captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good morning. welcome to the regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. mr. young, are there any announcements? >> please turn off all cell phones. if you wish to speak during public comment, please fill out the speaker card and return it to myself. any document should be submitted to the clerk for the file. anything discussed today should be brought up for the full board on october 25.

>supervisor chu: thank you very much. please call item no. 1. >> item #one. resolution authorizing the director of public works to execute an amendment to the emergency public work contract to install a new, permanent emergency electrical generation system at san francisco general hospital to increase the not to exceed amount from $18,000,000 to $20,500,000. >> good morning. my name is ron alimeda. i am the program manager for the general rebuild. i am here with the project manager. i appreciate mr. rose and his report, and the level of history and detail in the report and his recommendation. i have a brief power point to

facilitate giving background to the project. the first slide it is just a quick overview of the generator replacement project that is occurring in the building that serves as the central plan. it provides the essential utilities to keep campus software. we are introduced to the new generator system in that building, while maintaining all of the central abilities that remain active. this resolution is seeking to increase the current $18 million capped to $20.5 million. i want to underscore that funding is coming from the rebuild.

additional capacity is trying to mitigate issues that we would encounter, two of sort some of the rebuilds go. -- to absorb some of the rebuild scope. in terms of where we are in terms of progress, the design is complete. the office is stabilized. state level agencies have permitted the project. the basement demolition is complete. general repairs and associated equipment have been manufactured and put in place. exterior equipment is nearly completed. utility connections are under way. i have included a few photographs. there is the overall plan.

a shot of demolition occurring in the basement and a couple of photos of the basement filled with a generator equipment, actively being connected in the project. impacts to date -- the problem -- project thus far has encountered a number of occupational problems, all of which were resolved within our $18 million capped so far. issues included the state delays in the terms of the office of statewide development planning being under furlough, as well as experiencing a number of other issues so that the regulatory

approvals delayed the advancement of the project. inside the building, given that it is 40 years old, with active system issues and hazardous materials, including legacy issues, we found ourselves having to put the entire basement under hazmat control and containment, working through that and updating the area. leslie, another pressure point on the budget has been the addition of the three generators in the rebuilding project. originally the project was planned to proceed to rebuild, making the building ready to receive the generators for the

rebuild. however, with that the protracted time that it took to secure financing for this project, as well as the aforementioned statement, i found both projects overlapping into each other. in order to mitigate a potentially large rebuild, we have absorbent some of the scope of work that was originally in the rebuild, absorbed into the generator project, ink -- impacting the generator project. we are up against the $18 million limit. forecasts are requesting a limit of 25 million to replenish some of what was eroded by the additional scope of work.

also, in anticipation of encountering other issues on the first floor. right now, the project is wrapping up. when the generators go live, we go to the first floor with turbines, reconfiguring the boilers. we expect to encounter similar issues. so, leslie and in conclusion, support of this resolution will allow us to meet the original objective of restoring reliable emergency power while also maintaining the original schedule with the added benefit of shifting a good benefit of work from the contracts on the rebuild to smaller, local

contractors that are advancing the generator project. with a quick overview, i can address any questions. supervisor chu: thank you. let's go to the budget analysts report. >> madam chair, members of the committee, on the bottom of the page, towards the end of page 4 of the report, at the p.w. -- dpw points out that by combining them, we were able to save $2 million in general contract and to install all five generators. given the recommendation on the following, page 5, dpw did not require a competitive bidding

process for the work and is, instead, seeking an amendment -- as you know. the reason is, rubicon has begun cancellation of the five generators and has undertaken a new competitive prophecy at this time, which will cost more than what is needed to complete the work. we find that explanation to be reasonable. supervisor chu: let's open this up for public comment. are there any members of the public that wish to speak on item number one? >> good morning. my name is douglas. i want to make it for the record that i worked at general hospital for 20 years, which prepared me for my current activities.

i am opposed to this. usually i support items like this. the reason that i oppose it is that it seems, to a common sense person like myself, if you have an emergency situation, why would you be asking for $18 million? in my opinion, repairs to the generators should have been done a long time ago. it probably would have saved money in long run. it seems to me that they waited so that they could ask for even more money. this approval of $2.5 million is interesting, since on item number to it lists the dollar amount as $1 million, but on item number one it does not mention the increase of $2.5 million.

i will mention it to obama, the next time that i see him. i have a feeling that repairs at general hospitals have not been done efficiently in the past. i have a feeling that this is going to go on. i suggest that it will cost little more than $20.5 million. there is no sponsor for this item, which i thought was interesting. does that mean that no one wants to put on the record that they are trying to sponsor improvements at san francisco general hospital? or is that somehow tied in directly to the upcoming audit? thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good morning, budget and finance. ♪ black is black general

hospital wants its money back credit went away for what can they do because they are feeling blue they have got so much to lose i want to read a in the news that they have got money from you it is yellow i want to yellow yellow lots of money i need from you, what more can they do, they are feeling blue? ♪ supervisor chu: thank you. are there any other members of a public that wish to comment? seeing no one, public comment is closed. colleagues, this item is before us. we have a motion to move it forward, and seconded. we will do this without

objection. item #two -- number two, please. >> item number two. ordinance appropriating $1,000,000 of mirant potrero, llc, settlement funds to the department of public health for neighborhood improvement and mitigation in the neighborhoods most impacted by the potrero power plant in fy2011-2012. supervisor chu: i would like to ask if supervisor cohen would like to say a few words. supervisor cohen: thank you. the settlement funds that the city received from the merit our plan, after decades of community advocacy, the city was successful in closing that power plant at the end of last year. the terms of this agreement, approved by the board of supervisors, provided for containment to be used by the city, including the measure's

most impacted by the power plant. the organizations designated to developing plans for the funds, after months of public meetings, have put forth these recommendations. the programs that the task force have recommended at the center ground, they have produced -- one, a tangible change in the community. two, have the potential for sustaining change. 3, the quality of life for people that have as much, or reducing the burden of chronic disease. this supplemental appropriation allocates funding to four programs that meet these criteria. including funding air quality improvements for existing homes , partnerships with the mayor's office and department of public health, promoting physical

activity with sf live, promoting community gardens with partnerships in the park trust general health, promoting pediatric asthma education by funding educators to work with the community on prevention and management, the closure of the power plant was a significant victory for the city and residents of the southeast, who frankly suffered too long under these department of injustices. representatives from the department of public health, who have worked on the planning for the use of these funds, are here today. i would like to invite them up to discuss in greater detail the programs to be used with these funds. i would also support having a few district 10 residents in the

public comments section. thank you, madame chair. supervisor chu: thank you, a supervisor. i believe that we have karen, from dph. >> i also serve as the department's representative as appointed by the board of supervisors. i am encouraged by the supervisor talking about the original ordinance of 2009, which ask for these specific improvements. all -- it also asked for this tax force. -- task force. i was a part of that meeting held in the community, which had community input. that meeting greatly informed our decision on how to create criteria. people really spoke out about creating projects that builds

capacity in the community and had the potential to last beyond three years. also, the discussion, of course, was focused on health and how we can improve ad smut and other diseases. it was a great process in which there was a lot of input and terrific work that came out of this funding. we used as much existing infrastructure as possible to expand this, that way these projects would not become stranded. i can give you a short example of how these projects work. my department, living environmental health -- i do not know. supervisor chu: it will come on.

>> we have an existing ordinance in the city that says if you are a new developer and you build in a zone like this, you have to mitigate particulate pollution in the freeway. but we have no existing provisions for existing housing. this allows us to do a private project to show that it could be done. -- pilot project to show that it could be done. we have been in conversations with some of the preeminent research scientist in the country. they are seeking their own funding to work with us on this project. it will help to inform a community reduction plan that we are attempting to put together for the district. supervisor chu: can you speak about what those mitigation might be?