city of san francisco >> >> government audit and oversight committee. >> good morning, this meeting will come to order. this is the regular meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. i'm supervisor breed, chair of the meeting and to my right is supervisor katie tang and supervisor chiu will join us shortly. i would like to thank jeff larson and jennifer lowe from sfgtv. >> do we have any announcements? >> city clerk: yes. please

shutdown any electronic devices. any speaker cards shall be submitted to the clerk. items will be listed on the agenda. >> madam clerk, please call the first item. city clerk: agenda[collective bargaining agreement, arbitration award - international brotherhood of electrical workers, local 6 - fy2013-2014]1400321.sponsor: mayorordinance adopting and implementing the arbitration award amending amendment no. 2 to the 2012-2014 collective bargaining agreement between the city and county of san francisco and the international brotherhood of electrical workers, local 6, by implementing special terms and conditions of city clerk: sf 11234 >> >> >> okay. we are martin grand the employer relations director who is going to present on this item? >> yes. good morning supervisors and to the chair i'm martin grand employee relation for the department of human resources. this is for the last bargaining unit for 2012. it involves powerhouse operators and hetch hetchy and involves very complicated staffing patterns that we

felt needed to be addressed off cycle and we had negotiations which ended up in arbitration. these involve powerhouse arbitrators and these are the employees whose job it is to safely load high voltage power into the state's electrical grid. it involves delivers power to the city and this power runs our muni system and provides electricity to most of all of our city buildings. the changes required that you see in the amendment stem from regulations adopted by the regulatory agency, the north american electrical reliability association. at this has recommended training in excess prior levels and requires the city and union to

negotiate new staffing levels which would allow for the training to be done on straight time rather than an over time basis. we have and arbitration award by the city by the controller's costing document that was finalized yesterday. on one side the union ends up with the training requirement document in the collective bargaining agreement and for the city's perspective, the public utilities commission commission is a 5-day schedule than a 7-day schedule and this allows us to do the training on the straight time rather than over time and over to one of the powerhouses. i think it's a win win for both parties even though it was a

long adversarial task and we bring you with an award for the center. >> thank you. is there anyone from puc here today that wants to make any comments about this item? >> i think we have the puc standing by. do you want to say anything at all. >> sorry. you have a question. >> i know you alluded to this. what are the cost savings achieved not only for this fiscal year but for the rest. >> right. the controllers office has analyzed the cost and benefits and shows there is an overall savings of $40,000 per year on an on going basis. this is derived

from $60,000 a year in regular salary savings. this is capturing a reduce in the over time in an allowing us to schedule a straight time rather than over time basis and there is a $20,000 cost associated with this because the shifts that are used up there are 12-hour shifts because it's a remote location and the type of job it is. the 12-hour shifts don't lineup with our 80-hour work weeks and this is a small amount of built in over time. by going to this schedule, we vastly reduce the over time required to do the training. we come up well ahead. it's a strong savings for the city. >> thank you. any other questions? okay. is there

someone from the puc who would like to say something? it's fine if they don't. >> i think they are available to answer questions and we have a report from the city toeshs -- attorneys office who was the hands-on negotiator from our office which in the puc which are available. he's available to answer any details. >> great. thank you, appreciate it. let's open up for public comment. any members of the public who would like to make any comments about this item at this time? seeing none, public comment is closed. okay. colleagues, we have before us an item and there are no post amendments. can we move this to the full board without objection. without objection the item passes. thank you very much. >> madam clerk, can you please call the next item. city clerk: item no. 2 item 140147: [approving the 2014

budget and legislative analyst services work plan]1401472.sponsor: breedmotion approving the budget and legislative analyst services work plan for 2014; allocating hours for calendar year 2014; authorizing the budget and legislative analyst to reallocate up to 20 percent of the hours between service categories based on board of supervisors service needs, and requiring board of supervisors approval of hours re-allocation greater than 20 percent; establishing performance goals; and setting a date for the 2014 annual performance evaluation of the budget and legislative analyst joint venture partnership. city clerk: item no. 2 sf 21234 breed breed okay. ms. campbell, please come up to us. >> campbell from the budget legislative analyst office. under our contract with the city we are required to submit an annual work plan and to have an annual performance evaluation. this is our proposed work plan for before you is a proposed work plan for calendar year 2014. we are already 2 months into year. it is for 16, 860 hours of service divided into three categories. it's pretty much the same plan as we submitted and worked under last year. a couple differences are under budget analysis. we have increased some of the

allocations because we would be increasing budgets in may of last year. we also included and overview report on the impacts of the budget which we did last year at the request of the board and this point we are requesting from the budget review. the other is we are recommending 16 hours of service and combined that category at the question of one committee. in terms of what that means for this year, already 2 months into year we have spent 1100 of those 6,000 hours that includes completing an audit on the children's fund and the fire ems audit that we just began. we have another audit scheduled on fire administration staffing. as counting for completing

the ems audit and conducting the other audit, we still have approximately 3700 hours for the remainder of the year to complete the audit request. the legislation also allows us to reallocate hours up to 20 percent of the course of the year if for instance budget came in over under hour or legislative items came in over or under hours. i'm available for questions. >> thank you. colleagues, are there any questions? no questions. thank you. we are going to open this up to public comment. i see a line out the door today for public comment. are there any members of the public wishing to speak on this item, seeing none. public comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this to the full board without objection. without objection the item is moved. forward to the full board. >> madam clerk, are there any other items today?

>> no. that concludes the business today. >> great, meeting adjourned. >> >> [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >>

>> the annual celebration of hardly strictly bluegrass is always a hit now completing itself 12 year of music in the incredible golden gate park. >> this is just the best park to come to. it's safe. it's wonderful and such a fun time of the year. there is every kind of music you can imagine and can wander around and go from one

stage to another and just have fun. >> 81 bands and six stages and no admission. this is hardly strictly bluegrass. >> i love music and peace. >> i think it represents what is great about the bay area. >> everyone is here for the music and the experience. this is why i live here. >> the culture out here is amazing. it's san francisco. >> this is a legacy of the old warren hel ment and receive necessary funding for ten years after his death. >> there is a legacy that started and it's cool and he's done something wonderful for the city and we're all grateful. hopefully we will keep this thing going on for years and years to come.

>> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my

isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it could do some good. we did not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. but that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. >> his work is printed porcelain. he transfers images onto and spoils the surface a fragile shes of clay. each one, only one-tenth of an inch thick. >> it took about two years to get it down. i would say i lose 30% of the pieces that i made.

something happens to them. they cracked, the break during the process. it is very complex. they fall apart. but it is worth it to me. there are photographs i took 1 hours 99 the former soviet union. these are blown up to a gigantic images. they lose resolution. i do not mind that, because my images are about the images, but they're also about the idea, which is why there is text all over the entire surface. >> marie in moved into the mansion on powell street just five years ago. its galleries are housed in one of the very rare single family residences around union square. for the 100th anniversary of the mansion, meridian hosted a series of special events, including a world premiere reading by lawrence ferlinghetti. >> the birth of an american corporate fascism, the next to last free states radio, the

next-to-last independent newspaper raising hell, the next-to-last independent bookstore with a mind of its own, the next to last leftie looking for obama nirvana. [laughter] the first day of the wall street occupation set forth upon this continent a new revolutionary nation. [applause] >> in addition to its own programming as -- of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for san francisco states well-known port trees center. recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we

know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning back. we know you are finished. desperate, near the end. hysterical in your flabbergastlyness. amen. >> after the readings, the crowd headed to a reception upstairs by wandering through the other gallery rooms in the historic home. the third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. it is the stage for live performances. ♪ under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridian has maintained a strong

commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental, and sometimes challenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because san francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. ♪ looking into meridian's future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. to enlighten and disturbed. >> i really believe that all the arts have a serious function and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense than we were before we experienced that work of art.

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