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so this is pier 29 and this original included all areas, dark green, yellow and red. and then the inabilit inaccessis we could open that up and do an assessment. currently we're finishing up the dark green area and any additional funding left over from any fundings from the assessment would be applied to the light green area first and then toward the yellow. we don't think that we have enough funding to complete the last two without the red area. >> so the original contract was to do the entire, the red, the green, the yellow, the dark green, light green,ing. >> ing. >> everything. and now for $14 million we can only do the green area?
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>> the green is already done. as part of that funding, right. >> correct. so we're doing the green area and we thought it do cost to do more and this is much worse so it's costing more in that area. >> so can i have an analysis of what the entire project is going cost. >> so what this is is this project was repairing substructure in pier 29 will be
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part of the -- >> i'm still at the point -- >> how much would it cost to do everything. >> we had a $10 million contract and we're only doing a small portion of what the original project was. >> the construction contract is only going to 12.3 million and it's soft cost, construction, management, design and the testing, i believe of the soil that we encountered in the inaccessible area. >> ok.
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anyoui've been around marine structures for 28 years and if you have a wall that's blocking off access to the structure, i would assume the water intrusion would be minimal and so i was expecting there to be minimal damage to the substructure supporting the electricity infrastructure. now that we've gone in there and seen that the damage is much worse, that the water intrusion was worse, we know that the electrical infrastructure is supporting the cruise ship terminal, the alcatraz ferry landing and it's a critical piece ha we want to protect. >> definitely. but what will the cost be for the entire project? >> what's the range doing if we're only doing a portion now? what would it cost to back in
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scope the areas, the yellow and red? >> the yellow, light green? >> the light green is not in it. when you it out, people will have to know and they oh, that's a surprise and we'll provide the full condition of the substructure and it will depend on the proposers use. >> i don't have that number. i would have to get back to you on that. >> of how much it would cost for the descoped areas. is it the yellow, red and light green. >> but you could easily just double what we're talking about?
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would that make any sense? >> oh, no -- >> i mean, least double. >> from the experience that i have, it would be a million and a half dollars additional. >> really. >> because those areas are not in as poor condition. >> and they're easier to get to and the access is not as difficult. that's one of the reasons why. >> so how much of this amount went to the black and the white area? we have a cost to complete the green and the black and white. >> can you describe the scope of the whole project? >> yeah, so if we go back to the
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original slide, so the project also included -- i'm going off the top of my memory, approximately $7.5 million to the repairs at alcatraz landing. so the light blue on the left-hand side. and then we did use contingency. so this should cost around 5 million, or so we thought. >> we awarded for 3 million. i'm going off the to top of my head. >> how will we complete this? are you going to come back for another amendment? >> we're not principalling to propose completion of the original scope because we are going out fo out for rfp, we'lle what comes in as a winning proposal and require for substructure will change based
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on what goes on top. so we're taking the money we have, plus an additional request budgeted to allocate it to the most critical areas of the pier 29 substructure. so it's moving away from that whole area you saw to the white and black hatched area underneath the electrical equipment and so we're losing some of the span of what we thought we could accomplish with the funding we had because the condition is worse than we thought it would be. >> does this position us better for the rsp and we've done this work that will benefit the whole section of the pier, not just the election's department? >> the election's department -- so there's two piers implicated here. so 29 is for a future operator and 31 is the department of elections with the 15 critical leaking windows. so we have a rent pier set up
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for 31. here, question, it does position us better for a successful response for pier 29 because it provides for more of abilit eiga higher occupancy in the bulkhead, there is why we mirrored it with james head but because the facility was worse, we're making a trade-of to protect the electrical infrastructure. so that is where the scope and retarget of the funds is going, away from completing the whole area of what could be a retail use in the bulkhead building to targeting improvements under our electrical improvement. >> go ahead. >> just with the presentation. where it says that we're asking for more money to do additional
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work, we won't finish the job. it's in the summaries and last page. i apologize. i h think it's material to pull back what the job is. juswe're recommending against tt
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and we want you to par back and then we make a conscious decision from it. you're actually undoing your own decision here. you came before and asked us go forward and do this entire area and in a soft way, we're pulling back on it. i think we should do it in a forthright way and understand this may cost $18 million to fix we're passing the buck on to number 29 because we anticipated that would have been done.
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so we're just passing it on to the people that will be bidding on 29. i think we have to be a lot more transparent in that. and for me, i mean, i second it, i think a better way to do this is just to do that. we should know what it would cost. we should know the impact on 29. we should make a conscious decision. empower staff to come with the recommendation to par it back, but understand you're backing off of your own recommendation that this was a priority over a lot of other items. and then we will have the option to participate if that prioritization is cen correct ie agree or don't agree with it. >> i think it goes back to what we're going to intend with this project. and do we still think we need to
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do that? >> no. >> so it's a long story. so we started this project when we had jamestown to come in and do 20,000 square feet of retail and we were going to port improvements into the substructure as a part of that agreement. when jamestown couldn't move forward because of the financial feasibility, we continued on with the recommendation, because we had done so much of the engineering work. we had done the design work and we were ready to go to bid and the real estate team felt it was a good retail opportunity in that bulkhead building. we had moved away from the impetus to match the footprint of jamestown. and then when we got under there and saw this really bad condition under the electrical equipment, that was the time in which staff made a recommendation to descope areas away from the jamestown original
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footprint to pour more money into the bad areas supporting the electrical. so that's why we're not asking to come back and complete the whole project because at this point, we need to go out for a solicitation and see who are partner will be, et cetera, et cetera. and there could be requirement for more seismic improvements, for the substructure as is depending on the occupancy and the plan that will be the preferred plan from a solicitation. so we wouldn't recommend at this point to augment the budget to complete that original scope, but it is a fair point the commissioner made that we should have that part in the report. >> i agree. >> this is a wonderful picture but i'm trying to figure out what we're getting for
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$12 million and -- >> 70% of what we bargained for. >> i think we're getting, like, a part of it and we're going to add other costs and god bless hem. >> why didn't we do that? we have no idea so why did we all of this money in if that was the intention? >> because we knew we had substructure improvements to make to keep it viable without a change of use for many, many years. so we did a lot of work leading up to jamestown which showed which was requiredinvestment in the 29 substructure and we wanted to continue on improving that for a leasing opportunity and that's why we kept recommending the investment. so for the total 12 million, can you talk through what are the improvements in 31 plus 29 or would you need to give that in writing?
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>> so 31 is done, except for the windows. >> except it's part of the budget so i don't want you to lose that piece. >> that's right. so that was 6.9 million and then 15, yes, used towards that pier. >> ok. >> on this one piece of work, we should clarify that. the motion to increase the contract by 2.2 plus million and
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extend the completion date to january 31, 2020. and that result is the entire original work scope will notten completed. if i may suggest a solution here. unless it's time sensitive, maybe we continue the item. we shape it up a little bit better. >> it is time sensitive for this election, as well -- >> we have the contractorrer immobilized and we have electrical format.
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i think this is a lesson in the future. this is to include the dialogue of what we request? >> this is it, no more amendments to this contract? >> this is it, there will be a future spaulding repair and pier 31. (please stand by).
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40% we are able to make a projection. it is very difficult in
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rehabilitation work. >> this is what we do in my job. we tell you to go and next month you bring me the amendment to finish the job. next step then we decided. then we know what the complete job is if we know what the job costs. i promised you that probably none of us will be right. >> it is owed to us to know what we are going to spend reserve honorably or are we going to do a little bit more of the project? >> reserve is truly a reserve used to do more. we should know what the more is. >> so i think the concern is that we do not wish to see any
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more amendments to increase the amount if we don't exceed the amount authorized whether it would cover more than presented today. mini it will cover the original work but not the original scope. we just want to know it is a commitment not to exceed this amount going forward. it should cover the work that you described which was not the orange nolscope, is that correct? >> yes, we can commit to both of those things. maybe what would be best is we come back at the end of the project to describe where all of the piles that were able to be improved through the project and give much more information once all of those unseen areas are seen and repaired. we will know how far into it we got, if at all.
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there is is a ciiling on in contracted we are not going to come back. >> we can get to the black and white areas with this additional amount. >> the project manager says yes. is based on what we have seen we are confident with 10% contingency we are asking for that we can get to that entire black and white area. >> on. >> i would appreciate you coming
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back with an illustration of what you have leveraged, how it will improve the rfi process. >> we can do that. >> any more questions? is it okay to move forward? all in favor? any opposed? resolution 1914 has passed. >> new business. sorry. >> new business i marked down staff will be researching and recommending and naming. is there any other new business? >> i would like to at a later date when we have a reasonable agenda to look at our permitting and fees for local nonprofits that use our port properties with an annual operating budget
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of under $5 million. we have so many nonprofits that use th the pier space. there is a difference between the u.s. cancer society with a $20 million budget and some of the small businesses. they need to use the port properties. i thought we could look at that or have a staff report on that. >> we did hear the sentiment of the community to continue the discussions on sea well 330. i think we would ask that you continue to convey that to city hall and . >> i'm not sure if it is to our jurisdiction. it may be offline or a report. the director for the port.
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but i heard that today. who is responsible. maybe a mini report so we understand. my understanding there was a commitment to resurface. if we didn't have it i would like to understand what happened. >> any other new business? can i have a motion to adjourn in memory of wood. so moved. >> the meeting is adjourned.
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>> good morning. welcome to the san francisco seventh annual walk-to-work day. my name is jody. i an amexective director of walk san francisco. i am grateful for all of you know matter if you live in the city or commute in the city. thank you for walking the walk this morning. a huge thank you to the number of city officials who walked in all the way to city hall from
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all different areas of the city. (applause). supervisor fewer walked two and a half-miles from the richmond district. [applause.] supervisors brown and haney and mandelman as well as mayor breed. every day it is part of every a long journey. the ability of walking is so powerful. it makes us healthier, it is good for the air, climate. it connects us to each other, and it grounds us to our communities. today is purely a celebration of walking, and everyone who walks. the beauty it is all of us.
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at walk san francisco we firmly believe that san francisco can and should be the most walkable city in the united states. [applause.] we are not quite there yet. our major street like market where over a half million people per day walk is one of the most dangerous streets in the city. on average three people are hit each day across san francisco while walking. sadly, already this year we have lost six pedestrians and one person riding a bike from traffic violence on the streets. we are ready for things to change. [applause.] we are ready to end-all severe and fatal crashes in san francisco. we are ready for san francisco
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where everyone of every age and ability can get around safely and easily and affordably. we are ready to show the nation san francisco is putting people first and what it is possible to do when you chase that goal. i believe our city leaders here with me today are ready to commit for the vision for san francisco. one person committed is our mayor, london breed. (applause). she is a vision zero champion pushing the city to fix the most dangerous streets and fast because she understands that lives depend on it. she is pushing hard to bring quick fixes to our most deadliest streets and has taken a stand on some streets that usually don't get the treatment they need like sixth street and
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taylor street. [applause.] she has helped secure fundings for a major project we are working on now, better market street. [applause.] her leadership is saving lives. please join me in welcoming madam mayor breed. . >> thank you. first of all, i want to thank walk sf for not only coordinating today's walk-to-work day, but mor more importantly the advo cassie they do to make sure we are accountable to adjust the streets so people are safe when they walk and move around the city and county of san francisco. let's be clear. when we make improvements to add dedicated bike lanes, when we
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make improvements to do daylighting and the things that we know that changes the infrastructure of the streets, it is about public safety, it is about keeping people safe. we have to continue to remember all of the lives that we lost because we haven't moved fast enough. the seven people that we lost in our streets this year alone is seven people too many. we know that when we delay with bureaucracy, when we delay with process, we know that means the delay could involve losing another person, which is why these changes in what we need to do to make our city safer, more walkable, more livable for all of us is so critical. [applause.] i spend a lot of time all over
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san francisco, and often times, when i see in terms of elder ofl elderly people trying to get across the street. we need to make those changes as well. we need vehicles to slow down, and we will be stepping up enforcement in this city. [applause.] how we move people around is so critical, and what that means is there are people walking, biking, there are people driving, and the only way we are going to get to a better place where not one more life is lost is if we make sure that we look out for one another, we make these improvements, get people to slow down. there is tons of work to do, and i know this board of supervisors although we don't agree on everything. we "glee" the i agree the improo
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make san francisco safe is something we can agree on. we will get the job done. thank you all so much for walking to work today. [applause.] >> it is my honor to introduce board president another vision zero total champion. >> thank you. i want to say that we need to change the culture about walking in san francisco. walking is not a privilege to walk safely. walking should be a right to walk safely in san francisco. we need to change that culture. i want to thank walk sf not only walk sf but all departments involved to try to make our streets safe, whether it is enforcement, engineering, education. thank you for all of these departments that really are kicking it up for us.
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[applause.] i really -- it is not enough to walk one day and have a little rally. it is about doing things all year around, getting changes done. we need to join together. we need to tell the state to let us have automated speed enforcement. i don't know what is going on outside of san francisco, we want it here, we need to send a loud message to the legislators to say we need it. the other thing we are going to do, and i am writing to the legislature for a local ordinance to make it safer than it is now, i want the quarters to be daylighted. when you cross the street the cars can see you. i don't know why we are not doing this now. we need to do it now, not tomorrow.
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join me to make san francisco a safe place for pedestrians to walk. thank you very much. [applause.] >> district one supervisor. >> good morning, everyone. i just want to give a shout out to all of my folks in d one who walked with me this morning. in fact we made great time. we stopped for a doughnut. this is a great way to start the morning. you know, on a more somber note, i have had two fatalities in my district within one month of each other. seniors, older chinese women in crosswalks. ththe infrastructure is importa. people need to slow down and pay attention when they are driving. i have been telling my residents that all of the time. i want to give a shout sought to
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the san francisco police department for beefing up the traffic unit. it is about enforcement, also. we don't like a ticket. this is saving lives. deputy chief red mon is there. we have been working with the chief to bring enforcement to the streets. i think people are getting sloppy about driving. we have a lost of congestion. my husband and i are walkers. we walk all of the time. when i hear about another pedestrian being hit it could be me or any of us here. pay attention. let's walk off. let's keep ourselves healthy by walking. it is something everyone can appreciate that we can do. i want to say thank you for coming out today, especially many, many thanks to walk sf. thank you. >> district the five supervisor brown. >> thank you. i want to say this is a great
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birthday present. thank you everybody. it is my birthday. i don't know where are the balloons? i just want to say i think a lot of my colleagues and mayor breed have said how important it is to have the pedestrian safety in place so we can walk. i am a walker, and one of the things that i think when we are walking and anybody that is a walker, you will understand this. we have to train in san francisco to be walkers, safe walkers. when you step into the streets, first thing you do is catch the eye of the driver that stopped at the stop sign. make sure they are stopping. if they are turning, catch their eye. these are the things we shouldn't be worrying about. we should be able to step out when the light is green for us to go, and for me i want to talk
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about the positives of walking. i walk through parks from eight ash bury. i will walk through buena vista park. then to alamo square. as i walk through my district, one of the things i can say is walking makes you feel so good especially in a place like this. it is absolutely a booster of your mood. i want to make sure, though, as we move forward, you know, and i'm thinking about this because it is my birthday. we are getting older. seniors in the city we -- our count down lights don't give us enough time to get across. when we look at these things, look at ways to help people get through the city and walk through the city and be safe. thank you everyone for coming.
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>> supervisor of district 6. >> happy walk-to-work day! let me start out with a confession. i walk to work every day. i live just a few blocks from here on high street. i have the privilege of being able to walk to work every day to city hall. as supervissor brown said it is the right way to go to a building to have that time coming to work and also walking home each night. we left late last night and i was able to walk directly home a couple blocks from here. i want to thank all of the folks from district 6 who walked in today. a special shout out to save passage. it is an organization through the tl cbd. every day when i walk into work they are there. not just protecting me but
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looking out for all of the kids and families as they walk to and from school every day. this is a community effort. we have a lot of work to do. sadly there have been a number of pedestrians hit in district six a few blocks from here on golden gate and leavenworth a woman was struck and killed by a car, and unfortunately there were a number of others since then on the same street who have been hit. i want to say we can't wait. we need to make immediate changes now. we need to, first of all, deal with crosswalks, daylighting, slowing traffic, actually making real changes in the streets, getting past some of the one way streets and absolutely enforcing things around uber and lyft and other bad actors to keep
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everyone safe. thank you. we are in this together. let's keep people safe. thank you. [applause.] >> thank you. now, i would like to welcome supervisor of district 8. >> good morning everybody. so many politicians speaking. i will be brief. we had a fantastic district 8 walk. district 8 folks, make a little noise. we were joined from supervisor mar's office in district four and stephanie came with us as well, district two. i think all of the districts in san francisco there is no day late around this issue. we are committed to vision zero, we need to make the streets safer. we need more enforcement. i was pleased earlier this year to pass along the climate emergency resolution. we all know there is no strategy
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to get us to saving the world that does not get people out of their cars. it is absolutely essential that people bike, take public transportation and walk. we also know there are so many -- one death -- any death is one too many. any severe injury is one too many. i will say i think having a board led by someone the personal experience in norman yee. the survivors and friends of those who died or have been severely injured in the crashes are most effective advocates. it is meaningful and powerful to have that leadership in city hall. thanks everybody who walked this morning. [applause.] >> director of the sf m.t.a.
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please. . >> morning. happy walk-to-work day everybody. it is meant to be a time to remind us walking is the best form of transportation. it is the best way around the city. it is fun and enjoyable especially on a day like this. it is good for you in terms of personal health and health of the city. it is good in terms of congestion and emissions. it is the best way to get around, and we see as our charge in making sure that the streets are safe and inviterring so that people see walking as a more viable option for more trips, not just on walk-to-work day but throughout the year. to that end we are working closely and furiously with our partners at public health, public works. police and fire, planning and all of us working with community leaders and supporters to make
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the streets safer. the urgency from the mayor and board of supervisors is shared by the board of directors. we have the message from our city leaders that we need to do more and better and faster. i accept jody's challenge that we make san francisco the best walking city in the country. vision zero's goal is to eliminate traffic fatalities by 2024. every death is tragic. we are working to make the streets safer. we will help truly make us the best walking city in america. thank you for coming out. happy walk-to-work day. [applause.] >> i would like to welcome the director of the public works. >> good morning. walk-to-work day is one of my
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favorite events of the year. not only do i get to meet people i don't see all of the time we get to talk about what is going on in the city. more importantly it is very, very important that we embrace vision zero. the live ability of the city and making sure the sidewalks are safe. coming soon change is on better market street to bring a new streetscape will make walking better all over thety. we will make our city much more walkable for everyone. i am proud to be in partnership with sf walk. from public works we will do our part. thank you. [applause.] >> i want to congratulate you all. what a beautiful day. thank you walk sf and thank you communities for supporting what we do.
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my bosses are the 11 members of the board of supervisors. we have been working hard for about 30 years. we are really proud to distribute your voter approved sales tax fund and vehicle registration funds that go to to projects voters approved to improve safety. we are backing it so thank you, voters. also approving measure 3 funds for walking and biking, a partnership to make our streets safer. thank you very much. [applause.] >> before we close two quick things. i want to give another round of applause to all city leaders that walked today. [applause.] >> i would like to highlight sf
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police department deputy director, environment director, m.t.a. director and mtc commissioner and college board member for joining us this morning. [applause.] also from phil king's office. thank you. it takes a village. finally i would like to invite one person who understands safe streets in a deeply person way. jenny's mother stepped in a crosswalk in 2011 and was hit by speeding car. judy survived and she and her children eleven would lives forever changed. she is a founding member of the
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sf safe streets. it helps tell their stories. this group is made of survivors of loved ones kill by crashes on our streets. join me in welcoming jenny. [applause.] >> i am jenny. some of you may know me through my mother's story. iit is not easy to tell or hear. eigheight years after being hite was suicidal. she thinks her children are evil and plotting against her. we live in a state of fear and hopelessness. this is what a severe injurywit. there are more than 500 severe injuries on san francisco streets every year. when i share my story i hope
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people will understand and demand safe streets. today i want to say i am looking to each of you and the city leaders behind me to do everything in their power to end traffic violence on our streets. we are all pedestrians and all deserve straight streets. thank you. >> thank you it is a beautiful morning. i appreciate everybody coming out bright and early. thank you so much. have a wonderful walk-to-work day. [applause.]
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>> 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 what contribution i can make on a personal level to the environment. ♪ clean power sf is san francisco's key way of fighting climate change by renewable energy and offering it to san francisco customers. i'm from the san francisco public utilities commission. the program came about with state wide legislation in 2002
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to enable people to take more control over supplies. i first heard of the program when the organization was advocating to launch clean power sf. what i'm most excited about, it's going to bring 100% renewable energy to my home and reinvest into renewable energy 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. ♪ ♪ better.
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san francisco department of environment is a place where climate hits the street. we know that we don't have all the answers. we need to support our local champions, our local community to find creative solutions and innovations that help us get to zero waste. >> zero waste is sending nothing to landfill or incineration, using reuse and recovery and prevention as ways to achieve zero waste. the grant program is a grant program specifically for nonprofits in san francisco to divert material from landfill. it's important to find the san francisco produce market because there's a lot of edible food that can be diverted and they need positions to capture that food and focus on food recovery.
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>> san francisco produce market is a resource that connects farmers and their produce with businesses in the bay area. i think it's a basic human right to have access to healthy foods, and all of this food here is available. it's a matter of creating the infrastructure, creating jobs, and the system whereby none of this goes to waste. since the beginning of our program in july 2016 to date, we've donated over 1 million pounds of produce to our community partners, and that's resulted in over 900,000 meals to people in our community, which we're very proud of. >> carolyn at the san francisco produce market texts with old produce that's available. the produce is always excellent. we get things like broccoli,
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brussels sprouts, bell peppers. everything that we use is nice and fresh, so when our clients get it, they really enjoy it, and it's important to me to feel good about what i do, and working in programs such as this really provides that for me. it's helping people. that's what it's really about, and i really enjoy that. >> the work at the produce market for me representing the intersection between environment and community, and when we are working at that intersection, when we are using our resources and our passion and our energy to heal the planet and feed the people, nothing gets better than
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