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My name is jean alexander. Im an attorney in the San Francisco City Attorneys Office. I supervise the tax team, giving tax advice to the treasurer, tax collect or, drafting tax legislation. The thing i remember my mother telling me as a child is that you need to be prepared to take care of yourself and i knew that i wanted to be able to do something that i enjoyed. I didnt expect anybody to give me anything because nobody ever gave her anything and i also i always saw her fighting for the things that she wanted in life for herself and for her children. My name is jasmine flores. I am working as an Admin Assistant in the City Attorneys Office. I have always enjoyed the tasks that i have been given. On the days i show up and work on my own is empowering. For me, happiness in being more involved in a persontoperson interaction. My dream jobs includes being a physician, paramedic, firefighter, working with animals with the public. On a personal level with self improvement. My sister is the biggest influence in my life because she taught me to go forward with what makes you happy rather that what makes you the most money. I graduated from law school in 1972 at a time when there was a beginning to be an influx of women in the Legal Profession and tried criminal cases for about 10 years, treatment for delinquent operating programs, government budgets, analyzed fiscal legislation. I came to the San Francisco City Attorneys Office and i have been here for about 12 years advising on tax matters. I did just about anything you can think of. Some things that lawyers do and some things that lawyers dont do. Im from the mission in San Francisco. I have grown up there and i have lived there pretty much my whole life. Living there, i do see other women, some of them older, some of them look just like me like my age and a lot of them work nanny jobs, child care jobs, retail jobs. I dont know, it seems kind of like a reminder that you are kind of lucky to be where you are, i guess. Just when you havent gone so far at all. I want them to go on maybe go on an interview thats more challenging that they think that they cant get that job. You know, just to kind of challenge and surprise themselves when they get that job and feel better. There had been women practicing law for many years, but there were so few of them that a lot of the issues hadnt really come into play and some of them worked out and some are still being resolved like equal pay and women in lawfirms and making sure women get fair assignments and in the Decision Making and working with law firms. I consider myself more of a beneficiary of all the women that fought really difficult battles along the way. Test test test number 12, no more than percent of the Square Footage of the premise will be used for display of alcoholic beverages. All sales of distilled spirit should be done from behind the counter. At no time should a customer have direct access or self service access. Sth applicant agrees with all the above conditions. Thank you very much sergeant. I dont have in my notes the applicant is here so will open up forpub Public Comment. Any Public Comment . Seeing no Public Comment Public Comment is closed. Colleagues we have a motion to move this forward with recommendation and do that without opposition. Iletm 3 is hearing 250 consider the transforof type 20 off sale beer and winelysin from 5903 street to 644 Mission Street for 711 store. On this item we have the inspector here. Hello once again and thank you supervisors. Good afternoon, im inspector nely gordon with San Francisco police. You have before you a pcn report for 711 located at 644 Mission Street. They applied for a type 20 license which allows beer and wine for sale. At this time there is 2340e letters of protest. They all oicated in plot 212 which is considered high crime area. They are located in census tract 615 which is considered undo concentration area. The alu approvewise the recommended condition. Sale och alcoholic beverages is permitted between the hours of 9 a. M. To 12 midnight daily. No more than 5 percent is used for alcoholic beverages. No noise is allowed by the area. Loiting is definedideally about is prohibited on sidewalk or property asaisant to the premises. No person under the age of [inaudible] no Malt Beverage is sold with alcoholic content greater than 5. 7 percent by volume. Beer or Malt Beverages in quantities of 16, 20, 32 or 40 is prohibited. No beer or malt is allowed in prepackaged 6 pack per sale with exception of wine coolers, beer coolers which is sold in manufacturer prepackage multiunits of 4 or more. No wine shall be sold with a alcoholic content of greater than 15 percent by volume accept for dinner wines which have been aged 2 years or more and maintained and cork bottles. Wine should not be sold in bottles or containers smaller than 750 ml and powered alcohol prohibited and should be noted the applicant agreed to the above listed recommended conditions. Thank you very much inspector. We do have Surinder Singh with his Legal Council present so if you like to come up to the podium to make a presentation please do im jenniferodeen and represent mrs. Singh. Good afternoon madam chair and honorable Board Members. Thank you inspector gordon for the presentation. The Police Department is recommending approval to [inaudible] the restriction of hours of sale squz floor space and no singles only a minimum of 6 packs for beer and 4 pack for wine coolers. There is overwhelming support. I believe the Board Members there are petitions with about 150 signatures in support. There is no abc protest or objections. The Police Department is recommending support with conditions imposed which the applicant agrees to and there are about 10 customers of mrs. Singh in support and if you can raise your hand, to show they sporept mrs. Singh and the operation she puts on 711 so requesting the public convenience and necessity be found board of supervisors, my name is Surinder Singh and thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak regarding the beer and wine license for 711 store. I have been a 711 fran chize ease for 4 [inaudible] operating 5 storesthality sell beer and wine. [inaudible] every day trainic and coaching me associates overlooking the operation of all my 6 fran chize stores. 711 provided Computer Base training i use to train all my store staff for the sale of products which include cigarette tobacco beer sw wine and do undercover for shops 711 provides service where they provide undercover people to see [inaudible] i also take lead training which is license educational alcohol and drug training, responsible retailer training at different locations with my staff. With the training im happy to tell you that none of my license have been revoked or suspended. Im a responsible person and deour best to make sure the alcohol is only [inaudible] two are doctor is one a attorney. Raising 3 children has given [inaudible] i donate thousands of dollars and my time for community service. In San Francisco we support [inaudible] families of children undergoing treatment for cancer or life threatening illness. Other activities we are involved is give scholarship to High School Students going to college and donated food and time to food banks and [inaudible] give great sense of certification as we believe we must give back to the community that shorets our livelihood. One of the most important thing customer certification providing their needs and wants. We are open 24 7 [inaudible] they are not able to buy beer and wine in our store. They come to other shopping and time sensitive people and buy other stuff they also look for beer and wine as well so they are here in the store and see we are not selling beer and wine they dont buy anything and tell us, what type of 711 is this . They get disappointed and walk away. Some tell us get the license. [inaudible] 5 percent of floor space for [inaudible] carry high end beer and wines [inaudible] set by the Police Department and [inaudible] have been the goal of my life [inaudible] 2 oclock in the night, medicine for a sick child or beer and wine for customers over 21. Today i seek your approval for the license [inaudible] thank you for your time and concentration. Thank you for your very nice presentation and all the hours you volunteer in the community and congratulations for raising such an amazing family as well. At this time well open up for Public Comment on item number 3. Seeing no Public Comment , Public Comment is closed. Do we have a motion . Motion to move to the board with recommendation and do that without opposition. Item 4 amending the health code to [inaudible] current with state and federal Drinking Water quality laws. Thank you and thank you to the members of the public that came for the previous items. I understand andrew [inaudible] of Water Quality Bureau Management or kenneth pane, chief Water Quality inspector will be here to present. We are joined by joseph [inaudible] from department of Public Health and available to answer any questions, thank you for being here today. My name is kenneth pane and chief Water Quality inspector. Great title. Im not surethere it goes. Today im going to talk about the Current Article 12 a helths code regarding Cross Connection control and backflow and back siphonage. State regulation require that the water have a Cross Connection control program to protect the water system from contamination. Essentially, a Cross Connection is unapproved connection between Potable Water or non Potable Water or other substance. Other Cross Connections occur through unprotected without backflow protection. The two major reasons the Cross Connection occur is back pressure and back siphonage. If you look at the ilgration on the screen, the one on the far right, you have a chemtually fed boiler system that has a pump on a multistory building and the red represents the non Potable Water and that system is fed by our potable system which is indicated in blue. What happens is the water in the boiler is being heated and the water expands and pressure can overcome the pressure in the city system that is supplying water to that building. If there are no back flow protectors on the ist ism the non Potable Water will backflow into the the potable system contaminating the building interior plumbing and make it to the water meter and water main potentially contaminating the Drinking Water system. What we require are backflow presenters at the point of connection here or to isolate the boiler from contaminating the interior plumbing or the cities Distribution System. If you look at the illustration on the top left corner, that is a example of back siphonage. What you have a building that has water supply and here is a fire hydrant that is hit by a vehicle. All the potable hydrant in San Francisco are connect to the Distribution System so when smnl goes over a curb and hit the hydrant we lose precain the Distribution System. When that occurs the water inside the buildings if there are no back flow protections will back siphon to the Distribution System and potentially contaminating the water main. That contaminated will stay in the main until the repairs are completed and repleasureize the main. Once that happens the contaminated water can go back to the building or contaminate other buildings or homes on that block. The bottom left corner is a example of a asperator effect. These are commonly seen in you know, like miracle grow or if you have a garden that you want to fertilize your garten or lawn you see people go and get these sprayers they connect to the end of the garden hose and use fertilizer to fertilize their lawn or their garden. The way it works if you look here you see the blue water is basically moving at a high velocity creating a low pressure. That low pressure will then suck whatever substance, liquid out of the container and mix with the water and go out into thein this example out to the garden as the fertilizer. What will happen though, if we lose pressure in the illustration and gave before, that can reverse and now that substance in that container is back siphoned to our water main and can potentially contaminate our Distribution System and publics water. Also of note, mortuarys use asperators during the embalming process so this isnt just garden youz have to worry about. Examples of Cross Connections in San Francisco. Ecolea was detected at a Residential Hotel in tenderloin when [inaudible] residents have to drink bottleed water until the buildings plumbing could gee disinfected. At city college a back flow failed on the treated boil er contaminating the buildings Potable Water system. All the Water Systems in the gym were posted not to use. The San Francisco Fire Department connected the potable system with the non potable supply system. We had a 5 alarm fire in the mission bay areain 1984, the San Francisco board of supervisors proveed the article 12 a. At that time there was a Single Source of potability water supply and that is San Francisco water department. There is mixed use development and only a few [inaudible] prevent back flow. Since 1984 there are significant changes in water supply and building plumbing. San francisco now requires developers above a certain threshold to use non Potable Water in these buildings. These are required to use recycled water, ground water, black water and rain water and large or high Density Mixed Use Development in San Francisco. Currently you have mission bay, downtown, south of market and Hunters Point with proposed development in candle stick point and treasure island. The state health code titem 17 identified the San Francisco Public Utilities commission as the lead Agency Responsible for Cross Connection control in San Francisco. The Current Article 12 a incorrectly gives the San Francisco department of Public Health overall and ultimate responsibility for preventing back flow to the water supply system. The Current Health code also caps the Liability Insurance carried by the testers at 100,000. Since 2005, the number of back flow prevention assemblies increased to 25,000 assemblies. Compliance dropped to 92 percent. For 2015 24is represents over 2,000 untested back flow assemblies thus 2,000 risk to the public water system. In order for them to be compliant they need to be tested at least once a year. The article puts the responsibility for cross correction control with sfpuc per state regulations. It provides new enforcement tools, chapter 100 allows us to impose fines and leans up to 1,000 per violation per day. Unpaid fines can become a lean on the property and the sfpuc can correct deficiencies in rare cases. Rare cases is the landlord refusing to test the assemblies or refuses to test a dedicated fire service. Shutting off the dedicated fire service poses risk to Fire Fighters as well at the tenant. The new regulation also removes the 100,000 cap carried by Liability Insurance. Could you explain that so when you remove the outidated Liability Insurance limits, what does that mean when and remove that limit . If the back Flow Assembly the tester is repairing a bla