%m >> good evening the san franciscronment monday, june 24. time is 5:04 p.m. >> note that the ringing and phones and device system prohibited. advise the chair may order removal of anyone using a device. public comment be available for each item on the agenda. comments on matters not on the agenda there will be an opportunity public comment. participate who is wish to comment will be asked to come forward and speak in the mic. each be allowed speak. members of the public may submit comment by e mail. comments submitted will be

forwarded to the commissioners and include as part of the official file. >> i will note we did receive a ed our and transmitted to the commissioners. >> i call the role. >> >> aye >> commissioner ahn is excused. commissioner mpkins. >> here. >> commissioner yuen >> we have a quorum. >> the next is consentful items 2-4. item two of the president's welcome. this is for discussion. item 3 is staff introductions to speakers. this is for discussion. and item minutes of june 3, 24 commissioner of environment meeting. draft mantle this is is forsd discussion and action. thank you.

il start with the land ac on environment acknowledges we occupy thetush ohlone peoples the original inhabitant peninsula. the ramaytush ohlone understand the connectedness of all things and maintained harmony with nature will the ramaytush ohlone peleono for enduring to [inaudible] mother earth. in acc traditions they have never forgotten responsibilities a of this place. for all peoples traditional translator. we benefit from living and wing on their home land. as uninvited guests we pay respects to ances irrelevant tifs of the ramaytush ohlone community. >> weecognize embrace indigenous knowledge and how we care for san francisco and people. >> welcome. >> this meetingil step in for commissioner presentation on the

success of the in library branchs and update on the grant s and in departments aao budget and out going grae line items. >> lastly taking action on a resolution authorizing the director to execute an extension of the current landfill contract with recology. let's get started. >> next item on consent is staff]p introductions. director. >> thank you. you have a÷0 announcements on the staff introduction side.t to acknowledge and bring up matt marvin from our toxic production team of matt come on up and let the commission know when you will be up evening. thank you. i'm matt marvinful healthy xhintee served with the a week ago on the 17th. i will help leadhe landscaping

equipment ordinance working with other departments, stake holders, buildings and the community at large with implementing best practices and tr from land scaping. thank you. >> and from our community partnership team. we have tran nguyen andan jell caminor. you want to come on up?evening. pleasure to be i'm a community out reach associate. i grew up in san francisco in the tenderloin and college san diego for environmental policies specific low focusing on fostering health and he local communities. moving back to the city worked as a fellow in the office. work for district 5. and now with my excited to not only engage with my local

community here but also give back to the rest of the city and many neighborhoods. thank you. >> welcome. >> good evening i'man jell caminor. i work w community out reach team. prior to joining work for the metro transportation commissio public affair's team full time as an intern. graduate of san francisco state and east bay native from hayward california. i have been here for 3 months with the teamful thank you. >> thank you. >> >> and our final twoks this is related to the h last meeting. in partnership with industry leaders the mayor and doctor davidson launched a initiative. launch today this month and through the opportunity f

students participate in a 6 week summer session paid intern ships and experience in san boarding is include part of the program andor our senior cord narrator willost two black tie interns that have joined i'm pleased to introduce to you them. welcome yoochlt hi. good afternoon i'm jaila williams a proud graduate of bachelor in criminal justice and plan it pursue jendz and race studies as ply masters. i'm excited get in basics and growing in that area. >> welcome. am i'm jada johnson i go to fon moncla biology and excited learn about the environmental department. >> welcome. thank you. >> that concludes staff introductions. >> final item other minutes. an actiontems on consent is

there discussion or changes to the minutes do i hear a motion to approve? so moved. >> second. motion by commissioner and a second. seeing no discussion open up to public comment on consent calendar. are there members who wish to speak on 2-4 of the agenda? mr. vice president we have no sp>> hearing no further comment. it is now closed. charles, call roll for item 4. >> president is excu sullivan >> aye >> commissioner ahn >> aye. >> commissioner tompkins. >> aye and commissioner nguyen. >> aye. >> motion pass next item please. >> next is item 5 general comment. members may address the commission on matters that are n the

commission's jurisdiction and not on today's agenda. are there of public who wish to comment on t >> seeing none no speakers. public comment is closed. next item please >> next item is item 6. presentation of the wad environmental service award to margaret johnson for discussion. commissioner would youpresent in the award to our recipient >> yes absolutely. pleasure to present this to maggie gentlemen of the juries. who was retiring after 10 years of service with the environment department. and over 20 plus years in the field of hazardous waste management. has a deep commitment to public service and the residents and rate payors that make the work possible.7c maggie helped transition house waste from the early days of we going

to deal with this stuff to providin most robust house polled holds waste colion programs in the nation. she has encyclopedia's worth of when maggie work for consultants provided assistance in waste. minimumization to the city and worked with darryl department's first dpreshth on the city's first sustain ability plan. foundation for getting the city to establish the environment department. brought her experience and expertise in the hhw industry from san francisco to youtubea a facility on wheels to 2 areas residents safely and conveniently get rid of household hazardous waste. and a dedicated advocate for

stewardship and lead the efforts to safe and environmentally sound disposal unwanted medicines. cull monating in the pa san francisco's lands mark disposal ordinance in over saw successful implementation result nothing a program that now provides residents year disposal options in 60 drop off locations and collected over 14099ed poundses of medicine. given her experiencefuling thorough and supportive mentor to her team and especially those just starting out in their environmental careers and how lucky for them to be with pineefrm we are luck tow have maggie who workeda tirelessly throughout her career to ensure people and the environment are protected from waste. pioneer.

on behalf of the commission we thank you are maggie incredible dedication to this city. thank you. >> thank commissioner. [applause]: any discussion from other commissioners. would staff like to say a few words. start with staff in the room. maggie can you hear us okay? say hello and acknowledge you are out there. >> i can, good evening everyonech thank you. good evening, maggiek% and commissioners i'm the program manager for the toxic healthy community team. and i have been working with and learning from maggie for the past 10 years. both in the out reach team and

now on my role on the toxic's team. so, something that adorns the walls ]of our old office and alcohol old office is the values written out and framed. they reminds us of who we want to be as an organization and how we want to carry ourselves in our work. the collaboration, and innovation equity and impact. maggie embodies each of fully. on collaboration, maggie is thinking who the right partners might be and a sense for how to break down cycle sxoes work with allis to be more effective. on innovation. behind our san francisco firsts. you heard these already. most notable shaming the hazzard waste program we have today. which is the most robust in the nation. on equity has worked to ensure

our house hazzard waste program are reaching people all overnight city especially those inow income neighborhoods and communities of color which the ground for this type of waste >> maggie ensures there are plenty of convenient options for disposal. people don'ts boonldz the waste alley and to ensure the city is tracking and dumping. on impact. i will say maggie does something she does it 100%. maggie incredible project manager with attention to detail. pours all of herself in projects ifully you learned about our successful drug disposal ordinance she over saw. maggie i want to congratulateow a career that left san franc better place. i want to thank you for your lead and meantorship to me and to otheros our team and in our department. i want to thank you for sticking

with us as a prop f employee to make sure that we are prepared take the rairns when you decide to fullyretire. it has been an absolute privilege and honor to serve the congratulations. on a well earned retirement. >> [applause] in the room? i will say something. >> maggie congratulations. on this d based on everything you heard your story lists accomplishments that how we think aboutazzard%(aste and the disposal of it. has been nothing short -- a bar that has been set across the for other cities. our safe drug ordinance and that the reason we had the success in the papers because of your leadership. and bringing that program a agsz of

it. thank you because you have been encyclopedia ofdge. brachld hi. >> yes, we hear you. >> great. i met maggie in and 1989 about this time of year. walked another

world i knewingly of hazardous environments but did not know how to take tear of them limp i remember she was sitting in a table and sharing an office with somebody. i found she was writing a hazardous waste permit to take waste to our facility. she looks young to do "0importan and that was the beginning of no matter who you are or where you start can you do important work. i had privilege of working with mag and he watching that happen. along the way she taught me to write and taught me to think. i want to say that maggie

johnson is a toweringn the waste world. we are luck tow haveher. maggie good job and on keeping of next person is christo and can you hear me? >> yes. >> good evening i'm chris lester environment d. i like to comments on bill he worked with maggie over the years.rh a program benefiting southern counties and small develops a permit facility on wheel in a flood zone.[ho

hi. hi. maggie i wanted say congratulationses on receiving yord and achievement. i worked healthy homes and worked with her on the hazzard program and she helped me it cultivate being ino vatdive and working with different teams in departments.

i thank you for allowing me to myself. i thank you for teaching me the ropes how to start. and i say thank you. i love you and and congratulations on i'm at maggie's place now. so i want to say good evening. commissioner and the public. with san francisco environment department. and it has been privilege to work with maggie for the past 9ince she hired me in

2015. i wil remarks brief given the initial otherste her as much as i [inaudible] 10 years in the field. i c her dedication intelligence and efforts made contributions to making san francisco le]. program the best in the nation. she continues to work not oust necessity because she considers this program her passion. ensure nerve san francisco benefit. tonight i wan you and i want to express my gratitude for giving me the opportunity to work with you and an opportunity t

and i feel honored be a part of her life and as she transitions to retirement i look forward to maintaining our friendship. congratulations issue megan. thank you. next up is jen jackson. hi maggie. good evening. commissioners. my pleasure to be here tonight to wish you congrati maggie. i'm jen jackson the former healthy ecosystem program managerir have a pleasure of working with maggie for my 8 years.m7k

on credibility and for me when i was preparing that presentation. if the many people who [inaudible] regularly. for me maggie first came to mind. and credibility is a quality and has many definitions but the three words that come to me are high com maggie everyone heard she has displayed throughout her career. sheness her stuff and she knows how to get t. and another word that come together is trustworthiness. i knew gave me information she had done dill gent give me good information and i trusted third is reliabilityism could depend on maggie if she was

going to do something she would do so. beyond corrected what we might be remembered for and all of these accolades that are you heard all the accomplishments, another one is maggie's kindness and generosity of heart. she has given h110%. to not only our colleagues and5áç9 especially her staff am sheedible competence and he knowledge in a generous and kinds way. ands a gift to watch and appreciated that in her. she left me with an incredible sense of honesty kindness. authenticity. thank you for yourself. all these year its has been a pleasure to work with you and i, too, really look forward to continuing to have a friendship.

mag city has been a pleasure being on the reduction team with you. and serving on the commercial reduction teamful i knew i could count on you if i had questions about hazzard materials. i remember working on our tiered certification for green business i had requests did goals for the program and i knew you were an encyclopedia knowledge. care and infection and time you took to answer my questions. i felt really heard and iappreciated

your time and t your programrks. thank you, so mu yea. i'm really in the midst. in our team meetings. wish the best time in retirement >> thank you, kevin. next larry. hi. maggie. good evening. i have known maggie many years with too many stories to tell in a public forum.h. it is a niche of its own. i worked with household waste throughout california and mag segood to work watch a small world but -- one of the few that

understand this is stuff and ve good discussion busy temperature what san francisco need combhd there is an idea. do this service or collect this stuff. not saying no we have not done it before am she has been good enjoyed working with her on the regular issues. the house facility she was there from the beginning because i was there and appreciated wzdorkingth her on that in a variety of things with thaprogram. throughout the years. nobody xhe mentioned the first of a permanent facility

with dedicated staff ambé congratulations on a deservedu reward. congratulations. thank you. larry our last person is margaret shield. i'm margaret shield an environmental policysultant in seattle. great to be here. thank you to the commissioners to supporting of san francisco residents. i worked with maggie 10 ago. i was policy staff in a county hazzard program in washington state. both of us werebility pressures forr difficult products including the local

products stewardship for pharmaceuticals that were new and complicated. i smart, generous and a lot of funo work w. she is an excellentew ideas and problem stoling and a trusted ear. few peopl have the knowledge and understanding this maggie doesrom community needs to practical proo operations to policy strategies. maggie is a national thought and action lead in this work. her positive impactsad%' extend beyond san francisco. she shart charted out through a state and federal actions.wr

it is system changing solutions. what i value is the years and i am heart broken that mag seretiringil miss my work buddy grea we continue as friends always. congratulations, mago receiving honor. it is well done and wishing good things for chapter and sending you love.;f after the warm words from colleagues. maggie could you say a few words. hi. everyone. can you hear me now? >> yes. >> good evening commissioners and all my colleagues. thank you for your kindsy;v words and i really appreciate this award. it hasen an honor and

privilege toendz my career which as you heard from so many is a long at the departments i have been inspired and challenged of my colleagues. some of whom you heard from to others who have not. of it is consistently really been a pleasure to work for the department and more represent san francisco. both in the house will heed hazzard waste world and medicine disposal world you heard about. i like to add that the award is meaningful to me because first for disposal and y ke the local ordinance and in developing the programs that have been due to the so many successful and solved the programs for san francisco and

the environment who taught a solution. all of my colleagues and also like to give to all the house hazardousaste technicians at recology who operate the programs daily day in and out winter, spring, they don't get much they don't get very much recognition but i like to recognize having said that thank you, again and night. [applause] i wish we could present this to you in person. congratulations on this award. if there is no further discussion.÷[ up for public comment.

are thereembers who wish to comment on this ite if so you can approach and -- over there. >> good evening. to thank you for acknowledging maggie and giving her the wad environmental service award. i'mgm for recology of san francisco and correct record maggie involve instead industry for over 40 years when i was a young manager, she taught me everything i know about environmental and managing hazzard waste. amily and workers of the waste facility. i'veed like to congratulate mag and he on her retirement. anyone else for public mr. violent. no more speakers. >> public comment is closed.

>> next item. >> the next item is item 7, presentation on fix ittics jack macy. the speaker is freddie, residential zero waste cord narrator for discussion. >> good macy program manager. i'm pleased to be item and introduce freddie. he i waste coordinator been with us for 6 years we are excited about this new program that freddie has lead in the creation and implementation the fix it repair events this . is giving residents a new opportunity to get repair fixed and learn how to low pair and help change the around repair. i'm happy he will updateow this new program over the last year and a half. we are scaling and up looking for the futures. and i hand to you, freddie.

take it away. good evening i'm freddie. and i'm implementing program and do enforcement of our ordinance and the compliance ordinance this program -- this is the slide i have. san francisco sends45,000 pounds to landfill every hour. 39 million pounds sent every year it is a crisis in theunited states and the worlds. ef our program that we received

from the members of the public is how to recycle and repair clothing. in our climate aion planful using and recycling textiles to recover.rials from landfills and also waste reduction strategy under production consumption chapter. by 2024 to have inclusive network scaled projects landing libraries repair clinics and exchange. this is the start of what we hope is an citywide repair program for textile and hard to recycle items that are

landfilled. we chose the public library for many reasons one is place of education. our members going to the library as a trusted resource. it is across the city. it is not two. and the public library syste the fix it clinic program. p. it is not new. it has been happening -- our partners other san francisco scrap. bike repair partner. i'm hearing statistic now of our fiscal year. host 11 clinics across 11

library branches. repaired 146 clothing items and we hosted a bike refairevents. we have 120 bicycles repaired around 273 san francs able to get an item or bic repaired. scrap is a long timerantee we added them under the associates contract. ed materials e terrible for clothing repair in the bayview and do provide stereotypens for our repaired coaches. we are one of the paying them for time and expertise that is great we want to pump the

economy and get more people to have an income through repair. this is a picture of the clothing workshop. and each attendee gets paired with repair coach and the most common that is done is buttons, zippers and ming and what not. no aterations just basic hosted 7 repair events. have 2 coming. and we have recovered 95 pounds reuses.

we award them ao waste grant. coordinate bike repair events. theyrnight bay area we wanted more of the decided to award them with the grantfu bike mobile schedules the mechanics and provide bike repair and education. bike repair in the city and expensive for a lot of people. we do have bike repair in the city but it is for many. here is how the bike repair works. you get your name on the and your item. and bikenr mobile is repairing 25 bikes per event they are two hours. our bicycle started

later. we hosted 4 events. 120 bikes repaired. this is a map of where we posted a clothing repair. the gepresent an event. those were the pilot events we did bicycle and clothing repair. pink is repai and blue is bicycle. 15 branchs 1 affordable housing. one community center andv public school. how we are doing out reach to community numbers is through our fliers. and through social media and th translated. and in our calendar and the news letter of the library as well.

i do want to work with schools and environmental education team. and the upon green team. i think it is a great idea we need youth involved. we want to empower community events so inspect repair events happening. and we want to extend our focus on repair. we a lot of guarantees that focus that is an area of drive more repair and also highlight repair shops and services on sf recycle. that's it. thank you.ha questions. >> thank youie. any discussion?

thank you for that presentation with that alarming statistic about the close nothing landfills. you mentioned the out reach event. can they get the out reach by goin website. is there. it teem seems post that and save you then and there and this is what you will >> we are puffing the eventsos our calendar. they have such a large saturation of events we have and it is hard to navigate to look for events on thery website. we are going to put them on website as well. we are chauffeuroth calendar and news yes, thank you.

it seems that this is a natural for youth and fast fashion. >> absolutely. so. the school system you know having other out directed to them. and you are indicating well is additional granteesthe process for them on apy. >> i believe our grants are 2026. the next cycle. we will probably another around of zero waste grant released probably, later this year. may beyear. >> okay. >> and yes working with youth it is a must in my opinion. they are excited for it. comments? thank you >> thank you. appreciate it. >> go to public comment. are there member who is wish to

comment on this item? >> public comment is closed. go to the nextitem. >> next item is item 8. review and vote on to approve resolution file 2024-interior 6uthorizing it is direct to execute an extension of the current landfill agreement with recology. speaker is jack macy manager the document is file 2024-06-coe authorizing the director to execute an extension of the landfill disposal agreement with recology. second amendment of the executed agreement. and the first amendment 050116 discussion and possible action.

good evening am pleasure to join you and give you an update for your consideration. to approve the execution of our landfill contract with recology. the current agreement we have with san francisco was executed back on july in july of 2015. designated the landfill in the seoul disposal for san francisco's trash. recology received.

there is an increase for the landfill disposal or operation's part. government fees don't have that. but can fees and the total cost this actually include in the refuse rates that residentses and businesses pay in san francisco that go through as you may recall. last year we had a rate in process. a bit of a new one. everything that payers pay go through the process. thescosts, which total as of july first, to be 40.60 per ton are included in thel0 rates.

and a mall part if you look at that cost of 40 dollars and 16 cents i ton it is of what residents and businesses are paying. big are part of the costs what they pay is the collection of the hauling. versus the essential low the at the landfill. this a term of had two terms one was 9 years from the date of signing. and that was july 2015 or reached 3.4 million tons that wasdisposeod this contract. which came first. where are we. well hitting the let mow refoou view the upon disposal tons. as of mayfirst, which is the last formal reporting from gy. we have disposed 3.2 million tons under contract.

that's.22 or tons short of the limit. the current rate reach the tit on october 27. the 9 year term. clock started on 2015 will be july 21 of 2024. 9 year term will sooner. this i everything through recology under this contract. you see that disposal went up a bit in 2018.

shows you where the disposal trends with 3.4 million ton where we were at the may first, 2024 we are close to where we have not tons limit. we talk about the happening extension the agreement has language this gives the city one option to extend the contract. by aciding 6 years or 1.sick million tons of disposal capacity. which come first. if we contract term would be if you look at the tonnage.

greement the way we extend this agreement is through a landfill amendment the second amendment. i do to point out the mayor experienced a resolution that the board adopted. that was in support of the amendment. no opposition. unanimous vote by the board of supervisors. we are coming to you when we can after the board has taken that action and may teame a formality. a noiner we need to extend it one thing i want to say not shown on the slide is that the current contract is favorable whenology bid they were half competitor.

ranging from over 50 to 95#o dollars a ton that is significant low more than the 40. we believe this is in the interests of00 autorate payors. and gives us the next slide is this contract attention gives the time for us to go through a new contract solicitation process, rfp selection, e we will do that in a prudent way

and expect to comp the landfill process took longer there are things that happened we expect will not happen change landfills. and there were lawsuits. we never knew about law use this. the other thing is this gives us you may refuse rate process we had a priority to look can take the trash. because as are a model program. with collection throughout the city. nobody is doing a perfectjob. and to achieve our vision ande need to be able to

treasure to recover fromn we can. we did a pilot test of over 100 tons of our trash down in san jose. so, we expect that will issue part of a future contract to context. i welcome questions you may have.you, jack. commissioners any discussion? >> questions i department to offer insight it was have toured the sight with commissioner hunter as well and extensional appreciation for the team there and acknowledgment that recology is a partner in san francisco. to witness the technology.

the use of automation. i appreciate that and -- would to again say -- if you have a chance to go down and tour it is something that everyone needs to take advantage of. incredible the 9 year a you hit it within 3-4 months. 4.7 years to they or 6 years. is there a reason >> worn is based on time and originally the contract we the original treatment plus the extension to total of 15 years. state likes to have 15 years

that is one reference point for that that is separate. if the tonnage would be coincidence if we hit it at the time we are dispotion more then and there we want. we had challenges. economico we are addressing and that's why the processing piece if we find a way to do that before the end of the contract we could amend it. that would faendz and the 6 years before the 3.4 million tons. i'm excited about the pilot project. i hope of getting stuff out of the trash? organics? >> yes.

there are recycle annual in there we can pull off you know the metals and tul class and plastics that are not too dirt. the biggest chunk is organics a lot of that is fiber. trash and mixed with everything and enough food in there that -- it gets soild and hard to market it. it is easy to capture all of the food with the fiber and compost that the fiber is paper towels and tissues.÷#

a recovery i'm hopeful we have a recovery of half or more in nechlt but we'll see. point for us. it is a that has been evolved and improved over time. looks similar to pier 96 in terms using that same technology. you know but also in optical the different screens.

that is the back end going to another we have all seen the black bins. wish you well. thank you. >> this san action item. ear a motion to approve. >> i >> second. >> motion and seconded. we can open up to public comment, charles. >> are there members of public who wish to speak on thisitem? >> we have now speakers. thank you. public comment is closed. charles, call the roll. >> president is excused. vice president sullivan >> aye >> commissioner ahn j. hunter excused. commissioner thompkins.

>> aye. jot motion passes. thank you, jack. >> you. >> next item charles? next item is 9. update on the approved fiscal 24/25aao budget. and presentation on the out grants. this is for discussion. joochs thank you if you recall at the last meeting we passed a resolution related to grants that we ghaet have out going grant in them and how the board and commission approved the action was for board approved grants and prizes that aao

process. we would come back or -- going forward will do it before but today we are coming become to talkas in those grants and prizes were in the o the board approved. that is why i'm here temperatured starting off with grants and prizes that wents throughout board process and also about to conclude. goes through quickly táihe grant for less then and there 9 million that will reoccur for a couple years a 4 year grant. food recovery grant put in for nd got back

2.1 sick and related sb1383. how we recovery. i'm going to explain both of those. the next we include department of en entitled if we apply as a city and coun executing the contract with the d. energy on that. i will nuance the resolution in approval of commission was about grants that were over

so of the sb13 ands ep they have guarantees100,000 we will get to those in a bit. next 2 are the recycle funds for crv bottle and can recycling. those don't have out going money for emergency ride home program. than i will have grant in them. the next is used oil money. we clean city with the department of energy around cleannitiatives and and 1 thenldz to be determined if there are grand in there or not. >> items where we will have grands that are over 100 thousand dollars are sp1383

and government to government grant. sb1383 the edible food recovery grant. and there is broken down in terms of00 autoout going grants are doing. so put it is funds from cal recycle that is going to go toward the implementation of our city's edible food ordinance we pass in the 2022. recover food providing to food insecure. in terms of the out going grants 440,000 out going to sfusd recovery program. 420,000 issue through rf p's for grants for drivers and so this is for like food pantries that -- need to hire drivers to pick up food.

the third all of the these grants will under they are all like little minigrants and adding up i include today and for professional services for food recovery. for also item. fork lifts and large refrigerators and like > one. the next is epa environmental justice grant. we applied near this and finalizing the contract tell fund activities for climate action plan tic health

impacts in environmental justice communities. for a million dollars. we got two onex% g 100,000 and the other two will be for under 100,000 i would include it as well. the first for 14 fwent,000. issue an rfp to manage no cost appliances. hot water heat pumps. similar with the cli add what we are doing there. we do out reachx to low income and trying to help them install hot water heat pumps at no program we have will add and augment to that. 100,000 that grant. the next one -- multiple rfp's

under 100,000 to community organization everorganizations to build capacity to tackle environmental issues in communities. and iville some explanationos that later and finally there is another source of funds that were finalizing should be 200,000. but 2-4 grants to help the community build capacity to tackle environmental issues andal justice areas and so i want to explain when i talk about building capacity i mean helping like -- hosting workshops. community organizations understands the financial incentives there. for low income communities4k to install the water heaters and making sure they than those incentives are available and more important apply.

being be for staff goal to empower community. build capacity to better be our partners and that the focus for the grant from the epaside. those other two big grantses out going grantsil pause to see if you have questions. could you give a time. i'm interested in the government to government environmental justice gran will you be back with the commission for that top@ report out. we are working with the finalizing our agreement with them. i think i mentioned our out going grants that is when a lot of this grant is for it is like a grant we get and turn it and grant that money to the community. we like to include -- getting thera out via rfp later this year with the big out going

grants i mentioned grants.l÷ we did it two years ago now like to have our second. hope to get those out the end of this year early next year. st. john'ses like next year >> yes. all of those grants do come back to the years. you get to approve them. know is and look forward to bringing them back to you. sense of may be examps of the where the money would go and the community activities based on the pastore what the requirements for the- to government grant -- sure. broadly, i one, i referenced it will be to a nonprofit provider.

that is going to take money and give out incentives and help residents install pumps that will be something we will do. other grants may take the form of a based organization. prepare residents and small businesses for the transition to cook. that is a program we had. others to organizations to help us do out reach. in the communities. host forums. in and rebates that are available from the government for the first time. teaching them to do it the welling them know about availability. few others that -- we will develop when we putrt brain storming when they look like. those recall examples. everother comments >> just to confirm as long as a line to the climate action plan where an organization needs to g. and see they have

something they can do. >> much. all of these will -- will be in line with our climate action plan the ones funds individual to be in aline am with what they want. but -- what they want and what is in our plan is aline am we ar get going on that. congratulations on the food recovery guarantee not often and get more. is there story.#ú it is mandating composting through the state.

we already do it like we -- saying that was new that we are the food recovery components. and i do think that cal recycle in recognition of the fact that many parts of sb1383 were modelod when we do here and recognition of the hard work we have been working on food. since 2017. i think it is trust that we going to do excellent things with the funds this we will stewards and recover millions in pounds of food we are at 4 million for the first year. shooting for 5 for the second year. there will be updates later. they then and there we can do temperature they know we can be an example for the state. this is why they put that trust

and gave us more than we asked for. i'm getting nods. >> thank you.áj seeing no discussion charles go to public comment. are there members who wish to comment on this item? mr. vice president we have no speakers. >> public comment is next item. >> the next item is 10. tyrone the director this is for just a few items to brief commission of one, we are moving throughout hiring process for the replacement for your former commission secretary. we near final stages of the selection press. commission reconvenes we will have this person in place and will be rea to make that connection.

the second you heard from our wonderful summerur opportunity program. we have another 15 opportunities for all interns. this is our youth action fellow program we are hosting through environmental education will be here for 6 weeks. two other things tohighlight. you may have season the press nomayor's initiative curb side making progress. and thece am by the mayor was we stream lined theintake process to accept mrakzs for locations we will consider. and we will move through that process stream lining the permitting and the other barriers that might exist for curb side charging. we will be coming back to the commission on the curb side charging report the mt a in august we'll be the time to share our long are term plan is. and hopeful low have

early pilot projects through the intakeprocess. >> final two civ grand injury reports and we were mentioned in both of them. i want to make surety commissionness the context. ft first a report on number of commission this is exist within the city. focussed on looking how weather should be a reduction on commissions, task forces and councils and et exist. and i want to focus on our commis mentioned the commission of environment and urbannd municipal green task force they were mentioned they are mentioned in either charter or in administrative and environment code. so. we were spared. . we w keeping all 3 of those bodies in place. in case anyone is going to do it that is not the case.

second a level rise and flooding. sf environment and the commission was mention in the that grand jury report in the request we hold a hearing. further on down the road. in a year to hear when we are doing as a city sea level rise that was mostly the extent where our commission was involved. we are right now working with the major lead port puc and office of! planning and resilience and capitol planning on responding become to the grand jury report. that will be put forth. we were novelty mentioned to a degree. >> charles had a busy day at admissible works. director carla insure from public works presentod the collaborate rigz with our department. and charles presented there. and representedb! works. with that i conclude. happy to answer questions.

commissioners? >> i will say i appreciate efforts to coordinate with future departments. i think sea level rise something to addresseen if we don't have jurisdictional authority there is a perception that we should be doing something. thank those are upon comments. i was theme see the announcement on ev infrastructure does that mean we are ahead of schedule? >> i think we are what we have done throughout intake press we work with the works and building inspection alining all of the approvals. and permitting that will be required. curb side chargingou are looking at building inspection for the electrical work. looking at a sidewalk encroach am permit where you will it and on top of that you need mt designate as far as

this a designated e very close charging location. it has been a great collaboration and getting to the point where we have we think a stream lined press we are ready a to accept requests where than i might go in the city. not the out this it is to test or process. and cities are we want this as easy it we can't have the barriers this will give us a chance to try out technologiesand different models. see where might be a good opportunit it and feed that in the larger curb side role out it is move nothing pa yest is going to accelerate the roll t. we are juggling things. great. thank you. >> seeing no other input from the commission. charles. go to public comment.

>> are there members who wish comment on this item? we have no speakers. >> public comment is closed. item. >> the next is 11 new business future items charles policy and public affairs officer for discussion. thank you, schedule meeting for the commission is july 22nd. we think that will becancelled. so stay tuned for this cancellation notice. the commi meeting after that is monday 26. look ahead we are in the second half of the year we will look at the agenda items and have ip m for you in september. we will have the director's performance evidence i august. and um -- there will be more on food waste coming report to cal recycle on pounds collected i think we will report and want to dive in what

that report commission. and -- may be an update on our [inaudible]. there was -- a healthy pipeline of agenda items for second h of the year again. probably starting with 26. i will puz to see if there is anything to add or questions. >> >> only about that might be kaenlsed on the 22nd. i have a meet nothing phoenix that day i does. >> i am fairly certain we had 2 in june and attendance i think tell get >> i just add, part of the commission reuzcords a number of public comments came in regarding work that will happen in twin peeks. staff are take a look at that now. so we can work with the

president on scheduling an item we need to do more home work investigation and we will have that as an item. discussion? seeing 91. go to public comment. >> are there members of the public who wish to comment on this item? seeing none.wi we post agendas for upcoming meeting on monday tuesday wednesday, thursday, friday the week before. >> anyone in the public who tent. >> we have no speakers. >> public comment is closed. item >> next is item 12 adjournment

the time is 6:35 p.m. >> i don't think you need to be an expert to look around and see frequency of fires throughout california. they are continuing at an ever-increasing rate every summer and as we all know, the drought continues and huge shortages of water right now. i don't think you have to be an

expert to see theimpact. when people create greenhouse gases, we are d by different activities like burning fossil fuelsnd letting off carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and we also do this waste. when we waste solid food and leave it in the landfill puts methane gas into the atmosphere and that accelerates the rate at which we are warming our planet and makes all the effects of climate change worse. the good news is there are a lot of things that you can be doing particularly composting and the added benefit is when the compost is actually applied to the soil, it has the ability to reverse climate change by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and into the soil and the t radios. and there is huge amount of science that is breaking right now around that. >> in the earlylk &b90s san

francisco hired some engineers the material san francisco was sending to ste characterization study and that showed that most of the materia to landfill could be composted. it was things like food scraps coffee grounds and egg shells and sticks and leaves from gardening. together re-ecology in san francisco started t composting program and we were the first city in the country to collect food scraps separately from other trash and turn them one of the best things we ever did. it kept tons of material out of the landfill produced a beautiful nutrient rich compost that has gone on to hundreds of farms orchards and vineyards. so in that wa you can manage your food scraps and produce far less methane. that is part of the solution. that gives people hope that we're doing something to slow down climate organic farming my whole life. when we started planting trees

it was natural to have compost from re-ecology. how i work and the soile microbes feed the plant and our job as regenerative farmers is to feed the microbes with compost and they will feed the plant. it business where you say take care of your employees and your employees will take carolinas of your customers. me thing. take care of the soil microbes and soil life and that will feed and take care of the plants. >> they love compost because it is rich soil amendment. it is food for the soil. that is ph>ztosynthesis. pulling carbon from the atmosphere. pushing it back into the soil where it belongs. and the roots exude carbon into the soil. you are farm into a carbon sink. it is an international model. delegations from 135 countries have come to study this program. and it actually helped inspire a new law in california, senate bill 1383.ch requires cities in

california to reduce the amount of compostable materials they send to landfills by 75% by 2025. and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon nment does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean foryes, sir and -- forest and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission and that the corporate community has significant reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint the core operation and sp360 stands for notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but

is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we when corporations have to disclose and beansparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a food donation program. we keep the edible food local. and we are not composting it because we don't want to compost edible food. we want that food to get eaten within san francisco and feed folks in need. it is very unique in san broad and expansive education program for the city. but also that we have partners in government are dedicated to this work. at san francisco unified school district, we have a sustainability office and educators throughout the science

department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this. we work together to build a pipeline for students so are really young in pre-k they are just learning about the beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love and affinity towards. as they get older concepts that keep them engaged like society and people and econ >> california is experiencing many years of drought.j/ that is really hard on farms and is really challenging. c farms get through these difficult times. how is that? is a natural sponge that attracts and retains ter. and so when we put compost around the roots of plants it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helpsake that corner and that helps them grow for food. you can grow 30% more food in times of drought in you naturally with compost. farms and cities in california are very hip now to this fact

that creating compost, providing compost to farms helps communities survive and get through those dry periods. >> here is the thing. soil health climate health human healthconversation. if we grow our food differently we can capture all that excess carbon in the atmosphere and store it in unlimited quantities in that will create nutrient dense foods that will take care of most of our civilized diseases. so it's one conversation. people have to understand that they are they can't separate. we started prowling the high plains in the 1870s and by the 1930s 60 year, we turned it into a dust bowl. that is what ignorance looks like when you don't pay attention to nature. naturelast. so people have to wake up. wake up. compost. f that you have to be

completely sustainable 24/7 in aspects of your life. it is not about being perfect. it is about mbaking a change here, a change there in your life. maybe saying you know what? i don't have to drive to that particular place today. today i am going to take the bus or i'm going to walk. it is about having us is stainable in mind. that is -- it is about having sustainability in mind. that is how we move the dial.you don't have to be perfect all the time. >> san francisco has been and be one of the greener cities because there are communities who care about protecting a special ecosystem and habitat. thinking about the history of the ohlone indigenous people who are stewards of this land from that history to now with the ambitious climate action plan we just passed and the goals w have, i think we have a dedicated group of people who see the importance of place. and who put effort into buildina actually makes it possible. >> we have a longns history

starting with the gold rush and the m9anti-war activism and that is also part of the environmental movement in the 60s and 70s. and of course earth day in 1970 which is huge. and i feel very privileged to work for the city because we are on such a forefront of environmental issues and we get calls from all over the world really to get information. how do cities create waste programs like they do in san francisco. we are looking into the few which you ar want solutions.l

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that you know building our culture is something that reckoned with. >> i am desi chair of economic development for soma so that -- [ inaudible ] know that soma filipino exists, and it's also our economic platform so we can start to build filipino businesses so we can start to build the cultura district. >> i studied the bok chase her achblg heritage and i discovered this awesomegm# bok .

working at i-market is amazing. you've got all these amazing people coming out here to share one culture. >> when i heard that the w market with like a lot of filipino wow, that's the closest thing i've got to home i'm going to try everything. >> fried rice and wings, and . three different cliefz sliders. i haven't tried the adobe yet, but just smelling it yet brings back home and a ton of memories. >> the binca is made out of different ients, including cheese. but here we put a twist on it. why not have nutella r road we have blue berry.

we're not just limiting it to just the classic and cheese. >> we try to cook food that you don't from filipino food vendors like theample. it's something that it took years to come up with to the skin just right, the flavor and it's one of our most popular dishes, and people love .it trying to chase a dream that i had for a long time. when i got tired of the corporate world, i decided thative it a try and see if people would actually like our food. i think it wonderful opportunity for the filipino culture to shine. everybody keeps saying filipino food is the next big thing. i think it's already of us here

together, it's just -- it justgj blows my mind sometimes that there's so bringing -- bringing filipino food to the city finally. >> i'm alex the owner of the lumpia company. the food that i create is basically the filipino-american experience. i wasn't a chef to start with, but i literally love lumpia, but my food is my favorite foods i eat, put into my favorite filipino foods, put together. it's not based off of recipes i learned from my mom. maybe i learned the rolling technique from my mom, but the different things that i put in are just the different things that i like and i like to think that i have goodtaste. well the very first lumpia that i came out with that really build the lumpia -- wasn't

the poerk and shrimp shanghai but my favorite thing ter partying is that bakon cheese burgenr there was a time in our generation where we didn't have our own place, our own feed to eat. before i used to promote filipino gatherings to share the love. now, i'm taking the most exciting filipino appetizer and sh it with other filipinos. >> it can happen in the san francisco mint, it can happen in a park it can happen in a street park it can happen in a

tech campus. it's basically where hardware, the culture, the operating system. >> so right now, i'm eating something that brings me back to every filipino party from my it's really cool to be part of the community and reconnect with the neighborhood. >> one of our largest challenges in creating this cultural distri ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines you're like where k are the businesses and that's one of the challenges we're trying to0t solve.

>> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community there. it costs approximately every event. undiscovered is great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing thst parts of our culture which is food music, the arts and being ativism all under one

roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the filipino-american culture.francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love of being acceptable of different people the out the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and empathy can create. when you're positive and committed to using that energy,

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