preserve programs and services that meet basic human's needs with housing or shelter and access to health care and access to income support and protection and safety prips principally of children and vulnerable adults. the second principal is to focus on 2/3 of our budget is revenue is from the federal or the state government. and the third is to focus on our mandates to preserve services that meet the mandates. the fourth is to look at efficiencies within the internal operations and the fifth is to have our decisions being guided by program effectivend either internally or externally. following those principles, the cuts that we ended up including in our budget and that the mayor included in his budget to the board are around supportive housing and transitional housing

and cuts not to jeopardize access to those units but reduce up iffeding for some project -- to reduce funding for some projects with the ability to maintain housing would be preserved. and the secondary is our family and children services where we're narrowing some of the funding to focus on the mandates which are principally to children in the child welfare system or foster care and the third are small reductions in the employment services. we were able to include several new initiatives in this year's budget, some drawing revenue from outside sources and really recognizing the increased need that the department is facing. and the first is a partnership with the v.a. to receive funding from them to insure the veterans system. it is simply an accounting of vets who are in the emergency system and supplying that data

to the v.a. in order to get reimbursed. and we anticipate about $400,000 in revenue for this effort. the second is a transition or an effort to transition kids who are in foster care out of the group home system and into a lower level of care and transitional housing which is not only better for the youth but also cheaper and the idea would be to use those group home savings to fund additional slots in the transitional housing program. the third is a significant increase in staff. we have seen over the last two years about a 40% increase in our food stamp case load. over the last 10 years we have seen 163% increase. and if you look at the number of food stach caseworkers over that same period, the 10-year period, we have 155 in 2001 and we're currently at 153. so we're proposing to ip crease or add 17 new positions to address this ip creased need and

fortunately, the way the food stamp funding works, these initiatives will be supported 100% with state and federal dollars. and the fourth is the move to more streamline our housing placement under the shelter plus care program and that is to take the housing quality inspections in-house rather than contract out to the housing authority. we think by taking it inhouse, we will have a quicker response and the unit turnover will be quicker to place homeless individuals with special needs in a quicker manner. and the last is a continuation of the jobs now program which we're calling jobs now three and this will be a combination of general funds swell state dollars to subsidize the single adult or pace population. and then briefly i know the committee wanted to hear about the five-year budget plan and in the five-year plan we have three

or four areas we're focussing on and the most significant being the case load that increases principally in two areas come 2014 to provide foster care benefits and foster care paymentses for kids up to age 21 which represents a shift from the current system which is age 18. in addition, in 2014 on januarye person under her deciding what needed to be done.

>> i've been there for five years and have got the opportunity. the safe passage program is a community-based safety program to get children safely through the neighborhood. the tenderloin has the highest concentration of children in the city and because of the small spaces, a lot of children need to go to the rec. and access other recreational programs. having a clean street to walk on is critical at times. there's a certain block between high taylor, ellis, and golden gate.

especially involving them with beautification and artistic beautification. thank you. supervisor campos: next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is douglas. i would like to take this opportunity to thank elaine zamora for her years of service, especially to this community. elaine and i have worked on one project but from my experience she seems to be a very nice person. in regards to the comment of an earlier speaker, i think those

allegations and statements should be checked out and if they're true, they're true. if they're false, they're false, but they should be checked out as a matter of principle and i think that supervisor kim would be proper person to at least discuss them with the other parties involved. in regards to the recommendations for this district, i would like to put in a suggestion that maybe the district should consider hiring andrew cohen, also known as the video gate cop. i think this would be an excellent opportunity to show that andrew cohen has been unfairly, in my opinion, scape scapegoated for what happened in video gate. when the truth eventually comes out, andrew cohen is not the main person who is to be blamed. so why don't we give andrew cohen a chance to show what a really nice guy he really is,

hire him and let him try to improve the tenderloin because he used to be a street cop there. thank you. supervisor campos: next speaker? if there's any member of the public who hasn't spoken but who would like to speak, please come forward. >> supervisors, president, i'm a north of market neighborhood activist. my neighborhood has an inordinant amount of business at city hall. i'm beginning to recognize some of you. i was at the hearing earlier on re-districting appointments, as well. there are parallels in the two hearings. for example, paul hogarth sits on the business district board, among other things. i can't believe that given the amount of surgery that's going to have to be done on district 6 that you're not putting someone from that district on that

commission. if you sell this neighborhood down the river, what do you think you're going to get? supervisor campos: is there any other member of the public who would like to speak? >> good afternoon, thomas piccarello, last monday i was elected to the board of directors but today i speak as a resident of the c.b.d., and not reflect the views of the c.b.d. first let me say i appreciate the oversight. i think the c.b.d. does a lot of good things for the tenderloin, no question about it. but there needs to be greater transparency and there needs to be greater accountability. at the present time, the c.b.d. spends approximately 80% of their budget to one vendor who cleans the streets. this is on a noncompetitive basis. if -- i was given a packet of

documents after my election. i was speaking about the noncompetitive contract. again,

organization since its inception. i happen to be one of the founding members, board members, of the community benefit district. my name is michael nolte and i am a community leader and activist with 35 years track record of community service to low income communities in

san francisco. i'm here today to express my disappointment with the operations of the north of market community benefit district. it started with overwhelming support from all parts of the neighborhood including residents with interim board of 22. it slowly became dominated by special interest and entities speaking funding for their agencies. time and time again, resident leaders were being discriminated against and left out of the decision making process and there was no accountability. there needs to be some changes including more residents on the board of directors, board training, not only for board members, but future board members, include the contribution of residents to the c.b.d. on their web site, that all their correspondence from

the c.b.d. indicate a statement that the entity only represents the opinion of the property owner and in no way speaks for the tenderloin. there are new executive director once hired needs to do outreach to the entire -- to the residents of the neighborhood which hasn't been done in the past and we insist that the c.b.d. stop addressing land use issues or duplicating what other

>> from our new headquarters building. the sfpuc is used to doing things. we build and maintain dams, treatment plants, transmission lines, water and sewer mains. at the same time, our staff has always been in rented headquarters. we thought it was time to own that, too. this is the time and place, 525

golden gate. this is a milestone in the project for building. in about 30 years, we will have paid off the building, and then it will be free to our ratepayers. it makes sense for them and also makes sense for green purposes. this will be one of the most sustainable buildings anywhere around. it is going to generate power and also used 55% less power than and regular building. ed will send off more non- potable water for more uses in the area. it will be a wonderful thing to live around and be involved in. we are celebrating this topping off. we have done some research. topping off ceremonies started back in roman times. people would have a ceremony when they finished building the

roof of a house. as they finished, it was traditional to put an evergreen tree on the final game, signaling the finish of the infrastructure and construction. that is what we're doing today. you will notice of a lot of signatures on a banner that was attached to them being, because we have a lot of excited employees who could not be here today. hopefully, all of you have a chance to sign that beam and see that evergreen tree that symbolizes the sustainability of our building and the good fortune of having completed the building. the first person i want to introduce is a person who has been involved in this building probably longer than any of us. at one time, this was not even going to be a pc building. dpw was going to do a lot of things for the city. back then, as director of dpw,

mr. lee was responsible for doing that. now as mayor, he gets to sign the top off. [applause] >> thank you and good morning to this topping off. when ever you get three eds and an andy to gather you are going to have fun. i want to thank the pc for its leadership. they are leading the way in this building and in so many other things. -- the puc for its leadership. they have a tremendous amount of jobs on the street right now keeping the city alive, moving forward with labor unions. i want to thank webcor, dpw, department of the environment, working together under the puc commission to make this building come together. i just signed my name on that

last iron been going up. i wanted to make sure that i was recognized at this moment because it was one of the few times that a former public works director can actually have permission to do graffiti. but it is for a good cause. i know it represents so much of a great energy that has been poured in. it is lede platinum. that is a standard for the future. it is one of the few buildings we will see in our immediate lifetime -- but to get it started on this -- and to have it contribute to a sustainable area called the civic center, to have this corner of our civic center be an example and model, i want to congratulate everyone who has been associated with making this happen. i know public works people have been working closely with staff

at the puc, department of environment making sure that everything from energy use to the water is at a high standard. it is my pleasure to be here. we are so enthusiastic about this being the new standard and also a great building that our employees will be proud to work in. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, mayor lee. our puc commissioners are the ones that actually make the decision about this building. all of them are here with us. the president of the department. [applause] >> thank you. it is an honor to be here for this topping ceremony. i want to thank my fellow commissioners who are here and also it knowledge a former

commissioner, f.x. crowley, who was formally on the commission, who has helped. this will be one of the greatest municipal buildings in the country, if not the greatest. i have to refer to my notes because some of these stats are pretty incredible. this building will design 55% less energy than most office buildings anywhere. that is one-third less energy than most buildings consume. over the next seven to five years, it will save an estimated $180 million in energy costs. that is a lot of money that will be saved by our ratepayers. we also talked about the reclaimed water. all of the sewage will be treated on site, as well as the gray water. that means all of the demand for the low flow toilets and your

girls -- urinals will be met, and over 700,000 gallons of water will be saved annually. it will also save an additional 900,000 gallons that we are using at the sustainability district. it is a significant water savings that we need to pursue throughout the city. i also want to thank the mayor for his leadership on this. beginning in his early dpw days. dpw, p u c, department of environment staff, everyone who has worked so hard on this -- i remember, it must have been 12 years now when we were first identifying different pilot projects through the city that could be brain model the. this was one of the building that they identified. -- green modeled. it is so rewarding to see this be realized as one of the greatest buildings in the country.

thank you for coming and we look forward to moving in next year. -- greenest buildings in the country. >> other members of the commission, andy moran, art kane is here, various members of the puc, the general manager for water, power, waste water, business services, and juliet ellis, external affairs. one of our stars is shelly campbell, our product manager. thank you. [applause] we're also joined by the department of the environment had. -- hea. d. we are going to wait for the

fire trucks to go by. this started with the dpw project and we are a client now representing the dpw is ed riskin. >> thank you. as the general manager and commission president referred to, dpw has been with this project for over a decade it has really become a labor of love for the department. it is an extraordinarily complex building project, unlike our typical library or fire station that we work on. and it is not because of the exceedingly high environmental performance, but exceedingly high seismic performance, business continuity performance. this will be one of the most advanced office buildings in the country. it is really a great partnership that we have working with the puc to make this happen, but also with our private sector partners, kmd stevens, webcor

and their construction team. it has been a collaborative effort. we are proud of the fact that we are not only getting this great building built that will serve the city for generations to come, but in doing it, we are putting a lot of local businesses and residents to work in the process. it is really a win win. i want to commend the general manager and commission for their bitter ship and foresight in seeing after this project had been stalled for many years, seeing this was a great investment for the repairs and people of san francisco. it was the smart thing to do. we are righproud to be part of . i want to thank the work of the rest of the pc team to get this done. starting with a man who is

living and breathing this, has been for years, our project manager brooke. [applause] he is working closely with edgar lopez, who manages all of our major projects, but was here pretty much from day one. they are being supported by our city engineers and the rest of the department coming together to deliver a great project to the ratepayers of san francisco. we're so happy to be a part of this. congratulations to the puc on getting to this point, the topping off ceremony. [applause] >> as the owners, we are certainly willing to move in, but we are not building the building. representing the builders is andy of webcor. [applause]

>> it is great to be here. most people do not realize this building almost did not happen. i was at a green building conference and i ran into mayor gavin newsom. he said, we are not going to build that building. we cannot afford to. i said, mayor, you cannot afford not to. this building will be an example of what all cities should build. with the energy savings that were mentioned, this building will be like no others. when the city starts to operate, they will say, why did we not do this before? it is a wonderful thing for the environment, the city, a wonderful thing for us being chosen as a builder. i am wearing a hard hat because i am a contractor, that is what we do. i want to thank my team. they are doing a wonderful job. [applause]

recognize that this is not an easy building. it is a innovative and complex structure. the first time it has been done here. there is a very sophisticated mechanical system. we have some great consultants here. it is always a pleasure to work with a team at the department of public works. you are wonderful to be with. edgar, we have done this before. brooke, you as well. ed harrington, when he came into this position, he said this building would be too much. we brought it down to $140 million, kept it as lede platinum. everyone on this team is

absolutely first class. it is a pleasure partner with the city. we are in good hands with mayor lee. he recognizes the importance of this kind of structure and it is always great to work with the city of san francisco and the mayor's office. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. just in time, the son has come out. mayor lee will lead us in having the crane operator bring a the beam up. >> everybody, on three, we are going to have frankie bring it up. we are going to say frankie, bring it up! >> frankie, bring it up! [applause]