>> good afternoon, welcome to the board of supervisors

meeting for tuesday, july 19th. >> mr. president, all members are present. >> could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? we have copies of the june 7th and june 14th board meeting

minutes. do i have a motion to approve those minutes? those are approved. are there any communications? >> there is no communications. >> items one through four are the consent agenda. >> would anyone like to sever any of these items? a roll call vote on items one through four. aye. aye. aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. aye. >> aye.

>> item 5 is affirming the determination of the at&t light speed upgrade is exempt from environmental review. item 6 is reversing determination by the planning department that this is exempt from review. item seven is a motion directing the clerk of the board to prepare fides reversing the exemption determination by the planning department. >> i would like to move this to later in the agenda to the call of the chair. >> is are any objection? of ththe items related to the upcoming budget. >> item 8 and 9 are the consolidated budget and appropriations for all expenditures. for the enterprise department

for fiscal year ending june 30th, 2012 and 2013. items 10 through 26 are fees assisted with the budget. item 10 is an ordinance amending the code. item 11, and ending the park code to approve special promotions, increase fees, and designate week stay and weekday hours. items 12, 13, 14 are items amending the park code designating weekday and weekend hours. item 15 is the ordinance amending the initiative code, increasing all fees based on the comptroller's annual two year average consumer price index. items 16, ordinance amending the planning code and placing a cap on the intake fee for implications for planning

commission and zoning administrator hearing applications. item 17, ordinance amending the health code to set patient rates and other services provided by the department of public health. item 18, modifying monthly fees for temporary street occupancy for construction and daily fees for temporary street activity unrelated to construction. item 19, and ending the code to add a fee for $37 for services provided by the public administrator, public guardian representative program. item 20 and 21 are the resolutions approving the redevelopment agency budget. item 21 is the resolution approving the budget of the treasure island development authority for fiscal year 2011- 2012. items 22 through 26 is

legislation associated with the implementation of the budget. item 22, for resolution concurring with the controllers establishment of the consumer price index. item 23 is the resolution concurring with the controllers certification that services? is it? can be performed by private contractor for a lower cost. item 24, resolution declaring that the attention to appropriate rainy day reserve funds to the school district to help the district cope with a loss of state funding. item 25, resolution approving the expenditure plan for the human services care fund. item 26, a resolution approving the children and families commission expenditure plan for fiscal year 2011-2012. >> thank you for your patience.

this item was before us last week and sat at the full board. today, we are taking our vote. i stand to ask for your vote for the budget. i think generally this is a budget that we can proud of and stand behind. i will take a few minutes to give you a few highlights. with this being a $6.8 billion budget, it is worth a few words. we started down the path with a $380 billion budget deficit which went through a budget process to get to where we are today. we had a numerous town hall across the city. these went to many of our district in gauging the public. there were many meetings with labor leaders, community activists, community organizations and ology to make sure that the budget that was proposed for something that was no surprise to any of us.

we had many meetings to look at the different proposals. i thought that this was very good process to continue to follow. coming down that line, june was the time frame in which we deliberated on the budget. overall, there are things that we can be proud of. we had a $6.8 billion budget which is reflected of the functions of the city. things that don't get much attention in the press but things that we care about in terms of the core of this city. we are working to improve our projects to make sure that our water supplies, this is a $4 billion project. we have seen that we are opening up the terminal and two airport, something that is really important to the economic

recovery for our city and county. our public safety services are essential and remaining intact. we're making sure that we are taking care of and looking forward to health care reform and allow for investments from the federal government. overall, during the board process cremated at $21.6 million worth of adjustments as well as enterprise it changes. as a priority, we were able to highlight and be able to look towards what will be happening with our public safety personnel and understand that we have a large amount of individuals. we have been able to fund an academy class this year we have

seen officers and other public safety personnel being laid off. san francisco is looking forward to the future. i want to ask for your support. there are many opportunities that are perceived as missed opportunities. these are the guideposts to how we can move forward in the future. as your chair, i look forward on working on a few things. the issue about the state budget is not yet resolved. we need to look at how that will change or impact our local budget. we know that redevelopment agency and how it is that we deal with potentially continuing that will be a significant impact. how we look forward to us move

forward is what we look to you on. we will look to how we will deal with our infrastructure. we have many needs that we had to defer this year. of course, as we look at the budget and continue to improve on our financial planning process, we are headed in a direction that is positive for the city. many that we can be proud of, also the obscenities to work together on -- work together a clever to flee. i ask for your support and i hope it is something that you will be proud of. >> i want to take an opportunity to thank some folks and ask for the support of the board. i would like to thank our budget share for doing an excellent job.

i know there was a lot of thought from her office. it was my first budget process. i would like to thank my colleagues for guiding us through a fairly peaceful and good budget discussion and process. i want to take the time to think a lot of the committee folks who are an important part of this budget process. there was a budget six stakeholders group from multiple different services that really helped to guide our office in setting principles and values and also help to lead and facilitate our budget town hall meetings. one of our facilitators was here.

i would like to thank the budget just as coalition for continuing to advocate for the most essential services and helping us to prioritize what our communities can and cannot live without. many groups to the time to live and reside in city hall. i would like to think the mayor's office and the budget director and also our comptroller for really working with our office and getting us through the first year. i would like to thank the mayor's office. we're working with the community and a lot of people and making june a much easier month for the

award of supervisors by keeping an open communication. i would like to thank my office. i could not have gone to this process without them. many staff members helped us through this budget process. i think this budget really reflects all of our priorities. even if we disappeared off disagree, what everyone essentially wanted is represented in this budget and that is something that we can all be proud of. thank you. >> thank you, mr. president. i would like to briefly knowledge of the work of is gone into making this budget possible one of the biggest

differences between this process and the process we have had in the two prior years since i have been on the board of supervisors that has been taken from room to hundred and it is import for us to acknowledge when good things happen. as a supervisor, this is made a big difference to know that every concern we have had, at least there has been an opportunity to hear us out and to hear from the community. i would like to thank the chair who has run a very smooth process. it is a lot of work. i know that this is not an easy task to balance the budget would such a large deficit and the

interest and concerns. she did a tremendous job in making that happen and i am very proud to vote for this budget. i would like to thank all the stakeholders that have participated for so long. this is a two-way street. the fact that members were willing and able to meet and work with the mayor, i think this is a tremendous effort. of course, to the rest of the members of this committee, i know all of the work that goes into it. thank you to my colleagues and their staff. >> thank you. i would like to echo comments of

colleagues, especially those of supervisor campos and also the work that the mayor has put into the budget. this is say significantly different budget process. we have input from many sources on the budget. this first began with my work with mayor lee back in february. we brought a bunch of stakeholders to his office. from that moment, i knew we would have a process that would be very inclusive of the people that have a stake in the budget and a budget that reflects our common values in the city.

and making sure that we have input from many sources. especially with the mayor in february. and from the process president chiu was there. >> we vote on this first day we vote on the budget, like the first part of the year. the rest of the year gets easier. we're not contending with these challenging issues about the deficit and how we will pay for services i c. the budget was a very challenging and time consuming effort and i want to thank each

and everyone of you for your work. i want to thank supervisor kim for your courage and the last of the budget committee. that was really significant. i am grateful for your commitment to making sure we're not contracting out services. i appreciate that. i want to thank the mayor's budget office. we cannot do our work without your input. and the budget analysts office as well. mr. rose, thank you for work. i want to say congratulations. the city is better for our joint efforts on this budget. thank you. >> i have been through the buffet of experiences and i want to a knowledge -- acknowledge carmen chu. she helped orchestrate us,

herded cats into a focused and undramatic budget process which kept me suspicious are concerned that there was another shoe to drop throughout the proceedings. there has been a significant departure from previous budget processes and it has been alluded to. supervisors campos and avalos. there was a departure point, this budget process that the process this year was not as tension field as previous years. whether we have existed during an economic downturn, or even in flush times when i was first on the board. i have to say that if this is an experiment in the making it is

an experiment in the right direction. with that tension point which requires so many different range of groups that are fighting for restoration of their particular programs, it was funneled into a place where was managed by the collaboration between the board of supervisors and the mayor's office and the outstanding work by city staff who was orchestrating this by doing so with integrity intact. my criticism of past budget processes is that it had a bit of a barbaric field. it required people to have the muscle. at the expense of trying to beat out another group. it defeats the coalition building. this time it had a different

favre and different quality. issing told that out because it is important that we be able -- i singled out because it is important that we point out integrity so someone feels -- nobody feels at a loss. it is not easy in a $6.8 billion budget that 10 francisco is arriving at. to not expect some tension points but those tension points were conspicuously more tranquil than compared to previous years. having that opportunity through a number of budget processes, i want to congratulate stakeholders from the budget committee. all our staff who does the hon unsung hero work of making sure that we're on track, focused and ready to hit the ground running so that we can deliberate with substance. and of course the mayor's staff

and the city attorney, and of course the legion of stakeholders who are required to bird dog all the said make sure that it is the kind of desired outcome we would like. with pleasure, i would vote for this budget. >> supervisor chi>> supervisor many nightmares. where i bought two cars and could not return it. and had to do with the budget. -- it had to do with the budget. we did think a number of people but i want to reiterate that, the mayor's office and the budget office, harvey rose, the comptroller, and they did a

terrific job. to the many community organizations and members who participated, department heads and their finance staff. of course to my colleagues, each one of the supervisors, supervisor campos, farrell, cohen, a supervisor wiener, supervisor chu, and my colleagues on the committee. we need to thank our neighbor partners. they had played a tremendous role in making sure that we did have enough to be able to balance the budget. i want to call out the police officers association and the firefighters who did offer wage concessions or concessions that would allow us to balance the budget. i want to thank their membership and their leadership on this. thank you. president chiu: i want to add my thanks to everyone in the room

starting with our budget share. thank you for all those sleepless nights and nightmares and for putting up with everyone in this room. i want to thank our colleagues on the budget committee and our colleagues who came together. i think mayor lee -- thank mayor lee. everyone on the left real from the budget director to the controller to the budget analyst to the attorney's office and i want to thank our budget staff for all the work that they have done as well as my own staff for the work they did with all the aides who worked hard. we worked through very difficult issues but we showed that we can come together to get things done without enormous,. i am part of this budget and this process and i am part of

the sport. don't we move to roll-call vote? >> president chu. >> aye. >> supervisor elsbernd, elsbernd aye. seubert chris you can, kim aye. supervisor mar, more aye. supervisor mirkarimi, mirkarimi aye. supervisor winner, supervisor wiener aye. supervisor campos, aye. >> president chiu: ther congratulations. passed on the first reading. item 27. >> the ordinance calling and providing for special elections to be held in the city and county on tuesday, november 8, 2011.

financing road repaving and street safety. >> any discussion? roll-call vote? >> president chu, aye, supervisor cohen, aye. supervisor aye, gunnoe. supervisor farrell, no. supervisor mar, aye. supervisor aye, aye. supervisor campos, aye. >> president chiu: passed on the first grade. item 28. >> financing the seismic