is it a difference of us allocating, what is it, $7 -- $.7 million, $700,000. >> if th

is it a difference of us allocating, what is it, $7 -- $.7 million, $700,000. >> if you think this is the only program in the p.u. crumplet you should continue -- p.u.c. you should continue funding at full rates, yes. you would be cutting every other program in the p.u.c., including taking care of our power plants, including our transmission, include anything for work on city facilities, and this would be the one program you would leave whole while every other program in the city is being cut, yes. that would be what it would take. supervisor mirkarimi: can you make that statement any more powerful than that? [laughter] supervisor mirkarimi: ok. it gives me something to think about. can we switch topics a little bit on the city college? >> sure. supervisor mirkarimi: i think rightfully the president of the community college board of trustees is making a good case. he's basing it on other agreements we have with other institutions. we have been charityible with other institutions in the past. i'd like to know how we can help them despite the fact that the p.u.c. is also struggling to f

retaliation to explain to you why these accounts make it difficult for workers to in fact use the money that is being allocated into these accounts. the way that these accounts work is that there are incentives that the individuals who use these accounts have that make it very difficult for the employee to actually benefit from the account, so it is thus not surprising that the account, that the money that is being allocated into these accounts, only 20% of that money actually as it stands today is being used for the healthcare of those employees. the second reason we're here, though, is not just about the workers. it's also about the small businesses and i am proud to say and i believe this wholeheartedly that this is a pro-business legislation that tries to level the playing field by recognizing that the great majority of businesses in san francisco are in fact complying with the spirit and the letter of healthy san francisco. in fact, the numbers bear that out. 87% of all businesses, in fact, that comply with their obligations under the law, do not use these accounts. we're talking about a very small percen

and then we use this allocation plan as a process. we make decisions on the grantees that we will award, and we create what we call a matrix of need. this is where we calculate by the districts, the number of children within that district, the number of children in the reduced lunch programs, with a foster care systems and other mandated systems. but all this together and this is how we make certain that we allocate the dollars to meet the needs identified in the neighborhoods and making certain that we fund the programs to meet -- to balance the needs within the districts themselves. the free and reduced lunch needs. and things like that. in terms of making funding reductions over the last few years, we have looked up programs -- the last analysis that we did it -- and i have been more than happy to share this with member of the committee's. we look at all the programs funded by district, and the programs providing services in your district that may not be funded, that may not have a true address and we could tell a couple of stories

allocation taxes and bonds for up to $41 million for this project. we received that authority on april 26, and now, we are seeking your authorization to enter into the financing documents to actually use that allocation. typically, our office seeks authorization to issue taxes and multifamily housing revenue bonds. they would be used to be publicly or privately sold or replaced with a bank like citibank, in which they would in turn use the bond proceeds and lend it to an affordable housing developer in the form of a construction loan. citibank prefers that these funds be categorized as loans rather than bonds, which will actually enable citibank to offer more competitive interest rates for the project. consequently, it is an alternative financing structure than we see with our typical bonds, but our office, our financial adviser, and the city attorney have reviewed the structure and found it substantially similar to our traditional bond structure and concluded that it will actually be very beneficial to the project. as with our other multifamily housing revenue bonds, the city has no obligation to repay the bonds. we are acting truly as conduit finance is. in the case of hunters view,

use district. also, allocation is required for the medical office building, and there are several other approvals from other public agencies. i will touch on the caltrans approval for the tunnel in just a moment. at the may hearing, the commission requested a comparison of what was driving the size of the facility at van ness and geary. although cpmc has indicated that the program at van ness and geary is primarily driven by the consolidation of inpatient services at the california and pacific campuses, this slide shows some of the basic numerical comparisons that specifically relate to the size and capacity. between the pacific and california campuses, there are a total of 594 licensed beds, 295 of which are on average occupied. the proposal is five under 55 licensed beds, all in single occupancy rooms -- 555 licensed beds. the existing of patient care capabilities will mostly remained at the pacific campus, resulting in only a small amount of outpatient services at the van ness and geary campuses. at the may hearing, the campus request -- the commission requested an analysis. this chart covers the m

allocations have stayed consistent at 7%. we have seen applications to health insurance dropped a little bit, from 84% down to 80%, and an increase in using reimbursement plans. that is laid out in table 8 in your chart. forgive me. there are a lot of numbers here. looking specifically at the money allocated to reimbursement plans, as supervisor campos indicated, $62 million was allocated to these plans. in this context, the allocation to a plan constitutes an expenditure. this is what is being addressed in the legislation. only top% -- only $12 million, 20% of that, was reimbursed to those employees over the course of that year. it is 29% of employers who use these reimbursement plans in some way, shape or form. 13% of them have it as the primary method of meeting the employer spending requirements. it is a higher number that used them at all. many employers will primarily provide health insurance and may allocate a small amount of money to a small subset of workers into these reimbursement plans. in addition to that 20% figure, the amount reimbursed to workers, the median reimbursement rate is lower, 12%, if we look at all the employers

. >> in this item we have is a rescission of 7 $6 million from the $134 million that was allocated to usne. that was an allegation by mtc to allow us to move forward with our project in august to authorize contracts at that time. this was before we knew we would have the brand in place. at that time, when the authorized that amount of funding, we did say that they would come back with a recision based on the $400 million, when we received it, identification of eligible expenditures and what not. that point has come when we have actually done so. the grant is in place. we have identified those costs that are eligible. so we have -- mtc has asked us to ask the board to revise the initial product report to resend the funds. we will able to go back to the mtc for the balance of those funds, the 7 $6 million available to us, and we plan to do that in 18 months. we will be speak -- seeking reallocation of those funds. >> are there any questions? is there a motion to approve the updated project report and to authorize the executive director to authorize changes to ab1771? approved. all those in

use of the program ta? how did we decide on this amount of allocation? >> that is a great question. staff looked at those things. >> good morning. tdm manager at the department of environment. the program, we do surveys every time we get reimbursement requests in. we have compiled the survey data for the past two years. each year, if this program was not offered, people would decrease their use of alternative transportation. basically, this provides a safety net for people to use alternative transportation, understand that if they have an emergency, they will be taken care of. with our survey data, 50% said they would continue using alternative transportation but less frequently if erh was not offered. commissioner avalos: talking about for dissipating businesses and the program? >> i do not have a list for you. i can get you one. commissioner avalos: just wondering how wide the participation is, how bad is being measured, and growing, when the demand is? >> when the program first started out, about 100 employers. we now have 400. we continued to grow the program. we sent out inform

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local jurisdictions under the proposed financing plan. 57% of the space would be allocated to the eye of the with 10% used for affordable housing. the remainder would be to support the issue of bonds used instead of tax commitments and redevelopment tax increases. this means a% allocated to city funds, which the comptroller would determine, that allocation of 8%, how much to this fund and how much to city funds. finally, this is a summary of the major economic impacts that i went over, including one time impacts, presented as an annual average. 1100 direct or indirect employment opportunities. 2800 attributed to the non- residential component of the island. and then the increase in housing supply, price impacts in the city. about 2200 jobs until we have about 5300 jobs on average. $2.4 billion in economic output during the projection for 2015. that concludes my presentation, if there are any other questions. supervisor chu: in terms of cash flow to the city of the taxes that, in, this is relevant considering that we are considering the potential diversion in what it might look like. can you tell me about

funding programs for all of the services in the city, but we do have policies imbedded for allocation plans that ask us and require us to mandate or target services to highest need populations in high as need neighborhoods. within our own policy documents, we have outlined what those are, based on needs assessments, an index that we worked closely to develop with service agencies. so, based on that information, it is how we make our allocation plan. i realize the san francisco went through their planning process and during that time it was determined that preschool for all initiative was to be universal. we were not going to be means tested. we believed in the framework and the idea that we would want to blend child care programs with children of all economic status. because we believe that it was and is the best practice. making sure that all of our children will learn and grow together. supervisor avalos: i am concerned that despite peerage in terms of preschool programs universally, there are kids that are low-income on the waiting list with access to funds and funding not being available. you have

use of the program ta? how did we decide on this amount of allocation? >> that is a great question. staff looked at those things. >> good morning. tdm manager at the department of environment. the program, we do surveys every time we get reimbursement requests in. we have compiled the survey data for the past two years. each year, if this program was not offered, people would decrease their use of alternative transportati. basically, this provides a safety net for people to use alternative transportation, understand that if they have an emergency, they will be taken care of. with our survey data, 50% said they would continue using alternative transportation but less frequently

we were very fortunate to be awarded a $3 million allocation from the california energy commission. this allows us to be able to borrow at a low 3% rate over a 15-year term and instead of using fund balances which then we can use for other necessary capital improvements. i do recommend that you consider this for approval today. commissioner caen: is there a motion to authorize general manager? >> so moved. >> seconded. commissioner caen: public comment on this item? all those in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? touch. item 15, please. [item 15 being read] >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is -- at this point deputy director. this tell is for the third package to be awarded in the context of the last one. it's for $45.3 million. we had asked for 8%. they're offering 12.6%. this contract will be about 20% less than estimated. still, we are bidding from the competitive market. we had nine bids. bids ranked from 45.3, the lowest bid, to $57.5, the highest one. good contract. in the east segment. near oak dame. and continue down so we ask you to approve this contract award. commissioner caen: $45 mil

us. under that, $12.10 million has been allocated for the truck rehabilitation program. this entire program, excluding the $40 million, remains with a shortfall of $1.50 million. we are looking for sources as the project progresses to add to this. we are looking at prop k monies. this is a good illustration of the cars that are now in production. components have been removed. the contractor has subcontractors doing rehabilitation of the components coming out of these cars for replacement. one of the key items for this program is the articulation wire harnesses on this vehicle. due to the failure of these harnesses -- there are 2 you will have to this vehicle -- there are two halves to this vehicle. these harnesses are bundles with hundreds of wires within them. they twist and bend and eventually break. when that happens, depending on which wire it is, any number of systems can be affected -- the doors, the propulsion. by performing this upgrade, we will increase the maintainability of the vehicles and increased reliability. what we are going to do is cut out that section

office allocations, because of the land of time that has passed and the expiration of the 18-month construction commencement window, because of the efforts to position this away from office use and because of the complete absence of any effort to move forward with the office project, we are recommending that you vote today to revoke the office allocation for this the to the project. and before your time, and i am happy to answer your questions. this -- thank you for your time, and i am happy to answer your questions. president olague: project sponsor? it is not present. any public comment? seeing none, commissioner moore. commissioner moore: i move to support the department's recommendation to revoke. commissioner borden: second. secretary avery: on the motion for revocation -- [roll-call vote] secretary avery: thank you, commissioners, that motion passed unanimously. you are now on item number eight, case number 2011.0503b, 524 howard street. >> good afternoon. before you today is one additional and final item related to a previous office allocation granted to an office development project located at 524 howard street. it was approved in 1989 as a 23- story building with tw

closing the loopholes will result in a more efficient allocation of cat bill and allow us to reduce marginalthat can be used to help pay down our national debt. some of us are going to have to give something up in the short term in order to secure those long-term advantages. where will the focus be when this question is debated in congress? reported in newspapers and ranted in the blogs. in a world obsessed with instant gratification like enron debates, we are in dire need of leadership, both public and private bella champion patience and sacrifice now in return for a brighter and more stable future for us and our progeny. the media plays a critical role in all of this. you report the facts to leathers can make informed decisions and you know better than anyone picketing his story is factually correct accuracy of claims. there is no shortage of frederick reid to investigate. rappers today to the truth and story will help the public get beyond the soundbite of the day in the long-term consequences of the policy choices and personal choice as all of us must make there are signs the mood of the

allocation. so you sold us what the cost is. where's the vehicle stock coming from? >> we have over the last several months when you look at our availability as a result of some of the prop k initiatives, we have our fleet ne the april report we show an uptick on our reliability of our bus fleet so we now have enough buses without impacting service anywhere else. >> interesting. >> i think this looks incredibly interesting. it will be fascinating to see how the ridership works. i'm glad to see there's an outreach program. for our express buses there are a lot of customers that don't realize that they're there. i know i had a problem -- i used to run the express buses a lot more funding the stops in downtown san francisco proved challenging and i'm embarrassed to admit i had to ask three or four lines of different people which one they were in. i'm glad to see we had some great outreach -- >> and the branding. >> the brand willing be interesting. and this is the line that we get the most complaints on. i was the last one crammed on trying to keep my coat out of the do

if we were using an allocation today of our greatest risk, i do not think we would be spending as much as we are in afghanistan. you make a very good point about one year of our civilian efforts in afghanistan is equal to 10 years of our military. we would like to free up some of the military funds at a faster pace. that would give you additional tools to be able to use our civilian side to advance our objectives. i think that is one of the concerns we have is the resources. there has been discussion on both sides of the aisle. we understand the deficit. we understand we have to make tough choices on the deficit. but we also have to find a source of bonds to move forward on areas that are important. if we can save money on the military side, part of that could be investment on the military -- on the civilian side, which we think could be used very effectively. that brings me to the question of accountability. you have addressed that several times in response to questions and also in your statements. i want to get to pakistan for one moment. we have a 12% popularity with the pakastani p

us deeply. we have small, tiny budgets. most of it is allocated to the shelters. we have three shelters, 72 beds for all of san francisco. i am pleading, asking, hoping that the city would not cut the budget for the department on the status of women. [applause] supervisor campos: the issue of domestic violence has been a very serious one in san francisco. let's hear from the budget director. >> i am greg wagner, the budget director. i agree with the comment. a i think we all understand the importance of the services. over the last several budgets despite proposals for reductions in domestic violence programs, we have been able to protect those programs and have not made reductions to those programs. we're trying to work with the department on the status of women to see if there are other options that we can look at. there may be revenues we can bring in through fees or other sources we can use to create savings without having to make reductions. we are very concerned about this issue. we are working closely with the department and the mayor's office. we very much