budget development. of course at the time, the state had not passed the budget yet, so that was a very quick discussion. one of the concerns, and i still don't know, this should be a concern, but there was the governors' suggestion to cut all the unaccounted government funds which would have meant as much as $25 million that would have been cut out of our budget and so i don't think it happened but i don't know at this point. >> you would have heard. commissioner yee: i'm sure my friends would have notified me. and the nice thing was, you know, our local reps assure me that was not going to happen. so the other thing that we talked about was revealing the -- reviewing the administratively approved consultant resolutions that we

talked about, making sure that we, first of all we said we would allow for administrate orrs, for the administration to approve certain contracts, that's under $25,000, i believe and cumulatively up to $50,000. so there's been a mechanism, there was a report, but there was also some loopholes we had to look at in terms of how do we actually know who is keeping track of the accumulation, what if -- and commissioner wynns sort of brought this up, what happens when different sites are contracting with particular vendors and they don't actually know who is contracting what and yet we're finding things that are showing up that are contrary to our policy.

so the staff said they'd look into it and see how we can close those loopholes. the third item was talking about resources for the superintendents' zone and as you know, there's 15 schools in those zones and the biggest piece of the resources besides some of the title one funding we moved around to support that effort will be the improvement money, state improvement grant money. because 10 of the 15 schools in these zones are going to get funding in the number of $45 million over three years. that's going to help a lot. then the discussion really becomes, how do we make sure that the other five don't have a lack of resources, and i think one of the things that is key, i mean, to all this, was in terms

of the priorities, in the work areas, a lot of it was consistent to our strategy planning and so forth and it's a matter of move regular sources wrong and doing it more efficiency so without going through all the priorities, one thing we talked about as relevant to money was that there was one of the priorities said resource alignment and so there was a little confusion, what do you mean resource alignment? it could be at a high level but we also, what we found out from the staff was, we're also talking at the site level, too, a lot of times we might know what's going on at the higher level, not we, but the staff, and -- we know what's going on too. but at the site level they don't know what they can move around and what resources can be used more efficiently. so one of the ideas was that

there's going to be a lot of coaching around this particular item. so one of the things -- so the report was good, but it was not complete. and we wanted to know more about the title one money in terms of what was flex and all this, so what really are we using to support the central staff to support our effort with these zones and we asked for a report for our next meeting for that one. so our next budget committee meeting will be october 28, and one of the items we were hoping to discuss for information on was the budget around special ed and there was a conflict of staffing in terms of her -- what's her name? cecilia dodge, being able to attend because she had already committed to some other venue system of we're going to

postpone that discussion to make sure she's there for november and we're going to move up some items and we'll be getting -- all of you will be getting this -- the unaudited actuals and we'll have some brief discussion around this because where it's going to be showing, actually some positive results that we weren't anticipating and we'll have that discussion in our next meeting, ok? >> thank you, commissioner yee. the next report -- commissioner yee: deputy superintendent lee. >> thank you. i wanted to make one addendum to commissioner yee's report, this is maybe a sore subject at this point but on the issue of the administratively approved k resolutions, so what we reported to the committee was the loopholes that i think the commissioners are all familiar with have been addressed so we

should not see, and this is true as of the last regular board meetings, as well as tonight's regular board meeting, we should not see items of multiple sites or multiple departments submitting k resolutions for the same contractor in excess of those cumulative thresholds or the $25,000 thresholds. i think the committee discussed wanting to have more information about how we've done that or evidence that we've done that or seeing some of the tools we've used to handle that. we can do that for the next committee meeting but just in case people are wondering if, in the meantime, the loopholes are still unaddressed or if they had been addressed, the answer is they have been addressed. commissioner yee: thank you. president kim: commissioner fewer. commissioner fewer: the curriculum program committee met on october 4 we we had one action item, which gave it a positive recommendation and

forwarded it to the board and we had two informational items, one oo-- on the clip grant and one about shape up and what we are doing with shape up with our p.e. department and we actually have agreed that we would call the clip grant back in the spring for an update to find out more about it and also to see, because there's sort of -- they're sort of in a planning stage now to get an update on that, and also we spoke about shape up and our p.e. department collaborating on getting a sur -- on doing a survey on how well we're meeting the needs of our studenting concerning p.e. and the p.e. master plan. the next curriculum meeting will be on november 3, wednesday. we were going to hold it the first monday of every month but that monday, there is no school, there is a furlough day, so we are now scheduling a meeting for wednesday, november 4.

thank you. president kim: commissioner norton. commissioner norton: i wanted to announce the next meeting of the rules policy and education committee will be october 18 at 5:30. correction, november 3 -- wednesday is the third. right. thank you very much. president kim: the day after election day. item t is report of closed session actions. as of october 7, 2010, the board of education by a vote of five ayes and two absence approved the expulsion of one high school student. they have approved the filing of one civil action. the board of education by a vote of seven ayes approved an amendment to the superintendent of school's contract which eextended the term by one year. altered the terms of the additional retirement clause from a contribution to a supplemental plan, to contribution to a retirement plan as selected by the superintendent which includes an option to purchase the

nonqualified plan. there are no other changes to the existing contract and thank you, carlos for staying with us at least one more year beyond your contract. we're all excited that you are committed to sfusd. yes, go ahead, commissioner wynns. commissioner wynns: i want to congratulate the superintendent and express my support for his contract extension and provisions but i also need to ask a question. i have been concerned since we took this vote because unless something has changed in the law, i have been told for a number of years, and we have behaved for a number of years, and it was changed five or six years ago and in those intervening years we have voted on the superintendent's contract in open session. having been told by our attorneys that we were required to do that. so if we -- i need to have something in writing that tells

me either we were wrong before or the -- we're wrong now or the law has been changed, i need a legal basis for that vote to be valid. i think we need that for our record. too. i have no issue with the vote but i want to make sure we did it legally and if we didn't, if we did, we've been doing it illegally or unnecessarily for years and we need to know that. president kim: i will absolutely provide you that. generally, you cannot discuss compensation itself in closed session and any modifications to compensation has to take place in open session but since that was not discussed. president kim: item u, other informational items, it is pested in the agenda, quarterly report on williams uniform complaints, now we're at item v, meeting is adjourned. have a good evening.

>> this has been interesting and exciting week in san francisco, the last week of september. this was a company that is well

known to many people, but boat -- that will be well known to many more people. >> we are home to twitter, wikimedia, foursquare, and we are home to a 270,000 square foot headquarters at 8th and brannan, zenga. it was leaked they are announcing their new headquarters. >> this is an online gaming company in san francisco. this employs roughly 1200 people they had 398 employees,5

, and competing against president berlusconi in italy, and we are down here with all the attributes of this natural amphitheater which is the san francisco bay, and the opportunity to be the only american city to defend the america's cup. those of you not familiar, you should just care on this basis, besides the love of the sport and showcasing the natural beauty and wonderment that is sailing in the san francisco bay, you should care because of those 9000 jobs. the economic stimulus for the region is the equivalent of three super bowls. if we succeed in getting the america's cup to defend the cup here, there is great expectation that they will win that defense and continued to make subsequent

investments for many years to come, so this is an extraordinary moment and opportunity to really jump start our regional economy and our local economy, and i want to congratulate everyone that has worked their tails off to get us this far. the reason i mention this is because this week, we submitted our term sheet to the board of supervisors, laying out the scope and commitment we are making to being the host city. we have a lot of work ahead of us. we expect a decision in the next weeks, but the determination of which of those three countries will host the 34th america's cup will be determined very soon. i just cannot say enough about all the elected family here in san francisco, and the corporate commitments we are getting from ceo close of companies large and small throughout the bay area that have really stepped up -- from ceo's of companies large and small.

king juan carlos and berlusconi have been involved in the country's bids. we have a different kind of political system in terms of expectations and other folks -- other things that falls in d.c. are focused on. there is a lot going on. we hope to get rid elections and then see that same kind of enthusiasm. i expect we will, back in washington, d.c., not just the state. again, thank you to speaker progress -- speaker perez for release stepping up. third thing is we had a really exciting announcement as well -- at least i thought it was -- because we actually competed against cities large and small across the country for a $12,000,000.30-year grant that cames from the great -- from the gates foundation -- $12 million three-year grant that came from the gates foundation. there were years where they were

not so sure that we had our act together as it relates to public education. in this case, we are one of four cities that received a multi- year grant, millions of dollars used to focus on college going culture and partnerships that will be developed. we call it a bridge to success. 2.9 million students in the community college system. we often forget how important the community college is for vocational training and the community track and for people regardless of their time in life to get quality education, but we needed to create a framework to streamline our data collection, to streamline our collective efforts, and the gates grant will allow us to do that over three years. here is a good idea that his generated money and resources and support. our job is to implement it and deliver on this promise, and that will happen with your good work and your good judgment, and

so in closing, let me thank you in advance for that work. let me thank you in advance for your collaborative and these partnerships that you will advance. let me thank you for your wisdom in getting us here today and remind you -- the future is not in front of us. it is inside of us. we will determine the fate and that future of this program and whether or not more money will flow because we have aligned our collective strategies in a new and profound way. again, as one of four cities that will be receiving that $12 million. i want to applaud hydro mendoze for really leading that charge. and everyone at the community college system for release stepping up to the plate and showing what we can do. and we built public-public partnerships, not just public/private partnerships, and really worked in a

collaborative. my core beliefs has always been that money should not be the limiting believe, meaning a lack of money. if you have a better idea, the money can start flowing. i have always believed that. that is why we did universal health care. it was not that we had hundreds of millions of dollars at our disposal. we had a better idea. same case here. because of the work we have done with kindergarten and college and because we are handing out college savings accounts to many kindergartners that are entering the system, because of the work we did for san francisco promise and the guarantee of a four-year education for our sixth graders, because of the work that has been vance by the school board, all of those things contributed to us getting in the mix and getting this grant, and now, the eyes of this foundation and others are upon us to actually deliver on promised, so i cannot be more complementary and enthusiastic about what this means. i have always said that once the

mine is stretched, it can never go back to its original form. once we create that kind of imagination in the mind of a young child that now has a streamlined pathway to that bridge to success, which is a college education or career track through community college, then great things happen, so that is really where we celebrated earlier this week, down at that community college campus, and out in ocean avenue. complement's and hats off to everyone who made that happen. finally, a bit of sober news, but also new is that i think should give us pause and a little bit of optimism. we are going to lose the federal funding it looks like on this jobs now program, which is arguably a back breaker for hundreds of thousands -- and i mean that literally, hundreds of thousands of families across this country that may lose their jobs, but rather than just accept that fate, we have some ideas. we have 4127 families that have

been benefited because of the jobs now program. most aggressive expansion of this program of any city or state in the nation. they should be complimented and truly elevated in people's minds in terms of the good work they have done. we recognize that this federal money may go away, and we are still fighting for it. we have not given it up completely, but we are going to take some existing job-training money and redirected and realign it so we can keep roughly 470 slots available to those families that would otherwise lose their jobs. the hope is that roughly half of those 4000-plus families will keep their jobs because a private employer will keep them on, particularly through the holidays because so many of those jobs are in the service industry. in january, to make sure we can build that bridge, we are going to create some incentives and open up the opportunity for

folks to continue to get some benefit for continuing to employ some of these individuals so they can support their families. it requires us to redirect about $9 billion that we will be asking the board of supervisors to help us redirect. the other money was going out anyway, but not totally dissimilar programs. we think the best job training is on the job training. we think the best job is not receiving $450 a week in unemployment, but $447 a week which many people do through our transitional program, but that comes with the dignity of the job itself and a paycheck and the work ethic behind it. this is important, and i think i have brought this up in these weekly videos probably 20 times. i would say 30, but that would be exaggerating. we are fighting hard in congress. speaker pelosi has been a great. senator feinstein and boxer has

been a great. the president said he would sign the extension of the bill. it is just pretty damning that we have a program that is creating private-sector jobs, creating a real opportunity, giving people a real opportunity, and a costs for many folks less than it costs the taxpayers to just hand out an unemployment check. yet, there is no debate about extending it, even though we rightly extended the unemployment insurance benefits. this is frustrating, but nonetheless, we will keep fighting, and that frustration has borne some ingenuity and entrepreneurialism on our part to think about our existing job- training programs, again, so we can provide at least a framework of 1740 slots and the opportunity to extend this program for many families. that is the update for the week. a lot of things to talk about, but those are four important things, and we look forward to checking back in in a week or

two talking about our progress on jobs now and america's cup, and those other companies i mentioned that will be making some big commitments to our city. . >> san francisco. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. .

>> good morning, welcome to the budget and finance committee. my name is supervisor john avilos, the chair of the committee joined by supervisor sophie maxwell who will be sitting in as a member of the committee in replace of ross who is at the coastal committee. the clerk of the committee is mr. victor young. mr. young, do we have any announcements? >> yes. please turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to speak during public comments fill out a card and turn it in to myself. if you have any 2k0789s please include a copy to the clerk for

the file. the board of supervisors agenda on september 21, 2010 unless otherwise stated. >> thank you, mr. young. please if you could call number one. >> item number one, resolution approval the agreement between the city and county of san francisco and the nonprofit institute of aging, community living fund and linkage program services to adults with disabilities for a total not to exceed $13,941,544. >> very good. an and colleagues, i have and perhaps you have on your desk as well, an amendment, actually reset the total amount for the agreement to $16,144,186 and make that amendment here. >> if we can do that without

objection. okay. >> good morning, chairman and members of the committee. i'm david flores jr., senior administrative analyst for the human services agency and contracts manager for contracts of aging and adult services. with me is david concern erner. we are here to introduce for your consideration amended resolution 10-0832 requesting your authorization for the agency to enter into a new grant agreement with the nonprofit institute on aging to provide case management and linkage, respite, program services to seniors an adults with disabilities for a total not to exceed amount of $16,144,866. the maximum term we are proposing under this grant agreement will run from july 1, 2010 through june 30, 2015. the institute on aging has over 30 years of experience serving

elders and adults with disabilities through uncommunity based and social services. the i.o.a. currently operates 16 programs reaching over 20,000 members of the community. the i.o.a. programs address issues affecting frail elders with cognitive imparents and mental illness all of whom are at risk of institutionalization. it ranges from day services to therapy offered in the consumer's home. the agency maintains an appropriately diverse staff with knowledge of diverse cultures to ensure services are delivered effectively and in a culturally appropriate manner. specifically, the purpose of the grants, the purpose of case management is to provide assistance in the form of access or care coordination in circumstances where the older person or adult with disabilities and or caregivers are experiencing diminished are experiencing diminished capacity to function including capacity to function including