hill, it is a secret garden with an infinite in captivating appeal. carefully tucked away, it makes the top of our list for most intimate pyknic setting. avoid all taurus cars and hassles by taking a cable car. or the 30, 45, or 91 bus. the garden was designed by thomas church in 1957. grow old with me, the best is yet to be is inscribed on a sundial. it is anchored by twin white gazebos and flowers that bloom year-round. this is the place to tell someone special or the place to declare the commitment you two share. weddings and the event reservations are available for this adorable hidden gem. we know there are many other romantic parks in san francisco. we hope you have enjoyed this torre of lookouts, picnics, and strolls that are available every day. until next time, do not forget to get out and play. for more information about reserving one of these romantic locations or any other location, call 831-5500. this number is best for special events, weddings, picnics, and the
okay, thank you. we have kate howard, our mayor s budget director to speak on this item. good afternoon, chair farrell, members of the committee. kate howard, the mayor s budget director. the item before you today is a resolution adopting two-year fixed budgets for several departments. i thought i would briefly remind the committee as well as members of the public about our two-year budgeting process and background on that and then talk about the item in front of you. if you will recall, in 2009 the voters adopted proposition a, which focused on a number of budgetary reform items including allowing and encouraging the board to adopt financial policies, adopt five-year financial planning process, adopt two-year budgeting and then also fixed our contract deadlines for which we have to submit labor contracts to the board. for fiscal year 2012 to 2014, the board adopted the first fixed two-year budgets. those included the puc, the airport and the puc. as you recall, the mta i
oh, say can you see by the dawn s early light lift ev ry voice and sing till earth and heaven ring. ring with the harmonies of liberty; let our rejoicing rise, high as the list ning skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea. sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; facing the rising sun of our new day begun, let us march on till victory is won. (clapping) ladies and gentlemen i m having the privilege to introduce a homeboy made good he was raised in bishop in the project area he went on to be one of the preserve contractors in the bay area mr. michael by an is one of the general partners for the building of the george senior center we re proud of you, please come on stage (clapping) and well, it gives me great pleasure standing before you and sometimes 375 woodside we ve been there and said what we re doing we committed ourselves 5 years ago i had women calling me saying your momma used t
he ll get to see it so give him a hand (clapping) george has always told me don t go to willie brown for the small stuff. so i really want to thank even for being here. this is a spell your last name day toro everyone dr. davis family is here the family is in the house the daviss. i want to acknowledge the board of directors and we re going to do that they re my boss and they re in the house we ll have them stand but i want to thank them from the bottom of my heart so thank you. i want to start out by thinking a little bit about what dr. davis meant he was a forward thinker and thinking about bayview in the day and bayview has changed and is different but he was thinking about it 20 years ago. and this took 20 years. and later on i m going to talk about the beautiful people and how they ve helped us and supported our organization but it was really dr. davis is the reason we re here so i want to remember that and to know we re his legacy to carry it forward when he passed it h
supervisor and others in the fire department that we are not fully meeting that 80 percent of call volume, and the mayor has asked the chief for her best recommendations about how to achieve that. as you know it is a policy decision for the city to continue with that exclusive operating agreement. both the chief and the department of emergency management have advised the mayor about certain risks that might occur if the city were to open up the system to private providers and they have made strong recommendations that the city main that maintain that exclusivity. the mention that the fire department provided to the mayor that in order to provide this level of service, they believe it would cost approximately $9 million a year in addition to their current operating budget. the mayor asked that i go back and work with the fire chief, work with eem to sharpen the point on those numbers and look at what options existed in terms of either phasing that in or other options to kind