Microbusiness category at 3. 5 million with less than 25 employees or manufacturers. The state of california does certify Small Business that includes disabled veterans within the size thresh holds. What is recommended for this particular amendment is to really expand the ocii size standards by including or adding an additional category for especially constructor contractors and a category for trucking. These categories are industry classifications the city of San Francisco uses and it would make sense to add those 2 particular classification squz adopt size standards we can use that would conform to the city of San Francisco small lbe. We suggest the small lbe classification because those are the size standards closeest to the standards. What is shown is lbii Current Practice for contractors at 14 millions. What is proposed is small lbee at 20 million. For special contractors we dont have a category for that bought what we recommend is we recognize Specialty Contractors at 14 million opposed to 10 and that is consistent where with the state of california. It allows to recognize not only the city specially contractor category but any Firm Certified by the state. The intent is eliminate undo hardship on the business and staff. With the anticipated aoption we can easily communicate to contracting public that we can accept all small lbe certified by San Francisco and that makes the message clear and simpler to the contracting public. The suppliers are at 7 million and recommend adoption of 10 million. For fogezal suvs we are at 2 million, San Francisco small is at 2. 5 so we recommend a 2. 5 limit and trucking 3. 5 consist wnt the city. In terms of size standards, that is what is recommended. For joint vercher and associations, the agency has had a long practice even under the old mbewbe program in recognizing joint venture and association for the purpose of meeting sbes goals as if they were sbes and what we seek now is clarification of the terminology within the sbe program. The reason we ask this is we can provide a framework Going Forward to tell our developer squz contractors that these are the guidelines to be expected. What is being recommended for sbe policy is inclusion of what a joint venture is, a definition of what is association is, how eligibility for sbe credits are counted and what the aensh will expect in terms of a association and joint voferner agreement. First what is proposed for joint vercher is what is stated on the slide. There is nothing particularly different in termoffs joint venture as one would understand in the contracting world. It is just a separation we stipulated it must meet the minimum threshold assigned by us in terms of what the agreement should contain and subject to our approval. The definition of a association, this is a terminology that is somewhat unique to the agency. What we have done is assign a specific definition where it is a agreement bedween 2 parties established to complete a specific task or project and the agreement should provide the associate a significant project management role and the associate shall be recognized in the marthing and collateral material. That is what we would consider to be a association. The association is distinguished from traditional subcontracting agraiments through a written Association Agreement with terms we specify. It defies the management of the agreement, the man jeereral responsibility and scope of work and dispute resolution. I think what i heard earlier in terms of subcontractors is maybe looking at a dispute category, complaint cat roar in the policy and that may be something we should look at Going Forward and a mechanism resolveic the dispute without having to go to a jurisdiction of a court. In terms of the eligibility for sbe credits, this is consistent with what is practiced and that really is to allow us as a agency to recognize the jv or joint venture or association. As a Small Business if the shawl Business Partner performs at least 35 percent of the work and receives at least 35 percent or proportioninate share of the contract to be heard by the jv or association. What we are seeking is to add clarifying language to provide a framework for people to work off of. In terms of agreement requirements, we have specific defined provisions we want to see within the agreements and those are specified here and ill read that off briefly. It is the fined management between the parties and these are 2 parties. The non sbe prime and the sbe partner. Define the technical managerial responsibility. Define the scope of work. Percentage break down of the kope scope orwork. Identify subcontractors or conceltabout that perform the work. This is important, we want to make sure the Small Business partner performs that 35 percent level. Define the schedule, duration and deliverable of the agreement. Detail the fee schedule, break down and compensation. Specify insurance requirements that each party shall be required to maintain. Specify how additional worker changes are made. Specify how claims and disputes will be resolved. What is being asked is a copof the agreement must be provided to us for approval. One thing thata couple things we are looking at for the future is looking at potential safe harbor language within these agrume grument and language that is put into had contract. We are seeking to come back to you in 6 months to give a status of how this is implemented over a 6 month period. The second think we are looking at is additional incentives for sbes that i guess in theory graduated from the sbe program. What i mean by that is because the city has a sbalbe category that exceeds the ocii standards recommended here, in theory they were once sbes that fell within the thresh hold and are now greater but the feds determine them to be Small Business. We are looking to provide incentive for those that graduated some way oof getting them involved in our particular projects. Offering a incentive for them to partner with current sbes in some manner allowing the firms to participate in some sense give back to the community by engaging with Small Businesses. We are not certain how that will take place but will continue to evaluate that. From what i heard earlier in comments, we may want to entertain other provisions with respect to dispute kwz complaints put into the particular policy. Finally, the change to the policy are really just minor changes. Those having to conform with state [inaudible] really just clarifying language for other areas such as changing the name from Redevelopment Agency to ocii. [inaudible] Construction Workforce provision language regarding submission of pay rom, thinks of that nature so it is clean up language in the policy. With that, that concludes my presentation. Happy to answer questions. Thank you. Have one speaker cards, mr. Ace washington i was speaking to your Staff Members or i guess they are not Staff Members, city build and i have comment to make on the last item which connects with this one which you find that this agency nor redevelopment is set up to monitor or even to check violations or go over valid issues that no one seems to have the answers to or there isnt a mechanism to address them. Case in point, these contractors go unchallenged and unquestions because there is no mechanism to challenge them. You say clearly your agency isnt set to do that. Yours trully ace washington created something to replace ace, it is called case. Take notes. C as in Community Assistance service enterprise. The thing about it is, you have a guy that has been in this over 25 years monitoring and documenting and advocating and challenging you guys and the person has been through 3 administrations and flipflopped and opening the possibility to sit down and partner ship with you because if you cant monitor them, call ace. No, call case. We need somebody has the qual fiications to do those things and check the developers and contractors. I have a mechanism rks if they are out of violation we can find a mechanism where they can have a remedy. Right now a remedya population may not have nf to work at these places and that doesnt give them a pass to go through the obligation of the violations so you go through remedies. There may be remedies where they dont havenobody had [inaudible] put money aside and utilize it in those certain communities for non profits working Community Driven programs that help train scr do other things. You cant let the developers violate the other people. I am not scared of a contractor. There are 3 principles case does, the [inaudible] that is all i got to know and i get on the case and come back with a report and let you know what is going on. My name is ace and im on the case and im working with city hall yall because i done seen it all. It [inaudible] working on a good team. The team, the scheme and dream. We got to keep it going on. Thank you much. Thank you. Lelt me make a comment on the previous presentation on voint joint jencher. That can be a mechanism for increasingperticipation especially with San Francisco minority contractors. They are small however, we have seen some of the Jv Partnership association or whatever the term being used today where Small Companies really dont win on this Jv Partnership agreement. What happens is while this type of agreements are formed, the majority of firms walk away with much more revenue, profits. It has to be equal or it has to benefit the Small Business. It has to. Otherwise we just kind of serving the same Small Business that currently has the contract to get bigger contracts and should look at it very carefully and craft it in the sense it benefits San Francisco minority contractor squz suppliers who wants to participate on this project but doesvent the financial resource or capacity to manage these types or wins these contracts. This could be another means of negotiating contractors with developers while twepers negotiate with general contractors that could open up a opportunity for Smaller Companies to negotiate contracts with general contractors. Thank you thank you. I want to speak on the joint venture aspect toi have been around contractor since 1982. My name is collidelyde miller. A lot of of ways joint verchers are good partnerships for the Small Business and the larger businesses but i want to say i think seeing joints ventures over the years and the things i have seen, a lot of small comps are used by Larger Companies to get projects and vice versa. The goal here is build a small company. We seei have seen all these Large Companies use the Small Companies just to get joint vercher squz at the ends of the day the small joint venture doesnt prosper. The goal is for the small joint venture to prosper. That is the small joint verchers job too. Their job is learn and come out of the vercher with knowledge and understanding and capital so at the ends of the day they can do the large job themselves. I think there should be a time period the Smaller Companies venchwer the Larger Companies and the Larger Companies, they are going out and grabbing this Smaller Company and that company and not building up the smaller industry. I think that sadis service to the community that out of this they dont get a smaller joint vercher to rise. We look around in the bay area, how many Small Companies have risen over the last 10 years . I dont see anybody. That is the problem. If they are going to joint venture, the Smaller Company has a obligation to grow and the Larger Company has a obligation to make sure these guys can grow. I dont see the percentage ocii has, i dont know what percentagewhat type of percentage do they get of the project . Is iti dont know what the percentage is, but it should be at the chbds of the day the company can grow and if that is not made it is issue. The other thing i heard mr. Lee say is the participation and my question is for the overall dollar amount, how much of the dollar amount is joint vercher and grouss dollar amount . Is joint vercher can project for 100 million, of that 100 million how much minority Companies Get . Of that, how much is being counted . I want to know what that amount is. Thank you thank you. I do not have other speaker cards Public Comment is closed. Commissioners questions . Comments . Commissioner mondejar the resolution that we are approving and some of the recommendations you have are not incorporated am i correct . Can we amend the resolution to incorporatefor example the dispute squz complaint process. I dont think i see it here, is that something we can incorporate . I think maybe robert has the final answer. We can hardly hear you robert. Turn on the microphone. Madam secretary, perhaps you canunresponsive throughout the meeting. I think mine is on. You can amend the resolution, but the core question is what would the amendments be at the point. I think that would have to come from staff and they made need time to think about the recommendations to see what the appropriate amendment would be. I think we could approve this resolution with a direction to staff to consider and propose a complaint and dispute resolution or hearing type procedure to the recommended to be included within the policy at a future date. At the future date we amend this resolution. Yes the amendments before us if we accept them are accepted with theditional direction to staff that is part of the resolution i staff coming back for the added language to be considered and approved. Also the prompt payment ofdiscussed earlier which is issue with the subcontractors getting paid on time and so forth and again language on that maybe a clarification of the language on that which could be added and chair rosales is suggesting approve it now but develop the language and research that and amend the resolution later. Correct. The recommendation currently in terms of prompt payment is conform to had state statute but there were not any consideration in terms of mechanisms for enforcing prompt payment. We left the policy alone in that respect but what i hear from todays discussion is looking at possible a mechanism of enforcing prompt payment and complaints and things of that nature. Yes. Okay. Along with commissioner mondejar can we put a time so wei assume we approve what is before us now and then do we give staff a mupth . Is that enough time or can you do with in less than that . Mr. Lee. Sooner rather than later. You may want to consider what the city has i dont want to wait a year. I may be off the commission. I agree, there may be a timeframe for us to come back for you to come back and for us to consider the amendment. I can at least give you a status within a month if we dont have firm recommended language, but can we push that a little bit and come back in a month with firm language . That is what i would like because we can with draft language for your consideration and if possible [inaudible] the city has a good template i think. Any otheri had one also additional point on page 2 of footnote 2 there is a reference that according to the sbeau policy first consideration is given to project area sbe, San Francisco based sbe but based on the report we see is the testimonyed we received, i think there is potentially a practice, im not clear on this yet, a practice that when local firms either are not competing or are competing are deemed to have bids or proposals or fees that are too high and here is it is significantly higher where the san franciscan proposes fees higher than non san franciscan the general contractors go outside San Francisco but when i look at the statistics and hear the testimony it sounds like it is happening a lot. That begs the question about what is significantly higher and now i think it is in the discretion of the contractors to decide what is higher. This is a old issue within the city and counto the local Business Program where the board of supervisors recognize it is a higher cost of bes doing business in San Francisco and that is why local business is affordsed 10 percent differential in price called a bid discount and l or bid preference. Pr professional service there was a rating preference so that 10 percent for me is sort of like the established recognition if you will that it is at least 10 percent higher cost of doing business in San Francisco, so it seems if we can incorporate in the policy that standard so we define significantly higher to mean beyond 10 percent. That would give guidance to everyone. You bring up a good point bauds we have been use ag10 percent thresh hold when we meet with the contractors. To the extent we specify 10 percent that will add clarity it is dollar and cents issue so proposing contractors can see i was 15 percent higher versusand the contractor can say you were 15 percent higher and that is why you didnt get it. I would incorporate that and ask that also be incorporated next. Could we incorporate that now or do we bring it back . You have attachment a and we have attachment a. The resolution you could probablythen it would be i cant hear you. If you amend attachment a it is part of the resolution but dont know if that is the easiest way to do it, it might be though. Because we have existing contracts with other provisions, the mega contracts with huntsers point and mission bay, that have additional subcontracts whether it is professional service or construction to be let, i want to make sure i understand the other terms and conditions of what those are. The commission can make that change today. Since we havent done Due Diligence as it relate tooz procedures as part of the overall contracts and primarily im talking about mission bay and hunters point, the opa for Mission North and south and dda. I dont see a issue but we havent reviewed it. Thats fine. I think we can add it to the list so when it comes back we talkwe already have prompt pavement. We talk about complaint resolution and the definition of significantly higher bids. Anything else . Nope. Okay, so then let me seedo i have a motion . So moved. Second we have a motion by commissioner bustos, seconded by commissioner singh and the motion is approval of the resolution with the direction to staff as indicated on those points. Big points , right . One point we addressed which is the prompt payment. What i have noitated from our information is thea mechanism of enforcing prompt payment, complaint resolution, a clarity on one significantly higher means there are 3 points. Yes. It is moved squl seconded. Please call the roll commissioner members please announce your votesd when i call your name. Commissioner maundhair, yes, singh, yes, bustos, yes. Rozaul rosales, yes. We understand we are back in 30 days. Thank you. Please call the next item. Thank you everyone who participated. The next item is 5 e, approving a delegation agreement with the San FranciscoPlanning Department for administration of Land Use Authority under the rincon point seth beach redevelopment plan over a portion of the proposed project at 75 howard street. Discussion and action resolution number 442015. Madam director. Thank you madam secretary. Commissioners, our work in rincon point south beach is largely complete but our land use jurisdiction extends through 2020. The work program is largely complete as evidence by the action you took to terminate various leasewise the port of San Francisco for port leases in south beach and rincon park. This action before you proposes a consistent with our practice and other redevelopment project areas to delegate a certain portion thf lan use jurisdiction because sthra small portion that continue to howard projeblth to the Planning Department where