of treasure island yacht club. very unique situation. i actually came to treasure island in 1990 as one of the first businesses that we invested in the infrastructure of bringing telecommunications and internet to the community here. and we spend millions of dollars for this venture, and i could see the similar unfortunate kinds of situations that happens in the future with new residents and businesses that don't want to invest in this kind of infrastructure in treasure island. in 2002, the first wave of economic decline, i had to close the business and take the company through bankruptcy and lose millions of dollars through that venture. i could see us going through the similar situation if we don't think about this critical point that businesses in future are

going to invest lots of money in these ventures, but with these kinds of pressures not having enough customers coming in, they're probably going to lose that opportunity. thank you. [applause] >> my name's john talbot, and i'm a resident on the island. i want to credit you for the work you've tried to do the island and reject gentrification, but with all due respect, this looks like an entry level seminar on how to gentrify an area. all the proposals were basically contingent, nothing's locked down, and the people living on this island are basically the last hold out. most of us social networks have been already gentrified to the east. if you need yoare moving, and y your kids to help you, they're

coming from oakland and antioch, and that's how they're staying on the island. if you want to keep diversity here, i have a suggestion for you. what we have right now is one parking space perhousehold. to keep that, and to pay for -- because you've got to pay for it somehow, i would immediately or as soon as possible start charging people to park on the island pretty much anywhere who do not live here. and like people said, the free parking on sundays, don't have free parking on sundays. that's when chad and becky come up from marin with their high incomes. that's when you jack up the parking. so i would encourage you to -- when we have high income people come to the island, with disposable income, to have them pay for parking instead of having the residents -- basically will be pushed out by a toll, because a lot of us, even if we're living in affordable housing, it's so ebs

pencesive to live there, a lot of us are just on the edge, and i can't afford one more toll. i know i can't. [applause] >> byron kaufman again. let's face it. there's going to be very few people who live here now who are going to be living here in five and ten years when this is the issue that they claim to fix. to be charged for infrastructure we won't use is ridiculous, especially when there's no congestion or the congestion's not an issue until then. now if san francisco wants to be the first city in north america to take a neighborhood that's on an island and charge those people to access it and to get on and off, 2018 has been a ridiculous political year, but i'm telling you that there's going to be real political cost, and you're going to bear it, and

the board of supervisors are going to bear it, as well. because even internationally, this idea is ridiculous. [applause] >> good evening, commissioners, directors. chris, and i'm a long time resident on the island. used to be president of the yer yerba buena tent ants association, but dropped it. in only three or four weeks ago, we have collected nearly 1,000 signatures with several hundred excellent comments that all oppose -- vehemently oppose this rather ludicrous idea of having a toll to get to and from the island especially as residents. at this point, we found going door to door and speaking with people that most residents on the island find it unfathomable

that anybody would be charged a toll to come to the island, and we strongly believe other revenue systems should be found, should be explored, should be developed to build out a public transportation system which we all believe in. to cast us aside to literally use our cars to do daily errands or drop off or pick up our kids from school or pick up grandma from the oakland airport is just absolutely ridiculous, and it would involve a rent increase of 220, 230%. we saw several presentations peeped by tida, but even some of the graphs aren't telling the truth. the increase of traffic is not 4 or 500%, it's like 10%.

all right, resident islands -- or island residents drive a lot less than most barrier people do. the bay bridge is not going to be congested by treasure island residents, but it's already congested by people that come from oakland, from emoryville. again, to reiterate what other speakers have said, to come from an island and pay a toll to come here to live our daily lives, is ridiculous. we will reach out to the board of supervisors to spread our vote, which i believe needs a two-third approval, a majority, to not vote for this idea. and i ask tida with all due respect to look into alternative

means of fundings for the much needed transportation systems. i would appreciate it if you could take your time to read through some of the most excellent comments that are in here. there are about 250 people, i believe, out of the on-line petition about everybody on the door to doors came up and took the time to come up with suggestions and/or comments to describe what is going on or something that should not be done. thank you very much. [applause] >> hi. i'm carol martinson, and i work with treasure island wines. i just can't tell you how ridiculous it sounds to have a toll after you go through the toll for our customers, wine club members. everybody, we're already talking to them, and they won't come out. i think it's devastating. my one question is why is everybody in such a rush? why does it have to be done by the end of the year. that's all i want to say.

thank you. [applause] >> good evening, president, board. pleasure to be here. my name is timothy child. i'm the c.e.o. of world headquarters in treasure eight. treasure eight's goal is to deploy nutrition to humanity. our job is to take some of the 1.3 billion tons of metric food waste and turn it into food ingredients for the one in four hungry people in the world, including one in five americans. i bring this up for two reasons. i want to take a moment to recognize the actions of tida. it's a small business owner, it's one of the first business

owners here, and i'm also a resident on treasure island. we moved out here about four months ago to really be involved. i bring this up because little things start here. little things start, and that's what we're doing with our ideas. i want to take out a second to call out tida, bob beck, and rich rivetti, who without his creativity over the years would not allow our businesses and a lot of these businesses to be here. without this public private partnership what we're trying to do on a global basis and in this community would not be here. so with that, i just want to say that our businesses will be affected by this increased toll, and we are in a city that's high in originality and concepts and thoughts. and we are going to be a leading example of sustainable urban redevelopment, so i think you're going to have to think outside

the box, so i want to encourage you to do so. one idea that we floated at the last meeting was if we're going to be stuck with some of it, for the businesses that are creating value on the island, specifically to the developers and to the island, add to the -- you know, the value of the housing market, as well, perhaps there could be a -- an action with the city to give us a tax credit to be able to offset the cost that we'll have to pay for employees to be able to make the journey over, because it is -- there's a lot of people can say it's very detrimental to people. at least for the businesses adding value, to be able to have an offset in our annual city taxes. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, board.

my name is paris hayes. i've been a resident on the island for about 15 years now. i'm going to keep my comments short. i was one of the gentlemen -- pardon me? [inaudible] >> i was one of the gentlemen that did the door-to-door knocking that helped get the petitions signed. and what i've found out was there were a lot of residents that didn't know this was happening, and a lot of asians, as well, and they're afraid to voice their opinion, if you will. so what i want to say with that is we've also been told as residents that with this new housing, we'll have to pay $400 more for parking. then we were also told there would be no laundry hookup in your house, and that we would have to go to laundromats. that's additional cost. so with this toll in place, to the residents here, what we feel is that the word gentrification

came up, that you guys are pushing us out with all these added costs. that is an extra cost burden on all the people here that can barely afford to pay rent as it is. so what we ask you guys is to really think about what you're doing to the current residents here, to have some compassion for the residents here. because where you live at, there's no toll. you don't go through what you're trying to do to us here. you go to your jobs, you go home, you don't have to worry about this. we have to worry about this because we live here. this is our lives here. so when we ask you to do is think about what you're trying to implement on these residents here. that's all i have to say. thank you. [applause] >> is this thing on?

i don't know if you all remember me. last time i spoke before the board, it was more than two years ago at the july 13 timma board meeting where i spoke against the policies. i didn't get to finish my last comment at that meeting, so i'd like to finish it tonight, just this one item. ab 981, sponsored and authored by mark leno. when he explained in the legislative analyst's report, you told the committee -- okay. let's go back to previous legislation was vetoed by the previous governor, governor

schwarzenegger vetoed it. to get the second version past, he told all the senate and house committees that there couldn't be a vote of the people because the people affected by this fee will live on treasure island only after it was redeveloped. therefore, this bill does not provide for a vote of the people, but it does require a super majority of the san francisco board of supervisors. that simply wasn't true at the time. mark leno knew that very well. there were thousands of people he just previous year passed 1546 -- 1496, or whatever. the point is, first of all, at the july 26 timma meeting, there was only seven supervisors there. eight is a super majority on the board of supervisors. there are 11 supervisors. you didn't even have seven votes

that's required by your ab 981 to go forward on this. but you've gone forward on this, wasting everyone's time, and there's absolutely no reason that we can't have a vote by the people, and i think this law is going to have to be rescinded or otherwise invalidated because of factual misrepresentations of material facts, fraud. unless he secretly, without explaining, he intended it, nobody on treasure island, residents or businesses should not have to pay the toll. there's only two explanations. he was part of a conspiracy to commit fraud or he forgot to include language exempting all residents and businesses for as long as these exist. all these people got leases with no disclosure that they could possibly be forced off the island that would double their transportation expenses and make

it so expensive that they're going to have to move off, which is all construction eviction because the government sets -- the true landlord's the san francisco city and county. they set the rent. now they want to impose a toll. these are conditions that the landlord controls, and without telling us to leave, the landlord is making it basically impossible for two thirds of the residents that have to drive to stay here. thank you. [applause] >> i'm steve stallone. i'm an employee of treasure island wines. i think you're getting a pretty good idea of what's going on here, and i think that many of the business people here have spoken directly to how this is going to force them out of business, and this is kind of absurd to me because you're killing the goose that lays the golden egg. these people are providing a tax base that's going to be bringing

money into san francisco, and yet, this policy is going to drive them out. in the opening presentation, it was already acknowledged that a lot more needs to be done with business people on this island. but we have scheduled votes for approval in the next few weeks on something that is way out of whack, and everybody knows it's out of whack. everybody knows that some other idea, something has to be done. we need to take more time and figure this out. this schedule's absurd. we cannot be rushing this thing through at this kind of speed when we have so much more to figure out. [applause] >> hi. my name's travis irvin. i'm the vice president of

tri-california events. tri-california's been doing business on treasure island for over 20ers i can't. i just want to bring to your attention some of the existing proposal will probably end up costing my company almost 20 to $30,000 with the existing structure without any additions, and that's going to significantly impact our ability to provide low-income jobs for -- well, we hire between 5 and 30 low-income employees from san francisco and the bay area at any given point in time, and we're actually -- we have the largest single kroo for the city of san francisco for any local business enterprise, so we're a certified microbusiness. i already wanted to let you know that already in this business, we had seven and nine employees, depending on who you talk to, quit because the cost of either living and commuting to treasure

island from the east bay or san francisco has been too expensive for them or too inconvenient. in fact it's impossible for my employees to get to treasure island in the middle of the night when we often do a lot of our work for the city of san francisco. we are also an emergency services contractor for the city. while we -- the final point is that our business will likely not exist in the future on treasure island because of this development. we probably won't have a place in the new development, and we will end up paying if we stay for five years, let's say we end up paying $100,000 towards a transportation facility and transportation network that we won't be able to participate in at all. so just wanted to let you know, include that. thank you. [applause] >> hi. i'm travis flynn, the executive director of the treasure island

executive sailing center. i just wanted to say i realize this is a very challenging problem not only for tida, but the city. and the center will benefit from added service, significantly, the proposed ferry that's to come to the island, to san francisco where the population of most of our students live. however, currently, 95% of all the people that i employ cannot afford to live in san francisco, nor do they. the most challenging part of running the strcenter, frankly, employing people. we're the second highest paid youth sailing organization in the bay, and the highest is st. francis. i just wanted to make the comment that that will further

challenge us to engage qualified people to come and work there. those who drive will still have to drive and come to the island, and a toll will significantly, disproportionately impact those people who are low-income, and that will make it probably difficult for those who have to drive to be a part of our program while those who will be able to take advantage of the public transportation will be greatly improved. thank you. [applause] >> so anybody else? i just wanted to say before i open, did you have -- you have to come up, and i'll -- >> my name is cindy hayes. i'm a resident of treasure island, and i've been listening to all of the comments, and the

thing that i was just thinking about was when you -- not you, but whatever body was wanting to make this development on the island, the redevelopment, did you think about transportation? was this something that was factored in? was this something that you really thought you had the funds to support this? was it in the back of your mind that we're going to tax the residents of the island, the businesses of the island? i think if you think about it, if you don't live on the island, if you live in san francisco just think about it. if you wanted to leave the island, to take your children, to take your grandchildren to school, to the doctors, whatever that might be, can you imagine having to leave your garage and pay $5, and then, when you come back, you pay another $5?

it just doesn't make any sense to me, and i just wanted to voice my opinion. thank you. [applause] >> so let me just say this. not on those tonight, but we really appreciate hearing your opinions and your thoughts. we will take it into consideration. i've been moved tonight, as well. we've got a really difficult task ahead of us on treasure island, because we want to make it the best, most transit rich island so that it is accessible by all means. i took the bus here today, and i was just amazed that from the financial center, that i could come here and walk from the ymca in 15 minutes during rush hour. that being said, i know there's

many times when transit is not the solution, and you do need to use the car. and i've heard the businesses here today, you know, and the concerns that you have. but we are trying to build mu nodes of -- new modes of transportation. we are really trying to move forward in a rational way. and i really appreciate all of you have come out today because i really want to hear what you have to say, and it informs us in the decision making. so what i want to do it open it up to the directors for their questions, and then, we will try to give some direction on how to move forward, and linda, yes, you can be first. >> okay. i just wanted to echo what the president of the commission just

spoken to you a few minutes ago. it's always great when we debate and talk an issue with the public. but i always want to go back and give a little background, how do we get here. it's okay that people are looking at us here. we are commissioners, but one thing that all of you need to understand is that all the people sitting on this commission are community leaders. we are, in order to get to where we are today, helping the city to set policies. we have been working for decades and decades. it's a shame that because mr. ben stein, for about two years now, we've been debating this matter. every single statement that all of you made tonight, let me

qualify that. every single statement that you made today concerning businesses or low-income, every single commissioner have mentioned also that to the staff, instructing the san francisco county transportation agency -- by the way, one of the finest transportation agency in the state of california, in the nation. they were selected because of their proven experience to help us, to try to translate and help put a meaningful meaning. the development in treasure island was in place for over 20 years, even before we got here. but let us try to translate what you have all heard today. precisely, members of this commission, yours truly, have even gone beyond what you have mentioned here today. my issue i'm concerned about,

seniors. i'm concerned about disabled. i'm also concerned about low-income women. for instance, we know how challenging it is to -- for transportation in san francisco, so if you have a low-income person with three children that are living on treasure island, and they have their children in different parts of schools in san francisco, we will mention, how will they navigate the system? how will the disabled navigate the system? the reason we're talking about tolls for treasure island is not precisely to mitigate transportation, it's to improve assets. this is the only development in the northern california, in the bay area, that is going to have the various mode of transportations. we are talking about water transportation, the toll going to face by law, the water transportation. a.c. transit will not come here.

part of the pole is going to pay for them. then, we also have muni. so one of the things that we're talking about is because we know that this is a private -- a public-private partnership. the developer is already paying more than you can expect from them. we are here looking at the city and talking about subsidizing transportation. we are looking at all kinds of incentives, even if we're going to be providing $250 a month. my question to my fellow commissioners is how is a senior and disabled able to leave treasure island? so we're not out here, just rubber stamping, you know, policies. we are advocates. we are looking at every development. yes, treasure island, at the end of the day, will be a point of destination. the issue that the businesses have raised, we have raised them, and are raising them publicly and privately. so two years ago, all the

discussions and looking in the audience, i think ben stein and probably some of the residents are the ones -- and basically, that come to the commission at city hall. you all don't have the opportunity to come down there, but everything that we do is publicized, if you go back to listen to some of the proceedings that we had, you are going to be all impressed because again, we have addressed all the issues. so listening to your comments tonight is also very rewarding because they substantiate and validate some of the issues we have. what we are trying to do here is talk to the city. the board of supervisors have a point -- they have even more say so on this matter than us here. but we end of the day, we are going to convey your messages and what we've done, and hopefully everybody working

together in the city are trying to make a decision. these are very complex issues here, but the take aw-away froml of you tonight is for us to provide transportation to treasure island, these are all the matters and issues that we have to address and it's a safe fact. because even right now, trying to come out of here from the bay bridge is a foregone conclusion, but having taxes, mode of transportation, even if you look at the transportation plan you have here, we have bicycles, we have mode of transportations on treasure island, but we're also concerned. what about families? how do you get out, like the gentleman was talking here, if you have your grandmother that you have to pick up from the airport, and you have your children. so all of this, we are ready -- and we are continuing to address that, so thank you for all your comments here, but understand that we us here are also your

advocates, and we are talking about all these issues. and we're going to work together and hopefully, we can, you know, work with the city and our supervisors to try and find a solution. >> thank you. yes. mark? >> yeah. i just want to first thank everybody for being here and letting us, you know, know what is important. and you know, we've been going down this path for a long time. and it seems to me, at least, i'm a resident here. i'm not a professional in traffic, but it just seems like it's just getting curiouser and curiouser. one thing doesn't work, so oh, let's take a dollar off here or let's take .50 off here. and i think it's becoming such a

complicated item now, that, you know, they're going to say what? i -- i think there has to be a more simple way and more fairway. this is essentially a regressive tax that hurts the poor people, and if you're going to be one of the super rich people that live in the higher reaches of the islands, it won't matter. but for people who are just struggling to stay here, it could be the boot to kick people out, you know, living here. i hear many people, that that is the plan, the plan is to make is

it so impossible for average or poor people to live here, that we'll move out, and they will -- i didn't sign on this board to do that and watch that. i didn't want to see our population be eliminated but be part of the new island, and i'm positive we can do it. i'm just not so sure if this complicated toll thing works so well. i lived throughout the whole city for 40 years, and i've never gotten a toll from going to the haight to pacific heights or going to -- [applause] >> we are san franciscans, and

you talk to some people in san francisco and they think you're from oakland or somewhere else. but we are citizens of san francisco, and i think we deserve a little more thought on this process, and other ways to raise funds. we have to raise the funds if we want to have a ferry coming here, if we want to have a bus in the east bay, we have to raise money, but do we have to do it in this particular regressive way. i've heard some businesses, and i'm sure it's not a majority, but some businesses have said they would be happy to pay a little more for, you know, having a little tax because the ferry's going to bring in a lot

of business. but the tolling thing i think will kick out a lot of business here. if somebody wants to go hiking here -- we want this to be a beautiful place where people can go hiking, relax. they just might not come if they have this oh, my god, more cost. so i just think it needs to be looked at and made a little both clearer and less regressive. that's my feeling. >> thank you. thank you, mark. [applause] >> sharon? >> thank you. firtsz of all, thank you to everyone who stayed this late, waiting to make your comments. this is a really big challenge, i think, as all of you can appreciate, and i'm not sure that i can efficiently organize

all of my thoughts and questions because it's such a big topic. i know we've had multiple discussions on this. i do want to say that we have all challenged one another. you know, the community challenging us, us challenging the staff and timma to help us solve this in the most balanced approach possible. you know, i think there's -- i want to make this one point very clear, which i feel keeps getting muddied a little bit. the purpose of the toll, from my understanding, there's two primary goals, right? the number one thing is to try to make sure we're not going to have a grid lock situation on that one main ramp. so that's one constraint.

there's one physical constraint that we have to try to manage. how do we -- how do we allow for -- a possible level of service? i don't even want to say efficient because that's probably not the reality rate, and this is not a problem just for treasure island because congestion, grid lock happens all throughout san francisco, particularly downtown areas, and i think that is just the new world order. that's what we're facing right now, and that's a regional problem. the second reason for a toll, other than trying to congestion price or basically

disincentivize people to use their car and use the ferry. the other issue i want to unpack a little bit further with staff is, you know, my understanding is that when -- you know, a couple decades ago when the city and community came together to say yes, let's come together to do this huge redevelopment, add 8,000 homes it sounds great, it sounds fantastic. how is that going to happen? well, one of the environmental mitigation measures requires that -- there to be a mode shift that happens. what does mode shift mean? well, i suppose it could come in a lot of ways, but primarily in our case, because we don't have a bike path or as somebody pointed out there's no real way to walk off the island, it would be to rely on public transit, which is why we're so focused on

creating funding for the ferry because we already have a plan in place for buses, but ferry and water way transportation is a very big thing for us, and we see that as a very big way to encourage the mode shift. having said that, my understanding of -- [inaudible] >> -- which outlines how we are

actually going to be able to implement that mode shift process. it went through -- there was a very clear decision made at that time as a policy that a toll is a must. that's what we are dealing with right now at the time. [inaudible] >> so, you know, i guess the question i have procedurally for staff, what does it mean -- is it evening possible for us -- even possible for us to change that plan at this point, and what would it take? [inaudible] >> excuse me. excuse me. we're going to have bob respond, please. [inaudible] >> excuse me. excuse me. all right. bob, go ahead, go ahead.

>> so the -- the environmental document and the project plan, having a toll on and off for the island is part of the defined project, so it would be reopening that to change that. the toll as an element of the project was defined as a base component of the development of new housing and all of the other improvements on the island. so that change would create a series of impacts that would then need to be evaluated and other strategies developed to

mitigate them. but you did describe it's to mete out transportation during the day. those are fupnctions that the toll provides without -- if external sources of funding were found to subsidize and transit services, there would still be the challenges of managing the flow of traffic. so that challenge would remain. >> right. i think that's what i'm trying to isolate the conversation

because it sounds like a lot of the feedback we're getting tonight is around the affordability of the toll, the fact that a toll is cost prohibitive for residents and business owners, and the only comment i heard tonight was perhaps on charging a parking fee or charging a parking permit. i had assumed that perhaps as part of the congestion pricing plan, we would already price parking. can perhaps make ybe c.t.a. ans that? >> price parking is also already part of the transportation plan here on the island? >> for resident parking and also for metered parking? >> and bob, if you don't mind helping me in that specific regard there, sir. >> yeah. so the parking pricing will be

developed in concert with the sfmta, but yeah, the parking revenues from both the on street parking and parking garages on the island do flow back to the mobility management agencies, so those revenues will go back into helping support the transit, as well. so if a visitor comes to the island and parks on street or in a centralized parking garage, they'll be paying the toll, but they'll also be paying for parking and that'll go back into the pot of revenues. >> so i think along the lines of past comments that we've made and requesting different ways to explore the expanding cost, i think taking another path at the parking is definitely a good

suggestion from the public. i would also like to understand, perhaps this requires some sort of a memo, but the actual task of reopening this decision on whether or not a toll, what that means for the entire plan. so does -- would it mean that got rid of the toll, and that would require an act of the board. would that mean we would have to open the entire planning process, setting back two decades of work? what does that mean? i think i just need information about the consequences. >> i think -- and rather than answer off the cuff, i think i would prepare a memo and consult with the city attorney's office. i do believe though that it essentially would be eye reopening of the environmental evaluation, which would have a significant impact on work

underway. >> okay. yeah. i think the impression i'm getting here is the major possible changes on the toll issue is going to trigger a very large conversation with very serious consequences about the timeline of the development and perhaps the survivor of the development itself. i don't want to take this issue lightly or this alternative lightly, but i do want to give the residents and ourselves all the information before we move forward on these decision. thank you. >> the -- i have a question next to the timing and the remedy

approves. >> the timing with the thought process is we need to go ahead and start to enter into agreements so to start to setup the agreements that we need. to have a toll policy passed is one of the key steps in terms of financial feasibility, so that right now is what's -- we're working with from a timing perspective. >> i see, and are there designs for that? >> right now, the thought process is it's to move towards the end of the year and get it approved by the end of the year. as i indicated, the actual overall toll program as a toll, we still have a couple of years of work as it relates to the business calls, etc., but it is the time to move forward as it relates to making a decision. i know these are difficult decisions. we've heard loud and clear tonight, and i do appreciate all of the comments from the board and from the residents. i am actually trying to respond to what we hear. we understand a lot from the business community, too.

i know we have some more to work out there in terms of details. >> i feel that given the comments tonight that there were questions that were raised, and i do think that we need from staff and from timma some answers to these questions and issues that were raised. i, for one, would not be served given what i've heard tonight if there weren't clear answers to those questions. >> understood, yes. >> i have one question, please. >> yes, mr. cordova. i think there was a question actually that the board -- we raised a couple of months ago, and it has to do with alternative of financing. i was so impressed when you were touching on that tonight, and i know that that, to me, requires further discussion. let me reiterate to the public what i'm talking about here.

we know at some point, again, that transportation is subsidized, and i think one of the take-aways for you, and you mentioned you're already looking into that, let's put a greater emphasis to try to get and explore some of these other financing mechanisms that you talk about. i think one of the reasons your agency was chosen was because of the experience your agency experiences in dealing with the federal, state, and even sometimes region. i think sort of a subsidy will be able to help us out here. and again, we need to reiterate specifically that the toll is to enable us to beiacquire ferrieso

enable transit to the island. they are going to be purchasing new vehicles and whatever. so the primary purpose is that here, please, help us now to put the priority in helping us to go to the feds, to the state, wherever you can get, something that will help us create the leverage and to do the mitigation, and lastly, some of the businesses were to talk about having incentives, tax incentives. also help us to look at that and the possibilities and implications and put it out in a package, we cannot move forward until we are able to answer all these questions. thank you, sir. >> understood. >> all right. well, thank you all for coming tonight and giving us your thoughts, and we'll go onto the next item. >>clerk: item number 11, discussion of future agenda items by directors. >> and do the directors have any future agenda items they want to put on?

no. >>clerk: okay. adjourn. >> adjourn. thank you. thank you for coming. >> when i open up the paper every day i'm just amazed at how many different environmental issues keep popping up. when i think about the planet i want to leave for my children and other generation, i think of

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infrastructure and jobs. i had gone to a lot of street fairs and heard from the staff at the san francisco public utilities commission to sign up for clean power sf even before it launched. >> we learned about clean power sf because our sustainability team is always looking for clean operations. linkedin is the largest online network. there are about 530 million members using our site. in this san francisco office there's about 1400 employees working in roughly 400,000 square feet. >> after signing up for the program we heard about the san francisco program and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. i'm the co-owner of the new wheel electric bike shop. we opened this store in 2012 and

the new wheel sells and services electric bikes. 11 people work here in san francisco and our store is about 2,000 square feet. electric bikes are fantastic for transportation in the city, they're clean and green and you get places faster than any other form of transportation. it amplifies the power, it doesn't replace it. it makes it easier to get places by bicycle and it's so enjoyable and environmentally friendly way to go and more convenient in san francisco. >> clean power sf requires two products, green, 40% renewable and competitively priced with pg and e. for those who want to fight climate change more, 100% renewable at $0.02 per kilawatt.

>> i decided to go with the super greens, after finding it only to cost about $5 more a month to have super green, that's a no-brainer, i can do that. >> we were pleased that clean power sf offers the super green 100% for commercial entities like ours and residents for the city of san francisco. we were pleased with the package of services for linkedin and now encouraging our employees who have a residence in san francisco to sign on as well. >> clean power sf buys its power from renewable plants that feed the energy directly into the grid. >> there's a commitment to sustainability throughout the entire organization and this clean power opportunity reflects that. >> one of the wind farms we use

is the shilo wind farm and that is large enough to be able to provide energy for up to 200,000 homes. >> our mission is sustainability, even though our bikes are minimal energy use, it still matters where the energy comes from and part of our mission in sustainability is how we run everything -- run our business. having the lights come on with clean energy is very important. >> the sunset reservoir has solar panels that take up about four city blocks covering the reservoir and the solar power generates energy for city resources and clean power sf for residents participating in the program. >> it was easy to sign up for the program, i went online to cleanpowersf.org and i started getting pieces in the mail letting me know i was going to be switched over and it just

happened. when i pay my bill, i still go to pg and e and i don't see any difference between now and a year ago. >> sign up online, just have your account number ready and it takes about two minutes and there's nothing to install. no lines are getting connected to your home. all the power goes through the existed power grid. >> we haven't had any problems with the switch over to clean power. >> it's super easy to sign up. our book keeper signed up online, it took about 15 minutes. nothing changed but now we have cleaner energy. >> we see clean power sf as a key strategy to meet renewable energy goal, we have a goal of 50% renewable energy by 2020. currently we have enrolled about 86,000 customers across the city. about 20% of what we hope to serve in the future and in the

next two years we'll offer service to all san francisco electricity customers. >> an easy way to align your environmental responsibilities and goals around climate change and it's so easy that it's hard to not want to do it and it doesn't really add anything to the bill. >> joining clean power sf is one of the easiest ways to fight climate change, receiving cleaner energy at low and stable rates, you're helping to support a not for profit that helps influence the energy grid and produce more production. >> i would encourage any business to seriously convert to the clean sf service. it's good for environment, business and the community. >> you can sign up online our call and the great thing is, you'll have the peace of mind that you're doing your part in your household to help the environment. ♪

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>> this is the regular aboboard meeting of the san francisco board of education. the date is november 13, and this meeting is now called to order. miss casco, roll call, please. >>clerk: thank you. >> please proceed, miss casco. >>clerk: thank you.