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And on behalf of the commission, we extend our thanks to the sf gov tv Building Management and Media Services staff for helping make this meeting possible. Madam chair, thank you. Before calling the next item, are there any requests from the commission to amend the order of todays agenda . Hearing none. Secretary fuller, please call the next item. Item one is the announcements by the chair, commissioners and secretary. And this is an informational item. Thank you. I think since this commission has been convening, you will be shocked to know i have no announcements today. Audience members, please hold your applause to my colleagues on the commission. Have any announcements this morning, secretary fuller, do you have any announcements . I just have a couple brief announcements. Um, as a reminder that form 700 filing is due on april 2nd, 2024. Um, and i will be once again sharing the email instructions and, uh, providing any support to commissioners to ensure that they have access to that system to be able to complete on time. Um, and then, uh, another announcement is that a new practice of the commission is to get two commissioners, the full, uh, packet of materials, five Business Days ahead of the regular meeting that was accomplished this past week. Um, just about, um, uh, so essentially the monday before is what were working to do so that folks have plenty of time for review. Um, and then the last item is, i do have an update on the sanitation and streets commission. Um, which they their february 16th meeting was scheduled due to was rescheduled due to lack of quorum. And they will be meeting on march eighth when theyll hear a performance measure report from the bureau of urban forestry and also the Racial Equity action plan update that this commission heard at our last meeting. And thats the end of my announcements. Thank you. And in our, um, scheduling effort that you just outlined, what the purpose is, is for the commission to get documents on the monday before five days, Business Days before, so that if we have questions and comments, we can get them back to the staff in a timely manner. And as we have seen for todays meeting, the staff actually takes those into consideration and may revise the presentations. So secretary fuller, if indeed that that occurs, if there are changes made to the initial presentations, the Commission First reviewed earlier in the week, if you could just apprize us when new presentations have been posted so that we can check for any changes, should just so that we dont review everything on a monday or tuesday and then not do anything with it until today. And are surprised by changes. Absolutely thank you. If there are no questions or comments, please open this to Public Comment. Members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment on item one announcements by the chair, commissioners and secretary may line up against the wall furthest from the chamber door. If commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or star three on your phone to be recognized and. And it appears we do not have any inperson commenters, and we do not have any callers. Sf gov is telling me. So that concludes Public Comment on item one. Thank you. Please call the next item. Item two is the directors report and communications and public works director carlos short is here to present. And this is an information item i just wanted to note that at our february uh, 12th meeting, uh, the commission had requested the presentation been given to the Capital Planning committee, and that was included, uh, on todays agenda as a, as a an additional daca moment, um, that the staff provided for the commission to. Thank you. Bob. Uh, good morning, commissioners carlos short. Uh, hope you all had a good weekend and are ready to roll out a new week. Um, i have a number of topics to touch on this morning. First up is budget. Im very happy to report that we met last weeks deadline to submit our budget plan to the mayors office. I appreciate all your input and approval, and i want to give a special thanks to the public works budget team led by bruce robertson, Jennifer Marquez and victoria chan. They really did an amazing job crafting a proposal that minimizes impacts on Core Services and preserves jobs. As you know, the mayor will make a final decision on what to include in her citywide budget plan, which must be sent to the board of supervisors by june 1st. I do not envy the mayor with a projected deficit of 800 million, she must balance priorities through a citywide lens and that takes into account many competing demands. My staff and i will continue to work closely with her budget team and with the controller and board of supervisors throughout the budget process. Next up, historically black colleges and universities at the beginning of the month, at the request of mayor breed, the citys Human Rights Commission hosted dozens of leaders from historically black colleges and universities, commonly referred to as hbcus. The goal was to see if there was interest in establishing an hbcu satellite campus here in San Francisco. I am bringing this to your attention because one action item that came out of this meeting was to create a pipeline into City Government through internships for hbcu students. This past friday, we held another meeting with Department Representatives to further explore this. As you know, as weve discussed before, we have a strong Internship Program here at public works and in fact, this year, applications are already in on and were eager to include hbcus in our outreach to prospective applicants. In recent years, we have already stepped up our efforts to expand our outreach efforts to tap into a diverse pool of candidates. All right, Lunar New Year, as mentioned at your last meeting, public works crews have been out in force in chinatown throughout the month of february for our annual deep cleaning and beautification operation during the Lunar New YearHoliday Season. This time of year draws big crowds to the historic neighborhood for a panoply of shopping, eating, and cultural activities. This is the year of the dragon. Work often began predawn and continued deep into the night. Steam cleaning alleyways, sidewalks and sweeping up litter and wiping out graffiti on a daily basis to ready the historic neighborhood for its busiest Holiday Season of the year. Public works also runs more specialized operations, including Power Washing the iconic dragon gate at bush and grant avenue, scrubbing the broadway tunnel, and touching up paint on the three color decorative dragon lampposts along grant avenue. Our street repair team conducted proactive pothole sweep to ready the roads for the Chinese New Year parade, which followed a roughly 1. 3 mile route that started at second and market streets snaked around union square and chinatown and wrapped up at kearny street and columbus avenue. The parade, which took place on saturday, february 24th, is one of our largest cleanup events operations of the year and calls for a highly choreographed effort. The crews, more than three dozen strong, used push brooms, grabbers, rakes, shovels, leaf blowers, mechanical sweepers and flusher trucks to complete the cleanup. By sunday morning, the streets looked great. I attended the parade and got to see our crews in action. The operation was well executed, so kudos to the team for a job well done. I wanted to get you an update on the Mission Street vending moratorium on friday, i officially signed 180 day extension on the mission corridor. Sidewalk vending moratorium. The temporary prohibition on vending extends along Mission Street from 14th street to cesar chavez. Because of the initial 90 day moratorium , the city saw a positive benefit, including a drop in crime and a reduction in street cleaning requests in the area. The extension allows us to build on the momentum to improve Public Safety in the Mission Neighborhood and hopefully reset the conditions there. Okay, the Golden Gate Park golf course clubhouse on february 16th, i had the pleasure of attending the grand Opening Ceremony for the Golden Gate Park golf course clubhouse. This fabulous project was built with the work of our architects, landscape architects, engineers, and Construction Management teams. It is really a design gem in a stunning setting on the west end of the park. If you have not been there, i strongly encourage you to go. Its so beautiful. The new rec and park clubhouse, which replaces the old clubhouse that was badly damaged in a fire and had to be torn down, boasts Green Building features, the project includes a multifunctional lounge, enhanced public restrooms, a new golf pro shop, food and beverage concessions, additional storage space, and an outdoor patio with seating that overlooks a freshly refurbished course. Additional improvements include two accessible Parking Spaces and an ada pathway that connects the outdoor patio to the putting greens and driving range. More on the Ribbon Cutting ceremony and the clubhouse Design Elements can be found in our upcoming work in the works digital journal, due out thursday. Next up is arbor day, the best day of the year. I want to remind everyone that our annual arbor day Tree Planting workday and family fun fair is fast approaching. Well be in the Western Addition tenderloin, haight, and other district five neighborhoods on saturday, march 9th, planting some 100 trees. Whether it rains or shines, the day will be great because it celebrates trees and we have this event rain or shine. The kickoff event and fair will be held at new traditions elementary school, which is located at 2050 hayes street. The festivities get underway at 9 a. M. And the fair runs until 1 p. M, so come on out and plant a tree and ride a bucket truck with us if youre able. And last up, i am thrilled to announce that alaric de graffenreid, who served as acting public works director from january 2020 to august 2021, is coming back to the Department Next month in the new position of Deputy Director of strategic initiatives. This is a kin to a chief of staff position and his portfolio will be wide ranging. Managing special projects, working on organizational improvements and efficiencies, ensuring compliance with disadvantaged business, enterprise and Small Business enterprise requirements in federal contracting and much more. He will be part of the executive team and we are very, very excited to have him back on the Public Works Team and he starts on march 5th, fourth. I think, but fourth or fifth. And with that good news, i am happy to take any questions. Thank you. Thank you, director short. Um very good report, very newsy report, lots of information and congratulations to the department for getting that budget in on time. And as weve discussed before, respecting the mayors requests for budget cuts and budget balancing. Um, its important that public works is a team player with the mayor. And were very grateful that that we always are. And congratulations to the entire staff for the Lunar New Year. Um, festival assistance that that you outlined, as well as the Golden Gate Park clubhouse. It both are demonstrations of the services and Capital Projects that the department provides for the city of San Francisco and its citizens, and finally, big congratulations on hiring mr. Degraffenried back into the fold. I know he was a very popular and wellliked member of the staff when he was the interim director and having met him, i have full confidence in his ability to augment what you do and what all of the staff does. So i think thats very exciting news. And i will still be waiting for the San Francisco chronicle article on you as director and as Deputy Director. But anyway, i wont i wont hold my breath because i really dont want to turn blue. So thank you. Um, do any of my colleagues have any comments or questions for director short . Thank you. Chair pest. Hearing none. Please open this to Public Comment. Secretary fuller. Members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment in person on item two, the directors report may line up against the wall for this from the door. If youre commenting from outside the chamber, please press the raise your hand button in the webinar or press star three on your phone to be recognized. Id. And no one has come forth to speak on this item in person and. Sf gov tv is also indicating we do not have any callers wishing to speak on the directors report. So that concludes Public Comment. Thank you. Please call the next item. Item three is general Public Comment, which is for topic topics under the commissions mandate, but not related to a specific item on todays agenda. Members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment, uh, of general Public Comment in person may line up against the wall for this from the door. And if commenting from outside the chamber once again press the raise your hand button in the webinar or star three. If youve called in on your phone. And as a reminder, general Public Comment is limited to a total of 15 minutes for all commenters and can be continued to the end of the agenda. If we exceed that limit and it is. Now 9 17 a. M. And we do not have any in person speakers for our general Public Comment and sf gov tv has also indicated no one has joined to make general Public Comment over the phone either. So that concludes general Public Comment. Thank you. Please call the next item today. Item four is the consent calendar of routine matters. It includes the draft minutes from the february 12th, 2024 meeting of the public works commission, one contract modification, and three contract awards. Please note that corrections for clarity have been made in the draft minutes, and these corrections are reflected in the documents posted in the on the commissions website and the consent calendar. Items can be heard individually upon request by a commissioner, staff or the public. An adoption of the consent calendar and all resolutions and resolutions contained in it is an action item, uh, before a motion is made. Im happy to hear any corrections from commissioners to the minutes, or if there are any questions. Commissioner newhouse segal. Yes, i have a change on the minutes. Im sorry. So getting them to us, uh, the monday before would be very helpful because i wouldnt have to do this at the meeting. So thank you. Uh, so if im taking up anybodys time unnecessarily, i apologize. But next, next month, well get them on the monday before our meeting. So, um, the actually before that would be great. To the draft minutes could be available very soon after the after our regular meeting. And that would be extremely helpful because then any of us who have anything to, to do to follow up on an action items would be helpful. Um, okay. So i do have a correction under commissioner requests in the minutes of the february 12th meeting. Um, so, so i