The additional contract scope, about half of it is to support the flood study. Ten land dollars in inkind support for that study. A much more robust Public Engagement including the southern waterfront, port wide adapt plan, and a vision exercise that i talked about, and i will turn in a moment to l. B. E. Support services and workforce development. With the last item is we will need additional project management support to manage all these efforts. We recognize the policy goals of the commission to make work available to our local businesses. This is going to be complicated work. Weve got three years to plan, which is a good thing. So weve put together a proposed team of that group. There will be d. N. A. Communications to look at the work we are planning to do, look at the available l. B. E. , how are we going to package this work and do this work so people have the capacity to do it . Matchmaking between prime and l. B. E. Subcontractors, connecting l. B. E. Contractors with the type of support services, technical issues that they will need to make a successful bill for this work, so we are very excited to take advantage of the time that we have now to get people ready for these opportunities. Workforce development is a very similar story. Weve got time. Theres going to be a need to look at the types of trades and the type of work that will be available when we select projects. Who are the people that are going through training at that time, what are the skill gaps that they have, how can we augment existing training opportunities to meet those gaps , the people are ready to go for these highpaying jobs. To summarize, the l. B. E. Participation in the bays contract, it is a 21 goal. The additional scope would have 30 l. B. E. Participation. Overall, l. B. E. Participation rate is estimated at 23 . Ch2m hill continues to work with the Contract Monitoring Division to look for additional opportunities to increase l. B. E. Participation and we have added several new l. B. E. Contractors to the team as part of this contract amendment, including bollard communications, represented here tonight. I want to conclude by telling you a little bit about where we are in terms of funding the program up until now. It has been funded through a variety of city and port sources , with a 5 million state grant totaling 20 million. The citys Revolving Loan and the ports capital contribution are repayable from bond proceeds when we are able to sell a bond. We are collaborating closely with the office of Public Finance and the City Attorney on the first bond sale that is up for consideration by the board of supervisors in september. There is litigation over proposition a, which the city one on trial court. The City Attorney is quite confident of the citys position , but we will continue to consult as to the appropriate timing of that. As ive said before, we are actively pursuing other sources. Core funding at the federal level, and we look forward to the commissions assistance in washington, d. C. And stayed bond funding potentially in the form of an amendment to s. P. 45. That concludes my presentation. I am available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you. That was a very good report. Thank you. Very comprehensive. This is informational. I think im just going to ask stuff to give me a briefing on this off like offline. This was originally awarded when the sale took place between ch2m hill and jacobs, they are doing the work now. [indiscernible] thank you. Is there any Public Comment on this item . You know, i heard [indiscernible] it is great what youve done so far. I have involved a nationwide Group Calling keeping kids above water. I just would like to ensure, and i know the severity for ch2m hill, but there is a good integration with the Historic Preservation commission and your own Historic Preservation work here as for the staff and making sure there is an integration with Historic Preservation and any of the pre seawall engineering designs that they are analysing [indiscernible] just keep in mind, there again, keeping history above water, keeping the relationship to that there is a lot in the waterfront about this, as well. It is just a reminder. Thank you. Thank you. Is there any other Public Comment . Seeing none. Thank you for the report, it was really comprehensive. We all know it is a matter of when, not if. Thank you so much. President adams . You are like an actor going from one role to the next. Last time you were at port city and now we have you down there doing this. This is great. Very thorough. You have your sidekick. I didnt even recognize him with that beard. [laughter] he is keeping it low key here looking like harrison ford. This is great. I can see why they want to get it. This is a lot to take in. This is so serious the ramification that it has, but i am so happy that we are getting upfront on this issue. Some people might say it is boring because there are so many nuts and bolts to it and stuff like that, but this is going to take care of generations to come i like it because the waterfront is changing and it will be a new waterfront. Things have to be done. Is very complex. I just couldnt imagine going down and engaging going around and engaging the public. It is just there is just so much to it, but it has to be done. Im really glad the port is out there and im glad you were on this project because it is tough youre like a bulldog. You get a hold of it and you dont let go. You will make sure that it gets done. This is what it takes. It is the perseverance and having that patients as we move along. The president has been on this commission for 22 years and has seen a lot. This is a long thing. I am glad you were on the project and i am glad that director forbes has put you on there as a cleanup man, in a way thank you. Thank you so much for your presentation. We have missed your presentations. [laughter] we really have. This is so detailed and so wonderful. So much information and you are the perfect person to bring this all together. Im really happy that you are considering, you know, what workforce will need and have it fit our local businesses. So this particular amendment, this 60 million, this is going to do everything we need it to do for three years. Yes. Do you foresee any future amendments . I dont foresee any future amendments. We tried to be thorough in terms of scoping the work needed to support the army core project and additional work for the program. Our expectation is that this will carry us through the next 30 years. Im really happy that we have included the southern waterfront in the study and that we are looking at the entire waterfront we are prepared for whatever you do with this event. I do hope there will be federal funding that comes along with this and i do hope that the army core agrees to do the overall study. That is the big one. And that we are successful in washington and in sacramento with funding. This is a necessity. We have to do this so thank you for taking the lead and thank you so much for engaging our local business enterprises. Thank you for working on the workforce. Thank you for all your efforts. Thank you so much for your support. Item 13 c. Is informational report regarding an anticipated amendment to the feasibility cost sharing agreement with the United States army core of engineers San Francisco district for the San Francisco waterfront Flood Resiliency study. Good afternoon, commissioners i am a straight man here for the army core. [laughter] this is an informational item in regard to the anticipated amendment for the feasibility cost share agreement between the United States army corps of engineers and the San Francisco waterfront Flood Resiliency study. The name changed, the federal government does, in fact, believe in the resiliency, climate change, and sealevel rise, in the army core has sought to change the name of the study to reinforce that. As you heard from brad, the port is seeking federal assistance or flood protection since 2012. And november of 2016. They allocated 100,000 and completed determination for the waterfront in 2017. The court in the port commence the flood study for a portion of the waterfront downtown. And in june of 2018, the big one , the port was in awarded a new start for a much larger general investigation. We suspended the cap 103. The process includes four legislative acts. Number 1, the study offers relation on the Water Development act. Number 2, the study appropriation, that was last year. Number 3, construction authorization by a Water Resource Development act. The Study Results in a chiefs report with a recommendation to execute the flood protection project. That authorization will be in the construction appropriation itself. It is another legislative act. The feasibility cost share agreements are standard. The army core agreement is for the core and a sponsor in executing the Feasibility Study. You heard about the inkind services in the presentation. The core court typically does not enter into these with other terms, assuming you have to start the study to fit the standard. The waterfront study does not fit the standard. During the course of the study, it became apparent that we knew from the start, the is an extreme the complex waterfront. It includes the historic shoreline, the complex services setting, regional transportation system, the earthquake risk and numerous and various stakeholders. The core staff began messaging after the alternative milestone and the core staff have been working together with the schedule and schedule of the study that are still in process. They are currently pursuing this exemption based on these assumptions to allocate funding for the next fiscal year. In addition to the budget and schedule changes, we are looking to add a standard provision to the study for these accelerated funds. These accelerated the accelerated fund clause allows them to advance funds to the army core, something they may want to do to keep the study on track if appropriations are delayed for any reason. And such Cash Contributions will be subject to the board of supervisors approval. The accelerated fund provision is standard and approval must come from the assistant secretary. In summary, port and army core staff are finalizing their scope budget and schedule for the Feasibility Study and are pursuing a waiver request this month and provides us with 20. 3 million. We request Commission Approval including authorization for the cost share and to revise the bond clause. This concludes my presentation. I am here to answer any questions. Thank you. Is there any Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you so much. I just have one technical question. The funds booked from the army corps of engineers, is it just congressional authorization, burgesses also require president ial authorization. The funds are in the federal budget. Sometimes funds are right through the core request, other times they can be appropriated directly. Okay. Would there be any risk that the current president ial candidate does not look favourably enough at the city that our funds could be at risk for the project . Or are they guaranteed in the federal budget . They are not guaranteed. There is a risk. Right now, if we put the funds in and we elect to use these funds, those funds would be at risk. There is no guarantee. There has been federal appropriation to match those funds. Okay. That answers my question. Thank you for the presentation. I appreciate the presentation going back to what the commissioner said, have we hit Speaker Pelosi up . We have a pretty heavy delegation. We have Speaker Pelosi, we have one senator who is running for president , and we have a senior senator, senator feinstein. That is a pretty those are pretty political heavyweights from northern california. I would hope that they would weigh in heavy to try and bring the state home, and also i think theres the general that is here for the army core, would be good if she could come to a Port Commission meeting and tell us if she could talk to us and stuff like that. I would be happy to ask her to come to the Commission Meeting. We have been in contact with Speaker Pelosis office, senator harris, and senator feinstein in regular contact, and we have also had general a general from the army corps of engineers any civil secretary of the army who both came to visit. James would need to sign off on this waiver request. They both have seen the complexity of this study and i think they are quite excited to see it move forward. We ought they are the decisionmakers in the army corps. They echo our efforts. The senators have been very good so far. Would it also help if all the commissioners sent letters and made phone calls . Would help if we made some calls and we wrote to some of the players and said we need to see them . I think that would be extremely helpful. The one thing we continue to hear from the core is we want to know you were serious. You have a bond measure that passed, every step of the way, we want to know you are serious. We want you to know you can make decisions when it is time so we can move forward and get authorization. Take brad, and you will still know you are serious. [laughter] that is why i am growing the beard out. They q. So much for this presentation. So just a clarification, the amendment that we just did includes the 10 million that we need for our share. That contract amendments, which will be back hopefully next month for the action item includes the inkind share. Nearly all of our contributions are the 10 million and is envisioned to be inkind services, and a good piece of that his work we will be doing on the Seasonal Program anyway. They are together. We need to be at the table with our team to help that study along in partnership with the army corps. Great. I just wanted to say that every year we go to d. C. And we visits feinstein, harris and pelosi, along with other senators and congresspeople. I think we are trying to schedule a trip in october to do the same, to let everyone know that we are serious and we do need help. Thats great. Thank you. Thank you. Is there any other Public Comment on new business . Seeing none, commissioners, any new business . No. Can we have a future update about the World Trade Center appear on the peer . Is there anything that is going to be here or will it just sit there vacant . Is anything moving . Can stuff give us an update . I was hoping we could get a really short brief update i was copied in on an email from her attendance from. Forty about their concerns about restrooms and restroom operation from the shed. I was hoping we can get it update and a list of suggestions , particularly when they are overrun by public going to and from the giants game, using their facilities. I was hoping we could get an update on that. Any other new business . I make a motion that we adjourn in memory of joseph lloyd simon. Second. All in favor . Aye. 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[inaudible] where i want to go, what i want to do and it is totally possible so, the impossible is you know, is not something to listen to. Hi, everyone. Im the executive director of the Richmond Neighborhood Center , and i want to welcome you all today. Thank you for coming. [cheers and applause] we are so excited to be hosting this budget signing today. I want to tell you a little bit about the Richmond Neighborhood Center for those of you who might not know. Then Neighborhood Center offers a number of programs for families, children, seniors, and adults in the richmond. We strive to be a hub of resources, providing services directly and working with our partner nonprofits at this location. Whether through our afterschool program, our food pantries, or our community festivals, like our upcoming autumn the moon, we are a center for Building Community and a sense of belonging for everyone. These are the values that our mayor is committed to and has prioritized in her budget, which she will be signing here today. We are excited to continue partnering and working with the city to create opportunities and strengthen our support for all of our Diverse Communities all over San Francisco. Thank you all for being here today. [applause] thank you, michelle, and thank you for letting us use this amazing facility which serves so many young people and families across the Richmond District. Welcome to the richmond, but i know supervisor fewer is also anxious to welcome you here. This is an Incredible Community and i think that sometimes, when we are doing a lot of work in city hall, we forget about so many neighborhoods because we are right there in the middle and we are downtown, and of course, we are in d5 and other areas, and d6, but we dont make it to the west side of the city sometimes. We dont make it to the southeast sector of the city, so michael as mayor is to make sure that we not only spend more time and provide more resources to various parts of our communities in San Francisco that sometimes have been neglected, that we make that right kinds of investments in those communities , and so thats why were here in the richmond today yes, we work with supervisor fewer as the budget chair. This year was absolutely amazing and yes, she fought for this district, but she also fought to prioritize equity and the things that are important to all san franciscans. It was truly a pleasure to work with her and to get this budget done. [applause] when i think back to why i got involved in politics in the first place, i think back to the first time that i advocated for resources for the Western Addition to the board of supervisors. That advocacy, carol was actually on the board at that time, many, many years ago, and a big supporter of the communities and equity, and really fighting for resources both here and in sacramento. We would show up, we would advocate, we would talk about the importance of our issues, and members of the board would answer the call to make the right investment. Yes, we still have a number of challenges in this city, a number of important investments that we know we need to make, in this board of supervisors spend countless hours listening to the public, listening to me, sometimes, but ultimately, putting together what i believe is a very comprehensive budget that is fair, that is equitable, that makes new investments, and that is really focused on accountability, as well. And it was under the leadership of president of the board who had the vision to appoint sandy fewer as the budget chair because he knew that she would not take any mess from her colleagues and they all put forth their ideas, but ultimately, she wanted to make sure that this was a consensus budget, and everyone had something to be proud of. Thank you to both supervisor fewer and president yee for your leadership. Thank you to Rafael Mandel and who is here today. Incredible advocates and supporters for the communities and incredible advocates and supporters for residents of the city. I also would like to thank our budget team and Kelly Kirkpatrick who is the director of the budget. [applause] kelly, stand up, we cant see you. [cheers and applause]. Her countless hours and worker work to get this budget done. Harvey rose and his team from the budget and legislative analyst. Usually the mayor doesnt think them, but as someone who served on the board of supervisors and has a lot of love for the work that they do to really analyse the budget within a short time period, i just want to thank them for their hard work to get this job done was pause [applause]. Thank you to brendan rosenfield for crunching the numbers, him and his team. All the Department Heads, the ones that were grilled hardcore and were able to fight for their resources and get what we needed for the public. I mean, the budget was a battle, but it was a good battle. It was one of the best budget processes ive seen in a really long time, and im not just saying that because this is my first budget as mayor, i am saying it because everyone had an opportunity to make a request and have their voices heard. And so im just proud of how comprehensive this budget is. Yes, it is the highest budget in our citys history, 12. 3 billion, and i dont want people to think we have control over the spending of all these dollars, because we do have enterprise departments like the airport, the port of San Francisco, the Public Utilities commission, but ultimately, we made some new investments because not only did i spend time having a number of budget town Hall Meetings all over San Francisco, i know the supervisors spent time with their various constituents, and we took that feedback to incorporate it into our budget, and i just wanted to highlight a few of the things that i know are some of the most pressing issues that we face in San Francisco. Since ive taken office, about a year ago, we have been able to make over a billion dollars of investments in Affordable Housing throughout the city and county of San Francisco. [applause] we have been able to do that because our unexpected windfall of the funding, because of our investments in our current budget, and because you all are going to pass the 600 billiondollar Affordable Housing bond this fall without raising property taxes. [applause] part of that budget includes not only building new Affordable Housing and providing support for low and middle income families, it also provides preservation of existing Affordable Housing, and so i know that preservation around a small sight acquisition was really important to supervisor fewer because of so many seniors in the Richmond District living in some of these buildings that are up for sale and have the ability to purchase those buildings and protect them for those low income seniors and it is so critical to the longterm stability of Affordable Housing in San Francisco. I am excited about funding for rent subsidies and trying to keep people housed, our rights to civil council, and making sure that people who are facing eviction are not doing it alone. So many amazing investments in housing, and now weve just got to get rid of some of the bureaucracy that gets in the way of housing. Homelessness, which we know as a number 1 issue that we face in tenth in San Francisco. We have Additional Support for more navigation centers, for more shelter beds, because we know we need them and we need them yesterday. Providing 100 Affordable Housing with Wraparound Services for formerly Homeless Individuals is something that is critical to addressing the number 1 crisis in our city, and we made those investments. 53 million to expand our Behavioral Health program and other Health Services in San Francisco. [applause] thank you supervisor mandelman for your support and leadership around Mental Health reform in our city. We have already opened 100 new Mental Health stabilization beds on top of what we already have, and with this additional funding , we will be able to open another 100 new beds by the end of this year. We also have a need for people to use the bathroom, so we are adding more pitstops, we are adding more big belly trash cans , we are adding more targeted street cleaning, and we are using our 311 data to really make those investments strategically in the right places. Were deploying another 250 officers, hopefully, as we get them across the finish line of the academy, so that they can walk the beat in various neighborhoods, talk to merchants , get to know the communities, and help with preventing crime from happening in the first place. We know that our commercial corridor and so many neighborhoods need so much help and support, so we have made investments to support for sought improvement, tenant improvements, pay various fines and fees, and other things that we know Small Business communities face, including seven businesses right here in the Richmond District you will benefit from some of the new Small Business investment our city proposes to make. It is the beginning. Theres more that we need to do to protect and support are Small Businesses, and i have been fighting with my director of Small Business because i want us to cut even more fees for Small Businesses in San Francisco so that its not a burden to them staying open in the city. [applause] through hard work, the minimum compensation ordinance was done. It was brutal, but we got through it, and so many very low income wage earners in San Francisco are going to get a welldeserved raise and have already, in some cases. We have expanded our Cal Fresh Program and our county assistance program, and we know that equity was at the forefront of this budget. And thanks to the leadership of supervisor vallie brown and supervisor fewer, they helped create an office of equity where we are making investments to really try and shine a light on what we know are real challenges around access, education, affordability, and the things that continue to show really Racial Disparity that needs to that we need to take a look at, provide the data, and really make the right investments to turn it around. Opportunities for all, as you will know, is a program that is near and dear to my heart. Making sure that every High School Student in San Francisco has access to a paid internship, and i want to thank all of the city departments for stepping up and providing internships, and now it is time to halt holds the private sector accountable, to not only contribute, because a deafening contributed to opportunities for all, but they need to have more placement for our young people, and that is what im committed to moving forward. Thank you to supervisor mar who is not here with us today. We worked together to fully fund Free City College for San Francisco. [applause] so i just want to say, to all of our senior folks who are here today, you dont have to be a young person to go to city college, you dont have to be a kid living at home with your parents to go to city college. City college is for all san franciscans. So lets take advantage of the amazing classes that they have. In one of the things i want to mention before i turn this over to supervisor fewer, as i know that, as mayor, i dont necessarily have complete control over our board of education, but i went to Public Schools here, and we know that supervisor yee and supervisor fewer also went to Public Schools here in San Francisco, and the challenges that sometimes exist as certain schools versus other schools is something we need to address when we talk about equity. So for the first time ever, this city is making significant investment in addressing what we know are the Biggest Challenges at those schools. And includes Teacher Retention at certain schools in the southeast sector and other parts of the city, we are making a 10 milliondollar investment to provide additional bonuses to teachers in those particular schools to make sure that we try and hold onto them to work with so many kids that have, what we know sometimes are real challenges, but we are also making investments and Wellness Centers in our Public Schools. To make sure that kids have the support that they need when going through what we know can be a very challenging time in their lives. So many great things. Again, 12. 3 million. I could be here all day talking about all of the things that we are doing to make the right kinds of investments, but i just wanted to highlight those few to let you know that in addition to these investments, as i have said from the very beginning, it is important that we understand the value of a dollar. The value of how this city makes investments, and what it means to peoples lives. It can be the difference between a young person ending up dead or in prison or in some terrible situation, and someone ending up mayor of San Francisco. And thats how i see our investments, as an opportunity to make sure that good things happen for people here in San Francisco, and we create a Better Future with these incredible investments. So make sure, all the departments, you spend this money wisely. You dont take pen and paper home that you dont need. [laughter] and you do your very best to show folks in this city that we are the greatest city in the world because we put our money where our mouth is, and because of that, we are able to create a more thriving, equitable, safe, and secure city for all san franciscans. Thank you all so much for being here. [cheers and applause] with that, i would like to turn it over to our budget chair, supervisor sandy fewer. [applause] thank you, madame mayor. Good morning, everyone. Wow. On behalf of my 80,000 residents in the Richmond District, i would like to welcome you to this part of town where our summers look like this every day off mac. But where we are doing good work to strengthen and grow communities. The Richmond DistrictNeighborhood Center is leading that effort with the work on the one richmond initiative, the home delivered grocery program, and is the main provider of active School Programming in the richmond. I would like to thank the executive director and her staff for hosting us today. Thank you all for coming out. I am glad that the budget is being officially finalized today as together to witness the signing of the budget by the mayor, im also appreciative that i was given the opportunity to serve the city in the capacity as budget chair this year. This, is most of you know, is a process that involves the expertise, commitment, and hard work of many, so i would like to take a moment now to recognize and thank them. Chelsea, i know she is here somewhere. My legislative aide who worked tirelessly meeting with community groups, playing and planning and designing the entire budget process and was the go to person with all things budget related. Our interns for the summer helped us tremendously on the budget, working behind the scenes. So many things to jack, melissa, and janine. I must also acknowledge my other legislative aide, angelina, and ian, kept the Office Running at the knees of my district addressed while we were deeply busy with the city budget. I would like to thank the members of the Budget Committee, president yee, supervisors mandelman, stefani, and ronen. After many long hours, shared anxiety, and a lot of learning. It is with a sigh of relief and pride that we are at this point in the process. Many thanks and recognition to the wonderful budget legislative analyst. With whom we work closely with and depended on heavily for guidance and recommendations. I want to thank our controller and his office for all the support, advice, and expertise, and many thanks to the mayors Budget Office and to mayor breed for working so closely with us to ensure a smooth and collaborative process. My deepest appreciation for the Clerks Office and linda wong for keeping me on track. Thank you to john for keeping this legit. Of course, this process would not be complete without the voices behind the 400 milliondollar in community asks. So thank you to Community Advocates who took the time to educate us on how this budget can help supply the need and support for safety net for the most formable in the city. And lastly, i would like to thank the city workers. The backbone of our city that makes the whole machine work to serve our residents. I want to especially thank our Department Heads who fight not only for their budget, but for their ability to serve the people of San Francisco well. Honorable work beyond measure, and most of the time, without recognition or appreciation. Being devoted, dedicated, public servants. [applause] this budget prioritizes the issues of Affordable Housing development, the expansion of beds for homeless residents, and rental subsidies for some of our most vulnerable tenants. It focuses on services and support marginalized communities , including children, seniors, and people with disabilities, immigrants, communities of color, lgbtq communities, low income workers. With an ever growing wealth gap, and inequitable opportunities by race, language, gender, sexuality and more, it is critical we invest in assurance that every san franciscan can thrive. I think this is a budget that reflects those values. This is a budget that says, to those of you who are struggling to stay here, for those of you who are struggling to provide here, we see you. Thank you again to mayor breed, and to president norman you for entrusting me with this responsibility. And now that it is all over, i am not sure, actually, that my colleagues or my staff would agree, but i think im willing to do this for another five years. [laughter]. [applause] i want to thank all of my colleagues at the board, especially board, especially our Budget Committee members for your confidence and collaboration. Thank you to the people of San Francisco who entrust us with the money earned off the hardbacks of hardworking san franciscans. And now lets lets get this thing signed. I like to present the president of the board, norman e. Norman g. President norman yee. [applause] [laughter] im sorry, i cant hide the fact that im freezing. [laughter] welcome, everybody. This district is the most important district in the northwest sector of San Francisco. [laughter] i really want to think them air, your staff, and i know i will be repeating what has been said, but it is worth repeating when people work so hard to put the most important document together for san franciscans. So once again, mayor, your director over there, kelly, thank you very much. Thank you very much to Ben Rosenfield and your team. And the budget legislative analyst. Thank you for putting this budget together. But more importantly, when i became president in january, one of the first things i said was that im going to make this board of supervisors, this set of 11 people, the best that we can ever have in San Francisco. To serve our community, to serve our residents, to serve the most vulnerable, and the most Important Committee to help serve these people is the Budget Committee. And i knew i had to make the strongest Budget Committee that i could think of, so as mentioned, it was really an honor for me to ask supervisor fewer to be chair of the Budget Committee, and i was so happy. She just kept on saying, oh, no, no, i dont know, i dont know. For christ sake, sandy you were chair in the Budget Committee on the board of education, yes, you know how to do a budget. You are as good as anybody on the board of supervisors. So thank you for accepting it. You did a marvellous job. Give her a hand. [applause] but like all of us, one person cant do it all. She needed a team. She needed four other supervisors to help her. That includes supervisor mandelman right here, thank you. [applause] and supervisor ronen and supervisor stefani who were also part of that team. And to really make it special, to make it the best team, i put myself on it. [laughter] in all seriousness, im really glad that this budget was put together the way it was, and it was as transparent as ive seen it over the last 70 seven years. People were engaged, people had a voice. Everybody felt like they had a voice, and that was because of the openness of everybody, not only the Budget Committee, but also the mayors office. Advocates came, we went out into the community, and we put a budget together that has, to me, one of the best budgets ive seen because we are beginning to look at the issues and see what we need to do to solve it. We needed to do things. We needed to be creative and putting the money where it could be effective, and i think people really looked at it carefully with that lens. You know, how do we get equity on this . How do we serve the people . How do we make sure people can be successful whether they are regular people working, whether they are people on the streets that cant work right now, whether its the children that we are talking about that could be great adults, and also, our seniors. I cant say enough that we are the Fastest Growing population in San Francisco is seniors. We need to make investments because, as many of you know, right now over 50 of the people entering homelessness for the first time our seniors. We need to make investments. I think this budget reflects that need. Thank you very much for that. The other thing that i want to say that hasnt been mentioned in this budget is, you know, when families are struggling already, you can barely pay the rent, and all of a sudden they are strapped with childcare, maybe for one child, 25,000 a year, or two children, of the 50,000 a year. A teacher couldnt afford that. Nobody could afford that. So once again, this budget reflects that need. We are really trying to support the low to middle income families so they can raise her children in San Francisco. This is what this budget does. On top of all that, we didnt forget about our infrastructure. We did not forget about our parks, our fire department, our police department, and our department of public works to have more staff to clean up the streets and so forth, so this is what this budget does. It supports the infrastructure, and it also is created to find solutions where we need to find solutions. Lets get it on and signed this budget. Thank you very much [applause] all right, folks. It is time. Lets do this. Supervisors, please join me. [indiscernible] [laughter] thank you. All right, were done. [cheers and applause] the annual celebration of hardly strictly bluegrass is always a hit now completing itself 12 year of music in the incredible golden gate park. This is just the best park to come to. Its safe. Its wonderful and such a fun time of the year. There is every kind of music you can imagine and can Wander Around and go from one stage to another and just have fun. 81 bands and six stages and no admission. This is hardly strictly bluegrass. I love music and peace. I think it represents what is great about the bay area. Everyone is here for the music and the experience. This is why i live here. The culture out here is amazing. Its San Francisco. This is a legacy of the old warren hel ment and receive necessary funding for ten years after his death. There is a legacy that started and its cool and hes done Something Wonderful for the city and were all grateful. Hopefully we will keep this thing going on for years and years to come. [ roll call ]. This is the recreation and park Commission Meeting of august 15, 2019. We welcome everyone here today and would ask that you please turn off Electronic Devices that may sound off during these proceedings. Please take any secondary conversations outside in order for the meeting to proceed as efficiently as possible. If you would like to speak on any item today, we request but do not require that you complete a blue card. Unless otherwise announced by the chair, each person will have 3 minutes for Public Comment on each item. Please address your comments to the commission during Public Comment. In order to allow equal time for all, neither the