Transcripts For SFGTV LIVE Fire Commission 20161027

Into debate or discussion with the speaker. The lack of a response by the commissioners or Department Personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during Public Comment. Thank you madam secretary. Is there any member of the public that would like to come forward and speak at this time . Seeing none. Public comment is now closed. Item 3 approval of the minutes. Approval of the Meeting Minutes from the regular meeting on september 28, 2016. Is there any members of the public that has a comment on the minutes as sent to us . Seeing none. Public comment is now closed. And my fellow commissioners i would like to continue this item. There are a number of things they want to discuss with the secretary. Actually i dont need to continue because theyre not [inaudible] [off mic] no. Not of great import, so i will entertain a motion. Then i move to approve. Okay thank you. I will second. Thank you very much. All in favor say aye. Aye. Thank you. Item 4 chief of departments report. Report from chief of department on Current Issues and activities and events within the department. Since the last Commission Meeting including fiscal year 20162017 budget academies, 150th anniversary updates, Strategic Plan update, special events, communications and outreach to other Government Agencies and the public and report from administration. Report on the administrative divisions fleet and facility status, finance, support services, Homeland Security and training within the department. Thank you madam secretary. Chief hayeswhite. Good afternoon president covington, members of the Fire Commission. This is my report since our last meeting on october 12. With regards to the budget after First Quarter of this current fiscal year 16, 17 were projectedded to be on budget for expenditures and revenues. We began planning for the 1718 budget process and projections to be released by the mayors Budget Office and we work closely with the office for the five year Financial Plan for the city with the Mayors Office. Related to academies our 120th academy are in the final weeks. There will be a graduation of 51 members. We started with 54 on november 4 at usf. They have been grairks to provide their presentation auditorium for us. 10 00 a. M. On november 4, a week from friday. With regards to the class we are anticipating hiring 54 members and into the academy. 42 will be off the National Testing network list and we will be bringing 12 employed members from station 49 over two weeks later to join the class so the original 42 will start on the 28th and they will be joined by members of station 492 weeks later. The two week gap which i think i have discussed before is that the members of station 49 have demonstrated their competency and theyre working on as paramedics and the first two weeks of the academy is evaluation of the emt skills so they dont need that refreshing and we are awaiting there are six final offers so far for that class out of the 42. Weve identifying the members from station 49 and the remaining 42 that weve put a number of people through medicals. We anticipate i anticipate doing conducting more interviews and backgrounds for the classes that we will be hiring in 2017 and those will take place probably the end part of this year. The list that were using i believe is for people that have taken the test through may, so we anticipate probably end of november, early december asking for a refreshed list which will i believe go through at least september or october so i think that is good information for a people in the audience as well as members of the public. Our deputy chief administration Ramona Williams will go through the other component what is is happening at training with academies. We have a age per diem Paramedic Academy that is nearing completion. They completed classroom training and now on Field Training and almost complete and the division of training continues to do a great job for the amount of work of in service and training and follow up with probationary training and thank you to the chief for that. H3 level one emts with paramedic license we will offer the opportunity for them to promote in that classification to go from emt to a paramedic. That is anticipated. Chief williams will go through that as well as an emt academy slated some time in january. With regards to the 150th anniversary this year has flown by. There have been a number of events and theres three more really that remain in celebration of our 150th year. Our committee will be meeting tomorrow. Probably one of the well, second to last meeting. We have been meeting since july of last year, and we will discuss the final events of the year which include a Film Festival which president covington has been intimately involved and heading that up and doing that on november 5th and 6 ts and were doing something in conjunction with another group and of the fire which the 150th committee has underwritten. Aspects of that premier, and then we are also planning for a large e havent for those that are on duty for december 3 which is the actual 150th birthday for the department and well have an event for members that want to come off duty at the zoo on the evening of december 3. I did want to make note of our fire boat commissioning which we had since the last meeting and it was a wonderful day. The weather cooperated. It was a beautiful back drop. We appreciate the port for there partnership as well as well as the San Francisco guyants to have the event where we had. It was wonderful and well attended by a whole host of people. We were grateful to have mayor lee there as well as senator Dianne Feinstein and supportive of our department and particularly the fire boat and when she was mayor and we talked about that day there were many types that the funding for the fire boat was suggested to go away and she was unwavering in the support so it was fitting to have her christian the boat that day. Thank you for being there and your comments that morning. President covington and you know i pay tribute to all the members of the department but specifically for the boat, station 35 and past, present and future members of the fire boat. Its a wonderful asset for the department, the city, the region, and so we thought that went off very well. With regards to Strategic Plan currently the plan theres updates to the plan that reflect the concerns and input from members of the planning committee. Mr. Corso and maureen, the fire secretary and others are helping him with the revised draft for the committee to review and the Fire Commission and i believe there theyre continuing to meet with the subject Matter Experts to update the plan and identified the gaps on to events and activities outreach since the last meeting. Many of ution in this room were very proud to be part of a historic moment and that is commissioner nakajo receiving the conmenidation from the counsel general from japan and thank you for including us and were proud to have the working relationship with you, and on your upcoming retirement in a few days on october 31, so that was a wonderful night. I had the privilege of being at the residence there being the counsel general but many in the command staff had not and thank you for including us and congratulations once again. On the 15th of october i know there was retirement event for commissioner nakajo that many attended. I wasnt able to be there. It was the conclusion of Fire Prevention week and there was a bril and one of the ones i couldnt attend and chief williams attended as well as many members of the department and lieutenant the coordinator and held at Marina Middle School and i am also told that went very well. I had the privilege to travel up to sacramento that day, and i attended a very moving ceremony. I will pass around the program. It was a california Firefighters Memorial in which 29 members of the california Fire Departments were added to the memorial wall, their names. Unfortunately we had five of those members of the 29 that were added to the wall, but it was like i said it was a very moving ceremony. All five families were there for our members and i had a chance to visit with each of them where flases were presented by an honor guard. Three members of the department participated in the honor guard to present flags to the families and its a lasting memory in that all five names can be visited along with all of the other names that are on the wall and as a reminder like i said i was very proud and all served the department with dedication and to have this monor to be there honor and be there and have the families honored and appreciated for the loved ones service like i said was special and the five members out of the 29 that were from our department were firefighter [inaudible] firefighter paramedic richard faust, Firefighter David [inaudible], firefighter clyde [inaudible] and lieutenant john murphy so there was a number of people from our department. Ad am wood from local tv was there as well to visit with the families and it was beautiful. Governor brown spoke. Lieutenant Governor Newsom was there and it was a beautiful ceremony. I just talked about the fire boat commissioning that octobered on october 17 and fittingly was the 27th anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake and we tied that in fiesly. It was an honor to speak at the Emergency Preparedness seminar. I gave opening remarks. We have a Good Partnership with the Building Owners and Managers Association and the more we can partner with elements of the community certainly Building Owners regarding the importance of preparedness the better off we all are so that went very well. We had the Monthly Labor Management Meeting on the 18th and i had the privilege of attending it was a very Interesting Group and historical. There was the 100 anniversary of the board of supervisors that were celebrated last week on the 18th and they took they tried to match a historic photo from 100 years ago so i was part of the photograph but they invited all former supervisors and well attended and they each had a opportunity if they chose to speak about their time so that was also a pretty special day i thought of being a native san franciscan. I knew all of the former supervisors as well or least read or heard about them so it was very special. On the 19th mayor lee which we appreciate made a presentation to many of the rescue personnel that worked on october 8 during fleet week toes rescue the 30 people in the water when the boat sank and he paid tribute to the members of the Fire Department and had chief and about ten others from the department. Chief Toney Chaplin was there with the department and acknowledged the private samaritan that helped with the rescues and personnel from San Francisco general so those that responded to the scene and all the way to the hospital where a few people were transported. It could be a much worse situation and no loss of life and no real injuries that sustained because of the team work and mayor lee was pleased and presented certificates to all of the members there that day and a pin from the city so i was proud to be part of that. On october 20 our department participated with many of the rest of the state of california and the great shake out. I participated at break Hart Elementary School in Hunters Point with the police sheave and other members from City Government where we worked i had a third grade class we talked about the importance of preparing in the event of an emergency. I spoke to the kids afterwards. Jim oconnell from battalion ten assisted me. At headquarters we had an exit drill. I believe chief francisco and gonzales were in charge of the drill to make sure that we participate. I think people think we rescue people but its important to be prepared as well and every station in the department participated in that exercise. Later that day i was on a panel with few of my Department Head colleagues, director reiskin from mta and anne koenen burg and the city assessor recorder. We were invited to participate as part of the chamber of commerces Leadership Program and gave a 15 minute overview of the departments achievements and challenges and then i have done this before. We spoke to leadership San Francisco which is comprised of 50 members from the community, for profit, nonprofit, governmental folks that are part of this 10, 11 month session. Theres monthly sessions over the course of ten, 11 months. I was a participate in 2003 so im an alum and acknowledge mark corso the director of finance and planning and he was in part two where the cfos put on an xaz of the members to talk about the challenges and the priorities and so forth in city budgeting so thank you for joining me on that. And then i closed out the afternoon with a planning meeting at the zoo for the december 3 event which will be able to provide more detail on next month once we talk to the committee tomorrow at the meeting. And then today i was really happy to start off it started off a wonderful day. I would like to acknowledge firefighter mary reidy and member of the Fire Service Women and a long standing employee group. I was a member of the original Steering Committee and next year will mark the 30th anniversary of women here in the Fire Department in San Francisco so they put out the call to have active, retired and civilian and uniformed women to do a historical photo and very pleased to say that there were at least 200 or so of us there this morning from nine to 10 30 a. M. And it was great running into some of the women that you know kind of paved the way and are no longer with the department, so we had a good turnout of women to that event, and photos will be made. It was perfect morning out at the field with the Golden Gate Bridge as a back drop so that was wonderful. And i would like to thank you them for that and mary reidy and finally president covington for your consideration. Someone that i worked with, not that i ever worked in the bureau of Fire Prevention but always had a smile on tis face and saw him four days a week when i headed up to my office. He was able to retire but spent 31 years with the department and retired just before passing away and that is fire inspector manuel mikaro and served the department with great pride and entered the department in 1985. He had an illness that he didnt have for very long. He died relatively soon after his diagnosis but i would like for you to consider adjourning in his honor and memory tonight and he has a service on friday which many of us will attend and my personal condolences to his coworkers and the bureau of Fire Prevention. He was a good man. That concludes my report. Thank you chief hayeswhite. Is there any members of the public that would like to comment on the chiefs report . Okay. Public comment is closed and i will go to the fellow commissioners starting with commissioner hardeman. [inaudible] [off mic] surprise. It was up there the whole time so i get to go first. Okay. I dont have anything earth shattering. Thank you for the detailed report chief. The fire boat was really a fun day and your staff did a fantastic job. The weather was great. I had a real personal interest there because in a way i was wondering if they were going to name the fire boat after Diane Feinstein but that didnt happen but she gave me the first payment in 1982 at the mayors Mayors Office of training and later appointed me human rights commissioner and i am grateful and friendly with her. It was wonderful she was the one that got to christian the ship. That was terrific. Staff the writing by senior chronicle staffer carl molte was fantastic and has a deep interest in maritime too and took the general obrian over to normandy for the anniversary i guess it was what the 50th anniversary and wrote articles every day in the chronicle so he knows his maritime and made that whole trip, and personally i would like to thank dennis kennedy. I dont know if we all received his email with all the 50 or more photos that he sent. That was quite nice of dennis. He did a great photo on that day. Chief commissioner nakajo that was a great lunch you had and it was nice the command staff and you know that the command staff is there on their own time, quite often at a lot of these events and they were at commissioner nakajos event and that really shows a lot of class so that so many people take their own times. I know chief williams was on vacation but she still showed up. Its very nice and you show the respect that the top people in the Fire Department give to each other. Its nice that you give that respect to the commissioners too. Oh then just the memorial up in sacramento. I have a meeting in sacramento friday so i will walk over and check that out. I usually like to walk over when i have meetings. I am in sacramento all the time and my grandson lives in sacramento but i always go to the Vietnam Memorial and i have to check out the names on the list. That was nice also for to you attend that and i know you couldnt attend everything. It was good for you to be there. As far as not closing the meeting but to recognize somebody who was really just a character and just a wonderful guy. Warner lieuin and very active in the Hotel Industry and head of the hilton hotel in San Francisco and just a great event. If you were at an event or function and he would get up to speak and tell jokes and the red shoes and a funny man. He would tell Great Stories so just acknowledging him, his passing. Wonderful guy, wonderful family. I know his daughter works in the Convention Visitor industry for the city and it was nice and thank you for your report chief. Thank you commissioner hardeman. Vice president cleaveland. Thank you madam president and thank you chief for your report. A couple of questions and then i will get into the accolades as well. On the budget the significant do you see any significant changes in the 1718 budget from this years budget . I mean do you see any major shifts of monies or anything of that nature . And the second part of that is when will we start the collaborative budgeting process where mr. Corso and yourself bring together a lot of people to talk about the budgeting process and the priorities . Sure. So for the changes you asked do i see the department or the city . This department. This department. I think we want to build upon your budget that we got this year that we received this year, and there was a whole host of priorities, some funded and some not so we want to revisit that priority list, perhaps add to it and move it around a little bit and thats the work of the budget committee. I would say we would reconvene probably at least once we get the budget instructions from the mayors Budget Office whether we have a meeting by the end of year or not i think we would send the budget information, what the financial picture looks like for the city to the budget committee, and then come together in the very early part of the new year. I think its good that you brought a collaboration together on the budgeting process the last couple of years and i would love to see that continue because Everyone Needs to have a little idea of what is in the budget for them and their station or their particular expertise, and assignments and so its good to have that collaboration, so i appreciate you doing that. Thanks. I agree. This will be year three. Yeah. You mentioned that youve got six final offers still outstanding for the upcoming class. How much time is it normally between notification of your end for the next h2 class and actually getting into that class . Whats the normal time because many have jobs. Correct. But that aside they have to quit and do something. Weve done a much better job in the last few years. When i was working as the director of training sometimes we gave less than a week and i dont think thats fair either and we endeavor to give at least two weeks notice. There are occasions in fact we have someone in the class right now and due to a candidate coming to the orientation and then withdrawing on the friday before the monday start we made a chief gonzales made a call to someone on a friday and said we have an open spot and can you join us on monday and he made three calls and two didnt pick up and one picked up and did well on short notice. Wow. But generally we like to give two weeks notice. I think that is notice to everyone in the room to answer the phone if you get a call from the Fire Department. Yes. I also wanted to klght you and olivia for for putting together the fire boat commissioning event and all the people involved in that. You did a terrific job. It was really a very nice event so we have the st. Francis is our new bier boat. Its state of the art and i think anyone who has seen it would be impressed by it, and if you go aboard it you will be more impressed because its really a state of the art wonderful addition to the protection of our city, so thank you for all the organization that you did and olivia for organizing the actual ceremony because i know thats no small task. I also wanted to commend commissioner nakajo. When i first came on the commission he was the president of the commission at that time and he took me under his wing and was a wonderful mender and has been a wonderful mentor to really hundreds and hundreds of people over the career, 40 plus years of building an organization in japantown. Comoachy has a Service Organization i mean he is really mr. Japantown as a consequence of many years of helping the community and building that community up and i wanted to personally congratulate him because his Lifetime Achievement is really what we should all aspire to. We want people to recognize us for the things that we have done for others and hes certainly that example. I would also like to thank you chief and to chief francisco for participate with the Building Owner association and the Emergency Preparedness seminar. Its important to make sure that people working in the High Rise Office buildings every day understand the emergency procedures and how and where to evacicate and what to do in certain circumstances and its a collaboration and not just fire but police, Emergency Management services. Its all kinds of things but when you have people, 2,000, 3,000 people in a building you have small cities within the city and its important that they understand their role in case of an emergency so thank you for participating with us every year and help educating our tenant base and property managers. And thats it. Thank you. Thank you Vice President cleaveland. Commissioner nakajo nakajo. Thank you very much madam president. First of all before i get into the one question i did want to comment on the fire boat ceremony as well. I wanted to echo the kinds of responses. What was really great built fire boat about the fire boat and senator feinstein was there and to chrisin the boat and have her participation and the narrative of the fire boat was really rich. The other part of it in the audience that day were a tremendous amount of former members of the department, and they were all officers at the time as well, so you could feel that kind of Historical Perspective within them. I wanted to also acknowledge all the hard work that went behind that. I had this time also i am moved that we had all of the commissioners and the chief and the command force at the counsel generals residents for the Foreign Ministers neighborhood commercial for myself. We japanese americans are. Very big on respect and when it comes to the presence of the department and Commission Level and mixed in with the community its a great honor and also counsel general ja mato representing the city and historically San Francisco is where they. Where they. They see it and for those at my luncheon and to be there on your own time as commissioner hardeman talked about and be in uniform its just a beautiful thing and members of the community have an opportunity to have interaction. Thank you very much for all of that as well. I also have just one question chief hayeswhite. When you were talking about the Strategic Plan does that Strategic Plan incorporate some of the remarks or recommendations or the summary of the grand jury report . So we since i have been chief we probably and since you have been a commissioner longer than i have been chief, we had a number of grand jury reports so i would say indirectly it addresses any of the sort of issues or challenges facing the department. Did you have a specific grand jury report in mind . Was it the most recent one on Fire Prevention . Yeah, my thought process was the most recent one. Okay. But part of that is also to Vice President cleavelands question and projections and futurism and i also look at the Strategic Plan. Correct me chief if i am wrong as a forecast blueprint of the city and the department integrated with the city and where we will be and i know as director corso puts it together there will be budget modifications with that as well as we grow. I call that projections and i am curious again i am glad were having the conversation because talking about this makes me reflect on what the grand jury report was which is nothing new to us and what were supposed to be doing and perspective from improvements and suggestions. The only suggestion new in there was interdepartmental relationship between this commission and the building inspector so i think were moving towards that but i think i answered my own question chief in some ways. I am beginning to understand that so i im going to check that. Other than that thank you chief for the comprehensive report. Thank you president. Thank you commissioner nakajo. And thank you for your report chief. I also wanted to say that you know the commissioners thoroughly enjoyed the two events that took place to heap honor and love on your head, and the luncheon was attended by probably around 300 people there. 450. Thats right. There was another room, the overflow room. Thats what happens when youre popular on campus. Just one under the occupancy. Yes, just one under the occupancy. I forgot about the over flow room and there were so many representatives from city and state government. It was very, very nice. Were very, very proud of him and it was also a very light hearted affair, a lot of joshing back and forth and teasing. We had a wonderful time. Congratulations again to you. So i had for the chief just to pick up on what it is that commissioner nakajo was saying regarding the Strategic Plan. Do we have a subcommittee for Succession Planning . Because that was one of the things we were dinged by the civil grand jury. I guess it was two years ago. Within the Strategic Plan do we have a subcommittee on that . Yes. I would like to defer to mr. Corso. Okay. If there has been any discussion at all about succession and planning for whenever the next chief comes. Good afternoon. Mark corso. That has been talked especially early on in the overall Strategic Planning committee. Its one of the items following the Strategic Plan is to develop a Succession Plan. Specific Committee Members so to speak have not been identified. That is a topic and identified as a need through the discussions and meetings of the Strategic Plan. I think once the Strategic Plan is finalized that is the next thats definitely on my radar, next coming up for development but individual members or subcommittee as part of the Strategic Planning committee those members have not been identified. All right. Would it be part of the plan that you submit to us . So Succession Plans is part of the Strategic Plan. The actual Succession Plan would be a separate document but the need for it has been identified in the Strategic Plan, and some of the kind of benefits and roles that plan would have been identified within the Strategic Plan itself, but i wouldnt say necessarily the Strategic Plan is a Succession Plan itself but it does incorporate the need for it, identifies the need for it and the subsession plan is developed separately. How long would that take. I dont know at this time. I believe we want to begin work on it beginning of the year and kind of develop that plan outside once the Strategic Plan is complete. Okay. I think its very important. I am glad that i posed the question because somehow in the back of my mind i assumed that the Strategic Plan that was being worked on also had a succession component, but now i understand it does not have. It does not. In general theres a number of other plans kind of off shooting from the Strategic Plan where were talking about departmental outreach plan, recruitment plan, those things and the needs for those and the functions are identified within the Strategic Plan but i believe the plans are separate from the actual plan itself. All right. Well, as part of the suck session plan you know the chief of the department is the only person in the city and county of San Francisco that has an official residence, and as you go forward with the Succession Plan i would like for you to include how were going to get the official residence up to snuff, up to code as it were, to make sure that everything goes smoothly. Our chief is you know one of the longest serving chiefs in the country, so we have to plan for the future. Absolutely. That can be incorporated as well for sure. Okay. Thank you mr. Corso. Did you want to speak now commissioner nakajo or complete my remarks . [inaudible] [off mic] well, if you pick up on that i would yield the floor. Thank you very much for yielding the floor. Director corso could i ask a question through the chief on the specifics. Does the Strategic Plan committee have a lifetime or is there a charge . I am just trying to figure out how much you were talking about the derivatives. How far does that committee go in terms of charge and completion through the chief . Sure. Thats been discussed at the meeting kind of once theres a plan in place what are the next steps and what do we do . So there have been various groups. I dont know if we discussed specifically the length of the Strategic Planning committee itself. I think we inenvisioning and updating the commission on the status updates, not necessarily completing a new plan every year, probably every few years, Something Like that, but as far as follow through and kind of progress that we have made towards the goals that is a regular reporting to the commission and part is stakeholders, shareholder in each specific discipline that is identified. That is part of the plan itself but those kind of work groups would be tasked with kind of execution of the projects and the proposals put forth in the plan as well as reporting and evaluating the progress of those. Okay. And i understand that and i want is the support the consent of the committees and subcommittees being alive and producing and contributing. Absolutely. So the model of the production is current up and to deet and the only question is you know theres some planning projections of years out of the Strategic Planning. Is there . Were looking at five years for the plan. Okay. Okay. Youre not looking beyond the five years, five plus five or five plus three or something. Were looking at things. Obviously theres a number of longer term projects. One of the popular ones and discussed here is the training facility. I think things like that are incorporated into the plan as far as the planning aspect of those projects, but obviously it doesnt look like theres a number of projects like that where the execution and completion of those projects would fall beyond that five year plan. Okay. Thank you. Thank you madam president. Thank you. Okay. I will complete my remarks and then i will see if my fellow commissioners want to add anything. Regarding the fire boat commissioning it was a wonderful day, a wonderful event. Extremely well planned and well attended, so thank you to everyone involved, particularly ms. Gattlynn. She did a fabulous job and i think it was noticed by everyone who attended. I want to say that if you missed the ceremony i ran into jack chan last week and turns out that you can watch it on sfgtv. You go to the mayors press events page and there it is from beginning to end, so it was very nice to be able to review that. This book, this Memorial Service book for the california Firefighters Memorial while my other commissioners were my fellow commissioners were speaking i was going through and just perusing the short biographies of the five men who were previously in our department, and this is a very, very serious Memorial Service. Four out of the five at the end of the paragraph about their lives and their service four out of the five died of a job related cancer. One out of the five passed away from a job related heart attack and i bring that up because it was shocking and moving to read this. This is the first time i have seen this book and i really want members of the public to understand what a serious profession firefighting is. Even if you retire there can be lingering health concerns, and i am glad to know that this california Firefighters Memorial exists. Unlike commissioner hardeman i dont have a son in sacramento but im going to make a special trip just to see this memorial so thank you for sharing this chief hayeswhite. Now, on another serious note next year is going to be the 30th year that women came into our department. One of the things that all of the commissioners, and i am sure command staff, are really proud of is the fact that we do have so many women in our department. The new york Fire Department has less than 1 of women in the department out of a force of over 10,000 firefighters. There are fewer than 50 women firefighters and i just happen to run across this quote some time ago. Its by brenda burkeman who is the woman who sued the department, the new york Fire Department so that women could join and she says prior to 1977 new york city had a quota for women firefighters. The quota was zero and for us here in San Francisco we have an entirely different attitude about peoples abilities and we do not feel theyre necessarily gender connected or related, so i just want to thank the members of the department for being san franciscans, and i will leave it at that. Okay. So i see that commissioner hardeman. Thank you madam chair. Real quick. I will be like 150yards away from the memorial on friday. Thats why its so easy and i dont have to drive. Thats why we will stop and see it. I didnt want to look like i didnt care about the japanese consulate party. I have been in that house so many the counsel generals residence many times and as a port commissioner we always celebrated the emperors Birthday Party and always invited. Japan has a wonderful relationship with the port of San Francisco and i am familiar and i didnt want to play it down and i am familiar so i didnt want to bring it up and wonderful to be there again and i am happy that everybody showed you so much respect commissioner. Thank you commissioner hardeman. Any other commissioners . Okay. Thank you. Chief williams can you come forward please and give us your Administration Report . Thank you president covington. Good evening president covington fellow members of the commission, chief, i am deputy chief of administration. This is my administrative report for october 2016. I will start with assignment office. The annual vacancy bid for suppression members should be released this week, and the results will be implemented midjanuary. The 2017 vacation selections for the station 49 members will occur soon after the vacancy bids, and expected is midnovember. The h30 eligible list was adopted this month and the promotion and assignment changes reflecting the h30 captains eligible list has come out this week, and were currently preparing for the live vacancy bid for the airport division. Under Homeland Security chief francisco continues to attend meetings and training exercises as well as disseminate Situational Awareness information regarding some of the various tactics and heightened threat reports against civilians and First Responders, and he continues to apprize the command staff of all real or potential terrorist activity. During this reporting period the chief planned, coordinated or participated in various events such as the fleet week operations which included various training events, demonstrations, and air shows to name a few. He also assisted in the coordination of the red bowl standing paddle board water race. It was from ocean beach to the st. Francis yacht club and he continues to meet with several vendors regarding the upgrade of the f doc. I always like to mention that i want to make this known every reporting that the department continues to stay ever vigilant and remind the public if you see something to say something. Its important to continue that reminder. Under the Investigative Services bureau the bureau continues to conduct candidate background checks. This will be an ongoing project in a good way. For the upcoming academies. In addition they continue to conduct random postings and fire boat drug and alcohol testing. At this reporting period all results have been negative. Under the departments decision they continued to administer candidate promotional and probationary physicals for the department as well as return to work, and work related injury exams. The office has reported 33 work related injuries for this reporting period, the month of september, up from 28 the previous month. Under support services as mofts of you know the construction of pump station one, fire headquarters is moving along and almost complete. They have removed the temporary walls and its estimated to be completed by the end of this month which is next week. All other projects continue to move forward and on track. As mentioned previously station 16 members have moved out of their quarters. Engine 16 moved to station 51 and truck 61 moved to station ten. As mentioned pleefsly station five renovation has been pushed back to spring of 2017 due to renegotiating the contracts between the general manager, general contractor and the subcontractor. Were continuing to work closely with the port on pier 26 for relocating the fire boats during the construction of station 35 and the project should be complete by the end of november. During this reporting period 123 requests for services were received and processed. And as mentioned the new fire boat st. Francis has been delivered. All equipment is on order. They have equip today for the most part. Theres a few pieces of equipment that are coming shortly. And under Fleet Management nine ambulances have been ordered two have been delivered and outfitted at the radio shop and we should receive four more by the end of november. Eight engines have been ordered. The specks have been completed, and the contract was awarded to ferrara so four will be delivered within a year and four a couple of months later. We have received two rescue squads and theyre currently being outfitd and should be in the field in the next couple of weeks. Two aerial trucks have been ordered. Theyre still working on the specks and once finalized approved they will go out to bid. And lastly we still awaiting the a arrive of [inaudible] so we can go into service. Under division of training. Under ems during this reporting period we suspended active Shooter Training and will resume at a later date and during this time the ems staff is conducting required paramedic and emt training as well as preparing for the upcoming academies. The h3 level two bump up academy which is from emt to paramedic is scheduled to start november 7 and the 121st academy is scheduled to start three weeks later on november 28 with the two weeks of ems training for the 42 firefighter h 2. S. The h3 level one emt academy is scheduled to start midjanuary. And under fire reserves members continue to assist at various events during this reporting period as well as continue their weekly training at the division of training. Under in service i am happy to report that the construction for the transit training prop is complete. It includes props for muni and bart which has been graciously donated and it is anticipated that this specialized training will be given in the spring of 2017. The staff continues to assist with the truck Operations Training to all members in the field. Under nert as was mentioned they held their citywide drill on saturday october 15. Myself as well as chief francisco attended the drill and successful and well attended. Nert continues to attend the [inaudible] coordinator to attend various meetings, conduct outreach presentations and provide valuable neighborhood and advanced training throughout the city. And lastly under recruit training this week monday october 24 we began a Company Based training of fire ground operations with a live burn training. This entails the operation or the participation of three engines, two Truck Company one battalion chief per day. As the chief mentioned the eight per diem academy completed the two weeks of classroom training and currently receiving the 68 week field preceptor evaluations. This is week 19 of the 20 week recruit academy for the 120th recruit academy and we have 51 recruits scheduled to graduate next friday november 4 at usf. And that concludes my report. I am happy to answer any questions. Thank you chief williams. Is there any member of the public that would like to comment on the report from administration . Okay. Seeing none. Public comment is now closed. And i see that chief hayeswhite has something to add. Thank you president covington. It wasnt part of my report so i wanted to be mindful of that but i think it is directly related to the administrative report. I wanted to inform you i was proud to able to appoint conditionally promote eight captains and nine so eight captains h30 rank and nine rescue captains, the h30 rank within the last few days and addition eight acting captains and that is utilizing the recently related the recently adopted captains list and while i am indicating that theres a lot of behind the scenes work that needs to happen including physicals that need to take place, medical examinations and the diligent work day to day with all they have to deal with and a department this size and its really an under sized area and Human Resources. [inaudible] showing a lot of the paperwork. I have to sign a lot of documents but they have to process them all so its appreciated and that goes for all of the new recruits as well, so i wanted to pay tribute to our Human Resources but a lot of happy people, a lot of happy families with the promotions and pleased to do so. Thank you chief hayeswhite. Commissioner cleaveland. Thank you madam president and thank you chief williams for your very comprehensive report as always. Its much appreciated. A couple of questions. I was concerned when you said we had 33 work related injuries last month and i am wondering if you could elaborate on that . Were they a consequence of responding to an incident or during training and just what types of injuries are they . And what type of what length of whats the average time off from work in terms of recovering from these injuries . So just wondered a little bit if you could elaborate about the work related injuries and the causes behind that perhaps and just when they happen . Are they happening on you know incidents, fires, or responding to a medical emergency . Just when do they happen . Well, i dont have the specifics of when. I do have the actual description of some of the injuries and fortunately most are minor if you use know elbow or arm or maybe a little rash kind of exposure type of thing. Maybe only a few are a little bit serious in nature. If i could just add to that . Just from some of the things that cross my desk so they run the gamut. Theyre reports from the departments physician. It would be as simple as a cut finger that might happen in the kitchen to for instance we had four injuries i believe four injuries at a fire this week and three were treated and released on scene and one was transported to the hospital so they run the gamut from not loss of work time to loss work time. The departments physician has a whole host of statistics in terms of average time off the job but we categorize even the smallest of injury as an injury but some are serious and various body parts, back, knee, shoulder given the physical nature of the job. Okay. Do we regularly train our retrain our firefighters on how to prevent work related injuries . Yes. On a monthly basis we have a mandatory drill. Its our ii pp which we look at different hazards throughout the station and different safety procedures to follow as far as preventing injuries and we always say lift with your legs, not your back and Different Things like that. Good. Good. Its human nature. Most of the accidents happen just because they happen like that and you dont know why. They do. Unless youre responding to a fire and have inhilliation problems or something of that nature. Talking about the h8. Whats the training period for them . How long is the training period . Its two weeks of classroom training and depending on the schedule could be six to eight weeks for evaluation. So two weeks in classroom and six to eight weeks in the field . Yes. Got it. Thanks very much. Thank you. Thank you mr. Vice president. Commissioner nakajo. Thank you madam president. Thank you chief williams for your report. I wanted to give a little clarification. You were talking about the rescue squad and was that in reference that youre building or taking applications for the rescue squad . What was that reference about . I believe i was talking about the two rescue squad apparatus that we received recently that were outfitting. And thats going to be assigned to our current rescue squad thases we have operating . Yes. Okay. Maybe at some point we could get a description of what the rescue squad does. I know theyre active. Every time theres a nice day in San Francisco theres a rescue at ocean beach for some reason and i have witnessed them as well and i will put that reference out in terms of that. And always the new fire boat. Is it active right now or birthed at the pier . Its currently at station 35 and ready to respond. Okay. I also wanted to ask chief hayeswhite since youre announcing the captain promotions you. You periodically have promotion ceremonies. Are you planning it in the future for the captain levels because there are quite a bit of members that got promotions . It is. I believe we endeavor to have a ceremony every other year and certainly these 17 hopefully permanent after they go through the conditional process that will be incorporated into that ceremony. Okay. I just wanted to mark that as well and 17 promotions to a captain rank thats great. Thats a significant accomplishment and for years and years in our department we talked about that kind of opportunity of becoming an officer. Thats all i have. Thank you very much chief williams and madam president. Thank you commissioner nakajo. Commissioner hardeman. Thank you again madam chair. On the h8s i dont know if this would be you, chief williams, or the chief. The compensation is there any type of compensation that the h8 receive while theyre in this time in training . Yes. Theyre paid during the training. Oh good. Because for some reason i dont know if that was ever brought up during the meeting. I dont think i ever thought of it until now when i saw how long it was. Theres discussion of possibly a larger fire boat at the airport and rubber raft and the boat down there now doesnt hold that many. Is that something that would come through the commission or just part of the airport . I think it would be in conjunction it would be paid by by the airport if its an airport asset and recommendation of the assistant chief making a recommendation to the deputy chief and myself. I think we would bring it to you for your support so we are then able to let the Airport Administration and commission know that collectively we see a need. Because i think its a great idea. Few firefighters have mentioned to me that it has been talked about and i know its up to staff to bring it forward at some point. I dont know if they would bring it to the airport first and then here but i think that would be great, a larger boat. If there was something needed to rescue more passengers and not much there and Shallow Water and you need a special flat bottom boat. Lets see i have another oh i know what i wanted to bring up. You talked about the injuries that happened and hope most are insignificant and i am hawking how wonderful the talking how wonderful the firefighters do and describing the wonderful things they do and bringing up the officers in command at a two or three alarm fire and from a daytoday basis i think we forget to thank the people we dont hear about because theyre in the streets responding to hundreds of some days hundreds of life saving medical emergencies that slip on by and doo the job every day, deal with suffering quite a bit and a lot of seniors and elders in San Francisco and theyre not thanked. Occasionary some speck tactical thing will happen and we dont want to not acknowledge the others that are responding to others beyond fires and we always mention firefighter but most of the time theyre out there responding to other emergencies so just a of the hat to all the firefighters out there and emts and paramedics doing their job. Thank you. Thank you commissioner. Thank you commissioner hardeman. Any last comments chief williams . Yes, i just wanted to address commissioner nakajos ininquiry as far as the rescue squad. We have two in the city and one on station seven and one at station one at folsom street between fifth and sixth and these are both highly specialized apparatus. They respond to every full box report of working fire and the members that are assigned to these squads they receive extra training in addition to what is required as a firefighter. Theyre hazard douse materials specialists and other specialists and angle rescues. They do a lot of training for their specialized skill. They go in the situations where most firefighters are not trained for and they each cover half of the city so you may see them traveling all throughout and why are so far away from their station but theyre actually covering that district so its actually appropriate. Commissioner nakajo. Madam at thank you. Chief williams thank you. How many members are part of this rescue squad that we have . And are we currently filled to capacity within that need . And do you periodically recruit for positions in that . Well currently assigned to each one is one officer and three firefighters. I believe if not all the spots have been filled at each location. Members who want to apply for that position would have to meet all the specialized training required before they could apply for that on a vacancy bid. Okay. Thank you very much chief williams, madam president. Thank you. Madam secretary. Item 5 review of the harassment prevention policy. Discussion and review of the harassment prevention policy. Thank you madam secretary. Is there any public on this item . All right. At the request of ms. [inaudible] who is the head of hr for the department this item is going to be continued and moved to the november 9 meeting. Commissioner nakajo did you have a question . Okay. No Public Comment. Public comment is hereby closed. Commissioner nakajo. Yes. Noted and accepted. You said Commission Meeting of november 9 . Yes. I just wanted to share with my fellow commissioners we were required again to take the most recent completion of preventing work place harassment and just want you to know that i did it, two and a half hours. [laughter] same as me. Yeah, and theres a test afterwards. Its a no joke harassment training and so commissioner Vice President cleaveland i know we talked about this in the agenda item and i will look forward to the Department Presentation that will be given but Serious Business commissioners and colleagues and i am glad that i completed it and more than that i am glad that i passed. Thank you. [laughter] commissioner nakajo your passing was never in doubt and you cant do it faster than two and a half hours and they will say notice, no, youre going too fast. You need to slow down. All right. Commissioner hardeman. Yes madam chair just wanted to bring up something that was distributed to a press release on the San Francisco Fire Department Public Information office so youre familiar with this and great describes the event of the christianing of the new fire boat and there is spectacular detailed report about fire boat three and about the crew, the maximum speed, and the pumping capacity, rekt, et cetera and in the last prar it says where paragraph they talked about however the phoenix and guardian are 62 and 65 years old and great because of the work of the engineers and pilots and firefighters that maintain them. And the addition of fire boat three is needed and serve the citizens in the city in the upcoming decades but the point is theres 62 and 65 years old. So the person wasnt complaining but identifying that the so when we get the new agendas and we have some time in the future might be something to bring up. I had two people over the weekend mention to me wow it was great. You got firefighter boat. Thats two in six years. People think we got 16 years ago when the first one was ordered and then following up that no, that didnt happen. I want you to know. This is the boat. It took that long to get through, so its interesting how the public thought it was a good idea. Two people i know thought we got the second new fire boat and anyway thats just for comment. Thank you. Okay. Thank you commissioner hardeman. Madam secretary please call the next item. Item 6 update on the 150th anniversary Film Festival. Update from president covington on the 150th anniversary Film Festival scheduled for november 5th and 6th 2016 at the San Francisco main library. Okay. Thank you very much. My fellow commissioners i had this put on the agenda because we wont have another meeting within now and the time of the festival. The festival planning is going extremely well. We have live presence on the web now and i ask mr. Hastings [inaudible] to come today and go over how people can find out entirely what the offerings are, what movies are and documentaries are going to be screened as well as getting a ticket for the event, so mr. Mora. President covington. Okay. Before you speak [inaudible] [off mic] chief hayeswhite has a comment. Thank you very much president covington. While mr. A is setting up i wanted to acknowledge for your efforts and support all throughout the 150th year and before that for being actively involved in the committee, and for planning this festival, and i would also like to acknowledge because he doesnt come often to fire Commission Meetings. I appreciate mr. Mora for being here. I would like to take small credit for the employment with the San Francisco Fire Department. I had the opportunity to meet him and we consolidated the 911 centers and on contract for the city and from day one i thought he was an amazing person and i helped to encourage the chief to interview him and over saw the slot for technology in our department and i know commissioner nakajo it was about that time you joined the commission from our departments perspective we were very under resourced, still are in terms of technology, but also were using manual typewriters at the time so jesus we convinced him to come on board and work for us and hes a wonderful person to work with, but very under stated, very bright person, and throughout the city he has made a huge difference in how our technology is perceived and sits in on meetings and i would like to say thank you because he works very long hours and really he doesnt wear a uniform but one of the Unsung Heroes in the department so thank you to jesus. [applause] you are much appreciated. Can we go to the computer please . There you go. Okay. So its very simple. Can you hold the mic up a little bit . So going back to sffd website and go to events and from events you will see the sffd Film Festival and this will bring you to the page where you can look at a brief description of the festival and then from there you can see you can open a calendar that has all the different events for the two days, and at the same time you can click on any other programs. There are five programs, and that will bring you to the event page where you can simply click register and get your tickets. Very good. Thank you. I wanted to also encourage people to get their tickets. That way we have a more accurate count of how many people are likely to come. I want to say just to give some more Background Information on saturday november 5 there will be a number of shorts that are shown including documentaries from 1896 to the present. There is excuse me. Really thorough look and conversation look at and conversation about Emergency Medical Services in the San Francisco Fire Department. There will be a screening of a documentary and then there will be a Panel Discussion and q and a, and the panel list will be dr. Clement ye, ems captain simon and the panel is moderate the by assistant deputy chief jeff myers and the Program Number two we have womens Fire Fire Service documentary, very short from 1942, and a salute to our nert teams and then there is a documentary entitled taking the heat which is about the addition of women in the new york Fire Department. We also have a tribute to africanamerican firefighters and a wonderful documentary that i think many people in the department have seen called into the fire. Its from 2006 and it is really quite an overview and wonderful representation of the life of firefighters, both in cities, small towns, woodland fires. Its a very, very good documentary and multiple Award Winning film, and the saturday offerings are topped off by the towering inferno which will be screened at 3 00 oclock in the afternoon at the main. The festival continues on sunday, november 6. The main opens at noon but people with tickets will be allowed in at 1130, and we have case study regarding the fifth alarm. That is the mission bay fire of march 2015, and that is going to be followed by a Panel Discussion and question and answer session and the panel list are deputy chief mark gonzales, assistant deputy chief and fire Marshal Daniel cosoaso, battalion chief rich mcgee and lieutenant steven mcguire. The panel will be moderated by chief hayeswhite and then we have in the afternoon, later in the afternoon, a screening of ladder 49 which is the John Travolta and and ja kin phoenix movie and we have a film for the little ones and in the latino historic room and the other offerings are shown in the coret auditorium so the Children Program is Program Number 5. And at noon we are screening the chuckin ton that prol rescue and at 130 playing fire and rescue from 2014, so its an blend of movies and shorts and i encourage everyone to come out and take part in the festivities. So anything you would like to add mr. Mora . No. It should be really simple to get the tickets and then we can register everybody when they get to the library. Okay. Thank you and so this is the website. Www. Sffd150. Org. Okay. Thank you again mr. Mora for all of your creativity and hard work. Youre welcome. Thank you very much for your comments. Thank you. Is there any Public Comment on this event for the 150th . Seeing none. Public comment is now closed. Commissioner nakajo. Madam president i always want to join chief hayeswhite in acknowledging mr. Mora for all of your work and expertise. Its really, really appreciated. I just thought theres Nothing Better than to have the president of the Fire Commission narrate the whole program and she knows it well because she is the main person with the energy and the creativity that put this all together. I just thought it was really cool that you were starring the materials so the rest of the audience could see that as well. President covington is really, really delightful that you give so much. This 150th year is so special. Weve done so many activities throughout the year, the parade and such and other activities and then to go into the holidays and to have this Film Festival at the library with all of your work that youve done. Im a Committee Member that almost did nothing but show up and the president had reames and reams of films that she reviewed as well to put this program together. That is perfect in nature. Both the saturday program in terms of the panel and the sunday program and particularly for children. Its free. Get the tickets as you say but i think its a real Good Opportunity for all of us to invite the family members and kids to come out and be part of the San Francisco Fire Department. Thank you very much president covington. Thank you. Mr. Mora thank you. Thank you. I forgot to mention that for the Childrens Program there is the wonderful helmets and [laughter] and snacks and lets see. What else do we have . We have stickers. [inaudible] [off mic] and coloring books. Thank you. All right. Next item please. Item 7 agenda for next fire Commission Meeting on november 9, 2016. Is there any members of the public that would like to suggest some items for the agenda for november 9 . Public comment is closed. Madam secretary we already have the review of the harassment prevention policy for the ninth . Yes. Thank you. And commissioner hardeman did you want to suggest an item regarding the aging fleet . Madam chair, yes. Seeing when i first came on the commission the fire boat was just right around the corner and it took six years that we might want to with the guidance of the chief and her staff look at scheduling an agenda item in the future in a meeting that might not be too crowded and put it on the agenda. I dont think its something that has to happen next month but i think its something that we all realize that at some point maybe the other two fire boats are in their 70s and their 80s and eventually how long can they last . They do remarkable job. Staff of the Fire Department keeping them together but only go so long i think. Okay. Duly noted. Madam secretary are there any other outstanding topics or items . Yes, the controlled substance policy update. Yes. Thank you. I think it would be a good time to review that policy, so i would add it to the november 9 agenda. And Vice President cleaveland. Just a couple of things madam president. Thank you. I wonder if we need to have a little discussion on the h23 progress if there is any kind of update available that we can talk about at this point . And i also wondered if we are going to have a conversation about the joint building inspection commission, fire Commission Meeting and when were going to do that . Im not sure if that is something we need to do outside of a Commission Meeting, but we need to talk about how we want to do it and when we want to do it so i would like to put that on the agenda at least for conversation. Are your comments in regards to the joint task force . Yes. Okay. Great. All right. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Any other suggestions . Okay. Well, i think we have a good number of items to discuss. All right. Anything from you chief . Okay. Well, i would like to adjourn tonights meeting in honor of two of the members of our department who have passed away. Fire safety inspector manuel pigaros passed away on october 19 at his home surrounded by loved once after a hard fought battle of lung cancer. He served with dedication and distinction in the bureau of Fire Prevention for over 31 years. And also we want to remember the passing of retired assistant chief ray landy. He passed away on october 11, 2016. He retired from the department on september 16, 1989 with over 35 years of service, so i adjourn this meeting in honor of these two members. [gavel] thank you. clapping celebrating the wow. Turnout this is our third annual to celebrate pride we notice we didnt have Community Event for pride. We actual had 19 we had godzilla and are you ball weird names i think its unique were able to have special event were all women that relax and have fun you know everything is friendly and kind were all equal im happy that good afternoon. Welcome to the a special meeting of the government audit oversight for today wednesday, october 265, 2016, im the brunt chair aaron peskin joined by board president london breed our clerk clerk erica major madam clerk, any announcements . Yes. Documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the please read the brunt first item. May we make a motion. Id like to make a motion to excuse vice chair supervisor norman yee can we take that without objection . That will be the order. And madam clerk the first item on a resolution urging the employee richard to hold a public hearing and issue a report thank you. The sponsor of that report has asked that we we mr. Unexcuse supervisor yee he showed up and supervisor yee we called item fundi have been informed this to the to postponed without objection. Supervisor yee is excused any any Public Comment on item one without objection well continue that item through the chair. Madam clerk the brunt final item. The oversight processes for the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco and its board of trustees thank you, ms. Major colleagues as you recall on september 1st, we held a hearing looking at the governor structure and oversight of the city funding processes with regards to our cherished Fine Arts Museum and timed to continue that our new director of Fine Arts Museum couldnt be with us i wanted the brunt opportunity for us to meet him in public as a stewards that institution forwarded and followup on a few items the original impetus for the brunt hearing came around resolutions having to do with things in the newspaper but an opportunity for us as a board of supervisors to reengage with the Fine Arts Museum which is an asset of the brunt people of San Francisco and has a very interesting governance structure whereas, the gentleman is familiar although apparently seen other structures in piss past we have a city does in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco a nonprofit side in cofamily the 5013 nonprofit orientation all over the place a third organization a foundation for the brunt museum and some of those city puts in approximately 18 million at the last meeting believe that is incorrect 19. 2 in the current fiscal year about 25 percent we believe approximately of the brunt annual operating budget of the two museums known as the legion of honor and the young museum so i wanted the an opportunity to talk about some of the things we might be able to improve over time particular as transparency there are certain things that are transparent to the public and to the Decision Makers like ourselves and heretofore are not taint with that, i want to give the brunt gentleman an opportunity to speak to us and for us to get to know him and to followup on our last hearing we raised a number of issues if there are no questions im going to turn it over to mr. Hotline and welcome were delighted that youve joined us you have a long history in stewardship museums around the brunt global with that, please come on up. Well, thank you very much supervisor peskin and supervisor president breed and supervisor yee im here able to lay out some thoughts but i guess those structures and outcomes about the organization of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and respond probably to some of the questions that have been raised at the first meeting and those are kind of at a briefly to prepare for to hearing pr ive prepared a presentation that covers this and tends ill show pictures it is nice to show you some things to kind of yeah. Oh, i can see that thanks. Okay. All right. Okay so. Good. Just quickly as a general remark i as it supervisor peskin mentioned alluded to identify been running museums no frankford in the last few years ago ive got experienced 40 in running different kinds of institutions one was a private institution private foundation no germany and this was a limited Liability Company but as one that run as a Nonprofit Institution i have a fair amount of experience with those institutions in fact, quickly address kind of a general thoughtful the brunt Fine Arts Museums i think what youll see in the next couple of years more emphasis on the identities and the brunt beyond especially at the legion of honor nothing really bringing in more to the attention of a broader audience and a bigger role internationally as well being really one of the defining institutions for the brunt city and i think i can see this as a someone coming from germany or as a European Focus on San Francisco and some of it it obviously building on the whole development of the Tech Industry and other sectors i think the brunt culture history of San Francisco is extremely important to understand what this city it is something that brings me here and be able to participate in this environment i know you dont want to hear about great plans arrest advisements about the brunt museums but hear a little bit more about the brunt details and data about this institution so i kind of threw sorry so the second slide shows you one the challenges of this institution and basically makes a difference ill say if you accountability compatible institutions or participating institutions in the u. S. You compare the brunt finances of San Francisco so new york or the museum of fine arts in boston or if you look at philadelphia or cleveland you have a steady small endowment you see this as a red triangle basically about 3 percent of our total operating budget is covered by endowment that basic means the brunt other areas of income to balance the budget on the wooden revenue part in the Blue Triangle which is our income and other aspects like membership you, of course, go have the very important support participation from the brunt city which covers 27 percent of our total costs that is being invested in the city in security and maintenance of the building but then a fairly large portion with the green sector of contributions that is the major nominations support for the exhibit shuns and the General Organization and to one of the tasks ill say of every director especially right now for me is to be able to enlarge that particular sector that means we need to portray an institution that is organization alley sound and transparent and really taken care of of funds in essence in a prudent way that is part of story of that institution and on the other hand, i want to make sure when we move forward that ill see with the public eye and the preservation about the brunt museum the art and education that is bringing about so i think that is a core element of that if you look at what the Cultural Assets it depends on how you define that but the brunt core part would define that the context thee were called a Nonprofit Organization is the brunt Permanent Collection ill talk about that in a minute that has to do with with the brunt city and the core part of it the exhibitions we bring about but, of course, the two buildings that we maintain that are landmarks building and profit savings accounts and the brunt whole program in the area of education, scholarship and outreach so talking about the entire layout of the the spaces the legion of honor has in total 4 hundred and 10 thousand square feet if i look at how much Square Footage is dloftd to excellenttion space noted about only one quarter of our total Square Footage is for exhibition the brunt rest is actually Storage Space where we must maintain and keep our collection of art bring in artwork conserve them and treat them conservatism space in that context the total number of objects in our collection and i mean that total number we have a total nuke but sometimes difference on how you calculate i dont know if you have a whole set of prints or 10 but in total we know we have numbered one and 26 thousand plus objects those kind of if you spread them out to the departments as you can see beyond thirty thousand objects in the legion about one and almost like 90 thousand that basically has to do with with the brunt large prints and drawings collection as the brunt legion of honor but this is a fairly large and complex and diverse collection other thing i need to make you aware of a different to what you have a painting gallery or even if you have a museum of contemporary art were keepers of costumes and at that point tries, objects, of different kinds, furniture and painting and drawing, etc. To keep and maintain those objects we need skills and also needs different storage amenity and temperatures to keep them photography at different temperatures it is a way to maintaining the culture archive of the achievement of humankind we display our special exhibitions and definitely only one thousand person of the collection is on display but a collection it all about being the brunt keeper even if cultural artifacts or of artwork that used for different exhibitions one the bay area we have those objects and wanted to do something and lends them to them but we do about 20 major art exhibitions a year at the legion of honor a lot of time are based on a core on the collection and moving forward in our program is to concept lists we really want to show the brunt strongholds of the institution and boys and girls club build on that ambitious but internationally Exhibition Program right now at the legion of honor very a celebrated show on 7 century french painting and recorded on that we hope youll have the possibility to visit it in the next couple of months one of the contemporary american artists of his generation and then benny the photographer for which will get his largesca largescale retrospective of his art i know you dont have time but see how far ahead were planning our Exhibition Program is quickly stitched together no, but requires planning and budgeting three to four years ahead so im just giving you a quick synopsis of the exhibitions of the legion of honor and early shawn and other sculpts turns and work from our collection of art 1906 and then f d young will open in april of next year a picture on the brunt sum of life on the history of the city during that particular time then smog really different happening at the same time in other galleries about the brunt marilyn projects from new zealand and from many mexican considerations is here then a show on precision our development of the 1920s ones last name the different and challenging evolution showing african objects again another show in africa and another show of missouonet the building i challenge for upkeep it is important for you to know because the buildings have owned by the brunt city so and this city money and locations help us to maintain those buildings to improve them to the way to preserve the collection within those institutions so we have done a different kind of arrest chief and work to give you as you may know any of those houses about all sorts of the brunt necessities to maintain the brunt buildings and someones o sometimes the brunt projects we have may is here we have a real issue right now because our whole system broken down and it is something that is challenging we dont have temperature control that is a risk to very valuable work we need the brunt citys report to replace the brunt exchange of honor but then, of course, the brunt notion of the museum is not solely a reapostrophe for artwork but all about outreach and education it is about coming together it is a community not sole a place to visit but a place that radiates and takes on tasks in schools it is about cultural and education of a different kind for example, the internet especially for Old School Well be completely prepared to concerts and performances of different kinds that kind of speak to different audience but then i think one of the question is supervisor peskin has raised is how do we do as a administrators and make sure that city assets are properly kept in this institution now i have to say this is one part i really feel confident the my name is performing at perfect amongst its peers and one of the proof of that is what we call the the American Association of basically like a selfimposed audit to the American Association of museum comes from time to time and basically checks how we keep and what our procedure that is the brunt same way that is Industry Standard we have evaluations continually amongst ourselves among the brunt museums to be on par with what is happening and theres a whole series of other elements that reilly make sure that the assets a properly managed and give you a quick overview the brunt departments taking care of different areas a quick synopsis and the staffing for the brunt staff theyre not solely there to produce exhibitions but really keepers of the collection keepers in this case of the city assets and here images of our conservatism department that certainly one in the brunt best in the country and wellequipped and show you some examples of kind of how we can keep and treat the artworks i have to say in my quick overview of the one and 26 objects in the collection almost everything the brunt city owns is a couple of arts within the foundation it is really one of the smallest seethsd so here youll see the brunt work in the conservatism labs and thats what ive spoke about beforehand different storage areas have different kind of efforts of maintaining this work so and here you see the brunt complexity of the documenting of artwork and basically a question of storage from puck you transport it to a special area then photograph it and dig its it and bring it back weve done that for 80 percent of our total collection that is fairly good the collection management again one and 26 thousand objects we get z hundred to one thousand loans has to do with with the brunt restaurant and Exhibition Program by one. 5 million visitors a year that requires a loan process and sending loans out to other major institutions about one hundred loans go out between one and one and 50 the ambassadors the strong collection here collections to have the Fine Art Museums a strong symbol in paris from us at the major shows i can only encourage the brunt city of San Francisco and its representatives to make use of that and i will be pleased and ive done it in frankford i know that sometimes the negotiations between the brunt city and other city about becoming sibling cities we can move that platform were representing the brunt cultural power within the this institution and within the city in general so the overview of the collection management and the acquisitions of bringing negative impact new work to the majority of the nations is financial but the parts though the money that is funded to the museum is only being used for other artworks coming in not other operational needs storage and lending and borrowing ive talked about the brunt transport and this is the transfer of the objects over the challenge with any institution youll find insurance kind of through the brunt city right now covers a kind of damages i dont know what the proper english word but 200 million so dont. Dont we have a lords of london policy on top of that. Insurance that covers busy our institutions bus the brunt Asian Art Museum and one more institution. But kind of i think. The in memoriam. Yes. Exactly but that is something that we might have to evaluate from time to time total expenses just again get an idea about it you kind of allocate how much staff time and you spend about 3. 3 million a year just for collection care. So whats really important for us on the other hand, prove that the brunt museum that very well respected and monitored by the brunt Government Agencies is near received 3 indemnity programs for the brunt last major check and balancetion through the u. S. Government indemnity this is basically, if i look at the brunt total insurance value it is over 2 billion a major figure and major help for kind of operating budget. Now acquisitions that is the commodity how much into the brunt collection and finally into the city holding and what is that follows the brunt American Association of Museum Guidelines it functions as a commodity so it is recommends gifts and that is prepared, of course, with the brunt different total departments within the institution. And director is that a committee of the board of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco or the corporation. It is a Foundation Board so and it is comprised of the scholars and other members of the transition of the comedy. I believe it was spoken to on the first hearing. Quicken acquisitions weve done our 200 and 70 in the fiscal year but almost one thousand nine hundred workers depended upon in the at the same time an idea of the donations. I will say one of the challenges as a lot of institutions is we have, of course, the brunt Collections Management Software and that is something that is developed over the course of years and given the brunt whole development of Software Area in general and the magnitude of our digital files the objects in particular this is a strong need for us to improve that particular software i mean, thats working and sound but that will require a significant amount of investment to kind of come to the next level of collection Management Software so i think that is kind of what was a broad overview of the assets and supervisor peskin kind of mentioned that very complex set of our structure of sorry different entities i shouldnt repeat this this is part of last time im happy to do it once again but dont want to waste our time director lounge how long have you been at the position. I started in early june. A few months in terms of 3 governing bodies the public one a function of the at the charter in article 5 and the foundation and then the nonprofit board cofamily how do you find them working together. And i guess technically which one you worked for 2 of them or how does that work. I worked for all of them director of the museums and in and a City Employee as well i think after having the brunt chance for the brunt last 4 months to be involved with the two board meetings i can see kind of a very good understanding how the brunt different boards can work and Work Together but i have to say, of course, it is a complex structure more complex structure than a foundation this is similar to the Asian Art Museum but i think for the brunt different Board Members it is very clear we what the brunt responsibilities are and what the responsibility is for the respected boards. So you have basically 3 classes of employees people like yourself that is paid by the city and people paid solely by the city and totally by family. I have a slide so heres the staff breakdown so you have the cofamily staff that is the brunt staff that and total cofam staff is 16 and this is the regular one and 86 unionize and on calls that is store clerks and people that used for in high peak season and then city staff that is staff working in security and other capacities. Supervisor yee. Thanks for trying to explain that my question when you were hired who hired. I mean who do you report to. Is that like a bunch of people that cast a vote thats how they make a decision to hire you. In the process that i assume has taken place and saw happening the boards amongst themselves search for a committee for the brunt right director when i got hired i basically, had a hearing and had this discussions with the brunt Search Committee that was comprised of Board Members and i was then hired by the brunt board being represented at a point by the board of trustees. And is that the Fine Arts Museum board or the brunt cofam board. Both. Kind of in that sense it is both because you work as a kind of a City Employee with but someone that is kind of worked with the cofam its an institution as an employer but the foundation. And there are how many overlapping employees are paid both by cofam and Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. Well, if you see that there are not an overlap the City Employees among the brunt 200 and 5 City Employees the frontline staff some management staff the director of museum, the brunt director of Human Resources and security building and maintenance the brunt chief preparer and two curators are the employees but gather the stipend of the program. I get it. The one thing maybe a representative from the brunt Controllers Office well clear up ive been informed that we have far less fulltime equivalent from the brunt city and county my numbers are one and 25 thats because our on calls are fractional. Thats true what we call positions uhhuh. Theyre not necessarily built. With the brunt city they should be filled and maybe now a vacancy well bidding right now trying to reevaluate. So the brunt total youre saying a total of 5 hundred and 20 total employees. Right uhhuh. Got it. So youll fall under other 6 employees. Correct. And relative to how those boards are selected and how session within the brunt Board Membership how does that work the boards are kind of you have a thats been kind of again something that kind of has before reviewed and kind of ill say kind of improve there is a but has a nominating committee taking charge of suggesting new Board Members that are asking the brunt Board Members to stay on the board and be therapists kind of a structure of a duration of candidates that can be renewed and serve on the board. There are no term limits. Thats the term limit a year but you can get ask gunning again to kind of serve on the brunt board for another term you mean that is something that right now is being worked and what is the brunt best proper subsequence that applies to all people on the brunt board. As an Industry Standard relative to governance is there a best practice that is an appropriate term. I have to confess on this front i assume im not the brunt absolute specialists on the boards governance i think that is something you have certain institutions i know that i guess you if you look at the brunt modern art in new york and on the board member for the brunt last decades and has been very beneficial for the institution i guess every board kind of comes to a particular conclusion but there is a proper Board Structure for every specific institution how you look at that yeah, and and relative to transparency and the ability to see for the brunt public to see the Decision Makers to see what the individuals out of the three hundred and 16 make is that pubically available im talking about salaries is that only available for those on the city does. The city does, of course, is yeah no, thats for the brunt side that is not public informati information. Thank you. Supervisor yee. Im still cant get a handle on you can have different entities influencing an organization and certainly you can have not advisories and friends to bring in money thats why i asked the brunt question for the hiring and firing whos which body makes the brunt final decision if there needs to be a final dedication or is the brunt body a body that is not on the diagram that is made up find different individuals from 3 bodies. Right. So im not getting a sense of belonging what it is that is governi governing. Right i think im not i can properly answer that question in that way but there is a key responsibility of the directors assumes and the brunt board so i dont want to be portrayed that way but the brunt and firing in that sense for the staff is being done by the brunt director and ceo of the institution but what the board as a whole maybe hires the brundirector. When you say board what do you mean what board are you talking about. There is Something Else not on the diagram. Who made up the board. The board is busy different responsibility for the board and kind of how you say a Fine Arts Museum the trust department where the trustees their main responsibility to be the keeper of the assets of the museum so the artwork and the buildings that is reported on. That is from the charter and cant exceed 62 people i believe as portfolio members of the board and selfperpetually unlike virtually every other commission we have they elect. Right and repopulate their governing body they appointed to their own board selfperpetually. And the on the foundation and the gilding thats a board that can have up to 17 elected trustees up to 9 and then so this is busy whether the endowment funds are kept and the cofront it the Organization Part of institution, of course, im here in my capacity as director and ceo of the institution not the neither the chairman the president of the board. Right. Right. It is interesting in this governor overview slide is that interesting enough it is the nonexit at the center of this diagram the logical way i think the works this is evolved over years after the last hearing he was talking about what happened in 1924 what happened and there are older City Attorneys people that actually remember when proposition 13 was passed and have a theory that cofam come into existence to augment financial giving to the institution as public monies he driedup but nevertheless, it is interesting not the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco you think the waking way it would work the cofam and institution lead into the Public Entity youre correctly a City Employee and the way because and this is just a true fact of life because youre always out theyre having to an, an annual basis raise a large amount of operating budget and the city is 25 percent of that solution it puts us in angle interesting position which is in any other department of City Government the public can see all sorts of things go to the Commission Meetings and see what the business is and see the minutes and agendas and, figure out you how much a City Attorney is paid or a city official like a supervisor it paid because of that diagram it is only an o pack and public side and i dont know if it makes our job any easy as you have to do the instant cycle of fundraisers but the more transparent it is the better off and more beloved that will be for whatever that is worth. I probably i dont know if i follow that analogy i think having i mean this diagram shows yes. The Operation Center of the institution that is where all the programming exhibitions, etc. Are done and the majority of expenses being coming through and are being paid i dont think though it is this is a structure that kind of only special to the institution i dont know if you have the same analogies for the similar structure. No, i think what is good. What im trying. No, im trying to say not something that is done for this particular institution but, yeah a im a new director it is something that is done to operate assumed in the best way possibly and makes that flexible and dynamic and gives them the ability to operate in an environment. How does that work no frankfurt. Frankford the city is paid a stipend by the other institution throughout the city is one the board is a city official so there was a separation but the institution i used to run in frankford one of the separate institutions. That was associated with one another. It was me running 3 of them with separate contracts. Colleagues, any questions anything you want to add ms. Moore. Anybody here from supervisor breed. Thank you. And welcome to San Francisco you started a couple of months ago i wanted to make a few comments that is complicated as supervisor peskin knows i used to run the africanamerican agricultural complex he started as a executive director but paid under the San Francisco Arts Commission they had challenges and intersection for the arts i was the fiscal year sponsor so it was complicated hard to explain my job was a oversee a budget to raise money but technically a City Employee and improving expenses through a Nonprofit Agency because a lot of i mean public oversight public money involved a lot of process a lot of challenges, but fortunately, we were able to be creative and establishing and setting up a new nonprofit and during the period e developing a nonprofit to oversee the facility very complicated, very frustrating process but ultimately that was 20 to protect the institution in the best interests of the institution i think that oftentimes in the aortas because of the public and private partnership that needs to exist in order to develop the financing necessary to manage those institutions they can be complicated and this particular structure is probably one of the most complicated structures that exists as it relates to the relationships with the city i think that what i ultimately want to say is there is never a onesizefitsall some things work better for one institution and may not for another i think this is a good structure and it works for the Institution Great if there are improvements that what about made to assure transparency to city funds that would be helpful but ultimately i know that this is an Incredible Museum and has incredible support and has been a Great Community partner growing up in San Francisco when i was a kid you know there were field trips to the defendant young one of the most boring trips as a kid chase interesting after the rebuild especially is that when the de young opened when i was the director of africanamerican complex that was a lot of outreach from de young to small institutions to invite us in to actually pay our artists to be part of the grand opposite and the performances that continued that fire hydrants with the de young bringing in the community and making that more interesting and making like art especially like things that are exciting for a young kid to have a better relationship with the next generation of artists has been remarkable initiative and fun and actually, my favorite institutions in San Francisco and we over the years have done so many great things with the dei did not know with the artists have be paid to be able to borrow fixtures with our smaller institutions was something i do truly appreciate that under mr. Buchanan i dont think is a great director and the folks at the museum renee and others have been wonderful to the community and the past and i truly appreciate that and hope under our leadership that relationship will continue and with that, ill say if there is any recommendations or discussion improving the governance structure that can be better proposed we are definitely open to that this is very complicated fortunately, i kind of understand it im familiar with that but for the average person sometimes that definitely can get just a little bit confusing and note make sense but ultimately i think that it is important to continue the work of the museum and also to make sure that the public is completely aware of how public dollars you know are being spent and there is full transparency in any process as it relates to that and people understand the other parts as it relates to the city dollars specifically a desire to do this i think the corporations i know that nonprofit are required to do anyway that that would be helpful but this is my 0. 02 separately but more importantly i want to thank you for being here and i want to thank the museum and its many members of the board of trustees for their continued advocacy and continued Fundraising Efforts to make sure that is one of the most treasured and best my name is producing some of the best exhibits ive ever seen you know i mean just the east san lauren and all the creative cool exhibits but really remarkable so i hope that under our leadership will continue in that direction thank you. Thank you supervisor president london breed for those remarks and then before we hear from a representative of the Controllers Office do you know is there any written agreements between if i mfam and cofam as researching how the city Charter Development in 1996 some changes to sections 5 point one 05 of the charter that says the board may enter into agreements with a not for profit or other legal to maintain the funds for Museum Support theres a word missing there but. I think right the understanding of that but it is part of whole governance process and all the processes we have right now in kind of have been the work we kind of fortified and put this into more deeper the different responsibilities of board and the cross collaboration between the board so what you see weve hired a nonpositive hired as part of the progress started already before i came here is that the Management Consultants look at this different governance structure and improved some of the not so much the mechanics but more or less to make that more transparent. That whole process they each as part of this whole infrastructure taking reviewed a 2012 performance government audit oversight and city support actually for all the museums this was done simultaneously for the asian and Fine Arts Museums and the war merrily and the academy of conceives have you seen that i mean. No. So i have a number of finding one findings at least back then this then there was a conclusion the fine arts didnt have sufficient processes maybe gotten better in a number of years and a series of recommendations has to do with are governors around term limits as far as im concerned, were never adopted and responses from the institution at a time some of them as a thank you but no, thank you some say good idea well do it but interesting to have a followup. I have to view it i havent ive been really busy he looked at the current status on the institution i understand it completely understand the past and it is very relevant document but havent reviewed it i have to assume the recommendations have been followed kind of there has been a process if 2000 to foreperson follow that if anything is not there ill certainly make is one the duties to look at that. I would not assume anything thank you director ohio line im delighted youre on board and concur with the comments of supervisor president london breed and look forward to helping you do what you need to do to secure the fund and continue to make that institution it is and with that, i believe someone from the Controllers Office if you come up and tell us about the status of our ongoing audit that is kind of what got us here in the in the first place. Thank you. Thank you. Hi, im kate the audit manager with the Controllers Office on the audit efforts the Fine Art Museum and the status is basically, were planning to issue tomorrow so at the next meeting well have to present our results any preliminary words you want to share. Unfortunately, we cant until we get the report. The suspense is killing us. Anyone wish to comment that wants to testify sienna motion to continue this through the chair and continue to visit but and well be at the helpful as we can well continue this item through the chair and were adjourned im your host of culturewire, and today, here at electric works in San Francisco. Nice to see you today. Thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. My pleasure. How long has electric works been around . Electric works has been in San Francisco since the beginning of 2007. We moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. We do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. We will look at all of that as we walk around. It is incredible to me how many Different Things you do. How is it you identify that San Francisco was in need of all these Different Services . It came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. I wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work. It should have printmaking, archiving, a gallery. It should have a retail store. In 1972, i wanted to have art sales, pointofsale at the grocery store. So you go through the manifesto. With the bay area should have. You are making art incredibly accessible in so many different ways, so that is a good segue. Lets take a walk around the facilities. Here we are in your gallery space. Can you tell me about the current show . The current show is jeff chadsey. He is working on mylar velum, a smooth, beautiful drawing surface. I do not know anyone that draws as well as he does. It is perfect, following the contours and making the shape of the body. Your gallery represents artists from all over, not just the bay area, an artist that work in a lot of different media. How to use some of what you look for in artists you represent . It is dependent on people are confident with their materials. That is a really important thing. There is enough stuff in the world already. You also have in his current show an artist who makes sculpture out of some really interesting types of materials. Lets go over and take a look at that. Here we are in a smaller space. Project gallery. Artists used the parameters of this space to find relationships between the work that is not out in the big gallery. I noticed a lot of artists doing really sitespecific work. This is a pile of balloons, something that is so familiar, like a childs balloon. In this proportion, suddenly, it becomes something out of a dream. Or a nightmare. May be a nightmare. This one over here is even harder to figure out what the initial material is. This is made out of puffy paint. Often, kids use it to decorate their clothes. She has made all these lines of paint. For the pieces we are looking at, is there a core of foam or something in the middle of these pieces that she built on top of . Im not telling. Ah, a secret. This silver is aluminum foil, crumbled of aluminum foil. Her aesthetic is very much that quiet, japanese spatial thing that i really admire. Their attention to the materiality of the things of the world. This is a nice juxtaposition you have going on right now. You have a more established artists alongside and emerging artists. Is that something important to you as well . Very important in this space, to have artists who really have not shown much. Now lets look at other aspects of electric works operation. Lets go to the bookstore. Ok. In all seriousness, here we are in your store. This is the first space you encounter when you come in off the street. It has evolved since you open here into the most amazingly curious selection of things. This was the project for the berkeley art museum. It was this is from william wileys retrospective, when he got up onstage to sing a song, 270 people put on the cat. It is not just a bookstore. It is a store. Can you talk us through some of your favorites . These are made in china, but they are made out of cattails. These pieces of here, you have a whale head and various animals and their health over there, and they are jewelry. We do fund raisers for nonprofits, so we are doing a project for the magic theater, so there are some pretty funny cartoons. They are probably not for prime time. You sort of have a kind of holistic relationship where you might do merchandise in the store that promotes their work and practice, and also, prince for them. Maybe we should go back and look at the print operation now. Lets go. Before we go into the print shop, i noticed some incredible items you have talked back here. What are we standing in front of . This is william wiley, only one earth. This is a print edition. There are only eight total, and what we wanted to do was expand the idea of printmaking. This is really an art object. There we go. Besides the punball machine, what do you produce in limited edition . There is the slot machine. If you win the super jackpot, you have saved the world. What about work . The right design, it was three volumes with lithographs in each volume. The cab of count dracula with 20 lithographs inside and lined with beaver fur. Really special. Lets move on to the print shop. Ok. The core of what we do is making things. This is an example. This is a print project that will be a fundraiser for the contemporary music players. We decided to put it in the portfolio so you could either frame at or have it on your bookshelf. So nonprofits can come to you, not just visual are nonprofits, but just nonprofits can come to you, and you will produce prints for them to sell, and the profits, they can keep. The return on investment is usually four times to 10 times the amount of investment. This is for the bio reserve in mexico, and this is one of the artists we represent. You also make prints for the artists that you represent. Over here are some large prints by a phenomenal artist. He writes these beautiful things. Anyone who has told you paradise is a book of rules is has only appeared through the windows. This is from all over coffee. We are contract printers for all kinds of organizations all across the country. Thank you very much for showing us around today. I really appreciate you taking the time to let me get better acquainted with the operation and also to share with our culturewire team. Good morning. Welcome to city hall. You know on october 8 during fleet week there was an event that happened on our waterfront. A boat capsized. Some 30 people ended up falling into the water including children and adults and it could have beenit set the stage for a huge tragedy during a time at which so many people are our city were coming together to celebrate fleet week. When that event happened fortunately, people who have been trained in people who were good san franciscans or just people who are goodwill came together and responded. There were obviously called the were made immediately. Were voters who saw what happened. Some screamed at the top of their lungs that they needed help. Some of the nearby voters saw what happened and saw some people without lifesaving jackets werewere apparatus is through what they had into the water. Others who saw kids in the water jumped in rather than watched to save them. The Fire Department showed up immediately assessed what has happened the San Francisco Police Department particularly, the marine unit which ive had the pleasure of working with on the waterfront jumped in and paramedics came to the site. A couple of individuals were rescued from the water but could not breathe and so cpr was given immediately on the shores and paramedics immediately rushed those that perhaps were not indicating weight consciousness into our zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital trauma center. There, life was saved when you look at this potential huge tragedy you wonder how as a city we kind of were lucky but its not luck. I will tell you its not luck. It is people who every day are sensing that something could happen and they were ready and this is what we have as a city often times talked about being a resilient city, a city thats ready and prepared that were so many people, not just the professionals, not just police and fire and Public Health and paramedics were actually trained to do this, but ordinary citizens who may have been there also had a sense. They were going to save lives and do with they could do. I, today, wanted to say thank you to each and every one that we could identify that is not working. I know fire chief feels the same way i do. Our police chief feels the same way we do. Our Health Director does as well as our department of Emergency Management. We are holier today to take a moment. I know in everybodys busy lives and i know you all want to get right back to work doing more of this because this is what you came to San Francisco to do but let us take a moment to say thank you to recognize that in these moments of extreme need i am so gratified to be part of a city that says we are going to put aside whatever it is, whatever challenge we have, died in to that operation and save lives. Save kids. Save families. I watched as this unfolded and i was aghast at how many people were in the water with film footage is that are repeated over and over again. But i think the film footage i want to see and continue to see is the operations of people who respond in a very very good way. No one lost their lives that day. That is hugely important when you have an event of this magnitude. Lives were saved, not only in the water, on the shore, on the way to the hospital, but in the hospital as well. Doctors, nurses, paramedics, firefighters, police officers, volunteers, and other boaters. Today i just want to say on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco it is my honor to join all of you in personally thank you for really you are sure it was him. I know its kind of maybe two dramatic to use that word but we do have a city of heroes, a city were prepared to be heroes because they want that label but because your objective is to save peoples lives and to make sure that we all get to enjoy much as we week, but to enjoy this city and the opportunities it provides. I, for one, and certainly everybody in my staff and all the people that serve it officially want to say, thank you and if i the opportunity i would like to at least takemake for personal pins as my staff and i and the chief and others helped me pin every single one of you. I hope that you received this with the requisite appreciation that i do as the mayor of this great city, but also that ive been around now for 30 years working in the workforce. So i am a brother to all of you. Because i know ive worked alongside people who are really really dedicated to this city. But i say personally, thank you to each and every one of you for the work that you do the demonstration you showed the patients, and the honor of preserving life in our city and i know that as these kids grow up and of course come i think they will remember it for the rest of their lives because they get to but theyll be very thankful for the kinds of things that we do for each other. With that, if i may have in him can prepare this and i can get help from our chief as well . [inaudible] by the way these are hearts of San Francisco. [ceremonial recognition] if you did not hear that i feel too mentioned was a boat out there that mr. Schulz stoltz owned called happy days and i just think thats probably best example of what occurred that date with everybody working as they did. So each of them will get pinned today with a certificate of honor and again on behalf of the city, thank you very much achieves, thank you for helping me do this and honoring the men and women and also the volunteers in her hospital as well. Thank you. He was thank you mayor day. Very proud to be a good hightech oh your comments. Every one of you stepped up that day and mayer lee thank you this did not event occurring 11 days ago for your office which is a very big book very busy office to recognize all these members such a rapid period of time speaks volumes and is free much appreciated by myself and achieve as well as all our members. So i will begin asking each one my members to come on up to receive the mayor certificate of honor garden with capt. John would go. [cermonial honoring] firefighter joe silva. [cermonial honoring] im going to have a commander that they chief odo assist with that painting of the members. Firefighter william boyle. [cermonial honoring] firefighter john tupa. [cermonial honoring] paramedic andrew kristofferson. [cermonial honoring] paramedic Michelle Seidel [cermonial honoring] paramedic rebecca law [cermonial honoring] firefighter mike horta. [cermonial honoring] firefighter matt adams. Matt is not here. Okay. And capt. Clyde christoph. [cermonial honoring] from the event are dormant thank you to mayor lee and thank you to the members behind me and all the members the work so diligently that they would all the partners. [applause] just real fast, this is a First Responder Worst Nightmare to look and see this many potential victims but all the folks stating the honey stepped up to the plate went immediately into action. Thats what we trained for things just like this. Our marine units have the obligation of obviously handing handling things in the water is why you see them out all the time to deal with issues just like this and i promised them i would also give a huge shout out to the kos guard who actually got 20 people out to safety. They wanted to make sure that they ignored the Us Coast Guard for their efforts and for what theyve done. This is a huge collaboration between as the mayor said earlier private citizens in the folks that put on a uniform to do this thing as a matter of course. Again i want to really liberate that these are heroes and these were a relic actions performed that day because this is definitely worstcase scenario. With that of the first presentation that will be to officer Nick Betancourt cured im sorry nick is not here. Sgt. Keith matthews. [cermonial honoring] next up, officer mike bushnell. [cermonial honoring] ofc. Braden todaro. [cermonial honoring] officer matt mckay. [cermonial honoring] is kaplan and i know its all about the teamwork and i was reminded by chief bodo south San Francisco Fire Department happen to be in the area because it was clear week so we were blessed in so many ways for Good Samaritans and our partners in neighboring jurisdictions in south b van fire was responsible for rescuing eight of those 30 in the water that day. So we would like to give them a shout out and acknowledgments as well. Thank you very much the last thing ill say this is a coincidence of the future and the future is collaboration between everybody. Law enforcement, fire, ems everyone and citizens. Weve all come together in this city has been one out of unity and it was demonstrated appropriately in this incident with the civilian helping fire, police, pulpy groundwater and save their lives. As the mayor said before theres a lot people that are low back on this 2030 years on the road and understand as are looking back because of the relic effort with the folks sitting behind me and again was round of applause for all them. Thank you. [applause] this concludes our program. Thank you so much for coming. I love teaching. It is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. This really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. This is very enriching as an artist. A lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. There are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. That is a really big draw. This is a signature piece. This is the bill largest darkroom in the u. S. There are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. I think it is the heart of this place. You feel it when you come in. The people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography. We get to build the community here. This is different. First of all, this is a great location. It is in a lesspopulated area. Of lot of people come here just so that they can participate in this program. It is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience. The people have a lot, they can really come together and share a love and a passion. We offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. We offer classes and workshops in digital camera, digital printing. We offer classes basically in the shooting, ton the town at night, treasure island. There is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program. Hello, my name is jennifer. My name is simone. We are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. Cmon, cmon, cmon. Actually, i have been here a lot. I have never looked closely enough to see everything. Now, i get to take pictures. We want to try to get them to be more creative with it. We let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. You can focus in here. That was cool. If you see that . Behind the city, behind the houses, behind those hills. The see any more hills . These kids are wonderful. They get to explore, they get to see Different Things. We let them explore a little bit. They get their best. If their parents ever ask, we can learn they can say that they learned about the depth of field or the rule of thirds or that the shadows can give a good contrast. Some of the things they come up with are fantastic. That is what were trying to encourage. These kids can bring up the creativity and also the love for photography. A lot of people come into my classes and they dont feel like they really are creative and through the process of working and showing them and giving them some tips and ideas. This is kind of the best kept secret. You should come on and take a class. We have orientations on most saturdays. This is a really wonderful location and is the real jewel to the community. Ready to develop your photography skills . The Harvey Milk Photo Center focuses on adult classes. And saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes. Youre watching quick bite, the show that has San Francisco. Were here at one of the many food centric districts of San Francisco, the 18th street corridor which locals have affectionately dubbed the castro. A cross between castro and gastronomic. The bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering food options here. Adding to the culinary delights is the family of business he which includes skylight creamery, skylight and the 18 raisin. Skylight market has been here since 1940. Its been in the family since 1964. His father and uncle bought the market and ran it through sam taking it over in 1998. At that point sam revamped the market. He installed a kitchen in the center of the market and really made it a place where chefs look forward to come. He created community through food. So, we designed our community as having three parts we like to draw as a triangle where its comprised of our producers that make the food, our staff, those who sell it, and our guests who come and buy and eat the food. And we really feel that we wouldnt exist if it werent for all three of those components who really support each other. And thats kind of what we work towards every day. Valley creamery was opened in 2006. The two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sams wife, supplied all the pastries and bakeries for the market. They found a space on the block to do that and the ice cream kind of came as an afterthought. They realized the desire for ice cream and we now have lines around the corner. So, thats been a huge success. In 2008, sam started 18 reasons, which is our community and event space where we do five events a week all around the idea of bringling people closer to where the food comes from and closer to each other in that process. 18 reasons was started almost four years ago as an educational arm of their work. And we would have dinners and a few classes and we understood there what momentum that people wanted this type of engagement and education in a way that allowed for a more indepth conversation. We grew and now we offer i think we had nine, we have a series where adults learned home cooking and we did a teacher Training Workshop where San Francisco unified Public School teachers came and learned to use cooking for the core standards. We range all over the place. We really want everyone to feel like they can be included in the conversation. A lot of organizations i think which say were going to teach cooking or were going to teach gardening, or were going to get in the policy side of the food from conversation. We say all of that is connected and we want to provide a place that feels really Community Oriented where you can be interested in multiple of those things or one of those things and have an entree point to meet people. We want to build community and were using food as a means to that end. We have a wonderful organization to be involved with obviously coming from buy right where really everyone is treated very much like family. Coming into 18 reasons which even more Community Focused is such a treat. We have these events in the evening and we really try and bring people together. People come in in groups, meet friends that they didnt even know they had before. Our whole set up is focused on communal table. You can sit across from someone and start a conversation. Were excited about that. I never worked in catering or food service before. Its been really fun learning about where things are coming from, where things are served from. It is getting really popular. Shes a wonderful teacher and i think it is a Perfect Match for us. It is not about home cooking. Its really about how to facilitate your ease in the kitchen so you can just cook. I have always loved eating food. For me, i love that it brings me into contact with so many wonderful people. Ultimately all of my work that i do intersects at the place where food and community is. Classes or cooking dinner for someone or writing about food. It always come down to empowering people and giving them a wonderful experience. Empower their want to be around people and all the values and reasons the commitment, community and places, were offering a whole spectrum of offerings and other really wide range of places to show that good food is not only for wealthy people and they are super committed to accessibility and to giving people a glimpse of the beauty that really is available to all of us that sometimes we forget in our day to day running around. We have such a philosophical mission around bringing people together around food. Its so natural for me to come here. We want them to walk away feeling like they have the tools to make change in their lives. Whether that change is voting on an issue in a way that they will really confident about, or that change is how to understand why it is important to support our small farmers. Each class has a different purpose, but what we hope is that when people leave here they understand how to achieve that goal and feel that they have the resources necessary to do that. Are you inspired . Maybe you want to learn how to have a patch in your backyard or cook better with fresh ingredients. Or grab a quick bite with organic goodies. Find out more about 18 reasons by going to 18 reasons. Org and learn about buy right market and creamery by going to buy right market. Com. And dont forget to check out our blog for more info on many of our episodes at sf quick bites. Com. Until next time, may the fork be with you. So chocolaty. Mm. Oh, this is awesome. Oh, sorry. I thought we were done rolling. [gavel] good morning everybody and welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors budget and finance Committee Meeting for wednesday, october 26, 2016. My name is mark farrell all be chairing this committee. Im joined by supervisor katie tang and supervisor norman yee. I want to thank the clerk of the committee and sfgov tv for covering the meeting today. Do we have any announcements . Please silence all cell phones. Items acted upon today will appear on the november 2 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated thank you. Mdm. Clerk all item 1 is item 1,