an appropriate location for the law library, going forward. supervisorsupervisor kim: at tht looks like is going to hit us in year two? >> looks like. supervisor chu: at the moment it looks like there are $1 million for tentative improvements, whatever it might be, correct? your microphone is not working. >> that is correct, supervisor. there is $1 million set aside in the second year of the budget for relocation costs and law library. supervisor chu: was there an increase in the years to reflect different rental rates or locations? we have not -- >> we have not

identified an appropriate site yet. that would come before you as an amendment to next year's budget, once this item is identified. supervisor chu: i have asked our city librarian to listen to the conversation. i agree with supervisor kim. if there is a way for us to provide legal references and information in a better way, i think that we ought to. marcia, i know the you shared with us your thoughts on utilization. i think that if we are able to expand to some of our branch libraries in various communities, it might be better for our residents in terms of getting those resources as opposed to tracking out to a central location. i just wonder if there is a better way to provide a law library service. i know that there are requirements at the state level regarding the obligations, so i

would ask the mayor's office to work with our library partner to figure out how it is we can fulfil those requirements, but perhaps do it in a different way. many of our resources are on books now, but as the supervisor talked about, many people utilize lexus in excess -- nexus. and other resources. >> we are happy to work with the city as we work through this issue. we think that there are a number of supervisors, and others, interested in making sure that all city residents have access to legal resources. >> i would ask the city librarian, in terms of space, maybe not exactly space, but even computer portals or other avenues where we might look into it in the branch libraries, that would be helpful as we continue in our conversation. thank you.

>> the last information we had from the city was that we were expected to vacate the veterans building in may of 2013, which would require moving costs. i was wondering if that could be changed so that it is not until july 1 of next year? supervisor chu: to the budget office. >> through the chair, members of the committee, debra from the budget analysts office. the $1 million of general fund revenue is in the department of public works budget, which will be coming back before you on monday. we will be including a recommendation in that budget regarding the $1 million to it from fiscal year 13-1412-13. that does seem like -- 13-14 to 12112-13.

depending on the location and how that million dollars would be needed to be expended regarding the relocation and potential renovation for that first year. >> supervisors, if i might make another comment that we have touched upon with respect to usage, the law library was in city hall from the day that it opened until the close for retrofit in 1995. it was expected that we would move back because that -- when that was over. because the board of supervisors and administrators office, and the mayor, had to temporarily across the street, we all have short-term spaces. the two-thirds of our collection that is still viable was put into deep storage, damaging storage. one of the problems, with respect to availability, has been that members of the

community know that they cannot get some of those resources that have been in storage that, if we had had all of our connect -- collection back together that was usable, but they would come in to use it. being on the second floor which is not even identified as a law library has made it difficult for people to locate. i think that when you talk about restoring the parts of the collection that had been separated that are still of the value and are used in terms of digital resources, that that makes an impact on the numbers you are looking at. historically, whenever any law library or public library moves to a new facility, the numbers increase a great deal. what happens is outside of legal professionals, members of the public tended to only come to a law library when they have an issue.

and we see at least 50% of the people coming in in that category. we are an important access point. we would like to see resources made available in a branch library, but i want to say that members of the public, as well as lawyers, will not be in a position to utilize electronic resources without the support of professional librarians, even in those kinds of facilities. they need to go hand in hand. thank you for those comments. with regards to the recommendations from the budget analysts, you mentioned coming back with a conversation with the vw in year two -- dtw -- dpw, the expectation is that the law library is going to utilize some sort of funding in year one, given the schedule. with that require the mayor's

office to read the budget by $1 million? -- would that require the mayor's office to grow that budget by $1 million? >> we will work with the mayor's office around this issue. it is a decision we have been working with just now, this issue for the law library, the understanding of the timing of the issue. but i would defer to take on this. -- kate on this. >> happy to, but i think the question you are asking is -- what happens if we moved these funds for word? i'd think that there are two ways of approaching that. there would need to be an equivalent caught to that -- cut of that moving of funds for

word, or the budget would have to grow in the first year. supervisor chu: ok. thank you. so, we will have that conversation later. and i really do -- i actually imagine that if we decide to consolidate and see if there is space in other libraries, we would still require a level of funding to make that happen. in any case, we look forward to that conversation. given that there are no budget analysts recommendations at this time, i do not believe that we will require you to come back for the second week? >> pardon me? supervisor chu: we will not -- >> thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. department on the status of women. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i know that i am standing between you and a well-deserved break.

i have six slides. you have a handout. in joined today by a fiscal analyst. the first slide is about our two year budget outlook. it is basically the same over the course of the next two years. on the blue expenses aside, our program is the violence against women prevention and intervention programs. on top of that is our staffing. the other is mostly rents, work orders to other departments. in terms of our revenue, we are heavily dependent on general funds. a small portion is for a marriage license fees. in terms of percentages, yes, the total dollar amount for the grant is exactly the same. the 1% difference in percentage

points is just a rounding error. it really is the same level of funding. by want to thank the mayor for his two year commitment. i want to thank members of the board who publicly supported the mayor's commitment. in terms of our major department initiatives, the next few slides summarize those. the first is our violence against women grants program. $2.8 million. we keep very close track of our quantitative outcomes. we serve almost 35,000 individuals, not duplicated individuals, from last year, providing 50,000 hours in support of super -- services, with 18,000 hours of emergency shelter and transitional housing, fielding 22,000 crisis calls.

on your one page handout, we do list each of those programs and give you a breakdown of the types of services or funding. for example, domestic shelter programs are funded at 25%. prevention education and training is funded for just about the same amount. i feel strongly that we want to be in the business of preventing those. on the third slide, major department initiatives, the first one is gender equality principles. i am happy to report that this initiative has won the 2012 international work life balance of ward. it was conferred by the lombardy region of government of italy and catholic university of milan. secondly, we are pursuing hosting of the fifth world conference on women here in san

francisco. in march, the un secretary general and the general assembly president announced that they supported the convening of this conference. we were just hoping to bring it to san francisco. i want to recognize supervisor cohen, who through the work of this committee has reduced domestic violence homicides by 80% over the last decade. the family violence council has an appointment from president david chiu, and supervisor carmen chu has been helpful in our collective efforts against human trafficking. no. 4 is a summary of staffing changes. one of the biggest changes we have experienced as a department is a drop in our staffing. in the current year, we lost full-time domestic violence

policy analysts. there were under five end of those five people, three are working part-time. i really did not want to communicate to the members of the budget in the finance committee that we are doing our best, but really to accomplish our mandate, also given our fifth world conference, we would love to get back up to a 5.5 level. we are contributing to the job creation and summer youth employment opportunities. we have doubled the commitment for those works. we are hosting two high-school entrance. we are a small office and want to pitch in. we anticipate economic activity and employment growth through our fifth world conference on women, which is proposed for 2015.

finally, department language access. we keep close track of the extent of the reach of our partner agencies into our diverse community. so, over half of the clients that we have served our spanish- speaking. the pie chart brings up some of the rest of the language is served by our partner agencies. our staff, among the five on our team, we have mandarin, japanese, and italian capacity. so, i am happy to entertain questions about our department budget. supervisor chu: thank you very much. to the budget analyst, is there anything the you would add to the presentation? ok, thank you for the presentation. given that there are no recommendations, we will not be requiring you to come back.

why don't we go to the fire department? >> good afternoon, chairman, members of the budget finance committee. we have approximately 10 slides that we have prepared for our presentation. we would be happy to answer any questions. i wanted to acknowledge my chief financial officer. i also wanted to acknowledge and thank the mayor's budget office for their assistance.

we worked closely with them. certainly, thank you to the good work of the comptroller and budget analyst, mr. rose. flip to the next slide. this is, as you requested, a high-level budget. the department's proposed budget for 12-13 is approximately $327 million. the largest majority of the budget is allocated to salary and fringe benefits. two-thirds of the department overall budget support comes from the general fund, with the remainder coming from city or state revenue, such as the airport, or ports, where we have facilities, three at the airport, the fireboat down at

pier 22.5. there are constraints that we need to take into account when developing the budget. mandated minimum staffing requirements that mainly cover fire suppression. we are also currently developing a minimum levels of ambulance transport services as a result of the guidelines that i will cover in a future slide. here is a look at our major budget changes that the department is proposing over the next two fiscal years. for the source is discussed in last month's presentation, we will be seeing you ambulance revenue coming in as a result of the state legislation that takes advantage of the already existing federal funding. we discussed this before. this is basically a supplemental reimbursement for medi-cal patients. this is a retroactive program,

so the department is anticipating a onetime revenue for services retroactive to january of 2010. with the resolution of the ambulance system, which i will talk about briefly, the department is anticipating an increase in the number of overall transports that it handles. we will read about staffing, as i will discuss soon, to meet the requirements of the exclusive operating area. with the economy improving, the department is seeing an overall increase in activity in fire prevention services. as more construction projects make their way through the approval process, as a reminder, the main revenue stream coming in is through the bureau of fire prevention and medical care and transport. a large portion of the

department's budget increased from the current fiscal year because the salaries and fringe benefits outside our control. in addition, the mayor's office is proposing we staffing and june 30 through 22.5 on the embarcadero. as part of the public safety hiring plan, which we were proud to participate in, we are proposing an academy of 30 emergency medical technicians in the first fiscal year. we were scheduled to hire 30 beginning july 9 of next month. we were very excited about tha. following that, and academy of 42 firefighters for this fiscal year and the following fiscal year. to meet the requirements of that -- of this exclusive operating area, the fire department is looking to fund the much-needed equipment purchases and upgrade and replace equipment, like if

regulators and ambulance equipment and the uncertainty of not having it in place. we are also requesting a couple of additional positions at the bureau of fire prevention. costs are covered through what i discussed earlier. supervisor kim: thank you. first of all, i know that this is an ongoing issue in terms of the fire department's position as a provider of ambulance services. i am glad that there is clarification on that and we will be able to hire through the academy program. helping to fill that need is a step in a positive direction. i know that we talked about this earlier. i was wondering if you could speak more about the need to reactivate engine 35. clearly, over the next few years

there will be additional activity on the waterfront. is there an analyst that is needed? for the last couple of years, we have been able to do that work without reactivation. >> engine 35 is a vital part of the staffing. we may do without it for the past few fiscal years because of seismic renovations. approximately $27 million will be invested to have a full-blown redo of engine 35 and the fireboat. we currently have two that are worth their weight in gold, if you ask me. look back to 1989, where the fireboat phoenix pumped and save the major parts of the arena of when they experienced failures. we have also been the awardee of

approximately $8 million to have a new fire boat, which is in the process of being built at this time. so, the property along the waterfront is obviously important. it is well-traveled. we have a lot of new residents in the south beach area. to say that they were read staffing 35, yes, it was time for the america's cup, but it is time to move on. it was always part of the plan, to be staffed that station. -- research staff -- restaff that station. their role is unique in that they respond to land incidents and they are the staff for the fireboat, when it gets under way for any rescues or fires. it is considered a regional asset. the only one operating full time

on the day. also something worth noting. supervisor kim: i know that the facility was deactivated because of safety issues. i was curious as to what improvements that were made were and where they enough for the safety of your crew. >> thank you for the question. that was my concern as well. we have been assured that the work has been done, with a new pouring have foundations to accommodate the heavy apparatus, as well as installing some of more accessible and fireproof doors and so forth. it has been completed and will be completed by the end of the month. the plan will be to be staff -- restaff that station by the end of the fiscal year. >> and i know we -- supervisor kim: you will be open within one

week? >> between july 1 and july 2, depending. supervisor kim: beyond the city budget process, is there another you have to go through for support in this reactivation? >> we have kept support very closely in touch on this project. in addition, this is sort of a band-aid solution. we wanted to get the station's staff began. it is one of our major projects. there will be approximately $27 million in fused into this property to make it a station for the future and be able to how was the boat that is coming in the next year or so. the last thing i wanted on this slide is the grant match in 12- 13. we were the recipient of grant funding to replace our self- contained breathing apparatus.

so, we have asked for $379,000 to match the grant, which was $1.5 million. the next slide, this talks more about 35. we are proposing to reactivate 35 along the embarcadero. as stated, the station has been out of service and staffing has not been in place since 2009, which will result in four members extra on duty, per day. the crew of the fireboat, when they respond on the water, and the complete overhaul of the station, which they planned for. a little bit more about the exclusive operating area, we were happy to receive news that earlier this year, a decision

had been made in 2008 that the fire department was always concerned about. the removal of what was called the exclusive operating agreement, providing the services with private ambulances coming in. a determination was made that the scope and the manner of 2008 had changed in terms of us providing medical service. so, there was a lot of inefficiency. we were not able to plan or properly staffed. january of this year, the state reversed their decision and restore the operating area, which is great news for us, one of the great reasons we are going to infuse more divisions in terms of personnel, equipment, and apparatus. supervisor chu: with regards to the exclusive operating area, my understanding is that there are two other private entities that

are part of that exclusive operating agreement, generally. the same ones who were in place before it was not exclusive, correct? flax is that it right. restoring their decision from prior to 2008. supervisor chu: on that issue, if we move forward in the operating area continues to be exclusive, is there any reason in the future -- how does that sort of work? are we able to charge them to be part of this exclusive system? >> break points. as a fire department, we are interested third-party on this. we are providing the service. the restoration of the language reside with the department of emergency management, who oversees the local emfa process,

which mandates pre-hospital treatment. we are working closely with them. i believe that the director has appointed her deputy on this process. i think that all of those decisions late for us. but nothing has been finalized. we have seen the priority. it could certainly generate more revenue for the city. certainly, with us increasing transports in your point about a competitive process. all of that is working in process. if you ask me, it cannot happen soon enough. supervisor chu: i would definitely like to hear more about that, as that progresses, if we do decide to go down a competitive process for to those entities will be. whether they would be able to pay extra fees, or even if they

were able to pick up our instant cases. that would be helpful. they tend to cherry pick the insurance that pays the bill. it would be interesting to see how it changes, going forward. quacks' perhaps i could suggest the director and myself to sit down with you and this is a very positive thing for the city. supervisor avalos: thank you, chief. thank you for your presentation. i'm looking at the report and it needs to have 80% coverage and it is just at 70 two%. what does that mean in terms of the continuance of the exclusive operating area? >> there is