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>> good morning. welcome to the budget and finance committee. i am john avalos, the chair of the committee. i am joined by supervisor mirkarimi and supervisor elsbernd. madam clerk, can you share any announcements? >> all persons attending this meeting are asked to turn off all cell phones or pages. if you wish to submit speaker cards, please turn them in at the real to your left. if you submit any documents to the committee, please submit an extra copy to the file.

nebraska items recommended out of committee will be discussed at the board of supervisors meeting later this week unless another date is indicated. chairperson avalos: before we start, i would like to say happy birthday to supervisor ross mirkarimi. [laughter] call item one, please. >> resolution approving the issuance of tax-exempt revenue obligations by the california enterprise development authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $11.50 million among other things to refinance various capital facilities owned by brandeis hillel day school and other matters related thei reto. >> good morning. i am with the controller's

office. the item is an approval to issue $11.50 million by california enterprise development authority for brandeis hillel school. there is no fiscal impact to the city and the city is not responsible. chairperson avalos: thank you. any comments or questions? we will have public comment on item one. seeing no one come forward, we will close public comment. a motion from supervisor mirkarimi without objection. it will go to the full board with recommendation. >> item 2, approving the issuance of tax-exempt revenue obligations by the california enterprise development authority not to exceed $8 million among other things to refinance various capital facilities owned

by the urban school of san francisco. supervisor mirkarimi: i brought this item forward. it is a straightforward matter. for the urban school revenue organizations it will be used to refinance, construct, and equip the urban school. they requested that the california enterprise development authority issue these revenue obligations. the city and county as an associate member is required to approve the revenue obligation. chairperson avalos: ok. let us open up item number 24 public comment. -- and let us open up item number two to public comment. we will take that without objection. madam clerk, please call item 3. >> item 3, resolution accepting and expanding a gift valued at

not less than $1.50 million from the friends of dolores park playground and the mercer fund to the recreation and park department for the renovation of the children's playground. chairperson avalos: do we have a representative from the rec and park department? let us go ahead and open it up for public comment. seeing no one come forward, we will close public comment. a motion to approve. we will take them without objection and move to the full board with recommendation. an >> item 4, resolution authorizing the san francisco department of public health to accept and expand retroactively a grant from the centers of disease control and prevention in the amount of $166,666 to

fund the stop study for june 15, 2010 throughout june 14, 2011. chairperson avalos: any representative from the department of public health? >> i am from the department of public health. the purpose of this study is to look at the feasibility, cost effectiveness, and yield for a new training for acute hiv. chairperson avalos: public comment on item number four? we will close public comment. thank you for your presentation. supervisor mirkarimi: motion to approve. >chairperson avalos: without objection, to the full board with recommendation. >> item 5, resolution authorizing the san francisco department of public health to

accept a grant from the california office of traffic safety in the amount of $200,000 to fund the san francisco pedestrian safety project for october 1, 2010 through september 30, 2011. >> i work with the department of public health. this is from the office of traffic safety to help develop a city-wide pedestrian network, which will help us prioritize spending on infrastructure projects in the city regarding pedestrian safety. this is a collaborative grant with the planning department and the mta. chairperson avalos: very good. we can open this one up for public comment as well, for item number five. we will close public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: motion to approve. chairperson avalos: we will take that without objection. please call item six. >> resolution authorizing the

sheriff's department to enter into a third amendment to the agreement between the city and county of san francisco and a remark -- and aramark correctional services to increase the contract from $24 million to an amount not to exceed $30.50 million and to extend the contract term to june 30, 2010. >> i am from the sheriff's department. we are requesting approval on the extension of our contract. we have renegotiated with our provider, achieving some significant savings. we are asking for a two-year extension on the food service contract. chairperson avalos: mr. rose, please share with us the report from your office. >> mr. chairman and members of the committee, as shown in

table 5 -- this is on page 6 of our report -- depending on whether or not the contingency is expended, you will note in table 5 there would be an estimated savings, if you approve this third amendment as appeared to be -- as compared to the existing agreement, you would achieve a savings. furthermore, we note on the top of page 7 of our report that the cost per meal pricing model -- that is what this would be. that is new. it could cause total cost to exceed the current cost provided under the fixed cost pricing model under the current provisions. according to the cost per meal pricing schedule provided, it would require 665 inmate

increases of the inmate population. that is a 36% increase. that has never happened in the past 10 years. the highest in the population was 2157. we think it was a great idea to do this on a cost per meal pricing model. we also point out the reasons why the department is asking you to exercise or amend the existing agreement rather than go out for competitive bid. this contractor has been doing this work for a long time for the sheriff's department, since 1980. we concur with that conclusion also. on page 8 of our report, i would

point out to you that there was a prior third amendment, which the budget analyst had concerns with. as a result, the sheriff's department withdrew that amendment and has submitted this amendment that is before you. if you compare the initial amendment that came before the board, it was never heard. this proposed amendment you are now hearing -- the estimated savings per year is approximately $52,191 to $356,393. we recommend you amend the resolution to reflect the correct not to exceed amount. there is an error in the resolution. the correct amount is $22,885,000. we recommend that you amend the resolution to reflect that the

third amendment is retroactive to july 1, 2010, and recommend you approve the resolution as amended. chairperson avalos: thank you, mr. rose. supervisor elsbernd: mr. rose, if you could just verify this contract. i remember a couple of years ago an issue came up. i want to make sure it is not included. there had been an executive order issued that food purchased had to be purchased locally, and as a result the contract costs were significantly more expensive. that provision went away in this contract. i want to make sure that provision is not in this contract. >> that is correct. >> that is my understanding, supervisor. supervisor elsbernd: good. chairperson avalos: i want to thank you for the work of a department on finding cost

savings and negotiating contracts for the city, and mr. rose for the work of your office to help us achieve even more cost savings. it is important that we are able to make these changes with the way our deficit is running. my question is related to the census and the inmate population of the jails. how is that? i know a lot of inmates were released after the problem with the crime lab. "since that time, is that remaining stable? is that fluctuating up or down? >> the census is starting to come up somewhat. we are still at a 24% decrease from prior year. we are at 1685 today and we normally would run about 1800. it is starting to creep up.

the sheriff anticipates we will be near 1800 by the end of the calendar year. chairperson avalos: colleagues, any other comments or questions? if we could open this up for public comment? it is for item six. we will close public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: motion to approve, as amended. chairperson avalos: we will accept the budget analyst's recommendations without objection. to the full board with recommendation. madam clerk, if you could please call 7 through 9. >> item 7, resolution adopting findings under the california environmental quality act guidelines and sentences go administrative code chapter 31, including the adoption of a mitigation monitoring program, related to the funding of the

cesar chaviez source system improvement, directing the clerk of the board of supervisors to notify the controller, and authorizing the public utilities commission to expand a grant in the amount of $477,900 from the u.s. environmental protection agency. chairperson avalos: that was separate from the other items? >> yes. chairperson avalos: great. a representative from puc? >> my name is betsy tan. this resolution adopts ceqa findings. we came to you in 2006 asking approval to accept the grant.

at that time, you did approve of us to do that. that was with the exception of having us come back after we completed the environmental review. we are here today because we have completed the ceqa approval for the project and are back to ask for your approval to extend this grant. we are excited to move forward with this project which would minimize future flooding in the caesar chavis -- caesesar chave area. >> this resolution would simply approve an expenditure you authorized of $477,900 in grant funds from the u.s. epa. those funds would reimburse the puc for a similar amount from

waste water revenue bond fund money, which the board of supervisors previously appropriated. we recommend you approve this resolution. chairperson avalos: thanks, mr. rose. public comment on item 7? no public comment. motion from supervisor mirkarimi for approval. that will go to the full board with the recommendation. if it could call items 8 through 10. >> item 8, resolution authorizing the san francisco fire department to enter a 10 year agreement with the presidio trust to provide fire and emergency services to portions of the presidio under the trust 's jurisdiction, with the trust reimbursing the fire department for those services under the agreement. item nine, resolution

authorizing the fire department to enter a 10 year agreement with the national park service to provide fire and emergency medical services to national park service areas within san francisco, with the park service reimbursing the fire department for those services, and to accept funds provided by the national park service as reimbursement for services. i contend, resolution approving the hiring of permanent career civilian federal firefighters displaced by the closure of the national park service fire station in the presidio, pursuant to the authority granted by california government code section 53280. >> happy birthday, supervisor mirkarimi. the three items you have before you today constitute approximately an 18 month process. i know supervisors elsbernd

and alioto-pier have been very concerned. this will be a value added for anyone who lives or works in the presidio. we have with us mr. jeff dice and mr. mike savage to talk about their support for these resolutions as they move forward to this body and the full board next week. i would also like to acknowledge recently retired deputy chiefs of the administration, so passionate he is here today to help present the item and answer any questions you might have. we are asking today for you to support and approve the contract and the accept and expend grant for the presidio trust and the national park service. the third one, which we can get

into greater detail, is the fire department working with civil service is proud to bring over some of the federal firefighters. 12 will be h2 firefighters. three will be paramedics. basically, we will be able to provide fire and medical services in to the presidio. the contract will begin october 1 this year and run through september 30, 2020. i would like to ask the retired chief deputy to provide more detail for you. chairperson avalos: thank you. can we still call you deputy chief? welcome. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak on behalf of this. i want to give you a little bit of history. the project started 18 months ago. the presidio fire department and national park service had an

engine and a truck inside as well as administrative staff in their area. that started in 1994 when we took it over from the military base. over the years, they had some issues with staffing. the deactivated the truck company along the line. that said, the late credit milton and the late dennis o'neil contacted the san francisco park department to address how we could help them. over the last 18 months, we have gone from providing an ambulance to all the services of the department. this contract is an all risk service. we provide all-gold rescue, all ambulance service, and all fire service. the initial term of the contract

is from october 1, 2010 through september 30, 2020. with that contract -- that is a 10 year contract with 35-year extensions. they want to proceed. -- with three five-year extensions. they want to proceed. this runs through december 30, 2011. that is for 4.3 to $5 million. -- $2.32$4.325 million. that schedule will be adjusted each year which allows you to recoup any costs to the fire department. if we notice that there is an

overage for one year, there is a maximum amount of payment from the national park service as well as presidio trust. that money is not lost. that is carried to the four years and can be picked up as review the contract. we not only came up with these estimated numbers -- we look at the cpi. it is around 3.3% to 3.5%. we feel comfortable with the cap we have. it meets the needs of the federal government and the city and county of san francisco. for implementation, it was approved by the fire commission. we would go to the full board for approval on august 10 and

would like to be able to make final job offers to the fire personnel on august 25 and start the academy on august 30 and have them on the streets sometime in october. we recommend that you approve this today. i would be happy to answer any questions you might have. chairperson avalos: thank you become a deputy chief. thank you for your work. -- thank you, deputy chief. think you for your work. i know there were years spent developing this relationship. thank you for your effort and work on that. i know you wanted to be here to see if all your efforts come to fruition. it is important to note that. mr. rose, share with us your report, please. >> let me start by stating that

makes to you, which i consider to be a policy matter, is that it is possible that because that would be incurred by the fire

department would exceed the fees that are going to be reimbursed by these two agencies. we consider this to be a policy matter for the board. there would be no incremental increase whatsoever. the reason why we say this is a policy matter is because as you know by hiring these 15 firefighters it would be outside the normal civil service rules and regulations. for that reason, we said it is a policy matter. we will respond to any questions. supervisor mirkarimi: i have a question for the controller, if i can aim toward mr. rosenfield. i am extremely supportive of this. i do not see why the city and county would not support the subsuming of the presidio. it is a smart move and it seems clean with very little downside. as the relationship goes with the controller, you and i have talked about this in recent years. is this a presidio exempt from paying certain taxes? >> ben rosenfield, controller. that is correct. specifically, the buck act prohibits the city from assessing a payroll tax for businesses located within the presidio. we do collect taxes from different activities that occur in the presidio based on the but act and other federal legislation. specifically, given our current

business tax structure, we do not assess business taxes. supervisor mirkarimi: i am trying to understand for future focus that there may be a demand for more services warranted. it raises a question about us being able to help support the demand for those services, yet there is someone of an uneven -- somewhat of an uneven relationship with revenue being generated. a hope in the future we return to the idea of being able to cultivate a more even relationship by those businesses that exist in the presidio. i do not know if that is entertained in this discussion or not, or really has a relevant relationship. the presidio is probably one of the most crime areas of real estate and area where people would like to be established.

i can see huge demand exceeding current capacity with the fire department out there. >> it is a question for the department. i think as the intensity of use in the presidio increases in future years, the contract before you will need to accommodate the fire department's response to a growing residential and commercial mix there. supervisor mirkarimi: i am confident the third apartment will constantly be able to move forward with current staff, but i think we expect the presidium to grow in certain numbers. that might tax the capacity. it would be nice if we were able to even out the revenue generation as we would expect citywide. this is really the last straw for you, deputy chief. i am glad you are here. >> i hope it is not the