Clerk that completes the agenda for today. We are adjourned. Thank you very much. [gavel] thank you. Are we good, madame clerk . Good. Good morning, everyone. My apology for arriving late to the chambers. The meet willing come to order. This is december 11, 2019 regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. I am sandra lee fewer, chair of the funds and finance committee, joined by katherine stephanie and rafael mandelman. Our clerk is ms. Wang. Id like to thank sfgov tv for broadcasting this meeting. Madame clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes, please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices, complete the speaker cards to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the january 7, 2020 board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated. Thank you very much. Please call item number one. Resolution approving an updated Emergency Declaration of the San FranciscoPublic Utilitieses commission to repair the southeast Treatment Plant final effluent force main for a total estimated cost not to exceed 6. 250 million. And i think we have michael tran here. Thats correct. Good morning, supervisors. Members of the budgets and finance committee, clerk of the board. Im a project manager with the San FranciscoPublic Utilities commission. Specifically for the southeast outfall crossing emergency bypass. Im here today to present this project as related to the initial Emergency Declaration presented here january 2019. Id like to direct your attention to the powerpoint presentation. As a broad overview, this is a picture of the booster pump station that will be geting into more detail. Id first like the start off with a little bit of background for the project site and a project location. The booster pump station is located at 3rd and arthur, approximately 3 1 2 miles south of oracle park, 1 1 2 miles south of the new chase stadium located in at 3rd and arthur in district 10 of San Francisco. The Treatment Plant treats approximately 2 3 of the citys sewage. The booster pump station experiences approximately 50 to 60 million gallons per day on average and up to 110 millions per day peak, which is pressurized through the southeast outfall system into a pair of force mains crossing the creek. The longer term project is scheduled in targeting 2023 to permanently replace the crossing at islais creek. Id also like to recap the history of this Emergency Declaration. So on october 18 of 2018, waste water staff of San Francisco p. U. C. Detect add potential leak at the islais creek crossing. And what is the leaking force mean . The leaking force means continual operations that there is a noncompliance with the southeast plants and in addition this leaking pipe is located inside isslais creek which is identified by Regional Water quality board as a list of impaired body water body. Subsequently on october 22, San Francisco p. U. C. Issued an Emergency Declaration according to San Francisco administrative code chapter 6. 60. On december 26, 2018, San Francisco p. U. C. Revised the Emergency Declaration again, based on findings from project staff that found poor soil conditions and additional challenges which increased the anticipated amount up to 5 million and subsequently approved by the board of supervisors with an authorization under chapter 6. 60 and chapters 21. 15. On september 25, we subsequently revised this Emergency Declaration again based on active construction and feedback and recommendations from the project team to increase the not to exceed budget up to 6. 25 million from the 4. 12 million. And ill get into that in a little more detail. One last recap from the initial design that was presented here in january 2019. Id like to illustrate the initial design which is shown on the screen, the blue lines illustrate the approximate location of the crossing of islais creek. The bottom blue line illustrates the profile of this pipeline. The red line illustrate what is we attempted to construct and the initial construction duration we estimated to be nine months. And, of course, we mentioned the overall project including Construction Management and design and construction to not to exceed 5 million and the project will be built in guidelines as a statutorily exempt project. Id like to present the challenges, which is the reason why were here today. On the lefthand side photo you can see one of the contractors, twoiing inside a dry hopper dam immediately within the waterway. If you can see the types of soil we were encountering, young bay mud, very unclassified type of artificial fill. The right hand side is oriented a little bit different. This is a result from the survey. At the islais creek bridge is shown on the lefthand side with a reasonably large depression found on the center of the creek under the water and this will help present a redesign that had to happen last minute. Bottom right hand photo is a snapshot from one of our local medias and this was and you can see on there its identified as a whale sighting. Specifically ali the wayward whale and she happened to visit our project site immediately prior to our mobilization. So, what this necessitated was additional biologist active and very and very adamant type of active monitoring by our Construction Management team and also by our biologists on site. A lot of open communications with our contractor as well. What happened with the challenges that we encountered. Immediately prior to that mobilization, we had to redesign. Instead of following the existing blue alignment we actually created a new design to follow to have a direct connection between the northern, southern shorelines. And our construction duration, we actually shortened it by approximately three months. Actual construction and heavy construction was substantially complete as of october 2019. And we demobilized in november 2019 and we are planning for final site work such as sidewalk restoration, fence restoration and permit closeout this month. Now with actual Construction Costs in, we are still negotiating final change orders but the project team is confident we can stay under 5. 5 million. Project is still categorized as statutory exempt under ceqa guidelines. Id like to help illustrate the specialized construction techniques that were used. As mentioned earlier, the project was substantially complete as of october 8, 2019, almost a week in advance of the october 15 official wet weather start date in our area. Theres minor site work remaining at this time. The bottom left hand photo illustrates the utilization of a specialized crane and barge configuration which lowered what you can see as a knife gate valve into a dry coffer dam pit t. Middle photo is a relatively uncommon type of construction. Its called floating and sinking and used throughout the country. But reasonably uncommon in the San Francisco bay area. And you can see the pipe floating in the center of the creek temporarily before its floated and sunk into place. Righthand photo shows the final connection toward the northern connection structure. In summary, im here today to request that the support of this committee to approve the revised Emergency Declaration. Thank you. Any questions to my colleagues . Seeing none, could we have the b. L. A. Report . Good morning, chair fewer. The board of supervisors is being asked to prove an updated Emergency Declaration for the slave creek work and the previous resolution was approved in february of this year. I believe mr. Tran has appropriately described the nature of the work. The increase is actually in the authorized amount from 4. 9 million to 6. 2 million in the resolution. On table one, page three of our report, youll see that the aftersbunlt provided by p. U. C. As 5. 5 million. Therefore, we recommend a reduction in the resolution by 750,000 from 6. 2 to 5. 5. We recommend approval as amended. Thank you very much. Mr. Tran, do you agree with a recommendation from the b. L. A. . Yes. Based on the actual Construction Costs. Great. This opens it up for public xhefnlt any members of the public would like to comment on item one . Seeing none, its now closed. Id like to maiption a approve the amendment brought forth by the b. L. A. And make a move to advance it to the board with the amended. Item number two. Resolution approving and authorizing a 50year lease with one 16year option to extend between the portion commission and t. Z. K. Broadway hotel venue and Public Open Space development at sea wall 323 and 324 with an annual minimum base rent equal to no less than 1 million to commence following board approval. Thank you very much. Id like to make a motion to move this and continue this item to the meeting of january 8. Before i do that, id like to take public comment. Any members of the public would like to comment on item number two. Seeing none, public sxhenlt now closed. Id like to make a motion to continue this item to the meeting of january 8. If we can take that without objection. Thank you very much, colleagues. Madame clerk, please call item number three. Resolution the department of technology to accept an incoming gift of Consulting Services from google inc. For a term of six months to commence upon board approval valued at 750,000. Thank you very much. And we have the interim director for the office of civic innovation. Good morning, supervisors. Good morning, members of the committee. This resolution will allow the department of technology to accept a gift of Consulting Services from a civic bridge partner organization, google incorporated. Specifically, under this project, the civic Bridge Program team will assist the Planning Department and other departments to make the reporting, collection of housing data more efficient. And i have a brief presentation that id like to share with you. The bridge is a program that matches talent with departments to address specific policy or operational challenges facing those departments. Under the civic Bridge Program, departments identify Service Needs that can benefit from pro bono assistance from outside parties. So this project, we will be working with s. F. Planning and other related departments and a team of volunteers from google who will work full time for six months on this multidepartment city team. Gaog is a Founding Partner of civic bridge, having worked with mo cd on the predevelopment of the Affordable Housing portal, the onestop shop residents for people. This pipeline project will have the goal to understand, improve and make more efficient the reporting and collection of housingrelate data. The quarterly housing pipeline report helps city decisionmakers and the public understand the volume of units moving through this pipeline. Currently, the housing report is compiled through a cumbersome, time intensive, manual process and consequentially is not timely or accurate. The team the Pro Bono Team will assess the data and understand the points of our city staff and project sponsors throughout this housing pipeline. This will help the city provide greater visibility and to the housing approval process, identify and recommend business process and prevents and communicate and coordinate with the production of housing in San Francisco. Thank you. Do you have any questions . Im available. Colleagues, any questions or comments . Using none, there is no b. L. A. Report on this. Lets open this up for public comment. Any members of the public like to comment on item number three . Seeing none, Public Comments now closed. Id like to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. Thank you very much. Thank you. Madame clerk, please call item number four. Hearing to consider the release of reserved funds to the Arts Commission placed on the budgets and finance committee reserve in the amount of 2. 6 million to administer grants in the areas of Arts Education, affordable space, core support for organizations and support for individual artists. Thank you very much. And today we have mr. Tom decane from the Arts Commission here. Welcome. Good morning, supervisors. Thank you so much for hearing our item this morning. Im pleased to announce the reserve of 2 30i6 million for the arts impact endowment. Voter aproved proposition e last november with 75 approval, which restores the hotel tax nexus to arts and culture funding in San Francisco. Thank you so much for all of your support. In the measure, it included 9 million approximately new funding for arts and culture, including a new arts impact endowment to be jointly administered between grants for the arts. And i have my colleagues here, matthew guedeau and jason blackwell. The arts impact endowment required a fiveyear allocation plan which is a Needs Assessment based similar to the childrens Needs Assessment. In the winter and spring of 2019 we engaged over 3500 residents of San Francisco as well as visitors and had various input into what the new arts impact endowment should support. Here you see some of the statistics in terms of who we engaged across the city through focus groups, citywide survey and a citywide town hall at the veterans building. We had very clear outcomes of prioritis that actually mirrored the polling of proposition e. Number one was Arts Education and youth arts to what is affordability of space and support for more affordable space in the city. Core support for arts organizations and Affordable Housing and supports for artists, individual artists. So the Cultural Services allocational plan was approved by the Arts Commission on march 4. Consequence subsequently was approved by the city administrator naomi kelly with this breakdown. Were requesting the approval today of 2. 6 million with these percentage breakdowns in these four core areas. All the funding would be granltzed out through competitive grant making through an r. F. P. Process jointly administered by grants for arts and the Arts Commission. In these areas, just to highlight about what the recommendations have been from community engagement, including a twoday working group which meant in may of 2019, so a new grant category to support intergenerational learning, connecting young people with intergenerational learning, supporting the extension of current teaching Artist Residency grants to support traditional general residence. Right now were focused on creative writing but we would expand that work. Creating a new grant to support creative pathways for youth up to age 24 and providing opportunities to bring constituents together to further conversation an innovation approaches to supporting youth in the arts. On affordable space and infrastructure, we know ownership is the best way to keep arts organizations in the city. So, we would continue our work in supporting pathways to ownership through partnerships with groups like the Community Art stabilization trust. Here you see the cass partnership which is a great model of how we can acquire permanently dierdre stricted and affordable cultural use. As well t new grant categoris for cohorts of organizations and individuals who want to foster new partnerships around shared cultural space and while its providing technicals nance Needs Assessments and Financial Planning and other issues that would help support ownership structures. Well expand on grant for the arts programs that support Capacity Building for longterm sustainability through core operate and support and Capacity Building and we would continue our work supporting individual artists across arts disciplines including a new art Market Program which we surveyed your offices to see who might be interested. Learning institute to offer various Capacity Building and Business Development support opportunities for individual artists and then support through cultural maxes to make sure that were reaching all parts of the city through this new fund. Im open to any questions you might have and help answer as well. Thank you very much. Lets see. We have a b. L. A. Report on this. Thank you. The proposed hearing releases 2. 6 million on budgets and finance committee reserve for art programs. These were placed on reserves during the 1920 budget review, pending the finalization of the Cultural Services allocation plan and recommendations from the working group. Our understanding that those conditions have now been met. We sort of summarized the spending allocations in exhibit one on page 16 of our report and recommend approval. Thank you very much. I agree. Open this up for public comment. Any members of the public like to comment on item number four . Seeing none, public sxhenlts now closed. So, this does not need a full recommendation from the full board, just an approval for release of funds so id like to actually make that motion that we release the funds and also that every all of our colleagues actually review the what would you call it, mr. Duschene that you called it . The cultural Allocation Services plan. Yes. It is very good reading and people should be looking at that. So i just wanted to make a motion to release these funds. We can take that without objection. Thank you very much, colleagues. Thank you. Thank you. Could we please file this hearing . Yes. Lets do. Thank you. Could you call item number five . Hearing to consider the review and approval of the budget guidelines for the board of supervisors for fiscal year 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022. Id like to make a motion to continue this item to january 8, but ill take public comment. Any members of the public would like to comment on item number five. Seeing none, public sxhenlts now closed. 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