>> good morning, everyone with. to the san francisco budget & finance committee for wednesday, march 19, 2014. my name is supervisor mark farrell i'll be chairing this committee and joined by supervisor avalos and thank you to clerk linda wong and billing and the other staff. madam clerk, any announcements? >> phones, devices please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. >> thank you call item 1. >> a resolution to modernize

and replace 23 or 3 slartsz with 80 and 90 with a extract needing 2 hundred thousand. >> okay. thank you. >> good morning chairman and councilmembers i'm carla i'm the director at the mayor's office on disability thank you for the opportunity for talking about this resolution for the emergency contract for the building 80 and 90 elevator project it is near and dear to my heart and we're the clients with you we're the advocate for the patients and the staff at the san francisco general hospital. an emergency declaration neat to be made in december of this year we ran into the problem with the

contractor who was to do the contract it has been in the works for three or four years and to suffer other details may cause us problem. in the about preventing the denial of service and the elevator service that serves those 5 clinics have been getting worse. i have edgar our city architect and do edgar can talk about the circumstances that led up to this emergency declaration. the department of public works is our project management team overseeing the bid and construction to keep this project on track. at this point i'd like to i'm going to turn it over to edgar lopez and thank you

>> thanks. >> good morning, supervisors edith lopez from the department of public works dwp declared an emergency and after the contractor had been awarded the contract refused to comply with basic contract requirements and in other words, to meet the requirement to have this elevator repaired we be awarded the contract to the second low bidder. the second low bidder was able to how were you their original bid and that allows us to minimize the scheduled delays and meet the obligations for the access to general hospital and take care of this project if you

have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> thank you. >> okay. i think we're good mr. rose to our report please. thanks yes mr. chair and supervisor avalos on the bottom of page 5 the title of the resolution specifics that the proposed contract will modernize and replace elevators in building 80 and 90, however, 22 is only be replaced so the 20 other two are being modernized. that on page 6 under table 3 the $2.5 million represents an increases of 2 hundred and 80 thousand or 89.2 percent more marathon contract from the contractor who was terminated.

so we recommend supervisors on page 7 that you amended the title to a substitute the phrase quote replace elevator 26 and modernize elevators 26 and 28 for quote replace 3 elevators on page 1 line 4 and recommend you approve this resolution as amended >> thank you, mr. rose any questions. okay anybody in the public wish to comment seeing none, public comment is closed. >> motion to approve the recommendations. >> motion to approve the budget analyst report recommendation and move forward with the underlying ordinance. >> take that to approve the amendments by mr. rose without objection and the underlined item without objection as well. madam clerk, call items two and three together >> it is amending the codes for

the hiring for the permits for commercial or residential permits to the city and anticipated entry and position for the anticipated local hires and for the apprentice level positions. item 3 it is ordinance amending the code for the prevailing wages apply to the construction projects owned by the city and county of san francisco >> thank you supervisor avalos. >> thank you these items to be continued until april 27th to the morning meeting we're not ready for the public comment. >> sounds good anyone in the public worries about to comment scenes. do we have a motion to continue

items two and three 20r9 meeting for march 26 can we take those without objection? >> madam clerk, is there any other business before us. >> no madam chair. >> okay. we're

>> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915, the building

was complete. it opened it's doors in january 1916. >> it's a wonderful experience to come to a building built like this. the building is built as a palace. not for a king or queen. it's built for all people. this building is beautiful art. those are architecture at the time when city hall was built, san francisco had an enormous french population. therefore building a palace in the art tradition is not unusual. >> jimmie was an incredible individual he knew that san francisco had to regain it's place in the world. he decided to have the tallest

dome built in the united states. it's now stands 307 feet 6 inches from the ground 40 feet taller than the united states capital. >> you could spend days going around the building and finding something new. the embellishment, the carvings, it represents commerce, navigation, all of the things that san francisco is famous for. >> the wood you see in the board of supervisor's chambers is oak and all hand carved on site. interesting thing about the oak is there isn't anymore in the entire world.

the floors in china was cleard and never replanted. if you look up at the seceiling you would believe that's hand kof carved out of wood and it is a cast plaster sealing and the only spanish design in an arts building. there are no records about how many people worked on this building. the workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language. and what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world today.

>> i tried to think about this room as the dream room, where we dream and bring some of those dreams to life. i feel very blessed that i have been able to spend the last 31 years of my life doing it my way, thinking about things better interesting to me, and then pursuing them. there are a lot of different artists that come here to work, mostly doing aerial work. kindred spirits, so to speak. there is a circus company that i have been fortunate enough to work with the last couple of years. i use elements of dance and choreography and combine that with theater techniques. a lot of the work is content- based, has a strong narrative. the dancers have more of a theatrical feel. i think we are best known for

our specific work. in the last 15 years, spending a lot of time focusing on issues that affect us and are related to the african-american experience, here in the united states. i had heard of marcus shelby and had been in join his work but never had the opportunity to meet him. we were brought together by the equal justice society specifically for this project. we were charged with beginning work. marquez and i spent a lot of time addressing our own position on the death penalty, our experiences with people who had been incarcerated, family members, friends of friends.

pulling our information. beyond that, we did our own research. to create a picture that resonated with humanity. it is the shape of a house. in this context, it is also small and acts like a cell. i thought that was an interesting play on how these people make these adjustments, half to create home. what is home for these people? the home is their cell. people talk a lot about noise -- very noisy in prisons. that is interesting to me. looking at the communication level, the rise of frustration of being caged, wondering, where does redemption fit into the

equation here? [singing] i think both of us really believe the death penalty is wrong, and is flawed for many reasons. the list is as long as my arm -- about several others. we feel this is important for both of us, personally, to participate in the debate of this issue in a way that we can help people frame it for a conversation.