chairperson chu: thank you. >> good morning.e san francisco public utilities commission. i have a brief presentation and update to give you on our seismic upgrades as well as disaster preparedness as well as the of the three water supply system. on the city fraud, we have been making good progress with the comprehensive -- city front, we have been making good progress with the comprehensive review for the required repairs to the existing in the structure. we have been coordinating and working with our fellow city departments over the last several months. chief white, our general manager, and their representative from the water department and mr. ritchie from dpw are all working to make sure that we deploy these assets as best as possible for the city. the auxiliary water bond authorization has been covered. we are back for our second series of what voters have approved some time ago now. we are making good progress, and i will briefly highlight some of that. for the work before us today, specifically we are asking for approximat

chairperson chu: thank you very much. mr. rose? brecht's madam chair and supervisor avalos -- >> madam chair and supervisor avalos, at the bottom of page 3 we point out that the total design agreement is for $53 million and that represents 9.2% of the total budgeted 580 four million dollars laguna honda hospital replacement project. our recommendation is shown on page 5. we recommend that you amend the resolution to increase the existing amount not to exceed an amount of $50.8 million up to $51 million. the reason for that recommendation is as you know, there was another modification inadvertently being requested being approved. since it was less than $500,000, it was not subject to board approval. our recommendation simply reflects the fact that the four hundred $77,000 has previously been approved. -- $four hundred 77,000 has been previously approved. chairperson chu: are we in agreement with this recommendation? rex we are. chairperson chu: why don't we open this up to public comment? are there members of the public that wish to

chairperson chu: thank you.s of the public that wish to comment on items three and four? seeing none, public comment is closed.. do we have a recommendation to send this out? we have that motion and we will do it without objection. can we call the next two items? items five and six. >> item 5, a resolution authorizing the direction of sale not to exceed $4040,00 thousand dollars. item six, appropriating two hundred $10,000 of the earthquake emergency response to the public utilities commission in fiscal years 2011-12 for necessary repairs in order to better prepare san francisco for a major earthquake or natural disaster, and placing these in the controller's reserves pending the sale of the bonds. chairperson chu: thank you. >> nadia from the comptroller's office of public finance. we are asking for $4.4 million for the issuance of the bonds for the emergency response system. the voters have approved this in an amount not to exceed $412.3 million in 2010. this will be in a series. amortized over 20 years it wil

chairperson chu: aye. -- chairperson chu: thank you. next speaker. brecht's i'm here on behalf of the housing action coalition. -- >> i'm here on behalf of the housing action coalition. despite the payments, which we think are complex and a pretty extraordinary for the city, what is really before you is a simple land use decisions. what becomes of seawall landfill 3 havret 51? -- 351? does it remain as it is for the city, or is it preserved as a set of parking lots with its own set of financial realities? the financial benefit of most interest to us is the first $9 million housing in san francisco. that is the equivalent of a 25% inflationary rate. are you getting a better rate than that? particularly as housing has collapsed and subsidized housing is collapsing and a national level. this is serious money and is as close to being broke as is possible. this is an enormous benefit to the city, in addition to all the others. there is one outcome here that brings a lot of design changes and benefits and financial benefits to both the port and the city, a

chairperson chu: and where are we, generally? >> i think we are 46. chairperson chu: thank you.u are never met with the budget analysts recommendations -- you are in agreement with the budget analyst recommendations? >> we are. and we thank them for their report. chairperson chu: let's go to the next report. >> it recommended reduction of 2013-14, a decrease that would still allow 5.9% in the department's 12-13 budget. we also recommend an extension of encumbrances which would allow $100,000 to the city of san francisco for plant project reserves. none of those are general fund reductions. regarding 2013-14, recommended reductions total $313,000. of that amount, ongoing savings would still allow an increase of 1.2% of the department's budget. of those recommendations in 2013-14, $3,879 our general fund reductions. chairperson chu: given that we have agreement on operations as well as the close out, do we have a motion? we will do that without objection. thank you very much. we will not require you to come back next week. health service systems. >> good morning, supervisors. i am

chairperson chu: thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos: just another question around overtime. maybe we can come back. i expect that you'll be back next week for the second round of the budget. >> i did not say that yet, by your right. [laughter] supervisor avalos: generally how it goes. my question is, and maybe it is something we can

chairperson chu: mr. young, would you call items one through four? >> item number one, proposed budget of preparation of expenditures to the department of the city and county of san francisco as of may 1st, 2012 for the fiscal years ending june 30th, 2013 and june 30th, 2014. item number two, an annual salary ordinance any meriting positions in the annual budget appropriation ordinance for the fiscal years ending june 30th, 2013 and june 30th, 2014. item number 3, an ordinance amending the san francisco fire code section 1 13.10 and 1 13.21 to increase fees for certain fire department services. item number four, an ordinance amending the san francisco police code sections two 0.26 and to two 0.27 to increase the permit application fee. chairperson chu: a note to the members of the public, there are those here to listen to the proceeding and provide support to the apartment, but i want to make a quick note that we will not be hearing public comment today. we will simply be hearing from our departments and our budget analyst. we will not be hearing com

chairperson chu: what we go to the budget analyst report? >> our total reductions, of that amount, $93,000 are ongoing savings and 22,000 are one-time savings. this would increase the budget slightly over $1 million or 1.4%. and those recommendations would result in general fund savings. before 2013-14, we recommend reductions totaling $93,000. this will increase two $0.2 million of the department's budget, or 3%. and as i and understand it, the department -- the department concurs. chairperson chu: if we have no other questions for the department, can we entertain a motion? we will do that without objection. thank you to micki and her team. we will not need you to come back next week. >> thank you pierpont chairperson chu: thank you -- thank you. chairperson chu: thank you. and to the retirement system. >> good morning, supervisors. i am the executive director of the san francisco employees' retirement system. i'm very pleased to be here for you this morning. i prepared a very short presentation. if i could get the overhead, i would appreci

chairperson chu: aye. >> the motion passes. chairperson chu: thank you. do we have any other items before us? >> that completes the agenda for today. chairperson chu: thank you. we are adjourned. >> feel like it really is a community. they are not the same thing, but it really does feel like there's that kind of a five. everybody is there to enjoy a literary reading. >> the best lit in san francisco. friendly, free, and you might get fed. ♪ [applause] >> this san francisco ryther created the radar reading series in 2003. she was inspired when she first moved to this city in the early 1990's and discover the wild west atmosphere of open mi it's ic in the mission. >> although there were these open mics every night of the week, they were super macho. people writing poems about being jerks. beatty their chest onstage. >> she was energized by the scene and proved up with other girls who wanted their voices to be heard. touring the country and sharing gen-x 7 as a. her mainstream reputation grew with her novel. theses san francisco public library took notice an

chairperson chu: supervisor chu, are you on the roster? supervisor kim? supervisor kim: i think it is a little disingenuous to include a private club as a part of a public benefit of the value. i would disagree with including that in the public's memory because it is not open to the public. putting the $12 million value should not be included, because we're also giving the value of a parcel that we are exchanging. >> if i may speak to that, supervisor kim, first of all, i agree with you that this is a gray area. the $12 million of improvements -- not land, but improvements to the facility for a new poll, they thought it was germane. maybe it should be put outside of the overall public benefits, but is still important to the area. some of the other differences are almost stylistically in terms of net verses growth analysis. you could say that i was trying to say that we are going -- for growing $7.3 million of land value. -- foregoing $7.3 million of land value. in turn, the items not included, you could see that the 63 bases of profit for the public. that

[laughter] chairperson chu: thank you very much. given that there is still some work to be done, we will see you next week. colleagues, why do we go on a half-hour recess? thank you. welcome back to the budget finance committee. supervisor chu: first, i would like to invite the department of emergency management. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor chu: before we do that, quickly, there was an item on the agenda, item number three, that pertains to the fire department. >> the next item on the agenda is for some legislation from the fire department. specifically for two fire prevention fee increases that have been proposed. these increases are to allow the department to recover the cost of services. the first feet is the increase in overtime fees at the request of the customer, where they would like an expedited review of plans or permits. it is only collected if the service is requested or performed. the increase is strictly due to wage increases. the second fees for the plan review. these ar

chairperson chu: and the h- -- h-2 class will begin july 1st? >> yes. chairperson chu: when you talk about the number in the field, is that how many h-2's to h- 50's we have? correct correct. chairperson chu: and those figure mandatory staffing levels. >> right, that are working every day. chairperson chu: and in terms of where you want that 1365 to go, let's just say that we do not have any class is coming in. in terms of retirement, where do you expect that to go? >> this slide gives you a snapshot of the last 10 years. we had 18 havret 45 full-time equivalents in 2002-03. compared to april with 1374 members. in the past five years we had approximately 1300 retirements. and in the next five years we expect approximately the same retirements. it we are at the point where we need to infuse more staffing into our department. chairperson chu: the idea is that if we did not hire any classis, the 1365 would drop to 1265 in a roughly two-year time frame? >> 1165. that would be very untenable. chairperson chu: and in terms of helping us understand operational

chairperson chu: thank you. are there other members of the public who wish to speak on items seven or eight? any other speakers? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, we have heard the item. the port made a presentation. we have also heard public comment. the items are before us. supervisor kim: remaining issues that i think have come up previously at land use and among some members of the board is the issue of parking. i know that this kind of a light issue for many of the members, wanting to see a reduction in parking on this site, given that we are talking about an incredibly transit-rich area, with many muni lines giving access. we recognize there is an obligation by the port to provide 175 parking spots. at land use, chair mar said he would like to see a 20% reduction in commercial parking, giving what planning department has recommended. i wonder if we could get a commitment from the developer on the production. that is something many of the members would like to see. we do not feel the need f

chairperson chu: thank you. are there other members of the public who wish to speak on this item or the budget overall? seeing none, public comment is closed. i want to thank all members of the public for attending. thank you to the clerk, mr. young, and of course derek and andrea, the sheriff's department, the deputies, my aides, especially katie, who has been in here as long as we have, helping to shepherd the crowd, and has not eaten lunch yet. we want to thank them for our work making -- for their work making this process go as smoothly as it might go. and thank you to the budget office for sticking to public, and with us. we appreciate it. we have a couple of items to move. in terms of the items before us, one through three comprise the budget. do we have a motion to continue those items until monday? >> i believe it is just item one and two. chairperson chu: treasure island, we can send that out. on items one and two, to continue those to our monday hearing. and we take that without objection? and on the b

chairperson chu: and the h- -- h-2 class will begin july 1st? >> yes. chairperson chu: when you talk about the number in the field, is that how many h-2's to h- 50's we have? correct correct. chairperson chu: and those figure mandatory staffing levels. >> right, that are working every day. chairperson chu: and in terms of where you want that 1365 to go, let's just say that we do not have any class is coming in. in terms of retirement, where do you expect that to go? >> this slide gives you a snapshot of the last 10 years. we had 18 havret 45 full-time equivalents in 2002-03. compared to april with 1374 members. in the past five years we had approximately 1300 retirements. and i

chairperson chu: thank you. next speaker. >> ♪ don't stop to ask ♪ ♪ it's time to make it earthquake safe at last ♪ ♪ you got to find a way ♪ make the money ♪ break out ♪ you've got to find a way ♪ ♪ to make it safe today ♪ brake the money out ♪ bring it back and make it safe ♪ ♪ chairperson chu: any other speakers that wish to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. and to the speaker that spoke about the difference between the revenue bonds ended geobotany, the bonds we are speaking primarily about -- and the geo bonds, but what we're speaking primarily about today are voter backed bonds. you're correct in indicating that there are also revenue bonds that are possible to be issued and the puc has the ability to do so. the puc is proposing to move forward with a number of revenue bonds to pay for sewer repairs, for example, that will be becoming -- will be coming before the board of supervisors. those will move forward without having to go back for a vote as long as two-thirds of the border supervisors

chairperson chu: supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: are we hitting that mark on all of our trades? and what is the fluctuation of between the trades on that mandate? >> we are not hitting the mark on all of them. we tend to be doing better with laborers, operating engineers, and partners. we tend to do less well with -- and carpenters. we tend to do less well with specialized trade. or welding, it is hard to get into that. there are traits that we need to do better on. i would be happy to hear from rhonda specifically on something we could add to that. >> good morning, supervisors. we had 153 total hires for our first-year local hire. and as just a bid, 73 were on puc projects. the majority of those new hires went to labor this time. that has a lot to do with the mix on the projects more than anything. as we move forward a your to and have more diversity of projects, the year two is where we have the largest dollar allocation for the project. he will see that branch out. the mix that is reported here is not out of th

chairperson chu: thank you. jennifer warburg, wendy lester, brandon dunnigan. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is lee radner, friends of golden gateway, the fog groups -- the fogg group. we have been opposing the project since the beginning. my family and i raised families on california, and then on del mar in height ashbury. -- haight ashbury. when i retired on a fixed income, a middle-class citizen, we moved into the golden gateway center. we sold our car. we found the transportation center of excellent, the shopping, and the recreation center, which we joined the day we moved in, and still belong at a very reasonable rate. now we find, due to the landlords' movements, we are going to be thrown under the bus. most of the people in that area our seniors, but the landlord has seen fit that he should go ahead and intentionally rent many of the apartments the become available to corporations on a very short-term basis. my floor alone, we are eight apartments, and i only know two of the people there, and the

chairperson chu: aye. >> the motion passes. chairperson chu: thank you. do we have any other items before us? >> that completes the agenda for today. chairperson chu: thank you. we are adjourned. >> kids with special needs have access to a venture on may 5. over 25 businesses and nonprofit organizations build the music concourse with free refreshments, games, and bluegrass. access to a venture is part of sf rec and park's year-round activities in partnership with activities in partnership with families. but good morning der community members, like the officials and colleagues. we are here to celebrate a day that san francisco should be proud of, a day that we should all be proud of. the san francisco civil rights ordinance is officially signed into law. i have been the coalition coordinator for the past two years and have seen firsthand the committee's efforts and inspiring bravery to bring us here today. i have also seen as support of elected officials and allies in the community. please help me in welcoming a few of these people to share this perspectiv

chairperson chu: aye. >> the motion passes. chairperson chu: thank you. do we have any other items before us? >> that completes the agenda for today. chairperson chu: thank you. we are adjourned. >> good morning. i want to thank everyone for coming. you can tell by the group as an old -- assembled around me that the mayor has a big announcement to think. i want to thank the supervisors for taking time out of their day to be here. we have the police commission, fire commission, command stocks of both police and fire, the current class in the police academy, and the presidents of local 798 and the poa. without further ado, the mayor of san francisco, ed lee. >> good morning. thank you for joining me here at the san francisco police academy. also for joining the men and women who serve our city and all their public safety responsibilities. i want to thank the supervisors that are here today. certainly i want to think chief suhr as well as chief hayes- white for being here. i want to give my personal operation -- appreciation to tom o'connor and our police of

chairperson chu: supervisor kim?supervisor kim: i'm happy to see the amount -- immense amount of work that has gone into finding the space that will allow the organization to be in one space, but together they given the market conditions. my question was actually on the tenant improvement. if your asset up to about budgets, i'm wondering what the budget with the like if you only had $61 per square foot, and what it would look like you at $75 per square foot. >> we have not gotten to the point of setting up those budgets yet. it is a bit of a chicken and egg situation where without a signed lease we have not been able to engage a contractor to give us a cost estimate. but i will tell you the $61 we know is going to go to the basic infrastructure that we will need regardless. the chp systems, the lighting, the wiring for computer and phone systems, the preliminary architectural design that the building's architect has done for us, which does include a core for private offices for senior staff as well as the conference

chairperson chu: thank you. and i want to thank the department. seeing our own staff go through two open enrollment is quite a bit to go through. i want to thank you for that. i know your folks art -- are negotiating rates twice a year versus one the year. i appreciate that work. and colleagues, we expect to come back to the budget and finance committee sometime in july to approve the next rates and benefits package for the health systems for the 2013 year. expect that to come down the pipeline. supervisor kim: i want to concur, i appreciate the work that hhs does. your department does a lot of work to take care of individual employees. it is great to hear about all of the movement we been making and how we have -- we have been making and how we are a model department for others. i know you said that on some of the insurance and policy grass, students are analyzing how that impacts expenditures. in the future, it would be great to get a presentation on what those savings actually are. i believe the savings will be there. i'm just very curious to s

chairperson chu: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is steven. thank you for the opportunity to speak in support of the washington development. as a native san franciscan, i have witnessed over many decades the evolution of the embarcadero from a drag of the city blocks and years gone unused to one of the most vibrant areas. -- piers gone unused after one of the most vibrant areas. the implementation of the plan at 8 washington will be a continuation of a necessary trend. the numbers you have before you concerning this project reflect substantial financial benefit in so many needed areas. total affordable housing fees, other impact fees and taxes, ifp funds come out court payments, of park lands for improvements and park minutes, and the underground parking garage and aquatics club. $145 million for the betterment of the city in so many ways. apart from the financial figures, the creation of badly needed jobs for local laborers and crafts people, the addition of reach of the element, and the adjoining p

next speaker, please. -- chairperson chu: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i am the executive director of the san francisco labor council. we represent the tens of thousands of union members in san francisco, not just building construction trades workers, but teachers and firefighters and janitors and public maritime workers. i will say what i said to the full board of supervisors as i did to the land use committee on monday, that is, that we are behind this project and are urging you to move this forward. it is clear that the community benefits and the financing and what has been going on between the city and the developer have gone to very deep levels. and it looks like there is as much diligence done as can be and the last details have been worked out. we in particular are very pleased with the movement that put -- the significant movement that has been made to make sure that the money goes into the general fund to make sure those needs are being taken care of. it was pleasing to see those take place. i'm asking this committee to

chairperson chu: what we go to the capital budget projects as well as the sales.the reason why these are more important for me to review more closely is that there are a few that are voter approval. there are some that are not sf voter approval. these are those that have to be approved or issued by a supermajority in order to change and fix the sewer system. we are simply fixing and repairing our existing infrastructure. however, i think we do need to scrutinize its because we do need to understand these are not items that went before the board before. these are not large components of future bond issuances. they're having a significant impact. it looks like the rate repairs will double in current -- in terms of the current charges. that is not insignificant to households. that is why i want to not gloss over these items. they are huge. if you look at some of them, they are half a billion dollars worth of infrastructure work. this is not something that we should just skip. i wonder if the puc could address those items, four through nine in particular for the bond

item -- aye. -- chairperson chu: would you also call item number four? >> item number four, operating $587,756,000 for waste-water capital improvements at the public utilities commission for fiscal years 2012-13 and fiscal year 2013-14. item number 5, ordinance appropriating $171,001,000 for proceeds for water revenue and income from the public utilities commission for the capital improvement program. item number six, appropriating $141,171,000 for hetch hetchy water and power capital improvements for the public utilities capital improvement program. item number seven, and water revenue bond issuance and sale not to exceed 163 million four hundred thousand dollars approving the issuance and sale of water revenue bonds by the san -- the county and city of san francisco. item number 8, power revenue bond issuance and sale in the amount not to exceed $12,300,000 for capital projects benefiting the sfpuc enterprise. item number 9, an ordinance for wastewater revenue bond issuance and sale not to exceed 520 two million $810,000. item number 10, reserve funds

chairperson chu: thank you. any other speakers? come on up. >> hello. being a part of bycbua has made me more proactive. changer community for yourself. if you are not doing anything about -- being a part of that has made me realize how much more help is needed in our community, and what we need to do to change our community, so we can have outside people come in and love the people in our community. it has not only helped me. in has helped a lot of other people. it helped me how my family. thank you. >> i just want to say thank you for your patience. i am very proud of our youth today. they got up at 8:30 this morning and waited five hours of the could have 2 minutes of time. we need supervisor support to be able to provide this opportunity for youth development. they need to learn how to advocate for themselves, for their families, for their community. bayview is a one of the most diverse communities in san francisco, especially in the last 20 years. we want to sustain this program. we have new groups of young people coming in who continue to do work

chairperson chu: if there are no further questions from the committee at this time, we will look forward to seeing you next week after you've had some time to work with the budget analyst on the recommendations. our next department is the civil service commission. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm the executive officer of the civil service commission. in the fiscal year 2013 proposed budget of 858,009 had $26 for the civil service commission, it is a $34,655 increase over the curve your budget but this is only due to a significant portion of the removal of the furlough days and in addition to the projected cost of employee benefits. for fiscal year 2013-14 proposed budget of $893,182, that is only a $23,322 increase, and again this is to to the projection of the benefits and the agreement in the collective bargaining agreement. the commission the budget request is allocated only to 5.68 fte staff, professional services would be in the case of there is a need of a hearing officer, translator, or a court reporter. materials and supplies, equipment maintenance, and the lease of the copier i

chairperson chu: aye. >> the motion passes. chairperson chu: thank you. do we have any other items before us? >> that completes the agenda for today. chairperson chu: thank you. we are adjourned.

[laughter] chairperson chu: thank you very much. given that there is still some work to be done, we will see you next week. colleagues, why do we go on a half-hour recess? thank you.