[applause] >> and then lastly we have dr. mark harris. mark is a husband, father, pastor and community leader. he served as senior pastor at first baptist church charlotte and was elected president of the north carolina baptist convention from 2011-2013. marx tenure as president coincide with a valid initiative in 2012 to define marriage in

and then lastly, the project closeout risks haven't changed from two months ago. we're putting focus on work to complete fulfillment. we've continued to work -- meet regularly to ensure that the punch list and the final completion is advancing. we're using plan grid, has some very good metrics and graphics. i think we'll see a slide, just a snapshot of kind of progress on punchlist and final completion either in october or november presentation, just to give it some time to kind of shake out, but good tracking metrics on how we're progressing on those in-the-field incidents or punchlist incidentals. closeout documentation is starting to get its momentum, kind of a pamean predecessor ta complete training is to have all the o.n.m. training manuals in hand, and we're starting to get those integrated with the operation folks, so there's not a real concern there, just something to pay attention to. lastly, the close out of subcontractors and working through change orders, potential risks of claims, and resolution of claims, that's going to be the long run here for clos

lastly, i just want to make a point that secretary azhar has mobilized the entire department of h.h.s. not only the assistant secretary for preparedness and response the but -- but the centers for disease control, c.m.s. and hrsa to be ready to assist our state and local partners to save lives and help those communities at risk. thank you very much and now i'll turn it over to the coast guard. >> thank you, sir. good morning. i'm with the coast combard. the safety of the people -- guard. the safety of the people in the hurricane's path as well as our own members and their families remain our top priority. we're continuing to work in close concert with fema, army corps and our other federal, state, local and private sector partners. we have coast guard personnel imbedded with fema, d.o.d. and state emergency management agencies to enable a coordinated whole of government response. the coast guard has positioned 40 aircraft immediately outside the storm's path which is about 20% of the coast guard's total aviation assets, to be ready to begin search and rescue operations as soon as it i

lastly, on the sioux locks. looking at this, you're increasing your contingency to 37%. 37% contingency on this probably. 37% is a high cost. this project dates back decades . you also were showing a 700% variance in your b.c. ratio. those numbers, you're asking us to authorize nearly $1 billion project. that's an awful lot of wiggle room. you've got to give us some confidence that you know what you're doing and that this is going to be a good investment for taxpayers. so i would like to learn a little bit more about that one. but with that, i'm over time. any other questions that folks have? the gentlewoman from california. >> thank you, mr. chair. no, i'll also submit my questions for the record. i do have some. mr. graves: are we good? all right. so, general, again, i want to thank you very much for being here today. i know this was your first time and know you haven't been in that job very long. so i do appreciate you getting up to speed on all of these issues that are important to the subcommittee and to th

lastly, not too long ago. at a friend's party, a guest at me regarding the name change proposal. what is wrong with fairmont? i responded nothing is wrong with fairmont, but everything is right with renaming delores huerta. i ask you support this name change. gracias. >> thank you, mr. rodriguez. okay. our first speaker, please. okay. you will each have two minutes to speak. >> president mendoza, honorable members of the board, i'm evelyn rose and founder of the glen park neighborhood's history project. we cover the district of the old rancho san miguel immediately south of twin peaks, cover glen park, glenn canyon, sunnyside, fairmont heights, and diamond heights. i have to say, when i first heard about this proposal, i did have some trepidation. mainly because the identities of several neighborhoods in our city are being lost, and that's because for whatever reason, the boundaries of neighborhoods are changing. the fairmont district is one of those. when i heard that the name of fairmont school was about to be changed, it's basically the last physical landmark with the name fai

lastly, looking 37% contingent from this project. ten was billions of dollars in projects of that space over my life. 37% is a high cost. also we're showing a 700% variance. just give us an update that you know what you're doing and that this is gonna be a good investment for tax payers. any other questions? >> thank you well mr. chair. >> you good? all right. >> general, again, i want to thank you very much for being here today. i've been in that job so i do appreciate you. person to the subcommittee and to the folks. i want to thank you for be hering today. and -- being here today. and it's been informative, helpful. this is gonna be probably one of our finals. i want to make it clear that there will be other opportunities. it has been an incredible pleasure to work with you. he has been able to get us on track. he has been a very thorough bipartisan chairman. i remember when i first spoke in congress, he got right up in my face, very intimidating matter, he said you're gonna do what i say. and i very sheepishly said when you're ri

lastly, this has been a great week for economic news. yesterday, we got news that needian household income has increased. this comes on the heels showing wages have increased. the bottom line is this, americans are earning more and finances are improving, people are better off. this is what matters. we can do a lot of work here in washington, but what counts how these policies improve people's limbs and we see another sign we are on the right track, that the policies we have put in place in this congress are improving people's lives. gop. better. [inaudible] the speaker: thank you for bringing it up. >> i wanted to touch on something you talked about and that is erosion in civil institutions. first i wanted to ask you about -- [inaudible] >> to discuss prevention of sexual abuse and you are a prominent catholic and your reaction on that and talk to you about the president in a tweet this morning that challenged a report that said 3,000 people died in puerto rico and he said it was the democrats trying to make him look bad and only 16 peo

and lastly, flight. the new building will reduce the afternoon sunlight to the west facing homes on funston. in addition to the d.r. requester his, no letters of opposition, nor letters of support. our recommendation -- the department has reviewed the project and finds it meets the projects -- the standards of the residential design guidelines with respect to st gail and massing of the context. the reduction of light created by this building is not an extraordinary condition. and the way is 20 feet wide, it is a public right-of-way. warranting the design of the proposed building as a main faÇade. but with windows sized and located to respect the neighboring building across the way. furthermore, the review acknowledge the sight is innate land -- site is in a landslide zone and acknowledges a geotechnical report as part of the permitting. they recommends a commission not take the d.r. and approve the project as proposed. the project has been modified to further minimize any privacy concerns to the property

lastly, munimobile. service also needs to increase starting with a move to the articulated accordion vehicles by unit 2,000. and eventually moving to five minute peak. frequency for the 25 munimobile. they will also need to add environmental work plans projected and additional roots. to make a combined headway of three and a half minutes. this transit service level is akin to the most transit rich neighbourhood in san francisco. the california, haight-ashbury, van ness, it is a rage transit -- rate transit service level. and you have heard presentations on this before, offer a transit pass program which would start from day one. this past is intended -- of this past is intended to be for operators. unlimited rides on those operators. the folks in the market right housing will have one of these passes each month through their homeowner dues or through their lease payments. we also are able to offer this pass as an option. an optional purchase to residents of the low market right housing -- rate housing an

and lastly, my question is about the after-school program that you're piloting. can you share at all -- i think that it's a terrific idea first of all, but can you share any of what the findings that you your intern had after this first trial run? what was so interesting, anything surprising? what is making you go forward with it? and are you thinking of partnering at all with sfu unified, with the schools? is there any thought to that? >> in regards -- jen and i we work closely with andrew who is our intern and in regards to the findings -- next time we'll bring the survey -- the way he did it is went to each after-school program and he had different locations in regards to where parents may want afte n after-school program. and with families with two-parent households or sentence parent households where they're working and we want to make it as easy as possible for the families as well so we're trying to meet that middle ground where we can find something central in san francisco. but we found -- i don't remember the percentage of it but we did find that some w

lastly, collaborations with the nonprofit sector. nonprofits often emerge from the strobe of the community and their vision and determination to resolve those struggles. community-based organizations are parts of the fabric of this community. they create opportunities for members of that community to enter the professional workforce and develop leadership and contribute time to their community. they provide cost-effective health and healing services and the continuation of this public-private partnership are key to the health of our communities in san francisco. thank you for this opportunity. >> thank you. next, please. >> i am sarah larson. i have worked for d.p.h. for 22 years. i'm not a commissioner or a director. honestly, i would like to see somebody that comes from someplace, another city from san francisco because i would like to see a director who is directing the directors. i watched as the electronic medical system, a very clumsy arrangement that was dehumanizing to the patients that are mentally ill and homeless because i

lastly, i want to thank carol kyl. she has been so kind and giving and selfless, and we so sincerely appreciate her. thank you, carol. no question, these are difficult circumstances, but we are blessed to have the leadership and statesmanship of jon kyl as we come together and move forward. thank you. >> good morning. i'm grateful for governor ducey's confidence in me and honored to accept this appointment. saddened by the circumstances that require the appointment. i appreciate there is only one john mccain. john and i served the people of arizona together for nearly 20 irit, alongn that sp with senator flake, i will do my best to assure the arizonans continue to be well presented in the u.s. senate. governor asked me to serve for the remainder of the term, and he's made some very convincing points. i'm committed to serving to the second session of the 115th congress. i do not seek the seat in 2020 or any other office in the future. i'm accepting this appointment to fill the seat they by the passing of idea front beca

lastly, since this is an election year in the u.s., when we look at the consumer sentiment and the economic recovery, it is very bifurcated. if you are a high net worth investor, your portfolio has done well. ,f you're in the middle class the gap between new and used car prices, a lot of middle-class are buying used because their post inflation wage gains are very flat. vonnie: the president of ecuador has now taken the podium. we are waiting for president donald trump to speak. back to this point about inflation -- john wrote a piece this weekend. is the 10 year yield going higher because there's a view that we are optimistic about the economy -- that is a deutsche bank view goingnow -- or are rates higher because we are worried about the trade story? it makes a real difference to other assets. >> part of it does reflect the rising market-based measures. part of that is due to oil prices. some strategists are saying the move upward in yields, we would expect it to be higher given the moves in oil. the bonds driving the yields higher, the term premium, the part of yields we don't know about

lastly, some things we are planning for, north carolina 12 which runs the length of the outer banks, it's had a history of being breached at times and we're doing planning in the event after breach and we're preparing assignment in the event of a breach. we're looking for the potential debris mesh, debris in the form of live stock, specifically hogs in eastern carolina. there's a history of a large number of live stock being killed as a result of flooding in these storms so we're prepared to do that. we are fully prepared for whatever may come. again, our leaders look forward and thank you. >> i'm charlie english with the american red cross, and i'd like to highlight a family reunification website that we operate in case you have been separated from your family or if you're concerned about whether your family is okay or not, and you can get to that safe and well website at red cross.org, and under the "get help" tab it will direct you you to where you can post a message about being safe and well in a certain location. i'd also like to mention and ask for your consideration in giving

and then, lastly, there was a question about why one of the bills -- i believe it was 1914. i should remember that from work -- was gutted. it's now become a bill. i couldn't find any reason why it was gutted. they took the number, same sponsor. they've made it a bill that went from presence of health care facility folks with those who had been convicted of crimes to new rules on excavations. so it's quite the turn around. so those were the three major questions i took away from the last meeting. it's -- it looks like its in response to some of the cal fire issues. that's mentioned in the bill. that's obviously outside of our purview. >> thank you, diane. any questions or comments from the commission? comments or questions from the public? thank you very much. the long-term report? >> there's no report. we did not have an august meeting. just a heads-up, we'll not have a september meeting either, so there will not be a long-term care coordinating meeting until october. they're working on a lot of work that came out of the retreat a number of months ago. thank you. >> thank y

lastly, the last point is there's a massive issue that we have with in particular or h.o.a. with structural engineering. i'm not sure if you guys know that we're on one of the steepest hills in the city. we have a lot of drainage issues. all three of us are dealing with it. our homes were almost a century old. they weren't expected to around quite this long. -- to be around quite this long. i'm currently going through two sides of my foundation are being replaced, and there'll be a two story acquisition below ground, so in particular our h.o.a. is very worried about the structural implications about when two stories will get removed adjacent to our home and we don't have the support for the century that our home has been around. that hasn't been discussed, but that is a major concern because it's structural, and just very important to the safety of the neighbor. >> president hillis: thank you. any additional public comment? seeing none, project sponsor. welcome. >> the overhead, please. >> president hillis: there it is. >> very good. okay. i'm john goldman, goldman architect

have melissa maracado crespa, behavioral science officer at the national center for joiror , and lastly, the associate professor in the division of environmental health sciences at the university of minnesota. and so the way that we're going proceed this morning is we are going to -- each of our panelists have a presentation to begin. we're having a few technology difficulties that we'll be resolving shortly. we're going to get started with our panelist. they' -- panelists. they're going to share their research. at the conclusion, we'll have an opportunity for audience questions. please join me in welcoming our first speaker, marian underwood. >> thank you. [ applause ] good morning. thank you very much to the organizers of this event for putting together such an interesting group of speakers and for including me. the name of my new academic home is the college of health and human sciences at purdue university. for an academic like me to be speaking without slides is a little dangerous. [ laughter ] here i go. the title of my talk is "cyber-bullying: social aggression and social exclusi

and lastly, i want to again thank everyone for all of their efforts. i'll be back at the end of 2021 when my contract expires in new york and the completion of construction is september, so i'm super excited to be back for the ribbon-cutting of the site. and just please keep us abreast of all of this. there are so many us as board members that are committed to this over the years and we want to see this happen and come through. to the community out in the sunset, we really hope you'll embrace and support this effort and really help us make this dream come true for so many of our educators. i look forward to hearing more wonderful things about the project. thank you, all, for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you for your leadership, too. [applause] seeing no other questions, thank you for the presentation. and we're going to continue to go out of agenda order. and we're going to move to section e, item 4. which is the item 186-26 a 2, in support of increased oversite, transparency for charter schools in relation to fiscal, educational and social emoti

lastly, a new church facility is proposed within the project for the fifth church of christ scientists. i'm available for questions. this is the end of my presentation. thank you. >> president hillis: all right. thank you, miss boudreaux. our project sponsor. i apologize, commissioners, i actually received some additional public comments after your memo packet was published, which i have copies for you. thank you. >> president hillis: all right. thank you. all right. are you ready? [inaudible] >> president hillis: okay. go ahead. >> i'll take the -- >> president hillis: screen, sfgov tv. >> i can get started. so good afternoon, commissioners. i'm here on behalf of the project sponsors. as staff mentioned to you, this is our second time in front of you after being continued from the june 28 hearing. thank you for having us back. we have a couple of things to update you on in response to comments received in that hearing. we're at the corner of o'farrell and jones street, three parcels, about a half acre total. three buildings, most notable which is the actual church structure at had 50

lastly, or not lastly, november 12th, i did not plan that november 12th, which is the first november -- the second monday of november is a scheduled holiday for the city. veteran's day is on sunday. so the building will be closed. i will be sending, after the meeting is closed, an e-mail to you to poll how many might be able to do a meeting on monday november 1st, 2:00 p.m. this room is available, i've booked it. if we can do quorum, we'll probably need to meeting for legislative reasons. so i'll be reaching out to you. if you can just take a look at those dates and let me know no later than wednesday morning. and then, we've concluded interviews. thank you commissioners lee riley and ortiz for being part the interviews. i'm working with the human resource. we've narrowed down the candidate selection. i'll keep you apprised of it. i hope to soon make an offer within the next week. and then, we have our classes in case you run into individuals that want a good small business 101 class that martha provides. she holds it at the s.b.a. and i want to thank supervisor ortiz for in inviting

lastly, i do recognize the mayor's right to appoint this person. i think it's important to be mindful of all these things. and lastly nau [inaudible] >> supervisor safai: thank you. thank you, sir. thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. my name is dr. tomas aragon. today, i'm not representing the department of public health where i work as a health officer, i'm here as a private citizen. and i want to support the appointment of lieutenant dave falzon. since i've been a health officer since 2011, i've had the opportunity to work with him through our alcohol policy working group which includes ucsf researchers, community residents, as well as activists, and we found him to be conscientious, thorough, and very patient. the words that come to mind when it comes to lieutenant falzon, he's compassionate, honest, he has integrity. he's fair. he treats everybody with dignity and respect. and he's a consensus builder. and as already mentioned, he's a native san franciscan, continues to live here, and so i continue to support his appointment. thank you. >

lastly, i just wanted to say, that the neighborhood has been very welcoming to us as we had got to know our neighbors and a lot of the businesses. they get excited and we have a karate place right across the street. we are promoting physical education in our program and music. we are trying to find the same element. and just lastly, while we are a for-profit organization, as you no, just because you are nonprofit does not mean you are not profitable and vice versa. we are very much tuition dependent. we don't do any fundraising. we think that families have a hard time enough raising the money to pay tuition. but should that pass, it allows us to get substantial scholarships for people in need in the community. we have done that in every city that we have been. we are not familiar where we can have a high impact in san francisco but i can promise you that we will. we have done so with the job training which is an amazing organization in the park and we offered to them 10% off of our enrolment for children in need that they could identify through the organization. we have done the same wi