>> 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 noew 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

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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]

>> roll call. commissioner ho? >> here. >> commissioner brandon? >> here. >> commissioner cats? >> here. minutes for the february 12, 2013. >> so moved, second. >> aye. >> item three, public comment on executive session. no one here.

>> move to executive session. property legislator open session. >> i move that we disclose that the commission voted unanimously to amove the settlement agree with the security as in 4 a2 and nothing else discussed in the executive session >> second. >> in favor. >> aye. >> okay. >> i think that we can do the pledge of allegiance. >> please be advised that the use of cell phones or pagers

and similar sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting and be advised that the chair may order the removal of a person responsible for use of the cell phone, pager or other similar producing device, be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make comments. >> item 8 a, executive director's report. good morning commissioners and members of the public and office of economic development. thank you all for coming today. it has been an exciting day for the port. it could be not be more gorgeous out on the water pront and so i am sorry that we want stay outside and enjoy it. but we have important business and great news to start us off. i wanted to report that this past tuesday, february 19th, we were honored to be part of an announcement made by the san francisco giants, which was announcing that anchor brewing

company is planning to move its or expand its operations to pier 48 as part of the mission rock development project. this is a huge for the dianth and for the port. it represents a coming around or modernizing of an existing pier for what would have been a historic use and is still a very modern use. and so we are very grateful to the giants for finding such a terrific and local partner and we are looking forward to welcoming them after you get your various approvals hopefully as early as 2014. and that was wonderful news and we commend you for that and thank you for including all of us at the port of the event. our own sadness for the day was that it was not a post 5:00 event, so that we could all enjoy the new product that will be moving to the water front, but i assume that there will be time for that.

just another ribbon cutting. >> okay. next what i would like to mention is we are going to have a street closure this friday night beginning at 10 p.m. that is march the first and running until 5:00 p p.m. on the northbound and embarcadero from pier 38 to bryant street and that is for more cement to be poured at the project. there will be 500 cubic yards of cement poured, representing one sixth of the deck and this is one of the most critical pours and once it is set we can open the promanade. it has been repaired as we have been repairing the sea wall and building the new one on top. this is exciting and the best of luck and weather, it will reopen on march the 6th so we are looking forward to that.

we hope that all of our naturers and partners will forbear with us just a little bit longer. it is really going to be an amazing space when it is completed in june. next event to talk about is sunday streets, which will be kicking off there 2013, season here at the water front. beginning sunday, march 10th from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. there will also be corresponding event related to the ex-ploritorium where it will be in different sites in the city and which one will be on the new pier 16 on embarcadero. we are moving into a regular season. lastly i wanted to mention again that i mentioned in the executive director's report and i think that it bears repeating again, today we had the great honor of cutting the ribbon of phase one of the james r. herman cruise ship terminal.

it is a stunningly perfect building, if i do say so myself. it is as a mentioned in my remarks earlier, it has been a great tribute to the san francisco brand of only in san francisco for so many attributes not the least of which is that it is with one small exception, it is all-american labor and materials. and that is really gratifying. and i think that it is going to be just a great legacy project for the port and i want to especially thank a whole codray of port officials and staff who have made this happen over a long, long period of time. and i would like to first start by recognizing peter daily and the entire mari time division because they never ever accepted no terminal as an answer and they kept us working hard and envisioning hard for that. and thank god they did.

if you clapped at each one you will clap about 50 times. i am okay with that. next i would like to single out john dahl and the development team i am not sure what went through john's mind when he was asked to lead a cruise ship terminal project and did it willingly and successfully. i want to thank mark and jay and the real estate team for shepherding the tenants to lovely new homes along the water front which was not an easy task but one that was apparently seamless. i cannot thank diana and brad benson and others for their amazing work on the environmental team of the port and the environmental product that came forward. and i know that dianne herself sacrificed some exceptionally good personal time with her daughter's college graduation and so she made it to graduation but rushed back to

work on the eir and we will be forever thankful for that. >> i would like to recognize elaine forbes and the team for making and printing money. and i would like to trafrng tom carter and the maintenance personnel for all of the work in and around the site and i would like to recognize the engineering team for their fantastic project management, their flexibility of the project kept evolving and as the budget kept getting cut. so without them i don't know that we would be here today and then lastly, i would really like to thank you commissioners, because this has been a long process for us. it is not a traditional process of finding the money, design it, get it and build it, we did everything new and different and you had a lot of confidence in us and you supported us and you shared your creative ideas with us and we thank you for that and your legacy of leadership and support is now

memorialized in a fantastic building there at pier 27 and there are so many other departments and division to thank, the city attorney, the office of economic and workforce development, the department of city planning, the department of rec and parks, and the list goes on and on and i want to let the port staff know how proud i am of all of you and i thank you for the opportunity to be the one that receives all of the kutos for your work and so now i am completely 100 percent for williwe, brown, and take the credit when the credit comes and run from the criticism and so i have arrived. so thank you for making that happen. and that concludes my executive director's report. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on the executive director's report?