>> good morning, everyone. san francisco budget & finance committee for november 5, 2014, my name is mark farrell i'll be

chairing this committee i'm joined by supervisor avalos and momentary by supervisor eric mar thank you clerk linda wong and in case and jennifer lowe please silence all electronic devices. all files and documents to be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the november 18th board of supervisors agenda also otherwise stated. >> thank you item one. >> is a hamburger for the release of is search bond for the hetch hetchy mitigation project to cover the environmental impact report for the substation upgrades. >> good morning board members steve richie for the water for the puc this is an item for

release of funds to begin the development of utilizations that will allow a variety of electrical generations to come into the grid and protect our facilities for changes for more projects coming in ultimate on the order of $6.4 million involving replacing transform so we can use those funds for protections we wanted to get started on this project and that's what we're asking for . >> no questions mr. rose to our report please. mr. chair and supervisor avalos phone number on page 6 we report the 6 million dollars 4 hundred thousand dollars budget for the substation is shown in table the

one on page 2 the puc has collected (3) 100-0000 for that projects in table one on page 4 and the puc is expecting to collect the remaining 3 hundred 299 plus from possible revenue sources we explain and describe on page 67 of our report puc has not expended any funds on the upgrading project and the construction a has not begun puc intend to precede are the environmental review totally $375,000 our recommendation supervisors we recommend you approve the letters totally 3 hundred and 75 thousand for environmental review for the upgrade of the transformer at the warren substation and

recommend you continue to retain the balance of 2 hundred plus 6667 on about budget and finance committee reserve pending the puc of the budget and finance committee regarding construction. >> okay. it mr. rose i understand the puc is in concurrence with those recommendations. >> we are. >> any questions anybody wish to comment on item one seeing none, public comment is closed a motion to release the reserve and accept the budget analysts recommendations and we have this motion and take that we'll take that without objection. >> madam clerk item to. >> mr. chair would you like to file item one. >> we'll make ta a motion. >> taxing take we'll take that without objection. >> item 2 the ordinance of the

code to authorize the director of public health to enter into a magnitude care for the position of services to individuals under the federal and state coverage for the income populations. >> thank you madam clerk this is an item i introduced i've got talking points are mr. wagner we'll take it from there. >> greg wagner chief financial officer at the public health under the affordable health care we were seeing a significant expansion of insured folks in san francisco is it is a good thing under the affordable health care in order to flel fully gave me and be a provider we have to enter into contacts with plans so we can continue to provide services for all of the people enrolling in insurance

so what we're asking today is for the board to clarify our authority to enter into those contracts we have a significant portion of our population we're currently servicing today at dpw if they enroll in coverage under the ac a may not be able to enroll and it's a revenue issue for the department before opportunities to bring in revenue under the affordable health care so we're working with the supervisor mark farrell on a proposal to give us the authority to enter into those contracts if they meet minimum financial stadiums to assure we'll have the payments rates better than the medi-cal

management rate will allow us to the flexibility to move into negotiati negotiations and continue patient care. >> thank you mr. wagner why not move to our report mr. rose. >> yes. mr. chair supervisor avalos on page 11 of our report we note that the dpw estimates and will receive up to $30 million per year starting in 2019 under the manage care contracts our recommendations on the bottom of 11 page 4 lines 6, on page 4 lines 16 and 18 to read authorize the director of health to enter into contract in december 2015 each of the to

generate revenue to the city and recommend you approve the ordinance as amended. >> thank you, mr. rose seeing no questions anybody want to comment on public comment item 2 seeing none, public comment is closed. mr. city attorney and john gibner, deputy city attorney if the committee is inclined to accept the budget analyst recommendation to limit the authority to contracts that go through december, 2017 we'll tweak it to make at that happen currently, i can enter into a contract more than 3 years that will not be necessary and reporting reinstatements in the ordinance that in the current draft continue definitely so consistent with mr. rose's recommendation we suggest that

if those reporting remits only apply until december 2017 as well >> so in terms of approving the amendments can we send out today or hold back here. >> you can vote it on today an, an oral report and send it to the full board for the next meeting. >> i'll recommend we accept the budget analysts recommendation and all the magic the city attorney will make it consistent with the overall resolution. >> i'm happy to second that we'll take that without objection.. >> thank you. >> madam clerk call items 3 and 4. >> revvingly accepting a grant of one hundred and 17 thousand for a root construction company

for improvements to the pathway of hertz playground for the period of may 15th to may 31st, 2015, and 30 years the rec and park to accept the grant of 3 hundred and 38 thousand for baseball playground for the period of mayor 2018 to may 3 t may 31st, 2015. >> we have a lady in supervisor malia cowen's office. >> thank you for hearing those two items the two grants are helping us to improve hertz playground the minor technical amendments were handed out and north america than will present those two items. >> good morning. i'm with the rec and park partnering division here to present that items 3 and

4 for the hertz baseball diamond and grants in place those have been wonderful projects addressing the conditions of the playground the city is looking to improve for someplace the hertz baseball diamond has been in disrepair the problems fencing and air patches in the out field around the same time the department was looking to improve the fields we were approached by a organization and oats hertz baseball diamond ways put forward for consideration contractor ac jones wants to get the work the backstop was repaired and pained new amenities including a scoreboard and bat racks in the dug outs to celebrate there was a whiff event on may 3rd from tlc worked

to get the sod down the based contractor societies proposed for another grant to roommate a major pathway in the back of the beautiful koffman pool to the basketball courts this previously dirt pathway ways replaced with an asphalt that meets the standards and easy assess to the amenities those projects were capped by a ribbon celebration on may 31st that included a baseball game on the new will i improved baseball diamond the construction we want to recognize the important contribution from the department of public works those entrants brought wonderful needs to this park and hopefully, you'll approve those. >> thank you much have of up

colleagues any questions no budget analyst report so public comment anybody wish to comment on items three or four seeing none, public comment is closed could i have a motion to send those forward. >> a motion by supervisor avalos. >> mr. chair there are amendments by supervisor cohen's office would you like those. >> are we taking those as amendments to the whole. >> motions to accept the amendments as a whole and approve the resolution and moderate with recommendation. >> thank you madam clerk call item 5. >> is a resolution retroactively to accept and expand a grant in the amount of 8 hundred thousand for the disease control and preservation to participate in a program called racial and ethnic programs for the period of

september 30th through september 30th, 2015. >> thank you very much is it jackie from dpw. >> i'm jackie the deputy city attorney with the public health i'm here to ask you to accept the funding for the racial and ethnic community grant the goal to address the cardiovascular among african-american and latinos in the heart of san francisco and it's an effort to reduce those that have heart disease are at high-risk we'll be lincoln patients with the agencies to enhance hour heart health ze we have a program lincoln people to the hunters point so this effort will be describing more non-pharmaceutical positions for people e people to enhance their

heart health. >> no questions for me we'll move on to public comment motorbike wish to comment seeing none, no one in the chambers. >> we'll take that without objection. >> madam clerk madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> no, mr. chair. >> that's correct folks we're adjourned today -

>> good evening hello castro welcome, welcome to night two of our celebration we had fun metroing last time and go giants (clapping.) i'm supervisor wiener and i have the honor of representing this district at the board of supervisors it is w with great you honor i present to you our new castro street sidewalks (clapping.)

was a few years ago that the government sat down we we said we need to do something for this amazing street that has seen hiv negative needs to be approved and the situations need to be wider and we pulled and got it done this is what we have today (clapping) and i've had the honor of living in the castro for the last 17 years and i've seen people in this producing crowd for 20 and thirty and 40 and 50 years they've seen the ups and downs and the good thing about the castro street this is such a resilient community that takes a punch through the gay bashing at worse of the aids etch depg and

this community has come through stronger every single time (clapping) and so, now we take our next step with this wonderful streetscaping remembering the fire chief but our history we have the ribbon honor clock and the ribbon clock recognizing the lvbt community and the understanding as we move forward we must remember where we've come from as a community i want to take a minute and thank i want to thank the castro community i want to thank the merchants and the residents for being patient through had process this has not been easy it is never easy to do this kind of work thank you to the residents and mvrnt for percent

vefr so let's hear it for our merchant and residents (clapping) so tonight we're going to celebrate and i want to i'm going to turn it over to an amazing leader in our community a.d. rely of the castro upper market they've been initiate in the project and it's an amazing work let's hear it for andrea. >> thank you all for coming and once again thank you for percent vefr for our merchant and who lost some business i think this

is moving forward this is great track and such an improvement so thank you, thank you, thank you and i want to for the people that say plans never getting get implemented in 2008, we the cd engaged you all in the streetscape in widening. >> san francisco lavishly one and all. >> to the passage of the great bonds initiative and the hard work of '73 to insure that project got funded we're here to celebrate. >> down with supervisor wiener. >> no one knew really knew how great it was going to be i don't think when we know the r.c. had no idea it is as cool as it really is (clapping.)

i want to thank the community benefit board of directors for taking the opportunity to fund the special elements those special elements are going to make this project really cool and contribute those are the ribbon cheese cakes and the castro history walk and the changing color of the l e d celebration lights so actual all. >> i want to bring up our great community leaders the first lady donna (clapping.) hello everything thank you, thank you those people are very important to making things happen there's there's a point when i need to leave the stage who's the heckler this is a celebration tonight just want to echo next

tuesday let's keep the night about the castro and it's residents and bars and can you celebrate with me? >> yeah. >> well, i'm of the mind any celebration is inincomplete complete without a sister of the perpetual indulge you know, i don't go into a church because it might collapse but this is my kind of church for the special indulge and the special sister my joy be with you let's say hey. >> hey. >> let's you guess say hey and hey. >> let's say hey. >> if i had $0.05 for every time i walked through this intersection i call you all here

6 years 5 months three weeks and few days after the idea for this thing got started i call you all here two years 8 months, two weeks a few days after dpw finally met to get this strartd now i call you seven months three weeks and few days since the physical evidence work actually started thank you community members, elected officials and mc, cb y and the community riders that stopped the cops and the construction workers the spell checkers (laughter). >> a yeah. >> and for adding white lines

on the outside of the crosswalk thank you business owners and thank you green again community members it just goes to show when it comes together in collaboration part of my language we can get some shit done let us give thanks for the thousands before us who grandfathered in this intersection in giant protest and agony and sometimes in giant victory. >> yeah. (clapping.) let us be grateful to all those before us who activeism and humankindness and public displays of queerness turned it into the mecca we recognize

today so i've been asked to give a blessing ton this special night but reeldz each think of you in attendance is the blessing thank you for making this history of this intersection matter thank you for coming to this intersection to take care of yours and in times of joy and sorry let's not ever forget the history of that and ask ourselves what we are doing here in this space it promulgate our history so we're going to take a little moment of time and silence in this silence i want you to think back to your times of joy what this intersection means to you and bring joy to the space and at the end of the silence i'm going to