed session and again, thank you and i support the motion. that's all on this. >> >> thank you, caller. and this is our only call or this item. that concludes public comment on the motion. >> thank you. >> if there is no further debate. call the roll on striking the closed session from today's agenda. >> okay.

and on the roll call of motion to strike items 9, 10 and 11 from the agenda and i'm noting that commissioner segal is present. so i will go through this roll. >> commissioner segal? >> i'm sorry. on the motion of whether to strike the closed session items. >> yes. >> okay. warren post? >> yes. >> paul woolford? >> yes. zoubi. >> yes. >> 4 vote in favor of the motion passes. >> next. call the next item. secretary fuller. >> item 1 is the announcements

by the chair, commissioners and secretary this is an informational item. >> thank you. i know everyone will be relieved to know my announcements are few today. the first is i would like to point out the inclusion of the advanced calendar in today's materials for the meeting. tell be flushed out with regular and special present a recollections society staff and the public know what is coming. we will publish it once a month and it is a working document and will change as needed. i would like to ask director short a question. the large sink hole in cal hallow last weekend in the news a lot. i wonder if you knowledged comment on how public works may have been involved in the clean up or repair of this sink hole? >> carla short. i did include this in my report and i can pull this out and

share that now if you prefer. we can wait. thank you very much. i look forward to hearing about temperature i was pleased to read in the morning chronicle the mayor's acknowledgment of public works hard work in the tenderloin before dawn to clean the streets. pleased to seat mayor acknowledging how the department provide citizen in this neighborhood with a decent quality of life. very pleased. >> and foible low i had a question for director short, how does public works fit in the stele's street response program hamp is the city's response program and our role in it? >> thank you, chair post. carla short, i will talk to this again in my report to responded,

there are 2 coordinated street responses for the city. one is a healthy street's operation center which hen around for 5 year this is is focussed on encampment resolutions. participated in this since inception. other, which i also briefly mentioned to you before is known as d mack. the drug market agency cordination center i newer operation. with many of the same agencies involved this . is targeting the drug market and open air drug use. both of those efforts address street conditions this are driven by human behavior. and i think the benefits of the responses were highlighted by the. conference. i want to i want top reiterate they were in the activated they were in place before. and our role within both is centered around street clone and fold in learning are

prescription to promote healthy and clean streets. >> thank you very much. this explanation, this concludes my announce ams does anyone w have announcements today? >> secretary fuller. >> i center a few brief announcements. on this monday the 18th the sanitation and streets commission will hold the assessment meeting and hear performance member reports about the street environmental services and bureau of urban forestry and conduct their own review of work, which this commission will do later this fall. and then just as a head's up to commissioners, we are continuing to work on the drastical dar for 2024 meetings and i expect it have some additional news on

that early next week. so, look for a message from me with further information. about it. and thenmented to point out that the advanced calendar today does include a more than year owled advanced look at all of the items are of course, it is a working document, so, don't hold us to it if we reschedule some of those items. hopeful low gives you a perspective when we are work to do over the next year plus and finally, there are a number of worthwhile trainings load in the each commissioner's trading immediatule. i will send out riminders about this so you are able to stay ahead of that ahead of the december dead line for each them. >> and this concludes my announcements. >> thank you. open public comment on this

item. >> members of the public wish to make 3 manslaughter of comment on item one the announcements, line up if you are here. if you are calling in dial 415-655-0001, access code: 2663 971 7202 ## then press star 3 to enter the queue. we don't have anyone who proped speak on this and sfgovtv is indicating we have one caller when wants it poke on this item. sfgovtv, go ahead and unmute that caller, you will have 3 minutes to speak and i will provide a 30 second notice. >> great. david pilpel again.

yes the advanced calendar is back. i think it needs work but it is good to have. i think the public utility's commission advanced calendar is the best in the city and i hope we look more like that. in the future. i think i heard tell appear once an among it would be grit to have it every meeting so it is updated with the latest information. but it is a work in progress and it is getting better. the correspondence log, i indicated, i think at the last meeting would have been better for the public to see 2 weeks ago in connection with the workforce development grant. where there is late core sponsance and a supplemental log the public could see it if there was something this came in yesterday and connection with today's meeting. for example. it would be good for the public

to see that. today. assuming the commission. moving the agenda as you did i think going forward this is a good practice to use always to get the contract award and action items done first. then leave the presentations policy matters and discussion items. . to the end of the meet being. let's see. i was at a community event left night and ran in to ken speelmachine that was nice and we chatted briefly upon retired staff person from the department and happy new year to those where applicable.

that's what i have for item one. thank you for listening. >> thank you, caller >> that is our last public commenter on this item. >> thank you. call the next item. >> item 2 the director's report. and communications. interim director carla short is here to present. in this is an informational item. good morning, commissioners. carla short i have several topics butment to let you know i will need to least meeting after my report to attends an arbitration session and deputy direct ron alameda is here to cover the rest of the meeting. you hear mow better is this better? >> okay. >> okay of to the report.

we have several big city events i wanted to let you know about. i am sure you heard many nay sayers say san francisco is on the decline. doom loop when talk about this post pandemic vacancy rate and economic slip back. we have our challenges, san francisco has a history of come become and public works plays an important role around cleaning and beautification. there are 2 big events show case the city's commitment to shine the first this week. dream force. the sales force tech conference at mosconi center. our street cleaning team you noted is working hard and strategicically around the clock to keep it looking good. crews successful efforts have been noticed. sales force ceo remarked how good the city looks. irquote of courses you can eat off the sidewalk.

it is incredible. told the media. i want to note that this has been a real boost for our crews to have their very strong efforts recognized. we are really delighted there has been public recognition of their hard work. the second event is the asia-pacific economic cooperation leader meet being in town the week of november 12. a peck will bring 2 dozen heads of state including president biden and learning delegations. 1200 corporate lead and 600 media representatives from around the world. spotlight will be on san francisco. with dream force a recurring event and similar to other conventions had our operation's plan in place. focused on deploying extra staff in key locations around mos scene and he downtown hotels.

peck presents changes beaut to high security requirements involving local, state and federal law enforcement we are working with government agencies in plans for i successfulent. this is i huge under taking it is i great opportunity to promote our city and we are excited be part of the host city operations. >> last week we wrapped up rea creditation evidence with public works association. a press nainvolved dozens from throughout the department who since around the start of the year reviewd and updated our entire portfolio of procedures this map out the steps needed perform our work. there are hundreds of procedures intended keep the department functioning proper low no matter which is in the job. from creating designs and reduce the carbon footprint. inspecting street defects, grant agreements, appropriating for storms, operating a draw bridge

and responding to inquiries. the updated prefers were evaluated by an american public work's association panel made up of special work professionals from agencies decide whether to recommend reaccreditation. i'm happy to report not only is the panel recommending rea creditedation they said our package and presentation was the best they have seen calling amazing thoughtful and organized. you really shined. the lead evaluator told us. the next step for the american public work's committee to review and make a final decision. nothing is over until it is over i'm feeling optimistic based on the feedback. our department was first acredited in 2010. we have successful low gone through reaccreditation process 2 time fist the thumb's thumb time we'll bat a thousand. we don't have to be acredited to

operate, it demonstrates our procedures and policy meet national standards and stands out. for example the evaluation team called 2 initiatives as exemplary the ethic's training. and our commitment to diversity in hiring and accomodating people with disabilitiless. consider that across all of canada and the united states 195 public works organizations are acredited. accounting less than a percent of the total san francisco is a handful of agencies to go through the process. >> next i want to share exciting news. the southeast community center our public works lead project this opened doors last fall was recognized recipient of the 2023 american institute architects california design awasheds. for this project than i keep

manage. i tome of public w architects, land scapers, engineers and construction managers lead the design, construction and green space creations built from the ground up for the san francisco public utility commission. i think you have all had a chance to visit this project. and rescue noised by the american institutes of architects california in the design for equal communities category. here is had the organization says about designing for equal communities. design solutions act more than the client good design impacts the future helping communities thrive socially, economically and environmentally. i think we are all proud to be part of that project >> chair post you asked for a sdmap shot of projects this will come before the commission. the sfmta parking enforcement headquarters. this will credit a now headquarters for sfmta's parking

and traffic enforcement division at 1200, 15th street. building will be seismically retrofitd and meet code requirements. the new sole ash panel system will be installed on the officer. the intear i don't from animal shelter offices and retain inside and outside character defining features of this historic building. >> the folsom will street scape project along foalom street between second and 11th street. work includes pavement reasonination, sue and drainage improvements. water supply system up grids and up grids to street lighting. traffic and over head muni lines. similar to other improvement projects second street and polk street. and then the japantown peace

plaza is the renovation of the peace plaza at 1610 geary. plaza a cultural land america in sudden front and home to the peace pagoada monument. out door plaza more than 30,000 square feet and built over a parking garage. rebuilt plaza include land scape planters. irrigation. curbs and rails, lighting and electric. work includes the construction of i new storage building. on to the sink hole. all right. as you asked about this, chair post, you saw a large sink hole formed monday on fillmore near green street sending water and mud in street and homes and businesses. it was caused boy i water min brick a for year old pipe ruttured. the water system is owned and operated by the puc special they

are over seeing the repairs. our street cleaning crews assist in the aftermath of the break by washing down the streets with our flusher trucks. puc will reper se the roadway per our street restoration code. our engineers are available to assist as needed. than i have made temporary fixings and the puc will perform more utility repairs. our team the continue to attends daily update meetings until the repairs are completed and work is expected to wrap up in 6 weeks. it was a major sink hole. dramatic. commissioner zoubi you asked for information on how we notified shared space sponsors when we have street paving projects with the exception of emergency repairs which are river, we give shared space head's up about construction 2-3 years before the work is scheduled begin.

written notice is sent to the business during the sdooin design phase identifying limits and discuss construction impacts on the shared space. a second niis sent to the end of design 2-3 months after construction. it prosecute voids time line and remindses the sponsor this they will need to cord nit with the project team to remove or modify the parklet to accommodate construction. in addition, our construction management and public affairs reach out to businesses and available on the ground to answer questions and minimize disruptions to leading up to and throughout construction. our team works close low with contractors on mitigation measures. all that said, it is important for shared space permit holdsers remember they may be obligated to remove the parklet at their expense to accommodate the construction that warning is in the official how to machineual, which states in some stance

insubstance the city mirequire to you remove your parklet. we include that stimulation when we inform the applicant we print it on the permit when issued. we understand this businesses invest in plets and don't want the inconvenience or expense of removing them but they do know going into it this is i possibility up front. we need to pave our streets and upgrade utilities and one look at the sink hole in cal hallow i think you understand what i mean. with all that being said, we work closely with the parklet experience we try to accommodate where we can work on whether they remove a portion, when we get in construction we do our best to work with them. lastly, our love our city events

continue. remember we are hosting another neighborhood beautification day event. this among volunteer workday is in district 3. we will start the day at 9 a.m. francisco middle school powell and francisco in north beach and hope that may be you can join us. i'm happy to take any questions. >> thank you very much director short. congratulations to the department for the a worried for the southeast community center, this is exciting news. will a press release be prepared for this so the city public knows? >> yes. >> great. the other press reles i would love to see when it as you said a done deal is the rea creditation news. sounds like you got nice quotations to be included in a press release so the public understands had this means and some of the of features in our

department this were pointed out by this national panel and agency. how many did you say how many public works diameters du say 190? >> 195. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> and again congratulations on the ethic's video and hiring policies to communication and hr diameters this is grit news. and thank you for the capital project sneak peeks i saw them on the restricted report and i thought it was fun to hear of when the department is up to in terms of mirj capitol projects. i want the public to be, wear, too, we do a diversity of things. >> lastly, regarding your report upon on response to zoubi's question about parklet when is this notice goes out 2-3 years ahead i presume a name and a phone number on someone at the department the business owners

can contact in the interim should than i have questions or want top update the schedule and things like this. not just the notice, there is more information person a human attached to get more information from? >> yes. there is contact information included in this notice. and we have had parklet experiences engage with us when they raft notices. we then and there they they we have worked with them and even noted the left meeting adjusted our paving schedule modest low and happy to do that when we can if this allows better acomputation for the sponsor. >> thank you. commissioner zoubi? >> good morning, director short. and consideration on all the great news we heard today especially with the droll force and this week my heart was like somewhere else.

because of the whole mode why talking about something happens here we not have it again. congratulations eating off the sidewalk is a great compliment. on this southeast community center i have been there 3 times and fwon events there. it is consideration on the great work there. the first question about the sink hole, issue... do we have a lot of those min this is have been there for 70 years? or -- are we do we have a program where we will just start -- fix those? what is the life span of those? pipes. do we have aloft of 70 year old pipe sns yes. i don't know what the life span of the pipes are. it does depend on the materials

and when than i were installed. those facilities are managed by puc. but our engineers work with them on their upgrades. they do have a program to upgrade their facilities as well. we i don't have the details but i know than i do have a plan to try to address the facilities before they. rutture and cause sink hole in thes city. so i know they have a capitol program for operating facilities throughout the city i don't have details but we can get you more. >> a joint team that go around and like that go through that and say put those a prior? >> as part of our coordination program for paving we do a lot of u timity coordination with the other agencies, if wore planning to do a paving project

we notice puc and often time fist than i have i sewer or water main that needs to be reper seed they will try to cord nay and do this work before we pave. similarly, they'll 95 us if than i have a project to do a major repair and we can look at theyville to restore the roadway but we look at whether it makes stones schedule the paving. >> and my last question about shared space. it is a new permit system. i think it will end this year. when you say 3 years in advance, there was no were no permits there were no shared space 3 years ago.

like information about what tom see in the future? for mow like ape now business and i parklet. submitted an application. would there be in the permit process information about this was paved 3 years ago we don't

need to until at least 6 -- is there information there. >> yea. i believe this when than i are applying for the permit we include the upcoming paving. all those new permits would have gotten the a little blur that says. this is up something paving scheduled soon or -- whenever we have this schedule. yes. >> they would have this information when they, play for permit. than i are begin given a bit of information when than i apply for permit on that and then they would then additional low get the notifications as the paving project gets closer. >> i would recommend business owners to ask about this while they are in the process. >> they are welcome to excuse me i think you noted some are investing in the parklets and so -- you know they may want to -- defer some of their more

bell bunkham whistles until after the project if there is one coming up or potential low defer installation. i do think, it is as you are aware, many of these are already on the streets. most of the applications we received for folk who is had manage and need to make modifications to it. so, there will be some -- not i now instulation in many cases. >> thank you. >> i meant to add -- yes, did you want to say something? >> good morning. i was adding to the notice we send a separate letter this tells the shared spaces applicant when the responsibilities are. this they will have to remove. the right-of-way cost software references we have a management software not just paving

programs utility projects. because there is a potential i don't know if you remember a couple years ago -- one restaurant out in the avenues if claimd that no one told them pg and e would be there we were told them ahead and called them and sent e mails. we have multiple ways of notify applicants. that -- potential projects. in the area. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. >> thank you. i was going to add. forgot to mention i have a friends lives helpful i block from the sinko and she had a front row seat to it. and said she was astoundzed how quickly public works had the streets and sidewalks neat as a pin. so deputy director, i'm looking at you. neat as a pin in record time.

people who live there saw what public works did and were very impressed >> commissioner segal. >> as well my neighborhood and it was astounding how well not just dpw but i often think when people ask who is responsible for the work going on around them. how broke our way that we care for our city. not just dpw the different agencies involved and the different departments. it was amazing how quickly and efficiency efficient low it came together. bus were rerouted. emergency -- it was amazing. i want to thank supervisor

stefani's office in d2 they were all over it. as well as doing their other w they were doing and all of the you. this -- thank you. it and i just hope that the businesses and residents this were affected are made whole. i imagine mag that will be complicated but -- it is clone. i don't know how they suffered how businesses suffered. so. thank you so much. i'm -- i'm proud to be involved with all of you and hearing about the i was going to comment on sink holes and hearing more about the issues with shared spaces. the department is amazing. thank you. congratulations. >> thank you. if there are no further comments to the director's report open to public comment. members of public wish it make 3 millions of comment on item twot

director's report miline up against the wall if present in the chamber. if you are call nothing dial 415-655-0001, access code: 2663 971 7202 ## then star 3 to enter the queue. no members have approached speak in person and sfgovtv is indicating we have one caller who is raised their hand to speak. go ahead and unmute the caller i will provide you with a 30 second notice. . >> agreement david pilpel the sink hole and water main break

on fillmore really highlights the need for asset management and condition assessments throughout the city. i don't continuing is a theoretical thing it is real and apply citywide to all departments. and we should not just be aware we got liking roots and old pipes and buildings this with issues but should fund it and you know that's a major capital planning issue i wanted to call this out publicly. i also think in addition to the brief discussion we had this perhaps a future presentation for the advanced calendar on the paving program general low utility coordination with puc and potential low mta and other

public agencies and private utilities including pg and e would be useful and including colcop if that exits one of the more obscure parts of city gentleman the 5 year look ahead and moratorium and emergency exceptions and how this works. a presentation on all of the utility cordination regarding paving. this is a thought. thank you. nath is our last caller >> next item on the agenda. >> item 3 is general public comment under the mandate but in the related a specific item on todayy upon agenda.

members who wish it make 3 minutes of general public comment miline up against the wall. if you are in the chamber with us. if you are call nothing dial 415-655-0001, access code: 2663 971 7202 ## then star 3 to enter the queue. we don't have callers who propped to speak on this item and sfgovtv is indicating we don't have any callers in the queue either that concludes general public comment. thank you. next item. >> item 4 is the consent calendar of routine matters. includes the minute from thes september first 2023 meeting of

this commission. 6 contract awards, 2 modifications and one termination for convenience. all contract awards modifications in the term nigz for convenience are eligible for the consent calendar in accordance with the delegation policy adopted boy this commission. all consent items men heard upon request by a commissioner, staff or the public. and adoption of the calendar and all resolution in it is an action item. i do want to point out that a clerical error pointed out about item 5i. in this the unfortunately as listed on the agenda, and in the content of the resolution, the both the value of the contract modification and the term are incorrect. on the agenda and the resolution.

it is correct in the staff report. and i wanted see if deputy city attorney chris tom woulded to speak whether appropriate to consider this item. good morning. agenda item includes the incorrect dollar amount and days. i believe this is for 4i. correct. >> and so due to the materiality of this difference, i would recommend continuance of this item to the next agenda. >> i have a question. we can't adopt the consent adopt it with the corrected resolution? is the condition transact itself -- erroneous. we can't amend the resolution?

what did you say. the agenda and the resolution are incorrect. >> okay. as list in the the staff report this reflects the correct numbers can we not adopt an amended resolution with the correct amount? deputy city attorney christopher topp this is correct you cannot. due to the discrepancy on the agenda. as noticed to the public. >> i see thank you very much for clarification. >> secretary fuller we will not be included this in consent is this correct? >> yea. i think this is the recommendation. >> i think we need a motion to postpone it until i'm guess the next meeting. >> deputy city attorney, this is

correct. from consent calendar and put it on the regularical dar making the regular calendar now. and do it today. deputy city attorney christopher tom. the noticing issue remains i would recommend continuing to be properly noticed for a future meeting. and i'm sorry should then and there a separate motion from adopting consent calendar it cannot include the item continued. should be a separate motion. i think it can be handled in one motion. okay. thank you. >> so my suggested motion to adopt consent and postpone item 4 eye to a later meeting

>> thank you very much. i have i comment on consent. >> one moment, please. regard what's on it or anything specific is at this time order or specific on an item. a specific item a the minutes. >> good. proceed. i was not present on september first, i wanted ask city attorney photocopy it is am i, lued vote if i don't vote i was not there we don't have a quorum on that issue. so. good morning, commissioners deputy city attorney christopher up to were not present commissioner segal, i think if

you have accepted this minutes represent embody the correct rep centation of had occurred at this meeting you can accept the recommendation to adopt those minutes. thank you. >> i have a couple items consent before we entertain a motion to adopt it. and good. item g the laguna honda project. i just want to ensure that the 848,000 contract was enough. it seems inexpensive to me. i'm not an expert the long list of what is entailed i want to make sure i thought may be a zero missing. i will ask the deputy direct to, sure us this is the cost and i was wondering what the estimated time was when this projectless be ready. it seem its is urgent but who is

and what will happen with it? >> goods morning. department director almeida. glad to responded to item for you g. yea, that was the bid costment that was received at the time and -- it is an extensive endeavour plan said. goes down the main roads throughout campus. and involves deep trench and when have you. because of the emergency of concern about continuing or advancing the recertification efforts, it was deemed best to cancel this condition transact so can better assess what it will take. in light of the other

activities. that was the min driver. the bids were -- averaged -- were a minimum of 300 thousand dollars separation from the low bid with an average of a separation of 450. 450,000. so even though a departure from the engineer an estimate the cluster of bids were close. give consideration to the other activity and noable low a large project over at mno wings and other recertification projects.

so once this all [inaudible] we will advance it in cordination with department of public health. and laguna honda. >> thank you. my other question on item j the rent board tenant improvements woshlding why the low bid was less than the estimate and if our staff is confident it can be delivered? >> yes. item j as well, the next lowest bid was 60,000. it was a tight bid, again. reflective of the engineer's estimate is that an estimate. the market conditions fluctuate and we are confident. >> great. thank you.

commissioner zoubi? >> informational question. what is waterproofing? >> what is waterproofing? >> yea. >> multiple contracts. >> yea. it is pretty broad term. it is in terms of trying to waterproof an assembly. often well is -- a material that may be applied under a finished material. that will perfect water proofing keeping the water out. and in an assembly. that is for city buildings, property and not streets? >> typically. in my endeavour its is typically referred to the different assemblies within building the building. where it might relate to a street is often well is a

waterproofing material that is behind retaining wall and such. that's where eighty-one example might be applicable in a street or site improvement situation. thank you. >> are there further questions from the commission before a motion? to adopt the consent agenda. less item i? so moved. >> second. >> thank you. open public comment on the motion. >> members of public when wish to make 3 minutes. comment on item 4 the adoption of the consent calendar and resolutions contained within it aside from the postponement of 4i. may lineup against the wall. if you are call nothing dial 415-655-0001, access code: 2663 971 7202 ## then star 3 to enter the queue.

. sfgovtv is indicating there is one caller withhold like to speak. sfgovtv, unmute this call and caller you will have 3 minutes to speak and a 30 second notice. >> great. david pilpel again. so, the few things the city attorney advice on continuing 4i i agree it is consistent with past practice where something is listed on the agenda, this the brief meaningful description of the item means that sets the scope so you can act to reduce

the scope and work within this dollar amount or days. but if there is an amendment tom exceed that requires continuing the action because it exceeds the scope of the so i agree on item 4i. i agree that commissioners must vote on the minuteseen when than i are absent from the meeting unless they are properly. excused or recused from the vote. i agree with all that. i would encourage secretary fulltory add a paragraph on the consent procedures to future agendas indicates that it will be taken as one vote unless a member of the commission or public requested it be pulled. and final low on the minutes, a few things on page 2 i was going to suggest adding the address of the meeting but i see this is on

the cover page. i don't think that is necessary. on the call to order section i consider adding other staff not all -- departments staff but may be -- director short secretary fuller deputy city attorney tom. so the record is complete as to who was at the meet and not just members of the commission i'm not sure it is required but may be helpful going forward. also on page 2, there is i reference to cfo robertson useful to spell out chief financial officer in the first instance. i think should have first name. and item 7, there was something says speakers speaker commissioners. item 7 but does in the say what commissioners. i'm not sure there was much

discussion on item 7 or request from commissioner zoubi but the speaker commissioners seems unnecessary. i can community other nonsubstantive edits to secretary fuller i do think the minutes otherwise fir low reflect what happened at the meeting 2 weeks ago thank you for listening. thank you, caller >> and this is our only call or this item. >> thank you. no further debate. all in favor of doopth consent with the exception of i will be continued to a future meeting say yes or aye. >> aye. >> i believe that vote was unanimous and calendar has been adopted. secretary fuller will publish it with the corrections this have been pointed out and the resolutions to the commission's website. >> move on to the next item. >> item 5 is the o.

according to our changes to today's agenda. order, we will be hearing item 6 first as noted. . 5 be heard after item 7. so -- item 6 is the sunset boulevard pavement contract award. and street resurfacing program manager paul is here to present this report and this is an action item. good morning, commissioners. deputy director alameda secretary full and deputy city stearn tom i'm paul i will present on the recommendation to award the san francisco public works contract sunset boulevard pave am renovation 7 million, 122,000, 186 dollars for 440

days to r and s construction management inc. san francisco public works maintains 12, 900 street segments with distribution of street resurface nothing all districts and neighborhoods the san francisco picture works program krrz pave am condition, use of street, coordination with other agencies, inquiries and available fund when planning and issuing contracts. this project is located in district 4 in the sunset neighborhood along sunset boulevard. between lake merced and lincoln way. there are 42 blocks of paving, 18 intersections of paving, 10 bus shelters and 9 curb r.s.

project schedule. planning lefted from 2019 it 2021, and this is on the top left by the blue embarrass. moving down the next phase of design starting 2-221 until 2-1 of 23. the project was advertised on june 20 of 23 and bids received on august second of 23. we are now in the award phase and we expect construction to be basically through 2024. combr throw bids received. although brotherses had the lowest after discounts on r and s construction is the low bidder. twoft 3 bids were higher than the engineer estimate. after a bid analysis discovered the bid item for traffic control work was higher than the

estimate. although we don't know why bidders bid the way they do could be speck litted they consider factors when submitting bids including labor and material costs. needs and methods will influence how they bid and could be seck laid the influence how traffic control set and up thus affect the traffic control price. traffic control is one of the first items of work to set and up secure the construction cites. because traffic control work is not based on the unit but a lump sum, the contractor has a lot of flexibility when estimating this item. project funding. san francisco will fund 5 million, 922,000, 163 dollars of the project and the san francisco municipal transportation agency will fund

1 million 260,000 and 023 for a society of 7, 182, 186. both will have 10% contingency set aside. >> in conclusion, we are look to recommend this for, ward. of the sunset boulevard pavement renovation 7, 182, 186.20 for i duration of 440 days. to r & s construction management. >> thank you. >> thank you, for answering my questions about the bids. are there quills or comments from the commission before we have a motion to award this contract in commissioner zoubi?

>> thank you for the presentation and i know sunset boulevard is a main art row in the sunset. my question is, you know it has to do with the timing. marketing ended this quarter, right? q3? say in thes calendar? thank you. advertisement do we wait for any utility comprehends or other agencies to get become or everyone get back already and we are ready to hit the ground? all got back in the design phase they let us know if than i have planned work orment to join if they don't we put a 5 year on the paving they will not be able to cut in the new street without penalties. >> thank you.

>> other questions. >> i move we award this contract is there a second. >> thank you. open this to public comment. members who wish to comment on item 6 the sunset boulevard 55ment renovation contract award line up against the wall if here. if you are call nothing dial 415-655-0001, access code: 2663 971 7202 ## then press star 3 to enter the queue. well is then in the public who propped in personful sfgovtv is

indicating we have one caller on the line wish to speak on this item. unmute this call and you will have 3 minutes to speak and i will provide a 30 second notice. >> great. dave everdavid pilpel againful i wonder when was this street sunset boulevard last paved. seems like it hen a number of scombroers i don't think i saw this in the staff report or presentation. i'm -- it would be- to have this in the future on major corridors not the single block things. i'm will still opposed to the bus stipulate removals that was a decision at the mta f. you could ask staff to discuss the project and construction cordination with other agencies including mta, puc, rec p and others for example, when great

highway is closed on the weekends i hope this there is in the going to be construction along sunset boulevard. pair level route. had outside lands or other major events are happen nothing golden gate park i help there will be a pause to construction a route used for access to golden gate park for outside lands and other things. just this -- sort of project and construction cordination. also on the resolution, itself, i think all of the elements are there but it reads a bit awkward, starts out with this contract is worn of several. rather than saying, where as, the sunset boulevard renovation project would do bla, bla blshgs. and where as it is -- on

several -- it does not -- it is jumble in the telling the store. i encourage staff to think how resolutions tell the story of a project and contract award. in the future. i don't think it is fest i think it could read better. and then finally on this and the following better to highlight the total number of blocked segments this state today is fro but not as clearly obvious. and the supervisor districts that are impacted. this is district 4 the next is district 11. may stand different it is helpful to the have a summary of the block segments in the districts impacted with future paving contacts.

>> thank you, caller. that's our only public commenter on this item. >> thank you. all right. we will now have a vote on a motion to approve the staff recommendation and the resolution. so moved. woolford. >> i think we it has been moved all in favor, say, yes or aye. >> aye. >> the vote is unanimous. it the being publish to the commission's website. >> call the next item on the agenda. >> item 7 is the various locations pave am renovation number 61 and sewer renovation contract award and street resurfacing, paul is here to present this report. and this is an action item.

>> hello. good morning again other deputy director, secretary full and city attorney christopher tom. with public works street resurfacing program. we are asking for your approval it award the various locations pavement renovation number 61 and sewer replace am project. 6, 423, 033. with a contract duration of 396 calendar days to michael construction. >> public works min tains 12, 9 huh human street segments with distribution of resurfisting and all 11 san francisco districts and neighborhoods the san francisco public works program considers pavement conditionful use. street, coordination worrying

agencies, inquiries and visible fund when planning and issuing 55ing contracts. in order to minimize disruptions to the public the projects are ginned boy other agencies to work around on the under ground facilities prior to paving allow the smoother condition for long are without being cut up. >> work for the project is mostly in d9, 10 and 11 in the bayview, exelsor, visitation valley, 42 blocks and 11 intersections. 39 curb up greatd and 2,000 sewer rehab or 6 blocks. project schedule. planning from this project lasted 20 then it 2021. the design of the project stfrt in the 2021 and lefted until

2023. the project was advertised on june 13, 2023 and bids received on july 19, 2023. we are now in the award phase with most of the construction to be in 2024. >> this project 5 bisd received with the lowest being in line with the estimate at 100. 03%. that is 6.4 million and change. the project will be funded by public works and the san francisco utility commission. san francisco public works cost share is [inaudible] and the

utility commission cost share is 2, 628, 257. 50. for i total of 6, 423, 033. both set aside 10% for contingency. today's request again is to award the location pavement renovation 61 and sewer replacement condition tact 6, 423, 033. for a construction duration of 396ical dar days to michael oshg shawn see construction. >> thank you are are questions before we have a motion. commissioner zoubi? >> thank you for the presentation.

quick. the past meetingly i ask about how can the bisd are way higher than the estimate. this job it is almost like right on the dot. what -- are we to see that coming up in the future y where our estimates are back on track to like we have realistic numbers or what would help? >> it is hard to speck lit how contractors bid on projects. they may be you know looking for work, more aggressive with how that bid and meaning lower bids on projects. if than i are fully at capacity and may not need one they may not bid accordingly. if we see materials and labor also increasing this could affect how people bid we capture or normal item in a data base and use that to predict or estimate our projects coming up.

>> so there is a science and art to the bidding environment. it is an estimate in construction than i look at what has been prevailing numbers in the past and are looking how this is and depends on when the submit was doneful markets fluctuate and things change over night. oil, asphalt. they get real numbers from subcontractors and quantities of materials and labor and look at general conscience and over head and put a number in than i believe they can fulfill this is the difference when you see a number it is because the department or cost estimator is using the best intelligence than

i can never predict 100%. so depending when process were estimated and bids were numbers corp conceived early this construction and design we seen fluctuations it has started to level this is i reason when paul gets numbers like this they are regular if this was bid a year or 2 it could be 20 percent higher than the estimate. >> thank you very much. commissioner woolford. is there a motion and second to approve the resolution for the street repaving. >> open public comment on the

motion. members of the public wish it make 3 minutes of public on item 8 the locations pavement renovation number 62 and sewer renovation contract award line up against the wall. if you are call nothing dial 415-655-0001, access code: 2663 971 7202 ## and press star 3 to enter the queue. no one approached to speak and there are no callers either. >> thank you. if well is no debate, all in favorite motion say, aye or yes.

>> aye. >> the vote is unanimous. and secretary fuller will publish the resolution to our website. thank you very much for your present agszation we look forward to hearing the progress on the projects. secretary fuller add to our advanced calendar for assessment of 24 updates to the sunset re55ing and the various street repaving projects we heard today. next item... >> okay we return to item 5. the operation bureau of building and street repair over view. and acting assistant

superintendent jeff and manager of street repair morea are here to present this. this is an informational item. >> good morning. [inaudible]. department director -- i'm sorry. i'm mara wayne with street reper se here to give you an over view of the street reper se and jeff will give the building repair section. >> you see our -- operation falls on the prescriptiony division of public works. with mt our superintendent was in the able to present today.

i'm sorry could you speak up a bit. >> this is the first slide is the bureau's over view of our joining together in 2022. we have the sewer section and street repair apart from operations and puc so the deputy director had the idea it join building reper se with street repair that's where we sustained now. we have building repair,

providing maintenance, reper se and improvements and street repair does repairs of roadways. we dot great highway sand clearing and street related special projects. both seksz are 24/7 response with all of operations emergency reper ses during off hours. everyone has on call staff to support this. budget of 52 million dollars and 200 employees funded.

we have 2 treatment types full width grind and pave requires 2 inches of asphalt placed and paving over lia preventive maintenance treatment of where we grind our program terof the block and over lay with inch envelope of asphalt. >> we have our pot repair crews. these are small in size about 3-4 staff. they do typically 25 square feet of repairs or less. we respond it 311 customer service requests also. and our crews fine repairs long the way they initiate. we have i pothole repair sweep crew requested by the board of supervisors a near and a half ago in place. our service level agreement to repair 90% of locations within

72 hour. >> i have i question on this slide, please. how are we doing on this goal of addressing locations within 72 hours? since the implementation we always met this agreement we never had a year we missed the 90% goal >> great new system there a chance we can do deteriorate? 95%? what do you think i'm very pleased we are any ability to improvement. certain times of the year it is difficult it it is a struggle during heavy rain periods like winter storm event the past year an average of 80-100 orders i day. on average we get 18 to 25. of of when well is a spike like that we have to roll staff to

inspection level positions and assist. we statutory it make repairses and fall behind on the percentage response. it is difficult and averages out >> commissioner zoubi? >> on that 72 hours it is in the including weekends. no not weekends >> if than i report on that friday 72 hours starts monday. >> right. why would this not include weekends we don't work on weekends. so i did not know we are not able to respond. >> thank you. please, continue. >> am pothole crews carrying patch sections long the roadway. these are patch paves of voids and depressions they can be related to failures. under ground utilities. the next slide is -- moreover

view patch paving prescriptions. they typically paving areas 25 square feet or more they are trench fail urs, sewer and other utility service this is can fail. the next is our crack seal thanksgiving uses a hot mix of asphalt and polymers to seal to prevent intrusion of water and protect the street structure. we install traffic calming for mta. a photo of intallation of a speed cushion. mta determines when types of device we will install and speed humps and raised crosswalks.

next is images of an emergency response we could after hours. i mentioned we have 24/7 response it pavement failures that could cause a safety hazzard for the public we have a sewer upon, utility and sewer concerns and contractor trench failures we respond to. also the next slide you see -- respond to open service access covers. also and -- contractors plays that have moved. our next slide is paving of curb r.s location by the curb ramp program boy infrastructure, design and construction. urban forest cement shop

installs the r. and follow up with paving after. the next is our crews doing sand removal at the great highway. routine prescription to clean daily one is help to keep the roadway open to the public. we have annual sand redistribution project we go in close the roadway and do restructuring of sand dunes to move them further off the road so they will implement traffic later. we assist street clean with illegal dumping. these are heavy equipment crew going in cleaning before and after the clean up. we assist with clean up of

ridiculous slide this is is the next slide. a rock slide on alabama street. before the broadway came through the fence line. we installed the concrete barriers. these are -- pictures of special paving projects paving for parking lets for covid test cites. this had to be installed. and the next sufficient our heavy equipment removing a skate ramp installd and removal of items with requests along the roadway illegal low. i will pass it to jeff will go over the building repair.

>> good morning. jeff reporting for building repair. currently, the building repair bureau consists of 12 shops and administration we have stationary engineers carbenters, glazers, locksmith, plumbers, roofers, sheet metal workers, soft floor, steam fitters, tile setting and painting. at the disposal of the for city. our stationary engineers they are responsible for conducting inspections of all of the major city plazas, bridge and tunnels. and than i operate the opening and closing of the city draw bridges including the left field bridge adjacent toor cal park

>> our carrenter shot remodel and building renovation services to all city buildings when requested. manufactures exact replica replacement of doors, molding, trim and windows many we custom make in house with our staff. woodsen retaining walls many are repairs as well. and -- we provide 24 hour response to emergencies as requested for board ups and things of this nature. our electric shop provides new installation, security upgrades repairs and renovations for all city agencies as requested as well.

our glass shop or glazers install and repair glass windows, doors, mirror store fronts and over head glazing system, partition walls and during the covid pandemic they were tasked intalling sneeze guards in different facilities. our were look shop, provides security services. maintaining and new installs of looking system, card readers, mysterier keys. as well as just your general daily cutting keys. as requested for city agencies and clients. our paint shop, paints the interior special extear yors of city buildings, abate graffiti

on city buildings inside the city's tunnels. we work on special projects such as china town dragon lights and as well as to add something they are working on the light poles at the legion. honor in anticipation of the apeck summit. our officering shop maintains and repairs officering systemos city facilities and with the left storms than i were heff low involved in repairing likes during the storm events. our plumbing shop installs now and water holting systems and fixtures for all city facilities and buildings. repain, maintain and replace plumbing gas, waste and water systems. we have an on call plumber for

24 hour response which than i are very active shop. in this regard. sheet metal shop installs and repairs h vac systems and vent ligz systems, now ducting we repair bridge decks, guard riand median rails repair chain link fences. and the metal treasure cans, ballot drop off boxes and than i also provide kiosk dog waste dispense are standses to mention a few. soft flooring. our soft floor shop carpet squares roll, and biobased floor tiles. they are usually an active shop as well.

our steam fitter shop is also one of our more active shops install, maintain and inspect and certify boilers and heating systems and h vac systems for all city agencies an active shop as well. we have tile shop which provides tile repair and renovation services for all city buildings and plazas. that is one of the smaller shops but in demand for services. and that -- concludes. if there are questions? >> thank you very much. mr. soria? yes, ma'am. excuse me. thank you very much. interesting presentation.

can you give examples of some of the emergencies the bureau has had to attends to? >> yes, ma'am. so just this pedestrian week, i can tell you our locksmith shop responded today 1011 turk to department of emergency management the front doors would not look. an emergency spon. carpenters responded 1 south vaness the pedestrian week a broken window and than i boarded it up so our glass shop can measure what is needed and provide and acquire the correct glass for repairs. and our plumbing shop is active for -- drain clearing and stoppages. they responded to san francisco police tactical unit. for a like. that was mitigated had to repair a pipe. there was a like and so this is

just in this past week. >> thank you. and so my colleagues know this of course is our first time hearing from this bureau this is a nice introduction to when they do. in the future less when they do but hear about the specifics how the prior year has gone and performance and things like this. this is not a perform presentation as much as an introduction presentation. thank you. commissioner segal. >> [inaudible]. hi. so -- i saw this when i reviewed the material prior to our meeting and i still have the same question. so, illegal impedaments put in and planned by citizens or whatever. you mentioned you the removal of illegal skate ramps?

who puts those in? are those patriot people or say boarders? who puts those in? >> typically in the rec and park by mistake. than i realize than i need to file permits. slower and closer to the mic. usualee private individuals or skate boarders. >> okay. that's one question. i never heard, this is very etifiying. is there a similar program to remove illegal impedaments on the sidewalks? for imstance, fences around trees. we have taken over the tree maintenance and we had lets of things going in our city that have may be slowed down response

to this. but and there are, lot of fences, barriers between trees when than i put in private low and -- or maintained privately and -- that are too close to the sidewalk. you can't open a car door if you park there. or public low you can't even p there because your fender might touch it. so. >> anybody going to address those things? i don't know it might not be your department it is sidewalks. when are we going to have the upon opportunity to look into this. i imagine mag tell be controversial. it is pervasive in my neighborhood it is every where on my block i point to scombrirs i imagine that some homeowners

do put fences in purpose low very close to sidewalk so this strangers will not park in front of husband in those spots will be reserved for them and guests and employees. >> commissioners, department director for operations. and to around your question we do have street tree inspectors who go out and check areas of complaints property owners invaded into the tree basins to say acsisz from your car put i fence up. we look for the owner who put up those objects and if we cannot find we will remove them and ensure that it is a path of

travel when you get out of the vehicle. people put up mall fences to prevent pets from using the strom in the basins or to sneak a ping space in. there is in the a program but we have a website and call in line you call and put the complaint and the inspector will evaluate the location for you. and make the necessary changes if it is illegal. absolutely >> some point i would like to see a record of how many of thez complaints are made. or -- and reported and how we respondent and where we responding. i know -- i hear complaints all the time. i see it. i know i cannot p in this area because you cannot open a car door to get a passengers door to get out of there.

it is they are learning are than keeping -- dogs away from them. they take up a bit and i imagine that i like to have an assessment of how many of these there are. i would imagine tell take years to act on them. but it is just -- i know we are busy this is in the i chris simple. it is i don't want to an almost a joke it is they are so since i learned when the rules are i live in an apartment i don't have this issue myself. about maintenance and benching city rules obstructing the sidewalk with my. >> it is a combined effort to also -- combined effort.

if it does not relate at this time tree and obstructing the sidewalk in the path travel. inspectors the other deputy division and public ws than i have inspectors that go out and look at the area and -- put in a complaint to fill when is going on. make sure the request is taken care of by photos before and after for removal of objects in the path of travel. in the ordinance it says we have to have access for wheel sxhars people to pass. and also have access to get out vehicles. it is i combined effort if around the tree tell be urban forest their responsibility under the arborist inspector fist it is the path of travel that will be bureau street and mapping inspector who is path of travel. you have 2 entities there.

so -- that's how it would be covered. i will talk to staff and we can pullum data. for you on how many complaints we had and how many resolved. >> thank you i would life to see a report. i encounter and my neighbors and friends -- ask me about it all the time sdpchlt areas parking is limited and these are not parking meters they are areas there is 2 hour neighborhood permits. it looks like, electric we took over this responsibility in the past decade and we are catching up we have a pan dem and i can parklets. >> okay. no problem. >> thank you very much >> thank you, commissioner. >> commissioner zoubi >> i am on the same subject of

311. i know the app changed. recently the way you can make a report 311 report. how is this going so far? are we getting more complaints? i'm getting used to it. i was very active on the first app and the new one i'm getting the hang of it. how is this working? the 311 sept. an app created by our emergency center 311 center. than i made technology changes to make it more user friend low. but we continue to receive a few service requests and all areas as far as improvements this fall under our jurisdiction. other people's jurisdiction. tell come to the us and we will forward it on to the

jurisdiction it belanguages to. 311 is working well for us. we are wing with them to create a technology identify duplicates and things of this niche. priorities. before and after photos and weup load before and after photos as well that is our new model now to add a photo to the service order because i don't know as you know sometimes people call and say i put this graffiti here and called it and does in the get taken care of we will look and say wait a minute that s is in the same area but the lower corner not in the middle. if we have before and after pictures we prove this we remove today but the same person came back and tagged as quick as we remove today. we are trying to work with 3 upon 11 to create a duplicate clearances so we will not run in those. and also it shows our work this

we are responding but individuals are coming right become as soon as we finish. i think it is a great app for and you us and gives you notification when it is taken care of or transfer and identifies areas we can't see because we are every throughout the city. i like the program and i like the before and after photos. and also you get a chance toup load a photo we see what you are talking about sometimes you put in a note and don't know where it is. so up loading the photo with gps as you type in the app with the address. don't walk if you walk and type tell give 4 addresses and we are stuck we don't know. stay in this one spot dot app. yea. great app. >> we are improving we work with them. what our it and their it as well. we meet regularly to talk over

challenges. >> advocate of the 311 app i love temperature i use it all the time. since you offers it commissioner segal a report men that report would have more information about how many -- not complaints reports of 311 go to us to public ws. how many solution and so. the success of the app itself. and i'm my as a witness it is perfect. grit. when i make a 311 app request, within 72 hours i get know answer of what is help and when was done and thank you for this. my other question is for mr.

soria. so -- i'm assumes the city buildings and employees don't use 311 for your part of the >> no, sir. >> when is used? >> we get requests for our service from clients or other city agencies. we get asks through 311 funneled throughout radio room and this is sent to our bureau and we will generate what we go by off service orders. clients send us funds different city agencies sends funds for our service. we act as the contractor for the city. whenever we do has funding. so if a citizen call in to 311 with a request for service or complaint it is funneled through to see who is responsibility it is. motive not be public works

carpenters it may be rec and parks carpenter dispatching or another agent. 311 requests come to us but like a guess through a process before it gets to us. >> fromman medical care and than i need to fix they sends an e mill? or. in. they would send like animal care and krell than i enengage our planner and make a request for service. as like an emergency service go to 311 and make a report. than i have a broken window. other times they request for service through our planner. or. why we don't have internal?

we have a xourt system. cmms. when 311 requests come in does in the come to us it come to the cmms system and jen rites a service order. so -- it would -- would send it to, a maintenance issue i will send it here a request from a client, the system sends a request to the carpenter, plumbers or whatever asking for an estimate. right. and will sum rise the estimate. than i go at this time site and electric and come become and put the submit in the system once the system sees the estimate we push ternity goes to the cline t. is i press. than i, prove it. and say, okay we approve did. weave agree. then they fund it. once they funds at this time same service order show the funding source and show up our money is here. upon then we start the w as we

start the w we push start date. the client is able to see no received the money and received the request. when we started the job. pictures. documentation. change orders. when we complete the job we put up videos. e mails. pictures. all of that is socialityed that service request and this is all in the system. yes. it is connected and tied to 311. and our clients. >> also when it come like -- when it come to the request, tell route through will our when we have the maintenance planner. and -- sometimes the clients don't know which diameters we have to source out if it goes to carpenter or sheet metal. in the cmms, it electronics, let of things and one thing is a

request come in and we have it order materials. we get the funding and we can change the status to waiting for client. waiting for funding. waiting for materials. wath for labor availability. and once the job is done we wait until the charges or labor and materials are reconciled and we will list the jobs work completed. so that's the cmms for us is our holy gray of how we track things. we are able to track the i will not say in real time but track the budgets with degree of accuracy to see if we are energy the end of our approved budget if we go to the client ownership adopt say. you know, the scope changed or a change order is required or you know -- the job you know

sometimes our crews are very fortunate. there may be funds returned we don't keep it we return to the agency the unused funds >> thank you >> thank you very much. i think it seems the way to look 311 the public and cms the city. >> i want to the thank morea and jeff row for your presentation it was helpful and helpful to the public. thanks. >> commissioner segal. >> i have very simple question. so you refer to the word clients in your last couple of paragraphs. who are those clients are they public other public entities this [inaudible] all of this design and prescriptions work

[inaudible]. >> all the -- thing in your department. give us examples when clients would be. >> they are not private? >> the fire department. police department, health service. all the city hospitals. clinics, >> dph. >>s mta is a client. we are doing work for rec and park we do work for the fine art's museums and the public library. i think we mentioned police and fire. do work for -- puc. the port. sister agencies throughout the city. are clients. >> and they are all san francisco not to other entities other than san francisco. the per is san francisco. >> right. no other municipalities.

>> we do a little work outside sometimes. sometimes might have a movie contractor and we need to close the street for them we give them a call and than i pay us. so occasionally yes we do work this is in the our regular stele agencies but very seldom. >> deputy director, just to lend clarity. we often refer to cloinlts but men a fine are point is they typically city operational departments that day in and out operate ability and or an aspect of service. and we are reach over to us to design and or implement various service for them. and if is typically an operational department within

the city but in the always. there are times reached to other aspects know mou with transbay. you know. >> thank you we reached over and -- helped them in respects. so -- in the purest sense an operational department within the city. >> thank you. it is important. we know the answer we have been sitting here for a year and a half and know when our clients are. but i don't think this is the first first 2 we'res of a commission and answering to the public and i when we use the words clients, the people who are the listening to our meetings don't know who they are. the federal government or presidio. can than i come we want your soft floors put in our -- so

thank you for and be careful wore not an in crowd using worlds like that. thank you very much. yop thank you. once again thank you very much. for your present you in public comment. >> [inaudible]. members when wish to make comment on item 5 the operation's division bureau building and street repair miline up against the wall. if you are call nothing dial 415-655-0001, access code: 2663 971 7202 ## and then press star 3 to enter the queue.

no one have proped speaks in person. and sfgovtv indicated we have one caller who is wish to speak on this item. go ahead and unmute that caller. you will have 3 minutes to speak and i will give you a 30 second notice. >> greatest will david pilpel gwen i had to step away may be this was covered in the presentation or in the discussion. and thisacy men in the performance i'm interested in knowing how many of the work of the bureau is routine and scheduled. work versus emergency repairses

and urgent thing this is need to be attendsed in 24 or 48 hours for health and safety or other reasons. i just appreciate the 24/7 niche the bureau and the various crafts and expertise this is brought to barrier. i think if more of the city's work in various diameters can be centralized here rather then and there having one locksmith at mta and other various crafts at puc and rec park i think it would be better if all of this work remember done boy what is now i guess b bs r. i think of bbr. bs sr minus one of the s's. anyway. thanks for the efforts appreciate it. >> thank you, caller this issure final public commenter for the item.

>> thank you very much. and thank you to our public works staff who made the presentations today. call the next item on the agenda. >> the next item on the agenda is item 8. which is new business initiated by commissioners. and this san opportunity for commissioners to suggest business for a future agenda and is an informational item. >> thank you. i have i request for future business. i just can't bear mashing my teeth when i read staff reports about pg sxeshgs delays to san francisco capitol projects time to stop and try to do something. i would like to request a future presentation from the department on our work with pg sxeshgs. i know this affects all city departments not just public works. i do continuing is time bring this to light in to extent we

comprehend because i can't keep reading how this is impacting our departmentef ability to get their job done for the people of san francisco. are is there other now business initiatives you would like to raise? gi would like to add to that. is there pg and e liaison that works with public ws regular low. or. ? we have monthly meeting with the liaison for pg and e and our department. and try to highlight the points and work through the issues we had -- a very and -- degree of success with this. i feel we turns the corn are i bit.

as well as within the city. at least for public ws we do have a very least a machining low meeting where -- the director and the deputy directors garth with the representatives of pg and e and exchange concerns and strategies on how to address them. >> question for chair post. so will you requesting this representative to come to our meeting? to be invited? >> i will work with the staff on when than i think is best on how to call the public's attention to the delays that so men of the city's projects happened. i money obviously there will always be unexpected drills this

is i trends and presidentern and think worthy highlighting it. and the department knows we often grill you on why i project is late or over budget. i think though are fir questions for the public when the machine sespent in multimillion dollars projects and so -- this is recurring item in answer thanksgiving question. why are welet and over budget. i like to this is sensitive i said other departments are affected by this. may be will be have a presentation with the department to extend on what the department director told us >> i would support including pg sxeshgs. >> to be invited >> thank you. >> great. >> commissioner segal? >> thank you for bring thanksgiving up. chairman post. this is definitely critical. i'm thinking though, it involves

puc so much as well. and the city attorney's office. i'm wondering if may be this is the right place to start here but then to ask, i'm surety board of supervisors would like to know the answers as well and to start a series of questions of how we interact with the -- organizations that affect our public right-of-way and our city's functioning. so -- deeply impacted. this is good. it is -- may be it is right to star it on a small level or should include puc right away >> thank you for bring ing this up. electrical and gas services and water are by wave san francisco puc. so i think you are correct in

pointing out that this discussion would be benefitted by papgdz of members of the puc and the city attorney. than i are at the table trying to resolve it as well. >> >> thank you. thank you very much. police open public comment on this. member of the public when wish to comment on item 8 the new business initiated boy commissioners line up if you are remote dial 415-655-0001, access code: 2663 971 7202 ## then star 3 to enter the queue.

>> we don't callers pardon we don't have members of public approached in person. sfgovtv is indicating we do have one caller. sfgovtv unmute this caller and caller have you 3 minutes and i will prosecute vooit vied a 30 second notice. >> daved pilpel. so on the issue of pg sxeshgs caused drills from innerconnections and interveing if sillities the board discuss third degree in the context of fordable housing projects. health facilities, rec if sillities. it is in the i now topic at the board ever supervisors the puc commission has discuss today i number of times in open session perhaps upon elsewhere. barb are hail the agm of purof

puc spendses an amount of her time dole with this issue as does other puc staff. i would suggest you ask staff to star out with just a brief over view memo of the issue and how it impacts projects this dpw designed and constructs and perhaps n input from the city attorney and puc and others on the impacts and -- following up and scope out a hearing.

i believe secretary fuller we roached the end of agenda since we are not having i closed session and there is no need for general public comment. >> that's correct. >> good. our next meeting friday october 6 at 9. . 30. i and commissioner vice chair zoubi will be absent. commissioner woolford will preside and we are adjourned.

>> still a lot of people wonder since the trees have a lot of issues, why did we plant them in the first place? >> trees are widely planted in san francisco. with good reason. they are workhorses when it comes to urban forestry. we have begun to see our ficustrees are too big and dangerous in san francisco.

we have a lot of tree failures with this species in particular. this is a perfect example of the challenges with the structure of the ficustrees. you can see four very large stems that are all coming from the same main truck. you can see the two branches attached to one another at a really sharp angle. in between you can't it is a lot of strong wood. they are attached so sharply together. this is a much weaker union of a branch than if you had a wide angel. this is what it looks like after the fi c.u. resolution s limb l. >> we see decline. you can see the patches where there aren't any leaves at all. that is a sign the tree is in

decline. the other big challenge is the root system of the tree are aggressive and can impact nearby utilities, and we can fix the sidewalk around the tree in many cases. we don't want to cuts the roots too severely because we can destabilize the tree. >> in a city like san francisco our walks are not that wide. we have had to clear the branches away from the properties. most of the canopy is on the street side and that is heavyweight on those branches out over the street. that can be a factor in tree limb failures. a lot of people wonder since these trees have a lot of issues. why did we plant them in the first place? they provided the city with benefits for decades. they are big and provide storage

for carbon which is important to fight climate change and they provide shade and really i think many people think they are a beautiful asset. >> when we identify trees like this for removal and people protest our decision, we really understand where they are coming from. i got into this job because i love trees. it just breaks my heart to cut down trees, particularly if they are healthy and the issue is a structural flaw. i have also seen first hand what happens when we have failures. we have had a couple of injuries due to tree failures. that is something we can't live with either. it is a challenging situation. we hate to lose mature trees, but public safety has to always

[music] ic safety has to always >> san francisco is known as yerba buena, good herb after a mint that used to grow here. at this time there were 3 settlements one was mission delores. one the presidio and one was yerba buena which was urban center. there were 800 people in 1848 it was small. a lot of historic buildings were here including pony express headquarters. wells fargo. hudson bay trading company and famous early settlers one of whom william leaderdorph who lived blocks from here a successful business person.

african-american decent and the first million airin california. >> wilwoman was the founders of san francisco. here during the gold rush came in the early 1840s. he spent time stake himself as a merchant seaman and a business person. his father and brother in new orleans. we know him for san francisco's history. establishing himself here arnold 18 twoochl he did one of many things the first to do in yerba buena. was not california yet and was not fully san francisco yet. >> because he was an american citizen but spoke spanish he was able to during the time when america was taking over california from mexico, there was annexations that happened and conflict emerging and war, of course. he was part of the peek

deliberations and am bas doorship to create the state of california a vice council to mexico. mexico granted him citizenship. he loaned the government of san francisco money. to funds some of the war efforts to establish the city itself and the state, of course. he established the first hotel here the person people turned to often to receive dignitaries or hold large gatherings established the first public school here and helped start the public school system. he piloted the first steam ship on the bay. a big event for san francisco and depict instead state seal the ship was the sitk a. there is a small 4 block long length of street, owned much of

that runs essentially where the transamerica building is to it ends at california. i walk today before am a cute side street. at this point t is the center what was all his property. he was the person entrusted to be the city's first treasurer. that is i big deal of itself to have that legacy part of an african-american the city's first banker. he was not only a forefather of the establishment of san francisco and california as a state but a leader in industry. he had a direct hahn in so many things that we look at in san francisco. part of our dna. you know you don't hear his anymore in the context of those. representation matters. you need to uplift this so people know him but people like him like me. like you. like anyone who looks like him to be, i can do this, too.

to have the city's first banker and a street in the middle of financial district. that alone is powerful. [music]

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would have less severe symptoms. (indiscernible) >> maybe i schedule the second dose just to be safe from mpox. >> most vackeens offer you a level of protections, just like sun block. sometimes you need to reapply for more protection. the m pox vaccine is based on two shots several weeks apart to provide the strongest level of protection. visit sf.gov/mpox to get yours. >> thank you boys for that reminder! make sure your are fully vaccinated for m pox this summer. text summer vibes to 21201, to get >> once i got the hang of it a little bit, you know, like the first time, i never left the court. i just fell in love with it and any opportunity i had to get out there, you know, they didn't have to ask twice.

you can always find me on the court. [♪♪♪] >> we have been able to participate in 12 athletics wheelchairs. they provide what is an expensive tool to facilitate basketball specifically. behind me are the amazing golden state road warriors, which are one of the most competitive adaptive basketball teams in the state led by its captain, chuck hill, who was a national paralympic and, and is now an assistant coach on the national big team. >> it is great to have this opportunity here in san francisco. we are the main hub of the bay area, which, you know, we should definitely have resources here.

now that that is happening, you know, i i'm looking forward to that growing and spreading and helping spread the word that needs -- that these people are here for everyone. i think it is important for people with disabilities, as well as able-bodied, to be able to see and to try different sports, and to appreciate trying different things. >> people can come and check out this chairs and use them. but then also friday evening, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., it will be wheelchair basketball we will make sure it is available, and that way people can no that people will be coming to play at the same time. >> we offer a wide variety of adaptive and inclusion programming, but this is the first time we have had our own equipment. >> ♪]

>> 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. 202 (gavel) (gavel) . okay. >> okay. >> um, good afternoon, everyone this is the meeting of the mohcd my name is co-chair albers today's friday, september 15, 2023. >> this is an in-person and virtual hybrid meeting of the mayor's office on disability this meeting is broadcast on sfgovtv. it is closed