oca inherited this agreement, which was originally proposed by the then deputy city administrator. the terms and conditions of the agreement, as previously approved by the board, remained essentially the same. they are simply requesting approval to increase the dollar value of the contract to allow user departments to pay for refuse collection services through the end of fiscal year 2011-2012. it has been approved by the board during the budget process. the services provided include the collection of waste from city receptacles located on city streets, the three boxes of various capacity, located on city property and public parks. it does not include commercial or residential collection. we wanted to provide you with a little bit of history regarding the agreement. their original term of the agreement was april 1, 2007 to june 30, 2011. at time of approximately four and a half years. and not to exceed amount of $29,337,527. the agreement included two one- year options to extend the contract, which could be exercised at the sole discretion of the purchaser. amendment 1 exercised the

this was the idea of an oca member in atlanta, georgia.hey wanted to do something to celebrate our chinese-american heritage. i would like to take this opportunity to say thank you and celebrate with the idea of one person can do. [applause] we have talked about what the dragon means. both are very auspicious symbols on the chinese calendar. when we think about water, we think about economic vitality. when we think about dragons, we think about business. when i think about san francisco in the year 2012, we're so very lucky to have mayor lee. when you think about all the forces coming into play, this is a year and the next quarter years we will have prosperity in our community. our city will be in a leadership position in the regional and world economy. they care very much, mayor lee. i look forward to working with you. -- thank you very much, mayor lee. i look forward to working with you. it takes a lot of people to put together. and may become a part-time employee of the postal service. i just want to thank the program for helping to dis

i am on the board of oca san francisco and a member of other boards and organizations and he has been of great partner. steve understands my life needs to be balanced with the needs of the neighbors, concerns of business owners and other stakeholders. he is a problem solver who thinks creatively about how to satisfy all concerned and he thinks clearly and proposes solutions that make sense and he knows how to work with others to make these happen. i hope you will support his appointment to the entertainment commission. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. >> good afternoon. i am a lifelong resident of san francisco. raising my family here. i am also honored to be a retired san francisco police sgt. after 33 years of working tirelessly for the city, i have also worked, known steven lee for 20 of those years professionally. i have worked with him, he has come to me and revealed information to me on how to make a club run, make a dance run, try to avoid all the problems the police would get into. he is knowledgeable. i have worked with him for 20 years. i have known him for 30. he has a

the sgr, the ability of seniors to see their doctor under medicare, we think this can be paid for by ocay act. there we have it. we have this very major provisions of the legislation that was passed for two month period in december. we can take it to the end of the year. if the republicans insist on paying for payroll tax cuts for the middle class, as they have not insisted for tax cuts on the wealthy, and then we have a way to do that. it is -- again, we're in session two full days, distinguished minority, what mr. hoyer said it's just two actual full days, plenty of time for the confer reis to -- conferees to meet to get this business done. it's a matter of priorities. we know that the payroll tax cut, the unemployment insurance are not only good for the individuals, for these families, but it is good for our economy. it has a macroeconomic effect. money will be spent quickly, injecting demand into the economy, creating jobs. let's create jobs, let's do so in a way that doesn't increase the deficit. with that, of course, we all observed monday, martin luther king day, what a wonderful

. >> what, oca? i've been for them paying for things. >> i think you're thinking on pair-fors evolving. what's your thinking on pay fors going into the negotiations? >> we talked about pay fors in the grand bargain of the super committee, and so we said if you have a big deal, that's going to save -- cut the deficit by $4 trillion, then some of these cuts can be justified if you have growth. you have to have growth to have revenue. if you have growth and entrepreneurial package, how do we have growth to create jobs? how do we -- what revenue can we bring in? spur the growth but also to offset the deficit, and cuts, spending cuts that would balance that all out. we're not doing the big package anymore, but we want cuts here when you really get nothing for it. >> so, are you -- you're proposing another grand bargain? another larger package? >> i'll never give up on that. i never give up on that. that's not going to happen in two weeks or whatever it is when we come back. we are in four days in january.