00:00:11 GOOD MORNING. THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
00:00:15 WELCOME TO THE MAY 6TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE BUDGET
00:00:18 AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. I'M SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHAN,
00:00:21 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M JOINED BY VICE CHAIR
00:00:22 SUPERVISOR DORSEY AND SUPERVISOR SAUDER OUR
00:00:26 CLERK. >> IT'S BRANT HALPER.
00:00:30 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JANET GOODNOW OFF FROM TV FOR
00:00:34 BROADCASTING THIS MEETING. >> MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY
00:00:38 ANNOUNCEMENTS? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:00:41 JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO PLEASE
00:00:44 MAKE SURE TO SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES
00:00:45 TO PREVENT INTERRUPTIONS FOR PROCEEDINGS SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY
00:00:49 DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FILE THAT SHOULD BE
00:00:52 SUBMITTED TO MYSELF THE CLERK PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON
00:00:53 EACH ITEM ON THIS AGENDA WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP
00:00:56 AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS CALLED PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ON THE
00:01:00 WEST SIDE OF THE CHAMBER TO YOUR RIGHT MY LEFT ALONG THOSE
00:01:03 CURTAINS AND WHILE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT WE DO
00:01:04 INVITE YOU TO FILL OUT A COMMENT CARD AND LEAVE THEM ON
00:01:08 THE TRAY BY THE TELEVISION TO YOUR LEFT BY THE DOORS IF YOU
00:01:11 WISH FOR YOUR NAME TO BE ACCURATELY RECORDED FOR THE
00:01:13 MINUTES. ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT
00:01:16 PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS
00:01:18 HE MAILED THEM TO MYSELF. THE BUDGET AND FINANCE
00:01:20 COMMITTEE CLERK HAD B R N T THAT JLI P A HAD S F G OF V.ORG
00:01:26 IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT VIA EMAIL IT WILL BE FORWARDED
00:01:30 TO SUPERVISORS AND ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF THE
00:01:33 OFFICIAL FILE. YOU MAY ALSO SEND YOUR WRITTEN
00:01:37 COMMENTS BY U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO OUR OFFICE IN CITY HALL AT
00:01:41 ONE DR. CARLTON BEAGLE TO PLACE ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO,
00:01:44 CALIFORNIA 94102 AND FINALLY ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY ARE
00:01:47 EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF MAY
00:01:51 12TH UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. >> MADAM CHAIR.
00:01:54 THANK YOU MR. CLERK. AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
00:01:58 A SUPERVISOR, MADAM AL GORE FOR JOINING US AT THIS COMMITTEE
00:02:00 TODAY. SO BEFORE WE DO CALL ITEM
00:02:02 NUMBER ONE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT
00:02:06 WE HAVE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST REPORTS FOR ITEMS TWO,
00:02:10 THREE, FIVE AND NINE THROUGH 13 ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
00:02:13 AND SO FOR THOSE ITEMS WE WILL HAVE THE DEPARTMENT
00:02:17 PRESENTATION FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE
00:02:21 ANALYST AND THEN WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THIS BODY
00:02:22 AND THEN WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:02:25 SO WITH THAT, MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE.
00:02:28 >> YES. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RESOLUTION
00:02:31 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:02:35 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMPTROLLER AND DEPUTY
00:02:36 COMPTROLLER AS AGENTS TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND COUNTY
00:02:40 FOR ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO STATE AND FEDERAL DISASTER
00:02:43 AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUNDING AND TO PROVIDE THE
00:02:46 ASSURANCES AND AGREEMENTS REQUIRED BY THE GOVERNOR'S
00:02:47 OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
00:02:51 AND WE HAVE THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE HERE.
00:02:55 YES, HELLO. GOOD MORNING.
00:02:56 MARK MCCLAIN FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER.
00:02:59 JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS IF YOU
00:03:01 HAVE IT BRIEFLY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT CARLO WE ASKED REQUIRES
00:03:06 THAT EVERY THREE YEARS WE SUBMIT THIS RESOLUTION ALONG
00:03:10 WITH A FORM 130 DESIGNATING WHO THE AUTHORIZED AGENTS ARE FOR
00:03:14 THE CITY WHO CAN RECEIVE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, STATE OR FEDERAL
00:03:17 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE COMMITTEE
00:03:21 PACKET WE'VE DONE THIS IN 2013, 2016, 2019, 2023 SO IT'S JUST A
00:03:25 PERFUNCTORY KIND OF REAUTHORIZATION OF THOSE THREE
00:03:29 INDIVIDUALS. THE COMPTROLLER DEPUTY
00:03:32 COMPTROLLER AND DIRECTOR OF DBM.
00:03:33 >> WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN
00:03:36 CHALLENGING ESPECIALLY FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WITH THE
00:03:40 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALONG WITH OUR FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS BOTH
00:03:46 MAKING SURE THAT WE RETAIN WHAT WE ALREADY RECEIVE BUT ALSO
00:03:50 BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
00:03:51 WORK. AND WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO I
00:03:55 DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE ROSTER.
00:03:56 >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
00:03:58 >> YES. RIGHT NOW OPENING PUBLIC
00:03:59 COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER ONE IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF
00:04:01 THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE.
00:04:04 >> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SEEING NO PUBLIC
00:04:09 COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSE.
00:04:12 COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO A FULL BOARD
00:04:13 WITH RECOMMENDATION AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
00:04:16 >> AND ON THAT MOTION TO REFER TO THE FULL BOARD WITH THE
00:04:19 RECOMMENDATION VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER
00:04:22 . SAUTER I CHAIR CAN I CAN I WE
00:04:26 HAVE THREE EYES. >> THE MOTION PASSES.
00:04:27 THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT MR. CLERK PLEASE
00:04:30 CALL ITEMS TWO AND THREE TOGETHER.
00:04:32 >> YES. ITEM NUMBERS TWO AND THREE AS
00:04:35 AN ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION REGARDING THE FOLLOWING BETWEEN
00:04:37 THE RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE SAN
00:04:40 FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY HAD A NUMBER TWO AND D
00:04:44 APPROPRIATES 2.5 MILLION OF OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION FUNDING
00:04:48 AND APPROPRIATING 2.5 MILLION AND THE RECREATION AND PARKS
00:04:50 DEPARTMENT FOR A LOAN TO THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL
00:04:53 SOCIETY IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2026.
00:04:59 AND ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RESOLUTION THAT AUTHORIZES THE
00:05:02 REC RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT TO ENTER INTO AN A
00:05:06 AN AGREEMENT TO LOAN UP TO 8.5 MILLION TO THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:05:09 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS AND LONG TERM
00:05:13 FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO CONTINGENT ON
00:05:20 VARIOUS MILESTONES AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS EFFECTIVE UPON
00:05:21 APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION TO BE REPAID OVER TEN YEARS IN THE
00:05:25 FORM OF DEDUCTIONS FROM THE S.F. Z S'S MANAGEMENT FEE
00:05:29 ALLOWING FOR THE CITY TO TERMINATE THE LEASE
00:05:33 AND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE SFO.
00:05:36 YES, IN THE EVENT THE LOAN IS NOT TIMELY REPAID OR IF THE
00:05:40 CONDITIONS IN THE LOAN AGREEMENT ARE OTHERWISE NOT MET
00:05:43 AND AUTHORIZING THE RECREATION OF PARKS DEPARTMENT GENERAL
00:05:44 MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO
00:05:47 THE LOAN AGREEMENT THAT DID NOT MATERIALLY INCREASE THE
00:05:51 OBLIGATIONS NOR LIABILITIES TO THE CITY AND ARE NECESSARY THE
00:05:54 EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THE PERMIT OR THIS RESOLUTION.
00:05:55 MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU MR. CLERK AND BEFORE
00:05:59 I CON SUPERVISOR MELGAR WHO WHO HAS BEEN I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS
00:06:05 MY GRATITUDE TO SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR FIRST INITIATED THE
00:06:09 AUDIT FOR AS A ZOO AND HAS BEEN USHERING THE PROCESS TO WHERE
00:06:13 WE ARE TODAY TO BE ABLE TO REALLY HAVE THE LONG AGREEMENT
00:06:20 THAT IS BEFORE US AS WELL AS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT
00:06:22 WE'RE GOING TO APPROPRIATE THIS MONEY FOR THE ZOO.
00:06:25 AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO YOU SIR VISOR MAL
00:06:30 GAR BUT ALSO THE NEW LEADERSHIP AS HAVE ZOO AS WELL AS REC
00:06:36 AND PARK AND THE WORKERS AS HAVE ZOO ALL CAME TOGETHER IN A
00:06:41 COLLABORATIVE MANNER TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY THAT WE
00:06:45 HAVE AS A CISCO ZOO BUT I THINK THAT TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT
00:06:49 TO WORKERS, TO THE ANIMALS AND TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
00:06:52 SURROUNDING THE ZOO. >> SO WITH THAT SUPERVISOR
00:06:53 MELGAR THANK YOU, CHAIR JAN, I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY
00:06:59 GRATITUDE TO YOU IN PARTICULAR CHAIR CHAN FOR THE MANY HOURS
00:07:04 THAT YOU HAVE SPEND ENGAGING ON THIS TOPIC WITH ME AND WITH A
00:07:10 LEADERSHIP ALSO WITH YOU KNOW THE WORK AND TIME THAT YOU HAVE
00:07:16 SPENT ON THE RELATIONSHIPS. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT AS
00:07:22 THE ZOO IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT INSTITUTION AND I ALSO WANT TO
00:07:26 THANK THE LEADERSHIP AT THE REC PARKS DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITY
00:07:31 COMPTROLLER AND BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST FOR ALL
00:07:35 THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE. THEY'VE DONE A VERY HEAVY LIFT
00:07:38 HERE AND OF COURSE THE WORKERS AT THE ZOO AND THE NEW
00:07:43 LEADERSHIP ON THE BOARD OF THE ZOO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
00:07:47 EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AND PARTICULARLY TO CASSANDRA
00:07:51 CASTELLO WHO HAS TAKEN THIS ON. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:07:54 AND I WILL JUST START US OFF WITH THIS HEARING AT THE SAN
00:07:58 FRANCISCO ZOO AND GARDENS IS OF COURSE IN DISTRICT SEVEN
00:08:02 AND ITS MISSION IS TO CONNECT OUR PEOPLE WITH WILDLIFE
00:08:06 INSPIRING CARE FOR NATURE IN ADVANCE CONSERVATION ACTS
00:08:10 IN ADVANCED CONSERVATION ACTION THE INSTITUTION AIMS TO FOSTER
00:08:14 A CONNECTION WITH NATURE THROUGH EDUCATION, RECREATION
00:08:18 AND DIRECT CONSERVATION EFFORTS WHILE PROVIDING CARE FOR OVER
00:08:22 2000 EXOTIC ENDANGERED AND RESCUED ANIMALS.
00:08:26 THE ZOO IS A UNIQUE PARTNERS TO SAN FRANCISCO WITH A SPECIAL
00:08:29 RELATIONSHIP THAT IS ALMOST 100 YEARS OLD.
00:08:32 MY KIDS WENT TO ZOO CAMP ALL THROUGH THEIR CHILDHOOD AND I
00:08:36 KNOW ALL OF US HAVE HAD REALLY WONDERFUL MEMORIES AT THIS
00:08:40 AMAZING PLACE AT THE RELATIONSHIP RIGHT NOW NEEDS TO
00:08:47 BE MADE STRONG AGAIN IN PART WE HAVE A BELA REPORT.
00:08:51 >> WE PROJECT THAT IF THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
00:08:55 WERE NO LONGER ABLE TO MANAGE AND OPERATE THE ZOO THE CITY
00:08:59 WOULD INCUR COSTS OF BETWEEN 42,000,065 MILLION OVER THE
00:09:03 NEXT THREE YEARS AND THESE ARE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE NOT
00:09:09 PLANNED FOR, WE HAVE NOT BUDGETED FOR AND MOST
00:09:11 IMPORTANTLY WE HAVE NOT BEEN DELIBERATE ABOUT WE HAVE A
00:09:14 PERFORMING ARTS AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO
00:09:19 AS YOU MAY REMEMBER I REQUESTED THIS OVER A YEAR AGO UNDER
00:09:26 FORMER LEADERSHIP IT WAS SLOW GOING BUT UNDER THE NEW
00:09:27 LEADERSHIP WE WERE ABLE TO FINISH THAT PRETTY
00:09:30 EXPEDITIOUSLY. SO I WANTED VERY MUCH THANK THE
00:09:34 TEAM AT THE VLA. DAN GO CHERIE THANK YOU SO MUCH
00:09:38 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU
00:09:42 HAVE DONE. >> IT'S IT WAS A HEAVY HEAVY
00:09:45 LIFT THE PERFORMANCE AUDIT CONTAINS 11 FINDINGS AND 49
00:09:51 RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHICH 37 ARE DIRECTED TO THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:09:55 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. NINE ARE DIRECTED TO THE
00:09:58 RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT IN ONE IS DIRECTED AT US
00:10:02 COLLEAGUES THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ONE IS DIRECTED TO
00:10:05 THE RECREATION AND PARKS COMMISSION AND ONE IS DIRECTED
00:10:09 TO THE OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND CAPITAL PLANNING.
00:10:11 SO THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT THAT WE MUST REBUILD WITH THE ZOO.
00:10:17 >> THE ZOO AND THE REC PARK HAVE ACCEPTED THOSE FINDINGS.
00:10:21 IT IS NOT A SMALL TASK FOR EITHER AGENCY.
00:10:25 THERE IS A LONG LIST OF MILESTONES THAT THE DEPARTMENT
00:10:26 AND THE ZOO MUST MEET ONE ENGAGE A SPECIAL EYE ZOO
00:10:32 STRATEGIC AND FINANCIAL PLANNING CONSULTANT PRODUCE A
00:10:36 FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY PLAN TO BECOME A LONG TERM FINANCIALLY
00:10:38 SOLVENT ORGANIZATION MAKE IMMEDIATE MEANINGFUL REDUCTIONS
00:10:44 TO EXPENSES TO A MINIMUM OF 10% NOT TAKE ON NEW LIABILITIES OR
00:10:48 ANIMALS EXCEPT FOR THE GIANT PANDAS BECAUSE WE MADE THAT
00:10:52 COMMITMENT OR EXCEPT IN CASES OF NEWLY ACQUIRED ANIMALS THAT
00:10:56 DO NOT REQUIRE CAPITAL HABITAT INVESTMENT OR ADDITIONAL
00:11:02 STAFFING RESOURCES UNLESS A DEDICATED OUTSIDE FUNDING
00:11:04 SOURCE HAS BEEN SECURED BY THE ZOO UNTIL THE ZOO IS DETERMINED
00:11:11 FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE BY THE CITY COMPTROLLER PRODUCER FIVE
00:11:15 YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT ALIGNS WITH A FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
00:11:16 PLAN AND INCLUDES PRIORITIES, OBJECTIVES AND TACTICS.
00:11:20 THE PLAN SHOULD ALSO IDENTIFY METRICS THAT WILL SHOW PROGRESS
00:11:23 TOWARDS THESE PRIORITIES PARTICIPATE IN A LONG TERM
00:11:27 VISIONING PROCESS WITH CITY STAFF AND OTHER PARTNERS TO
00:11:30 DETERMINE THE ZOO'S LONG TERM STRATEGIC DIRECTION BECAUSE IT
00:11:35 LIVES IN AN ECOSYSTEM WITH THE CITY AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO
00:11:38 DEVELOP A BOARD WITH A CAPACITY TO MEANINGFULLY SUPPORT THE SAN
00:11:42 FRANCISCO'S ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY DOUBLING ITS ANNUAL
00:11:46 CONTRIBUTION GOAL YEAR TO YEAR UNTIL REACHING A CONTRIBUTION
00:11:50 GOAL OF 10% OF THE ZOO'S ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND ENSURE
00:11:56 THAT ITS FINANCE COMMITTEE IS ADEQUATELY STAFFED ON A
00:12:00 QUARTERLY BASIS. REPORT ON BASIC OUTPUTS SUCH AS
00:12:04 ATTENDANCE EXPENSE REDUCTIONS AND EFFICIENCIES, NEW MEMBERS
00:12:08 AND FUNDS RAISED AS WELL AS INTO PROGRESS TOWARDS LONG TERM
00:12:11 FINANCIAL SOLVENCY PLAN AND PROGRESS ON PANDA ON THE
00:12:15 PANDA PROJECT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS REPORTS SHOULD BE SHARED
00:12:17 WITH THE CITY COMPTROLLER PRESENTED BEFORE THE JOINT ZOO
00:12:20 COMMITTEE AND ALL REPORTS AND MATERIALS PROVIDED BE BY
00:12:26 THE ZOO. YOU MUST MEET STANDARDS OF
00:12:27 QUALITY AND THOROUGHNESS AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY
00:12:31 COMPTROLLER ALSO AT A BOARD MEMBER WITH EXTENSIVE FINANCIAL
00:12:35 MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE INCLUDING DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF FINANCE,
00:12:39 FINANCIAL CONTROLS AND FINANCIAL PLANNING THIS
00:12:42 INDIVIDUAL SHOULD HAVE EXPERIENCE IN ANALYSIS, RISK
00:12:46 MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL STRATEGY AND THE CITY WILL
00:12:50 REVIEW THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE BOARD MEMBER TO ENSURE THAT
00:12:52 THE EXPERIENCE IS SUFFICIENTLY MET.
00:12:54 ALSO ACHIEVE ACCREDITATION AGAIN BY THE ASSOCIATION OF ZOO
00:13:01 AND AQUARIUMS SCA ADDRESS CONCERNS IDENTIFIED IN THE
00:13:05 UPCOMING BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST AUDIT INCONSISTENTLY
00:13:09 MEET WITH AND COMMUNICATE WITH CITY PARTNERS AS REQUIRED.
00:13:12 WE DO HAVE A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CASSANDRA CASTELO WHO
00:13:20 IS JUST A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. SHE HAS BEEN IN LEADERSHIP
00:13:24 ROLES WITH THE CITY WITH IRAQ PARKS DEPARTMENT AND WITH S.F.
00:13:28 TRAVEL. SHE KNOWS EVERYONE
00:13:32 AND EVERYTHING SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT SHE WANTED TO
00:13:36 STEP INTO THIS ROLE. WE CAN SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END
00:13:42 OF THE TUNNEL HERE AND WE HAVE TO WALK HAND IN HAND WITH THE
00:13:47 ZOO. WE CANNOT BE HANDS OFF IN THIS
00:13:48 RELATIONSHIP. WE MUST PARTNER TOGETHER TO
00:13:51 MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUCCESSFUL.
00:13:55 >> I WOULD LIKE US TO HEAR FIRST MADAM CHAIR FROM THE
00:13:58 DEPARTMENT REC PARKS DEPARTMENT, OUR INTERIM
00:14:01 DIRECTOR SARAH MADELINE TO GIVE US A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN
00:14:06 THAT HAS BEEN WORKED OUT BETWEEN HER STAFF AND THE ZOO.
00:14:10 IAN COLLABORATION WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF THE MAYOR'S
00:14:14 BUDGET OFFICE AND THE COMPTROLLER.
00:14:17 SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF YOU WOULD BUT I WOULD WELCOME
00:14:19 THAT. >> THANK YOU.
00:14:23 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR AND GOOD MORNING
00:14:27 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS SARAH MADELINE.
00:14:31 I'M THE INTERIM GENERAL MANAGER OF THE RECREATION AND PARKS
00:14:33 DEPARTMENT AND BEFORE I DIVE IN I JUST WANT TO THANK
00:14:35 SUPERVISOR MELGAR SO MUCH FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.
00:14:39 WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE NOW IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF YOUR
00:14:44 WORK AND AND ALSO EXTEND THAT SAME THANKS TO CASSANDRA
00:14:48 APPRECIATE IT. >> SOME OF WHAT I HAVE IN OUR
00:14:51 PRESENTATION THE SUPERVISOR ALREADY SPOKE TO IN TERMS OF
00:14:54 THE LOAN TERMS SO I WILL SKIP OVER SOME ASPECTS OF IT.
00:14:58 SO JUST FOR SOME BRIEF BACKGROUND, THE CITY OWNS THE
00:15:04 GROUNDS FACILITIES AND ANIMALS AT THE ZOO.
00:15:08 THEY ARE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE RECREATION AND PARKS
00:15:09 DEPARTMENT. OPERATIONS AT THE ZOO HAVE BEEN
00:15:12 MANAGED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY UNDER A
00:15:16 LEASE AND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT SINCE 1993 AS PART OF OUR
00:15:23 BUDGET THAT YOU GUYS SEE EVERY YEAR YOU SEE WE TRANSFER OUR $4
00:15:27 MILLION MANAGEMENT FEE TO THE ZOO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOR THEM
00:15:31 TO MANAGE ALL THE OPERATIONS AND EMPLOYEES AND OUR
00:15:34 COMMISSION REVIEWS CERTAIN MINIMAL MATTERS INCLUDING
00:15:38 ADMISSIONS FEES. WE GET PRESENTED A BUDGET NOT
00:15:42 FOR APPROVAL JUST FOR INFORMATION AND ALL THE ANIMAL
00:15:46 TRANSACTIONS GO THROUGH OUR JOINT ZOO COMMITTEE COMMITTEE
00:15:49 AND THEN TO OUR COMMISSION. I THINK CASSANDRA WILL SPEAK
00:15:54 ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER BUT WE ARE IN THIS POSITION
00:15:57 BECAUSE OF SOME SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES THAT THE ZOO FACES
00:16:01 IN TERMS OF BOTH THEIR COSTS AND THEIR REVENUES.
00:16:04 LIKE MANY OF US, THEY FACE INCREASING COSTS AND POST COVID
00:16:09 REALLY HAVE NOT RECOVERED FROM THEIR DECLINING REVENUES AND I
00:16:13 KNOW CASSANDRA WILL SPEAK ABOUT THAT MORE AS THE SUPERVISOR
00:16:17 BRIEFLY OUTLINED WE ARE PROPOSING A LOAN TO THE ZOO OF
00:16:21 UP TO $8.5 MILLION. THERE WILL BE FOUR PAYMENTS BE
00:16:27 COMMENCING IF THIS IS APPROVED AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE NEXT
00:16:32 FISCAL YEAR A TOTALING 6.5 MILLION WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE
00:16:39 TO KEEP $2 MILLION ON RESERVE FOR IN CASE THE MILESTONES
00:16:43 IN CASE THE ZOO IS PROGRESSING TOWARDS THERE'S THE MILESTONES
00:16:47 THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE TERMS BUT THEY HAVE NOT YET FULLY
00:16:51 ACCOMPLISHED THEM AND NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GET THERE
00:16:57 AND WE ANTICIPATE THOSE GENERAL FUND THAT GENERAL FUND SUPPORT
00:16:59 FOR LOAN PAYMENTS THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
00:17:03 >> THE REMAINING OF THOSE PAYMENTS WILL BE IN OUR BUDGET
00:17:06 . >> SO AS YOU SEE TODAY YOU HAVE
00:17:10 A D APPROPRIATION, AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE FIRST
00:17:11 PAYMENT AND THEN IF THIS IS APPROVED, FUTURE PAYMENTS WOULD
00:17:17 BE INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET SUBMISSION THAT GOES TO YOU ALL
00:17:21 FROM THE MAYOR ON JUNE 1ST AND AS I JUST MENTIONED, THE D
00:17:26 APPROPRIATION CODE IS WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY AS THE
00:17:32 SUPERVISOR OUTLINED THE LOAN DISBURSEMENT IS TIED TO
00:17:36 SPECIFIC CONDITIONS AND MILESTONES INCLUDING THE
00:17:40 FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND MASTER PLAN THAT THE THE
00:17:42 SUPERVISOR TALKED ABOUT AND THESE IMMEDIATE EXPENSE
00:17:45 REDUCTIONS WE EXPECT THE THE ZOO ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO
00:17:53 REPORT TO THE JOINT ZOO COMMITTEE OF OUR COMMISSION
00:17:57 THAT IS JOINTLY MANAGED WITH THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ON THEIR
00:18:01 PROGRESS TOWARDS ALL OF THESE MILESTONES.
00:18:05 ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IN THE PAST HAS REALLY BEEN A LACK OF
00:18:09 VISIBILITY INTO ZOO BUDGET AND OPERATIONS AND SO THIS WAS
00:18:13 INSTILLED IN THE LOAN AS A WAY TO ENSURE SUNSHINE ACROSS THAT
00:18:20 FOR ALL OF US PARTICIPATING IN THE LOAN AND THEN THE
00:18:24 REPAYMENT SCHEDULE IS PROPOSED TO START IN THE FIRST QUARTER
00:18:31 OF 2028 AND THE PROPOSAL IS THAT THE ZOO WILL REPAY THE
00:18:35 LOAN OVER TEN YEARS BUT IT WILL BE REPAID IN THE FORM OF
00:18:39 DECREASING MANAGEMENT FEE PAYMENTS.
00:18:46 AND SO OUR ASK OF YOU ALL TODAY IS TO BOTH APPROVE THE
00:18:50 ORDINANCE WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE FIRST TRANCHE OF LOAN DOLLARS
00:18:57 TO GO TO THE SUIT TO THE ZOO AND ALSO BY RESOLUTION APPROVE
00:19:05 OF THE TERMS OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT.
00:19:06 THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE ARE OBVIOUSLY HERE FOR ANY
00:19:10 QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
00:19:13 INTERIM DIRECTOR AT MADELINE THROUGH THE CHAIR.
00:19:16 THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT I DIDN'T THINK AND REALLY
00:19:20 SHOULD BE GIVEN SPECIAL THANKS OF COURSE THAT'S AT LINDEN
00:19:24 BARRY AT AT THE PLAY WHO TOOK OVER THE AUDIT WHILE DAN WAS
00:19:28 OUT ON PARENTAL LEAVE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
00:19:32 AMAZING WORK AND ALSO VERONICA BELL WHO IS NO LONGER ON THE
00:19:36 ZOO BOARD BUT HAS DONE SO MUCH WORK AS A VOLUNTEER TO HELP
00:19:40 SUPPORT OUR EFFORT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:19:45 A SUPERVISOR SOUDER THANK YOU. >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR
00:19:50 ERIC PARK IN TERMS OF THE THE APPROPRIATION FROM THE OPEN
00:19:53 SPACE ACQUISITION FUND, CAN YOU SHARE YOU KNOW IF THAT I
00:20:00 UNDERSTAND YOU'RE EXPECTING THAT TO BE REPLENISHED THROUGH
00:20:04 THE GENERAL FUND BUT IF THAT WERE NOT TO BE THE CASE, ARE
00:20:09 THERE ANY PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE IN TERMS OF OPEN SPACE
00:20:12 ACQUISITION THAT WOULD BE THREATENED WITH THIS MOVING OF
00:20:19 FUNDS? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
00:20:20 SUPERVISOR NO, WE SPECIFICALLY CHOSE THIS SOURCE BECAUSE WE
00:20:26 CURRENTLY HAVE A BALANCE OF $14 MILLION IN THE OPEN SPACE
00:20:29 ACQUISITION FUND. >> THE ACQUISITION IS THAT YOU
00:20:34 ARE AWARE OF THAT WE ARE TRYING TO COMPLETE WOULD NOT BE
00:20:35 AFFECTED BY THIS LOAN AND ANY FUTURE ACQUISITIONS THAT WE ARE
00:20:41 PREPARING FOR THE THE DOLLARS WOULD BE RESTORED TO THAT
00:20:46 SOURCE BEFORE WE WOULD MOVE ON TO ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
00:20:48 SO WE FELT VERY COMFORTABLE THAT THIS WOULD NOT AFFECT ANY
00:20:52 ANYTHING IN THE PIPELINE. THANK YOU.
00:20:56 >> YOU SHOULD WE CALL UP? YES AS A RESULT PLEASE.
00:21:21 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS CHAIR CHAN BUDGET FINANCE
00:21:26 COMMITTEE MEMBERS STORIES ARE MELGAR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MY
00:21:30 NEW FRIENDS AT THE BUDGET ANALYST OFFICE DAN AND LINDA
00:21:33 AND WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
00:21:35 MONTHS SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
00:21:38 HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS CASSANDRA COSTELLO,
00:21:40 THE NEWLY APPOINTED CEO OF THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO AND GARDENS.
00:21:44 AND FRANKLY WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TODAY
00:21:46 AND THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RECREATION AND PARK DEPARTMENT.
00:21:49 THANK YOU TO SARAH MADELINE YELL AND TONIO BEVERLY FOR ALL
00:21:53 YOUR HELP OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND WORKING
00:21:56 COLLABORATION WITH US TO GET TO THIS POINT TODAY.
00:21:57 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HOURS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF TIME SPENT
00:22:00 WITH YOUR STAFF SUPERVISOR MELGAR WITH MIKE FARAH AS WELL.
00:22:04 I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T GIVE HIM AND JAN A SHOUT OUT AS
00:22:08 WELL AND I WILL GO THROUGH SOME .
00:22:11 >> WHAT WAS THAT? OKAY.
00:22:12 WELL SHE'S JUST NANCY CHAN HERE IS ALSO BEEN GREAT HELP HERE
00:22:16 FROM THE ZOO. SHE'S BEEN WITH THE ZOO FOR A
00:22:19 LONG TIME THIS MORNING I WANTED TO GO THROUGH SOME INFORMATION
00:22:22 THAT IS PERTINENT TO THE LOAN TERMS THAT WERE OUTLINED BY
00:22:26 SUPERVISOR MELGAR AND RECREATION AND PARK
00:22:27 DEPARTMENT AND I WILL GO INTO SOME MORE FINANCIALS AND BE
00:22:30 HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF WE CAN HAVE THE SCREEN HERE.
00:22:34 >> THERE YOU GO. I JUST.
00:22:45 PERFECT. OKAY.
00:22:49 >> WE ARE APPROACHING OUR CENTENNIAL.
00:22:50 WHAT A GREAT TIME TO BE HERE AT THE ZOO AND TO BE LAUNCHING ALL
00:22:53 OF THESE NEW INITIATIVES TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT OUR
00:22:57 STRATEGIC AND BUSINESS AND MASTER PLAN CAN BE TO
00:23:00 LAUNCH US TO THE NEXT 100 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.
00:23:01 A REALLY EXCITING TIME. WE ARE HOME TO NEARLY 1500
00:23:06 EXOTIC, ENDANGERED AND RESCUED ANIMALS REPRESENTING MORE THAN
00:23:10 225 SPECIES. WE HAVE SEVEN DISTINCT GARDENS
00:23:11 OUR NAME SAYS IT ALL THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO AND GARDENS
00:23:14 GARDENS. YOU KNOW I DON'T WANT TO MISS
00:23:17 GIVING OUR HORTICULTURE TEAM A BIG SHOUT OUT FOR ALL THE WORK
00:23:18 THAT THEY DO. WE HAVE OVER 30 BOARD MEMBERS
00:23:21 AND ALSO 50 EMERITUS MEMBERS. WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF
00:23:25 EMPLOYING 180 REALLY HARD WORKING EXPERT PROFESSIONALS
00:23:28 AND WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS INCLUDING 100
00:23:32 DOCENTS. I WAS JUST AT THEIR GRADUATION
00:23:33 LAST SUNDAY. THEY TRAINED FOR OVER 66 HOURS
00:23:37 JUST TO VOLUNTEER TO SPREAD THE WORD OF CONSERVATION ON THE
00:23:41 FLOOR OF THE ZOO AND GARDENS. >> I'LL SKIP OVER THE WHO WE
00:23:44 ARE I THINK SUPERVISOR YOU COVERED IT VERY WELL WITH OUR
00:23:48 MISSION. BEFORE I GET INTO THE MEAT OF
00:23:51 THE PRESENTATION I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW PROUD WE
00:23:53 ARE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO PEOPLE COMING TO THE ZOO.
00:23:55 WE NEVER WANT COSTS TO BE A BARRIER OF ENTRY TO CONNECT TO
00:23:59 OUR MISSION. WE CONTINUE OUR SAN FRANCISCO
00:24:02 FREE ADMISSION EVERY WEDNESDAY FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH WE
00:24:05 RELAUNCHED OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE MUSEUM FOR ALL PROGRAM.
00:24:09 WE CONTINUE OUR PARTICIPATION IN DISCOVER AND GO WE ARE PROUD
00:24:13 TO BE A HOST TO FREE FIELD TRIPS FOR EVERY SAN FRANCISCO
00:24:17 UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENT.
00:24:18 WE ALSO HAVE DISCOUNTED FIELD TRIPS FOR STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF
00:24:21 THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS DISCOUNTED ADMISSION FEES FOR
00:24:25 RESIDENTS AND SENIORS. WE ALSO HAVE OVER 14,000
00:24:28 MEMBERS ALMOST HALF OF WHICH WHO ARE LIVE IN THE CITY
00:24:32 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. WE STARTED TO DO NEW THINGS.
00:24:36 ONE IS TO INCREASE ACCESS AND THE OTHER OF COURSE IS TO
00:24:40 INCREASE ATTENDANCE AND REVENUE.
00:24:41 WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT BUT I WANT TO
00:24:43 HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AND SOME OF THE NEW
00:24:45 THINGS WE'RE TRYING. IN JANUARY WE DID A KIDS FREE
00:24:47 MONTH THAT RESULTED IN OUR HIGHEST MONTH OF ATTENDANCE
00:24:51 EVER RECORDED IN A JANUARY FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO
00:24:54 AND GARDENS IN FEBRUARY WE HAD PROMOTIONS THAT WE ROLLED OUT
00:24:56 AROUND PRESIDENTS DAY AND WE ALSO OFFERED FREE STUDENT
00:24:59 ADMISSION DURING THE TEACHERS STRIKE IN MARCH WE HAD OUR BUY
00:25:02 ONE GET ONE FOR ANY STUDENT REGARDLESS OF WHICH INSTITUTION
00:25:06 AND THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THIS MOTHER'S DAY REGARDLESS
00:25:10 OF IF YOU'RE A PARENT OR NOT YOU CAN COME TO THE ZOO FOR $5
00:25:14 AND IN JUNE WE'RE KICKING OFF THE SUMMER WITH KIDS FREE
00:25:18 WEEKDAYS AN AREA THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR VOLUNTEER
00:25:22 AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE GET ENOUGH
00:25:25 LIGHT ON THE AMAZING WORK THAT OUR TEAM DOES.
00:25:28 WE HAVE PAID INTERNSHIPS AND WE PARTNER WITH A NUMBER OF
00:25:30 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. >> WE ALSO HOST ABOUT 60 TO 17
00:25:36 VOLUNTEER HOURS AT THE ZOO EVERY YEAR.
00:25:37 IN ADDITION TO OUR NATURE TRAIL PROGRAM WHICH TARGETS KIDS AGE
00:25:40 12 TO 14. I KNOW IN THE AUDIENCE WE
00:25:43 ACTUALLY HAVE SOME NATURE TRAIL GRADUATES AND MAYBE SOME OF YOU
00:25:44 ARE AS WELL. THIS IS THE 50TH YEAR OF THIS
00:25:48 DYNAMIC PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAVE DOZENS AND DOZENS
00:25:51 OF OTHER VOLUNTEERS FROM OUR CONSERVATION CHILDREN'S ZOO,
00:25:53 INSECT ZOO AND BEYOND OTHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS IF YOU HAD
00:25:58 KIDS IN THE CITY, CHANCES ARE THEY WENT THROUGH THE ZOO CAMP.
00:26:02 WE ALREADY HAD 1000 REGISTRANTS.
00:26:04 THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR US TO CONTINUE OUR MISSION OF
00:26:06 CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION. WE RELAUNCHED OUR LITTLE
00:26:09 LEARNERS PROGRAM WHICH IS FOR THE LITTLEST ZOO MEMBERS OF
00:26:12 TODDLERS. WE ALSO JUST RELAUNCHED OUR
00:26:16 WILD NIGHTS SLEEPOVER PROGRAM. THIS IS FOR THOSE REALLY
00:26:18 DEDICATED FOLKS WHO REALLY WANT TO DIG IN TO THE ZOO AND SPEND
00:26:20 THE NIGHT. SO THAT'S BEEN A REALLY
00:26:23 SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. >> WE'VE REBOOT JUST THIS LAST
00:26:25 MONTH. WE'VE ALSO RELAUNCHED OUR
00:26:28 WINTER AND FALL CAMPS AND STARTED A CHINESE
00:26:31 AND SPANISH CAMP AS WELL AT THE ZOO YOU MAY HAVE SEEN US
00:26:35 IN YOUR DISTRICT TABLING AT EVENTS AND FESTIVALS.
00:26:38 WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET THE ZOO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
00:26:40 WE'VE DOUBLED DOWN ON THAT WORK.
00:26:42 WE HAVE SOME OF THE TEAM THAT'S OUT THERE ON THE WEEKENDS.
00:26:46 WE ALSO HAVE FREE CONSERVATION LECTURES IN FACT YES, JUST
00:26:47 YESTERDAY WE HAD A WONDERFUL FREE LECTURE ON ON OUR CORAL
00:26:51 REEF SYSTEMS. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS NOT
00:26:55 MEANT TO BE EXHAUSTIVE BUT HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE SPECIAL
00:27:00 EVENTS THAT WE'VE ROLLED OUT THIS YEAR, SOME OF WHICH ARE
00:27:02 THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE IT. WE HAD OUR FEBRUARY
00:27:04 APPRECIATION MONTH WITH SPECIAL PROGRAMING.
00:27:06 WE ALSO HAD A WEEKEND FULL OF LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS.
00:27:10 SO REALLY CELEBRATING OUR CULTURE AND BRINGING THAT
00:27:11 CULTURE INTO THE ZOO. >> IN MARCH WE HAD OUR FIRST
00:27:15 EVER NEURODIVERSITY WEEK THIS WAS A REALLY PROUD MOMENT FOR
00:27:18 THE ZOO. WE PARTNERED WITH A NUMBER OF
00:27:20 ORGANIZATIONS AND WE HAD QUIET HOURS, QUIET MODE AND FREE
00:27:23 RESOURCE GUIDES. >> IN APRIL WE HAD OUR VERY
00:27:26 POPULAR EXTRAVAGANZA EVENT AND WE ALSO HAD EARTH FEST
00:27:30 WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH 14 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AIDS TO
00:27:34 SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT CONSERVATION EDUCATION.
00:27:37 >> THIS MONTH WE'RE CELEBRATING AAPI MONTH AND WE'RE HAVING OUR
00:27:41 FIRST EVER K-POP DAY. YOU HAVE TO COME CHECK THAT OUT
00:27:44 MAY 23RD IT WILL BE REALLY FUN AND NEXT MONTH WE CELEBRATE OUR
00:27:47 97TH BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE ZOO
00:27:48 AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE A PRIDE CELEBRATION.
00:27:52 >> YOU'LL SEE US SHOWING UP IN THE PRIDE PARADE AS WELL.
00:27:54 >> A COUPLE UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS YOU HEARD EARLIER THAT
00:27:58 WE ARE TRYING NEW THINGS. WE'RE TRYING TO DRIVE REVENUE
00:27:59 IN ATTENDANCE. SO FOR THE FIRST EVER WE'RE
00:28:03 HAVING AN ANIMATRONIC DINOSAUR EXHIBIT FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH
00:28:06 CHILDREN BETWEEN 4 AND 8, YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS SURELY GOING
00:28:09 TO BE A HUGE SUCCESS. IT'S TRIED AND TRUE AT MANY
00:28:13 OTHER INSTITUTIONS SO WE'RE BRINGING IT TO OUR ZOO THIS
00:28:14 SUMMER AS WELL AS A WINTER LIGHTS FESTIVAL THAT IS YOU
00:28:17 DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO MISS IT IN TERMS OF CITYWIDE
00:28:21 PROMOTIONS WE'RE INVESTING OUR LIMITED RESOURCES
00:28:25 STRATEGICALLY. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN BOULEVARD
00:28:26 YESTERDAY WITH NEW STREET PULL BANNERS AND OUR MUNI PSA
00:28:29 CAMPAIGN IS LAUNCHING THIS MONTH.
00:28:35 >> I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR A MOMENT AGAIN I CALLED OUT NANCY
00:28:36 CHAN BUT SHE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB ON OUR EARNED
00:28:39 MEDIA. IF YOU GO ON OUR WEBSITE WE
00:28:40 HAVE A COUPLE DOZEN GREAT STORIES ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING
00:28:43 AT THE ZOO AND WE'RE WORKING TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT OUR
00:28:46 ENDANGERED GARTER SNAKE PROGRAM OR OUR YELLOW YELLOWTAIL FROG.
00:28:50 IN FACT, I'LL BE IN YOSEMITE TOMORROW FOR THE 10,000 FROG
00:28:54 RELEASE WITH OUR NATIONAL PARTNERS AND OUR YOSEMITE
00:28:58 PARTNERS. WE HAD OUR NEURODIVERSITY THE
00:29:01 EARNED MEDIA WITH OUR PARTNERS AT BRADY HORSE THERAPY
00:29:02 HIGHLIGHTED HERE AS WELL AS OUR MEXICAN GRAY WOLF REPOPULATION
00:29:06 EFFORTS. AND WE HAD OUR MONTHLY SEGMENT
00:29:09 OF EXPLORING ANIMALS WITH BRIGITTE WHO'S NOW A LOCAL
00:29:11 CELEBRITY AND SHE'S HERE TODAY AS WELL.
00:29:14 SHE HAS A FAN CLUB NOW THAT SHOWS UP IN THE STUDIO IN TERMS
00:29:17 OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, THIS HAS BEEN INTENTIONAL.
00:29:22 WE'RE TRYING TO CONNECT WITH NEW AUDIENCES.
00:29:23 AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE HERE WE'VE HAD A HUGE INCREASE
00:29:25 IN INTERACTIONS ON FACEBOOK AND JUST GENERAL OUR FOLLOWER
00:29:29 INCREASE ACROSS ALL OF OUR ACCOUNTS.
00:29:32 >> WE'VE ALSO JUST LAUNCHED AN APP WHEN I'M PARTICULARLY
00:29:36 EXCITED ABOUT THIS IS THE LANGUAGE ACCESS PIECE OF THE
00:29:39 APP AS WELL AS OUR ABILITY TO COLLECT DATA AND PROGRAM AROUND
00:29:43 WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT WHAT TIME. SO THINK YOU CAN UNDERSTAND
00:29:47 WHERE MAYBE THE PENGUIN FEEDING OR DRAFT FEEDING MIGHT BE FOR
00:29:48 THE DAY. WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO COLLECT
00:29:51 VISITOR SATISFACTION DATA SO FAR 92% POSITIVE VISITOR
00:29:54 SATISFACTION DATA COLLECTED. >> NOW I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE
00:29:58 BIT ABOUT BOARD GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIALS.
00:30:01 SO AS MENTIONED IN THE IN THE PRESENTATION EARLIER, WE'RE
00:30:06 REALLY FOCUSED ON BUILDING OUR CAPACITY AT THE BOARD CONTINUE
00:30:07 GROWTH OF BOARD MEMBERSHIP AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE
00:30:10 FUNDING CAPACITY. WE'RE ALSO REALLY EXCITED TO BE
00:30:13 KICKING OFF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS.
00:30:14 THOSE WILL START IN FULL ON MAY 16TH AT OUR BOARD RETREAT WE'RE
00:30:18 GOING TO FOCUS ON OUR BUSINESS STRATEGIC AND MASTER PLANNING
00:30:21 AS WELL AS GOVERNANCE BEST PRACTICES.
00:30:25 >> NOW I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO WHERE
00:30:26 WE ARE. >> SARA ALLUDED TO THIS
00:30:29 EARLIER. I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE LOOK
00:30:32 IN THE PAST SO PRE-COVID WE AVERAGE ABOUT 900,000 VISITORS
00:30:35 TO THE ZOO POST COVID LIKE MANY INSTITUTIONS ARE ATTENDANCE
00:30:38 DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY AND IT'S MAINTAINED AT ABOUT A 30 PLUS
00:30:42 PERCENT DECREASE IN ATTENDANCE. >> BUT AS YOU CAN SEE WITH SOME
00:30:46 OF THE NEW ITERATIONS WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE, WE ARE
00:30:47 PROJECTING HIGHER ATTENDANCE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
00:30:53 >> ATTENDANCE IS OUR MAIN FORM OF REVENUE.
00:30:54 SO WHEN THIS IS DOWN NOT ONLY IS OUR GATE REVENUE DOWN OUR
00:30:58 PARKING REVENUES DOWN OUR RETAIL FOOD AND BEVERAGE IS
00:31:01 ALSO DOWN AND SALES AT THE SAME TIME WE HAD THIS ATTENDANCE
00:31:06 DECREASE OUR COST OF DOING BUSINESS ALSO WENT UP
00:31:09 SIGNIFICANTLY. SO THIS IS JUST TO DEMONSTRATE
00:31:12 WE HAD ABOUT A $3 MILLION COST INCREASE AT THE SAME TIME OUR
00:31:16 ATTENDANCE WAS WAS DOWN. >> THIS IS JUST MEANT TO
00:31:20 ILLUSTRATE A SNAPSHOT OF THE LAST 18 MONTHS WHERE YOU CAN
00:31:23 SEE OF COURSE WE WANT THIS GRAPH IN REVERSE RIGHT BUT OUR
00:31:26 REVENUES ARE THE BLUE AND OUR EXPENSES ARE THE RED HERE.
00:31:27 SO WE CONTINUE TO HAVE TO DIP INTO OUR RESERVES IN ORDER TO
00:31:31 CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE OPERATIONAL STANDARDS THAT WE
00:31:34 HAVE. >> THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF
00:31:38 WHERE THOSE REVENUES COME FROM .
00:31:41 AS YOU CAN SEE THE LION'S SHARE IS THROUGH ADMISSIONS
00:31:42 AND TICKETING. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE
00:31:45 MANAGEMENT FEE PROVIDED BY THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
00:31:47 FRANCISCO $4 MILLION THAT MAKES UP 17% AND THEN MEMBERSHIP IS
00:31:51 ALSO A BIG FORM OF REVENUE FOR US AND OUR EXPENSES NO SURPRISE
00:31:55 HERE IN THE ANIMAL DIVISION IS THE MAJORITY OF OUR EXPENSES AT
00:31:59 35%. WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE PORTION OF
00:32:02 EXPENSES IN OUR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
00:32:04 I MENTIONED WE'RE APPROACHING OUR CENTENNIAL.
00:32:07 SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS ARE ABOUT AS OLD AS THE ZOO AND THEY'RE
00:32:09 VERY EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN. >> I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
00:32:14 ABOUT WHAT THIS PROPOSED LOAN WILL DO FOR THE ZOO.
00:32:17 FIRST, WE'LL CONTINUE OUR ABILITY TO OPERATE WITHOUT
00:32:18 MAJOR DISRUPTION AND CONTINUE OUR ABILITY TO FUNDRAISE
00:32:22 AND SECURE SPONSORSHIP FOR FUTURE EXHIBITS AND EVENTS.
00:32:26 >> CONTINUE OUR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO BRING GIANT PANDAS
00:32:30 TO THE ZOO, LAUNCH OUR STRATEGIC BUSINESS AND MASTER
00:32:33 PLAN WORK WHICH WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE ZOO
00:32:37 AND INSPIRE INVESTMENT AND ALSO ALLOW US TO DO A FACILITIES
00:32:38 CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE STATE OF THE
00:32:41 BUILDINGS IN OUR CARE THAT ARE YOURS.
00:32:44 SUPERVISOR MELGAR MENTIONED ACA ACCREDITATION AND I CAN'T
00:32:49 EMPHASIZE HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS FOR OUR FACILITY.
00:32:53 OUR ACCREDITATION IS UP WE EVERY FIVE YEARS WE ARE
00:32:56 ACCREDITED. THIS REQUIRES DETAILED
00:32:57 APPLICATION SUBMISSION WORK AS WELL AS AN INSPECTION FOR THREE
00:33:02 DAYS AND REQUIRED MAINTENANCE WORK.
00:33:03 MY LAST SLIDE HERE I JUST WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK BECAUSE
00:33:07 MANY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE ACA WORLD BUT ACA STANDS FOR
00:33:10 ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS.
00:33:14 IT'S THE GOLD STANDARD FOR ANIMAL CARE ONLY AWARDED TO TOP
00:33:17 TIER INSTITUTIONS THAT MEET RIGOROUS PERFORMANCE BASED
00:33:19 STANDARDS FOR ANIMAL WELFARE, VETERINARY CARE, CONSERVATION
00:33:22 AND EDUCATION. IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE
00:33:26 ACA ACCREDITED WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN BREEDING PLANS,
00:33:29 FIELD CONSERVATIONS AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
00:33:33 AGAIN IT'S EVERY FIVE YEARS AND WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
00:33:34 BEING ACCREDITED SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THIS PROGRAM
00:33:38 IN 1979. THERE'S ONLY 254 INSTITUTIONS
00:33:41 INCLUDING US OUT OF THE OVER 9000 USDA LICENSED FACILITIES.
00:33:44 SO I WAS GLAD TO SEE THIS AS PART OF THE LOAN DELIVERABLES
00:33:49 THAT WE ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL ACCREDITATION AND THIS LOAN
00:33:52 WILL ALLOW US THE TIME TO DO THE WORK TO ACHIEVE
00:33:53 ACCREDITATION THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION.
00:33:56 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
00:33:59 I DO HAVE QUESTIONS BUT LET'S GO TO A GOOD MORNING
00:34:03 SUPERVISORS NICK MENARD FROM THE PROJECT LEGISLATIVE
00:34:08 ANALYST'S OFFICE HERE TO REPORT ON ITEMS TWO AND THREE ON YOUR
00:34:11 AGENDA. ONE IS A RESOLUTION THAT
00:34:14 APPROVES THE RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT TO ENTER
00:34:15 INTO A LOAN AGREEMENT FOR UP TO TEN YEARS WITH THE ZOO TO
00:34:20 PROVIDE UP TO $8.5 MILLION IN A LOAN CONSISTENT WITH THE TERM
00:34:25 SHEET THAT'S ON FILE AND THE LEGISLATIVE FILE.
00:34:28 AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD BE
00:34:29 APPROPRIATE $2.5 MILLION FROM THE OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION
00:34:33 RESERVE AND TO REC AND PARKS OPEN SPACE FUND TO FUND THE
00:34:37 INITIAL DISBURSEMENT OF THE LOAN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
00:34:40 JUST TO KIND OF PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE OF THE ZOO IS
00:34:44 PROJECTING ABOUT A $1.9 MILLION DEFICIT IN THE TWO YEAR PERIOD
00:34:49 THROUGH DECEMBER 2027. THEY HAVE ABOUT $9 MILLION OF
00:34:53 UNRESTRICTED CASH OR INVESTMENTS AS OF JUNE 2025.
00:34:57 THAT NUMBER IS PROBABLY LOWER NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE IN AN
00:34:58 ONGOING STRUCTURAL DEFICIT SO THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO FUND THIS
00:35:02 DEFICIT FROM THEIR BUDGET RESERVES.
00:35:05 THE PURPOSE OF THIS LOAN IS REALLY TO TIDE THEM OVER OVER
00:35:08 THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WHILE THEY ENGINEER A FINANCIAL
00:35:11 TURNAROUND AND BECOME SELF-SUSTAINING WHICH WILL THEN
00:35:13 BE REPAID REPAID BY THE ZOO OVER THE FOLLOWING EIGHT YEARS
00:35:19 OF THE LOAN TERM. >> THE THERE'S TWO POLICY
00:35:22 CONSIDERATIONS WE KNOW IN OUR REPORT.
00:35:26 ONE IS THAT THERE'S NO ACTUAL LOAN AGREEMENT THAT'S STILL
00:35:30 BEING DRAFTED. SO WE HAVE THE TERM SHEET.
00:35:34 IT'S VERY DETAILED. YOU CAN SEE THE DISBURSEMENT
00:35:35 SCHEDULE OF THE LOAN THAT WILL OCCUR AS IT AS THE ZOO ACHIEVES
00:35:38 CERTAIN MILESTONES MEETING WITH THE REC AND PARK
00:35:42 AND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. BUT THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT IS NOT
00:35:45 ON FILE YET AND THEN BECAUSE THE ZOO DOESN'T OWN ANY LAND OR
00:35:49 THE ANIMALS THERE'S NO COLLATERAL TO SECURE THIS LOAN
00:35:53 AND THE ENTIRE FINANCIAL TURNAROUND IS PREMISED ON THEM
00:35:57 GETTING PANDAS AND THE PANDAS JUICING ATTENDANCE TO LEVELS
00:36:04 THAT THEY SAW ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO.
00:36:07 THEY HAVE ABOUT 600,000 ATTENDING PEOPLE COMING TO THE
00:36:08 ZOO EVERY YEAR THEY'RE HOPING TO GET A MILLION VISITORS PER
00:36:12 YEAR WITH THE PANDAS. I THINK THAT IT IS REALISTIC
00:36:19 THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT
00:36:23 NEED TO COME TOGETHER FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
00:36:26 SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A RISK THAT THE LOAN WILL NOT BE PAID
00:36:28 BACK AND AS WE'VE DESCRIBED IN OUR PRIOR REPORTS WE HAVE AN
00:36:34 AUDIT REPORT THAT WE ISSUED ON FRIDAY AND THEN A COUPLE OF
00:36:36 WEEKS PRIOR TO THAT WE HAVE A REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF THE ZOO
00:36:40 FOLDING AND IN WHICH CASE THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME
00:36:42 CONTROL OVER THE PREMISES, SECURE THE SITE AND TAKE CARE
00:36:45 OF THE ANIMALS THAT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $15 MILLION PER
00:36:50 YEAR. SO I THINK THIS IS ABOUT HALF
00:36:53 OF THAT. BUT AGAIN THE IT IS I THINK A
00:36:57 RISK THAT IT MAY NOT WORK OUT. I DO HAVE THE AUDIT TEAM HERE
00:37:00 IN CASE THE COMMITTEE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR AUDIT THAT
00:37:04 WAS RELEASED ON FRIDAY. BUT I THINK JUST WE ARE
00:37:07 CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF THESE ITEMS TO BE A POLICY MATTER FOR
00:37:09 THE BOARD. THANK YOU.
00:37:12 I, I, I THINK I JUST WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD THAT THIS BODY
00:37:19 DID NOT RECEIVED ACTUAL COPY OF THE LONG AGREEMENT UNTIL CLOSE
00:37:24 OF BUSINESS ON MONDAY. IT IS MY INTENTION THAT I THINK
00:37:28 NOT JUST AS A COMMITTEE BUT ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE
00:37:32 TO HAD A CHANCE TO VIEW THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THE
00:37:35 DETAILS OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT BEFORE THIS BODY TO FORMALLY
00:37:39 APPROVE IT IS MY INTENTION TO SUPPORT THE AGREEMENT THE LOAN
00:37:44 AGREEMENT BUT I THINK THAT IT IS RIGHT TO HAVE A TRANSPARENT
00:37:48 CONVERSATION AND PROCESS FOR PEOPLE TO VIEW THIS LONG
00:37:52 AGREEMENT. >> I HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT
00:37:53 THAT. THIS AS A LONG AGREEMENT THAT I
00:37:56 VIEW IT MORE AS THAT THE CITY IS PROVIDING A SUPPORT
00:38:03 AND ESSENTIALLY POTENTIALLY DOWN THE ROAD COULD BE A GRANT
00:38:07 TO THE ZOO SHOULD THE ZOO IS NOT ABLE TO TURN AROUND WITHIN
00:38:11 TWO YEARS. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS IF I
00:38:15 MAY FOR THE ZOO FOR DIRECTOR CASTELO THAT I JUST SPECIFIC ON
00:38:23 A FEW POINTS. >> I THINK BOTH FOR THE AUDIT
00:38:26 AS WELL AS THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE PREVIOUS
00:38:30 LEADERSHIP, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I FIND AND IS
00:38:34 REALLY WHAT HAPPEN IS REALLY THE MANAGEMENTS VERSUS WORKERS
00:38:39 DYNAMICS AND RECOGNIZING THAT WORKERS HAVE LONG BEEN VOICING
00:38:43 FEEDBACK AND CONCERNS BUT IT SEEMS TO BE LONG IGNORED.
00:38:47 WHAT IS YOUR HOW WILL YOU THEN NOW DEAL WITH THIS AND CHANGING
00:38:54 THAT CULTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT MANAGEMENT DO HAVE LIKE THE
00:38:59 WORKERS ACTUALLY HAVE A MENU TO REFLECT THEIR FEEDBACK TO THE
00:39:02 MANAGEMENT AND THAT MANAGEMENT IS ALSO BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE
00:39:06 TO BE ABLE TO REFLECT BACK AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND BE
00:39:10 RESPONDING TO THE FEEDBACK PROVIDED BY THE WORKERS THROUGH
00:39:14 THE CHAIR THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THE
00:39:15 QUESTION. SO THIS IS A REALLY PARAMOUNT
00:39:19 ISSUE AND IT'S ONE THAT I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON AND SO
00:39:22 HAS THE LEADERSHIP AT THE ZOO AND SOME OF THE FIRST
00:39:25 CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WITH THE TEAM WAS REALLY SITTING DOWN
00:39:29 ONE ON ONE AT COFFEES HAVING LUNCHING STAFF MEETINGS.
00:39:32 I THINK WE'VE HAD 3 OR 4 STAFF MEETINGS IN THE LAST NINE
00:39:36 MONTHS REALLY INVESTING IN CULTURE.
00:39:38 CULTURE DOES NOT TURN AROUND OVERNIGHT SO THAT'S NOT LOST ON
00:39:40 ME. THIS IS A JOURNEY WITH THIS
00:39:42 TEAM. I ALSO HAVE OFFICE HOURS ONCE A
00:39:43 MONTH. I WAS PLEASED THAT WE HAD MAYBE
00:39:47 TEN PEOPLE COME TO MY OFFICE HOURS LAST LAST WEEK IN THE
00:39:50 LEMUR CAFE. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
00:39:51 PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AREAS FOR FEEDBACK.
00:39:54 >> WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED ANONYMOUS WAYS TO PROVIDE
00:39:57 FEEDBACK THROUGH SUGGESTION BOXES AND SO WE WERE REALLY
00:40:02 TRYING TO REINVIGORATE THE TRANSPARENCY
00:40:05 AND ACCOUNTABILITY. I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER REALLY
00:40:07 BIG PIECE IS BEING TRANSPARENT AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WITH
00:40:10 THE STAFF. I'VE LET THEM KNOW THAT TO THE
00:40:11 BEST OF MY ABILITY I DON'T WANT THEM TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR
00:40:15 WORKPLACE IN THE MEDIA. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO
00:40:18 THEM ABOUT WHAT IS COMING INCLUDING THE LOAN AND THE
00:40:21 AUDIT. WE DID OUR VERY BEST TO
00:40:22 COMMUNICATE THAT AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT PEOPLE COULD UNDERSTAND
00:40:25 THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH THE AUDIT AND IS A BIG LIFT FOR US.
00:40:29 BUT FRANKLY WE'RE GOING TO BE A STRONGER INSTITUTION AND ONCE
00:40:32 WE IMPLEMENT THE AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS SO WE'RE
00:40:33 GRATEFUL FOR THAT. SO I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR
00:40:36 QUESTION, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE'RE IMPROVING
00:40:38 CULTURE AT THE ZOO AND BUT WILL ALWAYS THIS IS THIS IS A LONG
00:40:41 TERM INVESTMENT IN THE TEAM AND SO THEN I HAVE A REQUEST
00:40:48 AND A RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IN YOUR BOARD DIRECTORS AS YOU
00:40:49 CONTINUE TO RECRUIT THEM TO ACTUALLY INCLUDE LIKE UNION
00:40:53 LEADERS AT THE TABLE AND ACTUALLY HAVE A MEMBER ON
00:40:57 THE BOARD DIRECTORS TO BE PART OF THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT
00:41:00 THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY HOW YOU CAN MAKE DECISIONS MOVING
00:41:03 FORWARD WITH THE FEEDBACK FROM THE WORKERS.
00:41:07 >> SO I WANT TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU AND RECOMMEND YOU
00:41:11 AND REQUESTS THAT YOU RECRUIT AND INCLUDE A MEMBER OF OF THE
00:41:15 UNION'S LEADERS AND AT THAT AS PART OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
00:41:21 . I ALSO WANTED TO UNDERSTAND
00:41:22 BETTER THAT ABOUT VENDORS ON SITE PART OF THE ONE OF THE
00:41:29 ISSUE THAT CAME ABOUT IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THESE
00:41:33 VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS AT THE ZOO AND ON SITE WERE RETAINING
00:41:37 OR HIRE OR ENTERING CONTRACT WITHOUT GOING OUT TO BID.
00:41:45 HOW WILL YOU WITH THE EXISTING VENDORS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE
00:41:49 MOVING FORWARD TO EVALUATE THESE CONTRACTS?
00:41:53 >> YEAH. THANKS AGAIN FOR THE
00:41:54 OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
00:41:55 CHAIR CHAN SO WE WE BID OUT OUR CONTRACTS NOW WE HAVE A
00:42:00 COMPETITIVE COMPETITIVE BID IN PLACE.
00:42:01 IN FACT WE'RE ROLLING OUT NEW PROVISIONS ALSO IN OUR EMPLOYEE
00:42:04 HANDBOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WE ARE BEING AS TRANSPARENT
00:42:08 AS POSSIBLE IN OUR BIDDING PROCESS AND IN FACT WE HAVE A
00:42:11 CURRENT BID OUT FOR OUR MOST LUCRATIVE CONTRACT WHICH IS OUR
00:42:12 FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND RETAIL. SO THAT WAS UP THERE.
00:42:16 IT EXPIRED DECEMBER OF 25. SO WE HAVE THAT OUT TO BID NOW
00:42:20 AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TO WORK FORWARD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
00:42:24 COMPETITIVELY BIDDING OUR CONTRACTS.
00:42:27 I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THAT'S HOW I WAS TRAINED AT
00:42:29 RACK AND PARK. WE BID OUT ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS
00:42:31 AS YOU KNOW AND SO IT'S SORT OF SECOND NATURE TO MAKE SURE
00:42:34 WE'RE PROVIDING THAT SMART BUSINESS PRACTICE.
00:42:35 >> YEAH AND I AND AGAIN I THINK THAT THE CITY DOES THAT TO MAKE
00:42:39 SURE THAT YOU KNOW WHEN WE DO CONTRACT OUT AND HAVE AND TO
00:42:44 ALSO WITH THE CONSIDERATION ABOUT LABOR MARKET AND TO
00:42:48 ENSURE THAT OUR CONTRACTORS HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE OUR
00:42:52 OUR CITY AND DEPARTMENT IS THAT LABOR HARMONY IS INCLUDED IN IN
00:43:00 IN THEIR RESPONSE FOR BIDS SO I AGAIN ONE IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGE
00:43:03 THAT CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU DO GO OUT TO BID AND CONSIDERING
00:43:07 THESE CONTRACTORS ARE NOT THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOOD CONTRACTORS
00:43:13 AND GOOD EMPLOYERS AND THAT CAN ENSURE AND PROVIDE AND HAVE A
00:43:17 RECORD OF LABOR HARMONY ABSOLUTELY.
00:43:21 I THINK THAT MY LAST QUESTION IS ACTUALLY BOTH FOR THE ZOO
00:43:24 AND REC PARK AND SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ABILITY OF JOINT RAC
00:43:29 PARK AND ZOO COMMISSION THAT HAS BEEN REALLY LONG BEEN THESE
00:43:33 LONG STANDING GOVERNING BODY OF BOTH YOU KNOW, THE PARTNERSHIP
00:43:40 OF ZOO AND REC PARK AND REVIEWING SORT OF YOUR
00:43:42 CONTRACT YOUR BUDGET COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER KNOWING
00:43:48 THAT THAT THERE'S A PROCESS OF KIND OF EVALUATING WHERE WE'RE
00:43:53 GOING WITH ALL THESE COMMISSION WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE FUTURE
00:43:58 OR THE CONDITIONS VERSUS STATUS OF THE JOINT REC PARK AND ZOO
00:44:02 COMMISSION? >> SARAH MADELINE INTERIM
00:44:06 GENERAL MANAGER I THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
00:44:10 >> SUPERVISOR CHAN I'M THE THE JOINT ZOO COMMITTEE IS A
00:44:13 FUNCTION OF THE LEASE AND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT THAT
00:44:17 WE HAVE WITH THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
00:44:20 IT HAS BEEN IT WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST AS LONG AS THAT
00:44:27 MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE.
00:44:28 HOWEVER, I THINK WHAT THIS EPISODE HAS SHOWN US IS IT
00:44:32 REALLY NEEDS TO BE STRENGTHENED IN TERMS OF ITS OVERSIGHT
00:44:36 AND TRANSPARENT AND SEE CURRENTLY THE THERE ARE VERY
00:44:40 FEW AS I SAID IN MY PRESENTATION VERY FEW THINGS
00:44:44 THAT THE COMMITTEE AND THEN OUR COMMISSION ACTUALLY APPROVES
00:44:47 SOME OF THE AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS WERE ACTUALLY
00:44:51 TO STRENGTHEN THOSE PROVISIONS AND SO THE WAY WE ARE LOOKING
00:44:55 AT THIS IS THAT THERE ARE A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS IN THE
00:44:59 LOAN THAT REQUIRE PRESENTATIONS TO BOTH THAT COMMITTEE AND THEN
00:45:03 OUR COMMISSION. >> SO THROUGH THE LOAN
00:45:06 AGREEMENT KIND OF STRENGTHENING THAT THE OVERSIGHT THERE
00:45:10 AND THEN ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS LOAN PERIOD WE FULLY
00:45:14 IMAGINE AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC AND MASTER PLANNING
00:45:17 THERE WILL BE A RE-ENVISIONING OF THE RELATIONSHIP AND AN
00:45:19 ELEMENT OF THAT WILL BE A STRENGTHENED COMMITTEE PROCESS.
00:45:25 >> THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT AGAIN VERY
00:45:29 SIMILAR TO THE BOARD DIRECTORS REQUESTS I HAVE I THINK THAT I
00:45:33 WANT TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE FOR COMMISSIONER
00:45:35 LARRY MAZOLA IN ON THE REC PARK COMMISSION AND BEING PART OF
00:45:39 THIS PROCESS THAT ALSO IT'S BEEN ACTUALLY WORKING ON THIS
00:45:43 LONG BEFORE WHERE WE'RE LENDING TODAY AND SORT OF JUST KIND OF
00:45:47 REALLY HELPING BOTH THE ZOO CONDITION AND THE WORKERS
00:45:50 AND KIND OF FLAGGING A LOT OF ISSUE FOR FOR THE CITY TO MAKE
00:45:57 SURE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THAT. SO I WANT TO COMMEND AND THANK
00:46:01 HIM FOR HIS WORK. >> AND THEN SO SIMILARLY IS TO
00:46:02 SAY THAT PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO BE ABLE
00:46:06 TO HAVE THAT JOINT WHICH I THINK IT SHOULD BE A JOINT BODY
00:46:09 EVALUATION OF YOUR YOUR BUDGET AND YOUR CONTRACT FOR FOR BOTH
00:46:13 THE ZOO AND THE REC PARK. IT'S NOT JUST HAVING I THINK
00:46:17 THAT UNION LEADERS AT THE TABLE BUT ALSO I THINK THAT YOU KNOW
00:46:22 THAT ZOO ANALOGY SOCIETY HAS ALSO HAVE THEIR EXPERTISE AND I
00:46:29 WOULD ALSO LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE EXPERTISE OF
00:46:32 CARING FOR ANIMALS, ALSO BEING INVOLVED IN ON THE LEADERSHIP
00:46:37 LIKE FOR A COMMISSION OR AND BOARD DIRECTORS AND I JUST
00:46:38 WANTED TO RECOMMEND THAT AGAIN IT WOULD JUST HELP ALL OF US
00:46:41 BETTER. >> I THINK THAT THERE'S AN
00:46:44 ELEMENT THAT BOTH YOU KNOW, GENERAL MANAGER MARLIN AND ALSO
00:46:46 DIRECTOR CASTELLO ARE BOTH EXPERTS OF, YOU KNOW, CITY
00:46:49 GOVERNMENTS AND CITY DEPARTMENTS.
00:46:53 BUT I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO RUNNING THE ACTUAL ZOO LIKE
00:46:56 CARING FOR THE ANIMALS AND CARING FOR THE SITES I LIKE
00:46:59 TO SEE MORE EXPERTISE GETTING INVOLVED, BEING HAVING SEAT AT
00:47:04 THE TABLE IN GOVERNING LEADERSHIP.
00:47:08 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU.
00:47:09 SUPERVISOR SOUDER THANK YOU. >> CHURCH IN FOR THE ZOO.
00:47:15 CAN YOU SPEAK TO WAYS THAT YOU ARE REDUCING COSTS OR FINDING
00:47:19 COST SAVINGS RIGHT NOW? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
00:47:24 SO UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE HAD TO PAUSE PROMOTIONS, RAISES
00:47:28 AND BONUSES WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE BUT IT'S IT'S PART
00:47:32 OF THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS THAT WE CAN FIND SAVINGS.
00:47:35 WE'VE ALSO PUT OUR PAUSE ON DISCRETIONARY PROJECTS SO AS
00:47:37 YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE IS A LONG WISH LIST THAT THIS TEAM BEHIND
00:47:40 ME HAS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO EXECUTE AND THERE'S A LOT OF
00:47:44 FRANKLY DEFERRED MAINTENANCE NEEDS AT THE ZOO THEY WERE
00:47:47 HOLDING OFF AT THIS TIME. WE ALSO JUST WENT THROUGH A
00:47:51 STRUCTURAL REORGANIZATION THAT RESULTED IN A SAVINGS OF ABOUT
00:47:57 $1 MILLION A CLOSE TO $1 MILLION INCLUDING I'M NOT
00:47:58 BACKFILLING CERTAIN EXECUTIVE POSITIONS.
00:48:01 >> AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE THE KIND OF CALENDAR AND MENU OF
00:48:08 EVENTS THAT YOU'VE LAID OUT AND PROMOTIONS, I THINK THEY'RE
00:48:09 FANTASTIC. AND IF YOU'RE CREATIVE, HOW
00:48:12 MANY OF THOSE OR GENERALLY HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE NEW VERSUS
00:48:16 CONTINUED? I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY ARE
00:48:20 NEW. THERE'S SOME THAT ARE RELAUNCH
00:48:24 THAT I SPOKE ABOUT FOR EXAMPLE THE CAMPS AND THE LITTLE
00:48:25 LEARNERS PROGRAM, THE BILINGUAL PROGRAMS, THE OVERNIGHTS THOSE
00:48:29 ARE ALL TOOK A PAUSE DURING COVID AND WE'RE RELAUNCHING
00:48:33 THOSE SO WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO ALSO GROW AND GET
00:48:36 THE WORD OUT THAT WE'RE DOING THAT GREAT WORK.
00:48:39 THOSE ARE ALSO REVENUE GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES SO WE
00:48:40 WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT CAPACITY.
00:48:43 BUT PROGRAMS LIKE THE LIGHT SHOW ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD OF
00:48:47 EVENING EVENTS IN THE PAST THIS WE HAVEN'T HAD IT TO THIS
00:48:48 EXTENT SO THIS WILL FEEL VERY NEW AND AGAIN THE ANIMATRONIC
00:48:52 DINOSAURS FOR EXAMPLE THIS SUMMER WE REALLY NEEDED A
00:48:56 MARQUEE EVENT TO DRIVE ATTENDANCE THIS SUMMER
00:48:59 AND WITHOUT A MARQUEE ANIMAL COMING IN THIS SUMMER WE HAD TO
00:49:03 BE CREATIVE AND THINK ABOUT OTHER WAYS TO DRIVE REVENUE
00:49:04 AND THEN CAPTURE THOSE ATTENDEES INTO MEMBERS.
00:49:08 >> THAT'S THE GOAL TO GOOD. >> YEAH I'M EXCITED ABOUT THESE
00:49:12 NEW SPECIAL EXHIBITS I THINK I MEAN YOU SAID THE WORD MARQUEE.
00:49:16 I THINK THEY ARE THE SORT OF THE SORT OF BIG EXHIBITS
00:49:22 AND ATTRACTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO DRAW PEOPLE YOU KNOW, I
00:49:25 THINK AS THAT I WANT TO APPRECIATE AGAIN THE BLAZER
00:49:29 AUDIT AND ANALYSIS ON THIS IT WAS IT WAS HEFTY.
00:49:33 IT WAS MUCH NEEDED. THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
00:49:37 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. I MEAN I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE
00:49:39 THAT SAN FRANCISCO DESERVES A ZOO.
00:49:41 WE CAN BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF AND I THINK IT'S IT'S BEEN A
00:49:48 CHALLENGING PAST DECADE IN PARTICULAR.
00:49:49 I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIMISM WITH YOUR NEW
00:49:53 LEADERSHIP AND JUST SEEING THIS PLAN.
00:49:56 I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO AS THE BLM SHARED, YOU KNOW, DO WE
00:49:57 HAVE THE CONFIDENCE THAT THIS PLAN, THESE CHANGES CAN GET US
00:50:03 THAT BOOST IN IN ATTENDANCE, YOU KNOW, THINKING AND I THINK
00:50:07 YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE HERE CAN TAKE IT UP BACK TOWARDS WHAT IT
00:50:14 WAS IN THE SEVEN EIGHT 900 RANGE AND THEN AFTER THAT YOU
00:50:18 KNOW OF COURSE WE'RE ALL HOPEFUL FOR THE PANDAS.
00:50:22 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
00:50:26 AND AGAIN, I THINK YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING WE ALL SUPPORT
00:50:29 AND WE WANT TO HELP YOU GET THERE.
00:50:33 THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR MALKIA THANK YOU
00:50:37 CHAIR CHANT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS BEFORE
00:50:38 YOU GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF
00:50:44 YOU FOR ENGAGING THIS DEEPLY ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
00:50:48 THE ZOO IS A VERY IMPORTANT INSTITUTION FOR SAN FRANCISCO
00:50:52 BUT IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE ECONOMY OF THE WEST
00:50:56 SIDE. IT BRINGS VISITORS OUT FROM THE
00:50:59 DOWNTOWN CORE TO THE WEST SIDE AND THEN THEY STAY AND THEY EAT
00:51:03 AT OUR RESTAURANTS AND ENGAGE, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR RESIDENT.
00:51:07 SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US .
00:51:11 THE AUDIT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ROADMAP TO SUCCESS.
00:51:15 SO WHILE A PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP ,YOU KNOW, WAS SORT OF
00:51:20 ANTAGONISTIC ABOUT IT, I THINK THE NEW LEADERSHIP RECOGNIZES
00:51:24 THAT THE AUDIT HAS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE
00:51:28 MEANT TO GUIDE THE RELATIONSHIP TOWARD SUCCESS AND TOWARDS A
00:51:34 GOOD FINANCIAL FOOTING AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK OF
00:51:39 THE BLR, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE ZOO LEADERSHIP TO RECOGNIZE
00:51:43 THAT THIS IS A ROADMAP TO SUCCESS AND TO AGREE THAT THE
00:51:46 RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NEEDED AND WILL BE IMPLEMENTED
00:51:50 IN COLLEAGUES. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS
00:51:54 AND YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT THAT WHILE I'M SUPERVISOR FOR
00:51:57 DISTRICT SEVEN I WILL CONTINUE TO PUT IN THE WORK TO MAKE SURE
00:52:01 THAT THE ZOO IS SUCCESSFUL AND THAT WE ALL COLLABORATE
00:52:05 TOGETHER TO HAVE THIS WONDERFUL INSTITUTION THRIVE AND BE PART
00:52:10 OF OUR OFFERINGS IN RECREATION AND PARKS AND IN LASTLY I WILL
00:52:14 SAY THAT THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING COMMISSIONER MAZOLA
00:52:20 AT ROLE IN THIS CHAIR JAN HE HAS BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARM FOR
00:52:25 QUITE SOME TIME PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE HAS BEEN LABOR YOU
00:52:28 KNOW A LACK OF PEACE AT THE ZOO IN HIGHLIGHTING THE THINGS THAT
00:52:33 WE NEED TO DO. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK
00:52:36 IS REALLY IMPORTANT OUT OF THE RECOMMENDATION ACTIONS THAT WE
00:52:40 HAVE FROM THE BLR IS THAT THE MOU THAT WE HAVE FOR THE ZOO
00:52:44 DATES BACK TO THE 1990S. IT IS TYPEWRITTEN, IT SETS OUT
00:52:48 THINGS YOU KNOW LIKE THE JOINT ZOO COMMITTEE BUT IT ALSO
00:52:51 DOESN'T MEET OUR STANDARDS OR MODERN STANDARDS IN TERMS OF
00:52:56 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND IN PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO
00:53:00 DO BESIDES THE PLANNING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE ZOO
00:53:04 BUT ALSO LONG TERM PLANNING FOR OUR RELATIONSHIPS IS TO SOME
00:53:07 DAY AND I THINK SOONER RATHER THAN LATER REVISIT THAT MOU
00:53:11 AND LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S CANDICE
00:53:16 JOSEPH TO SUCCESS NOT JUST FOR A PARK BUT ALSO FOR THE ZOO THE
00:53:19 WHO OWNS THE LAND, WHO HAS CONTROL OVER WHO CAN SECURITIZE
00:53:22 LOANS AGAINST IT TO DO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
00:53:27 ALL THESE THINGS ARE I THINK REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:53:30 SO YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT THAT I WILL BE SPENDING THE TIME
00:53:33 WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS WITH OUR ZOO LEADERSHIP AND OUR
00:53:37 DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THIS
00:53:41 RELATIONSHIP. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
00:53:43 TIME. >> THANK YOU.
00:53:45 AND HERE'S MY LAST THOUGHT ABOUT THIS REALLY REALLY BASED
00:53:49 ON THE THE FEEDBACK FROM THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
00:53:54 REPORT RECOGNIZING THAT AS ZOO IS REALLY LOOKING TO PANDA AS A
00:54:00 MAIN ATTRACTION FOR YOU TO GENERATE THE EMISSION
00:54:04 AND VISITOR SHIP AND AND YOUR REVENUES AND I THINK THAT I DO
00:54:09 UNDERSTAND THAT APPROACH AND I WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT TO HAVE
00:54:16 A MORE DIALOG WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE MORE DIRECT
00:54:19 DIALOG WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND TO FIGURE OUT
00:54:23 TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT ARE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR THE
00:54:27 LONG TERM. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY I REALLY
00:54:28 URGE AS ZOO LIKE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT TO PRIORITIZE
00:54:34 THE ANIMALS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AS WELL AS TO THE SORT OF
00:54:38 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CLIMATE AND CONDITIONS WITH WILDLIFE
00:54:43 HABITAT EXISTING CONSERVATION EFFORTS THAT IS IN THE AREA
00:54:49 THAT SURELY SORT OF A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP THAT THE ZOO OUR
00:54:53 ZOO WOULD HAVE WITH OUR OUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION
00:55:00 EFFORT IS ACTUALLY I THINK A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND LONG
00:55:05 STANDING OPERATION MODEL FOR A ZOO LIKE OURS TO BE ABLE TO SAY
00:55:12 THAT WE GENERATE NOT ONLY EDUCATION PURPOSES BUT WE ALSO
00:55:16 CAN HAVE MORE PARTNERSHIP A WIDER PARTNERSHIP FOR
00:55:20 ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS OUR CORE ACADEMY OF
00:55:25 SCIENCES AND SO MANY MORE THAT ON A LOCAL LEVEL THAT WE CAN
00:55:29 CREATE SO PARTNERSHIP THAT SURELY BENEFITS SAN FRANCISCO
00:55:33 ZOO FOR THE LONG HAUL. >> SO I JUST WANT TO URGE THE
00:55:39 ZOO LEADERSHIP TO REALLY TRULY PRIORITIZE THAT AND INVEST
00:55:43 RESOURCES AND IN STAFFING AND I ALSO THINK THAT YOU KNOW THAT
00:55:48 RELATIONSHIP AGAIN WITH AND WHICH ACTUALLY HAS THE
00:55:51 NATURAL AREAS GROUP AND AS WELL AS ALL THE WORK THAT ACTUALLY
00:55:55 RAT PARK HAS DONE TO FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES
00:56:02 AND WILDLIFE HABITAT I JUST FIND THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP CAN
00:56:03 BE GREATLY STRONG. I MEAN WE'RE SEEING THE WHOLE
00:56:07 YOU KNOW, OLD TEAM LIKE REUNION HERE SO I FEEL LIKE SO I FEEL
00:56:13 LIKE WE CAN WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN THE MOST AMAZING WAY.
00:56:17 SO I WANT TO JUST BE ON A RECORD TO SAY I'M SUPPORTIVE OF
00:56:21 THAT VISION. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT
00:56:24 RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. >> BUT I ALSO DO UNDERSTAND
00:56:28 THAT THE THE INVESTMENT THAT YOU WANT TO PUT IN TO PURSUE
00:56:30 THE PANDA I'M JUST SAYING PLEASE CONSIDER THE NEXT TWO
00:56:35 YEARS ARE YOUR MOST CRITICAL TIME AND USE YOUR STAFFING
00:56:39 AND RESOURCES WISELY TO TO BE ABLE TO I SAY TO INVEST
00:56:43 SOMETHING THAT IS TRULY CAN BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR THE LONG
00:56:46 HAUL. AND SO WITH THAT I DON'T SEE A
00:56:47 NAME ON THE ROSTER. >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS
00:56:51 ON THIS ITEM. YES WE ARE OPENING PUBLIC
00:56:53 COMMENT FOR BOTH THESE ITEM NUMBERS TWO AND THREE IF WE
00:56:57 HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS
00:56:58 COMMITTEE AS SOON AS WE HAVE OUR FIRST SPEAKER AT THE
00:57:03 LECTERN I COULD START YOUR TIME OF TWO MINUTES.
00:57:06 >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
00:57:11 MY NAME IS FLEUR DAWES. I REPRESENT OVER A QUARTER
00:57:15 MILLION SUPPORTERS OF IN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS PANDA
00:57:18 VOICES AND S.F. ZOO WATCH. I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO VOTE
00:57:22 NO ON THE $8.5 MILLION BAILOUT FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:57:25 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. >> WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CEO
00:57:29 HAS STEPPED DOWN BUT CHANGING THE CAPTAIN DOES NOT SALVAGE A
00:57:33 SINKING SHIP. THE CITY'S OWN AUDIT PROVES
00:57:37 THAT THIS OPERATOR FRACTURED PUBLIC TRUST WHEN
00:57:40 ACCOUNTABILITY IS RAISED, PUBLIC MONEY IS LAID TO WASTE.
00:57:44 THEY DIDN'T JUST BEND THE RULES THEY BROKE THE BANK.
00:57:46 SAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY HID $12 MILLION
00:57:48 IN UNAUTHORIZED SPENDING, MASKED STRUCTURAL DEFICITS
00:57:53 AND RAN CITY OWNED HERITAGE BUILDINGS INTO THE GROUND
00:57:56 COMBINED WITH THE ANIMAL WELFARE COMMISSION'S DIRE
00:58:00 WARNINGS THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS, STAFF AND CITY
00:58:04 PROPERTY IS UNDENIABLE. >> WORSE, THEY WANT THIS
00:58:07 HANDOUT TO PAVE THE WAY FOR A RUINOUS $27.5 MILLION PANDA
00:58:11 PLAN A VANITY SCHEME CURRENTLY UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION FOR
00:58:15 FINANCIAL MISAPPROPRIATION. WE CANNOT FINANCE FOREIGN
00:58:21 SCHEMES WHILST OUR OWN FACILITIES RIP AT THE SEAMS.
00:58:25 PAST OVERSIGHT WAS ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL BUT YOU CAN TAKE BACK
00:58:26 THE KEYS TODAY. APPROVING THIS BAILOUT TELLS
00:58:30 EVERY CITY CONTRACTOR THAT A LONG RELATIONSHIP EXCUSES
00:58:33 CHRONIC FAILURE DO NOT REWARD CONTRACT VIOLATIONS WITH A
00:58:37 BLANK CHECK REJECT THIS BAILOUT AND INSTEAD BUILD ECO PARK S.F.
00:58:41 A SUSTAINABLE SANCTUARY THAT BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY.
00:58:45 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH LORD DOES NEXT
00:58:47 SPEAKER GOOD MORNING. >> SUPERVISOR THANK YOU CHAIR
00:58:56 CHAN I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BUILDING
00:58:59 AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES TODAY. FIRST I WANT TO START OFF BY
00:59:01 SAYING REALLY APPRECIATE THE NEW LEADERSHIP AT THE SAN
00:59:04 FRANCISCO ZOO AS A PARENT, SOMEONE THAT HAS SPENT
00:59:08 SIGNIFICANT TIME OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES AT THE ZOO CAUSE A
00:59:11 LOT OF ANXIETY FOR A LOT OF PARENTS, A LOT OF FAMILIES
00:59:15 AND A LOT OF LEADERSHIP HERE IN THE CITY.
00:59:18 SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALSO SUPERVISOR MELGAR, THANK YOU
00:59:22 FOR GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF THIS.
00:59:23 THANK YOU FOR PUTTING FORWARD A GOOD PLAN AND WORKING WITH THE
00:59:27 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND REC AND PARK.
00:59:30 I KNOW MR. COSTELLO'S COMING IN WITH A STRONG MANDATE BUT
00:59:34 SHE HAS DEFINITELY ALREADY BEGUN TO STEADY THE SHIP.
00:59:38 THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TRADES HAVE BEEN TRACKING THIS
00:59:41 FOR SOME TIME. I JUST WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE
00:59:44 THE TEAMSTERS AND THE FRONTLINE WORKERS THERE THAT HAVE BEEN
00:59:46 RINGING THE ALARM ON THESE ISSUES FOR YEARS AND THEY
00:59:49 FINALLY HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS LISTENING.
00:59:53 >> THEY HAVE LEADERSHIP AT THE BOARD HERE.
00:59:56 SO WE FULLY SUPPORT THIS. THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT AN
00:59:59 INSTITUTION TO ALLOW TO FALL INTO EITHER DISREPAIR OR
01:00:04 FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT AND I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT PLAN.
01:00:07 AND AS SUPERVISOR CHAN SAID, CHAIR CHAN, I KNOW THE PANDAS
01:00:12 ARE GOING TO BE A BIG HIT AND IT'S GOING TO REMAKE
01:00:13 AND RE-ENERGIZE THE ZOO. >> SO THANK YOU.
01:00:16 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:00:17 SUPERVISORS SURVIVING. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:00:23 GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
01:00:24 TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. I'M DR. EMILY WARGO.
01:00:27 I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF WELLNESS AND BEHAVIORAL
01:00:31 RESEARCH AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO AND GARDENS AND IN THAT
01:00:35 CAPACITY IT IS MY JOB TO SUPPORT WELL-BEING FOR ALL OF
01:00:39 THE ANIMALS IN OUR CARE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRACTICING
01:00:40 EVIDENCE BASED CARE. >> SO A LARGE PART OF THAT
01:00:43 MEANS MONITORING THE ANIMALS BOTH DIRECTLY AND THROUGH OTHER
01:00:47 STAFF MEMBERS AND CARETAKERS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING
01:00:50 DATA ON HOW OUR ANIMALS ARE BEHAVING, HOW THEY'RE UTILIZING
01:00:55 THEIR SPACE AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT.
01:00:58 >> SO USING BOTH DATA FROM OUR INSTITUTION FROM THE FIELD OF
01:01:02 ANIMAL WELFARE MORE BROADLY ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE
01:01:06 AND UTILIZING THE INFORMATION FROM OTHER ZOOS
01:01:07 AND INSTITUTIONS THAT HOUSED ANIMALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
01:01:10 ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT ARE EVIDENCE BASED AND THAT REALLY
01:01:15 ALLOW OUR ANIMALS TO THRIVE IN OUR CARE IN THAT CAPACITY.
01:01:18 >> I ALSO COLLABORATE REALLY CLOSELY WITH OUR BEHAVIORAL
01:01:21 HUSBANDRY TEAM WHO SPECIALIZES IN PROVIDING BEHAVIOR BASED
01:01:25 ENRICHMENTS FOR OUR ANIMALS AND FOR TRAINING THAT ALLOWS
01:01:29 ANIMALS TO VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATE IN THEIR CARE
01:01:32 AND ALL OF THAT OBVIOUSLY VERY DIRECTLY BENEFITS OUR ANIMALS
01:01:36 BUT IT ALSO HELPS US ACHIEVE OUR MISSION BECAUSE PEOPLE ALSO
01:01:40 LIKE TO WATCH ANIMALS WHO ARE REALLY ENGAGED WITH THEIR
01:01:41 ENVIRONMENT AND WHO ARE THRIVING AND SO THAT ALLOWS US
01:01:46 TO REALLY ALLOW PEOPLE TO CONNECT AND CARE AND GO ON TO
01:01:48 CONSERVE AS WELL. >> AND WHILE I THINK WE
01:01:52 CURRENTLY ARE ACHIEVING GREATLY IN SUPPORTING WELL-BEING FOR
01:01:56 ALL OF OUR ANIMALS, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
01:01:59 SOME OF OUR RECENT ADVANCES HAVE BEEN UTILIZING DRONE
01:02:03 TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THE DATA COLLECTION THAT WE COLLECT ON
01:02:05 OUR DATA HOW ANIMALS ARE UTILIZING THEIR SPACES USING 3D
01:02:08 PRINTED TECHNOLOGY TO REALLY CUSTOMIZE ENRICHMENT FOR OUR
01:02:13 ANIMALS. SO ACROSS THE BOARD I THINK
01:02:16 THAT YOUR SUPPORT OF THE ZOO WOULD REALLY ALLOW US TO
01:02:19 CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ANIMALS AND ALLOW THEM TO THRIVE IN OUR
01:02:21 CARE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
01:02:23 AND THANK YOU DR. EMILY WELCOME.
01:02:24 NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING. >> MY NAME IS SHELBY ASPEN.
01:02:31 I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AT THE
01:02:35 SAN FRANCISCO ZOO. I'VE BEEN WORKING AT THE ZOO
01:02:36 FOR 31 YEARS AND THAT'S WHERE I MET MY HUSBAND OF 26 YEARS
01:02:38 BEING A FARMER'S DAUGHTER I GREW UP AROUND ANIMALS NATURE
01:02:42 AND AS I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN CONSERVATION
01:02:45 AND MIDDLE SCHOOL I PLANTED TREES IN SAN FRANCISCO
01:02:49 AND COLLECTED GARBAGE IN RECYCLING OFF THE STREETS OF
01:02:50 MY NEIGHBORHOOD SO I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER PLACE FOR ME
01:02:54 TO WORK IN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AS WE DO NOT JUST TALK
01:02:57 THE TALK WE WALK THE WALK EVERY BAG GARBAGE, COMPOST, RECYCLING
01:03:01 IS HANDS SORTED. WE WE MOVE ALL OF OUR LAUNCHED
01:03:04 DEBRIS BINS TO CREATE A SPACE FOR EMPLOYEES TO DROP ITEMS SO
01:03:08 WE CAN SORT THEM LATER. >> THE ZOO HAS TRIPLED THE
01:03:09 COMPOSTING FOR CUSTOMERS IN THE BACK HOUSE AS WELL AS IN THE
01:03:13 FRONT IN AUGUST OF 2025 WE'VE INTRODUCED GLOVE RECYCLING TO
01:03:19 HAVE DIVERTED A 480,000 GLOVES SO FAR FROM LANDFILLED WE'VE
01:03:23 UPGRADED OUR DISPENSERS TO BE MORE ECO FRIENDLY THAT WAY IF
01:03:27 PARTS BREAK WE CAN CHANGE OUT PARTS INSTEAD OF THE ACTUAL
01:03:30 WHOLE DISPENSER WE USE 100 PERCENT RECYCLABLE PAPERS.
01:03:35 ALL OF OUR CLEANING PRODUCTS ARE CLEAN GREEN CONCENTRATED TO
01:03:39 REDUCE PACKAGING OUR CAFE IS NOW USING 100% COMPOSTABLE
01:03:43 MATERIALS WE HAVE INSTALLED WATER BOTTLE FILL STATIONS TO
01:03:47 REDUCE PLASTIC WASTE. THE LAST DIVERSION RATE THAT I
01:03:51 GOT FROM RECOLOGY WAS 86.5% IN 2023 THE ZOO WON THE SAN
01:03:57 FRANCISCO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE CITY.
01:04:01 OUR TEAM ALSO HAS TAKEN PART IN EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC ABOUT
01:04:05 RECYCLING AND WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THAT WITH OUR AND SCOOP
01:04:09 GAME I WE ALSO HOST OTHER ZOOS TO COME AND LOOK AT HOW WE SORT
01:04:15 AND DIVERT GARBAGE FROM OUR LANDFILLS.
01:04:16 I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO FOR EDUCATION
01:04:20 INSPIRING CUSTOMERS TO BE INTERESTED IN THE WORLD AROUND
01:04:27 THEM. THE ZOO ISN'T JUST AN
01:04:28 ATTRACTION THEY ARE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE THAT SERVES HUNDREDS
01:04:31 OF THOUSANDS OF SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND VISITORS
01:04:34 AROUND THE BAY. >> THANK YOU MUCH GELBSPAN
01:04:38 THANKS SPEAKER HELLO, MY NAME COREY HALLMAN I'M THE TEAMSTERS
01:04:45 LOCAL FIVE SIX REPRESENTATIVE ASSIGNED A TEAM ASSIGNED TO THE
01:04:46 SAN FRANCISCO ZOO. THERE'S ALSO PERSONAL I USED TO
01:04:49 BE AN ANIMAL KEEPER AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO FOR 13 YEARS.
01:04:52 SO FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR LISTENING
01:04:55 TO THE WORKERS OVER A YEAR AGO ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES
01:04:56 HAPPENING AT THE ZOO AND GETTING LEGISLATION
01:04:59 IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY HERE TO, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH A AN
01:05:02 AUDIT OF THE ZOO AND A SOLUTION TO HOW TO TURN THE ZOO AROUND.
01:05:06 YOU KNOW, TEAMSTERS IS VERY OPTIMISTIC WITH THE NEW
01:05:08 LEADERSHIP AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO UNDER CEO CASSANDRA
01:05:11 COSTELLO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS WE'RE SEEING A
01:05:15 REAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE REC AND PARK
01:05:18 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
01:05:19 AND TEAMSTERS LOCAL FIVE SIX. WE'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC WITH THE
01:05:23 FUTURE AND THE DIRECTION THAT THE ZOO IS GOING AND I URGE YOU
01:05:26 TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND USE THIS LEARN TO KIND OF
01:05:29 BRIDGE THAT GAP TO HELP THE NEW LEADERSHIP KIND OF COME UP WITH
01:05:33 A MORE SUCCESSFUL PLAN IN TURNING THE ZOO AROUND.
01:05:34 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COREY HOME AND NEXT SPEAKER HELLO, MY
01:05:40 NAME IS LETICIA FRANCIS. >> I'M THE CONSERVATION LIAISON
01:05:43 AT THE ZOO SO THIS POSITION IS FAIRLY NEW.
01:05:45 IT WAS FILLED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OCTOBER OF 2023 AND IT
01:05:50 WAS CREATED TO INCREASE CONSERVATION MESSAGING
01:05:51 ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION AS TO SUPPORT OUR MISSION.
01:05:56 >> SO IN MY ROLE I HOPE TO SHARE CONSERVATION INFORMATION
01:06:00 WITH THE PUBLIC AND MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE WHICH IS REALLY
01:06:03 IMPORTANT BECAUSE ACCESSIBILITY IS ONE OF THE BIG CONSERVATION
01:06:06 BARRIERS BIG BARRIERS AND CONSERVATION ENGAGEMENT
01:06:09 WHICH MAKES IT PUBLIC OUTREACH AND PROGRAMING SUPER IMPORTANT
01:06:12 AT THE ZOO. >> SO ONE OF THE INITIATIVES
01:06:17 THAT WE HAVE AT THE ZOO IS PROGRAMS LIKE OUR GORILLAS ON
01:06:20 THE LINE WHICH IS AN EASY SAFE PROGRAM.
01:06:24 SAFE STANDS FOR SAVING ANIMALS FROM EXTINCTION.
01:06:27 >> THROUGH THIS PROGRAM WE RECYCLE OLD CELL PHONES TO BE
01:06:31 ABLE TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR GORILLA HABITAT WITH YOU KNOW
01:06:38 WHAT HAPPENS WITH COLTAN MINING IN THE HABITATS.
01:06:42 IT ALSO HELPS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR GORILLA CONSERVATION WHICH
01:06:44 IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE GORILLAS ARE CONSIDERED
01:06:47 CRITICALLY ENDANGERED IN THE WILD.
01:06:48 >> AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP PROMOTE THAT
01:06:51 AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR PART IN GLOBAL
01:06:55 CONSERVATION EFFORTS AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL CONSERVATION EFFORTS
01:06:58 IS REALLY IMPORTANT. >> WE HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS
01:07:02 PROGRAM FOR SIX YEARS. I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY WE HAVE
01:07:04 RECYCLED OVER 1002 HUNDRED SMALL ELECTRONICS INCLUDING
01:07:07 CELL PHONES AND THIS HELPS TO DIVERT E-WASTE FROM LANDFILLS
01:07:10 BUT IT ALSO HELPS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT
01:07:14 THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN DO WITH CONSERVATION AND HOW PEOPLE CAN
01:07:18 ENGAGE IN CONSERVATION. >> SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
01:07:22 CONSIDERING THIS LOAN SO THAT WE CAN HELP TO EXPAND OUR
01:07:26 PUBLIC PROGRAMING AND CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK TO HELP MAKE
01:07:29 CONSERVATION ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
01:07:30 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU BUNCH NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING
01:07:35 COMMITTEE AND SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS MARK LEACH.
01:07:37 I AM A CITY RESIDENT, DISTRICT THREE ANIMAL LOVER AND A
01:07:40 GARDENER BUT AS A TEAMSTERS 856 UNION REP I'M HERE TODAY TO
01:07:43 SUPPORT CORY AND THE MEMBERS THAT HE REPRESENTS AT THE ZOO.
01:07:47 I SUPPORT ALL WORKERS AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO NO MATTER
01:07:50 WHERE THEY WORK. >> I'M HERE ALSO TO SUPPORT THE
01:07:54 LOAN THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED SO THAT THE ZOO CAN CONTINUE TO DO
01:07:58 GREAT WORK CARING FOR ANIMALS AND CARETAKING A GREAT SAN
01:08:01 FRANCISCO INSTITUTION. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER IMPORTANT
01:08:02 STEP ALONG WITH NEW LEADERSHIP SO THAT WE HAVE A NEW POSITIVE
01:08:08 DIRECTION FOR THE ZOO. THANK YOU.
01:08:09 THANK YOU, MARK. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER GOOD
01:08:15 MORNING AND THANK FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF
01:08:19 OF THE ZOO. MY NAME IS LAMAR WALKER.
01:08:20 I'M THE EVP OF OPS AND BELONGING AND I'VE BEEN THE
01:08:23 ZOO FOR OVER 22 YEARS AS A NATIVE SAN FRANCISCAN, THE
01:08:24 ZOO'S ALWAYS BEEN AN IMPACTFUL PART OF MY LIFE.
01:08:27 FROM MY FIRST FIELD TRIP TO VISITING WITH MY MOM AS A KID
01:08:30 AND LIKE MANY KIDS GROWING UP IN THE CITY IS MY FIRST REAL
01:08:33 EXPOSURE TO ANIMALS. IT MADE ME REALIZE HOW
01:08:36 IMPORTANT CONSERVATION IS. AND EVEN TO THIS DAY I SEE THE
01:08:37 IMPACT THE ZOO HAS ON OUR YOUTH.
01:08:40 I SEE THAT MY KIDS HAVE EIGHT AND SIX YEAR OLD SONS IN A
01:08:43 BUILDING IN APPRECIATION FOR SOMETHING THAT'S BEYOND
01:08:45 YOURSELF. THEIR ACTIONS HAVE A DIRECT
01:08:47 IMPACT ON THE PLANET. AND AS I EXPERIENCE
01:08:50 AND EXPOSURE AND CONNECTION THAT THEY HAVE WHEN THEY VISIT
01:08:51 THE ZOO YOU HEARD ABOUT OUR FREE FIELD TRIPS TO FOUR S.F.
01:08:55 UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALSO FOUR BRICK PARK AS
01:08:58 WELL TOO. BUT WE ALSO PARTNERED TO OTHER
01:08:59 ORGANIZATIONS TOO SUCH AS UNITED PLAYERS WHO HELP KIDS
01:09:02 FROM THE EAST SIDE COME OVER TO VISIT THE ZOO.
01:09:05 AND MISSION BASED GROUPS LIKE LA CASA DE LOS MADRES.
01:09:06 WE ALSO HAD OUR LEADERSHIP FELLOWS WHICH INVOLVES 70
01:09:10 DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLERS COMING TO THE ZOO TO WORK ON SOFT
01:09:13 SKILLS OR I LIKE TO CALL, YOU KNOW, HUMAN SKILLS TALKING TO
01:09:15 PEOPLE, GETTING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND THINGS OF THAT
01:09:17 NATURE AS THEY LEAD ZOO CAMPERS THROUGHOUT THE ZOO.
01:09:20 THEY ALSO HAVE BEHIND THE SCENES IT IS NOT JUST ANIMAL
01:09:22 AREAS. THEY GO BEHIND THE SCENES BUT
01:09:24 AREAS LIKE MARKETING, HORTICULTURE AND MAINTENANCE
01:09:25 THAT MAKE THE ZOO RUN ALL AREAS.
01:09:28 JUST GIVE THEM MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND MORE EXPOSURE
01:09:29 TO DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES. ALSO WE HAVE THOSE BEHIND THE
01:09:32 SCENES FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS SUCH AS GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL
01:09:37 IN OCEANA DOING THEIR PROJECT WEEK.
01:09:38 THE SCHOOL BECOMES A LIVING CLASSROOM FOR THEM AS WELL TOO.
01:09:41 WE ALSO WORK WITH THE JC NYC ENTERPRISE FOR YOUTH YOUTH
01:09:44 WORKS, PROVIDE INTERNSHIPS AND MENTORS FOR THEM DURING THE
01:09:48 SUMMER SEASON TOO AS WELL. THEY'RE PAID BY THE
01:09:49 ORGANIZATIONS BUT THE ZOO GETS A NICE HOME BASED ON THE
01:09:52 STABILITY AND STRUCTURE THEY NEED.
01:09:55 AND ALSO ZOOLOGICAL SPEAKING ZOOLOGICAL CLASSES WE HAVE OUR
01:09:59 WASHINGTON HIGH WHICH HE PARTNERED WITH THAT OFFERS THE
01:10:00 ONLY ZOOLOGY CLASS IN THE SOUTH SCHOOL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
01:10:03 PRETTY MUCH TO SUM IT UP SUPPORT FOR THE ZOO, SUPPORT
01:10:06 FOR FUTURE CONSERVATION AND A LAUNCHING PAD FOR THE NEXT
01:10:10 GENERATION OF SCIENTIST AND ANIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL
01:10:11 ACTIVISTS. SO WE ASK YOU PLEASE HELP
01:10:14 CONTINUE WITH OUR MISSION FOR YOUTH AND ALSO CONNECTING YOUTH
01:10:17 TO THE WILDLIFE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
01:10:18 CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR
01:10:21 COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER FOR HELLO GOOD
01:10:25 MORNING. MY NAME IS BRIDGET ISRAEL.
01:10:28 I'M THE ASSISTANT CURATOR OF THE CENTER OF ANIMAL RESCUE
01:10:30 AND CONSERVATION OR THE IRC FOR SHORT.
01:10:33 >> SO TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO DOWN AT THE
01:10:36 ZOO WE ARE THE RESCUE CENTER SO AS OUR NAME IMPLIES WE'RE A
01:10:38 LONG TERM HOME FOR REHABILITATED NATIVE WILDLIFE
01:10:40 OWNER SURRENDERS OR ANIMALS CONFISCATED FROM THE ILLEGAL
01:10:44 PET TRADE. IT IS AN HONOR TO OFFER A SAFE
01:10:47 HOME TO ANIMALS THAT HAD A CHALLENGING START TO LIFE AND A
01:10:49 PRIVILEGE TO TELL THEIR STORIES EVERY DAY THROUGH THE
01:10:52 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WE DEPLOY DAILY THROUGHOUT THE
01:10:55 ZOO. >> WE ALSO HAVE A ROBUST YOUTH
01:10:57 VOLUNTEER PROGRAM COMPRISED OF OVER 100 MIDDLE SCHOOL THROUGH
01:11:00 HIGH SCHOOL AGED KIDS. >> MIDDLE SCHOOLERS START OUT
01:11:04 ON OUR NATURE TRAIL IN THE SUMMERS LEARNING HOW TO EDUCATE
01:11:07 GUESTS ABOUT CONSERVATION AND THEN THEY GRADUATE TOWARD
01:11:08 JUNIOR ZOOLOGIST PROGRAM WHERE THEY LEARN MORE ABOUT HUSBANDRY
01:11:12 AND HOW TO CARE FOR THE ANIMALS WITHIN THE BUILDING.
01:11:16 >> THE ARK'S YOUTH VOLUNTEERS DON'T JUST LEARN HOW TO CARE
01:11:20 FOR ANIMALS THEY LEARN PUBLIC SPEAKING.
01:11:21 THEY LEARN FOUNDATIONAL LIFE SKILLS LIKE HOW TO DO LAUNDRY
01:11:24 OR SWEEP A FLOOR AND THEY BUILD COMMUNITY WITHIN THEIR COHORT.
01:11:27 >> MANY LIFELONG PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS AND FRIENDSHIPS
01:11:31 HAVE STARTED AT THE ARK. >> THE PROGRAMS REACH DON'T
01:11:35 BEGIN AND END AT THE ARK HOWEVER WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR
01:11:38 50TH YEAR OF NATURE TRAIL THIS SUMMER.
01:11:39 SO SINCE THE PROGRAM WAS FOUNDED IN 1976, MANY NATURE
01:11:42 TRAILERS HAVE GONE ON TO DO CONSERVATION WORK FOR THE REST
01:11:45 OF THEIR CAREERS AS ILLUSTRATED BY OUR ALUMNI WHO NOW WORK
01:11:50 IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LIKE CALIFORNIA FISH AND WILDLIFE OR
01:11:53 RUN THEIR OWN WILDLIFE REHAB CENTERS.
01:11:54 >> NOW. >> WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF
01:11:57 THE PEOPLE AND THE PROGRAMS THAT COME OUT OF OUR
01:12:01 DEPARTMENT. THE ARK IS TRULY A COMMUNITY OF
01:12:04 PEOPLE AND ANIMALS EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT WILDLIFE.
01:12:07 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING.
01:12:09 >> YOUR SUPPORT WOULD GO A LONG WAY FOR THE ANIMALS OFFERED A
01:12:13 SECOND CHANCE AT THE ARK AND WOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE
01:12:16 OUR LEGACY OF CONSERVATION. >> THANK YOU.
01:12:17 THANK YOU, BRIGITTE ISRAEL. >> NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING.
01:12:23 MY NAME IS DR. NICK DANA MILLER AND I AM LUCKY TO BE ONE OF
01:12:27 THREE CLINICAL VETERINARIANS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO AND I'VE
01:12:30 BEEN WITH THE ZOO FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS.
01:12:34 >> I'M HERE TO HIGHLIGHT THE EXCELLENT WORK THAT THE ZOO'S
01:12:35 VETERINARY PROGRAM PROVIDES TO ITS ANIMAL RESIDENTS FOR
01:12:39 CITIZENS, WHICH IS GROUNDED IN PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE AND A
01:12:42 VERY MODERN APPROACH TO KIND OF HOLISTIC HEALTH CARE.
01:12:46 THIS APPROACH EMPHASIZES ROUTINE HEALTH ASSESSMENTS,
01:12:49 THOROUGH DIAGNOSTICS AND EVIDENCE BASED TREATMENTS
01:12:53 TO ADDRESS BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND SPECIES SPECIFIC DISEASES.
01:12:57 WE BELIEVE PREVENTATIVE CARE IS HUMANE, REDUCES ILLNESSES,
01:13:01 MINIMIZES INVASIVE INTERVENTIONS LATER ON
01:13:02 AND LOWERS LONG TERM COSTS BY CATCHING THINGS EARLY.
01:13:06 THIS INCLUDES OVERSEEING THE ZOO'S COMMISSARY AND NUTRITION
01:13:09 PROGRAM ENSURING THAT ALL ANIMALS RECEIVE THE HIGHEST
01:13:12 QUALITY PRODUCE AND MEAT AS WELL AS THAT THE DIETS ARE
01:13:13 INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED TO THAT SPECIFIC ANIMAL.
01:13:17 IN ADDITION TO PROACTIVE HEALTH CARE, WE ALSO PROVIDE 24 SEVEN
01:13:21 EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO MANAGE URGENT INJURIES AND ILLNESSES
01:13:25 SWIFTLY WHEN SPECIALIZED CARE IS NECESSARY.
01:13:29 WE PERFORMED ADVANCED CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES USING
01:13:33 MODERN VETERINARY TECHNIQUES. FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR OUR TEAM
01:13:37 AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS AND PERFORMED GROUNDBREAKING
01:13:38 CATARACT SURGERY ON OUR YOUNG MALE WOLVERINE WHICH RESTORED
01:13:42 HIS VISION WHEN HE WAS PREVIOUSLY ALMOST BLIND.
01:13:45 WE ARE ALSO ACTIVELY TREATING ION STORAGE, DISEASE OR
01:13:49 HEMOCHROMATOSIS IN ONE OF OUR WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLAS WHICH
01:13:53 HAS REQUIRED ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC IN COLLABORATION
01:13:56 WITH HUMAN AND VETERINARY SPECIALISTS ACROSS THE BAY AREA
01:14:00 . >> AT THE END OF THE DAY THE
01:14:01 QUALITY OF WORK THAT I DO DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE QUALITY OF
01:14:05 LIFE OF THE ANIMALS AT THE ZOO. AND I BELIEVE THE SUPPORT OF
01:14:08 THIS LOAN WILL GREATLY ENABLE ME AS WELL AS ALL THE WONDERFUL
01:14:11 COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE SPOKEN TODAY TO DO THE BEST QUALITY
01:14:15 WORK POSSIBLE. SO I APPRECIATE THE
01:14:16 CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.
01:14:19 >> AND THANK YOU TO DR. DENNIS MILLER, SPEAKER GOOD MORNING
01:14:22 CHAIR CHAM SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS MARIE-CLAUDE NADEAU.
01:14:27 I SERVE. I HAVE SERVED AS THE CHAIR OF
01:14:31 THE BOARD OF THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOR THE LAST
01:14:37 11 MONTHS. >> WE APPRECIATE THE THOROUGH
01:14:38 WORK OF THE AUDIT TEAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:14:43 WE'RE GRATEFUL TO SUPERVISOR MELGAR AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
01:14:45 AND THE RECREATION PARK DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR CONTINUED
01:14:48 PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT AND FOR THE AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS.
01:14:53 >> WE REALLY WELCOME THOSE AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS.
01:14:56 >> MANY HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED OR ARE UNDERWAY
01:15:00 AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO COMPLETING THE REMAINING WORK.
01:15:04 THIS LOAN WILL HELP US ENSURE THAT THE ZOO CAN CONTINUE
01:15:07 MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS STRENGTHEN ITS
01:15:11 OPERATIONS AND SERVE SAN FRANCISCO FAMILIES FOR YEARS TO
01:15:14 COME. >> WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
01:15:16 SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
01:15:18 >> THANK YOU MUCH, MARIE-CLAUDE NADEAU.
01:15:19 NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISOR CHAN
01:15:26 AND SUPERVISORS AND THANK YOU IN PARTICULAR TO SUPERVISOR
01:15:27 MELGAR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
01:15:30 MY NAME IS MATTHEW DAHLIA. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BOARD
01:15:31 FOR THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOR TWO YEARS AND I'M HERE TO URGE
01:15:34 YOUR SUPPORT OF THE LOAN. I'M THE PARENT OF THREE KIDS
01:15:40 IN THE CITY WHO ARE OFTEN AT THE ZOO ALSO DOING THE ZOO
01:15:41 CAMPS. THEY'LL BE THERE THIS SUMMER
01:15:43 AND IT'S REALLY A JEWEL OF AN INSTITUTION FOR THE CITY.
01:15:47 THE ZOO LIKE THE CITY HAS FACED HEADWINDS IN RECENT YEARS
01:15:51 AND UNDER STELLA'S LEADERSHIP ARE FACING THOSE HEAD ON.
01:15:55 WE'RE IMPROVING OPERATIONS, STABILIZING FINANCE IS
01:15:59 AND DOING OTHER THINGS TO DRIVE ATTENDANCE.
01:16:00 THE LOAN PROVIDES A CRITICAL PIECE THAT WE NEED FOR
01:16:04 ADVANCING THE ZOO FOR EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY WOULD
01:16:08 LIKE TO DO. BEYOND BEING A PLACE FOR KIDS
01:16:09 TO GO, IT'S DOING AMAZING RESEARCH AND WILDLIFE
01:16:12 PROTECTION. IT'S AN INSTITUTION THAT
01:16:15 DESERVES PROTECTING. SO WE'D GREATLY URGE YOUR
01:16:18 SUPPORT. IT'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE
01:16:19 PARTNERSHIP AND THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY REMAINS COMMITTED TO
01:16:22 PARTNERING WITH THE CITY TO HELP ADVANCES MOVING FORWARD.
01:16:26 THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH BOTH.
01:16:30 >> JULIA NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO.
01:16:33 MY NAME IS PATRICK SCHLEMMER. >> I'M THE DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL
01:16:38 CONSERVATION AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO.
01:16:40 I'M ALSO A NATIVE SAN FRANCISCAN.
01:16:42 GROWING UP IN THE BAY AREA I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT
01:16:45 A NUMBER OF OUR GREAT SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING THE
01:16:48 EXPLORATORIUM, THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER, THE OAKLAND ZOO,
01:16:49 CURIOSITY AND THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
01:16:54 I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO NATURALISTS SOCIETY
01:16:58 AND ORGANIZED A FREE NATURAL HISTORY LECTURE SERIES AT THE
01:17:01 RANDALL MUSEUM FOR 16 YEARS. >> BUT MOST OF MY CAREER HAS
01:17:07 BEEN AT THE ZOO. I STARTED VOLUNTEERING AS A
01:17:08 TEENAGER IN THE 80S. I WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT
01:17:11 GREW UP ON NATURE TRAIL. I'VE WON QUITE A FEW HATS
01:17:15 AND MY TIME AT THE ZOO INCLUDING 18 YEARS AS AN ANIMAL
01:17:16 KEEPER AND A PROUD UNION MEMBER AND 11 YEARS AS A CURATOR
01:17:20 OVERSEE IN AT VARIOUS TIMES THE CHILDREN'S ZOO, THE INSECT ZOO
01:17:24 AND THE ANIMAL RESCUE CENTER. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS I'VE
01:17:28 BEEN A DIRECTOR IN OUR CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT.
01:17:31 ONE OF MY CURRENT PROJECTS IS ORGANIZING THE ZOO'S VERY FIRST
01:17:35 BIOBLITZ COMING UP THIS SUNDAY .
01:17:38 A BIOBLITZ IS AN EVENT WHERE WE TRAIN PARTICIPANTS TO DOCUMENT
01:17:42 AS MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF BIRDS MAMMALS, INSECTS,
01:17:43 MUSHROOMS, ETC. AS WE CAN ON GROUNDS IN A SINGLE DAY.
01:17:48 THE GOAL IS TO INCREASE APPRECIATION FOR THE AMAZING
01:17:51 SPECIES THAT ARE ALL AROUND US .
01:17:54 LOCATED WHERE WE ARE BETWEEN OCEAN BEACH, FORT FUNSTON
01:17:58 AND LAKE SAID THE ZOO HARBORS A REMARKABLE AMOUNT OF NATURAL
01:18:01 BIODIVERSITY. WE'VE DOCUMENTED ALMOST 500
01:18:06 SPECIES TO DATE ON GROUNDS AND IT IS A PROJECT THAT TIES
01:18:10 IN VERY WELL WITH OUR MISSION TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH WILDLIFE
01:18:13 ,INSPIRE CARING FOR NATURE AND ADVANCE CONSERVATION ACTION
01:18:16 . FINALLY, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS
01:18:17 SPENT 40 YEARS AT THE ZOO, I CAN HONESTLY SAY I HAVE NEVER
01:18:21 FELT AS HOPEFUL FOR OUR FUTURE AS I HAVE SINCE THE CURRENT
01:18:24 LEADERSHIP STARTED LAST YEAR. I THINK THAT WE ARE NOW ON
01:18:28 TRACK TO MAKE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO THE WORLD CLASS INSTITUTION
01:18:32 THAT OUR WORLD CLASS CITY DESERVES.
01:18:33 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, PATRICK SCHLEMMER.
01:18:34 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI MY NAME IS THOUGH.
01:18:42 I AM THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF ANIMAL HEALTH
01:18:43 AND WELFARE. I'VE BEEN ONE OF THE ZOO VETS
01:18:47 FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS BUT I ALSO OVERSEE THE CONSERVATION
01:18:50 DEPARTMENT AND I'M HERE JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON TO HIGHLIGHT THE
01:18:54 IMPORTANT STUFF WE DO WITH CONSERVATION OF THE CALIFORNIA
01:18:58 NATIVE SPECIES. SO A CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT
01:18:59 HAS A TEAM OF SIX DEDICATED ANIMAL CARE STAFF THAT WORK
01:19:02 IN A SPECIALIZED EXHIBIT AREA OF EXHIBIT FROM THE REST OF THE
01:19:05 MAIN COLLECTION. AND OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS
01:19:09 IN PARTICULAR WE DEVELOPED VERY STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH
01:19:10 MULTIPLE AGENCIES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ZOOS TO BUILD UP SOME
01:19:14 RECOVERY PROGRAMS FOR SOME OF CALIFORNIA'S MOST ENDANGERED
01:19:17 SPECIES. THESE INCLUDE CALIFORNIA RED
01:19:21 LAKE FROG FOOTHILLS, YELLOW FROG SIERRA NEVADA YELLOW SNAKE
01:19:24 FROGS. YOSEMITE TOADS WESTERN POND
01:19:28 TURTLES AND THE SAN FRANCISCO GO SNAKES WHICH WE JUST ADDED
01:19:29 THIS LAST YEAR. SO THE ANIMALS ARE BROUGHT INTO
01:19:32 THE ZOO AT THEIR MOST VULNERABLE LIFE STAGES LIKE
01:19:36 TADPOLES OR EGGS OR NEONATES. AND THEN WE REAR THEM UP INTO
01:19:39 JUVENILES OR YOUNG ADULTS SO THAT THEY'RE IN A MUCH THEY'RE
01:19:41 MUCH MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE WHEN THEY'RE RELEASED INTO THE
01:19:44 WILD. IN FACT, THIS THIS WEEK IS AN
01:19:47 IMPORTANT MILESTONE FOR THE ZOO AS CASSANDRA MENTIONED, WE WILL
01:19:50 BE RELEASING OUR 10,000 AMPHIBIAN FROM ALL THE FROG
01:19:54 AND TOAD PROGRAMS OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS IN YOSEMITE TOMORROW.
01:20:00 >> AND WE'LL ALSO BE MARKING TEN YEARS OF THE CALIFORNIA RED
01:20:02 LAKE FROG PROGRAM AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK TOMORROW.
01:20:05 >> AND THIS IS PARTICULARLY A PROUD ONE FOR US BECAUSE IF YOU
01:20:08 SEE ANY RED LAKE FROGS IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, THEY
01:20:13 ALL CAME FROM THE ZOO OR THE DESCENDANTS OF ZOO FROGS
01:20:16 AND THEY'RE NOW SELF-SUSTAINING AND WE'RE EVEN USING THAT
01:20:17 POPULATION TO SOURCE FOR OTHER ANIMALS FOR OTHER
01:20:19 REINTRODUCTIONS. >> SO OVER THE SUMMER WE'RE
01:20:20 PLANNING TO REINTRODUCE 2000 FROGS AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO
01:20:28 BE DOING OUR FIRST RELEASE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO GARTER
01:20:29 SNAKES. IT'S A NEW PROJECT THIS YEAR.
01:20:31 SO I JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE SOMEWHAT BEHIND THE SCENES
01:20:35 CONSERVATION STUFF WE DO AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT
01:20:36 THE LOAN. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
01:20:39 MUCH. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER.
01:20:42 >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARK VILLA.
01:20:46 I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF AN OPPORTUNITY OF BEING A UNION
01:20:50 MEMBER IN THE HORTICULTURE DEPARTMENT AT THE SAN FRANCISCO
01:20:51 ZOO FOR THE LAST 26 YEARS AND A SHOP STEWARD FOR THE LAST 14
01:20:57 YEARS FOR TEAMSTERS. 856.
01:20:59 FIRST OFF, THANK YOU SUPERVISORS MELGAR AND CHAN FOR
01:21:03 YOUR CONCERN. ATTENTION AND SUPPORT FOR THE
01:21:07 UNION WORKERS AT THE ZOO. IT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED
01:21:11 AND WE REALLY DO. WE REALLY DO.
01:21:12 THANK YOU. I HAVE HAD LIKE I SAID, I'VE
01:21:15 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING AT THE ZOO FOR TOO MANY YEARS
01:21:19 MAYBE BUT BUT I'VE LOVED EVERY YEAR.
01:21:20 I'VE LOVED EVERY YEAR OF IT. THIS NEW CURRENT MANAGEMENT
01:21:23 I'VE BEEN THROUGH THREE MANAGEMENT SO FAR.
01:21:27 THIS CURRENT MANAGEMENT IS THE FIRST MANAGEMENT THAT HAS
01:21:30 WANTED TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE UNION AND THAT HAS ASKED US
01:21:34 WHAT WHAT CAN THEY DO TO HELP US INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY
01:21:38 AROUND. SO THAT IS A WONDERFUL
01:21:41 REFRESHING ATTITUDE AND AND PRESENCE.
01:21:45 I DO URGE YOU GUYS TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND THIS
01:21:49 AND THE LOAN TO CONTINUE THIS GREAT WORK THAT SAN FRANCISCO
01:21:53 ZOO DOES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:21:56 THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:21:57 NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD MORNING.
01:22:03 MY NAME IS KATE HAUSEN AND I'M HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT
01:22:06 IN APPROVING THE LOAN FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO AND GARDENS.
01:22:07 >> I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A ZOOKEEPER OF 12 YEARS BUT ALSO
01:22:11 AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP AT THE ZOO.
01:22:13 >> SO MY EARLIEST MEMORIES ARE THERE.
01:22:15 I FIRST BEGAN VOLUNTEERING AS A TEENAGER AND OVER TIME THAT
01:22:17 APPEARANCE GREW INTO A LIFELONG PATH LEADING ME TO BECOME A
01:22:21 ZOOKEEPER. IT'S MORE THAN WHERE I WORK.
01:22:24 IT'S BEEN A CONSTANT IN MY LIFE AND A MEANINGFUL PART OF THIS
01:22:27 COMMUNITY. >> IT'S WHERE I LEARNED TO LOVE
01:22:28 ANIMALS TO BE CURIOUS AND TO FEEL CONNECTED TO SOMETHING
01:22:31 BIGGER THAN MYSELF. AND NOW I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF
01:22:34 GIVING THAT SAME EXPERIENCE TO OTHERS.
01:22:35 >> EVERY DAY I CARE FOR ANIMALS THAT DEPEND ON US SOME THAT ARE
01:22:39 CRITICALLY ENDANGERED, THAT CAN'T ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES.
01:22:43 I MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE THEM THE BEST CARE POSSIBLE.
01:22:46 >> AND EVERY DAY I WATCH CHILDREN SEE THEM FOR THE FIRST
01:22:48 TIME. THEIR STATEMENT, THEIR WONDER,
01:22:51 THE WAY IT STAYS WITH THEM. THAT'S HOW A CONNECTION TO THE
01:22:55 NATURAL WORLD BEGINS. >> I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN
01:22:56 CHALLENGES BUT I AM ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME FEELING
01:22:59 OPTIMISTIC. I'VE SEEN THE NEW LEADERSHIP
01:23:02 TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY, SHOW TRANSPARENCY AND COMMIT TO
01:23:05 DOING BETTER FOR THE ANIMALS, THE STAFF AND THE CITY.
01:23:09 >> THIS LOAN GIVES US A CHANCE TO KEEP GOING TO REBUILD TO
01:23:12 IMPROVE AND TO BECOME THE ZOO THIS COMMUNITY DESERVES.
01:23:16 THE ZOO IS SPECIAL. >> IT INSPIRES, EDUCATES
01:23:17 AND CONTRIBUTES TO CONSERVATION EFFORTS THAT EXTEND FAR BEYOND
01:23:21 ITS GATES. >> IT'S NOT JUST A PLACE.
01:23:24 >> IT'S A PART OF WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY.
01:23:28 >> I'M ASKING YOU TO BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE OF THE ZOO THE
01:23:29 WAY SO MANY OF US ALREADY DO. BECAUSE THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT
01:23:33 FUNDING. IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING SOMETHING
01:23:35 THAT MATTERS. THE ZOO HELPED SHAPE ME WHO I
01:23:37 AM TODAY. AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT IT CAN
01:23:40 CONTINUE TO SHAPE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME.
01:23:43 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
01:23:44 SUPERVISOR CHAN AND SUPERVISOR MELGAR.
01:23:46 >> AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR
01:23:48 COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER.
01:23:52 >> HELLO, MY NAME'S ALISHA CARROLL AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF
01:23:54 EDUCATION CLASSES AND CAMPS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO.
01:23:58 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CONTINUED SUPPORT
01:24:01 OF OUR EDUCATIONAL MISSION. >> AND WE PROVIDE ZOO CAMPS FOR
01:24:08 OUR CHILDREN AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO.
01:24:09 IT'S THE MOST POPULAR PROGRAM IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 30 YEARS.
01:24:12 IT ALSO IS REVENUE GENERATING. MOST OF THE PROGRAMS THAT I
01:24:17 RUN. OUR REVENUE GENERATING WHETHER
01:24:20 IT'S THE ZOO CAMP, THE LITTLE LEARNERS PROGRAM AND THEN WE
01:24:24 ALSO OFFER OUR BILINGUAL CAMPS IN CHINESE AND IN SPANISH FOR
01:24:29 FREE TO OUR COMMUNITY. >> OUR CURRICULUM IS DEVELOPED
01:24:33 TO BE HANDS ON AND ACCESSIBLE TO SPEAK TO CONSERVATION
01:24:36 MESSAGES BUT ALSO TO HELP KIDS GET SOME SCIENCE OUT OF SCHOOL
01:24:40 TIME. A LOT OF KIDS DON'T HAVE A LOT
01:24:43 OF SCIENCE IN THEIR CLASSROOM. >> SO THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO
01:24:46 PROVIDES THAT. >> OUR STAFF WORK WITH CHILDREN
01:24:51 . IT'S THE BACKBONE OF WHAT WE
01:24:52 DO. AND OUR DOCENTS ARE ALSO
01:24:55 INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND OUT IN THE ZOO SHARING THE
01:24:59 ANIMAL FACTS AND BIO FACTS WITH OUR PUBLIC.
01:25:02 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU MUCH, LISA
01:25:06 CARROLL. NEXT SPEAKER.
01:25:09 HEY EVERYONE. MY NAME IS QUINN BROWN.
01:25:13 I'M THE CURATOR OF BIRDS REPTILES IN THE ARK.
01:25:16 NEXT MONTH I WILL CELEBRATE MY 22ND YEAR AT THE ZOO WHICH
01:25:18 MEANS I'VE SPENT OVER HALF MY LIFE AT THE ZOO.
01:25:20 IT'S A VERY SPECIAL PLACE TO MANY PEOPLE BUT PARTICULARLY TO
01:25:24 ME BECAUSE AFTER 22 YEARS I STILL FEEL LIKE I CAN MAKE A
01:25:28 DIFFERENCE IN THE ANIMALS IN PEOPLE'S LIVES WHICH IS
01:25:29 PRETTY IMPORTANT. >> I WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO
01:25:34 ZOOS WHEN I WAS SEVEN AS A ZOOKEEPER AND THEN THAT LED TO
01:25:36 ME VOLUNTEERING. >> HAVING SPENT OVER HALF MY
01:25:39 LIFE AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO, I TRULY FIND IT SPECIAL
01:25:42 AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I LOVE TO DO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
01:25:46 BIRDS ARE REPTILES PLAY A SPECIAL ROLE IN NATURE AND OUR
01:25:47 GOAL IS TO HELP THEM SEE HOW SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT THEY ARE.
01:25:51 THE BIRD COLLECTION AT THE ZOO INCLUDES BIRDS FROM AROUND THE
01:25:55 WORLD TRANSPORTING CHILDREN. ADULTS LIKE EDUCATING THEM TO
01:25:58 APPRECIATE NON-HUMAN BEINGS WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY
01:26:02 IMPORTANT. THERE'S NOT MANY PLACES YOU
01:26:03 COULD LEARN TO DO THAT. >> ONE OF THE CLOSEST SPECIES
01:26:06 TO MY HEART ARE TWO CASSOWARIES DAINTREE AND DALI.
01:26:09 AND THEN THE OTHER WOULD HAVE TO BE OUR 50 MAGELLANIC
01:26:10 PENGUINS WHICH HAVE A HISTORY DATING BACK TO 1984 WITH THE
01:26:16 FIRST TO MAINTAIN THE SPECIES UNDER HUMAN CARE.
01:26:17 AND WE MAINTAIN THE LARGEST, MOST SUCCESSFUL COLONY ANYWHERE
01:26:20 OUTSIDE OF THE WILD. >> SOME OF OUR MOST LONG LIVED
01:26:24 PENGUINS ARE A TESTAMENT TO THE INDIVIDUALIZE AND SUPERIOR CARE
01:26:27 THAT WE OFFER EVERY ANIMAL AT THE ZOO.
01:26:31 OTHER BIRD SUCCESS STORIES INCLUDE OUR SUCCESSFUL EARLY
01:26:35 BREEDING PAIR OF CRITICALLY ENDANGERED BALI MINOR THAT WE
01:26:38 HAD LAST YEAR. WE HAD TWO CHICKS.
01:26:39 THIS IS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN ACA TO SAVE THE SPECIES
01:26:43 FROM EXTINCTION. >> THERE ARE LITERALLY LESS
01:26:47 THAN 100 INDIVIDUALS IN THE WILD.
01:26:50 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSED
01:26:51 LOAN. THIS WILL GO A LONG WAY
01:26:54 IN HELPING US STABILIZE OUR FINANCES AND FOR US TO FOCUS ON
01:26:58 WHAT'S IMPORTANT. >> THANK YOU.
01:26:59 THANK YOU MUCH QUINN BROWN. NEXT SPEAKER.
01:27:04 >> HI. GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
01:27:07 MY NAME IS MICHAEL TAURUS AND I'M A DISTRICT THREE
01:27:11 RESIDENT I WORK FOR IN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS OVERSEEING BAY AREA
01:27:14 CAMPAIGNS. AND ALTHOUGH I'M SPEAKING TODAY
01:27:15 ON MY OWN BEHALF I ALSO SERVE AS CHAIR OF THE CITY'S ANIMAL
01:27:19 COMMISSION AND RECENTLY JOINED THE JOINT ZOO COMMITTEE IN A
01:27:22 NON-VOTING ADVISORY ROLE. I'M HERE TO RESPECTFULLY URGE
01:27:23 THE COMMITTEE TO DELAY THE DECISION CONCERNING THE
01:27:26 PROPOSED LOAN TO THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
01:27:30 I WANT TO BE CLEAR I KNOW THERE ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WORKING AT
01:27:34 THE ZOO AND I REALLY RESPECT AND APPRECIATE CASSANDRA
01:27:37 CASTELLO. MY CONCERN IS NOT WITH THEM
01:27:38 IT'S WITH THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY AS AN INSTITUTION BASED
01:27:41 ON WHAT WE HAVE ALL SEEN. THE TIMING OF THIS HEARING IS
01:27:45 CHALLENGING. IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE
01:27:46 RELEASE OF A DETAILED AUDIT. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS
01:27:50 AN AUDIT THAT THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ACTIVELY RESISTED.
01:27:54 THEY REFUSED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS AND FOUGHT OVERSIGHT
01:27:57 IN ANY LENDING PROCESS TO EVALUATE RISK INCLUDING
01:28:01 FINANCIAL HISTORY AND TRANSPARENCY.
01:28:02 IN THIS CASE THE BUDGET AND A LEGISLATIVE ANALYSIS HAS DONE
01:28:05 THAT IN THE FORM OF A 250 PAGE AUDIT OUTLINING SERIOUS
01:28:09 CONCERNS ABOUT MANAGEMENT AND FISCAL PRACTICES.
01:28:12 MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS LOAN NOW WOULD SEND THE WRONG
01:28:16 MESSAGE THAT RESISTANCE TO OVERSIGHT HAS NO CONSEQUENCE
01:28:19 AND THE CITY IS WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT SEEING
01:28:21 MEANINGFUL CHANGE. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR
01:28:24 INITIATING THIS AUDIT AND ESPECIALLY ACKNOWLEDGE
01:28:28 AND THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE ADVOCATES, THE
01:28:29 ACTIVISTS, THE BLOGGERS, THE REPORTERS, THE CURRENT
01:28:33 AND FORMER ZOO EMPLOYEES WHO WORKED HARD TO BRING THESE
01:28:34 ISSUES FORWARD. NOW IS THE TIME FOR CITY HALL
01:28:36 TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEIR HARD WORK.
01:28:40 PASSING THIS ITEM WOULD ALLOW TIME TO EVALUATE HOW THE
01:28:41 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY RESPONDS TO THE AUDIT, WHETHER MEANINGFUL
01:28:44 CHANGES ARE IMPLEMENTED AND GIVE THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO
01:28:48 REVIEW AND ENGAGE WITH THE FINDINGS.
01:28:49 YOU HAVE LEVERAGE RIGHT NOW TO REQUIRE ACCOUNTABILITY AND MOVE
01:28:52 THE ZOO TOWARDS SOMETHING BETTER.
01:28:53 PLEASE DO NOT RUSH TO REWARD AN ORGANIZATION THAT FIGHTS
01:28:56 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU
01:29:00 DO NOT MAKE A DECISION AT THIS TIME.
01:29:01 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
01:29:03 MICHELANGELO TORRES. >> THIS IS A LAST CALL FOR
01:29:07 SPEAKERS SO IF YOU HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THIS COMMITTEE
01:29:11 AND YOU WISH TO DO SO, PLEASE LINE UP NOW.
01:29:12 OTHERWISE THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL SPEAKER.
01:29:15 >> PLEASE. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH BATY
01:29:18 AND I'M A DOCENT AT THE ZOO. I'M ALSO A BOARD MEMBER AS A
01:29:22 DOCENT LIAISON. I'VE BEEN EXTREMELY IMPRESSED
01:29:26 WITH HOW FAST CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE CASSANDRA CAME ON
01:29:30 BOARD. I'VE SEEN A LOT MORE
01:29:31 TRANSPARENCY AND ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ZOO AND HOW IT
01:29:37 IS BEING MANAGED. >> I'VE ALSO SEEN A LOT MORE
01:29:38 INCLUSION AND RECOGNITION OF STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS.
01:29:44 >> DOCENTS SUPPORT THE ZOO BY TALKING WITH OUR GUESTS ABOUT
01:29:46 OUR ANIMALS AND ABOUT OUR CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN THE
01:29:51 LAST THREE YEARS WITH MORE ACTIVE OUTREACH TO THE
01:29:52 COMMUNITY. WE'VE NEARLY TRIPLED THE NUMBER
01:29:56 OF ACTIVE DOCENTS AT THE ZOO IN 2023 WE HAD 40 ACTIVE
01:29:59 DOCENTS. NOW WE HAVE 110.
01:30:02 >> THIS REALLY DEMONSTRATES THAT THE ZOO'S MISSION WHEN WE
01:30:06 GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE RESONATES WITH THE COMMUNITY.
01:30:10 WE'RE GETTING VOLUNTEERS IN WITH MORE DOCENTS.
01:30:13 WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF GUEST
01:30:20 INTERACTIONS BETWEEN 2024 AND 2025.
01:30:21 IN 2025 DOCENTS INTERACT DID WITH GUESTS 172,000 TIMES.
01:30:25 THAT'S A LOT OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT OUR CONSERVATION EFFORTS
01:30:31 AND AND ENCOURAGE THE GUESTS TO INITIATE THEIR OWN ACTIONS.
01:30:35 >> SO AS YOU CAN SEE DOCENT SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING
01:30:40 WITH GUESTS AND THEY GIVE US MANY OPINIONS THAT THEY WOULD
01:30:43 LIKE TO SHARE INCLUDING WHEN ARE THE PANDAS COMING AND WHEN
01:30:47 ARE WE GETTING MORE BABY ANIMALS?
01:30:48 >> BUT WHAT THEY HAVE NOTICED RECENTLY IS THE CHANGES DUE TO
01:30:52 CASSANDRA'S MANAGEMENT. THEY SEE HER OUT WALKING IN IN
01:30:56 THE ZOO TALKING TO GUESTS, TALKING TO STAFF.
01:30:59 THEY ARE HAPPY TO SEE THE MORE POSITIVE PUBLICITY THAT
01:31:06 CASSANDRA HAS BEEN ABLE TO GENERATE SINCE SHE HAS STARTED
01:31:10 AND AND THEY SEE HER WORK ETHIC.
01:31:11 THEY HAVE ACTUALLY MENTIONED IT LIKE SHE IS EVERYWHERE SHE IS,
01:31:15 YOU KNOW, DOING PROMOTION. >> SHE'S WALKING THE ZOO.
01:31:19 SHE'S TALKING TO. SHE'S HAVING OFFICE HOURS
01:31:21 SPEAKING. TIME HAS EXPIRED BUT THANK YOU
01:31:23 MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THESE THINGS WITH PATTY AND SEEING NO
01:31:26 OTHERS IN THE QUEUE. >> MADAM CHAIR, THE COMPLETE
01:31:31 CHECK TO SEE NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW
01:31:32 CLOSE. I DO HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION.
01:31:35 MAYBE IT WAS ANSWERED BUT IT WAS UNCLEAR TO ME WHEN I THINK
01:31:38 THIS IS MORE FOR ACTUALLY IT'S FOR BOTH REC PARK AND FOR THE
01:31:45 ZOO BUT PERHAPS THE ZOO CAN ACTUALLY TELL US.
01:31:48 DIRECTOR COSTELLO WHEN EXACTLY WILL THIS AS INDICATED THAT
01:31:52 THERE IS GOING TO BE AN UPDATE AT LEAST AND MANAGEMENT
01:31:56 AGREEMENT BETWEEN REC PARK AND ZOO.
01:31:57 HAS THIS BEEN STARTED? HAS THIS PROCESS IN TERMS OF
01:32:01 CONVERSATIONS STARTED OUT WHICH I ASSUME IT HAS AND THEN WHEN
01:32:05 DO WE EXPECT IT TO BE COMPLETED?
01:32:06 >> WE ARE EAGER TO BEGIN THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
01:32:09 >> THE AGREEMENT IS 33 YEARS OLD.
01:32:12 WE'RE EAGER TO JUMP IN AND MODERNIZE THE AGREEMENT.
01:32:14 THAT'S FROM THE ZOO'S PERSPECTIVE AND INVITE REC PARK
01:32:16 IF YOU HAVE OTHER OTHER COMMENTS.
01:32:21 >> DIRECTOR ADMINISTRATION OF FINANCE FOR REC PARK ANTONIO
01:32:26 GUERRA WE BELIEVE THAT INITIALLY THIS PROPOSED LOAN
01:32:29 AGREEMENT WOULD ALLOW US TO CREATE A TIGHTER RELATIONSHIP
01:32:36 WITH THE ZOO WITH SPECIFIC DELIVERABLES.
01:32:37 WE ARE HAPPY TO TALK TO THE ZOO FURTHER ABOUT A POTENTIAL NEW
01:32:44 LOAN AND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BUT IN RESPONDING TO THE BLR
01:32:48 AUDIT WE DID NOT THINK IT WAS NECESSARY AT THIS TIME.
01:32:51 >> I WOULD THINK THE OPPOSITE IT IS NECESSARY AT THIS TIME
01:32:56 WITH THE BALANCE AUDIT OR THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
01:33:00 AUDIT THAT IT IS INDICATING THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE
01:33:04 IN COMPLIANCE TO THE AGREEMENT THE EXISTING AGREEMENT ALREADY
01:33:08 THERE SEEMS LIKE LACK OF OVERSIGHTS OF THE EXISTING
01:33:12 AGREEMENT. >> I AM GOING TO ASK FOR THE
01:33:18 ZOO AS WELL AS REC PARK TO HAVE A JOINT LETTER SUBMITTED TO
01:33:22 THIS BODY TO GO ALONG WITH THIS LOAN AGREEMENT TO TO EXPRESS
01:33:26 SOME THE EITHER SOME KIND OF YOU KNOW MUTUAL AGREEMENT TIME
01:33:33 LINE SOMEWHAT OF A MILESTONE OF WHAT AND WHAT ARE THE NEXT
01:33:38 STEPS THAT YOU WILL BE ACTUALLY DOING OR TAKING FOR UPDATING
01:33:42 THIS LEASE AND MANAGEMENTS AGREEMENT?
01:33:46 IT IS MY EXPECTATION THAT I KNOW XYZ MIGHT GO ON TO SAY A
01:33:50 FEW WORDS. IT IS MY EXPECTATION THAT TODAY
01:33:54 COLLEAGUES ON THIS BODY I DO HOPE THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD
01:33:58 WITH THE D APPROPRIATION FUNDING AND WHICH DENTIST WILL
01:34:05 ISSUE THIS BODY APPROVE THE D APPROPRIATION AND THE
01:34:06 APPROPRIATION OF THAT FUNDING. THEN IT WILL ACTUALLY SHOW UP
01:34:10 AT FULL BORE FOR APPROVAL SHOULD THIS BODY APPROVE
01:34:13 AND THEREFORE A CONTINUANCE OF THE LONG AGREEMENT FOR ONE
01:34:17 WEEK. THEN IT IS MY INTENT AGAIN THAT
01:34:20 YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE IF NECESSARY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
01:34:24 BUT WHAT I'M HOPING IS THAT TO ALLOW ONE WEEK TO HAVE PUBLIC
01:34:28 TO VIEW THE LONG AGREEMENTS OR DETAILS OF IT SHOULD THEY NEED
01:34:32 TO SEND US PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO THEN BY THEN NEXT WEEK WE
01:34:35 CAN COME BACK AND IT IS AGAIN MY INTENT TO SUPPORT THAT LONG
01:34:39 AGREEMENT BUT TO REALLY ALLOW SOME DIALOG IN THE PUBLIC
01:34:46 SPHERE TO TO AGAIN OPINE ON THE LOAN AGREEMENT AND SHOULD THAT
01:34:50 ACTUALLY BE ALSO APPROVED BY THIS BODY.
01:34:54 IT WILL BE DONE GOING TO FULL BOARD FOR APPROVAL IN AT THE
01:34:57 FULL BOARD IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
01:35:00 SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS THAT SOME KIND OF JOINT LETTER OR
01:35:05 YOU KNOW STATING OF WHAT HOW THE TWO DEPARTMENTS OR HOW THE
01:35:08 ZOO AND REC AND PARK WILL BE EVALUATING YOUR NEXT STEPS,
01:35:13 UPDATING THE LEASE AND MANAGEMENT'S AGREEMENT
01:35:16 AND I AM EXPECTING TO HAVE IT NEXT WEEK DURING THE BUDGET
01:35:20 AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WITH THE LOAN AGREEMENT SO THAT YOU
01:35:23 COULD GO FOLLOW TO THE FULL BOARD IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
01:35:27 SUPERVISOR MELGAR THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN.
01:35:28 >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE
01:35:32 THAT AN UPDATED LOAN AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A
01:35:40 TRANSPARENT ACCOUNTABLE RELATIONSHIP BUT MOST
01:35:43 IMPORTANTLY THAT IT REFLECT MODERN STANDARDS OF LEASE
01:35:48 AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH OTHER PARTNERS AROUND THE CITY.
01:35:52 SO I DO NOT THINK THAT THE LOAN AGREEMENT IS SUFFICIENT FOR
01:35:56 THAT. IT IS ONLY SUFFICIENT FOR THIS
01:36:00 LITTLE BIT NOT IN THE LONG TERM AND IT SEEMS LIKE IN OUR CITY
01:36:04 WE KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD TOO MUCH LIKE WE REALLY NEED TO
01:36:08 DEAL WITH IT. THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T THINK
01:36:11 THAT THE LOAN AGREEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE
01:36:14 NEGOTIATED QUICKLY AND IT IS TIED TO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING
01:36:19 THAT IS GOING TO GO FORWARD. SO I WONDER, CHAIR, IF WHAT YOU
01:36:26 WANT IS JUST A COMMITMENT TO ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS AND A
01:36:28 TIMELINE FOR THAT AND IF THAT'S THE CASE I THINK THAT WE CAN DO
01:36:32 THAT. YOU KNOW, QUICKLY.
01:36:34 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT THE
01:36:36 NEGOTIATE ATION OF A LOAN AGREEMENT IS FAIRLY WORK
01:36:40 INTENSIVE AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME AND ALSO CITY
01:36:43 ATTORNEY REVIEW AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT YOU KNOW VERY WELL.
01:36:46 SO THANK YOU BUT I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE.
01:36:50 >> I THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
01:36:51 I THINK I'M ONLY SIMPLY LOOKING FOR INTENT, A SHARED INTENT
01:36:54 AND A SHARED AGREEMENT OF HOW DO YOU APPROACH THE NEXT STEPS
01:37:00 AND WHAT THE TIMELINE ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE AND SHOULD THIS BE
01:37:02 SOMETHING ALONG THE LINE OF YOU KNOW, THE LOAN AGREEMENT NEEDS
01:37:06 TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND THAT YOU KNOW, THE THE ZOO
01:37:09 NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RECORDS TO SHOW THAT
01:37:13 YOU'RE IN GOOD FAITH THAT THAT YOU HAVE A STRATEGIC FIVE YEAR
01:37:17 STRATEGIC PLAN. >> HOWEVER, WHERE YOU SET THE
01:37:20 MILESTONE TO SAY THIS IS WHERE WE DONE THE CITY WITH ADVICE OF
01:37:24 THE CITY ATTORNEY AS A WRITTEN PART THEN CAN COME INTO AN
01:37:28 AND NEGOTIATE START TO NEGOTIATE ATION OF THE LEASE
01:37:32 AND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT. >> THAT'S TOTALLY FINE BUT I
01:37:33 THINK THAT WHAT I'M ACTUALLY ASKING IS FOR A MUTUAL
01:37:36 UNDERSTOOD ENDING THAT IS CLEAR TO BOTH ENTITIES AND TO THIS
01:37:44 BODY. THAT'S WHAT AND HOW DO YOU VIEW
01:37:45 THE NEXT STEP? I CERTAINLY THINK THAT IS
01:37:48 BECAUSE OF THIS. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS LOAN
01:37:51 AGREEMENT IS BECAUSE I AM COMMITTED TO THE LONG TERM
01:37:55 VISION OF SAN FRANCISCO ZOO THAT I CONCUR WITH SUPERVISOR
01:38:00 MAL GARG WHO CAME TO ME WITH SENSE A GREAT SENSE OF URGENCY
01:38:03 BOTH ON PHONE CALLS ON THE WEEKENDS AND IN PERSON AT OUR
01:38:07 OFFICE AT HER URGING THAT SHE IS WITH HER SENSE OF URGENCY
01:38:14 THAT I CONCUR WITH THAT THAT THAT WE MUST DO EVERYTHING THAT
01:38:18 WE CAN AS A CITY TO ENSURE THAT WHILE, YOU KNOW, THE SOLVENCY
01:38:22 OF SAN FRANCISCO ZOO AND AND THEREFORE I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH
01:38:26 THIS LONG AGREEMENT BECAUSE I SEE IT AS A CITY'S LONG TERM
01:38:32 INVESTMENT TO SAN FRANCISCO ZOO WHICH THEN MEANS I ALSO AM
01:38:36 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE THE THE COMMITMENT OR AT LEAST
01:38:40 PERSPECTIVE FROM REC AND PARK YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT YOUR NEXT
01:38:44 STEPS WILL BE AND NOT SORT OF JUST LEAVE THE SAN FRANCISCO
01:38:48 ZOO HANGING FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS SIMPLY JUST WAITING FOR
01:38:52 THIS LOAN AGREEMENTS TO MATERIALIZE.
01:38:54 SO I THINK THAT IT'S ONLY FAIR FOR FOR THIS BODY TO KIND OF
01:38:59 UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE YOUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND NEXT
01:39:02 STEPS. SO THANK YOU AND I DON'T SEE
01:39:08 ANY OTHER NAMES ON THE ROSTERS. WHO LIVES IN MELGAR?
01:39:10 DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER LAST REMARK AND WITHOUT THAT
01:39:12 COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST MOVE ITEM TWO TO FULL
01:39:15 BORE WITH RECOMMENDING MOTION AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE CONSIDER
01:39:20 A MOTION TO REFER THE ORDINANCE AND ITEM NUMBER TWO TO THE FULL
01:39:23 BOARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND DORSEY I
01:39:27 REMEMBER SAUTER. SAUTER I CHURCH AND I CAN I WE
01:39:31 HAVE THREE EYES THE MOTION PASSES AND THEN COLLEAGUES I
01:39:35 WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM THREE TO NEXT BUDGET AND THE
01:39:40 FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING AND WITH THAT A ROLL CALL
01:39:43 PLEASE AND ON THAT MOTION TO CONTINUE THE RESOLUTION
01:39:49 AND ITEM NUMBER THREE TO THE MAY 13TH MEETING OF THIS
01:39:50 COMMITTEE AND VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER SAUTER
01:39:56 I CHURCH CAN I CAN I WE HAVE THREE EYES THE MOTION PASSES
01:39:59 THANK YOU. >> AND WITH THAT MR. CLERK
01:40:03 PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER FOUR. YES.
01:40:06 >> ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RESOLUTION RETROACTIVELY
01:40:07 AUTHORING THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE
01:40:11 DEVELOPMENT TO ACCEPT AN EXPANDED GRANT THAN THE AMOUNT
01:40:14 OF 5 MILLION FROM THE CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES
01:40:15 AGENCY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND REVITALIZATION OF A
01:40:18 HISTORIC LGBTQ PLUS VENUE THAT WILL ADVANCE ECONOMIC
01:40:22 DEVELOPMENT IN THE CASTRO NEIGHBORHOOD AND DURING THE
01:40:26 GRANT PERIOD OF APRIL 1ST, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2027.
01:40:31 >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU AND COLLEAGUES WE THIS IS AN
01:40:35 ITEM THAT WE CONTINUE FROM LAST WEEK AT THE REQUEST OF THE
01:40:40 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
01:40:41 BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WERE
01:40:44 ADDITIONAL COMMERCE ATION WITH THE STATE AGENCY WAS THAT WAS
01:40:48 NECESSARY BEFORE WE CAN MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD.
01:40:51 SO THIS ITEM IS BEFORE US AGAIN TODAY AND WE AGAIN HAVE THE
01:40:55 OFFICE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THANK YOU.
01:40:59 GOOD MORNING CHURCH AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE BEN VAN HOUTEN
01:41:01 FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT I
01:41:03 DON'T HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION BUT I'M HAPPY TO
01:41:07 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WE ARE REQUESTING SOME
01:41:10 AMENDMENTS TO THIS RESOLUTION THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO READ
01:41:12 INTO THE RECORD PLEASE. >> SO ON PAGE ONE, LINE ONE
01:41:18 AFTER IN THE CASTRO INSERTING CASTRO THEATER ON PAGE ONE,
01:41:21 LINE FIVE AFTER PRESERVATION AND REVITALIZATION OF INSERTING
01:41:26 THE CASTRO THEATER ON PAGE ONE LINE SIX AFTER HISTORIC LGBTQ
01:41:32 PLUS VENUE STRIKING THAT WILL AND INSERTING TO HELP ON PAGE
01:41:39 ONE LINES TEN AND 11 STRIKING A HISTORIC LGBTQ PLUS VENUE
01:41:43 AND INSERTING THE CASTRO THEATER AND STRIKING THAT WILL
01:41:47 AND INSERTING TO HELP. >> AND THEN ON PAGE ONE LINE 13
01:41:50 INSERTING THE FOLLOWING TWO WHEREAS CLAUSES WHEREAS THE
01:41:53 CASTRO THEATER IS A HISTORIC BUILDING SERVING AND WELCOMING
01:41:58 ALL OF SAN FRANCISCO'S RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
01:41:59 AND. WHEREAS, ALL INDIVIDUALS LGBTQ
01:42:02 PLUS AND ALLIES ALIKE WILL BENEFIT FROM PRESERVING
01:42:05 AND REVITALIZING THIS ICONIC AND HISTORIC LANDMARK AND THANK
01:42:09 YOU AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY ADDITIONAL
01:42:10 DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU.
01:42:14 I THINK COLLEAGUES LIKE LAST WEEK I THINK WE I THINK WHAT IS
01:42:18 BEFORE US TODAY IS THAT NOW WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT WHERE DOES
01:42:24 FUN WILL BE GOING TO FOR ACTUALLY A SPECIFIC VENUE
01:42:29 INSTEAD OF IT WAS UNCLEAR TO US AND PROBABLY THE STATE AGENCY
01:42:37 TOO I THINK THAT NOW WE HAVE IDENTIFY WITH THAT WE ARE ABLE
01:42:41 TO ALLOCATE THIS TO THE CASTRO THEATER AND SO WITH THAT LET'S
01:42:49 GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
01:42:50 >> YES. IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE
01:42:51 PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE REGARDING THIS ITEM
01:42:55 NUMBER FOUR THAT WAS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
01:42:56 MADAM CHAIR. WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SEATING, NO
01:43:00 PUBLIC COMMENTS. >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED
01:43:02 . COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
01:43:03 THIS ITEM TO A FULL BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION AND AND A ROLL
01:43:07 CALL PLEASE. >> MADAM CHAIR THERE WERE
01:43:08 AMENDMENTS OFFERED ON THE FLY. APOLOGIES FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO
01:43:13 MOVE AND AMANDA ITEM AS PROPOSED BY THE OFFICE
01:43:17 AND ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND MOVE TO AMEND
01:43:21 ITEM TO FOUR BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION AND A ROLL CALL
01:43:22 PLEASE. >> AND ON THAT MOTION TO AMEND
01:43:25 THE RESOLUTION AS OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT ENTER FOR THAT
01:43:30 RESOLUTION TO THE FULL BOARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION AS
01:43:33 AMENDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND DORSEY.
01:43:36 I REMEMBER SAUTER, SADR I CHURCH AND I CHANT I WE HAVE
01:43:40 THREE EYES. >> THE MOTION PASSES.
01:43:43 THANK YOU AND MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
01:43:47 >> YES. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN
01:43:48 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILLION OF
01:43:51 AMBULANCE BILLINGS AND APPROXIMATELY 426,000 OF
01:43:55 FIRE OVERTIME SERVICE FEES, REVENUES IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
01:43:58 AND THE APPROPRIATING PERMANENT SALARIES OF 500,000 IN THE
01:44:02 DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERMANENT SALARIES
01:44:06 OF APPROXIMATELY 6 MILLION AND DEPENDENT COVERAGE HAVE
01:44:09 APPROXIMATELY 994,000 IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PERMANENT
01:44:14 SALARIES OF 1.25 MILLION IN THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
01:44:19 AND APPROPRIATING 500,000 TO OVERTIME AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:44:21 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT APPROXIMATELY 8.6 MILLION TO
01:44:25 OVERTIME IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND 1.25 MILLION TO OVERTIME
01:44:28 IN THE PUC TO ORDER IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT'S
01:44:32 PROJECTED INCREASES IN OVERTIME HAS ACQUIRED BY THE
01:44:36 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS
01:44:40 VOTE OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL OF THE FIRE
01:44:44 DEPARTMENT'S APPROPRIATION OF APPROXIMATELY 8 MILLION
01:44:47 PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
01:44:50 >> AND TODAY I BELIEVE WE HAVE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS HERE.
01:44:57 I WILL DEFER TO YOU HOW YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH YOUR
01:45:01 PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE BOE.
01:45:09 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
01:45:10 I'LL START IT OFF AS I THINK WE HAVE THE BIGGEST PORTION OF
01:45:13 THIS REQUEST. MARK CORSO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
01:45:16 FINANCE OVER AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE TO SPEAK ON OUR
01:45:18 PORTION OF THIS THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING A REALLOCATION OF
01:45:24 EXISTING REVENUE AN EXISTING EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY NOT ANY
01:45:27 ADDITIONAL FUNDING OVERALL TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S ADMIN
01:45:29 CODE AS IT PERTAINS TO OVERTIME, THERE'S THREE MAIN
01:45:32 AREAS OF OVERTIME REALLOCATION IN THIS LEGISLATION FOR US.
01:45:36 >> THE FIRST IS GENERAL OPERATIONS FIELD OPERATIONS,
01:45:40 THE SECOND IS FIRE PREVENTION AND THE THIRD IS OPERATIONAL
01:45:43 STAFFING OVER AT THE AIRPORT AND I'LL ADDRESS EACH OF THOSE
01:45:47 BRIEFLY. FOR OVERALL GENERAL OPERATIONS
01:45:51 THIS IS OUR FRONT LINE FIRE, EMS COMMUNITY PARAMEDICS
01:45:55 AND DIVISIONS. EVERY EVERY YEAR WE WORK
01:45:59 THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON OUR OVERALL STAFFING LEVEL
01:46:03 ASSUMPTIONS ON LEVELS OF STAFFING, RETIREMENTS
01:46:06 AND LEAVE. AND SO THAT'S AN ONGOING
01:46:07 NEGOTIATION THAT WE HAVE AND DURING THE COURSE OF THE
01:46:10 YEAR THINGS POP UP THAT SOME OF THAT THOSE ASSUMPTIONS MAY NOT
01:46:13 COME TRUE BUT OVERALL STAFFING WISE OVERALL BUDGET WISE I
01:46:17 SHOULD SAY WE DO HAVE WHETHER IT'S IN REGULAR SALARIES OR
01:46:20 OVERTIME WE DO HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO COVER THAT AND SO
01:46:22 THIS IS A REALLOCATION FROM PERMANENT SALARIES TO COVER
01:46:25 THAT DIFFERENCE IN OVERTIME ON THE FIRE PREVENTION SIDE WE ARE
01:46:32 OUR INSPECTORS DO OFF HOURS INSPECTIONS REVIEWS FIRE
01:46:39 PLANNING EXERCISES, YOU KNOW, STANDBYS FOR CERTAIN EVENTS AS
01:46:43 REQUIRED BY THE FIRE CODE. AND THOSE MEMBERS ARE PAID
01:46:47 OVERTIME. BUT THESE REQUESTS ARE DONE AT
01:46:48 THE REQUEST OF A CUSTOMER SO THERE IS FEE REVENUE ASSOCIATED
01:46:51 WITH THEM IN THE CURRENT YEAR WE'VE SEEN BOTH THE ASSUMPTIONS
01:46:55 OF EXPENDITURES AND AS WELL AS REVENUES INCREASE OVER WHAT WAS
01:46:59 ASSUMED IN THE BUDGET JUST THE OVERALL VOLUME AND ACTIVITY
01:47:02 LEVEL HAS INCREASED. SO WE'RE REQUESTING TO
01:47:03 REALLOCATE SOME OF THOSE EXCESS REVENUES TO COVER THAT OVERTIME
01:47:06 ALLOCATION AND THE AIRPORT IS PART OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
01:47:10 >> THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A PRESENCE WITH THREE STATIONS
01:47:14 OVER THE AIRPORT IN ORDER TO WORK AT THE AIRPORT THERE ARE A
01:47:18 NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATIONS YOU NEED
01:47:22 FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO IT'S NOT AS IF WE HAVE
01:47:23 SUFFICIENT STAFF WE CAN JUST MOVE OVER TO COVER A SHIFT ON A
01:47:27 REGULAR DAY TO DAY BASIS. IN MANY CASES WE NEED TO
01:47:30 RECRUIT AND GET THOSE FOLKS UP TO SPEED.
01:47:33 >> IN THE CASE OF THE CURRENT YEAR OUR STAFFING LEVELS THERE
01:47:37 ARE A LITTLE LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED WHICH HAS RESULTED
01:47:38 IN A LITTLE MORE OVERTIME USE THAN REGULAR SALARIES.
01:47:41 BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE AIRPORT AND OUR FOLKS
01:47:45 DOWN THERE WITH A CADRE OF PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE
01:47:46 REQUIRED TRAININGS. SO WE ARE ALWAYS PLANNING AHEAD
01:47:49 WITH RETIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO ENSURE THAT WE
01:47:53 HAVE PROPERLY STAFFING LEVELS AT THE AIRPORT.
01:47:56 JUST BEFORE I OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS I JUST WANTED TO TALK
01:48:00 TO OVERTIME IN GENERAL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT JUST IN TOTALITY
01:48:03 COMING OUT OF COVID WE SAW HUGE OVERTIME ISSUES BOTH FROM
01:48:08 UNABLE BEING UNABLE TO STAFF AND BACKFILL YOU KNOW,
01:48:11 SEPARATIONS AND RETIREMENTS JUST TO INCREASE LEVELS OF
01:48:16 LEAVE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC COMING OUT OF THAT WITH SUPPORT
01:48:19 OF GRANT FUNDS, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
01:48:21 AND WITH SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WE'VE DONE
01:48:23 QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO GET TO A MUCH HEALTHIER STAFFING LEVEL
01:48:28 TO THE EXTENT THAT WHERE WE ARE TODAY WE ARE IN A MUCH BETTER
01:48:31 SPOT WITH ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL WHICH HELPS ON A DAY TO DAY
01:48:35 BASIS BUT IT ALSO HELPS WHEN WE ARE DEPLOYED FOR MUTUAL AID FOR
01:48:38 OTHER YOU KNOW, SPECIAL EVENTS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
01:48:39 SO JUST AS A AS A TOTAL DOLLAR COMPARISON IN FISCAL YEAR 2122,
01:48:45 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENDED $76.1 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND
01:48:48 OVERTIME IN THE CURRENT YEAR JUST ON A COMPARISON OF DOLLARS
01:48:55 WE'RE DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY PROJECTED $54.7 MILLION WHICH
01:48:58 IS A 28% REDUCTION. >> BUT WHEN YOU FACTOR IN 2021
01:49:04 $22 AND YOU TAKE OUT ANY WAGE INCREASES, THINGS LIKE THAT
01:49:06 THAT REDUCTION IS APPROXIMATELY 39% OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
01:49:10 SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT THAT WE'VE SEEN.
01:49:12 IT HELPS THE MORALE, IT HELPS OVERALL HEALTH OF OUR STAFFING
01:49:16 LEVEL AND IT HELPS DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.
01:49:17 SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS.
01:49:22 THANK YOU. I'M LIKE OH, DO WE HAVE A BE A
01:49:27 REPORT ON THIS? WE DO.
01:49:33 >> ITEM FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE THAT CHANGES APPROPRIATIONS
01:49:37 IN THREE DEPARTMENTS TO INCREASE THEIR OVERTIME
01:49:39 ACCOUNTS. THE THREE DEPARTMENTS ARE
01:49:41 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE PUC AND WE
01:49:45 SUMMARIZE THE CHANGES ON PAGE 11 OF THE REPORT YOU'LL SEE THE
01:49:48 TEAM IS GETTING AN ADDITIONAL $500,000 IN THEIR OVERTIME
01:49:51 ACCOUNT FROM SALARY SAVINGS FROM VACANCIES.
01:49:56 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS GETTING AN $8.7 MILLION FROM SALARY
01:49:59 SAVINGS AND ALSO FROM UNBUDGETED REVENUE AND THE PUC
01:50:03 IS GETTING ABOUT $1.3 MILLION. WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
01:50:09 >> THANK YOU. MY ASSUMPTION IS WE DON'T HAVE
01:50:14 ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION FROM OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
01:50:17 I DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT THE MOMENT.
01:50:20 >> I THINK THAT WE ARE AWARE WE'VE BEEN AWARE FOR THE LAST
01:50:28 TWO FISCAL YEARS ABOUT THE OVERTIME SPENDING AND HOW WE
01:50:29 ACTUALLY HAVE TO ALLOCATE FUNDING AND CALL IT LIKE FROM
01:50:36 SAVING TO TO ACTUALLY OFFSET THESE COST WHILE THESE
01:50:40 DISCUSSION DURING BUDGET AND IT IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING
01:50:48 ONE TO SAY THE LEAST. SO WITH THAT LET'S GO TO PUBLIC
01:50:50 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM. >> THANK YOU.
01:50:52 YES. WE'RE OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT
01:50:56 FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER FIVE IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
01:50:59 SERVICES COMMITTEE. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO
01:51:02 SPEAKERS SEEING ON PUBLIC COMMONS PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW
01:51:04 CLOSE AND COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO FULL
01:51:10 BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE AND ON THAT
01:51:14 MOTION TO REFER TO THE FULL BOARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION
01:51:15 OF VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I MEMBER SAUTER SADR I CHAIR CAN
01:51:21 I CAN I WE HAVE THREE EYES THE MOTION PASSES.
01:51:25 THANK YOU AND MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER SIX.
01:51:29 >> YES. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A RESOLUTION
01:51:30 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF MULTIFAMILY
01:51:34 HOUSING REVENUE NOTES IN ONE OR MORE SERIES IN AN AGGREGATE
01:51:37 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 30 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF
01:51:40 PROVIDING FINANCING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 94 UNIT
01:51:44 MULTIFAMILY RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT KNOWN AS 1687 MARKET
01:51:48 RESIDENCES APPROVING THE FORM OF AN AUTHORIZATION
01:51:51 AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE FOLLOWING A FUNDING LOAN
01:51:55 AGREEMENT PROVIDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE
01:51:59 CONSTRUCTION LOAN FROM THE FUNDING LENDER TO THE CITY
01:52:02 AND THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THE NOTES.
01:52:04 A BORROWER LOAN AGREEMENT PROVIDING THE TERMS
01:52:07 AND CONDITIONS OF THE CONSTRUCTION LOAN FROM THE CITY
01:52:10 TO THE BORROWER AND A REGULATORY AGREEMENT
01:52:11 AND DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS FOR THE PROJECT
01:52:14 AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTION OF CERTAIN FEES APPROVING FOR
01:52:18 PURPOSES OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 AS AMENDED
01:52:21 THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE REVENUE
01:52:26 NOTES AND BY THE CITY IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT
01:52:30 TO EXCEED 30 MILLION. APPROVING MODIFICATIONS,
01:52:31 CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO THE DOCUMENTS RATIFYING
01:52:35 AND APPROVING ANY ACTION HERE TO FOR TAKING IN CONNECTION
01:52:38 WITH THE FUNDING LOAN THE BORROWING THE BORROWER LOAN,
01:52:42 THE NOTES AND THE PROJECT AND GRANTING GENERAL AUTHORITY
01:52:45 TO CITY OFFICIALS TO TAKE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT
01:52:46 THIS RESOLUTION AND RELATED MATTERS AS DEFINED THEREIN.
01:52:50 >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
01:52:54 SO WITH THAT WE HAVE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING COMMUNITY
01:52:58 DEVELOPMENT HERE. >> I AM JUST TRYING TO GET MY
01:52:59 PRESENTATION. >> I APOLOGIZE.
01:53:02 NO WORRIES
01:54:31 . MY APOLOGIES.
01:54:35 THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS WILLIAM WILCOX.
01:54:36 I'M THE HOUSING FINANCE MANAGER AT THE SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR'S
01:54:40 OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
01:54:43 I MANAGE OUR TAX EXEMPT BOND ISSUANCE PROGRAM WHICH IS OUR
01:54:47 INVOLVEMENT WITH THIS PROJECT 1687 MARKET STREET JUST A FEW
01:54:51 SHORT MINUTES AWAY FROM HERE. I THIS PROJECT IS ONLY ASKING
01:54:55 FOR TAX EXEMPT BOND ISSUANCE. >> THERE'S NO CITY SUBSIDY
01:54:59 GOING INTO THIS PROJECT. IT IS FUNDED LARGELY THROUGH A
01:55:05 CHARITABLE DONATION SO WE HAVE NO SUBSIDY BUT WE ARE THE BOND
01:55:10 ISSUE WHERE WE WILL BE A REGULATOR, WE WILL BE INVOLVED
01:55:11 IN THE LEASE UP. >> AND SO IT'S A GREAT
01:55:14 OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE
01:55:17 CITY FOR ARTISTS I THAT AT NO COST TO THE CITY.
01:55:23 AND SO IT IS 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE ARTS COMMISSION
01:55:25 AND WE HAVE SARAH HOLLENBECK FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION HERE
01:55:28 WITH US AS WELL. HE'S GOING TO BE HANDLING THE
01:55:30 ARTISTS CERTIFICATION PROCESS. SO IT WILL BE A PRIORITY FOR
01:55:33 ARTISTS AND PEOPLE WILL PRE QUALIFY AS ARTISTS SO IT MAKES
01:55:36 IT EASIER TO DO THAT LEASE UP AND THE DEVELOPMENT SPONSOR IS
01:55:40 MERCY HOUSING. FIONA REDDY, THE PROJECT
01:55:44 MANAGER FROM MERCY IS HERE AND IT'S IN COLLABORATION WITH
01:55:47 ARTISTS HUB ON MARKET WHO WILL OPERATE THE ART SPACES IN THE
01:55:52 BUILDING SO BE 94 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THE
01:55:57 PROPERTY ALL AT 80% SAN FRANCISCO OH AM I AM BELOW.
01:56:01 AND THEN WE HAVE SOME RELATIVELY DEEPLY AFFORDABLE
01:56:02 UNITS AS WELL SO THERE'S A GOOD RANGE ACROSS IT AND AND THE
01:56:08 PROJECT INCLUDES A COMMUNITY ROOM WITH KITCHEN LANDSCAPED
01:56:12 ROOF DECK SECURED BIKE PARKING AND PRACTICE AND REHEARSAL
01:56:16 SPACES FOR MUSIC AND DANCE AS WELL AS AN 88 SEAT BLACKBOX
01:56:20 THEATER AND PROGRAMMATIC SPACE FOR ARTISTS HUB ON MARKET.
01:56:23 >> THE FINANCING IT'S ABOUT $90 MILLION IN TOTAL.
01:56:27 VAST MAJORITY 50 MILLION IS COMING FROM THE PHILANTHROPIC
01:56:31 LENDER SMALL PERMANENT MORTGAGE FROM CENTURY IF $3,000,030
01:56:35 MILLION IN TAX CREDIT EQUITY SO THIS BOND ISSUANCE AND THIS IS
01:56:39 A CONDUIT TAX EXEMPT BOND ISSUANCE TO THE CITY TAKES ON
01:56:43 NO RISK FROM THIS. >> IT'S BASICALLY THAT WE ISSUE
01:56:47 IT AND THAT'S HOW IT GETS THIS TAX EXEMPT STATUS WHICH IS WHAT
01:56:50 QUALIFIES IT FOR THE TAX CREDITS.
01:56:53 THINK OF IT AS A SPRINKLING LITTLE MAGIC TAX DUST ON IT
01:56:55 AND THEN YOU GET THE CREDITS WHICH MAKES THIS ALL FEASIBLE.
01:56:58 >> AND THEN THE $2.5 MILLION IN DEFERRED DEVELOPER FEE WHICH
01:57:01 IS JUST CASH FLOW PAID TO THE DEVELOPER OVER TIME WE ARE
01:57:04 GOING TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN JUNE OF 2026 AND BE DONE BY
01:57:07 FEBRUARY OF 2028 AND BE LEASING UP THAT SAME YEAR AND ALL DONE
01:57:14 BY THEN AND WE ALREADY HAVE OUR TAX CREDIT OUR TAX AND BOND TAX
01:57:19 CREDIT AWARD. SO THIS IS REALLY THE LAST STEP
01:57:22 BEFORE WE CLOSE AND START CONSTRUCTION.
01:57:23 >> I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS MY
01:57:27 COLLEAGUES FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION AND MERCY HOUSING.
01:57:30 >> THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE
01:57:33 ROSTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK
01:57:34 ON THIS FORWARD TO SEEING THIS BEING DONE.
01:57:38 >> AND WITH THAT LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
01:57:41 >> YES, IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO
01:57:44 ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE REGARDING THIS ITEM NUMBER SIX
01:57:46 NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. MADAM CHAIR.
01:57:49 WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SEEING A PUBLIC COMMONS PUBLIC COMMENT
01:57:53 IS NOW CLOSE COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD
01:57:57 WITH RECOMMENDATION A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
01:58:00 >> AND ON THAT MOTION TO REFER TO THE FULL BOARD WITH THE
01:58:04 RECOMMENDATION VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER
01:58:07 SADR I CHAIR CAN I CAN I WE HAVE THREE EYES.
01:58:10 >> THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.
01:58:15 AND MR. CLERK, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT
01:58:19 TOGETHER THE YES ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND EIGHT ARE RESOLUTIONS
01:58:27 RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR
01:58:31 THE FOLLOWING ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND GRANTS
01:58:34 FROM JULY 1ST RETROACTIVELY APPROVING THE GRANT AGREEMENT
01:58:38 BETWEEN THE CITY ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:58:41 PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE WATER
01:58:45 RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING BAY
01:58:49 AND OCEAN SHORE LINE WATER SAMPLES FOR PATHOGEN ANALYSIS
01:58:52 FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS FROM JULY 1ST 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH
01:58:58 2028 AND FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY
01:59:01 87,000 AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO
01:59:03 ENTER INTO AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE GRANT
01:59:06 AGREEMENT THAT DID NOT MATERIALLY INCREASE THE
01:59:07 OBLIGATIONS NOR LIABILITIES TO THE CITY THAT ARE NECESSARY TO
01:59:11 EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND ITEM NUMBER
01:59:15 EIGHT HI RETRO PROACTIVELY AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT TO
01:59:18 ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 1 MILLION FROM
01:59:22 THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR
01:59:26 PARTICIPATION IN A PROGRAM ENTITLED DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
01:59:29 CARE SERVICES GRANT OR DHS GRANT FOR SAN FRANCISCO CHINESE
01:59:33 HOSPITAL TO SUPPORT THE NEW ONCOLOGY CLINIC
01:59:37 AND CHEMOTHERAPY CENTER AT THE CHINESE HOSPITAL FROM JULY 1ST,
01:59:40 2025 TO DECEMBER 31ST 2026. >> MADAM CHAIR.
01:59:43 THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. I AM STILL EXPECTING THE
01:59:47 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO PRESENT THIS ITEM ONE AT A
01:59:51 TIME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:59:55 THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.
01:59:56 WHAT A SURPRISE WAS THAT. I'M DOUGLAS OGBONNA WORK OF
01:59:57 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WAS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
02:00:00 DEPARTMENT. THIS IS FOR A GRANT FROM THE
02:00:03 CALIFORNIA STATE WATER RESOURCE BOARD FOR US TO CONTINUE
02:00:04 ONGOING TESTING OF PUBLIC WATERWAYS IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT
02:00:08 ARE NEAR DISCHARGE POINTS IN EVENTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OR
02:00:12 STORMS WHERE WATER MIGHT OVERFLOW INTO PUBLIC WATERWAYS
02:00:15 SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SAFE FOR THE CITIZENS OF
02:00:19 SAN FRANCISCO TO ENJOY THE WATER.
02:00:22 THIS IS FOR $87,000 FROM THE STATE.
02:00:26 IT'S GOING TO HELP PAY FOR PARTIAL TIME OF ONE EMPLOYEE TO
02:00:29 DO TESTING ONCE A WEEK IN THE BAY AND OR THE OCEAN SIDE
02:00:35 AND THIS IS FROM JULY 1ST, 2025 UNTIL JUNE 30TH 2028.
02:00:39 THIS IS A CONTINUING GRANT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
02:00:43 WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS TESTING FOR MANY YEARS NOW TO ENSURE
02:00:46 SAFE WATER WAYS FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
02:00:50 YES, THIS IS A RETROACTIVE AUTHORIZATION AND INFORMATION
02:00:54 HERE AS WELL TOO. BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY
02:00:55 QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS GRANT.
02:00:58 >> THANK YOU. WHERE IS THE PATHOGEN ANALYSIS
02:01:02 POST? IS IT POSTED ANYWHERE?
02:01:03 HOW IS IT PUBLIC? >> IT'S POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.
02:01:07 IT'S ON THE SEPSIS WEBSITE. WE UPLOAD EVERYTHING TO ON
02:01:10 THERE IF THERE ARE ANY OF THE BEACHES DO HAVE HIGH WATER
02:01:11 COUNTS THEY GO OUT AND WE POST SIGNS THAT SAY THE WATER IS NOT
02:01:15 SAFE AND WHEN IT IS RETESTED ON A DAILY BASIS THEREAFTER
02:01:18 AND ONCE THE WATER IS BACK TO ACCEPTABLE QUALITY THE SIGNAGE
02:01:21 IS REMOVED. >> THANK YOU AND WE'RE READY
02:01:22 FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
02:01:39 I'M WILLIE CONOVER. I'M THE COMPTROLLER AT H.
02:01:43 AND WE'RE HERE TODAY TO REQUEST RETROACTIVE APPROVAL TO ACCEPT
02:01:49 AND EXPEND A ONE TIME GRANT OF $1 MILLION FROM THE STATE OF
02:01:51 CALIFORNIA. THIS GRANT COMES FROM SENATE
02:01:54 BILL 105 PASSED BY THE CALIFORNIA SENATE IN SEPTEMBER
02:01:56 2025. THIS FUNDING IS DISTRIBUTED TO
02:02:00 EACH BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
02:02:03 SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING THE NEW ONCOLOGY
02:02:07 CLINIC AND CHEMOTHERAPY AT THE SAN FRANCISCO CHINESE HOSPITAL
02:02:11 IN 20 2526. WHILE THIS FUNDING IS ALLOCATED
02:02:15 FOR CHINESE HOSPITAL, THE SENATE BILL HAS SPECIFIED FOR
02:02:19 THE FUNDING TO GO THROUGH THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
02:02:22 FRANCISCO. THEREFORE 100% OF THIS FUNDING
02:02:25 WILL BE ROUTED DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY TO CHINESE HOSPITAL.
02:02:29 UPON APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF
02:02:30 PUBLIC HEALTH WILL EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH CHINESE
02:02:33 HOSPITAL TO TRANSFER THE FULL AMOUNT.
02:02:38 >> WE'D LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR RETROACTIVE APPROVAL OF THIS
02:02:42 RESOLUTION AS THE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED ON JANUARY 20TH, 2026
02:02:45 FOR A PROJECT START DATE OF JULY 1ST, 2025.
02:02:48 AND NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MICHAEL CHENG, CHIEF EXECUTIVE
02:02:52 OFFICER AT CHINESE HOSPITAL TO GIVE YOU MORE BACKGROUND.
02:02:55 >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
02:02:59 MY NAME IS MICHAEL CHUNG, CEO OF CHINESE HOSPITAL.
02:03:03 THIS IS THE SCREEN IS REALLY SUPPORTED BY THE STATE LESS
02:03:07 LEGISLATURES WHO HAVE WALK THROUGH CHINESE HOSPITAL THAT
02:03:11 WE HAVE ASKED THEIR SUPPORT TO ACTUALLY PUT A PERMANENT HOME
02:03:18 OF OUR INFUSION AND CHEMOTHERAPY CENTERS.
02:03:22 CURRENTLY WE ARE SUSPENDING OUR ACUTE CARE BEDS TO BE THE
02:03:26 TEMPORARY INFUSION CENTER WAS THE SUPPORT OF THIS BILL
02:03:31 AND OTHER FUNDRAISING ACTIVITY. >> WE ARE AIMING TO START
02:03:34 CONSTRUCTION AND HAVE A NEW PERMANENT HOME FOR OUR INFUSION
02:03:38 CENTERS. COULD YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND
02:03:42 THAT SINCE THIS IS $1 MILLION HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO
02:03:45 ACTUALLY BUILD THE ONCOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY AND CAMPBELL
02:03:52 CHEMOTHERAPY CENTER? >> WE PROJECT ABOUT $5 MILLION
02:03:56 AND AND BUT AT THIS MOMENT YOU DO NOT HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT 5
02:03:59 MILLION. >> WE ACTUALLY HAVE ROUGHLY 3.5
02:04:03 MILLION NOW THAT YOU HAVE RACE CORRECT TO BUILD THE CENTER.
02:04:06 >> CORRECT. AND SO AS YOU ACCEPT AS $1
02:04:10 MILLION MY ASSUMPTION IS FOR OPERATION NO FOR THE WHOLE
02:04:14 REMODELING OF THE CENTER. >> SO THE $1 MILLION IS THE $1
02:04:19 MILLION GRANT IS ACTUALLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CENTER.
02:04:22 CORRECT? AND SO THAT IS RIGHT NOW YOU
02:04:25 HAVE 33. 5 MILLION. YES.
02:04:26 AND SO WITH THIS ADDITIONAL IS 4.5 MILLION.
02:04:30 >> CORRECT. AND WITH THE EXPECTATION OF YOU
02:04:34 STILL HAVE TO RAISE ADDITIONAL FIVE.
02:04:35 CORRECT. AND THEN YOU WILL HOW WHAT IS
02:04:38 THE TIMING IN THE TIMELINE TO BUILD A CENTER?
02:04:42 >> WE HAVE STARTED DRAWING SO WE EXPECT TO START CONSTRUCTION
02:04:45 PROBABLY Q3, Q4 OF THIS YEAR AND IT MAY TAKE ABOUT TWO 1 TO
02:04:49 2 YEARS OF A REMODELING OF THE EXISTING BUILDING.
02:04:53 >> AND WHAT IS YOUR PROJECTION OPERATION FUND BOTH IN SOURCE
02:05:00 AND PROJECTED BUDGET FOR THIS CENTER WE EXPECT TO BE
02:05:02 BREAKEVEN ESPECIALLY THIS IS THE CURRENT ONGOING INFUSION
02:05:05 CENTER ALREADY. THIS IS JUST TO FIND HIM A NEW
02:05:09 HOME THAT IS MORE SUITABLE FOR INFUSION PATIENTS WITH A BETTER
02:05:15 ROOM FLOWS DEDICATED PRIVATE ROOM WITH CONSULTATIONS
02:05:19 AND HAVE A SEPARATE WAITING ROOM AND ALSO REGISTRATION AREA
02:05:23 AND AS A CENTER MY ASSUMPTION THE CENTER IS ON SITE AT THE
02:05:27 JACKSON STREET CHINESE HOSPITAL.
02:05:28 >> CORRECT YOU WILL BE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE 1979
02:05:32 BUILDING. >> AND THEN SO YOUR RENOVATION
02:05:35 GOES TOWARDS THE EXISTING BUILDING, CORRECT?
02:05:38 >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
02:05:39 I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
02:05:42 AND SO WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THESE TWO
02:05:46 ITEMS. >> YES, WE'RE OPENING PUBLIC
02:05:49 COMMENT FOR BOTH THESE ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT IF WE HAVE ANY
02:05:52 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE.
02:05:55 >> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SEEING NO PUBLIC
02:05:59 COMMENTS. >> PUBLIC COMMENT HAS NOW
02:06:00 CLOSED I COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THESE TWO ITEMS TO
02:06:06 FULL BORE WITH RECOMMENDATION AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
02:06:09 >> AND NOW THAT MOTION TO REFER BOTH RESOLUTIONS TO THE FULL
02:06:11 BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION AND VICE CHAIR DORSEY
02:06:14 AND DORSEY I REMEMBER SADR SADR I CHURCH AND I CHANT I WE HAVE
02:06:18 THREE EYES THE MOTION PASSES MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE CALL
02:06:22 ITEMS NINE AND TEN TOGETHER? >> YES.
02:06:26 ITEM NUMBERS NINE AND TEN OR RESOLUTIONS APPROVING THE
02:06:32 SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE GRANT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN TENDERLOIN
02:06:34 HOUSING CLINIC INC AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS
02:06:37 AND SUPPORT OF HOUSING EXTENDING BOTH TERMS BY 36
02:06:40 MONTHS FROM JUNE 30TH 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2029
02:06:46 AND AUTHORIZING H S H TO ENTER INTO ANY AMENDMENTS OR OTHER
02:06:49 MODIFICATIONS TO THE RESPECTIVE AMENDMENTS THAT DO NOT
02:06:50 MATERIALLY INCREASE THE OBLIGATIONS NOR LIABILITIES OR
02:06:54 MATERIALLY DECREASE THE BENEFITS TO THE CITY AND ARE
02:06:57 NECESSARY OR ADVISABLE TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THE
02:07:00 RESPECTIVE AGREEMENTS. ITEM NUMBER NINE IS FOR THE
02:07:01 ABIGAIL HOUSING LADDER PROGRAM AND INCREASING THE AGREEMENT
02:07:05 AMOUNT BY APPROXIMATELY 5.5 MILLION FOR A NEW TOTAL AMOUNT
02:07:09 NOT TO EXCEED APPROXIMATELY 15.5 MILLION AND ITEM NUMBER
02:07:13 TEN IS FOR SUPPORT SERVICES, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND MASTER
02:07:17 STEWARDSHIP AT THE GARLAND HOTEL AND INCREASING THE
02:07:21 AGREEMENT AMOUNT BY APPROXIMATELY 7.3 MILLION FOR A
02:07:24 TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE PROXIMATELY 17.3 MILLION.
02:07:28 >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
02:07:32 >> AND WITH THAT WE HAVE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS
02:07:33 AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING HERE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR.
02:07:44 NICE TO SEE YOU ALL. EMILY COHEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT
02:07:46 OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
02:07:48 >> I'M BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH SEVERAL RESOLUTIONS BUT WE'LL
02:07:51 START WITH THE ABIGAIL HOTEL THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD
02:07:56 AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE
02:07:59 HOUSING TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH TENDERLOIN
02:08:04 HOUSING CLINIC FOR OPERATIONS OF THE ABIGAIL HOTEL.
02:08:07 AND THIS AGREEMENT WAS HEARD BY THE HOMELESSNESS OVERSIGHT
02:08:09 COMMISSION IN APRIL. THE RESOLUTION APPROVES THE
02:08:14 SECOND AMENDMENT EXTENDS THE TERM TO JUNE 30TH 2029
02:08:18 AND INCREASES THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT TO $15,496,140.
02:08:28 >> THE TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC HAS BEEN OPERATING THE
02:08:29 ABIGAIL HOTEL SINCE 2021. IT HAS 61 UNITS A PERMANENT
02:08:35 HOUSING IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR THE PROGRAM SERVES 66
02:08:39 INDIVIDUALS. THE VAST MAJORITY 70% ARE OVER
02:08:43 THE AGE OF 55. THE HOUSING LADDER PROGRAM IS A
02:08:46 SMALLER PORTFOLIO WITHIN OUR PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAM
02:08:50 AND IT ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE VERY WELL
02:08:54 IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WHO NO LONGER NEED THE
02:08:55 INTENSITY OF THE SUPPORT SERVICES THERE TO MOVE INTO A
02:08:59 LIGHTER TOUCH ENVIRONMENT. SO WHILE THERE ARE STILL ONSITE
02:09:03 STAFF IT HAS TO LIGHT OUR CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND MORE
02:09:06 INDEPENDENT LIVING ONSITE. AND TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC
02:09:11 HAS PROVIDES BOTH THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, THE LIGHT TOUCH
02:09:15 CASE MANAGEMENT AND MANAGES THE LEASE AS WELL AS CONDUCTING
02:09:18 SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY EVENTS ONSITE.
02:09:21 IT'S A LOVELY BUILDING RIGHT HERE IN CIVIC CENTER IF YOU'VE
02:09:23 BEEN THERE THE ROOMS HAVE KITCHENETTES AND PRIVATE
02:09:28 BATHROOMS AND IT'S A REALLY JUST REALLY NICE BUILDING
02:09:32 AND HAS BEEN A REALLY POSITIVE ADDITION TO OUR PORTFOLIO
02:09:36 IN TERMS OF HAVING A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE UP TO THAT GIVES
02:09:41 THEM MORE INDEPENDENCE WHILE MAKING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
02:09:43 HOUSING UNITS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE IN IMMEDIATE NEED.
02:09:47 I'M ALSO JOINED HERE TODAY BY TABITHA ALLEN FROM TENDERLOIN
02:09:51 HOUSING CLINIC. >> AND WE'RE BOTH AVAILABLE TO
02:09:53 TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE REPORT.
02:09:55 >> THANK YOU. ITEM NINE AND TEN ARE TWO
02:10:03 RESOLUTIONS THAT APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO H.
02:10:07 S H GRANTS WITH TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC THAT EXTEND BOTH
02:10:10 AGREEMENTS THROUGH JUNE 2029. ONE IS FOR THE ABIGAIL HOUSING
02:10:16 LADDER PROGRAM AND ONE IS FOR THE GARLAND PERMANENT
02:10:17 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM. AND THEY'RE BOTH IN THE
02:10:21 TENDERLOIN. THE THESE ARE EXISTING PROGRAMS
02:10:24 SO WE REVIEWED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT AS YOU CAN SEE
02:10:28 THE SUMMARY OF THE OUTCOMES ON PAGE 20 OF THE REPORT YOU'LL
02:10:30 SEE THAT THE PROGRAMS ARE LARGELY MEETING THE OBJECTIVES
02:10:33 OF THE CONTRACT EXCEPT THAT BOTH SIDES THEN EXCEEDED THE
02:10:41 TURNAROUND TIME FOR TURNING OVER UNITS AFTER THEY WERE
02:10:44 VACANT. THERE'S A GOAL IN THE CONTRACT
02:10:46 TO DO THAT WITHIN THREE WEEKS. THE OUTCOMES WERE HIGHER BY 75
02:10:50 AND 120 DAYS OR EXCUSE ME 180 DAYS FOR BOTH SIDES.
02:10:57 THOSE NUMBERS ARE SLIGHTLY INFLATED BECAUSE IT'S SOUNDS
02:10:59 LIKE THC STARTED THE CLOCK TO EARLY WINTER WHEN CALCULATING
02:11:07 THEIR TURNAROUND TIME. SO WE THINK THAT THEY'RE STILL
02:11:11 ABOVE THE 21 DAY TURNAROUND BUT PERHAPS NOT AS HIGH AS THE
02:11:14 PERFORMANCE DATA WE'VE REVIEWED INDICATES.
02:11:17 YOU CAN SEE THE BUDGETS FOR THESE CONTRACTS ON PAGES 21
02:11:21 THROUGH 23 OF OUR REPORT. THE ABIGAIL HOTEL IS $2.1
02:11:25 MILLION A YEAR FUNDED BY PROPOSITION C REVENUES AND THE
02:11:29 GARLAND HOTELS $3.9 MILLION A YEAR FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND
02:11:32 AND FEDERAL FUNDS. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDATION
02:11:36 RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF BOTH RESOLUTIONS.
02:11:40 WE ALSO ARE NOTING AS A POLICY CONSIDERATION YOU KNOW, THESE
02:11:41 ARE THE CITY OVER TIME WOULD BENEFIT FROM OWNING BUILDINGS
02:11:47 RATHER THAN RENTING THEM OVER A 10 TO 20 YEAR PERIOD.
02:11:51 THERE'S FINANCIAL SAVINGS IN DOING SO THERE'S NOT A LOT
02:11:55 OF FUNDING IN THE CAPITAL PLAN TO MAKE THOSE ACQUISITIONS.
02:11:57 >> HOWEVER. >> THANK YOU.
02:11:59 WE APPRECIATE IT. INCLUSIVE OF SOME OF THESE
02:12:04 PHOTOS OF THE SITE. SUPERVISOR SOUDER THANK YOU.
02:12:07 AND FOR THC AND OR H SAGE JUST TO DIG INTO THE PERFORMANCE
02:12:13 MONITORING RESULTS A LITTLE BIT.
02:12:16 YOU KNOW, WE HEARD ABOUT THE TURNOVER MAYBE WHY THAT WAS
02:12:20 INFLATED AND WHY THAT WOULD BE SO HIGH.
02:12:21 BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PARTICULAR METRICS THAT JUST DON'T HAVE
02:12:24 DATA? WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE
02:12:32 PARTICULARLY THE REVIEW OF INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICE PLANS IS
02:12:38 MISSING AS IS THE LEAST VIOLATIONS RESOLUTION.
02:12:44 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH SUPERVISOR SO THESE ARE FOLLOW
02:12:46 UP ITEMS FROM OUR MONITORING THAT WE WILL BE WORKING WITH
02:12:49 THE PROVIDER TO COLLECT AS NOTED IN THE PROGRAM EVALUATION
02:12:52 PROGRAM MONITORING THESE ARE OBJECTIVES THAT NEED TO BE MET
02:13:00 AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THC TO GET THOSE RESUBMITTED TO THE
02:13:04 DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE HAVE THEM ON THE RECORD ON RECORD
02:13:05 AND ENSURE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE IN TERMS OF
02:13:08 THE TURNOVER UNITS. >> THIS IS A CHALLENGE ACROSS
02:13:12 OUR PORTFOLIO. WE HAVE LESS JUST UNDER 400
02:13:18 VACANT UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THAT ARE 400 VACANT UNITS THAT
02:13:22 NEED TO BE TURNED ACROSS OUR ENTIRE PORTFOLIO.
02:13:26 AND THIS IS THE LOWEST NUMBER IT'S BEEN IN QUITE A WHILE BUT
02:13:27 SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY STRIVING FOR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR
02:13:31 PROVIDERS. WE'VE BEEN OFFERING $10,000 PER
02:13:34 UNIT GRANTS TO HELP BRING ONLINE UNITS THAT HAVE
02:13:38 EXCESSIVE DAMAGE. WE DO FIND IN SOME OF OUR
02:13:39 BUILDINGS, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT SERVE OUR HIGHEST ACUITY
02:13:43 POPULATION THAT SOME OF THE UNITS ARE DAMAGED IN A WAY THAT
02:13:47 TAKES MORE THAN 21 DAYS TO REPAIR.
02:13:50 SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS HAVE THE RESOURCES ESPECIALLY
02:13:53 WHEN IT GOES BEYOND SORT OF WHAT'S EXPECTED OR BUDGETED TO
02:13:57 TURN A UNIT. >> THANK YOU.
02:13:58 AND SUPERVISOR CHAN, I DIDN'T PRESENT ON THE GARLAND I DON'T
02:14:01 KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO OR FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
02:14:05 >> OKAY. PLEASE.
02:14:05 SURE. SO THE SECOND ITEM BEFORE YOU
02:14:08 TODAY IS A LEASE RESOLUTION FOR THE GARLAND HOTEL.
02:14:15 >> THIS RESOLUTION WOULD APPROVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT
02:14:18 IN THE GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY HCA AND TENDERLOIN
02:14:22 HOUSING A CLINIC CLINIC. IT WOULD EXTEND THE TERM BY 36
02:14:25 MONTHS AND INCREASE THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT TO A TOTAL OF
02:14:31 17,340,000. THIS AMENDMENT WAS HEARD
02:14:32 AND APPROVED BY THE HOMELESSNESS OVERSIGHT
02:14:36 COMMISSION IN APRIL. >> THE THE GARLAND HOTEL OR
02:14:43 THIS CONTRACT WITHIN THE FOR THE GARLAND HOTEL FUNDS THE
02:14:44 LEASE STEWARDSHIP SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROPERTY
02:14:48 MANAGEMENT ALL PROVIDED BY A SINGLE PROVIDER AT THE HOTEL.
02:14:52 >> THE THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW HOTEL TO OUR PORTFOLIO AND IT
02:14:56 IS A I WOULD SAY WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE IS THE ROOMS ARE QUITE
02:15:02 SIZABLE IN COMPARISON TO SOME OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS AND MOST
02:15:06 HAVE PRIVATE BATHROOMS AND KITCHENETTES.
02:15:09 SO IT'S A VERY DESIRABLE PROPERTY WITHIN OUR PORTFOLIO
02:15:14 AND HAS BEEN A REAL WELCOME ADDITION TO THE HOMELESS
02:15:18 RESPONSE SYSTEMS WHEN WE WOUND DOWN THE THE BALDWIN WHICH WAS
02:15:22 AN UNDERPERFORMING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNIT
02:15:26 BUILDING, WE WERE ABLE TO CONVERT THAT TO A SHELTER
02:15:29 AND MOVE THE TENANTS TO THE GARLAND AND HAVE HAD POSITIVE
02:15:32 OUTCOMES SINCE THEN. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE THE
02:15:39 GARLAND SERVED 79 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS IN THE LAST FISCAL
02:15:43 YEAR AND OVER 50% OF THOSE FOLKS ARE OVER THE AGE OF 55.
02:15:45 SO OUR PCH IS REALLY MEETING A NEED OF OLDER ADULTS IN OUR
02:15:50 COMMUNITY AGAIN INCLUDING SOME PHOTOS OF THE SHARED LAUNDRY
02:15:55 FACILITY AS WELL AS THE PRIVATE BATHS AND STUDIO UNITS WITH THE
02:15:59 KITCHENETTES. AND TABITHA AND I ARE AVAILABLE
02:16:02 FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.
02:16:03 I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE ROSTER AT THE MOMENT AND LET'S
02:16:08 GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THESE TWO ITEMS AS WE'RE OPENING
02:16:11 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR BOTH THESE ITEMS NINE AND TEN IF WE HAVE
02:16:15 ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COALITION OR JUSTICE COMMITTEE.
02:16:18 >> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS.
02:16:21 SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT A CLOSE.
02:16:25 COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THESE TWO ITEM TO FOUR
02:16:28 WITH RECOMMENDATION AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
02:16:29 >> AND ON THAT MOTION OR FOR RESOLUTIONS WITH RECOMMENDATION
02:16:36 VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER.
02:16:37 SAUTER I TURCHIN I CAN I WE HAVE THREE EYES THE MOTION
02:16:44 PASSES. >> THANK YOU AND MR. CLERK
02:16:45 PLEASE CALL ITEM 11 AND 12 TOGETHER.
02:16:51 YES ITEM NUMBERS 11 AND 12 ARE RESOLUTIONS APPROVING THE
02:16:55 SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENTS HOW ITEM
02:16:58 NUMBER 11 IS A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT
02:17:02 BETWEEN THE FIVE KEY SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS AND THE DEPARTMENT
02:17:07 OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORT OF HOUSING FOR THE PROVISION OF L
02:17:10 A SEMI CONGREGATE SHELTER EXTENDING THE TERMS 24 MONTHS
02:17:16 FROM JUNE 30TH 2026 OR A TOTAL TERM OF DECEMBER 15TH 2022
02:17:21 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028 AND INCREASING THE AGREEMENT
02:17:22 AMOUNT BY APPROXIMATELY 12.2 MILLION FOR A NEW TOTAL AMOUNT
02:17:26 NOT TO EXCEED APPROXIMATELY 39.5 MILLION I DON'T REMEMBER
02:17:31 12 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE
02:17:34 GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY FOR THAT STAFF HOW
02:17:37 FOR HOUSING SUPPORT SERVICES PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND MASTER
02:17:41 LEASE STEWARDSHIP AT CORONADO HOTEL EXTENDING THE TERM BY 36
02:17:46 MONTHS FROM JUNE 30TH 2026 FOR A TOTAL TERM OF JANUARY 1ST
02:17:51 2021 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2029 AND INCREASING THE AGREEMENT
02:17:54 AMOUNT BY APPROXIMATELY 6.8 MILLION FOR A NEW TOTAL AMOUNT
02:17:59 NOT TO EXCEED 16.6 MILLION AND BOTH RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZES
02:18:03 H S H TO ENTER INTO ANY AMENDMENTS OR OTHER
02:18:07 MODIFICATIONS TO THE RESPECTIVE AMENDMENTS THAT DO NOT
02:18:11 MATERIALLY INCREASE THE OBLIGATIONS OR LIABILITIES OR
02:18:14 MATERIALLY DECREASE THE BENEFITS TO THE CITY AND ARE
02:18:15 NECESSARY OR ADVISABLE TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THE
02:18:19 AGREEMENTS. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
02:18:22 AND SINCE BOTH ITEMS HAVE BE A REPORT SEPARATELY LET'S DO ONE
02:18:26 ITEM AT A TIME IN PRESENTATION AND THEN BE AWAY AND THEN BACK
02:18:30 TO THE PRESENTATION FOR ITEM 12 AND THEN BE A REPORT.
02:18:34 >> WONDERFUL. THINK YOU CAN CHAIR EMILY COHEN
02:18:37 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE
02:18:38 HOUSING AND BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD
02:18:42 AUTHORIZE H H TO CONTINUE SHELTER SERVICES AT THE ALICE
02:18:45 STREET SAMI CONGREGATE SHELTER THIS AGREEMENT WAS HEARD
02:18:49 AND APPROVED BY THE HOMELESSNESS OVERSIGHT
02:18:50 COMMITTEE IN APRIL COMMISSION EXCUSE ME IN APRIL THE 2ND
02:18:53 AMENDMENT WOULD EXTEND THE TERM BY 24 MONTHS AND WOULD INCREASE
02:18:57 THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT TO $39.6 MILLION.
02:19:03 >> THIS AMENDMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO FUND OPERATIONS
02:19:08 AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AT THE SUMMER CONGREGATE SHELTER ON
02:19:12 ALICE STREET UNTIL THE SITE IS CONVERTED TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
02:19:16 THIS SHELTER PROGRAM SERVES APPROXIMATELY 134 INDIVIDUALS
02:19:22 EVERY NIGHT. MEALS ON WHEELS PROVIDES TWO
02:19:26 MEALS A DAY ONSITE. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
02:19:27 PROVIDES SUCH SHELTER, HEALTH SERVICES AND IN THE LAST FISCAL
02:19:33 YEAR FIVE KEYS SERVED 388 UNIQUE PEOPLE AT THE LAKE
02:19:37 STREET SHELTER THE COST PER BED IS APPROXIMATELY $130 PER NIGHT
02:19:40 PER PERSON. >> 685 ALICE STREET WAS
02:19:44 ORIGINALLY A SHELTER IN PLACE HOTEL THAT WE LEASED DURING THE
02:19:51 PANDEMIC HAS 69 DOUBLE OCCUPANCY ROOMS WITHIN YOU
02:19:55 IN UNIT BATHROOMS. >> IT'S BEEN A VERY EFFECTIVE
02:19:58 TOOL FOR ADDRESSING ENCAMPMENTS.
02:19:59 IT'S A DESIRABLE AND ATTRACTIVE BUILDING.
02:20:03 >> WE HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH FIVE KEYS TO ADD AMBASSADOR
02:20:06 SERVICES IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING TO HELP ENSURE THAT
02:20:10 WE'RE BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND ADDRESSING ANY CONCERNS
02:20:14 THAT HAVE COME UP FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE SITE IS
02:20:18 SCHEDULED TO TRANSITION TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
02:20:19 IN LINE WITH OUR HOMEKEY AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE
02:20:22 IN 2028. SO AGAIN SOME PICTURES ALICE
02:20:26 SHOT THE STREETS OF THE HAS A BEAUTIFUL LOBBY THE NICE
02:20:30 BALCONY YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE PICTURES BATH PRIVATE BATHROOMS
02:20:33 AND IN THE ROOMS THIS IS A PHOTOS OF A VACANT UNIT
02:20:39 AND AFTER THE BAILEY REPORT I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
02:20:41 I'M ALSO JOINED BY BRANDI MARSHALL FROM FIVE KEYS.
02:20:43 >> THERE ARE PROGRAMMATIC QUESTIONS.
02:20:51 >> ITEM 11 IS A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO
02:20:54 THE AGENCIES AGREEMENT WITH FIVE KEYS EXTENDING THE
02:20:57 AGREEMENT THAT THROUGH JUNE 2028 FIVE KEYS WOULD CONTINUE
02:21:01 TO OPERATE A SHELTER AT 631 ELLIS STREET WHICH WILL THEN
02:21:05 CONVERT TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN LATE 2012 AND WE
02:21:08 SHOWED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT ON PAGE 28 OF THE
02:21:12 REPORT FIVE CASES LARGELY MEETING THE GOALS OF THE
02:21:15 CONTRACT AND YOU CAN SEE THE BUDGET FOR THE CONTRACT ON PAGE
02:21:19 30 OF THE REPORT. THIS IS A $6.34 MILLION A YEAR
02:21:23 PROGRAM FUNDED BY A MIX OF A STATE GRANT FOR THE MOST PART
02:21:29 AS WELL AS GENERAL FUND FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS OR
02:21:32 STREET AMBASSADORS THAT WERE ADDED IN SEPTEMBER 2025
02:21:37 AND THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING TO EXTEND FOR THE
02:21:41 NEXT TWO YEARS TO ADDRESS NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS OR ON
02:21:45 STREET CONDITIONS. THAT PROPOSAL IS PART OF THE
02:21:49 DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT'S PENDING AT THE MAYOR'S
02:21:53 OFFICE AND MAY BE PART OF THE BUDGET THAT YOU REVIEW IN JUNE.
02:21:57 BUT WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ITEM 11.
02:22:02 GREAT, GREAT. EMILY CURRAN AGAIN DEPARTMENT
02:22:22 OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
02:22:23 MY FINAL ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD
02:22:25 AUTHORIZE HSA TO ENTER INTO A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE
02:22:29 AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNITY FORWARD FOR OPERATIONS OF THE
02:22:32 CORONADO HOTEL. THIS ITEM WAS HEARD
02:22:36 AND APPROVED BY THE HOMELESSNESS OVERSIGHT
02:22:37 COMMISSION ON APRIL 2ND. THE SECOND AMENDMENT WOULD
02:22:39 EXTEND THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNITY
02:22:43 FORWARD TO JUNE 30TH 2029 AND INCREASE THE NOT TO EXCEED
02:22:46 AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY $16.7 MILLION BASED ON
02:22:52 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BLR. WE ARE GOING TO PARE DOWN THIS
02:22:56 CONTRACT TO A ONE YEAR EXTENSION AND I CAN READ THE
02:22:59 AMENDMENTS INTO THE RECORD AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION BUT
02:23:02 THIS AGREEMENT FUNDS COMMUNITY FORWARD SAN FRANCISCO TO
02:23:09 OPERATE THE TORNADO HOTEL WHICH IS 65 UNITS OF PERMANENT
02:23:12 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY
02:23:15 SINCE 2025. COMMUNITY FORWARD PROVIDES BOTH
02:23:16 THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND THE ONSITE SUPPORT SERVICES
02:23:20 AND LAST FISCAL YEAR SERVED 78 ADULTS AT THIS PROGRAM.
02:23:26 >> THIS THE POPULATION SERVED HERE ARE FORMERLY HOMELESS
02:23:31 ADULTS WITHOUT CHILDREN. >> COMMUNITY GO FORWARD PRIDE
02:23:34 THEMSELVES ON PROVIDING TRAUMA INFORMED SERVICES PARTICULARLY
02:23:38 IN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT INCLUDING FOCUS ON
02:23:42 BENEFITS AND HOUSING STABILITY SUPPORT WELLNESS AND COMMUNITY
02:23:46 GROUPS AND SOCIAL GATHERINGS. THE CORONADO CREATES LONG TERM
02:23:50 STABILITY. THE AVERAGE TENANT HAS LIVED AT
02:23:51 THE CORNERSTONE FOR OVER FIVE YEARS AND THERE WERE ZERO
02:23:54 EVICTIONS IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.
02:23:58 THE SLIDE ALSO SHOWS SOME IMAGES OF A THE HALLWAY AND THE
02:24:01 VACANT ROOM AT THE COURT AUDIO GIVEN THE CORRECTIVE ACTION
02:24:06 THAT IS OPEN BETWEEN HCA AND COMMUNITY FORWARD WE HAVE
02:24:13 ACCEPTED THE BLR RECOMMENDATION TO REDUCE THE GRANT EXTENSION
02:24:17 TO ONE YEAR AND THAT WOULD BRING THE SORRY THAT WOULD WE
02:24:24 NEED TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION TO DO THAT AND IF THE CHAIR WOULD
02:24:28 LIKE WE'VE SUBMITTED THE REDLINE VERSION TO THE CLERK
02:24:29 AND THE CHAIR BUT HAPPY TO READ THAT INTO THE RECORD.
02:24:32 >> PLEASE READ OUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT CHANGING SO WE WOULD BE
02:24:35 AMENDING PAGE ONE LINE NINE AND PAGE TWO LINE 15 TO
02:24:39 DECREASE THE AMOUNT ADDED TO 2,000,001 HUNDRED AND 15,556
02:24:48 PER NEW TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $11,907,978.
02:25:02 THIS IS ON PAGES ONE, LINE TWO AND NINE AND PAGES TO PAGE TWO
02:25:07 LINE 16 AND THEN AMENDING PAGE ONE, LINE SEVEN AND PAGE TWO
02:25:14 LINE 14 TO SHORTEN THE PROPOSED EXTENSION TO 12 MONTHS RATHER
02:25:17 THAN 36 FOR A NEW TOTAL TERM CONCLUDING IN 2027 AS REFLECTED
02:25:23 ON PAGE ONE, LINE EIGHT AND PAGE TO LINE 14.
02:25:29 AND HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
02:25:30 I'M ALSO JOINED SORRY BY COMMUNITY FORWARD'S
02:25:33 CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS WHO ARE HERE TO HELP RESPOND TO
02:25:36 QUESTIONS. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISOR IS
02:25:40 CHRISTINA MALEMA FROM THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE
02:25:43 ANALYST'S OFFICE. THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION WOULD
02:25:45 AMEND AN EXISTING AGREEMENT BETWEEN SAGE AND COMMUNITY
02:25:49 FORWARD FOR SUPPORT SERVICES, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
02:25:52 AND MASTERLY STEWARDSHIP AT THE CORONADO HOTEL A PERMANENT
02:25:55 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SITE TO EXTEND THE TERM BY THREE YEARS
02:25:59 THROUGH JUNE 2029. >> EXHIBIT THREE ON PAGE 38 OF
02:26:03 OUR REPORT SHOWS THE BASIS OF THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT.
02:26:06 THE ANNUAL COST OF THE PROGRAM IS 2.1 MILLION IT'S FUNDED BY
02:26:09 THE GENERAL FUND AND PROPOSITION C WE COULD NOT
02:26:12 EVALUATE PROGRAM PERFORMANCE DUE TO DATA AND UNRELIABILITY
02:26:17 IN THE MOST RECENT PROGRAM MONITORING AND LACK OF DATA
02:26:21 IN THE PRIOR TWO YEARS. THEREFORE WE ARE RECOMMENDING A
02:26:25 ONE YEAR EXTENSION RATHER THAN A THREE YEAR EXTENSION TO ALLOW
02:26:28 HCA TO IMPROVE ITS PROGRAM MONITORING AND TO REPORT BACK
02:26:32 WITH AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD NEXT YEAR.
02:26:34 THEREFORE RECOMMENDING A REDUCTION IN THE NOT TO EXCEED
02:26:38 AMOUNT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE DEPARTMENT JUST READ INTO THE
02:26:42 RECORD AND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION AS AMENDED.
02:26:46 >> THANK YOU. I THINK MY IT'S OVERALL COMMENT
02:26:50 AND NOT NECESSARY TO THESE TWO ITEMS NOR DO TWO ITEMS BEFORE
02:26:57 IS THAT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M NOTICING IS THEY ARE ALL GRANT
02:27:01 AMENDED AGREEMENT AMENDMENTS AND CONTRACT.
02:27:05 AGREEMENT AMENDMENT AND THE EXTENSION VARIES BETWEEN YOU
02:27:09 KNOW HERE'S 2027 AND AN UP TO 2029 YOU KNOW I THINK THAT
02:27:12 EXCESS IS STILL GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WE PROCURE A
02:27:20 MAJORITY OF YOUR LEASES AND AGREEMENTS HOW IS THAT
02:27:23 PROCESS GOING? >> THANK YOU CHAIR.
02:27:28 CHAIR AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE TALKING
02:27:29 ABOUT REAPER COMMITTEE FOR SOME TIME.
02:27:32 WE HAVE A MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT PLAN THAT HAS STARTED.
02:27:35 WE'VE RE PROCURED SOME OF OUR PROGRAMING UNDER THAT PURVIEW
02:27:39 AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE REST OF IT.
02:27:42 GIVEN DIRECTOR MIX PATTERNS AND PENDING PENDING RETIREMENT
02:27:46 WE HAVE PAUSED THE RE PROCUREMENT SCHEDULE TO ALLOW
02:27:50 FOR OUR NEW DIRECTOR TO COME IN IN JUNE AND TO INFORM THAT
02:27:54 PROCESS MORE THOROUGHLY. WE HAVE A ROBUST TIMELINE.
02:27:58 THESE GRANT AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACT AMENDMENTS ARE ALL
02:28:01 INTENDED TO EXTEND INTO THE REAPER COMMIT SO WE'RE HOPING
02:28:03 TO MAINTAIN THAT TIMELINE BUT WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE THE NEW
02:28:06 DIRECTOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO PUT HIS STAMP ON THE RE
02:28:09 PROCUREMENT. UNDERSTOOD.
02:28:10 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT EXPLANATION AND SO WITH THAT
02:28:13 COLLEAGUES, LET'S GO TO A PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THESE TWO
02:28:15 ITEMS. YES, WE'RE OPENING PUBLIC
02:28:17 COMMENT FOR BOTH THESE ITEMS 11 AND 12 IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS
02:28:20 OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE.
02:28:24 >> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SEEN ON PUBLIC COMMENT
02:28:28 IT PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED .
02:28:32 >> COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST MOVE ITEM 11 TO FULL
02:28:35 BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE AND ON A
02:28:38 MOTION TO REFER ITEM 11 TO THE FULL BOARD WITH THE
02:28:40 RECOMMENDATION. VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I'M
02:28:43 AMBASSADOR SOUDER I CHURCH AND I JANAI WE HAVE THREE EYES
02:28:48 THE MOTION PASSES AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND ITEM 12
02:28:55 AS PROPOSED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND SEND THE AMENDED ITEM TO A
02:28:59 FULL BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION AND A ROLL CALL PLACE AND ON
02:29:02 THAT MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS AS SO OFFERED BY THE
02:29:07 DEPARTMENT AND TO REFER THE RESOLUTION TO THE FULL BOARD
02:29:10 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED.
02:29:11 >> PLACE JARED DORSEY DORSEY HIGH MEMBER SAUTER SAUTER I
02:29:14 CHAIR CHAN I CAN I HAVE THREE EYES A MOTION PASSES THANK YOU
02:29:21 MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER 13.
02:29:25 >> YES ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING
02:29:28 AND AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY ON BEHALF OF THE DRUG
02:29:31 MARKET AGENCY COORDINATION CENTER TO EXECUTE THE LEASE
02:29:35 WITH. 33 EIGHTH STREET LLC FOR A
02:29:38 PORTION OF THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 33 EIGHTH STREET FOR
02:29:42 A TERM OF EIGHT A SORRY FOR A TERM OF TEN YEARS AND FOUR
02:29:48 MONTHS HAD AN INITIAL ANNUAL BASE RENT OF APPROXIMATELY
02:29:52 448,000 WITH 3% ANNUAL INCREASES EFFECTIVE UPON
02:29:55 APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION AND THE MAYOR.
02:29:58 AND UPON EXECUTION BY THE DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY
02:30:02 AND AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY TO ENTER INTO
02:30:04 AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE LEASE THAT DID NOT
02:30:07 MATERIALLY INCREASE THE OBLIGATIONS NOR LIABILITIES TO
02:30:11 THE CITY AND ARE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THE
02:30:12 LEASE OR THIS RESOLUTION. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
02:30:15 AND TODAY WE HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE.
02:30:18 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR .
02:30:22 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE CHRIS CANNING WITH THE POLICE
02:30:23 DEPARTMENT. I AM HERE AS THE CAPTAIN OF THE
02:30:26 ADMINISTRATION BUREAU. ALL OF THE POLICE FACILITIES
02:30:30 ARE ONE OF MY RESPONSIBILITIES. I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE AT
02:30:31 THE REAL ESTATE DIVISION MANAGER JEFF SWISS AS WELL AS
02:30:34 COMMANDER AHEARN WHO COMMANDS THE.
02:30:38 DEMAK I'LL GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT THE
02:30:43 OPERATION OF THE DEMAK THE DRUG MARKET AGENCY COORDINATION
02:30:46 CENTER, THE MR. SUISSE WILL GO INTO PARTICULARS ABOUT THE
02:30:50 LEASE TERMS AND THEN WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS FOR
02:30:55 OTHER COMMITTEE. >> WE ARE HERE TO SEEK YOUR
02:30:58 SUPPORT FOR THIS MOVE. A BIT OF BACKGROUND.
02:31:02 MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
02:31:03 THE DRUG MARKET AGENCY COORDINATION CENTER WAS KICKED
02:31:07 OFF IN 2023 BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A COMBINED EFFORT
02:31:13 TO TACKLE SOME OF THE SOPHISTICATED AND COMPLEX
02:31:17 CHALLENGES OF THE MID MARKET AREA.
02:31:20 THERE ARE A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT THE POLICE
02:31:22 DEPARTMENT COORDINATES WITH ON A DAILY BASIS.
02:31:24 >> THE PROPOSAL FOR YOU IS ADD A REQUEST FOR THE LOCATION
02:31:32 AND TO SHIFT TO A MORE UM A MORE APPROPRIATE FACILITY FOR
02:31:40 THESE ENFORCEMENT AND COORDINATION OPERATION INS.
02:31:44 I WILL SAY THAT THE LENGTH OF THE DRUG MARKET AGENCY
02:31:49 COORDINATION CENTER HAS BEEN IN THE MID BLOCK OF 1100 THE
02:31:52 MID 1100 BLOCK OF MARKET STREET BETWEEN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH
02:31:56 STREETS. THIS LOCATION THAT WE'RE
02:31:57 LOOKING TO MOVE TO WILL SERVE A NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS AND WILL
02:32:00 ALLOW FOR THE NIMBLE RESPONSE FROM THE AGENCY COORDINATION
02:32:04 CENTER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE THAT THE QUICKLY MODIFYING
02:32:09 STREET CONDITIONS IN THE MID-MARKET AREA.
02:32:12 THIS IS GOING TO BE A 24 SEVEN OPERATION.
02:32:16 AND WITH THAT, MR. SWEETS, IF I COULD TROUBLE YOU TO GO OVER
02:32:19 THE PARTICULARS OF THE LEASE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR
02:32:20 QUESTIONS COMMITTEE THANK YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY.
02:32:23 THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU DO SO IF I MAY
02:32:26 INTERRUPT MY APOLOGIES. I THINK IF I UNDERSTAND THAT
02:32:27 CORRECTLY DOES SUPERVISOR DORSEY NEED TO RECUSE HIMSELF
02:32:31 AND ON THIS ITEM IF I COULD I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.
02:32:34 I'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A I AM THE MY LANDLORD
02:32:38 IS HERE IS THE LANDLORD FOR THIS PROJECT AND I'VE BEEN
02:32:41 ADVISED THAT I SHOULD RECUSE MYSELF AND I HAVE TO ACTUALLY I
02:32:43 HAVE TO LEAVE ANYWAY. >> BUT IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION
02:32:46 TO RECUSE ME. UNDERSTOOD.
02:32:49 >> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO RECUSE SUPERVISOR VICE CHAIR
02:32:51 DORSEY ON THIS ITEM AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
02:32:57 >> AND ON THAT MOTION TO EXCUSE VICE CHAIR DORSEY FROM VOTING
02:33:01 ON THIS ON THIS ITEM. AMBASSADOR SAUTER I CHURCHILL I
02:33:05 CAN I WE HAVE TWO I FOR THE VICE CHAIR DORSEY EXCUSE THE
02:33:09 MOTION PASSES AND WITH THAT MY APOLOGIES PLEASE CONTINUE WHERE
02:33:15 IS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHAN
02:33:19 SUPERVISOR SOUDER AS CAPTAIN CANNING DESCRIBED THE WE'RE
02:33:23 LOOKING TO WE'RE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL OF RELOCATING THE D
02:33:27 MAC FACILITY THERE CURRENTLY IN THE EIGHTH FLOOR OF 1145
02:33:33 MARKET STREET. WE WOULD BE MOVING THEM TO A
02:33:34 STREET NOT FAR AWAY THE. THE SITE AS DESCRIBED IS MORE
02:33:41 APPROPRIATE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INCLUDING A LOT OF FEATURES
02:33:42 THAT WOULD THAT ARE UNIQUE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT BUILD OUT THE
02:33:48 LEASE TERM THE LEASE IS $448,224 PER YEAR.
02:33:54 IT IS IT'S A TERM OF TEN YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS.
02:33:58 THE LANDLORD IS BUILDING OUT THE SITE AT THEIR SOLE COST SO
02:34:05 APPROXIMATELY A $3 MILLION BUILD OUT.
02:34:06 BECAUSE IT REQUIRES HARDENING, IT REQUIRES BALLISTIC GLASS
02:34:10 BALLISTIC PANELS, A SECURE STEEL ENCASED ARMORY FOR
02:34:14 FIREARMS AND SAFETY. ALONG THOSE LINES LOCKERS
02:34:20 AND HAS A UNIQUE FEATURE THAT THERE ARE ELEVATORS WITHIN THE
02:34:25 UNITS THEMSELVES THAT DROP DIRECTLY ONE FLOOR DOWN TO THE
02:34:26 PARKING GARAGE SO ACCESS TO THEIR VEHICLES BECOMES A MUCH
02:34:32 QUICKER. FOR MUCH QUICKER THE FIRST
02:34:39 COUPLE OF YEARS OF THIS WE ALSO HAVE RENOVATING IN THE AMOUNT
02:34:44 OF TWO MONTHS FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE LEASE THAT WAS TO
02:34:47 KEEP IT REVENUE NEUTRAL GOING FORWARD WITH THE CHALLENGES
02:34:51 THAT WE ALL HAVE IN THE BUDGET SO THAT'S WE'RE HOPING YOU
02:34:58 APPROVE THIS. LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY
02:35:01 QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.
02:35:05 THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION WOULD APPROVE A NEW LEASE FOR
02:35:08 APPROXIMATELY 11,000FT2 OF GROUND FLOOR RETAIL SPACE AT 33
02:35:13 EIGHTH STREET FOR A TERM OF TEN YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS.
02:35:15 THE LEASE IS FOR THE DRUG MARKET AGENCY COORDINATION
02:35:19 CENTER OR DEMAK WHICH IS STAFFED ON A 24 HOUR BASIS BY
02:35:24 APPROXIMATELY 70 DEDICATED STAFF FROM THE POLICE
02:35:26 DEPARTMENT, TEN FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND TWO
02:35:28 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
02:35:29 >> DIMOCK IS CURRENTLY LOCATED AT LEAST SPACE ON THE EIGHTH
02:35:35 FLOOR AT 1145 MARKET STREET BUT THEY NEED THEY REQUIRE A NEW
02:35:39 LEASE BECAUSE IS PLANNING TO MOVE STAFF FROM 1 TO 1 GROVE
02:35:45 STREET AND 1380 HOWARD INTO THAT SPACE AND FURTHER THEY
02:35:49 REQUIRE A LEASE SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR FOR EASIER ACCESS
02:35:53 TO THEIR FLEET VEHICLES. >> EXHIBIT TWO ON PAGE 44 OF
02:35:56 OUR REPORT SHOWS THE TOTAL LEASE COSTS WHICH ARE
02:35:59 APPROXIMATELY 5.7 MILLION OVER THE TOTAL TERM INCLUDING RENT
02:36:03 AND OPERATING COSTS IT'S FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND.
02:36:07 ANNUAL COST IN YEAR ONE IS APPROXIMATELY APPROXIMATE
02:36:11 411,000 INCREASING TO APPROXIMATELY 426 526,000
02:36:16 IN YEAR THREE WHEN RENT ABATEMENT ENDS IT'S THE COST IS
02:36:20 COMPARABLE TO THE EXISTING LEASE IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS
02:36:25 DURING RENT ABATEMENT. >> BUT WHEN RENT ABATEMENT ENDS
02:36:26 THE COST IS ABOUT 20% GREATER STARTING IN YEAR THREE OR ABOUT
02:36:32 $88,000 WE NOTE IN OUR REPORT THAT AS A COST SAVING MEASURE
02:36:36 THE CITY COULD LOCATE D-MAX STAFF AND EXISTING CITY OWNED
02:36:40 SPACE BECAUSE WHEN DIMOCK WAS FORMED IT WAS FORMED WITH
02:36:43 EXISTING STAFF THAT WERE LOCATED IN CITY OWNED
02:36:46 FACILITIES. BUT WE ARE RECOMMENDING
02:36:47 APPROVAL OF ITEM 13. >> THANK YOU.
02:36:54 >> I DO APPRECIATE THIS TRANSITIONS AND JUST THINKING
02:37:02 ABOUT RELOCATION OF OPERATIONS I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS
02:37:05 OVERALL WHERE AS APD IS WITH ITS OPERATION BIZARRE
02:37:09 IN ADDITION TO DEMAND MAYBE MAYBE MAYBE CAPTAIN KENYON'S
02:37:17 NOT THE PERSON TO ANSWER IT DOES.
02:37:18 BUT I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT YOU CAN KIND OF ENLIGHTEN US A
02:37:20 LITTLE BIT OF WHAT AS APD OVERALL STRATEGY AND THINKING
02:37:25 NOT JUST ABOUT MACK BUT ALSO ARCTIC AND OVERALL THE CAPITAL
02:37:31 NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT. >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE
02:37:33 QUESTION MADAM CHAIR AND ALL THAT.
02:37:36 COMMANDER AHERN CORRECT ME IF THERE ARE ANY THINGS THAT I
02:37:38 MISSPEAK ON BUT OVERALL THE BROAD STRATEGY FROM THE POLICE
02:37:41 DEPARTMENT IS TETHERED I THINK TO THE NEEDS OF SPECIFICALLY
02:37:46 THE MID-MARKET AREA. AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS
02:37:50 ACTUAL FACILITY AND THE LENGTH OF THE LEASE IN ONE THING THE
02:37:57 POLICE DEPARTMENT SCHOOLS ARE TO DO IS TO STABILIZE THE AREA
02:37:58 TO PROVIDE THE SPACE AND THE ABILITY FOR POSITIVE ACTIVATION
02:38:05 TO FALL IN ON THE BACKSIDE. SO I THINK THIS TRANSITION
02:38:09 SSION IS CONSISTENT WITH CITY GOALS TO PROVIDE THE NOT ONLY
02:38:13 THE STABILITY, THE VITALITY OF THE MID-MARKET AREA AND BROADLY
02:38:17 SPEAKING THIS IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENT TO THAT
02:38:21 EFFORT THE ARCTIC I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT AS IT RELATES TO THIS
02:38:25 BUT I CAN'T SAY IT OVERALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S GOALS ARE
02:38:29 TO CONSOLIDATE OUT THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS AND THE
02:38:33 FACILITIES TO BOTH MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
02:38:37 THE DEMANDS OF THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO CONSOLIDATE A LOT OF
02:38:41 THE DISPARATE OPERATIONS THAT THAT THAT THAT THAT WE HAVE
02:38:46 TODAY. >> AND WHEN YOU MEAN
02:38:49 CONSOLIDATION DO YOU MEAN CONSOLIDATION OF THE PHYSICAL
02:38:52 LOCATIONS OR CONSOLIDATION OF OPERATIONS IN AS MUCH AS IT'S
02:38:56 POSSIBLE BOTH HOWEVER IN THIS INSTANCE THE OPERATION OF THE
02:39:00 DEMAK LOCATION WHILE IT IS SEPARATE INITIALLY AS I CAN
02:39:04 SPEAK TO THIS PARTICULARLY JUST IN MY OWN ANECDOTAL PERSONAL
02:39:08 EXPERIENCE WHEN I WAS THE CAPTAIN OF TENDERLOIN IN 2021
02:39:11 TO 2022 WE WENT THROUGH AN EFFORT WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL
02:39:15 STATION ATTEMPTED TO MEET THE VERY SIGNIFICANT NEEDS THAT THE
02:39:19 MID-MARKET AREA REQUIRED AND THIS ITERATION WITH HAVING
02:39:25 A DEDICATED STAFF ALLOWING THE DISTRICT STATION OPERATIONS TO
02:39:30 CONTINUE SEPARATE FROM THE VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THIS
02:39:31 PARTICULAR AREA. WE FOUND THIS TO BE A MUCH MORE
02:39:34 EFFECTIVE STRATEGY. I THINK THE PERIOD OF THE LEASE
02:39:41 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE DEPARTMENT TO STABILIZE
02:39:46 AND IMPROVE THE MID-MARKET AREA.
02:39:47 AND IN TERMS OF CONSOLIDATION, THAT'S WHAT I'M SPEAKING TO.
02:39:53 THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO IF YOU COULD
02:39:54 RELATE THIS BACK TO YOUR TEAM IS THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
02:40:00 BUDGET PROCESS FROM SPEEDY TO ARTICULATE A VISION AND A
02:40:04 STRATEGIC PLAN AROUND CAPITAL PLANNING OVERALL WITH THE
02:40:08 UNDERSTANDING THAT EVEN ARCTIC'S LEASE IS UP BY THE END
02:40:13 OF THIS YEAR CALENDAR YEAR BY DECEMBER 2026.
02:40:18 >> I'M NERVOUS FOR THE DEPARTMENT FRANKLY.
02:40:22 I THINK IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE EVALUATION
02:40:26 OF THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST THAT DIMMOCK HAS A
02:40:30 PERMANENT WHILE A TEN YEAR SPACE FOR THE NEXT DECADE.
02:40:34 BUT I AM NERVOUS AND I AM EAGER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SPEED'S
02:40:39 VISION AND PROJECTED PLAN FOR ARCTIC AND COMBINATION OF LIKE
02:40:46 HOW THIS WOULD WORK TO BE PART OF THE DEMAK AND IN ALL YOUR
02:40:53 OTHER CAPITAL NEST LIKE NEEDS OVERALL THE NEXT DECADE.
02:40:57 >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
02:41:00 >> AND SO WITH THAT LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
02:41:02 YES, WE'RE OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER 13
02:41:05 IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS
02:41:09 COMMITTEE. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO
02:41:10 SPEAKERS SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
02:41:13 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM
02:41:17 TO A FULL BOARD RECOMMENDATION AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
02:41:21 >> AND ON THAT MOTION TO REFER TO THE FULL BOARD WITH
02:41:22 RECOMMENDATION MEMBER SAUTER SADR I CHURCH AND I CAN I WE
02:41:29 HAVE TO I SAID VICE CHAIR DORSEY EXCUSED THE MOTION
02:41:30 PASSES AND THANK YOU AND WITH THAT MR. CLERK DO YOU HAVE ANY
02:41:35 OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY? >> I MADAM CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES
02:41:37 OUR BUSINESS. THANK YOU.
02:41:39 AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED