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Thats the our satellite as well as the bernal street. And there is the replacement of vehicles that were required by city ordinance. So, were replacing 12 vehicles. Major initiatives that were involved in, the creation of the db unit which was in part by your support. Were getting ready actually to get that unit rolling this month. Well be inviting all of you actually to our opening. Another thing that we started this year is we started with a d. A. Staff. Its the beginning of creating metrics i...

Bottled water as an environmental concern, but the concern that that raises sometimes has been that makes water not available and what are the other options that can be sold in a small package and offer something with added sugar. Looking at those policies, unexpected consequences of what that are. And then lastly, continuing to do outreach and awareness, particularly with populations that we want to do more outreach to. As i mentioned earlier, there is National Data showing that lower income po...

Speaker please. Good afternoon. Thank you for this opportunity to speak with you. My name is peter demeris. Im a volunteer and serve on the board for the st. Francis living room on golden gate avenue in the heart of the tenderloin. St. Francis living room monday through friday provides hot nutritious breakfast, activities and a place to congregate off the streets for the elderly poor of the tenderloin. We serve about 100 clients each day and the numbers keep growing. We are a Secular Organizatio...

Water once they understood where it comes from. But also as people had Water Quality concerns, some of the concerns that christina alluded to in her presentation, people started calling 311 more. So, we had a 10 increase in Water Quality concerns and that again became another vehicle to talk to people about where their water came from to test to make sure the water was safe and assure them that, you know, in fact it was safe to drink. We also do tours of our water system. So, Community Residents...

[speaker not understood]. Heres the sort of the annual the major budgets changes. 1. Million is the annualized funding for the nondomestic [speaker not understood] that were approved to the supplemental process. There is about 1. 6 million of readjustment. 2 41,000 is an inchrysler in facility rental costs and thats the our satellite as well as the bernal street. And there is the replacement of vehicles that were required by city ordinance. So, were replacing 12 vehicles. Major initiatives that ...

Volunteer, a volunteer board and financial officers. Volunteers serve our clients each and everyday. We have two part time employees that assist us. These employees like those before them are economically disadvantaged individuals who are graduates of the st. Anthonys recovery program. Our annual budget is approximately 100,000 of which only 41,000 is paid in salaries. St. Francis living room is very efficient in the riewses of funds because it focuses on volunteers. We provide a lot for people ...

One outcome of that is anecdotally, people told us that they started to drink more water once they understood where it comes from. But also as people had Water Quality concerns, some of the concerns that christina alluded to in her presentation, people started calling 311 more. So, we had a 10 increase in Water Quality concerns and that again became another vehicle to talk to people about where their water came from to test to make sure the water was safe and assure them that, you know, in fact ...

Help monitor potential contaminants in the water supply, but there was also a Public Education component to the grant. And, so, what we did is launched a Education Program that was really about what people should do if they were concerned about the water, concerned about Water Quality issues, is to call 311. But it also began to be a vehicle to talk about where, you know, our pristine hetch hetchy water. It was a really successful a successful Education Program. We saw the signs on muni bus stat...

So, we had a 10 increase in Water Quality concerns and that again became another vehicle to talk to people about where their water came from to test to make sure the water was safe and assure them that, you know, in fact it was safe to drink. We also do tours of our water system. So, Community Residents and organization has an opportunity to go up to hetch hetchy to see the water system at work. Supervisor cohen has been a big supporter of the Youth Internship Program we do in the summer for aro...

And what actually happened as one outcome of that is anecdotally, people told us that they started to drink more water once they understood where it comes from. But also as people had Water Quality concerns, some of the concerns that christina alluded to in her presentation, people started calling 311 more. So, we had a 10 increase in Water Quality concerns and that again became another vehicle to talk to people about where their water came from to test to make sure the water was safe and assure...