larger issues here.

>> 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? and then, when will they be awarded the prize? >> march 10 is the last day to choose which photograph you like the most on our facebook page, at 5:00 p.m., so at 5:01, we will know who the winner is, based on how many likes they got. we can present it at the next meeting, but if they are not able to attend, we will make

sure that they get their prizes accordingly. chair campos: great. thank you. is there any member of the public who would like to speak an item number seven? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk, could you call item 8? clerk: item 8, public comment for any item not on the agenda. chair campos: is there any public comment for any item not on the agenda? sir? >> i think you heard local clean energy, and i am saying on behalf of my member groups, we do not think this is robust enough, and we would really appreciate if you could agendize for the next meeting a specific action item to have local power and another at least to brief

reports on the rfp and perhaps look at the rocky mountain institute report and just compare them and really make sure that we are doing this right with regard to cca. we are just not comfortable enough experts on cca have contributed to this process. thank you. chair campos: any other further comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. clerk: item number nine, a future agenda items. -- nine, future agenda items. chair campos: is there any comment on future agenda items? seeing none, next item, please.

clerk: item number 10, adjournment. chair campos: we are adjourned.

>> welcome to "culturewire." since december 2005, the museum of the african diaspora, known locally,moad, has presented programs that celebrate and explore the culture, history, and art of people with african descent throughout the and added states and throughout the world. the director of cultural affairs recently met with the museum director. to learn more about the current expedition, textural rhythms,

constructing the jazz tradition, contemporary african american quilts. >> welcome to "culturewire." today, we are at the museum of the african diaspora, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary occupying one of the premier cultural district in the world, the yerba buena cultural arts center in san francisco. joining me is the cultural art director. tell us what moad's mission is. what does it do? >> the museum of the african diaspora showcases the history, art, and cultural richness that resulted from the dispersal of africans throughout the world. we do that through compelling and innovative exhibitions, public programs, and education

programs. our goal is to celebrate and present for appreciation to our broad and diverse public the controversial energy contributions of people of african descent to world culture in all aspects in all areas, including politics, culture, economics, education, just in all aspects of cultural forms of expression. >> one of the fascinating things since 2005 when the museum was established, is that it has become clear from science that all of humanity originates in africa. how does that influence the education programs or presentation here at moad? >> obviously, being able to attenuate that, and there is a sign at the door that says, "when did you know that you were african?" our point is that we share a

common dna, and it connects us on a number of different levels. this institution is an institution available to everyone, a resourced for everyone. >> you have both permanent and temporary exhibitions, right? >> we do. our temporary exhibition program is one that we are restructuring. i have been here now for about a year and a few months, and as a former curator, i'm very interested in this aspect of developing the visual arts program. part of what we are looking at is using the four core seems that define our program -- origins, migration and movement, transformation, an adaptation -- as a framework for our thinking about the kinds of exhibits we present. >> we want everybody to come and see the permanent exhibition. there might be a special opportunity to visit with the current show that you currently have, which is constructing the jazz tradition, which is a very

striking exhibition of quilts. >> it is a compelling exhibit on a number of different levels. visually, it is compelling. in terms of the subject matter, in terms of the approach to materials, it is so rich and diverse. it is a colorful show, a show that is deep in content, and we know something of the history of the "'s tradition within the african-american community. it is a tradition that came from africa, has its roots in africa, but during slavery, this was a combination of things. one was a way be able to communicate with each other, a way to create beautiful objects, and a way to create functional, utilitarian objects for the family and community. the other part that makes it so interesting is the focus on jazz. there are two attritions being celebrated here. certainly, the tradition as we know it -- these are not traditional quilts.

they have their roots in traditional aspects, but what you will find in this exhibition are works that include materials on the surface, new processes, copying, and putting photographic images on the surface. you will find packets sewn onto the surface, so the methodology from traditional " making has changed from how traditional quilt makers use the medium. >> our visitors can visit the web site, which we will be showing on the segment, so follow the link to the website, and get all of the latest information about all these events related to this exhibition, and, of course, you guys are very active. throughout the year, with all kinds of special programs. >> yes, we are. this is what i'm so excited about. >> this may take us off track a

little bit, but a couple of things i wanted to highlight is that the creation of moad is one of the flagship creations of the redevelopment of san francisco. it is housed inside -- what is the building? the regency, right? >> the st. regis museum tower. >> the st. regis museum tower, which is one of the development projects that was promoted by the redevelopment agency is what allows the city to -- and the development agency to give form and establish moad in the yerba buena cultural district. now, we are looking at governor brown oppose a proposal, which means that in the future, it he is successful, they would not have had the rebel the agency to promote these economic and cultural projects. it is something that has