this is being given once during may and we've been in touch probably with your chief financial officers to capture those who haven't had that level of training. and the next level of trainer deeper into the same materials, more sophisticated. so we have a really good core of people that know how to do fema cost recovery being built in the city. the controller's office will do that, a deeper one also during the month of may. and depending how good it is, then we can make some improvements and invite other departments after that. so just to make you aware those are happening. if you have somebody that needs introduction to cost recovery training, again, we've probably been in touch with them already, but let us know if there's somebody who looks like that. >> thank you, peg. other announcements? >> maybe just a reminder about the [inaudible] >> thank you. >> will reopen monday, 5:00

a.m. >> thank you chief. yes. >> question -- i've heard there's going to be an early closure of the golden gate bridge on may 1. [laughter] >> thank you, ken. >> i want to start off by thanking you for your kudos. monday tuesday of this week -- boma is an excellent partner and has also helped us get the word out to your members on what to expect. you've clearly done a lot of groundwork on how to respond, to make sure that the activities are facilitated and not problematic. so i thank you for that. we have been meeting with the golden gate bridge authority and c.h.p. regarding the potential first amendment

activity that may occur on the golden gate bridge on tuesday. c.h.p. is the lead law enforcement agency for that. the golden gate bridge authority is all over it as well, national parks, and we have a component of it as well. so there's several working plans in place to facilitate that, as with all first-amendment actions. making plans for how to facilitate and plan for things that might go awry. it is an event that has a beginning, middle and end, intended to draw attention during the morning commute hours. so i would be mindful of it but know that there's already plans in place. and the labor council has been engaged in the conversation regarding what the plans are. so thank you. >> thank you, deputy chief. other announcements or questions 1234 any public

comment 1234 seeing none, i think this meeting is adjourned. thank you very much for coming. [meeting adjourned] . . . . >>. touring england was a time when robert as mentors were being challenged by a quickly growing middle-class. for endeavour's crew of new

artists began to assert themselves, offering new definitions of the athletics of arts and beauty. over 180 objects of avant-garde design and art from the victorian england has been collected inside the legion of honor snoot exhibition, it's the cold of the ec. -- the cult of beauty. >> there was this group of artists that were not only revolutionaries in their artistic expression but also in their personal lives and their interest in democratizing art in introducing beauty into the growing middle-class. >> one of the inspirations for the victorian avant-garde was the industrial revolution. quality household goods were now being mass-produced. artists responded by either creating elaborate unique court or by embracing technology and trying to share a beautiful

creations with as many people as possible. >> william morris was in a difficult position, because he wanted the middle-class to be able to acquire really beautifully made objects. but the piece is that he actually made, you know, took so much handcrafting that there were quite expensive. i think he would have been pleased to know that there are things like restoration hardware anne craig and bare all that tried to make available to the middle-class -- and crate and barrel that tried to make these things available to the middle class. >> over 60 lenders contributed art and craft to the exhibition. one of the partners is london's victoria and albert museum, which has been collecting the finest examples of victorian craft since queen victoria herself attended the groundbreaking ceremony. the artist of the victorian avant-garde believe that every object could contain an

expression of beauty. the attention given when creating a towering sculpture should be the same as when creating a simple cottage gate. they embraced arts for arts own sake. whether in the curl of a flower or a stray lot of unpin hair. surprisingly, sensuality returned to public view during the victorian era. albert moore and others were inspired by ancient greek sculptures and found new uses in modern times. >> many of these paintings are large. when you get close to them, they seem to wrap you in this luscious colors. there's a great sensuality to the paintings, even though there's nothing sexual going on in the pictures. the artists just took delight in luxurious fabrics and colors and beautiful women. >> symphony in white is a life-

size portrait of the immense stress of james wisler. it is featured prominently in the exhibition. harmony in gray and green was an of socially judged as a disagreeable presentation of a disagreeable young lady. the first public reaction of this series was so divisive that led to court proceedings. today, they hang in london's tate gallery. walking to the exhibition, you might be distracted by objects that seem to modern war appeared to be at least art deco era. forward thinking victorian artists emerged the economical ambitions of 18th-century cottage's style furniture with the asymmetrical design elements of japanese art that was introduced to london in 1862. >> so you come out with these very beautiful and sleek design worms that the artist combined -- a design forms.

very modern. our visitors are really surprised that so many of the works at a very modern feel to them. >> they believe that no object needed to be considered worthless or low class. each thing, existing in its own place, was the best thing for its place. and what first seems to be idle showiness, shows the richness of today and yesterday. >> it is exciting to have a project you have worked on for so long coming in know, come to your own museum. and museum curators are among the luckiest professionals, because we get to share with tens of thousands of people the things that give us enjoy and the things that explain to our visitors the relationship between art and society. art is not just a frivolous, you

know, sidebar. it is a very important expression of culture and morals. this particular moment, the artists were interested in community. >> san francisco is the exclusive american host for the cult of beauty exhibition. the legion of honor is website has more information about the artists and tips for planning your visit. learn more at the website. thank you for watching

>> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of

1913. in december 1915, the building was complete. it opened it's doors in january 1916. >> it's a wonderful experience to come to a building built like this. the building is built as a palace. not for a king or queen. it's built for all people. this building is beautiful art. those are architecture at the time when city hall was built, san francisco had an enormous french population. therefore building a palace in the art tradition is not unusual. >> jimmie was an incredible individual he knew that san

francisco had to regain it's place in the world. he decided to have the tallest dome built in the united states. it's now stands 307 feet 6 inches from the ground 40 feet taller than the united states capital. >> you could spend days going around the building and finding something new. the embellishment, the carvings, it represents commerce, navigation, all of the things that san francisco is famous for. >> the wood you see in the board of supervisor's chambers is oak and all hand carved on

site. interesting thing about the oak is there isn't anymore in the entire world. the floors in china was cleard and never replanted. if you look up at the seceiling you would believe that's hand kof carved out of wood and it is a cast plaster sealing and the only spanish design in an arts building. there are no records about how many people worked on this building. the workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language. and what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have

this masterpiece to show the world today. >> kids with special needs have access to a venture on may 5. over 25 businesses and nonprofit organizations build the music concourse with free refreshments, games, and bluegrass. access to a venture is part of sf rec and park's year-round

activities in partnership with activities in partnership with families.

supervisor chu: supervisor avalos and supervisor kim. our clerk is mr. victor young. do you have announcements today? >> yes, please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk of the items acted upon today will appear on the april 24, 2012 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. from sfgtv, we also have michael and scott. call item number 1. >> item number 1, ordinance authorizing the department of

emergency management on behalf of the city and county of san francisco as the primary guarantees for the combined bay area urban area and as the fiscal agent for the urban areas security initiative approval authority to retroactively a accept and expend a uasi grant in the amount of $35,546,960 from the united states department of homeland security to the california emergency management agency and amendment ordinance 146-11 to reflect the addition of one brand-funded position in the police department as follows: position in class 1824 principal administrative analyst. >> thank you. good morning the i am with the department of emergency management and i am joined by captain lazar from the san francisco police department. it is a pleasure to be in front of the on the 106th anniversary of the 1906 quake in fire.

the item before you is a regional grant that is managed by the bay area uasi. san francisco is the chair and fiscal agent of the bay area uasi organization. that is why this grant is in front of this committee this morning. the uasi grant funds planning, equipment, training, exercises at public safety agencies around the bay area. the money in this grant goes to the alameda county sheriff's department, the fremont fire department, was a police ibarra, san mateo sheriff's to permit, and many other agencies outside of san francisco. within san francisco, this grant will support activities at the police department, fire department, dem, public help, a public utilities commission. we come before you every year with this grant. there is no local match required from the city. the funds have already been approved by the regional bay

area uasi organization, and they have been approved by the u.s. department of common security. san francisco is going to get approximately $9.5 million out of this grant based on a formula that considers a risky and threat in san francisco, based on our population and population and density and likely targets. this will fund one new civilian 1824 analyst at the police department. their responsibilities will be to purchase and maintain equipment, perform threat analysis, identify gaps in the police department did abilities, and manage various common security projects. i was asked to provide information about some of the other grants. this entire regional grant funds approximately 65 positions all over the bay area at the denver public safety agencies. slightly less than half of those are in san francisco to their positions at police, fire, sheriff, and the department of

emergency management, as well as staff that to the management and administration at the bay area uasi. the balance of the positions are a public safety agencies at the places i mentioned earlier. these positions write an update emergency plans to manage regional training and exercises, and fiscal and brand management and other homeland security projects around the bay. i am happy to answer any additional questions you have about the branch -- a grant. supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor kim? supervisor kim: thank you. i wanted to get a list of the positions in this. and about the budget, is it supplementing? will it allow the public safety department to hire more folks? and which positions are they? >> i will be happy to provide this to you after the hearing. but i have it on the overhead, if we could go to that. with this grant, there are 12

positions that are in this city departments. six of them are at department of emergency management. they are our planners and folks that are in charge of planning and training. they do disaster plans. they plan training and exercises. there to the existing positions at the police department. i could in italics the new position, the 1824 analyst that will be funded newly in this grant. the other ones are already funded by previous years in this grant. it is ongoing funding. two positions and the fire department and one in the sheriff. they are ongoing positions. supervisor kim: the ongoing positions that this grant will be funding our continuing positions that were previously funded by the same grant? >> correct, in previous fiscal years. supervisor kim: with the new and those, that is still only a part-time position. will we be extending the time of an existing analyst? >> yes, that is through the end

of this fiscal year. we will use ongoing grant funds to continue funding this position. supervisor kim: will be using this grant, because this is a multi-year grant, are doing other sources for that position? >> my understanding is that we will be using this grant. as well, we anticipate funding and the next fiscal year's uasi grant. >supervisor kim: so these are not from the general fund? >> correct. they are all current positions. supervisor avalos: thank you for your presentation. a general question about how our uasi grants work. how much are we doing in the city in terms of civilian readiness? and we have packets that go out that provide information, and 72 hours is one of them on how to be prepared. but in terms of creating a

neighborhood infrastructure around emergency response, how much does any of this work -- does this grand timber those activities? >> that is a great question. civilian prepare and this is a very high priority for mayor lee and for our department. we try to use grant funds wherever we can to supplement those activities. there are several items in this grant that focus on citizen preparedness. one of the items is for public notification, specifically that funds the alert sf system. if you go to alertsf.org, you can sign up to receive an e-mail or text message from our department whenever there is a major incident in the city. it will give you the location and information about what you should do. aid funds that activity in san francisco and san mateo county. there is funding for equipment for the nert program which is run by the san francisco fire

department. it is a national model, and the receive funding for their economic from this program. we also have funding in here to do planning and to commit for shelters in san francisco, said that if -- and for planning -- to do planning and to commit for shelters in san francisco. if there is an earthquake, the shelters will be staffed and ready to go. supervisor avalos: typically we have had nert before us in the fire department budget. that is for personnel. the equipment is funded through uasi. has there been a conversation about doing training through uasi and that would alleviate pressure on the fire department budget? >> that is an interesting question but i am not sure. the federal government is very strict about supplanting but if we were to spend money on nert staff, it would have to be to purchase additional staff.

we cannot replace general fund dollars with the grant dollars because of the guidelines. if we want to enhance nert capacity and add more staff, that is the kind of thing the fire department could ask uasi to consider funding for. supervisor avalos: ok, i recall that. the staffing for nert training happens out of the overtime budget for the fire department, i believe, so it seems like, you know, there could be a function within the department to actually provide that training. that could be new level staffing. just for consideration. we can probably have the discussion when the fire department comes before us. >> yes, that is a suggestion that is worth looking into. we would be happy to follow up. supervisor chu: thank you. you talked about how the uasi program is for supplies or on making shelters ready in the case of an emergency. from what i understand, our

shelters are not pre-a divide because he did not know the conditions of different facilities after an incident occurs. do we have it centrally located somewhere the would be disbursed to shelters we end up creating? >> we actually have a shelter plan. that is one of the annexes to the city's image as a response plan. we have identified a large number of potential sites that we would use. what we do not want to do is tell the public in advance. and if earthquake happens, for deborah, report to marina middle school -- for example, report to marina middle school, because we do not know if the middle school will be standing. we will have a list of potential sites the following an earthquake, we would quickly evaluate which ones are safe and habitable. and then we would use functions like alert sf to tell people the applications we have identified as safe. supervisor chu: i know that the uasi program generally pays for

a lot of equipment purchases and training. they have not necessarily wanted to pay for ongoing operations but have been willing to pay for new equipment purchases that helping with communication but they have been willing to pay for training that make our departments and citizens were prepared for an incident. one of the issues we have heard about in the western side of the city is because the awsf does not necessarily reach out to parts of the western part of the city, we do have underground cisterns and other things. people have talked about some the got a portable water device. i know the chief is aware of this device. a again port water from different water sources to be able to use in the event of fire. i am wondering if we have never considered using uasi funds to purchase portable water devices? >> my understanding is that the utilities commission has purchased a device that has that function. it is possible that that was purchased with uasi funds.

i cannot say for sure, but i would be happy to research that for you and let you know. but that is an identified need, and i believe the puc has started develop that. supervisor chu: thank you. we do not have a budget analyst report. public comment. are there members of the public who wish to speak on item number one? >> good morning, budget and finance. ♪ >> you know that i would beat untrue you know that i would be a lighter if i was to say to you this second -- city budget could not get much higher , on city like the budget higher going to set the the city budget night on fire yeah you know that i would be untrue you know would be a liar if i was to say to you this city budget cannot get much higher.

come on, said the light on fire going to set the night on fire ♪ ♪ >> the time to hesitate is through you're going to make it better by a mile and i was going to say to you you're going to have a safety smile , on city like the budget fire is like going to is that the earthquake night on fire ♪ >> thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. [applause] are there other members of the public who wish to speak on item number one? seeing none, public, disclosed. we have a motion to send it forward with recommendations to the without objection. thank you. colleagues, we have a request from supervisor campos' of this year the overtime hearing at of item number two.