francisco government televisiono

good morning morning morning mot the february 6th. uh 6th. uh 6tf the santhe santhe santhe san fry transportation authorityuthorito personnel committee. ourtee. ouk today is angela angela angela am clerk. oh, and i wantd i wantd k matthew agneww agneww agneww agv producing today'stoday'sto meetm clerk, willk, willk, will you pe roll? yes, chair, chair, chair,. mandelman presentpresentpresent. presentpresentpresentpresentpre

melgar. absent. absent. absent.. ro present. ronen. present prese have quorum quorum quorum quorui believebelievebelievebelievebelu have a public comment.comment.c. announcementuncementuncementunco public interestederestederestedn participating in this committee meeting. we welcome your attendance here in person at the legislative chamber room 263, in city hall. or you may watch cable channel 26 or 99, depending on your provider or stream the meeting live at ww nps.gov tv.org. for those wishing to make public comment remotely, the best way to do so is by dialing. (415) 655-0001 and when prompted, entering access. code 26629620432 and then press pound and pound again, you will be able to listen to the meeting in real time when public comment is called for the item you wish to

speak on, press star three to be added to the queue to speak. do not press star three again or you will be removed from the queue. when the system says your line is unmuted, the live operator will advise you. you will be allowed two minutes to speak. when your two minutes are up, we will move on to the next caller. calls will be taken in the order in which they are received. best practices are to speak slowly, clearly and turn down the volume of any televisions or radios around you. public comment for items on this agenda will be taken first from the members of the public in attendance in the committee room, and then afterwards from the remote speakers queue on the telephone line. thank you, thank you. and before calling our next item as chair, i want to invoke rule 3.26 from our rules of order to limit total public comment per item to 30 minutes. for today's speaker, uh, and i will be given two minutes to speak on a given item unless i indicate otherwise at the start of that item. um madam clerk, please call our next item. item two approve the minutes of the may 9th, 2023 meeting. this is

an action item, right? we should open this item to public comment . i don't see anyone in the chamber, so let's see if we have any remote public comment on this item. yes chair. there is a remote public comment going to the first caller right now. hello caller. your two minutes begins now. uh good morning, uh, chairman ramon, just to bring to your attention, um, that we are unable to hear you, uh, clearly. you breaking up? we can't hear me. so very clearly. thank you, thank you. caller. um, are there any other public comment? remote public comment. there is no additional public comment, comment or public comment on this item is closed and, um, maybe our staff can check with

sam.gov tv to make sure we don't have a broad casting problem. um, and, uh, is there a motion to approve the minutes? so moved by ronan. um, madam clerk, please call the roll. um chair mandelman i mandelman i. um vice chair mcguire is absent, and commissioner ronan i ronan i the item is approved. uh, great. thank you, madam clerk. please call our next item. item three recommend adoption of five job classifications and revised organization chart. this is an action item. okay. and i'm going to invite cynthia fong, our deputy director for finance and administration, to present this item. good morning. good morning

. um, this item is related to a revision to our organization chart. um, this is something i bring upon this committee. um on an almost on an annual basis. um, our current org chart consists of 47 full time equivalent positions across six various divisions. as we've been preparing the 2023 accomplishments and a 2024 goals and objectives for the agency, we've taken a moment to also reflect on our organization chart. uh, we look at it and are proposing five new job classifications and succession pathways for various staff to better align with near firm work goals and plans. um the first one would be to reclassify the assistant deputy director for capital projects position to a new highway program manager position in the capital projects division. we would also like to reclassify the associate engineer position in the capital projects division to a staff accountant division, a staff

accountant position in the finance and administration division. we'd also like to convert our public policy manager position to a new senior public policy manager job position and create a government affairs series within that, uh, that group, you may recall, back in may at our last personnel committee meeting, we had shifted, uh, the public policy manager and a senior transport, uh, principal transportation planner for government affairs from the policy and program division to the executive division. so we're just continuing that action and creating that series of job descriptions. uh we also like to convert the management analyst position to a new finance manager position in the finance and administration division. and lastly, we would convert the communications officer position to a communications manager in the executive division. now, the highway planning uh, highway program manager position is really to assist all the work we're doing on ybe on behalf of tida, uh, we also anticipate

this person to work on projects like the i-280 ramps at ocean and geneva. uh, in terms of the, uh, new, um, staff accountant, we'd like that accountant to assist us with some additional grant billings. we'll have further yerba buena island project especially. we're entering into the new phase, uh, has many various funding sources just to get this project completed. and the succession planning piece is for the senior public policy manager, communications managers and finance managers. we've had many staff who retain, who've stayed with the ta for many years, and we'd love to see them, um, progress within the agency and to also stay with us. um, in terms of fiscal impact, uh, this is rare that i say that there's a, um, off set negative or zero effect to our budget implications for the current year. the associate engineer is paid approximate $53,805, more than a staff accountant by converting that position to a

staff accountant, we do not have, um, we have a minimal net, uh, adjustment to our budget. so i love seeing these kind of offsets. but in the future fiscal years, if we were to pass these positions, it would cost approximately $67,800 per fiscal year, um, to staff all of the positions as we are ready and as the work program needs require, it. uh, in terms of cac items, personnel items do not go before the cac for approval and come straight directly to the personnel committee and then straight to board. with that, i'm happy to answer any questions you may have on this item. i don't have any questions. and neither does commissioner ronen. and as always, we're grateful for your for your work on this. so thank you. um, and we should open this item to public comment. and i don't think there's anyone in the chamber. so let's see if we have any remote public comment on item three.

teams, can you still hear us? yes, we hear you, angela. best. oh, nobody's hearing me. that's why we're not getting an answer. um, do we have any remote public comment? came for a remote public comment? yes i'm going to the first. hello, caller. your two minutes begins now. hello again. chairman ramon, i are we on item number four? we are on item number three. oh i'm sorry. thank you. there is no additional public comment, so

public comment on item three is closed. closed. and i will move approval of the item. madam clerk, please call the roll. uh, chair mandelman. uh, i mandelman i, uh, vice chair melgar is absent. commissioner ronen, i ronen i the item three is approved. uh, great. um i would like to just see where vice chair melgar is. and so what i'm going to say is that we're going to recess for nine minutes until 920. um, and reconvene then

all right. we are back in session. um, madam clerk, could you please call item for item for closed session, evaluate public employee performance and recommend approval of the executive director's performance objectives for 2024. this is an action item. all right, let's take let's take public comment

on item four. there's no one in the chat chamber. and let's see if we have any remote public comment on item four. yes we do. hello, caller. your two minutes begins now. hello again. um commissioners, thank you for the opportunity. um, i do not have any comments about the executive. um director's performance. uh, other than i'm personally very happy with this performance in general. and, um, at the tt esc meetings in particular. um, i would, however, like to express concern, um, the fact that the executive director's performance objectives for 2024 have not been posted to the website. uh, in closing, i would like you to consider deferring the final

approval of these objectives until members of the public have had an opportunity to review, um, these objectives and communicate any comments to the personnel committee as appropriate. thank you. thank you. caller. there is no additional public comment. all right. public comment on item four is closed. closed. um i'm going to attempt to respond to the comment that was raised, and i may ask our legal counsel to weigh in, but it's my understanding that the practice of this committee in the past has not been to publish the goals prior to this committee hearing that that gets published in anticipation of the transportation authority board meeting and that there will be opportunity for the public to comment on those goals at that time. and they can be changed at

that time. i could be wrong. so i'm going to ask for our legal counsel to, um, address this issue. okay. thank you. yeah. i just wanted to put a little more color on that. and the reason why it's being not posted prior to the meeting is that the substance of it is going to be discussed during the closed session. you'll be evaluating the objectives based on the materials you have and coming to a recommendation on coming out of closed session. and so for that reason, it's part of the closed session materials and the discussion, the substantive discussion there that's kept confidential and that's the explanation of why it's not being considered or published before the meeting. and that's that's been the typical my understanding is that's the typical practice in past years for the personnel committee that these materials are not posted prior, but are reported out on afterwards, any, any and theoretically they could be impact what what those standards

goals are could be impacted by the deliberations of this committee. right. so they absolutely change. okay um all right. thank you. um, so with that, i think i already closed public comment, but if i didn't close public comment, public comment is closed. um, and we are now closed. session item i'm going into closed session evaluation of public employee performance and recommend approval of the executive director's performance objectives for 2024. this is again, this is an action item and oh i'm sorry, you already did the public comment. thank you, madam clerk. all right. turn off

uh, the personnel committee is now reconvening in in, in, uh,

in open session. um and i guess we do a roll call now. all right. madam clerk, please call the roll. chair. mandelman. present mandelman. present vice chair. miller. present melgar. present. commission ronen. present ronen. present. we have quorum. great um. the personnel committee met in closed session to discuss the performance evaluation and recommended and recommended approval of the executive director's performance objectives. objectives for 2024 and found the work of the executive director to be outside landing. madam clerk, could you please call the next item? item five recommend setting the annual compensation for the executive director for 2024. this is an action item. um, and i guess my notes say you're again making a brief public

comment announcement. yes. thank you. chair, for those wishing to make public comment remotely, the best way to do so is by. dialing (415) 655-0001 and when prompted, entering access. code 26629620432 and then press pound and pound again when public comment is called for the item you wish to speak on, press star three to be added to the queue to speak. do not press star three again or you will be removed from the queue. when the system says your line is unmuted, the live operator will advise you that you will be allowed two minutes to speak when your two minutes are up, we will move on to the next caller. calls will be taken in the order in which they are received. um, great. thank you, madam clerk. and uh, in closed session, the personnel committee discussed setting annual compensation for the executive director in 2024. um, and, uh, we decided to

recommend that the board do that , uh, in the form of a 4% increase in salary. to 30 $322,400. um and i will make a motion to, uh. yes uh, we will take that public comment before i make that motion as, um, is there any, uh, is there, uh, public comment on item five? checking for remote public comment on item number five. there is no public comment. all right. public comment on item five is closed. i will now make a motion. um to set the annual compensation as i just described . um, madam clerk, will you please call the roll on the item

for item five? um chair mandelman i mandelman i vice chair. vice chair. melgar i melgar i commissioner ronen. ronen i the item is approved. great. uh. thank you, madam clerk, could you please call the next item? item six introduction of new items. this is an information item. i don't believe that my colleagues have any new items. not seeing anyone popping into the queue. so, um, madam clerk, will you please call item seven an item seven? public comment. all right. i don't see any public comment in the room. is there any remote public comment. there is no remote public comment. item seven is closed. madam clerk, could you please call item eight? item eight. adjournment. we are adjourned >>

>> 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. >> my name is sylvia and i'm the owner of the mexican bistro. we have been in business for 18 years and we first opened on

garry street in san francisco, and now we are located in a beautiful historic building. and we are part of the historical building founded in 1776. at the same time as the mission delores in san francisco. (♪♪) our specialty food is food from central mexico. it's a high-end mexican food based on quality and fresh ingredients. we have an amazing chef from yucatán and we specialize on molotov, that are made with pumpkin seeds. and we're also known for handmade tortillas and we make our own fresh salsa. and we have cocktails, and we have many in the bar.

we have specialty drinks and they are very flavorrable and very authentic. some of them are spicy, some are sour, but, again, we offer high-quality ingredients on our drinks as well. (♪♪) we have been in san francisco for 27 years, and our hearts are here. we are from mexico, but after 27 years, we feel part of the community of san francisco. it is very important for us to be the change, the positive change that is happening in san francisco. the presidio in particular, they're doing great efforts to bring back san francisco, what it was. a lot of tourism and a lot of new restaurants and the new companies. san francisco is international

and has a lot of potential. (♪♪) so you want to try authentic mexican food and i invite you to come to our bistro located on 50 moroo avenue in presidio. and i'll wait here with my open arms and giving you a welcome to try my food. (♪♪)by.

>> ph.d. >> my name is i'm a leader of the town in san francisco we try to provide japanese something we make like seaweed it creates like the many flavors we try to provide like more open japanese flavor as well as the james

values like people get to experience in japan like a great ex >> long it was in fashion, o'shaughnessy water system has been sustainable. in addition to providing water for the bay area, it also generates clean hydroelectric power to run city buildings and services. and more recently, some san francisco homes and businesses. >> satellite electricity is greenhouse gas free, so we see a tremendous benefit from that. we really are proud of the fact that, we've put our water to work. >> even with the system as well coon received as hetch hetchy, climate change has made the

supply of water from the sierra vulnerable. and requires new thinking about where and how we use water. >> we have five hundred million gallons a day of wastewater being dumped out into san francisco bay and the ocean from the bay area alone. and that water could be recycled and should be recycled for reuse through out the bay area. >> we're looking at taking wastewater and reading it to drink watering standards. we're also looking at our generation and looking at onsite water reuse looking at the technology and strategies we have available to us today. >> the very first recycling plant in the state of california for landscape irrigation was built in san francisco. we've just developed a new recycled water plant in the ocean side wastewater facility for irrigation purposes in golden gate park, lincoln park and the panhandle. >> a century ago, san francisco

built a dam to create bunched znswer of fresh water to ensure the future and ensure the taps will flow for future generations, it will take as much vision when it reflects a fundamental change about how we think about water. >> i think we recognize there's going to be change in the future. so we're going to have to have the flexibility and the creativity to deal with that future as it's presented to us, it's a matter of how to see it and say, okay, let's make wise use of everything we have. >> o'shaughnessy centennial moment is made possibbbbbbbbbbbb

[♪♪♪]

>> my family's starts in mexico in a small town. my parents are from a very, very small town. so small, that my dad's brother is married to one of my mom's sisters. it's that small. a lot of folks from that town are here in the city. like most immigrant families, my parents wanted a better life for us. my dad came out here first. i think i was almost two-years-old when he sent for us. my mom and myself came out here. we moved to san francisco early on. in the mission district and moved out to daily city and bounced back to san francisco. we lived across the street from the ups building. for me, when my earliest memories were the big brown trucks driving up and down the street keeping us awake at night. when i was seven-years-old and i'm in charge of making sure we get on the bus on time to get to school. i have to make sure that we do

our homework. it's a lot of responsibility for a kid. the weekends were always for family. we used to get together and whether we used to go watch a movie at the new mission theater and then afterwards going to kentucky fried chicken. that was big for us. we get kentucky fried chicken on sunday. whoa! go crazy! so for me, home is having something where you are all together. whether it's just together for dinner or whether it's together for breakfast or sharing a special moment at the holidays. whether it's thanksgiving or christmas or birthdays. that is home. being so close to berkley and oakland and san francisco, there's a line. here you don't see a line. even though you see someone that's different from you, they're equal. you've always seen that. a rainbow of colors, a ryan bow

of personalities. when you think about it you are supposed to be protecting the kids. they have dreams. they have aspirations. they have goals. and you are take that away from them. right now, the price is a hard fight. they're determined. i mean, these kids, you have to applaud them. their heart is in the right place. there's hope. i mean, out here with the things changing everyday, you just hope the next administration makes a change that makes things right. right now there's a lot of changes on a lot of different levels. the only thing you hope for is for the future of these young kids and young folks that are getting into politics to make the right move and for the folks who can't speak. >> dy mind motion. >> even though we have a lot of fighters, there's a lot of voice less folks and their voiceless less folks and their voiceless

>> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their business in the 49 square files of san francisco. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and right vi. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i'm one of three owners here in san francisco and we provide mostly live music entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food and it's not a big menu, but we did it with love. like ribeye tacos and quesadillas and fries. for latinos, it brings families together and if we can bring that family to your business,

you're gold. tonight we have russelling for e community. >> we have a ten-person limb elimination match. we have a full-size ring with barside food and drink. we ended up getting wrestling here with puoillo del mar. we're hope og get families to join us. we've done a drag queen bingo and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop that all of the kids like to hang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies.

some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and it's exciting. >> we even have our own brewery for fdr, ferment, drink repeat. it's in the san francisco garden district and four beautiful murals. >> it's important to shop local because it's kind of like a circle of life, if you will. we hire local people. local people spend their money at our businesses and those local people will spend their money as well. i hope people shop locally. [ ♪♪♪ ]

>> i'm connie chan district one supervisor and welcome to the richmond.

>> i'm an immigrant and came to san francisco china town when i was 13 years old with my mom and brother. my first job is at the community organizer for public safety with san francisco state. and land in the city hall and became a legislative aid to sophie maxwell. went through city departments when kamala harris was our district attorney i'm proud to represent the richmondad district supervisor. [music] we have great

neighborhood commercial corridors that need to be protected. the reason why we launched the neighborhood business for supporting the [inaudible] for 15 years special more. we have the legacy business program the business around for 30 years or more and thought, you know, we gotta make sure the next generation contains for generations to come. am i'm ruth the owner of hamburger haven we came back on july 11. we were opened in 1968 at that time i believe one of the owners of mestart today went through a guy named andy in the early 70s and my father took it mid 70. >> originally was just a burger joint. open late nights. then it changed over the years and became the breakfast staple.

we specialize in breakfast, brunch come lunch now. i love this neighborhood. i grew up here. and it feels like home. i walk down the block and recognize people of people say hello. you say hello you talk and joke. has that familiar environment that is enjoyable and i have not experienced anywhere else. there are many things i would like to see improve ams the things we might see are making sure that our tenants stay housed our small business in tact and those are the solutions that will contain to push to make sure that you know our communities can take root, stay and thrive. >> i'm proud of you know, welcoming folks to the richmond. everyone loch its we got

farmer's market every sunday there. the you see really business at the noaa. ice cream at toy folks and going to chop for book like green apple. and that's when you like the deal is pizza place haall families love. you will see a lot of great chinese shops that is readily available for everyone. >> and that is just thein are richmond there is more to do in the richmond. what is love is the theatre. >> i mean adam and with my wife jamie, own little company called cinema sf we operate the balboa theatre. the vocabularying theatre on sacramento and soon the 4 star on clement. >> balboa theatre opened in 1926 and servicing this outer richmond neighborhood since then. and close on the heels the 4

star opens since 1913. >> when you come in to a movie theatre, the rest of the world has to be left behind. but you get e mersed in the world that is film makers made for you. that is a special experience to very much we can all think of the movies that we saw in the big screen of with everybody screaming or laughing or crying. it is a shared human experience that you get when you go in to places that are gatherings and artist presented to you. >> a shared experience is the most precious. and the popcorn. [laughter]. at the balboa especially, we stroif to have movies for people of every generation from the pop corn palace movies on the weekend mornings, for families and kids. this is for everybody of all

ages. >> what is great about the richmond is it is a neighborhood of the immigrants. belongs to immigrants not ap i immigrants you will see that there are also a huge population of rush wrans and ukrainian immigrants they stay united you am see that the support they lend to each other as a community. and cinderella bakery is another legacy business. if you go on the website it is known as a russian bakery. the first thing you see their pledge to support the ukrainian community. you will see the unity in the richmond i'm so proud of our immigrant community in the rich monthed. >> my dad immigrate friday iran the reason he stayed was because of the restaurant. has more centamential value it

is the reasonable we are in this country. when he had an opportunity to take over the instruct he stayed that is why we are here part of our legacy and san francisco history and like to keep it going for years to come. >> another moment i'm proud to be supporting the richmond and the only asian american woman elect in the office and as an immigrant that is not happen nothing 3 decades. you see it is my ability to represent especially the asian-american community. in my case the chinese speaking elders in our community that really can allow me to communicate with them directly. i'm program director of adult day centers. i have been here for 7 years i love to help the communities and

help and the people with disability. i foal a connection with them. i am anim grant i love helping our community and new immigrants and improvements. >> if you want nature, richmond is the neighborhood to go we are between ocean beach heights and golden gate park. >> i love the outer richmond. for me this is the single best neighborhood in san francisco. everybody knows each other. people have been living here forever. it is young and old. the ocean is really near by. and so there is that out doors ocean vibe to it. there are places to seat golden gate bridge it is amazing. businesses are all small mom and pop businesses.

houses get passed down generation to generation. it has a small town feel but you know you are in a big city at the same time. it's got a unique flavor i don't see in other neighborhoods j. it is about being inclusive we are inclusive and welcome the communities, anybody should feel welcome and belong here and shop local, eat local. we believe that with that support and that network it come in full circle. it is passing on kinds knows. that's when richmond is about that we are together at once. welcome to the richmond. [music]

>> good morning the meeting will come to order. welcome to the january 31, 2024 meeting of the budget and finance committedee i'm connie chan, chair. and joined by mandelman and supervisor melgar. our clerk is brent jalipa and like to thank sfgov.org james. do you have announcements. >>. yes. to those here silence devices so as to not interrupt. should you