>> 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 chairj■t 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 se 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 who4l

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 thexe 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 includn 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 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 ll 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 tions. >> 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.

>> in the bay area as a whole, thinking about environmental sustainability. we have been a leader in the

country across industries in terms of what you can do and we have a learn approach. that is what allows us to be successful. >> what's wonderful is you have so many people who come here and they are what i call policy innovators and whether it's banning plastic bags, recycling, composting, all the different things that we can do to improve the environment. we really champion. we are at recycle central, a large recycle fail on san francisco pier 96. every day the neighborhood trucks that pick up recycling from the blue bins bring 50 # o tons of bottles, cans and paper here to this facility and unload it. and inside recology, san

francisco's recycling company, they sort that into aluminum cans, glass cans, and different type of plastic. san francisco is making efforts to send less materials to the landfill and give more materials for recycling. other cities are observing this and are envious of san francisco's robust recycling program. it is good for the environment. but there is a lot of low quality plastics and junk plastics and candy wrappers and is difficult to recycle that. it is low quality material. in most cities that goes to landfill. >> looking at the plastics industry, the oil industry is the main producer of blastics. and as we have been phase out fossil fuels and the transfer stream, this is the fossil fuels and that plastic isn't recycled and goes into the

waste stream and the landfill and unfortunately in the ocean. with the stairry step there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. >> we can recycle again and again and again. but plastic, maybe you can recycle it once, maybe. and that, even that process it downgrades into a lower quality material. >> it is cheaper for the oil industry to create new plastics and so they have been producing more and more plastics so with our ab793, we have a bill that really has a goal of getting our beverage bottles to be made of more recycled content so by the time 2030 rolls around t recycle content in a coke bottle, pepsi bottle, water bottle, will be up to 50% which is higher thatten the percentage in the european union and the highest percentage in the world. and that way you can actually feel confident that what you're

drinking will actually become recycled. now, our recommendation is don't use to plastic bottle to begin w but if you do, they are committing to 50% recycled content. >> the test thing we can do is vote with our consumer dollars when we're shopping. if you can die something with no packaging and find loose fruits and vegetables, that is the best. find in packaging and glass, metal and pap rer all easily recycled. we don't want plastic. we want less plastic. awe what you we do locally is we have the program to think disposable and work one on one to provide technical assistance to swap out the disposable food service to reusables and we have funding available to support businesses to do that so that is

a way to get them off there. and i believe now is the time we will see a lot of the solutions come on the market and come on the scene. >> and is really logistics company and what we offer to restaurants is reasonable containers that they can order just like they would so we came from about a pain point that a lot of customers feel which wills a lot of waste with takeout and deliver, even transitioning from styrofoam to plastic, it is still wasteful. and to dream about reusing this one to be re-implemented and cost delivery and food takeout. we didn't have throwaway culture always. most people used to get delivered to people's homes and then the empty milk containers were put back out when fresh milk came. customers are so excited that we

have this available in our restaurant and came back and asked and were so excited about it and rolled it out as customers gain awareness understanding what it is and how it works and how they can integrate it into their life. >> and they have always done it and usually that is a way of being sustainable and long-term change to what makes good financial sense especially as there are shipping issues and material issues and we see that will potentially be a way that we can save money as well. and so i think making that case to other restaurateurs will really help people adopt this.

>> one restaurant we converted 2,000 packages and the impact and impact they have in the community with one switch. and we have been really encouraged to see more and more restaurants cooperate this. we are big fans of what re-ecology does in terms of adopting new systems and understanding why the current system is broken. when people come to the facility, they are shocked by how much waste they see and the volume of the operations and how much technology we have dedicated to sort correctly and we led 25 tours and for students

to reach about 1100 students. and they wanted to make change and this is sorting in the waste stream they do every single day and they can take ownership of and make a difference with. >> an i feel very, very fortunate that i get to represent san francisco in the legislature and allows me to push the envelope and it is because of the people the city attracts and is because of the eco system of policy thinking that goes on in san francisco that we are constantly seeing san francisco leading the way. >> kids know there's a lot of environmental issues that they are facing. and that they will be impacted by the impact of climate change. they will have the opportunity to be in charge and make change and make the decisions in the

future. >> we are re-inventing the way the planet does garbage founded in the environmental ethic and hunger to send less to landfills. this is so many wonderful things happening in san francisco. i feel very fortunate and very humble to live here and to be part of this wonderful place.

>> come shop dine and play. taraval street is open for business. >> this is joey smith at barber lounge. one of the coowners at 19th and taraval and sunset. this establishment came about when me and my brother andy, coowner barber decided to it was time to take a step up in the barber industry. our business is community that shows their true artistic side of the barber indust rae. we are involved in taraval bingo so please stop by, get a haircut and when you do you get the barber sticker made for us. i say in three words, we are community, artsests and here to help. visit at barber louvl, 901

taraval and find on-[indiscernible] >> a new community game supporting small businesses, anyone can participate, it is easy, collect stickers on a gameboard and enter raffle event for a chance to win awesome prizes. >> hello everyone. welcome to the bayview bistro. >> it is just time to bring the community together by deliciousness. i am excited to be here today because nothing brings the community together like food. having amazing food options for and by the people of this community is critical to the

success, the long-term success and stability of the bayview-hunters point community. >> i am nima romney. this is a mobile cafe. we do soul food with a latin twist. i wanted to open a truck to son nor the soul food, my african heritage as well as mylas as my latindescent. >> i have been at this for 15 years. i have been cooking all my life pretty much, you know.

i like cooking ribs, chicken, links. my favorite is oysters on the grill. >> i am the owner. it all started with banana pudding, the mother of them all. now what i do is take on traditional desserts and pair them with pudding so that is my ultimate goal of the business. >> our goal with the bayview bristow is to bring in businesses so they can really use this as a launching off point to grow as a single business. we want to use this as the opportunity to support business owners of color and those who have contributed a lot to the community and are looking for opportunities to grow their business. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities

commission is doing. they are doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a

public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities on the way to this community. >> bayview has changed. it is growing. a lot of things is different from when i was a kid. you have the t train. you have a lot of new business. i am looking forward to being a business owner in my neighborhood. >> i love my city. you know, i went to city college and fourth and mission in san francisco under the chefs ria, marlene and betsy. they are proud of me. i don't want to leave them out

of the journey. everyone works hard. they are very supportive and passionate about what they do, and they all have one goal in mind for the bayview to survive. >> all right. it is time to eat, people. >> so i'm linda i'm part owner and manager of the paper tree in jeopardy an town. >> paper tree opened by my parent in 1968. so we other second oldest business in jap an town. at 55 years this year. we have beautiful papers from japan, thailand, italy, korea and the biggest selection of

orgami. i do it because of my grand father and he wrote to the first english in it in the early 50s. he had an import business to import japanese goods and of course we had our line of paper. to go with the books he produced. it is something i have been doing since i was 5 and i'm happy to say i'm a designer now and of course having paper tree. it is grit. >> during the pandemic i wanted do something to make a statement to help combat the asian hate that was prevalent at that time. and so i put a call out to have a thousand hearts. this is a spin on the tradition of holding 1,000 cranes when you have a wish. well, a thousand cranes does not make a statement enough why not change it and a call for a

thousand hearts? i created a website dedicated to the project. a video and fold heart instructions. people sent them in the first mont was 1,000 hearts. they kept coming in. and the next goal was 7, 698, which was the total number of case of reported hate by the ap i website. those were the reported case of hate. there are more not reported. that became the new goal. we achieved 2 months later. the hearts were coming in it it is a big project, we have it part of our store. anyone can come and fold an easy heart. keeping that part of the japanese tradition of this in that way here in japantown is pretty special. its great.

>> i think a lot of times we get in adult lives we are afraid to follow our passions and think life can't be that easy. but i truly do believe i followed my heart this time in my journal in city government i did not know that is where my passion lied. i kept following it and ltd. to great opportunity to serve the city. [music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small

businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up.

and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportunity came along wh started working for former supervisor carmen chu and she became the district 4 sunset district supervisor. that was my firstent row in politics and government in a different level. and so when i was finishing up my time working for legislative aid i thought, i will go off and do something else. may be explore opportunity outside of city government what was then approached by this opportunity to also serve as a district 4 supervisor. if not the traditional route that many people think of when you enter in politics. a lot know that is manage than i want to do and run for office. that was not part of my culture and upbringing with manage my parents were wondering why i

wanted to go in that role this legislation and important because so many women when have it return to work after having a child feel embarrassed or don't feel comfortable asking their supervisor for will any lactation accommodations. i saw it as an opportunity you could use the position where you have tools creating legislation and pass laws and where people listen to to you help the community and pass cause catharsis important to the city and individuals. my family immigrated to the united states from taiwan. and they came here in pronl probably late 20's almost 30. and so, they came also in the knowing english limp barely read or write but had to quickly understand english to i can't haveigate services and find a job in america. i grew up in the san francisco

sunset district i spent most of my childed hoo up until i went off to college. so when i started working in city government, i think i had mixed reactions about my involvement working government because for some of our parents generation, there is i bit of distrust in government. i think there are questions about why i was entering in this field of work. i think you know when i went in city government i thought about my parents like so many other who is have to navigate city services and resources english first language and help the individuals both navigate, intercept that is on an application approximate signage. it is fulfilling to mow to help people like my parent and feel like government is there to support them and not to harm them. my parents are happy that i

retired early from politics and being a district 4 supervisor i could have continued on for a couple more years approximate decided to leave early. i think that over all they were able to see some of my work appear in the chinese newspaper. through that they were able to see i was able to help communities in a tangible way. >> the member of the board of supervisors. >> transportation authority. for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. >> i think about one importance when i was worn in as district 4 supervisor. years ago, and someone actually came up to me during the swear nothing ceremony and said, wow, i'm traveling here from canada, and i just i could not believe i saw an asian female worn in in this role a leadership role this meant so much that someone would

say that and felt they were inspired by the scene. so -- i hope that as more people see people that look like them and more women coming in positions of leadership than i feel they can doing the same. person this inpyred me is carmen chu who is our city add administrator but also was district 4 supervisor when i worked with her as a legislative aid. at this point, i too, was skeptical of going in politics. i saw someone who had herself never seen herself in politics. got thrown into it and put her heart and soul and dedication to serve people. and it gave me the confidence to pursue that same job and i honestly would not have either chosen or accepted or considered serving on the board of supervisors were not for carmen. >> if you want to make your

business accessible. >> in my role in city government where i have seen the most challenge is people who don't know you and you are here to serve and help them that they classify you as our city government and here to hurt you. so, people will talk to you and -- and just you know treat you disrespectfully. and sometimes i noticed that they might do more to me as a female compared to my male colleagues. but you know i try to be empathetic. one of the most significant barriers to female empowerment we feel like we have to be 100% meeting all of the qualifications before we think that we are qualified to do a job. if we look at a job description or an opportunity to come your way well is self doubt about whether you can fulfill the obligations of that role. i think that the confidence is

huge and sometimes i think we make up for it by trying to gain more experience. more and more and more in whatever we can put under our belts we'll feel better. that may not be the case. we might be qualified with when we have already accomplished. i started rock climbing indoors a couple years ago as an activity to try to spends time with my husband and also to try something new and i finds that rock climbing there are so many parallels to life. you know when i'm on the wall i'm concentrating and trying to make it to the next piece without falling. there are daying you think i'm not making progress. you come back and wow, i hit another level. and so i feel like in our daily lives and w we think we are not

making enough of i change in the city. and sometimes we have to take out time to reflect every day as long as you try and give it your all and you look back you will have made a significant contribution there is no limit to where you go in terms of rock climbing. i want to reminds myself of that in terms of daily life. >> follow what it is you are interested in, what makes you feel excited about wake up every day. you never know and be open to all the possibilities and opportunity. [music]

>> 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