I am here. Commission cleveland . Present. Chief of department . Here. Item 2, general Public Comment. Members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commissions jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. Speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or Department Personnel. 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. At this particular point, is there any member of the public that wishes to give Public Comment . Public comment . Good evening, commissioners and chief. Im denise louie. I live on Mount Davidson at the edge of glen canyon park. I would have photos that i took in 2014, and a few months ago, in june, showing the difference between the tree tops in glen canyon as green five years ago, but now those same tree tops are browning. Glen canyon is 70 acres in the heart of the city. And you know there is a preschool deep in the canyon. There are designated camp fire sites in the canyon. Neighbors and i told rec and park that we fear wildfire. I mean, Climate Change has taken a toll on the trees. So i went to the Fire Prevention division. They said they dont have an expert to talk about trees. Okay. Can the commission or the department please refer to the urban Forest Council or the arborists on staff within the city and get expertise about the care of these trees . And then try to follow the cal fire vegetation guidelines for tree spacing and fire safe plant choices. Climate change is upon us and we fear wildfire within the city now. I urge you to take steps to take a look at these trees and then adopt the cal fire vegetation guidelines. Thank you. President nakajo thank you very much. Any other member of the public that wishes to give Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Madame secretary. Item 3, approval of the minutes. Discussion and possible action to approve the regular Meeting Minutes of august 14, 2019. President nakajo any Public Comment on this item of approval of the minutes, item 3 . Seeing none, any discussions from the commissioners . Commission cleveland . Commissioner cleaveland i move to approve. Moved by Commission Cleveland seconded by commissioner hardeman. All in favor, say aye. Any opposed . None. Thank you. Item 4, chief of departments report. Report from chief of department, Jeanine Nicholson on current issues, activities and event within the Department Since the Fire Commission meeting on august 14, 2019, including budget, communications and outreach to other agencies in the public. Report from administration on the administrative divisions. Fleet and facility, status and updates, finance support services and training within the department. President nakajo thank you very much, madame secretary. Good evening, chief nicholson. Chief nicholson good evening president , Vice President , commissioners, this is my report since the last Fire Commission meeting. Chief and i met with the Advisory Board on the 14th of august. We meet with them a couple of times a year to get their input and assistance. And theyre incredible volunteers. And theyre really gogetters, so we appreciate them. Speaking of nert, the 30th anniversary will be commemorated on october 19 at st. Ignatius high school from 8 a. M. To noon. So ericka is ramping up for that. In terms of the Fire Department employee groups, chief worse, chief biello and myself have met with the employee groups for the first time. Weve completed that. And we will we met with ems Officers Association on the 15th and we will continue meetings with each group and were not sure if were going to do it triannually or biannually. We dont know. Well see. The new station 49, the ambulance facility gate, we have been in numerous meetings and have gotten really great working relationship with michael bard lows the artist, and its going to the Arts Commission. They were going to do a few more little tweaks we asked for, but were pretty good with it. Were great with it actually. Were really happy with it. And well get you the updated version when the Arts Commission gets back to us. So that was on the 19th we did that. So next is fire science and emt classes in high schools and communities. I met with San FranciscoUnified School District as well as supervisor walton to discuss furthering that in some different schools and how we reach every community. And we also spoke about bringing emt classes out to communities instead of having them in schools. So that is a work in progress. And were off to a good start. As you may know, Mission High SchoolMission High School started the started their fire science class this fall. So. The g. O. T. C. , havent heard those initials for a while. Commissioner cleveland and myself met with them on the 26th and theyre working on a strategic and Business Plan which were happy to hear about. Theyre going to involve us in the process. Chief biello is going to represent us in one of those interviews. That is the latest from the gotc. I know commissioner cleaveland was there and i think it was a good step in the right direction. So chief worse and biello and i welcomed 20 of them who started on monday. We welcome them that day. When are they due to graduate . Anybody remember . October 4th. Theyre due to graduate. So we will send you out invitations for that. Today chief wore and chief biello and i met with Fire Prevention members. As weve been meeting with all the stations, were meeting with Fire Prevention, fire investigation. So we talk to everybody within the department. And i think it was it was well received. Department of real estate has engaged a broker. And we have our first meeting with them this week. And this is for the Training Center land. I want to talk about the chase center. I know we talked about some of the, you know, test runs that weve done. And weve continued to work on that. And troubleshoot. And what i can say is that were going to do what we do every day, which is take care of our business, get there, you know, and address the situation. I have no doubt that were going to be able to, you know, protect the lives and property of everyone in and around chase center as well. So you know, we have to adapt all the time and weve been adapting a lot over the past however many years with the growth of the city, right . With traffic and changing of lanes, and the bicycle lanes and all that stuff, so were very adaptable. We just like to plan for we like to be proactive and plan for things that plan for the worst and then were ready to go to work. So we are really looking forward to welcoming the warriors to San Francisco. And its really been a Good Relationship with the warriors themselves. Not the actual ball players, okay. But with their construction folks and weve had a lot of collaboration there. So, were ready to go on that. Im very confident in our ability to respond in and around there. Stair climb. There is a stairclimb coming up on the 7th of september. And i am i will be climbing. Okay . So i challenge anyone in the department who wants to come do that, please do that. I think olivia is going to do it, too, our civilian representative. So, yeah, it is stairclimb 4, Mental Health 4, First Responders. Thank you for putting that on. Im looking forward to it again. 9 11 commemoration ceremony will be coming up. As you know, we do it in the morning on 9 11 at every station. It begins at 6 45 a. M. And this year, were going to be doing it with the mayor at the new station 5. Again, it happens at every station, but thats where the larger event will be. And then i was going to talk about the police and fire, but i dont have the intel in front of me. September 29. So we have more time to we have more time to talk about that in the meeting. So that concludes my report for today. Thank you. President nakajo thank you very much, chief nicholson. At this point well call for Public Comment before any questions or comments from the commissioners. Any member of the public wishes to give Public Comment. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioners . Vice president excuse me, commissioner thank you, thank you, mr. President. Chief, thank you for your report. Could you go into a little more detail, you know, just for the sake of those people who might be tuning in to talk about some of the measures that the department has been very active in, in securing, you know, very, very good and workable plans for the chase center . Chief nicholson so we have done our due diligence. We had that first drill. And again, it was without sirens, so we really have to take that into account in terms of some of the slower responses. Couldnt really push traffic out of the way. But since then, we have gone back and worked with chase, with the mta and with our companies and units in the field, our divisions, and we have set up and weve also been speaking to our department of Emergency Management in terms of changing who were going to send to different incidents in those areas based on what we believe will be some of the traffic patterns. You know, that 16th might be the better way to go. So weve been going out there. And continuing to drill and i think that weve also been i think chief cochran can probably speak to some of the meetings that youve gone to and some of the work youve done. If you could. Good evening, mr. President , commissioners, mike cochran, Homeland Security. Chase has been very open. They have a robust Homeland Security division. Hes nationally known. Theyve done tabletops with the d. M. With us, ive worked with them. Like the chief said, were about preparedness, so we had to test it out. Every event box, parade, a stadium, is what we call the event box. The whole city is our event box. So we have to figure out, like the chief said, do we need to adjust . Its not trying to call out anybody. Theyve been helpful. And theyre willing to work with us past opening day. Commissioner covington thank you, chief cochran. The chief of the department, youre confident that we are indeed ready . We are absolutely ready. Were good to go. Its what we do. Again, we like to be proactive and thats what we were doing a couple of weeks ago and were still doing. But, yes, i am confident were good to go. Thank you. Commissioner covington thank you. President nakajo thank you very much. Commissioner cleaveland . Commissioner cleaveland thank you, mr. President and chief for your report. I understand that the department has engaged a real estate broker. Can you identify the broker . Chief nicholson the department of real estate has and i do not know. Commissioner cleaveland all right. A quick question on the relocation of the training facility. I know there has been talk about the school of the arts site, soda. And i know we have talked to the school board, but i wondered where that was. Chief nicholson what i can say about different sites, we dont really want to talk about it in open session in case somebody else gets the idea that they want to go in there, so were not going im not going im happy to talk to you offline about things, but yeah. Commissioner cleaveland sure. All right. Chief nicholson well chat. Commissioner cleaveland in terms of the chase center that Vice President kovington brought up, doesnt the chase center have a private ambulance contract, so theyre going to have ambulances at the chase center and personnel there i think for every event, correct . Yes, they have their own medical plan. They have two ambulances within chase center. And medical group in there. So, yes. They are ready to go and like chief cochran said, the guy who is leading the charge there is, you know, formerly from secret service or something and hes the real deal. So he understands. Hes been great working with us. And again, so im confident. Weve also been working with the Police Department and m. T. A. And d. E. M. And everyone, so were ready to go. Commissioner cleaveland thank you. I think thats important, chief, that the public understands its not just our department or the Police Department, but there is also private Ambulance Service that is going to be onsite. You know, whenever there is an event there. Chief nicholson and its more robust than just two ambulances, they have a clinic. Commissioner cleaveland thank you. President nakajo thank you very much, commissioner cleaveland. Veronese . Commissioner veronese can we see the yes, i will get it to you. Commissioner veronese then as far as the chase center is concerned, im sure youve run all the scenarios of having different events stacked on top of that one event, right, because you have the baseball stadium there, you have rush hour traffic, youve got, you know, god knows what other you know street closures happening on the weekend there. Have you looked at the calendar and kind of run worstcase scenario of what that would be like . Chief nicholson yes, we have, absolutely. Commissioner veronese i have another thing and i forgot to write it down so i forgot it. I just remembered. In regards to the ongoing discussions youve had with the department of health on the ambulances sitting on hospitals, those are still ongoing . Any progress there since our last meeting . Chief nicholson so we are gathering data around the time on task stuff and time at the hospital that we were talking about, but my meeting with dr. Colfax and dr. Colwell, i think its next week. Commissioner veronese i applaud you for gathering that data. I think that data will be illustrative of probably your best argument. So im looking forward to seeing some of that. Maybe you could share some of that with us, at one of our meetings, or send it off to us. Chief nicholson ill have assistant deputy chief tom get on that. Commissioner veronese thank you, chief. President nakajo commission hardeman . Commissioner hardeman thank you, president. Good report, chief. Glad to see youre still meeting with the groups and active. The chase center, the first conflicts, they start about september 10, and then the good news, as i started reading it, and wondering how that would affect response, i was at the game last night. The attendance said 28,600. There is 26,000 season Ticket Holders and then you have a couple of others. So there is maybe 18,000 people there. So there was an event at chase center that was sold out. Everybody goes. It would still only be 36,000 people to worry about. I continue to think [laughter] probably the two safest places to be if there is fire or earthquake in San Francisco, besides muss coney center, would be those two locations. So i dont think there is a lot to worry about. I dont see the giants having 40,000 people like they did in the six or seven years straight in the shortterm. It would be nice if they did. I like your attitude. I think youre not going to have problem servicing the medical needs that would probably be and hopefully there will be no other things, other than medical problems that normally are associated with a number of people being at an event. Yeah, im excited about your feeling that this is a good thing, that we have the broker. Im just think i would know this but im shocked the city didnt have one. This is something new. This has been a huge department, been dealing with the city for many, many years and to find out we didnt have a broker firm to work with, i could do research. As far as knowing and keeping things a secret, im all for let me be the last one to know. I dont care. Over the years ive seen when only two or three people know something, all of a sudden, the press knows it. So the less known sometimes the better. And i would think you should use that as your discretion. That would be my opinion on that. Thats it, thank you. President nakajo thank you very much. Commissioners, i have a couple of questions, chief. You were talking about the nerd drill, citywide drill on saturday, october 19. Is that date also i thought i saw okay, it is 30th anniversary celebration . Chief nicholson the actual date is the 17th, so well be having an event a separate event that day as well, that the city is putting together. Not just us. So well keep you informed about that. But that is in the works. And this nert event on october 19 is the 30th anniversary of also nert came out of that basically. It was formed because citizens wanted to help and wanted some training. President nakajo thank you for that. I think its significant, chief, that were having that citywide drill, but also on the 30th anniversary. And so thank you for the clarification. So not particularly will the loma anniversary presentation or event happen at this drill, it might be at a different location in the city . Chief nicholson yes. So that is the 17th and 19th are two different locations. The 19th is at s. I. And the 17th do you remember the name of the school . Whats that . Claire lilienthal. So again, when that information comes out, the public timing as well, the 17th is a separate event for the loma. I cant even say it. What was it . Claren lilienthal. Yeah, wits one o