unit square business improvement district. >> all business improvement districts are governed by state law, local law, article 15, and a contract with the city that the office of economic developmentover sees as well as a management plan approved by the board of supervisors and was approved in 2009. our office, the office of economic work force development, we are charged with ensuring all bids are meeting city contract requirements, and we are charged with conducting an annual review of each business improvement scrict, and we provide the board of supervisors with a performance report and financial analysis. this resolution covers the annual report that the union square business improvement district submitted for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

we row viewed their annual report as well as their c.p.a. awed. the resolution includes changes to the management plan. again, linda will present some of that to us, as well as the services. so the bid was established originally in 1999 with around 10 clocks. it was renewed in 2004 and again in 2009. it was expanded in july of 2009 to cover 27 blocks in the grare -- greater union square area. there are 593 physical parcels and one time share building that has over 2,000 owners, time share owners. so a total of 2,882 parcels that are assessed in the district. their annual budget is about $3.6 million. they provide clean and safe

services, marketing advocacy, beautification of streets, they manage the district and oversee all these programs. the controller's office and our office, we reviewed their financial reports and their audit, and their union square bid is fully in compliance with their requirements from the city in their contract. the budget for each service category, one of the things we look at is was it within 10 percentage points from the manning plan's bgget. yes, they stayed within 10 percentage points of the management plan budget. the union square has requirements to get other funds. they have fundraised more than what they are required in their contract and management plan. almost 8% of their income is

from income besides assessments. that includes $221,000 in grants. their budget versus their actual expenses, they spent less than budgeted for all service categories, and that was because the assessment is from july 1st to june 30 every year, but they did not start services until january 1st. so what they do is they carry over funds to cover the first six months of each fiscal year because the city does not pay until january. from july 1st until december, the need to carry over funds from the previous year. this totals 1,520,000 and that is spent in fiscal 2010-2011.

the proposed budget is $3,608,000 and a half its revenue projection of 4,618,000. the summary of the proposed plan, this is updated and put in more specificity. they clarify and the assessment methodology someone determined after they received assessment of bills. they made changes to the plan and to the assessment roll. they are proposing to expand their board of directors from 11

to 23 members. >> thank you very much for hearing us today. in order for us to get on with an election, it is very helpful that you are hearing us today.

we have been given an overview of our and the report, the audit, and this year's budget. she did indicate that the district was expanded and a map is before you here. our organization is a membership organization what is unique about that is that when there is a matter that requires a vote of the members, we have to send 10 ballots out to those nearly 3000 members. many of them are timeshare owners in the district.

every month, we collect data on the services that are provided. the service provider provides a daily activity report. for the first six months of this fiscal year, we steam cleaned nearly 92 miles of sidewalks, but we removed nearly 1000 graffiti tax, we dropped off more than 500 trash receptacles. we did some major cleanup and i think that that is an example of the impact which is on -- alley. i don't know if anyone had seen this but it was shameful.

we are now proud of it and we plan to continue using it. >> where is this? >> this is between johnston and grant and the east-west blocks. this is right in the heart of the district. this was really awful. in fact there was a restaurant there and they quit because they were so tired of trying to deal with the mass. it is unfortunate because they were a great restaurant. our services also includes the ambassadors who are always a friendly face to the visitors coming into the area. they helped more than 15,000 visitors during the six months

giving directions, providing maps, making the recommendations. they also assisted more than 4300 people that were in need of help. also providing a great service to the area. i am sure you have heard stories. heyman names rafael cleans up around here. i see a man scraping graffiti off of the sidewalk. the parking meters, the walls. always with a big smile.

this is a great program. thank you. i think that we are fortunate to be served by mgm management group. they are a service provider and that permit goes hand in glove with the kind of service that we receive from and jam -- mjm. we spend about 65% of our budget on clean and safe.

one man's curve -- stabbed another in the neck in an incident that was reported. the individual was put in an ambulance. the ambassador identified the individual who did this and it turned out that he was on parole. this is a really good example on how this program comes into play when it is needed. part of the budget is for streetscape improvements. we have an advisory committee that works on these matters. one of the projects that we are proud of his a very extensive --

project. we will extend the sidewalks temporarily, both sides between ellis and geary. this is a rendering that shows what we are looking at. we are actually reconsidering the construction of the extended sidewalk and are thinking that we might go with concrete pavers in aggregate and they would still be moveable. we have had great support from the businesses along those two blocks. this shows how the configuration would be and seeing supported by the members on those two blocks.

we have approved a new logo and we will be unavailing that at a holiday party on december 2nd. -- we will be releasing that at a holiday party on december 2nd. we sponsored a number of public events at union square and the holiday plaza. some of them are an annual celebrity crab cracking contest. we have had supervisor chu as one of the contestants. we have used this as a fund- raiser for the forty-niners foundation. we have theater in the square along with the management company and san francisco jazz concert on thursday night during the summer. 2% of our budget is allocated

for all of the plaza. we're able to do that with a grant from the city for the specific purpose of making improvements and sponsoring programs. on oct. the seventh, we put on some really great performances. i think that there must have been at least 20 different groups and i will just lay out some pictures so you can see the different kinds of activities that took place. we had marriott to dance, ballet, puppeteers. -- we had mariachi bands. the people who came and watched

were thrilled by what they saw. one individual put this posting about that evening, it was on a blog called "a beast in the jungle," and he said that he happened upon a performance at holiday plaza and he describes the tenderloin has a bright and shiny place thanks to this also less in which he describes as an astonishing moment. i don't know who is responsible for this and thank you. this site is about 1200 kits a month. -- hits and month. we have a schedule programs through the end of the year and we plan to apply for another grant for next year. we also have put brand new

landscaping in the holiday plaza. we are working with a number of city departments on that. these accomplishments that i have shared with you are a fraction of the work that we have been involved with. we have great partners in city departments. finally, we asked for your approval, this is approval that would like to be made for the management plan. this is staffing and staffing hours and responsibilities.

we would like to think supervisor chu for sponsoring a resolution. we look forward to your support and moving it to the full board with recommendation.

>> [singing] do not go trying union square expansion don't change anything there i like it could now, fixed it up i like union square just the way you are you will always be the same old union square that i knew. what will it take for you to believe in me

take the money in the jar. i like you just the way you are, union square >> some of these songs should not see the light of day again. would any other member like to comment? a motion to approve and with recommendations. we will take that without objections. >> item number8, ordinance appropriating $9,035,065 of a certificate of participation series 2011a, to fund multiple

capital improvement projects in the department of public works and the mayor's office on disability in the general services agency, office of the city administrator, and placing these funds in the controller's reserve pending issuance. >> good afternoon. this is an administrative process the board authorized the issuance of the 48 million certificates of participation to do the street improvements as well as the access improvements. also, we have the issuance of resolution supporting the supplemental appropriation but in this case, the project improvement was already in the budget so there was not an accompanying supplemental so we missed at in the delivery costs which would fund the reserve fund, catalyze interest them --

capitalized interest. we also are looking for changes in market rate conditions. this would be specific and adjustments would be made by the comptroller's office to change projected numbers this is the administrative process and i apologize for not having it come with a package. >> thank you. >> let's hear from the budget analyst. >> mr. chairman, supervisor elsbernd, as indicated on october 26th, the board approved an ordinance authorizing the issuance of $48 million of the certificates of participation to finance various street improvements as well as the disability access improvements. as is indicated, $38 million for

the project costs on the street improvements have been appropriated in the current year budget. what is before you is the $9 million to cover the financing costs and all of the related financing and issuance costs to when the cop's are issued to pay for those. the one remaining piece is the $600,000 which was estimated for the project costs for the disability access improvements in these legislative chambers. the appropriation has not yet been approved. as i've indicated, the 9 million is just to pay for the issuance costs for the $48 million of the gop is that your previously approved -- for the pop's that you have previously approved.

>> thank you. if there are no questions from the committee, we can go on to public comment. >> [singing] this world is awfully big and you are so very all along. you've got the help from the mayor's office you have the help, you are going to take it love is all around, no need to wasted. you are not going to waste it, you are going to make it after all you will have to handicap make it with all the help from the mayor's office and after all

>> thank you very much. if there are no other members of the public, we will close public comment. a motion from supervisor elsbernd, to move forward with recommendation. is that the last item? >> thank you for your service. >> we are turned. when a resident of san francisco is looking for health care, you look in your neighborhood first. what is closest to you? if you come to a neighborhood

health center or a clinic, you then have access it a system of care in the community health network. we are a system of care that was probably based on the family practice model, but it was really clear that there are special populations with special needs. the cole street clinic is a youth clinic in the heart of the haight ashbury and they target youth. tom woodell takes care of many of the central city residents and they have great expertise in providing services for many of the homeless. potrero hill and southeast health centers are health centers in those particular communities that are family health centers, so they provide health care to patients across the age span. . >> many of our clients are working poor. they pay their taxes.

they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards getting them back on their feet. the center averages about 14,000 visits a year in the health clinic alone. one of the areas that we specialize in is family medicine, but the additional focus of that is is to provide care to women and children. women find out they're pregnant, we talk to them about the importance of getting good prenatal care which takes many visits. we initially will see them for their full physical to determine their base line health, and then enroll them in prenatal care which occurs over the next 9 months. group prenatal care is designed to give women the opportunity to bond during their pregnancy with other women that have similar due dates. our doctors here are family doctors. they are able to help these women deliver their babies at the hospital, at general

hospital. we also have the wic program, which is a program that provides food vouchers for our families after they have their children, up to age 5 they are able to receive food vouchers to get milk and cereal for their children. >> it's for the city, not only our clinic, but the city. we have all our children in san francisco should have insurance now because if they are low income enough, they get medical. if they actually have a little more assets, a little more income, they can get happy family. we do have family who come outside of our neighborhood to come on our clinic. one thing i learn from our clients, no matter how old they are, no matter how little english they know, they know how to get to chinatown, meaning they know how to get to our clinic. 85 percent of our staff is

bilingual because we are serving many monolingual chinese patients. they can be child care providers so our clients can go out and work. >> we found more and more women of child bearing age come down with cancer and they have kids and the kids were having a horrible time and parents were having a horrible time. how do parents tell their kids they may not be here? what we do is provide a place and the material and support and then they figure out their own truth, what it means to them. i see the behavior change in front of my eyes. maybe they have never been able to go out of boundaries, their lives have been so rigid to sort of expressing that makes tremendous changes. because we did what we did, it is now sort of a nationwide

model. >> i think you would be surprised if you come to these clinics. many of them i think would be your neighbors if you knew that. often times we just don't discuss that. we treat husband and wife and they bring in their kids or we treat the grandparents and then the next generation. there are people who come in who need treatment for their heart disease or for their diabetes or their high blood pressure or their cholesterol or their hepatitis b. we actually provide group medical visits and group education classes and meeting people who have similar chronic illnesses as you do really helps you understand that you are not alone in dealing with this. and it validates the experiences that you have and so you learn from each other. >> i think it's very important to try to be in tune with the needs of the community