terms of creating more affordable housing for low- income residents in the area as well as the conditions here of local hiring, both in construction and end-use jobs. so i want to make sure that as we are approving this resolution that we are asserting that local hiring is going to be an important part of the work that is being done in the construction. what is established thereafter would help greatly many people hard hit by the recession who lived in the soma neighborhood. i want to thank the community stabilization fund committee for their work and the flexibility of the developer as well for being open to this. colleagues, any comments or questions? supervisor mirkarimi: just one.

i want to complement on what -- we were tested last night to have to reassert this language on lines 22 and 23. changes in local hiring refers to a policy to require local mandates instead of good faith efforts. this is something i feel strongly should be uniform when projects like this come before us. that is something we had to reassert last time. chairperson avalos: thank you. i think it is important to know that the fund is something that is part of the city find that we have available for mitigating the impact of development in the south of market area. there is oversight that is provided by the community stabilization fund committee, but overall these are funds that the city coffers to deal with development and with oversight for the community. it is a good process for us to be able to assure that the

community has some benefit to the development that goes on south of market. i am going to open this up for public comment. any member of the public who would like to comment, please come forward. seeing none, we will close at public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: motion to approve. chairperson avalos: seconded by elsbernd. we will take that without objection, and recommend it. thank you, colleagues. can we go on to item five? >> item 5, resolution authorizing the department of public works to apply for, accept, and expand $417,339 in federal american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 transportation enhancement funds for the corbin place stare

replacement project. -- stair replacement project. >> i am and jenkins -- i am anne jenkins from the department of public works. we have had an opportunity to apply for a small amount of recovery and reinvestment act funds. these are the result of savings and projects from other agencies that there were not able to reprogram quickly enough to make obligation and delivery deadlines. dpw had a number of projects designed and ready to go. the corbin place stairway is the right size and scope to fit the funds available. it runs between corbin avenue and 17th street in the upper market area. it has quite a bit of damage.

this project would make the stairway more safe for pedestrians. it would remove and replace the broken concrete stairs, repair the steel reinforcement, fix cracks in the structure, even out where there are some uneven surfaces at the landings, would replace the current handrail with an aada-compliant handrail, and put no-slip surfaces on the steps. it would make the stairway safer and would have most of the project paid for with federal funds. i can take any questions you have. chairperson avalos: thank you. how long is the stairway? >> i believe that 50 feet. let me check. i think i have it here in the application. chairperson avalos: i imagine there are a lot of other stairway's like this in san francisco that are not getting

funding. what is the plan for fixing those stairways? i am not saying it is not worthy, but as part of the decisionmaking process, are there other stairways in need of care? >> we do have a list of other stairways that are similarly deteriorated in in need of repair. we have several sources for funding those repairs. in the 2009 certificates of participation that the board approved, we included $2 million for st. structures, many of them that type of stairway. we will be coming to you shortly for 2010 cop's. those will approve another $210 million. -- those will approve another $2 million. we should be able to get another $4 million of the structural improvement done.

we chose corbin for this grant because it was already designed and ready to go and the cost of the project was only a little bit more than the funds available. we had several other stairways that we had designed. we have a number of projects ready to go. we were hoping there would be a jobs for main street bill and we would have more federal funding available. chairperson avalos: we are still hoping. >> exactly. we are certainly trying to work our way down that list of damaged stairways through the cop, and as any other federal funding comes up we will pledge in those projects that are the most ready. chairperson avalos: very good. i found the length. it is 57 feet. colleagues, if there are no other comments are questions we can go on to public comment. seeing no one come forward, we

will close public comment. motion to approve without objection. very good. madam clerk, if you could call item six, our last item. >> item 6, resolution retroactively approve an amendment to agreement with the tides center to provide property management services accept -- to provide property management services at the direct access to housing sites to extend the contract term by three years and increase the amount by $10.50 million. >> this is for our direct access to housing program. we have reviewed the budget analyst's report. we are in agreement with the recommendations. the director of housing and urban help is here if you have any further questions about the contract itself. chairperson avalos: mr. rose, share with us your report.

>> mr. chairman, members of the committee, this contract was competitively bid. it was not subject to board a supervisor approval because it did not meet the threshold dollar amount. however, when it was competitively bid, although the rfp stated the contract could be up to 10 years, it was inadvertently awarded for only a two-year basis to tides corporation, a nonprofit agency. the department is now asking you to amend that agreement for another three years with 51-year options, each of which would be subject to board of supervisors approval. -- for another three years with five one-year options, each of which would be subject to board of supervisors' approval. it is reasonable and i recommend it. chairperson avalos: thank you

mr. rose. let us open up for public comment. seeing none, we will close public comment. a motion from supervisor mirkarimi for approval. that was our last item. i believe we are now adjourned. thank you for your help.

aye been in san francisco 20 years. i'm homeless. i got a good cup of coffee. i got a number. today i'm 359. >> you try to do the right thing and make a point to do what you have to to be at one place. they have all the services at one building. i can spend 4 hours touching each table ask and getting the information i need to get back on my feet. they are providing the services

under one roof. you don't have to go here or there or wait until next week. >> at the time we opened we have folks waiting outside to come in. >> good morning. >> what we are doing is trying to find out what they want and need and getting them to their services as fast as possible. >> i came to the eye glasses program. making a couple of phone calls to my family at home. >> some housing, i'm here for employment. may be see about -- i've never been to one of these. i have not been homeless before. >> the scareiest are the people who are recently homeless who look like me. look like they could be my friend or family member. a few wrong choices and bad luck got them here. >> i was laid off 2-1/2 weeks

ago and came to the project to -- >> i've been married to the same man, my childhood sweetheart he started doing drugs. we went from a nice out in texas to nothing. the next step in the process is they get linked up with a volunteer. this is the heart and soul of the public connect. we greet clients. shake their hands. ask them to follow us and talk to them as we bring them to the hall and lead them to the first station. you find they are humbling on both sides. humbling for me. it's a great opportunity to give the folks the respect they deserve and don't get enough of. >> these are the people we step over on the way to our jobs.

i was thankful to the mayor. our jobs are about helping people. this is another way for us to give back to our community that treats us very well. i like the way they take you around to get you started. that's nice. they let you go and thoser the different things you need. >> are you with a program, now? >> i was a long time -- >> you want a job search? >> career planning [inaudible]. you are interested in getting into the trades? and that is where they will double check your trading skills you got and put you on a crew and you can do construction work or any kind of construction. >> okay. >> good. are you receiving food stamps?

>> no. >> not medical or nothing. >> no. >> we got to get you hooked up. >> this the department of human searchss this is the benefit's section much the beauty on coming here today is that we brought all of our requirements to this place, this station. the assessment. the orientation, we have the screening propose, the finger imaging this helps people who are unable to tolerate going to different appointments on several days. >> i want to talk to people from housing and shelter. there are several jobs i have been given it's a matter of following up. >> i'm going to get my eye glasses, try to. when i got here they said 60

people. not everybody will get a pair. 8 million people in san francisco who are homeless. >> i volunteered for the eye screening. they are appreciative, they tell us that. and they have come back to say, thank you very much. we appreciate this. it's made a difference in my life. there was a guy today that couldn't see so near sighted he couldn't seebeyond 2 or 3 inches. everything is a blur. it's a miracle for him. >> they are not doing anymore screening for the day. i will go to health care, next. >> this is the medical section where they come and give us their names and we ask them to have a seat with the rn. there are 6 rn's that will find out what they need. it could be just to see a

doctor. they will sit here, write an assessment and someone will escourt them to where the doctors are. we have 2 if not more licensed dentests that look at people's mouth. they get a card to a drop-in clinic. the only thing that holds us back is we don't have enough dentists to treat the number of people. we would treat more people. >> this is not an area that people deal with. it can be a significant barrier. we see 185 to 200 clients. in the dmv area we see 300 to 350. >> it's overwhelming but helpful. there are a lot of people willing to help. >> at cafe connect we have

volunteers that work as waiters. everyone who come here experiences a surprise that it's such an easy thing to relate to this group of people. when you are out of the street you ignore them. when you are here you treat them like human beings. people are gratified. >> you give back to people. you give back to our community and it makes the world a little less cruel. >> i heard people in line talking about the donation when they walked out. it was nice to see people come and get the things they want and leave. it's rewarding for our employees to help out. >> the feedback i have gotten from the employees today has been positive. they are encouraged that the fact the city is doing something like this f