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and expend grant for our energy efficiency program the city knows you've been here before this is one of our largest portfolios inic with small businesses in san francisco and helping businesses in multi unit building to reduce they're overall energy use since we've started the program in 2001 and most recently with respect to funding with the department of public works with the pacific gas and electric company can i have the overhead in terms of the issues but the distributions of the program throughout the city we're looking at all the major you know busy corridor we've knocked on doors and done major energy updates as well as
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multi families this helps the effort and constantly take into account new community are in order to get success and then briefly the success today so the work that the department has done with our small businesses and multi family buildings has ruled in $42 million that those businesses and multi family buildings are saving they're paying $42 million less to pummeling and keeping that we think this is a valuable model and program we've presented over $21 million incentives cash incentives going to the business owners and the owners of the multi buildings and over 10 thousand businesses in san francisco and over 4 thousand multi family it is a successful program the a and e before you
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to continue that effort in the next fiscal year and my colleague alison will share the plans for this upcoming fiscal year. >> good morning, supervisors our plans for the coming year as opted to the last two year a two year cycle this is for a one year funding for the calendar year 2015 to continue to do our outreach to small businesses and memoranda size businesses and homes through the city that was shown in the map before you we have additional funding for the sustainable chinatown we'll be working in chinatown to identify what our energy 14 building how to promote them and it helps us lion data from the energies conservation ordinance to make
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sure we offer those buildings emergency watch funding about $3 million will be sdrurd to help fund for the energy retro grade for those businesses and lastly collaborating with the pacific gas and electrically electric in terms of encouraging businesses to really win the central bits district to engage in energy efficiency. >> okay. thank you very much colleagues any questions so i was going to thank you for the greatest incur watch program we've walked geary boulevard i know the $42 million savings is a great figure to keep the success of the program my hope the newly
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the newly included entering programs to retro - especially in the buildings thank you a great program. >> thank you. >> colleagues no other questions we'll open up to public comment anyone seeing none, public comment is closed motion to send this item forward coke e okay we'll take that without objection. and item 10 to consider the end of the review and draft budget for 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 for the board of supervisors and the board office. >> okay. great we have the cleshgz to present. >> i'm here to talk about the fiscal years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 the clerk of the board
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angela couldn't be here because of illness first i will provide you with a brief and hopefully high-level overview of the budget and present budgetary announcements following the presentations the budget maybe simpleminded or continue this item for one week when the clerk and i will be available to answer more questions shied two the departments counter year is $13.5 million of which a percentage for the 4 that is $2 million is for the category and those funds are used to fund the contract and legislative contract services to pay for the costs associated with the cap
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and membership and a associated with the city's association and the remaining 4 percent for materials and supplies with a work order with one time funding to purchase file serves and the second board of appeals for the budget funding slide 3 the distribution of the various divisions of the budget as you can see from the pie chart the board of supervisors comprise the largest costs followed by the various division it's important to note lap co-didn't receive the appropriation and looimentd those in the prior year it is eligible for operations moving on to slide 4 which lists several personnel adjustment that reflect of the transitional
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period charged by high profile retirement and qualified staff those transitions allowed the department to meet the attrition to show those are no longer helping the board those with recommended by the clerk of board substituting one fte 1427 typist too on the in the operation division this minor adjustment is consistent with the d hr classification position next reducing the departments attrition savings target by $121,000 to reflect the staffing level the department has plans to fill an assistant clerk position in the operation division next reducing the departments savings target by $132,000 the
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department continues to pay the qualified staff comprehensive wages through the staff retention has reduced the salary savings within the department we had proposed reducing salaries by he 10 thoughts in the office of the clerk of the board with the increased staffing and increasing in premium pays for the premiums for eligible employees in accordance with the m l u moving on to slide 57 the changes for the non-personnel is recommended by the clerk of the board those adjustments are looking at approximately $8,000 for the professional development and training opportunity for legislative aids for the guidelines and this allocation will resulted in a 2 hundred and
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restraining order 50 allocation for the fund 69 cost of 11 new multi function alimonies for the board of supervisors and in the offices in the coming weeks and in slide 6 you'll see two more substantive non-personnel adjustments for the boards consideration the first one is a $449,000 for the commissions executive director and not for the fiscal year 201011 has instead of carried the fund for the expenditures the executive director of 'coz can hospital formally asked for the appropriations and we have the executive director to answer questions the second item for
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the budget analyst increased to the fiscal year 2015-2016 contract on november 5th, 2014, it was submitted a new question for 2 hundred 25 percent for the 2015-2016 contracted it is fiscal october 1st, 2016, and will result in a $50,213 increase to they're now will be $2 million plus contract in fiscal years 2015-2016 which will substantially be ann nultd to a greater amount in 2016-2017 slide 7 provides a summary table of the total proposed cost for the changes with the board regarding the issues and slide 8 listed an
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instruction we need for developing the departments 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 budget specifically with a lot with we should include the general fund appropriation for that the budget analyst as requested that concludes my presentation. i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. and the clerk will be back next week if you want to continue the discussion thank you. >> thank you very much for your presentation colleagues any questions at this time? supervisor avalos >> so you said that the last time we s had provided the general fund support for last year was 2010 2011; is that correct and could you say beforehand what the trend was around general fund support for
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the clerk of the board for lap co- >> so i have data dating back to fiscal year 2006 and 7 but the general fund appropriation in fiscal year 06 and $07,297,000 plus in the nicaragua fiscal year 07, 082 hundred and 98 of $7,000 plus in $2,009,220,000. >> 20 thousand. >> one hundred and 86 and fiscal year 092010 and in fiscal year $20,102,011,830 so you'll see did general fund carried forward was building so that's the reason for the subsequent request getting smaller and in
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the fiscal year 1112 the appropriations stopped. >> and then there's the combination of fund that come from the utility commission as well. >> yes. >> for lap co- >> yes. that is acquisition recommended expenditures. >> so currently do we said what the puc so planning to provide for lap co-for the next fiscal year $149,000 is that the request. >> the one hundred and 49 the general fund request for lap co-the agreement with the puc with 9 fund through the end of this fiscal year i know that mr. freed has been working with the puc to extend beyond that point. >> so the $149,000 will replace what comes from the puc or this
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augments it. >> well, it wouldn't i can speak to the details it is separate so the dpa funding it separate this is additional fund to support lap 'coz general operation that are not able to be paid by the puc. >> jason freed lap co-staff the way we work is two sprat fund it don't minimal the general fund that comes from the city and county of san francisco and then the special fund for cca activities on the other hand they don't minimal we determine is it billed to the cca or the lap co-fund the mou with the puc is scheduled to end at the current fiscal year a joint meeting between lap co-and the puc where that item is on the agenda to continue to get access
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about when i made age original request the time the meeting was not scheduled so until i actually get that commitment we have to platoon that is not occurring after friday i'll look at the budget and we may came back come back and say we don't need it or lower it one of the things to keep in mind lap co-is doing requests on another thing from the board of supervisors for other studies to insure we have enough in the funding inform may pay for my staff time or audits consultants should it be required the two groups we're paying the staff time like the underground of the fiber network and on the on source protection system we've not been doing the works we're going into the
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remainder of the fiscal year and then we also have a new policy at lap co-to make sure we'll have a large reserve account we have gotten to the point that the reserve will be below our annual budget so we need to pay attention how much we have in the reserve and have a policy to set aside money so it can't be touched so faa staff person leaves at the end of the year we pay them or the commission decided to dip into the account we're trying to get back into prior becoming the executive director we're noting not following the city and county of san francisco so i hope this will be in line with was the draft is and we'll be sitting
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down to help us get our finances in better shape. >> what's the general cc i location from the puc. >> the total amount was 2. $1 million to be spent over 3 years any money not spent carried forward i think we're now in year 7 of the original 3 year agreement we've been prudent we have under half a million dollars left of the $2.1 million i anticipate we'll be at 4 hundred this carries us for two years of work we're adjusting the costs and becoming more prudent how the spending it done we had a executive director council meeting we were a paying legal fees i've taken the roll over we've seen the costs given to her drop dramatically were we
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trying to be as product with both sides with the lap co-and pca general account. >> okay colleagues any other questions. >> when was the last time. >> there was a colorado la increase approved as part of the last budget it took fiscal in october 2014 and that will be annual listed to the full 3 percent $50000 in 2015-2016 and the current request is for an additional cola. >> on top of the last. >> on top of the last. >> supervisor mar. >> i hope you feel better he know the fly is getting around thank you for the personnel savings allen and on the non personnel items it's appropriate that the training funds are
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going towards legislative aids that's needed and it allows each of our offices to look at how we want to pull up the skills the multi functional machine is good machines become archaic so i'm appreciative of sharing of the office machines as well and i'm very supportive of the lap coagulation and the cola from the budget analysts i'm supportive thank you. >> okay. thank you colleagues do you think it ma'am if you're watching your preference to come back next week or to the call of the chair. >> i think that the department defers to the wishes of the committee she'd love an opportunity to talk about the
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budget so - >> let's up this up for public comment i have one card monthly wishes to comment please step forward we'll start now if i want to come up. >> good morning, supervisors thomas first, let me say i'm very happy with the clerk's office and i having said that a couple of comments one i would preferred to see this budget proposals b put on line a couple of days before the presentation there's a lot of information in this proposal for the financing of the next two years i'd urge the clerk to submit in packet form online the packet a couple of days before, and, secondly, most important i'm troubled by
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the lack of funding for the task force if you see the funding for the task force is less than one percent of the budget half of what's being proposed from the youth commission so the message is trouble to me that the task force is not being appropriated more money and for the supervisors that are interested in transparent and on government i would suggest that you recommend to the clerk's office that more money is appropriate to the task force the task force i mean is not tifld and i think the cost to actively it would be $40,000 secondly not provided a full-time deputy city attorney and that's another area additional monies appropriated to the task force so they become
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nor effective and transcript in open government for the supervisors and city agencies and departments thank you. >> thank you very much is there any additional public comment seeing none, public comment is closed colleagues let me suggest we continue this to the call of the chair and which pits appropriate when our clerk is back so can i have a motion to that effect supervisor mar's we'll continue this to the call of the chair we'll take that without objection. >> madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> no, mr. chair. >> thanks everyone we're adjourned .
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>> it seems like everyone in san francisco is talking about housing san francisco housing prizes are among the highest it tops anyone million dollars and rent rise unfortunately, this is not the first time housing has been in the news thought california the cost of a home has made headline the medium prices for a house in the the $207,000 in california it is more than twice that amount and the laura u bay area is higher it's more than doubled the states so while more than half of the americans can afford the medium fewer in california and
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quarter in the bayer and now fewer than a 6th of san franciscans can afford it so why it housing in san francisco so go cheven condition tharz the obviously a high demand to live here the city is known for cultural diversities that attacks new residents and the credible opportunity our city diverse and will daytime committee grows jobs as a result we estimate the number of jobs is at ann an all-time 0 hive of 6 hundred thousand in the 80 the population was 6 hundred and 75 thousand now, it's grown steadily and quickly the recent estimate is 8 hundred and 40 thousand the highest in the city's history and it's not only
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san francisco it is greek the bay area has $2 million for residents and jobs then in the 80 and the growth is expected to continue by the year 20403.9 million people unfortunately, our housing supply does not keep up with the demand i might not realize the majority of construction is housing that's been suspended for years due to the 2008 recession while population is increasing the housing is only increasing that i 9 percent if we don't pursues housing the cost of housing about only increase how do we plan the regional allocation identifies the total number of housing unit by affordable level to support the new residents san
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francisco incorporates it into the housing elements that guides the housing policies the arena data places it in the investment plans for the growth throughout san francisco those plans developed by years of community planning laid the ground work for the construction so the city he e sets the goals in broad terms the private sectors builds market rate housing and non-built affordability housing that majority of housing in san francisco as well as throughout the country market rate houses built by private developers within guidelines of the city some below market rate you howls paid pie public and private dollars and prized to be variable to certain population housing is considered affordable if it costs less than 1/3rd the
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medium income for a 2 percent householder is $70,000 this householder will have to pay no more than $7,150 to be affordable san francisco has see long applied federal, state and local money often built and nonprofit tint for individual families the news cities in california what the inclusive program requires that 10 or ottawa more units to certain blow income levels or contribute to the fund that supports the blow market rate unit almost 25 thousand have been supported by city funds and more than 6 nous thousand of the unit were built between 2000 and 2012 what you
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can't afford a million will home you're not alone in response san francisco mayor ed lee has set a goal of creating thirty thousand now e-mails homes by the year 2020 most will be in outreach of the san franciscan with federal and state funds drying up the san francisco ethics commission is, taking an iv i of actually roll is providing housing across all levels we're working diligently for everyone to live here and mr. chair protect the housing semiand strengthen goals against evictions we're commented for housing needs for all san franciscans to learn more visit highwayabsence. so
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with that, just a couple little reminders, first of all happy new year to everyone. this is our first meeting of 2015 as a reminder we ask that everyone turn off any sound-producing devices, so that they do not go off during the meeting. and that you take any secondary conversations outside. you will have commissioner buell three minutes? >> three minutes. >> you will have three minutes for public comment on