are currently listed at 1.43 positions at $200,000, which is approximately 3.3% of the total positions. the budget analyst proposed an adjustment of $118,000 which would increase attrition savings to 6%. the proposed cuts are unrealistic for us in the city administrators of those given there are no anticipated vacancies and this attrition rate has been 0%. what we propose is instead of this attrition, we propose delaying the hiring of the 0932 position until january to garner savings there. on page 69, the second issue is the earthquake safety program. the budget analyst is recommending decreasing the position from a manager 4 to a

manager 2 position, and we respectfully disagree in that this position requires a highly technical person with the knowledge and ability, who is likely an architect or engineer or certified this -- building inspector. this person would require extensive knowledge of local and national building codes, which are in constant change, and experience and emergency planning. the ability to work with the community with outreach to improve these vulnerable buildings and also to work with any of the different departments. as you know, we don't know when the next earthquake will occur, so we want to staff this position immediately. the former city administrator amy brown had proposed last year

to hire at three positions. in stead we are just asking for one position immediately in this fiscal year. with regards to the professional services on page 70, we understand the budget analyst with like to put money for the professional services contract on reserve for the earthquake safety implementation program. however we would propose possibly moving this money to the comptroller, as we were trying to get this off the ground running. we would still have an independent or neutral party and a spending plan for consultants. and last -- moving to page 70 is the neighborhood empowerment

position, the community development specialist. that would work with the mayor's office. this is responding to the solution of the redevelopment agency and the community development programs that basically ended when the redevelopment agency was dissolved. particularly in the bayview neighborhood, the south of market area. this position would provide technical support to the bayview pact and would also help with the midmarket. there is definitely needed community outreach with these bodies, and possibly developing a citizens advisory committee in this area and in this position

with outreach to the community will provide the needed technical support. supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: thank you. with respect to the earthquake preparedness position, can i just ask is that a $60,000 saving over two years? if i am not mistaken? >> let me turn back to that. supervisor wiener: correct me if i'm wrong. i saw in the report, there was not enough detail provided about the program. can i just ask what the rationale is for the recommendation of manager 2 versus manager 4?

>> supervisor wiener, we were given a description. the reason we recommended manager 2 was the scope of the program. they had not developed yet. they had not come up with any detail. it is a $400,000 budget. we did not see this a significant program to justify the higher level manager. since they are now saying they need someone with higher level technical skills, that is not information provided to was previously. supervisor wiener: would you have come to a different conclusion? >> i think it is new information. part of the reason for recommending the service is that we have no information on this program, so i think it might be worthwhile to talk about this

program a little bit more so we understand it better. supervisor wiener: ok. maybe you can do that. we talked about the desire to accelerate, because, you know, we all know we have an enormous amount of work to do. given that new information is not a particularly huge amount of money. but if there is a legitimate amount of rationale, that would be good to know that. >> thank you, supervisor. to the budget analyst, with regard to the remains of your report -- are there areas agreement? >> madam chair, members of the committee, given the fact that the department concurs with all of our recommendations on page

68, we would concur with their disagreement to our recommendation on top of page 69. we would withdraw the recommendation. if you want to -- >> i would like to verify there is agreement with the first three items. the administrative analyst position, the attrition savings, the salaries in the second year. if that is the case, what we're recommending -- what ms. kelly is recommending is there be a delay in the hiring. that, we would concur with. >> yes, i agree. that is correct. supervisor chu: colleagues, can we entertain a motion to set the budget analyst recommendations

on page 68 and with regard to the attrition savings items, they withdraw that item? can we do that? we do that without objection. with regard to the senior administrative analyst on page 69 -- it looks like there is no dollar value associated with that, correct? item on page 69? >> we would clarify that is a limited, a tenured position rather than fullbacks >> yes. >> to the director, just very quickly -- on page 69, the position we are having a little discrepancy over, that is not the earthquake position? >> no. supervisor cohen: maybe i missed something. can you tell me what happened to bthe admin position?

did we approve it? >> no, we have not gotten to that yet. supervisor chu: colleagues, can we approve that? without objection. the items remaining relate primarily to the earthquake safety program on page 69. and of course, the reserve on page 70 as well as the community development specialist position. just quickly, in terms of the project close up, do you have anything for the close out on page 71? >> no disagreement. supervisor chu: colleagues, can we entertain a motion to close out those projects? >> so moved. supervisor cohen: i want to speak to the admin position. supervisor chu: we have not gotten to that yet. the only items relate to the earthquake safety program, and that is basically to have a manager 2 position and it

requires a programmatic budget reserve for contracts. i know supervisor wiener had spoken to this issue earlier. there is basically new information regarding the need for an engineered by position. i would think a manager 4 position would be something we would want for something that is of $400,000 project budget. i do not know there is necessarily a a difference to managing different individuals within this department or this area or this program. i would ask that the budget analyst work on that issue. be preserved -- i'm neither here -- the reserve -- and neither here nor there about it.

so, those are my thoughts. supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: thank you. i apologize about being anxious about this position. i just want to echo ms. kelly's articulation that we need a position to support efforts that were formally -- formerly conducted by the bayview area under the pac. in bayview, we're seeing significant changes in many projects. pac provided a structured process for community members to make recommendations to the city. it also received delegated authority from the planning department to review projects, review development proposals.

it is my hope that this position will help my office revision the structure of community input. i think we all agree a lot of these plans are for significant changes to the southeastern part of the city. thank you. >> being that the city administrator is reducing the general fund request, i would support the city administrator 's defenses in bad area -- in those two areas. the remaining two items, and then the reserve recommendation, i would go with the city

administrator and the two items. supervisor chu: thank you. colleagues, with respect to the remaining two items, do we have an interest in holding over or action on these items? supervisor cohen: i would move to hold over the manager position, whether that position should be hired in or approving the final two, which is the community specialist, and i reserve recommendation. >>supervisor chu: ok. supervisor kim has moved to not accept the community specialist position. supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: i thought the motion was to delay the earthquake manager -- to consider that later?

supervisor chu: there are two recommendations relating to the earthquake safety program. one is to put the contract on reserve, and if i understand supervisor kim's motion, it is to not accept the programmatic budgets and to leave for discussion whether manager 4 or manager 2 is more corporate. colleagues, we do have that motion. can we take that without objection? >> we do that without objection. supervisor chu: thank you. ok, colleagues, do we have any other items? supervisor wiener: actually, i thought was of the planning department coming back? supervisor chu: the planning department is, i believe, at their commission meeting.

supervisor wiener: ok. supervisor chu: given we have gone through our department at this time, colleagues do we have a motion to combine items three and four? do we have a motion to continue the combined items one and two to our wednesday meeting? without objection. do we have any other items? >> beckham please the agenda. supervisor chu: thank you. we are adjourned.

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doing that with our libraries, our civic buildings, and we will build new buildings, and we want to make sure it will withstand. if you are in buildings, it is going to rock a little bit, but it will be saved. i was here over a year-and-a- half ago, and we were across the street and putting on the last dream, and we were already excited to see how this would come out, and every floor has special things, and it is using all of our artwork, so you can see the ninth art work. they are displayed to make it a good working environment. the other part and we are so proud of is working with all the

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