>> good morning, everyone, and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors budget and finance committee meeting for wednesday, february 27th, 2013. my name is mark farrell. i will be chairing this committee. i'm joined by committee vice-chair supervisor eric mar and supervisor john avalos. mr. clerk, are there any announcements? >> he yes. please turn your cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and

copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the march 5th, 2013 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thanks. and i would also like to thank the members of sfgtv who are covering this meeting jessie larson and nona as well as the clerk of the board, mr. victor young. mr. clerk, can you please call item number 1? >> item number 1, resolution authorizing the department of public health, laguna honda hospital, and rehabilitation center, to retroactively accept and expend a gift of $500,000 to the laguna honda gift fund from the knight living trust for the period of july 1, 2012, to june 30, 2032. >> thank you. and i believe we have ms. ma here. the deputy finance officer for laguna honda hospital. >> yes. >> thank you for being here. >> good morning. [speaker not understood], deputy finance officer laguna honda hospital. i'm excited to be here to ask for your approval to

retroactively accept and expend the $500,000 bid to laguna honda hospital patient gift fund. [speaker not understood]. last year we received the news fund, trustee, [speaker not understood], told us that laguna honda hospital is the recipient of ms. dolores knight's $500,000 donation and that the money is deposited to -- actually in january just last month, we had received a complete disbursement of the $500,000. the money is deposited into the patient gift fund. so, let me talk a little bit about our gift fund. the gift feud at laguna honda hospital provides activities and experiences that enrich the lives of laguna honda hospital residents that includes the expenditures for musical entertainment, cultural celebration, special holiday meals, outing to the parks, ball games, [speaker not

understood] and other events. so, for the end of the last fiscal year, the sum balance of this gift fund was at $1.9 million, including both in cash and in donated stock at the market value. at the hospital we have committees called the gift fund management committee. it's the oversight of the gift fund. so, this committee will meet and then make a proposal to the san francisco health commission, the annual budget based on our prior year's expenditures and also anticipated coming year, following year's needs for the residents. the gift fund mentioned committee also meets regularly on the alternate months to review the activities of the fund, the fund balance any new spending requests out of the budget. and we will present that to the

laguna honda county consulate outside of the health commission for the approval. so, this generous gift of $500,000 will be used to enhance the general comfort and benefit of laguna honda residents and positively impact their lives for many years. so, i'm now, you know, [speaker not understood] the approval and i can answer any questions that you have. >> thank you. just a quick question. how much do you spend generally every year out of the gift fund? how much do you draw down usually? >> for the past two years, the average expenditure is 180,000, yeah, and the way we receive the balance of the donation, include the interest [speaker not understood]. >> thank you. great. colleagues, any questions? okay. seeing none, thank you very much. much appreciated. we do not have a budget and legislative analyst report. at this point i'd like to open up to public comment if there are any members of the public who wish to comment on item number 1. please step forward.

welcome back, [speaker not understood]. good morning, supervisors. my name is douglas yip and i've lived in san francisco for 61 years. i would like to speak in favor of this item. i think in order to be fair to everyone, i should mention for the record the examiner article, i think it's dated either 2/19 or 2/20. headline reads san francisco doctor laguna honda hospital whistle blower lawsuit, set to cash in. in that article it mentions two, not one, but two suspicious use of funds from the patient fund. and if i remember correctly, those major newspapers carried articles in the past years regarding complaints from the

staff at laguna honda regarding suspicious use of patient fund money. now, i'm thinking that there should have been some sort of public report done on this, but then i don't remember hearing about it so i might have missed it somewhere along the line. so, i think it's within the jurisdiction of this committee since we're talking about $500,000 to make sure that it doesn't get suspiciously used. and in my opinion -- in my opinion, ex-supervisor elsbernd and ex-supervisor chu had a hand in slowing down an investigation into the patient fund. thank you. >> thank you very much. any other members of the public who wish to comment on item number 1? seeing none, public comment is closed.

we have a motion to approve the recommendation. we have a second and we can do that without opposition. mr. clerk, can you please call item number 2? >> item number 2, resolution amending resolution no. 529-11, to retroactively increase fiscal year 2009 buffer zone protection program grant funds from $199,820 to $282,506 for the period of april 1, 2009, through march 31, 2013. >> thank you very much. we have amy [speaker not understood] from the department of emergency management. >> thank you, chairman farrell. good morning, answers. supervisors. amy alden. [speaker not understood] it's a grant from the u.s. department of homeland security that goes to local law enforcement agencies to protect critical infrastructure, enhance the security. it's for protecting facilities like power plants, financial institutions, stadiums, utilities, things like that that are critical around the country and here in san francisco. and it pays for planning,

equipment, training and other things [speaker not understood] law enforcement to [speaker not understood] critical facilities that we want to be sure nothing bad happens to. the original amount of this grant, the grant actually came to us in two parts. back in december 2011 the board approved a first amount of money for this grant which was about $200,000. and then a few weeks ago we got a call from homeland security saying they had an additional $82,000 did we think we could spend it and we said yes we can. so, that is what is in froth of you today. it is the additional 82 that they would like to give us. there was no local match required. it's free money for san francisco. there's no new positions created. and i'd be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you. colleagues, any questions? okay, thank you very much, ms. alden. again, we have no vla report. at this point like to open up to public comment. if there are any members of the public that would wish to comment on item number 2, please step forward. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> motion to approve. >> we have a motion to approve

item number 2, we have a second and we can do that without opposition. mr. clerk, can you please call item number 3? >> item number 3, resolution authorizing the children and families commission to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1,269,400 from the united states department of education through the california department of education to support an early learning quality improvement system, for the period of july 1, 2012, through december 31, 2015. >> thank you. and we have laurel here from first five. thanks for being here. got it. >> okay. so, this is a good thing to hopefully you'll accept and expend. this is money, federal money that comes from the california department of education to the california department of ed down to first five san francisco. it's to develop a model for our quality rating and improvement

system for early care and education. the money was given to first five because we were leveraging our prop 10 dollars and in san francisco leveraging our prop h dollars, and it's to continue what we've already been doing about building a quality improvement system in san francisco. >> great. thank you for being here. colleagues, any questions? supervisor mar. >> i wanted to ask ms. [speaker not understood], if you could talk a little about what first five has been doing to increase the quality already and how this would enhance what we're currently doing. >> sure. well, because of our city's universal pre-k prop h dollars and because of our prop 10 investment of uce, we have been not only reimbursing programs, families to have a free half day program for four-year olds, but we've also developed a pretty comprehensive quality approvement system with pathways to quality.

so, we invest in a lot of ta, a lot of coaching on-site, a lot of other things like mental health consultation, developmental screening, things like that, all to improve the quality. within the long run, to improve outcomes for children and that they're ready for kindergarten once they turn five. >> thank you. >> other questions? all right, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> we have no vla report here for item number 3. at this point like to open up to public comment. any members of the public who wish to comment on item number 3, please stip fa step forward. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> approve with recommendation. >> we have a motion to a march aye number 3 and we can do that without opposition. mr. clerk, can you please call item number 4? >> item number 4, resolution correcting the not to exceed amount in resolution no. 384-12, a resolution retroactively authorizing the office of the district attorney to accept a grant from the california victim compensation and government claims board for a project entitled "joint powers agreement," from $714,138 to $2,142,414 for the period of july 1, 2012, through june 30, 2015.

>> thank you. we have terry anderson here from the d.a.'s office. >> the joint powers agreement that we have with the california victim compensation and government claims board requires a correction. the resolution that was passed on october 29th of 2012. traditionally the claims, state claims board required an annual resolution, certified copy of that was sent to them that then would allow us to then seek reimbursement for the costs associated with that joint power agreement. after they received our certified copy this fall, they indicated that they had changed their requirement and actually requested that the three years be bundled into a single resolution by the local governing body.

so, that's why we're here before you today, to request that correction. ultimately this will reduce what was an annual administrative requirement and streamline things in the long set, but thank you again for hearing this correction before you today, and we're here to answer any questions that you may have. i'm accompanied by the deputy chief of victim services, jackie arties. >> thank you. colleagues, any questions? okay, much appreciated. thanks for being here. we also don't have a vla report here. so, i'd like to open up to public comment. any members of the public who wish to comment on item number 4, please step forward. mr. folsom. good morning, budget and finance. ♪ hail, hail, the budget gang's all here want to make it clear hail, hail the budget gang's all here

won't you bring it in like a whale budget whale right here >> okay. any other members of the public wish to comment on item number 4, talking or singing? seeing none, public comment is closed. have a motion to approve item number 4? >> so moved. >> we have second. we can do that without opposition. mr. clerk, can you please call item number 5. >> item number 5, resolution approving the contract modification with the children's council of san francisco to manage preschool subsidies to eligible children of the city for an amount not to exceed $40,730,000 for the period of july 1, 2012, through june 30, 2015. >> thank you. and we have laurel back from first five san francisco. >> good morning again, supervisors. so, this is -- we haven't been before you because we haven't exceeded the $10 million mark,

but this year because of our wanting to backfill some state's cuts -- state cuts and also to increase enrollment for children who are losing their voucher, so they have another -- a fourth year of preschool, we are asking to amend our contract with children's council by $9.9 million. that would cover the reimbursement for these children based on the expansion and the backfill. >> okay, thank you. colleagues, any questions for laurel? okay. appreciate it, thank you very much. we do have a budget and legislative analyst report. mr. rose? >> mr. chairman and members of the committee, on page 4 of our report, we report that the three-year budget for 12-13 through 13-14 of 40.7 million dollars under the proposed modified agreement, that's shown in table 2 on page 5 of our report. *

as noted in table 2, the 136 preschool for all providers would be paid 9.4% of that 40.7 million or approximately $40,5 01,000. the children's council which simply provides the fiscal intermediary services would be allocated 6/10 percent of that amount or 229,000. so, nearly all of the money goes to the 136 providers. we recommend approval of this legislation as stated on page 6 of our report. >> thank you very much, mr. rose. and again, just to summarize, this is to provide some retroactive payments, but also for future enrollment increases that are projected, correct? >> that is correct. >> okay. and i think we all agree that is a good thing when we have more enrollment in this situation. colleagues, any other questions? okay, thank you very much.

at this point i'd like to open up to public comment. any members of the public wish to comment on item number 5? mr. folsom, please step forward. hello. ♪ we thank you you make the school budget brand-new and now we'll have more from you you make it all school brand budget new thank you and if i could i'd like too big, big budget budgets -- if i could i'd sign a budget star so i'll know where your budget are ooh, ooh, ooh never knew that budget miracle came true and the school thanks you thanks you you're a budget genie in the

skies and it's gonna come from all you guys bet you by golly wow you're the school budget they've been waiting for forever and ever will it come budget due budget from you and thank you >> thank you, mr. folsom. any other members of the public wish to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> [speaker not understood]. >> we have a motion to approve and move with full recommendation to the board. we can do that without opposition. mr. clerk, can you please call item number 6? >> item number 6, hearing and progress report on the office of economic and workforce development 2011-2012 annual report of the san francisco local hiring policy for construction. >> [speaker not understood]. this item we would like to continue to the call of the chair. probably have a hearing about

it in march, would like to do that. the 25th of march will be the third year anniversary of [speaker not understood] implementation. so, at that point we'll be looking at doing the assessment and we will give as recommendations for how we want to continue with the ordinance. right now it's supposed to ramp up 5% a year. we're looking at how we're meeting though targets and what makes sense moving forward for two years. that will be discussed at that hearing around that time. like to continue this item. >> we have a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair. >> second. >> we can do that without opposition. mr. clerk, are there any items? >> that completes the agenda for today. >> thank you. meeting adjourned. [adjourned]

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♪ >> the san francisco playground's history dates back to 1927 when the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000. in the 1950s, the center was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. >> here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brand-new rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. >> the new rec center houses multi-purpose rooms for all kinds of activities,