harrington into mr. carlin that they add a classification in any support they can give staff. we have attached a chart that we gave you with the proposed reorganization, what it would look like, appear which would not make any difference in terms of the budget cost, so we are asking you to do it. commissioner: this is yours? the one added new position? >> yes. commissioner: tell us about the senior administrative analyst. >> that person would add a skill set to the office. having the support of an analyst. i am not quite sure how to answer your question any more specifically. they do a lot of work with charts and numbers. i think with this position, they would have to get some with some special skills in contracts or leases or something of that nature. commissioner: would you consider this to be sort of your first counterproposal to the unions? yes or no? >> yes. commissioner: earlier, you were making references to management. were you making that with the entire pc or within the bureau or department? >> both. commissioner: just so you know, it is a concern of mine but the wor

harrington? captain harrington, excuse me. >> yes. my office did compile this data, it was taken from fbds, and we used it and provided that information. i would tell you that from the assistant administration side and what we do since 2008 over 16,000 people have been trained on -- [inaudible] >> okay. mr. amey? >> two words: mission failure. less than 10%, they're not performing their mission. >> commissioner, can i -- >> sure. >> i have a question, captain harrington, right on that line which is you said you provided that information. it shows gaps, and we all acknowledge an issue. who did you provide it to, and when you say provided it, who do you provide it to? >> sir, we provided that information to osd, tnl, and i do not conduct any analysis on it. we just provided the information. we did the data mining. >> so you're not aware of what they -- you're not aware of how they've used this data in the present mode? >> no, sir. >> okay. >> captain harrington, what i think we're getting at here is that your system allows the users, do

spent thank you, captain harrington. we appreciate that. >> i want to thank the commission for asking the project on government oversight to testify about the issues of contractor accountability and how past performance information and to suspension and debarment system can be used and continues see operation of the government has estimated that $177 billion has been spent on contracts and grants to support u.s. operations in afghanistan and iraq since 2001. according to the search of you is a spinning there were nearly 50,000 contract transactions for $21 billion in fiscal year 2010. i cannot overstate how important contractor accountability issues are in a line together to operate and accomplish its mission is important to remember that contractor account of irresponsibility are not isolated. they usher between acquisition contract, program, oversight, and enforcement officers and inside agencies, a.i.d.'s and the department of justice. federal contracting law state that contracts are only supposed to be awarded to res

harrington? >> first of all, we want to thank mr. vote rose for his work and we thank you for the recommendations. it is difficult to build a dam in california, as you might imagine. we talked about the issues with environmental organizations, regulatory issues. i am pleased to report that at the planning commission, many different organizations spoke in favor of the eir. when this was completed, we were in complete agreement with the organization's of which we work. we are improving the fisheries and the lives of people who are over there. happy to answer any questions. supervisor chu: thank you. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on items three, four, or five? >> good morning, supervisors. bright line defense project. there were discussions about how to maximize opportunities for residents, while balancing the interests of regional repairs and project impacted communities. as a result, the sfpuc had put for many innovative ideas and staff has provided input into the local hiring law. general manager harringt

captain harrington? do you have anything different? >> from where i sit for funding, i look at the system, and i am funded -- >> so you're a user of the system, and it's not really down your lane. mr. carroll? you've got a usaid contractor that's failed. you've got a bunch of money being spent. it's an irreversible contract. right now we're paying for it. should we be considering a change in either the regulation or the law that requires that where it's egregious, you know, they're going to continue to do business. they've made all these fixes, but who's going to pay for the fix? >> i agree with you 100% on what you're proposing, and i would just say two things. for the agency, for example, to fix that they're going to put eight fte into a new unit, so you've got to give them credit for that. secondly, i know mr. tiefer is a fan of lbg, but they are paying for their corrective actions, you know, civil settlement -- >> part of their justice settlement all of the corrective action plans? >> we, exactly. >> and justice can do that, and th

hale and director harrington, who helped us to get rid of the old one, so this is a big deal. i will just add a little cautionary note, that whatever jurisdiction the puc has, and i am not sure how much you have, but, please, exercise whatever jurisdiction you have got to make sure pg -- pg&e gets it done quickly so we can have that part of the city back, where they used to be a power plant, so, thanks. president vietor: director beach: -- president vietor: thank you. and they also want to thank the staff we do we also want to thank the staff -- we also want to thank the staff at puc. there is the climate change, so that is exciting to be able to see this extent in the right direction. thank you. >> that concludes our port, but it is a great lady -- leading to our next item. -- a great lead-in. secretary housh: the resource plan. >> this is our third time talking about this item. we came to you at the beginning of our report development with the findings of the rocky mountain institute. we came back to you after input from a select group of folks, with specific recommendations

we did receive the letter theed harrington -- a letter from ed harrington. where are so looking at some of the issues to make sure we are well informed as well and can confirm the things that are in the letter. thank you. >> thank you. >> mr. president, we have no speaker cards on this item. >> thank you. next item. >> next item would be the san francisco public utilities commission citizens advisory committee that date. mr. kane and midwest will present in mr. landsbergis absence. -- mr. kane and ms. west will present. >> i expected someone else to join me to give this report. i was just going to not accordingly. i do not know how much some of you members are acquainted with the cac. we generally try to make a contribution that has some substance to the commission. frankly, we could not do it without the support of the very able puc staff. but over the last few years, we have come up with a number of resolutions, which have filtered over to the commission, and i know it has been of some interest to the commission, the kind of work that we have done. i will

>> i do not have the same level of detail that ed harrington and others have. tcommunications, roofing small buildings -- probably the largest categories are for electricians, electronic technicians, and some very specialized work related to the sewage treatment plant improvements and new camera system changes throughout the airport. i apologize that i do not have more detail. this is where we have to get specific data. chairperson avalos: we can follow that in the months ahead. thank you for being here. next up, i call up lon simmons -- rhonda simmons. you will be talking about what the person looking for work can expect to find and how to apply and find work. >> yes. thank you for inviting my office to be a part of this presentation. we have been working on local hire for least the last two years, trying to maximize local employment in this economy. i would like to thank my colleagues. also hrc, and the porch and parks and wreck -- the port and parks and rec. we could not do this without our partner department -- partner department's assistant as. the legisla

next up, general manager ed harrington. thank you for being here today. >> thank you, members of the board. i'm happy to be here today, actually. wanted to go through a couple of things. what is the implementation of discussion that mr. riskin started. the sec is what we are internally doing, and the third is lessons we have learned. we thank you for adopting our legislation as a board. we have been concerned about how to implement it, obviously, because we are a large organization, but if you look at the next 10 years of the city and expectations for city spending on capital programs, it was the scene is resisting the largest apartment impacted -- it was the single largest department impacted. during the actual framing of the legislation, we want to thank supervisor avalos and others for welcoming ways to make it more successful. we are happy with that. since it has been adopted, we have been acted -- active in all the work-related discussions. i am on the policy group as set up by naomi, and everyone has been great to wor

harrington? captain harrington, excuse me. >> yes. my office did compile this data, it was taken from fbds, and we used it and provided that information. i would tell you that from the assistant administration side and what we do since 2008 over 16,000 people have been trained on -- [inaudible] >> okay. mr. amey? >> two words: mission failure. less than 10%, they're not performing their mission. >> commissioner, can i -- >> sure. >> i have a question, captain harrington, right on that line which is you said you provided that information. it shows gaps, and we all acknowledge an issue. who did you provide it to, and when you say provided it, who do you provide it to? >> sir, we provided that information to osd, tnl, and i do not conduct any analysis on it. we just provided the information. we did the data mining. >> so you're not aware of what they -- you're not aware of how they've used this data in the present mode? >> no, sir. >> okay. >> captain harrington, what i think we're getting at here is that your system allows the users, do

i also want to express my appreciation to general manager harrington for his hard work and leadership. we are incorporating the institutional is a nation of sustainability into our business practices. thank you. vice president moran: again, we use this for its value -- >> again, we use this for evaluations. we go through the process before judge richard before july, of is the period june-july -- we go through this process before july. it is the period june-july. we will be looking at if we are meeting the different expectations that we set for ourselves in july. it is a way for us to judge if we are doing the job. any thoughts about the process itself? if not, you are certainly welcome to speak about anything you may be concerned about next year for the action plan, to see where they fit in. >> thank you. president vietor: one thing i did not see in here is a baseline. my understanding is that when you are doing indicator work, it is helpful to have a baseline you are working from? >> yes. in our report from 2007, we created a baseline. we found 160 performance indicators. based on th

the first one is from judith and richard harrington of 227 and would. -- 227 edgewood. they say they support their neighbors in opposing the project. these and other neighbors believe the proposed project is massive and extends to far into the rear yard and open space along the eastern size of edgewood and is not in keeping with the historic character of the neighborhood. we would not like to see the unrestricted building of such large houses on our street. if such a pattern were to become established, it would forever destroy the character of our beautiful neighborhood and its accessibility to the forest. next letter is from marshall erwin. i support my neighbors to seek to have the project size reduced. what i learned about the project at the meeting -- and she spent a substantial time describing how the project would be built. the architect included a power point presentation that showed the project size and front and back use of the property. mr. robinson then described the unique character of the neighborhood and its home. several members expressed concern about th

commissioner torres: the second was going to direct director harrington to do something. >> you have an agenda item and a resolution under item eight in your packet, so we are asking you to move item eight, as staff has recommended. >> the first resolves to endorse the goals. -- resolve is to endorse the goals. commissioner torres: i move. president vietor: as by commissioner moran. commissioner torres: i would hope commissioner moran would second. vice president moran: i am getting confused. the first one -- the second one, to forward this to the board. that is fine. the third is that we direct the general manager for the recommendations contained in this plan better for items under control of the commission. -- this plan that are four items under control of the commission, -- that are for items under control of the commission, and the next is to come back, and i guess my question is whether we should add to that including a plan for the finances. commissioner torres: that was part of my motion. i was hoping you would set and it. -- second it. vice president moran: you are way ahead

thanks participation today from general manager ed harrington, mr. roh hand, airport director john martin, the dpw director. thank you for your work on this. we will continue this item to the call of the chair. rhonda simmons as well. this whole hearing came together with the support of rhonda simmons and chris iglesias and others, all of whose work has been instrumental. thank you to the members of the public for coming here. we will continue this item to the call of the chair and will get updated as to proceed. without objection, thank you colleagues. we have one more item, item five. >> item 5, resolution encouraging avalon bay communities to sub-contract 0 carpenter crafts to irresponsible contractor that pays area standard wages and benefits and has a state of california certified apprenticeship program and trim an upgrade training. chairperson avalos: thank you ms. johnson. i wrote this resolution up with a concern about the avalon bay project at mission ave, concerned that despite the better neighborhoods plan that is part of the zoning that w

captain harrington, geoff twice in sag don't analyze the data. this is what you said about what your office does. you manage, you oversee. you do proper database management, configuration management, customer support and training. but if you don't analyze the outcome how do you know what you're supposed to be doing? could you tell me, please? >> we have an moaa through dla and osd. and we adhere to the moaa. the memorandum of agreement -- >> i know what that means. my folks take that very strictly. >> tell me, but you have a memorandum of agreement, but do you get specifics on the outcome of your training on whether you have configured these, whether the systems are properly configured? you get numbers. do you get outcomes? >> we compile monthly metrics about the system, yes, sir. >> you do. so you have numbers and outcomes on all these systems, on all the training you're even -- you are able to evaluate how well you train people? somebody takes a course at the university, they're going to take a test. he will pass, fail, get great. and somebody

. >> reporter: cheryl harrington says her allergies are in full bloom, way earlier than last year. >>ing more and more people coming in earlier and earlier each year. >> reporter: blame it on mold, grass, tree and weed pollen and common medications work well, but aren't perfect. >> a lot of antihistamines that i used as a side effect have drowsiness. >> reporter: she is with the center of integrated medicine at jefferson. she said spring allergy sufferers have choices. a recent study finds taking butterbur relieves the symptoms of hayfever without drowsiness. >> it showed in comparison to the antihistamines that they used in the study was as effective, but without the side effects so, i was like, this is a no brainer. >> reporter: she is also a fan of corsitine. >> it is in a lot of foods already. >> reporter: things like green tea, broccoli and onion. the herb stinging metal is another favorite but has fewer studies to support its effectiveness. she warns don't take any supplement without taking to your doctor first. supplements are not regulated by the fda. >> there is a wide range