>> thank you. i really appreciate it. thank you to the parents for organizing this. the board of supervisors, i will be sure that i will notify my colleagues in different efforts to have this funding at a different level.

without objection, this resolution is adopted. do we have any in the mornings for today? >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the final individuals. on behalf of president chiu, supervisor chu for the lat neal. on behalf of the full board. >> madame clerk, is there any more business in front of the board? colleagues, we are adjourn for the day.

>> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful.

that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means our relationship to the sky, there is a way where we dominate the sky. we cannot see anything really. we are blinding ourselves in a way. >> you can look at the images, they are beautiful.

when i started four years ago, there was a conversation about environmental issues that was very different. this is not being talked about in the way it is now. . this has just been like an amazing growth. i anticipate the project to be something that opens a dialogue to public interest in these ideas. so the work is really made to be seen in this environment. it's been show in museum, in gallery, but never in a public setting. and it's kind of ideal for both myself and the works to have this real dialogue with the public not only in san francisco but people coming from all over the world.

>> since the dawn of electricity, that light is something that people feel connected to and inspired by. personally, there is space to keep that alive, just finding balance. the key is to find some balance.

supervisor avalos: good morning and welcome to the budget and finance committee. i am joined by supervisor ross mirkarimi. charlie, we will be joined by sean elsbernd. -- shortly, we will be joined by sean elsbernd. >> [clerk announcements]

supervisor avalos: thank you. let's hear items one and two. >> item 1. ordinance authorizing the department of adult probation to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $300,000 from the california emergency management agency for probation specialized supervision program federally funded through the violence against women act and amend ordinance no. 191-10 (annual salary ordinance, fy2010-2011) to reflect the addition of three (3) grant-funded positions (.75 fte) in class 8444 deputy probation officer, (.50 fte) in class 9920 public service aide/probation aide, and (.50 fte) in class 9920 public service aide/probation aide at the department of adult probation. item 2. ordinance authorizing the adult probation department to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $500,000 from the office of justice programs for funding under the second chance act state, local and tribal reentry courts, and amend ordinance no. 191-10 (annual salary ordinance, fy2010-2011) to reflect the addition of (4) four grant funded positions; (.20 fte) in class 8138 court reporter at the adult probation department, (.20 fte) in class 8113 court clerk at the adult

probation department, (.40 fte) in class 8177 attorney at the office of the public defender (pdr) and (.75 fte) in class 2912 sr. social worker at the department of public health. supervisor mirkarimi: good morning, everybody. our relatively new chief of probations is before us. right before we hand her the microphone, i want to set this up for item number two. i am delighted to see the except-expend grant for the creation of a reentry court. in 2006, 2007, i traveled twice to sacramento to meet with governor schwarzenegger's team on the department of corrections and reentry, lobbying for grant funding for san francisco for the creation of reentry courts. we are now benefiting from the prospect of creating two pilot reentry courts, one that would be supervised by our superior court system, the other by our adult probation system, which is exciting for san francisco because these are things that have not been undertaken yet by

the city and county. the direct motivation for this is the fact that, like the rest of california, this city has an extraordinary problem of recidivism. we have been tried to get our hands around this problem. we started a reentry consol. we sponsored legislation to get all of the partners together to really understand the strategies of reentry services, the ways that they are well used, where they are not, because many departments were not connecting with each other. the outcome of this effort is a concerted effort to focus on the us creating the court system and

service system that is zeroing in on those coming out of the prison system and on probation. the parolee population on average is about 1800 a day. the population, as you can guess, is hosted by many of the neighborhoods that many might surmise, in the southeast sector, mission, in the fillmore, etc.. it correlates with the level of public safety, and that is something that we are watching, to see if we can divert these individuals from repeating offenses. this step is a license for 2.5 years of a grant that i have complete optimism that it will go well, under our chief of probations. the question will come back to

us in two and half years, is this an instrument that we want to continue? hopefully, state funding will propel that, or we can bring it within our general fund. that debate will be forthcoming. in this particular case, this is something that i am glad we are getting ready to launch. i have been struggling with what to do with this 75% recidivism level that occurs in this city and county. this might be a tangible response. with that, chief, good to see you. >> thank you. we are also pleased about the two grand opportunities we have. the first is for the areas with the highest number of individuals on probation for violence against women. that will give us additional probation aid and officers to do

more in terms of supervision, following up, working with the court. in terms of their reentry grant, we are pleased with that. i believe that is one of the last missing pieces to the puzzle to create a continuing of care from the state to the county level and connecting them. we are moving in a direction of having risk needs assessment and evidence-based assessments. this court will focus on those that are on the way to prison, facing a state prison sentence for a motion to violate while on probation. we are also coordinating with the parolee court so we can have continuity of care between the two different types of courts. there is motivational interviewing, case management, risk needs, automation behind it all, also, so i expect by the time we can get to budget, you

will be pleased with it. our partners have come to the table. we have had activation meetings. we are looking at a december or january 1 kickoff, in terms of the actual court itself. we feel like we hit the ground running with the policies, procedures, staffing that we have to do. we appreciate your support. supervisor mirkarimi: a pleasure. it really supports her that her reentry council. it allows us to see something tangible, empirical, other than just a service response. more of a judicial response to how this may work. >> absolutely. another important part of this is data. we will not only be talking about those that have gone through, but what happened to them, and the more time goes on, a better outcome data we have.

recidivism, they are usually measured annually for three years. we are working with the department of corrections and rehabilitation, and we will be the first county to be able to get cdr's on individuals. they will also get our information in terms of an electronic pre sentencing reports. they will save a significant amount of money. what we'll get from that is better information on treatment, prior case management information, so that we can better plan for whatever the needed services are. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i have no further comments or questions. supervisor avalos: we can go to public comment. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor mirkarimi: motion to

accept the recommendation. supervisor avalos: without objection. please call item no. 3. >> item 3. resolution authorizing the san francisco arts commission to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $250,000 from the national endowment for the arts for the mid market cultural district partnership, now called the artery project. supervisor avalos: good morning. >> i am a program director with the san francisco arts commission. i am here to answer any question that you might have, tell you about this very exciting project. supervisor avalos: if you could describe the project to us, what it would do. >> this is a federal grant from the national endowment of the arts, a highly competitive grant. we are one of the four organizations in the country that receive the full allocation

of funding. the project is an extension of a partnership we began last year with the mayor's office of economic opportunity and workforce development to bring arts and youth arts -- revitalization of the central market district. this project is building on that. we will be working with artists, specifically based in that area , working on a series of six- month art exhibitions. we are doing art installation that we hope to launch on november 2. we are partnering with the un plaza to bring performances there. we are also doing 10 new art store fronts, also in the

spring. it is a 12-month grant. it is at the effective july 1 through july 1. so we are scrambling to get going. the official launch will be december 2. we have dubbed it the artery project, for obvious reasons, capital art, to bring groups together to invest in the central market. one other piece that i would like to tell you about -- it was a key part of the grant. what we did not want to do was just put in pretty art things for 12 months and have them go away. a significant piece of this is also working in partnership with economic development, and organizes -- an organization that specializes in local architecture, a group called

the california loan fund. what we are doing is handholding or the local arts organization, working with private property owners, identify properties available for artists to move into, and then providing free consultation, financial feasibility studies for artists, arts organizations. the goal is we want to see an increase in artists and arts organizations in that central area. what we have identified for purposes of this grant is un plaza to sixth street. supervisor mirkarimi: i just want to say, i very much approve, i liked this idea. in our district, district 5, for a couple of years we have tried this spirit we have orderly art

walks which sort of -- try this. we have quarterly art walks and it is wonderful. it does entice the police to walk beats. everybody likes to hang out. it has worked so well that now the lower haight is doing art walks. showcasing that type of thing from different communities, with merchants, allowing people to hang around at their own speed and take it all and, i think it is a no fail-type of strategy.

>> we did an art walk on sixth street the other week. i think we have almost 18 local partners on this grant. we parted with a brand-new organization called central market arts. they worked in partnership with the redevelopment agency and arts commission and we did a part walk from market street to howard. i think it was two nights ago. we had musicians in laundromats, and optometry office with paintings. there were people walking around that you never were in the neighborhood before and were seeing it through a new land. we hope to do more of that. -- new lens. supervisor avalos: thank you. we have adequathad a few of thes

well and they have been very successful. we have had three event over the past couple of years. >> we are hoping to have them in every district. supervisor avalos: one day. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor mirkarimi: motion to accept the recommendation. supervisor avalos: without objection. item number four, please. >> item 4. resolution concurring with the human services agency's declaration of emergency to modify the contract between the city and county of san francisco and hamilton family center to provide emergency elevator repairs for the family shelter in the amount of $180,000. >> good morning, chairman. what we have before you today is

a resolution concurring with the department's decision to declare an emergency to affect repairs to the elevator at 260 golden gate. that is the former fire department headquarters. for the last 10 years, has served as a family home was an emergency center. the elevator in the building is approximately 48 years old. in early august, it started mail -- a malfunctioning -- malfunctioning on a daily basis. the maintenance was under a contractor who also holds the city's maintenance contract with the department of real estate. we went to them for experiencing reasons, having 10 years history. they put together a presentation. we negotiated the most favorable price and author bites them to move forward and order the parts. the elevator was set to be put

out of commission today to start the repairs but there were some delays in receiving the parts. i can speak from my experience in managing many of these repairs, getting the parts in hand seems to be the most difficult part. that was the reason we chose to expedite this process. supervisor avalos: ok, thank you. mr. rose, if you want to share the findings of your report. >> as you know, the administrative code permits a department to not go through the city's normal competitive bidding procedure if an emergency is declared, and that is what this situation is. we agree with the department that it was an emergency based on the representations of the apartment. although that same administrative code section does provide for obtaining three

quotations, it does not require it. we concur with the department that it was not necessary to do so. they went with the existing elevator contractor with the city. we recommend that you approve this. there is one minor amendment. there is a reference to the real-estate department. it should be the real estate division. supervisor avalos: thank you. just for full disclosure, this past year, the 25th anniversary of the hamilton family center. i was there for the festivities. i am a huge fan of what they do. without question, we need to fix the elevator. i was not able to go, but wasn't jesse jackson there a few days ago? >> yes, he was intending to stay

in the shelter because he has taken up the cause of homelessness, but because he was suffering from a flu bug, he decided not to subject them to that. the elevator did work for the reverend. supervisor mirkarimi: the rev. wielded his magic. very good. supervisor avalos: public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor avalos: motion accepted an amended. full bore with recommendations. item five. >> item 5. ordinance waiving the street encroachment permit inspection fee established through public works code section 2.1.1 for signs related to bus service for the golden gate bridge, highway, and transportation district. >> josh whitman from the golden gate district.

what is on hand here is the second part of the p.w. fees, the first to which you have already approved -- dpw fees, the first of which you have already approved. this is to allow the district to upgrade its bus cited chapter run the city. there is a second fee totaling $3,100 for the department of public works to inspect each bus stop site throughout the city. that is pretty much it. a small amount of money. the first part has already been approved for waiver by the board. if you have any questions, i can answer them to the best of my ability. supervisor avalos: the public

works department will do the inspection? >> yes. supervisor avalos: ok. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? >> good morning, supervisors. department of public works. i am just here if you have any questions. i have been working with mr. whitman all along. i look forward to seeing this go through. supervisor avalos: thank you. >> is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. the golden gate line is long it is not heavy it is my brother and sister and on we go

this well there is my concern no burden on he/she we know why and on we go it is priceless to me it ain't heavy it is my brother and sister. supervisor avalos: any other member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor mirkarimi: motion to except. supervisor avalos: without objection. items six and seven, please. >> item 6. ordinance amending the san francisco business and tax regulations code by: (1) amending article 6 (common administrative provisions) to revise provisions relating to: certificates of authority to collect third-party taxes; prepayment and remittance