Eakins support and, you know, staff continuing to look for opportunities to get all of the infrastructure work done during this closure period. Very, very glad to hear there may be some improvements on the wifi communication capabilities and stations and that is super important to the User Experience for writers, but also safety, you know, one of the concerns that ive always had, when im stuck underneath the underground and theres delays with my kids and we cant get anywhere and we cant really communicate with the outside world. So this is really very important going forward. So thank you for thinking of that. Before i open it up to Public Comments, any final questions . No, ok. Moderator, can you open the line for Public Commenters. You have two questioning remaining. You may start. Speaker this is herbert winer and my concern is this. I believe that the subway has been under budgeted all along and you dont have uptodate equipment and, basically, the reason is, the funding was reflected to other projects, such as cycling and i think that the subway, as well as transportation should be given top priority. Now, this is the upshot of what happened. Splicing problems in the rest of it. So please, make Public Transportation which includes the subway system your priority. It should take priority over bike lanes, over vision zero and all of the other projects. Your funding has been deflected and the public is paying for it. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. You have two questions remaining. Speaker hay, thithis is han miller calling in about the rail service. I was disappointed. I was out there riding on the first day and i think it shows our resilient we can be, but just looking at the bus service, like i said earlier, i think it would be beneficial as miss kirshbaum talked about the shortage of drivers and this would give us more buses to run on the endline everyday of the week instead of the weekdays and have more freak servic frequentn the tline and i was looking to reopening those so we can have strong bus service and then, also, in terms of the ambassadors, its great we have so many out, at a certain extent, its too many and theyre just standing around border at this point. Around bored at this point. If theyre just standing around, its not providing any benefit to the public. And so overall, thats my feedback. Thank you. Next speaker, please. You have one questioning remaining. Speaker thank you, chair and members. And i read about this and im trying to catch up on all of the information. But the theme im bringing to the table here is be reactive instead of proactive and so, it looks to me like monday morning quarterbacking and we have to ask, how come it seemed like we didnt foresee these things in advance, where we had points that only one point of failure caused this to close down a rail system for a period of weeks, possibly months . And we have to ask how come the parts we bought were substandard and we didnt catch that. With all of the repairs we did, we didnt catch that. And that we had one point of failure with our control system. And so, our agency headquartered in oakland has been able to keep running and, yet, we lose our control room and we cant operate or we dont have a plan b to operate the railroad. We dont have a second control room or we cant go into manual operation. And wire failures on railroads have occurred before. I think this matter determines and deserves an investigation. Thirty seconds. And somebody has to own this. There has to be a person who will say the bus stops here and own it and solve it so we can reopen and maintain a safe timely and affordable railway. Thank you. Thank you. Moderator, any additional callers . You have one question remaining. Next speaker, please. Speaker so on item 12, here are my comments. Despite my pending sequa appeal, i was out saturday morning to see the operation on the first day. Ran into shawn and julie and i made a number of comments and suggestions regarding operations and signage, which i felt were actually heard. And i think that its clear that mta was not ready for the rail reopening despite whatever planning will be done. I still think there are enough operators and vehicles to provide a saturday level of Service Throughout the system on all routes that operate on saturday and i still think that we should not have to choose between service on key corridors, including rail, including garry, including Mission Street and service elsewhere in the city. There are sufficient resources to provide that service at this time and i think it continues to be both unfair to people on routes that are not currently operating, like the 21, the 31, the 33, the 37. And i think that it who put everyone at risk by restarting rail sooner than was ready and forcing people to transfer. I think thats unnecessary and exposes people to unnecessary risks. I look forward to continuing conversation about these rail and nonrail operational challenges at this time. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any additional callers . You have zero questions remaining. Directors, this was an informational item and are there any other final questions or thoughts that you would like to share at this moment . Seeing none, we will madam chair, that concludes the business before you today. And were going to ajourn in memory of an antonio coligne. Chair mar good morning. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the september 3, 2020 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. Im joined by supervisor aaron peskin. Thank you and clerk john carroll. Thank you to sfgovtv for airing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Both cable channel 26 and sfgov are scrolling a Public Comment announcement across your screen. To call in to the meeting, dial 4156550001. Enter the meeting code 1464157487, then pound, and pound again. To comment on an item, press star, three to enter the queue. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways. You may email me. I am john carroll, and im the clerk of the government audit and oversight committee. My email is john. Carroll sfgov. Org. Or you may mail in your comment to city hall. The address is 1 carlton e. Goodlett place, San Francisco, california, 94102. Items acted on today will appear on the board of supervisors agenda of september 15, 2020, unless otherwise stated. Chair mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Can you please call items 1 and 2 together. Clerk yes. Item 1 is a resolution receiving and approving the annual report for the Fishermans WharfCommunity Benefit district and Fishermans Wharf portside Community Benefit district for fiscal year 20182019. Item 2 is a resolution declaring the intention of the board of supervisors to renew and expand a businessbased Business Improvement district known as the Fishermans Wharf portside Community Benefit district and levy a multiyear assessment on identified businesses in the district. Mr. Chair . Chair mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Id like to welcome chris cordes, senior Clerk Program manager with the office of management and workforce development. Thank you. Were here to talk about two items. One is the Fishermans WharfCommunity Benefit district fiscal year 201819 annual repo report. We are governed by two acts. Streets and highways act 36600, and article three of the business and tax regulations code. This resolution covers the annual report for fiscal year 201819. Oewd assures that all c. B. D. S and bids are meeting their annual reduction plans and oewd provides the board of supervisors with a summary memo. The c. B. D. Is a unique c. B. D. In that its compromised of both a land and port side. In fiscal year 1819, they received approximately 715,000 in assessments. They submitted, and the pouredside received approximately 220,000. Both c. B. D. S expire in 2020. The land base did renew this summer and will be around for another 15year term. The current director of the c. B. D. Is mr. Randall scott, and hes here to present with me today. Oewd staff reviews the following budgetrelated benchmarks for all c. B. D. S. Benchmark one, whether the variance amounts for each Service Category was within ten servi Percentage Points from the Management Plan. Its important to note that the portside does not have benchmark two. Benchmark three, whether the variance between the budget amounts within each Service Category was within ten Service Points from the actual, and benchmark four, whether the c. B. D. Is accounting funds carried over from the Previous Fiscal Year and is accounting for projects in the current fiscal year. For benchmark one, the c. B. D. Did meet this requirement and his historically met it, as well, for both land side and the port side. For benchmark two, the c. B. D. Raised 23. 2 of their operating budget from nonassessment revenue. For this budgets versus actual for the landside c. B. D. , they met it and has historically met it, and the portside, the c. B. D. Has met it, and has been pretty consistent with the exception of fiscal year 1516. And the carryover, they decided how they would complete upcoming projects in our report. The c. B. D. Was successful in exceeding its general benefit requirement. It has hosted Successful Events and has partnered with the Broader Community to make the wharf a destination for locals and tourists alike. The c. B. D. Will sunset on august 3, 2020, and the portside c. B. D. Will sunset on december 31, 2020, and the renewal process is slated to be concluded before that date. If theres no question for oewd on this portion of the presentation, i would like to turn it over to mr. Scott for his presentation on fiscal year 1819. Chair mar thank you, mr. Cordes, for the presentation. I dont have any questions. Supervisor peskin i just want to thank Randall Scott and his staff, and most importantly, the payors of the c. B. D. For the work that theyve done precovid, during covid, during times of unrest at Fishermans Wharf. Thank you, mr. Scott, and your staff. Thank you, supervisor. Good morning, chair mar, supervisor peskin, and vice chair haney. Thank you for allowing me to present our fiscal year report. Although the Fishermans WharfCommunity Benefit district technically has two districts as previously mentioned, we have historically and plan to continue to submit our annual report as a single entity. Id like to take a brief moment to thank you, supervisor peskin, for all of your support, leadership, and partnership, which allows us in the wharf and the payors to sustain a cleaner and safer destination for San Francisco and the tourists who come to visit. Next slide, please. Briefly, although Fishermans Wharf c. B. D. Has been in existence since 2006, with operations beginning in 2007, we did not begin our clean and safe operations until 2017. Been expanded in 2018 to more ambassadors and yearround. Expansion efforts to clean and safe has become a priority. Next slide, please. As you can see, in 1819, we removed over 35,000 pounds of trash, almost 4,000 graffiti and stickers removed, and 4,000 street items to beautify the neighborhood. You know, whatever we can paint and cover up to make it look nice and pretty, we do. There are also a number of quality of life issues that we regularly address, which include 800 public disturbances, 1300 public campingsleeping calls that we respond to gently and compassionately, i might add. We have a good rapport with the regular individuals who are unfortunately on the street in our district, and, you know, we have kind of a partnership and an agreement with them on good street behavior. Id like to point out that the primary role of Fishermans Wharf c. B. D. Ambassador is hospitality. With that, we logged almost 1800 hospitality actions in 1819. Marketing highlights, participating with businesses on a fullpage comarketing ad in the october 2019 magazine of alaska airlines. Received 10,000 in free advertising from iheart radio for inkind advertising, as well as the signs that sit on top of uber cars. Optimize website loading time, so our Marketing Team has done a phenomenal job, so its been great coming on with them. And then, of course, we have our great traditional print marketing, the bars contraction ashe hunt, which has been a Successful Program in 1819, bring back the night life. Its just a fun little, you know, pamphlet that you get, and you go around and get stamps at the various bars that you attended. And its free. Anyone can participate, and its just there to drive for business to our night life. Next slide, please. Key metrics and insights, we had approximately 18. 1 million visitors to the wharf in 2018. About 65 of san franciscans came to the wharf, so of those people that came to the city and county of San Francisco, that many came to the wharf. 150plus. 33 of the visitors spend between 150 and 300 per visit, so as mentioned previously, we are a serious economic engine for the city and county of San Francisco and look forward to returning to that as soon as we get a little more break from this virus thats covering the country. Our annual revenues and expenditures, as mr. Cordes presented, we keep our numbers tight. Revenue for 1819 was approximately 1. 2 million. 25 for several corporations, 47 district identity and streetscapes improvement, 27 administration, 7 contingency reserve. Next slide, please. I was fortunate enough to take over the reigns of the district in 2019. Rachel brown did not finish she finished the 1819 fiscal year but is not pictured here, and that is my report for the c. B. D. All right. So the second half of the presentation, item number two, is the portside renewal. So theres a resolution of intention sponsored by supervisor peskin, which i will be presenting onto expand and renew the Business Improvement district, known as the portside c. B. D. Randall scott will be detailing the c. B. D. Plan. The proposed budget for the district will be 275,000. There are approximately 45 businesses that would be represented under the Fishermans Wharf portside c. B. D. , all of which will be provided with a variety of supplemental sources and activities that provide specific benefit to see the businesses who would pay the assessment, including clean and safe, marketing and assessment, and operating contingencies. On march 18, the petition was presented to the board of supervisors with 34. 5 support renewing the portside c. B. D. For a 15year period. Per the resolution of intention, on november 17, a ballot hearing will occur where ballots will be counted. If the required Business Owner vote threshold is met, the board of supervisors may vote to establish the proposed district. I will turn the rest of the presentation over to mr. Scott, and we are both here to answer any questions about the proposed resolution or the new Fishermans Wharf portside c. B. D. Great. Thank you, chris. Chair mar, supervisor peskin, vice chair haney, thank you, once again, for having us here today to talk about the portside renewal. Want to acknowledge supervisor aaron peskin, district 3, for your consistent support and counsel which has been and im sure will continue to be very valued for myself, our staff, and, you know, the patrons and Property Owners and businesses of the northern waterfront. Supervisor peskin randall, its amongst the first we created in the city a long time ago. Well, we want to keep that going. Weve got the land side, and weve got to work on the businesses that are suffering, but i think well overcome that hurdle just fine. I also want to thank chris, mr. Cordes, for all of his support and, you know, just there when i you know, when i call him. These are two c. B. D. S two different c. B. D. S were here to talk about the portside today. Its challenging as a city just because you have a business as well as a land side, and were renewing both this year. Chris, thank you for that and for taking all my calls and emails, so and lastly, i want to thank our Steering Committee and board of directors as a whole for providing me the tools, support, and staff i needed to make this renewal of the district a reality. [inaudible] has grown with substantial Business Owner investment into the world premier and Visitor Experience that has come to be. So world class hotels, kind of attractions. You know, were an international icon, the wharf is, and its the c. B. D. Has been a key partner in that. The evolution of our clean and safe, as you can see, when the district was recently formed, the focus was not on clean and safe, and we did not have supplement cleaning on the portside. So for renewal, we will be looking the at adding a cleaner one of the restaurants, when i sat down with them when i first got there, asked me and they said randall, we want what they want, meaning landside; they want clean and safe. What we did was retool the portside Management Plan and accommodate as much as we can for that. So the portside budget is approximately 75 of the operating budget, and ill get to that in a minute. Approximately 135,000. Approximately 75,000 of that is prescripted, meaning we have a budget of 25,000 to sponsor for the city and county of San Francisco