Second already. Are there any corrections to the minutes . I had a question. Sure. On the request for follow up from Human Resources about progress on streamlining and making more effective hiring which seems to be a drag on progress in many of the departments in terms of meeting their objectives. When can we get that update . I believe the hr director will speak to you. Director. Good afternoon. We have a event in the last week of august and mapping it out and making improvements and i believe i asked to come back in september to give an update and i will check with mark to make sure im on the agenda. Perfect. Thank you. Youre welcome. Okay. Any other comments or questions on the corrections . If not all in favor say aye. The minutes are approved. Next item please. The next item is the directors report. Good afternoon. I am sitting in for director garcia who is on a well deserved vacation in hawaii right now and the first is the launch of the San Francisco health network, the sign is
Going to add value to our nonprofit organizations as he regarding to those and this is not the right way to go about it supervisor wiener thank you, mr. President. So i have supported some supplementals and others not support them case by case were appreciable for things to go through the normal budget process but sometimes things arises in the middle of the year whether an unaccepted federal budget cut or or time sensitive situation we cant wait so its a case by case. In terms of that specific item im not expressing on opinion whether its a good or bad thing ive supported the business in the past i know we have a lot of nonprofits when and workers in the nonprofits that could benefit from a cost of doing business adjustment our nonprofit partners in an absolutely essential part of the work and the services we provide and help provide as a city. With that said, what does make me uncomfortable about the resolution it is lesbian the nicaragua substance whether to the some point in this y
Finish line but, for the lack of public consensus on the design. And that process failed, and there was also a high profile, proposal for piers 27 to 31 by the Mills Development corporation, and that again, was a mixed use, recreation project and had too much retail and did not achieve the kind of public consensus needed to get through the public process and so on that basis, we see that there are really still some work to do, with our relations with the community, and that will come forth and our recommendations for fostering those further conversations. And in the Ferry Building area, i think that this building reflects all of the accomplishments and the success of how the Ferry Building has now become again the civic heart of the port and an iconic piece of San Francisco. I think that none of us could really have understood the ability for the ferry expansion, and fertry building, and eop success on creating and managing the Farmers Market and the Ferry Building. Market place. With
Corporation, and that again, was a mixed use, recreation project and had too much retail and did not achieve the kind of public consensus needed to get through the public process and so on that basis, we see that there are really still some work to do, with our relations with the community, and that will come forth and our recommendations for fostering those further conversations. And in the Ferry Building area, i think that this building reflects all of the accomplishments and the success of how the Ferry Building has now become again the civic heart of the port and an iconic piece of San Francisco. I think that none of us could really have understood the ability for the ferry expansion, and fertry building, and eop success on creating and managing the Farmers Market and the Ferry Building. Market place. With the pier 14, Public Access, the art installations that have gone up that have really made this place a game changer for the water front. We look to see more transportation improv
Supervisor kim has made a motion to amend to increase the have you taken Public Comment. Youre right so before we ask for the amendment well open up for medical cannabis i have one speaker card for the departmental im sorry i did not know the sfpd was here. Im a lieutenant with the San Francisco pd permit bureau representing commander gary it has been working closely with mr. Johnson on the legislation he expressed this morning he wanted me to share today is his concern about gaging and the city has been dealing with gambling and there recent companies that are notorious labeling the sweepstakes and we want to see will there be a vesting process for a Third Party Vendor to provide machines to those businesses if a bar goes into an agreement with a vendor who will be the agency that does the vetting process to make sure theyre not in a criminal process the sfpd looks forward to have this updated its antiquated this is an opportunity to make lasting changes in try and step away from gagi