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Supervisors agenda. Can. Chairwoman item number one. Resolution authorizing the office of Contract Administration to enter into a First Amendment for marketplace purchases between the city and computerland to increase the total contract not to exceed 23 million, with no change to the threeyear term, with two oneyear options to extend. Chairwoman madam clerk, could you always read number two. Authorizing the office of the Contract Association to enter into a First Amendment marketplace purchases between the city and xjv. For a total contract amount not to exceed 44 million, to expire on december 31st, 2021, with two oneyear options to extend. Chairwoman thank you very much. And i believe we have lauren how do you pronounce your last name . Endigraphenfreed. Chairwoman thats a mouth full. Thank you. Is supervisors. Thank you for hearing this item. Im going to give you a brief overview of the tech marketplace, and thats when these contracts come from, and also providing you an overview of the structure, and things like that. Im going to give you an overview of the way weve spent the money so far under those contracts in the tech marketplace, and also providing you a focus on the way that the city and the contact Monitoring Division and my office has been working to get more of the local businesses involved in those contracts, and then in the second half, if you will, of this presentation, ill do more of a deep dive on the to contracts that were asking to be as amended. And so the tech marketplace is whats known as Computer Store in the 1990s. It is made of eight to nine firms, into something that, as my office has been doing, and for several years, has been trying to find ways to grow the tech marketplace, and to increase the number of firms that are actively involved. So i think what youve seen is over the last 15 to 20 years, weve grown the number of firms that are involved in the tech marketplace from what was once eight to nine formers, ifirms,it is now up to, and we have them competing at various different levels. It more or less acts as a prequalify pool of firms that can provide services in certain areas. For example, if you want to buy an h. P. Product, we have have products, and various other products. That includes both local firms and larger firms. Chairwoman so the departments are able to choose from this pool of people, is that correct . Yes. Chairwoman thank you very much. The main thing weve been doing is trying to ad transparency, and were trying to increase the number of local firms that have been involved in that pool. And so, again, this is really as a prequalified pool, that involves a rigorous process, and boo whic by which e firms had to submit a written proposal, and there was a round of oral interviews as well. So it was a very thorough process. At the end of that process, the firms were awarded what is what we call is a term contract, but it is a laymans terms in laymans terms, it is as needed contracts. This contract isnt for any one and specific project because at this point, weve given them as a blanket contract, and the departments will then come to us over the course in the last months, and theyll be doing it in the future, saying hey, we have this project we want to advertise to the firms that have been qualified in the tech marketplace. And so, again, this is used across the city, and were actively engaged with 60 plus departments in trying to address their needs. And, again, this has a range of opportunities that are involved, and there is a competitive and bidding process on all contracts where there is a there is a competitive and bidding process on all projects greater than 25,000. However, we do have it a little more however, we do have as a streamlined process involved when were dealing with the micro and l. B. E. S. And for those, we dont do Competitive Bidding until you get to 10,000. And thats to encourage the departments, if they can, to award the project to the micro l. B. E. S. And the basic structure i was talking about and the levels, the tier one are the larger firms. You have 19 firms in that tier, one of which has a joint venture that involves an l. B. E e. Firm. These contracts are the initial the contract of value was 20 million. The firms in that tier can do all of the products and services in the various departments. However, there is, as a hard cap, on the size of the project. If the project exceeds 2. 5 million, those projects must go outside of the tech marketplace, and we require the department to do as a standalone for those. So this is really intendseintendedfor the smaller. The tier two are the midsized firms, if you will. In that tier two, we have two firms that are primed by every Small Business here in San Francisco. They have because these are smaller firms, they have a smaller contract value, up to 3 million. But, again, it is basically the same. And the services those firms are allowed to provide, with the exception of the cloud services. And the third tier is the micro setaside, and thats are for small and local businesses, firms that have been certified, and the Contract Division we have 14 firms in that tier. And because of the there is, a a hard limit on those contracts, and the adman code says every 600,000, but i can tell you as my office, and partnering with the contract Monitoring Division in the last several months, have been trying to find ways to increase the size. [audio shut off off] in the last nine months, we spent approximately 72 million in the tech marketplace, which includes tier one, two, and three. But, again, there is a limit on the size of those projects, that you cannot spend 2. 5 million per project. But at the same time, we also wanted to highlight that this isnt a bunch of contracts im sorry, the same contracts these are a lot of small transactions. Weve seen 1,600 every 28 individual transactions with an average value of about 44,000. So these are a lot of small transactions, buying computers, buying software, and other things to support the various departments in i. T. And of those transactions, 80 of them have been awarded through some type of a competitive process. Where there was a bid received, there were proposals received, so this isnt just departments giving out the department or the projects to their buddies, their best friends, or the firms they like. There is a competitive process that supports all of those. And then of that of the projects that were awarded, and for 64 of that represents dollars, where theyre going through things where you couldnt have an l. B. E. Subcontracting goal. If, for example, you wanted as a Scheduling Software made by company x, you would thing bring that opportunity through the tech marketplace, go out to bid for it, for someone to procure that for you. And for Something Like that, there is not opportunity to have a subcontracting goal because youre buying a thing. However, if youre going through the tech marketplace, saying we want to buy a particular software, and we also need some services to help us have it be installed and programmed and things like that, if the services portion of that project where we get the l. B. E. S involved. And 35 or so of the spin weve seen so far this year is those opportunities to get the l. B. E. S involved. And that portion of the spend, the Contract Division has set a 15 goal for the l. B. E. S to be involved. Of the 72 million i was referring to before, the services portion of that represents about 25 million, and 15 of that would be 3. 9 million as a goal. The actual that weve been able to achieve so far has been about 12 . So, you know, it is not perfect, and were not quite at the goal yet, but were seeing from the l. B. E. Spend at the subcontracting level, were getting ever close to the goal. Now, the one thing that i would like to emphasize, though, we had 3. 2 million at the subcontracting level, and were achieving the l. B. E. Participation at the prime contracting level, when were dealing with the firms in tier two and tier three. So that being said, weve had as a 5. 2 million going to l. B. E. S in the first nine months of this contract. And weve had 3. 2 million come at the subcontract level for tier one. And 1. 3 million go to l. B. E. S in the tier two, and weve had every 600,00,000 plus go to the l. B. E. S at tier three. If you add all of that together and thats where we get in the total spend to the l. B. E. S over the first nine months of this contract of the 5. 2 million. And so and the contracts that are sorry. Chairwoman eye wantei wantedto ask you, what. Is what percentage of that same spend, from february to september . It would be 5. 2 million and the 70 million im sorry, math is not my strong suit. Chairwoman its kind of crazy. 5. 2 million, divided by 72. 3 million, equals 7. 2 . Chairwoman 7. 2 from the total spend . Yes. Chairwoman is the that up from last year . From the old contracts, i believe it is up. I can confirm that and let you know. Chairwoman okay. And because we increased the size of the contracts that the l. B. E. S were able to be involved in, they were originally on the old set of contracts, and they were capped at 100, and 600,000, so we have more opportunities. Before, the l. B. E. S, when they hit the 110, they were basically put on the bench and they couldnt get more work. Now were finding more ways to get them involved and any have to give credit to my team, who have developed ways to get l. B. E. S more involved. The ideas of saying were not going to have a Competitive Bidding for the micro l. B. E. S up to 110,000 things like that provides all of the incentives for departments to direct funds to the l. B. E. S. Just as a matter of practice, and typically as a contracting standpoint, you try to find the easiest weig way to go forward, and we believe that will have a big impact. Chairwoman thank you very much. So in the contracts that are before us this morning, were requesting an amendment to the contract to start. That contract, weve seen about 19. 9 million spending, and the bulk of that spending is associated it has gone through some type of competitive process. As you can see here, 87 of that, and 46 of that spend is associated with things that are considered passthroughs, which means that you wont see a lot of the l. B. E. Participation on that section of the work. However, there is a portion of that, 7. 10 million, the area in green, which would you see the l. B. E. S involved in. Of the 10. 7 million, there is a 15 goal on that and i think they have done a great job of getting the l. B. E. S involved. To date they have an l. B. E. Participation that is at 14 , which equals 1. 5 million. I also want to point out that x tech was a form her l. B. E. Thats what you want to see, a firm that grows out of the program. I believe because of that, and that the firm believes in the l. B. E. Program, and things like that. The next contract, were asking for an amendment to is the c. C. T t. T. Technologies. Were asked for an amendment because theyre getting close to the 50 spend on that contract today. The bulk of those contracts the bulk of the transactions under that contract were awarded through some type of bidding process. Again, it is the same kind of story where there is a large portion of that work done through passthroughs, but there is 4. 3 million that is available for the l. B. E. Participation. And for for them, it is even a better story. To date, weve seen 18 of the work that is able to be bid out not bid out, but able to be partialed out to the l. B. E. S. So theyre over the goal. I mean, so there is obviously a lot of money being spent with these firms. However, these firms are showing that theyre able to get the l. B. E. S involved. At the end of the die day, the thing were asking for is an amendment to these two contracts. C. C. T. , were asking for an amendment up to 3 million. And for x tech, were asking for an amendment up to 24 million. And thats really just based on the run rates that weve seen to date. However, thats just as an estimate. Because, again, as i was saying before, these projects were going to be bid out under a competitive process. And we dont know, over the next nine months, if it is going to go to x tech or c. C. T. , or some other firm. Thats it. Im available for questions. Chairwoman thank you very much. Lets here from the b. L. A. , please. Good morning, chair and members of the committee. This legislation before you would increase tease two Tier One Technology contracts, c. C. T. Technology would increase by 3 million, not to exceed the amount from 20 million to 23 million, and x tech will increase to 44 million. This is the Spending Authority allowed under these contracts. This would give sufficient Spending Authority through june of 2020. We summarize this in table one on page three of our report, and we recommend approval. Chairwoman thank you very much. This opens it up for Public Comment . Seeing no response, Public Comment is now closed. Any questions or comments from my colleagues . No . Thank youthank you so much. I just want to say thank you for taking the time out to meet with my staff and give us a deeper understanding what of these contracts are about. And i appreciate all of the incentives for the l. B. E. S, and this was something we were very concerned about in january with the 20 million contract. It seems as though were making progress. And im hearing from the b. L. A. That more likely you will come back. That it is more than 72 of the total spend. So maybe you can get that up higher. I would like to make a motion to move items one and two to the board with a positive recommendation. And we can take that without objection. Thank you very much, colleagues. Item number three, resolution to ap priewchg and authorizing the Mayors Office to approve documents to provide financing for predevelopment activities for the construction of a 100 affordable 137unit multifamily renting Housing Project, known as 4840 mission. Chairwoman thank you. We have supervisor safai with us. Im going to say a couple of words. I just want to put a couple of things on the record. This project, 4840, which is right near the balboa bart station, represents the first opportunity in the history of district 1t1 to do 100 of Affordable Housing. Were really excited about this opportunity. When i came into office, the developer had been chosen, and we looked at this site as an opportunity to maximize as much Affordable Housing as possible. Many of you probably know we went through a couple of rend ditions. Therrenditions. We were trying td the number of affordable units by partnering with a private developer on the safeway site, and it would have netted us an additional 75 100 affordable units on top of what you see today. But safeway unfortunately refused just for the record, safeway wanted five years of free rent. They were going to get a brand new store, and they wanted five years of free rent on the new site. The developer proposed two years of free rent, and safeway walked away. So thank goodness for sba 35, because for that legislation, we have not lost any time on the project. The Mayors Office and bridged were ablbridge were ablo back and working with my office, we were able to expand the units, and we netted an additional 123 units. And we were able to expand the footprint of the commercial space, on top of the nonprofit partner, which is Mission Neighborhood health centres. It has about 5,000 square feet, and they will move to this location and almost double their footprint, and include free dental care services, which sa really big deal is a rl four or neighborhood. There isnt that Service Currently available. And the construction type changed. Many of you know supervisor fewer and i were involved immediately in a citywide conversation about project labor agreements and modular housing and so on. Because of the design of this project, it changed from modular to the typical type of construction, that changed the Construction Costs greatly. And, also, over the last three years, and the b. L. A. Will probably note this, Construction Costs and labor costs have gone up over 30 in the last couple of years. So the size of the project, the total number of units, the footprint of the commercial space, the construction type, and, you know, i know this is a bad word to say in this chamber, but we did have to add some parking because in our neighborhood we actually have parking wars, and people get into physical altercations. Weve gone through a yearlong process of instituteding anofinstituting rl parking. Two projects down the street, which are privately developed projects, negotiated the ability to go up to one for one parking. This is far less than one for one. We added about 30 plus i think it is 39 spaces for over 137 units. The idea is that some of these families will have cars, that is a reality, and rather than impact the immediate neighborhood, well have them have this option. So all of those things together added to the cost, the time, the construction cost, the construction type, the size of the project, so we so excited about this. Weve gotten a commitment from the nonprofit partner and the Mayors Office that we should be able to break ground on this if all goes well, some time next year. Weve accelerated that timeline working wit chair anwith thechair and the committ, because there is eraf money that has enabled us to accelerate these projects. 4840 and upper yard are two of the highest priorities. So were ready to go. Were ready to build, and we really appreciate all of the hard work that the Mayors Office of housing and their team, and the mayors budget office, might staff, and everyone has been able to do to get us to this the point. I think the b. L. A. Did a good analysis on the project, and im hopeful that this committee will support this loan and move this project one step closer to realization. Thank you, chair. Chairwoman thank you very much. I just want to say congratulations to you, supervisor, i know youve been working on this for years. Partly, my pushback was kind of as a jealousy. I would love to see 137 units of Affordable Housing in our district. And we understand the parking issue. But if this is what we have to do in order to get 100 Affordable Housing thats badly needed in your workingclass neighborhood, then we need to do this. So without further adieu, cindy heavens. Good morning, supervisors, and thank you, supervisor safai, you pretty much did my presentation. So i will just highlight a few things. This item here is to amendment the original acquisition predevelopment loan for this project, you know where it is located, 4840 mission in direct 11. They previously provided bridge a 6 million loan, of which 3 million was applied to the 12million in june of 2017. Bridge received an additional loan from the San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund for 9 million. At this time, theyre requesting the boards approval to amendment the 6 million loan to provide an additional 12. 5 million to pay off the housing accelerator acquisition loan and loan interests, for a total city loan of 18. 5 million. This request was heard and approved at the citywide Affordable Housing Loan Committee on september 6th. If approved, bridge, or its affiliate, will enter into a 57year low interest loan, and repayment will be due annually to the extent there is available cash flow after the new development is complete. Later next year, mocd will return to the board to ensure longterm affordability as well as get approval for a bond and a longterm permanent loan. As the project was described, it is 137 Affordable Housing units. There is parking, there is a potential for an amazing commercial space. We have a community clinic, and 10,000 square feet. We also have a pedestrian walkway that is connecting alamani to mission. And bridge purchased the site, and thats 1. 47acres from the previous owner. So if this action is approved, it will help us save interest costs and total Development Costs for the project. The current design is 137 units, 23 more than what the original proposal was. On behalf of mocd, i would like to thank you for your appreciation here. This is a geographic part of the city that has a High Percentage of families in need of Affordable Housing. With that, ill conclude my staff report, and im here for any questions, along with the Housing Project manager, kristin. Chairwoman can we hear from the b. L. A. , please . The resolution that the board is being asked to approve would approve a Loan Agreement between the Mayors Office of housing and Bridge Housing for up to 18. 5 million. To repeat, the loan the loan was originally for 6 million. It did not come to the board for approval at that time. Now what is being approved is the additional 12. 5 million of the loan. 3 million of bond proceeds, and the balance is Affordable Housing fees, and repeating what ms. Heervetion ha here and h. And it basically means that expenses are less than annual income. We have a technical amendment to this resolution, to specify that the loan amount is 18. 51 million, not 18. 6 million. We recommend approval as amended. Chairwoman thank you very much. Is there a reason why the first loan was not approved by the board . I am actually going to refer that to the department. So the first loan was structured as a predevelopment loan, so it was for 6 million for three years. Bridge had until june of 2020 to acquire the site. So this loan is extending the original term of the previous loan to the 57year loan. Chairwoman thank you very much. Lelets open this up to Public Comment. Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. Colleagues, any questions or comments, besides Everyone Wants that in their neighborhood, too. I hope while im on the budget committee, i will be able to approve a contract like this for my district. I would like to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. Excuse me, madam chair. The b. L. A. Has a recommendation. Chairwoman right. So i would like to make a motion to approve the recommendations from the b. L. A. , and if we can pass that without objection. Thank you very much. And move this item to the board with a positive recommendation as amended. Madam clerk, can you please call item number four. Resolution to declare the city indescernable to permit the issuance of residential revenue bonds, amount not to exceed 4 47. 10 million, [inaudible] im the senior mamp with thmanagercommunity and e rehabilitation of Frederick Douglas haines units. An Affordable Housing complex located in the western addition. The purpose of the resolution is to approve the hearing that the city conductored oconducted on august 21st, and to ratify and approve the actions necessary to later make that bond issuance possible. Including the submittal to the debt Allocation Committee in order to secure an allocation of bonds. The proposed bond issuance will not require the city to pledge any of its funds to repay the bonds. A little more about the project. The project consists of a renovation of a complex, of the 104 units, 84 earn no more tha 50 than 50 . And five are affordable to households earning above 80 a. M. I. It includes significant work, including replacement of roofs, siding, and structural and dry rot repair, and replacement of electrical heating and plumbing systems. No residents will be displaced, but temporary relocation may be required in order to facilitate this significant scope. As for timeline, we plan to return to the board for bond issuance approvals in february of next year, and i behalf of the project sponsors, and third baptist gardens, thank you for your consideration here today. Im also joined by the sponsor, representative peggy lipitor. And we would like to include the staff report and answer any questions. Chairwoman any questions or comments . Seeing none, lets open this up for Public Comment. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. There is no b. L. A. Report on this, so i would like to move this to the board with a positive recommendation without objection. Thank you very much. Can you please call item fortunate five. Item five is the resolution approving the department of Public Health to apply for the onetime project in an amount not to exceed 8. 1 million, from january 1, 2h june 30, 2025, and designateing the department of department of homelessness at the single point of contact for the home person allocation. Chairwoman we have Dylan Schneider from the department of homelessness. Ni nam my name is dial lan schneider with the department of homelessness and housing the. So i have two subject Matter Experts here with me today that will be giving a brief presentation on this very exciting opportunity. Tristan roberts, the whole person care operations for the department of Public Health. And dara popo, the Services Manager with the department of homelessness and supportive housing. Ill turn it over to tristan. My name is kierstin robertson. I wanted to take a moment to talk to you about what hole person care is. The medical waiver runs through december 2020, and the goal of whole person care is the coordination of health, Behavioral Health, and social services, at a patientcentered macentered mat, through more efficient and affective use of resources. In San Francisco, wholeperson care is a multiagent see effort that is targeting adults who are experiencing homelessness, especially those who are longterm homeless. The department of Public Health, the department of homelessness and supportive housing, and the department of aging and Adult Services and Human Services agency have all been working closely together to innovate care and technology. We focus on improving outcomes for homeless adults through care coordination around physical health, mental health, substance abuse, and social services, as well as information, sharing solutions to share comprehensive data that provides context for all of our shared clients. In the past few months, weve been working collaboratively to focus efforts on a shared priority population, to identify criteria for shared priority clients who have serious Behavioral Health issues and are homeless. Weve been working to take a whatever it takes kind of approach to streamline housing and health care for this most vulnerable population. Were really excited about the governors onetime housing funds. Wholeperson care did not receive funding for housing itself, and there is growing evidence to indicate that housing is health. And we have a history now of working together with across agencies. And im going to let dara go ahead and talk to you more about the onetime housing funds. Good morning, supervisors, thank you. Im the care coordination manager with the department of homelessness and supportive housing. As we discussed the governors budget, one time with multiyear Spending Authority from january 1, 2020, through june 30th, 2025, San Francisco can receive an amount not to exceed 1. 8 million. While the wholecare department has been a collaboration, doing a lot of work around services, it did not previously have funds for housing. This provides funds for housing in San Francisco. The funding will support the cost of longterm and shortterm housing, such as rental subsidies. It could also support Capital Investments given the priorities that San Francisco has set for housing. The plan would be to use it for housing subsidies and not for Capital Investments. It could also be used for hotel vouchers. Again, that was not in line with the priorities that San Francisco has set for housing. And so were looking at using it for shortterm or longterm housing opportunities. The population to be served in individuals that have medical, who are quote mentally ill and are experiencing homelessness. The funding may be used to support local investments. A lot of medical programs require a 50 local match. This does not require a local match, so it really is a new 8. 1 million that would be coming to San Francisco. We would not use it to subplant any local funding. Using the Fair Market Rent standards at an estimated 2,000 a month per individual, it could be used for housing funding, for an estimated 55 to 65 individuals a month through the end of the grant period. We assume that many people will be housing for more than a month, so this would not necessarily be a new population coming into housing every month. The housing funds would be used for units that do not have a current subsidy available. We would not subplant any local funding. As per the standards and agency policies, all housing would follow Housing First principles. The bulk of the funding would be used for housing subsidies, 80 , about 6. 9 million. There would be a permanent staff position to oversee this for four out of the five years. And then there is the standard 5 of the adman costs. This proposal and presentation has been presented to the local Homeless Housing board, which provided support to a company or application. It provides a really exciting opportunity to increase housing for individuals experiencing homelessness in San Francisco. We are hoping for your support and open to any questions. Chairwoman thank you very much. Colleagues, any comments or questions . Seeing none, there is no b. L. A. Report op this. On this. Any Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. I have one question about the adman position that is allocated at 739,000, i think. Thats for a fouryear term . A fouryear term. Chairwoman and that is including benefits and Everything Else . Yes. Chairwoman got it. Any questions . Nothing. Okay. Good luck. Id like to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. Thank you very much. Can you please call item number six. Item number six, resolution authorizing the department of the environment to accept a grant in the amount of 160,000 from the California Department of pesticide regulations for the purpose of evaluating the success of pest preventions, from october 1st, 2019, to september 21, 2022. Thank you, chair fewer and supervisors, before you today is an accept and spend in the amount of 160,651. The grant funds will be used by the department of environments integrated Pest Management program to evaluate the effectiveness of least toxic pest control, specifically in the rental assistance demonstration, or r. A. D. , program, phases one and two. Weve been working to include nontoxic elements to prevent pest infestations before they begin. This grant will study the effectiveness of our pest prevention by design features and elements. The first two phases of the r. A. D. Projects have been complete for approximately over a year now, and now is the opportunity to evaluate its outcomes in terms of pest prevention. The department has been participating in the r. A. D. Programme since 2015, in close coordination with the Mayors Office of housing and community develop. Our program has a direct impact on the health and quality of life for r. A. D. Residents, by reducing pest infestations, pesticide use, and Pest Management costs for the life of the building. This Program Reaches about 3,495 units. This grant before you will support the existing Pest Management program. And i should note that no previous studies have investigated pest installations on the scale. They will conduct this work to existing staff positions until the end of the term of the grant. Were here today to ask for your support. Were happy to answer any questions that you may have. Chairwoman thank you very much. Any comments or questions from my colleagues . Seeing none. Lets open this up for Public Comment . Any members like to comment . Seeing none, it is now closed. I would like to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. Thank you, colleagues. Can you please call item number seven. Authorizing the recreation and Parks Department to accept an expanded grant from the San Francisco Parks Alliance to Fund Committee events, staff development, recreational programming and other activities from fiscal year 201718, valued at approximately 100,000. Chairwoman thank you very much. We have nathan sinclair, the department director. Good morning, supervisors, im nathan sinclair, and im here to request your approval for the grant to Fund Community events, recreational programming, and staff developments. For over 40 years, the San Francisco Parks Alliance and the predecessor organizations have supported the recreation department, and soliciting donations for and managing small grant accounts on the departments behalf. This item requests that the board of supervisors approve these accounts. These grants supported a White Variety of programs, including community events, park volunteer programs, such as our green agers youth program, Employee Recognition programs and more. They provide a wide variety of support for many of our programs and initiatives. Were grateful for their ongoing partnership, and hope you will support approval of this item. Thank you. Chairwoman thank you very much. Any comments or questions of my colleagues . Seeing none, there was no b. L. A. Report on this. Any members of the public like to speak . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. I would like to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. Can you completion call please m number 8. [number eight called] [inaudible] chairwoman we have christa canalocus, the chief innovation officer. Good morning, supervisors. This resolution will allow the department of technology to accept a gift of Consulting Services from local organizations to support the administration of our civic bridge program. Individual employee volunteers provided pro bono Consulting Services to the city, and the civic bridge of the 16week program, with departments to address specific policy or operational challenges facing those departments. In this program, the departments identify their Service Needs that can benefit from Innovative Solutions and private companies, nonprofit organizations, and individuals offer to donate Consulting Services to help departments address these needs. Pro bono private Sector Support can increase the citys capacity to identify and analyze challenges, provide agile and Innovative Solutions, as well as peak interest in the collaborations. In our previous cohort, we had nine projects that were matched with pro bono partners. For example, one of the projects was the office of transgender initiatives, which received pro bow bone no services from consulting u. S. A. And they helped to create a manual of Services Available to Transgender Community members, which indicated which of the four official languages are spoken at a service provider. Id like to share why this resolution is retroactive. It is because the civic bridge is a new function, which the department of technology assumed at the beginning of this fiscal year, and the program has previously been administered within the Mayors Office. As we reviewed ou our initiatives, we realized there were certain arrangements that constituted a gift to the city that would require board approval. Chairwoman would anyone from the public like to comment on item number eight . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. I would like to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. Thank you very much. Can you please read item number nine. [im nine read] [inaudible] chairwoman thank you, madam clerk. Is this david walker . Yes. Chairwoman hi, how are you . Hi. Chairwoman welcome. My name is david walker, and im a Senior Workforce Development specialist for the office of economic and Workforce Development in our Program Operations unit. I come before you today to seek approval for the office of economic and Workforce Development to accept a grander of 387,100 from north Valley Consortium Workforce Development board, the fiscal agent for the bay Regional Planning unit for the expansion of incustody job center and coordination of postrelief job training and Workforce Development programs for the period of september 1st, 2019, to march 31, 2022. This was a competitive grant process, however, San Francisco was required to participate as a member of the bay Regional Planning unit. The prison to Employment Initiative grander was grant was written with the San Francisco grant probation, the California Department of corrections and rehabilitation, and the office of economic and Workforce Development. This grant will extend incustody job centerss and allow us to provide a warm handoff to postrelease job training and Workforce Development programs to establish a continuum of care. It will serve a minimum of 88 participants over the course of two years. On behalf of the office of Workforce Development, and would like to thank you for your participation. Chairwoman any comments or questions from my colleagues . Seeing none. Any Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. I want to say congratulations in securing this grant. It is wonderful. Thank you. Chairwoman i wish it was a Million Dollars versus 387,000, but it is, i think, a really good start on this. And also continuing the work that o. A. W. G. Has already done. Thank you, and congratulations on this. I would like to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. Thank you very much. Madam clerk, are there any other items before us today . There are no other items. Chairwoman we are adjourned. [meeting adjourned at 11 00 a. M. Pacific claim at change is real and we need to Climate Change is real. Environ stewardship plays to change the fuel source from carbon based to re. Anothery newable power. The city is responsible for developing and procuring electricity that is delivered by Pacific Gas Electric to end users. I go to the market to try to find appropriate Energy Product to buy and usually that is renewable so we can ensure that is in the grid and supplied to consumers. The contracting workerrin ant they provide keep the lights on in San Francisco. I started on the team almost four years ago and transitioned in 2017. We are a new team working together with across functional role. 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