what is the assumption for the 1.2? >> it's based on a 15% increase to our call volume, prior to levels of the agreement, the opening of the system back to levels we were previously running. supervisor i know this is in its infant stages, but was there a component estimated for being able to charge private ambulance services for any portion of their access to san francisco? >> absolutely. whatever form of agreement the ambulance system takes in the city, whether we are allowed to follow through on the our opinion that we should have exclusive operating rights or if that falls through in some other agreement, that would definitely be part of the agreement for the city in general. currently, since there is no agreement, there is not really a way we could require them to pay, but that would be incorporated into whatever

agreements for the city ambulances that comes up through this process. supervisor chu: if there was an ability to close the system and to have that agreement, hypothetically, you would get the $1.2 million plus whatever would be part of it -- >> hypothetically, we could formal agreements that would allow us to income -- we could not only our increase transplants but in addition, the first response. supervisor chu: this is predicated on actions taken by the state, right? it would require changes in state legislation? do you know if there was anybody who would introduce that legislation? is it in process, or is it completely not? >> i will let the chief speak to that. >> we are working currently with them. it has not yet been introduced.

supervisor chu: we do not have a very clear idea when or if it would be introduced. it is still a fairly risky assumption at the moment. >> i would agree with you. moving on. supervisor chiu: i had a question for the mayor's budget office. given that the san francisco police apartment, while we were talking about trying to get to our contingency cuts, and if it is a trade-off between 171 layoffs that the chief had laid out or trying to negotiate something around pay raises, it seemed like your perspective was that you were having after conversations with the union there. could you explain in the case of fire department why is when we are trying to close a 1.7% cut across the entire budget, the $5 million we're talking about, and if we were able to get half of the fire department's pay raise, we do not have to worry about the types of brownouts the chief

is talking about. what is the mayor's perspective on this. >> i think it is the same answer, the same approach. we would much rather have the races than consider browning out fire stations -- we would much rather have the raises. supervisor chiu: 1 question to the fire chief. i do not think our body has yet been on the record in supporting the change we are talking about ambulances. would that be helpful for us to indicate our support? >> yes, it would be. i'm happy to work with your office and provide you the work we have done to date, and if we get a letter of support, that would be very much appreciated. supervisor chiu: or some sort of resolution of the board on this issue? immigrate. supervisor chiu: what is the timing? >> obviously, the sooner the

better, but we could work with your office to move this forward. supervisor chu: i would imagine a number of people would be interested in being part of that action. thank you. >> moving on, and this came up in greater detail at the government's audits and oversight, and it all made sense when they met last week, they ask the five top spending over time departments to present. you saw three departments trending down with, which is a good thing, and fire department was trending upwards, which is counterintuitive the way we staff and the way we budget -- you saw three departments trending downward. we do have minimum staffing

requirements, which i explained a little bit earlier. these positions are filled with members working there normally scheduled hours or with overtime. the department has used over time in a greater manner over the last few years to fill vacancies rather than hiring new employees. it has continued to do so in light of the current economic climate we are in, and at this point, it is more fiscally efficient to do so. i'm not a huge fan of having a lower fte count, but it has proven to be more efficient to staff on overtime. we have looked at other departments, and they have at least the same percentage we do if not higher, but i'm interested in having the discussion here it makes sense to bring back some of what we have cut. it would mean a larger budget

for the department, though. we have policies and procedures in place to monitor over time with respect to the ordinance that was in place for the department. we have worked closely on exemptions for employees, and with this slide, it talks about the overtime capped -- cap. the of the slide on overtime talks more specifically to some of the other ways over time is burned. through fire prevention and mutual aid. -- the other ways overtime is burned -- is earned. then mutual aid -- we are part of the mutual aid agreement the state of california has entered into. also, we will be deployed for wildfire or other neutral 8 response abilities -- other

mutual aid responsibilities. we have had almost $2 million paid to us by the state for our mutual aid partnership. supervisor kim: i could not see it on the presentation -- can you remind us what the overtime budget was allocated for the 2010-2011 fiscal year? >> approximately $25 million. supervisor kim: [inaudible] >> i think -- what? 19. we are projected to be within our overall budget. our overtime expenditures are going to run a little over, but it will be offset by the line item for salaries because we do have a cut coming in, but it is starting later than we had

projected. we will be living within our budget. overtime expenditures will be taking a little bit higher, but we will use funding that will be offset through salaries. i just want to offset my numbers. general fund over time is $21 million. today expanded is little over $18 million. -- to date extended -- to date expended. we will have 36 members in the academy, and we are transferring over three members. the academy is approximately $1.6 million for roughly 16 weeks in the academy. that includes the salaries for the new employees as well as training staff.

some of that is because of when the members go out in the field because they've -- there will actually be somewhat of a savings because when they are working, we pay less overtime at the higher rate. but this is the first class we have hired in five years. supervisor kim: i'm not sure how relevant this is or how much it has an impact on the overtime budget, but can we do an analysis on the overtime budget by rank, like how much we allocate by rank -- for example, firefighter compared to battalion chief? >> we did take a look at that, and it is proportionate to the number of members we have in each class. we are paying more time to the firefighters, and the higher you go in classification, the fewer opportunities there are for overtime. it is based on the numbers within the class.

supervisor kim: thank you. >> ok, this next slide is more of a visual graphics on the overtime that we have proposed for the next fiscal year -- more of a visual graphics -- visual graphic. fire prevention is the next largest category, but like i said, all those costs are recovered in revenue, and there is a small amount of overtime -- approximately 4% -- allocated to the remaining divisions. i know supervisor chu had a question for us and probably other departments about america's cup. very exciting for the city. there will be lots of work to do. we do have a station. we are closely working with the port and other agencies in

planning and preparing for the 34th america's cup. we anticipate the re-staffing at pier 22.5, and i wanted to let you know that we were awarded recently $8.75 million in port security grant funding for a variety of projects, the bulk of which is a new fire boat for the department, and we hope to have that in service by the america's cup races in 2013. these grants will be coming to the board in the near -- coming before this committee and the board in the near future. at this point, that concludes my formal presentation. i will be happy to answer any questions for you related to the department. i know you have challenging work ahead, and i will commit to you our willingness to work together and try to find a solution. supervisor chu: thank you.

we do not have any questions at this moment, i would like to open the item up for public comment. are there any members of the public who wish to speak on this item? if so, please come up. >> hello, supervisors. i have a question, and i would like to face our fire chief, for my question, which i have dreamed to see what answers you have. i'm very upset when i see what happened to japan. i would like to ask my grateful chief fire, if we have something like that -- i wish not, i wish it would never happen, but if we have something like that, what

can we do to teach every one of you to help their community. i am one of the -- one who depend on the fire chief for a long time. when i tell her i will take it to the homeless, she puts money in her own pocket to make me happy with 50 people, she pays for them. ladies and gentlemen, ross mirkarimi en uneveryone of you should give her respect -- and every one of you should give her respect. if we have earthquake or fire in our building or our community, what we can do until her

department can show up. i wish she would give me an answer if you give her time. maybe she has a plan better than my plan, and maybe she can help us if we have any problem like that happen in the future, which i wish not. she is here, and we would like to hear what she can do and what she can plan. supervisor chu: 90. are there any other members of the community who would like to speak? please come on up. >> thank you, supervisors. i want to mention a couple of things, why you should consider granting the fire department a little bit of slack in terms of the cutbacks you are expecting. one, taking the long-term financial performance of the various departments, if you look at fire department, it has been very lean and efficient over the

last 20 years. since fiscal year 1990-1991, until last fiscal year, the general fund grew by about 130%. during that time, for example, the police department's budget, not surprisingly, went up by about 126%. which is not bad. kept pace with the general fund. by comparison, the fire department went up by only 30% over 20 years. it has been run very efficiently, especially over the last six or eight years. and eat you check, for example, the number of lost workdays due to sick leave and disability leave, that has been improved upon very much. i think the fire fighters have responded. in addition to the fact that over this time, the department has absorber em -- absorbed ems,

and the number of runs the fire department is handling is double what it was just 20 years ago with the same total number of personnel on duty. supervisors, your district is the host to station one, and you will find it is competing with station 34 having the busiest engine company in the united states each year over the last 10 years. that productivity gain support, and the other thing i want to remind you is prop f from 2005, which was approved by the voters to maintain the level of fire protection in the city. that is important. supervisor chu: 90. any other members of the public who wish to comment on item two? seeing none, public comment is closed.

-- supervisor chu: thank you. if there are no other questions from the committee, i want to thank the chief for your presentation and for the information. i'm positive we will continue to have conversations going forward with the budget process and the mayor's office, so i want to thank you in advance for that. we can do so, can we continue this item to the call of the chair? without objection. thank you. are there any other items today? >> that completes our agenda. supervisor chu: thank you. we are adjourned.

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using a distinct visual approach, each of the artist's response to the shifting needs of their communities in ways that offer unique perspectives and multiple points of entry. >> the exhibition is to bring together the voices of a new generation chicana artists, all of whom reference the works of the civil-rights movement in their works, but they are also responding to a new cultural concerns and new cultural circumstances. >> the works in the show include a large canvas depicting a woman washing the beach with her hair at the u.s./mexican border. the painting encourages the viewer to engage with the current debates over immigration and the politics of women and labor. influenced by the campaigns of the chicano civil rights movement, this oakland artist is a print maker whose work has helped and sustainability with the immigrant community as well

as other current sociopolitical issues. this print-based work draws on appropriated agricultural worker manuals and high fashion labels to satirically address class issues, cultural identities, and consumerism. >> angelica -- her father was an agricultural worker, so she has drawn a lot from the materials the agricultural department sends to agricultural workers, referencing the depiction of farm workers and some of the information about pesticide application. >> mitzi combines a variety of media, including embroidery, to create artifacts of mexican, chicano, pop culture. she greets immensely detailed drawings of celebrities on the same platform of her friends and families. her work combines elements of

chicano portraiture and low writer art, rendered in upon new art style, or intricate drawings on handkerchiefs, also -- often associated with prison art. her portrait of three girls is among several of original posters by the exhibition artists, which are on view at various bart stations as part of a public campaign funded by the national endowment of the arts. from the outset, the curator felt it was important for the exhibition to have a public art components of the work could reach the widest possible audience. more than just a promotion, the posters connect the work of these powerful artists with new audiences, including the vital chicano and latino community. images can be found in bart stations located in san for cisco and oakland. >> it is enormously exciting for me personally and for the institution. the poster with up right after

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>> welcome to culture wire. we will look at the latest and greatest public art project. recently, the airport unveiled the new state of the art terminal. let's take a look.

the new terminal service and american airlines and virgin america was designed by a world- renowned architecture's firm. originally built in 1954, the building underwent massive renovation to become the first registered terminal and one of the must modern and sustainable terminals and the united states. the public art program continues its 30-year legacy of integrating art into the airport environment with the addition of five new commissions that are as bold and dynamic as the new building. >> this project was completed in record time, and we were able to integrate the artist's early enough in the process that they could work with the architect

said that the work that is completed is the work that really helps complement and instill the space as opposed to being tucked away in a corner. >> be experience begins with the glass facades that was designed with over 120 laminated glass panels. it captures the experience of being under or over clouds when flying in a plane. depending on the distance or point of view, it can appear clear for more abstract and atmospheric. the subtle colors change gradually depending on the light and the time of day. >> i wanted to create an art work that looks over time as well as working on in the first glance. the first time you come here, you may not see a. but you may be able to see one side over the other.

it features a couple of suspended sculptures. each was created out of a series of flat plains run parallel to each other and constructed of steel tubing. >> it is made up of these strata. as the light starts to shift, there is a real sense that there is a dynamism. >> it gives the illusion that this cultures might be fragments of a larger, mysterious mass. >> the environmental artwork livens it with color, light, and the movement. three large woven soldiers are suspended. these are activated by custom air flow program.

>> i channeled air flow into each of these forms that makes it move ever so slightly. and it is beating like a heart. if-0 when as of the forces of nature moving around us every second. >> shadow patterns reflect the shapes of the hanging sculptures. the new terminal also features a children's play areas. both of the market the exploratory n.y. -- exploratorium. the offer travelers of all ages a playful oasis. using high quality plywood, they created henches shaped like a bird wings that double