[roll call] clerk we have a quorum. Madam president , i want to make a couple of announcements. First, i want to let everybody know that closed session will not be heard today. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendation issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health and that Governor Newsom and mayor breed have lifted on teleconference, this meeting is being televised on sfgovtv. Please note that there is a delay between live and what is being viewed on sfgtv. If you wish to make Public Comment on an item, dial 14156550001, meeting i. D. 1467101398, pound, pound. To raise your hand to speak, press star, three. Please limit your Public Comment to the item that is under consideration. Im going to ask the commission and staff to mute their microphones if they have not already done so. Madam president , your first order of business is to approve the minutes of the meeting of october 27, 2020. Commissioners, do i have any questions or discussion
Well come back. Supervisor preston okay, we see you, but there is sound difficulty. Ill let operations know that. We see that you did say aye present. Supervisor peskin madame clerk, supervisor peskin is present. Supervisor ronen present. Supervisor safai present. Supervisor stefani present. Supervisor walton present. President yee present. Clerk all members are present. President yee okay. Supervisor preston, are you able to get on . Clerk we see him, but we dont hear sound. President yee maybe he can get help from somebody. Clerk yes, ill work on it. President yee thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv. Who records the meetings and makes the transcript available to the public onl
In accordance with Governor Newsom executive order declaring a state of emergency starting the covid19 outbreak and mayor london n. Breeds proclamation declaring a local emergency issued on february 25, 2020, including the guidance for gatherings issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health center, members of t officer, aggressive directives were issued to reduce the spread of covid19. On march 17, 2020, the board of supervisors authorized their bhoord and Committee Meetings to convene remotely and will allow remote Public Comment via teleconference. Watch the sfgovtv website at www. Sfgovtv. Org to stream the live meeting or to watch meetings on demand. Members of the public are encouraged to participate remotely via detailed instructions on participating via teleconference. Members of the public may participate by phone or may submit their comments by email to ericamajor sfgov. Org. All comments received will be made a part of the official report. Chair peskin thank you. W
General, because some buildings if San Francisco are not actually building any Parking Spaces and so i would say that the trend today in urban living is not to own a car. That is certainly not the millennial negotiation and i would say this project with one, two bedrooms is probably going to be more millennials or seniors who dont want to have cars. But thats just my own interpretation of what the audience could be in terms of who is living here. Is there any comment in terms of yes, thank you. Is there going to be parking . That might address the issue of people being concerned about hundreds of cars going to appear. Thank you, commissioner. The parking and traffic, one of the challenges in the r. F. P. Process and you heard frit the strada team, there is a phase in the negotiation that includes developing a strong transportation. When i worked with you in the past, we were defining what we would have in terms of use. We would use a program to tweak the mode split, because there are o
And while we should not be an island grid, storage is essential especially with these fires that are going on that can be problematic for transmission lines that serve our great city. So, seeing were a densely packed city, we should put batteries in and solar panels to help and be able to ride through difficult times as well as be able to store electricity that you can purchase in the overnight when it is inexpensive and send it out to the grid for our customers when market electricity is much more expensive. So continue the acquisition of renewables as we work toward a 100 renewable power, all electric San Francisco and keeping the Value Proposition commercial utility power. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Next caller commenting on item number 4, you have two minutes. Thank you very much. Good afternoon, president caen, member of the commission, protection alliance. Ill speak further about the peer review that mr. Nelson and the other caller discussed. I think theyve given you a fair bi