or looking for other animals. and we deal with other animals like birds and rabbits and you name it. this is more to see in this facility and more to see in the community. and i suggest you go with an animal control person and see what they co, whether rescuing animals in distress or hit by a car or dealing with aggressive animals or wildlife or a variety of things. you can only get that flavor with them and doing it first hand. >> i have been with animal control for about six years, i spent a year in the kennel and then the office came up and i started doing it and it really fit. it's really the job for me.

and animals i have to handle and i know what i am doing, i rarely get scared. [whistle]. we do a lot of investigations and most are not as bad as people report but everyone once in a while they are. and i had one and people had moved out and the dog was in the inside and it makes me teary and when the dog is in the backyard, and i can pull an animal out of a horrible environment and feel good. >> where does this animal go after this? >> they go for the shots and then the kennel. >> and if they just found this,

and once we enter everything in the computer and they can track to find out if the dog went back home. we hold them for five days. >> this is a stray dog and it came in today and we immobilize it and then put it in a room with food and water. >> and then evaluate for medical behavior and see if anyone is interested in adopting then. >> we want to be sure that their behavior is good for the average adopter and not aggression problem, toward people or animals. >> and if they growl and don't bite the hand, she passes that. and good girl, in case she has something in her mouth, we get

it out. and one more test, called the startle test and it startled hear but she came to me. and passed the handling test. >> for the mental exam i feel for lumps and bumps. and the ears and see if they are infected and look at the eyes and be sure they are clear and don't have cataracts and look at their teeth and heart. this is the first job that i feel i make a dvrngs. -- difference. and we may do 40 to 80 animals a day for treatments. and do blood work and skin scrapings and cultures to diagnose different diseases.

and x-rays, i can take an animal that would be euthanized at a different shelter and fix it and get it ready for a home. >> we have a partnership and we let a professional groomer run a private business from our facility and in turn grooms our shelter animals. what is the big deal of that? when someone comes to adopt an animal, if it looks good, chances are it will be adopted more. >> and we groom and clean the ears and the works. >> typically a shelter wouldn't have grooming? >> not at all. and these dogs are treated with the utmot -- utmost care that

others can't provide. this is a shampoo to bring out the luster. and i feel satisfied in helping the shelter pets be adopted and to be a part of such a wonderful staff, from the top all the way down. if she passes our evaluation, she will stay until she's adopted. if you are interested in adoption and don't want to put them to sleep, that means at a last resort, we will give you a call before putting to sleep. you are not bound to the dog, and we would give you a call, and it's an actual adoption and cost $107 and it will be your dog. >> the volunteers to meet are the unsung heroes in this

field that take the animals to hope and nurse them to get strong enough to come down and rehome. without volunteers, i would have to be honest to say this wouldn't be much more than a pound. we thank god that we have the number of committed people coming down and helping us out, it makes all the difference in the world. >> when you want to come in and volunteer, you go through a general orientation, about two hours. there is a lot of flexibility. and the various programs available, are baseline dog walking. you can work with the cats. you can work with tony's kitty rescue, with the small animals and guinea pigs and birds and chickens. >> you always have an

appreciative audience. >> do you feel that what you have learned here helped you with your own dogs? >> the training they don't have? yes. and it's things that you learn, we usually outlive our dogs and every time you get a new one, you have skills to teach them. >> one of the programs is training program and it's staffed by a member of the community and one of the programs she has is dog socialization. >> we started this program for canine socialization. and all the dogs available for adoption get to play for two hours. and it's a time for them to get incredible exercise and play with other dogs and we have

remedial socialization. and it's incredible the dogs and they get exercise and run and tumble and when most adopters come to look in the afternoon, they are quiet and settled. >> and i want come and someone sees a dog and loves it, it's quick. and after three weekends, i saw him and he connected and i connected and came back. >> what is your experience of working with the animals? >> unbelievable. from the guy that is came to the house and everyone here, they are friendly and knowledge believe and -- knowledgeable and they care about the animals. >> and it's a great place to

visit and look at the animals and maybe fall in love and take one home. and look at our grooming program and volunteer program and many say, hey, this

>> we are now lives. >> good afternoon. i would like to call this meeting to order. first item, please. >> [roll call] >> thank you very much. next item, please. >> approval of the minutes of the special meeting of june 28. if any commissioner has any changes, additions, or corrections? >> what item? >> item #3. >> is there a motion to approve the minutes?

>> so move. >> second. >> comments? public comments? changes? hearing no one, the motion carries. >> the next item is general public comment. members may address the commission on matters that are now addressable by the commission but are not on the agenda. we have one speaker card from [unintelligible] >> please. >> [inaudible] i would like mention the name of more olaura [unintelligible] who i have known for a long time. she is a very astute secretary.

not to say that mike is not good. i have known him for a long time. having said that, commissioners, we did have a meeting in the community. many things were discussed. i think that from time to time we must revisit such meetings with a few focused agenda items, which we can do, taking an entire series with too many things on the agenda, you do not do justice to the meeting. that is my subjective opinion. in future we can take one or two items. maybe one of the items could be held that facility that was caused mitigation. how can that best serve the community?

not the other entities where the community finds it difficult to receive the benefits. but it was nice to see you listening to the variety of comments, commissioners. hopefully we were not too rude. and if we were, i apologize. what happens is, normally, we do not visit the community regularly. people have a lot to say. in frustration you want to say something, but then you say another thing. that night the commissioners filter the best that was offered and went to a better place.

that is how i feel about it. of course, this is a very narrow window of opportunity for the bayview hunters point periods viper so, we need opportunities. the opportunities that i see four people are careers and jobs. not these so-called short term trainings where the people, in and bailout. commissioners, once again, thank you for coming to the facility and i am off to the board of supervisors. >> thank you for your comments. >> there are no other speaker cards. >> are there any other public comments? hearing no one, next item, please. >> commissioners have in there on the low at this time complete sets of all communications. as i was on jury duty, i could

not -- >> you are discharged. >> so, i put it in at this time to be absolutely certain that everything that was supposed to go to you got to you. >> questions or comments >> at the last meeting one of the things i pointed out was that the list was getting pretty long and i say that with consideration we have solved that problem by removing it. it was a solution but not the one that i had in mind. i think that it is useful to attract those. i went back and look at it. all of the commissioners had titles on that list. before >> hopefully it will show up with answers that the next meeting. >> great, thank you. other questions or comments?

>> yes. i wanted to provide the annual report from our stem cell agency. a state agency that operates and usually with a 6% operating cap on costs and 94% of the money goes directly to research. we are now in the process of human trials and are looking for some incredible developments to occur. i wanted to let you know what else i do during the day. please feel free to visit briefings down the road. we are more than happy to provide that. thank you. >> to follow up, you mentioned that this is reflective, making it a public document.

[unintelligible] >> thank you for the service on the board as well. and the other commission business? next item, please. >> the adoption of the resolution in support of the nomination of anthony boran, california water agencies. region 5. >> for the offer to take the nominee we would ask that they use their form and asked to adopt the resolution of supporting the commissioner, basically just saying that you support the commissioner being the bleach and five board member. -- being the region five board

member. >> are you sure? >> yes, i am. [laughter] >> so moved. >> enthusiastically seconded. any public, and? all of those in favor? aye. opposed? good luck. i hope that works for you. next item, please. >> the next item is the report of the general manager. >> i have no items to report. in the interest of time i was trying to keep my part short, but if you have any questions. >> 25 golden gate headquarters? >> you must have an earlier version of the agenda. that written report was given to you on july 26. >> questions for the general manager? next item.

>> consent calendar. all of the matters are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission. does any commissioner of wish to remove consent calendar items? >> hearing no one, please proceed. >> item agency until further notice? >> please read the remaining items. >> fair services for the capital funded improvement agreement for engineering services water and power, authorizing the general manager of the commission to negotiate and execute public service agreements not to exceed $6 million in duration for five years. approving the selection of

power, capital improvement, public funding agreements 141. authorizing the general manager to negotiate professional who management agreements not to exceed five years. approving the terms and conditions and authorizing the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission to execute a revocable permit to the alameda county resource conservative district for construction and post construction monitoring of stream bank stabilization and restoration demonstration project. >> so moved. >> second. >> questions or comments on that calendar? all of those in favor? >> aye. >> the item carries and we will go on to item 8c.

>> approving amendment no. 1 to power enterprise, community choice aggregation projects funded agreement on behalf of the san francisco public utilities commission in connection with the utility's program to authorize the general manager to execute these two amendments for a total agreement duration of four years. >> commissioner? o>> i will continue to the call of the chair. >> 8c? >> yes. >> we will continue this item. >> the next item is the beginning of regular business.

perhaps in the interest of having commissioner kane joined us, we can move to item 17 and 18. >> if there is no objection? we will take item 17 and 18, then moved to the regular agenda. >> item 17. discussant and possible action to authorize the general manager of san francisco public utilities commission to execute a first amendment to the memorandum of understanding by and between the san francisco public utilities commission and alameda county resource conservation district to continue the planning, design, and authorization under the california environmental quality act, extending the completion date by nine years to december 31, 2020, pursuant to the charter 9.118.

>> thank you. if you have any questions that you might have? it is otherwise useless in terms of the ongoing work with private landowners. as a consequence moving forward, we would like to continue that partnership. we thought we needed to have it implemented for a longer duration. so, that is the very short version and i would be very happy to answer questions. >> questions? comments? motions? any from the public on item number 17? those in favor? opposed? thank you.

fifth -- 18, please. >> discussion and possible action to authorize the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission to execute on behalf of the city and county of san francisco on memorandum of understanding to form her when the upper alameda creek watershed partnership with the alameda county resource conservation district, california range land trust, nature conservancy and usda natural resources conservation service to coordinate watershed protection projects in the mount hamilton reign of the diablo range. it seems to me that it could be expanded to others in the watershed. namely the dirt -- namely that

it was important to formalize the partnership, normalizing fronts -- responsibilities for the landowners along with collective efforts to work together and not confuse individuals about what we were doing ho, moving forward with al of the work that we were doing. it has taken some time to get to where we are, but each individual project, if you will, that involved puc will come back to the commission for approval. we just completed literally the first acquisition in the watershed for conservation purposes. there is more coming, we hope. this is all in the efforts to project -- protect the watershed above the reservoirs for the long term. we are happy to say that we are

under way with at that project. close them literally last month for the duration. >> how much was that land acquisition? >> it does not go into dollar amounts. you cannot u.s. that question. doing the math tests, in this case it was a joy into a boat and other things we have already maintaid. in many ways this helped us to resolve issues with private landowners. each one is a bit different. in one case where there is a watershed, likely the proposal will be for these partners to play the lead role.

the goal is not to own the watershed, it is to protected in the long term. this allows us to do that different ways and in different players. >> no one opposed. congratulations. when -- we will return to 1912 >> -- would turn to item number aggravation program.

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