this could be included in the next bike plan. supervisor mar: i think that is a great suggestion. without objection. 2d, the finding of the grand jury is, police involvement is critical to the success of the plan but only one police officer is listed among 113 people listed under the acknowledgments section. pedestrians, public writers, and motorists were not represented. it looks like there is disagreement from the advisory committee, the environmental impact report plan. and the mta response is that they partially agree. one officer was listed, however, using the acknowledgement of proxy for participation does not reflect the range. city staff members themselves what, bite, use transit ticket to work. the police department was fully

consulted in the creation of the plan and the police department's response is police officers experience traffic safety and full-time bicycle officers should be utilized in the development of policy. i would be in agreement. supervisor maxwell: i would recommend that we adopt the mta response. having a different range of participation in the workshops that have gone through should be accounted for, even though it may not have been part of the acknowledgment. i think we should probably add to the mta response and say that police officers experience in traffic, bike safety, should be more fully utilized in the development of the policy. supervisor maxwell: also in the next plan that they and the pedestrians and more police officers. the recommendation from the sfpd should be seen soon.

>> -- supervisor mar: without objection. 2d, further discussion or revision of the plan should include the police, pedestrians, public transit riders, motorists. police involvement should involve the police chief or designee, at least two officers familiar with cycling issues. it looks like there is broad agreement from the police department. similar to what supervisor maxwell presented as well. the advisory committee said the sfpd should establish a contact for bicycle-related issues with assurance that action will be followed through, much like the mta does currently. supervisor chu: i think the

recommendation is a good recommendation. the only thing that i would be uncomfortable with is the specific designation of an additional two officers. i do not know why we need to designate any, if we have one very strong, very engaged individual. that would also be a benefit to the program. i would generally agree, but i would leave it to the police chief or designee to determine what full involvement from the police department would be. supervisor mar: without objection. we have a couple of more, 3a, finding that the california traffic vehicle code is often lax. just reading through the mayor's response. full enforcement will minimize danger to the public on the roadway, but enforcement is not purposely week. the police department's response believes that celt

enforcement is an excellent beginning. if it is determined that additional enforcement is required, sfpd may develop a plan to achieve additional enforcement. advisory committee's response agreed. my suggestion is we adopt the police department's response to this. without objection. the recommendation is the plan should insist that all roadway users comply with the law. motorists and cyclists should promote self enforcement. there is agreement pretty much through this one as well. i read the police department's response. there is some partial agreement with the bicycle advisory committee. the mta says it is already being implemented. here is the b a c response.

emphasizing safety and equity, as the high asperities. a minority in the eac disagrees. it looks to me, again, the police department's response is the one that i would recommend we adopt for this one. we will adopt the response for this one, without objection. 3b, the plan recommends the sfpd make changes to enforcement programs but the police appeared to be the only group not included in the development of

the plans and forced the recommendation. not all moving violations, citations get into the computer. the police department's response to disagree with the response on collection of data on collecting data on cyclists. i think the captain just said that is being done now. the relevancy of bicycle issues, comes down to not distracting from public matters of crime and safety related to acts of violence. i think we should adopt the police department's response. is there any objection to that? without objection. the grand jury's recommendation is similar. can we adopt the police department's recommendation response? okay, without objection. 3c, neither motorists, nor cyclist's receive many moving

violations. police officers, on average, site 1 cycles per year and one motorist every three days. could we just above the san francisco police department's response? this has no direct bearing on sfpd. i think we should just adopt that finding. >supervisor chu: the finding is a good one but i am not clear what our answer should be on this one yet. maybe we could ask the department to provide more information. when we say no motorist or cyclists receive many moving violations, the question is, how many are we missing? we do not have a good way to know if we are capturing 50%, 10% of citation that could be there.

supervisor maxwell: also, how do they know, what did they know to come up with this conclusion? supervisor mar: requires further analysis, without objection. police should also enforce the traffic code and started september, have the ability to enter bicycle citations into the database. tickets should include a box for bicycles and comstat should include bicycle-related data. supervisor chu: this one looks like the same recommendation for 3b. perhaps we can respond with the same recommendation. supervisor mar: without objection. 3d, the finding is the increase in violence on running on the sidewalk and writing the wrong way could be in 22, 1, the

number of cyclists, or, two, failure to obey the telephone traffic code. the recommendation is the plea should enforce the traffic code and california vehicle code starting in september 2011, have a goal of entering all bicycle citations into the database. tickets should include a box for bicycle and, staff should have an area for bicycle-related data. supervisor mar: we should adopt the same response as in 3b. it is the same recommendation. supervisor mar: without objection. supervisor maxwell? supervisor mar: it is the same recommendation -- supervisor chu: it is the same recommendation. the increase on violence on

sidewalks, from my point of view, i would partially disagree with this. i am not sure the increased number of cyclists would lead to an increase in violations, per say. i am not sure how you can make a conclusion. i do not believe that we sanction or say, motorist, or anybody really, should be violating traffic law. i am not sure how to word it exactly. supervisor mar: the bicycle advisory committee says there is no data on why people but a lot. supervisor chu, could you rephrase what our response would be? supervisor chu: perhaps we could say we partially disagree. i would incorporate part of bac response that says there is no solid date as to why people

break the law. an increased number of cyclists, there is no correlation between increased cyclists, and violations occurring. however, we occur we need to work closely with the police department to make sure everyone is in compliance with traffic laws. supervisor maxwell: i think part of that is lack of education. everybody may not know. some people may feel, if i ride on the wrong side, people can see me. that is what they used to say when you walk. this finding for me is troublesome. i would rather talk about educating as we increase bicyclists, people who have never ridden before are deciding to ride. maybe the enforcement policy should emphasize the safety of all road users, including pedestrians. maybe we could integrate that

into the response as well. supervisor mar: did you get that? the response from supervisor chu, with amended language from supervisor maxwell. that was for recommendation 3d. 3e, san francisco does not require licensing of bicyclist or cyclists. administering the program would be difficult. no recommendation. any modification to current state traffic code requires an action by the legislature. i am not even sure if we need to respond to this, as a board. ok. 3f, and there are no bicycle ticket operations for bicyclists which would provide an opportunity for bicycle education. the recommendation is by january 2011, the bac should establish a

bicycle court traffic option. so there is pretty much agreement with this one, except the mayor's response to the agreement is it requires further analysis. supervisor chu: i would agree with the findings, to say that we agree with the finding. the traffic school does not exist. terms of recommendation, i would agree with the mayor's office finding. supervisor mar: any objection to that? 3 without . g, -- without objection. 3g. the recommendation is there should be an over all say what policy on the enforcement of the traffic code and california vehicle code so police will have the direction and support they deserve.

let me go through this, as the mayor's response is an agreement to the finding. enforce the plays a critical role in ensuring a safe transportation system and the bicycle community wields much power. sfpd welcome the city wide policy to improve cycling behavior and believes the enforcement of all laws should be undertaken. the mayor's response to the recommendation is that it requires further analysis. all motorists and cyclists must obey and sfpd must enforce all parts of the california traffic code. if not, it can lead to inconsistent enforcement. supervisor chu: i would suggest that we respond by saying we partially agree with the

finding. i do not believe the police are reluctant to site simply because of complaints by cyclists, or because of a perceived power. i think there are other instances where police officers are taxed because of the number of officers they have to cover the beats, or other situations in their job. i would say there might be another reason why police officers may or may not be citing cyclists. supervisor mar: i should read the police department's response. in force and should be performed. community outreach to the bicycle community, through the bicycle advisor a committee, schools, retailers will be helpful in achieving this goal. supervisor chiu's recommendation, i am supportive of. without objection? ok. last but not least, recommendation for a transit

first policy of the city does not require one mode of transportation to financially support all costs associated with road usage. a fee charged to cyclists who violate a traffic code would likely not be a deterrent to cycling. the recommendation is the city to -- should consider creating a negative database to capture the cyclists who are cited for moving violations and to create a bicycle traffic court. the bucks led there is unanimous disagreement with the finding -- it looks like there is unanimous disagreement with the finding. this agreement requires further analysis or will not be implemented. let's take the finding first. the disagreement from the bicycle advisory committee is the automobile industry is deeply subsidized, especially if

every sector of the government' -- lost revenue, to name a few. roads are paved through sales tax, gas tax, and bonds. research suggests that cyclists pay more than their fair share for infrastructure. the mayor's response to this finding is bicyclists should not be assessed an negative registration fee. such a fee could discourage ridership. supervisor chu: for this one, i partially disagree with the finding. the first part that says the city does not require one mode of transportation to support all costs associated with road usage -- that is true. but the second part, charging a fee would not be a deterrent to cycling. i think it would be. if we could recommend this with

partial agreement. supervisor mar: without objection. now on the recommendation, the city should create a database of names for violators and create a bicycle traffic court. supervisor chu: i believe the idea of a traffic court requires further analysis, depending on the cost. supervisor mar: adopting the mayor's response on this one. the city cannot create a track record. the city requires further analysis. is that ok? that concludes the findings and recommendations from the civil grand jury's report. again, i wanted to thank everyone from the civil grand jury, and the bicycle advisory committee. as well as the department

representatives for responding well. mr. cruz? >> let me clarify one of your responses on 3g. captured what you wanted to adopt in the finding but i did not get what you were agreeing on or not on the recommendation. supervisor mar: the recommendation is there should be an overall city policy on overall vehicle traffic code so that the police will have the support they deserve. supervisor chu: perhaps we can adopt the bac agreement for this one. supervisor mar: without objection. that is fine. >> one for the clarification. recommendation 43 b, 3 d, 3 c, were identical. the board said there were indicated in providing a consistent response.

in the discussion for 3 d, supervisor maxwell suggested amending a sfpd response with comments regarding -- including the safety of pedestrians and others on the road. did you want to make those amendments to the previous two responses -- the same recommendation for all three findings to make a response consistent to all three? supervisor chu: could you repeat that? supervisor m>> these recommendae similar. you adopted the police department's response for all three recommendations, but during the discussion of the final recommendation, 3d, supervisor maxwell recommended added some language about pedestrians. supervisor chu: i believe the conversation about the education

was related to the finding, not the recommendation. we had talked about the fact that the increase in violation may not just be related to the fact that there might be an increased number of cyclists, -- >> so only for 3d. supervisor mar: thank you for the clarification. thank you, everyone, for working through this process to respond to this telegram jury's findings and recommendations. supervisor maxwell: i just want to again thank the grand jury for their interest in the subjects, commitment. it is important that we have a dialogue, that people recognize and understand these are questions that a lot of people are thinking about. i want to thank you for bringing it to the forefront, and all of you helping us to discuss these things. it is important to everyone. supervisor mar: supervisor chu?

supervisor chu: 82 the bicycle advisory committee. we hope you are still involved in the next plan. supervisor mar: please call item four. >> hearing on the office of the controller's city services auditor annual work plan for fy 2010-2011. supervisor mar: believepeg stevenson is here from the comptroller's office. >> hello, board members. i am from the division of the comptroller's office. you have made a note about our audit director. we have just a couple of slides that we can show you to walk through the major content, what

the city services, other divisions does. we will do this very quickly. just to remind you of the functions of our program under the charter appendix, what we have a plan for fiscal year 2011. you have been provided in your packets, and was on the board website, a document which discusses our high-level strategic priorities. attached to that was his good will of all the audits and progress over $50,000 worth in term of total efforts. those are the big projects. we also have a lot of smaller ones that we are prepared to answer questions on any of those issues. just for the public, a couple of things about our work and hour division. it is divided into two groups. i run the technical assistance and performance measurement and analysis. tonya runs the group that does all the city's internal auditing

functions and whistleblower functions. in general, we are operating under charter of appendixf, which was passed in november 2003 and started being implemented in 2004. it has a broad set of mandates about the effectiveness of city government. it refers to the city internal audit functions. it also has specific mandates about street, park, and sidewalk standards, standards about the city's mou's. it also refers to the whistleblower program. in addition to the mandates that are specifically in the charter section, in general, we are also responding to other charter and reporting requirements, adnan reporting requirements, which being there are a lot of requirements for auditing. and a lot of the city's

contracts and leases. in general, the budget looks like the city's budget. we get 0.2% set aside. we have a good size work order every year with the enterprise department, like the mta, public utilities, airport. bond and capital programs are also subject to this requirement. the audit program includes some ambitious new work on that, which konica can speak to as well. -- tonya can speak to as well. what that means and type -- in terms of the types of services we do. the budget book is a function of our measurement system. the whistleblower program, in general, we do the vibrations -- evaluations. these are a couple of quick stats about the size of our program.

the city budget over all its $6.3 billion. allocation is 0.2% of 1%, calculating out to about $11 million. we are at 47 people at the moment and we still have some vacancies which we may or may not fill, depending on budget circumstances. here is the budget detail. i know this is a lot of information quickly. we have had a long hearing already. this is just listing the city departments and the size of the work order they have with us. the health department is the city's biggest single function. together with community health and the two hospitals, we will be doing $2 million worth of work for them this year. if we do not spend the money, it is returned to the department who budgeted it in the first place. this is a list of the highlights of what was accomplished in

fiscal year 2009-2010. we issued a tremendous number of reports. one of the first things that tonya did when she took over -- we had some audits that were sitting around for awhile. she did a great job getting them out the door. we started issuing the government performance parameter. that is a major performance measures on city operations, which we will do on a bimonthly basis. we have some good products under way with health department and police department. the office depot audit, which i know you got a presentation on, was a presentation finding and was a significant effort for the city. i will turn the microphone over to tonya to touch on the major things planned for 2011 on the audit side. >> good morning. some of the things that we have planned on the audit side, we

will be doing a performance audit for the mta unsustainable streets division operation. that comes as a result of the reform for mta. it is require that there is a major operations at audit performed within mta on an annual basis. so we will start with this division first. we will be doing an audit but with regard to dollars we received from the american recovery and reinvestment act. we have two audits that we will be performing for the redevelopment agency western addition and bayview hunters point. we started a new program within our audit division for looking at city-wide cash transactions. we did a major survey. we've partnered with the treasury department and sent out a survey to all our departments. we had a 100% response rate. from that data, we have done a

risk assessment and we are endeavoring to do 12 cash audits per annual for each fiscal year. we will be doing a mandated audit, as required by adnan code every three years. we have also started another code within the audit function, payroll audit. that does fall in line with the charter and we are looking at practices across the city. this year, we are going to do human services agency and fire department. last year, we did the police department. we are endeavoring to do capital recovery projects as a result of bond money. we are to look at san francisco general hospital, rebuild the sea water system improvement programs, where we currently have two of its going on for the water system program. clean and safe neighborhoods park bond. branch library