City and County of San Francisco Thursday, May 07, 2020

>> welcome to the thursday, May 7th, meeting of the government audit and oversight committee.

I'm gordon mar, the chair of the

committee joined by vice chair

aaron peskin and matt hainey. Thank you to john carroll and I

would like to thank sf gov tv. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements?

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agenda of May 19th, 2020

unless otherwise stated.

>> thank you so much, Mr. Clerk, for all of that and

can you please call item number

one? >> it's ordinance amending the

planning and building codes to grant legal status to existing dwelling units constructed without required permits and

extending the waiver through December 31st, 2024, requiring annual reports on the fee waiver

program and making findings of

consistency with the plan, the

priority policies and finds for

necessity under 302. >> colleagues, I would like to

continue this item to work on

amendments to the reporting requirements this legislation.

This is a part of my greater

focus on expanding greater

housing and supporting homeowners and tenants and i would like to ensure this program fits well with our larger housing policy goals.

To before we go to public comment, are there any further

comments or questions from my

colleagues?

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Seeing no the callers on the line, public comment is now closed.

And colleagues, I move that we continue with this item to the

call of the chair.

Mr. Clerk, please call role. (Role

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Role call:  . >> Mr. Chair, there are three

ay session.Es. >> an ordinance amending the municipal election case code to require the department of

elections to expand use of vote

by mail ballots at the November 3, 2020, election and

to report to the board of supervisors regarding planning for that election and to report to the board regarding implementation of the voter's choice be ability act. Members who wish to provide public comment on this ordinance

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Mr. Chair.

>> I would like to call Mr. Binart. >> thank you so much for hearing

this item today.

I'm the aid to supervisor rone

networks p. >> n. Could you speak up?

We can hear you but could be a

little better. >> if

if you could just speak a little loudly and slowly, we'll

be able to hear you.

>> thanks so much. The legislation before you today

is intended to ensure a fair,

safe, accessible and secure November 2020 election and a path for future elections.

Right now, only 70% of san

francisco voters are currently

registered at the vote-by-mail.

We can't predict the course of

this pandemic but it's entirely likely people will not be congregating in groups, especially not in tight spaces

and we will be maintaining safe

distances measures and we cannot

expect voters will stand in line and drop into their neighbor's

garage to volt. Vote. I'm confident no one wants to be faced with their vote and

casting a ballot and we need an emergency plan for November and

there has to be a transparent process for the board and public

to weigh in on the plan. What the legislation does is straightforward and it directs the san francisco department of elections to mail a ballot to every registered voter for the November election.

It highlights the roles of the

office of racial equity and community-based organizations in outreach, information and

engagement with communities with historically low turn-out. It directs the department of elections to present a plan to

the board of supervisors by June 30th to propose how it

will be elected whether san

francisco is under shelter-in-order and by directing the department of

elections to bring to the board

of supervisors of implementing the california voter's choice

act in the future and we want to pros some

introduce some amendments today that were submitted to you.

There is page 5, line 10 to 13 includes in-person voting

options and early voting

opportunities, and page 6, line

2-4 improves the language describing the outreach engages

and page 6, line 13-20 adds details to the expected components of the department of

election's report to the board on the November election plan

and page 7, line 3, at the director's request, it extends

the report to the board on the voter choice acts to

February 28th, 2021.

There's an additional amendment to establish in-line voting but we were able to complete the

necessary legal view to get the wording right and we're asking if the committee adopt amendments presented to you that were submitted, duplicate the

file so we can move on to the full board while our office works with the city attorney to see if we can address the outstanding questions. We couldn't have done this

without the input and expertise,

including chinese progressive association and just cause and aclu and asian american's advancing justice through the

asian caucus and I'm grateful for their guidance and on behalf of supervisor ronen, thank you

to the cosponsors and we hope

you'll support this

in this and move it forward.

>> thank you so much.

>> there would be other costs to

implement the public health

protections and disability access and we did not have that at the time of the ordinance. We do recommend this committee requests the director of elections to submit any additional cost information to

the May 19th, board of supervisor's meeting. We also further recommend the board of supervisors consider amending the ordinance to have more information on costs

included in the report backed by

the department as specified by this ordinance. Otherwise, we consider approval of the proposed ordinance to be

a policy matter for the board. and I'm available for any questions May have. >> great.

Thank you so much, Mrs. Campbell.

And I just want to mention or I understand that we have our

director of the department of

elections, john arnst, here with

us today and Mr. Arnst, Miss Campbell's recommendation,

will you be able to submit a

memorandum to the May 19 19, board

of supervisor's costs to implement this?

>> yes, we can provide more

information. May 19th. It May not be a complete scaling

of costs but we're waiting for the governor's executive order and how the November election

will be conducted, which will inform us more on how to develop the cost and also to develop a

plan around this ordinance.

>> thank you for that

Mr. Arnst.

Before we go to public comment, colleagues, any questions?

>> this is supervisor peskin.

And through the chair,

Mr. Arnst or binart from

supervisor ronen's office, what

I'm trying to ascertain is how

many on-the-ground polling sites elections would consider even if everybody received a vote by

mail ballot.

>> supervisor peskin, I can't answer that question yet because

they're still waiting for the

governor's executive order, which will provide input on how

the in-person voting will occur. We're looking at the polling

place in the recent elections, trying to get a sense if we could use those locations in

relation to social distancing

and we could move people through

the voting process to maintain the six-foot distance. Right now, we would have the

same number as we had in March

because the law hasn't changed. But once the governor issued an executive order, the laws will

be modified or relaxed and we might have less polling places

and we could have more voting centers.

I just don't know yet.

>> now we have one polling place

per thousand, is that right? >> correct.

>> I think while vca is intended

on whether they opt in or not a ballot by mail is a fine thing, but for many, many reason, as we all know, people show up on election day and they've lost their ballots and they want to drop them off in person because

they don't like to put them in mailboxes, a whole host of

reasons maintaining on-the-ground polling places is important and I would continue

to check in as we hear from the

governor and as you formulate your plan.

Obviously, it has to be socially distanced and presumably, you'll need a lot of taf staff to do it and

it May be harder to obtain this cycle. >> thank you. >> thank you, chair mar. >> thank you.

>> thank you, supervisor peskin.

I had a followup question, when

do you expect the executive order from the governor providing more guidance on in-person voting? >> we expect it this month and

we were hoping for it to be issued this week and I don't

know if that's going to happen because time is running short

and so hopefully, in the next

week, if not this week but next

week, but we're all in the same

situation, waiting for this executive issue so we can start planning. >> great, thank you. >> supervisor hainey. >> thank you, chair mar.

I just wanted to thank amy and

supervisor ronen and former

supervisor who cosponsored this.

I think this is the right thing

to ensure access to voting and

thank you to director arnst, as well, for your leadership.

I know in is a shifting landscape in many ways, including what the state will put forward but these are critical steps that we can take

right now and I saw the letter

from some of the committee organizations and I appreciate the amendments being brought

forward and I think that sending a ballot out to everyone is the right thick

thing to do and maintaining some level of in-person access that is safe is essential.

I know that will be -- both

things will be critical for the district that I represent.

So thank you, amy, for your work

on this and, supervisor ronen.

>> thank you, supervisor hainey.

Amy binart, do you have a

response or some additional comments? >> yeah, I just wanted to say

that we've heard from many, many of the advocate groups -- can

you hear me -- >> yes. >> -- about the need for

in-person voting and obviously

would certainly agree with that and figuring it out this year is

going to be just exceptionally

challenging and we want to -- supervisor ronen, certainly

signed on to the resolution that

President Yee put forward earlier last week and it was

voted on this week, that

established a range of in-person

voting ratios as a baseline,

somewhere between the one for every one thousand voters that

currently exist to the one for

every ten thousand voters that the vca would require.

But we also wanted to tie in the

potential off-set for if there

are lots of in-person vote locations that we want to

emphasize the need for early voting.

And so we want to keep that the conversation and look forward to

getting more of the advocates's thoughts and working with the director to make that happen.

Thank you.

>> thank you so much, Miss Binart. Mr. Clerk, think callers on

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>> welcome, caller, you have two minutes. >> good morning.

This is david compose and I'm calling in my capacity as chair of the san francisco democratic party.

I want to thank the chair, chair

mar, vice chair peskin and

supervisor hainey and supervisor ronen as well as preston and walton. And I think that a lot of the points that have been made and I appreciate the questions from

the supervisors.

While we wait for the governor

to issue some guidance here, I

hope that ultimately, we do what

we believe is needed at san francisco, that they can be helpful, but at the end of the day, we need to make sure that we address our needs. And what I would say about what

we are asking and I think

supervisor ronen is trying to do is, one, make sure everybody

gets a ballot, which is critical

and two, that contrary to any understanding that some May

have, we actually do want to

have the option of in-person voting. having everyone get a ballot doesn't mean we're against that, to the contrary.

The question on that is how do

we have the most inclusive in-person voting process and

what I would say is that as we have that conversation that we remember that it's not just a

number of voting places, but it's actually how long people

have to vote in-person.

The vca provides interesting opportunities to increase voting by certain communities including

communities of color because

they May have fewer places to

vote and they May end up voting more often because they'll have

more time to vote, as long day days, in some cases and that can

be a game changer for many of the communities that historically have not been voting, as much. I think this is a great

opportunity and ironically covid

presents the opportunity for us to really transform how we vote

in the city and county of san

francisco so that we especially concentrate on communities color

and other disenfranchised communities for whom the voting process has been so cumbersome,

but I think it requires a local

conversation and a broader understanding of how people actually vote.

And that having the largest

number of precincts is not

necessarily the best way to

maximize community of color and others. If you do the right combination and number of days they're allowed to vote that you, in

fact, have the potential to have

unprecedented engagement in san francisco.

so thank you very much for the consideration and I look forward

to working with the board of supervisors, the mayor and anyone housing voter

participation, especially in the

dis-enfranchised communities. >> thank you.

Thank you very much for your comments.

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thank you Mr. Clerk and

hearing no further callers, public comment is closed.

So I just want to thank

supervisor ronen, amy binart,

democratic party, chair david

compost and for all of your work. The path to the future is

through a stronger democracy and increasing voting is one of the

most important steps to

strengthen our democracy locally. We need to ensure everybody in the face of a pandemic has the

ability to vote, vote early and

safely and I appreciate the amendments presented today,

particularly the emphasis on voter education. This is an important reform for ballot access and it does lead

to some increases in overvoting

and under-voting behaviours in improving

andwe need to ensure voter expansion is a success and I

would like to add myself as a cosponsor for this item. >> thank you.

>> thank you.

>> I've heard amy binart request

that we need need to duplicate a file

and I would like to make a

motion we duplicate a file. >> the file is duplicated. >> thank you. >> and then I would move that we

accept the amendment as presented. Mr. Clerk, please call the role. >> for my clarity, Mr. Chair,

are we hearing a motion to amend

both versions? Or just a motion to amend the

original version, leaving the duplicated version as it is

right now? >> the motion is to amend both versions. >> ok, thank you. >> and so on a motion to amend

as offered by chair mar, to both

versions of the agenda item,

vice chair peskin. >> aye. >> member hainey. >> aye. >> chair mar.

>> aye. >> Mr. Chair, I'm hearing three ayes. >> thank you, Mr. Clerk and then I would further move that

we send this item as amended to

the full board with positive recommendation. And Mr. Clerk, please call the role.

>> on the motion to send the original agenda item as amended

to the full board of supervisors with the positive recommendation, vice chair

peskin. >> aye.

>> member hainey.

>> aye.

>> Mr. Mar. Aye. >> there are three ayes and

thank you to everyone. Mr. Clerk, please call item number 3. Mr. Chair, there is still the question of the remaining duplicated and amended version

of the ordinance. >> would you like to continue

that to the call of the chair? >> suddenly appearing that

supervisor mar is frozen on my computer.

Chair mar, can you hear me.

>> can you hear me clearer now?

>> yes, we can hear you. >> great.

So yes, I would like --

regarding the duplicated -- the amended duplicated file, I would like to move that we continue

that to the call of the chair. >> on the motion to continue to

the call of the share, the

duplicated and now amended

version of this ordinance, vice

chair --

.

Role call:  . >> please call agenda item

number 3. >> agenda item number 3 is a resolution declaring the intention of the board of supervisors to renew and expand

a property-based business as the

castro benefit district and the

multiyear assessment on all parcels.

Approving the plan and

engineer's report, setting a time and place for a public hearing for the board of supervisors as committee of the

whole, on July 14th, 2020, at 3:00 P.M., approving the form of

the notice of public hearing and

the assessment ballot, directing environmental findings and directing the clerk of supervisors to give notice as required by law. Members of the public who wish

to provide public comment on this resolution should call the

public comment number which is

888:  204-5984.

Enter access code which is 350-1008.

Press the pounds symbol twice

and then press 1-0 to enter the cue to speak.

Mr. Chair. >> thank you, Mr. Clerk, I

would like to invite supervisor mandelman to present on this item.

Supervisor mandelman. >> thank you for considering

this resolution and 15 years ago

with the strong support of the then supervisor and castro community, the castro community district was formed and since then, it has provided critical services to this neighborhood

helping to keep our streets safe

and clean, our small businesses successful and our public spaces vibrant and activated.

Now and the cbd is seeking renewal for another 15 years and

proposing a modest expansion of

the boundaries to allow the core services in the neighborhood.

I

I want to

to thank the consecutive

director of the cbd who goes above and beyond for all of the their work to support the

neighborhood and I would like to

thank chris corgas and tom copmrano to bring this

resolution to you today.

>> good morning, chair mar and supervisors. I'm the senior program manager

with the workforce development

and I oversee the community benefit districts on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. today we're hearing a resolution

to renew and expand the castro community benefit district. As mentioned, this district was

initially formed in 2005, at the enact of

enactment of the business code

and is one of the original cbds in san francisco under that ordinance. This will authorize the department of elections to initiate ballot proceedings to

renew and expand for a second 15-year term. The initial district assessment budget under this renewal will

have an assessment budget of $819,403.41 and the total budget

of the cbd will be $866,274.97.

The general benefit, which is

funds the cbd must raise is 5.41%.

With me today is executive

director of the castro community benefit district to provide a brief presentation on the map and vision for the renewed district. If there are no questions, I

would like to invite Miss Iello up for her version of the

presentation. >> Miss Iello, the floor is areas. >> great. Yours.

>> thank you for this time, supervisors and thank you to the staff for putting this together

where you can make public comment while we're all virtual. I'm sure it was a lot of work and it seems to be working, so

thank you. >> in addition to grants, we've

been able to raise $600,458 from donations and sponsorships, as

well as merchant sponsorships and contract for services.

so total over the past 15 years,

we've raised 9,000,009$95,709. Directly

$5,709.With this funding -- we've providing supplemental services,

services above and beyond the city's baseline level to keep

the castro clean and we hired patrol special place for public

safety initiatives and general

walking the beat and we also use

the money for public space

management and activation, most

notably the jane warner plaza

and a limited extent, harvey

mill plaza and we have spent

some of these funds on

neighborhood beautification efforts.

All along and in line with our

current management plan.

Next slide, as far as -- the largest part of our budget is

for cleaning services.

We average 8,760 pounds of trash

and we remove gra

graffiti, both on public and private property and

so sidewalks, city trash cans, mailboxes, fire hydrants,

everything and we steam clean

each parcel once every other

month and we have a cleaning dispatch telephone number that we have spread around to all of

the merchants, property owners, neighbors, that people can call

for spot-cleaning.

Next slide, please.

Public safety services, as I

said before, we hire the san

francisco patrol special police

and we collaborate with other night-time merchants to help

fund a patrol special officer

who patrols on foot and in

vehicles seven nights a week. And

the patrol focus special on

quality of life infractions and

uniquely combine compassion with enforcement. Next slide, please. Our public space management and activation, as I said, is

primarily focused on jane warner

plaza, which is the intersection of 17th castro and market,

where the f-line end expose

f-line ends and turns

around and between May and

October, we have live entertainment every saturday and

sunday in the afternoon and it brings lots and lots of people out.

I'm not sure, actually, what we'll be doing moving forward, but I think we'll be working

with the city to organize and to figure out how public space management will work in the future.

But in the past, we've had -- it

has become a place to go on a

weekend afternoon. Other strategies we provide a

neighborhood beautification and

we have found out that our best efforts at neighborhood beautification is when we

collaborate with existing city

projects, so, for instance, the

streetscape widen project, the

cbd came in and we funded the rainbow cross-walks at the

corner of castro and 18th.

There are led celebrity lights

that the castro street, both blocks in the evening, and there's also a history walk that

was implemented at the history

of the eureka valley starting

from the days when the american indians were in the neighborhood all the way up to the present and we have public art. If we go to the next slide,

chris, there's an example of the

crosswalks and then the next

slide is on the left, I believe, is your celebrity lights and

then the public art that was funded through a grant in the

jane warner plaza in the evenings.

Next slide, we move into our

renewal and expansion and in

year one, which would be January 2021 through December of

2021, as chris has said, we will

be raising $18,304 for the assessment revenue and the

general benefit will be 46,872

for a total budget of $866,275

and next slide.

And this is our map -- one of the things we're doing differently in our renewal is

that we will be having zones for

cleaning and we have learned over the past 15 years different parts of the neighborhood require different amounts and

levels of cleaning and so, the

assessment rates are based on

the zones in the amount of cleaning that each parcel will receive.

We are expanding a very small amount, but as you can see, the zone one is where the heart of

the castro business district is. Castro street 18th and that will be receiving the highest

level of cleaning services, and zone two is down market street

from castro down to deloris. And it includes church street

where safeway is and down to 15th. And that will be receiving a middle level of service as far

as cleaning is concerned.

And then, zone three is the

eastern end of the neighborhood,

as you come up from octavia

street up market street and

extends from deloris to oktive octavia

and we felt this was as fair as

possible and to make sure that

property owners were paying for

the services they received.

And then the next slide is as

chris had said -- will

said, assessments will be

collected beginning on July 1

and beginning July 30th, 25. Expenditures could continue six

months after the end of the election.

So this would be through December of 2035.

And the next slide is the annual

budget in year one, cleaning

services are $582,483 worth of

service and landscaping is very

minimal, $2500, marketing

services is at 9,000 and we have

contingency and administration,

$22,339 and total is $866,275,000.

And then the next slide, the supplemental services with these funds that will be provided are cleaning services, primarily, landscaping, marketing, and then

we have contingency and

administration. And next slide, there are

pictures of cleaning,

powerwashing and graffiti removal.

This is an example of landscaping that board approved

will be taking place. Cbd takes care of and landscapes the planters between castro

street and the rainbow flag and also, the landscaping in jane warner and then, as funding allows, we might be doing some sidewalk planters or other kinds of things and that will be board decided.

And as far as marketing, the cbd

has a program, a volunteer program called castro ambassadors and those are the fellows on your left, I'm here

to help, talking to you visitors and we anticipate we will be having that program and some of the money goes into running that

program, materials and uniforms, et cetera.

We'll still be paying for the

electricity for the celebrity lights and hopefully, we'll be

able to do some shop-local campaigns. These are little welcome bagged,

like the old fashioned welcome

wagons where we're distributing

shop-local campaign to new

residents that have moved into

the residential neighborhoods.

And then as far as contingency

contingency -- next slide,

please -- through contingency

and fundraising and we have a variety of expect meetings and this is an example of one meeting and those things will be

paid for through contingency and administrative services and

that's a summary of the cbd renewal and expansion and if you

have any questions, I would love

to answer them.

>> thank you so much for the presentation. After all

and for all of yourgood work and thank you to

Mr. Corgis for your support of

the program and supervisor

mandle man or Mr. Corgis, anything to add?

>> I would like to thank tom

prentano that I forgot to thank.

>> thank you, Mr. Corgis.

>> great work, Mr. Corgis. >> that's an honor coming from

you, sir.

>> Mr. Chair, I am getting delays from your microphone again.

If you're able to hear me, May May hear you more clearly if you

turn off your camera.

Are you there, Mr. Chair?

>> yes, I'm here. Soup

supervisor pesk irk

in, did you have a comment.

>> nothing that Mr. Corgis'

beard and I'm delighted that the

cbd is up for renewal and congratulations on their first 15 years.

>> thank you.

>> thank you, supervisor peskin. >> why don't we go to public comment. Mr. Clerk, any callers on the line?

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Public comment is now closed. Colleagues, can we send this item to the full board with positive recommendation? Mr. Clerk, please call the role. >> on the motion to send the

item to the full board of soup

supervisors with the positive

recommendation, vice chair, --

Role call:  .

>> there are three ayes.

>> please call item number 4. >> agenda item number 4 is a resolution declaring the intention of the board of supervisors to renew and expands a property-based district known

as the fisherman's wharf landside and a year assessment

on all parcels in the district.

Approving the district plan in engineer's report and proposed boundary's map for the district. Ordering and setting a time in place for a public hearing of the board of supervisors and

sitting as a committee of the

whole as July 14, 2020, approving the assessment ballot proceeding, the assessment ballot itself and directing environmental findings and directing the board of supervisors to give notice of the hearing, members of the public who wish to provide public comment, should call

public comment number at

888:  204-5984 and enter 35008

and press pound symbol twice and

1-0 and enter the cue to speak. Mr. Chair. >> supervisor peskin.

>> thank you, chair mar.

Like the castro cbd, this was

one of the earliest districts

after I originally passed

enabling legislation into 2004,

this came along in 2005 and it

has served ably for the first decade and a half.

It was the first of what is now

five cbds in the northeast

corner of san francisco in

district three and now under the

very capable leadership of the relatively new executive

director, randall scott, who

hails from the flagship business

union district and this is

actually half of the fisherman's wharf cbd's plural.

There is a landslide before us

today and a waterside district

coming before us later this year year. There is a slight expansion

which consists of 189 parcels in

27 square blocks or portions thereof and generates a million

and a quarter dollars a year for

cleaning and marketing, very similar to the work that is done

by the castro cbd for the area

free covid-19 that generated

millions and millions dollars

for the city and county of san

francisco through our robust tourist industry which I know will return and Mr. Scott and

members of his board are already thinking and planning about how

we're going to reattract people from the region and around the

country and the world back to the incredible tourist

experience and that is fisherman's wharf.

With that, Mr. Chairman, I

will hand it to Mr. Corgis. >> thank you. Good morning, supervisors and I

would like to thank supervisor peskin and his office for all of their assistance on this renewal

and expansion of the landside cbd. It was initially formed in 2005

after the enabling legislation

was passed into the city and county's business and tax regulation's code and this item will authorize the department of

elections to initiate ballot

proceedings for a second 15-year

duration and there will be an

assessment budget of the $1,223,783.20 and the total

budget will be $1,346,000. It general benefit or funds that

the cbd must rate in addition to

the revenue is 9.08% of the budget. With me today is randall scott,

the executive director of the

wharf district to provide a

service's map for the renewed district. If there are no questions, I would like to invite Mr. Scott for his portion of the

presentation.

>> Mr. Scott, please proceed.

>> thank you, chair mar, and

vice chair peskin and supervisor hainey.

Nice to be here before you today

virtually and here to discuss

and go over, you know, what the

what landside cbd is.

As supervisor peskin said, we're

a unique hybrid of cbds because of the port property where, you

know, we're not allowed to

assess the port directly. But anyway, so this is a

landside and again, the landside

essentially is bay street north

to jefferson street and the

embarcadaro and that's generally speaking what that is.

In a later slide, I have the

boundary outline.

So, chris, Mr. Corgis, if you would like to go to the next

slide, please.

Please stand by:  .

So a little history. 2019-2020, the landside

assessments were $758,600.

and the 2007 and 2013 and 2006 one cleaner seven days a week.

2013 to 2018 was when the clean

and safe program really ramped up with three ambassadors originally.

2018 to 2020 we were able to

secure the funds for four ambassadors and some partial private security to do the safety aspect, if you will.

So that 758,000 covered, you

know, all three areas of our

budget, which is -- which is

currently district identity and

street scape improvements.

Soho which is sidewalk operations, beautification --

sidewalk -- excuse me.

Sidewalk operations and beautifications order. Beautification and order.

There we go. I apologize.

Those acronyms were new to me when I came onboard. So that -- so, you know, the clean and safe portion of the

budget has kind of chipped away

at some of the other programs

that have been here in the past, while still in alignment with, you know, with the budget

guidelines that are outlined in

the original management plan.

The next slide, please.

So those clean and safe families

with four ambassadors, we have some high-level metrics here to give you from the past five years, where the program has really ramped up.

Business interactions, 45,000,

hospitality we're tony stewartist-based 17,936.

Graffiti mitigation, which is a

pet peeve of mine, was 32,000 incidents.

Quality of life addressed,

37,000 and pounds of trash collected, 136,000 pounds of trash.

As you can see, our staff is

busy and highly efficient at,

you know at collecting trash and making sure that quality of life

for everybody is maintained.

So next slide, please. So here -- this is our marketing. And if you -- anything that you see with fisherman's wharf on it, that is us.

That is what we do. We have one of the largest marketing budgets out of any of the districts.

That is because we are a massive

tourist destination for -- now

we're known internationally in

our -- we had a canada media tour that came down here last year.

We gave them the full tour.

Clam chowder, waterfront experience, pier 39 and they

went back and wrote very glowing articles.

And we wound up getting over

2 million hits on facebook and our website, as a result of that.

And that's just one of them.

We also had a program called gate out of the U.K.

They came and did a full morning

show from here at the wharf.

So we get -- we attract a

tremendous amount of tourism and visibility. And that marketing budget we're not touching.

So it's been very successful.

It's -- you know, it's a very efficient and well-run program.

You know, our staff is great, as you can tell. It's a very effective area.

In the upper left-hand corner,

you'll see that's the district in the gray.

So that's the area of the city

that we occupy and look after

and curate for both locals,

californians, americans and abroad.

So that's -- again anything that saw see with the fisherman's

wharf or the crab logo, that

coming out of the C.B.D.

So briefly this is before and

after renewals.

758600 broken down with the contingency, admin and that's -- these are actual assessments collected.

This doesn't include the portion

of the budget that we contribute. We received over 250,000 in grants last year. So I just wanted to keep it clean, so you understand where

the budget is coming from.

On the right is what we're

increasing the assessments to. And as you can see, the

marketing -- so dizzy is on the left.

And that's the marketing budget. $356,000.

That was 47% of the budget.

To the right I took out the streetscapes and left the marketing dollars in there.

And that equites to $318,000. So I just want to make sure

we're comparing apples to apples here.

As you can tell, that percentage

drops to 26% of the budget. Although the number is staying the same.

The clean and safe program,

which pulled from both sobo and dizzy, because part of its

identity, goes up to $550,000,

which is 45% of our budget.

Again we have a very robust marketing budget. but as I believe everyone here

knows why that is. And then the administrative goes up.

And that's by adding a services manager.

That's actually creating a job.

And again that's 20%.

Contingency reserves, those go up.

And, you know, those are going

to be things, for instance, if the pandemic does continue,

we'll have the funds in reserve.

For example, when this covid -- when the shelter-in-place came

onboard, we were very concerned about break-ins and about graffiti and everything.

So we actually, out of our

reserve funds, we put on an overnight patrol.

And so we're actually providing overnight over watch over the

district out of our own funds to

protect the property owners and so forth. The vale of the C.B.D. Is that collective -- those collective

dollars that you go to work to really augment, not what the

city does, but what the property

owner dozen.

So last slide. That concludes my presentation.

I wanted to keep it brief but informative.

And as you can see, this is my staff. And we will be adding back our marketing director.

We lost -- she resigned and went to visit durango in colorado. We'll be hiring her again.

So we just received a P.P.P. Loan, which will allow me to

start working on that project.

Are there any other questions? >> Mr. Chairman, I have no questions.

i do want to compliment

Mr. Scott and his staff and his board for their years of

fantastic work.

>> thank you, supervisor peskin.

I echo your commendation and

thanks to Mr. Scott and everyone involved in this really

important C.B.D.

When we go to public comment, Mr. Clerk, are there any callers on the line?

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>> thanks again, operations and Mr. Clerk. Hearing no further callers, public comment is now closed.

Colleagues can we send this item

for the full board with recommendation? Mr. Clerk, will you call the roll.

>> Clerk:   the motion to send this resolution to the full board of supervisors, with positive recommendations.

[Roll Call] >> member haney?

>> aye.

>> Clerk:   chair mar?

>> aye.

>> Clerk:   Mr. Chair, there are three ayes.

>> thank you, Mr. Clerk.

Before we proceed with the

remaining agenda items, I did

want to ask deputy city attorney

to speak to the interdependence

of items 5, 6, 7 and 8, we'll be

considering in close session

item number 9 and 10. >> good morning, chair mar,

members of the committee.

There are four leases before you

that are to be discussed.

And there are two settlements as well. The leases are related to one of

the settlements and I understand that you have considered the possibility of taking things out of order, so that the

settlements May be discussed first.

And the leases taken up afterwards. >> thank you.

Thank you so much, Miss Pearson. Yes, I am going to be calling

these items out of order. And we'll be going into closed session to consider the settlement agreements, before

considering items 5 through 8.

I just wanted to explain that, like why I think this sequence

is better.

There are over -- there are well

over 500 car rental workers

represented by teamsters local 665 and 856 covered by the lease

agreements ant the related legal settlements.

imconcerned about what the terms of the lease agreement -- for the workers.

Specifically the change in terms

of the agreement from the prevailing wage rate of roughly $24 to S.F.O. --

>> Mr. Chair, I'm sorry to interrupt. But these items are not yet called.

So it might make sense for us to

call the items and then have the

commentary. >> thank you. Okay.

I'm sorry about that.

Mr. Clerk, I guess so I will --

I do want to again -- oh, if you

can call items 9 and 10 for closed session. Why don't we do that first.

>> Clerk:   we'll handle the close

session items 3 agenda items 9

and 10 are two ordinances

against the city of san

francisco. Members of the community should call the public comment number,

888:  204-5984.

Enter the access code of 3501108.

Press the pound symbol twice and dial one and zero to be entered

into the queue to speak. >> thank you, Mr. Clerk. So I'm sorry.

Again I did want to just briefly explain that the reason why I'm

calling these items out of order is because I am concerned about

what the terms of the lease

agreements mean for these -- for

the -- well over 500 rental car workers. And their economic security. And specifically how the change

in terms of the lease agreements

from the prevailing wage rate of

roughly $24 an hour to S.F.O.'s minimum wage of $18 an hour. And how that represents a loss

of over $1,300,000 in annual income for full-time workers. So this is a really significant

negative impact for hundreds of rental car workers at S.F.O.

So I do want to understand the

circumstances of the significant change in the lease agreements

and would like to consider the settlement agreement first in closed session. Mr. Clerk, let's open up public

comment for the closed session. Members of the public who wish

to speak -- actually -- Mr. Clerk, yeah, can you please

see if there's any callers on

the line for the closed session.

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>> there are no callers wishing

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>> thank you again, operations and Mr. Clerk. Public comment is now closed.

On the motion to convene in closed session, Mr. Clerk,

please call the roll.

>> Clerk:   on motion to convene

in closed session, choice a

chair peskin? >> aye.

>> chair mar? >> aye.

>> Mr. Chair, there are three ayes.

>> thank you, Mr. Clerk. We will now convene in closed

session.

>> Clerk:   thank you, Mr. Chair.

The members will now be leaving this live meeting and will

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and await our return.

Thank you.

Have this project approved and

then complete the seismic work. But in other words, in other

steps of work for the mill, the

contracts are in compliance. >> thank you.

>> human services, trent roar,

the director of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart khan,

and the director of our healthy

streets operation team, jeff kazinski, people who are consistently working on the

front lines to help us deal with

many of the challenges that

exist as it relates to covid-19 in san francisco.

As of today, we have 1,754 cases

of covid-19, and sadly we have

had 31 people pass away as a result. Currently there are 84 people

that are hospitalized, and for

more information, please visit

datasf.Org/covid19 for details. I want to just start today on a

little bit of a lighter note in

recognition of so many of the first responders and health care

workers that are on the front lines doing the incredible work

to keep us all safe. Monday was international

firefighters day, and I had an

opportunity to drop off lunch to

our firefighters at station 6,

and just express my appreciation for their work. The firefighters and the

paramedics and the people who

are called to so many very challenging scenes continue to work very hard for our city

during this pandemic, and we

appreciate the work that they do.

And as we know, in the age of social distancing, they don't

have the luxury to socially distance themselves when they are trying to save someone's life, and they still put their

lives on the line, so I want to express my appreciation to the

firefighters and paramedics in san francisco, and also today is the one-year anniversary of our

fire cheer janine scott.

Janine nicholson.

Got my police and fire chiefs fixed up. Janine nicholson has been on the job for about a year now. Today is her anniversary where she was sworn in. She's been doing an amazing job, and again, I want to express my appreciation to the men and

women of the san francisco fire department.

And today is also national

nurses day, and this is an incredible opportunity.

I know so many of you have done really amazing things, whether

it's coming outside and clapping

or singing songs or sending

messages to our health care providers as well as our nurses in particular who are doing the

hard work, who are directly in

contact with people who have the

virus and those who are dealing

with a number of other health challenges.

I want to take this opportunity

to especially send a heartfelt thank you to the nurses here in san francisco and all over the country for the work that you have been doing to help us throughout this pandemic.

Those are the real unsung heroes, the folks who have to

put themselves on the line, the folks who are asking us to make

sure they have ppe so that they

can help support the patients that they care so deeply about.

So I just wanted to take this

opportunity to express our gratitude for your work.

I want to talk a little bit about our small businesses.

Governor newsom plans to

announce the next phase in the

state-wide shelter-in-place

order tomorrow, and we are working to understand the exact details of what that would entail.

And as I said on monday, it's

important that we work hand in hand with the state on guidelines to reopen, but we

need to do so responsibly.

And what that means is we -- the

governor is providing the guidelines for the state as a

whole, but the reason why our counties have control over whether or not we implement some of those suggestions has

everything to do with what's happening with the facts, with

the numbers, how many more cases, how many more deaths,

what's happening on the ground

in our cities so that we can

make good decisions to continue to protect people.

As much as I want to see so many small businesses reopening in san francisco, I want people to

get back to work, I want these

places to thrive, I want people in san francisco to have access

to things that they know and

love, the challenge we will

continue to have in san

francisco in particular is making sure that -- and

Dr. Colfax will talk more about

this, but the numbers are still going up. The number of deaths are still

going up, and we have not lowered the curve, so we have to be mindful of that and we have

to be responsible when we look

at ways to bring various industries back, implementing the kinds of guidelines that are

going to continue to limit direct contact with one other.

Already we saw in a study that was done in the mission with the

number of people who were

infected, many of the folks

primarily who were infected are people who have essential workers who have no choice but to go to work to make ends meet and also because they are essential workers.

So we want to keep that in mind.

The more that people have interactions with other people, the likelihood that other folks

will continue to get infected.

And so as difficult as I know

this has been, we need to keep that in mind when making decisions about reopening.

And so I'm really excited that

we've allowed construction to occur in our city.

It's not only important for the job opportunities for those who

work in construction, but it's also important for the

desperately needed housing that's under construction in san francisco.

In time for mother's day, the

flower shops are able to provide deliveries, just in time to send your mom or your loved one or someone you care about flowers,

or just maybe order some for yourself. The things that we are doing to

try and get these businesses

open, we will continue to use facts, use data and get them

back in business as quickly as possible. And I will tell you we are

working very hard to come up

with the kinds of guidelines

that will continue to protect public health.

This is really a long-term plan.

The fact is, without a vaccine,

we are going to be living with

concerns around the covid-19 for

months to come, and so it's time

that we started getting creative and providing solutions and

making sure that we're working around that while still allowing

people to open their businesses

and to make sure that our

economy is not even more damaged than we know it will be as a result of this.

And so we will continue to work with the department of public

health to make good decisions

about how to get our city going again, and it's going to take time. It's going to take patience. I know we're asking a lot of all

of you, and I just want to, again, express my appreciation

to so many of you who have

followed the order and done your

part, and it's definitely appreciated, and there is additional support in that arena needed as well.

I also want to express my

appreciation for what has been

happening in dolores park in particular. We know that there were some challenges this past weekend, in

sunday in particular, and as a

result of the announcement that

I made on monday, people are

following the rules, and we've been monitoring the park, along with other parks and other areas

in the city, and we want to really express our appreciation.

Today is a beautiful day. I'm not suggesting you go out and have a picnic and meet with

your friends. Those things are prohibited, and we know this weekend is probably

going to be nice, so when enjoying the park space and the

fresh air, please, please, please make sure that you are only doing it with the people

who are part of your household and you maintain six feet distance from all other parties,

and you don't invite friends in

to have a wine party or a picnic or anything of that nature. This is really about making sure

that you have the benefits of

our park, but also we have to be

very, very careful, because the coronavirus is here in san francisco, and people are impacted, and this is the last

thing that we want to see happen as a result of our hard work and maintaining our distance for all this time.

So please continue to follow the order. We will be monitoring dolores

park and other hotspots very,

very carefully, and if necessary, we will make a swift decision if we see that the park is overrun in a way that we

can't necessarily control it.

It's for your own safety, so thank you again for your cooperation so far and please continue to follow the order

when enjoying our parks.

Today I want to just announce a plan, and jeff kazinski who is here from the healthy streets operation team will talk more in detail about it, but they have

been very, very hard at work. Many of you are familiar with

the healthy streets operation

center which is hsoc, and it's part of a group that stands

various city agencies where we work with the homeless outreach

team, the hot team. We work with the san francisco police department. We work with the department of

public health and a number of

other organizations in order to

address the challenges with healthy streets in san francisco.

We know that continues to be a challenge, but the reason why we've been able to make gains before this pandemic had a lot

to do with this team of people

who are working collaboratively

to address the challenges on our streets.

And so the human rights commission under the leadership

of cheryl davis created a tenderloin community round table with stakeholders from the

neighborhood, and they came up with a comprehensive plan. Part of what they wanted to do, like they've done, as we said,

we embedded in our emergency

operations center here in

muscony, a team that focuses on equity and under-served communities.

And as a result, what these -- what the human rights commission

has done, along with a number of other community volunteers and

folks, they would go out into neighborhoods, like the

tenderloin, like the bayview,

like the western edition, pass

out food, pass out maps, educate the public about coronavirus and challenges, make sure people know how to get testing or other resources. Again, these are a group of people, a lot of volunteers, a lot of people from the community, who were putting

their lives on the line to really support and serve the public and to make sure that no

one is left out of the equation. And what they notice, the biggest challenge was, of

course, sadly, the tenderloin.

And so part of the work that

came to be as a result of this

round table, they distributed

thousands of face coverings in this community. They partnered with code

tenderloin and the boy's and girl's club to distribute computers to youth in the community and identify where we

need to put internet hotspots so

that kids are not -- they don't fall behind in school. They mobilized community resilience care vans with the police department to remind people about the importance of

social distancing and to -- and they distributed face coverings, and they educated people on the

fact that you don't need a mask. You can also have something

that's a face covering, like a scarf or some other thing to

cover your nose and your mouth. They distribute learning kits

and books and activities to youth and their families. You know, in the tenderloin.

So they have been hard at work,

but we know the conditions

remain particularly challenging.

And we sadly have seen a significant increase in the number of homeless people who

are on the streets, which is concerning from both the health

of those who are unsheltered and for the health of the residents who live in the community.

So to address these challenges, we've developed a plan for

responding to the issues of the tenderloin on a block by block basis. Now this plan was informed by on-the-ground assessments of the tenderloin and numerous meetings with members of the community, non-profit organizations and businesses in the area.

And to start, we identified 13

blocks that are our first

priority, and as I said, jeff kazinski will talk a little bit more about that in detail, and I want to really recognize the

hard work of everyone who participated. The conversations centered

around the need to, of course,

clean the sidewalks, clear the sidewalks, have sufficient

trash, have access to resources, make sure that there are -- the streets and the community is a

lot more safe, especially because there are a lot of children and elderly people who

live in the tenderloin, and so this is a conversation that have

been happening for a very long time, and before the pandemic

and has gotten even worse since. I want to really recognize that this is going to be a targeted plan.

It's going to be a challenging

one, and we are set to be as aggressive as we can with implementing it so that the people of that community can

notice and see a difference.

Thanks to urban alchemy, we have

some community ambassadors that we're bringing on board on a part-time basis. Those are the people that you

see who are oftentimes managing the restroom facilities. They are familiar with people in the community, and I want to

thank them for their hard work and their dedication because

they are showing up to work every single day in these very challenging communities, again, putting their lives on the line.

I want to also thank the department of public works and

what they do every single day.

Cleaning up feces and needles and urine and trash, and I know

on monday I expressed a lot of

frustration because as much

resources as we continue to invest in the tenderloin, and as much work as a lot of people are

doing to keep that place clean and accessible to folks who live there, it still continues to be

a challenge, and we need to hold

everybody accountable. Everyone has to be held accountable.

It's not just the city's responsibility.

It's the people who are a part of that community, whether they

are housed or not, we all play a

role in protecting and serving

and supporting this particular community, and that is our

commitment in outlining a plan

that specifically looks at three of the most challenging blocks

and puts into place a system

that will allow for regular

cleaning, trash pick-up, food

service, trash cans, restroom facilities, wash stations, water, just some of the basic

things, and we'll continue to -- also through the hotels we provide, ensure that they are available to some of our most

vulnerable populations and just a reminder that before this pandemic we had thousands of people who were homeless who were in our system of care, and those will be the people that

will be prioritized with any service that we make available because we want to make sure

that the folks who have been

waiting the longest in many instances, they are oftentimes

the ones who are skipped over

for services and support, and we

need to do a better job at making sure we stick to this system and we prioritize the people who were in our city before this pandemic so they get the support and services that they need. So with that, I want to thank

all of you again for your cooperation and continue to the best of my ability, because I

got to tell you, this staying at home thing is rough for me too.

So I -- at first I said it with

a lot of enthusiasm, and now

probably not as enthusiastic as

I've asked in the past. Nevertheless, it is necessary.

And I want to just remind everyone how important it is so

that we can keep our public

health in tact, we can keep people safe and we will continue

to do all we can to provide resources and to make sure that

as soon as we can we get our

economy going and we provide an opportunity for our business community, especially our small businesses that are struggling, to open and operate. So thank you again for your patience and your cooperation,

and now I'd like to ask

Dr. Grant colfax to come forward

and provide us with an update.

>> Dr. Grant Colfax:   thank you, mayor breed. Good afternoon. I'm Dr. Grant colfax, director

of health for the city and

county of san francisco.

Before beginning my coronavirus

update, I would like to thank

the thousands of nurses in the department of public health and

throughout the city for their dedication and courage as they

continue to serve patients and

our community during this unprecedented pandemic. This is national nurses week,

and it couldn't come at a better time.

All of san francisco's nurses

are demonstrating the utmost

professionalism, compassion,

courage and heart, as they always do.

I personally give thanks to the nurses in our public health

system as zuckerberg san francisco general hospital, as

laguna honda hospital, our many health centers, public health centers across the city,

including maxine hall health

center, chinatown health center,

castro mission health center and city clinic for their provision

and care of services for

communities across our great

city. you provide medical care, but

you do so much more.

You provide comfort, emotional support, advocacy and, frankly,

whatever it takes to help

patients and their families. You get it done.

I know this from my own personal

experience, from working in the emergency rooms at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital, the inpatient units at that

hospital and across the city,

including at the va and ucsf, to

our clinics throughout the city.

Nurses are the backbone of our

system, a system that requires

the skills and wisdom of the nursing profession now more than

ever.

All of us in san francisco owe

nurses a debt of gratitude, a

debt of gratitude that grows every day. You are true heroes.

We would not be where we are

today, making the progress in the fight against the

coronavirus, without your steady hands, warm hearts and brilliant

minds on the front lines. Thank you. Thank you.

Now with regard to where we

stand with coronavirus in san francisco. Today there are 1754 san

francisco residents with

confirmed cases of covid-19, and

sadly 31 san franciscans have died of the disease.

My condolences to their families, their friends and their community. I would also like to provide an

update today on a few aspects of

our progress and where things

stand in the fight against the coronavirus.

I want to start with the issue of testing.

As of today, 27,334 people in san francisco have been tested

for covid-19, and over the last

period of months, 8%, on

average, have tested positive.

We are continuing to strive to reach our goal of universal

access to testing for all san franciscans.

As we announced monday, we now

provide free universal testing for all essential workers,

regardless of symptoms or potential exposure.

And today at laguna honda hospital we are starting our routine testing at nursing homes

of both staff and patients.

And fortunately we have already

seen a significant uptick in the

number of tests conducted across the city.

700 people were tested yesterday

at the city test sf site alone in the largest day of testing since we opened that service.

I am glad that people are

starting to take advantage of

this option, but we can still do

more, and indeed we must still do more.

If you have been showing up to work during this stay-at-home order, you can now get tested

and tested for free.

There are several options now

for testing, including your own

health care provider, the two

city test assess sites, and the

four department of public health community test sites.

These sites are open to health

care workers, first responders, grocery clerks, construction

workers, drivers, child care workers, workers at outdoor businesses, and others who

continue to leave their homes to

serve the community during this pandemic.

Please call 311 or visit sfgovgettestedassess for more information and to see a map of

all the test sites in the city. We know that essential workers are more at risk because they

interact daily with other people and cannot easily maintain

social distancing by staying at home.

In fact, a recent study by ucsf in partnership with the health

department and the latino task

force reinforced this fact. The study found that workers tested in the mission district

had a higher rate of positive

results than residents and that

many of these workers were asymptomatic. This is why getting tested

regardless of symptoms is key to

our response, and this is why we

are moving forward in our vision

for universal access to testing

for all in san francisco.

We need to do everything we can

to support workers in all

aspects of health and safety

during the pandemic.

This includes access to testing,

but it also means support for successful isolation and quarantine so that people can

get well and limit the risk of

exposures to members of their households. We are committed to working with

communities to better understand

the type and kinds of support that people need.

The expanded testing is a step in the right direction, an important step in the right

direction, and I encourage all

essential workers to make use of it. And as we test more people, we

naturally expect to find more cases.

So this added resource is very important.

Expanding testing is a key piece

of our recovery plan.

And now I would like to review

other major elements we have in our plan.

I want to make sure that

everyone in our community knows

how much we are measuring our

readiness to open, how much and how.

Now as much as I want, and I

think everyone wants, reopening

to happen, we must continue to

follow the science, data and facts.

Remember, the virus is still out

there, and it thrives when we get together and socialize.

We should celebrate our progress

and the fact that we have saved

lives across the bay area and the state.

We have truly saved lives. For instance, our mortality rate

in san francisco is one quarter

of that in new york state, and our mortality rate in san francisco is half of the

california state average.

And yet we must also recognize that we are still very much in

the midst of a pandemic.

It is not over yet, not by a

long shot. The virus doesn't have a timeline. It was here in February. It was here in March and April, and it will be here in the

summer and fall and beyond. And the more people move around, the more contact they will have

with others, the more likely it

is that the virus will spread.

It is highly contagious.

We know that there is more virus

out there than ever before, and

there are still outbreaks in our communities.

We remain focused on protecting

the health of the most

vulnerable populations, those

who live in congregate settings. In the bay area we will be

watching five key indicators to track our progress.

They are that the number of

patients in the hospital with covid-19 is low and flat or

decreasing for a sustained period of time.

Number two, that we have enough personal protective equipment,

ppe, for all our health care workers to respond.

Number three, that we have expanded testing to meet the

need, especially for people in vulnerable populations, essential workers and

communities that are affected by health disparity. And not only that that testing is expanded, but that we have the wraparound services to

support individuals and their

families in the event that they

test positive. Number four, that we have the capacity to investigate every

case of covid-19, to trace each

person's close contacts, and to isolate and quarantine the

people who need it. And number five, that we have

the ability to measure the rate

of new cases of covid-19 to

determine whether it is

decreasing, staying flat or increasing.

This will take ongoing effort as

we are still building our

surveillance systems across the

bay area with the help of

scientists from ucsf, the

zuckerberg institute, and berkeley.

i know that there is a lot of excitement and hope about

reopening, and I personally look forward to that too.

And yet we must hold steady and

let the data guide us.

We must maintain our gains. Otherwise the virus will quickly

outrun us, and a surge will occur. And at the same time, we cannot

lose sight of the fact that life

will be better in May.

Right now outdoor activities and businesses can resume with proper precautions.

This is going to improve our

lives and our outlook.

I notice, too, that surveys show

that the vast majority of the

public want to continue our

restrictions to keep themselves,

their family and their communities safe. They know how important it is

that we slow the virus's spread.

The vast majority of the public support public health measures

to slow the virus down.

And at the same time, I

recognize that san francisco

residents and businesses have made tremendous sacrifices to

flatten the curve and protect community health.

We must continue to work

together so those sacrifices

don't go to waste.

We will keep watching the indicators and work with our

region and state on the most

reasonable next steps.

Reasonable and responsible and

driven by data and science and facts. There have been many questions

this week about the governor's

plans and their impact on san francisco.

Let me clarify:   the san francisco and bay area health orders currently in effect through May do not permit curbside pick-up from non-essential businesses.

The governor's guidance to retailers coming out thursday

will spell out the state's expectations.

We will study those very carefully. However, it is important to

remember that the rule of thumb

is whichever order is more restrictive is the order that

will take precedence going forward. We are working and my team is working very hard to help find

ways to reopen more businesses

and activities safely while

sustaining the progress we have made. We are developing carefully

step-wise approaches, working to

mitigate risk and protect the public health as much as possible.

We are partnering with the mayor's office of economic

workforce development to ensure

that the voices and ideas of

local businesses help craft this next phase. We are hoping some pilot

programs can go into effect this month, but these will be with

considerable restrictions to ensure safety.

Now I want to add a few remarks to the announcement of a

block-by-block plan to address the issues in the tenderloin that are impacting the quality

of life for residents in that neighborhood. Jeff kazinski, manager of the healthy streets operation

center, or hsoc, will provide

more details in a moment.

but I want to highlight to help

department's support for and participation in this critical work. The health of the tenderloin community has been and continues

to be a priority for us.

We operate a primary care clinic

there and have a long-standing

relationship with the community and our patients. We have participated in hsoc since the beginning, and the

health department provides

outreach, street medicine,

overdose prevention and opioid treatment, harm reduction, and

environmental health services to protect the health and safety of the people in the tenderloin who

are experiencing homelessness

and those that are housed.

The tenderloin is a vibrant community of families,

merchants, artists, restaurants,

governmental and civic organizations.

We know, I know that the coronavirus emergency has made

life harder for the tenderloin.

The department is committed to

partnering with other city agencies and communities and

business organizations to help

improve the situation.

Our community health response

team and street medicine teams

are on the front lines and

expanding their outreach efforts in helping people protect

themselves from the spread of the coronavirus. Our environmental health

inspectors conducted an initial assessment of the areas identified in the plan, which

helped to form the basis of the report. These inspectors will continue

to provide input and guidance on

interventions that May be

necessary in the neighborhood to

protect against rapid spread of

the coronavirus.

And now, jeff kazinski will further describe the goals and

activities of the city's plans to support this important community, and I would like to

personally thank him for his

leadership in this effort.

Thank you.

>> good afternoon.

I'm the manager of the healthy streets operations center. Hsoc is a multi-departmental collaborative that was stood up to address unsheltered

homelessness and related street conditions here in san francisco.

Before I start, I want to thank all of the front-line outreach workers involved in hsoc, the

hot team members, paramedics, police department, public

health, outreach workers, public works employees and the non-profit partners whoever day are out in the streets working

with our unsheltered individuals and people who are struggling on

the streets to help them shelter in place in a -- for people who

actually have no shelter.

It's challenging work.

They are putting >>> we are now back in open session.

Thank you all for your patience

while we were away. Mr. Clerk, please report on the deliberations.

>> Clerk:   thank you, Mr. Chair.

During the closed session deliberations, the committee

took the following actions on

agenda item number 9, the committee acted unanimously to recommend the item to the fuel board of supervisors.

And on agenda item number 110, the committee acted unanimously

for it to be approved by full board of supervisors. >> I would like to make a motion

to not disclose the closed session discussion.

Mr. Clerk, please call roll.

>> Clerk:   on the motion to not

disclose the closed session

deliberations, the vice chair peskin.

>> aye.

>> Clerk:   member haney. >> aye. >> chair mar.

>> aye.

>> Clerk:   Mr. Chair, there are three ayes. >> thank you, Mr. Clerk.

Can you please call items 5, 6,

7, and 8 together.

>> Clerk:   hang on just a moment

while he re-organize.

-- while I re-organize my

script. Called together agenda item

number 5 is a resolution

approving the on-airport ren calcar operations louisiania

number 18-0343 between avis budget rental car and the city and county of san francisco.

Acting by and through its airport commission for a term of

five year, with two two-year

options to extend and and a

minimum annual guarantee of $11,076,378 for the first year of the lease to commence upon

board approval.

A resolution approving the on-airport rental car operations

lease number 18-0342 between enterprise rent-a-car company of

san francisco, L.L.C. And the city and county, acting by and through the airport commission

for a term of five year, with

two two-year options to extend to the minimum annual guarantee

of the contract.

Agenda item number 7, is a resolution approving the on-airport rental car operations

lease number 18-0341 between the hertz corporation, as the

tenant, and the city and county. For a term much five years with

two two-year options at an

annual guarantee of $16,501,462.

Finally agenda number 8,

resolution approving the on-airport rental operations. For a determine of five years

with two two-year options to

extend and a minimum annual

guarantee of $3,501,004.32 for the first year of the lease to

commence following board approval. Members of the public who wish to provide public comment on these four resolutions should call the public comment number.

888:  204-5984. Enter the access code.

The access code is 350-1008.

Press the pound symbol twice and then press one and zero to enter

the queue to speak. Mr. Chair.

>> thank you, Mr. Clerk.

I'd like to welcome -- the

government affairs manager for the san francisco international airport. She's here to speak on these items. I also do want to note, colleagues, that deputy city

attorney general jeremy goldman

and christopher stewart and trevor are also available for

questions.

Miss Widener, the floor is yours. >> thank you, chair mar.

Chair mar and members of the committee, kathy widener with the san francisco international airport. The proposed resolutions would approve rental car leases between the san francisco international airport and the

following tenants in the airport's rental car center. Avis budget rental car with the

minimum annual guarantee of $11,076,378. Enterprise rent-a-car with a

minimum annual guarantee of $16,087,548. The hertz corporation with a

minimum annual guarantee rent of

$16,501,462.

Sixt rent-a-car with $3,501,004. Each term has an initial term of

five years to June 2025 with two-year -- with the two

two-year options to extend these

four leases are the result of the 2018 competitive request for

bids proposal process, to select

up to nine rental car brands to operate at the airport. The airport received ten bids from five companies, and these

following four companies were awarded leases for their nine brands.

Avis for the brands of avis and budget, enterprise for the

brands alamo, national and enterprise. Hertz for the brands hertz, dollar and thrifty.

And sixt. The airport commission approved the four leases.

However, the leases did not come to the board of supervisors at

that time, due to litigation filed by the rental car

companies, about the wage rate included, which has now been settled by the courts.

Under the leases, the rental car

operators would pay the greater of the rent or a percentage

formula, 10% of gross revenues.

Based on the rent structure, the

airport would normally expect to

receive approximately $343.5 million over the initial

five-year term of the leases.

However, given the current covid-19-related decrease in

passenger traffic, the airport standard lease language suspending mag, when it falls

below 80%, will be in effect. And these companies will pay

percentage rent until traffic returns.

The budget analyst's office has reviewed the leases and recommends approval. And I would be happy to answer any questions that you might

have.

>> thank you so much, Ms. Widener.

I would like to invite campbell

from the budget and legislative analysts' office to briefly summarize her analysis on these items. >> yes.

Chair mar, members of the committee.

As Ms. Widener says, the four resolutions are for leases

between the airport and hertz, avis, enterprise and sixt.

The terms of the leases are summarized in table two on page

10 of our report. The initial rent over the first

five years is estimated to be $343 million. However, as noted in our report,

and mentioned by miscellaneous

widener, the leases do provide

for suspension of the minimal annual rent, in the event that passenger and payment falls

below 80%, 217th level.

rent will, in fact, be less than the $343 million that is originally estimated. We'd recommend approval of the

four resolutions, pending approval by the board of

supervisors, of ordinance 200330. And I'm available for any

questions you May have.

>> thank you, Ms. Campbell.

Before we go to public comment, are there any further comments

or questions from my colleagues? Seeing none, Mr. Clerk, are

there any callers on the line?

>> Clerk:   thank you, Mr. Chair. Operation is checking to see if

any callers in the queue. Mr. Coup, please let us know if there are any callers that are ready. For those who have already

connected to our meeting via phone, please press one and zero to be added to the queue to speak for this item. For those already on hold in the queue, please continue to wait until you are prompted to begin at the beep.

For those who are waiting -- sorry, for those who are

watching our meeting on cable

channel 26 or via streaming link

or THROUGHsfgovtv.Org, if you

wish to speak on the item, please call by the instruction on the screen.

888:  204-5984.

Enter the access code, it is 350-1008. Press the pound symbol twice and

one and zero to enter the queue to speak. Mr. Coup, do we have any speakers who have called in for

agenda items 5 through 8? >> Mr. Chair, there are no

callers wishing to speak.

>> thank you again, operations and Mr. Clerk. With no callers on the line,

public comment is now closed.

Colleagues, I would like to recommend we -- I would like to

move that we recommend items 5,

6, 7 and 8 for the full board

with positive recommendation.

Mr. Clerk, please call roll.

>> Clerk:   on the motion offered by chair mar, to recommend

agenda items 5 through 8 to the

board of supervisors, vice chair peskin. >> aye. >> member haney. >> aye.

>> Clerk:   chair mar?

>> aye.

>> Clerk:   Mr. Chair, there are three ayes.

>> thank you, Mr. Clerk.

Is there any further business?

>> Clerk:   there is no further business before the committee. >> great. This meeting is adjourned. Thank you, everyone.

>> Clerk:   thank you.