we implement a fee for san franciscans i won't support that. so i think with that - with my proposed amendments i'm ready to sport this and move forward >> first, i want to thank supervisor breed for working with the dependent on the amendments. i voted for the fee was it two years ago. i was prepared at the time to make it permanent and i think we should otherwise we're going to this is going to be the flare-up every year or two. and if the future board wants to repeal the fee they.

this fee is very reasonable. and i think as supervisor breed just articulated to say this is somehow prientd i don't see it. where in golden gate park they have to pay a service when you look around the country at other botanical garden they're pretty overwhelming majority you have to pay to enter. so not that we should automatically be doing what others are doing but we should charge because the botanical garden is a museum of sort of

plants it's not just another part of the park. i think it would be great if everything in golden gate park were free but after the conversation i had with ms. howard in terms of the 25 percent general funds even though the general funds is growing we all have our views about that. i think we

so i think with that - with my proposed amendments i'm ready to

sport this and move forward >> first, i want to thank supervisor breed for working with the dependent on the amendments. i voted for the fee was it two years ago. i was prepared at the time to make it permanent and i think we should otherwise we're going to this is going to be the flare-up every year or two. and if the future board wants to repeal the fee they. this fee is very reasonable. and i think as supervisor breed just articulated to say this is somehow prientd i don't see it. where in golden gate park they

have to pay a service when you look around the country at other botanical garden they're pretty overwhelming majority you have to pay to enter. so not that we should automatically be doing what others are doing but we should charge because the botanical garden is a museum of sort of plants it's not just another part of the park. i think it would be great if everything in golden gate park were free but after the conversation i had with ms. howard in terms of the 25

percent general funds even though the general funds is growing we all have our views about that. i think we should be providing adequate support to the department and that hadn't happened. it becomes is a zero-sum game. and it supports gardener in golden gate park. it is a very reasonable path and i'll be supporting the permanency of the fee >> i just want to withdraw my motion i received clarity in the city attorney that we're going to wait until wreaking and park comes back to us with the proposed amendments because -

well, i don't know if i'm explaining this right. >> mr. city attorney. >> just two thing one is the committee should vote after public comment and the second is supervisor breed made a number of amendments but supervisor breeds changes will have to - i understand that we've been working with rec park and we'd recommend the mainstream lease be accepted after public comment. >> and we did submit an amended lease to the clerk just annoy. >> okay. so mr. city attorney

the lease is going to be amended and we can technology vote on those motions tomorrow and put that out to vote tomorrow. >> that's right. >> supervisor mar and a yes, i'm looking forward to our commitment tomorrow. i want to thank the associates for working on the project and for being open. i especially like the 10:30 to 9:00 a.m. open to anyone i think the japan's tea dparnd does that and that's a very good gesture. i feel that it should be free to everyone but i'm appreciative to

the horrify it looks like may have this year by far exceeded any other months and the increases have been significant. i see the prospective of the rec and park department it's hard to do away with the gardens. i do want to say i'm still going to vote to - i'm still going to vote consistently with what i did to not approve the non residents fee because my idea is to present more a of a world-class garden. if i had to choose within a hig

. our recommendation is based on the fact that is throughout all the budgets that anytime the mayor provided a budget our remedies is consistent with that in order to keep the budget in balance. in agreement with the botanical gardens i'll read the comment on page 21 of the report regarding item 6. once the department has received and i think mr. beginnings burger has gone over this one the department has received $250,000 which is restricted must be used to support of both tangible garden the garden

society out-of-pocket expenses incurred and sectional the botanical garden should be paid up to $250,000 per year for public programs and then the balance of any remaining balance would be deposited into the botanical garden to be used for maintenance renovation and a improvement to the botanical garden. also on page 22 this does wave the chapter of the administrative code begin the botanical specialized knowledge

pertaining to the garden. our recommendations supervisors it's my understanding that the department in further discussions with our staff have agreeed and i'm going to read some our recommendations total 5 hundred and 4 thousand 2067 you have 38 thousand more than the agreed upon amount and that's in 13, fourteen and in that amount we have unknown saves and those reductions will still allow an increase of $28 million or 54

percentage lower. you see a number of 812303 so it's less so the new number is 154098 that recommended reduction the 57306 it ongoing and it's my understanding that those be agreed >> are you in agreement with mr. rose's recommendations. >> colleagues it's time we have rec and parks budget in front of

us with some suggested things that we are in

. >> good afternoon. i'm the executive director representing the child support services. thank you for asking us to come. i'd like to thank the controllers office and mayor's office office. my presentation will provide you

with a - that represents welfare costs. the departments annual operation budget does not impact the county general fund. the child program will not be effected. going forward our budget has increased slightlyly over current year. the local funding has increased restoringing the reductions in

2013. this reflects the schedule phase one in the department of labors grant through the office of economic and workforce development. overall the increased baseline coupled be thoughtful practices and investment in technical advances we can live within our budget. we have vacant management positions to create savings. our caseload has dropped from 28 thousand cases and 1 hundred and 58 positions to fourteen thousand 49 cases supported by 1 hundred and 6 positions in 2013.

we have 13 positions that recommended savings but can be facilitated should our caseload go up. we don't have an overtime budget. the department has a - they provided excellent customer services. the department has priority tied language assess understanding that absent delivery is possible. we criticize our system to insure the barriers don't occur.

i'm extremely powder of the effort in this area. roughly 2 thousand folks are delinquent in their payment for family issues. we recognize the headwinds parents face in accomplishing their concerted effort and child support must be part of that effort. we can and must do 3 things. continue to grow partnership with other service providers and continue to grow holistic recommendation to barriers it reflect our clients. we've created the score

initiatives to confront the challenges those folks face. a good budget offers practical solutions and practical solutions work. we have made men and women full progress we're ranged in the top 10. our parents are stepping up for their children. i want to close with a big thank you to the men and women of the child services here in san francisco and i want to thank my assistant director for thirty years of the dedicated service for the city of st. francie

>> i want to thank the department for their information. also i appreciate the fact that this is what they appreciate even though they complain that this department works with them on a payment plan and i think it's approaching collecting child support in a compassionate way is why the numbers have increased. you're making it convenient to help them. those kids deserve to be

supported if their parents are making money and walking away from their responsibility. thank you and looking forward to supporting your budget >> supervisor mar. >> thank you for your presentation and i and your effective staff. i love the acronyms in the programs. francisco you - could you talk more about that >> sure we have developed a series of initiatives that primarily speak to child support. one of the barriers we see has to do with employment and the barriers to that employment. many of our parents have been

through the criminal justice system and many struggle with drug and alcohol issues. depression and we know their struggling to get back on their feet. so what we've tried to do is work with the criminal justice system and other social programs to connect those parents with the program. we work with them to stop the growth of debt and work with the families to make sure we're applying compromises of accrued debt. it's equitable. we have guideline orders that can be high we bring those orders down that works for the

family but also keeps in mind we have someone who's struggling to get back on their feet as we then begin to slowly increase child support to the family. we're prioritizing the collections to get directly to the families because they need it right away. we're working with parents and families that are suffering from domestic violence. one of the challenges is because a there's a proscribed challenge should there be an issue of domestic violence we're seeing prominently women coming in and saying can you help us. so we've employed case

strategies to work with mother and father to manage it conversation and to collect child support and help father deal with his challenges but keep mother save in the process. so those are some of the board initiatives we're looking at. we're represented on the san francisco reentry council and the sentencing commission. we work with the members of those bodies forming tighter calculation and making sure we in child support don't drop the ball and we're doing the best we can >> thank you. >> okay. thank you we don't have a budget analyst report.

so thank you very much >> okay. up next, we have juvenile probation. >> thank you supervisors. i'm proud to appear this afternoon for my 9th and final presentation. i have my colleagues with me. we want to expend our grateful presentation to the mayor and budget director and our budget analyst for helping us develop what we believe is a beneficiary presentation. we have handouts that are going to b

to be distributed. we want to thank the juvenile probation commission for the design of our budget. and finally i'd like to mention it's my privilege to present on behalf of our adopt who members have faithfully discharged their duties that have leveraged the funds particle this past year into dividends that have been redeemed for the public. we were responsible stewards of the past years allocations and we pledge to continue to perform

in a way that registers our commitment. first a recap about your mission it preservers public safety in the long-term and short-term. we have some did the with our thumb drive. this we go >> we afford them opportunities to help them. we have competent strategies that promote public safety. our primary responsibility is the programming at the juvenile judicious