With kids making sure they have breakfast in the morning and all these things. Can we reach out and try to make sure that the people within our neighborhood are cared for and i think thats the opportunity that the budget cuts, perhaps, could be remedied for. I think we can advocate hard and long for them to not exist, but i think the ways to mitigate less money and less resources is for us to do the work, so. That would be my 0. 02. [laughter] we got to do something. [laughter] but i mean, i know everyone here is, you know, doing so much, so i do appreciate all of you. [mic is off] i dont know. I can only [laughter] so, okay. Any other commissioner comments on directors report . No. Any Public Comment . There are no Public Commenters. Okay. Great. Hearing no callers, no Public Comment, Public Comment is closed. Next item, please. Item 8, commissioner discussion and new business. This is a discussion item. Commissioners, commissioner ortiz cartagena. I want to announce the Small Business committee for the Latino Task Force is throwing an event on may 8th at 26701 mission 2601 mission. Thats 2 to 9. Well have workshops and music and drinks and everybody is welcomed and attend and at the old bay view bank building, so sf safe is hosting us letting us use their space so it will be fun. All the organizations, sbos that do business and Technical Assistance willing there, so youre invited. Come over and have a drink with me. May 9, 2 to 4. 2401 mission. I sent director tang the flyer, so she could share it. Thats perfect. You can go after this popup, directly to your event. We planned it like that. [laughter] its all mashed. Commissioner carter. Yes. I want to also announce that bay view, were going to host a small busy vent on may Small Business event may 12th. Ill send followup information. Were working on that. Save the date. May 12th. Somewhere in bay view. Were working on that. Drive around. [laughter] yeah. Thank you. Also, any support from oewd, i used to host these events a while back, just with larry and camilla so were going to bring it back for Small Business week and we would love the support of oewd, well, they are oewd, but anyone, will, cletcha want to come through, that would be dope. [laughter] were looking for yall. Commissioner dickerson. I did oh. For, i would like to say i would love to support you yeah, yeah. So, please let me, i would love to be a part of it, honestly. Cool [laughter] first, i want to make i love this hit fit bootcamp on saturday. It has been amazing and i dont know if you follow us on social media. Man [mic is off] thats okay. It has been youre out there moving. Yeah. It has been a lot of fun, i mean, first of all, its free. Thats one of the things i love making the announcement. Number two, i love that were running out of equipment, which is great but it doesnt mean you dont come. Come anyway and come early. But it has been an amazing, so you three fit combined together and this saturday is, you get your hip at bootcamp and 45 minutes of a real work out. And then the next was yoga instruction with nicole yarboil and shes amazing and then we have life coaching, so if theres something you want to talk about, whether it be about nutrition or how do i be better, a better parent or, i mean, we have all types of subjects. But its continuing to create that community that bay view, most of the people are from bay view but its amazing. Saturday starting at 8 30. You can stay 8 30 to 1 11 30 or come. Its on the website. Two out of three. Second thing is, i want i wasnt going to share it but im going to share it. I was so, oh, my god. One of my clients called me and shes the director, im going to mess up her title at ucf and shes the director, barbara, over the cancer, she directs the is it oncology, i believe . They needed someone to do some movement for their cancer survivor patients and she said, lawanda, would you be interested . I said, why not. I didnt know they were cantonese. I didnt know all the details because i was too busy but i prepared this, you know, this whole class and i get online on the zoom and theres about 20, 30 cantonese, beautiful, just these people that have survived cancer and they were so anxious and ready to move, right. Im starting to teach the class and they were so interested in building their gluts and it was cute. As im doing the exercises, they said we dont like that one, but they said we like this one. They were telling me what exercises they liked and didnt like and i thought, wow, this is very cool, right, because they got my comedian side. I dont know how they got it in translation but they laughed at all points but the director called back and said, lawanda, it was unanimous. They, they want to know if your class can be translated into filipino and spanish and cantonese. Anyway, i think the point of that is, this was beyond me. It was, im really big on collaboration and community and, i mean, just the fact they were so embracing and they were, like, no, no, no. We want you. Im, like, theres so many other people out here. The other thing was, i asked them to turn their music while we were doing the class and this was really cool, so as were doing these moves, it was just cute. Anyway. I just thought i would share that because i was very, i was it was very, i was very humbled and very it warmed me heart at the fact that this Cantonese Community wanted this sista over here to teach them. I thought, thats just unity at its finest. It touched my heart and i wanted to, i just wanted to share that and the last thing im going to share is, i was leaving, i was at work and i got a text from one of our neighborhood merchants and kristin and said, lawanda, she said tanai and you know tanai on the corner of third and newton. Its the tanai youre thinking, theres only one. Shes i dont want to come across offensive but we call her our friendly Neighborhood Drug addict. But we love tanai and we know tanai. She was very inspired. She somehow, someway or someone bought it for her, we dont know, had a u3 fit outfit on and people were going around taking pictures of her. And she wanted to be a part of, okay, im not going to cry, she wanted to help market, see, that kind that kind of stuff because we heat up her food and give her water, we do everything we can on our block to help people as much as we can, but its something about when they, she wanted to wear this shirt and she they went out and wanted to take pictures of her and she was proud to say she wanted to market 4u3 fit. I thought, it never goes, whenever youre doing something kind to someone, it never goes unnoticed. And we cant get so busy that we cant take time to just say, how are you doing . Can i offer you some water. Even in the littlest things so i thought that was a big deal to me. I thought i would share that with you. [mic is off] thats crazy, but thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you so much. I want to say one thing. Yes. I just went to dc and as a black woman, we always get this, like, where are the black people and i used to come to San Francisco and work there and blah, blah and blah, so we started having this conversation about San Francisco and i would love to have more campaigns, maybe not Small Business, but i think its interesting that San Francisco, when you think about it, its not a race. Its a culture and thats what injure story reminded me of. Its a culture. So you wouldnt necessarily come here looking for back but coming here to experience that type of culture. I agree. Yeah. In the craziest way, but i love it. I know. I was looking on my instagram and i think most recently, i didnt get to go, but they had the muni maid art exhibit. I was like, oh, my gosh. I miss that. And that and its, like, the hype concerts and music and stuff. The hippy hill, they it a buddy thing at cricket. I didnt know we had [mic is off] that was in maclaren. Yeah. It was dope. Thats just so its a one of adults riding on big wheels. Not a care in the world. I know. I think we [mic is off] [laughter] we are an amazing city. So, and you know, also, the office of Small Business, thats something that i move youve said this before, but i dont know and maybe i said this in meetings already but i always kind of try to do some landscape analysis to see what are other people talking about in their other cities when it comes to whatever issue we deal with here and im always, like, somebody else must have the solution and my searching always leads us back to San Francisco being kind of, like, the example, the Gold Standard and so, as much as we talk about, like, wanting improvements, wanting things and San Francisco being whatever it is in peoples minds, we we have so many things here that are so unique, especially the office of Small Business, so, i mean, the fact that we even have this office and the fact that youre the director of this office and that youre the secretary policy analyst for our office, that we have these resources is really amazing, so i mean, i think San Francisco, you know, is the best place. [laughter] it definitely is. [mic is off] thanks. Thanks. Its funny you say that because ive spent so many years, anyway. I talk to people all the time and they say, lawanda, how do you do that . I say go to your Small BusinessCommission Board and they are, like, our what. Every time i talk to someone about everything we have going on here in this city, they look at me, like, lawanda, we dont have that. Weve never heard of that. I said, well, why dont you call, you know, the Small Business the oewd. The what . And so, its realizing that and i realize for more recently, i wouldnt say recently, but there is somewhat of a bubble that we live in in the sense that San Francisco is unique. First of all, being a sanctuary city. Second of all, having the, i think its diversity thats created this, what it is and everything about it, and but more importantly, its and i cant stress it enough, having the spirit of gratitude with who we are and what we are and what we have will help us continue to grow in the direction we need to grow as a city. We never stop learning. We never stop developing. But we also cannot take for granted the opportunities that we have here because its so unique. Not just to california, but to the world. I talk to a lot of people from different places and this is unheard of in many places, so, you know, we although we have all these opportunities, lets not take it for granted and just feel the gratitude of what has happened with this presence and those who were the for runners and those moving forward. Its grateful. It feels real mushy. I got to get it back together. [laughter] no, thank you. Thank you very much. Lets see. Any Public Comment . No Public Comment. Nobody wants to add to our mushy feel good session. Public comment is closed. [laughter] next item, please. Item 9, adjournment. Sfgovtv, show the office of Small Business slide. We will end with a reminder that the Small Business commission official public forum is your public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco. If you need assistance with Small Business matters continue to reach out to office of Small Business. Meeting is adjourned. [gavel] secretary fuller, please call the roll. Good morning. Please respond with, here or present. Commissioner newhouse segal is present. Chair post is present. Commissioner turner is present. Commissioner Paul Woolford is absent for this meeting. Vice chair zabi is present with three members present we have quorum for the Public Works Commission, and i just want to please note that the rules for regarding hybrid meetings and remote participation have changed, but remote participation by the public is still a possibility and encouraged and for members of the public who want to comment from outside the hearing room, you would dial 415655 0001. Use todays meeting id number of 24965523189 fallowed by pound, pound again and to raise your hand to speak press star 3. Please note you must limit your comments to the topic of the agenda item discussed unless you are speaking under general Public Comment. If you do not stay on topic the chair may interrupt and ask you to limit your comment to that item. We ask Public Comment made in civil respectful manner and refrain thum use of profanity and please address your remarks to the commission as a whole not individual commissioners or staff. Madam chair. Thank you. Before calling the next item, i like to amend todays agenda to postpone item 8, the Operations Division overview. Deputy director durden who is going to make the presentation had a unexpected obligation arise and requested she make the presentation at a later date for she would like to make it herself. Any other re quest by the commission to amend todays agenda . Alright. Thank you. We will move to the next item. Announcements by the chair. I just have brief announcements. I like to thank olivia lee to the response of as needed contracts, i found it helpful. Since our last Commission Meeting i had a number of one on one meetings with Public Works Department stakeholders, primarily discussing permitting and Capital Project delivery. I also had my monthly meeting with chair am goneen of sanitation and streets commission and i had a quarterly update with board of supervisors president peskin. From my meeting with president peskin i have good news, which is his colleague supervisor mandelmans legislation to abandon the citys 12x restrictions on City Employees travel to and ability to do business in states with policies that may differ from San Franciscos, that this legislation is likely to be scheduled by the board for their consideration in the next few weeks. As my colleagues may call, commissioner woolford spoke eloquently why he and i others feel why the restrictions should be abandoned. It cost taxpayer money and project time to adhere to them. Last, i have been requested by members of the public works staff to not call dpw and im trying to break the habit to call sfpw or San Francisco public works so i like to request my colleagues, we all try to say public works and not dpw. We will try our best. That concludes my announcements. Secretary fuller, please open this item to Public Comment. Members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comments on item 1, announcements by the chair, may line up against the wall furthest from the door if present in the chamber. If calling 4156550001 meeting access code 24965523189, pound, pound and then press star 3 to raise your hand to speak. Looking in the chamber does not appear we have any members of the public wishing to speak on the chairs announcements. Sfgovtv do we have callers to speak on this item . They are indicating that we do not have any callers on this item so we are no further Public Comment. Thank you. Any questions or comments from the commission on my announcements . Not on the announcements. I missed a couple meetings and i wanted to announce some things, but i like to get the opportunity to do it right now. First, i wanted to wish the Muslim Community in San Francisco and the world happythe breaking of the fast. I wish everyone have a great year every year. I went to arbor day, and i really really want to thank the Public Works Team and staff for having that. It was such an eye opening experience. It was my first time and i loved how the Community Came all together to plant trees, to learn about the projects that are happening, to actually ride the cherry picker. It was a great experience and i want to thank carla for and her team for planning this and we ended up i think planting 177 trees, was it . 117. 117 trees, 200 volunteers were there. That was great. I will do it again. Next time remind me so i can make it. I wanted also to thank chair post for her dedication to the commission. While she was traveling she was able to stand recommendation and push to help public works get the budget that was requested and i was my jaw dropped on the floor. Thank you for your commitment. I want to thank my colleagues. This has been a very successful week. I got to see them all most every day, and those are my comments. Thank you. Thank you commissioner zoubi. I did have a question about arbor day. Am i mistaken or was the Department Interim director attending arbor day just as a tree . [laughter] i like to clear up the Public Record on that, please. You are not mistaken chair post. I dawned my tree costume which i reserve for very special occasions, so usually arbor day is where i put that on and it is in fact the best day of the year. Thank you for clarifying that. Alright. I think that concludes the announcement portion. Secretary fuller, please call the next item. I beg your pardon, please open Public Comment. No, we did that. Please call the next item. The