supervisor mar: good morning. the need to and come to quarter. this is the meeting for october 28, 2010, the meeting of the government on its end of oversight committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. our clerk -- i would also like to thank the sfgtv staff for their great work in the city as well. could you please make any announcements? >> please make sure to turn of cell phones and pagers. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items act upon today will appear on the november 9 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: thank you, and we have three items on the agenda today. please call item 1. >> item 1, motion directing the budget and legislative analyst to conduct three audits in fiscal year 2010-2011. supervisor mar: this item has been to committee several times, so this is a report from the budget and legislative analyst's office. >> good morning. as you stated, we have had several presentations on proposed audits for cale

supervisor mar. supervisor mar: i move this forward as a committee report on the december 7 board meeting. supervisor campos: great, i would ask if i could be added as a co-sponsor supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor mar: i would like to as well. supervisor campos: if we can take that without objection. supervisor mirkarimi: i would like to thank everyone that came and waited on this. supervisor campos: thank you very much. madam clerk, if you can call the next items. >> items number 8 through is 1 are regarding existing litigation. would you like to adopt the motion to go into closed session with the city attorney. supervisor mar: so moved. supervisor campos: we have a motion by supervisor mar to go into a closed session. are there any members of the public that would like to speak? seeing none, that is closed. we will take that motion without objection. we would ask the clerk to clear the room so that we can go into closed session. supervisor campos: we are back on and before we turn it over to the ci

commissioner mar: thank you. any other questions? is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, without objection, can remove this item fort with recommendations? thank you. next item. >> recommend increasing the amount of the authority's professional services contract with jacobs engineering group by $1,054,565, to a total amount not to exceed $2,854,565, for environmental analysis for the geary bus rapid transit project and authorization for the executive director to negotiate contract terms and conditions. this is an action item. >> good morning, commissioners. transportation planner. very similar to the van ness project, geary brt is identified in the countywide transportation plan and is one of the key routes identified in the transit affected this project of mt a. as we move forward, the feasibility study was adopted in 2007 to begin the eir eis. one thing i should note that is different about geary, the prop k line which specifies it must be rail-rea

supervisor mar: supervisor chu. supervisor chu: the benches with the planter boxes, they look great. the question on logistics. was that on the property owner's property, did it require encroachment? >> no, nick from dpw to care of it. it did not encroach on their property at all, but we asked. supervisor chu: in terms of annual cost, are you paying an encroachment feet? >> sure. are you kidding? nick is very good. who is the person i work with on trees? i am planning on her name. carla shorts. we love her. supervisor chu: we are exploring in our own areas where, if you can put in a bench, it might be a place for people to gather. you have to convince people that it is worth putting in. there is an annual increase in fee, it becomes a hindrance for a lot of folks. >> it is $300 a year, which is not a lot of money, and not only do you have to install it, you have to maintain it. people graffiti on them, they carve in there, and they take plants. you need an infrastructure in place, which is why cbd is so great. >> wi

for your sponsorship, to supervise a mar -- supervisor mar for your support. to the partners that help us build this thing and the tremendous support we received as a team that helped us to find workers, sourced locally here, create those real local jobs that we all talk about, and put those people to work learning new skills and helping to build this project here. and thanks also to all the support we received from the local solar community, particularly from solar, sierra club, and from right line. we are really proud to be here. thank you. >> thank you. the last speaker today is the head of our department of environment. they are our partner in all the things we do, and they will be the lead agency working on that 10-year plan for san francisco to the greenhouse gas free. >> thanks. good afternoon. i'm the director of the san francisco department of the environment, and i'm pleased to be here today at this press conference. san francisco does have a very ambitious greenhouse gas emissions goals, and to reach them, we need to eliminate our dependence on foss

commissioner mar: that is an important transit hub. there is the muni offices and other things, but if a target moves into the old sears facility, that would be an incredible destination spot. bike amenities and facilities, that sounds wonderful. >> another area where we identified a need for more robust analysis is what happens east of van ness. mta identified east of how long that it -- paul that could use more traffic signals -- powell that could use more traffic signals and design improvement. we saw the need to further optimize what happens east of van ness. through the course of this a valuation by mta and community feedback, we have identified a need for an even more robust scenario east of van ness. so that is a new area of the report. in terms of the current request, we have three different tasks identified. the project management and then the environmental analysis, engineering work, the addition of a new build alternative is a new era of work. transitioned, passing zones. more robust samaras for the east of van ness areas --

commissioner mar: good morning, everyone. welcome to the regular meeting of the transportation authority finance committee. i am joined by commissioner chris daly and sophie maxwell. erica chang it is our clark. i want to take a moment to thank sfgtv for providing access to the meeting. madam clerk, please call item two. >> approval of minutes of the november 9, 2010 meeting. this is an action item. commissioner mar: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. without objection. item two. -- item three. >> recommend increasing the amount of the authority's professional services contract with parsons transportation group by a maximum of $1,700,000, to a total amount not to exceed $3,972,046, for environmental and preliminary engineering for the van ness avenue bus rapid transit project and authorization for the executive director to negotiate the contract terms and conditions. this is an action item. >> good morning, senior planner manager, manager of the van

supervisor mar: are there any other questions? let's open this up to public comment. >> there is more to our presentation. if you want me to continue, i will. i will talk about one other audit and then we will turn it over to kathryn to talk about technical assistance work. the other audit was on overtime and premium pay. that was also done this year. we examined all overtime and premium pay code that is used at the police department. we have some descriptive information on that report. we picked three that are based on extra hours worked to analyze, that his court appearance pay, acting assignment pay, and police services over time, which is police services. then we have looked at something that had nothing to do with overtime, uniform alliance. that is $820 a year but is not paid in a lump sum. what we found is policies and procedures for earnings, documenting, and improving core premium pay and acting assignment pay or not always as followed. this starts with an index card, a piece of paper, that officer fills out. in many case

supervisor mar. supervisor mar: thank you very much for passing the ordinance and for the detailed explanation. seems that the resources are significant. i would like to see the slides. could you forward those at some point so we can look at the more carefully? i am especially interested in the elimination of food desert'' and getting young people more involved with healthier eating and life styles in their communities. it sounds like the next step for the puc is more of an implementation plan for the community benefits ordinance. >> that is exactly where we are. as we have had conversations over the last couple of months with both the commissioners as well as several of the board of supervisors, what is interesting is as you look at the inventory and look at how the investments have been taking place in the past is that we have been doing it, so it is not like there has not been community benefit activity happening, but it has been somewhat scattershot and not as intentional as both the commission a

supervisor mar: aye. supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor daly: aye. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the resolutions are adopted and emotions are approved. item nine. >> approving general plan amendments in connection with the better streets plan. president chiu: same house, same call. without objection. >> item 10, environment code to participate in a drug store to program -- stewardship program. supervisor mirkarimi: we have a vision. we have a plan. we believe the plan should be either memorialized -- we wanted to a pilot program with the industry, consulting with the administration that has been an integral part of negotiating with the pharmaceutical industry. we might need a little more time. i will split the difference and ask for a one-week continuance. we will move on the actual vote of the legislation. president chiu: is there a second? seconded by su

supervisor mar. supervisor mar: i would like to say i do know of bill sokol's work -- work. i know that it is a very important advisory group for our board, and it would be good if we could continue this, i think, so that we could hear from both of the candidates, so i move that we continue the item. supervisor campos: thank you, and i would agree with that. i think it is important to hear from an applicant, especially for something as important as this advisory group, so why don't we take that without objection? thank you very much. we could call the next item please. >> -two, hearing to consider appointing five members, terms ending april 27, 2011, and april 27, 2012, to the soma community stabilization fund community advisory community. supervisor campos: thank you. we have five individuals and seven applicants. it is my understanding that one applicant applied for the wrong seat and will not be pursuing seat four. why don't we begin by asking each applicant to address the committee? it is an opportunity for you to make a brief statement about yourself and your interests

supervisor mar: that is a great logo. >> thank you. if you improve public space, you have to activate it. we worked on a project for 18 months. we are good to go? do i use this one? ok. as lisa said, the thenva was a step -- the nva was established five years ago. i want to be able to look at the slide. i cannot. great. it was established five years ago. we had a tough time of it. we had to go 25 feet by 25 feet by 25 feet, which is the no small feat. reluctant property owners wondered why they should be paying for this. you had to explain to them that they were responsible for the maintenance of their sidewalks, which not all of them agreed to. let's go back to the other one. we will go to the next slide. the first thing that we did, once we got established, we had a community -- we hired urban ecology. we did a five-year plan. that was the only way we could get the grants and funding we wanted for projects. we had such a small budget, 70% of which was spent on this is a picture of the community plan. we are about to look for funding

supervisor mar: there are a ton of the events in this short period of time. thank you. any other questions? is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? walter paulson. >> government audit and oversight. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. somewhere down the road our roads are going to cross again somewhere down the road i know that part of yours will come to see that noe valley takes the lead supervisor mar: very nice. 9q5t< to be packaged. we found over a third of the on the clubs had either not been sealed properly with tape or were not signed off on by two officers, as is required. the envelops book like this. on the back, they have stance that say initial, verify officer, currency. we also found the property evidence tracking system itself is an older mainframe system with some limitations, the biggest of which is the system does not allow the police to update the dollar value field. if part of the evidence gets removed properly, they cannot update that. so as

commissioner mar: colleagues, any other questions? is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this item ford with pregnant -- forward with recommendations? without objection. next item. >> item 5. recommend award of a two-year consultant contract to wmh corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,600,000, for engineering and environmental services for the yerba buena island bridge structures and authorization for the executive director to negotiate contract terms and conditions. this is an action item. >> i am the project manager for the yerba buena island structures project. just some history, we have been working with the past two years with the treasure island developer and authority and economic workforce here in the city for transportation improvements on the island. i want to give you an overview of this project in particular and highlight some of the eligibility good news we have in terms of other funding and then discuss with you the co

supervisor mar: what is their governance structure? >> i am sorry. i am not an expert. supervisor mar: in looking at the website, it is accurate what some of the public said about some of the large multinationals seeming to be in the governance of the entity. but you're saying this is a u.n. organization. >> this is a united nations entity. the deputy director of the united nations global compact, gavin power, is what is called a level p5 employee of the united nations. chairperson maxwell: do we need to have a roll-call vote on chairperson maxwell: do we need to have a roll-call vote on

i am joined by supervisors mar and chiu. >> please make sure to turn off all cellular phones and pagers. any documents to be included in the file should be submitted to the clerk. items added to the supervisors agenda will be added to december 14 unless otherwise stated. chairperson maxwell: i do not believe we have in the committee reports. >> item 1, consenting to the redevelopment agency using $80,000 of federal grant money for the installation of public art in mthe hunters point shipyard area. item two, up rehabilitation of building 813 in hunters point. chairperson maxwell: this will allow us to accept $7 million -- more than $7 million of federal support for rehabilitation of the hunters point park land. the first will give us public art. the second will move us closer toward the goal of rehabilitating and reusing building 813, located on parcel to of the shipyard. ultimately, building 813 will house incubator space for cleaning technology companies and provide a range of employment for san francisco residence. the mayor's office and redevelopment's staff will present. >> good aft

mar aye maxwellaye aye -- mar aye. maxwell aye. mirkarimi aye. commissioner chiu: this ordinance passed on first reading. >> item 24 is an ordinance appropriate and approximately $2.4 million of visitation valley infrastructure fee revenue and placing approximately $1.2 million on reserve. commissioner chiu: roll-call vote. >> alioto-pier aye. avalos aye. campos aye. chiu aye. chu aye daly aye aye chu aye aye -- chu aye. daly aye. dufty aye. elsbernd aye. mar aye. maxwell aye. mirkarimi aye. the next item authorizes the planning department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $250,000 from the california department of transportation for the chinatown broadway streetscape improvement program designed plan and amending the budget to add for the planning department. commissioner chiu: same house, same call? this ordinance is passed on first reading. >> item 26 is an ordinance authorizing the planning department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $250,000 from the california department of transportation for the central corridor of

supervisor mar: i actually have a couple of questions for planning. supervisor maxwell: who would you like to hear from? supervisor mar: whoever is most familiar with the latest draft of the legislation. on page 19, line 15, under section 31.16, it says appellants may sign a letter of appeal or may have agents authorized in writing, and my understanding is the language are around authorization in writing does not refer to anything that is in the code. >> we had nothing to do with those changes. the additions of changes, so i do not have an issue. we have an occasion where someone has filed an appeal or has represented themselves as representing a property, and that is why it is written. but we have no issues with this, with what you're suggesting. i think it has the same meeting, same intent. supervisor alioto-pier: if i may, that request came specifically from the clerk's office, just because it can be very confusing for them, and this was their way of -- just so you know where it came from. supervisor mar: and then, on page 22, there is language tha