Update on where we are regarding our response to vision zero, especially as it pertains to the request that came from the vision zero coalition. And also in terms of our response to the safety and wellbeing of people with disabilities. We have also, this month, as denise mentioned, welcomed our new Council Members. I want to send my thanks and congratulations on behalf of the city and on behalf of the mayor to our new members for your appointment. And thank you very much for being here today. Were very glad to have you. The next few things that i want to talk about are upcoming engagement opportunities. And all of this information has either gone to and through the Mayors Office on disability distribution who have signed up to receive alerts, or will be shortly. First event id like to announce we just learned today is happening monday, september 23rd. And what that is, the update on the work with the development of the Disability Community cult cultural center. There is a webinar you can take part in on monday at 2 00 in the afternoon. For the purposes of Public Information, im going to give you a phone number today which is 415 3386010. If youre signed up to the Mayors Office on disability distribution, through our website, you will have received that as of this afternoon. The next item that i want to draw your attention to is actually an item that is happening simultaneously with our Public Meeting today at the high i cant tell hyatt. The reason i bring it up here today, is to encourage Council Members to remain engaged as this plan at the state level is developed. I know several of you have already gone to a few Public Meetings about this. So i encourage you to remain engaged regarding this state master plan. Next id like to announce an opportunity for another its another Community Meeting from our colleagues at sfmta on the mobility permit harmization plan. This meeting is happening this coming wednesday, september 25 from 6 00 to 7 30 p. M. At 1 south van ness. And the purpose of this Community Forum is to give the Public Information about mtas permit program and the purpose of this is to make sure that as more new and emerging Mobility Services and mobility devices are engaged with our public rightofway, that were developing a plan to address the issues and the maintenance of the public right of way and our safety in a way that is coordinated. I encourage you, if youre interested, to also attend that meeting there specifically, encouraging feedback from people with disabilities. Next there are two engagement opportunities happening the following evening on september 26. The first item that i want to bring to the councils attention is the transit reliability presentation focused on equity, which will be happening in the Public Meeting of the Human Rights Commission on september 26 in this building, at city hall, room 416. The Human Rights Commission will be hearing from sfmta on communicating service updates, language access, access for seniors and adults with disabilities, and latenight muni access in particular. And the commission has asked the Mayors Disability Council specifically to attend. If youre interested and if you would be available to let the Mayors Office on disability know so they can acknowledge you publicly in their meeting. Also on the evening of the 26th, is a followup to an event that happened last week at the San FranciscoArts Commission. Im pleased to announce that this year, for the first time, our San FranciscoArts Commission has included people with disabilities, specifically in terms of targeted outreach for their grant recipient program. It has been available to people with disabilities before, but this year they identified people with disabilities specifically as an Underserved Community when it comes to the arts and our focusing attention this year and in subsequent years on more strategic outreach for folks with disabilities. I had the privilege of moderating a Panel Last Week of artists, where the theater attendees learned quite a bit about accessibility and access to the arts. Thanks to our panelist who were representing the community. As followup to that, if youre interested in learning more about Art Commission grant opportunities, there is going to be an informational session on thursday, september 26, from 6 00 to 7 00 p. M. At the contemporary jewish museum. You are welcome to attend that as well. There are a couple of more announcements. Public events happening. Next i want to announce that the following week, thursday, october 3rd, there will be a meeting specifically for Disability Community members regarding an update on the better Market Street accessibility plan. This meeting is going to is cosponsored by the department of public works. Sfmta, and with the generous contributions from the white house for the blind and support for Mayors Office on disability. So this meeting is happening thursday, october 3rd, from 4 30 to 6 00 at the lighthouse. If you would like to r. S. V. P. For this meeting, you can contact miss jennifer blut. And this information went out to the Mayors Office on disability distribution as well and will be posted to our website. Finally, i want to announce that speaking of the lighthouse for the blind, in conjunction with the Longmore Institute on disability, is announcing their festival. Another twoday, really great event that is happening saturday, october 12, at the salvage in berkley. And day two is sunday october 13, at the contemporary jewish museum. For those of you who dont know, these are all jury selected films that talk about the disability experience and its a very wonderful process that features films for and by and about people with disabilities. So i highly encourage you to attend that very exciting and Engaging Community event. And those are all of my announcements for today. Ms. Senhaux chair thank you, director. Before we move on, can i ask a question . Ms. Senhaux chair sorry. Thank you. Were going to move on to our next item, information item, which is pg es Public Safety power shutoff program. I would like to welcome our presenter. I apologize if i dont announce your name bijan karimi, acting Deputy Director of San Francisco department of Emergency Management. Good afternoon, Council Members. My name is bijan karimi. Im assistant acting Deputy Director for San Francisco department of Emergency Management. Ill be talking to you about pg es Public Safety shutoff. Psps. Ill be talking about four things today. Information about what psps actually is and about three different exercises that the city has participated in and facilitated. One with other city partners. One with private sector and also with regional partners. Many people may want to get a better understanding of what psps is. Pg e will turn off electricity transmission lines because of a perceived concern for starting some additional wildfires. There has been tremendous destruction and damage and loss of life that happened over the last two years in this sonoma area and as a result, pg e has explored what are the ways to decrease the likelihood of another event happening . So based on different factors that pg e uses, things like heat, wind, humidity, fuel levels, and individual observations, they may decide to turn off transmission linings. The difference between a transmission line and distribution line, distribution brings power directly to your home. Where transmission are the big power lines we see running across the major arteries of the city and are in the area and are typically on top of large power aframelooking buildings. And one of the concerns that we have is what impact is this going to have on the city . The primary transmission lines that come to San Francisco come through the east bay and up the peninsula. The cpuc, the California PublicUtilities Commission have identified tier 2 and tier 3. It identifies two different areas in the bay area. One is those that are elevated and those considered extreme. The elevated is yellow. The extreme is red. And the areas that are transmission our transmission lines come through for San Francisco come through some of the red areas in the east bay, and then may also come up some of the yellow areas on the peninsula. So while San Francisco, itself, does not have tier two or tier three exposure, where we get our power from, does. So thats why were paying particular attention to this. We need to prepare for any potential power outage, whether its a significant one as described with psps, or it could be what happened this morning. Earlier today, a contractor hit a pg e transmission line here in San Francisco. Over 22,000 people did not have power starting right around 8 00. So whether its the entire city because of a psps. Whether its a smaller incident, certainly 22,000 is not small. Or whether its an individual block, the steps were taking in the city and we hope residents and other businesses will take, should mitigate the impact of a loss of power. Dem hosted three different exercises. One in june, it was for San Francisco departments. One in july for private sector agencies in the city, but also some of the nonprofit and Government Agencies we work with to help provide additional services. And the third was in august where we spoke to some of our regional partners, other counties. We also asked the state and some of our federal partners to come to get a better understanding of how theyre planning for this, should the incident happen, and how were going to be coordinating together. For our city workshop this is now moving to the second topic we one of the outcomes with how critically important continuity of operation plans are. Working with different city agencies to identify their essential functions and then identify what impacts loss of power would have on those essential functions. We also appreciated and studied the fuel that is going to be required to run backup generators. And understanding how much fuel we have in the city and how quickly well need to get additional fuel into the city to support backup generation. We also explored the impact to electronic and financial transactions, because we appreciate that the systems we rely on, if theyre not powered, how are we going to continue to Exchange Information and conduct daily business . And we also explored what some of the Communications Breakdowns that may take place and how we will continue to reach out to different populations. In our second workshop, which was our private sector, we also underscored how important Business Continuity is for the businesses we rely on. And one of the issues that we also talked about is the unknown of how long a business may be without power. Communications with staff as what we have in the city, that may also be a complicating factor for private sector partners reaching out to their clients. Are they prepared to reach out and give messages how long the power may be out, how they can still receive services and what Additional Needs they may have. We also discussed the restoration of service time lines. When pg e turns the power on, that doesnt mean everything goes back to normal. It may take time to inspect systems and bring them up in the proper way so they can be up and running. Mta is an example. They may need to inspect their systems so all of the infrastructure functions correctly. One of the things we also recognized, determining the perceived diminished quality of life in San Francisco. San francisco is a wonderful place that people love to come to because of its reputation worldwide. We dont want to people to think, i dont want to go to San Francisco because this is an issue. We want them to know this is temporary and were taking steps to mitigate the impact. What we found out is that few agencies and this is throughout the region they also dont have continuity of Operations Plans. You can see one key thing is how important it is. Fuel will also be a critical issue. If San Francisco is without power, because were getting our power from somewhere else, theyre also likely affected with some type of power shut jouf. So its not just shutoff. It not just San Francisco impacted, its likely a larger area, so how will we work with the state to get the different resources we need and making sure that the state appreciates areas that may have higher levels of impact. We also talked about if agencies will provide Financial Recovery to businesses. Many businesses have discovered after the private sector workshop, their insurance may not cover a planned outage, which is this is considered planned, because pg e will provide notice. Business Interruption Service doesnt cover someone willingly turning the power off, even if its for a safety kilometreperhour. So thats an area that is coming up. We did talk a lot about and there has been a tremendous amount of work done with coordinated Public Information. The different ways, we, through the bay area, will be exchanging information that is consistent with what were saying, with what other counties are saying and the information were getting to all of our population. We also recognize the dhal enge with health and challenge with health and Human Services committee, especially those with access and functional needs. The department of Public Health and im joined by dr. Jan gurley who will be here to answer questions, how do we make sure we know where some of these individuals are that need additional assistance . How do we help them prior to the outage taking place . Pg e has let us know they hope to give us 48 hours of notice. We hope that, too. If its less than that, its much more important or equally important for us to make sure that the populations that may be impacted more significantly, that they have the tools and resources they need. So specific impacts to the access and functional needs population. Loss of power. We understand that will be a significant concern, particularly with some of the durable medical equipment. Loss of refrigeration, both for individuals with medicines or for businesses, if there are other refrigerated items that individuals may need, that may not be available. Disruptions to Public Services. I mentioned senior centers, dialysis clinics. They have different requirements on them versus a hospital in terms of backup power generation. And the loss or degraded communication systems. We use a lot of electronic means to communicate with individuals, but if those degrade, once 0 the power goes out, were looking at ways to continue to communicate with the population. One that was raised during the citywide meeting and this also came up during the private sector was challenges with evacuation. And if there is no elevator access. There may be individuals relying on an elevator to get to and from where they work, or a service they require, or their homes. What messaging are we giving to these individuals so they can be confident if they need assistance, they will be able to receive it. Continuity of Operations Plan. This is something that mayor breed after the first exercise we had recognized the importance. We are now gathering all the information. But it talks about i mentioned earlier essential functions. What are those things you do, or depends on you to do . Linings of succession. If the power outage happens in the morning, who makes the decision . I can make the decision, but i have to authority to do so. Who are those essential personnel . And the overall plan for revising the plan. We dont want to do it just once. We want to make sure it is continued. For Business Continuity planning we provided resources to private sector and the nongovernment organizations directing them to the ready, business, power outage tool kit. This is provided by fema. Weve also partnered with the Community Agencies responding to disaster, making sure that they are ready to respond as well and they have their own plans. The volunteer organizations and the california resiliencesy alliance. All different partners we work with, but its making sure, they, too, are prepared for an incident if it comes up. And the psps awareness campaign. This links back to the regional coordination. We u