naming terminal one for harvey milk at our san francisco airport. [applause] it is with great pride i stand here as your mayor to kick off this month. and to be part of some amazing celebrations yet to come. i would like to say a few comments about the next person who is going to be speaking. she is going to be the recipient of the teddy witherington award, which recognizes individuals for their long-standing, and lasting contributions to our lgbtq community in san francisco. kate kendall has served the executive director of the national centre for lesbian rights for 22 years. [applause] she has placed the ncl are at the centre of the civil rights movement in our country. under her guidance, they want

the landmark equality case in 2,008 and was later part of the team that secured national equality in 2015. [applause] they have done problematic work around asylum, immigration, around lgbtq people in prisons and transgender rights, poverty, issues for those that are part of our lgbtq community, and issues that matter for lgbtq people of colour. just last year, and clr -- nclr joined court people to file lawsuit challenging trump's transgender military band. it secured a nationwide injunction. that is what we can do when we stand together for our principles. [applause] i've gone to meet kate a number of times to get to know her a

little bit, but she is a symbol of standing for social justice in our city, and it is with great pride that i welcome up kate kendall to the microphone and pronounced today, kate kendall day in the city of san francisco. [cheers and applause] the stage is yours. >> thank you. i was not prepared for that. i really thought i was just coming, just like all of you to a flag raising. i didn't realize that i was going to be acknowledged in this way. what i want to say is that when i came to san francisco, 24 years ago, to start as a legal director for the national centre for lesbian rights, i thought i was coming to be the legal director at the national centre for lesbian rights. i never thought i would be the

executive director, and i never imagined that a city could so transform a person and make them feel so embraced and so loved, and so welcome to, so supported that they could, every day, and that is me i am speaking of, ve my reach exceed my grasp in what i thought i was capable of. this city, on the support of many people who are here, and many people who came before and who are no longer here launched me in so many ways, and i have often said, but it is so true, i get so much more than i gave and i am so grateful for this. grateful for the work i'm able to do. the fight will continue and someone else will lead nclr and they will be a bigger badass than me. that is what we know we need to. it is time to know when to lead and time to know when to step aside and let someone else lead and i'm excited for the next

chapter for nclr and for this city, and for where we go as a country and taking our country back as a place where all of us can live fully and freely and feel supported for who we are and and hate and discrimination and white supremacy and racism. thank you so much for this and for your support. [cheers and applause] >> mayor farrell: thank you kate. up next, i have the pleasure of introducing someone who is really a part of living history for lgbtq community in san francisco. someone who has been the forefront of this fight for civil rights, for decades in our city. someone who has had the opportunity to be a leader outside of city hall and inside of city hall. and at this point, it is the only person on the board of supervisors that is part of the

lgbtq community. please join me in welcoming up the great lady -- leader for our city of san francisco supervisor jeff sheehy. >> thank you kate i have a certificate from the board of supervisors for you as well. [applause] just a note, under her leadership, nclr has led on these national court battles, but one of the most moving things i experienced was i was with my husband in a small town in florida, a lesbian couple, the woman who had been previously married to a man was having trouble getting rights for her child and who was there? nclr. small town, big towns, big issues, little issues, they have

been there across this country. i salute you, kate. i salute nclr. the greatest. [applause] so, this is an interesting pride to kick off with a supreme court decision against our community. i recognize our acclaim this year and generations of pride and like kate, is passing down to new leadership and new activism in our community. the person who came up with that theme, larry nelson, the bonds that we need to create between those of us who are in the back of squad cars and lying down in streets, starting organizations in our community. those bonds need to be strengthened and renewed. we are at war. we are at war. when children are taken away from immigrant parents at the border and separated, when our community, i would transgender rights have been under assault

from the beginning of this administration, and now we can't even bake a cake. we can't even get a wedding cake. what is this? 7-2. we have to recognize the threat to our community is immortal, it is not just asked. we have to stand with every other community in unison as we've done over the years to fight back these threats from this administration. [applause] [cheering] >> and we all have to identify the congressional district in california that we are going to be marching and walking and fighting for with democrats this fall. we can take back the house and start to stop this, but we have to do the work. [applause] remember we one the briggs amendment way back in the day with harvey milk. we went to places, small towns across california and showed them who we were, who we are,

and show them our love. so, just to close out, i could go on and on, because that brought out the activist in me to see the supreme court decision, not that i haven't been fired up since i came into office, i do want to give a special shout out to gilbert baker. i don't know how many of you know, this pride is the 40th anniversary of the creation of the rainbow flag. the first rainbow flag. [applause] the first rainbow flag flew 14 years ago, and now you can find it in every country in the wor world. that kind of creative, passionate activism is what we are here to celebrate and to continue. thank you all, and happy pride. [applause] >> mayor farrell: i would also like to introduce claire farley.

thank you. the office of transgender initiative, lgbtq initiative, sorry. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. good morning everyone. i'm so happy to be here to celebrate and kick off pride with you all today. [cheers and applause] i'll give it a minute. as we know, 2018 has been a challenging year, as we fight for basic human rights and lgbtq rights across the country. san francisco continues to be a leader in advancing the rights for transgender and lgbtq people. as our federal administration has it under constant attack. furthermore, our diverse communities across san francisco

bring us life and honour are under siege. with all of this, it can be difficult to remember what we are here to celebrate. although, when we look back at our history, we are reminded of the movement and the changemakers that never gave up. we have stood up and fought ba back. we have fought back with our communities through our resiliency, our community power, working together across communities to develop comprehensive programs, policies and actions that make us stronger and celebrate our differences. i'm so proud to work for a city where i can be out. and where i can be part of advancing the rights for trans and lgbtq people across our great city. whether it is spanning travel are contracting with states that past policies that allow discrimination, or assuring that we have benefits for everyone in our city, or making sure that we

have all gender facilities, or developing districts that honour our san francisco culture. or that celebrate the legacy of our lgbtq leaders like renaming terminal one after harvey milk. we still have so much more work to do and i look forward to being part of this change. i am grateful for the late mayor lee for appointing me and seeing the value in transgender leadership in our city. [applause] thank you to mayor farrell, city administrators, my team and everyone on the mayor's staff in the community for supporting me over my first six months. from constant to s.f. pride, san francisco is a beacon of hope and will continue for generations to come. today, we celebrated the raising of the pride flag over san francisco city hall, and it is a reminder of the generations of strengths that came before us.

harvey milk, julius truman, marcia p. johnson, and many more. and honouring the leaders of today, kate kendall, missed major, teddy witherington, cecelia chong, and many more. [applause] today i have the honour to recognize the changemaker of our future. with ten years of service for our community, he is a writer, a cultural icon, a policy strategist, she is currently the lgbtq policy advisor for the san francisco human rights commission. she was instrumental in the name and dignity act for incarcerated transgendered people. she is a policy of fellow alums for the women's foundation policy institute and lead advocate on prioritizing safety for sex workers.

she cofounded the constant cultural district, -- district the first transgender cultural district in the country. please join me in welcoming aria saiid. [applause] >> good afternoon everyone. i don't want to feel alone up here. i don't want to feel alone. [laughter] happy pride. my name is aria and i am so grateful for the acknowledgement today and this month. i've been doing this work for ten years and i'm definitely having a full circle moments. i moved to san francisco in 2010 with $60 in my bag and got off the greyhound bus and i slaps on the san francisco bar and i used

to walk maiden lane, and dream about being more than i was at that time. so i am so grateful for this acknowledgement. i also want to say that my work and in particular is about the promotion of the resiliency of black trans women. i feel like... [applause] it's because -- it's because of the work of black trans women that i feel like we are free. forty-eight years ago at stonewall, it was a black trans women who was a sex worker and he was homeless. marcia p. johnson who threw the brick at the police officers that started the riot. it is because a black trans women that we are able to celebrate pride, and i am so grateful to be soaking in this moment. thank you so much. [cheers and applause]

>> aria, the supervisor has a certificate to give you as well. >> mayor farrell: i also have a certificate from the board of supervisors. thank you it so much for your years of work. thank you. [applause] >> we also want to thank tom horn for making this event possible. thank you tom. [applause] we would not be able to celebrate this annual event without your support. next, it is my honour to welcome the leader behind pride and helps make pride happen every year. please join me in welcoming the executive director, jordan -- george ridley to help me kick off pride. [applause] >> thank you.

thank you mayor farrell and thank you supervisors. i've asked the board president to join me up here today. [applause] honestly, i couldn't do my job without the support of someone like michelle. this is her third year as our president. it's my fi at pride. it is quite a privilege to do this. we are quite the team. again, i need her by my side. i am glad she is here today as well. so, we are pleased to be here at the beginning applied month and honoured to be part of this flag raising ceremony. san francisco is looking very proud. i don't know if you notice, but this past week we installed the rainbow flag along market street and the energy in the city is clearly building to what i expect to be an enormous expression of resistance and hope and solidarity on june 23rd and 24th. i am lucky to work, yes. [applause]

i am lucky to work with some dedicated and tireless individuals. we are a small team we are a mighty team. not everyone in the office or working on the event could be here today, they've got some work to do, however, there are some people who could join us. i would love it if you would raise your hand if you are on the team, or on the staff, and volunteering. everyone give them a round of applause. [applause] >> i think, at this point i would like to recognize our board of directors who has been incredibly supportive of me and of the organization and the vision that we have. as i mentioned, michelle is our board president. i know a lot of our board members are here today and i'm super grateful for that. our vice president is here. [applause] our secretary is here.

[applause] i'm not sure if our secretary, when -- secretary was able to make its. all right. we have more members here with us today. [applause] dj grey. william walker. and other board members that were not able to make it, elizabeth, yeah, -- lanyon, manuel perez, justin taylor, please give them a round of applause as well. [cheers and applause] pride is a perfect portrait of all the things that we love about san francisco. this year, we are expecting 270

contingents in the parade. that is on par it was last year market street is going to be so filled with community groups, activists, elders, children, companies, international and local, performers, celebrities and elected officials marching side-by-side down market street. is a massive organic expression of a million voices simultaneously erupting as we march down market street and gather at civic centre. for all of those voices building to a crescendo that calls out in the name of strengths, solidarity, and unrelenting demand for equality. [cheers and applause] our theme this year is generations of strengths. as a supervisor pointed out earlier. i think you would agree that this years grand marshals and honourees are wonderful examples of the strength that is found throughout our communities. this is where i will ask for

michelle's help. first, i want to acknowledge that kate kendall has been an incredible inspiration for me. [cheers and applause] i also want to thank you for starting out by crying, because i normally do as well. this is perfect. thank you. [laughter] with that, i will give michelle some airtime. [laughter] >> oh,, i don't know anything about airtime, but i love it. thank you so much. i'm very honoured to be here again and thank you to tom horn. thank you to everybody. the leaders of san francisco for making this happen and to kick off pride month for a world destination city like san francisco. in three weeks we will see a lot of people come to san francisco to celebrate pride and to support the lgbtq community. i want to piggyback off of what the supervisor was talking about as far as a community being under attack. in some ways, we are at war with the supreme court voting against us as a community.

it is not just one person. it is not just one organization that going to make the equal rights movement happen. it takes all of us, and visibility as a backbone. i'm very proud to be part of a board that has made it their mission and their commitment to make sure we recognize the work of the leaders of our community who are working at the very grassroots level and changing hearts and minds. to introduce this year's grand marshals and honourees, and those being selected, keep that in mind. there are many of us who, just by attending the local churches, by being educators, by being out, that that is part of our due diligence and social responsibility, and making sure we do fight for equal rights. these are the people who are making and paving the way for us. that was from my heart.

now i will go on script. [laughter] from the little -- multilayer grassroots advocacy work that is being done in the bay area by the incredibly talented kinfol kinfolks, they are our community selected grand marshal. [cheers and applause] to the generations of? or artists that have been fostered by? or cultural centre and just honoured, steered with a loving hand by pam tennyson, from aria, founder of the queer culture initiative that is promoting cultural equity for trans women of colour, through social empowerment and cultural enrichment, to the work that community grand marshal really criticized on to develop safe spaces for lgbtq students, faculty, employees -- and employees at ucb berkeley, i could go on and on and on about the grand marshals and awardees. they have contributed over 30

years to the lgbtq community. they have litigated and continue toight for our community through the court system. putting out lgbtq queer and nonconforming images, and visibility, voices out there. john haines, who many of you know at city hall, he works tirelessly and volunteers and advocates for everyone here in the city of san francisco. they paved the way for freedom and liberation. the fair education act implementation coalition with our family coalition, of course, a lesbian gate freedom been, we would not sound so amazing if not for the lesbian gate freedom band. we thank each and every one of

you for your service to our communities and i know many of you are here today and that was my script. thank you. i look forward to san francisco pride. [cheers and applause] >> thank you michelle. 2018 is a special year in san francisco for a number of reasons. as the supervisors pointed out, he was 40 years ago the rainbow flag was first unfurled and flown at the gate freedom day festivities. today it is an internationally recognized symbol of unity, love and acceptance. for two years ago, in 1978, we saw the first performance of the gay man's chorus, who during a dark and painful moment in this history, brought to the community comfort right here on the steps of city hall. forty years ago, in 1978, harvey milk sat triumphantly atop a car and rode down market street as a first openly gay elected official in california.

[applause] if you look at the film and look at the photos, it was clearly a victory lap and he wore a huge smile. he wore a lay around his neck and he were a t-shirt that read, i will never go back. we must never go back. while we have been enjoyed great civil rights and victories, there are those who will take those victories away, as was proven today. we must never stop fighting to defend what we have one, and simultaneously ensure that no one is left behind. we will never go back in the name of the community ancestors like sonny wolf who led the pride parade for over 40 years with dykes on bikes. we must keep moving forward. [applause] we will never go back. while we face great challenges, we must also seize on great opportunities. the young people in our communities need support and

they need mentorship and they need love. they keep us moving forward. we will never go back. the only way we can progress is together as one. take a chance at this june to celebrate alongside the million people we've invited to the city and other human beings, and unite your voices in a call for justice and equality. i want to share some words i saw this morning from a colleague and a friend on social media. sam singer. some of you in the room -- room may know it sam singer. he was reflecting on the assassination of bobby kennedy, 50 years ago, this week. i think it is quite poignant for what we are talking about today. it is our political, social and moral imperative to survive, and honour those who gave their lives to protest. [applause] with that, i will say, once

again, we will never go back. we are generations of strengths happy lesbian gay, bisexual, transgender pride. thank you for being here today. [cheers and applause] >> mayor farrell: thank you. george, stay here for a second. two quick things. first of all, i would like to recognize our district attorney he was he today as well, with us. was clause second, kate, celebrate, we named it kate kendall day in san francisco. but i'm proud to announce today this is lgbtq pride month in the city of san francisco. [cheers and applause]

the ethical and legal duty is in his time as deputy city attorney he has reviewed claims that he determined lack of foundation in some sound statutory authority or law. in his authority during the meet angconfer process his ethical duty requires him to identify and oppose any arguments not supported by sound authority or decisional law. he will not communicate in any matter with the poa members or representatives outside of duties relating to these matters assigned to within the city attorney's office.

the police commission recognizes the community concerns regarding assignment of mr. yankas deputy city attorney. it is the role of police commission to provide oversight to the police department and draft relevant policies and procedures. the police commission is confident it will be age to fulfill its mission. anything else you would like to add? i would like to add that i feel comfortable there is no conflict with mr. yank serving in that role. anything further? thank you very much. >> call the next line item. >> line 8 adjournment action. >> motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor. >> thank you very much everybody.

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welcome to the wednesday, june 20th meet offing the government audit and oversight committee. i'm jane kim, the chair of the committee. joined by supervisor peskin and the president of the board of supervisors will be here shortly. london breed. i want to thank the staff at sfgovtv who ensure that our meetings are made available to the public, both online and via transcript as well. any announcements? >> yes. please ensure you silence your cell phones, completed speaker cards and copies of documents should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon will be in the june 20. can you call item 1 through 6

together. >> six resolutions authorizing the director of the mayor's office to have housing and community development to execute local operating subsidy program grant agreements. these for services at zygmunt arendt house located at 850 broderick street, in an amount not to 11,787,548. and 871 turk street. 455 fell street. railton place, 242 turk street not to exceed 5,561,543. and monterey boulevard apartments, in amount not to

exceed 1,662,342. >> i want to welcome ann romero to present on these six items. >>ood morning, supervisors. my name is ann romero, i'm a senior project manager at the mayor's housing project. first i'll give a brief background on the program and describe the agreements. so as you may know, the local operating subsidy program was created in response to the ambitious goal of the 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness to create 3,000 new units. and while the city could target capital dollars, the lack of federal or state subsidies would keep us from creating at this scale. so it's structured to pay the difference between operating the

housing and rental revenue. the department provides tenant referrals from their coordinated entry system. the proposed six agreements before you today, include one new contract for a new affordable family development currently under construction. 455 fell street. two renewal contracts at the end of the initial loss term which are zygmunt arendt house and 10th and mission for seniors and families. and three new contracts to replace the loss of a subsidy at parkview terraces, for seniors, railton place and monterey for homeless families. approval would bring the agreements to 32 and the totaled supported to 1616. annual subsidies range from 8,000 to $12,000 per unit per year. in 2018, the projected loss

funding is $9.4 million. authorization of these six contracts would provide $43.4 million for 172 supportive housing units over a period of 15 years, or average of $16,825 per unit per year. in conclusion all of the existing supportive housing developments among these projects are effective in valued units within the supportive housing portfolio. as outlined in the bla report, there may be a future opportunity for projects to apply for federal based voucher subsidies if it's issued by the san francisco housing authority. we're in agreement with the bla recommendations in their report. i am happy to answer any questions. >> supervisor kim: thank you. and before we go to the budget legislative analyst, i did have a few questions on these items. so, i know that we lost the

federal continuum of care grant, or it was not renewed by hud and the explanation was that because the cost of housing is so much more that they reduced the number of units they renewed. is the overall contract with hud the same amount? but with less units? or i just want -- >> so, structurally, the amount we've been getting from hud through the continuum of care process has increased every year, however, the fair market rent level did increase greatly which is a big support for the projects. and we're trying to add new projects to the continuum of care funding every year because that's a big benefit to the city. because of that, the lowest scoring projects are not funded.

so projects which do not follow the model are at a disadvantage in the scoring. >> supervisor kim: my follow-up question, one of the subcontractors did not meet their reporting requirement and th this organization so they ing didn't lose their continuum of care grant with other developments. i believe this is the parkview terraces. >> and i'm sorry, i didn't hear? >> supervisor kim: it said in the bla report they did not meet their reporting requirement. >> so my understanding is that in their application they did not demonstrate some of the benchmarks that hud has outlined and that is the income is increasing every year amongst the ten amounts. in senior housing this is more difficult to do and they didn't have all the requested information in their application. the department has had a meeting with them and gone over the

areas where the applicationas w not strong so that doesn't happen in the future, however, this development is very good job at providing the permanent supportive housing and we want it to continue. >> supervisor kim: seems like a hard bar for hud to expect that affordable senior housing would see growing income amongst its tenants. >> i think one of their goals, they want to make sure that all of the tenants get on benefits, but once that happens -- i don't have all the details about the scoring structure of the continuum of care, but that is my understanding of why they didn't score as high as they would. >> supervisor kim: my final question, this is related again to the bla report, was that the cost, the average subsidy per unit, those started going down until this year and the next year, but it starts significantly going back up again in years following. i'm just curious why the average

subsidy per year goes up and down the way it did on these tables? >> so one of the reasons why there was a big reduction is because we wer -- the housing authority did issue vouchers for the units that serve the homeless, so many of the sponsors were able to apply and successful in getting the vouchers and they no longer need the loss funding. that resulted in significant savings in the loss budget. the amount of units that applied were sized so they have the maximum savings, but as we increase and bring on new units and operating costs increase, the budget does increase. >> supervisor kim: thank you so much. and we'll move on to ms. campbell. >> good morning, chair kim, members of the committee,

severin campbell. i'm going to speak to the recommendations, if you have questions, i can respond. recommendations are on page 11 of the report, for all six pieces of legislation. the first recommendation is preach of the proposed resolutions, to clarify the terms of the agreement. we list a table with the terms of the agreement that need to be clarified as part of the resolution. and then the second recommendation is to amend file 180529, the state that the current agreement between arendt house will terminate on december 31, 2018, prior to the start of the new agreement, because the way it's now written there could be overlap in that area. and then also to amend file 180530 for the parkview terraces agreement, so show its retroactive to april 1, 2018, because that's when they plan to

fund the units. the third recommendation to request the director of housing, to put them to the next rfp. this could in fact change the amount of subsidies that are required by these projects if they in fact qualify for the project based from hud. and to require the contracts themselves to be amended if they do get the funding. and otherwise we recommend approval of the resolutions as amended. >> supervisor kim: thank you so much, ms. campbell. we're going to open up for public comments on items 1-6. if members of the public would like to speak, seeing none, public comment is closed. we have a set of amendments that the bla has recommended to the committee. can we take a motion? >> so moved. >> supervisor kim: we have a motion to amend, there were

three amendments and so can we take a motion to approve? >> we have a motion to move items 1-6 forward with recommendation to the full board. mr. clerk can you call item number 7. >> item 7 is resolution authorizing the director of transportation to execute a five year agreement with an option to renew for five additional years to commence following board approval with conduent for citation and permit processing nor a total contract not to exceed 77,200, 000. >> supervisor kim: i want to note that the others are available to answer questions.

>> i am with finance an information technology and sfmta, we're here to seek your authorization to enter into the agreement with conduent for citation and permit processing. we released rfp for the services. the minimum qualification was two years of experience, processing of 700,000 citations. conduent was the only firm that submitted a proposal, although there were about 10 firms attending pre-bid conference, including subcontractors. conduent's proposal was in response to the rfp. the citation processing fee will increase from 2.89 to $3.30. this increase per citation will include improvements to conduent

management system and refreshment of the hand-helds with the current technology based on the smart phone and ois stem it also includes the purchases of the license plate recognition systems and various other enhancements. we arefully concur with the budget recommendations and i'm here to answer any questions. >> supervisor kim: my only question was why our current contractor did not bid on the renewal of this contract? >> we're not exactly sure why they have not bid. and we weren't offered any explanation, so we're not sure. >> supervisor kim: ok. thank you very much. seeing no questions, ms. campbell, budget legislative analyst report?

>> on page 15 of our report, we show the budget for this contract. this is a five-year contract with five-year option to extend. the first budget is $39.1 million. the second term would be under the extension $39.9 million, the total amount would be $77.1 million. there is provisions in the contract for what they call lock box services, which is a process for collected mailed payments. this is going to be the taken over by the treasury tax collector office and not performed under the contract. we do recommend a reduction in the contract amount of $2.2 million, so the contract would be reduced from $77.2 million to 74.9 or almost $75 million as we state in the recommendation. we recommend the contract to approve the lower amount and otherwise we recommend to approve the contract.

>> supervisor kim: thank you. i wanted to note to sfmta, i appreciate that the credit card online service has improved and it's without a fee. that's important to provide to the residents. what is a lock box service? >> the lock box, you pay for citation with a check and they will process the payment. >> supervisor kim: thank you so much. at this time, we're going to open for public comment on item 7. if members of the public would like to speak on the item, step up. seeing no public comment, i'll be closing public comment on item number 7. >> supervisor peskin: i would move to amend the resolution to reduce the contract not to exceed amount by 2.208838 from 77.2 million to $74 million. >> supervisor kim: thank you, we have amendment, without objection.

do we have a emotion. >> supervisor peskin: so moved. >> supervisor kim: this item moves forward with positive recommendation to the full board. >> item 8 is resolution approving amendment number 4 to contract number cpt 713, procurement of 40-foot and 60 foot low floor diesel hybrid coaches, with new flyer of america, to change the coaches from parallel propulsion to series propulsion and amend the list of the additional equipment, for an amount not to exceed 428,654,904. >> supervisor kim: thank you, i see the transit division has come up to present and answer questions on the item. >> hi, good morning. gary chang, senior program manager with sfmta. sfmta has been one of the

national leaders supporting sustainable zero emission revenue fleet. indeed, we are the largesti operation of the trolley fleet. thank you to t board support, sfmta has replaced over 90% of our older diesel fleet with cleaner and more efficient electric hybrid vehicles. for the last production of this hybrid order, sfmta incorporates the electric vehicle, the hybrid vehicles with a higher battery capacity that allows for the vehicle to travel significant distance on battery power alone. what that means is, that distance will be traveled strictly on battery and with the engines shut off. with the increased battery capacity that allows stm to run a test program.

it will turn off and turn on the engines automatically. the item in front of you seeking for your approval is to hybrid contract number 4, that includes all the necessary equipment to be added onto the vehicle to enable this green zone program. there are also other changes we have incorporated during the production of the vehicles. let me list a few examples. the air-conditioning unit that we are adding onto the unit, replacing the legacy radio with the harris radio system, adding the g.p.s. to improve the performance. and the lift view ramp, which is a well received item within the ada community. with all that, i'm here to answer questions. >> supervisor kim: well, first of all, i want to say it has been great to see the new buses and the fleet online as part of the muni fleet.

and the low floor buses do make a tremendous difference for many of the riders. a quick question, there would be certain areas of the city where we would geo fence to ensure that only the batteries were operating in those areas, how would we determine the green zones? >> actually, this is something within the talks of sfmta and we have not made the final determination yet, but obviously it will be an area we would like to benefit the public. so as now, it's to be determined, but we'll be happy to come back and keep you informed once the location or how we strategize to come up with a location of the green zone. >> supervisor kim: i assume some of it might be the congestion or busyness of the areas. >> that's one of the criteria that we are looking into, but however, it's still, we have to also worry about and concern about the range, obviously, and since the city itself, you know,

we cover a very wide range of areas, so we have to make the selection carefully. so as of now, it's still in the development stage, but certainly we can come back and provide more information at a later time. >> supervisor kim: great. thank you so much. so at this time, we will move to ms. campbell, director of t budget. >> the original contract is for 124 buses, all of the buses have been ordered, 300 and 16 delivered. this amendment covers the standard buses, the 40-foot buses. 68 of the buses would be changed from parallel propulsion to series propulsion which has been described in terms of benefits. we have a table 3 on page 20 that talks about how the cost differential of the parallel propulsion and series propuls n

propulsion. the contracting fees are $14.9 million and we recommend approval. >> supervisor kim: thank you. i want to note that we have someone here to answer questions. we're going to open for public comment. if you would like to speak on the item, step up. public comment is closed. can we take a motion on this item? we have a motion to move this forward with recommendations and we can do that without objection. mr. clerk, item 9 and 10. >> item 9 is resolution approving amendment number 6 to contract cs 155 opinion 3 for the design of the central subway project. to increase the contract amount from 1,269,472 to redesign the trackway alignment and analyzed impacts to ventilation systems. to provide design and support

for communication systems with no change to the term to expire april 27, 2020 for a total contract amount not to exceed 34,930,020. item 10 is resume lieutenant-governor approving amendment number 1 and 4 to contract cs-155-2 for the final design and construction of the central subway project with the design group to increase the contract amount by 1, 010,600 for amendment number 1 to lower the chinatown station and $6.3 million dollar for amendment number 4, for additional work necessary to provide engineering services through completion of central subway project stations, with no change to the length of the term, for total amended contract amount not to exceed $47