department of the environment. and we needed that deep knowledge base because of events like the global climate action summit, and the commissioners definitely helped extend the reach of the department, of our city's elected officials, of the city's capacity to host visiting nations, visiting cities, del gats from all around the world who are convening in san francisco to talk about the environment, and to learn from us on what we did here on climate action, and the commissioners represented us at events, at talks, at workshops on kind of 0, 80, 100 groups, the paradigm that governs or climate action, and it definitely made sure that we were a gracious environment, but more so, an informed host on the environment. and the commissioner definitely helped the department, the city, and the mayor's global climate action summit here a

success. but beyond that, there were other highlights, as well. i know that seems to be the main highlight, but there were a number of special meetings and events that the commission undertook in order to its regular business. one was the historic meeting between the historic environment and the joint commission on the status of women, and then special reports back on the commission workshops, and then, of course, the actual meeting with the community to show what the final end result was. and then, moving on, other highlights include the department's racial equity initiative, which i'm going to get to on another page. the racial equity initiative is used to work on how the department's programs, policies, and services my intentionally or unintentionally benefit some more than others.

the picture you see there is our rally and protest of the trump's decision to repeal obama's clean power plan, and the commissioners, particularly commissioner hoyos and commissioner ahn, who was one of the emcees for the event, helped make a powerful statement that was instrumental in reducing emissions and was going to be more instrumental in reducing emissions for the future. it was important for san francisco to kind of unite bay area communities, bay area activists, and we did that through the leadership, and we received lots of attention. i know that commissioner bermejo and wan were watching it from mexico, the strong stance against the trump

administration. the operation committee setting up various initiatives and approvals throughout the year. and then of course what we saw today, but what we also did thousand 2018 was recognize the individuals that help empower the commission, that helped us be successful in the environment because as you saw on tomorrow's presentation, it's about collaboration with others, it's about working with others. no matter who it was, we made sure to call out those that helped us succeed on the environment this year, or in previous years, as well. and finally, our legislative summary. the commission has been invaluable at times, championing issues for the city, making sure we're looking at the right issues, pushing legislation kind of overthe finish line if we need to and getting the city on the record like taking a stand on the

repeal of the clean power plan or passing a resolution supporting the department's equity initiative by not only helped focus how the department looks at its work to make sure we're looking at it through the equity angle but was also a model for other city agencies and how they look at their own programs through an equity issue. and in fact our work with the commission on equity was used as a template for the commitment at the global climate action summit. so some of our legislative accomplishments are more than just resolutions. they find themselves being signed onto by other cities or they find themselves being used by other city departments, and so i just wanted to call that out, as well. and that, i believe, is the very comprehensive annual report. >> great report. comments or questions, commissioners? commissioner wan? >> i'm getting really to make a motion when you're ready to

ask. >> i just wanted to say thank you to commissioner eddy ahn for the great artwork. he's done a great job of buttefying the district where i live. they unfailed tveiled the util boxes. thank you for that. it's a great way to highlight artwork. i was looking at the drawings, you even have the raccoons in here. you so often see them in the neighborhood. so thank you for that. and any -- commissioner ahn. >> i love with what mark did with bits and pieces of the art, separating out the bird with the heart above its head. really good work by the department as always in terms of making sure we get the message out there. one small thing that's a

substantive edit to include under the clean power plan rally. i think it's mentioning the san francisco public utilities commission. as a department, they were represented by general manager harl harlan kelly and commissioner viator, so recognizing them for the good work they've done is important, as well >> okay. we can take that and add that in there. that need to be a formal amendment? [inaudible] >> okay. public comment? no? hearing none, we'll have a motion to approve the 2018 annual report. >> as amended. >> as amended. commissioner wald? >> thank you. i think that we have had an extraordinary year. as you said when you began this meeting, and i think this report captures the

extraordinary nature of the year very, very well and therefore i move that we approve this draft as amended for presentation to the mayor in accordance with our applicable law. >> so moved. do we have a second? >> second. >> by commissioner sarah wan. moved and seconded to accept the annual 2018 report as amended. do i -- all in favor? [voting] >> any opposed? a any -- motion passes. next item. >> so in the last couple months, since my last director

real estate 's report feels like ages ago. >> it was last year. >> you heard a couple of things. you heard the award that the school education got from the governor's office. that was wonderful. that was matt rodriguez, the pat of past secretary of -- the past second of cal ed giving us the award. we had a wonderful event, our tree -- tree tipping event, holiday event, it's always amazing how many cameras come out for that. and then, of course, martin luther king day on monday was phenomenal to see the presence of the department of the environment at the celebration. and in terms of what our -- in the last month, we've been working most on as a department is pacific gas and electric,

pg&e, is requiring that our energy efficiency program compete with the private sector for our energy efficiency funds summing through the public goods charges. so that's a huge change for us, and we had to submit a request for abstract, an r.f.a.? so that got put in just a few days ago, and the energy efficiency team was working very, very hard to put that forward, and our assumption is because this is public good charged money that regardless of the bankruptcy, this program and these funds will move forward, but of course, there are questions about that. in the near future, we will be launching the electric vehicle road map for the private sector? we will be convening the electric vehicle working group, which our city departments who either procure vehicles or have something to do with installing

infrainstruct t infrastructure, so we've lead a multistakeholder road map, how do we electrify vehicles. the state of the city address is umm canning up at the end of the month. we hope to have some environmental messages in there. just to put on your calendar, for march, march 13 at 6:30, please, please come join us at cal academy for the green business awards. it's such a wonderful celebration. i would say two of my favorite things that we do to celebrate environmental leadership is one, the green business awards where we're celebrating small business, and the second is the school education awards where we celebrate the students and their teachers and custodians. so those are just super heart warming events to participate

in. one is in march, one is in april. so we'll let you know when the school education is, but one march, 6:30 in the evening at the cal academy will be the green business awards. i am also pleased to say we have been focusing a good deal in the department what does accountability mean, what does 100% accountability mean? where do we work in ways where we work more effectively as teams and can earn the trust and keep the trust of our colleagues. and one of the things that we've been investigating right now is the set of values that we identified when we did the strategic plan a couple of years ago. and pulling those out again and revisiting them, and i'm hoping that perhaps at a commission retreat we can talk about how

we bring those things more explicitly into the department. credibility, collaboration, impact, innovation, and equity. and i'm challenging my senior staff, and i'm challenging everyone in the department to think about how we bring those five values front and center and think about how we overlay them in everything we do, and i would like the commission to join me in that, and what does it mean when we bring those values more explicitly to our work otheas a commission? so that is the -- my thoughts for the coming year for 2019. accountability, effectiveness and our values front and center. and we have a lot of work to get done this year, a lot of important plans that are going

to be put forward in the coming year to put us on our path towards our -- those bold goals for greenhouse gas reduction that were made at the end of last calendar year. we need to get serious, we need to make sure that we're not setting ourselves up for failure. how do we set ourselves up for success. and so with that, do we have any new staff members who are here that want to come up? i don't know that we do. so i think any new staff members, either there are none or they're just not here, but at any rate, that ends my director's report. >> questions, commissioners? any public comment? okay. hearing no public comment, next item, anthony. >> the next item is item 11, nomination and election of

commission on the environment president and vice president. this item is for discussion and action. >> so i believe that the first -- the president first and then the vice president? >> yes. and we take one nomination at a time, and then, we'll -- the commission will vote each nomination -- vote on each nomination one at a time. yeah, and individuals can also nominate themselves or people who are absent. >> commissioner wald? >> i would like to nominate president bermejo to continue as our president. thank you. i think she's done a fabulous job. her enthusiasm, her energy, her

commitment to the department and to the commission have all made -- contributed significantly to this wonderful year that we have just finished talking about, and i'm confident that under her leadership we'll have another great year if she is elected. >> i hope i can count on your vote then. i -- i think i have to say i accept. i humbly accept, and i think this is just a -- the great work of this commission and everything that we do with our director because i think we're like a beautiful orchestra, and we all do really well when we are in sync, and debbie has such a wonderful way of leading us to make us enthusiastic for the work that we do. >> is a second needed on that?

>> no, but you can second that. >> i wholeheartedly second that nomination. president bermejo has been terrific in the last year. in addition for all the work she does for the commission, she's a great spokesperson for the commission. she makes sure that necessary lejs are represented as important measure -- lemgs lation are represent -- legislation are represented as important measures. >> thank you. i just wanted to say that i did the ordinances -- [inaudible] >> -- embellish or try to edit in creative ways, so thank you

for that. >> is there any further discussion on this nomination? >> i'll chime in. i think one of the things that president bermejo does, and i can tell that even in my short time on the commission, she's a great connector. and her positive energy is just obvious, and she made this very new commissioner feel very welcome and very connected, so i'm happy -- i didn't move quick enough so second, so i'm happy to provide a second second. >> okay. thank you, commissioner sullivan. thank you. i appreciate that. >> all right. >> just real quick, if i could, if i could do the third second. i really thank you for your leadership. i really represent the department, especially for the climate conference, and you did a great job, fabulous. i think we have a great team.

>> great team. and i'm missing commissioner hoyos today, but i'm sure we'll channel her in some way. >> okay. is there any public comment on this? seeing none, we'll move onto voting for the nomination of elmy bermejo for president. [roll call] >> the nomination passes. congratulations. [applause] >> all right. >> then our next nomination is for the office of vice president of the commission. commissioner wald? >> thank you again. i would like to nominate commissioner stephenson for this position. i have enjoyed my time as the

vice president, but i think that this position is one in particular that should be circulated on a sort of semi recognize basis through the commission so -- semi regular basis through the commission so that we can all get a closer look at what it means to actually be the head of the commission. and so rather than run again and seek one of you to nominate me, i would like to nominate commissioner stephenson. i think she will work incredibly well with president bermejo. i think she has demonstrated her commitment to the department and the commission over the years. she's learned so much in the years since she's been on the commission. it's been, for me, very gran

orien orien orien oriente -- gratifying to see you get the pleasure out of the work. so it would give me great pleasure if you would accept. >> i accept. i'll never be able to fill your shoes, but i would be happy to be president bermejo's right hand man. >> can i second? i look forward to working with her closer. >> i couldn't agree more. i'm excited to work with commissioner stephenson because i think she brings a different lens in her work in her

business. i just think it's an opportunity for us to work closer, and also, i could learn so much from you. >> all right. seeing no further discussion, is there any public comment on the nomination? seeing none, on the nomination of heather stephenson for vice president on the commission of the environment -- [roll call] >> the nomination passes. congratulations. [applause] >> did anybody besides me notice that the men said aye? >> yeah, i was thinking that, actually. [inaudible] >> i don't either. >> aye, i noticed. >> thank you. i think that we're going to work very hard. we always do, on behalf of san

franciscans and the commission, and thank you, debbie, for being our leader on this body. so -- and with that, next item. >> the next item is item 12, committee reports. this item is for discussion. >> and commissioner wald? we're going to have a report on policy -- policy committee. >> thank you. i'm going to report on our last two meetings one was last year, on december 10. the other one was just last week, i think on january 14. at the december 10 policy committee meeting, we had a presentation from climate program manager wendy goodfriend on the draft san francisco net zero emissions pathway which included a really interesting discussion of our climate goals, the performance of the various sectors and the pathway to net zero, the

challenging pathway, i would say, to net zero in san francisco. and we had a presentation by the climate and sustainability pac on the san francisco progress report on climate and sustainability. we discussed the progress, some of which was extraordinary, of san francisco's various agencies in meeting their climate action goals, and the assistance that is being provided to them by the department. at our most recent meeting in january , we discussed the only report that we approved just a little earlier. we heard from the toxic program manager, jen jackson, and the senior build coordinator, eden bruckman about the collaborations between the department to bring revisions

to the green carpet code and the work that's going to go forward involving paint and other products. have a terrific impact on purchases by the city. and we heard a presentation from building and energy analyst ammon regan and barry hooper about the implementation and upcoming revisions to the san francisco building ordinance, and we learned about the -- not surprisingly, the importance of data and tracking improvements and moving the needle on energy efficiency in the commercial sector. two really good meetings, i think -- especially good. >> going to move onto the operations, and then, we'll have questions and then public comment. commissioner stephenson. >> yep.

we had an operations committee meeting last week, on january 16, and the bulk of our discussion centered around the budget that we just approved. we also heard a great presentation by becca raven about an outreach campaign. it was absolutely fantastic. you probably saw it. it was a campaign about the supergreen program, 100% renewable energy through the cleanpowersf program. you may have seen the ads on buses or bus shelters or across social media. what pi personally, as a media and marketing person loved about this how they took data and insight from a couple of years ago that they realized through surveys and feedback that renters didn't realize that they had access to this campaign or this 100% renewable energy, and just some misconceptions that it was a lot more expensive, when it was

only about $5 a month. so they took steps to address things that kept people from signing up. the thing that i loved was they carefully tracked the data. the result was a 36% increase in enrollment in the campaign. so it's so nice to see the data being used, and then, the out comes being so positive, so -- >> questions for the -- >> you answered the question i was going to ask, which was, did it move the needle, and i'm so glad it did. >> yeah. >> did we fund that or did the p.u.c. fund that? >> we did. >> actually, we funded it with -- i don't know if you recall, but we won an award from pg&e 1.5 years ago for our step up and power down, but we were competing against san jose. so we won an award, and they

gave us prize money, and so we used part of that money to support that campaign. no, p.u.c. did not pay for it. we're good team members. >> yes, indeed. >> any other comments or questions? if not, we'll onto public comment on this item. okay. hearing none, next item, anthony. >> the next item is item 13, announcements. this item is for discussion. >> no announcements? any public comment on this item? okay. hearing none, next item, please. >> the next item is item 14, new business and future agenda items. the speaker is charles sheehan, chief policy and public information officer. this item is discussion and possible action. >> thank you, officers. the next policy meeting is

february 11. the next commission meeting is march 26, and then, we have an operations committee meeting in may. we're still working out that day. but for our next commission meeting, we're looking at bringing to you a presentation on the energy efficiency coordinating committee. they've wrapped up their report and we're looking at bringing that presentation to you. going further into the future, it looks like energy presentation, the energy efficiency topic will be reoccurring probably a couple other times throughout the year. >> commissioner stephenson? >> yeah. i just had a couple of things i thought that maybe we could potentially agendaize for future meetings, whether that's at the operations committee or at the full commission. one is it's been a long time since we talked about green purchasing? i think it would be really interesting to see how that needle has moved across the city and across the city departments?

i think that might be ops -- like, appropriate for operations? and the other think just thinking about the five values and the equity lens? i know we had a presentation years ago on product diversity, and i thought that would maybe not an interesting thing for us to cover, as well. >> thank you, commissioner. we are -- have taken note of that. i believe for the green purchasing item, i believe we might be bringing that forward in the may operations meeting, so stay tuned on that. >> okay. commissioner wald. >> and i was wondering whether or not it would be appropriate at some point in time for us to hear a presentation on pg&e bankruptcy and options and what the department is doing with the p.u.c. to examine those options and make

recommendations, if any, to the city as to how we should respond. >> thank you, commissioner. >> it's a little tricky, i understand. >> yeah. we'll have to take that back and obviously talk to our p.u.c. colleagues. >> but i would be interested in hearing about it. i've already been told a member of the public, it's been explained to me the difference between -- which i've obviously forgotten -- clean power and community choice -- no, public power and community -- >> yes. >> yes. >> any other comments? if not, any public comment on this item?

okay, hearing none, next item. >> the next item is item 15, adjournment. the time is 7:05 p.m. >> thank you. thank you, anthony. >> supervisor fewe >> supervisor fewer: our clerk is miss wong, and i would like to thank sfgovtv for

broadcasting this meeting. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. let's see...madam clerk, we will hear items one through six last on today's agenda. can you please call item number seven. >> clerk: resolution approving an emergency declaration of the san francisco public utilities commission to repair the southeast treatment plan final force main for a total estimated cost not to exceed 5 million. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe michael chan will present on this item. >> my name is michael tran.

i'm a project manager for the san francisco public utilities commission. i'm overseeing this emergency project, and the objective of today's presentation is to provide an overview of booster pump station and an emergency declaration. the first picture on the slide shows the booster pump station. i'd like to give a broad overview. booster pump station is located several blocks northeast of the treatment plant. it's located several miles south of the at&t neighborhood. it was built in the 1960's and last upgraded in 2002. the final effluent is the

product of the southeast plant's treatment. booster pump station pumped approximately 50 to 60 million gallons a day and approximately 110 to 100 million gallons a day per peak. it pressures it through a pair of forced mains, both of which combine into a single pipeline on the northern shore of yslais creek. on october 28, 2018, sfpuc staff discovered a leak from

yslais creek crossing. the 46-inch main was confirmed to be the leaking. what are the risks of the leaking pipe? the continuing operation of the leaking 36-inch pipe represents a noncompliance under the southeast water pollution control plant's national pollutant discharge commitmented. in addition, [inaudible] >> on october 22, sfpuc declared an emergency under san francisco administrative code 6.60. sfpuc manager revised the emergency declaration on september 26, 2018 to include authorization under both chapter 6.60 and chapter 21.15

with an increased anticipated not to exceed value of $5 million. giving -- i'd like to give a brought overview of the emergency bypass project. the p.u.c. anticipated design of the emergency bypass line with a specialty engineering consultant. staff confirmed that there are potential safety concerns with further internal pipeline repairs. after several specialized inspections to confirm assumptions, staff recommended to readvise the emergency declaration. and i'd like to point to the pictures on the slide just to describe what is going on on the pictures. so the blue lanes indicate the existing pipelines that cross yslais creek. on the top view is an aerial photograph that gives a better perspective. the blue line is the cross

section that crosses yslais from a cross section point of view. as you can see, the bypass is intended to float immediately on the mud line at yslais creek. the project is identified to be statutorily exempt. the current status of the project, p.u.c. is establishing separate emergency contracts for design and construction. the current designer is identified kennedy jencks. they are currently finalizing design with feedback from power engineering for constructability, in essence to

fine-tune the design so that it can be constructed in an expeditious manner. power engineering is also beginning long lead material procurement and also securing staging area and providing constructability review. and i'd like to give a little description as far as the permanent replacement of the pipeline. so in the previous picture, the blue lines illustrate the existing pipelines, and the yellow line also indicated what is being proposed to be constructed as the new alignment for the forced mains. they're currently identified as a pair of 54-inch h.d.p. pipelines. construction target is expected to complete in 2023 with an engineer's estimate for construction at $38 million. currently, ceqa is classifying

it as a mitigated declaration. what we're asking for is the board of supervisors support of the approval of the emergency declaration by san francisco public utilities commission pursuant to san francisco ad stiff code chapter 6.60 and chapter 21.15 with a not-to-exceed value of $5 million. and the photo shows the existing main as it dives cross yslais creek. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. colleagues, any questions? at the. hearing none, let's hear from the b.l.a. >> good morning, supervisors. severin campbell from the budget and finance office.

there is a budget that we were provided. it's on page 17. table one, page 17 of our report. the budget's for a little more than $9.4 million. the emergency declaration is for up to $5 million. we are actually recommending a reduction in the emergency amount, to reduce it by $ $88,000, otherwise, we do recommend approval as recommended. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. colleagues, any questions or comments? let's open it up to the public. are there any members of the public who would like to comment on item number seven? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: i have a question. this is the third emergency declaration that sfpuc has brought before us, and i'm

wondering if there is any kind of prevention plan moving forward or are we just going to be seeing a lot of emergency declarations? >> specifically for this pipeline, we are planning for a permanent relachlt project to hopefully mitigate the future needs for emergency declarations. historically, we have been inspecting them as soon as there is a notice of deficiency for each one of these pipelines, but at this point, it doesn't appear that it is possible to further repair without alleviating potential safety -- health and safety concerns. >> supervisor fewer: so it's just that these emerging declarations are specific projects, and it's kind of not related to an overall maintenance problem? >> correct. i believe so. >> supervisor fewer: correct. i'd like to make a motion to approve this. i'd like to make a motion to

approve the amendment that the b.l.a. has presented. thank you, and we can take that without objection. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: and then, i'd like to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation as amended. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, can you please call item eight. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i understand that the department needs more time on this item, so i'd like to continue this to the call of the chair and bring this back when they're ready, but let's open this up for public comment first, are there any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. colleagues, is there a motion to continue this item? yes, made by supervisor mandelman, and we can take that without objection. thank you very much [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, can you please call item

number nine? [agenda item read] few. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. we have derek chu, ad stror of compliance peculi compliance -- director of administration and finance rec and parks. >> good morning, supervisors. i am derek chu, director of administration and finance rec and parks. in 2018, the clubhouse was destroyed in a fire. the department is in the process of replacing the clubhouse, and the projected cost is $4 million. the department has identified a funding source for this

project, and it is through the refunding of outstanding bond issues in 2006 and 2007 that were secured by the open space fund. the debt service reserve for the refunded lease revenue bonds was no longer necessary once 2006 and 2007 bonds were refunded. the department proposes to use $4 million of these funds for investment in the park system. the $4 million in leased revenue bonds savings are tax exempt and there are must be used for a public purpose. the golden gate park golf course clubhouse, although used as a public recreational facility is operated by a private lessee. on the advice of bond counsel, the department has identified the rossi pool project eligible to receive these fund does. as such, the department is requesting board approval of this ordinance that would schiff $4 million of open space

moneys from the rossi pool project to the golden gate park clubhouse project and reserve $4 million of debt savings for the rossi pool project. the department thanks the work of everyone. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much, mr. chu. colleagues, any questions? let's hear from the b.l.a. >> this legislation, what the board is being asked to use is funds from the rossi pool project. the recreation and park project actually approved these funds for the clubhouse project. as mr. chu said, this is because it is being operated by a private nonprofit entity and

probably is not eligible for tax exempt bonds. so the funds are being used for the clubhouse project. it's $4 million. we do show the funds of the clubhouse project on page 31 of our report. this is expected to fund the project, and then in order to make the rossi pool whole, money services for the 2006-2007 revenue bonds are no longer needed because those bonds were refunded within the use of the rossi pool, so it's basically both funds would be made whole. therefore, we recommend approval. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. let's open it up for public comment. are there any members of the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: mr. chu, i have a question. i am completely supportive of the rebuild of the golf course. it's in my district. and also rossi pool.

it's in my district, too. as we're switching funds, i find it a little shocking that you have $4 million left in this 2006-2007 revenue fund. why is that and is there more funds available there? >> the city refunded those 2006-2007 bonds, and in the process of one saving money for the city, the debt service reserve that was placed for those bonds was no longer needed because those bonds have since been made off by the refunding. so it wasn't that we were not spending the money fully. those moneys were in a reserve for those bonds self- >> supervisor fewer: -- specifically. >> supervisor fewer: and it was 4 million. >> yes. >> supervisor fewer: okay. thank you. i look forward to those projects being done soon. >> we're working on them.

thank you. >> supervisor fewer: okay. do we have a motion for this? yes, from supervisor mandelman. so i think we can move this with a positive recommendation to the board. thank you very much. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, can you please call item number 10. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have sarah nester here from the mayor's office of housing to present on this. hello, sarah. >> hello. good morning, chair fewer and supervisors stefani and mandelman. i'm here to present on item ten, a bond issuance resolution to fund the construction of 143 affordable housing units at

16th and folsom in the mission. the project is known by its address, 1990 folsom. the project is being developed by a joint venture partnership. representatives from both partners are here in the room with us today. the transaction's fundamentals have not changed since mohcd presented to this committee in november 2017. the issuance is still conduit financing with no recourse to the city's general fund. the development consists of a mix of studios, one, two, and three consisting of 30% and 70% a.m.i. since we brought this resolution to you in 2017, the

developer has secured all financing for the project, including tax credits, mortgage, and 34 ohcd gap financing, and they expect to close financing and begin construction by the end of next month. the project is expected to be complete by the end of 2020. so behalf of the development team and mohcd, i'd like to thank you for your consideration of this resolution and your continued support of this project. and i'm here joined by members of my development team and amy chan, and we're happy to answer any questions you might have. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. colleagues, any question? none at all. okay. and i don't believe we have a b.l.a. report, is that right? okay. let's open it up to for public comment. i have one card, and i believe this is feliciano rivera. for give me if i mispronounce

your name. >> you actually had it spot on. i am here speaking on behalf of the development team. we're grateful for the partnership and support that we have received from the city. as you may be aware, we've been facing a significant affordable housing crisis obviously citywide but in the mission in particular, meta, our partners, tmdc, and our peers would not be in this a position where we're able to stablize a large number of existing affordable housing and build new affordable housing and projects like this 1990 folsom project which we're excited to bring to the community a year ahead of the schedule we had originally proposed to the city when we were awarded proposition a funding in 2016, and were also very, very pleased that our partnership with the city has resulted in our ability to

deliver these -- this project with a construction budget that is below the recent median point, so we're trying -- we've really worked well in tandem with our partners to be fiscally prudent with the development of this project. so we're grateful, and we encourage support of this item before you. thank you very much. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much, sir. any other members of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: colleagues, do we have a motion? >> supervisor stefani: yes. i'd like to move this forward to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, supervisor stefani. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, would you please call item number 11. [agenda item read].

>> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have jim stillwell from the department of public health, behavioral health division to present on this item. >> yes. good morning, supervisors. some form of this contract has been enforced between the state and the county for about 45 years, and about 35 years ago, it became mandatory for all 56 or 57 counties, depending how you count them. the purpose of the contract is primarily to subvene federal funds to the county, but also some degree of state funds go along with that. along with that, it has all the regulations that are required to be followed. so this contract, first issue

about this is it always says retroactive. all of these. they change the contract about twice a year. the contract itself is a three-year framework. they've been two years and to you years in the past, but they always go multiyears to smooth their financing, i think and reduce paperwork somewhat, but it's he revised a couple times a year. and every time there's an amendment, it gets categorized as retroactive. the current amendment is one of the easiest i've ever seen because it doesn't provide any shift in policy, it just provides funding for administrative activities, utilization review and quality management activities. these are all activities we've been required to provide, you know, since before i started. and i'd say starting about five

years ago, the newer contract, so it was an increase in administrative and quality activities required. certain parts of this were funded before, but as -- i don't know, it became a more fundamental change in a more simplified or unified way of claiming the federal portion of this. so that's the primary item here. if you look at the budget part of it, first of all, it's composed entirely of federal and state funds. there's no county liability, no county financial liability involved here. there's no match, no leverage. it's just funding, eventually a state and federal mandate. there's no particular policy change involved in this item. it had been announced long ago,

i mean, five years ago, that some level of this type of activity was going to be required and be paid for. so looking back at the budget, it's just the addition of federal funds with a percentage of state general funds matched to that, and the change really goes from -- the contract was worth about $46 million. they moved it up by 7 million. it's about 2 -- $2.25 million a year change, and it's all accounted for just in those quality and utilization activities. i think that's probably the core of what i need to say about this contract, but i would expect you have questions. >> supervisor fewer: let's ask colleagues if you have any questions. yes, supervisor stefani?

>> supervisor stefani: yes. thank you, chair fewer. i just have a question, what is the 7 million going to? >> just quickly to say utilization review involves visiting clients in treatment during the course of treatment toy assure ourselves that they're in the appropriate treatment, that they're making reasonable progress, that there's a coherniate plan for their -- coherent plan for their future in there. all of our services are also indeed contracted out, so this is sort of a standard routine measurable way of keeping track of the efficiency of our system and the fairness and many of those other items. quality management is a little bit more open-ended in some ways, but i mean, it involves standardized reporting on compliant measures and quality measures. the program is shifting to be

more and more a medicaid -- state optional medicaid fund, and the bulk of the funding now comes from the feds, so it is a little bit upping the standards to be a little bit more consistent across the boards. if you step back one step further, this is a broad shift of turning substance abuse services from sort of mom and mom and grassroots organizations into accountable medical organizations and ultimately into a substance abuse or substance use disorder managed care plan, to get differences between substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment. also composes certain parts of parity that in medical treatment, well, we've see you

twice this year. we can't cover this. so there's a shift in that. it's also been opening up a vast number of procedures, particularly medications, to broader use and adequate funding to provide those. >> supervisor stefani: okay. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: yes, supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: i suppose i'll learn this over the next few months, but i'm wondering how this relates to our overall funding budget? >> no, it's a big piece. san francisco provides more for substance abuse pretty much more than any other country, at least in california and possibly the country. that chunk is about 30 million,

so this is 48 million, and then, there's grants. some of them are substantial, but this represents more than 50% of our activity. >> supervisor mandelman: great. thank you. >> and -- we're always open to questions, too. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. let's open this up for public comment now. are there any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: colleagues, can we have a motion, please? yes. >> supervisor mandelman: i will move to forward this to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, supervisor mandelman. i think we can take this without objection. thank you very much. [gavel]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, can you please call items one and two together? i see kathy widener from the san francisco airport is here to present today. [agenda item read] [agenda item