Thank you very much for being here this morning. This is a really, really important time for me and for all of us. As a child growing up here in Hunters Point, i actually played on this very spot where were standing. Which is a surprise, that our Childcare Center is now here. We lived right there in the building right there in the place right here we were playing as children, my sister and i, who is the cofounder and there was a lot of housing in this area here. When we opened up the center and my Program Director tracy and i was walking through and i was telling the story, she said gladys its here, the Childcare Center. And i was very moved but it couldnt be done without all of you helping and supporting us. Im not going to be up here long but i really want to quote a saying by Myriam Wright elder man. Children must have at least one person who believes in them, it could be a counsellor, a teacher, a preacher, a friend, it could be you. You never know when a little love, a little support will plant a special seed of hope. One of the things that we work very, very hard to do at frandelja that has now been open 17 years, is plant the succeed of success to ensure that all children have an opportunity to succeed in life, as well as their parents. Again, i thank mayor london breed and Supervisor Malia Cohen for being here this morning. Thank you so very much. applause we will now hear from our mayor. Thank you everyone and good morning. Its so excited to be here today. I grew up in the western Edition Community in Public Housing there and we were fortunate, the childcare facility i went to as a kid was just right across the street. Mary lee would pick me up while my grandmother was working and we had a community, we had a lot of support. We would walk to school together, we grew up together and thats what being a community is about, making sure that our children have these incredible opportunities to start off in childcare to grow and thrive in our communities. I want to take a moment to acknowledge our mayor, mayor ed lee who constantly was an advocate for making sure we were fulfilling the old promises that we promised decades ago to the residents here in the bayview Hunters Point community. This is a promise fulfilled today, its an opportunity for our young people to grow and thrive. This is an opportunity to make sure that every single child here succeeds and going to preschool is just really the first opportunity any kid gets to grow and learn and thrive. And so im excited to be here, 70 slots. 70 slots. Childcare applause childcare just like healthcare should be a right, not a privilege. Every child in our city deserves this Incredible Opportunity and thank each and every one of you for being a part of this wonderful event, actually this is really cool, this floor is really soft and im kind of melting in it. We didnt have that, we had to play on the concrete. These kids are lucky, they have toys and new equipment and great stuff to play with. This is absolutely incredible and im so grateful to be here and im grateful for the amazing leadership of supervisor cohen who represents this district. Shes a hard worker and cares about the community and steadfast, constantly pushing to make sure were headed in the right direction and i think about ed lee again today, often times supervisor cohen and i would be the main persons going into his office talking about our districts and what we want and fussing a bit about what we want. And the mayor would just tell us, look, im going to take care of it, and he did take care of it. He took care of it and malia cohen has been a fierce advocate for making sure the community is taken care of. Ladies and gentlemen, supervisor cohen. applause thank you. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. So today really is a celebration no doubt. But this is truly a combination of all the work that started almost three years ago, frandelja has had a fantastic story that is rooted here in our community, started at gilman at true hope with the vision of a few Community Members that recognized there was a gap in service right here in the southeast. People should be able to walk their kids to school or drive a few minutes to drop their kids off. So thats when the leadership of frandelja got together. Now, years passed and they came to me about three years ago and said were in jeopardy of losing this, we need to move and find a site. I dont know if you remember that conversation, it was difficult to have, but its true, ed lee was at the table and neighborhood and campaiommu partners as well as the developers of this project that assisted us in moving from one location to another so we dont lose any services. But lets be clear, we still need more quality Early Education opportunities here in our neighborhood just as we see across the city. This is a fantastic day we have come to celebrate this resource were pouring into our community and the childcare facility that will make it a little bit, just a little bit easier for moms and dads to go to work, knowing that their child has a safe place, not only are they playing, but theyre also learning. I think its property to highlight theyre learning basic fundamental principles that will put them on the pathway of being successful for education and then ultimately a Career Opportunity and who knows run for supervisor or mayor. We have a good track record right here. applause youre looking at two products of the Public School system before you, good things do come out of San Francisco and working class communities and i think thats a very Important Message we need to speak out over our little ones. So im proud to stand with the women that founded the high Quality Learning Center and you know whats really beautiful is that it started with a vision and tenacity of Community Members that saw the need and they just took action. They werent elected officials, they werent appointed to anything, they felt the urgency and the call to action. They felt that urgency of now. And they stepped up. I want to give my humble gratitude to sandra and gladys for their leadership. Theres Many Organizations here that help us with the funding of such an endeavor. So we as a city are proud to be part of working together to make sure this facility and others are successful. I want to say congratulations, its a big victory for all of us here and i hope we can take a few moments in the early parts of 2018 to recognize this and celebrate. Congratulations everyone. applause thank you supervisor cohen. Madam mayor breed. Im looking over to gladys, i believe we have some special guests, i see some amazing little ones over there, a special treat for the mayor here. But first, i think im to bring up miss ariana smith, miss smith is a parent of a child enrolled at frandelja. Welcome. Good morning. Come on mama smith. Dont be nervous. Im not really a speaker but i want to say thank you to frandelja for being accessible to me as a single working parent and you guys have been so helpful making my child feel shes at home. Its been very helpful to me. I thank you for everything. Thank you. applause miss gladys would you like to introduce the special performance or Ribbon Cutting first . Special performance first. As you come up, we have a few elected officials here, our school board president. Thank you for coming. Miss gladys. They are very excited, maybe a little nervous, so if you know the songs, i would like for you to help them along. Heres our performers. Round and round the wheels on the bus go round and round all through the town the baby on the bus goes wahwahwah the baby on the bus goes wahwahwah all through the town the mommy on the bus goes shhshhshh the mommy on the bus goes shhshhshh all through the town the bus driver on the bus goes move on back move on back all through the town applause were going to stop at three, is that enough . 3, 2, 1 we did it clapping. in San Francisco the medical examiner performs the function of investigating medical and legal that occurs with the city and county of San Francisco from a variety of circumstances in San Francisco there is approximately 5 thousand deaths annually im christopher director for the chief mr. Chairman the chief my best testimony a at the hall of justice on 870 drooint street that is dramatically updated and not sufficient for the medical chairman facility ive Charles Program manager public works should a earthquake of a major are proportion occurs well not continue to perform the services or otherwise inhabit the building before the earthquake. Were in a facility that was designs for a department that functions and in the mid 60s and friends scientific has significantly changed weve had significant problems with Storage Capacity for evidence items of property and also personal protective if youre doing a job on a daily basis current little storage for prirjs are frirnlsz were in an aging facility the total project cost forever ever commercial is 65 million the funding was brought by a vote of go bond approved by the voters and the locations is in the neighborhood the awarded contract in 2013 and the im the executive director we broke ground in november 2015 and that started with the demolition of existing facility we moved into the foundation and january so Pile Foundation and then with second construction of the new facility. One of the ways that we keep our project on time on budget and were having quality to have regular meeting and the variety of meetings with construction process meeting as well as cost of control meeting and im a project manager for public works the office of chief commercial we want walk the project site when we sign up and also with a contractor insinuates for a change over we need to verify what or what was instead of. The building is 42 feet tall so it is two stories and 46 thousand square feet roughly were thats a great question to be on time and budget have the roof complete a the exterior moving with the site work. And as you can see weve got a lot of the interior finishes installed. In an effort of an differentiate the facility that designed to work for 72 hours. Not taking into account there was a lot of structural updates made into this building not seen in other construction throughout San Francisco or other barriers we have friday morning examiners from 8 to one Public Comment monday to friday because of air circulation we literally have to shut the doors and so the autopsy is done without staffing being able to come and go or exit the space and literally lock down the autopsy in the new facility we have bio build one door opens and closed behind you you can gown up and go through a second seizures of doors that has its own independent air supply and now in the exterior opt space having that middle space have greater flexibility of staff as they move in and out of the area. In the current facility Investigative Unit has small tiny, tiny place in the area of the new facility is almost doubled in all divisions from the current facility and the new facility. The planning we have here gives them the opportunity to have the pool needs to complete theirs jobs in a much more streamlined fashion. Were looking forward to have secured parking to minimize the egress of you know visiting and the members of the public but really to minimize the investigators remaining remains from our advancing and so the facility. We have a new visitors area were building that is a little bit more friendly to families. One thing you may notice in the room no windows there is no Natural Light not good for most autopsy but in the new facility at new hall we made that an objective they want to insure we were able to look up in the middle of exam and see the sky and see Natural Lights. Thats one of the things the architect did to draw in as much light as possible. We have staff here onsite we insure the design of the new design enables the investigators and other investigators skiefksz to consider to house on site this meant we needed to design and plan for locker room facilities and shower rooms the ability to sleep. Third of the construction going into the building has been by contributions of Small Businesses. Part of the project is also inclusive to the sidewalk have all new sidewalks and new curve cuts and landscaping around the building well have a syrup in front of the building and rain guardian. The medical Examiners Office has been a several if in their contributions of the understanding the exception and needs. Its a building that the chief medical examiner has been looking forward to quite a few of the. It is extremely valuable contribution to the, neighborhood address San Francisco as a whole. The building will allow is to have greater very much and serve the city and county of San Francisco and the neighboring 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. Adjourned. 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