Be placed on mute and it will notify you when it is your turn to speak. All callers will remain on mute until their line is open. Everyone must account for the time delays and speaking discrepancies between last coverage and streaming. Its best to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio to avoid audio feedback. The next order of business is item three, report on actions taken at a previous closed session meeting, if any. There are no reportable actions. The next order of business is item four, matters of unfinished business. There are no matters of unfinished business. The next order of business is item 5, matters of new business consisting of consent and regular agenda. First the consent agenda, 5a, approval of minutes from your regular meeting of january 21 and april 7, 2020. Mr. Chair . Madame secretary, do we have any speakers willing to speak on this item . Operator your conference is now if question and answer mode. To summon a
Commissioner anderson. Here. Commissioner harrison. Here. Commissioner mcdonald. Here. Okay. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the may 21st commission meeting. Just a few notes before we get started for the public. Can you hear me, stacy. She is in a different system. Okay. Somebody commented in chat andrew perry. He thinks stacy is on mute. I think she is while she is talking on a separate system to the public. I can see the mute button there. We are now on item 2. The president s report. Thank you very much. The president s report will be very brief. I want to congratulate all commissioners on Technology Skills and being able to get on the call and i want to thank the public for participating remotely. We are trying our best under these circumstances. I want to congratulate all staff and general manager for all of the work getting done during these challenging times, particularly in the broader sense of assisting the mayor and community in trying to solve the broader problems. That
Emergency declared due to covid19 and the City Commission and chamer will is closed. The mayor and governor have issued emergency orders suspending select laws and to boards and commissions hold hearings remotely. On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received permission to convene remotely and pertaining to infrastructure, housing, and Small Businesses. This will be our seventh remote hearing. Further more, the Mayors Office authorized the Planning Commission to meet jointly with the recreation and Park Commission later this afternoon. I am requesting everyones patience inned a vance. The merged platforms are not perfect and at times may even become clumsy. If you are not speaking, please mute your microphone and turn your video camera off. To not hit any controls that may effect other participants. To enable public participation, sfgov tv is broadcasting and streaming this hearing live and we will receive Public Comment for each item on todays agenda. Sfgovtv is broadcasting and
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Confirmed cases of covid19 in San Francisco. Sadly, we have 20 people who passed away as a result of the virus. As a reminder, datasf. Org covid19 is where you can find details to find out who is actually infected as well as those who have been tested. I want to be clear from the very beginning when we heard about what was happening with the coronavir coronavirus, specifically in wuhan, china, sadly there were a lot of xenophobia of those in our asian community. This virus is not discriminating on the basis of race. Sadly, the xenophobia continues. We want our community to know we are here to provide the resources and the support necessary to deal with the challenges around discrimination. So its not tolerated here in San Francisco. In fact, as we look at the data and the inequities as it relates to covid19, we are seeing the disparities, true disparities around income and inequality and other things that have sadly been a part of our environment and our climate for so many years, that