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>> hello. the welcome to the creditor meeting of the budget and finance committee. my name is carmen chu, the super -- the chair person of the committee. i'm joined by supervisor avalos. mr. young, do you have any announcements for us today? >> please silence all electronic devices. items after deposit they will appear on april 3rd, 2012 on the board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated chairperson chu: would you call item no. 1? >> item number 1, the acceptance of a state grant in the amount of $3,883.76 from the california
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department of food and agriculture to participate in a program for a quality control program. chairperson chu: thank you. >> good morning. i'm here today to respond to any questions you may have regarding this contract. chairperson chu: for the purposes of information to the public, which you just explain what the grant would do? >> it funds the inspection of the number of just about two hundred agricultural inspection lot. we do wholesale distributors and we have about 116 of those inspections to conduct. we also at 82 retail inspections that we conduct city-wide at the small stores and the large
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stores. what we do is we go out and we have a device, a tool that we use that is called an egg handler. it projects a really strong light. it places the egg up against the can lurk and can see -- against the candler and we can see inside if it is good. we reject the broken ones if they are not good. we can see inside it is good. we dispose of the not good eggs on site or return them to the plant where they were produced. chairperson chu: this is not requesting any new positions, correct? >> know. chairperson chu: why don't we open this up court comment -- open this up for comment from the public. are there any members of the public who wish to speak? come on up.
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>> thank you. good morning. my name is fredrik. i have lived in san francisco for 60 years. i would like to speak out in favor of this resolution. i've always thought a partner public health group used every -- could use every dollar it could get its hands on. even though it is only four thousand dollars, i guess that is better than nothing. in my opinion, the department of public health probably wastes more than $4,000 a day, so maybe this is a step in the right direction. since we're talking about quality control programs, i would like to take this opportunity to assess -- maybe we can get state funding for the overall quality control program for the department public health, especially for the general hospital. thank you. chairperson chu: thank you.
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>> ♪ one more ♪ item to answer ♪ one more and to find ♪ one more item ♪ to make it all better ♪ and make it better ♪ and we will be happy ♪ we will have a programs ♪ to make it better ♪ and we will make it safe to eat ♪ ♪ and we will be there ♪ and we will answer the budget called ♪ ♪ today thank you. chairperson chu: are there other members of the public who wish to speak on item number one? seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion?
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we have a motion and a second. item number two. >> item number two, up resolution authorizing reentry on behalf of the council to retroactively accept money from the institute of local government as a recipient of an award of the california reentry council network. >> jessica went off here with the department of reentry division. thank you for considering the resolution to accept and expend this grant of about $40,615. it is a small amount of money to continue some of the work that we started last year. the roosevelt foundation institute for local government originally founded as when the reentry staff went to the public defender's office to lodge a
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statewide reentry council. there are about 12 bodies braintree around the state -- for reentry around the state. the rosenberg institute reached out to local government for this project. since that time we have developed monthly conference calls, one statewide convening various side presents, and the website. this has been valuable book for san francisco, as well as to further good practices in other communities. i'm happy to answer any questions that you have. chairperson chu: this is also an item that would not require additional positions, correct? >> correct. chairperson chu: why don't we open it up for public comment? >> ♪ coming to the subcommittee was not what i had planned ♪
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♪ and i wish you good luck with reentry plans ♪ ♪ i want you to be all free ♪ and now you're looking at me ♪ ♪ and that is what i want for you ♪ ♪ is reentry chairperson chu: thank you. are there other members of the public that wish to speak on item number two? seeing none, the item is closed. we have a motion and a second. we will do that without objection. item number 3. >> the resolution of the parks department to expand and urban grant for the boat bekker part funded by the safe drinking water, water quality and supply river protection act of 2006. chairperson chu: we have take a bill pressed from the department of recreation and parks -- we
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have jakob from the department of recreation and parks. >> i would like to reiterate the importance of the park. that was opened in 1985, i believe. there was one of our newest parks in san francisco. in years -- there is a lot of need for renovation. we need to update the park so we can open it to members of the public. open space is very important to the neighborhood because we have one of the least open spaces of any neighborhood in san francisco, but also a high- density of seniors and families and adults who like to use recreational open space in order to build the neighborhood for a healthy model long term. chairperson chu: thank you. jacob? >> thank you. this is a culmination of a five- year planning process of the community.
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i'm happy to answer any questions about the grant. chairperson chu: do you want to explain what the grant would be used for generally? >> we have a $5.8 million estimate for the renovation of the park as part of the trust for parks for people san francisco initiative. it also included the renovation of the playground and the current construction at balboa park. this will be part of the overall reclamation and renovation of the park space. chairperson chu: if there are no questions from the committee at this time, i believe it did not have a budget analyst report. we will open it up to members of the public. are there members of the public who wish to speak on item number 3? >> good morning. my name is douglas. i would like to speak in favor of this resolution, but i would also like to mention a couple of my own observations about this location.
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when i drive through the neighborhood, especially late at night, i do notice that there are some interesting occurrence is around its border. maybe that should be considered when it comes to renovating the place. also, during the daytime, i do notice that it has been closed a lot, and when it has been opened it seems like it has not been used as much as i would think. maybe that should be discussed a little further. and also should be considered in upcoming renovations. thank you chairperson chu: thank you. next speaker. >> i know this part. i mean, i've been through it. ♪ long and winding park road ♪ has no exit to the end ♪ ♪ don't leave me standing here ♪ ♪ can't find my way on through ♪ ♪ don't leave me standing here ♪
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♪ lead me to the other side ♪ chairperson chu: thank you. are there other members of the public who wish to speak on item 3? seeing none, public comment disclosed. do we have a motion to send this item forward? a motion by supervisor kim. we will put the item forward with a second and will do that without objection. item #4. >> a resolution approving the form of and authorizing the distribution of a statement relating to the execution and delivery of the city of county -- city and county of san francisco authorizing the preparation and execution of delivery of final official statement ratifying approvals and terms and conditions of a previous ordinance and related matters. chairperson chu: thank you. >> my name is anthony. i'm with the public controller's
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office of public finance. the item before you is this securing document for the city's planned sale certificate of presentation. -- of participation. a related ordinance was adopted by this board in october of 2010 that approved the issuance of the cop along with the finance of the various transmission documents, not to exceed $40 million, of which $38 million would finance its three acts as an improvement. since october of 2010, the projects that have relied on the city's commercial paper to provide interim financing, and as of march of this year, approximately $10 million has been drawn upon and expanded by the project. with the cop, the current plan is to refund the commercial paper and then balance -- and then the balance through the
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project completion, around may. the city's disclosures, but that we call attendance -- that we call appendix a, the results of the november election, several bond measures that have been approved and issued, along with updates to the current fiscal year budget and finances, and the related agencies. those details are provided in appendix 8. -- appendix "a." i'm available if you have questions about the project. chairperson chu: thank you. you did say their updates to the official statement with regards to what happens in the november elections. any other updates to measures or
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elections that the city has voted on it added, correct? >> that is correct. the unified school district proposed proposition "a" for general bond and the city also approved road disclosure bonds. chairperson chu: in the disclosure, and we also have measures that get in that are not on related? for example, the pension reform one had a big impact on our finances. does that go in as well? >> yes, it does. chairperson chu: thanks. before this item we also do not have a budget analyst report -- for this item we also do not have a budget analyst report if there are no commission comment at this time, why don't we ask -- open it up for comment from the public. >> ♪ it's the right time of the tax night ♪ ♪ the stars are shining are ♪ it's the right time of the tax
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night ♪ ♪ for fixing the capital chairperson chu: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning, and supervisors. my name is douglas. i would like to speak in opposition to this resolution. i have to admit that i am not flinch when it comes to certificates of participation. my limited knowledge it seems to me that the local government could finance it through other means, it should be able to. when it starts to use things like participants of -- certificates of participation, it seems that most of the people do not know what they are. and if they know what they are, they are probably confused about what they are exactly. it reminds me of the general topic of voodoo e
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