bond and capital projects that are underway. we want to make sure that we preserve the cost services. some of the items that we talked about, street cleaning. have made sure the city is free from graffiti. identifying deficiencies and investing in the infrastructure that leads to creating more possible jobs. supervisor cohen: you mentioned there was a suspension of the general labour apprenticeship program. is it a suspension of the entire program, a portion of it? >> when we started the program, we started with about 120

people. a quick finish her with a finished in about two years, maybe a little more. due to budget constraints, we had to stagger the program. a lot of those individuals went to the work program. we weren't able to bring in new people during that time, there was a time where we weren't able to keep the number of people and the program due to funds. this year, we started a preliminary program. we have 15 that are in there. we're hoping that if we build more partnerships, we can increase the number of glasses. we're looking forward to the bond program, and it will

hopefully be able to start another apprentice program. and oakley will be able to bring some more apprentices over there. and the tree-watering program is funded by the transportation authority fund. we are still trying to keep the apprentice programs going. we do see a huge opportunity with a lot of contracts that are coming on line. in a lot of the contract that the city gives, there are opportunities for contractors to hire apprentices, and we want to make sure that the tool is available to them. the total operating budget, as you can see, pretty steady over the last few years.

for 12-13 and 13-14, the difference is the cream bar -- green bar. that is the road fund. otherwise, we really have been pretty steady, and hopefully we will see an increase in work orders. the staff ... dust and delivering many of these projects. supervisor chu: he will speak to the challenges with the presentation? >> yes, i can. the next slide shows the general fund hot gas tax and budget. you can see it is pretty steady, the increases mostly have to do with the cost of general allowances.

you can see where those are mostly impacted. st. use mapping and revenue increases have also been increasing quite a bit in due to be picking up of the construction activity in the city. you can see the increases, otherwise we are pretty much steady. supervisor chu: and there was a significant drop of the general fund subsidy. it was a reflection of a particular project that was in 2009, perhaps, that went away in 2010? >> the was the beginning of the economic downturn, so we don't see a lot of permits and things of that sort. >> that was really the first

year that we took a really dramatic cuts. it is were the biggest drop in the accounts were. there was some shifting, you'll see the top lot of other revenues that went from 5.8 billion to 8.8 billion, and the think this is the first year that we budgeted tobacco tax revenues. that was essentially off- setting fund production. mostly, it really was pure cut, and it meant a pretty dramatic drop in services that year. supervisor chu: thank you. >> as we move forward, but its solutions for this year and next year, which are hoping to see an increase in the street use

revenues due to permitting for the new construction activity that is starting to pick up. we do have some parking lot revenue, one of the parking lots done on the embarcadero. eliminating positions the been the agency for the last one or two years. we hope to eliminate a number of those including some retirements that we have had recently. we are exploring some realignment in terms of our identical collections. lee will be looking at trying to work something out with them.

challenges and opportunities of the next few years, as many of you know, we continue to relinquish trees. as we relinquish trees, they are in the process and we need to make sure that those trees are turned over and ready for acceptance. we are starting to see -- those are some of the challenges that we have. we're hoping to relinquish 6000 trees.

the total number is 23,000 trees over 67 years. that is one of the big challenges. supervisor avalos: there is bound to be a question on relinquishment, and we just had a tree planting of that in my district. -- event in my district. it was a fluff event. there was a chronicle reporter that was their writing about how great it was, but actually wrote about the relinquishment issue. my question is, as we are doing the relinquishment, what are we seeing is the impact on the trees? do we have any idea what is happening with the trees that we're no longer taking care of? are there any programs that are

available that would help people have a hardship around taking care of the trees that they can access? >> her about 103,000 or 105,000 street trees. another 30,000 or so that are currently maintained by property owners, and we have the 23,000 or so that are currently maintained by the city. and we are in the process of turning over. most of these trees, as you know, when we turn them over, made whole. trees need to be pruned. in terms of the impact, it is

tough to see down the way as we turn over trees. we do have a public hearing as part of the hosting or noticing of the trees. we have been able to hear most of those requests. at this time, we feel that people are in acceptance -- supervisor avalos: if a person who, years from now, no longer has the ability to pay for or physically able to do the work on a tree in front of his or her home, does the person have any recourse about how the tree can get cared for? >> ultimately, it is the property owner's responsibility. here we do come out for quite a

number of events. i think on the bigger picture, the urban forestry council and planning department are looking into the french funding methods that can be brought into play to maintain trees into the right of way. we're looking at the study in seeing what that study reveals. at the end of the day, it makes sense for a city to maintain the trees within the right of way. keeping a standard and also for assisting, but due to no funding and the lack of funds, i think we are sharing the burden as we try to figure out what the next steps are. >> be recall a time in the city

have the funding that was able to maintain a consistent level of care for trees in the city? and if we have the city that once again was not able to provide that level of care, what would that cost? >> i think that what i was part of the study five for six years ago, we were looking at 30 million a year. we have since increased some of the canopy cover, so i don't know what it will be. at that time it was about 30 million. it was about a seven-year cycle. supervisor avalos: there are certain parts of san francisco where you have a real iconic

view of trees. i am thinking for some, vernal height, down to about twenty third street or twenty second street, really dense that a large trees. persia evidence as another one that i am familiar with or you have these large willow trees. it really seems like part of what the city provides in terms of the urban forest and canopy. are those trees going to be subject to relinquishment? it seems like they are different from other trees that are not quite as densely packed in the urban areas. >> folsom street is an example. they are on a cycle of

maintenance under the department's jurisdiction. we do look at those types of corridors. there are other corridors that will likely fall into it. >> i think those types of corridor's don't make a lot of sense because there seems to be of real higher level and more densely packed population of trees that seems like the city is projecting an image of itself that is greater than just a street that has a few trees got it. >> we don't have the resources to be able to maintain that. supervisor chu: in terms of i think he said the 40,000 trees currently under the jurisdiction, 23,000 of those,

you expect to relinquish over the next so many years? >> the property owners that maintain those trees. supervisor chu: let's say we are completely done with the relinquishment of the 23,000 trees, i imagine a large portion is maintained by existing property owners and there will be a small amount maintained, maybe 10,000 trees are so, it sounds like? >> of those other locations, yes. >> as long as we are on the subject of the maintenance, we discussed a potential small fee that we can charge to property owners have. that where there is a consistent program. is that still something we are pursuing?

>> be granted that we received from california and fire is to study different methods of financing and maintaining trees. we're hopeful that a couple of months, we will have some recommendations of how to maintain these trees and what the best financing should be. >> certainly, to me, it would make sense to have a consistent way to do tree maintenance. if i could ask some questions on your previous slide, i was going to wait to the end but since i am already speaking, i have a question about the own property for electrical vehicle battery switching stations. who are releasing this to? are they private companies that are using switching stations?

gosh the mta. a piece of property that was part of the embarcadero -- >> you said we have been able to reduce the dpw by 28%, and i know that as regent hold as the current fleet? >> in total, there are a little over 300 vehicles for paving. we are continuing to work on mothballing some of them. we have been having conversations with treasure island where vehicles are used on a regular basis get part and use them as we need them.

>> i appreciate your work on finding efficiency. >> other opportunities when the director was there, there was some reorganization that happened in the architecture on construction. well done some additional reorganization there and also creating some leadership. the project delivery program, many of the project that we're working on, the hospital and public safety building, the projects that are coming on line. they are giving us opportunities to do better.

we have another ramp up to make sure that we -- will be able to move them into one more steady planning. >> how do we expect to see --

>> we hope to do many of the residential streets, and they are scheduled for 160 blocks. they will be starting within the project management side. the have a lot of current work, design, will be staffing and working very closely with the mayor's office to make sure that the contract is approved. and making sure compliance is met. supervisor chu: given the bond will only last for three years in terms of the resurfacing program, and we don't yet have unidentified source going forward after the three years,

one of the things is to have a sustainable bond. after that, is expired. are you hiring? not necessarily temporary positions, but those that will go away after a period of time? >> one of the opportunities is that it has allowed the agencies to work closely like the puc to get tehe streets cleared for water and sewer. they have also passed a master plan. by looking at projects coming on line for the bond, it allows us to begin to plan and see what is coming ahead.

hopefully, working closely with the mta, there are projects coming on. hopefully, this team in-house will be able to do some of the work. there are also other streetscape projects coming on line. the bond is a small portion that will fund the needs. there're tons of opportunities to apply for grants and funding. hopefully that will take us beyond the bond itself. projecting what should be done now, when the work force will be to continue to improve the right of way. at this time, that allows

someone to complete a training program as we figure out how to move forward. one more slide, a think we talked a lot about what proposition b will do. supervisor avalos: just a quick question that was brought up to me on the street in my district, someone was concerned about how when the repair sidewalks, it is just a section of the sidewalk and she was concerned that there were different colors along the sidewalk. is there an effort to blend, or do they, after years, start to reuse the same color after a while? is there a patchwork consensus?

i thought i would relay the question to you directly. >> concrete from 20 years ago and concrete from now, trying to get the right coloration can be difficult. we asked contractors to work as close as they can to match. supervisor avalos: i thought i would bring it up, but i think is great that the sidewalks get repaired. >> as we go to pave many of the new streets, they are fixing many of the sidewalks. the goal is to do a complete street at once. and more curved ramps, it makes the sidewalk more accessible. supervisor chu: finally, prop b, the street resurfacing component

the think will be part of your five-year paving plan? has the department developed talent is going to prioritize or work on projects for those items? or will it be dependent on a number of things, other streetscape work that is coinciding? >> right now, over the next three years or five years, and the streets are to be pai -- tht are to be paved are identified. of the pedestrian safety projects, we have been to many neighborhoods and have had quite a number of walks with supervisors. the have been put into a list of

the has been prioritized with city staff. the bicycle coalition, advocacy groups, trying to prioritize what that list would look like, hopefully you can help us pick the top ones. we only have 2 million or 3 million. hopefully we can take it to counsel planning and have it approved. supervisor chu: in terms of the budget solution is laid out for 13 and 14, is the consolidation of the items meeting the budget instruction? >> yes, to the best of my knowledge. supervisor chu: thank you. if there are no questions at

this time, are there members of the public that wish to speak on item number one? >> ♪ dpw trees, very pretty and the budget very sweet thanks for sweeping those many streets ♪ ♪ the dpw tree very pretty and the budget very sweet thanks for keeping th streets swept and very neat ♪ ♪ dpw tree, very pretty and the budget very sweet and for thanks for fixing all the sidewalks and all the street leaks ♪ supervisor chu: thank you. are there other speakers that

wish to comment on item number one? public comment is closed. if there are no questions, i would like to think the department and congratulations on your appointment. in terms of your budget, i think a few things to follow-up on, i think there is interest to make sure that we have full information on how -- for many of us, we would like to see him when the process is looking like. it is just about the street paving program, how we are looking in terms of paving. we have the bond, which is a great king, but how do we do with puddles and the other things that are necessary. i would like to know more about that.

yet to get more information from you, the bulky items picked up, it would be a helpful update for us. colleagues, can we continue this item to the call of the chair? thank you. item two. >> receiving an update on the city's capital plan for 2012- 2021. supervisor chu: brian strong for this item. >> good afternoon, committee members. i am brian strong from the city planners office. thank you for letting me give you a quick update on the capital plan. as many of you know, this is the first year that we switched