making the plant a zero carbon plant to use methane and solar so it pulls no power off our grid. >> do we use a method for methane capture? >> right now with what we have with regard to land that is publically owned and available to us. we don't know the full size of our general electric capacity. we are going to use reclaimed water in order to preserve our portable water used by the residents. we are going to look the end tire plant and try to balance. >> and i just think it would be really great if the puc were

cognizant were working around the plant. >> certainly. >> you mentioned lb participation. this contract is designed to have maximization? >> yes, we worked with the contract in the city. slightly lower than many of our design contracts get because of the specialty of the biosolids technology that exist worldwide. we set a goal of 10 percent. brown and caldwell exceeded that by 35 percent. they are bringing men and

women. $11 million of this contract was committed to lb firms. in addition to these firms brown and caldwell has men and women who have participated and graduated out of the lb programs. their residents doesn't allow them to provide this anymore. but they will continue to participate. >> in the vicinity of the plant itself? >> we did take a look at the lb's that are from that specific neighborhood. there are i believe two including bay cat which is a locally grown organization there to help deal with the outreach components, but again the lbe program is citywide so brown and caldwell picked from the citywide program. >> given the history that we've

had over the years looking at the third street light rail, looking at even more recently developments happening now in bay view hunters point, i think it makes a lot of sense to do everything we can to ensure that we are going to have the most robust local higher program that will bring the neighborhood in itself. i want to make sure that you heard from me and i'm sure you will be hearing from the community as well that that maximizing of local hiring is going to happen and there is a real strong plan for that. the history has not been strong. we have a local ordinance now that can help guide that process but we also need oversight to ensure that will happen and to make sure there is a lot of good faith in the requirement of making the

local hire happen. >> absolutely. we are going to work with brown and caldwell to make sure they use their benefits to help with regard to outreach and support of that local community to be job ready when the construction comes along. the one benefit we do have while there is a frustration that this planning and environmental process takes so long given the size of this technology and the environmental regulations, that gives us time to plan and we can go through training and apprenticeship and internship programs so when the project starts, many will be ready and available and connected and plugged into program. >> given that people for decades that have had to experience the conditions around the plant, the smell which was described, we need to make sure this community has

the backbone benefit of participation and local hiring and other benefits as well. >> we agree. >> mr. mar? >> yes. they presented to the land use about 3 years ago. i'm wondering about the 2010 report an on going community is going to be built into successful project? >> we have taken recommendations from the cac and have funded our best land acquisition. in addition we'll spend the first 2 years at planning we'll take a look at the technology and we'll be

going back to the community with those technology analysis so they can be part of the input to decide what technology we use given the fact that their proximity makes them basically the neighbor. so we absolutely plan on keeping the community involved throughout the process. we have the additional benefit of the southeast community commission and we make regular presentations to the commission there as well. certainly this is hand in hand as we move forward with this program. >> i wanted to ask a little bit about the process and the selection of brown and caldwell. i know it sounds like a dream team and local and top worldwide expertise that's been put together and the team developed. it seems like a non-adversarial process and everybody supports this team

approach? >> i can tell you as they looked into plant, with priorities and the balance needed for funds and the water program, but brown and caldwell has been involved and actually bid on a previous contract for the southeast plant and won that contract, but bass because of the diversion of funds have waited on that contract. they have been involved. and with a small amount of firms that have this professional capability. they pull together themselves, black and beach which are also nationally recognized and performed the one team which is extremely impressive and hard to compete with. which is probably why the market only

gave us one team. i was surprised when we came in when we sat down for negotiations, they came in. their overhead rate proposed is very competitive and we together worked through negotiations to bring the schedule down to 4 months. all of that within the 4 days. i'm confident that this team has come to deliver for us and work with us. even though we only had one proposer, i believe it is the right one and i'm looking forward to working with this team. >> i had the pleasure of visiting the plant on the west side and realized that two-thirds of the city's waste is processed in the southeast facility. i plan to visit as well with your staff but i see

an equity and urgency for the neighborhood plant. i'm very pleased that the process is moving forward as quickly as possible. thank you. >> any other questions at this point? okay. thank you very much. >> mr. cohen, do you want to open this up for public comment? >> yes. we have jacqueline. please start a line. thank you again to be permission to speak this morning. my name is jacqueline flin. i'm in support of seeing both items 1 and 2 move forward today. i want to tell you about what we do. we do employment and

training services around the city. we have hired over 40 youth. 10 are working at the puc. these are the families, the lives that we work with that we affect when we do some of the policy work that we are doing today. the reason why we are in support of seeing, we would like to see the increase in funding but also the agreement with brown and caldwell move forward to improve the technology and efficiency to minimize the overall impact on the community but also the entire city. we would like to see you honor the commitment that will provide a safe and efficient facility and just stress again the emergency in addressing the need to build healthy community. if you are smelling it, you are exposed to it and lastly, the job

creation. we host tours there. many of the youth have seen this. i would like to bring this into the fold so they understand how this impacts them. thank you very much. >>al williams. i'm a part of the brown and caldwell team, a local business enterprise based on the bay view hunters point area for a number of years. i would like to briefly speak to a couple of the questions that were raised about supervisor mar's question on how to team was selected and the world class nature of the of the team and partners. it's

local business enterprise as part of the team is really impressed to join this team by the manner on which my firm was approached to become part of the team. typically what happens is local business enterprise gets letters asking in having interest in being a part of the team and you respond to those letters. most of it is a process that what you go through. this situation was quite different. i was actually invited to sit down and have coffee with principals of the team to talk about their approach of the project, talk about my interest in being a part of the project and felt that i became a full partner of the team. i think this local business enterprises were focused avalos's question about local business participation. the puc engaged

me several months ago to do research in bay view hunters point to provide goods and services to the professional services level. we've identified more than 600 local businesses that have the capacity to participate in this project going forward. i think that's going to be a tremendous resources to the project to ensure that community based businesses are fully engaged throughout the process. thank you. >> next speaker? michael willis. >> thank you supervisors to the committee and subcommittee. my name is michael willis. i'm pleased to be the architect for the project. i founded my firm here in san francisco for 25 years. most of that i have been

involved with the design of water and infrastructure projects and including relationships that go back to the very first major water plant with ch and black and veech back '25 years. most of that i have been involved with the design of water and infrastructure projects and including relationships that go back to the very first major water plant with ch and black and veech back in 91. i'm glad to pursue this project because it's also a return to the bay view hunters point area where i have been involved in many projects going back well over 10 years including the bay view hunters point master plan and the multi-senior center. for planning and design and including work at the southeast plant 20 years ago. this is a return for me and i really

appreciate your focus on local firms, local hire and as an urban designer and architect to really look at not just putting a band aid but to really solving the problems of the community. thank you. >> next speaker? >> good morning, my name is dr. joseph bryant. a pastor of the community church which is part of the southeast sector. we moved to this area because we love that community. we have been residents there for the past 9 years. we have moved to that area that expand that large territory. this project is key to the development and continued expansion of what is going on in the southeast sector. this is a first class city that deserves first class communities and that deserves to be one. with all the other

things going on in that neighborhood, we want to see this improvement, we want to see the opportunities. when the opportunities knock. we want those doors to open. something about the smell of sewage, it's a way of life. it's not just the toxic and negative smell. all of a sudden this filthy smell becomes a filthy attitude. this addresses a geological and sociological problem where we don't want the youth of this south sector to not be in the land of filth. we applaud you for looking upon this particular project. i stand with mr. tony who is a small business owner who is a

janitor and he has to deal with this everyday as he goes into business and people ask when is someone going to do something about the smell. >> thank you very much. >> good morning. my name is angela buzz. i'm a 24-year resident of this area. i'm standing here before you to express that our community needs this project and improvement. we have been promised for year that this treatment facility in our area would be fixed up or replaced. we need to invest in the southeast part of town. this new treatment plant has the possibility to transform our neighborhood and to put people to work. so after 10 years of talking about doing something, this is a great opportunity to do something beneficial for

this community. and you should definitely pass this contract right away. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. phyllis sterling? >> good morning, supervisors. my name is phyllis sterling and i'm also a native of san francisco. opportunities like this should never be delayed. especially because it will have such an impact on our young people. i'm a mother, i'm a grandmother and a child care provider. i know what it means to give hope to these children

and young families who are trying to make it. this project has the potential to offer our youth education, jobs, and a better quality of life. this project will open many doors, and so i am asking that you approve it quickly for the sake of our children. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker? >> good morning, supervisors. my name is kiera sally. i'm a native of san francisco. the new treatment plant has the ability to put our neighborhood to work. this is going to require local hires which is going to mean a lot of jobs. probably the most amount of local jobs under any public project. beyond the jobs, we need to make sure that people

living in the area have access to the jobs. there -- that the new plant will create. we are asking that you move forward with this project and support the local community making sure that residents have full and complete access to the job opportunities. thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is reverend caroline scott. i'm a native of san francisco with bay view hunters point and part of the church. it's not just the odor, but it is as has been stated a hazard to health. i experience supporting a day care where we

support 80 families. the sewage coming into the facility and trying to get the children out and save the furniture. we spent hours. as a result i was compromised with my lungs a condition as well as vertigo. it's also a hazard to health as well as the psyche as stated. when you garbage, you think garbage. you leaders have the opportunity to help us do that and to keep this city, the first class city and our communities, but the first class communities within the city. >> thank you very much. next speaker, before you come up, i'm going to call your names from the speaker cards.

>> good morning and thank you for your time. my name is yolanda kin ard. the contract that you have before you includes several community benefits. this company is planning to invest money, provide scholarships and training to our people. as one who has worked with young people for over 25 years, i believe these opportunities are needed to keep their hopes and motivation alive as they get ready for their futures. this is definitely something you should support. so we ask that you will approve this project. again, thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is tonya tell

son, i represent the local consultant of the support this project which will provide the staff with stimulating work. we support this team to keep going and provide for our staff members, thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> supervisors, since 1998 i have been involved with the studying the infrastructure and addressing environmental issues in the bay view hunters point. i'm glad that brown and caldwell have been chosen and i have participated in that process looking at various contractors, many of which opted out, but as cruz stated,

it's been a long time where the main prime has stuck with trying to improve this water treatment plant. as the director of environmental justice advocacy, i have gone ahead on my own and had 150 focus groups with young people so they can understand what is really going on in our community. one1 pound of methane gas equals 22 pounds of carbon dioxide. if you notice that, we can estimate the amount of damage it has done to this community. i'm glad that some of you supervisors understand this, and those that don't understand that, it behoves those to bring it on

board. sf puc has put this forward. those that understand the more technical issues are going to volunteer as we have to educate the community and work with our youth, young adults to give them jobs as we have been doing and in our office which is located in the southeast sector. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning, dr. jackson again. thank you very much. i want to repeat what other people have said. but, i'm happy that this day has finally come that something is going to be done about the sewage plant there. we have been smelling it for the last 60 years. i would like to say i have been a resident of bay view hunters

point since 1948. that's a long time to be smelling. i was there when they started in 1950 building without us knowing anything about it. i have worked, as you all know, when i come and speak before you, i speak of the community. the community is all of san francisco. so, what i'm hoping and i have seen the design because i don't want anyone coming to my community without me knowing what they are bringing because i will have a say in it. you can rest assured that i will have my eyes open and look at what everyone is doing and if i don't like what they are doing, i will come to see you and put a stop to it. thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> from bay cat bay view

hunters point. i want to come here to not only to comment you for moving forward but also brown and caldwell when they approached us for the ability to do outreach. they helped us go through the lbe process which helped certify us as lbe and in service with the bay view hunt community and it's incredibly evident in the way they approached this contract and other lb's and the way they have undergone this entire process. i'm in support of this contract and i think brown and caldwell has done a great job of bringing the teams together. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good morning supervisors. my

name is natalie sailor. we are a wbe estimating firm. i think we all heard what a dream team brown and caldwell is on a technical end. from an lbe perspective they are the dream team to work for. i have worked with them for a number of years. they are not committed to just providing lbe participation, they are providing meaningful participation. they provide mentor ship to lbe's. this has happened because of brown and caldwell. they have given us opportunities to get into storm water pollution inspection into water quality monitoring and other areas that were not our

primary scope of work, that is beyond participation and mentor ship and succeeded in skills. i strongly urge you approve the background and caldwell contract. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning supervisors. i'm here to speak on behalf of lb e term. i'm very familiar with the plant and i have also been on the previous plant projects and i evaluate over 40 structures on the southeast plant. i'm very familiar with the hazards that exist there and i'm proud to be included in this team and i urge you to a approve the item in front of you.

>> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. i'm also an lbe, but i want you to know that i don't have a bone in this game. what i do have is a bone in the area of bay view hunters point. this community deserves to have a world class waste water plant. today, before you you have seen that this community has put together a world class team. that includes community as well as will include local hiring. let me take you because we talked about a lot of things here. i don't want to duplicate this things we talked about. let me take you