Hello San Francisco welcome to Public Works TV
I'm Ramses Alvarez
and I am Philip Singh and we're your hosts for today
Before we go on let's take a quick look back at some of the accomplishments this past week
Our paving crews have been working through the nights to keep the Embarcadero safe and smooth
We celebrated the graduation of our internal partnering facilitators
who will help keep city departments and outside contractors moving forward together on project delivery
Members of our team met with residents in Telegraph Hill to talk about quality of life issues
"Drop! Cover! Hold On!" That's what we did during the annual Great California Shakeout earthquake drill.
Many of us also rolled through the last third Thursday event at the Civic Center
Now when Phillip and I aren't in front of the camera,
you can find us working with the Community Programs Team
planning San Francisco's longest-running
largest volunteer program -
Community Clean Team
Community Clean Team visits a different district each month
where hundreds of volunteers join Public Works crews
to clean and green their neighborhoods
This past August we visited District 11 to plant 500 trees in the outer Mission,
Excelsior and Crocker Amazon neighborhoods
and in September we hit, North Beach Russian Hill and Fisherman's Wharf
for the annual Coastal Cleanup
and today we're going behind the scenes to show you what it takes to make these workdays
successful and fun.
We're also going to talk to some of our hard-working volunteers out on the job
But first let's hear from our Director, Mohammed Nuru
who has been supporting the program for over 17 years now
In the year 2000, the City started a
Cleanup event known as the Community Clean Team
And what the Clean Team is...
is where the Public Works Department goes out and works with
various neighborhoods all across San Francisco
in the many districts and looks for projects that volunteers could do
When you attend a Clean Team event, you could be in a garden helping clean the garden up
And you could be building a planter box
You could be painting out graffiti,  you could be doing all the things that we get
Hundreds of sometimes thousands of calls from (from the public).
Those extra hands are nice people, youth from schools
parents, families, individuals all coming together for one cause:
to make our city clean and green and beautiful.
Philip, I think it's time we meet some of our awesome volunteers.
I think so too!
Let's head over to District 11 and District 3 to see what they're up to.
So Kevin, what brings you out?
Today, GeoCare just always gives it back to the community - so we saw the opportunity
We come out here, and we're helping out today. We decided to start planting trees, and it's just been a great day so far
Do you volunteer at Community Clean Team a lot?
Oh, yes every single month as much as we can we try to.
okay.
And what has been kind of your favorite work scopes that you've done in the past?
So far we did planting at a local library over on Geary Street
Just fixing up the intersection where cars go by. We also worked, just last month at a San Francisco college, planting around those trees
Cleaning it up for all the people who go to that school. It was real cool.
Alright, great Kevin. On behalf of Public Works
I really want to thank you for showing up today,
and let's take it back to Ramses in District 3
Thanks Phillip. We're here on Polk Street
And I'm here with not just a volunteer but a Public Works employee. Jeff Dahl tell us about yourself
Well, Jeff Dahl - I'm an Architect for Building Design and Construction here with Public Works.
Worked on fire stations
I worked on the fire station right here around the corner
So this is a volunteer event and you are a volunteer
Why did you come out and spend your day off
working with Community Clean Team?
I love San Francisco
You know not only working for the City, but born in San Francisco, family's been here for a hundred years -
It's good to give back to the community that helped raise my family
Wow! That's very noble of you!
Thanks!
What's your favorite memory of Community Clean Team?
A couple years ago actually,
I was the Sweepy mascot for the Community Clean Team event
Wow, so you got to wear the full costume and everything?
The full onesie.
Yeah, yeah, I got to jump around and get the kids inspired to come out and clean up
Okay, if there's one thing that you can tell someone about Community Clean Team
What would you tell them?
Come out enjoy the time with your friends, your coworkers.
Give back to this beautiful city. Make it good for everyone.
All right. Thanks a lot for volunteering.
Thank you
Hello, San Francisco, I am out here with Nina at Francisco Middle School in their upper garden
doing some gardening projects
Hello, Nina
So are you volunteering today by yourself or with a group?
We are actually with a group of about 25 Resident Assistants from the Academy of Art University
And we're having a lot of fun.
Nice.
What brings you out today on a Saturday. You could be doing a lot of other things
Well one of the things is we as Resident Assistants. We come out here two times in an academic year
That's just the basic requirement some of us come like every single time
we're you know having a Clean Team and basically we just were allowed to you know
do more than just help people - we're having fun in the process yeah, that's why we do it
So what kind of work scopes make this event fun?
Well mostly because we're in our own community
We have a student community, and we know what it's like to, you know, help build a more environment friendly
and you know surrounding for everyone and
We just want to make that happen for kids who are younger than us and kids who are going to follow the same path as us.
That's what we do
Nice. Well on behalf of San Francisco Public Works
I'd really like to thank Nina and the Academy of Art University for coming out and helping us keep our city clean
So as you can see a lot goes into planning our Community Clean Team work days.
And we wouldn't be able to get it done without the support and help of our volunteers.
It's a great feeling to come together with colleagues friends neighbors and classmates to help keep San Francisco clean and beautiful
And Philip, I don't know about you
but I think it's time that we start getting ready for our next Community Clean Team
taking place October 28th
at Washington High School in District 1.
You got that right Ramses. Let's get to work
I am Jimmer Cassiol.
I keep SF involved.
I am Public Works.
Together, we are Public Works.
hahahaha. Clean Team!
