san francisco public utility commission, hid hydraulics divi. we have terry williams the owner of the project on line with us as well. she would like to give some comments as well. >> absolutely. please make any statement on behalf of the ll c. >> i have to turn my camera on. >> we can hear you and see you. >> great. thank you. i'll be brief. good afternoon member of the committee. i represent the owners of the 300 grant project which is a brand new just completed sixty nine square foot in the union square district. this project has been a long time in the making. we've been working closely with city staff to bring it to fruition. i just wanted to say that the improvements are an important part and converting these types of alleys and streets to open space and vibrant mini destinations. when we acquired the property it was in a heavily deteriorated position. a plan for closing off the street and opening up to the public seating, eating seven days a week at least four hours a day. benches, street lighting landscaping, trees decorative pavement, a

san francisco city hall city administrator naomi kelly is resigning as a february 1st. her husband, harlan kelly, stepped down as general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission last month. he's charged with wire. fraud for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for city contracts. naomi kelly has not been charged with the crime. her duties and city administrator included managing san francisco's covid-19 response.ight. we're tracking rain to the north of us. unfortunately not for us. we do have some more to talk about those seventies in the five day forecast and still ahead here. the grim reality of the bay area's coronavirus surge mortuaries at capacity, and now maura, refrigerated trailers are being used to keep up with the demand because i've been doing a 16 years and i've never seen this many deaths at one time. ♪ ♪ ♪ why do you build me up, build me up... ♪ ♪ buttercup... ♪ ♪ baby just to let me down! ♪ ♪ let me down! ♪ ♪ and mess me around... ♪ ♪ and worst of all, worst of all ♪ if you ride, you get it. geico motorcycle. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. geico motorcycle. because of low icu availability. right now, icu capacity in th

structure like levees and seawalls david br is the climate program director at san francisco, public utilities commission part of his work includes tracking sea level rise in the most vulnerable communities on the east side of the city we're looking at mission created this list creek ariz we're looking at the sea wall the days from the end of the 1800's nats seawall along the embarcadero stretches from fisherman's wharf down to mission creek it is managed by the port of san francisco. we have. >>localized flooding and sometimes lane closures along the embarcadero well in the next 30 it is 50 years that can be a daily event for the city, brad benson is leading a citywide effort looking at coastal flood risk and sea level rise with the army corps of engineers. >>an effort he hopes will lead to a billion dollars or more in federal funding over time. last month house speaker nancy pelosi passed a bill that will benefit funding for the city and the bay area shoreline from flooding there going really trying to plan through the end of the century and beyond is a lot of our assets. >>that we're building today ar

san francisco public utility commission, hid hydraulics divi. we have terry williams the owner of the project on line with us as well. she would like to give some comments as well. >> absolutely. please make any statement on behalf of the ll c. >> i have to turn my camera on. >> we can hear you and see you. >> great. thank you. i'll be brief. good afternoon member of the committee. i represent the owners of the 300 grant project which is a brand new just completed sixty nine square foot in the union square district. this project has been a long time in the making. we've been working closely with city staff to bring it to fruition. i just wanted to say that the improvements are an important part and converting these types of alleys and streets to open space and vibrant mini destinations. when we acquired the property it was in a heavily deteriorated position. a plan for closing off the street and opening up to the public seating, eating seven days a week at least four hours a day. benches, street lighting landscaping, trees decorative pavement, a

structure like levees and seawalls david br is the climate program director at san francisco, public utilities commission part of his work includes tracking sea level rise in the most vulnerable communities on the east side of the city we're looking at mission created this list creek ariz we're looking at the sea wall the days from the end of the 1800's nats seawall along the embarcadero stretches from fisherman's wharf down to mission creek it is managed by the port of san francisco. we have. >>localized flooding and sometimes lane closures along the embarcadero well in the next 30 it is 50 years that can be a daily event for the city, brad benson is leading a citywide effort looking at coastal flood risk and sea level rise with the army corps of engineers. >>an effort he hopes will lead to a billion dollars or more in federal funding over time. last month house speaker nancy pelosi passed a bill that will benefit funding for the city and the bay area shoreline from flooding there going really trying to plan through the end of the century and beyond is a lot of our assets. >>that we're building today ar

structure like levees and seawalls david br is the climate program director at san francisco, public utilities commission part of his work includes tracking sea level rise in the most vulnerable communities on the east side of the city we're looking at mission created this list creek ariz we're looking at the sea wall the days from the end of the 1800's nats seawall along the embarcadero stretches from fisherman's wharf down to mission creek it is managed by the port of san francisco. we have. >>localized flooding and sometimes lane closures along the embarcadero well in the next 30 it is 50 years that could be a daily event for the city, brad benson is leading a citywide effort looking at coastal flood risk and sea level rise with the army corps of engineers. >>an effort he hopes will lead to a billion dollars or more in federal funding over time. last month house speaker nancy pelosi passed a bill that will benefit funding for the city and the bay area shoreline from flooding there going really trying to plan through the end of the century and beyond is a lot of our assets. >>that we're building today

have been really trying to put the alert out about this storm coming up this week, san francisco's public utilities commission is already preparing low lying areas around the city, and crews are out clearing out as many catch basins as they can before the rain arise, trying to prevent debris build up from clogging those drains and leading to flooding. we have deployed are back on trucks. which of these heavy duty trucks that go into the storm drains and suck up. kind of debris below the surface for the rest of the week. it's an all hands on deck situation with department of public works and public utility crews ready to respond as needed, as the rain comes. we're keeping it a. close mind to all the areas that have typically experienced flooding the low line years in the city that just by top a graphical means that they are more prone to flooding. so we have people to play to those areas. we're gonna have the hvac contract's up doing the best work to get all that heavy debris up before the rains hit. yeah these i mean, this is this is kind of like that stuff you see? list for mary ellen carroll, executive dire

structure like levees and seawalls david br is the climate program director at san francisco, public utilities commissionork includes tracking sea level rise in the most vulnerable communities on the east side of the city we're looking at mission created this list creek ariz we're looking at the sea wall the days from the end of the 1800's that seawall along the embarcadero stretches from fisherman's wharf down to mission creek it is managed by the port of san francisco. we have. >>localized flooding and sometimes lane closures along the embarcadero well in the next 30 it is 50 years that can be a daily event for the city, brad benson is leading a citywide effort looking at coastal flood risk and sea level rise with the army corps of engineers. >>an effort he hopes will lead to a billion dollars or more in federal funding over time. last month house speaker nancy pelosi passed a bill that will benefit funding for the city and the bay area shoreline from flooding there going really trying to plan through the end of the century and beyond is a lot of our assets. >>that we're building today are that we own

structure like levees and seawalls david br is the climate program director at san francisco, public utilities commission part of his work includes tracking sea level rise in the most vulnerable communities on the east side of the city we're looking at mission created this list creek ariz we're looking at the sea wall the days from the end of the 1800's nats seawall along the embarcadero stretches from fisherman's wharf down to mission creek it is managed by the port of san francisco. we have. >>localized flooding and sometimes lane closures along the embarcadero well in the next 30 it is 50 years that can be a daily event for the city, brad benson is leading a citywide effort looking at coastal flood risk and sea level rise with the army corps of engineers. >>an effort he hopes will lead to a billion dollars or more in federal funding over time. last month house speaker nancy pelosi passed a bill that will benefit funding for the city and the bay area shoreline from flooding there going really trying to plan through the end of the century and beyond is a lot of our assets. >>that we're building today ar

he stepped down as general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission last month.is accused. of accepting bribes, including a paid family vacation in exchange for city contracts. the new year brings several new employment laws to california one new laws and effort to closehe gender wake the gender wage gap by requiring companies with 100 or more people were submitted yearly pay report that shows how much employees are paid, broken down by gender, race, ethnicity and job type. the idea is that by recording and really looking at such information employer should be able to see for themselves any pay inequities. they might just not he might have a subconscious bias that they dn that an older employees older another new law gives an extra two weeks of paid sick leave to employees in the food industry, as well as firefighters and health care workers. that leave is on top of the time off to which they're already entitled. still to come. this noontime bay area golfer getting a lot of attention for his skills out there on the course. how in ordinary day turned out to be one

have been really trying to put the alert out about this storm coming up this week, san francisco's public utilities commission is already preparing low lying areas around the city. and crews are out, clearing out as many catch basins as they can before the rain arise, trying to prevent debris build up from clogging those drains and leading to flooding. we have deployed are back on trucks, which of these heavy duty trucks that go into the storm drains and suck up. kind of debris below the surface for the rest of the week. it's an all hands on deck situation with department of public works and public utility crews ready to respond as needed. as the rain comes. we're keeping it a. close mind to all the areas that have typically experienced flooding the low line years in the city that just by top a graphical means that they are more prone to flooding. so we have people to play to those areas. we're gonna have the hvac contract's up doing the best work to get all that heavy debris up before the rains hit. yeah these i mean, this is this is kind of like that stuff you see? list for mary ellen carroll, executive dir

san francisco's public utilities commission is already preparing low lying areas around the city. and crews are out, clearing out as many catch basins as they can before the rain arise, trying to prevent debris build up from clogging those drains and leading to flooding. we have deployed are back on trucks, which of these heavy duty trucks that go into the storm drains and suck up kind of debris below the surface for the rest of the week. it's an all hands on deck situation with department of public works and public utility crews ready to respond as needed. as the rain comes. we're keeping a. close mind to all the areas that have typically experienced flooding the low line years in the city that just by top a graphical means that they are more prone to flooding. so we have people to play to those areas. we're gonna have the hvac contract's up, doing the best work to get all that heavy debris up before the rains hit. yeah these i mean, this is this is kind of like that said, do you see? lives for mary ellen carroll, executive director of san francisco's department of emergency mana

. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing.se they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities on the way to this com

we're collaborating with the san francisco public utilities commission. next slide. going to share briefly the kind of planning work that we're involved with now. what kinds of actions can we take to reduce seismic and flood risk. so we're looking at a range of seismic measures. we have a very strong engineering team that has started the concept design of different approaches. as you see in the seismic measures table, there's a top row, shoreline stabilization. if we want to eliminate the expanding, a new seawall. that would involve creating new land along the embarcadera. similar concept, a land side doing ground improvement in the embarcadera to create a stable shoreline. we're looking at targeted measures, retrofit as a way of reducing the seismic risk exposure. for each we have cost estimates, impact analysis and looking at adaptation for sea level rise. and this is going to be significantly disruptive work, it could end up in a position of having to close the northbound lanes of the embarcadera and reroute traffic. so in our -- minimizing seismic risk along the

adopt an asset management policy of the san francisco public utilities commission. >> i'm assistant general matter for water. i'm speaking on behalf of the organization. this is office of the general manager because it does apply to the whole organization in terms of asset management. it was described back in early november meeting by mr. carolinn when he presented the draft to the commission. we felt it was important to have a policy in place to make sure there's a guide post for our asset management practices throughout the p.u.c. we all engaged in it now. we need to get better and having the clear policy direction. we felt it was very important for the water enterprise who is commitment to the water supply agreement that we have an asset management policy by end of the year. we talked and felt it was best we had one overall policy in asset management. i would recommend adoption but i want to respond to comments that were provided president maxwell dated september 16th, i will read the recommendations followed by our response. sfpuc should consider how it intends to enforce the policy. en

all matters listed here are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission and will be acted upon by a separate single vote. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission or the public so requests in which event the matter will be removed from the calendar and considered as a separate item. >> commissioner 10a please. >> madam secretary. commissioner harrington asked t remove item 10a. >> yes. we will remove that. >> the commission can open public comment on other items. >> any other items. that is it for now. public comment then. members of the public who wish to make two minutes of public comment be on item 10 consent calendar dial 415-655-0001 to speak press star 3. 10a will be removed for separate discussion. >> there is one caller in the queue. you have two minutes. >> david pill plow. this is specifically item 10a. i understand that commissioner harrington pulled for further discussion. here are my comments. i have no concern about the protest issue. that is not my issue. the staff report doesn't mention any civi

san francisco public utility commission, hid hydraulics divi. we have terry williams the owner of the project on line with us as well. she would like to give some comments as well. >> absolutely. please make any statement on behalf of the ll c. >> i have to turn my camera on. >> we can hear you and see you. >> great. thank you. i'll be brief. good afternoon member of the committee. i represent the owners of the 300 grant project which is a brand new just completed sixty nine square foot in the union square district. this project has been a long time in the making. we've been working closely with city staff to bring it to fruition. i just wanted to say that the improvements are an important part and converting these types of alleys and streets to open space and vibrant mini destinations. when we acquired the property it was in a heavily deteriorated position. a plan for closing off the street and opening up to the public seating, eating seven days a week at least four hours a day. benches, street lighting landscaping, trees decorative pavement, a

. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing. they are doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunitie

there's no climate change not very well understood by the san francisco public utilityings commission. nor are they in favor of understanding the native american and the tuolumne river and we speak for the -- them. we should understand when i say that. we speak for the salmon. our heart has been to be in the right place to take ourselves and others to a better place. you will be hearing from me as you attend the meetings and as i try to attend the meetings. it's pretty difficult because of pandemic. advocates have to -- you have too many crooks, too many corrupt people. we are like a hawk watching them. thank you very much >> next speaker. >> thank you chair peskin and members of the committee. i'm barry nelson. i represent salmon and fish industry. i like to offer our support for ms. ajami for this position. p.u.c. is in desperate need of leadership as the chair pointed out. there's a need for hiring a new general manager. we think that should be an outside candidate in light of general manager departure. on the issues as well, p.u.c. needs new leadership and guidance. the p.u.c. has

san francisco public utility commission, hid hydraulics divi. we have terry williams the owner of the project on line with us as well. she would like to give some comments as well. >> absolutely. please make any statement on behalf of the ll c. >> i have to turn my camera on. >> we can hear you and see you. >> great. thank you. i'll be brief. good afternoon member of the committee. i represent the owners of the 300 grant project which is a brand new just completed sixty nine square foot in the union square district. this project has been a long time in the making. we've been working closely with city staff to bring it to fruition. i just wanted to say that the improvements are an important part and converting these types of alleys and streets to open space and vibrant mini destinations. when we acquired the property it was in a heavily deteriorated position. a plan for closing off the street and opening up to the public seating, eating seven days a week at least four hours a day. benches, street lighting landscaping, trees decorative pavement, a

it's a joint process led by san francisco public works and includes the sfmta, the san francisco public utilities commission, the planning department, the san francisco county transportation authority, the mayor's office on disability and the office of economic and workforce development. we work with m.t.c., caltrans on state and federal grants. the city formed a partnership with a community and developed these goals for the project. place, mobility including safety and accessibility and economic development. market street is on the city's high network. title out of the top ten are within the project area. our goal to design a street to reduce the number of traffic collisions and injuries improve transit performance and reliability to upgrade and install new infrastructure and to provide an active sidewalk and vibrant street that identifies market as the city's preimminent street. our first implementation of better market street happened in january 2020. immediately we saw reduction in muni travel time by up to 12% and an increase in people bicycling. to make it clear to the project team, the proposed sidew

there's no climate change not very well understood by the san francisco public utilityings commission. nor are they in favor of understanding the native american and the tuolumne river and we speak for the -- them. we should understand when i say that. we speak for the salmon. our heart has been to be in the right place to take ourselves and others to a better place. you will be hearing from me as you attend the meetings and as i try to attend the meetings. it's pretty difficult because of pandemic. advocates have to -- you have too many crooks, too many corrupt people. we are like a hawk watching them. thank you very much >> next speaker. >> thank you chair peskin and members of the committee. i'm barry nelson. i represent salmon and fish industry. i like to offer our support for ms. ajami for this position. p.u.c. is in desperate need of leadership as the chair pointed out. there's a need for hiring a new general manager. we think that should be an outside candidate in light of general manager departure. on the issues as well, p.u.c. needs new leadership and guidance. the p.u.c. has

the san francisco public utilities commission has much to be desired. if you supervisors don't figure that out, then you should not even address this situation. with $4.6 billion bond measure, nobody, nobody is challenging the sfpuc as to how many miles have been replaced of clean drinking water. nobody has challenged them as to the seismic retrofit. so when the dayment comes for the fire, you can all dream about what equipment you have, but more of the pipes will fail. and that is all i'll say. some of you all need an orientation so that you all can do a good needs assessment rather than talking about this, that, and the other and including an underground and nonsense of that nature which we will not have the money to affordment >> secretary: thank you. do we have any further callers? >> mr. chair, that completes the queue. >> thank you, mr. clerk. and thank you, operations. with no further callers, public comment is now closed on this item. supervisor mar, any concluding comments or thoughts to share? >> supervisor: thanks, chair preston. again, i wan

the san francisco public utilities commission has much to be desired.u supervisors don't figure that out, then you should not even address this situation. with $4.6 billion bond measure, nobody, nobody is challenging the sfpuc as to how many miles have been replaced of clean drinking water. nobody has challenged them as to the seismic retrofit. so when the dayment comes for the fire, you can all dream about what equipment you have, but more of the pipes will fail. and that is all i'll say. some of you all need an orientation so that you all can do a good needs assessment rather than talking about this, that, and the other and including an underground and nonsense of that nature which we will not have the money to affordment >> secretary: thank you. do we have any further callers? >> mr. chair, that completes the queue. >> thank you, mr. clerk. and thank you, operations. with no further callers, public comment is now closed on this item. supervisor mar, any concluding comments or thoughts to share? >> supervisor: thanks, chair preston. again, i want to r

resolution approving an emergency declaration of the san francisco public utilities commission pursuant to code section 6.60 to replace and repair fences onala needda watershed damaged by the s c.u. lighting complex fire with a total cost not to exceed $4.5 million. members who wish to comment on this item call 415-655-0001. id1463191053-pound pound if you have not done so please dial star 3 to speak. >> thank you, madam clerk. we have the p.u.c. here to present on this item. >> thank you, chair haney. good morning. tim ramirez division manager for land management. i have slides. i will share my screen. this is a shot taken on august 16th. one of our staff out on the east bay watershed lands in santa clara county. took this of a rainbow. i happened to simultaneously coincide with the lightning strike. this is how the fire started. it was a traumatic photograph. this is early morning august 16th looking over a reservoir. the result of what happened with the lightning strike and dry context. most of you know this fire started that day and the next two days as a very small series of fires

there's no climate change not very well understood by the san francisco public utilityings commission. nor are they in favor of understanding the native american and the tuolumne river and we speak for the -- them. we should understand when i say that. we speak for the salmon. our heart has been to be in the right place to take ourselves and others to a better place. you will be hearing from me as you attend the meetings and as i try to attend the meetings. it's pretty difficult because of pandemic. advocates have to -- you have too many crooks, too many corrupt people. we are like a hawk watching them. thank you very much >> next speaker. >> thank you chair peskin and members of the committee. i'm barry nelson. i represent salmon and fish industry. i like to offer our support for ms. ajami for this position. p.u.c. is in desperate need of leadership as the chair pointed out. there's a need for hiring a new general manager. we think that should be an outside candidate in light of general manager departure. on the issues as well, p.u.c. needs new leadership and guidance. the p.u.c. has

san francisco public utility commission, hid hydraulics divi. we have terry williams the owner of the project on line with us as well. she would like to give some comments as well. >> absolutely. please make any statement on behalf of the ll c. >> i have to turn my camera on. >> we can hear you and see you. >> great. thank you. i'll be brief. good afternoon member of the committee. i represent the owners of the 300 grant project which is a brand new just completed sixty nine square foot in the union square district. this project has been a long time in the making. we've been working closely with city staff to bring it to fruition. i just wanted to say that the improvements are an important part and converting these types of alleys and streets to open space and vibrant mini destinations. when we acquired the property it was in a heavily deteriorated position. a plan for closing off the street and opening up to the public seating, eating seven days a week at least four hours a day. benches, street lighting landscaping, trees decorative pavement, a

all matters listed here are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commissionparate single vote. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission or the public so requests in which event the matter will be removed from the calendar and considered as a separate item. >> commissioner 10a please. >> madam secretary. commissioner harrington asked t remove item 10a. >> yes. we will remove that. >> the commission can open public comment on other items. >> any other items. that is it for now. public comment then. members of the public who wish to make two minutes of public comment be on item 10 consent calendar dial 415-655-0001 to speak press star 3. 10a will be removed for separate discussion. >> there is one caller in the queue. you have two minutes. >> david pill plow. this is specifically item 10a. i understand that commissioner harrington pulled for further discussion. here are my comments. i have no concern about the protest issue. that is not my issue. the staff report doesn't mention any civil service commission approval f

san francisco public utility commission, hydraulics division.would like to give some comments as well. >> absolutely. please make any statement on behalf of the ll c. >> i have to turn my camera on. >> we can hear you and see you. >> great. thank you. i'll be brief. good afternoon member of the committee. i represent the owners of the 300 grant project which is a brand new just completed sixty nine square foot in the union square district. this project has been a long time in the making. we've been working closely with city staff to bring it to fruition. i just wanted to say that the improvements are an important part and converting these types of alleys and streets to open space and vibrant mini destinations. when we acquired the property it was in a heavily deteriorated position. a plan for closing off the street and opening up to the public seating, eating seven days a week at least four hours a day. benches, street lighting landscaping, trees decorative pavement, a very cool dynamic art installation. intended to enhance the overall vibe of h

civil service commission, assistant personnel analyst and public utilities personnel analyst and whereas commissioner brown is a proud native of san franciscond a member of the family with a tradition of civil and military service to the community. now be it resolved that the san francisco health commission honors michael brown for his many years in outstanding service contributing to the health and wellbeing of all and wishes him well in his future endeavors. >> president bernal: thank you greg. before i hand it over to the commissioners for comment. do we have public combhement one item? >> if you would like to make a comment on michael brown, please press star 3. no public comment. >> president bernal: i will start among my fellow commissioners. thank you michael brown certainly for your service. i know it's been a great concern to us over the many years some of the reforms we needed to see happen in our hiring practices and you moved the ball forward with us so all of which greg wagner mentioned shortening the period of time to fill critical positions and also responding so effectively to our hiring and personnel needs as the entire cit

civil service commission, assistant personnel analyst and public utilities personnel analyst and whereas commissioner brown is a proud native of san francisco and a member of the family with a tradition of civil and military service to the community. now be it resolved that the san francisco health commission honors michael brown for his many years in outstanding service contributing to the health and wellbeing of all and wishes him well in his future endeavors. >> president bernal: thank you greg. before i hand it over to the commissioners for comment. do we have public combhement one item? >> if you would like to make a comment on michael brown, please press star 3. no public comment. >> president bernal: i will start among my fellow commissioners. thank you michael brown certainly for your service. i know it's been a great concern to us over the many years some of the reforms we needed to see happen in our hiring practices and you moved the ball forward with us so all of which greg wagner mentioned shortening the period of time to fill critical positions and also responding so effectively to our hiring and personnel needs as the entire c

san francisco have very little, if any, authority to regulate autonomous vehicles. that authority rests with the california department of motor vehicles and the california public utilities commission as well as the national highway traffic safety administration in washington. we are engaged closely with all of those government bodies and, in fact, are eager to be -- we're already partnering with the biden transition team to promote safety and equity outcomes on city streets. there's a lot more detail we can go into with our strategy around, you know, promoting innovation and technology development on san francisco streets in order to solve real problems, but doing it in a way that develops solutions to minimize problems. so if you'd like us to come back and make a presentation, we'd be happy to. moving onto the transportation recovery plan, as you all know, the recently new shelter in place program has eliminated outdoor dining for the time being, which is very sad for all of us but necessary to deal with the dramatic covid cases in the bay area, an increase that is actually having a noticeable impact on our sfmta staff. so farmers markets and other market-like spaces will continu

san francisco have very little, if any, authority to regulate autonomous vehicles. that authority rests with the california department of motor vehicles and the california public utilities commission as well as the national highway traffic safety administration in washington. we are engaged closely with all of those government bodies and, in fact, are eager to be -- we're already partnering with the biden transition team to promote safety and equity outcomes on city streets. there's a lot more detail we can go into with our strategy around, you know, promoting innovation and technology development on san francisco streets in order to solve real problems, but doing it in a way that develops solutions to minimize problems. so if you'd like us to come back and make a presentation, we'd be happy to. moving onto the transportation recovery plan, as you all know, the recently new shelter in place program has eliminated outdoor dining for the time being, which is very sad for all of us but necessary to deal with the dramatic covid cases in the bay area, an increase that is actually having a noticeable impact on our sfmta staff. so farmers markets and other market-like spaces will continu

san francisco g.o. bonds, series 2021-a, and making such provisions. item 5 is ordinance appropriating $85 million of the series 2021-a earthquake safety and emergency response general obligation bond proceeds to public works, the public utilities commission, and the recreation and park department in fiscal year 20-21 for upgrade, replacement, improvement, rehabilitation, and seismic strengthening of city owned fire, police, emergency, and disaster response facilities, as well as improvements to the city's emergency firefighting water system, and placing these funds on controller's reserve pending sale of the bonds. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk, will you please call the roll. >> clerk: thank you. on items 3 through 5 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you so much, madam clerk. and one thing i want to do, and i apologize -- first, these items are passed on first reading, adopted unanimously. supervisor mar, i missed on the roster earlier. was there a comment you had earlier? i apologize for that. >> supervisor mar: yeah, i did want to make some remarks on the items that we just adopted, if i may do that right now. >> supervisor peskin: mr. president, i'll make a motion to rescind said item

san francisco public utility commission, hid hydraulics divi.e have terry williams the owner of the project on line with us as well. she would like to give some comments as well. >> absolutely. please make any statement on behalf of the ll c. >> i have to turn my camera on. >> we can hear you and see you. >> great. thank you. i'll be brief. good afternoon member of the committee. i represent the owners of the 300 grant project which is a brand new just completed sixty nine square foot in the union square district. this project has been a long time in the making. we've been working closely with city staff to bring it to fruition. i just wanted to say that the improvements are an important part and converting these types of alleys and streets to open space and vibrant mini destinations. when we acquired the property it was in a heavily deteriorated position. a plan for closing off the street and opening up to the public seating, eating seven days a week at least four hours a day. benches, street lighting landscaping, trees decorative pavement, a v