joint venture award program funded agreement central base tight system improvement project, to provide engineering service and authorize the general manager of the utility system to -- and subject to the board of supervisors' approval pursuant to the charter section. >> i'm the assistant general manager for infrastructure. we are before you today to ask for your approval to award the central bayside central improvement program to the high ranking firm joint venture. this is an important project. it is something that was identified at the workshops as part of this proposal. we have had five posers which we

short listed three and the top ranking firm -- i'm happy to answer any questions about the process. >> thank you. commissioners come any questions? >> who were the other bidders? >> the other bidders -- there was a joint venture and ann w. h. you are s -- >> and this was from southern california? do they have offices here? >> they have offices here. in the bay area. >> any other questions?

is there public comment on this item? do i have a motion? so moved. >> do i have a second? >> second. all those in favor? >> with the commission's permission, it probably would not prevent them from voting, but to give them comfort, you can release them from voting. >> the rules of order say that is by permission of the commission. will it be in order for there to be a motion that we do that? >> that would make the record

most clean. >> so moved. >> moved and seconded. >> on the item itself, we have a motion and a second. item number 12. >> a discussion to authorize the san francisco public utilities commission and an understanding with the california medical center to perform sewer improvements related to the cesar chavez improvement project, authorize the general manager to except and expand it funds, increasing the contingency and authorize staff to provide support subject to supplemental appropriations, the

cesar chavez improvement project. decreasing the contract and a time extension 4 total contract duration of 598 consecutive calendar days subject to board approval of a supplemental appropriation and adopt environmental findings under the california environmental quality act. >> i think you may be aware we are doing a lot of work on cesar chavez. st. luke's hospital wants to rearrange its campus and this would allow us to get money from them and move our sewer lines and out of the way so we could do our work. >> thank you. any questions for the general manager? any public comment? >> i need to abstain?

-- >> all those in favor? the motion carries. >> all those in favor? of the motion carries. >> the next item will be a closed session. if you would call for any public comment on any closed session items? >> and do we have any public comment on items of the closed session? could i have a motion to assert attorney-client privilege? all those in favor? >> if you agree to let me read

the items, we will with a closed session. the existing litigation is defended it -- the city and county of san francisco, 17 conference of legal counsel, city and county, the civil prosecutor, the state of california and the existing litigation and 18 public employee hiring administrative secretary public utilities commission. if the room would be cleared and the last person to go the >> >> we are not always -- we are now back in the session, on

item 16 and resettlement of an item of 16. on item 18, the commission voted unanimously to appoint donna hood as assistant secretary. [applause] could i have a motion whether to disclose what was discussed in closed session. >> motion not to disclose. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor? opposed? the motion carries. other new business? none from the commission? thank you. this meeting is adjourned.

we are proposing three audits for calendar year 2012. this is part of our proposed

work plan. we have selected these audits based on what we have experienced in terms of our review of city departments, budget review, a legislative item review, and discussions with various members of the board of supervisors. we are recommending three audits. they would comprise 3600 hours of audits time in 2012. our proposed burk plan includes -- are proposed work plan includes 5500 hours of special projects in 2012. this is what was in our work plan. we are currently completing an audit on the evaluation of museum governance. hopefully, it will be completed shortly. do you would be three projects they would be ready to begin at -- these would be three products

we would begin -- we would be ready to begin immediately. this would be an evaluation of how these two departments determined the need for services, whether the services are being contracted out, how they measure the level of service. their policies and procedures are for contracting and how they identify performance measures. we selected these two based on experiences we have had in other reports. we have found some concerns on prior reports in this area. the second when we are recommending, and this would be something we would recommend doing later in the year, would be to look at the impact of the transfer of the redevelopment agency's assets to the city. when we wrote our initial reports prior to february 1, we

said there were many outstanding questions we needed to address. they need to be looked at more closely. at that time, there were some significant issues in terms of where the staff would be assigned. we were told that a lot of this would be presented in the budget. we believe that under the state law, the comptroller -- controller has certain obligations that they have. we are looking less at that that we are on the impact of city departments. our proposal -- so we know what

we're working with in terms of 2012-2013. the third one is to look at public safety realignment. our proposal would be to start this much later in the year. this comes out of are looking at the budget in the current fiscal year where there were significant requests from resources from the sheriff's department and the adult probation department. we did make some recommendations. they were not necessarily accepted by the committee. we still have concerns about staffing levels and help the sheriff's department and the adult probation department are making this transition to new case loads. >> thank you. the ratio of plan hours versus allocated hours, that remains consistent from past practices? >> pretty much.

but we added up all of our hours in 2011, and we found that we were on target with our work plan. we found we were able to be responsive and flexible within the work plan. >> thank you. >> these are the three right subjects. the one question i have is about the order. i think you have answered it in your comments about why redevelopment would come second. i thought before i heard your comments that it might make sense to make redevelopment first. the mayor and many of us have discussed the idea that there could be some sort of measure on the ballot to help address some of the funding shortfall. if we have the results of your proposal, it would help us frame how much we should shoot for. but i think you are making the

point that you are not born to have much to analyze yet. >> that is our concern, yes. >> assuming this ms. forward as you have proposed, -- past -- assuming this moves forward as you have proposed, when can we expect to see the first audit completed? >> we would begin immediately. it depends on other resources. we would aim for shortly after budget. because of the nature, we might even consider a two-faced report. -- phased report. >> one of the issues that has been low on the priority scale, low on the issue at scale, but it is concerning to me, all the redevelopment employees are

state employees. they will become members -- will you be looking at all of those various employment issues as well and what it means as a cost to the city? >> yes, we will be. the state has some very clearly defined responsibilities. anything we consider risky, we called back out in our report in february. we would definitely proceed on that. >> great. >> is there something you wanted to add? >> good afternoon. i am trying to sort out what would be the most helpful information to give you. we usually get more of an opportunity discuss this with the budget analyst office ahead of time so this list is new to us.

it is your prerogative to audit whatever you like and we will be helpful and provide the resources that we have. in each of these three areas, there is a significant body of work that is already going on. one area or the other, health and human services, nonprofit contract, for example, i am sure you are aware there have been several task forces. there are live recommendations going forward in different formats from several of them. improvement in the contracting process. a very strong joint monitoring effort that the city makes. we can help with design to make sure that the time the budget analyst spans is most productive. i feel like in that area we have a lot of strong interest appropriate control activities already going on. -- risk of appropriate control activities already going on. a lot of the transition process

these will not be complete until quite a bit after the budget is done. the financial statement audit, which is required, will come after that. in each of the major transition issues, there is a working group that is trying to do things like -- i am not the most qualified person to speak on it. i am not part of the working groups. but we do have staff in these projects. finally, with realignment, you approved a transition plan. there is a county executive body. my office has a commitment of resources to data tracking. we have a project that is looking at every place or a piece of data about any of the populations are being tracked and treated and managed. i just want to make you aware of all those things. if you choose to go forward, we

will try to make sure we help. i wanted to let you know that. >> thank you. questions, colleagues? we will open up to public comment. in the members of the public who wish to speak on the matter? they will have two minutes each. >> i agree with the first two recommendations i do not think the sheriff's department safety issues is a high priority at this time. i would prefer to see an audit of the city attorney's office or even the ethics commission. secondly, in your budget plan, you are allowing each individual supervisor to request of to 150 hours for an audit. i do not think that is good

public policy. i think it can lead to abuse. they can be used as political weapons. supervisor wiener was held in violation of the sunshine ordinance last month, i believe. within a week, he ordered an audit of the cost of complying with the sunshine ordinance. it is more than coincidence that supervisor wiener asked for a survey of complying with the sunshine or dance. -- ordinance. if each supervisor requested 150 hours, that is one-third of the amount of hours you are budgeting for the entire year. the 150 should be eliminated. the audit should be pursuant to

>> the first is political retaliation. the second is a biased research and the third is a waste of money. supervisors, please reconsider that survey. >> thank you. next speaker.

>> as my fellow public people mentioned in the fall of 2011, shortly thereafter, he ordered a survey of the sunshine ordinance be prepared by the budget analysts office. he did several information requests from members of the public to find out that supervisor wiener was behind this survey of the cost of the sunshine ordinance. e-mails from the budget analysts office a short -- a short -- assured the are only conducting an analysis for the board of supervisors. why would he be trying to keep the request secret? why would the office been concealing his role in this? what did they have to hide from

the public? last year, this committee approved a 2011 work plan that included research reports as requested by individuals and the board of supervisors. these reports may be kept confidential at the discretion of the requesting board member. the same statement is in your 2012 plan. this type of secrecy is against open government. please do not approve a work plan that allows for secret reports. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i would like to thank the board of supervisors for approving an

audit for the department of public health. it is a start. if you are serious about saving money to help the poor in san francisco, and you'll find plenty of waste and inefficiency at the department of health. the budget which analyst the did the budget analyst did do a report on the department of public health and 20 -- in 2003. my own department was involved in that report. i would like to recommend that the 2003 report be read before the audit plan is done so you will have an idea of what to look for in order to save money. secondly, i was very impressed by the three previous speakers. for the record, this committee is supposed to be a watchdog,

not a lap dog. hopefully, we continue that tradition with the current makeup. for the record, dereliction of duty, abuse of power under the color of authority. let's put it this way, everybody knows that san francisco is a mountain to climb if you are trying to fix certain things. the only way you'll get it fixed is to put people on notice, so they cannot say they were not aware of it. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i have no specific objection to the three priorities for the

work plan. i do think it is good for the unit not to duplicate efforts. i had to other ideas that either could be audits or handled in another fashion. one is the law library. there has been recent activity to move them out of the memorial while the building is worked down. more recently, their downtown branch is slated to close in two weeks. they have some funding issues because of the -- a better understanding of what the city is required to do. both under state law and the charter requirement and what is currently happening. this may be a small thing that someone could do and there may be another way to do it. i do not think it needs to be put in the formal work plan. i am kind of interested in the

future of law library. the second is city property south of cesar chavez and east of 101. department of technology, they all have properties there in various configurations. there are a lot of issues with that property both east and west of the caltrain tracks. this could be a work item for the real estate division, the capital planning committee but i understand there is some movement with respect to the market which the city -- a focused look of all of that property and that configuration going forward. i look forward to those items and maybe you can find some way for them to death attended to in the next 12 months. -- for them to gets attended to in the next 12 months. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> i am not sure about that. i am not sure if i'm the best

person to answer that. i did not come here to talk about sunshine, but i certainly can. >> if you could send me an e- mail about some of your thoughts. >> i do not have e-mail. >> however you want to communicate. >> in the other members of the public who wish to speak on item number one? public comment is closed. i just want to thank members of the budget and legislative analyst's office. i appreciate your hard work on this. in the comments? -- any comments? so moved. >> item number two, work plan for 2012, establishing

performance goals and setting a date for the annual performance evaluation of the joint partnership. >> miss campbell is here to speak on this item again. >> good afternoon. our proposed work plan for 2012 is very similar to our work plan for 2011. it does include a series of performance measures by which we would be evaluated at the end of the year. we have not made any significant changes to the performance measures. we have identified there will be changes to the budget. budgeting procedures the share. -- this year. we will be moving into a two- year budget for the general fund department. however, we have not recommended any changes. previously,