some, taking recommendations from others. each of these recommendations will help us build out the various spaces that need to be under this larger umbrella. i want to be clear about that. we are not clear to pit care providers against early education folks. we want to provide opportunities for all the kids and their families. under this one umbrella will be the bears' option for families to take advantage of. we appreciate the recommendation people are provided to us, because it helps us to build a more robust office that will address each and every one of the issues that our families and children face. supervisor avalos: i know we are continuing to the call of the chair. i would like to perhaps think it could be next week, get a progress report. we can decide that in the next few days. supervisor chu: thank you.

supervisor kim? supervisor kim: i just wanted to give some input. first of all, thank you to supervisor avalos' office for taking this on. i know this is a process you have been engaged in for a while. we are figuring out a way to bring several different silos and entities around early child care and education together. what had been in existence up until now has not worked, as many have said in public comments. i think we have not effectively figured out how to leverage our sources of funding and other things. i am happy we are moving forward with this. i do have questions about the right place where to house hsa, given is an incredibly large department, making sure these issues are managed effectively within the department, but i also know that dcyf is a small organization and the department

may not have the capacity to take this on. i do want to respect their has been a community process regarding this issue. i trust many of the stake holders involved in this process, but i wanted to state that concern today. looking forward to the final outcomes of this working group. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you for your comments, supervisor kim. you've already mentioned this, hydra, but even though they would not be part of the consolidated office -- the school district -- we have our kids that go there monday through friday. they have care before and after school, and various programs. having a conversation with the school district on these plans will also be an important piece of it. colleagues, we have a motion to continue item 12 to the call of the chair. i think we can do that without objection. thank you. please call item one.

>> item 1. resolution authorizing the adult probation department to retroactively accept and expend a grant of consulting services from the zellerbach family foundation through an award to community works west in the amount of $37,000 for developing a gender-responsive approach to serving women involved in san francisco's criminal justice system. supervisor chu: thank you. earlier we had the chief with us. it looks that she had to leave, so we have jessica who is speaking on this issue. >> thank you, supervisors, for considering mayor lee's resolution. the chief apologizes that she had to live. i am the reentry division director at the adult probation department. thank you for accepting our proposal. the purpose of this grant is to allow us to work with two

nationally renowned experts, and doctors barbara blum and barbara collins, to develop a gender- sensitive approach to women in the criminal justice system. they will be developing a plan in partnership with the sheriff's department of operation and are committed to partners to develop a system of case management and other systems to better address the needs of women and transgendered people involved in our criminal justice system. the zellerbach family foundation has been a wonderful place for vendor response to practices at the adult probation department, public defender's office, and through the san francisco children of incarcerated parents partnership. in collaboration with the sheriff's department and other partners, through the community, we are creating a gender response for group that will serve as our guide for our policies, practices, and programs every step of away from

arrests through any jail or prison time, and through supervision practices. this work will also inform our 2012 realignment plans. once complete, we will be sharing the plan, the progress of its implementation, working in partnership with the reentry council committee corrections partnership and others. thank you for your consideration of this resolution. happy to answer any questions you might have. supervisor chu: it looks like this does not require any matching general funds and does not create any additional positions. if there are no questions from the committee, let's open up to public comment. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? item 1. seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we send this item forward with recommendations? motion, second, without objection. thank you. call items 2, 3, 4, 5. >> item 2. resolution approving the fy2012- 2013 community development block grant program; authorizing the mayor, on behalf of the city

and county of san francisco, to apply for, accept, and expend the city's fy2012-2013 community development block grant program entitlement from the u.s. department of housing and urban development in the amount of $16,204,214 and to expend program income in the amount of $1,530,000. item 3. resolution approving the fy2012-2013 housing opportunities for persons with aids (hopwa) program; and authorizing the mayor, on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, to apply for, accept, and expend the city's fy2012- 2013 hopwa program entitlement from the u.s. department of housing and urban development in the amount of $9,731,577 and to expend program income and reprogrammed funds in the amount of $2,449,147. item 4. resolution approving the fy2012-2013 home investment

partnership (home) program; and authorizing the mayor, on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, to apply for, accept, and expend the city's fy2012- 2013 home program entitlement from the u.s. department of housing and urban development in the amount of $3,955,888, and to expend program income in the amount of $30,000. item 5. resolution approving the fy2012- 2013 emergency shelter grants program; and authorizing the mayor, on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, to apply for, accept, and expend the city's fy2012-2013 emergency shelter grants program entitlement in the amount of $1,609,318 and accept and expend the second allocation of the city's fy2011-12 emergency shelter grants program entitlement in the amount of $507,457 from the u.s. department of housing and urban development and to expend reprogrammed funds in the amount of $35,000.

supervisor chu: thank you. we have called items 2, 3, 4, 5. >> good morning, supervisors. director of community development for the mayor's office of housing. we're here to present our four accept and expend resolutions for the community block grant program, home program, and hopwa program. this is a new program that was transferred to us after the dissolution of the sentences for redevelopment agency. it came to us because it is managed by the same division of the community planning and the bell division. they felt it was the best home for hopwa. we have been able to retain some of the stuff here we have communicated with officers that we are comfortable that the transition for various service providers that are funded by the rig development agency will be served well by our department.

we have had one continue already with service providers to make sure they understand the transition process moving from the redevelopment agency to our office. in regards to the other three programs, as we do every year, we started this process for the 12-13 funding by holding two public hearings last fall, one in the bayview, one in chinatown. we made sure our fundament recommendations were in accordance with our consolidated plan. we participated in the on going cdo convening that were held by the mayor's office to make sure that whatever cuts we needed to make still held true to the principles articulated in the cbo working group. after we issue our preliminary recommendations in late february, we held public hearings so that members of the community could come and talk

about what they felt about our recommendations. after the public hearing, our citizens committee, which is composed of five appointed members, four members appointed by the board, and convened again to decide whether they wanted to make any shifts to the funding after the public hearing. it is that final set of recommendations that you see before you. in terms of attempts to be more responsive to the needs of cbo community, the recommendation you see before you will be the template for a three-year grand period for the mayor's office of housing, service dollars, and for the economic development of dollars. the office of the workforce development, workforce grants, 12-13 is the second year of a two-year cycle. they 1 then do a subsequent two-

year cycle. we're trying to match our funding for most of your cycles within our five-year consolidation plan, in an attempt to allow the cbo to better plan for their long-term financial sustainability. we will still be getting it to 1-year grants with them, so you will still see me next year because, as you know, the actual amount will vary from year to year. if we get an increase or decrease, we will have to make those adjustments. for your information, in terms of a formal allocation to the city of san francisco, we received approximately a 12% to 13% cut on the cd besides. over two years, a 27% decrease. on the home side, we received a significant cut. it is a 40% cut for next year, meaning over two years, a 60%

cut. so our funds that support new construction for housing developments have been decimated by this cut. on the hopwa side, it has remained relatively flat. on the emergency solution grant side, we saw a slight increase from last year, a 5% increase. the emergency solution grant program funding homeless services has been the one area that congress has seen fit to increase. so over a two-year period, it has been a significant increase of 96,000. this increase has been one has allowed us to offset from the community block grant program. we were able to ship those programs that serve homeless individuals and families that had previously been funded under the block grant program and found them under the esg

program. in terms of 13-14 funding, the senate has put forth its proposed budget. the senate budget does include a slight increase in the block grant program. it maintained level funding for the home program. in maintains level funding for the emergency solutions grant program, and it does include a slight decrease to the hopwa program. we have not yet seen what the house wants to do, but as soon as we do, we will keep your offices informed. so i am here to answer any questions you might have. i know your offices have received a spread sheet of our proposed grants in all of the areas, capital, housing, planning, public services, workforce development, economic development, and of course, our

hopwa and home funds. supervisor chu: with item two, we saw a 13% cut in the time we would be receiving money from the federal government, of which you were able to offset with an increase in emergency shelter grants for those organizations that might have that function. >> that is correct. supervisor chu: emergency shelter grants, you had a 5% increase in federal funding. on hopwa, relatively flat. home, a cut of 40%. was this capital funding? >> yes, money that all goes directly to construction costs and the development costs. supervisor chu: quickly, you have talked about a funding cycle that is over a three, five-year period? >> yes, for public services

programs, these grants will go for 12-13, 13-14, 14-15, meaning those guarantees will not need to reapply for the next two years. of course, the amounts will depend on performance and on the availability. supervisor chu: does this apply to the cdbg or just the other grants? >> it applies to the cdbg and esg grants. we have not issued in notice of availability since 2009 because of the funding issue. hopwa will be procured again, moving forward, 412-13, because we want to move back into the city funding cycle. that will be going forward, probably for a two-year procurement. supervisor chu: even though this is part of 13, 14, 15 current

cycle generally, depending on where federal levels and that, you will probably make adjustments to them? but there will not have to reapply? >> that is right. we anticipate we will probably not begin in additional funding, to be honest. we will have to make some hard decisions with those successive years. supervisor chu: you had indicated in the senate, they had a slightly different version where there was an increase in cdbg, esg, and home. is that when you are presenting today? >> that is 413-14 funding. -- for 13-14 funding. supervisor chu: if there are no questions from the committee, let's open up to public comment. is there anyone that wishes to speak on items two, three, four, five?

i have two names. >> i am the executive director and managing attorney of -- thank you for a long as to revive testimony during the hearing in march. recently, also to discuss with us the 44% cut in our cdbg funding. we are the only legal services agency that provides a safety net legal services to latino immigrant, low income communities, and many of our chinese friends are the same, and the koran or low-income community. we provide cultural and legal services. we received so many people that come each year to our agency.

we make sure workers receive their wages, that they get their immigration status to get work permits, and that the elderly receive their public benefits and do not get evicted. or all, we provide services to make sure people do not become homeless. recently, with this 44% cut, this would be devastating to our agency. in the past year, we had to survive many foundation counts. because of community support and your support, we have been able to get through the year. i am a new executive director. i just completed about a year and four months. this will just be devastating, this 44% cut. fran indicated adjustments for next year but we are requesting your support. almost half of our

funding we have lost. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning, brenda franklin. thank you all for your consideration of these grant funds. these grants will truly help make a significant impact on the lives of the homeless family research at two of our programs. they will help us provide temporary shelter, support services, housing, and eviction prevention counseling, and intensive case management. to give you an example, recently, our rental assistance department at compass connecting point served a grandmother who had custody of her 4-year-old grandson. she has serious health issues and had just relocated to california from out of state with her grandson. she contacted compass connecting point and was provided with

crisis intervention counseling, resources, and referrals to other emergency services and our long time shelter. eventually, the family was given the opportunity to move into subsidized housing. however, a credit check showed there would be major barriers to moving into that housing. there was bad credit debt. her case manager asked the rental assistance project at compass connection to help negotiate those debts down to reasonable amounts. along with service providers, close collaboration with the service providers, and also case managers, they were able to remove those barriers and the family was able to move into that subsidized housing units. so we want to thank you again for your consideration and extend an invitation for you all to come out and see our programs in action. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you.

next speaker. >> executive director of the it housing alliance. i am here in support, especially of the move of hopwa into the mayor's office of housing appear that will be an asset and really open up a program to a lot of really good staff and people. i am very happy about that. we are a grantee of the mayor's office of housing. a lot of times, i talk about how the 8 housing alliance can prevent homelessness or keep people house for just $75 a month, and the spectrum of services we provide, but right now i want to humanize the work that the mayor's office of housing does, so at 10:00 this morning, i have a date data with 3-year-old triplets. the sheriff came to remove him from his home that he lost to foreclosure. it was sold. over the last five weeks, we have been getting stays of

eviction every week. the judge told us no more. not even come back this week. i was able to secure a 3-bedroom subsidize student for that family. somebody else happened to be living there at the time who was over housed, so i found them replacement housing, got them moved, and this gentleman had no experience with poverty, so people do not know how to before. he did not know what ga was, hamp. he had no idea of the services. we are paying for the moving deposit for these peoples housing. yesterday, the new staff at the property were confused. they told him he was not going to be moving in and did not qualify for the unit. i went into overdrive and called

a couple of your offices. he is down there citing his lease and getting his key today. that is the kind of real-world work that the mayor's office supports, and i really thank you for giving me such a rewarding job. i appreciate it. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. other members of the public a wish to comment on items two, three, four, five? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues. supervisor kim: motion to move forward. >supervisor chu: can we do that without objection? we will do that without objection. thank you. item six. >> item 6. ordinance amending the san francisco park code, article 12, by: 1) amending section 12.35 to increase certain parking rates and eliminate the early bird rate at the golden gate park concourse underground parking facility; 2) amending section 12.20 to eliminate the requirement that the controller file a certification regarding cost recovery; and 3) adding a new section 12.49 to ratify

prior fees and fee adjustments; and making environmental findings and findings of consistency with general plan. supervisor chu: thank you. for this item we have kate with the department. this item was on our counter last week. we made an amendment to the title to clarify and a lot for an additional continuance to allow the public to be aware of the hearing. here we are today with this item. >> thank you, supervisor. we are here this morning to ask for the committee's approval of an increase to the parking rates in the parking garage that is housed in the music concourse in golden gate park. i am actually going to turn this presentation over to our executive director of the music

concourse community partnership, otherwise known as mccp. mccp was possible for raising the money and constructing the garage, and they currently run it under a lease with the department. so i'm going to ask jan to speak to this item specifically. >> thank you. good morning, supervisors. i am the president and managing director of the music concourse community partnership. i am having some allergy issues, so please excuse my voice. as casey noted, the garage was opened in 2005, bill $36.5 million in philanthropic gifts, up $26.5 million in financing. the music concourse community partnership is charged with the management of the ground until it is turned over to the city

upon repayment of the debt. we estimate that will be an approximate 2039. the garage was refinanced in december 2011 at $30 million. use of the 800-space garage has steadily increased after the museum opened up in 2005, and it jumped significantly when the california academy of sciences reopened in 2008. use is now level off, and has begun its decline. i have worked in the museum field for many years and i just want to comment that this kind of attendance pattern is very common in museums and cultural facilities. after new facilities are built, there is an initial excitement, a leveling off, and then the attendance begins to decline. i would predict we are going to

see an even greater decline in the academy attendants next spring after the exploritorium opens. our peak parking use is in the tourist season and much lower in the winter months. it has become heavily dependent on popular, special exhibitions/ . in the last year, we have found that the impressionists are hot and venetians are not. we are a nonprofit organization. we do not need to make money on this. we do need to cover our debt service, staffing, our rent to the city, utilities, and insurance. our expenses are pretty basic. there is not a lot to trim.

i would also like to point out, each year, right off the top $1 million of our revenues goes to the city for parking taxes. over the last year, as we have noticed, a longer-term trends in the decline of the revenues. we have taken steps to reduce the expenses that we can. we have done this through a reduction of the evening hours, in coordination with institutions and also labor reductions. however, currently, we are still not able to cover the expenses. this is clearly a revenue problem. our revenues this year have come in at 20% off of -- to load our conservative estimates. at this time, we need a rate increase. -- below our conservative estimates. this will help us to build up our reserves during the winter

months, so that we can carry it when there are no popular exhibitions. the rates were originally set by ordinance in 2003. there was a 25-cent cola raise in 2009, and a 75-cent increase in august 2010. in order to arrive at our rate proposals, we reviewed rates from mta garages and other private garages for around the city. we found a wide variety of rates ranging anywhere from about $3 an hour, up to $24 an hour. the most prevalent trend we noticed this year is that garages that were charging $3 for each 15 minutes are now charging $5 for each 20 minutes. so