>> president courtney, here, commissioner moran, here, commissioner torres? here. vice-president ann moller caen is here and francesca vetore is here. >> approving of minutes of october 22nd #shgs 2013. moved and seconded. any comments from approval of the minutes? hearing none, public comment is closed. all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> the motion carries. >> next item?

>> public comments. >> i have no cards. >> good afternoon doctor. >> it's a great day. i'm here to make a request. >> i thought it was your birthday. >> i'm 80 now. don't make me older. my request is a hearing that was moved on sometime ago about the southeast facility and sewage plant. i would like for you, please, it's been at least three or four 4 months that was passed on to uphold a hearing with your staff about

this and that has not came forth. i want to say this to the listening audience because they see me in the store and on the street and shake my hand for the work that i do. i never ask anyone for anything but i'm going to ask you that are here to pray for me. i will be praying for you. to pray for the elderly, pray for the children and please pray for the city and county of san francisco because we need prayer. what is happening to our seniors and happening to the people living in public housing. the gumption that people have of, what you call, cut and paste putting programs together as though it's the city's program which are programs that we started. we used to call ourselves hunters

point u.s.a. we became bayview hunters point, part of the city. i'm looking for you all to please hold this meeting so you can get the right information about what occurred dealing with 1972 with expansion of that sewage plant. because you don't have the information. i brought information passed it out and gave it to your staff on where that building, whose name is on that college is 1800 oak dale. and it says city college. the reason why it said that is because we named it southeast community college. so please, take care of the business of my people that has been suffering and still suffering and dying. 5 people have died last week in one building because of all the toxins that we have in that community. it seems like no one cares about the people of bayview hunters point. i hope

you give us consideration. thank you and have a blessed day. >> thank you for your comments. is there any capacity that we have to reschedule such a hearing or at least have an idea of about when we can schedule it at the conclusion of our next meeting? >> probably the first of the year we can probably have a meeting because i know a lot of people will be out the month of december. so probably the first of the year will be the appropriate time to have a hearing. so we can start scheduling that. >> in the meantime i'm sure staff will remain available to discuss that with a community representative. >> yes. any other general public comment? >> mr. president, dr. jackson, i remember that history of southeast and i'm not certain that every commissioner here has seen that. maybe we can get a hold of that again and

redistribute it because i think it is very interesting. >> commissioners, is there any other public comment? seeing none, general public comment is now closed. madam secretary, next item. >> communications. >> i have a few things to address. the first thing under 5 a advanced calendar about the salvage trees that have been announced. are we doing anything about that? >> we've been working with the national forest service and a lot of trees impacted is in

their property line and they have an arrangement with the logging company for that. >> $1 1/2 to 2 million for lumber. >> i thought you were talking about the rim fire? >> yes. i am talking about the rim fire. >> let me defer until michael comes back. >> okay. the second thing i would like to address is 5c the power revenue and clean energy bond. i didn't even realize this was emerging. this was an issue

that was just a thought and it wasn't until cap came on board until this started to happen. i was thrilled to see, wait, i have it highlighted, of course i can't come up with it. that this is all going to start to happen. it was years ago. heche didn't have any type of business plan and no way to get these bonds issued and now it is going to happen and i think it's very exciting and i wanted to bring it up because it was buried in material that we read and i'm glad you are going to say something about it. >> yes. thank you very much. at the request of many of you and most recently commissioner vetore in preparation for the budget hearing you will hear more about the power business plan as well as the plan of

issuance of power revenue bonds we have sold some clean renewable energy bonds that will clean up about $70 million worth of power revenue bonds which is the 1st time we've done that in about a hundred years since the dam was rebuilt with the power revenue bonds. it's a new bond. >> it is. and lastly i wanted to ask about 5h. oh, right. this would be the pump station. we are having a problem with over voltage and seems to be a pg & e problem. is that

correct? >> i can actually get back to you on that one. is steve here? so i will get back to you on that one. >> yes, ma'am. >> that's it. >> thank you, vice-president caen. >> i still don't have a grasp on it before we start the timeline that you made out if we can have a little bit more of a presentation on it, like what the parameters of revenue h versus revenue b bonds and what it can be for. i didn't really understand it and what does that really mean, is it just for infrastructure, programming. some of the other additional questions that it raised for me. i know that it's

in the communications section right now, but i don't know if the next meeting or sometime before january if you can walk us through what it means so we can have more of an interaction and ask questions specifically on the implications. >> we'd be happy to do that. we'll coordinate with the general manager on the schedule and we'll look forward to that. >> anything else on communications? is there any public comment on item no. 5, communications? seeing none. public comment is now closed. next item, please. >> item 6. >> any public comment on item 6? seeing none public comment is closed. next item please.

>> item 7. report of the general manager. >> good afternoon, next on the agenda what i want to bring back is the bayview arts grants update. the puc made a commitment to bayview arts in san francisco. the city requires by city ordinance to contribute 2 percent cost for the arts commission in the city. in 2011 we actually passed a community benefit policy that alliance the art contributions with our goal which are to be a good neighbor and invest in arts and cultural neighborhoods that are impacted by our services and operations. before it would go to the arts commission and we didn't have about where these funds would be directed. we partner closely with the arts commission to

administer art funding similar to how we partner to other agencies like the department of the environment, san francisco unified school district and the work force development. this year with our support, the community art and educational program of the arts commission created a new strategy in the bayview to enhance investments in arts and support local artist and art organizations. so we are pleased with the 2013 bayview art grant program and i would like to turn it over to judy, the director of communication arts and educational program at the arts commission to share the process and results of the grant. >> good afternoon, let me just interject for one moment. if there is no objection from my colleagues, we will call for public comment two times during this line item. the first

public comment will take place after this presentation. we ask that you speak on this item and this item only. i will call for public comment again at the end of the general managers report. is that okay? >> okay. >> thank you for allowing me to address this commission. i'm going to provide a broad overview of how to program was established. this is a pilot program that in following the best practices of the san francisco art making grants program, we wanted to support the arts that were already existing in the bayview and that had infrastructure an opportunity to expand the work they were already doing. the intent was to support as i said organizations and programs already established in the

bayview as opposed to taking a call for new projects. these were not commissures -- commissions for new work. it was to support general infrastructure to expand the arts programming. the intent of that programming was to provide high quality arts access to the bayview residents and to look at the arts as a way to build community stewardship, as a way to build engagement and build opportunities for people to come together in celebration and in opportunity to do work together through an arts means. so i'm going to quickly begin my powerpoint. please turn on your computers or your screens, i believe. the goal of the grant program is to support the expansion of high quality existing art programs in the bayview hunters point

community. we established a set of grant guidelines and application process. we held application workshops in the community, the grand guidelines and notify all the opportunities for public process and review of the application and one of the things that the arts commission does in the best practices in the arts world is we inform applicants when their applications will be received so they can review the application process as a learning at some point so that as you continue to grow as an artist you have learned from the experience of submitting grant applications. all of that was noted in or applicant pool. we have one glitch in the time -- line is. we processed in may and committee in june and in

july. unfortunately the august meeting was canceled due to lack of quorum. we were a month behind in announcing the recipients of the grants and we are moving behind schedule on that, otherwise we are on track. the arts commission is a very important part of the grant making we do. we try to have panelist that are vetted in the arts as well as whatever the core value of that application is. so for this grant's panel we felt what was really important to have representation of the bayview community so those applications would be known to folks who knew the community well. and you will see in front of you the list of panelist. we noted a high tenancy of theatre application as well as visual arts and we were extremely

fortunate to get anthony jones and lawrence as one of our panelest. the other part of the panel process is we do keep the p panelist confidential and we send them information prior to the revenue -- review process and then the information on particular information on stewardship and high quality qualifications and the experience ability to manage a significant grants relationship with the arts commission. these are $10,000 awards and this is a bit of paperwork that needs to go into it. so, again, the panel process was an open public process and from that, the panel selected

10 grantees they felt would best meet the criteria that was laid out. just to give you a quick snapshot. we had 23 proposals to this first time grant. 12 of those applicants were first time applicants to the san francisco arts commission and three of those first time applicants were funded in this review process. the relate to grant request as you see in front of you is almost $228,000. we had $100,000 to distribute. it's always a difficult project. i wish you can fund everyone, but you can't. what i really want to give you an opportunity to look at the list of the grantees that were awarded. it runs in range from

prek arts access to young children on third and oak dale. the tremendous number of persons were the number of applicants interested in youth and young people. you will see a lot of program expansion to support more young people and more expanded program opportunities. so, again none of the programs that you see are new. there are programs that have been in the community that were seeking to expand the work they do by bringing in additional artist by serving more young people, by having more opportunities for free and expanded access. you will see on the next page a couple of, two programs in particular that focus on elders in the community. one wah is a wonderful grant of quilt making program in the university and

innovative use of the arts with recycled material working with women in the salvation army bayview hunters point ministry. you will see this all within the bayview hunters neighborhood and all will be expanding their grant making. really to wrap it up, the grants are under way. we are beginning to see some program attic activities taking places. we have not begun the next round of funding to begin in january and we are looking forward to some of the outcomes of these programs. all of them are required to have a public performance aspect to it. all of them are required to submit final reports. i look forward to the opportunity to coming back and sharing some of the

successes and data and some of the i believe creative grants program. that's my presentation. i'm happy to answer any questions. >> commissioner ? >> how much? >> $100,000. >> so the groups that were selected will have an open process? >> it's very important to the arts commission that we do an open process. i should say one other thing about it. one of the things i added into grant making process was a cohort learning. all of the recipients of the grants will be gathering together three or four times to learn about each other's work

and ask us for help they might need for help develop their programs and perhaps do more grant making. as you know it's not all the organization are not arts organizations. we fund non-art organizations and we help to build the infrastructure and stability so the program can continue should the funding not continue. >> thank you very much. >> commissioner moran? >> thank you for your presentation. we heard a lot of testimony as part of your meeting as public comment. express process concerns. there were some outcomes concerns and process concerns. one of the process concerns had to do with that delay that you are talking about with the postponed meeting. hoot of -- a lot of

the items that come to this commission have bids where there has been a protest lodged. that protest goes through' review process and it comes to us with a determination from staff and the city attorney as to the mayor and that process. what i didn't hear in the process was an opportunity within this election process for any kind of review and protest prior to the items coming to the arts commission for final action. i would like your comments on that and it may also be relevant as to off the top of my head, i'm not remembering if we had that same kind of process for professional services contracts or if that's mainly construction contracts. >> we have a protest process for all of our rfp's. >> thank you. >> the panel process which is

an open process and all applicants are welcome to participate and attend. if you sit through the whole thing you essentially know what the outcome is of the panel process. this panel recommendations are brought to the committee meeting and it's noted who the applicants are and an opportunity for public comment. within that process of the full commission, i would imagine if we had a complaint lodged that that's where it would reside. i have never had a complaint lodged so i don't actually know what the process would be. there is again between the committee meetings which approves the panel recommendation, it goes to full commission. that full commission is also an open notice with the agenda published. so, i don't actually know the answer to your question about if there were a complaint lodged, what that process would be.

>> commissioner vetore >> vietor. >> there is a difference in the process in regards to public comment. >> city attorneys office. i think that's correct. the administrative code has requirements with respect to protesting contract procurement process. there are no city ordinances mandating a specific protest opportunity for grant. it would be up to the granting department to provide inform

-- for that. but certainly public comment would be due process for that to occur. >> commissioner torres? >> council, back to you, under the administrative code the grant producing agency would be the repository for a protest? >> the administrative code actually at this point does not specify any required citywide protocols for grant making. >> so if an agency receives a complaint, that agency can ignore it or does it have to act upon it? >> they have a process by which they would award a grant and then they would themselves determine whether or not the

complaint warranted redoing the grant award. >> the witness has testified or stated that there were no protest otherwise you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had received one. >> that is correct. >> so why is it that we are receiving all these complaints when we are not determining how to grants are awarded and you are not. the bayview community who had a problem with the way these applications were reviewed and funded should have come to you to protest. >> it seems from what the city attorney is saying, the funding was distributed through a process closely followed by the san francisco arts commission based on our best practice and i imagine this is from the san francisco arts commission to the organization. >> the arts commission, i'm

confused, who r you? >> i run the arts education program. i am a staff member of the san francisco arts commission. >> you advise the arts commission? >> the commission itself takes the panel recommendation. if there is a complaint or if the commission feels in someway that decisions were not made to, that they felt followed proper protocol then the commission would take it on as a body. >> would it be proper protocol that applicants that applied would receive a grant? >> i'm not sure i understand. >> of all the grants that were awarded how many were eligible? >> all of them. the organization were for those that resided in the bayview

hunters point community. all access are delivering programs in the bayview hunters community. >> i believe i heard that none of them were active in the bayview hunters point community. >> you never received complaints from anyone. single family house -- i have received no formal complaints. we received one as far as the sunshine question and we responded to in a timely manner. >> i'm confused because i'm hearing how unfair the process has been and no. 2, nobody in the bayview community received a grant and you say they were in fact all of them. >> all of them were. the

requirement of the application is that you had to be' resident of bayview and all programs take place in the bayview community. i regret i didn't bring you a map that showed you the location of all these communities. >> i didn't need a map. i just wanted to be aware of the process is. you should be receiving the complaints. >> so if i have a complaint or questions about how the process was run and clearly the ultimate decision, i would talk to you? >> correct. >> how would i know that if i had not been sitting here talking to you? >> i think what you are speaking to is an interesting point. if you go back to the statistics, a large number