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be temporary and then we will budget those positions based on project as a temporary position. then this is summary of what we are talking about. the new legislation and what is the work load. for example, i mentioned about one time project. those are summarized here. we increased the capital reserve by $5.25 million. create a technology project reserve for $7 million. and increased the funding and repair fund by $5 million. and create a work order to access office. because we find out there is a time between access office to increase the property tax by doing -- with
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them. by $1.3 million. interest rear -- interim fee reduction because of the high generated revenues. then the 2-piece of legislation i want to mention is the 6-month reduction all fee for staff service. we just get approval from best of bic yesterday and then do the permit fee we had. hopefully by august 15th, we will finish it and then we will adjust our permit fee at that time permanently. another piece 5027 the hill rock slide. i remember i was the
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guy respond to the rock slide at that time. i think it's 17-18 years ago. this is a rare exact hillside. we have a combination of recs park and private property. we'll take the private property side because the land is hard to develop too because the vertical hillside. then we are going to from our emergency fund to fund that part to repair to make sure protect the life safety of the public. that concludes my part. any questions? >> thank you for your presentation. colleagues, any questions for dbi? supervisor avalos? >>supervisor john avalos: thank you for your presentation. are we seeing
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any activity around the in law legislation? >> actually i tried to do more outreach in radio and tv. up to now it's over 200 inquiries and then we only approved one project on baker street. >> i'm sorry what street? >> i encourage them to come forward because they will be oh -- obey the law and they protect the owner. >> great, thank you. then, if you could explain what, we have the capital reserve will be increased to $5.2 million. the technology project reserve $7 million and repair and demolition fund to $5 million. what will these funds be able to, what purpose will they serve in terms of actual
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brick and mortar projects? >> first the emergency fund. we realize last year for first street, we did the demolition on those buildings because the life safety with the health department, fire department and police. then the telegraph hill. then the way we see if any emergency comes like earthquake, we need to prepare for it. if we do not have the funding, we could not operate. our department was the first and the whole department has to move to the marina district. >> this is to support not publically owned buildings but privately owned buildings as well, is that correct?
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>> yes. >> is that there is demolition fund was that also the technology project reserve? >> okay. the technology is, for our new technology for the permit checking system more transparent for the public, right now it's only working with planning and dbi, but we are planning with the office and then the department will get public tax will increase. then we also want to look at other department for fire and health and everyone to come on board. >> currently there is not a technology reserve, you will be creating a technology reserve and it will be available for upgrading your system to integrate with other departments in the city. >> yeah. >> then you expect that
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reserve to stay at a certain amount after you initiate the work or is that a one time reserve when you expand to actually being able to do the integration? >> we have one time reserve right now. >> okay. thank you. >> okay. colleagues, any questions. mr. rose, can we move to your report, please. >> yes, mr. chairman and members of the committee. on page 11 of our report our recommended reductions of the proposed budget totaled of that 126,000 are on going savings. $203,000 one time savings. the reduction will allow $13 million $381,000 for the 2015 budget. we also recommend the budget and finance committee place $9 million in reserve. this $9
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million is for new and on going projects. the final scope has not been determined. our recommended budget total $1.3. of that amount 185,000 $185,000 one time savings. as i understand it the department concurs with our recommended deductions and they are shown on page 15 and 12 of our report. >> supervisor breed? breed breed >>supervisor london breed: thank you can you supply why we would place the $900,000 on reserve since there is no plans to send the money? >> well, mr. chairman, members of the committee, supervisor breed, you are referring to page 15 of our report. the
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reason why we are recommending that that $9 million be placed on reserve is because as we have stated in the report that they have not provided details on the project scope, budget, and timeline. so we believe the board of supervisors should know how that money is going to be expended before we release the funds. we are not taking the money out of the budget. our recommendation is to leave it in the budget but the department to come back to provide you with a specific spending plan so the board knows how it's going to be expended. that's why it's for the reserve. >> it can only be used in the department? >> that is correct. >> any if you further questions? >> the funds can be used for the department to enable say
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residents to improve in their buildings, not directly but it's funding outreach to residents living in housing so they can have the ability to express their needs too. >> all those for the coverage. >> okay. thank you. >> colleagues, any further questions. to confirm you are in agreement with the budget analyst report? >> yes. >> okay i would imagine we accept those recommendations. thank you very much. you are off the hook for next week. up next we have our fine arts museum. mr. bailey i see here and mr. garcia. thank you all for being here. >> good morning, supervisor. i'm dee willse. i'm here to introduce our director collin
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bailey. last year he had been here about 5 days. i was really introducing him then. i'm very pleased to tell you he's here a year now and we are thrilled to have him. i want to thank you for your past support and i want to introduce him now as a veteran of the fine arts museum. he will make our report. >> welcome, mr. bailey. >> good morning supervisor. on behalf of the board our president and the staff of the fine arts museum of san francisco i want to thank you board of supervisors and the mayor's budget analyst for this year's budgeting process. i will address budget topics having to do with the fine arts museum and we'll share the museums recent and current activity. we at the museum
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are pleased with the recommended budget of $17.6 million which is three 3 percent higher than last year. the rise is to increase salaries and capital projects. capital funding projects is proposed to rise this year to $8.1 million in fiscal year 2014-2015. in current year much of the allegiance was addressed included modifications and complying with the emissions standards and partial roof replacement. next fiscal year at the legion we'll continue to work on the roof and the exterior masonry and the story on the arts collection where
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the gallery is stored and safe guarded. then we'll replace exterior lighting and correct drainage problems in the courtyard by the main entrance. in fiscal year 2014-2015 we'll include 112 full time employees. the change is due to increase in temporary salaries made to adequately staff the museum. although we have a thriving institution with a dynamic exhibition program schedule we have no major new policy initiatives or investment changes to report. if i may now, it was founded in may 1985, the museum has served the public for over a century. we continue to serve our region for communities all over with exhibitions programs and education while caring
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for the city's esteemed and growing arts collection. we are museums in the city and for the city. on the left is the legion, the region is the deyoung. the attendance this year will be over 1.7 million visitors and we project 1.5 million visitors next year. our visitors come from around the globe but they are predominantly from the bay area and san francisco. this marked achievement in attendance is in large part by diverse and exciting excellent exhibitions. the berkeley years, i'm going through the deyoung project. the berkeley years. the hockney show at the deyoung which brought 125,000 visitors to the visitors.
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200,000 visitors. at the legion this past year we celebrated the america's cup on the water and an exhibition to an artist from sweden, someone who was vitally known but 98,000 saw this exhibition from the national gallery and art. the donations made by the thomas foundation by the american native art that committeely changes the holding in our area. this is a gift of member of ceramics and northwestern sculpture that will be an endearing resort for the year. we have a collection for the legion one of the dor a one of the greatest 18th century in the
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country. this is achieved with private funding. this is today. we have renovated galleries and showing you our british room and the work for over 2 years. our exhibition schedule is thriving. we opened last week. my half exhibition from the national gallery post world war ii art and the gay assay from 1969-1972 taken in los angeles to san francisco. we will be opening next week at the end of the month, masters of fireworks from capes found in israel to 4,000 to 5,000 years old. we'll bring a masterpiece from italy, a portrait of someone called the turk a, the turkish slave. she was neither
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a turkish or a slave. that will be shown in the gallery. we'll bring treasures from the 18th century country house and the mission devoted to a brief career of king herring of a political edge and the dancing figures from the mess skoeney center by the arts commission. this will be an entrance to the exhibition. we have improved our website. explore the arts allows for display of all collections and maintain to access adults and families. many participated in the program this year and the program allows for art exploration for veterans, the top slide shows from veterans,
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american sign language tours and discovery with people with suffering with dementia these are programs being maintained and increased. we have a museum ambassador over 3 decades moving the san francisco unified school district engaging younger school kids to the museum and making them comfortable with visiting. we have formal interaction with docents and k-12 and in fact 241,000 visitors have participated in our programs over the past year. friday night we have had 27 free friday nights at the deyoung. 65,000 in attendance. we bring the world to our museum. we have a thousand
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local artist friday night at the deyoung. we bring the world to our museum and bring the city to the world. i thank the volunteers of the museums. joining me in thanking the supervisors and mayor's office for their support and participation. >> thank you, mr. bailey. i appreciate it. colleagues, do we have any questions? okay. mr. rose can we go to your report? >> yes, on page 19 of our report the recommendation, all of which are on going, these reductions will still allow an increase of 494909. 2.9 percent of the department's 15 budget. the total $96,000 in
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15-16. on going, these reductions will allow an increase of 2.8 percent in the department 15-16 budget. the department does concur with these recommended reductions. they are shown on page 24. >> colleagues, thank you. are you in agreement with these? >> we are in agreement. >> okay. any comments? okay. thank you very much for your leadership. likewise mr. bailey, no need to come back next week. up next the academy of sciences. >> good morning, i'm greg farg ton. i'm not allowed to
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start. we have such a nice first slide for you. >> last year was a penguin, i think. >> this year we don't have a penguin. okay. anyway, i'm still greg and nothing has changed and for the last eight years 8 years i have had the pleasure of heading the indicated academy of sciences. this is my last year i will speak before you. i will be retiring. as you know the academy is a gem in the cultural education and economic life in san francisco. it's an aquarium museum, visual wizards, team of explorers, integrate or of communities, major employer and economic engine. it actually is unique and that is real. we have yet to find another place like out
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anywhere in the world. this year more than 1.4 million kids and adults from around the globe visited us in golden gate park. as a center of education and fascination we welcomed 15,000 students and teachers. we are a critical extension of their classroom particularly in time when science and education is so challenged. the department of san francisco public library is connecting the city's youth in a digital age and won applause from president barack obama. as the tourist magazine -- magnet, we employee in our city. this concludes the
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academy directly donates $120 million every year in addition to the mission counties in the bay area. we own nearly 75 percent of the cost on our own through ticket sales and fundraising. tickets sales is not enough. we began a fundraising campaign that has already raised over $70 million to supplement what we can earn. we have a ways to go. we are about a third there. i'm very happy to pass that challenge to my successor. when i spoke to you last year i said our budget wasn't quite balanced yes, sir and we'll have an extra draw. that was the right one to do
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for the short-term to preserve our people and programs and feed our fish. we can't keep doing that over the long run. we can't draw from the endowment from the rate. our response is to be frugal and extremely well managed and do another fundraising campaign that i just referred to. now, i know you are wondering how you can help us thrive. i am pleased to offer you an answer to that question. it's quite simple. over the coming years, please continue to work to fully fund this steinhart aquarium. it's one of the oldest and very best aquariums. it underwent five 5-year accreditation. it got
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the best marks you can get anywhere. they tried to find something wrong and they failed miserably. >> i'm glad you have a different commission than city college. >> actually, so an am i. we have an excellent accrediting commission and an excellent aquarium. >> can you take a step back on your slide. you did mention 16 percent of your operating funds coming from the endowment. is that a major endowment? >> the endowment is 161,$161, million. to draw a sustainable 5.5 percent. we are drawing some of that. the exact figure was 8 percent.
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>> okay. about 3 percent above what you are usually able to accrue through interest? okay. thank you. >> one of the biggest challenges in the academy is when it's unique and nothing else like it, planning how the budget is going to work is i mpossible. we are coming to the year where we are coming to an equilibrium. >> i have seen the latest. i have been to two tours and have seen procession made -- progress made in the new capital project and it extends the work you do in drawing and species. it's great stuff. >> it just opened up in the aquarium and we are displaying fish from our recent philippines expedition which is remarkable. since you got me on this topic, do come and see the skulls exhibit. byos.
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bring your own skull. but it's spectacular and i think you will enjoy it. don't miss it. you will recall the aquarium actually is and has been an active partnership between the city and originally the steinhart brothers who dedicated the funds to san francisco to have an aquarium second to none in the world. we don't have the biggest in the world, but i think we definitely have an aquarium second to none in the world. it's vital to steinhart is survival. please help us feed our talented fish. we can handle the rest. finally on behalf of my success or john fully, our new board chair who lives here in the city, on batch of san francisco families and kids and exhibition and excellence, our fish, claude and even my colleagues, the most talented
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group of staff that i have worked with. please continue to be our partners in every way you can. visit us and bring your staff. work with us to coordinate opportunities for your constituents to join the academy. nothing makes us happier than walking 32 you the academy and hear the word "wow" no matter what age you are. you don't have to be three 3 feet to say "wow". this is a truly and historic entrance transformation of one of san francisco's great treasures. this penguin has done a great thin for you. on behalf of all my colleagues, mayor's office and all of san francisco for your continued support. >> thank you dr. farg ton
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and for all of your service. an amazing job. cleez, if -- colleagues, if there are no questions, let's go to mr. rows -- rose for the report. >> this is not one that we did report on. >> thank you. best wishes for your retirement. we are going to call up next our parks parks and recreation department because of the commission happening on the side. we are going to call him up first . madam clerk can you call item 4 -- 14 with this presentation. mr. clerk, sorry. city clerk: item 14: [park code - annual increase of west harbor berthing license fees] sponsor: mayor ordinance amending the park code to require the controller to increase the berthing
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license fees for the west harbor of the san francisco marina small craft harbor each year by 3 the annual increase in the consumer price index, whichever is higher, until september 1, 2043; and making environmental findings. fiscal impactt1234 >> thank you. thank you supervisors for allowing us to present. we are excited that we've started to come out of the worst of the budget. we are very grateful for the mayor's suggest in the budget process. we have a very very a vast system. we are blessed with an incredible park system in san francisco. it's big in scope and diversity and activity. ranging from 200 to
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now 21 neighborhood parks and 179 playgrounds and 72 golf courses, marina, our swimming pools. it's an incredible system and every three corner neighborhoods of san francisco in the statute that i am most proud about is that 96 percent of city of san franciscans live within 10 minutes of a park. we also operate 24 full recreation centers in our nine swimming pools and offer 600 recreation programs in arts and cultural community services and athletic services. over 500 sessions of 83 different day camps are going on right now. pretty amazing. accessibility is one