at hunters point. i wonder if that makes sense. >> i think it is the will of the commission. we can add those potential to be reviewed. noting that the time frame is short, it could be all right. i am not so sure about the issue being done now. there may not be issues that you want to explore that might take longer than three weeks. what we would get back is a fairly cursory were -- look at that issue. we could get some information about if anyone has ever tried it, is if the revenue source,

that kind of thing? >> it might be good to look at the airport staff as well. i expect it could be cursory. without having to start from scratch, understanding something much deeper and much more brought on that issue. supervisor mirkarimi: this is probably a fitting time to update the conversation. since we put the contract on hold, my office has been conducting meetings. we instigate a supplemental program for an alternative barge

program. is this something that we can do alternative to what is before us? or something to complement the existing need and structure. that determination is underway right now. we are meeting with the office of economic work force development because what we learned was that the city never entertained the idea of animating the ports for this portion of waste hauling delivery. long story short, the port is not equipped to deal with solid waste.

in the short term, the ability to have an infrastructure in line to be able to receive and transport recyclables, that is something that we should pursue vigorously. it helps us answering the question, but it gives us a double bond to answer how we can activate port. i am hoping that oewd does pursue another extension. whether that is in addition to or in lieu of what ever the calculus is. there is also a contract that the port is pursuing brisbane

. maybe 75 acres of area that the city missed the boat on not pursuing that contract as well. if there is some rule for this question, i could see it to being cursory because of the time line. i wanted to add to the conversation that the port is not an afterthought. but definitely not out the front burner of being able to galvanize new business. it is pre-disposed for new business. i am hoping that we will be able to report something that will definitively, on the progress of the question of the port before

we turn back to the contract as a whole. i will determine if that is -- which will determine if it is something that will bolster the ecology. it has to be answered. >> we can certainly put in the rfp the issues that have been raised in terms of looking at that issue and potentially working with support staff -- port staff to talk about their ability to provide a service. we can certainly have them work with port staff in making sure we have that input. supervisor mirkarimi: i think what the city missed has nothing to do with lafco. that conversation did not take

place at the mayor's office. who knows? it can still continue to keep along the construct. there is enough to go around for us bringing the port into the discussion, whereas that was never mentioned before. solid waste versus >> and that's what needs to be zeroed on the port's ability to be able to help administer and process this with the proper environmental reviews. so maybe look at the issue of rekentucky cla believes -- recyclaables by something being hauled by port or barge is something we're looking at.

>> i think it's important to include the barging piece in terms of the survey locally in terms of what is happening around the bay area. i would also hope that to the extent that that is not happening in the bay area that we actually look at, at least survey quickly what jurisdictions are doing that, for instance. i have heard that new york city is actually using barging and so i think that knowing who else is doing it, even if it's outside the bay area. i think it would be something useful to this discussion and at least giving a cursory overview of what that looks like, understanding that the issue of barging is very complicated. this survey will serve as a

starting point for further exploration. so i would say ask in the survey to include barging around the bay area, but also to do a quick review of what jurisdictions are actually doing, the actual barging of waste, recycling and what that looks like. >> ok, and i'll exclude those that barge to the ocean. so they go there and dump. we're looking at barging to landfill. chairperson campos: i think that's a safe exclusion. vice-chair mirkarimi: yes. >> so the consultant search, i'll be looking to the league of california's city last. calapco has a list. i want to work with harvey rose's office to see if they have any suggestions to send in addition to just our normal

r.s.p. process. chairperson campos: and if anyone in the city family or anyone watching has suggestions about who might be in a position to compete for this study, i think they're free to provide that information to staff and we want as much competition for purposes of conducting this survey as possible along the lines of what we're trying to accomplish with the larger larger issues h.

>> as i mentioned to you last time i spoke to you, i am the

vice mayor of saratoga. i have also served as a vice chair. as a company that does hauling, it is a chagrined that i say it is a good thing to go about. as i look to my peers around the country, citizens and cities are taking a hard look, especially those with long-term contracts. we want to make sure that we have, it is getting it done and moving it along. we really need to open this up. this brings additional services. we are getting additional services. competitiveness usually brings prices down. so i commend you for going forward.

there are two different analysises. another is to look at all of the options available to you. what is listed in the staff report is phenomenal, and it will give you some really, really good input. commissioner mar: thank you. next speaker, please. >> we partner with the port to provide rail services. i want to address one thing that commissioner mirkarimi mentioned about just recycling, that we may be able to focus on just recycling and not consolidating the recycling facility at the port. and it sounded like we were

under some time constraints, and unlike the america's cup, where a gun was being held to our head to make a decision, there is a least five years left on this disposal agreement, and i heard at the budget and finance meeting that the current acceptor of our waste said they would do it indefinitely until they can do it right. i hope we are not doing some self-imposed thing. there was something approved several years ago that it anticipated industrial development at this exact site, and it took into consideration the truck trips, many of which are going to the recycling center right now, so i believe the executive director moyer would like to see this, and i hope we can doc that, rather than just roll with the existing

situation. three parting words. competition, competition, competition. it gives lower rates, and it breeds integrity. this is something that has been lacking in the city in the procurement of garbage services, and just one last suggestion i have for the acting director who is pursuing this, you mentioned three services, collection, hauling, and disposal, and thee are three others that i think you need to deal with, as pertains to recology. one is currently owned privately and could be publicly owned for the benefit of the city. there is also materials processing, which means the processing of the materials that it collected at the curb.

that needs to be upset, and finally, there is the transport that is different from hauling. at least as i anticipated, hauling to the transfer station. [bell] going from is important, too. commissioner: thank you. next speaker. >> i represent a legal defense fund. i testified at your budget hearing and gave testimony to each of the supervisors' offices. i would like to preface this

that during the jimmy carter administration, the association of bay area governments was given a grant for regional management plans. they threw in a water supply and solid-waste along with air quality and water quality, and the chair of the general assembly of that task force was a supervisor from san francisco who went on to other things, dianne feinstein. i would like to think about intergovernmental cooperation. several more mentions korea -- were mentions. -- mentioned. i think several are very well positioned and very nearby to

actually increase the amount of diversion by intergovernmental county cooperation. on the back of it, there is the position, which is opposition to the use of the facility outside of the bay area. we are for sustainability, and that means within the bay area. there is such abundant landfill capacity, particularly in santa clara county and alan lee county -- alameda county. it could be barged to. but we urge you to take another look at the procurement process that you have right now, which is considering only about two of the seven or eight disposal options. i just 1 mid to upper stated

that might be something the supervisors would do well to look at -- i just wanted to state that might be something the supervisors would do well to look at. commissioner: thank you. >> commissioners, i am barbara cummings,. a resident of san francisco. to not only end up with the right fiscal solution but that we will also live up to our environmental green responsibility in terms of how we hall and where we dispose of our region where we -- how we haul and where we dispose of our waste. commissioner: thank you. is there any other member who wishes to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is

closed. ms. miller, anything to add? >> just to clarify, south bay side with management authority, that includes san mateo county. i just wanted to make sure that you know they are on the list, and i do think that the scope of services, if it was not clear, it will be clear is that it includes the necessary transfer, transport, and recyclable selection process as part of that, as part of the rfd. commissioner: thank you very much. ms. miller, in terms of process, if this item was to be voted on and approved today, what authority does it give staff in terms of the contract and the rfp? >> one of two actions. i would like, obviously, if you

approve of the rfp, that we issue the rfp publicly. we would have it out for approximately two weeks, and then we could authorize me into a proposed contract, subject to ratification at the next meeting, which would be the fourth friday of march. that would allow us to a lease start -- to at least start with a potential contractors the week of the 21st, where you couldn't wait until the 28th to award the contract -- or you could wait. it is up to you. chair campos: colleagues, it would be to provide the authority to enter into contracts subject to the ratification of this board, given the very short time line. i understand that there is no

deadline, per se, but at the budget and finance committee, there was a sense that people want to get this information sooner than later. i do not know where people are in this. commissioner mirkarimi? commissioner mirkarimi: it is important, chair campos, that you meet with potentially others that are part of a larger discussion so that we all on the same page. the synchronizing of this particular information and how that meets up with a return conversation which is scheduled in april for the budget committee on recology itself, so we should be able to synchronize with that. >> i would just say that i would add to the motion that authorized me to enter into it subject to the approval of the chair, so i would contact to the

chair to make sure if there's anything there prior to bringing it back to the commission at the march meeting, and i also think, i have in the rfp that we will be contacting the department of environment to make sure they know what we are doing, so they can provide input and information to us, which is a definite part of the process. commissioner mirkarimi: i would highly recommend it, because i think the department of environment is moving forward with the interests, and all of this needs to line up together. any conversation, however you deem inappropriate, with recology or whoever is party to this information download is important. chair campos: colleagues, any comments?

commissioner mirkarimi, seconded by commissioner avalos. >> it is to issue the rfp and to authorize me to enter into the contract is subject to the next meeting. chair campos: commissioner mirkarimi, as the maker of the motion, is that your idea of the motion? seconded by commissioner avalos. colleagues, can we take this without objection? [gavel] thank you to everyone for coming up and especially to staff, and we look forward to working with the department of the environment and all of the other stakeholders on this issue. madam clerk, will you please call the next item? clerk: item number seven, the

executive officer's report. chair campos: ms. miller? >> i have no report. chair: sir? >> we have another member who is working with lafco, and she has a background in technology and recently got her master's in public policy and is working on her mba with a focus on green business, so i just want to welcome her to our intern staffing group, and then also, just a quick update, we have received our photos for the photo contest comment nl the choosing of the finalists has begun on our facebook page, so we urge everyone to move forward with pepper -- a canastota

contest -- a photo contest, and the choosing of the finalists has begun on our facebook page, so we urge everyone to move forward with it. we have 28 photographs that were submitted. just in comparison, the puc last year had a total of six entries for their water bottle contest. we did better. i know the group was narrowing it down to the final five, and they wish they could of had a few more photographs to select in that mix, because it was very hard to get it down to the final group. if you like, i did bring a thumb drive. if you want to take a look at them, i can show them. was there another question that you had in there? >> when will the winner be selected?