elementary, west portal, and the bay area gifted home schoolers. parts that received this benefit included bayview hill,buena vista, flynn canyon, corona heights, online park, the late park, and pine ridge. in closing, i would like to recommend that the committee make a recommendation to the board of supervisors to accept and expend this grant. supervisor chu: thank you very much. any questions from the committee? why don't we open this item up for public comment? are there members of the public who wish to speak on item 5? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> [inaudible] supervisor chu: we have a motion to move the item forward with recommendation to the full board. without objection. thank you very much.

next, call item 6 please. >> item 6, resolution authorizing the director of the department of public works to apply, accept, and expend a grant in the amount of up to but not to exceed $350,000 from the solid waste disposal cleanup site trust fund for cleanup of illegal dumping sites in san francisco. supervisor chu: thank you very much. i think we have a representative from the department of public works. >> good morning. the cal recycled grant before you would allow the city to target 25 chronic in legal dumping sites in the southeast portion of the city -- chronic illegal dumping sites in the southeast portion of the city. it would allow us mitigation and clean up as well as public out reach -- out reach -- outreach. the 25 sites were chosen on the

criteria of public access, visibility to thoroughfare and proximity to residential homes. the goal of the program has been to improve livability and the health and safety conditions for those neighborhoods through these efforts. we will evaluate daly site data to determine which combination mitigation efforts are most effective, and this information could be applied to our overall illegal dumping activities -- we will evaluate daily site data. supervisor chu: thank you for your quick presentation. you spoke about 25 hot spots, and i know they are in the appendix d c u. the utilize any of the data collected by 311 that typically has folks call in about illegal dumping, or is it primarily due to the experience of your dpw folks going out there and

picking up after illegal dumping? >> it is my experience that [inaudible] were used in coming up with a list. they were sent out to gather the data and determine which were the most appropriate sites to gather the data. we will have someone here soon to talk about the information and how exactly they identify these 25 sites, but these are the most chronic sites in that area that they felt would benefit the most from this activity at this time. supervisor chu: should we wait for mohammad to get here? we could pass through for another item first, but i have questions about what specifically would be some of the strategies that would be used for the hot spots. >> i think it might make sense to wait for muhammed, since he was intimately involved in the decision. supervisor avalos: just a question on -- it looks like all these are in district 10.

i would not at all say that there is a huge problem in district 10 with illegal dumping. certainly there is. are there any size with there is a great deal of illegal dumping happening elsewhere that is also as high as any of these spots? >> i think that i would have to defer to mohammad on that as well, but i want to point out that as we move forward to this grant, if the application is granted, and we have determined that our efforts are effective, it would be within these original 25 sites, we may, through approval from cal recycled, switch to a different site if it is proven that we need to concentrate activities in other areas. supervisor avalos: so then, it is likely there are other places in san francisco that have an equal amount of dumping that occurred is then any of these

sites? >> i would want to defer to mohammed -- supervisor avalos: i actually would support [inaudible] about whether the plan is to look at specifically this neighborhood, it sounds like it is to pilot similar programs throughout the city. >> right, and some of the activities that would be going on would be assessing the illegal dumping materials that are out there, so understanding what is being illegally dump in the first place, and that should help direct some of our activities on our reach -- on outreach materials. we would be issuing flyers, doing public service announcements to help the community understand the services that are available and general understanding about

illegal dumping and the applicable rules and regulations around that. also, we would be doing cleanup activities in those sites. we would also be installing signs that would be visible from various locations, stating what the maximum penalty is for illegal dumping, and then, there would probably also involve some stakeouts so that we can catch the folks in the action of illegal dumping and then also allow for investigation to determine the source of the illegal dump materials. supervisor chu: ok, thank you. if we could pass this item on into a little bit later on in the agenda -- until a little bit later on in the agenda. why don't we go on to the next item? i'm going to call an item out of

order because i think this one might be easy to get through. please call item e please. -- item 8, please. >> item 8, resolution authorizing the san francisco police department to except as gifts from kki productions in 2007 honda accord with mileage of 33,681 valued at $15,571.44, and he 2008 toyota corolla s- type with mileage of 32,518, valued at $15,667.86. these automobiles will be placed into the general fleet of vehicles assigned to the san francisco police apartment. supervisor chu: thank you very much. >> i'm assigned to the sfpd ples unit, which stands for police

law enforcement services. we work closely with the film commission regarding any filming that occurs in san francisco outside of any news-related items, and all our items fall outside of the san francisco administrative code. in january of this year, the san francisco police department entered into productions with kki productions for filming that would occur within san francisco involving san francisco police officers. an agreement was reached between the film commission through the city attorney's office and kki productions. i believe you have a copy of that agreement in front of you. exhibit d, subsection -- i believe is 10, part of the agreement is that two vehicles would be give to the san francisco police apartment and will fall under the general fleet for the sfpd. filming has concluded, and we are trying to fulfil this

agreement. supervisor chu: 90, and the type of vehicle that has been gifted -- is this for general use, is this a police officer vehicle? what kind of vehicle is it? >> vehicles are described before you. 2007 honda and 2008 toyota. they would become the property of the police apartment and more than likely would be used in an undercover capacity because they do not have any markings of a traditional sfpd vehicle. they would be used in undercover operations whether a sign to the bottom detail, narcotics detail, gang task force, or any similar unit. supervisor chu: ok, are there any members of the public who wish to speak on this item? we have one individual.

>> walter paulson. ♪ a sun goes up a car goes by thank you for your gift thank you for your gift today hitching a ride with two cars by our side ♪ supervisor chu: thank you very much. are there any other members of the public who wish to speak on this item? seeing none, we are going to close public comment. supervisor dufty: before i make the motion to approve, i want to commend sergeant helen, who i have had the privilege of working with many years, and i would imagine these automobiles might be used as decoys for auto theft.

because they are unfortunately very popular vehicles for those types of crimes. with that said, i would like to make a motion to send this item for which -- forward to the board for recommendation. supervisor chu: thank you. i have also had a honda that has been stolen. we will send that forward with a recommendation. just a quick question -- whether or not the dpw representative has arrived? not yet. why don't we go on? we had a couple of questions. we had previously called item six. we have spent some time talking about the 25 identified sites.

just a quick question for mohammad. i know you have been working on the issue of illegal dumping. the question for some of us has been why these 25 sites were chosen specifically. they all seem to be concentrated in a specific area. is there something about these -- killer sites that lend themselves to a pilot as opposed to other places around the city? >> good morning, supervisors. yes, these 25 sites are sites that receive dumping on a very frequent basis. sometimes weekly, sometimes twice a week. they are located in district 10. we believe when people, mostly contractors and others, on their way is to the dumps choose to go in to district 10, particularly from the industrial area, so it has become a habit to look for areas.

supervisor avalos: just trying to think about how we are looking at a pilot program, but it seems there is a lot of commercial industrial dumping going on, which is a huge problem. in other parts of the city, we probably do not have the same kind of dumping that goes on, say the commercial and industrial type of dumping. how do you see this as being something we could extend to other parts let them of the department is currently in process of launching and illegal dumping campaign to make residents and businesses aware of how to get rid of a lot of items that they would love to discard. the campaign would involve extensive outreach by the agency, where we have several -- a high percentage of people that

do not have any garbage service. we would find those people, and let them know that they do need to start having service as part of the citywide campaign. a lot of dumping is people who either do not want to pay for getting rid of the materials or who do not have our bridge service. that campaign would involve many neighborhoods. we will also teach people how to call in reports of illegal dumping. supervisor chu: with regards to the garbage service, this has been a problem in the past where weather with businesses or residential facilities, they did not necessarily sign up for or have garbage services, so folks would illegally dumped at the corner of public trash can or not. do we have a sense of whether or not we have been able to change

that situation much? do we have most people, most residential, most commercial now vying compliance with having garbage service -- do you have a sense of that? >> we are in the process of educating people for commercial residential but it is mandatory to have service. the department has issued citations to people that they are aware of. the department of public health actually can structure this for many of these businesses and residents. there is a high number, but upon notification, we are seeing more people sign up for the service. supervisor chu: is there a scavenger working with you to identify who does and who does not have service? >> scavenger actually provides us a list, and we do go to those

chickens. supervisor chu: with regard to the fact that you have now got additional resources through this grant to focus on this commercial area in parts where people are on their way in dumping commercial waste or perhaps things from construction jobs along the way to a dump site, does this mean the dpw will have resources available to address some of the other areas? in my community, we have a lot of residential, so the type we are seeing is not necessarily folks hauling off and unloading concrete per se, but folks calling off their couches and things they no longer want. i'm sure if this is happening across the city. how are you addressing the residential component of the illegal issue? >> the grant is definitely in the application phase. city-wide, we are in the process of putting out a mailer to all the residents of san francisco. and how to discard of their

material. if you have garbage service, you are entitled to a certain level of pickup, so people should utilize the service. it is not being used as much as it should be. our department of environment is following up with our own bill from the department of public works, primarily because of the relationship. we were able to have our trucks go with the people and help move some of that stuff. we really have to educate many of the residential and business owners, so that is kind of where we are. supervisor chu: just to say, one

of the things we have learned as we dealt with the illegal dumping issue is the even renters in our apartment buildings have the right to call a scavenger and request services for bulky item pickup. as residents are thinking about moving from spot to spot, if they have mattresses or big bulky items they would like to have picked up, they can call for pickup. >> that is right. supervisor chu: and that service is free? >> yes, it is free. supervisor avalos: a couple of quick questions -- the grant is not paying for the outreach you just described? >> it is a little piece of it. the bulk of it is actually paying the staff of public works to make two visits every week to the 25 locations. supervisor chu: just to follow- up on supervisor chu's question,

the grant provides some follow- up for dpw to do its work city- wide. can you qualify how that helps the department do its work city- wide? >> the first thing it be doing is an extensive outreach on developing the network where if we do catch people in the act, it would help send a message as to really nailed the people who are actually doing the dumping. we believe by frequent visits and talking with the neighbors that we will be able to learn something from that. in many of these instances where we have a lot of dumping, there is not a number we can chase down, so having neighbors educated and trying to get the information to us will allow us to conduct an investigation.

supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor dufty: thank you. i just wanted to reflect, and there was discussion earlier that many years ago when i ran neighborhood services, mohammad and i worked closely because we had legislation carried over the problem of industrial dumping that takes place, and i have never seen anything of the magnitude that takes place in district 10. it is absolutely unbelievable. tens of thousands of dollars of waste from roofers and others are taken to that neighborhood, and i definitely think that this hopefully will help to heal the neighborhood from this types of dumping, and i appreciate the work that you and your team does constantly to address this, and hopefully, this will provide an even better tool bar for you. supervisor avalos: i support this because i understand that there is huge dumping problems in district 10.

i think we need to have a special program in district 10 to deal with it, but that is not how this is being characterized. our material we have today, saying that we're going to have the grant to pay for these 25 sides, and i looked at these sites, and i understand there is a big problem, but now, it is talked about as a pilot program, and i think it is great. you want to be able to talk about particular problems in district 10 and have us support that, i would be glad to do that, but i did not hear that in how it is being characterized. i just hope that as we move forward, we can talk about things as plainly as possible, about how we need to have a special program to deal with illegal dumping in district 10. supervisor chu: thank you. i would just echo that i think the issue of illegal dumping is in city-wide issue. it might be particular for certain neighborhoods because of

the geography and where people are passing through, so i do support the measure or this brand before us today, but at some time in the future, we would like to perhaps bring back to some time in our committee at some point just a hearing about what our illegal dumping efforts are. because it is such a baby she and takes such a use of our resources that i think it is worthwhile to talk about. why don't we open this up for public comment? are there any members of the public who wish to speak on items six -- in some -- item 6? >> ♪ no more rolling in all of the oil no more wasting away with all the garbage in the city now looking for my lost matches

somewhere some people claim that it is just garbage to blame but i know we need money to fix it up, all the same ♪ supervisor chu: thank you. are there any other members of the public who wish to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. we have a motion to send this item forward with recommendations. without objection, thank you very much. let's go back to -- or let's call item seven, please. >> item 7, ordinance of many in the san francisco environment code and san francisco administrative code to establish an emblem of a new health the air and clean transportation program, providing for the gradual conversion of the city's vehicle fleet to clean air vehicles and the gradual reduction of the overall number of passenger vehicles and light duty trucks in the city's vehicle fleet by 20%. supervisor chu: thank you.

i believe we have a number of representatives from various departments who will be here representing today. >> thank you. in the climate change director for the mayor's office --i'm the climate change director. thank you for the opportunity to speak on this ordinance today. as you know, air pollution endangers the population of san francisco and around the world. emissions from motor vehicles are the leading cause. it aggravates lung illnesses such as acute respiratory infections, asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and lung cancers, and our continued reliance on petroleum for transportation field jeopardize his san francisco -- jeopardize this san francisco -- jeopardizes san francisco's ability to achieve energy independence.

maintaining air quality is crucial to the public health and economic vitality of sanford system. the city's climate action plan establishes the goals of establishing a climate -- this ordinance is an attempt to add a tool to our toolbox to be able to achieve those air pollution -- to address those air pollution issues and to achieve greenhouse gas emissions as it relates to the city's fleet. he held the air and clean transportation ordinance is intended to assist the city in achieving its greenhouse gas reduction goals by promoting the use of vehicles that have zero or low emissions, achieve high energy efficiency, and use alternative fuels with a low carbon in fact, in a limited policies to minimize the use of single occupancy vehicles, and reduce the total number of

passenger vehicles and light duty trucks and municipal fleet, maximizing the use of outside sources to fund such programs, encouraging the creation, expansion, and maintenance of alternative fuel infrastructure in the city and adding utilities and encouraging trip reduction, car pooling, and public transit. we have two amendments. i believe the clerk has passed those out. i would like to read them into the record. in consultation with department, we have added some language which authorizes the director of the department of the environment to waive the fleet reduction requirements in whole or in part if a department demonstrated that the reductions would unduly interfere with its ability to discharge its official functions -- supervisor chu: could you indicate the page with the changes -- >> i apologize, page 23, adding lines 7 through 12. in the case, the director in consultation with the city

administrator could require the department to implement an alternative plan to reduce the department who see greenhouse gas emissions. the second amendment does is that the various date for compliance by one year, and that appears in several places in the version you have there -- the second amendment pushes that -- the second amendment pushes back the various dates for compliance by one year. supervisor chu: do you have a question? supervisor avalos: trying to understand the need for a waiver. because he did they have the goal or we do not have the goal. not quite clear why. >> in consultation with city departments in which cases their inspectors need to have a vehicle, there are not opportunities there for car sharing because each inspector worked the same hours, so

therefore, we cannot have inspectors use one vehicle from 10:00 to 2:00 and have another inspector use the vehicle at a later time during the day, for example. in some departments, that is not a possibility. so we are trying to implement this legislation with hopes to bring the greenhouse gas the missions down but not inherit the department's ability to do their mandated functions. -- but not impair the departments' ability to demanded functions. they could work with the department to achieve greenhouse gas emissions in an alternative way, so to come up with a plan that would help achieve those through an alternative means. supervisor avalos: that is an actual mandate? there has to be an equivalent

amount of alternative the mission reductions that you have to find? >> i might refer to ed lee, who has done a lot of thinking on this topic, if i might. >> good morning, supervisors. as you know, our office is in charge of the city's fleet, and as part of that responsibility, we have been studying in the greatest detail we can in cooperation of the departments, focused particularly on their use for and need for passenger vehicles, and we have, in consultation with the mayor's office and department of the environment, supported this ordinance in goal, which is to reduce the passenger fleets of the city by 20%, and we believe that is doable with a degree of flexibility. just to update you on the vehicles, focused