President Kimber LeBrandon.

Here.

Vice President Willie Adams.

Commissioner Gail Gilman.

Here.

Victor Macris.

Yes.

Item two, Pledge of Allegiance.

Pledge allegiance.

Under God.

Okay.

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Please state your name for the record, but the three minutes comment period still applies.

Thank you.

Item four, declaration of emergency port commission meeting.

Thank you, everyone, for joining us today, whether in person or by phone.

The mayor, the state of California, and the federal government have declared that the coronavirus pandemic is a public health emergency and ask the people stay at home, which is where I am.

The mayor's office has determined that the port commission has an urgent need to take action on the matter before us to ensure public health safety and essential government operations and has authorized the port commission to meet on this matter.

I move that we hold this emergency meeting because of the coronavirus pandemic is an emergency that severely impairs public health and safety.

And the matter before us demands prompt action and is necessary necessary to ensure that there is no disruption or threatened disruption to the public facility.

Do I have a second?

Second.

All in favor?

Aye.

Aye.

Thank you, Commissioners.

Item 5A requests approval of a resolution authorizing the executive director to amend a memorandum of understanding between the port and the Department of Homelessness and Support of Housing to expand the bed capacity of Embarcadero Safe Navy Navigation Center due to the need for additional beds during the coronavirus outbreak.

So removed.

Good morning, President Brandon, Vice President Adams, Commissioners, everyone in the room, and everyone on the phone.

I am Randy Casada, Director of Communications for the Port of San Francisco.

I will make brief remarks.

The Commission approved the existing agreement between the port and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing at the April 23rd, 2019 meeting.

In declaring a local emergency and calling for all efforts to protect the health and safety of the public, the mayor's office is asking the port and HSH, the Department of Homelessness and Support of Housing, to revisit the agreement for operations of the embarcaderous Safe Navigation Center, specifically pertaining to the ramp up period.

The proposed amendment calls for one change to the existing agreement.

The proposal is to change the ramp up schedule articulated on page 10, section 11.1 of the agreement under permitted uses to allow HSH to expand bed capacity beyond the ramp up limit to accommodate the citywide emergency coronavirus response.

All other terms and conditions originally agreed to on April 23rd, 2019 would remain the same and not change.

I have Emily Cohen here from the mayor's office who will provide a short presentation articulating the urgent need for the amendment as well as an update on embarkadero Safe Navigation Center operations since the facility started serving people experiencing homelessness on December 29th, 2019.

After Emily Cohen's presentation, we will both be available to answer any questions.

Great, thank you, Randy.

Good morning, President Brandon, Vice President Adams, Commissioners Gilman, and Marcus.

This is Emily Cohen, the Mayor's Policy Advisor on Homelessness.

Thank you for convening today, and thank you to the members of the public who have joined either in person or via phone.

Can everyone hear me all right?

Yes, yes.

Yes.

Okay, great.

Thank you.

I'm going to walk you through a brief presentation as Randy said.

Um we are proposing an amendment to the MOU between the Port of San Francisco and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.

And I want to give a little background context to this.

As many folks know, the Embarcadero Safe Navigation Center, which is operated by five keys, opened at the end of December.

It is currently operating at a capacity of 130 people each night.

During the first two months of operations, all placements into the Embarcadero Space Navigation Center were made by the homeless outreach team working in the designated outreach zone in the immediate area of the navigation center.