had at reserve program, and if cuw395, tesla treatment facility. >> we have talked with the puc. >> good morning. julie, wsip director. i will be giving the presentation. mr. clerk, if you would not mind connecting the computer. i will try to keep my remarks brief, because i know you have a 1:00. i am here to give you a very brief update on where the program stands, as well as requesting the release of funds that were previously placed on reserve. here is the status of the program as of early february. we only have seven projects that have yet to reach construction, and two are currently in the bid and award phase, meaning they will be shortly into construction. we currently have a total of 20

projects worth of over $2.5 brilliant construction, and construction has been completed on 54 projects. this is a chart that compares the forecasted costs of the program in blue to the approved projects for the program, shown in red. for the last four reporting quarters, we're trending well below the approved program budget. as a matter of fact, we currently have $144.5 million in extra savings placed in reserve. i want to take the apportionment before talk about the release of reserved to tell you photos of the work taking place in the field. in recent months, we have reached substantial completions on multiple regional projects, and every time we complete works like this, we increase the reliability of our water system.

the last project in the city to go into construction is the sutro reservoir. we opened bids last week. construction on that project should begin this summer and continue through mid-2015. ground conditions on the irvington tunnel have been extremely challenging, but we have made very good progress. we're now more than a mile into the excavation of the contract of the tunnel, which is about a third of the total length of the new tunnel. we started construction on the calaveras dam in the fall, and we're doing a lot of work -- supervisor avalos: a quick question. said the ground conditions have been challenging on irvington. what is that? >> ground water intrusion as well as crumbling tight

conditions. we need to do a lot of shoring. as you move forward, the ground tends to want to crumble down. despite that, we're actually beating records in the last few weeks as far as the production rates. supervisor avalos: thank you. >> calaveras dam, work started last fall. right now, we're focusing on the disposal areas and rose in anticipation of the very massive earthworks that will take place in the following months. the beta tunnel is another project where we're making great progress. a tunnel shoring machine is under debate. we're telling approximately one- third feet a day, and we're 40% complete on those very large progress. the year retracement water treatment plant in san mateo

county is getting a total face lift under the wsip. we have removed over 200,000 tons of soil from the site, and what you see here is a soil wall being built to accommodate the construction of a new large treated water reservoir. in order for us to move forward on two key aspects of the wsip, we are requesting today the release of some funds that are currently on reserve with this committee. we created a bio-regional habitat restoration program to address some of the environmental impacts on the program. so far, the board has appropriated $90 million for this program and $41.7 million of the appropriations were placed on reserve. we're asking today for the release of $41.1 million of those funds that are in reserves. i think the budget analyst report did a very good job

documenting the justification for that request. we're also asking for the release of $670,000 from the program management reserves to be reallocated to the tesla treatment facility project, a project where we reached substantial completion of construction in mid-2011, and we are currently in a one-year commissioning period for the project. again, the budget analyst report provides a good justification. i would be happy to answer any questions on today's request. we would like to thank the budget analyst for the their review of requests. we agree with their recommendations. supervisor chu: thank you for the presentation. mr. rose. >> madam chair, members of the committee, as shown on page 5 of our report, regarding the tesla project, the department, as

shown in table four, the department has a need of $678,950, which is actually 8000 hundred $52 more than the request that the department reports that they can observe that within the tesla water treatment facility project budget. with respect to the other project, the bio-regional habitat restoration program budget, that is a budget that was submitted as $568,694, less than the amount requested of $41,659,458. therefore, we recommend that you approve the release of 41 million -- 41,090,007 and $64. for the bio-regional habitat restoration program project and

reallocate the difference to the water system improvement program reserve. further, we recommend that you approve the release of $670,000 for the tesla water treatment facility project. supervisor chu: thank you. let's open these items up for public comment. are there members of the public who wish to speak on items number six or seven? >> supervisors, some of us, including myself, have attended all the important meetings linked to the water system improvement project. as you can see from this presentation, some of the benchmarks have been achieved, and there are moneys out there where our community, especially communities here in san

francisco, can benefit. now the details of how we can benefit, presentations have not been given to the board of supervisors. but in this dire economic time, some of us have presented some projects to the manager of the san francisco public utilities commission, and i guess it is would then his purview to filter that down -- would then his party to filter that down so that our community can at least towards the tail end of this project benefit from what has been accomplished up till now. so again and again, this is a very large project. if i am not mistaken, $4.2 million, and $2.4 million was

contributed by the city and county of san francisco. and when we have such large projects, whether it is the water system member but project or the source system improvement projects that is coming, we have to pay attention to our constituents. thank you very much. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. ♪ >> it's gotta be a budget morning if we can hold out through the water night why don't we crossed this bridge together? and we will escaped the budget we will not be searching for money anymore it is not too late and not while we are water living let's put our hands out and take a dive

it is not too late we should be water thriving alleged take a water water ride it is gonna be a water morning budget budget morning budget morning or water morning gonna fitial water budget morning it's gonna be a budget morning water morning ♪ supervisor chu: thank you. are there other members of the public who wish to speak? saying none, public comment is closed. colleagues? supervisor avalos: motion to -- we want to continue the first item to the call of chair. motion to release the reserve. supervisor chu: ok. so we have a motion to continue item 62 the call of the chair. item seven, accepted the budget analyst recommendation in a to release the reserves according

to that. we can do that without objection. thank you very much. do we have any other items before us? >> that completes the morning agenda. supervisor chu: ok, we are adjourned. thank you.

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for hello kitty. i thought i would try to make it as cute as possible. that way people might want to read the stories. then people might be open to learn about the deities and the culture. ♪ they reached out to make about five or six years ago because of the book published. they appreciated that my work was clearly driven from my research and investigation. after i contributed my artwork, the museum was really beside themselves. they really took to it. the museum reached out to me to see if i would be interested in my own space inside the museum. i tell them that would be a dream come true.

it is the classical, beautiful indian mythology through the lens of modern design and illustration and storytelling. they're all of these great sketch as i did for the maharajah exhibition. i get a lot of feedback on my artwork and books. they complement. they say how original the work is. i am the first person to say that this is so derived from all of this great artwork and storytelling of the past. the research i put into all of my books and work is a product of how we do things that a-- at pixar. sometimes you will see him depicted monkey-like or as superman. i wanted to honor his monkey

coloring. i decided to paint him white with a darker face. it is nice to breathe new life into it in a way that is reverent and honors the past but also lets them breathe and have fun. it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia. they decorate their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way. it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent

to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> you know, i spent this morning with a number of department heads, and thanking them for their wonderful contributions for the heart of the city charity contribution this morning, sharing stories about what our contributions are doing in the charity giving for the city. i registered to them the same thing that i will register to our upcoming commissioners who are about to be appointed here today. a huge thank you for you, your families, supporters.

you are joining the city family, me, sean elsbernd, department heads are here today, because we love the city. we want to make it successful in every way. i need to think ahead of time. before you are sworn in, you need a big hug. you need the city's official hug. you will be in positions to hear about issues, challenges, but you are also going to be part of making decisions that move forward to the spirit of this city, the spirit that i felt a couple of weeks ago when we celebrated the 50 years of leaving our hearts here, that we continue doing that on a daily basis. you will be sharing responsibilities for over 14 different bodies in our city that are not only policy but are hearing the nitty gritty things

that have to be done to move the agenda forward. you will be able to enjoy the challenges of the city, ones that are critical to the delivery of old promises in a city where everyone has a voice, that, through your words and wisdom, be empowered in the city. you are all part of commission that will empower people, so, quickly developed the attitude, agenda, schedule. we need your time. i think people are giving money in these challenging economic times. today, right now, i am thinking you because you are going to be giving more than $5 of your time. he will be sacrificing personal time over the weekends. as i do, saying, it is worth it if i can turn around attitudes

of what we are doing. if i can have all of you that are here today help me with the promises we made in our redevelopment communities, as you take on things like the successor oversight agency committee, help me develop those promises for communities that depend so much on our development. tell them that we are not giving up on those promises, whether it is housing, economic development, workforce development, kids. when you take on responsibilities of the building inspection, and joining me to make sure that job creation is at the helm of it. when you take on small business and again, recommit it -- when you're on the human rights commission -- talking to groups that feel disenfranchised, you share the same spirit. when you join our immigrant rights commission and say to

immigrants who may not have english as their first language, that they are full participants in everything that we do and they have every right to be participating in every aspect of life, the enrichments that we want to share. when you look at that big stack of permit appeals, when you are wondering, did ed asked me to do this going through every appeal of every permit? then i will ask you to step up again and say you have a mayor that is extremely thankful for the work you are doing, the leadership you are doing, the money in that the courts will raise to keep these wonderful talented and innovative arts and our city, keeping us vibrant. all of these commissions -- we have some 14 commissions are being appointed today.

each and everyone of them are extremely important in terms of the quality of life for the city and the promises that we will fulfill to all of you. i am excited about your appointments. as we swear you in, i will ask and take the time that i know the rest of the city family wants to see -- i want you to come up come as you raise your hand, named a commission that you will be on. we are proud of these appointments, we are proud of the time that you will spend, the quality of life that you will improve. i want you to do that for me as we swear you in. looking at all of you, knowing where you will be, the hours you will be spending, you have to understand, you reflect a tremendous diversity in the city, one that i have the privilege of representing myself in an historic fashion. i know that all of the

communities in san francisco will be so proud of your leadership and your vision, but also, i think, most importantly, we are proud of the spirit in which you take on this responsibility. because it is personal sacrifice. sometimes, for us, we can get tired of the complaints, but at the end of the day, when you know, it if you listen to everybody, you do the balloting required, you make the decisions, and you keep your heart focused on improving people's lives in every possible way, whether in it is in entertainment, planning, all of the things that are represented here today, you will feel really good about the city. i just want to welcome all of you to the official city family and do my best to let you know that i will help as much as i can from the mayor's office.

we have a great job to do, and it will be fun, exciting, enriching, and rewarding for everybody. thank you for being here today. [applause] i know time is of the essence. we need to get to those agendas. if i may, i would like to have all of the candidates please stand up. please raise your right hand. as i begin, i will go through and ask you to announce your name in the boldest way you can and simply to name the commission that you will be sworn into.

please repeat. >> [inaudible]

>> and do solemnly swear that i will not supplant -- support and defend the constitution of the united states and constitution of the state of california against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california, that i

take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter during such time as level the office of -- for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. thank you very much for your service. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome all of our newest 31 commissioners for the city and county of san francisco. thank you.