regarding the general city responsibility, our recommendations >> mr. rose, i believe [inaudible] why don't we take these items first >> i'm conclude then >> thank you very much. any questions from mrs. rose controllers office? at this time we'll open to public comment 6-9. if anyone has comment >> controllers office. budget, planning, decisions, all from area of [inaudible] >> thank you very much. anyone else wish to commonant on 6-9? seeing none comment is closed. these items unlike before we'll continue to june 24 budget and #23i nance committee meeting next wednesday, so unless there are comment i would like taentertain a motion to approve items 6-9 and continue them to next wednesdays budget and finance committee meeting >> i would like tamake a motion to that effect >> motion by supervisor tang and second by supervisor mar without objection. thank you. why don't we do the general city responsibility and after this we'll take our 30 minute lunch resess >> michele [inaudible] controllers office. i have a brief overview. now powerpoint slides. only r

he also demanded answers from general city electric. >> the fact the emergency control center is on a generator three days later i think is indicative of a problem. we need more crews here. we need nem here now. >> meanwhile, police are working around the clock to keep residents safe and away from downed wires. >>> good morning. as we head into the start of your weekend you definitely want to make sure you're aware it's a first alert weather day. we expect to see heavy rain moving in. parts of our area already under a flood watch. that will continue into tonight as well. sunday is going to be the best day out of the weekend. we'll begin to dry out. but the big story of the first alert weather day going into effect this afternoon and tonight. strong storms throughout the area. a live look outside right now from philadelphia where it's 68 degrees, mostly cloudy skies here. humidity's at 84%. windchill, not really dealing with it. wind speeds out of the east at 7 miles per hour. here's a closer look. i backed up the radar about six hours. and we did see isolated flooding if you're closer

i would like to speak against this proposal there in every city there has to be a general delivery for people that have no address and also for people who have an address but the mail is not secure also for people traveling to the city who don't have is an address or people moving to the city general delivery is an important part of the general possessive as far the post office has not announced they've located a general delivery location where people in the neighborhood can pickup their mail including homeless people many people that live in sro housing, and others who really need so have a general delivery i would prosper if this project not be approved until the post office comes up with guaranteed place and location that is convenient to the people in the neighborhood where people can pickup their mail this is very acceptable i think this is a function the planning commission to make sure that the mail is not disrupted. >> secondly, i think it should be disapproved primarily market rate housing according to the proposal we need to have as i expressed before more generously affordab

open data report analyze we passed two years ago is transitioning grant funded positions to the city general funds so it is another couple of positions that are general funded that had been privately supported before; is that right. >> that's a little bit different the open data are two positions that one is essentially mandated as part of open data ordinance adapted by the board in 2014 the second an additional we the mayor's office added because the consent of implementing the open data ordinance as described you'll remember the open data ordinance really 6 key goals related to increasing the number and timelyness the usability of data and improving the consistentcy and being able the confidentiality and in policymaking and decision makings supporting every department is required to have an open data correspond so the team of two has to have that and such the housing portal when the city adopted the ordinance recommended to open data the mayor's office moved afford with implementation so the addition of those two positions to correct for that their flaunted a work or the are order with the

administration of s f the benefit plan is paid out of the funds no general general fund and the costs of administering the city's comp program are paid through the third party administrator and no general fund monies are sued u used to support those programs highlights our budget is decreasing by over $2 million from the current year's budget for the there the result of one time costs associated with the move not being in our next year's budget we successfully moved in october to our new location on market we've seen an increase in the visitors we've significantly improved in particular the counseling areas and very proud of our new location other significant development is we rolled out earlier this year a new website for the first time gives members 24/7 for active members through a portal and assess their account balances and put a calculator on line people can use the real information or for future retirement and see what their benefits would be this is something our members have been waiting for we're proud to implement that for retirees they go through the is that you through a portal and he mayor monthly

flooding in general. citycompletely to a stand still westbound heading towards king of prussia. eastbound not doing so well. flooding along 24th street as well as if you have to take the new jersey transit line so far for the morning it is suspended due to flooding in the area. you want to check before you go. a lot of delays. >> thank you jessica. we've been following the situation throughout the morning in delaware county forcing some residents from their home. "nbc 10's" jesse gary is live on the scene. jess? >> reporter: 17 people vai, have been forced from their homes. some of them being cared for by the red cross. others staying with families as fire investigators try to determine what started this blaze. we'll have an update coming up after the break. >>> just before 7:00 a.m. monday morning. live look at i.-46. blue route opened at the blue mall. closed for an hour because of flooding. it just reopened a few minutes ago. first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington will have more in a moment. >> thre

general shelter. >> the city was alert aid year ago, dangerous levels where was the oversight when it comes to making sure that we got that information and in a good time. >> we didn't. >> the administration is implementing new policies to ensure this won't happen again. >> we're doing everything in our power to make sure that building and other facilities are safe. >> we should add you can't easily see the effects of lead poisoning. that is because it can cause damage all over the body, especially in the brain. often children will have behavioral or attention problems that can cause hearing in kidney damage in some children might have problems with growth. lead poisoning typically occurs from repeated exposure to small amounts of lead. over time that, means the symptoms can sneak up and be vague. they include anemia, difficulty sleeping, and headaches. we have a lot more information about the impact of lead poisoning on nbcwashington.com. special dedication this week for a fallen sheriff's deputy in stafford county, virginia. lucky run reservoir was dedicated in offer of jason mooney

interest is one $.5 million looked like from eastern neighborhood knees in addition to the general reduce city funding the south park improvements association with support from rec and park and the parks alliance they're involved in funding for this project as well they have secured an in kind from san francisco architectures that put together the plan and they are soliciting donations to enhance the constructions budget on february 20th, 2014, the rec and park approved the conceptual plan and now getting ready to take this project out to bid in front the rec and park department is it is requesting accept and extend for a cash guatemala up to $1.5 million for the in kind for $1,100,000 thank you and i'll be happy to answer any questions. >> thanks very much seeing none, open up for public comment anyone wish to comment seeing none, public comment is closed. >> no budget analyst report can i have a motion. >> send for the full board with with a positive recommendation. >> commissioner tang we'll take that without objection. >> mr. clerk, call item 5 and item 5 ordinance for the business tax cod

city. but generally the city has been united saying we are not going to do this.erend said you don't know us and that is why you thought the city was going to be burned down. there is an effort to move forward a political agenda and have a certain conversation. >> is it terrorism? >> it is clearly racism. this guy is a monster as i described him. when you look at the definition of terrorism, it is force used to intimidate the government or the population or social objective. stated he wanted a race war, chose that group and church for a reason, i think he is a racist and i think it is terrorism and i think this is part of the problem with the government being slippery when the comes to being clear with terms. >> alan is it terrorism? >> of course. we know if a muslim blew up a church we would call it terror terrorism. i am troubled so many republicans for president, and i want to give mitt romney credit for saying take down the confederate flag, good for him. the others running are saying it is a state rights issue and they cannot admit it is racial even. you have

workers engaged in theatrical or technical services for shows on city property for the hauling of city generated solid waste and for moving services under city contracts at city-owned or leased facilities, for workers engaged in exhibit display or shade show work at special events on city property. >> same house, same call. >> item 26 is a resolution to authorize the director of public works to execute modification no. 5 to a professional services agreement with montgomery corporation to provide inspector of record inspection services for san francisco general hospital rebuild program in an amount not to exceed 11.6 million for a term expiring december 31st, 2016. >> same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. item 27. >> item 27 is a resolution to approve amendment no. 1 with the new flyer of america inc. contract to change the propulsion system from parallel propulsion to series propulsion and to purchase an additional 48 standard and 50 articulated low floor diesel hybrid busses for a total contract amount not to exceed 168 million. >> same house, same ca

it seems as i said regardless of if we use pco or sfpd perhaps the city may be more generous given that we are also covering the cost of the cruise ship terminal and so much is going to the city >> are you a former member of the board of supervisors? [inaudible] >> i used to raid the [inaudible] >> exactly, we'll do our best commissioner. >> i had a couple questions, one with ford now having the facilities for 5 days i understand that meanatize is roughly 7 days there isn't a single cruise ship coming in the summer time? >> yes, it is good question. we have a during the-there are 2 buzzy seasons spring and fall mainly ships going up and down from alaska and now summer we have goldsen princess here which comes every 10 days. in july and august we see a ship every 10 days but septand october it is like a ship every day, and that is i wanted to know how we manage to get those 5 days in there. and then there chs reference to the sales force hotel, so i'm not sure how they-it looks like you said they were charged passenger fees is that how we charge them and is that the highest revenue and a

of that approximately 4.6 billion is within the cities general fund. the budget includes funding for approximately 30 thousand employees, this is a sliget increase from the number of positions funded in prior years largely due to opening the new san francisco general hospital, our public safety hiring plans and increase service level of the mta. the budget includes funding as i mentioned for san francisco general and the police and fire hiring plan and also includes the recommended funding levels for both it and capital which are both at really record levels in this budget. budget also includes funding for cost of doing business increase or inflationary pressures for non profit organizations in each of the new years of 2 and a half percent and fully funds minimal wage costs associated with the cities budget. you remember when we started the budget process in december the mayor issued instructions for the first time issuing instructions with no requested reductions from general fund departments. at that time we were projected 104.2 million dollars over

than that went up participate with the city on a consultant and cooperate with the city on our financing for this general fund and the city is a venue for us to voice our if there are concerns and know and get familiarity with what the economic condition is for the foreign market i'll be happy to answer any questions >> thank you and thank you for your presentation so in the past the superintendent has served as a member of this committee was that the superintendent allowed to designate someone else to be in his place. >> as the last 10 years the superintendent has designated the chief financial officer i've taken over from thank you retired and we have continuing that pattern. >> so i've been partnering on the committee hfa as rshz. >> i've been environmentalists until my son mansion happens. >> supervisor cowen. >> a followup to that statement so the body is comprised of the treasurer the controllers a representative from the county superintendent a chandelier of the public school do you occupy the chair before taking on this superintendent. >> no, when i assumed the cfo position i attended 2 meetings

open data report analyze we passed two years ago is transitioning grant funded positions to the city general funds so it is another couple of positions that are general funded that had been privately supported before; is that right. >> that's a little bit different the open data are two positions that one is essentially mandated as part of open data ordinance adapted by the board in 2014 the second an additional we the mayor's office added because the consent of implementing the open data

when the general came to kansas city in june of 1863, his first general order was number one.his was the 11th that he made. the other question had to do with what happened to some of the other towns like o selah. o selah was destroyed september 26, 1861. osceola rebounded. pleasant gap was completely destroyed. it never returned. papen phil was completely destroyed in base county. butler was destroyed. it did return, and it is still the county seat. west point, missouri, the largest town on the missouri-kansas border, was completely destroyed in december of 1861, and it never returned. a lot of those towns never returned. another reason is after the railroads came, it was like the interstates today. if you were on the interstate and you could get an exit, your town would do well. in those days, if you were on the railroad and you could get a depo, you did well. wherever the railroads went, the town's seem to thrive. if you missed the railroad, your town dried up. >> my question is why were this particular area of missouri selected for this punishment. the whole state of missou

dared to mary loving same sex loving cup lt here in the dome of city hall nearly a decade ago and took the civil right issue of our generation to had highest court of our country and now our city leads the way in lgbt movement because we are commit today equality for all, equality without exception. there is always always room for equality, so we are wurns again changing the world. these are san francisco values and now they are values touted around the world. from the gold rush days to the building of the railroad, through wars and liberation movements, the aids crisis, the.com boom and now our housing crisis, the story of san francisco is one of rapid growth. spurts of growth. it is a story of new industries and movements that brought mew waves of people all seeking a better life and opportunities that san francisco more than most places has always represented. with our strong economic foundation we vaspecial opportunity to change the city for the better and see san francisco is affordable for families and insure every san francisco shares in our cities rising prosperity. as usual, it was doctor king who said it best, we m

city. the casino will generate $400 million in tax revenue for the state. developers say if atlantic city loses its monopoly in gaming the hard rock could be open sometime next summer. and they say it would lure people to north jersey who now choose to go to casinos in other states. opponents say the last thing they need is new debtcompetition within new jersey. >> we believe within my heart this is good for the state of new jersey. >> i'm not happy. i think the focus should still be atlantic city. >> it would have to be changed to allow gambling outside of atlantic city. earlier, new jersey lawmakers introduced a bill on the november ballot allowing voters to decide if up to three casinos should be permitted in the northern part of their state. >>> three minutes before 6:00 gamblers in pennsylvania may soon be able to place their bets online. senator, getting ready to introduce the bill that would allow internet casinos across the state. new jersey and delaware and nevada already allow internet gambling. >>> still trying to figure out where to spend your su

aalarming amount of homelessness that there is here in the city and the amount of money this city generates. i urge your sympathy deciding on the new budget and we new housing and less harassment. thank you very much for your time >> thank you. next speaker please >> hi supervisors my name is [inaudible] advocase coordinator at saent anteany foundation rchlt saent saint aenthany provides food, access to technology, clothing u social work service, drug and alcohol treatment and we do so without government funding. that said, we are leer in support today of our-the communities ask related to budget justice and the hes p proposal as well as the food security task force. all services that comprise all the groups weerks all work together in a continuum to assist folks trying to transition into stability and without each other having robust services we all as individuals can't do our jobs as well. on a pernt note i want to say that i am a victim of violent crime. recently i was robbed at gun point walking home from work a. the time i worked 2 jobs. i don't have a car so walking home at night was

public comment when i was a young city attorney there was boomdz in the garage open to the public and motorists and the general public comment they've not been opened in decades let the city open the bombards and public garages to the public then we worry about who the gas station owners ought to open their bathroom the if that definition is detail every time it is found not open to the public a 5 hundred a day fine obviously the law to think combortsdz if the city attorney's office and violations and i'll bet not one since 19986 when this law was impacted i urge you to debate this legislation by the board of supervisors. >> thank you gym next please. thank you, commissioners my name is dave i'm a resident no and operate two gasoline stations i'm asking you to oppose this legislation and came here to do what you can to reduce those excess violations charges that are being addressed and lastly that we could from the health department tool take care of that citywide health problem for not having bathrooms for the visitor that come to the city of san francisco first of all here in san francisco those amounts are

this man has a generate in the city. people pay him to charge appliances. they know who they blame, former president ali abdullah saleh, who joined forces with shia houthis with the president in exile abd-rabbu mansour hadi. >> president ali abdullah saleh destroyed life in the city. >> reporter: there's little fuel donkeys are used more and more. queues for bread grows. rubbish is strewn on the street corners. tight security is a restriction on normal life. forces continue to besiege the city, they have been here since march. further north in the capital sanaa, residents clear up after an air strike by the saudi-led coalition, and appeals by aid groups for an end to the fighting and civilian suffering are growing. >>> still to come on al jazeera. i'm here in azerbaijan, where the government says there's no political prisoners, but dozens of journalist human rights journalists and activists are behind bars. >>> we meet tamils in sri lanka finding it hard to rebuild their lives after decades in the civil war. >>>hello the top stories, african leaders are mee

clear in my mind whether this is the best approach, a lot of me thinks, that the waste we generate in the city, we should bring it to the local landfill rather than transportation -- hay road is the next one out. at the same time i think the rate payers shouldn't pay more than necessary, and we should minimize other environmental impacts, so eyou get into weighting, different criteria and coming up with the best solution with admittedly, all bad solutions, we shouldn't be sleping things to landfills, that's where we are right now, hopefully, we will get to 0 waste and not have substantial contribution to landfill maybe residual, maybe not that. this is to repurr pose -- that's a big plan that started environmental review will you be hearing more about that i'm sure in the future. the only real concerns i have with the agreement as i read through it are in a couple of sections, that suggest that variety city actors, in the department environment or dpw should recommend and approve certain rate applications, or components of the rate application, i think that might interfere with the powers and

this proposal will also help the city generate cost savings over time and the instullation of the telematic data system will be the main driver of the saichbings. it helpss identify under utileized vehicles and identify vehicles that are not longer necessary. in turn analysis found a 5 percent reduction in the nob generate 3 million dollar savings or 6 million dollar savings tie today a 10 percent reduction. sufficient is reduced [inaudible] to reduce fuel cost. again as a example, 5 percent reduction of fuel useage entailed appreciately 350 thousand dollars in annual 7ings or 10 percent around 750 thousand dollars. these estimates demonstrate the vamue of proposed reductions here in the sitee of san francisco. green house gas emissions will be reduced through the proposal by aligning reduction target tooz cut average pir mile emission by 15 percent by june 30 [inaudible] review and report on green house gas emissions each year to insure best practice and consalitation where w the environment. we already have one of the greenest and environmental friendly fleets in the country and this will