how we can steer that motivation in the most positive ways. that will begin with our signaling a programs in addition to the traditional public safety programs. even with the establishment of the substation, i want to make sure that you know that i am totally committed to funding and implementing programs that focus on youth, their ability to be self-sufficient financially, and the ability to allow them to see alternatives to the street life. we are committed to protecting key programs in our budget, and you know that was one of the signature reasons why we met with so many groups across the whole city, to protect that budget and particularly the job opportunities for youth. working with the board, we prioritize over $5.6 million for youth programs, programs that provide vital after-school services, youth work force

development and leadership development. these programs all contribute to improving the lives of youth throughout san francisco, while also keeping them safe. the two key examples -- and they are just merely examples -- the camp matehr summer program -- the camp mather summer program. and experience for young people involved in the juvenile justice system. we have got to turn their minds around. in august, we are serving over 80 youth. we are getting them out of our community so they can have a greater and perhaps have a vision to see each other and their communities in a different light, by teaching leadership development and giving them job training. another example is the program la tierra. a dpw workforce program.

it provides jobs for high risk use. these young people will be working with gardeners' for the summer, acquire and job skills and positive role models. there are about 10 other programs as well, but i wanted to highlight two of the most impactual. furthermore, our companies with twitter and other companies we are trying to bring into the area will have an emphasis on economic self-sufficiency and youth employment as well. we will be working closely with your office as well as each and every one of the supervisors to make sure that everything we do in relationship to building the community benefits agreements that we are focused on will have some benefit for our youth employment. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you for your leadership on this issue. supervisor chiu: our next question will be provided by our colleague from district 8, supervisor wiener.

supervisor wiener: thank you. part of public works and recreation and park have seen significant reductions to their tree maintenance budgets in recent years, though i'm proud we were able to partially restore the cut to the street tree program. these cuts have led to an adequate maintenance of park trees, which causes public safety hazards when branches or entire trees fall down, and has also resulted in street tree maintenance responsibilities being shifted to property owners, resulting in spotty maintenance and unfair burdens on property owners to care for trees that they did not plan and that they may not even want. i am very interested in finding a sustainable funding source -- for example, a parcel tax or assessment district -- for dpw and rec and park to maintain their trees consistently and relieve owners of their obligation. what are your thoughts on the subject?

>> -- mayor lee: thank you, supervisor. i watched very closely and read a lot of the coverage about the very keen debates around the trees in the city. i know this to be a very difficult problem that we have. since our city has over 100,000 street trees and the department of public works, as the maintainers of our street trees, is responsible for maintaining about 35,000 of them, and property owners already are responsible for some 65,000. while these numbers may sound vague, reports show that our city ranks 21st out of 22 major u.s. cities in the street tree canopy, so we are pretty behind on our ability to do tree maintenance, and it is not going to get any better in the near future. the answers are not immediate. they are long-term, and they do

have to incorporate the fact that the industry standards that are recommended have to be improved. right now, the industry standards recommend that street trees have to be pruned every three to five years. in reality, for this fiscal year, dpw has about a nine-year maintenance cycle. by next year, with the diminution in bonds, it might be even longer, so we have a huge challenge in front of us. there may be a lot of ideas forthcoming. one of the areas we are looking for answers is when our planning department is recently assigned a grant from the strategic growth counsel to complete the city of the urban forest remaster program. as part of that, the consultant will have to help us evaluate the best management practices and financing mechanisms for street tree maintenance. we should consider those options when they are presented so that we can use them to protect and

enhance the urban forest responsibilities that we have. i want to thank you for helping to restore at least some of that funding in this year's funding cycle. i know there was a strong request for much more, and we were able to restore about $300,000 to the budget. clearly, that will not be enough. what we will have to do is to leverage its and make sure that we use it in a setting in which there could be more public and private cooperation in the maintenance of more trees as that challenge increases. i have to remind everybody here today -- san francisco is not the only city faced with declining services and the need to maintain street trees. for example, the city of los angeles no longer provides any scheduled maintenance of street trees. san jose limited the whole street tree crews over five years ago, and the city of davis has eliminated its tree maintenance contract for residential streets.

we are all around trying to find the most creative ways. our current situation is not satisfactory. our recreation and park department finds itself in a similar situation. all of our urban forest benefits benefit everyone in san francisco, and i look forward to finding those solutions with you and the rest of the board. thank you. supervisor chiu: our final question today will be provided by our colleague from district 10, supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen: thank you. good afternoon. mr. mirkarimi -- mr. mayor, will you provide us an update of improvements that cities have been working towards? specifically, what has been accomplished around a facade improvements and employment opportunities for community members? furthermore, what is the status

of the redevelopment agency and administration's plans for the next step in bayview? i know we are only allowed to ask one question, but i so articulately have brought in 3. [laughter] thank you. mayor lee: thank you, supervisor. i think, as you know, the third street corridor and fifth street -- what we are trying to do their deserves more than one answer as well, so i appreciate that -- what we're trying to do there. i am committed to supporting the revitalization of the third street corridor, and i am committed to retaining and attracting businesses to that area, and i support many programs which will help achieve that goal. as i mentioned in my answer to supervisor farrell pose a question, the mayor's office administers the san francisco shines program, and with support from the redevelopment agency -- and, by the way, i will continue

to support not only the existence but the continuing work of the redevelopment agency in san francisco. it will continue to thrive in this administration and in administrations to come. i want to continue working with the agency to make significant strides in existing businesses and attracting new businesses to the community. to date, 16 projects have been completed, one of which to highlight is the dollar store. one project is currently in construction, and an additional 10 projects are being faced for design and construction. the redevelopment agency was able to secure additional funding that will assist another three to seven businesses in the coming fiscal year along the third street corridor. as for workforce opportunities, i am proud to announce that as you already know, fresh and easy

grocery store will be opening their second san francisco store in the bayview in august 24 of this year. the office of economic and workforce development negotiated with them a first source hiring agreement that obligated the store to hire 50% of its employees from the 94124 zip code, including 15 permanent employees for the store as well as 20 temporary employees to assist in the store opening. the office of economic and workforce development and fresh and easy held a hiring fair on june 24 in the bayview opera house, and nearly 250 people attended. community revitalization was not only that with our minds but also with our hands, and i am happy to join you this saturday at dpw's annual clean team in

district 10. volunteers including you and i will be picking up litter and painting out graffiti all through third street. in addition, our budget includes funds from dtw -- dpw, the puc, san francisco environment as well to help san francisco partially restore the community corridor program, which includes third street. this is a great way to employ people and keep the neighborhood vibrant. i am confident that the resources available and the capacities of staff committed in the bayview will see the changes in the coming years. these resource constraints obviously include the redevelopment reform coming from sacramento. you will need to consider legislation to allow us to keep this in good working movement forward. this will be coming down the pipeline in the next couple of months. so, thank you, supervisor, for all you have done for your

neighborhood, for your district, and i look forward to seeing you this saturday and coming months to work very hard for your district and for third street corridor. thank you. [applause] supervisor chiu: thank you. i want to thank you for being here, and we look forward to seeing you at the next formal policy discussion. mayor lee: thank you, supervisors. supervisor chiu: colleagues, at this time, i understand there are a number of guests from the third baptist freedom school, who wanted to save a few words about san francisco summer learning city -- say a few words. in a stand there is a bus coming to pick up some of the students, so i wanted to move to public comment for just a couple of speakers. madam clerk, if you could read that item. >> the next item on the agenda is the opportunity for the public to address the board for up to two minutes on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board including the policy discussion between the mayor and the board and items 35 and 38 on the immediate adoption calendar.

please note that public comment is not allowed on items which have already been considered by a board committee. speakers using translation assistance will be allowed twice the amount of time, and the member of the public would like a document to be displayed on the overhead projector, please clearly state such and remove the document when the screen should return to live coverage of the meeting. supervisor chiu: thank you. i just want to mention we do need to get on to other parts of the business, so at this time, we will only allow for public comment from the three speakers that represent the third baptist freedom school. we will go back to public comment later on in the meeting. i also want to take a moment to recognize our former colleague, former supervisor and reverend amos brown. first speaker please. >> good afternoon to the mayor and to the board of supervisors and all here assembled. i stand proudly represented the third baptist freedom school program, which is a product of the children's defense fund freedom school program, which

provides summer and after school in richmond that helps children fall in love with reading, increases their self esteem, and generates more positive attitude toward learning. children are taught in this program using a model curriculum that supports children and families are around five essential components -- high- quality academic enrichment, parents and family involvement, civic engagement and social action, intergenerational leadership development, and nutrition health, and mental health. we stand today knowing that tomorrow, the freedom school at -- and any number of its 150 sites around the country, will celebrate national day of social action, and around which people in their respective communities will gather. students will reach out an appeal to policy-makers and public officials such as yourselves, with regard to the budget cuts that seemed to be on the horizon that threaten their education. however, we are glad to make it known to the city and county of

san francisco that upon hearing your resolution, that you made several weeks ago, the summer learning a resolution, that we do not have to take such measures on our day of social action to criticize you but rather to thank and applaud you for recognizing programs such as ours. in case you did not believe me, there are two youth speakers who will thank you themselves on behalf of their peers, and we will tell you in freedom fashion, good job, and we bid you a good day. >> good afternoon. to mayor lee, the board of supervisors, and all here assembled, i am a student at third baptist freedom school. we are very thankful that you, the board of supervisors, will set aside a day and resolution to recognize all of the summer

school programs in the city, the county of san francisco. all of the summer programs deserve to be honored, but freedom school is a very special type of summer school. when i first started freedom school, i did not know anyone. now, i have friends with whom i read, write, and learning activities and play basketball. freedom school does many things for us that many kids do not get like free lunch, free weekly field trips, and daily exciting activities to make learning fun. freedom school has helped me to improve my reading and writing skills throughout the regular school year. most of the books we read our funny, sad, and sometimes heartbreaking. i think freedom school is a great program for kids in san francisco, and i thank you, the board of supervisors, for recognizing us and all of the

others in the city. thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon. mayor lee, the board of supervisors, i am is a student at the third baptist freedom school. we want to thank you for your kindness in extending the opportunity for summer school for san francisco students. it takes a very special type of program to make students become enthusiastic about attending school in the summer. we are very fortunate that we have such a program as freedom school where we actually enjoy going to school in the summer. we have fun while we're learning. we enjoy all of the reading we do. we work hard, play, and have fun field trips that brought an hour learning horizon -- broaden our

learning horizon. we learn basic academics such as reading, writing, and grammar, but we also learn personal responsibility and integrity. we know that learning is a lifetime experience. we appreciate you, the board of supervisors, for being aware of the importance of making learning a year-round experience for students like me and my peers in spite of these financially hard times. thank you very much. [applause] >> mr. chiu, we would like for you and the board to see a portion of our school that has come today. we will ask them to stand, and they would like to tell you that you have done a good job. [applause] >> good job, a good job. [applause] [chanting]

>> thank you. [applause] supervisor chiu: before we conclude this part of today's meeting, i would like to acknowledge supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen: thank you very much. i would also like to publicly acknowledge all the young people here with us. thank you for coming out and acknowledging the hard work that we do here, and i would also like to acknowledge the hardware that you and the leadership over at third baptist are doing. i also would like to in the interest of time publicly acknowledged -- everyone an opportunity to stand up to recognize your support of the resolution today. the resolution i will be introducing today expressing concerns about u.s. airways. if you will stand up if you are here to support that.

[applause] thank you. >> mr. president, members of the board, as a member formerly of this august body, i rise to say in my other capacity now, as president of the national association for the advancement of colored people, that this board will do the unique, the fair, and just think -- thing of supporting supervisor cohen's resolution. martin luther king said so eloquently that injustice anywhere invariably gets around to affecting all of us everywhere.

mr. norman was treated unjustly, unfairly at a facility that bears the name of the city of st. francis. his mother is in the chambers this afternoon. i say to you, this issue is not about one's preference of personal dress. it is not a question about whether or not fads come and go. this issue is about the eternal question of will this nation be one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all? [applause] i have been against baggy pants because i know where they evolve from. i know of that prison industrial

complex that unfortunately 1971 was so crammed with persons who look like me that a great riot erupted, and from that prison, there developed a new fad because inmates were not able to wear suspenders or belts for fear that they would hang someone -- supervisor chiu: thank you. thank you, dr. reverend. >> [inaudible] let's bring justice up. let's bring fairness up. [applause] supervisor chiu: 90 very much. i want to thank all of you for being here. there apparently are buses that will be picking folks up, and i appreciate everyone's patience

as we change a little bit of the order of today's agenda, but at this time, why don't we go back to our regularly scheduled agenda? madam clerk, if you could please call the consent calendar? >> items two through six comprise the consent agenda. these items will be acted upon by a single roll call vote unless a member request discussion of the matter. it then will be removed and considered separately. supervisor chiu: would anyone like to sever any of these items? please call the roll on items two through six. >> items two through six -- farrell aye. kim aye. mar aye. mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. avalos aye. campos aye. chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: these

ordinances are finally passed. >> item 7, motion adopted findings related to the appeal of the planning commission approved a conditional use application on property located at 800 presidio ave. on item seven, farrell aye. kim aye. mar aye. mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. avalos aye. campos aye. chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: this motion is approved. item eight. >> item 8 is a charter amendment third draft regarding city retirement and health-care benefits. supervisor elsbernd: thank you. today, i rise to offer an amendment that has been distributed to all of you. frankly, it is an amendment i

had hoped not to have to make. this is an amendment that will if adopted and if we send this item to the electorate, will make abundantly clear to the electorate that they have a clear choice. this is clarifying language to ensure that the very difficult issue to understand, very complicated issue to understand will be presented as two clear and distinct choices. this measure and a measure submitted by the public defender yesterday is intended to make clear to the electorate that there is a choice between a ballot measure that is comprehensive, a ballot measure that is produced out of collaboration over months of discussion with our public employees, and with experts in the field, and a ballot measure that insures we will move forward as a city together versus another measure. this makes it quite clear that there is a charter amendment a and charter amendment b, and i

ask that you adopt this amendment today, that we continue the item and hold a hearing next week, and next week, i will ask your support to submit this legislation to the voters so they can be presented with a clear, distinct choice. supervisor chiu: supervisor elsbernd has made the motion to amend. any discussion on the amendment? without objection, the amendment is adopted. now, unless there is any further discussion, why don't we continue this item to next week along with the committee as a whole so we can consider the amendment as we just adopted today? supervisor elsbernd has made a motion. without objection, this item will be continued to next week. along with a hearing of the committee as a whole. without objection, that shall be the case. please call items 9 through 28.

all of the items related to the upcoming budget. >> item 9 is the consolidated budget an annual appropriation ordinance for all estimated receipts and expenditures for the city and county of san francisco for the fiscal year ending june 30, 2012 and for the enterprise departments for fiscal years ending june 30, 2012 and 2013. 10 is the annual salary or and its enumerated positions in the annual budget and appropriations ordinance for the fiscal years ending june 30, 2012 and for the enterprise departments for fiscal years ending june 30, 2012 and 2013. 11 is the ordinance and ending the administrative code to establish the department of public works greeting fund. 12 is an ordinance amending the park code to authorize the recreation and park commission to approve special promotions, increase fees, and designate weekdays and weekend hours at harding park and fleming golf courses. 13 is the ordinance amending the park code designating weekday and weekend hours and adding a junior non-resident made to the

golf fees at lincoln park. 14 is an ordinance amending the park could designate weekday and weekend hours and at junior resident and non-resident rates to the golf fees at sharp park. 15, ordered its amending the park could designate weekday and weekend hours and at a junior non-resident rate to the fees at golden gate park. 16, the ordinance amending the administrative code to increase all fees based on the controller's annual two-year average consumer price index. 17 is an ordinance amending the planning code to increase fees based on the annual two-year average consumer price index, placing a cap on the intake at the amount for applications for planning commission and zoning administrator hearing applications. 18, ordered its amending the health code to set patient rates and other services provided by the department of public health. 19 is an ordinance amending the public works code to modify monthly fees for temporary street occupancy construction and daily fees for temporary street occupancy and related to

construction. 20, or in its amending the administrative code to add a fee of $37 for services provided by the public administrative/public guardian represented at the program. 21, a resolution approving the budget of the redevelopment agency and bond in an amount not to exceed approximately $84 million for fiscal year 2011- 2012. 22 is the resolution approving the budget of the treasure island development authority for fiscal year 2011-2012. item 23 through 28 is legislation associated with the aao and aso. 23 is a resolution concurring with the establishment of the consumer price index for 2011 and adjusting the access line tax by the same rate. 24 is the resolution concurring with the certification that services previously approved can be performed by private contractor for a lower cost than similar work performed by city and county employees for various services. 25 -- resolution declaring the '