adding a battery to the project will also provide significant resource adequacy compliance benefits to cleanpowersf. this is applicable to all entities that provide electric services to customers, including cleanpowersf and our utility hetch hetchy power. the requirement is intended to ensure sufficient electric generation resources are available to meet unusually high levels of customer demand on the grid. we estimate that the battery storage to be added to the blythe project will quadruple the resource adequacy capacity of the project.

the additional capacity provided by the battery storage will supply roughly 8% of cleanpowersf's requirement under the regulations. as a result, this amendment will reduce cleanpowersf's exposure to what has been a volatile short-term resource adequacy capacity market, and it will, of course, reduce our risk of noncompliance with state regulations which carry with them significant state regulation penalties. this will be operational and available to the cleanpowersf program by the end of 2022. in addition, sfpuc staff has been conducting [indiscernible] is competitively priced compared to responses that we've received through these efforts. this amendment is also consistent with cleanpowersf's

2020 integrated resource plan and submitted to the california public utilities commission as required by law. the battery storage that would be adds as a result of this -- added as a result of this amendment would identify the battery storage need. the cost of adding this energy storage capacity is stint with our long-term energy resource cost projections for the program, and as i mentioned before, puts cleanpowersf in a stronger position to continue to comply with state law. so that concludes my prepared remarks. i'm happy to answer any questions you may have.

>> chair haney: thank you. appreciate that. is there a b.l.a. report on this item? >> yes, chair haney. there is. the proposed resolution would approve the first amendment to the power purchase agreement between the p.u.c. and blythe solar. the amendment increases the not to exceed amount of that agreement by $83 million in order to add a battery storage component to the agreement, bringing the total not to exceed amount to $220 million through 2040. there are also community benefits in the agreement and we detailed the beneficiaries of those in the report. we recommend approval of the resolution. happy to answer any questions. >> chair haney: thank you. supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: thank you, chair. thank you, mr. hyams. i think this is a really important contract. i really appreciate the idea of storing power during times of

excess to be used during times of downturn in terms of sun or wind. i know that this is solar. actually happened to have visited there within the last six months, when i went down to joshua tree. this is not too far from that area, so i'm familiar with it, but the thing that gives me pause is the community benefit. this is a $288 million contract, and as i understand it from the b.l.a., only 375,000 in community benefits are being provided to the surrounding community. i find that to be wholly insufficient. if there were something that were being done in our community, there would be no way that a contractor or a contract of this scale would be allowed to get away with that small amount of community benefits.

as much as this has a tremendous environmental payoff, there are some environmental impacts to the surrounding community that's there. this is a border town between california and arizona, as you know, it's in a very isolated area, so i'd like you to talk about that. as i read it, the benefits only last for up to 2025, so i'm a little concerned that the contract goes through 2040, the size of the community benefit and why they sunset so soon. >> thank you, supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: and if you're not the right person to talk about that, don't feel like i'm putting you on the spot. i'm just highlighting what causes me concern. >> well, i'll try to highlight

what causes you concern. and thank you for the question. so the contract was bid through a competitive solicitation that's documented in the b.l.a. report. the community benefits are part of the sfpucs social impact partnership program, which is part of a number of contracting processes that the sfpuc issues. community benefits are submitted through the solicitation process in a voluntary manner, so solicitors do not need to provide community benefits, but they are provided up to five points on our scoring process? so the community benefits bid in were evaluated by a community panel in our solicitation process and scored, so, you know, one

initial comment is, you know, that they did submit the benefits and they actually have provided already a fairly significant amount of benefits during the covid-19 emergency in that area. you know, we don't have the ability to -- since they are voluntary, this isn't something that the department can negotiate. >> supervisor safai: well, maybe i'm reading the b.l.a. report differently because the b.l.a. report says [indiscernible] is that a mistake? >> well, they bid it in. because they bid it in, that was captured in the contract. >> supervisor safai: so i don't understand your statement.

you're saying you can't require it, but you're giving additional points in your scoring process for it. >> it is a voluntary contract, so they get ranked and scored, but it is a voluntarily submission in the scoring process. and i believe the social impact partnership program is something that the p.u.c. is proposing changes to that may be coming to the board. i can't speak to that process, but i did want to flag the p.u.c. is looking at modifications to the program, and we'll be presenting that to the board. >> supervisor safai: let me ask another question. how is this contract, is there a project labor agreement that's incorporated into this project for the size of this

contract? >> we have required that the developer pay prevailing wages, but in our agreement, our standard requirement in these types of contracts, and in constructing the solar project, it's my understanding that the developer entered into a contract with a firm that uses union labor for labor and -- general labor for the project. so i don't believe that the contractor -- the developer has entered into an agreement with the contractor for the battery storage yet because they're looking for an agreement, but i would anticipate it's going to be a similar contractor working

at the site. >> supervisor safai: and what are the source of funds for this contract? >> cleanpowersf revenues are the sole source of funding for this contract, so this contract is part of our energy resource portfolio. right now, we're receiving solar energy from the project, and we cover all of our power portfolio costs through rates and revenues collected from customers, and the addition of the battery source, as i indicated in my remarks, effectively offsets the needs to purchase other products in the market, and that other is capacity. resource adequacy capacity. but in addition to that, adding a battery also enhances the flexibility that we have, so we

can now use that solar power in the evening, which is higher value. >> supervisor safai: so this higher value we're storing more energy, is there an anticipation when rates might come down. >> so this project will contribute to stabilizing our rates. this project is consistent with our long-term plans? i can't commit to rates going down, but it does -- i think this is a high value resource that is going to stabilize our rates by stabilizing our portfolio costs. >> supervisor safai: and are you the person that oversees this entire contract? >> our power supply team manages the contract within the power enterprise. >> supervisor safai: because i'd like to hear a little bit more about -- i understand about prevailing wages, and i

understand about hiring a union contractor, but i'd like to hear why there's not a project labor agreement incorporated in this project, and you say there's other phases of development. have they negotiated this contract to be union labor, or you don't know if they're not quite required to do that or if there's a negotiated p.l.a. on this? >> so there is not currently a negotiated p.l.a. on this, and to be clear, supervisor, the solicitation we negotiated did not require a p.l.a., it required prevailing wages, and the developer is contractually obligated to ensure that prevailing wages are paid for all work conducted on the project.

my understanding is that previous phases have used a contractor that has a p.l.a., but the developer has not yet entered into an agreement with a contractor to construct -- >> supervisor safai: are you referring to blythe solar? >> next energy resources development is the developer of the blythe solar project. >> supervisor safai: okay. do we have a representative from them here today? >> we do not. >> supervisor safai: well, i would like to hear from them . this is an area that we care

deeply about, so is there any harm in extending this one week and allowing them to come and speak to our committee about the work that they've done in the past? one week is not going to kill this contract extension? >> no, it won't kill the contract. it may have some consequences for our compliance process.

>> supervisor safai: so mr. chair, if you don't mind, i think mr. hyams would not be able to answer any further questions. i would like to continue this one week to allow the developer to come and speak to the committee to what work they've done in the ever expanding field of solar energy. >> chair haney: that is entirely fine with me. >> yeah, if i -- excuse me. i apologize, chair haney, for cutting you off there. i did want to mention about the impact. i had presented to this body on

september 15 about our power supplying work and the potential need for the p.u.c. to enter into agreements to meet our requirement under state law and the conditions for potential retroactive approval were sort of in place in terms of the market. we were intending on using this agreement for our resource adequacy filing, which is due at the end of the month. so i did just want to complete the record here that that may impact our compliance filing as far as being compliant, but if more time is needed by the body to deliberate on this, i understand, and we can report back on what the impacts of that will be. >> supervisor safai: it says here in the b.l.a. report the

energy storage component is planned to commence operations in october of next year, so i understand there might be some compliance measures. i can't imagine a one-week continuance to allow blythe solar, if that's the person, to talk about their commitments about using union labor and the work they've done in the past and how it impacts union labor, i can't imagine how that's going to' impact it that much, so i think one week would be fine, and that would be my desire. >> chair haney: that is entirely fine with me. all right. have we done public comment on

this yet, mr. burke? i don't think so. open it up for public comment. >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. operations is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item, please press star, three to be added. for those who have already done so, please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. mr. atkins, please let us know if there are any members of the public waiting to comment. >> so supervisors, my name is francisco dacosta. i've been listening to agenda items number 5, 6, and 7. so on 5, you all need to bring y.c.d. and asked them why do they need so much money and how many career jobs if they

created? on 6, treasure island, i attended that meeting. the people who were going to use the bond credits, they have not given a presentation, but you all chose to suddenly improve it, and on this, item 7, the p.u.c. is appearing in court [indiscernible] to redacting the report, so [indiscernible] you all supervisors should unfortunately be ashamed of yourselves, ashamed of yourselves. this is not going to go forward, not even on the national level.

$6.5 billion, now it's $1.9 billion, and it's going to impact everybody. in three months, you are in [indiscernible] now this has nothing to do with you, but it has to do with your [indiscernible] how it comes to y.c.d., you let it go. when it comes to treasure island, treasure island is going to sink, and we'll let it go, and when it comes to sfpuc, we'll take them to the cleaners. you all should be ashamed of yourself. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you, mr. dacast dacast -- dacosta, for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have any further callers in the queue? >> operator: mr. clerk, there

are no further callers. >> clerk: thank you. mr. chair? >> chair haney: okay. supervisor safai, do you want to make this motion to continue it for one week? >> supervisor safai: sorry. i was on mute. yes, i'd like to continue this item for one week. >> chair haney: can we take a note on the motion to continue for one week? >> clerk: yes, chair haney. on the motion offered by vice chair safai that this matter be continued to the 10-17 budget meeting -- [roll call] >> clerk: we have three ayes. >> chair haney: great. this will be continued to next week. thank you again, mr. hyams. mr. clerk, can you please call item 8? >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. item number 8 is a hearing on

the city's plan to transition those currently housed in shelter in place hotels into permanent supportive housing and requesting the department of homelessness and supportive housing to report. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2483-619-1631, then press pound twice. if you have not already done so, press star, three to lineup to speak and raise your hand, and wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted to begin your comments. mr. chair? >> chair haney: all right. this item has been on our agenda a number of times, but it is going to be continued one more week, and we are going to have the hearing at next week's budget and finance committee meeting, so before i make the motion to continue it, can we open it up for public comment, please. >> clerk: thank you, mr. chair.

operations is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on the continuance of this hearing, please press star, three to be added. for those already on hold, please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. mr. atkins, please let us know if there are any callers waiting to speak. >> operator: mr. clerk, there are no callers in the queue. >> clerk: mr. chair? >> chair haney: okay. i want to make a motion for this item to be continued to our next budget and finance committee meeting, where it will be heard, on october 2017. roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion to continue item 8 to the october 27 meeting -- [roll call] >> clerk: we have three ayes. >> chair haney: all right.

that will be continued to next week's budget and finance committee meetings. mr. clerk, are there any other items before us today? >> clerk: mr. chair, there is no further business before the board today. >> chair haney: thank you. this meeting is adjourned. thank you all.

>> i view san francisco almost as a sibling or a parent or something. i just love the city. i love everything about it. when i'm away from it, i miss it like a person. i grew up in san francisco kind of all over the city. we had pretty much the run of the city 'cause we lived pretty close to polk street, and so we would -- in the summer, we'd all all the way down to aquatic park, and we'd walk down to the library, to the kids' center. in those days, the city was safe and nobody worried about us running around. i went to high school in spring valley. it was over the hill from chinatown. it was kind of fun to experience being in a minority, which most white people don't get to experience that often. everything was just really within walking distance, so it make it really fun. when i was a teenager, we didn't have a lot of money. we could go to sam wong's and

get super -- soup for $1. my parents came here and were drawn to the beatnik culture. they wanted to meet all of the writers who were so famous at the time, but my mother had some serious mental illness issues, and i don't think my father were really aware of that, and those didn't really become evident until i was about five, i guess, and my marriage blew up, and my mother took me all over the world. most of those ad ventures ended up bad because they would end up hospitalized. when i was about six i guess, my mother took me to japan, and that was a very interesting trip where we went over with a boyfriend of hers, and he was working there. i remember the open sewers and gigantic frogs that lived in

the sewers and things like that. mostly i remember the smells very intensely, but i loved japan. it was wonderful. toward the end. my mother had a breakdown, and that was the cycle. we would go somewhere, stay for a certain amount of months, a year, period of time, and she would inevitably have a breakdown. we always came back to san francisco which i guess came me some sense of continuity and that was what kept me sort of stable. my mother hated to fly, so she would always make us take ships places, so on this particular occasion when i was, i think, 12, we were on this ship getting ready to go through the panama canal, and she had a breakdown on the ship. so she was put in the brig, and i was left to wander the ship until we got to fluorfluora few days later, where we had a distant -- florida a few days

later, where we had a distant cousin who came and got us. i think i always knew i was a writer on some level, but i kind of stopped when i became a cop. i used to write short stories, and i thought someday i'm going to write a book about all these ad ventures that my mother took me on. when i became a cop, i found i turned off parts of my brain. i found i had to learn to conform, which was not anything i'd really been taught but felt very safe to me. i think i was drawn to police work because after coming from such chaos, it seemed like a very organized, but stable environment. and even though things happening, it felt like putting order on chaos and that felt very safe to me. my girlfriend and i were sitting in ve 150d uvio's bar,

and i looked out the window and i saw a police car, and there was a woman who looked like me driving the car. for a moment, i thought i was me. and i turned to my friend and i said, i think i'm supposed to do this. i saw myself driving in this car. as a child, we never thought of police work as a possibility for women because there weren't any until the mid70's, so i had only even begun to notice there were women doing this job. when i saw here, it seemed like this is what i was meant to do. one of my bosses as ben johnson's had been a cop, and he -- i said, i have this weird idea that i should do this. he said, i think you'd be good. the department was forced to hire us, and because of all of the posters, and the big recruitment drive, we were

under the impression that they were glad to have us, but in reality, most of the men did not want the women there. so the big challenge was constantly feeling like you had to prove yourself and feeling like if you did not do a good job, you were letting down your entire gender. finally took an inspector's test and passed that and then went down to the hall of justice and worked different investigations for the rest of my career, which was fun. i just felt sort of buried alive in all of these cases, these unsolved mysteries that there were just so many of them, and some of them, i didn't know if we'd ever be able to solve, so my boss was able to get me out of the unit. he transferred me out, and a couple of weeks later, i found out i had breast cancer. my intuition that the job was killing me. i ended up leaving, and by then, i had 28 years or the years in, i think. the writing thing really became intense when i was going through treatment for cancer because i felt like there were

so many parts that my kids didn't know. they didn't know my story, they didn't know why i had a relationship with my mother, why we had no family to speak of. it just poured out of me. i gave it to a friend who is an editor, and she said i think this would be publishable and i think people would be interested in this. i am so lucky to live here. i am so grateful to my parents who decided to move to the city. i am so grateful they did. >> it was an outdoor stadium for track and field, motorcycle and auto and rugby and cricket located in golden gate park, home to professional football, lacross and soccer. adjacent to the indoor arena. built in the 1920s. the san francisco park commission accepted a $100,000

gift from the estate to build a memorial in honor of pioneers in the area. the city and county of san francisco contributed an additional $200,000 and the stadium was built in a year. in the 1930s it was home to several colleges such as usf, santa clara and st. mary's for competition and sporting. in 1946 it became home to the san francisco 49ers where they played nearly 25 years. the stayed de yam sat 60,000 fans. many caught game the rooftops and houses. the niners played the last game against the dallas cowboys january 3, 1971 before moving to candlestick park. the stadium hosted other events before demolition in 1989. it suffered damages from the earthquake. it was reconstructed to seat 10,000 fans with an all weather

track, soccer field and scoreboards. it hosts many northern california football championship games. local high schools sacred heart and mission high school used the field for home games. the rivalry football games are sometimes played here. today it is a huge free standing element, similar to the original featuring tall pink columns at the entrance. the field is surrounded by the track and used by high school and college football and soccer. it is open for public use as well..

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well. that's the only thing i've ever known is to have music playing all the time, whether it is someone actually playing next to you or someone listening to a recording. i think that i actually originally wanted to play flute and we didn't have a flute. it's always been a way of life. i didn't know that it could be any other way. >> could you give me an e over here. great. when you teach and you're seeing a student who has a problem, you have to think on your feet to solve that problem. and that same kind of of thinking that you do to fix it applies to your own practice as well. so if i'm teaching a student and they are having a hard time getting a certain note, they can't find the right note. and i have to think of a digestible way to explain it to

them. ee, d, d, e. >> yes. then, when i go on to do my own practice for a performance, those words are echoing back in my head. okay. why am i missing this? i just told somebody that they needed to do this. maybe i should try the same thing. i feel a lot of pressure when i'm teaching young kids. you might think that there is less pressure if they are going on to study music or in college that it is more relaxing. i actually find that the opposite is true. if i know i'm sending a high school student to some great music program, they're going to get so much more instruction. what i have told them is only the beginning. if i am teaching a student who i know is going to completely change gears when they go to college and they never will pick up a violin again there is so

much that i need to tell them. in plain violin, it is so difficult. there is so much more information to give. every day i think, oh, my gosh. i haven't gotten to this technique or we haven't studies they meese and they have so much more to do. we only have 45 minutes a week. i have taught a few students in some capacity who has gone on to study music. that feels anaysing. >> it is incredible to watch how they grow. somebody can make amazing project from you know, age 15 to 17 if they put their mind to it. >> i think i have 18 students now. these more than i've had in the past. i'm hoping to build up more of a studio. there will be a pee ono, lots of bookshelves and lots of great music. the students will come to my

house and take their lessons there. my schedule changes a lot on a day-to-day basis and that kind of keeps it exciting. think that music is just my favorite thing that there is, whether it's listening to it or playing it or teaching it. all that really matters to me is that i'm surrounded by the sounds, so i'm going top keep doing what i'm doing to keep my life in that direction.

>> good morning, the meeting will come to order. welcome to the thursday, october 14th meeting of the public safety & neighborhood services committee. i'm supervisor gordon mar, and i'm joined by vice chair catherine stefani, and we'll be joined by supervisor aaron peskin for item 2. i want to thank this committee's john carroll mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: thank you, mr. chair. the committee members are participating in this meeting through video conference to the same extent as if they were physically present in choir there committee room. public comment will be