was, having spent very little money. >> thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show. thank you for the time you have given us today. >> it has been great being here. thank you so much. >> that is it for this episode. we will be back shortly. you have been watching san francisco rising. thank you for watching. [♪♪♪] because we don't have we don't have an audience. right? you know. okay. all right. hi. i'd like to call this meeting to order. special meeting, this is

the fire commission special meeting september 3rd, 2020 for the time is 854. this meeting will be held in person at city hall, room 408. members of the public attending the meeting in person will have an opportunity to provide public comment. members of the public participating remotely may access the meeting and participate remotely by following the instructions below. members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes per item. public comment call. in 14156550001. meeting id 26634781977. webinar password 1234. ensure you are in a quiet location. speak clearly and turn off background sounds. television phones. radios. wait for the item you would like to

address to be called when prompted. press star three to be added to the queue. the system will notify you when you are in line. callers will will hear silence when waiting for your turn to speak. operator will unmute. you may also watch live at sfgovtv dot org. item number one. roll call. president. army. morgan. president vice president. marcy frazier. president commissioner. steven nakajo. president commissioner catherine feinstein, president and commissioner paula collins, present. item number two. possible. closed session regarding nomination for appointment. fire chief discussion and action item. i used to call item item number

two. unless you want to. i don't know if we have to go to public comment right now, or should we go afterward. so we'll go next to public. okay. on all matters relating to item two. okay. oka. item number two is a possible closed session regarding nomination for appointment of a new fire chief. thank you madam secretary, this closed session is being called to consider nominations for appointment of a new fire chief, shall i say interim fire chief for this new fire chief? it's okay. give, giving chief nicholson's retirement and need to appoint a chief. the fire commission will further discuss possible nominations for appointment. the san francisco administrative code and the brown act allow for this discussion to be held in closed session. if the fire

commission votes to convene in closed session, the commission may have a closed session discussion to review potential candidates and a potential nominee potentially nominate candidates to the mayor for appointment as fire chief. so at this time, do we okay. i do not see any person approaching the podium for public comment. okay. thank you. and i do not see any public comment on online. thank you, madam secretary. before a vote is taken by the fire commission to convene in closed session, public comment will be taken. well, there's a on all matters pertaining to item two, but i guess we don't have any public comment, including public comment on whether to hold item two c in closed session, whether the commission should act to make a nomination at this meeting, or a future meeting, and whether the commission should disclose the contents of

its closed session deliberations. so is there any further public comment, madam secretary? i do not see anyone approaching the podium or anyone on the public comment line. so you can i guess i can call item b for you, madam secretary. okay commission will discuss and possibly take action on whether to hold a closed session. san francisco administrative code section 67.10 b. thank you, madam secretary, as there is no public comment, i will now entertain a motion for the commission to move into a closed session to consider the nomination for appointment of a new fire chief. the closed session is being held pursuant to a statutory authority under the california government code,

section 54957b and san francisco administrative code section 67.1 b. is there a motion to hold the closed session to consider the nominations for appointment for the new fire chief? i would move that we have a closed session for this discussion. is there a second? second? okay do we have any commissioner comments or discussions on the motion to hold a closed session? if there is no further discussion, the vote will be called, commission secretary. cathy, please call the roll call. i'm sorry. president commissioner feinstein, how do you vote for the closed session? commissioner nakajo, how do you vote? vote i for closed session. president morgan, how do you vote? i vote aye. motion passes unanimously.

okay. we will now vote. we will now convene in closed session. the time is time reconvened in open session, 9:38 a.m. okay so d. okay, item d. commission may report any actions taken in closed session and will take action on whether to disclose information from

closed session as specified in san francisco administrative code section 67.12 a and b. so thank you. madam secretary, so i would just like to say thank you to the public whose patience while we were in closed session. if there is anyone online listening to this special meeting, we were reporting that the commission voted to make one or more nominations for appointment in closed session and to forward those, one or more names to the mayor for her consideration. and let's see the fire commission will now decide whether to disclose any or all of the discussion held in closed session, except to the extent the discussion in closed session is confidential. under federal or state law, the charter or

non-waivable privilege, the standard of disclosure is whether the majority deems disclosure to be in the public interest. thank you, madam secretary. so is there a motion to not disclose? i would so mov. i'll second. we'll take the vote. we'll take a vote. commissioner collins, how do you vote? okay president morgan, how do you vote? not to disclose. madam secretary. commissioner nakajo, how do you vote not to disclose. motion passes unanimously. no disclosure. all right. great. i guess at this time, all we could do is adjourn the meeting. is there a motion

to adjourn? so moved. second. i vote yes. how do you vote? commissioner nakajo to adjourn the meeting. all right. meeting is adjourned.

>> manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods and for people to create more economic prosperity. i'm kate sosa. i'm cofounder and ceo of sf made. sf made is a public private partnership in the city of san francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in san francisco. sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other small business support organizations who provide more generalized support. everything we do has

really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. for example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide small business owners with education. we have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own

dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help companies set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in san francisco. i'm amy kascel, and i'm the owner of amy kaschel san francisco. we started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of clientele. we have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it's important for them to know where their clothes are

made and how they're made. >> my name is jefferson mccarly, and i'm the general manager of the mission bicycle company. we sell bikes made here for people that ride here. essentially, we sell city bikes made for riding in urban environments. our core business really is to build bikes specifically for each individual. we care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. when people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. it's a pretty fun shopping experience. paragraph.

>> for me as a designer, i love the control. i can see what's going on, talk to my cutter, my pattern maker, looking at the designs. going through the suing room, i'm looking at it, everyone on the team is kind of getting involved, is this what that drape look? is this what she's expecting, maybe if we've made a customization to a dress, which we can do because we're making everything here locally. over the last few years, we've been more technical. it's a great place to be, but you know, you have to concentrate and focus on where things are going and what the right decisions are as a small business owner. >> sometimes it's appropriate to bring in an expert to offer suggestions and guidance in coaching and counseling, and

other times, we just need to talk to each other. we need to talk to other manufacturers that are facing similar problems, other people that are in the trenches, just like us, so that i can share with them a solution that we came up with to manage our inventory, and they can share with me an idea that they had about how to overcome another problem. >> moving forward, where we see ourselves down the road, maybe five and ten years, is really looking at a business from a little bit more of a ready to wear perspective and making things that are really thoughtful and mindful, mindful of the end user, how they're going to use it, whether it's the end piece or a wedding gown, are they going to use it again, and incorporating that into the end collection, and so that's the direction i hear at this point. >> the reason we are so

enamored with the work we do is we really do see it as a platform for changing and making the city something that it has always been and making sure that we're sharing the opportunities that we've been blessed with economically and socially as possible, broadening that [music] san francisco emergency home program is a safety net for sustableable commuters if you bike, walk, take public transit or shares mobility you are

eligible for a free and safe roadway home the city will reimburse you up to $150 dlrs in an event of an emergency. to learn more how to submit a reimbursement visit sferh. [music] digital literacy is something severely lacking in our world today and it takes a lot to understand that. food water and shelter have basic necessities so long we forget about wifi and connection to the interenet and when you go into communities and realize peep ople are not able to load homework and talk to teachers and out of touch with the world. by providing the network and system we are able to allow them to keep up in the modern age.

>> folks still were not served by internet throughout the city and tended to be low income people, people in affordable housing. people of color and limited english and seniors, all those are high concentrations in affordable housing, so we thought given that we had a fiber network that stretched throughout the city reaching deep into neighborhoods that would be a perfect opportunity to address it in san francisco. >> the infrastructure the city and star help us run are dejtle programs. it played a critical role from the time we opened during covid till now so we were able to collaborate with online services that offer tutoring and school support. it also helped us be able to log the kids on for online school during covid, in addition to like, now that everybody has switched most of

their curriculum online we can log kids on to the online homework, check grades in addition to helping parent learn how to use the school system portm >> the office of digital equity our goal fiber to housing is insure we have all three legs of the 3 legged stool. the first leg is high quality internet connection. we liken the high quality internet connection to the highway. the second leg is high quality devices. this is the car. you want to make sure the specks on the car is up to speed and lastly, it is important to get kind of that driver's education to learn how to navigate the road, to know the signs to watch out for in terms of making sure you are school while you are surfing the internet it is private so that is the digital literacy piece.

>> my daily life i need the internet just to do pretty much everything. the internet has taken so much control over people's daily lives including myself that i just need it to get certain jobs done, i need it for my life. i need it. >> the program really seeks to where ever possible provide a service that's equivalent or higher speed and quality as the best commercial service . >> we serve all of san francisco, but we definitely have to be equitable in our distribution of services. that means everybody gets what they need to be successful. >> actually one of the most gratifying part of my work here at department of technology, it is really bringing city resources to address problems faced with our communities with the highest need. >> i think it is important because i grew up in a low income community without internet access and it

is hard. i think it is important for everyone to have internet access no matter their income and maybe one day their kid will have internet access for us and help the school and with san francisco is surrounded on three sides by water, the fire boat station is intergal to maritime rescue and preparedness, not only for san francisco, but for all of the bay area.

[sirens] >> fire station 35 was built in 1915. so it is over 100 years old. and helped it, we're going to build fire boat station 35. >> so the finished capital planning committee, i think about three years ago, issued a guidance that all city facilities must exist on sea level rise. >> the station 35, construction cost is approximately $30 million. and the schedule was complicated because of what you call a float. it is being fabricated in china, and will be brought to treasure island, where the building site efficient will be constructed on top of it, and then brought to pier

22 and a half for installation. >> we're looking at late 2020 for final completion of the fire boat float. the historic firehouse will remain on the embarcadero, and we will still respond out of the historic firehouse with our fire engine, and respond to medical calls and other incidences in the district. >> this totally has to incorporate between three to six feet of sea level rise over the next 100 years. that's what the city's guidance is requiring. it is built on the float, that can move up and down as the water level rises, and sits on four fixed guide piles. so if the seas go up, it can move up and down with that. >> it does have a full range of travel, from low tide to high tide of about 16 feet. so that allows for current

tidal movements and sea lisle rises in the coming decades. >> the fire boat station float will also incorporate a ramp for ambulance deployment and access. >> the access ramp is rigidly connected to the land side, with more of a pivot or hinge connection, and then it is sliding over the top of the float. in that way the ramp can flex up and down like a hinge, and also allow for a slight few inches of lateral motion of the float. both the access ramps, which there is two, and the utility's only flexible connection connecting from the float to the back of the building. so electrical power, water, sewage, it all has flexible connection to the boat. >> high boat station number 35 will provide mooring for three fire boats and one rescue boat.

>> currently we're staffed with seven members per day, but the fire department would like to establish a new dedicated marine unit that would be able to respond to multiple incidences. looking into the future, we have not only at&t park, where we have a lot of kayakers, but we have a lot of developments in the southeast side, including the stadium, and we want to have the ability to respond to any marine or maritime incident along these new developments. >> there are very few designs for people sleeping on the water. we're looking at cruiseships, which are larger structures, several times the size of harbor station 35, but they're the only good reference point. we look to the cruiseship industry who has kind of an index for how much

acceleration they were accommodate. >> it is very unique. i don't know that any other fire station built on the water is in the united states. >> the fire boat is a regional asset that can be used for water rescue, but we also do environmental cleanup. we have special rigging that we carry that will contain oil spills until an environmental unit can come out. this is a job for us, but it is also a way of life and a lifestyle. we're proud to serve our community. and we're willing to help people in any way we can.

hi, sandy, how are you? >> hi, fine, thank you. how are you? >> good. i want to ask you what inspired you to be a paramedic? >> that's a good question. you know, i wanted to go into med school and after i found out how much time it took and all of that, i decided that that was going to be a little too much schooling, but i still wanted to figure out a way that i could provide medical care and doing that as an emt as well as a paramedic was a way to do that. >> can you give me a break down of a typical day for you? >> i come to work and sit at my desk and then i respond to e-mails and try to figure out what are some of the issues we need to address. can we hire more people. what kinds of policies we want to try to create that will help us do our job as ems. >> what does it take to be a female paramedic? >> you know, it takes quite a bit of schooling, but also

required somebody who's empathetic. it can be a very stressful job and so we want people to be able to hand that on a day-to-day basis. >> so what's your greatest satisfaction in your job? >> trying to make sure that the work that we provide and the services that we provide to the community is the best that we can in ems so that when we go out to see you if you call us for an emergency, that we'll be able to treat you in the best way possible and that you get the care as quickly and as effectively as possible. >> why is it important for young girls, women of color to see women in these roles? >> i think it really is important for us to be able to get into these roles because we are effective, we are able to reach out to the community. we are able to do the job in a very effective manner and to be able to relate to the community and be able to do that is one of the best things that we can do. and people of color and as women of color, you know, we are in a great position to be able to do that.

>> hi imagine i'm san francisco mayor london breed and excited to be here today with all of you excluding our chief jean nicholson and the fire commission thank you for the service and command staff and san francisco and fire department our chief bill scott and maryellen