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in terms of alternative revenue sources, supervisor wiener mentioned the idea of maybe getting tree care off of the -- directly funded by property owners. we have been exploring other cities do this, not just for trees, but for landscaping. were there to be a parcel tax or assessment district or some other revenue stream, those costs could come off the general revenue fund. but again, there's not a whole lot that we do that we are supported by the general fund for that has a whole lot of obvious revenue solutions. beyond pension and benefit reform, and the development of alternative ...

this is coming from. i would love to hear more on that >> madam chair and members of the board of supervisory, this is one of the reason why we suggested to be a policy. in fact, we discussed it after this morning's well, before the first session at 1:45. and we are going to put in as an alternative policy recommendation that those funds will reserved because your point is well taken, which is our point. and that is the board of supervisors in aproving this $300,000 as is would not have the details like they have on any other appropriation of how it's going be expended. so where as m...

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor chu: hello, about an to the regular meeting of the budget finance committee. -- welcome to the regular meeting of the budget finance committee. our klerk today is mr. victor young. are there any announcements? >> please turn off all cell phones. if you wish to speak during public comment, please submit a speaker card to myself. items act upon today will appear on the board of supervisors agenda, may 10, 2011, unless otherwise stated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. please call item no. 1. >> item #one. ...

those are the concerns that i have revolving around a flat out general exclusion being proposed. i remain open to both proposals, but i would like to reiterate what i think our last public speaker meant, which is avoiding governing by expression and looking long-term at the overall business tax return rather than piecemeal legislation to keep companies year. supervisor chu: thank you. we have two items before us. there is a motion to make amendments to extend the years from the supervisor, two to six. so can we take those motions without objection? i know that this would require that...

it is our hope that by selling longer-term hopes and strategies, we can move in more carefully and gradually implement them. when you are dealing with the annual budget 12 months ahead, often, if you know where you want to get and you have to get there in 12 months, you have to resort to extreme measures. if you know that you want to shift money from one program to another within 12 months, you have to do things like laid-off employees and cut contractors. it is a shift by aware where -- in a way where if you are using attrition and turnover with a more careful in gradual planning pr...