part of our infrastructure that we need the fund going forward and i will advocate for that and as well a number of colleagues have advocated as well, but continue to fund the big ones ordinance and lay that groundwork for fiber throughout san francisco if it is not only identify ter today and it is the only, and we need to prepare for the future and while we have the roads and streets dug up we need to do more and more and that is critically imperative and so i am sure that i am not alone in those xhepts and i will turn it over to supervisor weiner. thank you for the presentation and the issues that i raised for you in the past are moving forward now and including laying the con did conduit in the street and i know that moved faster and i appreciate the leaders for making that happen and i was really, a level of surprise and saw the leg sayive analyst, and i am

sure that we can talk to mr. rose about it and the cuts being proposed for your department, and i am looking forward to hearing the explanation for them. and it is something, and we make sure that we understand, not in all of the my co-piece by piece but just the big picture what those cups will mean, 3 and a half million dollars or there abouts and so for the program that the department is ramping up to make sure that we are laying the conduit and improving the connectivity and of what, and what are the cuts that are proposed for that. effort to try to ramp up our ability to do that and what will be the impact date. >> a lot of the cuts are propose around vacancy and it is clear that we have had long tanneding vacancies for a long time and that is part of what has been a less than acceptable

status quo to just speak candidly and that is why i put a lot of emphasis on that hiring plan and making sure that those moved forward because geting the people in the seats is critical, or improve the wifi. and i think that is sort of the principle view of that. report. day one specifically, we are *, hoping that our budget as proposed getses approved, and because that 2 million dollars as assigned or allocated for dig once and we mentioned ta we have already worked with dpw to identify the projects that are under way. and that we have the high probability that we are able to engage in, in some form and so the timing will be critical in making sure that we are able to activate on those. >> and so of that 2 million, that the department and the mayor proposing for the dig

one, how much of that will be cut under the bla proposal? >> i don't think that particular dollar or that identified project initiative and specifically called out as a cred ilt. >> okay. so i am just confused because because we see a whopper of the number in terms of proposed cuts and mr. rose, will explain piece by piece, but i am trying to understand from the department is in terms of subject matter of the projects that are trying to do and what are the cuts and what will the impact be and that will help me to understand whether these are appropriate cuts or cuts that will under mine policy objectives that i and that the board has. >> the cuts are around vacancies. >> i understand, that they are vacancies but they are vacancies that are specific to different areas and i am trying

to understand what policy goals of your department that would probably share, are going to beer under mind? and it could be in 100 different places if it is a area that is not a high priority and doesn't matter, and it doesn't matter, but if it is a vacancy is going to effect xy z policy, and tell me about buckets. >> one specific bucket is project management and so we have requested the project managers to be added to our pmo and that is, that is a very direct, and we are able to put them on the pro-yekt and seen through successful implementation and as a very specific example. >> okay. >> if we can break it down by

subject matter and that will help to determine it because i want to be sure that if we accept the bla cuts that we are not undermining your goals that we share. >> we will create that crosswalk. >> that will be helpful. >> supervisor mar, and i wanted to thank you for your extremely

ambition vision that you are trying to implement for the city and the vision to get us to a city from right now, a city where the digital divide is still large, that well over 50,000 people are still using dial up and way over 100,000 don't have access to high speed brond ban according to our budget analyst. but i did want to ask you and because the initiatives that you are mentioning from the dig once to the phase two of the connectivity plan are really important and i was wondering if you can talk specifically about what is get and what parts of your burg are getting us towards, reaching the gap for low income familis that don't have access at the home to keep up with the homework for students, or the gap with senior digital divide with the isolated seniors that are not having access to health advice, and other things that the middle class and other neighbors might have.

>> all four on the slide helped to move that needle and most specifically things like dig once and the buildings allow the groundwork for that future network and whatever it might look like, excuse me and the phase two of the connectivity planning effort, is calling out exactly what that future might look like, and i identifying exactly, how we might accomplish such an ambition goal. and so, it is, and i think that it is, and it is easy to draw a correlation between all four of of our budget ininitiatives that help to contribute to improving that situation.

you mentioned the programs and what do you think that we could do to lift the people from the slow or no connections and the library and parks with the sfwifi are important but as the budget analyst define, the digital divide means that the people that don't have that the

high speed access to the homes and i know that some public housing and some of the city buildings but how are we going to connect to, like non-profit run housing, and in the mission, and to lower income communities in the south, east part of the city, for example, how are we going to accomplish that? >> and so there is two, and kind of two parts to the response, and one is, as part of the connect and phase two of the connectivity planning effort and we are engaging directly with the stake holder groups and making sure that we fully understand what the concerns are and what the environment looks like before we present or propose a solution? and so trying to make sure that we have the full context of all of those different, acknowledged and recognize and represented and so that is one and that is core to that phase two planning effort and then, secondly is, i think that the out come will be a plan that is

very specifically ininclusive of making sure that that is part of what gets accomplished and so, concretely, the fact that we are investing in conduit systems that stretch into all neighbors and fiber that stretches into all neighbors is a precursor and it is a critical asset to that ultimate ability to deliver the high capacity connective to all of the neighborhoods. >> i know that we have the high-tech sack ter and the districts that have a lot more access than others and i am just wondering how are you addressing specifically equity and how we are looking at all neighborhoods? >> right, and so the equity in terms of fiber being available in all of those neighborhood and also, equity in can terms of can the people access and consume that? and so we are not stopping short of saying that fiber is there and we want to include in the strategy or the call to action and that the people

actually have the ability to access and consume that service, but doing things like connecting the city facilitis that and includes, you know, parks and library and fire stations just by the nature of where those facilities are built and helps insure that we are establishing an equality distributed network and right? because if we are putting it where the fire stations, they are in every neighborhood by design, and the libraries and the public library is the same and park and rec the same and that is kind of a corner stone component to this model and by building the fiber out to the public facility that we have an urgent need for and also sets us up with an asset, that is distributed in the neighborhoods in the socio economic status and that is a very specific, component to the ultimate plan, thank you.

>> and thank you for your presentation, and you know i realize that the scope of all of this, again, and for this down there, and and in regards to that question, and in the access to the low income communities and my question though, or it is really more specific to the parks and as you mentioned, and if we were to have it, and in the parks, and as one way to provide access in all neighborhoods, and so, i am just, curious in terms of what the process is, in terms of rolling out the wifi and at our neighborhood parks, and we are, and where are we going and what kind of resources in your budget, and it is going to, and maybe expedite some of these, and so, thank you for the questions, and so, we accomplished as noted,. wifi connectivity that included building, the fiber out to 32

parks all over the city. and we are working very closely and the one of the best partners quite frankly and the rec and park department, and so we are working very closely to identify, what would be the next round of parks and so that we can properly quantify what resource its will take to bring fiber to that facility and to distribute it wifi and we are working on the plan of the rec and park department and, resources are limited and so that is going to be the constraint, i believe ultimately but we want to, between the, two departments, and try to forward that effort as quickly as possible. >> okay. >> do you sort of a sense of when all parks would have this? >> it is, it is going to come down to resource allocation, i believe, at some point. >> and, which was when, and a

original, question and what kind of a resources are you asking for in your budget? >> well, in the, ict plan we had pretty specific request for an broad, sfwifi and i would have to follow up and give you a rec and park specific number but i can do that. >> okay, colleagues if know other questions, you can go to your report please? >> mr. chairman and members of committee, mr. chairman, we have planned, and i don't know if supervisor weiner wanted us to go over each one of the recommendations at this time and or plan was to do that next week, where there were disagreements but we are prepared to go over each one of the recommendations if supervisor weiner would like that. >> no next waoeb we will be going through them line by line. >> i would like to make the

general comments supervisor weiner mentioned vacant position and yes, we have recommendations the deleting of the vacant positions and not just in this department but in the various departments where the positions have been vacant for two or three or five years it does not make a difference supervisors what the policy of that position was, what the responsibilities the fact of the matter is that the departments are not filling the positions it is not necessarily the department's fault or necessarily human resources fault but is there a bureaucracy and it takes the time and they are not being filled and so we see no reason for the board of supervisor to leave money in the budget for vacant positions that have been vacant for years and years, and rather we have recommended that you take that money and use it priorities where you think that the money will be spent and to meet your priorities number one, and the second general comment that i wants to make is that the director stated that

our recommendations would put them below, the, or their, and that is the recommendations for 16, 17, and would puts them below, the existing level, and what he didn't state to you was that it was the mayor recommended reductions to the budget that put them over a million dollars, below their existing budget. and our recommendations were based on the mayor's budget but i want to point out that it was the mayor's office that made those initial recommendations and i believe that those recommendations will probably justified. but, the department, just mentioned the budget analyst and not the mayor's office and on page 14 of our report, our recommended reduction for the proposed budget total, $4 million, 704,000 in 15, 16 n that amount, ongoing safe ands 1 million, 796, at one time

savings, and all recommended reductions to the proposed budget, total 3 million. or all of which are ongoing savings and we are still as the department stated working with the department, and we will report back to you next week on our final recommendations and i will be gland to respond to any questions. >> colleagues any questions right now? >> okay, look forward to the continuing conversations and we will see you next month. >> okay, up next, we have our department of public works, is here. and madam clerk, could you call item four with this? >> item four, ordinance amending the public works code to add fees for nighttime work permits and preapplication meetings with the staff and affirming the planning

department's determination under the california environmental quality act. >> thank you very much. >> okay. >> good morning and thank you for allowing to us to present and i withvy couple of slides. he i guess that i will begin by saying in developing our budget for 2015 16, 17, with td proproesed several core principles that align with our three year strategic plan and we continue to expand the innovative programs and chiefly the success of our pit stop program which is the public -- and another key strategic principal or a budget is restoring the service cuts,

from prior years.

as they invest more in improving the infrastructure the public works must have the staff necessary to design and build and manage these projects. and please, to say that the mayor, proposed budget addresses all of these principles, and i would like to begin by thafrpging the mayor's budget office and her staff for working diligently to understand, our needs and some of them to the degrees possible, within the budget. and also harvey and his staff to understand what we do and the resources that we need to serve our city and even though we have not reached any agreement. >> and well, the mayor's proposed budget and it does not include the salaries which

make-up of 36 percent of our staff. and my presentation, will give you the public works perspective of our operating budget. and which excludes 1-time capitol sources, and then inincludes s salary and benefits of the off budgeted positions. and which we must manage in our operating budget. >> the capitol budget is 113

million. and this slide, what you are looking at shows in a more detailed break down of the 102 new ftes within the proposal of the year 15, 16, and it shows that the 112 ftes are being added by the funding source. and 68, and 9 positions are being added in the infrastructure and building design and in construction, and the street use, and the mapping and the survey units and the street and sewer repair and the general administration, and 32, and 33.2 general funds and supported positions and are added in the street services and urban forestry, and in terms of the forestry, and eight of the 11 appear as new and but they are actually are

funded on the temp salaries through an approved, and 14, 15, initiative and the 8 positions were ordered to the department fiscal year, 15, 16, base line in order to create permanent positions for the temporary staff. and the 6 new general fund positions in the bureau of the street use and mapping and reassignments into the general fund are supported by the department's permit revenues division. let's see the slide. in terms of budget uses, the greatest, changes are taking place in or the infrastructure in the building of the division and which are growing by 7.6 million, and to support the capitol projects, and such as fire and police stations, and

ada facility improvements, and the sewer systems and the street scape improvements. and look at the chart, and the services have increased by 14.1, and mainly for the new initiatives. and but the general administration has grown by 4.7 million. and 2.5 million of this growth is due to increase in the work orders to other city departments for cost such as workers compensation and the financial systems, and the replacement, and the services that we get provided by the city and administrator's office. and the remaining growth can be attributed to new staff. smaller increases are also showing in street use and mapping and urban forestry as well as paying our debt service. and so what are the major

changes? and the major changes, proposed include, 5.1 million, and in the new general fund initiative. and 2.9, was added for the new enhanced residential cleaning program, which will provide lower noise and over light cleaning in the blocks in the soma and china town and the mission and the polk street neighborhood and the budget also provides, 927,000 to continue to expand the successful pit stop program, with new funding and we will keep the -- we will keep the four existing pit stops so that we have and we will add, a few new locations, and we have started a pilot by adding some monitoring to the free standing toilets. and this will free up the

manual cleaning crews to address the cleaning needs in other neighborhoods and as you know and you have heard me say many times and many of the staff get diverted to other areas and with these initiatives that will help us go back to some level of civilization and address some of the challenges that the department faces. >> and as part of the budget the mayor is also added 3 new arborists and equipment and, to the urban forestry to help proactively maintain an additional 2000 trees, annually and unfortunately, with this funding, it will, not end our relinguhment, but they have enough staff to maintain the trees that remain under us and for us to be able to maintain them and this work is important, and for reducing hazard and potential injuries

to people and damage to properties, and caused by fallen trees. >> and the final initiative, will add two new gardeners and an apprentice and many of the landscaping and the major corridors that we have around the city and the additional changes to the budget include, 46 staff, and added to the capitol projects, and programs division. and lastly, two costs and recovery fee and changes are included in the proposed budget and the first, change cotifies the existing fee which was never legislated. and the second fee, allows us to cover the cost for the permit, and consulting and culttations before the applications are submitted for repraou and most of these reviews are generally last over an hour or even longer,

and at this time the department has just, provides it for no fee. and no, the overview on the capitol budget, and in the fiscal year, 15/16, the capitol budget, is 11, 112.3 million, and or, 18.1 million higher than the 14/15, fiscal year budget. the 16/17 budget increases by 3 million to 115.3. and major projects and enhancements make-up the largest growth in the year of 15/16 and includes the general fund investments and tell graph hill and stabilization at 6.5 million and the better market

street project at 1.6 million and along with the phase two of the jefferson street scape project at 1.7 million. and the facility maintenance in the budget, funding stays relatively the same. and the capitol in our budget and include, a street, resurfacing and at 47 million, and street, and structures and bridges, and many of them are improvements and projects of 2.7 million. and we have within and we are making a great, progress towards our goal, of reaching the pavement, and the condition index for our city streets and to a score of 70, and we are currently at 68. and the current payment score is 68 and funding in this budget, will keep us on the right track, to make the streets smooth and safe and

fulfill our promise to san francisco waters. and other funds included, in this budget are area plan development impact fees and federal bridge grants. and i think that with that said, and we will be continuing to work closely with the budget and the analyst artist and this concludes my presentation and i will take the questions. >> and colleagues any questions or comments? >> supervisor weiner? >> thank you. director. and i, and having this is my 5th budget committee year and this is actually the first time where i really am consider pleased with some of the enhancements and in the budget and i want to thank you and the mayor, and particularly around some of the cleaning and greening enhancements and i think