. >> that held the senate on the board of supervisors, -- cynic a on the board of supervisors, sean elsbernd. supervisor elsbernd: thank you, mr. mayor. the mayor was right there behind all the numbers in every nuance, and really throughout the process. i cannot tell you how much i appreciate that. let's thank mr. helmland. here we are. admittedly, i was a cynic. i was not sure this process would deliver. it absolutely has. this is a real reform. this is a real proposal that every single san franciscan can be proud to support come november. i think it is important to state we will save up to $800 million over the next 10 years. that is real sacrifice from our public employees. this is our current employees stepping forward and making real sacrifices. individual families will be sharing the burden. that is something that needs to be recognized and shown tremendous gratitude. i fully expect the voters in november will show that gratitude. i know the members of the board who are here appreciate that. so, thank you to the mayor. thank you to the public employees who are here for stepping forward

joined to my right by supervisor eric mar, to my left, sean elsbernd. madam court, please share with us your announcements -- clerk, please share with us your announcements. >> if you wish to submit a copy of your presentation to the committee, please submit a copy. >> please call item one. >> item 1. resolution authorizing the office of treasurer-tax collector to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $240,000 from the earned assets resource network for kindergarten to college program participant incentive funds. supervisor avalos: great. >> good morning. i am with the treasurer-tax office. this is an accept and expend for the initial pilot years of the program. one of them is the dollar per dollar match funds up to $100, for a famine that saves up to $100. we will provide a dollar match for that. the second is the $100 saved steady incentive. when a family has direct posit, we are going to provide another $100 to that account to provide an incentive. this provides the funding in order for us to have that. we would like to think the current assets

i am joined by rules committee member sean elsbernd and supervisor mark farrell. i just want to thank sf gov tv for taping this early in the morning and making the transcripts available on-line. we have only one item on today's agenda, which we had heard last thursday. please call item one. >> item 1. charter amendment (third draft) to amend the charter of the city and county of san francisco by -- regarding city retirement benefits and health care benefits. commissioner kim: because we heard this item last week, we are just going to hear public comment. please line up if you have any public comment. good morning. -- >> good morning. i have a question for the board for which i have no -- i do not think i will get an answer. why should we expect our representatives to do any more to live up to this agreement than you have in the past? the reason i say that is, in past years, boards of supervisors have entered into negotiations with city employees on retirement, the different things that accrue over the years, and they made commitments to those city employees, sayin

and to specifically supervisor david chiu and sean elsbernd who really had a lot to do with the pivotal discussions we had about this office, thank you very much for that strong and continued encouragement. i very much appreciate that. and to our communities, to all of you who have come today to witness this, i want to thank you. because it is really for your behalf that we are doing this. and i want to say to all of you, i make that pledge that i will do my very, very best to represent all of the communities that you -- that you live in, that we cherish, that make this city a great city. and to my good friend, rose pack, thank you. we have done it. i thank you for this enormous honor and the enormous responsibility to serve as your mayor. it's a responsibility i take with great -- a great deal of humility, enthusiasm, and determination. i must say it's been a whirlwind for me. i left town over a week ago as your city administrator, a career civil servant, looking forward to a new year of promise and challenge in the job that i love. and now just a few weeks later, i stand before you as

>> this is district 7, supervisor sean elsbernd's district. i should mention the supervisor is a strong proponent of the project. i will present an overview of the project in its totality, presenting some of the fiscal benefits for the city, and focused in on how the developmental agreements and whatsfpuc's obligations are under the agreement. as the acting general manager, michael karlin stated there was no public money involved in at this project and the sfpuc was not obligated to spend money on this project. is entirely a private effort. subject to approval by the board of supervisors, there are a series of development agreements. i take it the commission is familiar with the development agreement. the most important thing to note is this is a contract that runs with the land. regardless of the future owners -- be they the developer, a different developer, multiple owners -- all the obligations are enforceable. and also the city in general, in compliance with state law, cannot enter into an annulment agreement unless there are substantial b

in fact, sean elsbernd did one, a meeting a long time. he probably doesn't remember. a long time ago. thank you all. please consider voting for david waggoner. in fact, i would strongly encourage to you do so. bye, everybody. supervisor kim: thank you, mr. bard. any member of the public, please come up. two minutes. >> good afternoon. my name is richard nie and i'm a san francisco registered voter. i'm here to express my strong support for david waggoner to the police commission. i have personally observed david in his capacity as a attorney. i can give you detail on that if you wish. have i been highly impressed with the thoroughness, thoughtfulness and diligence with which david approaches his work as well as his deep compassion for his fellow citizens and his broad, deep stellar record of service to the community. moreover, mr. waggoner has personal traits that will serve the commission and the city well. a readiness and ability to speak his mind, coupled with the evenness of temperament necessary for dealing with the kinds of controversy that often attend police-r