the regular meeting of the full budget and finance committee. i am joined by supervisor avalos, supervisor kim, supervisor cohen:n, and supervisor wiener will be joining us later. completed speaker cards as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items like a dog to they will appear on the april 3 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor chu: can you call item no. 1? hearing to receive updates for the fiscal year 20122013 and 2-2013 and 2013-2014. supervisor chu: we brought a number of topics to the extended committee to get an overview of the department and to provide early feedback before the budget is finalized with the mayor s office and the submission to us. good afternoon share, and members of the board. thank you for having us come to present a budget. joining me today is douglas legg, helping us prepare the two-year budget. it took a little bit of work, and the leadership has led us here. dpw, as you know, we have about 1116 emp
good morning. are you awake? [laughter] i like to welcome everyone for coming to market is very important day for the city and its infrastructure. i am from the department of public works. our agency is responsible for the care and maintenance of the city infrastructure within the city right of way. this includes streets, sidewalks, curb ramps, and all of the connectors for residents and visitors. we are also responsible for maintaining and insuring that our roads and right of ways are safe, accessible, and enjoyable for everyone. this all happens with incredible support that we get from our mayor, the board of supervisors, and other agencies. that includes our valued customers and community partners all working together. we have representatives from walk san francisco, the san francisco coalition, members of the local 261 who work hard with us from getting the bond pas sed, san francisco capital planning committee, the office of the city administrator, norman k
supervisor chu: the, welcome to the regular meeting of the full budget and finance committee. i am joined by supervisor avalos, supervisor kim, supervisor cohen:n, and supervisor wiener will be joining us later. completed speaker cards as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items like a dog to they will appear on the april 3 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor chu: can you call item no. 1? hearing to receive updates for the fiscal year 20122013 and 2-2013 and 2013-2014. supervisor chu: we brought a number of topics to the extended committee to get an overview of the department and to provide early feedback before the budget is finalized with the mayor s office and the submission to us. good afternoon share, and members of the board. thank you for having us come to present a budget. joining me today is douglas legg, helping us prepare the two-year budget. it took a little bit of work, and the leadership has led us here
were not able to pass it during the recession in 2009. we knew we were not able to pass it in 2009 because of the recession. mayor lee and i were a bit distracted last year. i want to thank supervisor w iener for stepping up and doing the work to get the bond measure passed. it is not easy. i want to thank him for the fund-raising work he did, for being such an able spokesperson all over the city to explain why we need to do this. we all know that in addition to the bond, your elected officials as well as everyone who s part of the capital planning committee and city leadership, we know we need to find an ongoing source to make sure the money we get is going to be a down payment on keeping our roads paved and working over the next decades of our city. we re all committed to that. the excitement of being able to attack the 800 miles of streets, the 300 building structures, the ability to make our roads safer for our seniors, the disabled, kids, pedestrians, cyclists, and drive
good morning. are you awake? [laughter] i like to welcome everyone for coming to market is very important day for the city and its infrastructure. i am from the department of public works. our agency is responsible for the care and maintenance of the city infrastructure within the city right of way. this includes streets, sidewalks, curb ramps, and all of the connectors for residents and visitors. we are also responsible for maintaining and insuring that our roads and right of ways are safe, accessible, and enjoyable for everyone. this all happens with incredible support that we get from our mayor, the board of supervisors, and other agencies. that includes our valued customers and community partners all working together. we have representatives from walk san francisco, the san francisco coalition, members of the local 261 who work hard with us from getting the bond pas sed, san francisco capital planning committee, the office of the city administrator, norman kelly is