quality of the community in the recycling center. it was identified clearly that we need to not hold public processes on november 30, just three days before the december 2 hearing. rpd has not had an outside recycling program for years. after months and months of lots of us criticizing them for that process, they just announced one week ago that they would do a broad pilot program in gold gate park, but there were skeptical about whether it would work. that they would spend $3,000 on each garbage can. it sounds like a very fiscally responsible decision. rpd did not attend the meeting

when they could have heard a lot of comments. finally, they announced that the recycling center has non- conforming use. what about the rest of the southeast corner of golden gate park? it has an apartment house, laundromat, other stores, where my wife purchaser bicycle, and a host of other things. they did not do anything about that. basically it is the private 49'er stadium. which was privately controlled by private interest. the final and inconvenient truth is that the hanc recycling center actually serves the community without taking from the community, as other private interests have done for so long. i would urge you to support this excellent resolution. thank you.

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i have lived in 7 cisco since 1970 and used hanc many times for recycling. especially cardboard. i have also taken several classes at the garden for the environment. we have the machines at bell market on 24th street in the past. it was an interesting experience. they were always broken. you had to stand there for a long time to make 20 cents. and there was no cardboard recycling. i am very to appointed in an "to san francisco chronicle" for the lack of balance reporting on this issue.

i would ask you to support the proposal. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i do not know if this is on. can you hear me? by name is beatrice laws -- my name is beatrice laws. we have lived in bp haight for 45 -- we have lived in haight for 45 years. i was disappointed in what appeared to be the overwhelming favorite of the struggle -- for this resolution. there are only four super burt -- supervisors who have heard this. i am here to plead with each of you to try to talk your colleagues into supporting this resolution. i think that it will be essential for giving more time

for this to be resolved. thank you, supervisor, for what you are doing to try to help and resolve this issue. i hope that the rest of the board will understand just how important this is to the city. thank you so much. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i have the privilege of being the husband of the last witness. we have observed events in the haight and participated in the life of this neighborhood the

entire time we have lived there. we have been a cycling at the center since the beginning. i find this entire situation reminds me of something that charles walton had occasion to say. that is how much effort it takes simply not to slide backwards. to wonder that we can claim to make any progress at all. all of this difficulty would not have occurred if there had been a full hearing on the issue before rec & park had it. as was developed during the testimony and from what we heard in evidence, had they taken proper proceedings cure the community and their many reasons why the center should be

allowed to stay. i share my wife's concern. that perhaps your colleagues misunderstand the situation. misrepresentations in the newspaper. i am urging you, in the event that anyone seems to be wavering, to plead with them to watch the last proceedings on television. there can be no other result in support of this resolution if they are fully informed of the pack. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you again, supervisor, for another wonderful resolution the to have brought forward. you brought one forward about how the commission disappointed. i hope that it will be

introduced again. there is no public process in the department. rec & park watch -- if you watched rec & park on line, you hear this complaint over and over and over and over and over. we are tired of it. be what some democracy. parks are important to us. i totally support the hanc has done. i do not have a cycling. i did not expect to have it for many years as i am in government housing. i use this was cycling. it is a great community. why would to break up a great, functioning community that makes money for the city? please, this resolution is a great idea. i hope that it is passed on. you should not have to talk any of the board into this.

it should slide right through. the next process is going to be challenging. please, thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, supervisors. i own one home to block hanc from the center. -- two blocks from the hanc center. i want to say two briefings. the first, i hope the department of the environment will become aware that putting out of vending machines cannot substitute for neighborhood environmental centers. two, dumpsters are packed full of recyclable materials. mostly it is filling up plastic bags intentionally being thrown away by rec & park workers. scavengers that come out for redemption serve the city's best

interest. i hope that a way to be figured out to incorporate these scavengers into the report -- recycling program. please go with the resolution. supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker. if there is any other public comment, please come up after this speaker. >> i think the neighborhood organizations should have the goal of serving the neighborhood. the recycling center opened during a time when the environment was at issue. the issue has never been more important than helping. the recycling center has taught our community how to recycle.

it is an icon of our neighborhood. i cannot think of any issues that are as important as protecting our environment. we should not do anything to discourage protecting the environment. the recycling center meets that meet. i encourage you to continue the good work that the city does to improve our environment. the recycling center is just one tool that helps us do that. keep the recycling center. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker. this will be the last public comment on less anyone wants to follow suit. >> i support the resolution. i have used hanc and other

recycling facilities as well. by 5 that hanc -- i find that hanc is the most organized. the vending machine on fourth street is completely closed because it has been abused. i would like to support the resolution and i hope that it passes. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: seeing that there is no further, but -- public comment, i guess we will close public comment. supervisor avalos: thank you. i would like to support everyone who came out to support the resolution. did i say revolution? i did not hear anyone who opposed the resolution.

i hope that this is a done deal. i appreciate the folks coming out to support this resolution. or they believe that their voice does not matter. supervisor, any comments? supervisor mar: i think that the target has to be the mayor. that has been identified. the testimony from the last couple of hearings have shown me what an incredible -- not just recycling center, but a human place that recycles people, as staff brought up the last time. other speakers brought out how it is a serve the people type program that allows people to be educated to build a stronger community and protect the environment as well. understanding of local importance of hanc and the

recycling center, as well as the person who brought up the ecology class, really helping to make sure that our community is hole in many ways. thank you for targeting the people that need to overturn this horrible decision, continuing to organize and build the movement. i will probably support this and i hope that my colleagues to his well. thank you. -- as well. thank you. [applause] supervisor avalos: madam clerk, can we have it roll-call vote? >> this is to send it to the board with recommendation? supervisor avalos: motion to the full board with recommendation. >> on that motion -- supervisor avalos: i was checking the agenda to see if this was the committee report. >> it does not say that. supervisor avalos: very good.

go ahead. >> on the motion, supervisor mar? aye. elsebernd? no. avalos? ay.e e. there are two ayes and one no. supervisor avalos: 80 that it passes. that was our last item -- thank you, then it passes. that was our last item? >> there is no other business before the committee. supervisor avalos: than we are adjourned.

>> welcome to a special meeting of the san francisco local agency formation commission. my name is david campos, i am the chair of the commissions. commissioners mirkarimi and avalos are en route. i want to thank members of the sfgtv staff that are covering this meeting. do we have any announcements? think you. can you call item number two? >> approval of the minutes of

the regular lafco meeting. >> we have the minutes of the january 28 meeting. are there any changes? any member of the public that would like to speak on item number two? can we get a motion on item number two? we can take that without objection. can you please call item no. 3? >> report on the status of community choice aggregation. supervisor campos: thank you. how to first report on this item as mr. campbell from the public utilities commission. >> my name is mike campbell, i am director of the clean power

sf program. i will give a quick update on the programs and the next steps. i outlined our approach moving forward and the success that we had as the starting point for our negotiations and getting a power supply contract. i am really excited that we are starting to move forward here. we can give san franciscans and ability to choose a supplier. we have begun preliminary discussions, and shell is the supplier. in additio.

in addition, we are starting negotiations with energy solutions, the back-office support. there is data communication between us in terms of kilowatt hours. those conversations are underway. on a parallel track, we're starting to figure out how to roll hall for the procurement of development of a new generation services. and having that dovetail well with the special supplier. for the development of resources, we will look to the existing city policy in determining the preference for various types of resources with a clear preference.

we will be sure that they stipulate that for in-city renewables. as i mentioned, we will try to make sure the resources as we fold them into the program lineup with the overall energy mix. this commission has been interested in some solar projects. there were presentations on petro-solar. we have had some technical discussions with folks on the street by its division -- streetlights division to talk about some of the technical features and think about the way to best set up a pilot study of their technology.

so that technical teams are looking at that in conjunction n.ywith petro-solar. lastly, i wanted to give a quick update on some of the regulatory activities we have been undertaking. setting the bond amount that we would have to post. we have been filing comments on that as well as comments about the exit fee. it is sometimes called a cost responsibility surcharge. it is a power charge. in the case of the exit fee, even the utility's are sort of forced into of knowledge in the current way that that structure has too much in favor. it is favorable for the overall prices.

importantly, the last thing the is that there is a new legislation introduced by leno that is legislation that we worked on with his office hit her in edition with other interested cca's. i wanted to make sure that my colleagues from lafco were part of that discussion. it was designed to clarify, really trying to undo some of the unfair advantages. a few highlights of the

legislation include the code of conduct and better enforcement of procedures for utilities. and bringing violations to the cpuc. it may not be terminated without a fair public hearing. as you recall, there was a discussion about the reentry limitations. if a customer switches out of that, who have to stay out of the program for three years. it would allow them to come back after six months. it further of firms and clarifies that it would be at their discretion to a knowledge those types of resources for serving those customers. that is my general update. supervisor campos: we have been

joined by commissioner avalos. commissioner schmeltzer: i wanted to go back to the meeting that you had with petro- solar. can you tell us more about what happened at the meeting and what their presentation in jail? -- entailed? >> some of the engineers and managers put infrastructure in the field. those are managers from the street lights division. and on their side, one of the engineers was able to answer

some of the technical questions. it was related to ways and devices that would communicate with one another, what those protocols were getting a truck and putting them on a pole. insuring that some of our poll es would be capable of holding the way. -- weight. some important meetininformatios at that meeting. commissioner schmeltzer: you think there will be some sort of follow up? you will be continuing to potentially talk to them?

>> we continue to talk to them to identify the right place to put in a few test units as well as what protocol you might have them place -- in place. commissioner schmeltzer: i am glad to hear that there was a meeting and that it was productive. we don't know anything about the company except what we have heard in this chamber. but we can use the existing real estate that we have and the existing infrastructure to support more renewable energy seems like a good opportunity that is worth investigating. supervisor campos: any other questions? i had one follow-up, if i may. i see that there is a letter to

the lafco commissioners. with respect to a local renewable build-out which is what was provided in the original ordinance. can you speak to how that is going, when the time line involved is, and what, if any involvement we can have to make sure that it is progressing. >> that was part of the rfp for the build-up i was mentioning. we are working to ensure that we have an rfp ready to go with the

power supply contract we are negotiating. we have had some good conversations about that. and potential resources are locations in the city where one of the things we want to do is include a detailed the appendix that will detail city owned and identify locations that would be ideal bowl for renewals. -- ideal for renewables. in terms of timing, we have a commitment, but i expect it will move in tanedem with negotiationsit