how would we make sure that that would not be compromised? >> we will be working with the department of technology on the process, as well as other departments to get the information out, and what they need to do. one piece that we are thinking about is, there is an actual proof of service, posting, which some weone will sign off on. that is important, in case we are sued or something else happens, that we are in accordance with the brown act. >> even though my initial legislation -- before i introduce an amendment -- it was more in the direction of moving completely into the internet,

but we stopped so that it is shared with newspapers. we wanted to find that balance. that is my objective to the folks from the industry. it is not one or the other, it is both. it is to increase the orbit of obligation to make sure that both fronts are used as tools for notification and information transmission. >> just as a recap, in my earlier comments, this does not preclude us from printing the other requirements pursuant to state and federal law in the official newspapers. this includes fee adds, general plan amendments, the zoning in turn controls, ground leases, eminent domain, free vacations, cids, and ordinances. >> i hate to make your life and

staff costs life more arduous with regard to responsibility, but he reminded me of the time advance of when you are to post things based on sunshine and brown act practice. what if we were to extend that? instead of the minimum of hours, what if we were to say, instead of 18 hours, that it be 72 hours, one before? that is not before us, and i don't mean to put you on the spot, but you reminded me that sometimes is a challenge. we don't give that much of a preview of what are things to come. i'm wondering, is that something that you think we should start looking at as well, too? >> well, the brown act requires us to post things 72 hours in advance for regular meetings. that is something that we do. in addition to that our administrative code says that special meetings are posted 772

hours in advance. it's difficult to get something out before that and working with the committee chairs as well as coming to the board agenda, it's very difficult, you're working up to that last minute to get that stuff posted to meet those timelines. >> i know that's a different subject and a different piece of legislation. what it does is it sets the floor, it doesn't set the ceiling with regard to how much advance notice that we provide. i think to many departments, i think that is worthy of a further conversation. thank you, i appreciate it. colleagues, i also just wanted to let you know that we had guesstimated based on the budget of what the city does spend on the current practice of notification that the office of contract administration guesstimates that we would spend $346,000 in 2010-2011 and

that by us moving together the strategy, not only will we be able to increase i think access to information and notification toward the citizen ry on all fronts and modernizing the tools that are already in the city's assets and underutilized currently and newspaper notification, we're still realize a savings of $200,000. in the scheme of things, it looks like a lot of money, but right now we're looking for every nickel and dime that we can in the fourth year of this deficit. supervisor campos: legally every individual has to be given the same amount of time. so you get, so you get one opportunity. so those are the rules, i'm sorry, thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: i'd be happy to take a question afterwards, if you like. supervisor campos: we have some amendments that have been

introduced. before we act on the item, can we have a motion to adopt the amendments. supervisor mar: so moved. supervisor campos: take that without objection. on the underlying item, if we can have a motion. supervisor mar. supervisor mar: i move this forward as a committee report on the december 7 board meeting. supervisor campos: great, i would ask if i could be added as a co-sponsor supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor mar: i would like to as well. supervisor campos: if we can take that without objection. supervisor mirkarimi: i would like to thank everyone that came and waited on this. supervisor campos: thank you very much. madam clerk, if you can call the next items. >> items number 8 through is 1 are regarding existing litigation. would you like to adopt the motion to go into closed session with the city attorney. supervisor mar: so moved. supervisor campos: we have a

motion by supervisor mar to go into a closed session. are there any members of the public that would like to speak? seeing none, that is closed. we will take that motion without objection. we would ask the clerk to clear the room so that we can go into closed session. supervisor campos: we are back on and before we turn it over to the city attorney, if we can get a motion not to disclose the closed session discussion. so we have a motion by supervisor mar, if we can take that without objection. mr. deputy city attorney. >> on above of the city attorney's office, i want to thank the committee moving forward with items 8 through 11 as committee reports for december 7 with recommendations. supervisor campos: thank you very much. i believe this is the last meeting of the calendar year for the rules committee.

again, i want to take this opportunity to thank all of the members of the committee, supervisor mar, supervisor alioto-pier, to once again thank the clerk linda wong for the tremendous work that she does, to the city attorney's office, to mr. chen and also to the staff of sfgtv who have been covering the meeting for the last, the entire year and to all of you who have been watching, happy holidays. madam clerk, is there any other business before the committee? >> no, mr. chair. supervisor campos: great, thank you very much. meeting adjourned.

>> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you

want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more.

these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. . >> my name is mark tieman and i'm senior councilor at pet camp, san francisco, california. we dispose of a lot of carbon-based material here, dog poop, and the more we can turn that into something viable, the better off we are.

in san francisco there's more dogs than children. finding a viable use for dog poop. >> proenvironmental policies, that's a way to win hearts and minds. >> [roll call] we have three commissioners on the way. >> please of the item 12 is going to be moved ahead of vital 11 because we have a larger crowd on item 12 and i don't want to have to put them -- in

the interest of fairness, they won't have to sit through the last item in order to get to theirs. it will be moved in front of item 11. >> [inaudible] >> we will try to give everybody an opportunity to speak. let me make a couple of other announcements. electronic devices are prohibited at this point. the chair may order the removal of any persons responsible for the use of cellphone, pagers, or other electronic devices. in order to facilitate an orderly meeting, each person -- or we will start with two minutes.

if this goes into the late night, on the one item, we can change it. we will start with two minutes. we can change it item by item and you will get a chance to say your peace. margaret? >> we need everyone to take a seat. if there are not seats available, we have an overflow room. we have to have you go down there. as we cannot have anyone standing. one more announcement. as a reminder, address your comments to the commission. in order to allow equal time, neither the commission or staff will respond to any questions

during public comment. the commission may ask questions of staff after public comment is closed. again ha -- [inaudible] president buell: apparently we need one more seat for a woman that is going to be here on item four. is there a seat in here? there is one available. >> shall we get started? we are now on item number two, the president does he report -- and the president's report.

president buell: welcome to the commission. i hope this will not be indicative of all the meetings to attend. i want to make an announcement for those of you who attend these meetings on a regular basis. starting in january, we will go to a committee system where we will have the full commission meeting and three committee meetings per month because we are trying to get more participation and testimony before things come for final action in front of the commission. bear with us as we transition to the full commission meeting in january. i am hopeful, and it has been done before by those that have participated when it was the practice that seems to improve the participation element. and let me close by saying that

i spent the morning -- i was enormously impressed by the collaborative effort between the public utilities commission, the trust for public land, and a number of philanthropies in putting together a five-block pathway. i also to word -- toured with fran martin. while i was impressed with the pathway, i found us wanting in the way that people access it from visitation valley. i am looking forward to talking with staff about that issue. let us move on with the agenda. >> is there any public comment on the president's report? item #3 is the general

manager's report. >> i have a few short announcements. happy hanukkah to those that celebrate and those who don't. join us next thursday in golden gate park for the eighty first annual holiday tree lighting. it celebrates the beginning of the holiday season and features fun for the entire family. and there is a rumored a visit from santa. i have mentioned this out prior commission meetings, but i have had a great pleasure [unintelligible] d is one of this country's

renowned classical pianists. he performed a spectacular concert benefiting children on the autism spectrum. he went bach and forth, playing bach, charlie parker, bach, several international compilations. we raised over $10,000. more good news. on the heels of our recent announcement that we received the $4 million state grant for renovations, we have some more good news. we were notified by the storage shed council that we had received another $200,000 for the renovation of that park.

it is in one of the city's densest areas with the highest concentration of children. the project as a result of the trust for public land. we work closely with community members to develop the city- approved plan to make it a vibrant, a welcoming resources for a neighborhood that has an estimated 6000 kids. the new park will have a basketball court, the perimeter path, and a brand new clubhouse. a want to say great thanks to the youth storage should council, and i want to extend my appreciation for those that worked on the grant. it provides $30 million in funding over a 10-year period. it provides outdoor opportunities for youth.

we're very excited. from good news to the less good. or maybe not so bad. the mayor's office is projecting the city's general fund deficit for the 11-12 budget at $379 million. and to submit an additional 10% reduction plan. as always, the department will have to cover any non-salary cost increases in addition to the general fund reduction target. as soon as we have crunched the numbers, we will come back to the commission and update you. as we continue to work through revenue solutions, home here we go again. that concludes the general

manager's report. >> is there any public comment? general public comment, up to 15 minutes. members of the public may address the commission with r -- which could not appear on the agenda. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity will be afforded when the item has reached its point. i have three cards. >> good afternoon, commissioners. the sfpuc is planning to build something in golden gate park. i attended meetings on alternative sites to the factory. it remains the selected location

for this factory. you requested that the department pursue finding an alternative location. at that meeting, the department's representatives did not question the location of golden gate park. she strongly defended its and said that the master plan supports the recycling plant because the golden gate park master plan supports recycled water. this is such a gross misstatement of the master plan that those of us in the audience that actually read the plan and gas in astonishment. we have faith that this area must be used for recreational purposes. please direct the department advocate for an alternate site for this factory outside of golden gate park. i encourage the public to attend the next meeting on december 9.

save golden gate park from this industrial development. more information is on the web site. thank you very much. president buell: thank you. let me ask the audience not to applaud or indicate your sentiments on either side. we're going to try to get through to dave's meeting as fast as we can. >> i would like to address a similar issue, but i am on the other side of it. i am in favor of the project. the aforementioned meeting, the advisory board, there wasn't a very good type of pilot project.

they had wanted to have cost the economy. i understand that golfers and fissures want to be supportive -- [unintelligible] considering that there is also the complication of the zoo that is using ground water that should not be used, it is contaminated as well as synthetic fertilizer and other things that accumulate over the years. they might try to have another water tank underground on the left side. it would come from the west end of the park. i thought if you are not going to come recycle water to the zoo, you would have to bring in

tap water. i will be going to the other tuesday meeting. thank you. president buell: thank you. >> linda cutner, please. >> ladies and gentlemen of the commission and everyone else concerned, expect to call me sunshine, it's true. that is what most people do. i bring the best of what i'd do

to the city of san francisco. i am here to address a different item. having to do with first amendment rights in the parks, town squares of san francisco. i wanted to give you a little taste of what i do for everybody. i was stopped this weekend from performing. i have performed there at the holiday season for many, many years. there is a child that came up to me that was seven and remembered every bowler and i made for her since she was too and recited all of them. i am a first amendment freedom of speech performer. i never asked for a penny from anyone. people give it willingly. i performed in san francisco,

los angeles, and many countries overseas. this same exact issue was tried before the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco. it was a joint management situation between the adult city center and the city of seattle parks and recreation department. the gentlemen who also, ironically, was a blow in twister -- balloon twister was stopped. h'm he was told he needed permits. it took seven years to the ninth circuit -- [chime] the ruling was handed down, saying that they needed to oppose his first amendment rights.

i am being harassed by the police and by mjm management. i intend to perform there. president buell: thank you. >> i'm not getting too far. i need your assistance. president buell: thank you. thank you for your testimony. >> is there anyone else that would like to make general public comment? public comment is closed. we are on item number five, the consent calendar. is there anyone that would like to comment on the consent calendar? public comment is closed.

>> move to approve. president buell: all in favor? opposed? hearing none, it's unanimous . >> item number 6, approval of contract. >> i will be very brief today. i am here to present the contract, just a little recap of what we have done in the last few months. in 2009, we put food carts and food trucks and parts.