and several grants. and then you go to other grants from other institutions like san francisco beautiful. so then to further emphasize the community challenge portion of the match, we then score applications once they come in. with a heavy emphasis on community building and community benefits. if you have the application package it's self explaintory 35 points to community benefits. 20 points to neighborhood participation. 30 pounts toward project feasibility. the paps, 20 points is sort of furthered by 10 points in the community benefit's section. a lot is geared toward projects that have a lot of neighborhood involvement. >> go through that one more time. >> it's on you have the package? >> it's there in the box up there. there is also it's on s fcc gp. org has the application the community challenge grant web page. so, let's see. it's a highly competitive grant. there are 200 officially recognized neighborhoods in the city of san francisco. check it out if you go to sfgov. org and click on agencies an

from a previous grant. adult probation is working to contract for a new web-based case management system. we are talking with them and the provider of that system to see if we cannot share that system to some degree, so have the same infrastructure and then create some ways for us to share information to the extent we can. that is a good year out. but it is something we are looking at now. we think it will help in terms of making sure we are sharing not only data, but in terms of programming, that there is a seamless transition, if you will, if a child is moving through to the adult system, that we can make sure that there is no information lost between the two. supervisor mirkarimi: exactly. related to your exchange with supervisor kim, with regard to the attitude as to why the numbers dropped, several years ago, when the number was spiking a bit -- also because of the immigration concerns, those who are immigrants youth. city government responded and there had been some publications about how we wanted to

we currently have a grant for safe route to school that will end august 31, so this grant will allow us to continue our work and also basically extend what we are currently doing. we will have more of a focus on reducing congestion and vehicle emissions at school sites as well as making walking and bicycling safer for students. the grant starts september 1, 2011, for two years. the grant was awarded by the san francisco county transportation authority to the department of public health last summer, and we are now requesting your approval. ben from the county transportation authority is here if you have questions on the funding stream. supervisor mirkarimi: questions or comments? i think it is pretty self- explanatory. i have to confess, when i first saw the title of it, what it conjured up for me was roughly five years ago when in our district and other parts of the city, there was a considerable effort to shut down schools by the school district. the question at the time of safe routes for kids in distressed neighborhoods who wanted to avoid crossing gang lines -- how are they going

the grant does allow for a no- cost extension, so after the third year, if we have not expended all grant dollars, we are allowed to extend them into future years. that is a discussion we're having with leadership as far as how to institutionalize these efforts after the grant sunsets. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. supervisor kim: my reading is this is funding, not necessarily an enhancement. >> that's correct. it is using current positions that are underfunded and detailing them to the brick and mortar buildings that are the cjc located at 575 pulled street. supervisor kim: when we talk about to go to thecjc is it that they live in this area or are arrested and charged in the area? >> both. supervisor kim: so if you are arrested the, you have the option to go to the cjc. >> is not an option. if your crime happens in that jurisdiction, it is processed through the criminal court. but if you live in the community, the judges and other cases referred those individuals to us as well. supervisor kim: if it was a person that lives in the area but got arrested outside the area, it could be ta

if you grant this variance, there will be no stair, ever. have we down the page of attachment a, -- halfway down t he page ohe page of attachment . this all refers to the exhibit and a -- exhibit a. it has a porch and stair on it. the variants will preclude replacement of that stair. all the other conditions of approval that were granted the same time for both properties -- president goh: i have a question. the handwritten document you were just reading from -- where does that appear? that was the thing you did not have previously? >> correct. in my request for a rehearing, exhibit b, an agreement for stair and landing, recorded 10/29/99. president goh: and it was recorded on the other property? >> i know. that is why i did not have it. president goh: and it was supposed to be recorded under 1269? >> i would imagine that if applied to both properties it would have correctly been recorded, yes. president goh: thank you. >> mr. gladstone? >> brett gladstone, representing the property owner. just to give you a little background on where we have

these are discretionary dollars that were granted to us in a special grant. we will use these to provide staffing and cdo support really to coordinate the variety of green program that we have running currently, including both of our youth programs and the green academy we were speaking of earlier. i am happy to answer any questions you might have. supervisor chu: on item two, a $750,000 grant going primarily -- almost 100% of that going to contractual services. the 71 is going to fund a position with a bit of contractual services, $30,000. >> exactly. supervisor chu: why don't we open up these two items to public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. -- is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? >> the first time i was only given two minutes. now we have two agenda items and i am given another two minutes. if this is not mickey mouse in the issue, i do not know what is. you representatives, i think, should be ashamed of yourself to call on people to have public comment but not give them sufficient time to address such

you cannot grant aid -- a variance. this can only be granted by the zoning administrator. but that has nothing to do with the height of the building. commissioner moore: that is a good interpretation, and i appreciate that. i think we have two conditions. on the west side of the building, i am not as concerned as the east side, where you deal with a smaller scale of buildings and a notching, which i find very comfortable. i am talking about this building. this building their aggressively pushes out -- very aggressively pushes out and sits on the property line. it does not give the building on the ground floor a lot of room. that would be an area where i could see a little bit more variation on the building. i am not sure. i would consider pulling this building back a little bit. i find this transition "relentless. -- [retty -- pretty relentless. that is what i would consider. but i am not here to design the buildings. i am just throwing that out. that is perhaps my largest discomfort, is about the building. there is the forced open space, the third roof deck, and a little

s funded through grants and next year 9.2 f.t.e.'s funded through grants with that grant increase.n, we also expanded it to clearly articulate the plan and implementation monitoring and funding and community improvement programs and made that adjust tonight the work program also. that is it for my presentation. if there are any questions. vice president olague: not at this time. oh, commissioner sugaya. commissioner sugaya: do you know since there is a new mayor of how he is approaching the budget and is he sticking pretty much to what mayor newsome presented? >> they issue a target based on the projection that will be updated with the joint report that's issued at the beginning of march by the mayor and the controller and there be will be a new projection and they will allocate the changes and for now the number assumed in december is the number the departments have been given to work with. commissioner sugaya: you are not expecting the mayor to make any substantive changes directly affecting the department? >> no. >> so far the mayor has not changed things and the biggest way it

the grant is for all the positions for a total of three years. police department is committed keeping those people on our police force for a minimum of one year after the grant expires. supervisor chu: ok. thank you very much. why don't we go to our budget analyst report on this item? >> on page four of our report, we point out that pursuant to the terms of this grant, the city is required to retain all 50 police officer positions for least one year after the three- year federal grant funding expires. that would be from july 1, 2012 until june 2, 2013. the cost of that is $1.4 million. we also state -- given that the requested $13.2 million was placed in the police department's -- and the police department is providing a presentation to the budget and finance committee, there is not been a presentation since march 10 to the budget and finance committee, at which time, $100,000 was in reserve. if the police department cannot provide time on hiring each of the individual officers, we would consider an apology for the budget and finance committee. >

you want to be able to go back to the grant performance period, but this has to go to the grant as well. chap chan it looks like -- commissioner chan: it looks like there is spl information you can get to us. >> those are made retroactively. president mazzucco: all in favor? >> aye. >> aye. president mazzucco: let's go to mazzucco. -- let's go to item number 5. >> item number 5, request the chief of police for approval to retroactively accept and expend a $65,000 grant from the california state department of boating and waterways for a boating safety and enforcement grant to purchase the equipment for the marine unit. president mazzucco: all in favor, aye. >> aye. president mazzucco: item number 6. >> 6 is routine administrative business. 6-a is commission announcements. 6-b scheduling of items identified for consideration at future commission meetings. president mazzucco: could you please relay to the public the zathes dates -- the dates. >> members of the public are allowed to provide comment at regularly scheduled meetings. in addition the commission is allowed three events. commissi

caller: mike, it is with these block grants. -- my comment is with these block grants. i have had experience with them from a management point. there are people out there, first of all, children and elderly, and they are depending on us from one generation to the next. some people to abuse the system. -- do abuse the system. it comes down to monitoring closely what is being done with the money. guest: that is the case, and it should be monitored. in fact, programs are monitored by the federal office. the money comes from the department of health and human services to the governor's. the state has their own stuff that goes out in their state, within communities in the state, and they monitor programs financially, that estimates that have to be found -- bank statements that have to be filed. the accountability is there, and it has got to be there. the point is, that seems to be falling by the wayside, some of the criticism of the program -- jack lew at the administration -- these are just programs where we are giving money away. the unemployed people who got laid off in t

that is part of the grant. the other part is partners to install the technology. >> i want to encourage you, to think about the deep south and visitation valley, executive park area. both of which are project areas. in need of transportation and often just left and unconsidered. but there are many high-density projects that will be coming. you are scoping and i am just planting the seeds to take root and bear fruit. >> i can do that for you. >> any other questions? >> thank you. >> i just wanted to reinforce the signifigance of this investment, that will make the electric car more viable in the eyes of the regular consumer. the beauty of the combination of the short-term rental of the city car share, so that, to the user, who will be taking the car a few hours, there is no risk. it is a trip to ikea or the trip to wherever, you need something you can't cary ory on muni. you are not making any investment, but you want to experience how reliable it is. you can get -- with the best charges, we will recharge to 80%

million worth of grants next year. don't worry, we will be getting some grants. i am very hopeful that is about two and half million dollars. one of the other major changes is the decrease revenue from the traffic fund and this is due to a change in the activities of the past year that for budgeting purposes as far as we can tell that will continue as they have the last few months. we have seen a little bit of good news here. it looks like an extra $300,000 or so that we can feel comfortable putting into our budget in terms of asset forfeiture. those are the changes that i want to highlight. i wanted to review the cut that have been requested by the mayor's office. you might hear sometimes that there is talk at about 2 and 1/2% and 7.5%. 2.8% is equivalent to the 2.5% that you might have heard in previous discussions. the bulk will cut from not refilling retirements. that is the other figure there. >> what does that mean? >> as police officers retire, we will not be replacing them. >> thanks. >> the next line which is

, teacher quality grants. i suggest to you what you do if you are interested in educating special needs children that you decide that a $558 million cut is just not the right thing to do. to children who have these special needs and who are mandated by the federal government to get the kind of training they need to achieve their level and realize their dreams and aspirations. i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? >> i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> i yield to the chairman. >> we have no objection to the amendment and i intend to vote for the amendment and i yield back. >> thank the gentleman for yielding back. budgeting is about making tough choices. congress has the responsibility to outline a budget the country can afford. too often congress failed in this basic duty. i'm pleased to see us beginning to move in a new direction. the choice we face today is whether we will begi

>> we are granting both appeals. granting the first appeal, and then it -- president goh: okay, removing the condition. >> yes. >> so the first motion, then, is to grant this appeal of holding this request for release, allowing it to go forward. >> conditioning it, yes. president goh: the condition is critical, though. commissioner fung: condition at to the removal of the suspended ceiling. >> from the scope of this permit, to be deleted. commissioner fung: yes. >> ok, we will go on that first. suspended ceiling. again, to repeat, is to allow this request for release to go forward, upholding the zoning administrator, with the condition that the suspended ceiling be struck from the scope of the permit. on that motion from commissioner fung -- [roll call vote] so the vote is 4-0, the zoning administrator is upheld with that condition. the second motion, also from commissioner fung, is to grant this appeal and deny this permit. >> can you recite the appeal number? >> this is 10-138. and no finding. so on that motion to

it was a small grant. but in his case it restored the needer -- theater an its prubses so that neighboring owners then restored their homes and turned them into bed and breakfast places, restaurant and antique shops saw a boost in their business and in fact the state of michigan just built an exit ramp off the state highway to serve the increasing number of cars flocking to this hometown that otherwise was a virtual ghost town. they are a magnet for businesses every place that they locate. and n.e.a. searches out those opportunities. there are 668,000 businesses involved in the creation and distribution of art and millions of jobs. just two examples in virginia, actually, to cey time, i'll give one example. signature at the for the arlington, virm, received n.e.a. grants for their nationally recognized artistic and education programs. i would suggest that all of our members go there sometime, they will invariably see an extraordinary good performance, one that has generated economic activity throughout com

that's just cal grant.you have the pell grant, and you have -- you took your classes at the high school level, you have more money. that's just a lot of grants valuable also at the university level that provide grants. cal grants equals a lot of dinero. >> i can honestly say that i probably would not be here if i didn't qualify for financial aid. i mean, the situation -- that's what a lot of our students are facing. they feel like college is not for them because they can't afford it. what we're hearing is the increases in tuition from year to year, fortunately, the cal grant is being increased to allow for those increases to be subsidyized by cal grant and other scholarships that the universities and colleges may offer to students. >> and the free workshops are coming up. you have one coming up after today, sunday. you have one at gunderson and over phil high school, and you have add aid fourth one. >> february 28th. friends are welcome to come in any time. >> put the parents at ease. tell them how easy it

retroactively accept and expand community services block grant. president chiu: item accepted. madam clerk: item 8 is ordinance amending the san francisco planning code by amending. president chiu: i understand supervisor wiener may need to be excused from this. commissioner wiener: i own a condominium where i reside that is within 500 feet of the western britney -- boundary of the proposed extension, specifically the northwest corner of market and i ask to be excused. president chiu: do we have a motion? without objection, supervisor wiener is excused for this vote. supervisor mar? commissioner mar: thank you, president chiu. one issue that was brought to our attention after we had unanimously supported the ordinance is a cleanup amendment. i'm introducing an amendment to this item to clarify the rules on how projects already in the entitlement process will be affected by the new extension of the upper market zoning controls. the language has been agreed to by steak holders in the community, the planning department, the city attorney, but it was

and how the grant was able to fill that gap. >> ok. supervisor mirkarimi: i think that would be helpful. just to recap -- >> madam chair, members of the committee, supervisor mirkarimi, a thing with the chair is asking would be fined -- i think what the chair is asking would be fine. she is indicating $6 million. even with $6 million, there would be $7 million left. number two, the comptroller will only allow you to extend their actual amount. it will not get extended. i think that is a reasonable approach. i think the objective is there is a big chunk of the money that would be continued to be held on reserves. supervisor mirkarimi: how long would you expect an fto to get through the academy compared to lateral movement? >> the 19 that remain will go through a training program up at the academy, and then they will go through a field training program. supervisor can have a question about whether this was to get -- whether this was to address a gap in staffing. we knew attrition was coming, and we did not fund any excesses' last year. 2