we have to meet goals in order to be certified in the sbe program. i feel like the bigger projects that are put out here, there has been an effort to use sbe, but i do not think there has been a bona fide effort to use sbe's in these programs. i look at the number being considered on these projects. 95% of them are below the standards of the goals that were set forth in this project. i feel a lot of these goals are not attainable for sbe's because of the size of some of these packages. instead of their just being a good faith effort -- there just being a good faith effort as stipulated in the contract, there should be an independent panel or somebody to evaluate these good faith efforts so that small and local business can become a part of these bigger projects, and not a smaller portion of the projects going on in the city. chairman ford: thank you. are there any other public commenters? it appears we have one more. good morning. >> good morning, chairman, directors. my name is jim stevens. i represent the small business community of san francisco.

we are at 20% both awarded and paid to dbe's and sbe's. so far, through september 30 we have paid $4.8 million to those businesses. we have 45 prime contractors total. four are the e, f three r l v. we have 154 subcontractors, 34 are dbe, 29 are sbe, and 42 are lbe. i can break that down for you by cities as well if you like. goals. every year we have met, we have come in or exceeded our dbe goal each year. some of our highlights contract- wide, financial-services contract has a dbe prime at 55%. our commission agent is at 100% for dissipation. there is an sbe prime on that contract. this was our second contract with them. on their first contract, they had participation at around 49%. right now, they are at 62% on their second contract. with our parsons agreement on dtx design, 20% dbe and sbe participation. they have 10 lbe's. although we are not tracking local participation, i know they are an issue of concern. there are 10 on the program. the temporary terminals have -- to focus on that for a moment -- they had female dbe, lbe, and two

can you spell of the issues regarding sbe participation? i know there were questions about things that need to be changed. >> as it relates to this contract -- director ford: it is good we got to 100%. i just want to better understand the issue. >> the idea is that all the site relocation work were 100% sbe. the particular item which identified were just trying to identify qualified contractors to bid so that we have as many bidders as possible. director ford: right, we only received one bid on this, and it came under the engineer estimate. >> you have one member of the public that does wish to address you on this item. >> my name is stuart mitchell. i just want to introduce myself to the board and thank you for considering us for this project. i want to thank webcor/obayashi for qualifying s, giving us the chance to bid on the project. we are excited. director ford: thank you very much. >> that concludes that. no further members of the public have indicated they wish to address you on this item. director ford: it has been moved and seconde

we have awarded almost $84 million worth of contracts and subcontracts to dbe and sbe businesses. to date, through december 2010, paid almost 40 million out to those businesses. this is a federal fiscal year breakdown of the percentage awarded, goal, and payment for the federal fiscal year. in september 3, 2010, we paid $5.4 million. we will be continuing to look to increase these numbers. this is an outline of some of the average we have been doing over the past year. we will continue to be involved with the business outreach committee to hold pre-bid meetings as well as network opportunity meetings. we will continue to place plans in all of the rooms so that they are available free of charge, and we will look for opportunities to unbundle contracts and do sbe set asides where possible. >> now an update on the community outreach project. >> good morning. 2010 was a very busy an exciting year for the project, especially for our program out reach, as it became tangible to our neighbors and transit riders. some of our accomplishments included commemorating the old terminal by guidin

status, planned for 2011 which includes plans for construction and design, and then an update on our sbe reports, out rich reports, funding reports, and where we plan to be next year. in 2010, that is the year that the last bus came out of the transbay terminal center. you can see a picture of the last bus that left the terminal that day. the subsequent day on saturday morning of august 7, we opened phase one of the temporary terminal. last december we completed case to. -- phase two. we then had our ground breaking ceremony which was attended by the secretary of transportation, speaker pelosi, and other dignitaries. you can see a shot of that wonderful event. demolition began on the existing terminal on august 14 with demolition of the east flu. we brought on board a facility manager, linc facilities, who maintain the facility. we also worked closely with the transit operators and riders. we have had a very smooth transition and now we have completed the temporary terminal but we still need to install some more benches. we will be reported today the condition of the restrooms for transi

status, planned for 2011 which includes plans for construction and design, and then an update on our sbe reports, out rich reports, funding reports, and where we plan to be next year. in 2010, that is the year that the last bus came out of the transbay terminal center. you can see a picture of the last bus that left the terminal that day. the subsequent day on saturday morning of august 7, we opened phase one of the temporary terminal. last december we completed case to. -- phase two. we then had our ground breaking ceremony which was attended by the secretary of transportation, speaker pelosi, and other dignitaries. you can see a shot of that wonderful event.

also extremely concerned because right now you really do need to have bipartisan zahn cooperation and sbe jens solutions to these longer term problems. particularly on the fiscal side more exclusively and yet thus far we've really not seen very much action and what we agreed in december was essentially both sides could have what they wanted, tax cuts and more spending. the question, though, is can this congress actually make tough decisions and inflict pain? and thus far... i mean, i hope that senator judd is correct in saying that this is a sensible group of people who are going to rally around. the polls certainly show that the american people want to see cooperation and intelligent solutions but it's still very much in doubt whether or not that's going to happen. and, frankly, there's considerable nervousness in the markets right now about what's going to happen in the coming weeks. >> rose: and what will reassure the markets? >> some sign... there doesn't need to be necessarily austerity today or doesn't necessarily need to be do coneian cuts today. but there does need to be some evid

energy for being here on our first panel, of course, secretary of health and human services, kathleen sbe kathleen intel sebelius. she was a leading voice in the passage of the affordable care act. she's responsible for implementing many of the key provisions. prior to joining the cabinet, she served as the kansas insurance commissioner. she has a great deal of knowledge in that area and later of course as the honorable governor of the state of kansas whe she worked to expand access to quality, affordable health care and fought to prott consumers. madam secretary, thank you for your hard work. thank you for sharing your knowledge with the committee today. i commends you for your work on this important issue. your statement will be made a part of the record in its entirety. please proceed as you so desire. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. it's nice to have a chance to visit with the health committee on this important issue and i want to thank chairman harken and senator enzi for the opportunity to discuss the implementation of the affordable care act and talk a little bit about the en

energy for being here on our first panel, of course, secretary of health and human services, kathleen sbekathleen intel sebelius. she was a leading voice in the passage of the affordable care act. she's responsible for implementing many of the key provisions. prior to joining the cabinet, she served as the kansas insurance commissioner. she has a great deal of knowledge in that area and later of course as the honorable governor of the state of kansas where she worked to expand access to quality, affordable health care and fought to protect consumers. madam secretary, thank you for your hard work. thank you for sharing your knowledge with the committee today. i commends you for your work on this important issue. your statement will be made a part of the record in its entirety. please proceed as you so desire. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. it's nice to have a chance to visit with the health committee on this important issue and i want to thank chairman harken and senator enzi for the opportunity to discuss the implementation of the affordable care act and talk a little bit about the

energy for being here on our first panel, of course, secretary of health and human services, kathleen sbe kathleen intel sebelius. she was a leading voice in the passage of the affordableare act. she's responsible for implementing many of the key provisions. prior to joining the cabinet, she served as the kansas insurance commissioner. she has a great deal of knowledge in that area and later of course as the honorable governor of the state of kansas where she worked to expand access to quality, affordable health care and fought to protect consumers. madam secretary, thank you for your hard work. thank you for sharing your knowledge with the committee today. i commends you for your work on this important issue. your statement will be made a part of the record in its entirety. please proceed as you so desire. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. it's nice to have a chance to visit with the health committee on this important issue and i want to thank chairman harken and senator enzi for the opportunity to discuss the implementation of the affordable care act and talk a little bit about the