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With that, could you please call item number 1. Clerk yes. Ordinance amending the existing Building Code to extend the date for completion of work for the seismic retrofitting of tier four wood Frame Buildings to september 15, 2021. Each speaker will be allowed Public Comments which to speak by calling 4156550001. The meeting i. D. Is 1469631010. Again, thats 1469631010. Press pound, and pound again. When connected, you will be in listening mode and muted. Chair peskin thank you. Before i submit this, i wanted to thank mayor ed lee for having the courage to mandate seismic retrofits of soft story buildings of San Francisco. I want to thank many folks who have participated in the previous tiers. It has not been cheap, it has not been easy, but we are now in the middle of a covid19 crisis, and i do want to say that i believe supervisor mandelmans legislation is timely and appropriate, and the extension, god willing, we will not have an earthquake because in the incident him, weve had interim, weve had everything else. And with that, i will turn it over to mr. Temprano. Thank you, chair peskin. Its good to be with you on behalf of supervisor mandelman to discuss this ordinance that will amend the Building Code to extend the date for completion of work for the seismic retrofitting of buildings to september 15, 2021. As chair peskin noted, the citys mandatory soft Story Retrofit Program was established in 2013. The Program Requires the retrofit of older multifamily unit buildings to a soft story condition. Tier four to be completed often have commercial space with residential units above. The current deadline for completion on these buildings is tomorrow, september 15, 2020. The 1,114 tier four Properties Identified in 2013 are estimated to hold approximately 2,028 businesses. Of these 1,114 tier four reports, approximately 41 still need to complete their retrofits. Chair peskin im sorry, mr. Temprano. Would you please represent the percentages . Sure. That was 41 needing to be completed. Even prior to covid19, Small Businesses in district 8, and im sure in your district, as well, it reached out, concerned that a city mandated closure of three to six months could force them to permanently closed. They looked at 140 Small Business spaces in districts 1, 2, and 5 that had been retrofitted prior to 2005. 30 to 40 of these businesses saw a turnover following that work. Many now ask the risk of shutting down again to allow seismic retrofit work just as they are rehiring staff and trying to reestablish desperately needed sales. Seismic retrofit work is an emergency and urgent, but the reality is that Small Businesses and owners need more time. By extending this date to september 15, 2021, we are allowing this work to be completed, and hopefully, it can be completed at a time that is less disruptful for tenants and ground floor businesses. We have heard from a number of residential tenants who are sheltering in place, often working from home and are finding their locations unuseable. I will note at a previous meeting of this committee, there was a need to update other deadlines, including the deadline to install fire alarm systems. While this is not addressed in our current system, we would allow for additional amendments to be introduced while still moving this time sensitive piece of legislation forward. I would like to acknowledge and thank the director of Small Business, regina dickendrizzi. With that, i would like to thank you for consideration of this item and take any questions you might have. Chair peskin thank you, mr. Temprano, and i dont see any of my colleagues in the chat box, so let me just start by addressing the issue that i think you just asked for, which is relative to the fire alarm, do you have amendments that you want to propose if this item is delayed . We do not. At a previous meeting, you and supervisor safai had addressed some additional concerns. I think if theres a motion to further extend deadlines, were happy to have this legislation be a starting point if thats the easiest way to go about it. Chair peskin got it. Absence the amendments, the issue is whether or not we duplicate the file and we continue it and amendment it whereas something is introduced and sits under the 30day rule unless waived okay. We can put that in the parking lot for now. Okay. Supervisor safai . Supervisor safai so i think just my thought thank you, tom, and mr. Chair in this regard. I think it makes sense to duplicate the file and then for some amendments made to clarify around fire alarm upgrades, so i would be in favor of duplicating the file, for sure. Chair peskin okay. So well circle around to that a little later on. Why dont we go to d. B. I. As first, this is a d. B. I. Issue, and well to the Small Business commission and miss dickendrizzi. I think it would be helpful if you talk about how the tiers work, what m. O. V. S or endorsement remains today, and i really want to thank d. B. I. , who has embraced this program and, god fore bid, in addition to forbid, in addition to everything that were experiencing, covid and air quality, that we have an earth quick. D. B. I. , the floor is yours. Thank you, supervisor. So with the retrofit, compliant generally has been pretty good. Weve got 75 compliance rate right now. The first level is assembly spaces. Theres only seven buildings total, and weve completed five, and there are two occupying outstanding on that. Sorry. I dont have the information on that, but those two are special cases. Second is larger apartment buildings, 15 units or more. That is at 86 completion rate, with 74 total buildings that have not completed at this point. Chair peskin 86, you mean 86 percent. Chair peskin and what was the universe of tier two . Tier two was 515, required to be completed by september 15 of 2018. At this point, we have 74 that are not in compliance, and notices of violation have been issued, and those are somewhere in the abatement process or list. Phase three is the sort of catchall category. That is the largest tier by far. It is 3,383. At this point, we have 80 of those completed with 20 not. Thats 686 buildings. Those were due to be completed on 9192019, so theyre almost a year overdue at this point. Weve filed m. O. V. S that those are some buildings with tenants in them, so were willing to work with those building owners if they have outstanding circumstances, were not going to require them to start work right away if theres some reason not to. And then, the final tier is tier four, is a total of 1,024 buildings. Of those, 599 have been completed. Chair peskin im sorry. What was that . Out of 1,024, how many was completed. That was 599, and our total that have not been completed are 495, but thats still at a 40 need completion rate. Chair peskin and for those that have, that would be a certificate of final completion . Yes. Chair peskin thank you. Youre welcome. Chair peskin so do we have questions, supervisor preston or supervisor safai . Those are relatively figures over time. To mr. Temprano, relative to the folks in fear three, was there any thoughts from supervisor mandelmans office of how we want to deal with them or why . Sorry. I have a timer going off, apologies. Chair peskin your time is up, tom. Im done. No, we really did just focus on tier four specifically in this legislation because the deadline is is now, and there was such so many buildings that impacted so many special and residential tenants that were still out of compliance, so we really didnt dig into tier three. Chair peskin and so, mr. Murray, you characterize tier three as kind of the catchall, how would you characterize what was in tier four for those 1,024 buildings . Tier four are commercial ground four and are in liquefaction zones. Chair peskin so subject to pwaves and swaves. Why werent those im sorry. Why werent those included in that initially . Im sorry. I missed that. I was off the board for seven years. Im sorry. I dont know that. Chair peskin and relative to the 40 rate, can you characterize why the remaining stragglers havent performed timely . Sorry. I was muted there. Generally, its cost. You know, with lining up a contractor in tier four, i would imagine that a lot of constructors planning to Start Construction were delayed by the covid crisis, but its still the same set of issues running through any major project. Its the cost and finding a contractor and all of that. I will say that they were required to have their Building Permit filed by 9152018, so its not an issue of getting the permits, and i believe that 99 of them actually have the permits issued, its just a matter of starting work. Chair peskin okay. Ms. Dickendrizzi. Thank you, chair peskin and supervisor preston and safai. I wont repeat much of what tom said, but the Small Business commission supported this report, that an extension of this deadline would be needed. Again, just to highlight that because of the covid, construction one was stopped, so during the early months of covid, that even when businesses were closed, this kind of construction could not take place, and that with the high number of properties that were still needing to complete, that we would need to create a time frame where Property Owners and businesses could figure out the best time to get the work completes. So the commission is and our office is supporting the compensation. Im happy to take any questions. Chair peskin are there any questions for either mr. Murray or miss dickendrizzi . Seeing none, are there any members of the public on this item one for Public Comment . Clerk thank you, mr. Clerk. It looks like we have 11 listeners and three in queue. D. T. , if you can let us know when the callers are ready. Chair peskin first speaker, please. I apologize. I raised my hand too early. I was hoping to speak on this, the next item. Chair peskin okay. Well get back to you, so if youll get back in the queue. Next speaker, please. [inaudible] im sorry. I want to also comment on the item number 2. Chair peskin okay. Well get you back in the queue, and next speaker for item number 1. Im sorry. Im also i need to wait for my [inaudible] chec. Chair peskin sounds like the next item is going to be pretty popular. All right. Are there any other speakers for item number one with regard to extending the retrofit compliance deadline . Madam clerk . Operations . Operator there are no more callers. Chair peskin all right. Why dont we wait for just a moment before i close Public Comment. Going once, going twice, Public Comment is closed. Colleagues, first, let me duplicate the file and make a motion to continue the duplicated file to the call of the chair. On that motion, madam clerk, a roll call, please. Clerk for the file, item number one has been duplicate. On the motion to duplicate and continue to the call of the chair chair peskin i think the duplication, i can do myself, but continue to the call of the chair. Clerk correct. Just noting the duplicate go motion. [roll call] clerk you have three ayes on the continuation. Chair peskin and then i make a motion to forward this to the full board of supervisors as a Committee Report for hearing tomorrow, september 15. On that motion, a roll call, please. Clerk on the motion as stated [roll call] clerk you have three ayes. Chair peskin all right. Next item, please. Clerk item 2 is an ordinance amending the health code to establish cleaning and disease prevention standards and practices in Tourist Hotels and Large Commercial Office buildings to help contain covid19. Each speaker will be allowed Public Comments which to speak by calling 4156550001. The meeting i. D. Is 1469631010. Again, thats 1469631010. Press pound, and pound again. When connected, you will be in listening mode and muted. Chair peskin thank you, ms. Major, and thank you, supervisor safai and supervisor preston for your patience in continuing this item for a couple of weeks to make sure we created the space for additional speed back and dialogue for a host of Key Stakeholders in the hospitality and office industries, including the building owners, their workers, and other parties. And as ive said before actually, i said it in a movie that was on public broadcasting a couple of nights ago, i was proud to represent a district that has been the goose that lays the golden egg for San Francisco, generating hundreds of millions of dollars in tourism and Office Revenue and event revenue for the city and county of San Francisco. We all know, these industries have been remarkably hard hit by the pandemic, particularly by the mixed measures and announcements emanating from the federal government and the c. D. C. San francisco has so much at stake, and we, as i said earlier, need to adopt industryleading standards rooted in Public Health guidance. I want to rebrand San Francisco as the safest tourism destination in the United States of america. Ive said this to the building owners and stations, ive said this to unite 2, and ive said this to Hotel Council. As of today, we have done a small partial reopening for personal businesses, and as we look at reopening more and more indoor activities, particularly in very transmissive settings. We have to look from what weve all read in the media in disastrous openings like las vegas and other cities and establish strong guidelines that really protect everyone and reattract tourists to San Francisco. Singapore, china, france have adopted very similar cleaning standards based on recommendations from Donald Trumps beloved World Health Organization, and i really think that San Francisco can and should be the Industry Leader here, and as we say, as goes San Francisco, so goes california. As goes california, so goes the United States of america. And we should be the Gold Standard for the state and the nation. And as i said, ive met with all of the stakeholders in the past several weeks, and they have all suggested a slew of amendments. I think there have been a total of 33 from the industries, which colleagues, what is before you today and has been circulated, i have adopted about half of them, either in whole or in part, and i really want to thank stakeholders for this feedback. And some of the stakeholders have actually done that in a way that was much more helpful to my chief of staff, sunny angulo. In other cases, it was much broader, highlevel feedback as came from the building owners and managers association. I know theres been concern about what we call opt in or opt out, which, very simply put is, if you are a guest in a hotel, you get cleaning unless you decide that you dont want daily cleaning in your room. Thats exactly the way the system works now. I will say that when i go to a hotel, and i stay a couple of nights, and theres a little note on top of the towels that i can make the environment better and not use water, i dont have my towels changed. I mostly go backpacking and stay in a tent, but were actually preserving customer choice, so if a patron wants to opt out of daily cleaning in order to conserve water and do their part for the environment, they can continue to have that option. In addition to revising, clarifying some of the definitions in the ordinance, these clarifications really seek to tighten up the definition of cleaning and the clarification of employees in language, and i think that is fundamentally important. And given the fact that were furthering were further limiting the scope of this ordinance, ive been advised by council that these amendments are nonsubstantive in nature, although i think we spent a lot of time trying to reach a consensus that works for all parties without compromising Public Health and encouraging more tourism and office use. I want to make sure that we havent missed anything, and im totally open to additional feedback. Supervisor safai, thank you for your cosponsorship, and youre welcome to offer any comments or amendments, and if there are no other comments, i would like to open this up for Public Comment, which based on the last item, we apparently have quite a bit of. With that, vice chair safai . Supervisor safai yeah, thank you. I want to associate myself with your comments. I appreciate working independently on this. Since we cant work on this together, we had to work independently with the respective agencies, but i appreciate your work on this. I would like to say, i draw th