Quorum. Which brings us to item 3. Clerk mayty make a brief announcement before we move on to item 3 . Yes, please do. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendations, issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health and Governor Newsom and mayor breed lifted restrictions on teleconference. This meeting is being held Via Teleconference and televised by sfgov tv. For those of you watching the live stream, theres a brief delay. On behalf of the commission, id like to extend our thanks to sfgov tv staff and sfpuc for their assistance during this meeting. If you wish to make Public Comment on an item, dial 415 6550001. I. D. 146 500 3304 and then press star 3 to raise your hand to speak. Im going to ask the commission and staff to please mute their microphones to minimize background noise, if they have not already done so. Mr. Chair, your first item is item number 3, commissioner vacancy and possible election of a new Vice President. Thank you. And le
Finalized theres a process and theres a lot of things already baked into provide checks and balances. Moving down, we also have from a more kind of Performance Management framework struck youre, we have our competency model which ive mh370 to and i believe even jenny rice has come to this commission to talk more about the competency model and its basically a Performance Management framework that shows to every employee what success in the job, in their job, looks like. Its also a way for them to understand, how can i progress in my career. Then you can see what kind of competencies may be required for jobs that you are interested in. And so, we are developing this framework and its currently underway and been underway since want to say 2014. Through out our organization and that is such an important thing to show people what success looks like so discipline isnt even an issue, right. And and lastly things we are going to do is a huge focus of our employee Labor Relations group in a hr
Mayor breed and the governor looked at the restrictions and the meet is held the conference and televised by sfgov. Tv. For those watching the live stream be aware theres a brief time lag between the live meeting and what is being viewed on sfgtv. Id like to extend thanks to the staff and i. T. Staff for their assistance during the meeting. Id also like to note on the published agenda there was an incorrect dialin number for this meet. The correct dial in number is scrolling on the live feed. If you wish to make Public Comment on an item call the number. Before you have the minutes of july 28. Are there corrections or additions to these minutes. Seeing none id like to open it up to moller caen are there corrections or are there comments. Please press pound, pound to speak. Are there any callers. Theres one caller with their hand raised. Ill unmute them now. Speaker you have two minutes. Clerk this is regarding the minutes. Mr. Moderator are you still there . Speaker, if you can hear us
We have a quorum. Very good. Secretary can you please make the announcement. Mayor breed and the governor looked at the restrictions and the meet is held the conference and televised by sfgov. Tv. For those watching the live stream be aware theres a brief time lag between the live meeting and what is being viewed on sfgtv. Id like to extend thanks to the staff and i. T. Staff for their assistance during the meeting. Id also like to note on the published agenda there was an incorrect dialin number for this meet. The correct dial in number is scrolling on the live feed. If you wish to make Public Comment on an item call the number. Before you have the minutes of july 28. Are there corrections or additions to these minutes. Seeing none id like to open it up to moller caen are there corrections or are there comments. Please press pound, pound to speak. Are there any callers. Theres one caller with their hand raised. Ill unmute them now. Speaker you have two minutes. Clerk this is regarding
Committee. The committee will come to order. I would like to point out we are glad to have two representatives velazquez and plaskett and join us in the questioning as we pursue this hearing. I recognize myself for five minutes for Opening Statement. Im convening todays subcommittee hearing to examine preparations by fema to respond and helping our nation recover from Natural Disasters which will overlap with the nations efforts to fight the pandemic. Fema is responsible for coordinating response and Recovery Efforts for all domestic disasters including the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. A has struggled to anticipate the severity of multiple disasters due to Climate Change and contracts for supplies and retain and deploy key personnel. As United States continues to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, in a recent surge of cases across the country, its clear this unprecedented moment has left all of us in unchartered territory. People have called the year 2020 apocalyptic. It does feel l