convenience to customers shopping for grocery items, and consumers shopping for grocery items would expect to find the speed with respect to the comments raised this morning, we have worked very closely with the san francisco police department and that with them. we had extensive discussions with the representatives from the police department and with the abc. we have agreed to conditions that were laid out here this morning. it will ensure that target's alcohol sales operation did not negatively impact the community. the police are satisfied with those conditions, and targets operations, there will be no negative impact on the surrounding neighborhood, as is the abc. so we would ask the supervisors to follow the recommended issue of the police department. i am happy to answer any questions. [bell rings] >> thank you. any other public comment?

if anybody else would like to comment on this item, you can line up on this side. >> good morning. my name is earl, and i was surprised that target was going to be selling alcohol, too. there was no community outreach, none that i know of. i go to committee meetings for the police department every month almost, and i do not hear -- i know walgreen's was talking about having an alcoholic thing, and there was a big push against that. there were talking to the police and stuff, and that is good, but the police already have a hard time regulating it in the district that i am in, district 6. so the police already have a hard time regulating the drinking and stuff in public, so i am trying to figure out how this target will deal with that. because i love target. it is almost like a walmart, and

i wish we could get a walmart. but the thing is, you have to look its stuff like that. all because you say you're going to sell micro brewery beer so that maybe the people on sixth street will not go in there and get malt liquor, you know, so you're going to let the upper class get drunk off of what they drink instead. so i think it should be more community outreach. >> good morning. my name is john, regional development management with targeted corporation -- in court on -- with targets in corporation. in regards to the new target here, the city target, being a new model, we will have our component as part of it, and the alcohol, and it is just beer and wine, and that is just a portion

or component of the food section of the store, and that will actually be the -- to the beer and wine will be less than 500 square feet. again, it is met for those that come in better shopping for dinner or whatever and maybe want to pick up a bottle of wine. we're following all the rules laid down by the police department. when we went through the approval process for the entitlements for this store itself, we did have a number of community outreach, and at that point when meeting with the community, we were talking about the fact that there would be food and liquor sales. again, on a limited amount. oh, and we do not have any smoking products that we sell. if there are any questions, i would be more than willing to answer. >> no questions. >> thank you. >> in the the public comment?

seeing none, public comment is closed. on this item, what i will say to the target folks, i think you're learning a lesson here coming into san francisco, and that working with the community, there are certain standards that might work in other parts of the state, other parts of the country, but communities in san francisco always in demand more. i do not think that means we stop this liquor license. i think we want to see move forward with your business. at the kid is going to be great for the metreon. but as you move forward, keep in mind that being a part of this community really means being a part of this community, working with your neighbors. i trust that you have done what you have done. but once you get this, it is not over. we look forward to you being a part of the san francisco community and welcome you with open arms. supervisor, any comments? supervisor olague: i am also supportive of the target coming into this area. i believe this is a readable

material. this is the metreon. we recently approved one on carried boulevard -- on geary boulevard. i have to say, i do not actually support the sales of liquor in any store, so i am going to have to say no. i guess we will move it forward with that recommendation. i still struggle with a debt of target selling groceries, given the impact it might have, at least in the area on geary with some of the smaller, independently-owned businesses. i know that in the downtown area, i believe there is a liquor store just within a block, half a block, and there are other options of places where people can purchase alcohol. i actually do not support this. supervisor elsbernd: ok. mr. clerk, can we send the item forward with the conditions without a recommendation to the full board? that will be the order.

thank you very much. thank you. supervisor olague: and if you can do more community outreach at some point, i think that would be great. supervisor elsbernd: the next two items on the agenda are two hearings brought to us by supervisor olague. we will go in the order that you desire. what would you like first, item one or item two? >> i think they're both very critical issues, but there are a lot of people here for both items. i am sorry in a way that we did not schedule these for two separate days. i did not realize they were as popular as they are. i guess i will go along with the way the schedule was set, and that is to start with the prevention of trash and recycle bin scavenging first, and then we will go to the services and assistance to families that experience sudden loss of the family member, but we probably will not get to that for probably another 45 minutes or an hour. so people who are here for that can go to my office or take a

break, or they can stand as into the trash-talking that we're going to start here shortly. [laughter] supervisor elsbernd: call item number 1. >> item 1, hearing to request presentation from recology in department of public works regarding impacts of trash and recycle bin scavenging and the solutions to prevent the situation in residential and commercial neighborhoods. supervisor olague: thank you for coming today to this hearing to request presentations regarding impacts of trash and recycle bin scavenging in the solutions to prevent the situation in both residential and commercial neighborhoods. we will alconversation about the impact of recycling centers in san francisco on small businesses and on and neighborhoods. to address a recycling scavenging, it is challenging without talking about the criminal invasion and poverty, so it is a born to be helpful on how we can improve the conditions without making poor people even more disempowered.

i hope to have a productive conversation about how we can make san francisco 0 waste by 2020 goal, and encourage social entrepreneurialism, and support small businesses in san francisco around dealing with waste disposal and the need for better options for recycling redemption. we will focus on two areas, information on programs to encourage recycling, minimize scavenging, and reduce waste, including waste to prevent scavenging in the options available to home and business owners to minimize its impact. i would also like information on the effects of the state convenience own mandate in the impacts of this cycle -- recycling centers for small businesses, neighborhoods, in general quality of life. our first presenter will be the san francisco environment, and

there will talk to us today about the recycling program, zero waste goals, and recycling centers. >> good morning, supervisors. i am with the department of the environment. thank you for the opportunity to present and get a high level overview for the board and the members of the audience are around san francisco's 0 waste goals and talk a little bit about california's bottle belt which is an important tool in our overall efforts to achieve zero waste. if we can have the presentation up. specifically, san francisco's 0 waste goals and policies have been around for a period of time. the first was the state in 1989 passing ab 939, which set the

50% the version going california. and in 2003, san francisco launched its own policy by directing that we achieve zero waste by 2020. and currently for the board's information, we are at about 78% of version 9 san francisco. we also have a policy to promote the highest and best use of materials and require consumer and produce solar -- producer responsibility to address recycling, to address products. we also have banned styrofoam and a single use plastic bags in our effort to achieve zero waste. most importantly, this board and san francisco passed the mandatory recycling and composting ordinance, and our construction and demolition

board. some of the milestones over the last few years, back in 1917, was the first community recycling center founded. in 1987, ab 2020 created the bottle bill or the california redemption value, which allow folks to redeem bottles and cans at different places. in 1990, we launched the bucket curbside recycling program. in 1999, the fantastic three, the three different colored bins were launched. in 2000, there were 30 recycling centers operating in san francisco. in 2003, we established the zero waste goals for 2020. in 2006, our cnd ordinance was adopted. in 2009, the mandatory recycling composting ordinance was adopted. in 2011, there were 19 crb

centers in san francisco. i want to talk about our department works with the city to increase recycling and composting. the fantastic three system is in over 95% of businesses end residents. we have done an extensive effort to outreach to business and residents, and we do a lot of education and language. we do training for businesses, departments, schools, restaurants, and retailers. we have a comprehensive network of reece businesses in san francisco. 19 recycling centers. about almost 30 years of grants in our department issued. with san francisco at nonprofits doing innovative work around diversion policies. these are kind of some of the high level activities that our department is doing. so let's look a little bit

about the zeroing in on some of the specific aspects. the bottle bill in california was passed back in 1987. it really creates an incentive program so that individuals can buy bottles and cans and then redeem those. about 20 billion sold at about 16.5 billion redeemed since the crv program was passed. 82% total redemption statewide. 73% actual centers. the centers play an important role in california. about 850 million on an annualized basis is disbursed annually. the long mandate crv zones and recycling centers to ensure reduction options and that they are spread across the area, as well as to provide funds to local governments and curbside

programs to provide that as an option. the california legislature last year in this year is looking at efforts to increase the redemption value, moving from 5 cents and 10 cents to 10 cents and 20 cents. it was vetoed last year. it is being considered again this year. if that happens, we will probably see that additional uptake i participation and collection. what does collection look like in san francisco? in san francisco, more bottles and cans are recycled through recycling centers than through our curbside program. this represents a total of 17 million in crv production, 6 million going to curbside and 11 million going to our recycling centers. i will note here on our recycling centers, what we tend to see is that folks are taking high value and low weight items to our recycling centers. aluminum has a higher redemption

value than bottles do, so we are seeing that is the primary uptake. these numbers, around 17 million in san francisco being redeemed, it has been pretty consistent year-to-year, probably for the past five years. this gives a good snapshot of what we collect curbside and what is actually taken to crv centers. how does san francisco kind of the chief our 70% of diversion? just to give you a sense of where we collect, our commercial recycling program that includes our construction and demolition debris recovery probably represents 60% of our recycling and diversion efforts. our curbside program done residential, about 20%. city government, we generate a fair amount, and we represent about 15% of our total. and the crv program ranges between 5% and 9%, to give you a

context of what our total effort are to achieve the version. notwithstanding all these great efforts in san francisco, there is still about 400,000 tons per year still going to a landfill. about 150,000 tons of organic going into the black bins still. 50,000 tons of paper still going into the black bins. about 5,000 tons of crv containers are still going into the black bands. so there is still rising again amount of work that needs to be done to achieve the zero waste goals that san francisco has. there are a couple of options that certainly our office is working on. we need to continue our programs. we need to work with manufacturers to find solutions for products that are hard to recycle, certainly the more toxic type of batteries, light fixtures, things like that.

invest in new infrastructure. a lot of this will get as to the 90%, but that 10% it still is going to be problematic. a couple of things that are happening at the state level. ab 1 was passed to require apartment buildings in california to begin recycling by july of this year. that is a significant effort statewide. i mentioned that the state legislature is looking at increasing the crv failure, which is an important aspect. we need to look at supermarkets and other stores to ensure that there is greater equality in terms of crv redemption centers to comply with the bottle bill. we think that a higher crv value will create economic opportunities in economic businesses were the idea of having recycling centers in

different stores everywhere really creates an economic value. clearly, dollars are being raised. from our department, we believe that having crv recycling centers dispersed throughout the city is an important tool in our efforts, and we continue to support those efforts. with that, supervisors, and wanted to give you a very high level understanding of kind of how we get to zero ways, were the different parts fit in, and myself and kevin from our office are here to answer questions after the presentations. supervisor olague: thank you. i would like to hear from recology at this point. >> good morning. my name is paul, the community relations person for recology in san francisco. the illegal buyback operators

are the number-one source of complaints from customers. through phone calls to our customer service to permit, through our website, and at community meetings. i am sure supervisors have heard it at their community meetings. these complaints are a source of frustration for our customers. sunset, scavenger, and golden gate recycling or service providers. we're not an enforcement agency or policy-making board. our role is to meet the needs of our customers in a manner that provides for great service and complies with all laws, rules, and regulations. through our recycling and composting programs, we play an important role in helping the city achieved its zero waste goals. under mandates the city and state law, the material put into a recycling bin because the property of the city's recycling program and is used to help offset some of the costs of the program. i have a sticker here that would put on to the bins with that focus. we recommend some steps for our

customers to take to help limit the theft of the curbside material. one recommendation and probably the most important one we have is folks not to confront the recycling poachers. we have had reports of aggressive poachers and actually people being attacked. not worth it for a little bit of recyclables to get into it with somebody. the other thing is you can call the police non-emergency number at 553-0123 to report resecting theft. you can file a report online at recologysf.com. for call our customer service center at 330-1300. i can put one of these yellow stickers on the lid of your blue been. folks can request one by e-mail and we will mail went to them or you can give us a call or do it online. you know, the theft of the curbside material, it is primarily a curbside issue.

you know, we have hundreds of thousands of commercial customers in apartments that we go inside to get, and that is not really a problem for them. it is the folks that bring their material out to the curb that are impacted by this. we asked folks to try and bring their bins out as close to the election time as possible to give people less time to get into them or to do it in the middle of the night. it really is a curbside issue, and it is based in just about every large city. the blue cart recycling program still continues to thrive, and we generate 500 tons to 600 tons of material every day. that goes to pier 96 for processing. we will continue to work in partnership with all these city agencies. dpw, dph, and others to find new ways to address issues such as this while continuing the quest for 101 4th street -- for zero

waste. this is the first six months of complaints for this year, and these are the 2011 complaint. about 1000 planes a year that we receive, either the website for our customer service center. supervisor olague: thank you. i would like to hear from regina who will speak to the small business impacts of the convenient zone mandate. >> good morning, supervisors. the state law requires the convenience is on be established, and this is a half mile radius of any supermarket with annual gross receipts of $2 million more.

in the event that there is no recycling center or that the supermarket does not provide the means of buyback or redemption, then all businesses that sell crv products are required to buy back and provide reduction in their stores. so businesses do have an option if they do not want to do -- provide for in th-store redemption. they can be relieved of this obligation. it is about a total of 50 two thousand dollars a year. currently, san francisco has 53 supermarkets, according to the california division of recycling's website, and the list of stores that fall within the $2 million or more requirement, currently, san francisco has 53 support -- 53

sir mark -- supermarkets with convenience zones but a 27% are exempt from redemption. what this means is that any corner store or a small grocery store that is located in a convenient zone and is not served by a reduction recycling center, they are required by law to do a buyback. for an example in the south of market area, there's not a redemption center in the half mile zone radius for costco ro trader joes and they are exempt. for the small grocers in corner stores in this area, they had to turn away individuals who are coming in with bags for crv redemption. they do not have the storage space to store large volumes of bottles and cans.

there is a cleanliness and health issue with large bags being brought into the store. and the only area where they can facilitate the redemption is at the cash register, and this interferes and causes a great amount of disruption to servicing paying customers. these stores did receive notices of noncompliance from the state. and these businesses cannot afford to pay the $100 a year in lieu of doing this in-store at redemption. they did get -- they finally were able to work with the state to get an exemption, but it did take them six months and a lot of time to do that. my message here referring to our small businesses is that before we take any significant steps, if we're to take any significant steps to reduce our recycling centers that are currently in

operation, and want to make sure that we, as a city, understand the potential ripple effects it may have on our small retailers. also, i really appreciate that we are taking a look at this and that, i think for you, supervisor olague, are interested in looking at other sort of entrepreneurialism ideas with working with this issue. so i want to say our office or much encourages that. we're happy to work with you on that. and to take a look at the other issues around small businesses that are created such as when their garbage is interfered, when is at curbside, and that they are receiving a fine as a result of that. i do not think that is the best solution in resolving a situation, so our office and i are really happy to work with you to find a greater solution to this. supervisor olague: great,

because there was a merchant or a restaurant manager that first came to us with this issue, because he was leaving his recycling on the corner and was having problems with having to clean up the sidewalks every morning. so it is those types of issues that, you know, i am hoping we can work with your office on. i know that some of the recycling centers that come to mind is certainly the one on market and the safeway center. there is the hank recycling center which probably services a bunch of the small businesses in the haight. those are some of these services the which it probably think twice before removing. >> correct. understanding that removal of those will then put the burden on the small businesses to comply with the state regulation. supervisor olague: and because

it is not "their fault" that people are sort of leaving, you know, some things on the sidewalk, i do not think they should be fined. . >> and often with these types of state regulations, there really designed and developed with a more suburban environment in mind. so i think, working with sfe and recology if we need to work with the state to create special requirements to san francisco due to our unique city, i am happy to work on that as well. supervisor olague: grade, thank you. i'd like to open it up for public comment at this time. with 81 like to speak to this issue? -- would anyone like to speak to this issue? >> tom is my name.

i am president. -- i am a resident of the fillmore heritage, which is a condo complex. what i am concerned about is the noise when the illegal scheme address come in the middle of the night right outside my window -- the illegal scavengers, in the middle of the night right outside my window, and it weeks me up during the middle of the night. the reason these guys have access is because recology forces the businesses in the buildings and the homeowners association to leave the recycling out on the streets in these dumpsters. what would be preferred i