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Have to navigate during this time. Do we have somebody whos in contact with the Police Department so that they can relay this message . Were in contact with the Police Department, so we can relay that message. Thank you. Are you done . I have one more thing. Its questions about the sick leave and the sick leave bank. How can people who have a number of sick leave share with others who have little during this time . So commissioner, i know that uesf and sefu both have catastrophic sick leave banks. Yeah. We have the open period for uesf just closed, so ive been in discussions with susan and carolyn, and actually so were trying to look at how and what is the need of reopening that on an emergency basis. Were a little stretched out right now, in terms of actually being stretched out, but i am in communication with the union on that. There have been a number of developments on covid19 related to legislation, so were reviewing that, as well. In terms of sefu, we have a rolling donation. Its sort of a form. They dont have a bank per se, but they can generate donations to this plan as is needed, so theyre a little different in terms of their implementation. One thing i want to add that i think is important for folks to know, typically, when you run out of sick leave, you can use your extended sick leave. But while students and work sites are closed, folks that go into their extended sick leave get their full rate of pay, and that should also potentially alleviate the need to dip into the catastrophic sick leave back. 2 00. It may mean putting a video online, kids can watch it when they can watch it, and then, they can respond via email. That can be distance email. Distance learning can be getting an email from your teacher, and you can respond via chat. So theres a lot of ways that it can look, and it does rchlt ha doesnt have to be in realtime . I know that this is a conversation thats happening centrally. I want us to be a part of that, and im hoping that we can all participate. We have several educators on the board as well as folks who are communicating with constituents that are monolingual speakers, lowincome folks. We want to make sure that were doing this with compassion as well as equity. So i want to ask president sanchez, can we have a Curriculum Committee meeting in this format where we can dive in and get, you know, hear about some of the plans, some of the conversations that are going on between both department of technology and limited instruction, and we can weighin and do some of this problem solving and thinking in a more public way so that Community Members can also be a part of this conversation . Yeah. So we arent having in person meetings because of the ongoing pandemic. I know that some of us are here today, and the reason we cant go in person, the governor has suspended the brown act, we still have to have a way for the public, in realtime, to participate in comment, and that has been a technology challenge. So if you want to have committee meetings, they would have to look similar to this where some staff show up to make the meetings happen. Okay. Well have to schedule that. Okay. I would love to do that. And also, this is kind of beyond that, but we need to have virtual town hauls using youtube, and i know we rely on sfgovtv to make visible, like, to video record our meetings in general, but i would like for all of us to explore ways that we can be meeting with constituents and communitybased organizations via Online Platforms . You know, i think we should be thinking a little more creatively like, were thinking creatively about Distance Learning . We will versus think creatively about how we make these conversations public and inviting the public to participate. And then, additionally, i just also wanted to say, you know, i appreciate your comments that youre working collaboratively . We know that, you know, italy is a whole country thats shutdown, and if we had actual leadership, im just going to name it, we would be shutting down the whole country, but were seeing it state by state because we dont have a national leader. We as a region are trying to operate. As a nation, were getting worse. The good thing about twitter is you get this realtime feed of how things are happening, and things are going to get really ugly. With that, we need to get compassionate about Distance Learning, but our families and our educators are going to be impacted by this crisis, and people are going to lose family members or theyre going to be sick, and i also want us to hold space that what were going into, were going to require that we have space for people to grieve or to take care of loved ones, you know, and be supportive and, you know, think along the lines of schedules that have to be met, and were going to have to have a lot of flexibility. And then, in addition, i want to echo commissioner lams comments. I think especially as a district and as a system, you know, theres a lot of kind of ingrained behaviors that people are used to doing, and this is a challenging time, but were going to have to shift. So im glad as a district, were thinking about who are social workers doing at this time . A lot of them spend their time coordinating i. E. P. S, kind of doing coordinating work in schools. How can they support our teachers and educators right now . Maybe they check in with parents where they have online groups with their kids. And then, nurses, you know, how are nurses whats their role . Can they shift . Can they help parents or, like, families understand symptoms of kids . We have a lot of folks that are not in a you know, a brick and Mortar School anymore, but were all we want to be activated and we want to help where we can, and that even goes to kind of getting out information. Maybe we need to shift some staff into communication so we can be better and more nimble in communicating with folks. Like, im feeling, like, theres an overload right now in terms of capacity to answer all of those questions one by one. As commissioner lam has suggested, maybe we can get some Staff Members we need the chief dodd was saying increasing capacity and bringing in more capacity, but maybe we need more capacity for folks to just answer phone calls about enrollment and even just getting resources, so im looking forward to having those conversations and seeing whos not being utilized right now and maybe span capacities into things that have been underresourced, and as commissioner lam said, how are we connecting with the city. I want to understand how were leveraging city resources and working in partnership with them. [inaudible] as you know, were under the umbrella of [inaudible] im talking about online. Thats what im talking about. On the phone. So as i mentioned, when commissioner lee asked the same questions, social workers, counselors, and nurses are going to be starting next week. Theyre working on protocols, and theyre going to be working around communications with students and on the phone, and theyve already begun that shift. Could we see the actual plans id love to see the actual plans or communications that youre giving out, or the nurses, as well, are we giving information what they should be shifting their work towards . Yes. And were going to have them working the whole company. Its included social workers, counselors, and nurses, so there will be information going out. I want to say there will be information going out to staff, and that includes social workers and staff, what theyre being asked to shift to, and theres also information going out to families. Okay. One question, i havent seen any of these, and i think there may be commissioners who would like to see some of these plans. I mean, id love to form with Central Office leaders in your plans. Can you share those with us based on the policies that were connected with . Sure. Theres a lot of plans, but she and i can go through the material that we can share. And i just want to clarify, we can provide some draft guidance around what teachers and site administrators are doing as they prepare to facilitate teacherled Distance Learning. As i said, more guidance for nurses and some of the other roles that you just called out is forthcoming, so i just wanted to make sure i make that correction. In the meantime, well be ramping up the various Distance Learning models in the various forms, but [inaudible] with you all for some feedback, and were also providing drafts to our latest partners to get some feedback, as well. Yes. Why is everybody laughing . I cant see anything. Its not okay. [inaudible] oh, you heard her . Im sorry. See, this is the new normal. [inaudible] were actually finding that theres a lot more requests coming to the School District for support, and there are requests going out for support, and theyre not being met. I think the department of Public Health is probably going to be looking for some of our nurses to come into play. Were being asked to provide masks and gloves and cleaning supplies, so all of us are sort of making the same requests to be enforced. We are partnering, but i think everyone is stretched, and were all looking to each other for resources that we may or may not have. [inaudible] and id also like to get an account on how many nurses and p. D. S are ill let the chief comment on that. [inaudible] we are obligated to adhere to the requests from the mayor if we are not using our staff, to deploy our staff as needed. So were in close contact with them. Obviously, we, at this point, being our janitorial and custodial staff, we have not responded to that by sending people, but obviously, anticipating this goes on longer, were going to get more and more requests. [inaudible] or i just feel like im trying to figure out whats happening on friday. So anything [inaudible] can we communicate that, you know lets look at creating an sfusd plan for our kids. So i would like to see folks really ramp up on that, trying to figure out what that would look like [inaudible] i will get that for you. [inaudible] and do you have a [inaudible] the nurses, i want to say we have i want to say we have a little over 100, but again, i can figure that out while were sitting here and come back and give you that number when its available. And also, when its happening, i know we have when we do get a request, we do have a little bit to go back and forth and say this is the amount of time that we can provide and things like that. And once that person is deployed, they have a completely different supervisor, and that person is telling them, so we absolutely have the ability to say, we cant do eight hours, we can do six hours, and things like that, and we get a pretty good idea of what is being asked at that person. I just want to ask a quick follow up. What im understanding and what im receiving from folks, it seems like theres an opportunity for us to clamp down a little bit tighter in terms of this transition process. And if we could really be vigilant in terms of what our processes are moving forward, folks would understand here, how does that look like . [inaudible] i would hate for us to be in a situation where i want to transfer information, and we cant, and folks are being placed here, and [inaudible] any other questions or comments . Commissioner make sure we have capability to meet grades 3 through 12 [inaudible] and they have that access. Okay. So were good on that . Okay. Section k, introduction of proposals and assignment of section l, proposals for immediate action and suspension of the rules, theres none today. Section m, Board Members reports, theres none today. N, item one, acceptance of gifts, monthly report, section n2, initial proposal from International Federation of professional and technical engineers, local 21 to San Francisco unified School District, theres no discussion. Item o, memorial adjournment, we have none. Great, good morning, everyone. The meeting will and to order. Welcome to the meeting of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services committee. Im supervisor rafael mandelman, the chair. And were joined by vice chair supervisor stefani and supervisor walton and i want to thank the fine folks for staffing this meeting as well as the operations and i. T. For lending their support to this first remote meeting of our committee. And for all that you are all doing to keep all of our meetings running smoothly, which i know that is challenging in these times. And mr. Clerk do you have announcemented . Clerk due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect city employees, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and the Committee Room are closed. The members are participating in the meeting remotely, the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment is available for each item on the agenda, both cable channel 26 and sfggovtv. Org are streaming. And the ability to speak during the Comment Period are available by calling 8882045984. And you can utilize an access code. The code is, 3501008. Ill repeat those numbers, the calling number is 8882045984. And the access code is, 3501008. And once callers are connected they s3501008. And once callers are connected they should press the pound symbol. And then press the pound symbol again. And then after theyre connected if they wish to speak they should dial 1 and then dial 0, in order to be added to the queue to speak to that particular agenda item. They are lined up in the order which they dial 1 and 0. While waiting the system will be silent. The calling system will notify you when you are in line and waiting. All callers remain on mute until their line is opened for comment. Everyone must account for the time delays and speaking discrepancies between the live coverage and streaming. We have about a one or two second delay. And best practices are to call from a quiet location and speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television, radio or your streaming device. Alternatively you may submit your Public Comments in either of the following ways you can email me johncarol, and my email address is john. Carroll sfgov. Org. To repeat that, that is john. Carroll sfgov. Org. If you submit Public Comment by email its in the legislative files as part of the matters. Written comments may be sunday by u. S. Postal service to city hall room 244, San Francisco, california, 94102 and that address is available on the agenda for this meeting. And, mr. Chair, the items today are expected to appear on the. The agenda of april 21st agenda unless otherwise noted. Can you call our first item. Clerk agenda one is a hearing to consider the issuance of a type 21 offsale general beer, wine and distilled spirit Liquor License for the epicurian trader l. L. C. And located at 1 Ferry Building. And it will serve the public convenience or the necessity of the city and county. The members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item call the number that i mentioned earlier and printed on your agenda and dial 1, 0 now to be added to the queue. I believe that we have the officer here to present on this item . Yes, good morning. Good morning. Okay. So you have before you a report for the epicurian trader and they have applied for a type 21, 41, 86 license and if approved this allows them to separate in offsale general to sell beer and wine anyplace and a tasting type license. There are zero letters of protest, zero letters of support. They are located at plot 216, which is considered a high crime area. And they are in a high saturation area and no opposition. And recommends approval on the following conditions number one, winetasting is conducted there should be signs in a conspicuous space, that the entrance and or the exits of the premise as depicted on 257 which state no alcoholic beverages beyond this point. Said times shall be no less than 7inch by 11inch in size and contain letters no less than one inch in sign. Two, signs posted that no minors are allowed in the tasting area as of april 1st, they have not agreed formally to the conditions. They have and they have not . They have not as of april 1st. Okay. And if we could ask the applicant about that. Thank you, officer. Do we have matt pawns on the line . Or another representative of the applicant . The applicant is matt pond and matt pond is on the callin line and our Operations Team could unmute mr. Ponds phone number so he can speak to our committee now. He is ready to speak. Clerk mr. Pond . Hi, guys. Everybody hear me . Clerk yes, we can. Okay. So first of all, thanks for the meeting and i know that its been difficult for everybody to try to push things forward and we appreciate everybody working hard to keep the process moving forward. Firstly, as it provides to the conditions, you know, i think that in the hustle and bustle of shelterinplace and trying to run a business that just was missed but were fully supportive of the conditions and we have no objection and were more than happy to put that on the record and anything that is required. And just everybody on the phone call knows, the epicurian trader and the suggestions hopefully that will clear that matter up. And, secondly, you know, as i sort of think about, you know, the essence of this topic which is whether its a public convenience and a necessity, i think about our other locations and in moments like this i think that its very paramount and clear that we are a necessity to these neighborhoods. If we were not currently opened, you know, the residents would have very limited or zero access to Fresh Produce and milk, eggs, fresh bread. And so i think that, you know, i think that its highlights how big a necessity that having a quality grocer, San Franciscorun, and locally owned and operated, you know, how critical it is for the residents of those neighborhoods. You know, and the financial district is in a similar pocket. Theres very limited access to quality grocers in that part of town. And, you know, we strive to offer a similar selection as we do in the neighborhoods and try to become a convenience for the people th that work in the aa or use the Police Department<\/a> so that they can relay this message . Were in contact with the Police Department<\/a>, so we can relay that message. Thank you. Are you done . I have one more thing. Its questions about the sick leave and the sick leave bank. How can people who have a number of sick leave share with others who have little during this time . So commissioner, i know that uesf and sefu both have catastrophic sick leave banks. Yeah. We have the open period for uesf just closed, so ive been in discussions with susan and carolyn, and actually so were trying to look at how and what is the need of reopening that on an emergency basis. Were a little stretched out right now, in terms of actually being stretched out, but i am in communication with the union on that. There have been a number of developments on covid19 related to legislation, so were reviewing that, as well. In terms of sefu, we have a rolling donation. Its sort of a form. They dont have a bank per se, but they can generate donations to this plan as is needed, so theyre a little different in terms of their implementation. One thing i want to add that i think is important for folks to know, typically, when you run out of sick leave, you can use your extended sick leave. But while students and work sites are closed, folks that go into their extended sick leave get their full rate of pay, and that should also potentially alleviate the need to dip into the catastrophic sick leave back. 2 00. It may mean putting a video online, kids can watch it when they can watch it, and then, they can respond via email. That can be distance email. Distance learning can be getting an email from your teacher, and you can respond via chat. So theres a lot of ways that it can look, and it does rchlt ha doesnt have to be in realtime . I know that this is a conversation thats happening centrally. I want us to be a part of that, and im hoping that we can all participate. We have several educators on the board as well as folks who are communicating with constituents that are monolingual speakers, lowincome folks. We want to make sure that were doing this with compassion as well as equity. So i want to ask president sanchez, can we have a Curriculum Committee<\/a> meeting in this format where we can dive in and get, you know, hear about some of the plans, some of the conversations that are going on between both department of technology and limited instruction, and we can weighin and do some of this problem solving and thinking in a more public way so that Community Members<\/a> can also be a part of this conversation . Yeah. So we arent having in person meetings because of the ongoing pandemic. I know that some of us are here today, and the reason we cant go in person, the governor has suspended the brown act, we still have to have a way for the public, in realtime, to participate in comment, and that has been a technology challenge. So if you want to have committee meetings, they would have to look similar to this where some staff show up to make the meetings happen. Okay. Well have to schedule that. Okay. I would love to do that. And also, this is kind of beyond that, but we need to have virtual town hauls using youtube, and i know we rely on sfgovtv to make visible, like, to video record our meetings in general, but i would like for all of us to explore ways that we can be meeting with constituents and communitybased organizations via Online Platforms<\/a> . You know, i think we should be thinking a little more creatively like, were thinking creatively about Distance Learning<\/a> . We will versus think creatively about how we make these conversations public and inviting the public to participate. And then, additionally, i just also wanted to say, you know, i appreciate your comments that youre working collaboratively . We know that, you know, italy is a whole country thats shutdown, and if we had actual leadership, im just going to name it, we would be shutting down the whole country, but were seeing it state by state because we dont have a national leader. We as a region are trying to operate. As a nation, were getting worse. The good thing about twitter is you get this realtime feed of how things are happening, and things are going to get really ugly. With that, we need to get compassionate about Distance Learning<\/a>, but our families and our educators are going to be impacted by this crisis, and people are going to lose family members or theyre going to be sick, and i also want us to hold space that what were going into, were going to require that we have space for people to grieve or to take care of loved ones, you know, and be supportive and, you know, think along the lines of schedules that have to be met, and were going to have to have a lot of flexibility. And then, in addition, i want to echo commissioner lams comments. I think especially as a district and as a system, you know, theres a lot of kind of ingrained behaviors that people are used to doing, and this is a challenging time, but were going to have to shift. So im glad as a district, were thinking about who are social workers doing at this time . A lot of them spend their time coordinating i. E. P. S, kind of doing coordinating work in schools. How can they support our teachers and educators right now . Maybe they check in with parents where they have online groups with their kids. And then, nurses, you know, how are nurses whats their role . Can they shift . Can they help parents or, like, families understand symptoms of kids . We have a lot of folks that are not in a you know, a brick and Mortar School<\/a> anymore, but were all we want to be activated and we want to help where we can, and that even goes to kind of getting out information. Maybe we need to shift some staff into communication so we can be better and more nimble in communicating with folks. Like, im feeling, like, theres an overload right now in terms of capacity to answer all of those questions one by one. As commissioner lam has suggested, maybe we can get some Staff Members<\/a> we need the chief dodd was saying increasing capacity and bringing in more capacity, but maybe we need more capacity for folks to just answer phone calls about enrollment and even just getting resources, so im looking forward to having those conversations and seeing whos not being utilized right now and maybe span capacities into things that have been underresourced, and as commissioner lam said, how are we connecting with the city. I want to understand how were leveraging city resources and working in partnership with them. [inaudible] as you know, were under the umbrella of [inaudible] im talking about online. Thats what im talking about. On the phone. So as i mentioned, when commissioner lee asked the same questions, social workers, counselors, and nurses are going to be starting next week. Theyre working on protocols, and theyre going to be working around communications with students and on the phone, and theyve already begun that shift. Could we see the actual plans id love to see the actual plans or communications that youre giving out, or the nurses, as well, are we giving information what they should be shifting their work towards . Yes. And were going to have them working the whole company. Its included social workers, counselors, and nurses, so there will be information going out. I want to say there will be information going out to staff, and that includes social workers and staff, what theyre being asked to shift to, and theres also information going out to families. Okay. One question, i havent seen any of these, and i think there may be commissioners who would like to see some of these plans. I mean, id love to form with Central Office<\/a> leaders in your plans. Can you share those with us based on the policies that were connected with . Sure. Theres a lot of plans, but she and i can go through the material that we can share. And i just want to clarify, we can provide some draft guidance around what teachers and site administrators are doing as they prepare to facilitate teacherled Distance Learning<\/a>. As i said, more guidance for nurses and some of the other roles that you just called out is forthcoming, so i just wanted to make sure i make that correction. In the meantime, well be ramping up the various Distance Learning<\/a> models in the various forms, but [inaudible] with you all for some feedback, and were also providing drafts to our latest partners to get some feedback, as well. Yes. Why is everybody laughing . I cant see anything. Its not okay. [inaudible] oh, you heard her . Im sorry. See, this is the new normal. [inaudible] were actually finding that theres a lot more requests coming to the School District<\/a> for support, and there are requests going out for support, and theyre not being met. I think the department of Public Health<\/a> is probably going to be looking for some of our nurses to come into play. Were being asked to provide masks and gloves and cleaning supplies, so all of us are sort of making the same requests to be enforced. We are partnering, but i think everyone is stretched, and were all looking to each other for resources that we may or may not have. [inaudible] and id also like to get an account on how many nurses and p. D. S are ill let the chief comment on that. [inaudible] we are obligated to adhere to the requests from the mayor if we are not using our staff, to deploy our staff as needed. So were in close contact with them. Obviously, we, at this point, being our janitorial and custodial staff, we have not responded to that by sending people, but obviously, anticipating this goes on longer, were going to get more and more requests. [inaudible] or i just feel like im trying to figure out whats happening on friday. So anything [inaudible] can we communicate that, you know lets look at creating an sfusd plan for our kids. So i would like to see folks really ramp up on that, trying to figure out what that would look like [inaudible] i will get that for you. [inaudible] and do you have a [inaudible] the nurses, i want to say we have i want to say we have a little over 100, but again, i can figure that out while were sitting here and come back and give you that number when its available. And also, when its happening, i know we have when we do get a request, we do have a little bit to go back and forth and say this is the amount of time that we can provide and things like that. And once that person is deployed, they have a completely different supervisor, and that person is telling them, so we absolutely have the ability to say, we cant do eight hours, we can do six hours, and things like that, and we get a pretty good idea of what is being asked at that person. I just want to ask a quick follow up. What im understanding and what im receiving from folks, it seems like theres an opportunity for us to clamp down a little bit tighter in terms of this transition process. And if we could really be vigilant in terms of what our processes are moving forward, folks would understand here, how does that look like . [inaudible] i would hate for us to be in a situation where i want to transfer information, and we cant, and folks are being placed here, and [inaudible] any other questions or comments . Commissioner make sure we have capability to meet grades 3 through 12 [inaudible] and they have that access. Okay. So were good on that . Okay. Section k, introduction of proposals and assignment of section l, proposals for immediate action and suspension of the rules, theres none today. Section m, Board Members<\/a> reports, theres none today. N, item one, acceptance of gifts, monthly report, section n2, initial proposal from International Federation<\/a> of professional and technical engineers, local 21 to San Francisco<\/a> unified School District<\/a>, theres no discussion. Item o, memorial adjournment, we have none. Great, good morning, everyone. The meeting will and to order. Welcome to the meeting of the Public Safety<\/a> and Neighborhood Services<\/a> committee. Im supervisor rafael mandelman, the chair. And were joined by vice chair supervisor stefani and supervisor walton and i want to thank the fine folks for staffing this meeting as well as the operations and i. T. For lending their support to this first remote meeting of our committee. And for all that you are all doing to keep all of our meetings running smoothly, which i know that is challenging in these times. And mr. Clerk do you have announcemented . Clerk due to the covid19 Health Emergency<\/a> and to protect city employees, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and the Committee Room<\/a> are closed. The members are participating in the meeting remotely, the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment is available for each item on the agenda, both cable channel 26 and sfggovtv. Org are streaming. And the ability to speak during the Comment Period<\/a> are available by calling 8882045984. And you can utilize an access code. The code is, 3501008. Ill repeat those numbers, the calling number is 8882045984. And the access code is, 3501008. And once callers are connected they s3501008. And once callers are connected they should press the pound symbol. And then press the pound symbol again. And then after theyre connected if they wish to speak they should dial 1 and then dial 0, in order to be added to the queue to speak to that particular agenda item. They are lined up in the order which they dial 1 and 0. While waiting the system will be silent. The calling system will notify you when you are in line and waiting. All callers remain on mute until their line is opened for comment. Everyone must account for the time delays and speaking discrepancies between the live coverage and streaming. We have about a one or two second delay. And best practices are to call from a quiet location and speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television, radio or your streaming device. Alternatively you may submit your Public Comments<\/a> in either of the following ways you can email me johncarol, and my email address is john. Carroll sfgov. Org. To repeat that, that is john. Carroll sfgov. Org. If you submit Public Comment<\/a> by email its in the legislative files as part of the matters. Written comments may be sunday by u. S. Postal service to city hall room 244, San Francisco<\/a>, california, 94102 and that address is available on the agenda for this meeting. And, mr. Chair, the items today are expected to appear on the. The agenda of april 21st agenda unless otherwise noted. Can you call our first item. Clerk agenda one is a hearing to consider the issuance of a type 21 offsale general beer, wine and distilled spirit Liquor License<\/a> for the epicurian trader l. L. C. And located at 1 Ferry Building<\/a>. And it will serve the public convenience or the necessity of the city and county. The members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment<\/a> on this item call the number that i mentioned earlier and printed on your agenda and dial 1, 0 now to be added to the queue. I believe that we have the officer here to present on this item . Yes, good morning. Good morning. Okay. So you have before you a report for the epicurian trader and they have applied for a type 21, 41, 86 license and if approved this allows them to separate in offsale general to sell beer and wine anyplace and a tasting type license. There are zero letters of protest, zero letters of support. They are located at plot 216, which is considered a high crime area. And they are in a high saturation area and no opposition. And recommends approval on the following conditions number one, winetasting is conducted there should be signs in a conspicuous space, that the entrance and or the exits of the premise as depicted on 257 which state no alcoholic beverages beyond this point. Said times shall be no less than 7inch by 11inch in size and contain letters no less than one inch in sign. Two, signs posted that no minors are allowed in the tasting area as of april 1st, they have not agreed formally to the conditions. They have and they have not . They have not as of april 1st. Okay. And if we could ask the applicant about that. Thank you, officer. Do we have matt pawns on the line . Or another representative of the applicant . The applicant is matt pond and matt pond is on the callin line and our Operations Team<\/a> could unmute mr. Ponds phone number so he can speak to our committee now. He is ready to speak. Clerk mr. Pond . Hi, guys. Everybody hear me . Clerk yes, we can. Okay. So first of all, thanks for the meeting and i know that its been difficult for everybody to try to push things forward and we appreciate everybody working hard to keep the process moving forward. Firstly, as it provides to the conditions, you know, i think that in the hustle and bustle of shelterinplace and trying to run a business that just was missed but were fully supportive of the conditions and we have no objection and were more than happy to put that on the record and anything that is required. And just everybody on the phone call knows, the epicurian trader and the suggestions hopefully that will clear that matter up. And, secondly, you know, as i sort of think about, you know, the essence of this topic which is whether its a public convenience and a necessity, i think about our other locations and in moments like this i think that its very paramount and clear that we are a necessity to these neighborhoods. If we were not currently opened, you know, the residents would have very limited or zero access to Fresh Produce<\/a> and milk, eggs, fresh bread. And so i think that, you know, i think that its highlights how big a necessity that having a quality grocer, San Francisco<\/a>run, and locally owned and operated, you know, how critical it is for the residents of those neighborhoods. You know, and the financial district is in a similar pocket. Theres very limited access to quality grocers in that part of town. And, you know, we strive to offer a similar selection as we do in the neighborhoods and try to become a convenience for the people th that work in the aa or use the Ferry Building<\/a> as a means of transportation. And so, you know, we hope that you guys recognize that what we do, we do things by the book. We definitely strive to try to adapt and to become part of the neighborhood and hopefully some of the board of supervisors who have had other locations in the neighborhoods have experienced that either firsthand or through, you know, comments from the constituents. Thank you, mr. Pond. I dont see any comments or questions from my colleagues. So we can open this up to members of the public if any have called in. Mr. Clerk, are there any callers on the line . Clerk mr. Chair, staff is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. One second, please. Clerk thank you. A reminder for anyone who may have called in, if you want to speak on agenda item 1, you dial 1, and then 0, after you have connected to our public line and entered the access code. There appears to be one caller. Clerk great. I will say some things about Public Comment<\/a>. We give our speakers two minutes and we ask that you state your first and last names clearly. Okay. Im going over Public Comments<\/a> and the speakers will have two minutes and we have to hear your first and last name clearly and speak directly into the phone. If you have a written statement that you have prepared, you are encouraged to send a copy to the Committee Clerk<\/a> for the official file. And in the interest of time we ask that speakers avoid repetition of previous statements, though we only have one Public Comment<\/a>er, thats not going to be a problem. So, please, go ahead. You can begin now. Have we connected the first caller . Yes, we have. Hello, caller, can you hear us . That caller is not mr. Pond, right . Clerk it shows mr. Pond all right, well, we already heard from mr. Pond. So it sounds like we dont have any additional Public Comment<\/a> on this item. And so im going to close Public Comments<\/a> now. And bringing the imaginary gavel down. And so, again, no comments or questions i dont see any comments or questions from my colleagues. I understand that supervisor peskin is supportive of this item. Moving forward, i think that it is reasonable to expect that the applicant can meet the conditions and formally agreed to the conditions before this gets voted on with the board of supervisors. Im hoping that will happen. And ill probably ask to confirm our office will make sure that has happened before this is voted on, board of supervisors. But with all of that said, i think that we can direct our clerk to prepare resolution determining the issuance of the license to serve the public necessity and i will make a motion to send that forward to the full board with positive recommendation. And, mr. Clerk, can you call the roll. Clerk on the motion to recommend a resolution to the full board of supervisors, that finds that the service premise would meet the public convenience or necessity, vice chair stefani . Aye. I got it. Thank you. Clerk stefani, aye. Member walton. Supervisor walton aye. Clerk walton, aye. Chair mandelman . Supervisor mandelman great, the motion passes. Thank you, everyone. We got through one, one more to go. Clerk, call the next item. Clerk pardon me, just a moment. Agenda item 2, is a hearing to consider that the transfer of a type 20 offsale beer and wine Liquor License<\/a> to d. P. And d. K. Investments incorporated doing business as kal neighborhood maisht at 19th avenue, will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of the and the members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment<\/a> on this item should call the Public Comment<\/a> line and enter the access code and then queue up by pressing 1, and then 0. You should do so now. Mr. Chair. Supervisor mandelman great. Thank you. And, again, well start with officer samuelson from the a. L. U. All right, you have before you a report for d. P. And d. K. Investments inc, and applied for a type 20 license and this allows them to operate in an all ofsale beer and liquor premise. And zero letters of opposing and they are in a low crime area, they are in census track 32601, which is considered high saturation, and no opposition. A. L. U. Recommends approval with the following conditions. Number one, sales, service and consumption of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted only between the hours of 8 00 a. M. And 10 00 p. M. Each day of the week. Number two, the participants shall monitor the area under their control to prevent the loitering of persons on any property adjacent to the licensed premise as depicted on the most recently certified form. And number three, the petitioner shall be responsible for maintaining it free of litter area adjacent to the premise over which they have control as depict. And noted as of april 1st, the applicant had agreed to the above listed conditions. Supervisor mandelman thank you, officer samuelson. And then we will hear from the applicant. Is jodie knight or the applicant on the line . Clerk we have sabrina shaggy on the line. If you could unmute her mike so she can her mic so she can address the panel. Good morning, supervisors. We appreciate you hearing we appreciate you hearing this item today. Im sabrina shaggy and im speaking on behalf of the project sponsor. And the gas station has been operating at the site for decades and includes a building with an awtdo repair station and a small food mart. The owners propose to put the auto repair station to a more beneficial use by expanding this into the rest of the existing building. The Planning Commission<\/a> unanimously approved the project on consent. Although this is a chevron gas station its a familyowned and operated franchise where the owners take great pride in being part of this community. Their goal is to provide a true neighborhood serving market in response to the needs of their customers. The expanded food mart will include the sale of general grocery items, fresh coffee, mademade food and personal items, as well as beer and wine. So that the local residents can conveniently pick up most of the items they need while stopping for gas. 37 neighbors and customers have signed a petition or written letters in support of the project and stating that this type of market would be beneficial to the neighborhood. Aside from providing a onestopshop for customers, the addition of beer and wine sales will provide a muchneeded increase in revenue which is crucial for the longterm viability of the gas station. In turn, this will help to preserve jobs for current employees and to provide new Employment Opportunities<\/a> in the neighborhood. Given the current economic crisis, its imperative that the city support neighborhood serving and familyowned businesses. Aside from the conditions that the Police Department<\/a> has imposed and the owners have agreed to, the owners are also taking a number of other safety precautions. Theyre not providing any beer or wine near the entrance, theyre requiring all employees to complete abcs Online Training<\/a> course and the site will be monitored at all times for the insulation of 11 security cameras. And the owners have no tolerance for any loitering and they take the maintenance of the property seriously. And the addition of this type 20 license will ensure the continued viability of the gas station and most importantly it will look at the needs of those that live and work in the neighborhood. For these reasons we respectfully request that you forward this to the full board for positive recommendation. Thank you and im available for any questions. Supervisor mandelman thank you. I dont see any comments or questions from my colleagues. So i will open this up to Public Comment<\/a>. Do we have any callers in the queue . Clerk mr. Chair, staff will check to see if theres callers in the queue. Mr. Chair, there are no callers wishing to speak. Supervisor mandelman great. I will close Public Comment<\/a>. And, colleagues, i understand that supervisor mar is not in opposition to this license, he supports sending this item forward to the full board. Given that, i think we can direct our clerk to prepare a resolution to determine the issuance of the license for public convenience and subsidy and ill make a motion to send that resolution to the full board with positive recommendation. Clerk, please call the roll. Clerk on the motion to amend the resolution pending public convenience or necessity findings for the applicant, vice chair stefani. Supervisor stefani aye. Clerk stefani, aye. Supervisor walton. Supervisor walton aye. Clerk walton, aye. Is it chair mandelman . Supervisor mandelman aye. Clerk theres no further business. Supervisor mandelman then we are adjourned. Thank you, everyone. Clerk thank you. Thank you, chair mandelman. Hi. My name is carmen chiu, San Francisco<\/a>s elected assessor. When i meet with seniors in the community, theyre thinking about the future. Some want to down size or move to a new neighborhood thats closer to family, but they also worry that making such a change will increase their property taxes. Thats why i want to share with you a property tax saving program called proposition 60. So how does this work . Prop 60 was passed in 1986 to allow seniors who are 55 years and older to keep their prop 13 value, even when they move into a new home. Under prop 13 law, property growth is limited to 2 growth a year. But when ownership changes the law requires that we reassess the value to new market value. Compared to your existing home, which was benefited from the which has benefited from the prop 13 growth limit on taxable value, the new limit on the replacement home would likely be higher. Thats where prop 60 comes in. Prop 60 recognizes that seniors on fixed income may not be able to afford higher taxes so it allows them to carryover their existing prop 13 value to their new home which means seniors can continue to pay their prop 13 tax values as if they had never moved. Remember, the prop 60 is a one time tax benefit, and the Property Value<\/a> must be equal to or below around your replacement home. If you plan to purchase your new home before selling your existing home, please make sure that your new home is at the same price or cheaper than your existing home. This means that if your existing home is worth 1 million in market value, your new home must be 1 million or below. If youre looking to purchase and sell within a year, were you nur home must not be at a value that is worth more than 105 of your exist egging home. Which means if you sell your old home for 1 million, and you buy a home within one year, your new home should not be worth more than 1. 15 million. If you sell your existing home at 1 million and buy a replacement between year one and two, it should be no more than 1. 1 million. Know that your ability to participate in this Program Expires<\/a> after two years. You will not be able to receive prop 60 tax benefits if you cannot make the purchase within two years. So benefit from this tax savings program, you have to apply. Just download the prop 60 form from our website and submit it to our office. For more, visit our website, sfassessor. Org, hi. My name is carmen chiu, San Francisco<\/a>s elected assessor. In our seven mile by seven mile city, we have over 210,000 properties and close to 90 of their are residential like the homes you and i live in, so you might ask, how can we possibly value all these properties . Well, to better understand our work, we need to explain the states proposition 13 law. In 1978, california voters passed proposition 13. Under prop 13, we value your property at market value when you first buy it. Every year after, that value goes up by the c. P. I. Or the California Consumer<\/a> price index. But if the c. P. I. Is more than 2 , prop 13 caps the increase at 2 . Well walkthrough the maximum increases prop 13 would allow. Lets take a home with initial value of 400,000. In the second year your assessed value grows by a maximum of 2 , growing from 400,000 to 408,000. In year three, that 408,000 is increased by 2 to roughly 416,000. Every year, the value grows by the maximum rate of 2 , and that is called your prop 13 value. Keep in mind as time goes by your prop 13 value may not be the same as market rate. What do we mean by that . Lets say over the last ten years, home prices in San Francisco<\/a> have gone every roughly 10 every year. Despite that, your prop 13 value is capped at 2 growth creating a difference between your market value and prop 13 value. Know that the value recessed when theres a change in ownership. A change in ownership means that the property has a new zoner. Maybe through a new owner. Maybe through a sale, a gift or adding or dropping names through title. At that time the home will be assessed a new market rate. That value becomes a new starting point for the property. Just like before, the Growth Continues<\/a> to be limited at 2 until the next transfer happens. Remember, the new owners are responsible for paying taxes at the new level from the first day that they own it. Value might also be added when construction happens on your property. That would be another instance when growth in your value might exceed 2 . Here, we would add the value of construction on top of your existing prop 13 value. Every july, well let you know what your assessed value is by sending you a letter called a notice of assessed value. You can use that information to estimate your property taxes early. Please note that a separate office called the treasurer Tax Collectors Office<\/a> will send you a letter in october and theyre responsible 230r collections. For more information, visit our website, while this Technology Allows<\/a> us to hold these meetings via teleconference, it may not be as seamless as we would like it to be. There will be some gaps and dead air, so we beg everyones indulgence, but we think its important that muni go about its business and hold the meeting, and well have to go ahead and cope with the limitations that Technology Presents<\/a> us. Sounds like everybody has done this before, but if youre participating via remote technology, please keep your microphone on mute so we dont get feedback on everything. Id like to thank people who made this meeting possible. Our secretary, roberta boomer, along with shawn, art, jack from sfgtv, the staff at the board of supervisors, carolyn and sophia. A lot of people worked to make this happen at this unprecedented time. I will say to our staff, from jeff tumlin down through the ranks, the response has been remarkable, and well talk more about this as the meeting goes on, but i just want to say thank you. You guys are emblematic about this city. Clerk announcement of prohibition of sound producing meetings at this time. There is no prohibition at this time with respect to this meeting. Item 4, approval of the minutes. This is for the minutes of march 17 regular meeting. Okay. Very good. Board members, as is always, this has been circulated to us in advance. I assume there are no comments, so at this point, i will ask first if there is any Public Comment<\/a> on item 4. Miss boomer, do you see any comment on item 4 . Clerk thank you. Our moderator will check. So if members of the public would like to comment, please dial onezero if you wish to address the board on the minutes of the march 17 meeting. Moderator, please let us know when you are ready or whether there are any callers who wish to address. Caller there are no members of the public that wish to address the board. Okay. Thank you very much. Seeing that, well close Public Comments<\/a>. Unless theres a motion from tfrom theres any comments, ill ask for a motion interactive talk mode. All participants are now in listenonly mode. Clerk mr. Director, you may proceed with the meeting. We had a motion from director torres. All those in favor, please say aye. Clerk mr. President , i need to do a roll call vote. [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, that is a unanimous approval. Very good. Would you call go ahead. Item 5. Clerk under communications. Okay. Would you please finish your portion of this . Clerk yes, mr. Chair, i will. All right. So this meeting is being televised by sfgtv. Please be aware that there is a 20to30second time lag, so if members of the public are watching, there will be a lag between what youre seeing on sfgtv and what you are hearing. If members of the public wish to make a comment on the agenda, the phone number is posted on the agenda, on our website, and i will repeat it during the meeting. Please make sure that you are in a quiet location, that you turnoff any t. V. Or radios, and if you are streaming the meeting at sfgtv, that you reduce the sound, and this will reduce any reverberations so that the board can hear you. If you wish to comment on a particular item, the chair will prompt you to press onezero, the chair or i. This will add you to the speaker line. You will be queued up in the order in which you president onezero. There will be an auto mated voice that tells you when it is your turn to speak. When your microphone is unmuted, you will hear us to ask you to state your name and state your comments. I will start timing your comments. When you have 30 seconds, i will say 30 seconds. When your two minutes are up, your microphone will be put on mute. I will repeat these instructions for those joining the meeting after the start. Mr. President , that concludes the introduction. Item 6, items or introduction by Board Members<\/a>. Members, if you would like to introduce items, you can signal me online. Director. Director eaken directdirecto directdirecto director eaken . Director eaken director eaken i think at a minimum, theres sort of two phases at this challenge, but just wanted to say that ive observed this phase during this crisis. Many cities around the world are creating more space for safe walking and biking to make sure that people have enough space to use those modes of transportation in a way thats also adhering to Public Health<\/a> guidelines, and its remarkable to see how many cities have made that essential space for walking and biking. The second is as we think about recovery, i talked to a colleague from another city talking about how pollution is down, traffic is down. I havent seen the numbers, but i would presume that vision zero and accidents and fatalities are down. So the thing is, when we go back, how do we get past the largest source of death and Greenhouse Gas<\/a> pollution in this country . [inaudible] in terms of how do we come back and be more strong and equitable than our Transportation System<\/a> was before this crisis . Wonderful. Thank you, director eaken. I certainly look forward to watching you push forward those ideas, no pun intended. I see no other comments, so well move onto the directors report. Director tumlin, crazy first couple of months for you. You are unflappable. Very impressed with how youre dealing with this. Thank you for taking care of our professionals and making sure that theyyre in the loo and looked after. Thank you very much. The floor is yours, sir. Thank you, director heinicke. 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