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callers will hear silence when waiting for your turn to speak, operator will unmute when prompt. callers have standard 3 minutes to provide comments. you may also watch live on www.sfgovtv.org. item 1 recollect -item 1 , roll call. [roll call] we do have a quorum. chief of department, jeanine nicholson. president nakajo will read the land acknowledgment. >> thank you very much madam secretary. the san francisco fire commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland

of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples.madam secretary. >> item 2, general public comment. members of the public may address the commission for up three minutes on any matter within the commission jurisdiction that does not appear on the agenda. speakers shall

address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department personnel. commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with a speaker. the lack of a response by the commissioners or department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during public comment. >> madam secretary, is there any public comment? >> we have somebody approaching. your time starts now. >> good evening. i spoke to you two weeks ago. my accent is not--what i want to say tonight is just, i think the problem of humanity generally speaking is that it has been playing with fire for too long. so, the problem is that the fire gives mow compromise at some point. you get burned, so what should i say? we misunderstand this. stop playing with fire. we do the best we can according to the responsibilities we

are and you--have a specific one because you understand what makes you want to be a firefighter? you understand that fire is means something to you, so it is beyond--[indiscernible] metaphorically speakingism we have to deal with the situation we are dealing with today, which is that we must face the facts that humanity, you are part of it, we are all part of it, has been playing with fire too long, so we have to make sure that we understand and deal with what is coming. with our responsibilities. honesty, responsibility. just do our best. there will be happiness is my goal. happiness for

everybody. >> thank you very much. madam secretary, did anybody else from the public that wish to comment at this time? >> i dont see anybody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment line. >> thank you, public comment is closed. item 3. >> item 3, approval of the minutes. discussion and possible action to approve the meeting minutes from the special meeting august 30, 2023. >> alright. colleagues, is there any public comment on this item in terms of the special meeting on august 30? >> there is nobody approaching the podium and there is nobody on our public comment line. >> public comment is closed. any questions, discussion from the commissioners on this item? need a motion colleagues on this item, please. >> i move we accept the minutes. >> there is a motion from commissioner fraser. >> second, please. >> second. >> thank you vice president morgan.

>> the motion issuenanimous and the regular meeting on september 13, 2023. >> r >> was that date september 13? >> correct. >> any public comment? >> there is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment line. >> public comment is closed. questions and comments on this item? >> no questions. >> motion please? >> make a motion to approve the minutes. >> thank you very much vice president morgan. >> i second. >> thank you very much commissioner fraser. [roll call] >> motion is unanimous. report from department from jeanine nicholson.

report on current issues, activities, and events within the department since the fire commission meeting on september 13, 2023, including budget, academies, special events, communications, and outreach to other government agencies and the public. >> thank you very much. >> greetings president nakajo, vp morgan, commissioner fraser, [indiscernible] command staff. asa as well. welcome. chief nicholson. this is my report. since our last commission meeting on september 13. so, our preparations for both asian pacific economic-i never remember what the c is for, the event coming in november are still moving forward as are our preparations for fleet week. what we don't know is if the government will shut down and if the

government shuts down then that i believe fleet week will be off and not sure what happens with apec as well. i know the secret service obviously will even with a government shut down will keep working, but like the state department doesn't and all others don't, so really hoping they can figure this out, because both of these coming here have a big economic impact in the positive for us and so, i really hope that they can work this out in washington. so, more to follow than that. we are continuing as is as if we are moving forward with it. i attended a celebration of life for megan franzen, fire paramedic of ours who died last month -it

was well attended and very touching and her kids were there and the same night went to the black firefighter association gala. it seemed to be a huge success. the mayor was in attendance as were many others, so i just really appreciate our partnership with the bsa, i think they are doing a really great work right now. and h3 level 1emt academy started monday. we have-academy number 24, and we have 14 individuals in there, and they have 8 weeks to get it done and hopefully be out on our streets. much of what i have been doing the last several weeks is meet and greets for our 133

academy, which is due to start i believe january 16, and so we interviewed folks went through the interview process with our panel first. the panels of three, and then were recommended or not recommended to me, and i met with 160 approximately 160 people and it was an out standing group of people i really have to say. out of 160, we are inviting 120 to our boot camp which happens october 14. what we found with some folks that have struggled in the academy is, they haven't necessarily had a understanding of the physical challenges of the academy and do pt in the morning for a hour before-when in the academy before they start all the classroom stuff, and if they are not in shape by the time they are done with the one hour, their

brain is just fried, and so this is a really good way for them to sort of see and understand what it is that may be asked of them and it is really good for us to be able to see folks and how they do. teamwork, effort, all that kind of stuff, it is really a great tool for both of us. we will have two sessions that day, and hopefully we'll get a lot of folks there. i think it is a really good opportunity for both of us. and then, you know, offers will go out at some point in october, just not sure the date or timing of it, but more to follow. and, what else do we have? this saturday, united fire service women is showing barbie i believe. i can't remember at what movie theaert,

but should in your packet if you want a free movie, please join them. and then, again i just wanted to thank the asa being here. i know they will speak later, but from our retired paul chin and his wife are here and our president stan lee along with clarence in the black shirt and robert [indiscernible] and eric, thanks for being here. i also think we have a great partnership with you all. you all are walking the talk, so much appreciated and that concludes my report for this evening. >> thank you very much chief nicholson. madam secretary, any member of the public that wish to comment? >> nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the comment line. >> public comment is closed. any comments or

questions for the chief? >> thank you for your report chief. i will just say this, i did see barbie, i was surprised when i went and i absolutely loved it. and i was really surprised. if you haven't seen it, it is much better then you think it is going to be. i'll say that. >> [indiscernible] >> yeah, and then do we have any idea when we will know about the possible shutdown? it is just day by day? >> i think the next three days they will figure it out. yeah. don't know. >> thank you. >> thank you commissioner. vice president morgan. >> thank you for your report chief and i know we just spoke, so i won't keep you. i think i got all the information. i just hope they don't shut down and the city can use the services and revenue and everything all the good stuff that comes with the action of those

festivities. other then that, thanks for the report and move on i guess. >> thank you kindly. >> thank you very much vice president morgan. one comment in terms of the h3 level 1 with the-did you say 14 candidates? >> yes. >> that's a good number. that's very very encouraging. thank you for that and also thank you for your feedback in terms of the interview process. i think you said 160 and invited 120 to boot camp. that is a again, a good number. just in terms of announcement, thank you very much commissioner fraser for your critique of barbie. i would have never probable considered it unless i heard that recommendation. that is united womens organization that are doing it this saturday at the balboa movie theater, so again, please take advantage of that. also i know [indiscernible] having

the first annual car show for the proceeds for the [indiscernible] and maui firefighters. thank you for your report chief nicholson. madam secretary. >> [indiscernible] >> we have a cd3, chief kaialoa. thank you very much. >> good evening. shane kaialoa, deputy chief of administration and this is my report for august 2023. begin with home land security under the direction of assistant deputy chief erica brown and very busy month as it always is for home land. cheer brown attended many planning meetings throughout the city on events that comes to san francisco,b some being the bay 30 exercise, the dream force planning meeting, outside land concert and final planning and battalion control drill

planning meeting and [indiscernible] station area post disaster. the next slide you see part of that planning. this was table top exercise. it was a bay [indiscernible] table top exercise with station captains from 35 and battalion and assistant chief having a exercise of the fire on a boat with no water supply and unable to get the water supply from the fire boat pumping water to the much needed area so firefighters can get water on the fire. during fleet week, chief brown attended several planning meetings, including the air show and exercise final planning meeting which include a military civilian communication exercise. we also announced that the retirement of lieutenant george [indiscernible] assigned to the northern california regional intelligence center and the appointment of

[indiscernible] being the terrorism liaison, they they are responsible for suspicious activity reports, reporting and review of alerts and situational awareness to the event action plan groups and where they develop the action plans based on the threat and in the event if there is a follow through with a threat and how that response will play out. moving to our department of equity inclusion under the direction of assistant deputy chief shawn buford. again, chief buford busy over the e month of august. highlight a couple things here. with the 133 panel interviews for the next h2 academy. and then moving that

to the 133 chief interview selection that we are having over the month of september. sure the chief will brief out in the next month. also lieutenant anderson has beenworking hard on many initiatives to create pathways to the san francisco fire department and whether it is ems or suppression. one is through a partnership of the san francisco conservation corps. this is a larger program through the federal conservation corps and partnership with san francisco fire department and the sfcc. this will be the first cohort training of 14 individuals at treasure island training facility for 5 days. you will be instructed through battalion chief [indiscernible] a strike team leader, heavily involved in mutual aid along with a small instructor also trained in wild land

firefighter. those 14 individuals will go through s130 and s190 classes. excuse me. those classes consist of basic knowledge and wild land fire behavior and tactics. it also involves hands on training in tactic or wild land firefighter tactics to include house lays, hand line cutting--mobile attack, structure protection, those things surrounding firefighter tactics. in our next slide, you see lieutenant anderson again because he's everywhere at every moment along with [indiscernible] one of our h3 level 2's. at the bay area training academy ems career fair in newark california with other public safety agencies

to deliver information to those interested in the fire service or ems on what the san francisco fire department does, how we contribute to the communities, how they can apply and what they need to apply. they also provide mentorship. some are put in a data base where they are followed through to see where they need assistance in obtaining a position with the fire department. the core of the community outreach team and our recruitment team also attended or will be attending the first responder career pathway fair in city hall on october 22, and in sacramento for the cal jack firefighter career expo october 21 to deliver that information on how and what we do to become a san francisco firefighter or san

francisco emt, paramedic. moving on to health and safety, battalion chief alba attended the redman health and safety symposium in new york and attended many classes there, including behavioral health, including pers which is in our turn outs and a chemical that is cancer causing. also attended partnerships and collaborations to fight cancer. to look at science based recommendations. and post preliminary exposure reduction. chief alba is all in on the health and safety of our folks, and going to these symposiums helps increase his knowledge, brings that knowledge back to the san francisco fire department, creates policy suggestions to how to keep our folks safe and so we are glad he went. in the bhu unit, the month of august they are 74 contacts for

total of 298.22 hours. i think that is a 8, but getting old. touch to see that one. under office of employee health, we have dr. [indiscernible] and nurse practitioner-they also screen candidates for september h3 level 1 academy and perform promotional exams for newly promoted officers. 25 new hire exams and 23 promotional exams among all of their other work. our investigative service bureau under captain todd performed 51 members, participated in promotional and testing, background investigations for the 24 h3 level 1 class

and attended behavioral health class. support services, under assistant deputy chief mullen, performed 152 service request in august. 110 service orders closed. outfit the chief residents along with bureau of equipment, our iet team at 870 bush for the behavioral health units and the pio team. support services incumbered [indiscernible] due in april. [indiscernible] due in june, one pumper, two trucks, two [indiscernible] 6 ford transit vans and took delivery. there is much more work that chief mullen is doing in the background and we'll highlight those other things, but there is a ton of work and he's doing a fantastic job. under our earthquake

safety emergency response, assistant deputy chief miller [indiscernible] of station 35 and treasure island training facility. they also attended meetings of the capital planning committee, the [indiscernible] and public works commission meetings to meet the members and provide input on our high level projects, including the fire training facility. the fire training facility profeshzal contracts did go to the board of supervisors and then moved to the budget finance committee to final hearing of the board and this is for next month, but going to open the curtain a little bit. it was signed at the board of supervisors and awaiting the mayor's signature. highlights or feel good. command staff attendsed the 2023 police fire

[indiscernible] great attendance by all. see chief in the bottom right reading the names of our retired and active firefighters, paramedics and officers who were lost during that year. next we introduce 2 new public information officers. rc captain shore and lieutenant mariano elias. captain shore is [indiscernible] 22 years in the san francisco fire department. expert in emergency medical service and trained in airport rescue and firefighter, bay and surf rescue and qualify as bike medic. joins from his assignment sfo serving the mission station 11. justin is speaker on social media and [indiscernible] mass

casualty responses [indiscernible] public information mariano elias is first generation latino american borne in san francisco and proudly raised in the mission. graduated from sacred heart and [indiscernible] a few blocks where he grew up, including 8 years on heavy rescue squad. training instructor, teaches new firefighter recruits and president of [indiscernible] latino firefighter group. this is a great addition to the pio team. it is a enormous job that captain basher has been doing a fantastic job the last 8 years. this addition is going to hope this team and this department increase our visibility in the public, increase our presence on social media, and start to

deliver our story and what the fire department does in this city and how we do it, and much more, including community outreach and the like. happy to have them on board and maybe one day have them in for you. on august 30, our core team is out at a pop up event at 101 jefferson street delivering much needed community information on how to keep the public safe. lieutenant calder gave a education program and discussed fire safety in the homes at the asian pacific american community center. this is directly related to our mission, vision and values of this department in educating the community, reducing life loss, increasing knowledge in fire safety, and how to take care of themselves

throughout emergency situations. on august 26, this was international dog day and you see our k-9 there. therapy dogs and our dog from task force 3 with chief miller who's here tonight with--[indiscernible] it was a great day. many great dogs and better handlers. on august 20, chief nicholson and myself were at the fire cancer awareness bicekling team. they biked from marin to station 51 where they were greeted and chief nicholson giving remarks at this event. we also attended the central station 9 annual china town night out, a great event. one of our favorites throughout the year where chief nicholson also spoke. that concludes my

report and will take any questions. >> thank you very much chief. at this point, madam secretary, any member of the public wishes to comment? >> there is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment line. >> okay, thank you. public comment is closed. any comments, questions at this point from the commissioners to chief kaialoa? commissioner fraser. >> thank you chief kaialoa, that was a great report. i can't believe all that happened in one month. that was a little overlap, but very impressive report. a lot of action. i wanted to ask a question about the pio team and i guess we'll hear from them at some point down the road. the two firefighters who moved into those positions they are leaving their former duties and this is a full time gig for them on the pio team, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> that's great.

what you explained that they will be able to do for us in terms of social media and community promotion and awareness i think is wonderful, so congratulations on that. the only other question i had, i notice in the employee health report that there has been a bump in covid infections in the department most specifically station 49, which on its face makes sense to me. just wondered, what we will do about that or if that is discussed yet? maybe too soon. >> we haven't seen another uptick. we did have a few outbreaks throughout the month. [indiscernible] but through ppe measures and social distancing, it has gotten better, and we'll just continue to look at the trends through the office of

employee health. it is one of dr. brocaws main concerns and she is on top of it. >> it inevable, it is just how much that we can handle and manage as we move into the fall and winter. anyway, thanks for a very interesting report. appreciate it. >> thank you very much commissioner fraser. vice president morgan. >> thank you for your report chief kaialoa. i was going to bring up the same thing commissioner fraser did about the covid rising. so, is the whole staff crew wearing masks now inside or how is it now? i know this is reflecting from a month ago, right? >> right. those precautions are put in place and recommended we have a outbreak. people are off duty and do follow covid protocols. >> okay.

great. hopefully it gets better soon. is there any officers out or staff outright now currently of covid? >> i don't have that, but can get that for you. >> alright. then another question, i guess in regards to the support services. i was reading station 48, they had 10 water heaters in less then a year. what the heck is going on with that? >> i don't believe it is 10, but i'll let chief come up. [laughter] >> it is here in the report. on page 33. >> sorry. introduce myself first. president nakajo, commissioner morgan, commissioner fraser, chief. i'm mike mullens, assistant deputy chief

support services. i have to look into that, but i got to assume it was a misprint. bad info. >> okay. >> we had one hot water heater this month. >> oh, it says here that new water heater installed in fire station 48, which is 10th water heater installed. >> not there, but overall. >> okay! i thought it was at that station. >> 10 department wide. >> maybe we better fire that plumber and get another one. okay. that clears that up. that was the concern. i said we are burning through money pretty fast there. thank you chief mullens. that's all i had. the rest of the report was great. thank you. >> thank you very much vice president morgan. thank you chief for your report. i want to note appreciation in terms of description of our

two new pio officers. justin shore and elias. i think it important to write information in terms of the experience within the department. that is really helpful. just as a point of information, our outreach booth, information booth at various community fairs and activities, i just are want to note that every time i see it, it is in good shape. i like the tent, i like the table, i like the ambulance and the way everything is laid out. lieutenant [indiscernible] does a great job. nothing shabby about those booths. for me, i'm just that way, but when things look crummy, it just doesn't appeal, so i wanted to note that as well. the other thing i want to note is i really love the pictures of the handlers and the dogs. i think they ought to be put up somewhere as well in our department.

>> yeah. >> in terms of the members of our department. not saying anything about the rest of the membership but the k-9s are very much appreciated. thank you very much for that as well. that's all i have, chief. >> thank you. >> madam secretary. >> item 5, presentation and update from the asian firefighters association. members from the asian firefighters association to provide a update and presentation on their afinity group. >> thank you very much stan lee. thank you very much for attendeding tonight. the members on the back of the room as well as the retired chief as well, paul chin for your participation. you got to recognize the wife there all the time, so thank you very much for that. alright. welcome.

>> thank you. my name is stan lee, the president of asa. we have been busy since the last time i talked to you. we have been at numerous outreach programs, community events and actually i made a video for you to watch for that. the video starts when i last seen you guys in may 7, we did the 5k heritage run, where we basically follow along with the runners, walkers, make sure they are okay. [indiscernible] luckily no one needed it. we also was manning a outreach booth at the end. this is

[indiscernible] in j town in may. not many pictures but showed up there to support the community. another event community self-defense workshop at the war memorial. we showed up to support the event. that is mike right there. then of course, j town. we showed up three weekdays straight to support music fest. had numerous volunteers from our group of young candidates who showed up supported and make sure that anything needed for that venue was taken care of. then [indiscernible] we showed up and supported the outreach group that is the outreach group you are talking about.

also supporting the fair there. better look at the booth. then we did a back pack give away in the a china town-dance festival. this is the backpacks-a thousand back packs gathered. a thousand in my garage and china town handed out 500 to the afa through the back of the engine. then [indiscernible] parade fair. we managed the first aid booth. here is group at city hall from the library before the start of the parade. during the parade. and china town car show just last month.

we had our classic car there, vehicle. was a good attendance. we made sure we showed up and like i said, there for people to see that possible to be a firefighter if you are asian. most recently, we helped package 20 thousand meals in the war memorial for low income veterans. it was all day event. we managed i think did manage to package 20thousand meals. the most recent one-- the biggest thing we did was just last month

where we-is it showing? was in end of august, we volunteered some of my team is behind me, we went to maui to assist in the relief effort. clips of what we did. here is us leaving the oakland airport. we arranged flights through southwest so why we were leaving in oakland. when we arrived we saw first hand the devastation that happened in lahaina from the pictures and videos we took. you can see what we saw. it's pretty much lahaina is a waste land right now. when we arrived, there is a team that arrived. we went straight to work. we were securing the

distribution center for the next day of work by making sure all the materials were covered up and nothing happen during the night. here is us packaging hydration needs of the locals. san francisco fire department fashion, we are efficient. we made sure all our work station is high and tight there. ready to go, fully staffed. here is us working the lines. this was constant for 6 days straight. lines like this, coming for water. a shot of us filling up the van full of water. this is all the water for a day that we passed out. you can see some of the shots of other necessities handed out. behind there was a

kitchen where we [indiscernible] our teammates were cooking hot meals also. shot of the team again. here is a shot of one day volunteer group. on the 5 th day we actually responded to a fire with maui fire department. when we heard the evacuation order given, they were going away from the fire and we went to it. we had our gear. showed up. augmented their workforce of 10 firefighters to 20.

at the end of the trip we managed to make a lot of good friends through helping maui fire department, locals we assisted, and the maui firefighters that we managed to spend the last night with. i like to introduce some of the teammates who showed up here today with me. my secretary, eric was present. member robert is present. retired fire marshal, paul chin. and my civilian emt paramedic, ricardo rosa. the rest of my team couldn't make it, but they came and

supported the afa for the presentationmentf . appreciate the time and hopefully you saw we are actively trying to make sure people see the san francisco fire department in a positive light. [applause] >> [indiscernible] is my vice president. i was introducing my maui team that went. my vice president clarence-- [applause] >> i will let public comment. can you stay up there? also, let me do public comment first. madam secretary. >> nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment line. >> public comment is closed. i will look for any comment from our commissioners at this particular time. >> sure. i'm sorry, what was

your name again? i'm so sorry. >> stan lee. >> stan lee. okay. >> easy name. >> i want to say thank you for your efforts and the service and you guys self-less act to go out there and hopefully you didn't have to do it on your own vacation time, right? >> [indiscernible] >> jesus christ. you guys are good people. now, when you guys got there, was some of the fire still active? >> yes. actually it was only i think 80 percent contained, but the 5th day the wind was kicking in and the fire actually started to cross the road where we were staying so wasn't too hard to respond to that. >> yeah. i just want to say again, thank you for your efforts and making san francisco look great and you guys

continue the great work. thank you and thanks for coming tonight. >> thank you vice president morgan. >> thank you very much. commissioner fraser. >> thank you so much president lee. wonderful report. first of all, all the community events that you and your team and group attended in san francisco and all the wonderful work you've done to promote the fire department and recruiting more asian members of the fire department is fantastic. the maui thing is so touching. i actually lived there many years ago, butd on the other side so i is a small feeling of how it must be for people who are there to see what happened. i'm certain your presence was not only helpful, but was healing in a small way. the community there. just to see those slides of people with the giant cases of water and the food and the bags and the just all the effort and energy, how could anyone not feel a

little uplifted by your presence so grateful to you. >> thank you commissioner. >> thank you very much commissioner fraser. just a few comments. stan lee and to members who are in the back of the room who attended all of you, our department is remarkable and our membership is remarkable. just going to mention it because at one point when 911 occurred there were members from our department that responded on their own. when this maui tragedy occurred as well, it is a great thing that you responded afa and i will note undur your leadership, stan lee, because that is really really important because incentives and organizing take as great skill. but to your 10 members that went as well and all of you there, it is a great thing to go

there and give that community assistance and that spirit all the way over to maui. i also think that it is amazing i think chief told me we brought our gear. how many people bring their gear? but you brought your gear and fought fire. my respect goes out to fire marshal paul chin. didn't have to go out there. i think he is older then me. [laughter] but also, ricardo who took care of them as well. the team that you created with that. before you conclude, can you say a little about the benefit dinner occurring? i know you brought t-shirts because vice president morgan did ask about the teacher. just hope you have the size. could you please say

something about the dinner coming up and i know that is part of a fund razor as well. >> i going to mention that. thank you for bringing it up. october 20 at the far east cafe in china town we will hold a bank [indiscernible] honor deputy chief shane, deputy chief sandra tom and most of the proceeds where will be divided 50 percent going for our relief effort and charity work in lahaina maui. the other 50 percent of that proceeds will go to our charity work for here in the city. we are not abandoning the city, we are trying to expand outwards to help as many people as

possible. the charity work we have been doing, i think we mentioned in the last go round that during the holiday season last year we handed out 3,000 toys. we will try to at least match that. part of the proceed will be towards funding our toy give away in the community in san francisco. we have made connections with like i said the firefighters in maui where we know exactly that their charitable work goes through aiding 17 firefighters who lost their home in lahaina so we have been helping. if not will bring directly to them. that is what the banquet is about, besides honoring two great individuals behind me, trying to do some charity work for

the aapi community. >> t shirts. >> extra large,s large, media and two hats. i came well prepared. wasn't share vice president morgan what size you wear. but you looked like xl to me. >> [indiscernible] >> i do have some at home. >> as as commissioner fraser. thank you very much for your participation and your support. thank you very much stan lee for your presentation and update. thank you very much for that. chief nicholson, please. >> thanks, just one last word. thank you so much stan. knroi i love you brother and appreciate all you guys and gals and the work you do and like i said, you all are not just talking the talk, you are walking the talk and doing so many great things and i really appreciate our

partnership how you help us in so many ways in the community and you know, getting folks hired into the department, so just mad respect for you and thank you so much brother. >> thank you chief, appreciate it. thank you commissioners. thank you. >> you're welcome. thank you very much. [applause] madam secretary. >> item 6, adjournment. >> we will adjourn the meetings and if some members can stay around and meet and greet you. thank you, this meeting is adjourned. thank you. [meeting adjourned]

>> my name is nary shay assistant fire marshal. assigned at fire pro investigation. i was born in hong kong age 8 me and my family- (indiscernible) i grew up in sunset area and all employment jaibs are with the sitdy of san francisco. when i was growing up my parents were traditional chinese parents. they

emphasized school. they didt want us to join or play sports because they said school is the only thing that is important and want us to get a college education. i envisioned myself maybe being a doctor. after high school i went to uc berkeley and major in bio chem. after college what i did happen is-what happened was i landed a job at ucsf and was a research associate there. one day me and my co worker were talking and don't know how it came about, they talked about fire department and someone mentioned i would be good for the fire department. even though i didn't play much sports i was still athletic. fire department, what will i do in the fire department because i didn't know there were women on the engines and trucks and didn't know the difference between engine and truck. the same night i was

watching tv and there was a commercial of the fire department recruiting women firefighter and there was a woman all dressed and tolds to go to division of training and 27 and a half year later i'm erhoo. when there is more presence of asian person, asian community it educates the population and helps people understand our community rchl ism i think people hate because they don't understand. i will tell the young women that definitely consider you know, a career in the fire service. don't just think it is just for men, because the fire service is not just suppression. suppression is one portion of it it. there are different parts of it. there is ems portion, the medical portion, the fire prevention portion, and there is also the

fire investigative portion. all of the departments needs to work together to keep the city of safe, not just the citizens safe, also the first responders. i thinks the career in the fire department is great. i start #d as a firefighter, i had the opportunity to also become a paramedic and then i landed in fire prevention. i'm very happy at fire prevention because not only am i able to enforce the code and make changes to help the citizen of san francisco be safe in their homes or place of business, but i think my work also make sure that my fellow firefighters and first respond ers, when they respond to a fire, the building is also safe for them.

5 o'clock. >> (music). >> co-founder. we started in 2008 and with the intent of making the ice cream with grown up flavors and with like and with tons of accessible freshens and so we this is - many people will like it and other people will like you my name is alice my husband we're the owners of you won't see ice cream in san francisco and really makes fishing that we are always going together and we - we provide the job opportunity for high school students and i hired them

every year and . >> fun community hubble in san francisco is my district i hope we can keep that going for many years. >> and i'm alexander the owner of ice cream and in san francisco and in the outer sunset in since 1955 we have a vast of flavors liar choke o'clock but the flavors more than three hundred flavors available and i am the owner of the ice cream. and my aunt used to take us out to eat ice cream all the time and what can i do why not bring this ice cream shop and (unintelligible) joy a

banana split or a great environment for people to come and enjoy. >> we're the ordinances of the hometown and our new locations in pink valley when i finished law school we should open up a store and, and, and made everybody from scrap the first ice cream shop any ice cream we do our own culture background and a lot of interaction and we're fortunate we can get feedback and serve to the king of ending and also

the recording has started and it's 204. thank you and good afternoon and welcome to the meeting of the arts commission on monday, october 2nd. two. oh two three. i would like to begin the meeting by the call of the roll. alyssa ventry please present collins. present vice president shiota. present commissioner beltran is absent. commissioner benavidez present. commissioner brunzell here. commissioner kearney. present commissioner ferris is not here yet. commissioner hakimi is absent. commissioner liu is absent. commissioner mccoy present. commissioner mosley. present. commissioner rothschild . present. commissioner schneider