00:00:08 AND GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.
00:00:13 THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER. WELCOME TO THE JULY EIGHT, 2026
00:00:16 OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
00:00:17 >> I'M SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHAN, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
00:00:20 I'M JOINED BY VICE CHAIR SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY
00:00:23 AND MEMBERS OF REISER DANNY SAUDER OUR CLERK.
00:00:27 >> IT'S BRANT SALIBA. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU JEAN
00:00:29 LABBADIA FOR FROM AS A CAPTIVE FOR BROADCASTING THIS MEETING.
00:00:35 >> MR. CLERK DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT?
00:00:37 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO
00:00:39 THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SILENCE ALL CELL
00:00:41 PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO PREVENT INTERRUPTIONS TO OUR
00:00:44 PROCEEDINGS AND SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS
00:00:48 PART OF THE FILED IT SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO MYSELF THE CLERK
00:00:50 PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON EACH ITEM ON THIS AGENDA WHEN
00:00:54 YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS CALLED.
00:00:56 PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CHAMBER TO
00:00:58 YOUR RIGHT MY LEFT ALONG THOSE CURTAINS AND WHILE NOT REQUIRED
00:01:02 TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT WE DO INVITE YOU TO FILL OUT A
00:01:03 COMMENT CARD AND LEAVE THEM ON TO TRADE BY THE TELEVISION TO
00:01:06 YOUR LEFT BY THE DOORS IF YOU WISH FOR YOUR NAME TO BE
00:01:09 ACCURATELY RECORDED FOR THE MINUTES.
00:01:10 ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING
00:01:14 IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS EMAIL THEM TO MYSELF THE BUDGET
00:01:17 AND FINANCE COMMITTEE CLERK HAT B.R. E.A. IJA L IPA HAT S.F.
00:01:21 JAIL V.ORG IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT BY EMAIL IT WILL BE
00:01:28 FORWARDED TO THE SUPERVISORS AND ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF
00:01:29 THE OFFICIAL FILE. >> YOU MAY ALSO SEND YOUR
00:01:32 WRITTEN COMMENTS VIA U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO OUR OFFICE
00:01:36 IN CITY HALL AT ONE DR. CARLTON BE GO TO PLACE ROOM 244 SAN
00:01:39 FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA NINE FOUR 102.
00:01:42 AND FINALLY ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON
00:01:46 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF JULY 14TH UNLESS OTHERWISE
00:01:50 STATED. >> MADAM CHAIR.
00:01:53 >> THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. AND BEFORE WE CALL THE ITEMS ON
00:01:54 THE AGENDA, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT WE
00:01:58 HAVE BUDGETED LEGISLATOR ANALYST REPORTS FOR ITEMS ONE
00:02:04 EIGHT AND TEN ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND SO FOR THOSE ITEMS WE WILL
00:02:08 HAVE THE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION FIRST FOLLOWED BY
00:02:09 THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST.
00:02:12 THEN WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:02:15 SO WITH THAT, MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE.
00:02:16 >> YES, ITEM NUMBER ONE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
00:02:20 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM GRANT AWARD AMOUNT
00:02:23 REQUIRING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVAL FOR ACCEPTANCE
00:02:28 AND EXPENDITURE FROM 100,000 TO THE GREATER OF 1 MILLION OR THE
00:02:31 FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT THRESHOLD AMOUNT SET BY THE UNITED STATES
00:02:34 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET STARTING OCTOBER 1ST 2026
00:02:38 REQUIRE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVAL OF A GRANT INCREASE
00:02:43 ONLY IF IT RAISES THE GRANT TO THE APPROVAL THRESHOLD FOR THE
00:02:47 FIRST TIME OR INCREASES A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED GRANT TO
00:02:51 EITHER 110% OF OR MORE OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AMOUNT OR
00:02:56 200,000 OR MORE ABOVE THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AMOUNT.
00:03:00 AUTHORIZE THE COMPTROLLER TO MAKE RULES GOVERNING THE
00:03:01 ACCEPTANCE AND EXPENDITURE OF ANY GRANTS OR GRANT INCREASES
00:03:05 THAT DO NOT REQUIRE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVAL EXEMPT
00:03:08 GIFTS OF LEGAL SERVICES AND LITIGATION RELATED EXPERT
00:03:13 SERVICES FROM THE REQUIREMENT THAT DEPARTMENT OBTAIN BOARD OF
00:03:17 SUPERVISORS APPROVAL TO ACCEPT GIFTS VALUED ABOVE 10,000
00:03:20 AND MAKE OTHER NON SUBSTANTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES TO THE
00:03:23 SECTIONS OF CODE RELATING TO CASH REVOLVING FUNDS
00:03:27 AND ACCEPTANCE AND EXPENDITURE OF GRANT FUNDS.
00:03:29 >> MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU MR. CLERK
00:03:32 AND COLLEAGUES. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE
00:03:33 CONTINUE FROM THE JUNE 6TH JUNE 17TH BUDGET AND FINANCE
00:03:36 COMMITTEE DUE TO THE SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS I
00:03:42 BELIEVE WE DID HAVE PRESENTATION AND WE DID HAVE
00:03:46 THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATOR ANALYST REPORT.
00:03:48 >> SO WITH THAT I, I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE ROSTER.
00:03:51 I BELIEVE WE COULD GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
00:03:55 >> YES WE ARE OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER
00:03:58 ONE IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS
00:04:00 THIS COMMITTEE. >> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO
00:04:03 SPEAKERS SEEN ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
00:04:06 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSE COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
00:04:09 THIS ITEM WITHOUT FURTHER DISCUSSION TO FULL BORE WITH
00:04:13 POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
00:04:16 >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR CHIN TO REFER THE ORDINANCE OF
00:04:21 THE FULL BOARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION VICE CHAIR
00:04:24 DORSEY AND DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER SAUTER I CHURCH CAN I
00:04:28 CAN I WE HAVE THREE EYES THE MOTION PASSES LET'S IF I MAY
00:04:38 CALL ITEMS OUT OF ORDER AS SUPERVISOR MELGAR WILL BE
00:04:42 JOINING US SHORTLY FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO STORE CLERK PLEASE
00:04:45 GO TO ITEM NUMBER. >> ACTUALLY HOLD THAT THOUGHT
00:04:52 MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER TWO.
00:04:55 >> YES. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A MOTION
00:04:56 DIRECTING THE BUDGET AND THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST TO INITIATE
00:05:00 A PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
00:05:03 COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN FISCAL
00:05:09 YEAR 2026 TO 2027. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU
00:05:13 AND WELCOME SUPERVISOR MIRANDA MELGAR TO THE CHAMBER AND THE
00:05:17 FLOOR IS YOURS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR CHAN AND THANK YOU
00:05:22 COLLEAGUES FOR HEARING THIS ITEM.
00:05:25 I WANT TO THANK PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY PARTICULARLY THE
00:05:29 WORKERS AT THE CAL ACADEMY AS WELL AS THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
00:05:30 CAL ACADEMY FOR ATTENDING THIS HEARING AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
00:05:37 IN PARTICULAR TURTON FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP FOR CALLING FOR
00:05:41 THIS AUDIT FOR RAISING CONCERN AND DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS
00:05:46 ABOUT THE FINANCIAL STATUS AND PRACTICES OF THE CALIFORNIA
00:05:50 ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND FOR ALWAYS ALWAYS SUPPORTING
00:05:54 WORKERS IN OUR INSTITUTIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO, THE RECENT
00:05:58 LAYOFFS OF THE WORKERS AT THE CAL ACADEMY IS ALARMING AND WE
00:06:02 ARE HEARING SOME OF THE EXECUTIVE DECISION THAT COULD
00:06:05 HAVE EXACERBATED THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THIS INSTITUTION.
00:06:09 I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS ACTION ON OUR PART AS THE
00:06:13 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS NOT MEANT TO BE PUNITIVE.
00:06:16 WE ARE COLLECTIVELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INSTITUTION AND WE ARE
00:06:20 SUPPORTING THIS INSTITUTION THROUGH OUR GENERAL FUND
00:06:25 DOLLARS. >> WE THINK THAT THE ACADEMY
00:06:29 CAN SUSTAIN ITS CORE MISSION TO ADVANCE CONSERVATION
00:06:33 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING LABOR HARMONY
00:06:37 RESPECT FOR ITS WORKERS AND ALSO FISCAL PRUDENCE.
00:06:40 IT IS ALSO AN ACT OF GOOD GOVERNANCE TO REGULARLY AUDIT
00:06:44 INSTITUTIONS THAT OPERATE ON CITY LAND AND RECEIVE CITY
00:06:48 SUPPORT. THE CAL ACADEMY HAS NEVER BEEN
00:06:52 AUDITED BY THE BLR OR THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE AND I ALSO
00:06:56 REQUEST THAT COLLABORATION WITH THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE TO
00:06:59 LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT REVIEWING ASSETS THAT'S INVESTMENTS
00:07:03 AND HOPEFULLY HELP IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES NOT JUST FOR THE
00:07:08 CAL ACADEMY BUT TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK OF BEST PRACTICES FOR
00:07:11 OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN SIMILAR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CITY WHO
00:07:15 OPERATE ON OUR LAND. WE ARE SEEING A PATTERN THAT
00:07:19 I'M AFRAID WILL CONTINUE IF WE DO NOT TAKE PROACTIVE MEASURES
00:07:23 TO SUPPORT OUR SCIENCE, OUR CULTURE, OUR ARTS INSTITUTIONS
00:07:27 TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL.
00:07:28 WE RECENTLY COMPLETED AN AUDIT FOR THE ZOO.
00:07:31 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT COLLABORATION.
00:07:32 CHAIR CHAN AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL AND SETS THE
00:07:38 ZOO ON A PATH TO SUCCESS. WITH THAT I WANT TO THANK THE
00:07:43 WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN RINGING ALARM BELLS FOR THE PAST
00:07:44 SEVERAL YEARS FOR THEIR TIRELESS DEDICATION TO THE
00:07:47 MISSION OF THE CAL ACADEMY FOR EDUCATING GENERATIONS OF YOUNG
00:07:54 PEOPLE ABOUT CONSERVATION AND THE NATURAL WORLD.
00:07:58 I HOPE THE CAL ACADEMY LEADERSHIP I KNOW THE CALACARA
00:08:02 AND ME LEADERSHIP WILL TAKE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
00:08:04 IMPROVE AND TO HOPEFULLY FORGE A STRONGER PARTNERSHIP.
00:08:07 I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S TEAM
00:08:11 AND THE CONTROLLERS STAFF CAN COME UP WITH A THOROUGH SET OF
00:08:15 RECOMMENDATIONS TO SET THIS ORGANIZATION ON THE PATH OF
00:08:19 SUCCESS AND TO BETTER DEFINE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY.
00:08:23 THANK YOU AGAIN, CHAIR CHAN AND SUPERVISORS DORSI
00:08:26 AND THEATER FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS ITEM.
00:08:30 IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU.
00:08:34 >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MELGAR JUST WANTED TO ADD THE BUDGET
00:08:38 AND LEGISLATOR AND WAS TO WALK US THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE
00:08:39 TIMELINE FOR THE AUDIT AND ALSO AGAIN A REMINDER FOR ALL OF US
00:08:45 IS THAT WE HAVE PUT THE SECOND HALF OF THE COW ACADEMY OF
00:08:52 SCIENCES BUDGET FROM THE CITY AS WELL AS THE SECOND YEAR THE
00:08:55 ENTIRE SECOND YEAR BOTH ON RESERVE.
00:08:59 SO IT IS UPON THE RELEASE IT WILL BE RELEASED UPON EITHER TO
00:09:03 THE CLARIFICATION OF THE TIMELINE FOR THE AUDIT SOMETIME
00:09:07 AT THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
00:09:10 >> SO GOOD MORNING. >> NICK RENARD FROM THE BUDGET
00:09:15 LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE. SO WHEN WE HAVE COOPERATION
00:09:18 FROM AN ODDITY AUDIT TYPICALLY TAKE 6 TO 9 MONTHS THEY CAN
00:09:24 TAKE LONGER IF INFORMATION IS BEING WITHHELD FROM US AS WAS
00:09:28 THE CASE WITH THE ZOO. BUT ASSUMING THAT WE HAVE
00:09:30 COOPERATION FROM THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, I BELIEVE WE CAN
00:09:36 COMPLETE THIS AUDIT WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR.
00:09:37 WE CERTAINLY HAVE CAPACITY TO DO SO WITHIN OUR WORK PLAN WITH
00:09:41 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AND I THINK BY
00:09:45 THAT TIME THE RESERVE WOULD NEED TO BE RELEASED AT THE END
00:09:48 OF THE CALENDAR YEAR WE WOULD HAVE A REALLY CLEAR PICTURE OF
00:09:51 THE LEVEL OF COOPERATION AND BE ABLE TO REPORT TO YOU ON
00:09:55 ACTIVITY WE'VE COMPLETED SO FAR IN THE AUDIT WHAT WE'VE
00:09:58 ACHIEVED RELATIVE TO OUR WORK PLAN AND THE LEVEL OF
00:10:00 COOPERATION WE'RE RECEIVING FROM THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
00:10:03 SO WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT BACK IN THE FALL ON THOSE MATTERS.
00:10:06 >> THANK YOU. AND I DON'T SEE OTHER NAMES ON
00:10:10 THE ROSTER AT THE MOMENT. >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT
00:10:14 ON THIS ITEM. YES, WE'RE NOW OPENING PUBLIC
00:10:18 COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER TWO IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF
00:10:21 THE PUBLIC HOUSE OR JUSTICE COMMITTEE IF I COULD HAVE THE
00:10:23 FIRST SPEAKER HELLO. >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR
00:10:28 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS EMILY ABRAHAM.
00:10:30 I'M THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT THE CALIFORNIA
00:10:33 ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ON BEHALF OF THE ACADEMY I WANT TO
00:10:36 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CARE AND COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE OF
00:10:38 THIS HUNDRED AND 70 YEAR OLD SAN FRANCISCO INSTITUTION
00:10:44 AND WANT TO STATE THAT WE WELCOME THIS AUDIT AND WE
00:10:45 APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS.
00:10:48 AND PLEASE KNOW THAT THE ACADEMY IS FULLY PLANNING TO
00:10:51 COOPERATE AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT TIMELINE THAT THAT
00:10:55 RELEASE OF FUNDS AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS CRITICAL FOR THE
00:10:56 OPERATION OF THE BUILDING AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE
00:11:00 ANIMALS INSIDE THE AQUARIUM. >> AND WE ALSO SEE THIS AS A
00:11:03 HELPFUL STEP IN PROVIDING THE CITY WITH A THOROUGH PICTURE OF
00:11:06 OUR COMPLICATED OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND SHARED
00:11:10 INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND ULTIMATELY WE LOOK FORWARD
00:11:11 TO THE INSIGHTS OF THIS PROCESS THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE AND SO
00:11:14 WE CAN CONTINUE STEWARDING THE WEST COAST'S LARGEST RESEARCH
00:11:18 COLLECTIONS WITH 46 MILLION SPECIMENS AND 60,000 LIVING
00:11:22 ANIMALS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE SAN FRANCISCO FOR GENERATIONS
00:11:26 TO COME. AND THANK YOU TO ALL MY
00:11:27 COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY AS WELL WHO ARE OFFERING THEIR SUPPORT.
00:11:30 SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE ACADEMY.
00:11:33 >> THANK YOU MUCH EMILY ABRAHAM.
00:11:34 NEXT SPEAKER AI GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:11:40 MY NAME IS ELIZABETH TRAVELS LATE.
00:11:41 I AM BORN AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO MOTHER OF AN S.F. USD
00:11:45 EIGHTH GRADER AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A
00:11:49 COMPLETE PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT AT THE
00:11:50 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. PRIOR TO MY ROLE AS FIELD
00:11:53 REPRESENTATIVE FOR SEIU LOCAL 10 TO 1 AND THE WORKERS AT CAL
00:11:57 ACADEMY WORKERS UNITED, A UNION REPRESENTING OVER 350 EMPLOYEES
00:12:01 AT THE MUSEUM I SERVED AS FACULTY AT THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:12:05 ART INSTITUTE AND THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
00:12:08 WHERE I DREW UPON MANY YEARS OF RESEARCH IN THE HISTORY OF MATH
00:12:12 AND SCIENCE TO PROVIDE OUR INTEGRATED CURRICULUM TO
00:12:13 STUDENTS. CERTAINLY MY LIFELONG
00:12:16 RELATIONSHIP WITH SCIENCE WAS FOSTERED BY COUNTLESS VISITS TO
00:12:19 THE ACADEMY SINCE I WAS A CHILD AS FACULTY AT SFA, SFI AND K, I
00:12:23 WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE DETERIORATION AND EVENTUAL
00:12:29 CLOSURE OF TWO IMPORTANT HISTORIC NONPROFITS AS THEY
00:12:33 COLLAPSED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF RISKY DEBT INCREASING WAGE GAPS
00:12:37 AND CARELESS PEOPLE A BROKEN CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY
00:12:41 AND ONGOING ABSENCE OF LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABILITY.
00:12:48 THESE HAVE BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AND THESE HAVE
00:12:55 BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROFOUND LOSSES FOR THE
00:12:59 CREATIVE, INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF SAN
00:13:00 FRANCISCO. >> WHAT I'VE OBSERVED AT CAL
00:13:03 ACADEMY TRACKS A FRIGHTENINGLY SIMILAR PATTERN AND IT BREAKS
00:13:07 MY HEART TO SEE IT. THESE ARE ALL INSTITUTIONS OF
00:13:11 SIMILAR AGE, SIZE AND STRUCTURE WHICH EMPLOY OR A PREVIOUSLY
00:13:15 EMPLOYED PASSIONATE MISSION DRIVEN TALENT AND HAS ENRICHED
00:13:19 HIM THAT HAS ENRICHED SAN FRANCISCO FOR OVER A CENTURY.
00:13:22 THEY ARE ALL FALLING PREY TO SPECULATIVE FINANCING
00:13:23 AND DECADES OF TECH BOOM HYPE IN A WAY THAT LEADS THEM ASTRAY
00:13:27 OF THEIR MISSION AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY PURPORT TO
00:13:30 SERVE. SINCE THE LAYOFF OF OVER 50
00:13:33 EMPLOYEES AT THE ACADEMY THIS SPRING, THE UNION HAS STRUGGLED
00:13:34 WITH MANAGEMENT OVER IMPORTANT REQUESTS FOR FINANCIAL
00:13:37 INFORMATION THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED US IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVES
00:13:41 TO LAYOFF AND KILL. >> THANK YOU MUCH ELIZABETH
00:13:45 TRAVEL SITE NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:13:52 MY NAME IS TEDDY VOLLMANN. I AM THE CHAPTER BOARD
00:13:56 PRESIDENT OF CAL ACADEMY WORKERS UNITED AND I AM HERE TO
00:14:03 SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS AUDIT. I CAN CONCUR WITH WHAT
00:14:07 ELIZABETH JUST SAID IN THAT WE HAVE IN THE COURSE OF THE
00:14:11 BARGAINING OVER THESE LAYOFFS MADE DOZENS OF REQUESTS FOR
00:14:14 FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT WOULD HELP US COLLABORATIVELY
00:14:22 ENSURE THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF THIS INSTITUTION AND IN A
00:14:27 FINANCIAL SENSE FOR YEARS TO COME.
00:14:28 >> AND WE WERE REGULARLY DENIED THIS INFORMATION.
00:14:31 >> I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT JUST IN FOR
00:14:38 EXAMPLE THE EDUCATION DIVISION WHERE THEY RECENTLY LAID OFF
00:14:42 THREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS PRESENTERS THE PEOPLE WHO YOU
00:14:47 WOULD SEE ON THE FLOOR ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS
00:14:51 AND PROVIDING THE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION THAT THE ACADEMY IS
00:14:55 KNOWN FOR AND IS DESIGNED TO TEACH PEOPLE WITH THESE THREE
00:15:02 INDIVIDUALS THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT THEY WOULD BE PAID WOULD
00:15:06 BE SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF 60 TO $80,000 A YEAR.
00:15:10 THESE WERE THREE PART TIME EMPLOYEES AND IN THIS SAME TIME
00:15:17 THE EDUCATION DIVISION IS GOING FROM HAVING TWO DIRECTORS TO
00:15:19 THREE DIRECTORS AND SO THIS IS JUST ONE PERSONAL EXAMPLE THAT
00:15:24 I HAVE SEEN OF A TOP HEAVY MANAGEMENT STYLE THAT IS VERY
00:15:32 OPAQUE AND THIS AUDIT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A VERY,
00:15:39 VERY USEFUL THING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO WHAT THE
00:15:43 ACADEMY IS MEANT TO DO. I REGENERATE THE NATURAL WORLD
00:15:47 THROUGH SCIENCE LEARNING COLLABORATION.
00:15:51 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TEDDY GOLDMAN
00:15:53 NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:15:57 MY NAME IS T.R. MALCOLM. I'VE LIVED AND WORKED IN SAN
00:16:02 FRANCISCO SINCE 2013 AFTER COMING HERE TO PURSUE A
00:16:05 MASTER'S DEGREE IN CREATIVE WRITING FROM SAN FRANCISCO
00:16:08 STATE UNIVERSITY GO GATORS EVER SINCE GRADUATE ING I'VE BEEN
00:16:13 VERY LUCKY TO WORK IN CREATIVE ROLES IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:16:14 INCLUDING AT THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WHERE I
00:16:17 SERVED AS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE IN-HOUSE CREATIVE TEAM
00:16:21 FROM 2022 UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN I WAS LAID OFF ALONG WITH
00:16:25 DOZENS OF MY COLLEAGUES THE BULK OF WHOM ARE CREATIVES THEY
00:16:29 ARE STORYTELLERS, THEY ARE GRAPHIC DESIGNERS, THEY ARE
00:16:31 PHOTOGRAPHERS ONE OF WHOM WAS IN THE ROOM TODAY AND EXHIBIT
00:16:33 DESIGNERS. AMIR A HANDFUL OF CREATIVES
00:16:36 REMAIN BUT AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED AROUND TOWN THERE'S
00:16:38 PLENTY OF MARKETING TO SEE PROMOTING THE NEW CALIFORNIA
00:16:40 ACADEMY OF SCIENCES EXHIBIT VIVID DESPITE THAT EXHIBIT
00:16:43 BEING BROUGHT TO LIFE BY A NOW LAID OFF STAFF.
00:16:47 ALL OF THAT WORK IS NOW BEING DONE BY OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS AS
00:16:50 WILL MOST IF NOT ALL THE MARKETING THESE LAYOFFS ARE NOT
00:16:54 ONLY A HEARTBREAKING LOSS OF 377 YEARS OF INSTITUTIONAL
00:16:58 KNOWLEDGE AT THE ACADEMY BUT THEY'RE DOING SO WITH AN INTENT
00:17:00 TO CONTRACT OUT IS A VIOLATION OF OUR UNION'S CONTRACT.
00:17:03 THIS INVESTMENT IN CONTRACTORS AND AI IS WHY I'M HERE TODAY TO
00:17:07 ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONDUCT THE PROPOSED PERFORMANCE
00:17:08 AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
00:17:12 AS SOMEONE WHO WORKED THERE FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS, IT IS CLEAR
00:17:15 TO ME FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT THE ACADEMY IS FALLING
00:17:18 PREY TO LABOR SHORTCUTS AND CORPORATE GREED AND AS A
00:17:19 RESULT THEIR STANDING AS A VIBRANT CREATIVE CULTURAL
00:17:23 INSTITUTION IS PUT IN JEOPARDY AND WORKERS LIKE MYSELF ARE
00:17:27 SUFFERING. MY HOPE IS THAT THIS AUDIT WILL
00:17:28 PREVENT FUTURE WORKERS AT THE ACADEMY FROM GOING THROUGH WHAT
00:17:31 I WENT THROUGH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
00:17:34 AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
00:17:35 NEXT SPEAKER I'M CHICHEN SUPERVISORS MELGAR GARCIA
00:17:43 AND SOTO. >> MY NAME IS MICHAEL H.
00:17:44 SANTOS. WE KNOW EACH OTHER FROM VARIOUS
00:17:46 ACTIVITIES. I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT
00:17:49 I ALSO SERVE AS A VOLUNTEER DIVER AT THE CALIFORNIA
00:17:50 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR THE LAST TEN PLUS YEARS.
00:17:54 >> SO I'M A VOLUNTEER. I'M NOT GETTING PAID.
00:17:57 I DON'T EXPECT TO. THEY GAVE ME A FRESH WETSUIT
00:17:58 FOR THE DAY WHEN I GET THERE. >> HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE A STUDY
00:18:01 TRAINED MARINE BIOLOGIST SAY IN YOUR THIRD YEAR YOU'RE BEING
00:18:05 PAID LESS THAN THE HALF THE SALARY OF A FIRST YEAR
00:18:09 LEGISLATIVE AID THAT WORKS FOR YOU.
00:18:13 >> YOU KNOW I'M NOT A SOCIALIST .
00:18:16 >> I'M NOT EVEN A PROGRESSIVE. BUT I SEE INEQUALITY NOW
00:18:20 BECAUSE WHEN I SEE IT RIGHT AND I CAN ALSO TELL WHEN
00:18:24 SOMETHING'S BEING MISMANAGED. >> EXECUTIVES ARE RECEIVING
00:18:27 BONUSES IN EXCESS OF $100,000 A YEAR WHILE SPEWING AN
00:18:31 ORGANIZATION THAT LOSES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THAT
00:18:35 SAME YEAR. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG.
00:18:38 SO AS A MODERATE I'M JUST ASKING WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS
00:18:40 ASKING. >> PLEASE CONDUCT A FULL AUDIT.
00:18:42 I WANT TO SEE WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING.
00:18:43 IS IT GOING TOWARDS NECESSARY HEALTH CARE FOR EMPLOYEES OR
00:18:48 FIRST CLASS AIRFARE FOR BOARD MEMBERS?
00:18:50 >> JUST AN AUDIT. OPEN THE BOOKS.
00:18:53 LET'S TAKE A LOOK. THAT'S ALL.
00:18:54 THANK YOU. I'LL SEE AT THE AQUARIUM OR ON
00:18:57 THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. >> THANK YOU MUCH MICHAEL
00:18:59 SANTOS. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
00:19:03 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS KATE MUIR WELCH
00:19:07 AND I AM HERE TO COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF A FULL AUDIT FOR
00:19:10 THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
00:19:11 >> I AM GOING TO OPEN WITH A QUOTE FROM THIS BOOK CALLED
00:19:15 MUSEUMS AS AGENTS OF CHANGE MUSEUMS EVERYWHERE HAVE THE
00:19:23 POTENTIAL TO SERVE AS AGENTS OF SOCIAL CHANGE BRINGING PEOPLE
00:19:26 TOGETHER, COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTING TO LOCAL
00:19:30 COMMUNITIES AND CHANGING PEOPLE'S LIVES.
00:19:31 THE CAL CADEMY HAS CERTAINLY CHANGED MY LIFE OVER THE COURSE
00:19:35 OF MY TIME LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR OVER 60 YEARS.
00:19:39 >> THE LAYOFFS HAVE IMPACTED MY CURRENT JOB WHICH IS AT THE
00:19:45 EXPLORATORIUM, ANOTHER SCIENCE INSTITUTION HERE IN THE SAN
00:19:47 FRANCISCO. THEY HAVE RIPPLES.
00:19:50 THE LAYOFFS HAVE HAD RIPPLES THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM COMMUNITY
00:19:53 IN SAN FRANCISCO WHICH IS VIBRANT AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE
00:19:57 CULTURE OF THE CITY. THE CAL ACADEMY HAS CHANGED MY
00:19:58 LIFE AND IT CONTINUES TO IMPACT ME.
00:20:01 AS A CHILD IT OFFERED ME WITH SEEING BEAUTIFUL CREATURES
00:20:05 AND LEARNED A LOT ABOUT SCIENCE AND IT HAD ME MAJOR IN MARINE
00:20:10 BIOLOGY IN COLLEGE HERE AT UC BERKELEY.
00:20:13 AS A NEW TEACHER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER IN THE 1990S I
00:20:17 PARTICIPATED IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT
00:20:20 HELPED ME BECOME A BETTER TEACHER TO SERVE THE CHILDREN
00:20:21 OF CALIFORNIA AND NOW AS AN EMPLOYEE AT THE EXPLORATORIUM.
00:20:28 I USED TO HAVE A GREAT COLLEGIAL GROUP AT THE CAL
00:20:32 ACADEMY IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP THAT WAS
00:20:36 IN THE EDUCATION DIVISION AND THEY WERE LAID OFF
00:20:37 IN PREVIOUS LAYOFFS. SO AS A COMMUNITY CULTURAL
00:20:40 INSTITUTION SAN FRANCISCO DESERVE TO KNOW HOW FINANCIAL
00:20:44 DECISIONS HAVE IMPACT THE STRUCTURE AND THE RUNNING OF
00:20:48 THE CAL ACADEMY. AND THESE FINANCIAL DECISIONS
00:20:52 CURRENTLY HAVE WEAKENED THE INSTITUTION'S ABILITY TO SERVE
00:20:55 AS A CHANGE AGENT FOR BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, CONTRIBUTING
00:20:59 TO THE SAN FRANCISCO AND INDEED THE WORLD.
00:21:00 AND THE ABILITY TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES WE DESERVE TO
00:21:04 KNOW AND I BELIEVE THAT MY COLLEAGUES IN THE CALIFORNIA
00:21:08 ACADEMY WILL. >> BUT THANK YOU MUCH, KATE
00:21:12 MAYOR WELSH FOR ADDRESSING HIS COMMITTEE AND SEEING NO OTHER
00:21:18 SPEAKERS. >> MADAM CHAIR, THAT COMPLETES
00:21:22 OUR QUEUE SEEING NO MORE PUBLIC COMMONS PUBLIC AND IT'S NOW
00:21:26 CLOSE. >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR THANK YOU
00:21:29 SO MUCH. >> CHAIR TANT IT IS OBVIOUS
00:21:33 FROM PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE COULD BENEFIT FROM THE BLR
00:21:36 STAFF'S EXCELLENT SKILLS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL
00:21:41 COME WITH THIS FULL PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT.
00:21:45 I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AN AREA THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED
00:21:49 ABOUT VERY MUCH THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE MOTION AND THAT IS
00:21:52 THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
00:21:53 SO OUR COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS OVERSIGHT
00:21:57 OVER THE ASSETS AND THE DEBTS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
00:22:02 FRANCISCO. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS
00:22:05 APPROPRIATE HERE. SO OUR MOU IS OUR RELATIONSHIPS
00:22:09 WITH ALL THESE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
00:22:12 CITY THAT OPERATE ON THEIR LAND IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DEPENDING
00:22:17 ON WHERE THAT RELATIONSHIP WAS ESTABLISHED AND WHAT CHAIR CAN
00:22:23 HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON WHILE HER CAPACITY AS A CHAIR
00:22:27 OF THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN OUR DEBT SERVICE, OUR CERTIFICATES,
00:22:32 OUR PARTICIPATION, OUR CAPITAL PLANS ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE
00:22:36 AN INTEGRAL PART OF A BUDGET BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY FRAMEWORK
00:22:40 OR GUIDANCE FOR THE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS THAT OPERATE ON
00:22:44 OUR LAND ABOUT THOSE THINGS. HOW MUCH DEBT IS APPROPRIATE
00:22:48 DEBT? HOW MUCH REFINANCING SHOULD BE
00:22:51 GOING ON? HOW MUCH OF YOUR BUDGET SHOULD
00:22:52 BE GOING TO FINANCE THAT DEBT? THIS INSTITUTION HAS REFINANCED
00:22:56 REPEATEDLY WHICH YOU KNOW IF YOU KNOW FROM LIKE PERSONAL
00:23:00 FINANCE COACHING IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULDN'T DO WHILE
00:23:03 YOU'RE NOT PAYING DOWN DEBT. SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED
00:23:06 IN WHAT THE COMPTROLLER CAN TELL US ABOUT BEST PRACTICES
00:23:10 AND THAT MAY GUIDE THE SUCCESS OF THE ACADEMY.
00:23:11 BUT ALSO IT MAY GUIDE US IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
00:23:15 INSTITUTIONS TO HAVE SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS OPERATING ON OUR
00:23:19 LANDS AND EVEN WITH SOME OF OUR ASSETS.
00:23:22 SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD AND THANK YOU TO YOUR CHAIR
00:23:26 AND FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
00:23:27 AND AGAIN ALWAYS THANK YOU TO THE BLR STAFF FOR THEIR
00:23:30 EXCELLENCE AND THEIR COLLABORATION AND ABOVE ALL
00:23:33 THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE WORKERS FOR
00:23:40 THE FIGHT AND ALSO TO THE LEADERSHIP FOR BEING WILLING TO
00:23:41 UNDERTAKE THIS WITH US. THANK YOU CHAIR JAN.
00:23:45 THANK YOU AND I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT AND I LOOK
00:23:51 FORWARD TO SEEING THE AUDIT. I WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR AND A
00:23:57 REMINDER FOR EVERYBODY I AM ALSO INTERESTED TO UNDERSTAND
00:24:02 THE $200 MILLION ENDOWMENTS THAT ACADEMY OF SCIENCES HAS
00:24:07 THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF $50 MILLION THAT IS ON RESTRICTIVE
00:24:10 ENDOWMENT FUND AND HOW IS THAT MANAGED BY THE BOARD AND THE
00:24:15 ADMINISTRATION ITSELF IN TERMS OF THAT WOULD ALIGN BOTH THEIR
00:24:21 VISION FOR INCREASING VISITOR SHIP AND MAINTAINING THE
00:24:25 SOVEREIGNTY AND OF THE INSTITUTION.
00:24:29 BUT JUST THE REASONING OF WHY THEY END UP MAKING THE DECISION
00:24:37 OF LAYOFF WITHOUT. WAS THERE EVER CONVERSATION
00:24:41 AND CONSIDERATION OF TAPPING INTO THOSE ENDOWMENT TO PREVENT
00:24:44 THE LAYOFF? >> SO WITH THAT I THANK YOU.
00:24:51 SUPERVISOR MELGAR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
00:24:55 WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE AUDIT AND ONCE AGAIN AND I
00:24:57 THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE ANOTHER IMPORTANT INSTITUTION
00:24:59 IN SAN FRANCISCO. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:25:03 LEADERSHIP. AND WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
00:25:05 MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO FULL BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION
00:25:10 AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE. >> AND ON THAT MOTION TO REFER
00:25:11 TO THE FULL BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION VICE CHAIR
00:25:14 DORSEY DORSEY MEMBER SUTTER SAUDER I CHURCH CAN I CAN I WE
00:25:20 HAVE THREE EYES. >> THE MOTION PASSES.
00:25:21 THANK YOU. >> AND MR. CLERK, PLEASE.
00:25:25 ITEM NUMBER THREE. YES.
00:25:26 ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE
00:25:28 RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH
00:25:31 THE SAN FRANCISCO DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
00:25:34 REGARDING POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATIONS AT
00:25:36 EMBARCADERO PLAZA IN SUE BERRYMAN PARK AND TO ACCEPT
00:25:39 CASH GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY 20 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT FOR THE
00:25:43 PERIOD STARTING ON THE EXECUTION DATE OF THE AGREEMENT
00:25:46 THROUGH DECEMBER 2028 AND AUTHORIZING PARK TO ENTER
00:25:50 INTO AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT
00:25:54 PROVIDED THEY DO NOT MATERIALLY INCREASE THE OBLIGATIONS NOR
00:25:58 LIABILITIES TO THE CITY AND ARE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE
00:26:00 PURPOSES OF THE PROJECT OR THIS RESOLUTION.
00:26:02 >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU AND RISE OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO
00:26:06 HAVE OPENING REMARKS? THANK YOU CHAIR AND YOU KNOW
00:26:16 THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR FOR A
00:26:20 NUMBER OF YEARS NOW AND YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW
00:26:24 THIS HAS BEEN A PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
00:26:28 AND YOU'LL SEE THAT REPRESENTED IN THE FUNDING SOURCE HERE
00:26:31 IN PARTICULAR TODAY CONTEMPLATING THE ACCEPT
00:26:35 AND EXPEND FROM THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
00:26:38 YOU KNOW THIS IS A SITE THAT I THINK WE THROUGH CONVERSATIONS
00:26:42 WITH NEIGHBORS AND NEARBY PARTNERS ALL RECOGNIZE THAT
00:26:46 IT'S A FINE SPACE NOW BUT IT CAN BE A LOT BETTER.
00:26:47 IT IS REALLY A RELIC OF ANOTHER TIME, A RELIC OF A TIME WHEN
00:26:51 THERE WAS A HIGHWAY DIVIDING DOWNTOWN AND THE WATERFRONT
00:26:58 AND THAT THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN HEALING AND I THINK THIS IS
00:27:03 MAYBE THE FINAL STEP TO TO UNITE OUR DOWNTOWN, OUR
00:27:06 NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR WATERFRONT ONCE AGAIN.
00:27:10 YOU KNOW AND I'LL JUST REMARK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS
00:27:13 NATURALLY ON THIS BEING A DOWNTOWN PROJECT BUT I WANT TO
00:27:17 MAKE SURE WE DON'T FORGET THAT JUST A BLOCK AWAY WE HAVE A FEW
00:27:21 THOUSAND RESIDENTS PARTICULARLY AT THE GATEWAY AND WE'VE HAD
00:27:25 SUCH ENORMOUS SUPPORT FROM THE GATEWAY TENANTS ASSOCIATION
00:27:29 FROM THE NEARBY BARBARY COAST NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION
00:27:32 RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY A BENEFIT TO THEM.
00:27:36 THERE'S ALREADY A WONDERFUL PLAYGROUND THERE BUT THIS WILL
00:27:38 BRING IN ADDITIONAL AMENITIES THAT WILL REALLY SERVE
00:27:41 NEIGHBORS FIRST AND FOREMOST LIKE A NEW FITNESS AREA AND AND
00:27:44 DOG PARK. SO THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT
00:27:45 FOR THIS AND I WANT TO THANK REC PARK FOR THEIR WORK TO
00:27:49 PIECE ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU.
00:27:55 THANK YOU. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SAUTER
00:27:56 GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHAN SUPERVISOR DORSEY I'M LISA
00:28:00 BRANSTON FROM THE RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT.
00:28:04 I'M DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS AND I'M HERE TODAY AS
00:28:07 SUPERVISOR SAUDER MENTIONED WITH ITEMS RELATED TO THE
00:28:11 RENOVATION OF EMBARCADERO PLAZA AND SUPERMAN PARK SPECIFICALLY
00:28:15 TO ASK YOU TO AUTHORIZE THE RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT
00:28:18 TO ACCEPT UP TO $20 MILLION FROM THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT
00:28:22 CORPORATION OR DDC FOR THE PROJECT AND ALSO TO AUTHORIZE
00:28:26 THE DEPARTMENT TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT GOVERNING THAT GRANT.
00:28:30 SO FOR SOME CONTEXT THESE APPROVALS WILL LAYER IN ANOTHER
00:28:34 PARTNER TO AN EXISTING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT
00:28:37 INCLUDES B P THE DOWNTOWN S.F. PARTNERSHIP AND OFFICE OF
00:28:41 ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OOPS.
00:28:48 SO I WANT TO START WITH SOME BACKGROUND OF HOW WE GOT HERE
00:28:50 AND WHY THIS PROJECT IS SO URGENT AND IMPORTANT.
00:28:53 THIS PROJECT WILL REIMAGINE URGENT AND UNDERUSED PARK INTO
00:28:56 A VIBRANT NEW SPACE. IT WILL TURN A PLAZA DESIGNED
00:28:59 TO STOP PEOPLE AT THE END OF MARKET STREET BEFORE THE
00:29:03 EMBARCADERO FREEWAY INTO AN ACCESSIBLE OUTWARD LOOKING PARK
00:29:08 THAT WILL BETTER CONNECT THE CITY'S WATERFRONT TO ITS
00:29:12 DOWNTOWN AND IT WILL CREATE A WELCOMING FRONT DOOR TO SAN
00:29:15 FRANCISCO. THE PARK'S EMERGING DESIGN
00:29:19 COMES OUT OF THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND THOUSANDS OF
00:29:23 SURVEYS AND OTHER PUBLIC OUTREACH WITH THE GOAL OF
00:29:27 CREATING A SITE THAT MAKES A NEIGHBORHOOD MAKES THE
00:29:30 NEIGHBORHOOD A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE AND WORK.
00:29:34 THE CONCEPT PLAN WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE RECREATION
00:29:37 AND PARK COMMISSION LAST MONTH, FEATURES ELEMENTS THAT WILL
00:29:39 CREATE AN ACTIVE, WELL-USED PARK THAT WILL BRING PEOPLE
00:29:42 TOGETHER AND CONNECT THEM WITH EACH OTHER AND THE CITY.
00:29:49 >> SO THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT ALIGN VERY CLOSELY WITH THE C'S
00:29:53 VISION FOR DOWNTOWN. TOGETHER ALL OF THE PARTNERS ON
00:29:56 THIS PROJECT ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING A PARK THAT WILL
00:29:58 CONTRIBUTE TO AN ACTIVE, THRIVING DOWNTOWN.
00:30:04 >> SO I WANT TO BACK UP IN TIME A BIT AND TALK ABOUT THE
00:30:08 PARTNERSHIP AND HOW WE GOT TO THIS MOMENT IN 2024 BSP
00:30:11 APPROACHED OUR PD AND IWD WITH AN OFFER TO SUPPORT A PARK
00:30:16 RENOVATION WITH $2.5 MILLION IN AN IN-KIND GRANT OF DESIGN.
00:30:23 THE DOWNTOWN ASSET PARTNERSHIP JOINED THE PROJECT AND IN LATE
00:30:27 2020 FOR EARLY 2025 THE COMMISSION AND THEN THE BOARD
00:30:30 OF SUPERVISORS REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE AGREEMENT THAT
00:30:34 CREATED THE FOUR WAY PARTNERSHIP.
00:30:38 SUBSEQUENTLY THE DDC WAS LAUNCHED WITH THE GOAL OF
00:30:41 RAISING MILLIONS TO REVITALIZE THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY ITS
00:30:43 DOWNTOWN. SINCE THE GOALS OF THE
00:30:46 EMBARCADERO PROJECT AND THE GOALS OF THE DDC WERE SO
00:30:49 CLOSELY ALIGNED ALL OF THE PARTNERS AGREED TO WORK
00:30:53 TOGETHER ON THIS PROJECT. WHICH BRINGS US TO THIS MOMENT
00:30:54 WHEN WE ARE SEEKING TO FORMALIZE THIS RELATIONSHIP
00:30:57 WITH THE DDC IN THIS ROLE THE DDC WILL TAKE OVER THE LEAD
00:31:02 IN FUNDRAISING WITH SUPPORT FROM THE FOUR EXISTING PARTNERS
00:31:05 AND IT WILL JOIN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE INITIATIVE.
00:31:08 ALL OF THE PARTNERS ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TOGETHER TO
00:31:10 COMPLETE THE DESIGN AND START CONSTRUCTION BY LATE THIS YEAR
00:31:14 OR EARLY NEXT. SO WE CAN DELIVER THIS PARK AS
00:31:17 QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. >> SO WE EXPECT THE FULL
00:31:24 PROJECT BUDGET TO BE ABOUT $40 MILLION PLUS THE $2.5 MILLION
00:31:28 IN-KIND GRANT THAT BSP IS PROVIDING OF THAT FUNDING THE
00:31:35 CITY IS CONTRIBUTING $18 MILLION FROM VARIOUS PUBLIC
00:31:38 SOURCES INCLUDING NEARLY $14 MILLION FROM THE VIBRANT S.F.
00:31:44 2024 BOND. >> THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP HAS
00:31:49 ALREADY RAISED $2 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT AND THE DDC HAS
00:31:52 COMMITTED TO FUNDRAISING THE ADDITIONAL 20 MILLION.
00:31:55 THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STATE OF THE CAMPAIGN.
00:32:00 IT SHOWS FUNDING IDENTIFIED OR SECURED INCLUDING A MATCHING
00:32:04 GRANT THAT THE DDC IS FINALIZING AND THE
00:32:08 APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION THAT REMAINS TO BE RAISED.
00:32:14 >> SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE THAT THE DDC WILL
00:32:17 JOIN THE PROJECT GOVERNANCE TEAM TO MAKE TO JOINTLY MAKE
00:32:19 DECISIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT. OUR PD AGREES NOT TO MAKE
00:32:22 SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE PARK DESIGN OR FOOTPRINT AFTER THE
00:32:26 CONCEPT PLAN IS APPROVED WITHOUT AGREEMENT FROM THE
00:32:29 TEAM. OUR PD WILL BRING A DONOR
00:32:33 RECOGNITION PLAN TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL
00:32:36 IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE DDC FUNDRAISING WORK.
00:32:37 OUR PD WILL PROVIDE ITS PARTNERS WITH THE PROJECT
00:32:42 BUDGET SCHEDULE AND FUNDING MILESTONES WITHIN 30 DAYS OF
00:32:45 COMPLETING AN EXIT. EXCUSE ME EXECUTING THE
00:32:49 AGREEMENT. THE DDC COMMITS TO FUNDRAISING
00:32:52 UP TO $20 MILLION FOR THE PARK AND THE DDC AGREES TO DETERMINE
00:32:56 IF IT CAN DISBURSE SOME OF THE PRIVATE FUNDS IT RAISES TO BE
00:33:00 XRP FOR THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP WHICH ALLOW WOULD
00:33:03 ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORK TO BE
00:33:06 DELIVERED AS IN-KIND GRANTS WITH PRIVATE FUNDS WHICH WOULD
00:33:10 ALLOW THE THE PARK TO BE DELIVERED POTENTIALLY MORE
00:33:13 NIMBLY AND TRANSPARENTLY AND THAT'S A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE
00:33:18 ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR TODAY AND I HOPE YOU'LL
00:33:22 AUTHORIZE US TO CONTINUE THIS WORK.
00:33:26 AND WITH THAT I'LL SAY THANK YOU AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
00:33:29 >> THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY NAMES ON THE
00:33:33 ROSTER. I DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL
00:33:34 QUESTION THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
00:33:36 >> WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
00:33:38 YES, WE'RE OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER
00:33:41 THREE IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH ADDRESS THIS
00:33:42 COMMITTEE. >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHAN
00:33:45 SUPERVISOR DORSEY AND SAUTER. MY NAME IS TEACHER WENZEL
00:33:49 AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL INITIATIVES FOR THE SAN
00:33:52 FRANCISCO DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OR THE DDC.
00:33:56 THE DDC IS A NONPROFIT WITH A MISSION TO REVITALIZE
00:33:57 AND REIMAGINE DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO AS A 24 SEVEN
00:34:01 DESTINATION WHERE PEOPLE LIVE WORK, PLAY AND LEARN.
00:34:04 ONE OF THE KEY STRATEGIES IN DELIVERING OUR MISSION IS TO
00:34:08 MOBILIZE PRIVATE CAPITAL TO HELP DELIVER TRANSFORMATIONAL
00:34:09 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AS WE AND WE SEE THE REDESIGN
00:34:12 AND RENOVATION OF THE EMBARCADERO PLAZA AND SUBURBAN
00:34:16 PARK AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO
00:34:17 IN THIS MOMENT TO STRENGTHEN SAN FRANCISCO'S GLOBAL FRONT
00:34:21 DOOR. THE DTC IS VERY PROUD TO BE THE
00:34:24 DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS PARTNER IN RAISING
00:34:26 AND CONTRIBUTING CAPITAL TO ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
00:34:28 CRITICAL PROJECT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR
00:34:31 CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH REC AND PARK AND HELPING TO DELIVER
00:34:34 THIS WORLD CLASS PARK FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
00:34:36 FRANCISCO. >> AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR
00:34:39 ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS.
00:34:42 >> MADAM CHAIR THAT COMPLETES OUR QUEUE SEEING NO PUBLIC
00:34:46 COMMENTS. >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED
00:34:50 . AND SUPERVISOR SAUTER WHAT
00:34:51 WOULD YOU LIKE US LIKE TO ASK THAT WE MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE
00:34:54 FULL BOARD OF RECOMMENDATION. >> A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
00:34:58 AND ON A MOTION BY MEMBER SAUTER THAT WE REFER THIS
00:35:01 RESOLUTION TO THE FULL BOARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION VICE
00:35:06 CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER SAUTER I CHURCH CAN I
00:35:11 CAN I HAVE THREE EYES THE MOTION PASSES THANK YOU
00:35:15 AND WITH THAT MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
00:35:16 >> ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE
00:35:19 ISSUANCE AND SALE FROM TIME TO TIME OF BONDS OF THE SAN
00:35:23 FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PRESCRIBING THE TERMS
00:35:27 OF SALE OF NOT TO EXCEED 270 MILLION HAVE SAID GENERAL
00:35:30 OBLIGATION BONDS. ELECTION OF 2024 SERIES B
00:35:33 AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF THE BONDS BY NEGOTIATED SALE
00:35:38 AND APPROVING THE FORM OF BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT APPROVING
00:35:41 THE FORMS OF ONE OR MORE PAYING AGENT AGREEMENTS
00:35:44 AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF NECESSARY DOCUMENTS
00:35:45 AND CERTIFICATES. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
00:35:48 AND TODAY WE HAVE SCHOOL UNIFIED DISTRICT.
00:35:55 >> IT'S GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHAN
00:36:02 AND SUPERVISORS DORSEY AND SLAUGHTER.
00:36:03 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
00:36:05 MY NAME IS MIKE KIKO SATO AND I'M WITH ISOM ADVISORS.
00:36:07 WE SERVE AS THE MUNICIPAL ADVISORS TO THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:36:10 UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND PROGRAM.
00:36:13 WE HAVE PREPARED A SHORT PRESENTATION TO GIVE SOME
00:36:17 CONTEXT TO THIS ITEM. SAN FRANCISCO VOTERS HAVE BEEN
00:36:22 VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE DISTRICT'S BOND PROGRAM.
00:36:25 THEY HAVE PASSED FIVE BOND MEASURES SINCE 2003 WHICH ARE
00:36:29 LISTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE MOST RECENTLY IN NOVEMBER OF 2024
00:36:33 VOTERS PASSED PROP EIGHT FOR A 790 MILLION BOND AUTHORIZATION
00:36:40 IN APRIL OF 2025 THE DISTRICT ISSUED THE FIRST SERIES OF
00:36:44 BONDS FROM THE 2024 PROPERTY AUTHORIZATION WITH A PAR AMOUNT
00:36:48 OF 160 MILLION WHICH LEAVES 630 MILLION AND AUTHORIZES BY
00:36:52 UNISSUED BONDS REMAINING FROM THE 2024 PROPERTY AUTHORIZATION
00:36:57 . >> THE DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY
00:36:58 READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SECOND SERIES OF BONDS FROM THE
00:37:04 2024 PROPERTY AUTHORIZATION THIS FALL THE PAR AMOUNT OF THE
00:37:09 SERIES B BOND WILL BE NOT TO EXCEED $270 MILLION.
00:37:15 THE $270 MILLION WILL BE USED TO FUND PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT
00:37:19 24 MONTHS AS LISTED ON THIS SLIDE THE BOND RESOLUTION THAT
00:37:26 WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT A FUTURE
00:37:30 MEETING AUTHORIZES THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO TO
00:37:34 ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED
00:37:38 SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE.
00:37:41 THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHES CERTAIN PARAMETERS OF THE
00:37:45 SERIES B BONDS INCLUDING THE NOT TO EXCEED PAR AMOUNT OF 270
00:37:48 MILLION. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BONDS WILL
00:37:50 BE TRADITIONAL CURRENT INTEREST BONDS THERE WILL BE A NOT TO
00:37:55 EXCEED TWO INTEREST COST OF 6% AND THE REPAYMENT TERM WILL NOT
00:37:59 EXCEED 25 YEARS. WE DID WANT TO NOTE THAT
00:38:00 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SERIES B BONDS THE DISTRICT IS
00:38:05 CONSIDERING THE ISSUANCE OF REFUNDING BONDS IF THE MARKET
00:38:08 PERMITS TO GENERATE TAXPAYER SAVINGS.
00:38:09 THE REFUNDING CANDIDATES ARE PRIOR BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED BY
00:38:15 THE DISTRICT THE 2006 SERIES OF BONDS THE 2011 SERIES B C BONDS
00:38:18 IN THE 2016 SERIES E BONDS THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
00:38:22 FRANCISCO WILL BE SERVING AS PAYING AGENT ON BOTH SERIES OF
00:38:26 BONDS. >> IN TERMS OF OUR FINANCING
00:38:32 SCHEDULE, THIS IS THE CURRENT DRAFT WITH THE BOARD OF
00:38:36 SUPERVISORS APPROVAL IN JULY THE DISTRICT IS PLANNING TO
00:38:39 MOVE FORWARD WITH PRICING AND CLOSING IN THE AUGUST
00:38:40 SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME AND THAT IS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
00:38:50 >> THANK YOU. WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT THESE
00:38:51 PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD. CONGRATULATIONS.
00:38:54 AND SO WITH THAT LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
00:38:58 >> YES FOR OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER
00:39:01 FOUR IF YOU HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS
00:39:03 THIS COMMITTEE. >> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO
00:39:06 SPEAKERS SEE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSE
00:39:10 COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM UP TO MOVE THIS ITEM
00:39:13 FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATION AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
00:39:17 >> AND ON THAT MOTION TO REFER TO THE FULL BOARD WITH THE
00:39:21 RECOMMENDATION VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND DORSEY I REMEMBER
00:39:23 SENATOR SOUDER I CHURCH CAN I CAN I WE HAVE THREE EYES.
00:39:28 >> THE MOTION PASSES AND WITH THAT MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL
00:39:33 ITEMS FIVE THROUGH SEVEN TOGETHER ITEM NUMBER IS FIVE
00:39:38 THROUGH SEVEN ALL RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING THE PORT FOR THE
00:39:39 FOLLOWING ITEMS FIVE AND SEVEN EXCEPTS AND EXPANDS GRANTS
00:39:46 APPROVING GRANTS AGREEMENTS PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER
00:39:47 AND AUTHORIZING THE ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER
00:39:51 INTO AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATION TO THE RESPECTIVE GRANT
00:39:55 AGREEMENTS THAT DO NOT MATERIALLY INCREASE THE
00:39:56 OBLIGATIONS NOR LIABILITIES TO THE CITY AND ARE NECESSARY TO
00:39:59 EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THE RESPECTIVE GRANT AGREEMENTS.
00:40:03 ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS IN THE AMOUNT OF 4 MILLION FROM THE
00:40:07 REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO TO
00:40:09 FUND THE MISSION BAY FERRY LANDING PROJECT FOR THE PERIOD
00:40:13 OF MAY 1ST 2026 THROUGH MARCH 31ST 2028.
00:40:18 ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS IN THE AMOUNT OF 4.5 MILLION FROM THE
00:40:21 SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION.
00:40:22 AUTHOR PARTY TO FUND THE MISSION BAY FERRY LANDING
00:40:26 PROJECT FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 15TH 2026 THROUGH SEPTEMBER
00:40:32 30TH, 2028. AND ITEM NUMBER SIX EXECUTES
00:40:35 AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT
00:40:38 WITH C O Y O L M JOINT VENTURE FOR ARCHITECTURAL
00:40:42 AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE MISSION BAY FERRY LANDING
00:40:46 PROJECT EXTENDING THE CONTRACT TERM FROM JUNE 16TH, 2026 FOR A
00:40:50 TOTAL TERM OF JANUARY THIRD 2017 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028
00:40:57 WHEN NO CHANGES TO THE CONTRACT AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 6.4
00:41:00 MILLION. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU
00:41:03 AND VICE CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR.
00:41:04 CAN I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO EVERYBODY FROM
00:41:08 THE PORT FOR BEING HERE. MISSION BAY IS A NEIGHBORHOOD
00:41:12 THAT I REPRESENT AND JUST YOU KNOW, THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD
00:41:16 THAT HAS BECOME REALLY ONE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S FASTEST GROWING
00:41:19 WITH THOUSANDS OF NEW HOMES WITH MISSION ROCK OPENING UP
00:41:23 THE ADDITION OF MAJOR EMPLOYERS INCLUDING A LOT FROM THE AIR
00:41:26 SECTOR IN ADDITION TO UCSF CHASE CENTER, PIER 70 AND MORE.
00:41:30 OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE REALLY NEEDS TO
00:41:34 KEEP PACE WITH THAT GROWTH. FERRY SERVICE I THINK WILL
00:41:38 PROVIDE A RELIABLE CONGESTION FREE ALTERNATIVE FOR COMMUTERS,
00:41:42 RESIDENTS, PATIENTS, STUDENTS, VISITORS AND EVENT ATTENDEES
00:41:45 WHILE REDUCING PRESSURE ON OUR STREETS AND TRANSIT SYSTEM.
00:41:46 HOPEFULLY THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF INVESTMENT WE SHOULD BE
00:41:50 MAKING EXPANDING TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS WHILE SUPPORTING
00:41:53 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO
00:41:57 AND FROM THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE
00:42:00 PARTNERSHIP THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE.
00:42:03 THESE ITEMS BRING TOGETHER FUNDING FROM UCSF, THE SAN
00:42:05 FRANCISCO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, THE PORT OF SAN
00:42:08 FRANCISCO STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS AND LOCAL
00:42:12 TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX DOLLARS TO DELIVER A PROJECT
00:42:13 THAT BENEFITS THE ENTIRE REGION.
00:42:16 IMPORTANTLY, THESE ACTIONS DO NOT REQUIRE NEW GENERAL FUND
00:42:20 DOLLARS. I UNDERSTAND IT.
00:42:23 WE'RE LEVERAGING OUTSIDE FUNDING TO DELIVER A MAJOR
00:42:27 PIECE OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS FERRY LANDING WILL IMPROVE
00:42:28 ACCESS NOT ONLY TO MISSION BAY BUT ALSO TO MISSION ROCK
00:42:32 DOGPATCH PIER 70 IN THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT HELPING CONNECT
00:42:34 RESIDENTS AND WORKERS TO THEIR JOBS HOUSING, HEALTH CARE
00:42:37 AND RECREATION. SO I'M EXCITED TO MOVE THIS SEE
00:42:41 THIS MOVE FORWARD AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU TO BE HERE
00:42:43 AND MAKE THIS PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:42:48 SUPERVISOR DORSEY. AND SO I'M MEGAN WALLACE.
00:42:51 I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION FOR
00:42:53 THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO. AND WE ARE BRINGING THREE ITEMS
00:42:58 TO YOU TODAY TWO RELATED TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND RESOLUTIONS
00:43:01 AND ONE SEEKING AN EXTENSION TO A CURRENT CONTRACT.
00:43:05 >> I THINK JUST AS THE SUPERVISOR SO ELOQUENTLY
00:43:10 DESCRIBED AROUND THE EXCITING ELEMENTS OF THIS PROJECT, I
00:43:13 REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THREE KEY AREAS OF HOW IT ALIGNS WITH
00:43:17 THE PORT'S STRATEGIC GOALS REALLY WE SEE EQUITY AS A
00:43:21 PRIMARY LEADING POINT OF IMPROVING ACCESS TO THIS
00:43:26 NEIGHBORHOOD FROM ALL ACROSS THE BAY.
00:43:27 WE CAN SEE IN THIS IMAGE HERE OF THE CHASE CENTER AND THE
00:43:30 PORT'S BEAUTIFUL NEW BAYFRONT PARK.
00:43:33 YOU CAN SEE THE RENDERING OF THE NEW FERRY LANDING ONCE IT
00:43:38 WILL BE INSTALLED AND YOU JUST THINK ABOUT PEOPLE BEING ABLE
00:43:41 TO ACCESS THIS BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD FROM VARIOUS AREAS
00:43:45 ALONG OUR WATERFRONT AND ACROSS THE BAY.
00:43:49 SUSTAINABILITY IS CRITICAL. IT'S WE ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED
00:43:52 THIS AS A WAY TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF CARS AND ONTO WATER WATER
00:43:56 VESSELS BUT NOTABLY BE AN IMPORTANT FUNDING SOURCE OF
00:44:01 THIS PROJECT IS USE OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
00:44:05 GRANT THAT IS ALLOWING US TO BASICALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
00:44:12 FIRST ELECTRIFIED FERRY SYSTEM WITH PARTNERSHIP OF THE SAN
00:44:15 FRANCISCO BAY FERRY IN THE NATION.
00:44:19 SO SUSTAINABILITY IS KEY IN THIS PROGRAM.
00:44:24 AND FINALLY EVOLUTION REALLY JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW THIS
00:44:27 OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD IS AS CONTINUING TO CHANGE ALONG WITH
00:44:31 THE REST OF OUR BEAUTIFUL PORT WATERFRONT.
00:44:34 >> JUST TO GIVE A SNAPSHOT OF THE BUDGET AND TO JUST REMIND
00:44:38 JUST HOW MANY DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES AND THE AMOUNT THAT'S
00:44:42 GOING INTO THIS PROJECT, IT'S ALMOST $80 MILLION OVERALL.
00:44:46 >> YOU CAN SEE THAT CITY FUNDS FROM THE PORT'S OWN HARBOR
00:44:50 FUNDING TO THE WE DID HAVE AN INITIAL AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUND
00:44:54 SUPPORT EARLIER ON IN THE PROJECT BUT THERE'S A GOOD CITY
00:45:00 INVESTMENT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE HERE.
00:45:01 THEN WE HAVE THE EPA GRANTS. S.F. BAY FERRY IS OUR PARTNER
00:45:05 FOR ACCESSING REGIONAL MEASURE THREE FUNDING SO A BAY BRIDGE
00:45:09 TOLL TAX HAS BEEN A REAL CENTRAL SOURCE TO THIS PROJECT
00:45:15 AND HERE WE ARE WITH THE LAST TWO PIECES OF THIS PUZZLE
00:45:17 FINALLY MOVING IN WITH A REALLY HIGHLY APPRECIATED GRANT FROM
00:45:24 THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO $4 MILLION
00:45:27 AND S.F. SALES TAX THROUGH PROPOSITION L WHICH HAS
00:45:31 PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROVED BUT NOW NEEDS TO BE APPROPRIATED
00:45:38 IN THE PORT'S BUDGET. SO WITH THAT WE ARE SEEKING
00:45:40 TODAY TWO RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO THE FUNDING.
00:45:46 SO FIRST APPROVAL OF THE UCSF GRANT OF $4 MILLION AND YOU
00:45:51 AND THE S.F. CTA $4.5 MILLION GRANT.
00:45:56 ADDITIONALLY, AS WE'RE PREPARING TO GO INTO THE
00:45:59 CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE FERRY LANDING, WE ARE IN NEED OF
00:46:03 EXTENDING OUR DESIGN CONTRACT WITH KAUAI AND I'LL BE READING
00:46:07 INTO THE RECORD THE EXACT DETAILS OF THAT EXTENSION.
00:46:11 BUT BASICALLY BECAUSE OF DELAYS WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF REGIONAL
00:46:14 MEASURE THREE, THE PROJECT TIMELINE GOT PUSHED BACK
00:46:18 AND WENT FAR PAST THE PERIOD OF TIME WE THOUGHT WE WOULD NEED
00:46:23 FOR THAT THOSE DESIGN SERVICES TO BE IN PLACE.
00:46:28 >> SORRY. OKAY SO THAT'S IT.
00:46:29 I THINK WITH THAT AGAIN SUPERVISOR DORSI THE PORT ON
00:46:33 BEHALF OF THE PORT WE REALLY JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:46:37 CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE PROJECT OVERALL AND ALL OF THE VARIOUS
00:46:41 PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WE'VE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU.
00:46:44 AND SO I THINK WITH THAT I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ INTO THE
00:46:48 RECORD THE AMENDMENTS. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE AN
00:46:51 AMENDMENT TO ITEM NUMBER SIX. SO THE RESOLUTION IS RECTO ACT
00:46:55 RETROACTIVE TO JUNE 16TH, 2026 WHICH IS WHEN THE ORIGINAL
00:46:59 CONTRACT TERM ENDED. >> THIS WOULD INVOLVE ADDING
00:47:03 THE WORD RETROACTIVELY TO PAGE ONE LINES THREE AND SIX AND TO
00:47:08 PAGE SIX LINE TO THE RESOLUTION TITLE WOULD THEN READ AS
00:47:13 FOLLOWS. RESOLUTION RETROACTIVELY
00:47:17 AUTHORIZING THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT
00:47:18 NUMBER SIX TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH KAWAI O
00:47:24 ELMO JOINT VENTURE FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING
00:47:28 SERVICES FOR THE MISSION BAY FERRY LANDING PROJECT EXTENDING
00:47:32 THE CONTRACT TERM RETROACTIVELY FROM JUNE 16TH, 2026 FOR A
00:47:36 TOTAL TERM OF JANUARY THIRD 2017 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028
00:47:43 WITH NO CHANGES TO THE CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $6,411,383.
00:47:52 ADDITIONALLY THE AMENDMENT ON PAGE THREE LINE TWO SHOULD NOW
00:47:55 READ EXTENDING THE CONTRACT TERM RETROACTIVELY FROM JUNE
00:48:00 16TH, 2026 TO JUNE 30TH, 2028 PURSUANT TO THE BOARD'S
00:48:05 AUTHORITY UNDER CHARTER SECTION 9.118 AND BE IT FURTHER.
00:48:13 >> THANK YOU SUPERVISORS. I'M JOINED HERE BY BORIS DELPY
00:48:17 AND SIMON BEZALEL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THANK
00:48:21 YOU. >> I DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL
00:48:25 QUESTION. >> SO WITH THAT LET'S GO TO
00:48:26 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THESE THREE ITEMS.
00:48:29 >> YES, WE'RE NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THESE ITEMS
00:48:32 FIVE THROUGH SEVEN IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
00:48:33 WISH TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE .
00:48:35 >> GOOD MORNING MADAM CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS AMY ALDEN ON
00:48:40 BEHALF OF UCSF WE ARE SO PLEASED TO SUPPORT THE MISSION
00:48:44 BAY FERRY LANDING AND TO PROVIDE A FINANCIAL
00:48:47 CONTRIBUTION. AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW UCSF HAS
00:48:51 BECOME THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN SAN FRANCISCO AND ROUGHLY
00:48:52 HALF OF OUR EMPLOYEES LIVE IN THE EAST BAY.
00:48:56 SO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR EMPLOYERS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR
00:48:59 PATIENTS, OUR VISITORS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS OUR MISSION BAY
00:49:03 CAMPUS AND SUPERVISOR RESOURCES DISTRICT WITHOUT HAVING TO GET
00:49:05 INTO A CAR IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY LEAN INTO.
00:49:10 I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT ONCE FERRY RIDERS ARRIVE AT THE
00:49:14 MISSION BAY FERRY LANDING ON THE EDGE OF OUR CAMPUS THEY'LL
00:49:15 BE ABLE TO ACCESS OUR EXISTING FREE ALL ELECTRIC SHUTTLE
00:49:19 SYSTEM TO ACCESS LOCATIONS ALL OVER SAN FRANCISCO INCLUDING
00:49:22 SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL WHERE ALL THE PHYSICIANS ARE
00:49:26 UCSF FACULTY, THE VA AND UCSF STANTON HOSPITAL AND SUPERVISOR
00:49:32 CHAN'S DISTRICT OBVIOUSLY OUR PARNASSUS CAMPUS IN SUPERVISOR
00:49:34 MELGAR DISTRICT, THE CIVIC CENTER BART STATION AND OTHER
00:49:41 LOCATIONS AROUND SAN FRANCISCO. UCSF'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE
00:49:45 MISSION BAY FERRY LANDING IS ACTUALLY A COMMITMENT THAT OUR
00:49:47 CHANCELLOR SAM HOBGOOD MADE TO MAYOR ED LEE MANY, MANY YEARS
00:49:53 AGO. SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO BE
00:49:54 ABLE TO KEEP THAT PROMISE TODAY.
00:49:57 WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FERRY TERMINAL OPENING.
00:50:01 WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO MAKE OUR OWN CONTRIBUTION AND I REALLY
00:50:04 DO WANT TO THANK OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
00:50:05 AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND SUPPORT
00:50:09 TO BRING THIS TO REALITY. >> AND URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR
00:50:12 THE RESOLUTION. >> THANK YOU.
00:50:15 >> THANK YOU MUCH AMY ALTMAN. AND SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS
00:50:19 MADAM CHAIR THAT COMPLETES OUR QUEUE SEEING NO MORE PUBLIC
00:50:21 COMMONS PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW CLOSE.
00:50:23 VICE CHAIR DORSEY HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD?
00:50:28 >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT
00:50:31 THE AMENDMENTS AS READ INTO THE RECORD AND THEN FORWARD THIS
00:50:33 ITEM TO THE FULL BOARD WITH OUR POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
00:50:36 >> THANK YOU AND ROLL ROLL CALL PLEASE.
00:50:40 >> AND ON THAT MOTION THAT WE FIRST AMEND THE RESOLUTION
00:50:44 AND ITEM NUMBER SIX TO ACCEPT RETROACTIVE LANGUAGE AND THAT
00:50:47 WE REFER THREE ALL THREE RESOLUTIONS TO THE FULL BOARD
00:50:51 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION ITEM SIX AS AMENDED BY VICE CHAIR
00:50:55 DORSEY VICE CHAIR DORSEY HI DORSEY I.
00:50:58 SENATOR SAUTER I CHURCH CAN I CAN I WE HAVE THREE EYES THE
00:51:04 MOTION PASSES THANK YOU AND MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER
00:51:09 EIGHT. YES.
00:51:12 ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING HEALTH
00:51:14 SERVICES ITEM PLANS AND CONTRIBUTION RATES FOR
00:51:19 CALENDAR YEAR 2027. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU
00:51:22 AND VICE CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN FOR SCHEDULING THIS
00:51:27 ITEM AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR REAGAN AND EVERYONE FROM THE
00:51:31 HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM AS WELL AS MY COLLEAGUES ON THE HEALTH
00:51:34 SERVICE BOARD FOR THE CONSIDERABLE WORK THEY HAVE
00:51:38 DONE TO DEVELOP EACH YEAR'S RAISE RATES AND BENEFITS
00:51:41 PACKAGE AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REPRESENTED LIVE ON
00:51:45 THE HEALTH SERVICE BOARD, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
00:51:47 FIRSTHAND THE THE HARD WORK, THE THOUGHTFUL, TRANSPARENT
00:51:49 AND DELIBERATIVE PROCESS BEHIND THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
00:51:53 THESE DECISIONS ARE NEVER EASY ,PARTICULARLY IN AN
00:51:57 ENVIRONMENT WHERE HEALTH CARE COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE, HEALTH
00:52:01 INSURANCE COSTS ARE RISING OR RISING SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER
00:52:04 THAN INFLATION OVERALL ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATA.
00:52:05 I JUST CHECKED THIS MORNING. IN FACT, AT A TIME WHEN
00:52:09 HEADLINE INFLATION OR CPI IS RUNNING AROUND 4%, EMPLOYERS
00:52:13 ARE SEEING INCREASES TO HEALTH BENEFIT COSTS THAT RANGE FROM
00:52:19 ABOUT 6.5% TO DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES A PRICE WATERHOUSE
00:52:23 COOPER ANALYSIS LAST MONTH PROJECTED THAT MEDICAL COST
00:52:26 INFLATION NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 9% FOR REASONS THAT
00:52:30 INCLUDE HIGHER HOSPITAL AND FOR DISPOSITION PRICES GROWTH
00:52:31 IN PHARMACEUTICAL SPENDING INCLUDING GOP ONES, LABOR
00:52:36 SHORTAGES, WAGE GROWTH IN HEALTH CARE, GREATER
00:52:39 UTILIZATION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND LIKE MUCH THAT
00:52:43 BEDEVILS US HERE ON THIS BUDGET COMMITTEE, FEDERAL POLICY
00:52:46 CHANGES INCLUDING THE EXPIRATION OF ACA MARKETPLACE
00:52:50 SUBSIDIES THAT HAVE PUSHED THOSE PREMIUMS HIGHER.
00:52:54 SO AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF ALL OF THIS IN THIS VERY
00:52:55 CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT, THE HEALTH SERVICE BOARD AND THE
00:52:58 HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM THAT OVERSEES REMAIN FOCUSED ON ITS
00:53:02 RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE
00:53:05 SYSTEM FOR OUR WORKFORCE, OUR RETIREES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
00:53:06 AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WENT INTO BRINGING
00:53:10 THIS ITEM FORWARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DIRECTOR GANTZ
00:53:13 PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU.
00:53:14 THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHEN
00:53:17 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M REGAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
00:53:20 FOR THE HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM AND TODAY I'M JOINED BY TERESA
00:53:22 TAN, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL AND AFFORDABILITY OFFICER.
00:53:25 AND TOGETHER WE WILL PRESENT YOU WITH THE FINAL 2027 PLAN
00:53:29 YEAR RATES AND BENEFITS PACKAGE FOR THE PLANS AND PROGRAMS
00:53:32 MANAGED BY THE HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM.
00:53:35 AND AS YOU KNOW, THE HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM IS AN EMPLOYEE
00:53:40 BENEFITS ADMINISTRATOR FOR FOUR SEPARATE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC
00:53:42 EMPLOYERS. THE CITY AND COUNTY, THE
00:53:45 UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, CITY COLLEGE AND THE SUPERIOR COURT
00:53:49 FOR PLAN YEAR 2027 WILL MANAGE MORE THAN $1.4 BILLION IN TOTAL
00:53:52 PREMIUMS. AND TODAY WE ARE RESPONSIBLE
00:53:56 FOR SERVING MORE THAN 139,000 ACTIVE AND RETIRED PUBLIC
00:53:59 SERVANTS AS WELL AS OTHER DEPENDENTS.
00:54:02 >> SO HERE'S TODAY'S AGENDA. I'LL BEGIN WITH A QUICK
00:54:06 REMINDER OF WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT RELATED TO SETTING THE
00:54:10 RATES AND BENEFITS FOR THE UPCOMING PLAN YEAR.
00:54:14 I'LL THEN RUN THROUGH THE TIMELINE FOR OUR ANNUAL RATE
00:54:15 DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND BRIEFLY REVIEW OUR PROCESS FOR
00:54:18 CONDUCTING MARKET ASSESSMENTS TO ENSURE WE ARE PROVIDING OUR
00:54:22 MEMBERS AND EMPLOYERS WITH THE BEST VALUE FOR THEIR PREMIUM
00:54:25 SPEND. I THEN WALK YOU THROUGH THE
00:54:29 PROCESS BY WHICH WE SET THOSE PREMIUMS.
00:54:30 AND I'LL INTRODUCE THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE INCREASE FOR PLAN
00:54:35 YEAR 2027 OVER YOU VIEW THE CURRENT HEALTH CARE LANDSCAPE
00:54:39 HIGHLIGHTING THE CURRENT FACTORS THAT ARE DRIVING THE
00:54:40 HIGHER PREMIUM COSTS FOR ALL EMPLOYER SPONSORED PLANS.
00:54:43 AS SUPERVISOR DORSEY MENTIONED ,TERESA WILL THEN STEP IN TO
00:54:47 COMPARE HSA AS PROPOSED RATES FOR 2027 TO THE PREMIUM
00:54:51 CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE OTHER LARGE CALIFORNIA COUNTIES
00:54:55 AND TO THE NATIONWIDE AVERAGE. FINALLY TERESA WILL CONCLUDE
00:54:59 TODAY'S PRESENTATION WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL
00:55:02 PLAN RATES. NEXT SLIDE.
00:55:06 >> CITY CHARTER ASSIGNS RESPONSIBILITY TO THE HEALTH
00:55:07 SERVICE BOARD TO ONLY REVIEW AND SET BOTH THE PREMIUM LEVELS
00:55:11 AND THE BENEFIT LEVELS AND ASSOCIATED PREMIUMS FOR THE
00:55:14 PLANS THAT OVERSEES THOSE RATES ARE DEVELOPED BY HEALTH SERVICE
00:55:18 STAFF USING AN ESTABLISHED RATES AND BENEFITS PROCESS
00:55:21 WHERE THE ASSESSED TEAM ENGAGES WITH OUR HEALTH PLAN PARTNERS
00:55:25 AND NEGOTIATES THE RATES FOR OUR MEMBERS AND FOR EMPLOYER
00:55:28 AGENCIES. THE HEALTH SERVICE BOARD THEN
00:55:29 APPROVES THOSE RATES OVER A SERIES OF ITS MONTHLY MEETINGS
00:55:33 FROM FEBRUARY THROUGH JUNE. HOWEVER, THOSE RATES
00:55:36 AND BENEFITS DO NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE UNTIL APPROVED BY
00:55:39 ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH THE THREE
00:55:41 FOURTHS VOTE. WHICH BRINGS US HERE TODAY.
00:55:46 >> LET'S START WITH A QUICK REVIEW OF THE TIMELINE THAT
00:55:50 LEADS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RATES AND BENEFITS FOR THE
00:55:51 NEXT PLANNED YEAR. WORK ON THE RENEWAL FOR PLAN
00:55:56 YEAR 2027 ACTUALLY BEGAN IN AUGUST 2025.
00:55:59 AUGUST IS THE MONTH WE NORMALLY NOTIFY THE HEALTH SERVICE BOARD
00:56:03 OF STAFF'S INTENTION TO CONDUCT ANY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR
00:56:06 ANY OF THE PLANS. THEN FROM JANUARY THROUGH JUNE
00:56:08 WE SYSTEMATICALLY PRESENT THE PROPOSED PREMIUM RATES FOR EACH
00:56:11 OF THE PLANS TO THE HEALTH SERVICE BOARD FOR THEIR
00:56:15 APPROVAL. FINALLY, EVERY JULY WE PRESENT
00:56:18 THE ENTIRE PACKAGE TO THIS COMMITTEE TO SEEK FULL BOARD OF
00:56:19 SUPERVISOR APPROVAL. FOLLOWING THAT BOARD OF
00:56:23 SUPERVISORS APPROVAL STAFF BEGIN PREPARATION OF OUR OPEN
00:56:27 ENROLLMENT MATERIALS AND START OUR PROGRAMING OF OUR VARIOUS
00:56:28 SYSTEMS. IN SEPTEMBER WE SEND OUT OUR
00:56:31 OPEN ENROLLMENT COMMUNICATIONS TO OUR MEMBERS AND AS A
00:56:34 REMINDER OPEN ENROLLMENT IS A ONE TIME EACH YEAR THAT OUR
00:56:38 MEMBERS MAY ELECT CHANGES IN THEIR BENEFIT COVERAGE ARE
00:56:40 OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD RUNS OVER THREE WEEKS IN OCTOBER
00:56:42 WITH ANY CHANGES BECOMING EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST.
00:56:45 >> LIKE THE HEALTH SERVICE BOARD REMAINS BUSY YEAR ROUND
00:56:52 AS SUPERVISOR DAWSEY CAN ATTEST.
00:56:53 AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE HEALTH SERVICE BOARD FINISHES
00:56:56 ITS APPROVALS OF THE RATES AND BENEFITS IN THE JUNE
00:56:57 PRECEDING THE START OF THE PLAN YEAR.
00:57:00 TWO MONTHS LATER IN AUGUST ITS WORK FOR THE PLAN YEAR WHICH
00:57:04 STARTS 17 MONTHS IN THE FUTURE GETS UNDERWAY.
00:57:08 IN THAT MEETING THE HSA CONTRACTS DIVISION REPORTS ON
00:57:09 THE STATUS OF CONTRACTS UNDER THE HEALTH SERVICE BOARD'S
00:57:13 JURISDICTION INFORMS THE HEALTH SERVICE BOARD OF ANY PLAN OR
00:57:16 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PLAN YEAR 2027 EACH ASSISTS
00:57:19 CONDUCTED TO RFP IS ONE FOR OUR ACTIVE EMPLOYEE PPO DENTAL PLAN
00:57:25 AND ONE FOR OUR FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATOR.
00:57:26 BASED UPON THE RESULTS OF THIS RFP, THE HEALTH SERVICE BOARD
00:57:30 DETERMINED THAT OUR INCUMBENT VENDORS WERE PROVIDING THE BEST
00:57:34 VALUE TO OUR MEMBERS AND EMPLOYERS.
00:57:37 NEXT THE HHS RATES AND BENEFITS PROCESS IS BOTH METHODICAL
00:57:41 AND DATA DRIVEN ENSURING THAT WE SET FAIR AND COMPETITIVE
00:57:45 PREMIUMS FOR EACH PLAN. TO BEGIN WE PROJECT BASELINE
00:57:50 PREMIUMS FOR THE UPCOMING PLAN YEAR STARTING WITH THE ACTUAL
00:57:51 HEALTH CARE COSTS AND UTILIZATION DATA FROM THE
00:57:54 PREVIOUS YEAR. WE THEN ADD TO PROJECTED TREND
00:57:58 FOR MEDICAL INFLATION AND APPLY RESERVE POLICIES TO ENSURE OUR
00:58:01 FUNDING IS ADEQUATE AND FINANCIALLY SOUND.
00:58:02 ADDITIONALLY, FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES WE GATHER INDUSTRY
00:58:07 BENCHMARKING AND NATIONWIDE TRENDS INCLUDING CONDUCTING AN
00:58:09 ANNUAL TEN COUNTIES SURVEY. WE THEN RECEIVE THE RENEWAL
00:58:13 PROPOSALS FOR EACH OF OUR PLANS FROM OUR PLAN PARTNERS.
00:58:17 WE CAREFULLY REVIEW EACH ONE OF THOSE PROPOSALS AND CONDUCT AN
00:58:20 INDEPENDENT ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY
00:58:24 AND STRENGTHEN OUR NEGOTIATION POSITION.
00:58:27 WE THEN MOVE INTO THE ACTIVE DISCUSSION PHASE WITH THE
00:58:28 HEALTH PLANS STAFF MEET WITH EACH PLAN INDIVIDUALLY TO WORK
00:58:32 THROUGH THEIR DATA AND ASSUMPTIONS.
00:58:35 DISCUSS ANY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OUR PROJECTIONS AND OTHERS
00:58:39 AND CONDUCT FOCUS NEGOTIATIONS .
00:58:42 THIS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH ENABLES EACH OF US TO MAKE
00:58:43 INFORMED DECISIONS, AVOID UNWARRANTED PREMIUM INCREASES
00:58:47 AND MAINTAIN TRANSPARENCY BOTH FOR OUR MEMBERS AND EMPLOYERS.
00:58:51 >> EXPECT THE OVERALL INCREASE FOR THE PLANS AND PROGRAMS
00:58:58 MANAGED BY THE HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM IS 10.11% FOR PLAN YEAR
00:59:01 2027. THIS ADJUSTMENT IS NECESSARY TO
00:59:05 MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE.
00:59:06 WE'LL NAVIGATING RISING MEDICAL TRENDS AND LOCALIZED HEALTH
00:59:10 CARE INFLATION. THE HEALTH SERVICE BOARD IS NOT
00:59:13 PROPOSING ANY CHANGES TO OUR PLAN BENEFIT COVERAGE OR PLAN
00:59:17 PROVIDERS EXCEPT NEXT YEAR COST INCREASE IS LARGELY BEING
00:59:21 DRIVEN BY SEVERAL KEY HEALTH CARE MARKET COST DRIVERS
00:59:25 IMPACTING OUR ACTIVE MEMBERS AND NON MEDICARE RETIREES.
00:59:28 THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FACTORS INCLUDE THE SURGING UTILIZATION
00:59:32 AND RISING COST OF GLP ONE MEDICATIONS.
00:59:36 INCREASE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH GENE AND CELL THERAPIES
00:59:40 AND ESCALATION OF HIGH COST CLAIMS.
00:59:43 WELL THESE TREATMENTS REPRESENT MASSIVE LEAPS IN MEDICINE THAT
00:59:47 IMPROVE AND PROLONG OUR MEMBERS LIVES.
00:59:51 THEY ALSO COME WITH A STAGGERING COST.
00:59:52 ADDITIONALLY PROGRAM PROVIDER INFLATION IS IMPACTING OVERALL
00:59:56 COSTS WITH HEALTH SYSTEM CONSOLIDATIONS REDUCING
01:00:00 COMPETITION AND POST-PANDEMIC LABOR SHORTAGES LEADING TO
01:00:03 HIGHER WAGES FOR HEALTH CARE STAFF.
01:00:06 PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE PRESSURES ARE NOT UNIQUE TO
01:00:10 HSA. THEY ARE IMPACTING ALL EMPLOYER
01:00:11 SPONSORED PLANS NATIONWIDE. REFLECTING BROADER EXTERNAL
01:00:15 MARKET TRENDS RATHER THAN ORGANIZATION SPECIFIC ISSUES
01:00:18 LOOKS LIKE WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SHOW THE VARIOUS
01:00:22 UNDERLYING COSTS THAT MAKE UP THE TOTAL PREMIUM.
01:00:25 ON THIS PAGE WE ARE USING THE RATE BUILDUP FOR THE BLUE
01:00:29 SHIELD ACCESS PLUS 2027 PROPOSED PREMIUM RATE AS OUR
01:00:33 EXAMPLE. >> BUT THE RATIOS HOLD TRUE FOR
01:00:36 OUR OTHER PLANS AS WELL. 82.5% OF EVERY PREMIUM DOLLAR
01:00:40 WILL PAY FOR MEDICAL SERVICES TO OUR MEMBERS LIKE HOSPITAL
01:00:45 STAYS, DOCTORS VISITS AND LAB TESTS.
01:00:48 15.3% COVERS THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAT OUR
01:00:52 MEMBERS UTILIZE. 2.10% COVERS THE PLANS
01:00:55 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT WHICH ARE THE PEOPLE AND SYSTEMS THAT
01:00:58 PROCESS CLAIMS. ANSWER MEMBER QUESTIONS MANAGE
01:01:00 CUSTOMER SERVICE AND HELP CONNECT MEMBERS WITH THE CARE
01:01:03 THAT THEY NEED IN LESS THAN ONE HALF OF 1% IS SPENT ON PAYING
01:01:07 THE VARIOUS TAXES AND OTHER REQUIRED FEES.
01:01:10 AT THIS POINT I'LL TURN OVER THE PRESENTATION TO TERESA TAN,
01:01:14 OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL AND AFFORDABILITY OFFICER.
01:01:15 >> THANK YOU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AGAIN.
01:01:18 GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
01:01:21 I'M TERESA TAN, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL AND AFFORDABILITY
01:01:23 OFFICER. I'LL GO OVER THE OVERALL TREND
01:01:27 AND THEN THE PLAN BY PLANNED CHANGES OVER THE YEARS.
01:01:30 EVERY YEAR HSA HAS CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE TEN MOST POPULOUS
01:01:34 COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA TO BENCHMARK HOW MUCH OTHER PUBLIC
01:01:38 EMPLOYERS CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS HEALTH CARE.
01:01:41 BASED ON OUR 2026 SURVEY THE AVERAGE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION
01:01:45 FOR 2027 EMPLOYEE ONLY COVERAGE IS $1,029.76 PER MONTH.
01:01:52 A 9.3% INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
01:01:55 THIS AMOUNT IS USED AS A BASE FOR THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION
01:01:59 FOR RETIREE RATES AND FOR SOME UNION EMPLOYEES.
01:02:03 >> ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE HOW TRENDS ALIGN WITH OTHERS.
01:02:10 AS YOU CAN SEE OUR ANNUAL INCREASE CLOSELY MATCHES BOTH
01:02:13 THE TEN COUNTY AND THE NATIONAL YEAR AVERAGE FOR 2027.
01:02:16 THE BLUE LINE ACCESS IS THE 10.11%.
01:02:20 THE GREEN LINE TEN COUNTY IS A 9.3% AND ORANGE LINE U.S. TREND
01:02:25 IS 9.5%. OVERALL OUR INCREASE IS IN LINE
01:02:30 WITH WHAT EMPLOYERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THE
01:02:33 COUNTRY ARE EXPERIENCING. NEXT WE'LL LOOK AT HOW THE RATE
01:02:37 TRENDS APPEAR PLAN BY PLAN ON THIS SLIDE.
01:02:45 AND THEN NEXT WE'RE LOOKING AT FIVE YEAR RATE CHANGES BY PLAN.
01:02:48 THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW EACH MEDICAL PLANT'S ANNUAL
01:02:49 FLUCTUATION VARIES BASED ON CLAIM EXPERIENCE AND ON
01:02:53 UTILIZATION ON OUR MEMBERS USES THEIR BENEFIT ALL PLANS ARE
01:02:57 INFLUENCED BY THE SAME MARKET COST DRIVER THAT EXECUTIVE
01:03:02 DIRECTOR GUILLEN MENTIONED EARLIER.
01:03:04 FOR 2027 MOST OF THE INCREASE IS COMING FROM THE MEDICAL
01:03:08 PLANS COVERING ACTIVE MEMBERS AND THEN MEDICARE RETIREES.
01:03:15 >> HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RATE CHANGES FOR OUR
01:03:18 NON-MEDICAL PLANTS DENTAL LIFE AND DISABILITY.
01:03:22 THE PLANS ARE NOT DRIVEN BY THE SAME COST PRESSURE AS MEDICAL
01:03:23 PLANTS. SO OUR 2027 RATES HAVE REMAINED
01:03:27 VERY STABLE OR ONLY SHOW VERY MODEST INCREASES.
01:03:37 >> WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE 2027 RATES
01:03:41 AND BENEFIT PACKAGE. THE APPROVAL ALLOWS TO PREPARE
01:03:45 OPEN ENROLLMENT MATERIALS AND A SMOOTH ROLLOUT FOR ALL MEMBERS
01:03:50 . >> AS ALWAYS WE ARE HONORED TO
01:03:55 SERVE THE PUBLIC SERVANT WHO CARE FOR OUR CITY.
01:03:56 THANK YOU. >> AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY
01:03:59 QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
01:04:02 >> ITEM EIGHT IS A ORDINANCE THAT WOULD APPROVE THE HEALTH
01:04:09 VISION, DENTAL LIFE INSURANCE AND LONG TERM DISABILITY
01:04:13 INSURANCE PLANS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2027.
01:04:17 THERE ARE NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE PLAN DESIGN OR INSURANCE
01:04:18 PROVIDERS. WITH A COUPLE EXCEPTIONS ONE
01:04:21 THE DISCONTINUOUS VERSION OF THE KAISER PLAN THAT COVERS
01:04:26 RETIREES AND WASHINGTON, OREGON AND HAWAII THAT AFFECTS ABOUT
01:04:32 200 RETIREES. BUT THERE WILL BE OTHER PLANS
01:04:33 TO COVER THEM. AS WE DETAIL IN OUR REPORT
01:04:40 AND ALSO RESTRICTIONS ON WEIGHT LOSS MEDICATIONS WE NOTE ON
01:04:44 PAGE 12 THAT THE CITY'S COST FOR ALL OF THESE BENEFITS IS
01:04:46 GOING FROM $1 BILLION IN CALENDAR YEAR 26 TO $1.1
01:04:51 BILLION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2017. SO IT'S ABOUT A 10% INCREASE
01:04:54 OVERALL. >> AND WE ALSO NOTE AS A POLICY
01:04:58 CONSIDERATION THAT THE HEALTH SERVICES TEAM ISSUED AN RFP TO
01:05:02 IDENTIFY NEW PROVIDERS FOR A DENTAL PLAN PPO OR THE TOP
01:05:10 SCORING PROPOSER WHICH WAS METLIFE FROM THAT RFP DID HAVE
01:05:14 A SMALLER NETWORK OF PROVIDERS AND FOR THAT REASON WOULD HAVE
01:05:19 SAVED THE CITY ABOUT $11.6 MILLION A YEAR BECAUSE A LOT OF
01:05:25 THE EXISTING DENTISTS THAT PEOPLE USE WOULD BE OUT OF
01:05:29 NETWORK AND THEREFORE THEY WOULD PAY MORE OUT OF POCKET.
01:05:32 >> THE HEALTH SERVICE BOARD OPTED NOT TO AWARD A CONTRACT
01:05:36 BASED ON THAT RFP AND CONTINUE TO USE DELTA DENTAL, THE DENTAL
01:05:42 PPO DESPITE THE SAVINGS THAT WERE THAT WAS IDENTIFIED
01:05:47 CHARGING THAT THE DISRUPTION TO THE EXISTING PROVIDER NETWORK
01:05:51 WAS TOO MUCH. AND AS A POLICY MATTER DECIDED
01:05:55 TO KEEP DELTA DENTAL. BUT WE'RE NOTING THAT AS A
01:05:57 FISCAL ISSUE IN OUR REPORT BUT WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF
01:06:00 ITEM EIGHT. >> THANK YOU.
01:06:05 I THINK I FIRST WANT TO THANK THE HOUSE OFFICE BOARD
01:06:09 AND THANK YOU VICE CHAIR DORSEY FOR THE WORK ON THE BOARD.
01:06:12 I THINK IT IS CRITICAL. I THINK THE CONVERSATION WITH
01:06:14 METLIFE AROUND DENTAL COVERAGE IS A CRITICAL ONE AND REALLY
01:06:21 DEMONSTRATES THAT WHILE WE SEE COST REDUCTION AND COST SAVING
01:06:27 IT IS NOT THE BEST OPTION REALLY FOR COVERAGE FOR
01:06:32 MEMBERS. AND I SO I REALLY AM THANKFUL
01:06:36 AND PROBABLY IT'S A TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE TO OVERWRITE
01:06:39 THAT BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF
01:06:44 COVERAGE. BUT UNDERSTANDING THE COST THAT
01:06:47 TO THE CITY THAT COMES WITH THAT.
01:06:48 SO I APPRECIATE THE HOW SERVICES BOARD'S DECISION ON
01:06:51 THAT. I DO WANT TO KIND OF BRING US
01:06:54 BACK AND THIS IS MORE FOR THIS BODY AND FOR COLLEAGUES AS YOU
01:06:58 CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON SLIDE 11 AND IT'S TO KIND OF
01:07:02 GIVE A SORT OF THINKING ABOUT THE TIMELINE OF WHEN THIS
01:07:07 PARTICULAR YEAR RATE DISCUSSION COMES AT THIS TIME AND JULY
01:07:16 AND TYPICALLY IT IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY.
01:07:17 IT'S MY LEARNED LESSON IN 2024. NOW IT'S REALLY ALMOST IN THE
01:07:23 MIDST OF JUNE TO RECOGNIZE THE RATE INCREASE AS YOU SEE A
01:07:27 SPIKE. AND I PARTICULARLY REMEMBER
01:07:31 THAT YEAR AS BUDGET CHAIR THAT THE RATE INCREASE WAS QUITE
01:07:36 SIGNIFICANT AS YOU CAN SEE ON SLIDE 11.
01:07:39 AND SO IT WAS I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT WAS COMPLETE SURPRISE
01:07:44 BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE END UP IN THE MIDST OF BUDGET
01:07:48 PROCESS HAVE MEDICAID. AND SINCE THEN I THINK WE HAVE
01:07:51 WORKED BETTER. >> WE HAVE WORKED BETTER
01:07:52 TOGETHER WITH HOUSE OFFICERS MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
01:07:56 UNDERSTAND POTENTIAL RATE INCREASE.
01:07:59 >> IT'S JUST ELEMENTS OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HOUSE
01:08:02 OVERSIGHT BOARD DECIDING ON RATE INCREASE AS WELL AS HOW IT
01:08:07 WOULD ALIGN ON BUDGET. SO TYPICALLY NOW WE UNDERSTAND
01:08:11 THERE'S A PROJECTION OF POTENTIALLY LIKE NOT TO EXCEED
01:08:14 YOU KNOW OR TO TO TO HOW MUCH IT WILL BE COMING FOR RATE
01:08:18 INCREASE AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR FOR THE CITY'S
01:08:22 BUDGET. >> SO JUST JUST SOMETHING I
01:08:25 WANT TO TO PIN AND HIGHLIGHT TO SAY FOR THE NEXT YEAR FOR OUR
01:08:32 BUDGET PROCESS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE THAT WE
01:08:34 CONTINUE THAT CLOSE COMMUNICATIONS SO THAT WE
01:08:37 UNDERSTAND. I HOPE IT DOESN'T INCREASE
01:08:41 SIGNIFICANTLY BUT AS WE CAN SEE EVEN WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR
01:08:44 IT'S IT'S A 2% INCREASE. >> IT'S NOT HUGE BUT THE
01:08:51 ONGOING INCREASE IS WHAT I ACTUALLY ANTICIPATE FOR FOR
01:08:55 MEDICARE FOR FOR HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.
01:08:59 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
01:09:00 I DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTION OTHER THAN THAT I
01:09:03 WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I WILL BE SENDING A REQUEST TO THE
01:09:07 HEALTH SERVICES BOARD TO HAVE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION.
01:09:14 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE DATA THAT YOU SUBMITTED
01:09:18 TODAY THIS MORNING FOR RESPONDING TO OUR LETTER
01:09:20 INQUIRY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I
01:09:23 WILL BE SENDING A LETTER TO AS A REQUEST TO THE HOUSE OFFICE
01:09:27 BOARD THAT THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND HOLD
01:09:31 THOSE HEARINGS AS PART OF THEIR REPORT LIKE STANDING REPORT
01:09:37 FROM YOU AS AS NOW PART OF THE REPORTING OF APPEALS
01:09:42 AND PERCENTAGE OF APPROVAL AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND.
01:09:45 I THINK THE LAST MEETING THAT THE BLUE SHE'LL HAVE WITH SAVE
01:09:50 OUR BENEFIT WAS ON JUNE 8TH AND I KNOW THAT CONVERSATIONS
01:09:53 SEEM TO STILL BE ONGOING AND BECAUSE THIS BODY IS GOING
01:09:57 TO GO ON RECESS SOON IN AUGUST AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
01:10:04 THAT NOT ONLY THAT WE TRACK AS A COMMITTEE DURING A TIME WHEN
01:10:08 WE'RE ON RECESS THAT THAT HOUSE OFFICE SYSTEM WILL ALSO TRACK
01:10:14 AS WELL WITH THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE IT
01:10:16 REALLY MOVE MOVE ALONG AND MAKE PROGRESS.
01:10:19 >> YES. AND IT SOUNDS VERY REASONABLE.
01:10:22 THANK YOU. AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE
01:10:23 NEXT MEETING BETWEEN BLUE SHIELD AND PROTECT OUR BENEFITS
01:10:27 WHICH WE WILL ALSO BE IN ATTENDANCE I BELIEVE IS NEXT
01:10:31 MONDAY. SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE
01:10:34 . >> THANK YOU FOR GETTING
01:10:35 INVOLVED. THANK YOU FOR FACILITATING
01:10:36 THOSE CONVERSATION. I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT
01:10:38 THAT ACTUALLY WORKS FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:10:42 THOSE THINGS ARE ACTUALLY NOT ONLY IMPLEMENTABLE FEASIBLE BUT
01:10:45 ALSO THAT YOU COULD TRACK AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE AN
01:10:49 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE COMMUNICATIONS AND POTENTIAL
01:10:53 NEW POLICY WOULD LOOK LIKE NEW PROTOCOLS COULD LOOK LIKE.
01:10:56 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
01:10:57 >> THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT LET'S GO TO
01:11:01 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. >> YES.
01:11:05 IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH ADDRESS THIS
01:11:06 COMMITTEE REGARDING THIS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, NOW IS YOUR
01:11:09 OPPORTUNITY. >> MADAM CHAIR.
01:11:12 WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW
01:11:15 CLOSED. >> VICE CHAIR DORSEY HOW WOULD
01:11:19 YOU LIKE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD? >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN I WOULD
01:11:21 MOVE TO FORWARD THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO THE FULL BOARD OF
01:11:24 SUPERVISORS WITH OUR POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
01:11:27 >> A ROLL CALL PLEASE. AND ON THAT MOTION BY VICE
01:11:28 CHAIR DORSEY THAT WE REFER THIS ORDINANCE TO THE FULL BOARD
01:11:31 WITH RECOMMENDATION VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND DORSEY I MEMBER
01:11:35 SUTTER SAUDER I CHURCH AND I CAN I WE HAVE THREE EYES THE
01:11:38 MOTION PASSES THANK YOU AND MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER
01:11:45 NINE. >> ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A
01:11:46 RESOLUTION RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:11:50 PUBLIC HEALTH TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND AND IN-KIND GIFT OF
01:11:53 WASTEWATER ANALYSIS SERVICES VALID IN THE AMOUNT OF 87,000
01:11:57 FROM THE BIO BOT ANALYTICS IN SUPPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:12:01 PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1ST 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH
01:12:07 2027 MADAM CHAIR BY SHERIFF DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR.
01:12:11 CHAIR I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT SO BACK ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF
01:12:16 AGO BOARD PRESIDENT MANDELL, ALEMAN AND I WERE EXPLORING
01:12:19 OPTIONS ON WHAT WE COULD DO IN AN ADMITTEDLY DIFFICULT
01:12:23 BUDGETARY ENVIRONMENT TO ENCOURAGE A CITYWIDE OR EXPLORE
01:12:27 A CITYWIDE WASTEWATER BASED EPIDEMIOLOGY PROGRAM TO MONITOR
01:12:32 FOR ILLICIT AND NOVEL SYNTHETIC DRUGS.
01:12:36 I WROTE A LETTER OF INQUIRY A LITTLE LITTLE LITTLE OVER A
01:12:39 YEAR AND A HALF AGO ON THAT AND I APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT
01:12:40 OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S RESPONSE AND WORK ON IT SINCE INCLUDING
01:12:43 WITH THIS ITEM. GOOD POLICY STARTS WITH GOOD
01:12:47 DATA WASTEWATER TESTING GIVES OUR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS AN
01:12:51 EARLY WARNING SYSTEM TO DETECT CHANGES IN THE DRUG SUPPLY
01:12:55 BEFORE WE SEE THE CONSEQUENCES IN EMERGENCY ROOMS OR ON OUR
01:12:58 STREETS OR FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER
01:13:02 WHERE IT'S TOO LATE. WE HAVE LEARNED OVER THE LAST
01:13:03 SEVERAL YEARS THAT THE ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY IS CONSTANTLY
01:13:06 EVOLVING AND I THINK AS DR. HAMM AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU
01:13:11 KNOW, A DECADE AGO NO ONE WOULD HAVE PREDICTED THE IMPACT THAT
01:13:14 FENTANYL WOULD HAVE TO UPEND PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING AND DRUG
01:13:17 POLICY ORTHODOXY AND REALLY FORCE SOME RETHINKING ON WHAT
01:13:20 WE CAN DO TO BETTER SUPPORT AND INCENTIVIZE LONG TERM
01:13:24 RECOVERY AND REDUCE OVERDOSES. BUT IN THE SYNTHETIC DRUG ERA,
01:13:29 FENTANYL WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING .
01:13:31 IT IS ALSO NIGHT SCENES WHICH IS THE NEW SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS AS
01:13:36 I WAS IN LIKE THE WAS TRANQ MED AUTOMATING THE NEW TRANQ CYCLER
01:13:40 FEELING YOU KNOW THESE SYNTHETIC DRUGS AND VARIOUS
01:13:43 ADULTERANTS OR MORE POTENTLY ADDICTIVE AND MORE DEADLY THAN
01:13:47 ANYTHING THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN HAVING TIMELY INFORMATION ABOUT
01:13:51 EMERGING SUBSTANCES ALLOWS THE CITY TO RESPOND MORE QUICKLY TO
01:13:55 BETTER TARGET OUTREACH AND TREATMENT AND ULTIMATELY TO
01:13:56 SAVE LIVES. AND IT DOES HAVE HISTORY
01:14:00 ESPECIALLY IN EUROPEAN CITIES THOUGH IT'S RELATIVELY NEW
01:14:04 HERE. BUT I REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY
01:14:06 APPRECIATION TO EVERYONE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH BUT
01:14:08 ESPECIALLY DR. JEFF HARM WHO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM WHO IS
01:14:11 MEDICAL OFFICER FOR SCIENCE POLICY AND SUBSTANCE USE
01:14:14 SERVICE HAS BEEN A VALUED PARTNER TO MY OFFICE AND TO
01:14:15 MANY OTHER OFFICES HERE AT CITY HALL FOR POLICY PRIORITIES THAT
01:14:21 WE SHARE. I WANT TO THANK YOU, DR. HAMM,
01:14:22 FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THIS GRANT AND I THINK
01:14:25 IT WILL HOPEFULLY HIGHLIGHT THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS THAT GREATER
01:14:29 PUBLIC INVESTMENTS IN THIS KIND OF WORK WILL HOLD IN YEARS TO
01:14:34 COME. >> SO THANK YOU.
01:14:37 GREAT. WELL, GOOD MORNING CHAN VICE
01:14:40 CHAIR DORSEY SUPERVISOR SAUDER AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
01:14:44 . VICE CHAIR DORSEY I'M JEFFREY,
01:14:45 HOME MEDICAL OFFICER FOR SCIENCE AND POLICY IN THE
01:14:48 SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES SECTION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT
01:14:49 OF PUBLIC HEALTH. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT A
01:14:53 PHILANTHROPIC GIFT FOR BOARD ACCEPTANCE.
01:14:58 >> THIS IS A REQUEST FOR AN ACCEPTING SPEND IN KIND GIFT OF
01:15:03 THE AMOUNT OF $87,000 THE TIMELINE BEING JULY 1ST, 2026
01:15:08 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2027 THE THUNDER BEING BIO ANALYTICS
01:15:13 AND AS VICE CHAIR DOROTHY MENTIONED THIS IS A SUPPORT
01:15:14 WASTEWATER BASED EPITOPE EPIDEMIOLOGY SERVICES FOR THE
01:15:17 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. >> THIS GIFT SUPPORTS THE EARLY
01:15:21 DETECTION OF EMERGING SUBSTANCES IN SAN FRANCISCO'S
01:15:25 DRUG SUPPLY THROUGH WASTEWATER MONITORING.
01:15:28 WE EXPECT THIS WILL PROVIDE A BROAD POPULATION LEVEL VIEW
01:15:30 THAT COMPLEMENTS CLINICAL AND TOXICOLOGY DATA.
01:15:33 THIS WILL HELP THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IDENTIFY
01:15:36 EMERGING SUBSTANCES, TRACK CHANGES IN THE PREVALENCE OF
01:15:40 DRUGS AND INFORM TIMELY PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSES.
01:15:43 THE PROJECT WILL BE CONDUCTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC
01:15:45 UTILITIES COMMISSION AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
01:15:51 >> WE ARE SEEKING A RETROACTIVE AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT THIS
01:15:54 GIFT THE PROJECT PERIOD FOR THIS THIS GRANT BEGAN JULY ONE,
01:15:58 2026 AND GOES THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2027.
01:16:02 THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH RECEIVED NOTICE OF THIS
01:16:05 GIFT ON JUNE 9TH, 2026, ALLOWING ONLY 22 DAYS FOR THE
01:16:08 ACCEPT AND EXPEND PROCESS. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
01:16:12 BROUGHT THIS ITEM TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AFTER GOING
01:16:13 THROUGH THE FISCAL APPROVALS PROCESS INCLUDING THE
01:16:16 COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
01:16:21 >> I DO BELIEVE THIS CAN MAKE AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE IN OUR
01:16:23 ABILITY AND OUR CITY'S ABILITY TO IDENTIFY NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE
01:16:26 SUBSTANCES AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST RETROACTIVE APPROVAL OF
01:16:31 THIS ITEM. THANK YOU.
01:16:32 THANK. >> THANK YOU.
01:16:37 I DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
01:16:40 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
01:16:41 AND WITH THAT LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
01:16:44 >> YES, WE'RE OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER
01:16:47 NINE IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS
01:16:49 THIS COMMITTEE. >> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO
01:16:52 SPEAKERS SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENT IT'S
01:16:55 NOW CLOSE. SO I SAW DORSEY WHAT WOULD YOU
01:16:58 LIKE? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS
01:17:00 ITEM TO THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH OUR POSITIVE
01:17:03 RECOMMENDATION. IT'S MY MOTION ROLL CALL
01:17:06 PLEASE. >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY VICE
01:17:08 CHAIR DORSEY THAT WE REFER TO THE FULL BOARD WITH
01:17:10 RECOMMENDATION VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER SOUDER
01:17:14 SOUDER I CHURCH CAN I CAN I WE HAVE THREE EYES.
01:17:17 >> THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.
01:17:21 AND MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS TEN AND 11 TOGETHER AS ITEM
01:17:26 NUMBERS TEN AND 11 ARE RESOLUTIONS APPROVING THE
01:17:28 FOLLOWING BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY ACTING BY
01:17:30 AND THROUGH ITS AIRPORT COMMISSION.
01:17:33 >> ITEM NUMBER TEN IS A HARVEY MILK TERMINAL ONE AND TERMINAL
01:17:34 THREE TRAVEL TRAVELER'S RETREAT LEASE BETWEEN HOTELS L L C AS
01:17:41 TENANT FOR A 12 YEAR TERM AND A MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE OF
01:17:45 350,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE LEASE EFFECTIVE UPON
01:17:48 APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION AND ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A LEASE
01:17:52 TERMINATION AGREEMENT FOR THE TERMINAL TO CASUAL DINING FOOD
01:17:56 AND BEVERAGE CONCESSION LEASE SIX BETWEEN SSP AMERICA INC.
01:17:59 MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU. >> AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE STAFF
01:18:07 OVER HERE. >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHAN VICE
01:18:08 CHAIR DORSEY AND MEMBERS SLATER DANIEL SAYING WITH SFO THE
01:18:11 AIRPORT IS SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL OF ON TWO ITEMS TODAY
01:18:15 THE FIRST ITEM REQUEST IS APPROVAL TO AWARD THE HARVEY
01:18:18 MILK TERMINAL ONE AND TERMINAL THREE TRAVELERS RETREAT LEASED
01:18:22 TO HOTELS LLC WHICH WILL OPERATE THE SPACES AS A WAIT
01:18:29 AND REST AND THE LOST GATES WAIT AND REST IS A PRIVATE NAP
01:18:33 ROOM CONCEPT THAT THE AIRPORT HAS LONG WANTING IT TO OFFER
01:18:35 AND BELIEVES THAT IT WILL BE A VALUABLE NEW AMENITY FOR BOTH
01:18:39 TRAVELERS AND FLIGHT CREWS. AND THE LAST GATE WILL BE A
01:18:42 SPEAKEASY INSPIRED LOUNGE FEATURING A BAR AND ELEVATED
01:18:46 PLATES MENU INFLUENCED BY JAPANESE AND PERUVIAN FLAVORS.
01:18:52 >> THE LEASE INCLUDES TWO LOCATIONS THE APPROXIMATELY
01:18:56 3000 SQUARE FOOT HARVEY MILK TERMINAL SPACE WILL FEATURE
01:18:57 BOTH CONCEPTS WITH WEIGHT AND REST OFFERING A SLEEP
01:19:01 AND SHOWER SERVICE AND A LOUNGE WHILE THE LAST GATE WILL OCCUPY
01:19:05 THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF FOR A MORE INTIMATE SETTING THE
01:19:09 APPROXIMATELY 1300 SQUARE FOOT TERMINAL THREE LOCATION WILL
01:19:13 OPERATE EXCLUSIVELY AS A WAIT AND REST WITH SLEEP AND SHOWER
01:19:17 SERVICES PROVIDED HOTELS BILL IS BASED IN FLORIDA AND OPENED
01:19:21 ITS FIRST AIRPORT SLEEP FACILITY IN 2022 AT EL DORADO
01:19:27 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND BOGOTA, COLOMBIA AND SINCE
01:19:31 THEN IT HAS EXPANDED TO MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
01:19:35 AND EXPECTED TO OPEN AT TORONTO PEARSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
01:19:39 THE PROPOSED LEASE TERM IS 12 YEARS AND RENT WILL BE THE
01:19:43 GREATER OF 350,000 MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE OR A
01:19:49 PERCENTAGE OF GROSS REVENUE WHICH EQUIVALENT TO 12% FOR
01:19:52 SLEEP AND SHOWER SERVICES LOUNGE ENTRY FEES
01:19:55 AND MERCHANDISE SALES AND 8% FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE SALES.
01:19:59 >> THE PLAY HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
01:20:03 AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM AT REQUEST IS APPROVAL OF A LEASE
01:20:07 TERMINATION AGREEMENT WITH SSP AMERICAN INC. WHICH OPERATE AT
01:20:11 THE SPACE A SUITE MAPLE IN TERMINAL TWO.
01:20:13 THE LEASE WAS AWARDED IN MARCH 2018 AS A TEN YEAR A TEN YEAR
01:20:19 AGREEMENT WITH A MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE OF $250,000 AND AT
01:20:22 LEAST DEPOSIT OF $125,000 OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, SUITE
01:20:26 MAPLE HAS CONSISTENTLY UNDERPERFORMED ON THE SALES PER
01:20:30 SQUARE FOOT BASIS IN THE AIRPORT BELIEVES THAT APPROVING
01:20:34 THIS TERMINATION WILL ALLOW THE AIRPORT TO RELOCATE AN UPCOMING
01:20:38 RETAIL MARKET PLACE INTO THE FORMER SUITE MAPLE SPACE THAT
01:20:41 IT CURRENTLY OCCUPIES AND FREEING A LARGER TEMPORARY
01:20:46 RETAIL MARKET PLACE LOCATION FOR A FUTURE PASSENGER LOUNGE
01:20:49 IN RESPONSE TO THE GROWING DEMANDS.
01:20:52 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND AFTER THE
01:20:56 BUILDING REPORT THANK YOU. >> ITEM TEN A RESOLUTION THAT
01:21:03 APPROVES A NEW LEASE OF AIRPORT PROPERTY TO HOTELS LLC FOR A
01:21:07 TRAVELERS RETREAT IN TERMINALS ONE AND THREE THE MINIMUM
01:21:11 GUARANTEED RENT IS $350,000 A YEAR WHICH WOULD TRANSLATE TO
01:21:16 $4.2 MILLION OVER THE INITIAL 12 YEAR TERM OF THE LEASE 15%
01:21:19 OF THAT GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND AS PART OF THE AIRPORT'S
01:21:23 SERVICE PAYMENT TO THE GENERAL FUND EVERY YEAR.
01:21:26 SO THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $630,000 OVER THAT INITIAL 12 YEAR TERM.
01:21:30 WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ITEM TEN.
01:21:33 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:21:36 I DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
01:21:37 I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
01:21:41 >> AND SO WITH THAT LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THESE TWO
01:21:42 ITEM. YES.
01:21:43 SO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS
01:21:46 COMMITTEE REGARDING THIS ITEMS TEN AND 11 NOW IS YOUR
01:21:49 OPPORTUNITY. >> MADAM CHAIR.
01:21:52 WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
01:21:57 >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSE AND WITH THAT COLLEAGUES I
01:22:00 WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THESE TWO ITEMS TO FULL BOARD WITH
01:22:03 RECOMMENDATION AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
01:22:04 >> AND ON THAT MOTION THAT WE REFER TO THE FULL BOARD WITH
01:22:08 RECOMMENDATION VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER SADR
01:22:11 SADR I CHURCH AND I AND I WE HAVE THREE EYES.
01:22:16 >> THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.
01:22:19 >> THANK YOU. AND MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS
01:22:21 12 AND 13 TOGETHER ITEM NUMBERS 12 AND 13 ARE RESOLUTIONS
01:22:25 AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO
01:22:29 ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE FOLLOWING ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A GRANT
01:22:32 IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 92,000 FOR THE TERM OF JULY 1ST
01:22:36 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2027 APPROXIMATELY 92,000 THROUGH
01:22:42 JUNE 30TH 2028 AND APPROXIMATELY 92,000
01:22:46 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2029 FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT
01:22:50 OF APPROXIMATELY 275,000 FROM THE CALIFORNIA VICTIM
01:22:52 COMPENSATION BOARD FOR THE GRAND TERM OF JULY 1ST, 2026
01:22:58 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2029 TO CONTINUE THE CRIMINAL
01:23:02 RESTITUTION COMPACT SHOULD THE PARTIES AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT
01:23:05 AS ALLOWED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND ITEM
01:23:08 NUMBER 13 IS A GIFT IN THE AMOUNT OF 200,000 FROM THE
01:23:12 CHRIS LARSON FUND FACILITATED BY THE SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY
01:23:16 FOUNDATION THROUGH FIVE KEYS TO SUPPORT A WOMEN'S INITIATIVE
01:23:22 PROJECT RESTORE WOMEN'S HOUSING FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME AND GEARED
01:23:27 TOWARD SERVICING FAMILIES OF VIOLENT CRIME FOR THE PURPOSE
01:23:28 OF PUBLIC SAFETY PREVENTION EFFORTS.
01:23:31 >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU. AND TODAY WE HAVE THE DISTRICT
01:23:35 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HERE. GOOD MORNING.
01:23:38 MY NAME IS PRISCILLA CONCEPTION.
01:23:39 I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
01:23:43 OFFICE VICTIM SERVICES DIVISION .
01:23:46 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR YOUR TIME
01:23:49 AND CONSIDERATION TODAY. THE ADVOCATES AND THE VICTIM
01:23:53 SERVICES DIVISION ARE COMMITTED TO INFORMING VICTIMS
01:23:56 AND SURVIVORS OF THEIR RIGHT TO RESTITUTION AND WORK DILIGENTLY
01:24:00 TO PURSUE RESTITUTION ON THEIR BEHALF.
01:24:01 >> RESTITUTION PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN HELPING VICTIMS
01:24:05 AND SURVIVORS RECOVER FINANCIALLY FROM THE LOSSES
01:24:08 THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED. THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO
01:24:13 ENSURE THE EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF RESTITUTION,
01:24:16 FINES AND RESTITUTION ORDERS. >> THE VICTIM SERVICES DIVISION
01:24:20 EMPLOYS A RESTITUTION SPECIALIST WHOSE RESPONSIBLE
01:24:23 FOR PURSUING RESTITUTION OWED TO THE CALIFORNIA VICTIM
01:24:27 COMPENSATION BOARD AND WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE VICTIM
01:24:31 ADVOCATES AND ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO SUPPORT
01:24:33 RESTITUTION EFFORTS AND MAXIMIZE RECOVERIES.
01:24:36 TODAY THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS
01:24:40 RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE BOARD'S RETROACTIVE APPROVAL TO
01:24:43 ACCEPT AND EXPEND A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $275,391 FROM
01:24:50 THE CALIFORNIA VICTIM COMPENSATION BOARD FOR THE
01:24:54 CRIMINAL RESTITUTION COMPACT PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT TERM OF
01:24:58 JULY 1ST, 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2029.
01:25:03 IN REGARDS TO ITEM NUMBER 13, FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS I'VE
01:25:06 HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING AT THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT
01:25:11 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SUPPORTING VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF CRIME
01:25:14 WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
01:25:17 THROUGHOUT MY TIME ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT GAPS WE'VE
01:25:21 IDENTIFIED IS THE NEED FOR A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE PLACE WHERE
01:25:25 WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN CAN BEGIN TO HEAL AFTER
01:25:28 EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE. TO ADDRESS THAT NEED, WE ARE
01:25:32 LAUNCHING A NEW WOMEN'S INITIATIVE CALLED PROJECT
01:25:35 RESTORE. >> PROJECT RESTORE WILL PROVIDE
01:25:36 A RESPITE IN A SAFE HEALING CENTERED ENVIRONMENT THAT
01:25:40 REDUCES RETRAUMATIZED NATION AND SUPPORTS THE PHYSICAL
01:25:44 AND EMOTIONAL STABILIZATION OF WOMEN AND FAMILIES IN THE
01:25:48 AFTERMATH OF VIOLENT CRIME. >> TODAY WE ARE SEEKING THE
01:25:52 BOARD'S RETROACTIVE APPROVAL TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND A GIFT OF
01:25:58 $200,000 FROM THE CHRIS LARSEN FUND FACILITATED BY THE SILICON
01:26:02 VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
01:26:06 PROJECT RESTORE. THIS GIFT WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT
01:26:10 VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL NEEDS SUCH
01:26:14 AS FOOD AND WELLNESS ACTIVITIES.
01:26:15 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
01:26:20 >> THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE I DON'T SEE YOUR
01:26:21 NAME ON THE ROSTER. I DO NOT HAVE ADDITIONAL
01:26:24 QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
01:26:25 PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK TODAY.
01:26:28 >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE TWO ITEMS.
01:26:29 YES, WE'RE OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT ON BOTH THESE ITEMS 12
01:26:32 AND 13. IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE
01:26:35 PUBLIC WHICH ADDRESS COMMITTEE. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO
01:26:39 SPEAKERS. >> SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMONS
01:26:40 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSE. THANK YOU.
01:26:46 AND VICE CHAIR DORSEY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO WITH THESE
01:26:49 TWO ITEMS? >> THANK YOU.
01:26:50 WELL THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION
01:26:57 TO FORWARD THESE BOTH THESE ITEMS TO THE FULL BOARD OF
01:26:58 SUPERVISORS WITH OUR POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
01:27:01 >> A ROLL CALL PLEASE. NOW NO MOTION BY VICE CHAIR
01:27:04 DORSEY THAT WE REFER BOTH RESOLUTIONS TO THE FULL BOARD
01:27:05 AND RECOMMENDATION. VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I
01:27:09 MEMBER SAUTER. SAUTER I TURTON I CAN I HAVE
01:27:12 THREE EYES. >> THE MOTION PASSES.
01:27:15 >> AND WITH THAT MR. CLERK IS THERE ANY BUSINESS OTHER
01:27:20 BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY? >> I'M TRYING TO CONCLUDES OUR
01:27:22 BUSINESS. >> THANK YOU.
01:27:23 AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED