>> good evening the san francisco commission on environment monday, june 24. time is 5:04 p.m. >> note that the ringing and use of cell phones and device system prohibited. advise the chair may order removal of anyone using a device. public comment be available for each item on the agenda. for comments on matters not on the agenda there will be an opportunity for general public comment. participate who is wish to comment will be asked to come forward and speak in the mic. each be allowed 3 minutes to speak. members of the public may submit

comment by e mail. comments submitted will be forwarded to the commissioners and include as part of the official file. >> i will note we did receive a number of public comment items through e mail. they have been posted our website and transmitted to the commissioners. >> i will call the role. >> sullivan >> aye >> commissioner ahn >> commissioner hunter is excused. commissioner tompkins. >> here. >> commissioner yuen >> we have a quorum. >> the next is consentful items 2-4. item two of the president's welcome. this is for discussion. item 3 is staff introductions to speakers. this is for discussion. and item 4 the approval of minutes of june 3, 24 commissioner of environment

meeting. draft mantle this is is for discussion and action. thank you. il start with the land acknowledgment. >> commission on environment acknowledges we occupy the home lands of the ramaytush ohlone peoples the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. the ramaytush ohlone understand the connectedness of all things and maintained harmony with nature will honor the ramaytush ohlone people for enduring commitment to [inaudible] mother earth. in accordance with their traditions they have never forgotten responsibilities as care takers of this place. for all peoples reside in their traditional translator. we benefit from living and wing on their home land. as uninvited guests we pay respects to ancestors and

irrelevant tifs of the ramaytush ohlone community. >> we recognize embrace indigenous knowledge and how we care for san francisco and people. >> welcome. >> this meetingil step in for commissioner yuen. we'll have a presentation on the success of the fix it clinic in library branchs and update on the grant s and prizes in departments aao budget and out going grants associated with the line items. >> lastly taking action on a resolution authorizing the director to execute an extension of the current landfill contract with recology. let's get started. >> next item on consent is staff introductions. director. >> thank you. you have a few announcements on the staff introduction side. first i want to acknowledge and

bring up matt marvin from our toxic production team of matt, come on up and let the commission know when you will be up to. >> good evening. thank you. i'm matt marvinful healthy xhintee served with the department a week ago on the 17th. i will help lead the landscaping equipment ordinance working with other departments, stake holders, buildings and the community at large with implementing best practices and transitioning away from land scaping. thank you. >> and from our community partnership team. we have tran nguyen andan jell caminor. you want to come on up? >> good evening.

pleasure to be here. i'm a community out reach associate. i grew up in san francisco in the tenderloin and college san diego for environmental policies specific low focusing on fostering health and he local communities. moving back to the city i worked as a fellow in the office. work for district 5. and now with my role i'm excited to not only engage with my local community here but also give back to the rest of the city and many neighborhoods. thank you. >> welcome. >> good evening i'man jell caminor. i work with the community out reach team. prior to joining i did work for the metro transportation commission. within the legislation and

public affair's team full time as an intern. graduate of san francisco state and east bay native from hayward, california. i have been here for 3 months and excited work with the teamful thank you. >> thank you. >> welcome >> and our final two folks, this is related to the h pc u at the last meeting. in partnership with industry leaders the mayor and doctor davidson, launched a [inaudible] initiative. launch today this month and through the opportunity for all, students participate in a 6 week summer session paid intern ships and experience in san francisco. boarding is include part of the program and work on d pack our senior cord narrator will host two black tie interns that have

joined i'm pleased to introduce to you them. welcome yoochlt hi. good afternoon i'm jaila williams a proud graduate of stillman. bachelor in criminal justice and plan it pursue jendz and race studies as ply masters. i'm excited get in policy making world and basics and growing in that area. >> welcome. am i'm jada johnson i go to fon monclaire state, biology and excited learn about the environmental department. >> welcome. thank you. >> that concludes staff introductions. >> final item in the consent calendar other minutes. an action items on consent is there discussion or changes to the minutes do i hear a motion to approve? so moved.

>> second. motion by commissioner and a second. seeing no discussion, open up to public comment on consent calendar. are there members who wish to speak on 2-4 of the agenda? mr. vice president we have no speakers. >> hearing no further comment. it is now closed. charles, call the roll for item 4. >> president is excused. vice president sullivan >> aye >> commissioner ahn >> aye. >> commissioner tompkins. >> aye and commissioner nguyen. >> aye. >> motion pass next item, please. >> next is item 5 general public comment. members may address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction and not on today's agenda. are there members of public who wish to comment on this item?

>> seeing none, no speakers. public comment is closed. next item, please >> next item is item 6. presentation of the wad environmental service award to margaret johnson for discussion. commissioner, would you like to present in the award to our >> recipient >> yes, absolutely. pleasure to present this to maggie gentlemen of the juries. who was retiring after 10 years of service with the environment department. and over 20 plus years in the field of hazardous waste management. has a deep commitment to public service and the residents and rate payors that make the work possible. maggie helped transition house, waste from the early days of how are we going to deal with this

stuff to providing one of the most robust house polled holds waste collection programs in the nation. she has an encyclopedia's worth of knowledge. when maggie work for consultants provided assistance in waste. minimumization to the city and worked with darryl, the department's first dpreshth on the city's first sustain ability plan. foundation for getting the city to establish the environment department. >> brought her experience and expertise in the hhw industry from san francisco to youtubea a permanent facility on wheels to 2 areas residents safely and conveniently get rid of

household hazardous waste. and a dedicated advocate for stewardship and lead the efforts to develop safe and environmentally sound disposal option for unwanted medicines. cull monating in the passage of san francisco's lands mark state drug disposal ordinance in 2015. over saw successful implementation result nothing a program that now provides residents year disposal options in 60 drop off locations and collected over 14099ed poundses of medicine. given her experienceful has been a caring, thorough and supportive mentor to her team and especially those just starting out in their environmental careers and how lucky for them to be with a pie

pineefrm we are luck tow have maggie who worked tirelessly throughout her career to ensure people and the environment are protected from waste. a pioneer. on behalf of the commission, we thank you are maggie for your service for your incredible dedication to this city. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner. [applause] any discussion from other commissioners. would staff like to say a few words. start with staff in the room. maggie can you hear us okay? . to say hello and acknowledge you are out there.

>> i can, thank you very much. good evening, everyonech hi, maechlg thank you. good evening, maggie and commissioners i'm the program manager for the toxic healthy community team. and i have been working with and learning from maggie for the past 10 years. both in the out reach team and now on my role on the toxic's team. so, something that adorns the walls of our old office and alcohol old office is the values written out and framed. they reminds us of who we want to be as an organization and how we want to carry ourselves in our work. the values are collaboration, and innovation, credibility, equity and impact. maggie embodies each of these fully. on collaboration, maggie is

thinking who the right partners might be and a sense for how to break down cycle sxoes work with allis to be more effective. on innovation. behind our san francisco firsts. you heard these already. most notable shaming the hazzard waste program we have today. which is the most robust in the nation. on equity has worked to ensure our house hazzard waste program are reaching people all overnight city especially those in low income neighborhoods and communities of color which the dumping ground for this type of waste >> maggie ensures there are plenty of convenient options for disposal. people don'ts boonldz the waste on the sidewalk and alley and to ensure the city is tracking and responding to illegal dumping. on impact. i will say maggie does something she does it 100%.

maggie incredible project manager with attention to detail. pours all of herself in projects and executes beautifully you learned about our successful programs the safe drug disposal ordinance she over saw. maggie, i want to congratulateow a career that left san francisco and our plan net a better place. i want to thank you for your leadership and meantorship to me and to otheros our team and in our department. i want to thank you for sticking with us as a prop f employee to make sure that we are well prepared take the rairns when you decide to fully retire. it has been an absolute privilege and honor to serve the city with you. congratulations. on a well earned retirement. >> [applause] are there staff

in the room? i will say something. >> maggie, congratulations. on this award. so deserved based on everything you heard from commissioner. your story lists accomplishments that benefited how we think about hazzard waste and the disposal of it. has been nothing short of -- a bar that has been set across the nation for other cities. our safe drug ordinance and implementation of that the reason we had the success in the papers because of your leadership. and bringing that program and the implement agsz of it. thank you because you have been encyclopedia of knowledge.

brachld hi. >> yes, we hear you. >> great. i met maggie in and 1989 about this time of year. i walked another world i knewingly of hazardous waste. i liked environments but did not know how to take tear of them

limp i remember she was sitting in a table and sharing an office with somebody. i found she was writing a hazardous waste permit to take waste to our facility. she looks young to do important work. and that was the beginning of no matter who you are or where you start can you do important work. i had the privilege of working with mag and he watching that happen. along the way she taught me to write and taught me to think. i want to say that maggie

johnson is a towering figure in the waste world. we are luck tow have her. maggie, good job and keep on keeping of thank you. next person is christopher lester. and can you hear me? >> yes. >> good evening i'm chris lester with environment d. i like to share comments on bill he worked with maggie over the years. a program benefiting southern counties and small businesses. develops a permit facility on wheel in a flood zone.

hi. hi. maggie i wanted say congratulationses on receiving your award and achievement.

i worked with mago healthy homes and worked with her on the hazzard waste collection program and she helped me it cultivate being ino vatdive and working with different teams in departments. i thank you for allowing me to be myself. i thank you for teaching me the ropes how to start. and i want to say thank you. i love you and appreciate you and congratulations on reaching the top.

i'm at maggie's place now. so i want to say good evening. commissioner and the public. with san francisco environment department. and it has been my privilege to work with maggie for the past 9 years since she hired me in 2015. i will keep remarks brief given the initial others here who appreciate her as much as i do. i can't [inaudible] 10 years in the field. i can attest that her dedication, intelligence and efforts made contributions to

making san francisco [inaudible]. program the best in the nation. she continues to work not oust necessity because she considers this program her passion. ensure nerve san francisco benefit. tonight i want to congratulate you and i want to express my gratitude for giving me the opportunity to work with you and an opportunity to work with you. and i feel honored be a part of her life and as she transitions to retirement i look forward to

maintaining our friendship. congratulations issue megan. thank you. next up is jen jackson. hi, maggie. good evening. commissioners. my pleasure to be here tonight to wish you congratulations, maggie. i'm jen jackson the former healthy ecosystem program managerir have a pleasure of working with maggie for my 8 years. on credibility and for me when i was preparing that presentation.

i thought of the many people who [inaudible] regularly. for me maggie first came to mind. and credibility is a quality and has many definitions but the three words that come to me are high competency with maggie, everyone heard she has displayed throughout her career. sheness her stuff and if she does not know she knows how to get t. and another word that come together is trustworthiness. i knew if she gave me information she had done dill gent work to give me good information and i trusted hefrm third is reliabilityism could depend on maggie if she was going to do something she would

do it. >> so. beyond corrected what we might be remembered for and all of these accolades that are you heard all the accomplishments, another one is maggie's kindness and generosity of heart. she has given herself 110%. to not only our colleagues and especially her staff am she shared this incredible competence and he knowledge in a generous and kinds way. and it was a gift to watch and appreciated that in her. she left me with an incredible sense of honesty, kindness. authenticity. thank you for giving us yourself. all these year its has been a pleasure to work with you and i, too, really look forward to continuing to have a friendship.

mag city has been a pleasure being on the to beingic's reduction team with you. and serving on the commercial reduction teamful i knew i could count on you if i had questions about hazzard materials. i remember working on our tiered certification for green business i had requests did goals for the program and i knew you were an encyclopedia of knowledge. care and infection and time you

took to answer my questions. i felt really heard and i appreciated your time and taking the time to plain how your program works. thank you, so much. yea. i'm really in the midst. in our team meetings. wish the best time in retirement >> thank you, kevin. next larry. hi. maggie. good evening. i have known maggie many years with too many stories to tell in a public forum.

it is a niche of its own. i worked with household waste throughout california and mag segood to work watch a small world but -- one of the few that understand this is stuff and have good discussion busy temperature what san francisco need combhd there is an idea. do this service or collect this stuff. not saying no we have not done it before am she has been good with that enjoyed working with her on the regular issues.

the house facility she was there from the beginning because i was there and appreciated working with her on that in a variety of things with that program. throughout the years. nobody xhengz mentioned the first of a permanent facility with dedicated staff am congratulations on a deserved reward. congratulations. thank you. larry our last person is margaret shield. i'm margaret shield an environmental policy consultant

in seattle. great to be here. thank you to the commissioners to supporting all of san francisco residents. i worked with maggie 10 years ago. i was policy staff in a county hazzard program in washington state. both of us were focusing on the produce are responsibility pressures for toxic or difficult products including the local products stewardship for pharmaceuticals that were new and complicated. i discovered she is smart, generous and a lot of fun to work w. she is an excellent sounding board for new ideas and problem stoling and a trusted ear. few people in the field have the knowledge and understanding this maggie does from community needs

to practical proo operations to policy strategies. maggie is a national thought and action lead in this work. her positive impacts extend beyond san francisco. she shart charted out through a local, state and federal actions. it is system changing solutions. what i value is the great friendship over the years and i am heart broken that mag seretiringil miss my work buddy greatly but grateful we continue as friends always. congratulations, mago receiving this honor. it is well done and wishing good things for you in your next

chapter and sending you love. after the warm words from colleagues. maggie could you say a few words. hi. everyone. can you hear me now? >> yes. >> good evening, commissioners and all my colleagues. thank you for your kinds words and i really appreciate this award. it has been an honor and privilege toendz my career which as you heard from so many is a long one. at the departments i have been inspired and challenged by so many of my colleagues. some of whom you heard from tonight and others who have not. of it is consistently really been a pleasure to work for the

department and more represent san francisco. both in the house will heed hazzard waste world and medicine disposal world you heard about. i like to add that the award is meaningful to me because johana was the first for disposal and key in passing the local ordinance and in developing the programs that have been due to the efforts of so many successful and solved the programs for san francisco and the environment who taught a solution. all of my colleagues and also like to give a quick shout out to all the house hazardous waste

technicians at recology who operate the programs daily day in and out winter, spring, summer fall. they don't get much they don't get very much recognition but i like to recognize having said that, thank you, again and good night. [applause] i wish we could present this to you in person. congratulations on this deserved award. if there is no further discussion. charles. open this up for public comment. are there members who wish to comment on this item? if so you can approach and --

be -- over there. >> good evening. commissioners i want to thank you for acknowledging maggie and giving her the wad environmental service award. i'm maurice the gm for recology of san francisco and correct record maggie involve instead industry for over 40 years when i was a young manager, she taught me everything i know about environmental stewardship and managing hazzard waste. on behalf of the recology family and workers of the waste facility. i'veed like to congratulate mag and he on her retirement. anyone else for public comment? mr. violent. no more speakers. >> public comment is closed.

>> next item. >> the next item is item 7, presentation on fix ittics jack macy. the speaker is freddie, residential zero waste cord narrator for discussion. >> good evening. jack macy program manager. i'm pleased to be sponsoring this item and introduce freddie. he is our zero waste coordinator been with us for 6 years we are excited about this new program that freddie has lead in the creation and implementation the fix it repair events this . is giving residents a new opportunity to get repair items fixed and learn how to low pair and help change the culture and norm around repair. i'm happy he will updateow this new program over the last year

and a half. we are scaling and up looking for the futures. and i hand to you, freddie. take it away. good evening i'm freddie. and i'm implementing program and do enforcement of our ordinance and the compliance ordinance this program -- this is the slide i have. san francisco sends 45,000 pounds to landfill every hour. 39 million pounds sent every year it is a crisis in the

united states and the worlds. ef our program that we received from the members of the public is how to recycle and repair clothing. in our climate action planful using and recycling textiles to recover. materials from landfills and also waste generation reduction strategy under production and consumption chapter. by 2024 to have inclusive network scaled projects landing libraries repair clinics and

exchange. this is the start of what we hope is an citywide repair program for textile and hard to recycle items that are landfilled. we chose the public library for many reasons one is a place of education. our members going to the library as a trusted resource. it is across the city. it is not two. and the public library systems serves for the fix it clinic program. it is not new. it has been happening -- our partners other san francisco

public library and scrap. and bike repair partner. i'm hearing statistic now of our fiscal year. host 11 clinics across 11 library branches. repaired 146 clothing items and we hosted a bike refair events. we have 120 bicycles repaired around 273 san franciscos able to get an item or bicycle repaired. scrap is a long time grantee we added them under the associates contract.

acquired materials e terrible for clothing repair in the bayview and do provide stereotypens for our repaired coaches. we are one of the paying them for time and expertise that is great we want to pump the economy and get more people to have an income through repair. this is a picture of the clothing workshop. and each attendee gets paired with repair coach and the most common repair that is done is buttons, zippers and ming and what not. no aterations just basic repair.

hosted 7 repair events. have 2 coming. and we have recovered 95 pounds reuses. we award them a zero waste grant. coordinate bike repair events. they do this all overnight bay area we wanted more of the service we decided to award them with the grantful bike mobile schedules the mechanics and provide bike repair and education. bike repair in the city and it

is expensive for a lot of people. we do have bike repair in the city but it is inaccessible for many. here is how the bike repair works. you get your name on the list and your item. and bike mobile is repairing 25 bikes per event, they are two hours. our bicycle repair this started later. we hosted 4 events. 120 bikes repaired. this is a map of where we posted a clothing repair. the golden stars represent an

event. those were the pilot events we did bicycle and clothing repair. pink is repair and blue is bicycle. 15 branchs 1 affordable housing. one community center and one public school. how we are doing out reach to community numbers is through our fliers. and through social media and the posters are translated. and in our calendar and the news letter of the library as well. i do want to work with schools and environmental education team. and the upon green team. i think it is a great idea we

need youth involved. we want to empower community events so there are inspect repair events happening. and we want to extend our grants to focus on repair. we don't have a lot of guarantees that focus that is an area of focus to drive more repair and also highlight repair shops and services on sf recycle. that's it. thank you. haep to take questions. >> thank you, freddie. any discussion? thank you for that presentation with that alarming statistic about the close nothing

landfills. you mentioned the out reach event. can they get the out reach by going to our website. is there. it teem seems post that and save you then and there and this is what you will go. you got information. >> we are puffing the eventsos our calendar. they have such a large saturation of events we have gone and it is hard to navigate to look for events on the public library website. we are going to put them on our website as well. we are chauffeuroth calendar and news letters. yes, thank you. it seems that this is a natural fit for youth and fast fashion.

>> absolutely. so. the school system you know having other out reach directed to them. and you are indicating well is additional grantees needed. what is the process for them on apply. >> i believe our grants are 2026. the next cycle. we will probably another around of zero waste grants released probably, later this year. may be early next year. >> okay. >> and yes working with youth it is a must in my opinion. they are excited for it. comments? thank you >> thank you. appreciate it. >> go to public comment.

are there member who is wish to comment on this item? >> public comment is closed. go to the next item. >> next item is item 8. review and vote on to approve resolution file 2024-interior 6 resolution authorizing it is direct to execute an extension of the current landfill agreement with recology. speaker is jack macy zero program manager the document is file 2024-06-coe authorizing the director to execute an extension of the landfill disposal agreement with recology. second amendment of the executed agreement. and the first amendment 050116 this is for discussion and possible action.

good evening am pleasure to join you and give you an update for your consideration. to approve the execution of our landfill disposal contract with recology. the current agreement we have with san francisco was executed back on july in july of 2015. this designated the landfill in the seoul disposal for san

francisco's trash. recology received. there is an increase for the landfill disposal or operation's part. government fees don't have that. but can change. these fees and the total cost this contract are actually include in the refuse rates that residentses and businesses pay in san francisco that go through as you may recall. last year we had a rate in process. a bit of a new one.

everything that refuse rate payers pay go through the process. these costs, which total as of july first, to be 40.60 per ton are included in the rates. and a mall part if you look at that cost of 40 dollars and 16 cents i ton it is 4% of what residents and businesses are paying. big are part of the costs what they pay is the collection of the material. the transfer and the hauling. versus the essential low the gate fee or cost at the landfill. this landfill agreement had a term of had two term options one was 9 years from the date of signing. and that was july 22nd. 2015 or reached 3.4 million tons that was disposeod this

contract. which came first. where are we. well we are hitting the let mow refoou view the upon disposal tons. as of may first, which is the last formal reporting from recology. we have disposed 3.2 million tons under this contract. that's.22 or 200,000 tons short of the limit. the current rate reach the term limit on october 27. the 9 year term. clock started on 2015 will be july 21 of 2024. 9 year term will reached sooner.

this is everything through recology under this contract. you see that disposal went up a bit in 2018. shows you where the disposal trends with 3.4 million tons you see where we were at the may first, 2024 we are close to where we have not reachd that tons limit. we talk about the landfill happening extension the agreement has language this

gives the city one option to extend the contract. by aciding 6 years or 1.sick million tons of disposal capacity. which come first. if we extend at this time contract term would be if you look at the tonnage. a total capacity of 5 million tons in this agreement. so this . agreement the way we extend this agreement is through a landfill amendment the second amendment. i do want to point out the mayor

experienced a resolution that the board adopted. that was in support of the amendment. no opposition. unanimous vote by the board of supervisors. we are coming to you when we can after the board has taken that action and may team like a formality. a no brainer we need to extend it one thing i want to say not shown on the slide is that the current contract is favorable when recology bid they were half the price of the competitor. ranging from over 50 to 95 dollars a ton that is

significant low more than the 40. we believe this is in the interests of00 autorate payors. and gives us the next slide is this contract attention gives the time needed for us to go through a new contract solicitation process, rfp selection, ceqa. board approval that is take up to 4 years. we are welcoming that time we will do that in a prudent way and expect to complete that. the landfill process took longer there are things that happened we expect will not happen they

had to change landfills. and there were lawsuits. we never knew about lawsuits we use this. the other thing is this gives us you may remember. the refuse rate process we had a priority to look how we can take the trash. because as much as we are a model program. with collection throughout the city. nobody is doing a perfect job. and to achieve our vision and targets we believe that we need to be able to process that treasure to recover from when we

can. we did a pilot test of over 100 tons of our trash down in san jose. so, we expect that will issue part of a future contract to give that you context. i welcome questions you may have. >> thank you, jack. commissioners any discussion? >> no questions i department to offer insight it was a pleasure to have toured the sight with commissioner hunter as well and extensional appreciation for the team there and acknowledgment that recology is a partner in san francisco. to witness the technology.

the use of automation. i appreciate that and -- would like to again say -- if you have a chance to go down and tour it is something that everyone needs to take advantage of. i saw it is incredible the 9 year and the cap you hit it within 3-4 months. 4.7 years to they or 6 years. is there a reason >> worn is based on time and originally the contract we looked at this the original

treatment plus the extension to as well a total of 15 years. state likes to have cities capacity planning for 15 years that is one reference point for that that is separate. if the tonnage would be coincidence if we hit it at the same time we are dispotion more then and there we want. we had challenges. economic and otherwise that we are addressing and that's why the processing piece if we find a way to do that before the end of the contract we could amend it. that would faendz and the 6 years before the 3.4 million tons.

i'm excited about the pilot project. i wish well on that. what's hope of getting stuff out of the trash? organics? >> yes. there are recycle annual in there we can pull off you know the metals and the aluminumful class and plastics that are not too dirt. the biggest chunk is organics a lot of that is fiber. anything left in the trash and mixed with everything and enough food in there that -- it gets soild and hard to market it. it is easy to capture all of the

food with the fiber and compost that the fiber is paper towels and tissues.

a recovery i'm hopeful we have a recovery of half or more in nechlt but we'll see. it is a good reference point for us. it is a facility that has been evolved and improved over time. looks similar to pier 96 in terms of using that same technology. you know but also in optical the different screens. that is the front end and the back end going to another facility. we have all seen the black bins. wish you well. thank you. >> this san action item. do i hear a motion to approve.

>> i move. >> second. >> motion and seconded. we can open up to public comment, charles. >> are there members of public who wish to speak on this item? >> we have no speakers. thank you. public comment is closed. charles, call the roll. >> president is excused. vice president sullivan >> aye >> commissioner ahn j. aye. >> commissioner hunter excused. commissioner thompkins. >> aye. jot motion passes. thank you, jack. >> thank you. >> next item, charles? next item is item 9. update on the approved fiscal 24/25aao budget. and presentation on the out going grants.

this is for discussion. joochs thank you if you recall at the last meeting we passed a resolution related to grants that we ghaet have out going grant in them and how the board and commission approved the action item was for board approved grants and prizes that go throughout aao process. we would come back or -- going forward will do it before but today we are coming become to talk about what was in those

grants and prizes were in the aao the board approved. that is why i'm here temperatured starting off with grants and prizes that wents throughout board process and also about to conclude. goes through quickly the grant for less then and there 9 million that will reoccur for a couple years a 4 year grant. food recovery grant put in for within.3 million and got back 2.1 sick million. and related sb1383. how we recovery.

i'm going to explain both of those. the next we include department of energy. block grant we are entitled if we apply as a city and county. we are executing the contract with the d. energy on that. i will nuance the resolution in approval of commission was about grants that were over 100,000.

so of the sb13 ands ep, they have guarantees over 100,000 we will get to those in a bit. next 2 are the recycle funds for crv bottle and can recycling. those don't have out going grants. money for emergency ride home program. unclear if than i will have grant in them. the next is used oil money. we are a clean city with the department of energy around clean initiatives and and 1 thenldz to be determined if there are grand in there or not.

>> the two line items where we will have grands that are over 100 thousand dollars are sp1383 and government to government grant. sb1383 the edible food recovery grant. and there is broken down in terms of00 autoout going grants and when we are doing. so, put it is funds from cal recycle that is going to go toward the implementation of our city's edible food ordinance we pass in the 2022. recover food providing to food insecure. in terms of the out going grants 440,000 out going to sfusd for food recovery program.

420,000 issue through rf p's for grants for drivers and so this is for like food pantries that -- need to hire drivers to pick up food. the third all of the these grants will under 100,000 it is they are all like little minigrants and adding up to 405 i include today and for professional services for food recovery. for also item. fork lifts and large refrigerators and like subing skripzs. sfusd and food recovery drivers.

i will move to the next one. the next is epa government environmental justice grant. we applied near this and finalizing the contract tell fund community activities for climate action plan that will lead to positive public health impacts in environmental justice communities. for a million dollars. we got two one grant over 100,000 and the other two will be for under 100,000 i would include it as well. the first for 1 fwent,000. issue an rfp to manage no cost of electric appliances. hot water heat pumps.

similar with the climate hub and add what we are doing there. we do out reach to low income and trying to help them install hot water heat pumps at no cost. a program we have will add and augment to that. that will be for over 100,000 that grant. the next one -- multiple rfp's under 100,000 to community organization everorganizations to build capacity to tackle environmental issues in their communities. and iville some explanationos that later and finally, there is another source of funds that were finalizing should be 200,000. but 2-4 grants to help the community build capacity to tackle environmental issues and

environmental justice areas and so i want to explain when i talk about building capacity i mean helping like -- hosting workshops. community organizations understands the financial incentives there. for low income communities to install the water heaters and making sure they than those incentives are available and more important how to apply. being be for staff goal to empower community. build capacity to better be our partners and that was the focus for the grant from the ep aside. those other two big grantses out going grantsil pause to see if you have questions.

could you give a time line. i'm interested in the government to government environmental justice grant. when will you be back with the commission for that to report out. we are working with the epa on finalizing our agreement with them. i think i mentioned our out going grants that is when a lot of this grant is for it is like a grant we get and turn it and grant that money to the community. we like to include -- getting the grants out via rfp later this year with the big out going grants i mentioned zero waste grants. we did it two years ago now like to have our second. hope to get those out the end of this year early next year.

st. john'ses like next year >> yes. all of those grants do come back to the commission per 10 years. you get to approve them. know what each is and look forward to bringing them back to you. >> do you have a sense of may be examples of the where the money would go and the community activities based on the pastore what the requirements for the government to government grant -- sure. broadly, i mean. one, i referenced it will be to a nonprofit provider. that is going to take money and give out incentives and help residents install heat pumps that will be something we will do. other grants may take the form

of a community based organization. prepare residents and small businesses for the transition to cook. that is a program we had. others to organizations to help us do out reach. in the communities. host forums. helping people tap in and rebates that are available from the government for the first time. teaching them to do it the welling them know about availability. and there is a few others that -- we will develop when we put pen to paper and start brain storming when they look like. those recall examples. everother comments >> just to confirm as long as a line to the climate action plan where an organization needs to g. and see if they have something they can do. >> yea. pretty much.

all of these will -- will be in line with our climate action plan the ones funds individual to be in aline am with what they want. but -- what they want and what is in our plan is aline am we are excited to get going on that. congratulations on the food recovery guarantee not often you apply and get more. is there a back story. it is mandating composting

through the state. we already do it like we -- saying that was new that we are working on is the food recovery components. and i do think that cal recycle in recognition of the fact that many parts of sb1383 were modelod when we do here and recognition of the hard work we have been working on food. since 2017. i think it is trust that we are going to do excellent things with the funds this we will be good stewards and recover millions in pounds of food we are at 4 million for the first year. shooting for 5 for the second year. there will be updates later. they then and there we can do temperature they know we can be

an example for the state. this is why they put that trust and gave us more than we asked for. i'm getting nods. >> thank you. seeing no discussion, charles, go to public comment. are there members who wish to comment on this item? mr. vice president we have no speakers. >> public comment is closed. next item. >> the next item is the director's report item 10. tyrone the director this is for discussion. commissioners just a few items to brief commission of one, we are moving throughout hiring process for the replacement for your former commission secretary. we near final stages of the

selection press. commission reconvenes we will have this person in place and will be reaching out to you to make that connection. the second you heard from our wonderful summer interns. from our opportunity program. we have another 15 opportunities for all interns. this is our youth climate action fellow program we are hosting through environmental education team will be here for 6 weeks. two other things to highlight. you may have season the press announcement the mayor's initiative curb side challengering making progress. and the announce am by the mayor was we stream lined the intake process to accept mrakzs for locations we will consider. and we will move through that process stream lining the permitting and the other

barriers that might exist for curb side charging. we will be coming back to the commission on the curb side charging report the mt a is leading in august we'll be the time to share what our long are term plan is. and hopeful low have examples of early pilot projects through the intake process. >> final two civil know grand injury reports and we were mentioned in both of them. i want to make surety commissionness the context. first a report on number of commission this is exist within the city. focussed on looking how weather should be a reduction on commissions, task forces and councils and et cetera . this exist. and i want to focus on our commission. we were mentioned the commission of environment and urban forestry and municipal green task force they were mentioned

they are mentioned in either charter or in administrative and environment code. so. we were spared. . we were recommend for keeping all 3 of those bodies in place. in case anyone is going to do it that is not the case. second a flooding report on sea level rise and flooding. sf environment and the commission was mention in the that grand jury report in the request we hold a hearing. further on down the road. in a year, to hear when we are doing as a city on flooding and sea level rise that was mostly the extent where our commission was involved. we are right now working with the major lead averages the port, puc and office of planning and resilience and capitol

planning on responding become to the grand jury report. that will be put forth. we were novelty mentioned to a degree. >> charles had a busy day at admissible works. director carla insure from public works presentod the collaborate rigz with our department. and charles presented there. and represented what we collaborate with public works. with that, i conclude. happy to answer questions. >> commissioners? >> i will say i appreciate the efforts to coordinate with future departments. i think sea level rise is something to addresseen if we don't have jurisdictional authority there is a perception that we should be doing something. thank you. those are upon comments. i was theme see the announcement

on ev charging infrastructure does that mean we are ahead of schedule? >> i think we are what we have done throughout intake press we work with the mt a with public works and building inspection alining all of the approvals. and permitting that will be required. curb side charging you are looking at building inspection for the electrical work. looking at a sidewalk encroach am permit where you will install it and on top of that you need mt a frufl designate as far as this a designated e very close charging location. it has been a great collaboration and getting to the point where we have we think a stream lined press we are ready to accept requests where than i might go in the city. not the full role out this it is to test or process.

and see how like our cities are we want this as easy as possible and scale it we can't have the barriers this will give us a chance to try out technologies and different models. see where might be a good opportunity to locate it and feed that in the larger curb side role out it is move nothing parallel. to answer, yest is going to accelerate the roll out. we are juggling things. great. thank you. >> seeing no other input from the commission. charles. go to public comment. >> are there members who wish to comment on this item? mr. violent, we have no speakers. >> public comment is closed. next item. >> the next is 11 new business, future items charles policy and public affairs officer for

discussion. thank you, commissioners. the next schedule meeting for the commission is july 22nd. we think that will be cancelled. so stay tuned for this cancellation notice. the commission meeting after that is monday august 26. look ahead we are in the second half of the year we will look at the agenda items and have ip m for you in september. we will have the director's performance evidence i think august. and um -- there will be more on food waste coming up. report to cal recycle on pounds collected i think we will report to them and want to dive in what that report says for the commission. and -- may be an update on our [inaudible].

there was -- a healthy pipeline of agenda items for second half of the year again. probably starting with august 26. i will puz to see if there is anything to add or questions. >> questions, comments? >> only about the commission meeting that might be kaenlsed on the 22nd. i have a meet nothing phoenix that day i does. >> i am fairly certain we had 2 in june and minimal attendance i think tell get cancelled. >> i just add, part of the commission records, a number of public comments came in regarding work that will happen in twin peeks. staff are take a look at that now. so we can work with the president on scheduling an item

we need to do more home work investigation and we will have that as an item. >> discussion? seeing 91. go to public comment. >> are there members of the public who wish to comment on this item? seeing none. we post agendas for upcoming meeting on monday tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday the week before. >> anyone in the public who wish to comment. >> we have no speakers. >> public comment is closed.

next item >> next is item 12 adjournment the time is 6:35 p.m. >> i don't think you need to be an expert to look around and see the increasing frequency of

fires throughout california. they are continuing at an ever-increasing rate every summer, and as we all know, the drought continues and huge shortages of water right now. i don't think you have to be an expert to see the impact. when people create greenhouse gases, we are doing so by different activities like burning fossil fuels and letting off carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and we also do this with food waste. when we waste solid food and leave it in the landfill, it puts methane gas into the atmosphere and that accelerates the rate at which we are warming our planet and makes all the effects of climate change worse. the good news is there are a lot of things that you can be doing, particularly composting and the added benefit is when the compost is actually applied to the soil, it has the ability to reverse climate change by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and into the soil and the t radios.

and there is huge amount of science that is breaking right now around that. >> in the early 90s, san francisco hired some engineers to analyze the material san francisco was sending to landfill. they did a waste characterization study, and that showed that most of the material san francisco was sending to landfill could be composted. it was things like food scraps, coffee grounds and egg shells and sticks and leaves from gardening. together re-ecology in san francisco started this curbside composting program and we were the first city in the country to collect food scraps separately from other trash and turn them into compost. it turns out it was one of the best things we ever did. it kept 2.5 million tons of material out of the landfill, produced a beautiful nutrient rich compost that has gone on to

hundreds of farms, orchards and vineyards. so in that way you can manage your food scraps and produce far less methane. that is part of the solution. that gives people hope that we're doing something to slow down climate change. >> i have been into organic farming my whole life. when we started planting trees, it was natural to have compost from re-ecology. compost is how i work and the soil biology or the microbes feed the plant and our job as regenerative farmers is to feed the microbes with compost and they will feed the plant. it is very much like in business where you say take care of your employees and your employees will take carolinas of your customers. the same thing. take care of the soil microbes and soil life and that will feed and take care of the plants. >> they love compost because it

is a nutrient rich soil amendment. it is food for the soil. that is photosynthesis. pulling carbon from the atmosphere. pushing it back into the soil where it belongs. and the roots exude carbon into the soil. you are helping turn a farm into a carbon sink. it is an international model. delegations from 135 countries have come to study this program. and it actually helped inspire a new law in california, senate bill 1383. which requires cities in california to reduce the amount of compostable materials they send to landfills by 75% by 2025. and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors.

we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which

requires them to have a food donation program. we keep the edible food local. and we are not composting it because we don't want to compost edible food. we want that food to get eaten within san francisco and feed folks in need. it is very unique in san francisco we have such a broad and expansive education program for the city. but also that we have partners in government and nonprofit that are dedicated to this work. at san francisco unified school district, we have a sustainability office and educators throughout the science department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this. we work together to build a pipeline for students so that when they are really young in pre-k, they are just learning about the awe and wonder and beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love

and affinity towards. as they get older, concepts that keep them engaged like society and people and economics. >> california is experiencing many years of drought. dry periods. that is really hard on farms and is really challenging. compost helps farms get through these difficult times. how is that? compost is a natural sponge that attracts and retains water. and so when we put compost around the roots of plants, it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helps farms make that corner and that helps them grow for food. you can grow 30% more food in times of drought in you farm naturally with compost. farms and cities in california are very hip now to this fact that creating compost, providing compost to farms helps communities survive and get through those dry periods. >> here is the thing.

soil health, climate health, human health, one conversation. if we grow our food differently, we can capture all that excess carbon in the atmosphere and store it in unlimited quantities in the soil, that will create nutrient dense foods that will take care of most of our civilized diseases. so it's one conversation. people have to understand that they are nature. they can't separate. we started prowling the high plains in the 1870s and by the 1930s, 60 year, we turned it into a dust bowl. that is what ignorance looks like when you don't pay attention to nature. nature bats last. so people have to wake up. wake up. compost. >> it is really easy to get frustrated because we have this belief that you have to be completely sustainable 24/7 in all aspects of your life. it is not about being perfect.

it is about making a change here, a change there in your life. maybe saying, you know what? i don't have to drive to that particular place today. today i am going to take the bus or i'm going to walk. it is about having us is stainable in mind. that is -- it is about having sustainability in mind. that is how we move the dial. you don't have to be perfect all the time. >> san francisco has been and will continue to be one of the greener cities because there are communities who care about protecting a special ecosystem and habitat. thinking about the history of the ohlone and the native and indigenous people who are stewards of this land from that history to now with the ambitious climate action plan we just passed and the goals we have, i think we have a dedicated group of people who see the importance of this place. and who put effort into building an infrastructure that actually makes it possible. >> we have a long history starting with the gold rush and the anti-war activism and that

is also part of the environmental movement in the 60s and 70s. and of course, earth day in 1970 which is huge. and i feel very privileged to work for the city because we are on such a forefront of environmental issues, and we get calls from all over the world really to get information. how do cities create waste programs like they do in san francisco. we are looking into the few which you are and we want innovation. we want solutions.

>> we are right now in outer richmond in the last business area of this city. this area of merchants is in the most western part of san francisco, continue blocks down the street they're going to fall into the pacific ocean. two blocks over you're going to have golden gate park. there is japanese, chinese, hamburgers, italian, you don't have to cook. you can just walk up and down the street and you can get your cheese. i love it. but the a very multicultural

place with people from everywhere. it's just a wonderful environment. i love the richmond district. >> and my wife and i own a café we have specialty coffee drinks, your typical lattes and mochas and cappuccinos, and for lunches, sandwiches and soup and salad. made fresh to order. we have something for everybody >> my shop is in a very cool part of the city but that's one of the reasons why we provide such warm and generous treats, both physically and emotionally (♪♪) >> it's an old-fashioned general store. they have coffee. other than that what we sell is fishing equipment. go out and have a good time. >> one of my customers that has been coming here for years has

always said this is my favorite store. when i get married i'm coming in your store. and then he in his wedding outfit and she in a beautiful dress came in here in between getting married at lands end and to the reception, unbelievable. (♪♪) >> the new public health order that we're announcing will require san franciscans to remain at home with exceptions only for essential outings. >> when the pandemic first hit we kind of saw the writing on the walls that potentially the city is going to shut all businesses down.

>> it was scary because it was such an unknown of how things were going to pan out. i honestly thought that this might be the end of our business. we're just a small business and we still need daily customers. >> i think that everybody was on edge. nobody was untouched. it was very silent. >> as a business owner, you know, things don't just stop, right? you've still got your rent, and all of the overhead, it's still there. >> there's this underlying constant sense of dread and anxiety. it doesn't prevent you from going to work and doing your job, it doesn't stop you from doing your normal routine. what it does is just make you feel extra exhausted.

>> so we began to reopen one year later, and we will emerge stronger, we will emerge better as a city, because we are still here and we stand in solidarity with one another. >> this place has definitely been an anchor for us, it's home for us, and, again, we are part of this community and the community is part of us. >> one of the things that we strived for is making everyone in the community feel welcome and we have a sign that says "you're welcome." no matter who you are, no matter what your political views are, you're welcome here. and it's sort of the classic san francisco thing is that you work with folks. >> it is your duty to help everybody in san francisco.

>> you are watching san francisco rising with chris manners. today's special guest, carolyn mante. >> hi, i'm chris manners and you are watching san francisco the stow about restaffing rebuilding and reimaging the city. the guest is carolyn manteto talk about the organization is helping to preserve the city cultural heritage and architecture. welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me e. >> good to have you here. >> can we talk bat the history of your organization and the mission. >> sure, thank you. san francisco heritage started 51 years ago and the main mission is to preserve and enhance the architectural and cultural identity of san francisco. when it started out the focus was really on the buildings,

historic landmark listings and really concentrated on downtown area with all the development happening. our organization was raising a reg red flag with historic landmarks in danger and victorian mansions so a hallmark of our organization is moving these victorian mansions in the way of development to inwestern addition neighborhood and other areas to get out of the way of development and preserve them. our organization was around before there was the historic preservation commission of the city so we were at the forefront drawings attention to historic preservation, landmarking and over the last 51 years we have seen how there are more then just buildsings in safeguarding the city cultural resources, there is also small businesses and the different neighborhood icons that make a neighborhood special, so our

outreach has really-it is really come full circle in a way because it moved downtown into the neighborhoods and now with the covid epidemic it is really going back to downtown again looking at how we can play a role in the economic recovery and revitalization of downtown san francisco. >> that's great. so, now i understand your organization is also responsible for maintaining a couple properties. could you tell us a little about those? >> yes, our non profit was gifted in 1973, the historic (inaudible) house. it is now a historic house museum but this was a family since 1886 built this victorian mansion in the same family year after year and one of the last resident of the family when she passed way gifted the mansion to san francisco heritage so since then we have been running this

historic house and the home of our office. in 2018, one of the long time members nor aa lasten gifting a building on the e h-as hate polk became a commercial corridor after the earthquake, the owner at the time, he raised the house and put 6 store front underneath in order to take advantage of the commerce so we are in charge of the house on the corner and it has been a wonderful way to get new numbers, new audiences interested in the work of our organization. during the pandemic, we have been using it as a artson residents and partnering with different bay area artists as well as cultural institutions, cultural districts and then one of the storefronts we converted into

a pop up galleries so gives a opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of the art and cultural resources in san francisco. >> that's fantastic. so, now, let's talk about legacy business. what does the designation mean? how does somebody get add today the legacy business registry and what benefits does being named a legacy business? >> i love this program. it was started by san francisco heritage and adopt ed by the city and run by the office of small business but the program looks what are the businesses really contributing to san francisco and the neighborhood. when we started the first focus was bars and restaurants but over the years it exb panded to include other businesses so these are places that contribute to the character of a neighborhood, so sam's grill downtown,

the amazingarian press in the presidio. book stores like city lights oergreen apple recently named. this year we had a lot of attention on the legacy business program. we put out a contest to the public of what you think should be the next legacy business and one of the businesses that was recommended was the club deluxe, jazz club on the corner, and 2 or 3 days after we launched the contest, the owners announced they would have to close. the rent was driven up, they couldn't afford it, coming out of the pandemic so we worked at speed to get that application submitted with them and that status convinced their landlord to negotiate with them a lower rent and this way they have been able to stay, there was a lot of social media support around this, so when you become a legacy business, not only do you get marketing and business support from the office of

small business, but you also eligible for grants and we work closely with the legacy businesses as we do our work for san francisco heritage. >> that's great. so, apart from architecture and buildings, you also work with cultural districts, and the castro theater strikes me as a place that is both. a beautiful building and cultural hub and center. what has been happening with the recent acquisition by new owners; >> it is leased to another planet entertainment and been in contact with planet entertainment by the castro theater is historic land mark building. it is recognized as a very important architectural monument. one thing-one of the

main activist organizations of the preservation of the theater we work together with supervisor mandelman on a interior landmark historic landmark designation for interior, but what happened over the is summer and people learned is there is a lot of concern not just by san franciscans but people all over the world, movie directors, stars who are very concerned about the risk to the lgbtq and film programming at the castro theater. another planet hosted community stakeholder in august, and it was so moving to see the number of people who took the microphone-everyone had two minutes to say their testimony of what castro theater meant to them and those testimonys showed this building is contributing not just as a

architectural monument but plays a role in the lgbtq community that is irrelaceuble able. >> it is beautiful theater. >> it is. my involvement in the theater raised awareness to not only the castro theater to be emblematic of the lgbtq culture and history but also there are many other sites in the city that also contribute to the identity. that is why so many people come to san francisco as a place of freedom and diversity so in my previous work i worked at the world heritage center, so when i joined san francisco heritage i was thinking why isn't san francisco a world heritage city? for the architecture alone it could be inscribed. golden gate bridge to name a few but the city is so unique

in the architecture, the mansioned and historic landmarks so hoping to start a conversation on that with city stakeholders this year. >> that is great. let's talk about your relationship with other agencies. you mentioned economic and office of work force development and planning commission. how do you unt integrate to them? >> these relationships are essential. we are working with office of small business for the legacy business program and the planning department is really one of our most crucial relationships. we meet quarterly with them and we really see how we can support not only historic land mark listings and historical cultural context statements, strategy for culture districts and city survey among many other activities that really are of concern to both

of us. for the office of workforce development, i attended a etmooing recently that the chamber of commerce organized with them on the downtown revitalization and a key goal in that meeting and in the downtown revitalization is to make sure that the city historic culture resources play a key #r0e8 in the economic recovery and revitalization especially after the pandemic. the office of workforce development has the city build program which is admirable program where youth are trained in construction techniques for rebuilding and especially with the new housing legislation, and we really want to see how can that workforce be expanded to include training in historic preservation. we have so many victorian homes, historic buildings and other places that really need a skilled labor force to make sure that they are preserved and that they help keep the special identify

of the city. we really value these relationships, we meet quarterly with the various organizations and we are really grateful for grants of the arts we receive and other supports so definitely that is a key relationship for san francisco heritage. >> the city build is great. i like that a lot. thank you so much for the time you have given today. appreciate you coming on the show. >> thank you so much raising awareness about san francisco heritage. we hope the people watching will join us in the mission to help keep san francisco special. thank you. >> that's it for this episode. we'll be back shortly. i'm chris manners, thanks

>> good morning and welcome to the june 25, 2024 meeting of the treasure island mobility management agency board. i'm matt dorsey and serve as the chair. the vice chair is commissioner mandelman. thank you to james and jeremiah from sfgovtv being our producers today and our clerk is amy saeyang. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> chan absent. chair dorsey, present. commissioner engardio, absent. >> [speaking in