Ms. Naomi Kelly called the meeting to order at 10:04 a.m.

Members Present:
Naomi Kelly
Miguel Gamiño
Kate Howard
Juan Cerda (for London Breed)
Mike Dearman (for Ben Rosenfield)
Brent Lewis (for Micki Callahan)
Bill Kim (for Barbara Garcia)
Luis Herrera
Ken Salmon (for Harlan Kelly)
Anne Kronenberg
Ian Law (for John Martin)
Ed Reiskin
Dan Kaplan (for Trent Rhorer)
Charles Belle

COIT Staff:
Chanda Ikeda

Guests Present:
Mark Phicler
Kate Kuckro
Kathy Irish
Dan Watts
Gary Price
Jeff Hubbell
Charles Thompson
Jane Gong
Ron Vinson
Mitch Sutton
Bryant Bailess
Kathy Lu
Maria Vazquez
Fan-Wa Wong
Karla Macias
Samuel Valdez
Jo Elias-Jackson
Jay Nath
Joy Bonaguro
Marisa Pereira Tully
Ken Bukowski
Michael Mattucci
Marie Jobling
Steve Brown

The minutes of February 12, 2015 were approved.

Ms. Kelly recognized and thanked the Budget and Performance Subcommittee and COIT members for their hard work, support, and guidance in the development of the ICT Plan.

She also noted that a public member candidate would be brought forward for nomination at the next COIT meeting and thanked the nominating committee (John Martin, Kate Howard, and Luis Herrera) for their support and involvement in the recruitment process.

Mr. Miguel Gamiño briefly discussed the Federal Communications Commission’s recent passage of net neutrality rules, in which the City advocated for. Additionally, he noted that the City’s Business License Portal recently garnered an award for excellence.

In response to the feedback received following their initial presentation, Mr. Jay Nath and Mr. Gamiño discussed key revisions to specific sections of the draft Connectivity Plan. Notably, these included the addition of a three year schedule for connecting City buildings to City fiber, updates to the Plan’s Dig Once section to improve readability and address the process and timeline for compiling comprehensive cost estimates, and the substitution of budget requests and recommendations with informational cost estimates and placeholders.

Discussions ensued regarding data integrity, the progress and nature of ongoing Wi-Fi discussions with San Francisco Unified School District, and the Airport’s role within the City’s broader public Wi-Fi strategy.

Contingent on further discussion and clarification of language around SFUSD and the Airport, a motion to approve the Connectivity Plan was passed and approved.

Echoing Ms. Kelly’s earlier comments, Ms. Chanda Ikeda thanked members for their support of the ICT Plan and discussed its evolution and future prospects.

Ms. Ikeda then walked members through the proposed Plan, beginning with its executive summary through its fiscal strategies, recommendations, and conclusion. Notably, she identified key changes that were proposed by the Budget and Performance Subcommittee including funding amendments and re-classification of the Department of Technology’s (DT) Fix the Network project as well as the insertion of a recommendation to revisit funding levels of COIT’s General Fund Allocation.

A general discussion followed in which members provided the following feedback and proposed changes:

• Projects such as DT’s Fix the Network require significant technical oversight and should report back to COIT on a quarterly basis;
• For further accountability, updates and consistent reporting on the ICT Plan’s objectives and performance metrics should be undertaken;
• To broadly encapsulate the City’s mission, one of the values listed in the ICT Plan should be expanded beyond applications;
• In its next iteration or update, the ICT Plan should consider leasing equipment and software and other financial models in the future;
• The City’s eventual development of a public experience strategy should include a comprehensive list of current and relevant public service offerings;
• Greater emphasis could be placed on progress the City has made technologically (i.e., its movement toward cloud computing);
• Funding levels of the Major Projects Allocation should be revisited in the Plan;
• The Controller’s Financial Systems Replacement project budget should be updated in the Plan to reflect its proposed accelerated timeline;
• The cost of public service radios should also be included in the Department of Emergency Management’s Public Safety Radio Replacement project.

Contingent on inclusion of the Committee’s recommendations and provided that the final changes be shared during the next COIT meeting, a motion to approve the draft ICT Plan was passed and approved.

To view Ms. Ikeda’s presentation or to obtain a copy of the draft ICT Plan, please visit:http://www.sfcoit.org.

There was no public comment.

The meeting adjourned at 11:06 a.m.