chairperson mirkarimi:, and mr. campbell, if i'm not mistaken3 chairperson mirkarimi:, and mr. campbell, if i'm not mistaken, there is probably more detail you can provide in the next several days that gives clarity as to what the differences were and those who did apply for -- who were amongst the r.f.p. participants, is that correct? you're shaking your head in the affirmative. very good. commissioner avalos. supervisor avalos: just a follow-up question and thank you for your presentation. you talked about these are companies that we have been working with, but you have just really formed, so in what capacity has power choice actually been an entity collaborating with these organizations? it seems like these organizations are collaborating with one another, but in terms of a new company or a new structure, that's a brand-new thing, correct? >> that's a very good question. i should clarify. the principals of power choice have long-standing working relationships with the companies. supervisor avalos: then i guess the question to me that i have is if you could talk, explain a li

i'm ross mirkarimi, chair. madam clerks and mr. clerk, hi. ould you please read the roll call. >> mirkarimi present. campos absent. dufty present. avalos present. schmeltzer present. mar present. bornstein absent. we have a quorum. supervisor mirkarimi: very good. i understand commissioner campos will join us shortly. would you please read item number two. aeye approval of the minutes of the 2009 special joint meeting with sfpuc. supervisor mirkarimi: is there any public comment on this particular item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, entertain a motion by commissioner avalos, seconded by commissioner dufty. so moved without objection. would you please read item number three. >> item number three. report on the status of choice aggregation activities. supervisor mirkarimi: ok. mr. kimball, welcome. >> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is mike campbell. i'm the director of the sfpuc's clean power s.f. program, often referred to as c.c.a. so today i'm just going to go over what progress we've made in crafting t

mirkarimi. minutes are approved. >> i have no communications, mr. president. supervisor chiu: call consent agenda, items one through 12. >> these items require a single role call vote >> colleagues, would anyone like to receiver any items from the consent agenda? supervisor mar? supervisor mar: item number three. supervisor chiu: any other items? if we could take a role call vote on items 1 had-through except for item 3? >> there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: those resolutions adopted, ordinances passed and aprood. item three? >> it is a resolution authorizing a lease and license at dr. carlton b. goodlett place. supervisor chiu: supervisor mar? supervisor mar: thank you. in light of new information some of us have received, i would like to move to refer this back to committee for a full and fair consideration of the corrector that has run the cafe for years in the basement of the city hall area. supervisor chiu: supervisor daly? supervisor daly: i will second that motion. more so than the new information, like most of us here, i patronize downs. i patronize o

mr. mirkarimi's office at the time and i quote him, "that's what they told you, take it to the bank, don't worry about it." >> are you finished? commissioner o'connor: yeah. >> first of all, this is an example, one of many examples, of well intended legislation that actually degrades business plans and moves them in the opposite direction, the direction that we don't want them to go. i mean, here's a pharmacy, it's a small pharmacy, it's not really profitable, it's a family-run business. it is extending credit to people in the district. it is, you know, assisting low-income people. and yes, a part of its business plan is financed by the sale of a legal product. all right, i mean, it's very difficult, this legal product that is available at the corner liquor store. i'm not really buying the argument that if children see cigarettes somewhere in a store that somehow it's going to be seen as more healthy if it's in one store or another store. i'm not really buying that argument that keeps, you know, let's protect the kids, because i really think what protects children is the ability to make de

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, mr. president. i would like to compliment supervisor avalos for his leadership and his office, and all the stakeholders who helped advance this legislation. and the stakeholders that are represented from a variety of perspectives who agree, disadepree or who remain indifferent on this particular legislation. one of the main motivations that i have in my early support of this is this. that is after participating a number of years in our budget area process, seeing a district like mine, as well as many others in a very denies urban city like san francisco, is that san francisco city and county is having a very difficult time in keeping up with the demand and the capacity of attending to those who have alcohol-related substance abuse problems. those particular problems often manifest themselves in a level of community and neighborhood frustration and a level of anxious and anxiety because of a lacks -- lacrosse, or perceived lacrosse or sluggish response by the government that they believe is on the sh

chairperson mirkarimi: mr. campbell, welcome. >> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners, president crowley, chairman mirkarimi, my name is mike campbell, i'm the director of cleanpower s.f. which is san francisco's community choice aggregation program that is managed by the sfpuc's power enterprise. just to start, i'm really excited to echo the comments of the chair and the president and general manager harrington that our first meeting in 2010 that we have so much progress to report. in my update today, i'm going to discuss where we are in the process of selecting a supplier for the c.c.a. services as well as the next steps for the program in 2010. i am pleased to introduce power choice, which barring any substantive protest, power choice received the most points for its propofol by the expert panel that was convened to review the response to do so our r.f.p. after i provide my status update, if it still pleases the chairman and the president, representative from power choice is on hand here today to give a brief overview of their propofol.

supervisor mirkarimi: mr. campbell, welcome. >> thank you, commissioners. i am part of the program, referred to as clean power. . we will talk about the actions we have undertaken. in particular, we have seen a lot of efforts in coordination with the staff to maximize the potential pool. the efforts began prior to august 6. to discuss the forthcoming goals of the city and the types of things we're going to be doing. in the maintenance team kicked in the high gear. -- and the maintenance team kicked into high gear. they had an ad that ran from august 11, and local news publications like megawatt daily. we got several stories related to the -- two different stories related to the rfp. we held our pre-bidders conference as an opportunity for the project manager. there may be questions they have after having reviewed the rfp. i will take it as a time to encourage the folks in the room and the folks on the phone, it is an opportunity for them to have a certain set of skills that are the full range of services that we are seeking. they're described in rfp, noted

clerk calvillo: they q, supervisor mirkarimi. mr. president, that includes the roll call introductions. president chiu: ok, we can go to the next item. clerk calvillo: this is public comment for items that are of interest to the public better with in the subject matter jurisdiction of the board, including items being considered today which of not been considered by a board committee and excluding those items which a big considered by a board committee. members of the public to want to adopt -- want a dog to a place on the overhead for dysplasia clearly states such and subsequently remove the document when they want the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting. president chiu: first speaker, please. >> in san francisco. [speaking foreign language] dr. james, he followed my illness. my life and others. in my home. not only did she give me her time, but she always will be up to give me my medicine. -- she always woke me up. if you have a friend or relative who survives with a heart problem, which is a very serious illness in thi

supervisor mirkarimi: mr. campbell, and have a question for you. on our own rfo/rfp program for a potential bidder, we had mentioned some time ago that we would tear toward the green and lush green option as well when we were talking about what we would be able to provide potentially for residential/commercial customers, right? >> yes, the rfp, as you recall, has the additional bid item, but there is an opportunity for firms to provide their thoughts and ideas. in light green/dark green option. supervisor mirkarimi: share, emerald and chartreuse and forest green -- sure. even if the price point is a little bit green and on par with pg&e, but a lot more grain is that much more, with that not be sort of the same schematic that we would assign our pricing as well? >> could be. one thing to recall is that marin's programs specifically targeted the hawaii users in the higher tiers, the sort of thing they are struggling with has they have rejiggered some of the tears -- tiers. at launch, they were the same rates, but now, they are slightly higher. superv

commissioner mirkarimi: in addition to mr. bornstein who would require a waiver, we would have leah pimentel and our sitting commissioner schmeltzer. >> that is correct. if he is removing himself, that would be two applicants in the full right now. commissioner mirkarimi: i did not mean to say that he is. i just wanted to say he is sensitive to the fact that he will be living outside the city, and he articulated that. commissioner campos: i do not know if there is also an opportunity to hear from the two applicants. and is trying to understand the process. >> it was my envision that we would follow the same process you do with rules committee with commissioners where they would get a chance to speak, but that would be up to you to decide because this is technically not the city and county. it is a separate agency, so you could follow that procedure or any other procedure you so wish. commissioner mirkarimi: all right. is miss pimentel here? i would be more than happy. if you would like to address us, please do, and then we will

mirkarimi. as amended. >> madam chair, mr. president, that was without objection. commissioner chiu: the two versions will be sent to land use committee. madam clerk, are there any in memoriams for today? today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals -- on behalf dufty of behalf, the late sgt margin anthony lugo, the late mr. william koblets. that concludes our business for today. commissioner chiu: colleagues, we are adjourned for today. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor avalos: mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? >> please turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to speak during the proceedings, please present cards to myself and if your presenting documents, please include copies for the file. items presented here will appear september 28, 2010, unless otherwise stated. supervisor avalos: great, thank you. please call item no. 1. >> item #1, resolution retroactively approving the grant agreementsan francisco and the non-profit institute on aging to provide case management, linkage

mirkarimi: very good. colleagues, anything further? seeing none, any public comment on future agenda items? seeing none, public comment is closed. mr. clarke? >> there are no further items on the agenda. commissioner mirkarimi: i would like to thank our illustrious staff, sfgtv. thank you, puc. thank you to miss pimentel for being now part of lafco. meeting is adjourned. >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions. all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what departments do. >> you imagine all the various e

mirkarimi. as amended. >> madam chair, mr. president, that was without objection. commissioner chiu: the two versions will be sent to land use committee. madam clerk, are there any in memoriams for today? today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals -- on behalf dufty of behalf, the late sgt margin anthony lugo, the late mr. william koblets. that concludes our business for today. commissioner chiu: colleagues, we are adjourned for today. [roll called] >> mr. yee? >> present. >> ms. kim? >> here. >> thank you. president kim: if you'd like, please join news the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance recited] president kim: frank you. first on the agendas is approval of minutes for the meeting of august 24, 2010. may i have a motion? >> so move. >> second. president kim: are there any corrections? roll call, please. >> thank you. [roll call] president kim: next is a presentation by superintendent garcia. >> yes. thank you. first of all, if you didn't catch it on the news yesterday, i think we have a lot to celebrate this year. not only

mirkarimi. the clerk of the committee is mr. viktor young. mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes. if you turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to speak during public comment, please fill out a speaker card and turn them in to me. if you provide documents to the committee please provide one to the clerk for influential into the final. it will appear on the board of supervisors agenda on september 14, 2010 unless other weiss stated. commissioner avalos: please call item number one. >> item number one, resolution authorizing the san francisco department of public health, community behavioral health services to enter into a negotiated amount and drug medical recommitment with the state of department of alcohol and drug program. commissioner avalos: very good. do we have a presentation from d.p.h.? >> good morning, supervisors. i'm dr. alice glickhorn, i am the county alcohol and drug administrator. this is our funding for medical from the state. it comes in the form of a three-year agreement. the negotiated net amount. the combined amount is approximately $60 million. and i

mirkarimi. as amended. >> madam chair, mr. president, that was without objection. commissioner chiu: the two versions will be sent to land use committee. madam clerk, are there any in memoriams for today? today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals -- on behalf dufty of behalf, the late sgt margin anthony lugo, the late mr. william koblets. that concludes our business for today. commissioner chiu: colleagues, we are adjourned for today. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons,

supervisor mirkarimi: i have a question for the controller, if i can aim toward mr. rosenfield. i am extremely supportive of this. i do not see why the city and county would not support the subsuming of the presidio. it is a smart move and it seems clean with very little downside. as the relationship goes with the controller, you and i have talked about this in recent years. is this a presidio exempt from paying certain taxes? >> ben rosenfield, controller. that is correct. specifically, the buck act prohibits the city from assessing a payroll tax for businesses located within the presidio. we do collect taxes from different activities that occur in the presidio based on the but act and other federal legislation. specifically, given our current business tax structure, we do not assess business taxes. supervisor mirkarimi: i am trying to understand for future focus that there may be a demand for more services warranted. it raises a question about us being able to help support the demand for those services, yet there is someone of an uneven -- somewhat of an uneven relationship wi

mirkarimi. as amended. >> madam chair, mr. president, that was without objection. commissioner chiu: the two versions will be sent to land use committee. madam clerk, are there any in memoriams for today? today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals -- on behalf dufty of behalf, the late sgt margin anthony lugo, the late mr. william koblets. that concludes our business for today. commissioner chiu: colleagues, we are adjourned for today. >> welcome to culture wire. did you know the city of san francisco has an art collection consisting of 3500 objects? the collection ranges from painting and public buildings to murals, and from bronze busts in city halls, to cite specific structures. at this time, many of the large works are in desperate need of repair, and a long-term innovative solution is needed to make sure these public treasures will be cared for. >> the story of the arts commission program begins with ruth fromstein. 2010 marks her 50th year as an art dealer. at the helm of the county, she had represented some of the most notable o

mirkarimi. as amended. >> madam chair, mr. president, that was without objection. commissioner chiu: the two versions will be sent to land use committee. madam clerk, are there any in memoriams for today? today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals -- on behalf dufty of behalf, the late sgt margin anthony lugo, the late mr. william koblets. that concludes our business for today. commissioner chiu: colleagues, we are adjourned for today. >> welcome to "culture wire." i'm your host meg. for years, free jazz concerts have been providing entertainment in downtown san francisco. people pay local musicians to perform for lunchtime crowds. the goal is not just entertainth. people in plazas are trying to create neighborhoods. what began as a forum for performers who were paid by passing the hat has become a program that provides wide exposure and more than 500 paid gigs annually for local musicians. from july through september, people in plazas produces almost 300 free performances in the lunchtime hour. the mission of people in plazas generate

commissioner mirkarimi: i didn't get to hear everything mr. pollack shared with you. i'll give you the intent and motivation. since san francisco has passed this law in 2007 and we were the first muniz pat and i did not know this, not only in the united states but in the hemisphere that had pass ads law that bans bans single use bags, plastic bags, in 3 1/2 years in quick time governments throughout the world representing 5% of the global population are now moving on this kind of law. right now. we have seen -- a very -- a very entrenched battle in the plastics industry blunting back efforts throughout the united states, most notably in our own capital, in sacramento, where -- legislators were poised to pass the first state law this banning plastic bags but in the late hours of the last day of the legislative session, they lost by several votes because of late lobbying by the plastics industry that caused the state law to not go forward. governor schwarzenegger nibblingted he would sign the bill and that they go into special session between now and january. if that do

mirkarimi: thank you. commissioner avalos: just a question, mr.ike, i know one issue with the north light site is that it will be intermittantly used. how is that going to be accommodated for in terms of any capital improvements? if there's not going to be a kitchen in place, how will that function with the downstairs kitchen? >> the north light court operation is to retain its mobility so we don't get in the way of special event revenue which is so crucial to the operations of city hall. we worked closely with the special events group to assure we got a process that's solid for any early close up of the operation so that the event staff can move in and mobilize. that's not unlike what we have done before when both mccalls was operating and jumo was operating. we had a smooth process. commissioner avalos: storage as well for the vendor? >> yes. there is storage. that's part of the premises description in the package. commissioner avalos: food prep? >> will happen downstairs. >> we believe so, yes. commissioner elsbernd one more question. in the pa