Then lastly, we all know that research that the money we invest in our young kids is basically pays humongous dividends at the end of the day. The last person that gave Public Comments asked a question, did you get to hear that . I think you have answers for that, would you like to address the issue of how do you monitor this business of these programs . Interview thank you supervisor. Again director of the office early care and education and in response to the question what committees are oversight do we have for this work of oec generally and im pleased to say we have a ninemember Citizens Advisory Committee seated half by the mayor and half by the board of supervisors of qualified parents and practitioners to help advise our work and provide accountability and Program Improvements for the City Investments and Early Childhood to make sure that theyre working as well as they can for both parents and programs. They meet by monthly and where data informed and also advise outside of meet
Due just have more kids when you have the teacher, like some afternoon programs in the past depending on the structure you could have 30, 50 kids it doesnt matter and so that could lower the cost and just charge the parents more. Right, followup on the question, first it has to do with the ratio of the number of educators to children and talk about quality, thats a really important component of quality to have the right level of supervision and support at a health and safety measure and also the level support to facilitate learning to be september 11th. We support the handful very small number of facilities that have infant toddler care and i believe it to be two and we support that work and theyre primarily a preschool provider given the way they organize the history but they do support infant and toddler care toddlers and some of their classrooms and theyre part of our system and they receive city funding and they are also great contribute ors and that question about quality in addit
Initial 50. Has there been any tracking of whether or not parents add into it or other people add into fund beyond the 50 . Yes, families have saved 1. 7 million of their own money in the account and no city funding that. Is Family Savings and 50 of the Family Savings qualify for free and reduced lunch. Theyre very low income. Thank you very much. Thats a good sign. Thank you and to the department of the treasurer and Tax Collector this is a program that we lead in San Francisco and proud to have it. Thank you. Again no budget analyst. We will move to Public Comment. Anyone to comment on this item . Seeing this item its closed want motion to move it forward. So moved. Okay. We have a motion. Move without objection. If you could go to item two please. Item two is resolution approving the agreement with tegsco, llc dba San Francisco autoreturn and for Services Related to the towing, storage, and disposal of and abandoned and illegallyparked vehicles not to exceed 65,400,000 for the five
Okay. Thank you madam clerk so we have five items today and one is a hearing that most of the members of the public are here and well take them out of order and that will be the longest and the others are not long and madam clerk if you call item 1 first. Item 1 is a resolution authorizing the San Francisco department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant in the amount of approximately 2. 8 million in active Transportation Program funds through the metropolitan Transportation Commission safe routes to School Grants program for a period of for the period september 1, 2017 through august 31, 2019. Okay. Thank you madam clerk so i know dph is here to answer questions unless there is anything to say . No. I am here to answer questions. Colleagues seeing no questions i appreciate it. We dont have the budget Analyst Report for item 1 so we will move on to Public Comment. Seeing none Public Comment is closed. Supervisor could i have a motion to move this forward without recommendation
The members of the public are here and well take them out of order and that will be the longest and the others are not long and madam clerk if you call item 1 first. Item 1 is a resolution authorizing the San Francisco department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant in the amount of approximately 2. 8 million in active Transportation Program funds through the metropolitan Transportation Commission safe routes to School Grants program for a period of for the period september 1, 2017 through august 31, 2019. Okay. Thank you madam clerk so i know dph is here to answer questions unless there is anything to say . No. I am here to answer questions. Colleagues seeing no questions i appreciate it. We dont have the budget Analyst Report for item 1 so we will move on to Public Comment. Seeing none Public Comment is closed. Supervisor could i have a motion to move this forward without recommendation. Moved. So we have a motion by supervisor yee and take it without objection. Madam clerk