i will reach out to mark corso, because mark corso and i have been to meetings, and we will reach out in these areas. >> commissioner covington: well, maybe you will reach brian o'neal who was in charge of the golden gate area for many years until he passed away unexpectedly. whoever is in charge now, i think it would behoove us to have a conversation. of the 21 incidents that you detailed -- 91 incidents that you reported, 15 were surf incidents. -- 10 were surf incidents. we need to talk about the signage because it's a danger to the people who ignore the signs, and it's a danger to the people who have to rescue the people who ignore the signs. >> agreed. as you know, when it comes to the oceans, there's only certain times of the year that they' they're out there, as well. they're a huge component of the safety of the people that are on that beach. >> commissioner covington: certainly. and i just wanted to point out to everyone that we're not going into details on the geary and parker incident because it falls outside of the calendar for this particular report. so we will have more

mark corso. so the policy had comments that was circulated internally and from the commission as well. that final feedback combined with the original round of city attorney comments were incorporated, sent back from final review. that's what is being reviewed for a final approval from the city attorney. to answer your question that maybe what chief cochran would be saying, when that is approved from the city's perspective we're requesting one piece of waiver that we need to receive from the state, which is paperwork and we're working closely with you on that and we will be able to begin the procurement. when we have procurement completed and we have an actual piece of equipment that is the last piece needed for our f.a.a. waiver authorization. we'll input that serial number into that and receive the waiver. >> so, just to be clear, i hear what you are saying about the policy has to be in place. this commission voted on that policy. that policy is in place. i don't understand what it's doing at th

presentation from mark corso on the fire department operating budget for commission review and discussion. >> at this particular time, is there any public comment on this item of operating budget fiscal year 2019-2020? hearing none. public comment is closed. director corso. >> thank you, president. good evening. here to give a brief update and start the discussion on our 19-20-20-220 and 20-21 update. it's an overview of time lines and instructions. things we've touched on in previous meetings. look at budget to date. some of the updates in the current year as well as some of the discussion that's we've had so far regarding priorities and challenges. as always, open up for any discussions or questions that you may have. as i mentioned at the last meeting, we received our budget discussions along with all other city departments in december. the city is projecting $271 million deficit over the next two fiscal years. and those deficits are anticipated to increase. that is detailed in the city's five-year financial plan update. they're looking at a 644 million-dollar deficit and fiscal year 2

. >> mark corso was told next week. >> when are we going to see a drone at an emergency seen? whescene?>> i'm not aware of hog this process will take. >> so that drone, when we get t. the aviation request, we can purchase it and it goes to o.c. a. and i'm not sure how many days that bidding process is but we have quotes for that too. i don't have exact dates. >> six months? will we have a active drone in six months? >> depending on the purchasing process. >> depending on the city's office of contract compliance, o.c.c.? administration. so depending on how long they take, then the drone is purchased and then everything should be good to go. if you were to guess that, would you guess we would have within operational in the next six months? >> i don't guess for another agency but i'm hoping, yes. >> thank you, chief cochran. >> thank you. >> chief nickolson, the cancer test update from the fires of last year, did we know what the results of those tests are that local 798 did? >> no, they're in process. they're trying to get all the paperwork squared away and get -- i don't know w