20 percent and in addition alameda county water district fremont for newark have requested their owner water customers to reduce by 20 percent because of the water project on them. so they're taking this message and this issue very, very seriously. it's increasing their conservation savings and expanding their outreach to the community like our doing with pamphlets and other things we're constantly getting requests to speak about that and also launching a campaign we're putting out with our agency we were able to take advantage of the state law campaign and modify it we think that the message is simple and pretty clear there's a drought and turn

our water off it will really make a difference with the customers. i think this one is my favorite (laughter) i worry about i could have gotten any own dog >> what type of dog. >> i have an english span i can't tell. the second item relates exactly to the drought. yesterday was a phenomena be day in the service area for conservation. peter druk meier is not her but a strong property of what was the first silicon valley it was to connect those who are responsible it with landscape managed for tools to look at how to sustain a landscape so there

were vendors and property managers all in a series of events focused on the newest and greatest technology out there. it was a broad coalition of agencies. george gave the could he note address and with the focus again on the sustainable landscape studies there were things talked about and resources along with vendors trying to bring the latest and greatest technology for those who are in control of the water use it was successful. intend of that submit p there was a water conservation award that is the fifth year we've done the silicon valley awards it highlights those water

warriors those people's and entities and agencies that have made a difference in the water savings. the winners implicit are selected by a broad coalition of local vieflt and geogroups and businesses. so there were 8 award winners palo alto was one and i also want to call out kathy she won the lifetime achievement award the education coordinator and she's expand the outreach to schools. it was impressive they talked about the value to get the message out about water conservation if the important situation we're in it was a great event i hope we can

continue to build off of. lastly and this i think it very important given the notice of change you've put out in the water system improvement program the state oversight is going to exterior this january 1st, this will be the 89 accounting notice of change that requires you to go through the process i believe it's from the wholesale prospective is very, very helpful. i work closely with general manager kelly to craft language it san francisco could support and, in fact, senate bill 1435 was introduced into the water committee and that new oversight would go to january 1st, 2022,

and at this point through mayor's office have sent support we'll continue to watch that closely but not anticipating any change. so with that, that concludes my report i'm available to a answer any questions you might have >> thank you questions? what is the 2022? that seems terribly far out >> the current is 2019 and because the suspect has to end on a january internal revenue service because of the legislation it was important we capture the completion of the program and possibly any changes not having to go back and extend the oversight.

>> i don't like that. >> the original proposal was longer and i think appropriately we had significant discussions with general manager kelly of shortening the date. the originate only requires san francisco if you completed the program so you complete it by july 19th to submit an annual report that was done so but the bigger issue is going back if, in fact, you have any kind of extension into two 21 and going back to the legislator we'll prefer not to do that >> okay. what it is what it is but i do not like i want to put it on record saying i don't. >> just to reiterate we wanted

to put it in alignment of what our lastly forecast but given the fact that that we still have a period of time where there is some risk still out there we were looking at maybe a contingency time talking about what that will be and coupled with the fact if we complete on time basically, we don't have to do other than a couple of reports two annual reports so baselines that that's a good compromises moving forward and, of course, our goal is to finish by 2019 so the better given the drought scenario we can use the prior to the full capacity and, in fact, if there's a

possibility of increasing cal versus we're looking at as well. >> fine i want the minutes to reflect my opinion. thank you very much >> thank you. okay moving along. cds item 9 will you please read the items >> item 9 a through b >> item 9 a through b of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction and are not on today's agenda at this time, members of the public may address the commission jurisdiction commission will be afforded when of the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, address the commission up to three minutes. >> so if you can read item 9 a

and b. approval and increase in the construction costs for w w 503 richmond district sewer replacement in the amount of 39 thousand plus in the contract of up to one hundred and 61 consent calendar years. general manager or his designee to approve the contract calm up to a maximum of one hundred thousand plus and to extend it to a maximum of 1 hundred and 11 consent calendar days. the work performed by w w 506 declaring the excelsior district

for a total of one million plus. and for one-hundred and 87 million funded by w e and 45 thousand for dpw in a contract for 2 hundred and 19 consecutive days for the contract >> commissioners any request to remove any one of the item as i'd approve the consent calendar. >> the motion carries. we now move into oh, sorry - and let the record show no one wanted to comment.

okay. so commissioners secretary could you please read the items we will be discussing in closed session today >> closed session item 12 existing claims and item 13 existing claim and item 14 existing claim vs. city and county of san francisco item 15 existing litigation for mcdonald vs. city and county of san francisco et all and item 16 existing legislation for jack listen et all vs. city and county of san francisco and item 17 anticipated litigation and item 18 for the stoic vs. the gas and electric company and item 189 city and county of san francisco vs. panic and electric company and item 20 for the gas and electric company vs. the

city and county of san francisco. item 21 is filth tradition concerning the security of sf water and power system. very good any public comment to be made for the items in closed session. seeing none, i'd like a motion whether to assert >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor, say i. >> i opposed the motion carries we're going to go into closed sessi session. >> they have a strolling could listen in the explicitly. we've reconvened from closed session. item 12 settled is he item 13

and 14 and 15 and item 16 settled. item 17 no action and item 18 removed and item 19 and 20 removed. may i have a motion not to disclose >> all in favor, say i. >> i. the motion cards any other new business excuse me. >> the april 8th meeting has been cancelled. and vote seven hundred i voted i was in to her one in my water bill >> what did that mean. >> you'll find out.

okay. the meeting it adjourned at 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 ] >> >> >>

>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors budget and finance committee meeting for wednesday, march 26, 2014. my name is mark farrell. i will be chairing this committee. i am joined by supervisors london breed and john avalos and will be joined momentarily by supervisor eric mar. want to thank the members of sfgov-tv covering this meeting nona melkonian and jonathan as well as the clerk of this meeting linda wong. madam clerk do we have any announcements? >> yes, mr. chair. please silence a you will phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. the items acted upon today will appear on the april 4 2014 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay, thanks. can you call item number 1? >> item number 1 is a resolution adopting a fixed two-year budgetary cycle for the airport, the port, the public utilities commission, the library department, the department of child support services, and the employees' retirement system, defining term, and setting deadlines.

>> okay, thank you. we have kate howard, our mayor's budget director to speak on this item. >> good afternoon, chair farrell, members of the committee. kate howard, the mayor's budget director. the item before you today is a resolution adopting two-year fixed budgets for several departments. i thought i would briefly remind the committee as well as members of the public about our two-year budgeting process and background on that and then talk about the item in front of you. if you will recall, in 2009 the voters adopted proposition a, which focused on a number of budgetary reform items including allowing and encouraging the board to adopt financial policies, adopt five-year financial planning process, adopt two-year budgeting and then also fixed our contract deadlines for which we have to submit labor contracts to the board.

for fiscal year 2012 to 2014, the board adopted the first fixed two-year budgets. those included the puc, the airport and the puc. as you recall, the mta is fixed separately by charter as a two-year budget. all our other departments have remained rolling two-year budgets. the item in front of you today would expand our fixed two-year departments. it would continue the puc, the airport and the port and would add two new departments, library, child support services and retirement. our rationale for including these departments is that they are ~ [speaker not understood] revenue and expenditure out looks are fairly predictable. the library has a space line and set aside. child support services receives as you know state funding for all of its budget. and the retirement -- the operating budget of the retirement system is quite predictable. all other departments would remain two-year rolling budgets, and that is my summary.

>> okay, thank you, ms. howard. >> happy to answer any questions. >> colleagues, any questions for ms. howard? okay. seeing none, thank you. mr. rose, can we go to your report, please? >> yes, mr. chairman, and members of the committee. we do recommend approval of this legislation. we have one minor amendment. the word charter should be inserted as we point out on page 4 of our report, referring to charter section 9.101. we recommend you approve the resolution as amended. >> okay, thank you very much, mr. rose. colleague, any questions for our budget analyst? okay, seeing none, we'll open it up to public comment. anybody in the public wish to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> all right, colleagues, we have this item in front of us. can i have a motion to approve the amendment as read by mr. rose? >> so moved. >> can we take that without objection? >> do we have a second? thank you. >> we have a second. we can take it without objection. [gavel] >> and the motion to approve the underlying motion as amended? >> so moved.

>> we have a motion and second we can take that without objection as well. [gavel] >> all right. madam clerk, do we have any other business in front of us? >> no, mr. chair. >> okay. we are adjourned. [gavel]

>> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco san francisco land use & economic development committee i'm supervisor scott wiener and malia cowen and joined by david chiu i want to thank sftv