. >> i will start with the hetch hetchy capital improvement program. mr. wade. >> good afternoon, commissioners. dan wade, director of water capital programs. pleased to report today on the first quarter of the new fiscal year, 2019/2020 on the hetch hetchy capital improvement program. can i have the slides, please? the highlights of the reporting period are listed here. just briefly, they are now completed and the mountain tunnel improvement program mitigated negative -- received minor comment, just two comment letters on that, and i'll speak to that in a moment. the rehabilitation project actually is complete with the construction that we plan to implement at this time. we actually decided in best interests of the city to delete the installation of the breakers from the scope. and i'll speak to that in a moment as well. the aqueduct rehabilitation did achieve substantial completion. the early intake switchyard slope hazard mitigation was awarded to sierra mountain construction. i mentioned the mitigated declaration, ceqa acquisitioned public comment. we

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accessible through award-winning mobile apps, and support vital infrastructure projects like the hetch hetchynal water system. - our employees enjoy competitive salaries, as well as generous benefits programs. but most importantly, working for the city and county of san francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco. >> we broke ground in december of last year. we broke ground the day after sandy hook connecticut and had a moment of silence here. it's really great to see the silence that we experienced then and we've experienced over the years in this playground is now filled with these voices. >> 321, okay. [ applause ] >> the park was kind of bleak. it was scary and over grown. we started to help maclaren park when we found there wasn't any money in the bond for this park maclaren. we spent time for funding. it was expensive to raise money for this and there were a lot of delays. a lot of it was just the mural, the sprinklers and we didn't ha

we bring water from the hetch hetchy reservoir, and we don't pump it.he romans would have been proud. my name is travis ong. i'm a senior i.s. engineer >> president yee: okay. good afternoon and welcome to the november 19, 2019 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk, would you please call the roll. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president. [roll call] . >> clerk: mr. president, all members are president. >> president yee: thank you. would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> president yee: on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff sfgov tv, colina mendoza and jim smith who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public on-line. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> clerk: i have none to report, mr. president. >> president yee: okay. so can we please call -- madam clerk, can we please call the consent agenda? >> clerk: items 1 through 6 are on consent and considered to be routine. if requested, an item can be removed and heard separate

accessible through award-winning mobile apps, and support vital infrastructure projects like the hetch hetchyional water system. - our employees enjoy competitive salaries, as well as generous benefits programs. but most importantly, working for the city and county of san francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco. >> when i look at an old neon sign that's working or not working, i feel the family business that was in there. >> since 2009, citywide, sf shines, has supported businesses and sites like the ones that receive new neon signs. >> you know, sf shines is doing an amazing job to bring back the lighting and the neon glow of san francisco. >> sf shines is such an amazing program, and i can't think of another program in another city that gives matching gunned funds to store owners, mom and pop owners, and if they've got a neon sign, they've really got a great way to advertise their business. >> this is a continuation of the sf shines pr

it sounds interesting but given the sfpuc's experience in running hetch hetchy, we would not want to see a downgrade in participation and governance as a result of this bankruptcy. and you know would not want to see a slippage in our clean energy or climate targets, and there's no reason to think that we would. i do want to lastly just kind of restate what i said in the earlier item, with the mayor, the board of supervisors, and this commission all pulling in the same direction for i think the first time in the last 20 years that i've lived here on this issue, i am baffled that our governor is popping off with comments to huge media speculation, that maybe this energy system that tried to poke its way into our system, maybe they should take over. that's shocking to see as a long time resident of this city. and you know i know it's complicated for the city toic at thation positions -- for the city to take positions. so i'm not sure how our staffers work for the city, but i would assume that we have a pretty substantial presence in the capitol, and i would really hope that the city's v

goal is to provide the best materials, services and supplies to the 250 people that work here at hetch hetchy and turn that supports everyone here in the city. i have a very small, but very efficient and effective team. we really focus hard on doing things right and then focus on doing the right thing that benefits everyone. >> the accounting team has several different functions. what happens is because we're so remote out here we have small groups of people that have to do what the equivalent are of many people in the city. out here our accounting team handles everything. they love it they know it inside out, they cherish it they do their best to make the system work at its most efficient. they work for ways to improve it all the time and that's really an amazing thing. this is really unique because it's everybody across the board. they're invested it and they do their best for it. >> they're a pretty dynamic team, actually. the warehouse team guys and the gals over in accounting work very well together. i'm typically in engineering, so i don't work with them all day on an every day basis. s

accessible through award-winning mobile apps, and support vital infrastructure projects like the hetch hetchy regional water system. - our employees enjoy competitive salaries, as well as generous benefits programs. but most importantly, working for the city and county of san francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco. >> good afternoon, everyone, and thank you so much for joining for the grand opening of our public lobby. it has been a long process. we're so honored to have you all here today. first, before we get into our short speaking program, i first want to acknowledge a few parties that have worked really hard to make this all possible. i'd first like to thank our budget analyst and project management team that have worked really hard to make this run smoothly. thank you very much for that. [ applause ]. >> they've also worked very closely hand in hand with the mayor's budget office. i'd like to thank kelly kirkpatrick for coming her