general manager harrington: good afternoon, commissioners. ed harrington. since we are towards this, we thought we should come back so that we would not be bringing a contract to you. what we wanted to do for your sake but also for the public to have not had a chance to look at this is to do a brief recap of how we got here, and then we would have mike campbell do a discussion about where we are with these negotiations, what the goals are, where we now are, and then have another come and talk about the parts of it. the first part is, again, what we want to do is review the history. we want to talk about the program goals and put that up on the screen, as that would be great, and then the outstanding issues, and then the next step, the timeline to launch this, and in the financial overview. briefly, cta allows the services. they do not take over the p.g. in the delivery of the energy, metering, and billing. -- do not take over the pg&e delivery. it provides a different electricity source. they still do the distribution. you would still call them if you need

i would assume, director harrington, would love to get this off his plate by now. i just would assume that after everything he's done to evolve with this process. and we appreciate his stick to itness in years, mr. campbell, and p.u.c., but lafco, we're dogged about this. so to not expect this conversation to take this total quality would be fool hearty foolhardy because this is the year this must be done. this is a time where i think people will appreciate the contrast between what woe have to offer and what pg&e cannot. and i think this is absolutely the right time, where sentiment i think in the public, general public, would be i think receptive to something we had to offer. there's nothing stopping this from this program succeeding but that must require these two organs of sfee hall to come together. and there's something that seems to be amiss every time we get to this one place. it worries me. so the commission, if it's a new p.u.c. commissioners, i'm feeling like this is the dog ate my homework excuse. get them in the room with us so we can make sure that we

he came on board after ed harrington. has continued to be our chief financial officer and he created all of our finance controls, internal accounting procedures. he set up everything with us and has been working closely with sara over a number of years. fred is now getting ready to retire in two years or so, so we need to bring on board a chief financial officer that can take on those duties. sara has been leading a staff of four people working in the finance controls. as directors know that have been sitting on the board, we have excellent audit reports over the years. our budgets have increased from about $10 million when i started in 2001 to today over $363 million. she has done an excellent job as a our contrast -- contracts compliance manager. fred will continue in a more advisory role until everything is transitioned over. but given the complexity of our financial program, the largeness of the project -- and fred is recommending this, as you know from the letter in your packet -- we consider sara as our next chief f

general manager harrington: -- secretary housh: public comment for members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction and that are not on today's agenda. we have no cards. president vietor: anyone? next item. secretary housh: identifies, -- i no. 5. -- item 5. general manager harrington: -- president vietor: can hold this until commissioner -- can we hold this until commissioner caen arrives? which item? yes. vice president moran? vice president moran: usually, it is a very detailed conversation about how we seek to balance these overtime. we really need to look get that and see what the implication is for rates for both water and on the power side, so i just suggest that we put this so that we can deal with the big issues before we get into the more detailed review of the budget. and then, there are a couple of policies that were listed as enterprise policies, and my intent is that we establish policies of those areas. i have seen a draft. it makes sense to start and then extend it in others. but i wanted to be clear that my int

i bring them up to the team, and general manager ed harrington, we go over those. vice president moran: thank you. president vietor: so all of those in favor of moving item 13 for reproof opposed? secretary housh: there are no speaker cards on that item. item number 14, a discussion and possible action to approve an increase to the preapproved 10% construction cost contingency for water enterprise, water system improvement program- funded construction contract number wd-2591, for a total contingency amount of under $4 million, and operas the general manager to consider and if appropriate approved modifications to the contract. >> we need to complete the work in a certain time because we are in the middle of a sensitive area. we also need to complete that work to make sure that they have flexibility with the use of the new improvements this season and not have to delay the whole thing one year. in order to keep on track schedules wise, we have to do two ships. -- shifts. and we got a late start because of the very wet conditions. this is a job where we had to de-wat

harrington was noting. there is a different variety that we can utilize under grenoble's which is the -- that we can utilize. you can -- electricity comes off those panels. there is firm renewal bills which is the bulk of the product we will be purchasing. -- renewable switches the bulk of the product we will be purchasing. there is the tradeable renewable energy credits. all the sources would qualify as renewable under the california energy commission's guidelines. and all are the types of resources that count toward rps. in terms of developing the grenoble's over time, we are envisioning we would be operating on a parallel path. the process would develop city owned resources. the term sheet for the contract is similar. the opportunity is to substitute resources. we could replace an existing resource. we also in terms of talking about, we will get to customer enrollment later. we talked about phasing in customers, adding to the program over time. we can plan for having generation be available, using a new

thanks to general manager harrington, we're having discussions about how this is a twin track approach. i cannot separate the two in my mind. >> thank you. >> i am paul lucas in district 10. there is a thing called doublespeak. i know that it is used a lot in meetings. this is what it seems to say. think of it as a way that language is the basis of all human communication. it may not be far-fetched to say that language forms the basis of all human interaction. we use language to express our thoughts and feelings on issues. we act as a result of processing information which we can do by using language. the language we here and use every day influences us and helps us to ship opinions to a greater degree than you realize. if the language we hear and read is corrupt and misleading, it will corrupt and mislead our interactions. doublespeak destroys communication. not only does language affect how we think and act, it also affects our ability to communicate with other people. we discuss issues intelligently, we must use language that we all agree on. if some people or groups use their own l

i bring them up to the team, and general manager ed harrington, we go over those. vice president moran: thank you. president vietor: so all of those in favor of moving item 13 for reproof opposed? secretary housh: there are no speaker cards on that item. item number 14, a discussion and possible action to approve an increase to the preapproved 10% construction cost contingency for water enterprise, water system improvement program- funded construction contract number wd-2591, for a total contingency amount of under $4 million, and operas

thanks to general manager harrington, we're having discussions about how this is a twin track approach. i cannot separate the two in my mind. >> thank you. >> i am paul lucas in district 10. there is a thing called doublespeak. i know that it is used a lot in meetings. this is what it seems to say. think of it as a way that language is the basis of all human communication. it may not be far-fetched to say that language forms the basis of all human interaction. we use language to express our thoughts and feelings on issues. we act as a result of processing information which we can do by using language. the language we here and use every day influences us and helps us to ship opinions to a greater degree than you realize. if the language we hear and read is corrupt and mislea,

harrington, thank you. john martin, our airport, thank you. d.e.m., of course, ann, thank you very much for being here and our human rights commission director, thank you very much, terese afor being here. it's a large city family. >> dennis, thank you. thank you very much, dennis, for being here. commissioner normandy, supervisor carmen chu, thank you. good morning, everyone. larry, good to see you, great to be out there with the new labor center. wonderful. friends, family, emily, judy, good to see you. everybody, thank you for coming. entertainment commission, of course. thank you for being here. and commissioners, human rights commission, as well. we have 11 commissioners representing eight different commissions to swear in today. and i want to, again, thank each and every one of you for both new appointments and reappointments to our wonderful commissions. this is a very, very proud day for me because we're welcoming back people who have done great jobs in our city and running our airports and our arts commissions, our civil service, our

as to the joint meeting, i did have a conversation with the -- with ed harrington about trying to set up their special meeting in august, which is something the commission did direct them to do. and i do think we also ought to set up a joint meeting. i mean, so that if action isn't taken in august, we can be prepared to do so in september when we have the joint meeting. >> i think you're being potentially naive about the fact that coming into a intensified election season after labor

70 kids in jobs through the garden project, thanks to share of hennessy and general manager ed harrington of the puc. we paid the bills. we try to work with the schools. we did cops and kids, a bowling fund-raiser with the forty- niners and the bayview ymca. we participated in the community forum in chinatown. we worked with handicapped kids at the janet pomeroy center. we will be doing a lot of things in sports. that is pretty much what has happened. in the next 100 days, we have much that is going to come forward. we have been meeting with the golf association on the u.s. open. fleet week, the marines memorial, and all of our armed services for fleet week in october. america's cup trials are next year. the actual race is the following year. i think largely, and due in part because of the folks behind me, the men and women in patrol, and the community support of this commissioner and the mayor's office, that concludes our report. president mazzucco: thank you. i want to say that in my time on the commission this has been the most comprehensive, relevant report i have ever heard. you have

as to the joint meeting, i did have a conversation with the -- with ed harrington about trying to set up their special meeting in august, which is something the commission did direct them to do. and i do think we also ought to set up a joint meeting. i mean, so that if action isn't taken in august, we can be prepared to do so in september when we have the joint meeting. >> i think you're being potentially naive about the fact that coming into a intensified election season after labor day, considering the three municipal races that are up, that this only distracts from the conversation both from the mayor's office and board of supervisors and commissioners that i think opportunity has now been missed by their not being a joint meeting before labor day. i remember suggesting this several months ago that there be some level of preparation, number one, so there be a joint meeting. tpwhoub with the substitution of new commissioners coming on board, lafco, who's probably a little more seasoned and trained, would have behooved the new commissioners if we had a joint meeting now so this conve

and fiona o'connor at harrington's and so we have quite a few merchant members on the block and we got involved firsthand. the mission merchants now endorse this project have been gone through the full consideration. and the restaurateurs who won the coveted best sea food restaurant from the san francisco garden as well as they happen to be contractors. and this building is in horrible disapray and was red tagged and they had to leave and is not fit for occupancy. when you walk n you can see -- you can actually see sunlight coming in through the side panels. and it is just a horrific situation. and the roof had caved in. so we see this block coming around. we see an extremely dangerous building that needs to be improved. we see some outstanding operators who are going to come in and take it over who are neighborhood operators. they currently are on fillmore street and have residents all around them and they're operating just on the edge of castro on market street across from the safeway and they know about operating within a neighborhood, and that is what we're all about. we're neighbo

harrington and expressed the frustration that we have with this development. >> and i will have our clerk check in with their clerk daily, and i've asked jason to contact the s.f. p.u.c. daily to find out any updates on a date. supervisor campos: colleagues, do you have any comments or questions? why don't we open this piece up to public comment. >> good afternoon yet again, commissioners. eric brooks. i'm here representing san francisco green party and local grass roots organization in our city. i would policeman phi the err of frustration but take a slightly different trajectory, as i think a lot of us as advocates, i'm sure you have seen in the media, we have our own concerns about how the s.f. p.u.c.'s program may be moving forward, what the term sheet might look like. we have for several months gone back with s.f. p.u.c. staff and s.f. p.u.c. commissioners about the specific concerns. and i think that we've reached a point in that process where since the term sheet is just sitting at the s.f. p.u.c., it's become an insillar process and it's gone forward about as well as it can go. so

. >> melissa marie harrington. >> aisha anne harris. >> stewart dennis harris. >> and my husband., bridget, patrick, myself, your soon-to-be granddaughter keep us in your hearts every day. your family and friends miss you, love you, miss your laughter coming your smile, and your meatloaf. >> and my dad, who i am happy the honor today. >> john patrick hart. >> john clinton hartz. >> emeric harvey. >> thomas theodore haskell, jr. >> timothy haskell. >> joseph john hasson iii. >> leonard w. hatton. >> terence s. hatton. >> michael haub. >> timothy aaron haviland. >> donald g. havlish, jr. >> anthony hawkins. >> nobuhiro hayatsu. >> philip hayes. >> william ward haynes. >> and my son of cantor fitzgerald. we love you and miss you. and your nephew, your namesake. >> and for my brother, a firefighter with 65. your family and friends ms. you always, love you always, you are forever within our hearts. >> scott jordan hazelcorn. >> michael k. healey. >> roberta b. heber. >> charles francis xavier heeran. >> john f. heffernan. >> h. joseph heller, jr. >> joann l. heltibridle. >> mark f. hem

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owan harrington was one of those who headlined the concert.he googoo the dolls and michelle branch. the concert is an annual event hosted by alice radio. >>> find out how the movie i hope you find a home. i hope you find a home. hey, maybe you'll be picked next. maybe you'll be picked next. we've been caged together too long. we've been caged together too long. how come nobody ever picks me? maybe they're looking for somebody different. pick me! well, the shelter's closing up for another day. we didn't get picked. i know. tomorrow. guaranteed. >>> well some big changes for the first weekend of fall. the weather pattern is changing right now. on the maps taking a look at live storm tracker 2. the shower activity leaving california headed out toward nevada. right now we have low level moisture in place with partly to mostly cloudy skies. this was the scene today looking toward the richmond san rafael. the lower clouds and also the higher clouds pushing back into the region. as far as rainfall totals this was the rainfall that radarred around 10:

. >> my name is matt harrington. i think the innocence project is someone representing oj and the work he does in capital defense who is living up to that high standard. i was just going to say i would -- i'm a lawyer and two books one was irving stone's book and very much styles himself as darrow successor. in dealing with darrow as there is this aching desire i have always had to find some place where he feels bad about driving those jurors. [laughter] and i'm wondering if anywhere in that christmas ornament box you found even a hint of that. >> in fact just the opposite. i found them in those records and other small catch of letters that didn't make it to the library of congress and ended up at austin university because they were thought to be too sensitive at the time. he actually wrote a telegram at the time to his brother and it said cannot make myself feel guilty. and it is a great argument before the supreme court on the case of eugene debs the railway worker union leader. darrow said 300,000 american men wal

i think it was invented by michael harrington, who was himself a socialist, and he intended it to be an invidious term and then some people accepted it very happily. i think my husband was the first person, and this now is in the 70s, to accept the label. c-span: when did you see your attitude toward what you thought shift? we talked about trotsky, we talked about marx, and now how would you label yourself? >> guest: i suppose neoconservative would do it as well as anything else, but, you know, if i look back upon my own intellectual development i find that there was always a very strong conservative streak in it in spite of that early trotskyite period. i remember as an undergraduate of brooklyn college, the major paper that i had to write was on metternich, and i admired metternich. c-span: who was? >> guest: who was the very conservative statesman of early 19th century who, as it happened, henry kissinger has written a book about, a very interesting book about metternich. so there i was, attracted to this very conservative statesman, and if i again look back upon it i find that so

harrell melissa marie harrington aisha anne harris stewart dennis harris >> and my husband, tom.t, patrick, laura, myself, your soon-to-be granddaughter, keep you in our hearts every day. your family and friends miss you, love you, miss your laughter, your smile, and your meat loaf. >> remembering a kind and godly man, winston. >> john patrick hart john clinton hartz emeric harvey thomas theodore haskell, jr. timothy haskell joseph john hasson iii leonard w. hatton terence s. hatton michael haub timothy aaron haviland donald g. havlish, jr. anthony hawkins nobuhiro hayatsu philip hayes >> and my son, christopher. we miss you, we love you always. >> and for my brother, tommy, a firefighter with engine 65, your family and friends miss you always, love you always. you are forever in our hearts. >> william ward haynes scott jordan hazelcorn michael k. healey roberta b. heber charles francis xavier heeran john f. heffernan h. joseph heller, jr. joann l. heltibridle mark f. hemschoot ronnie lee henderson brian hennessey edward hennessy jr. michelle marie henrique joseph henry william h

doggett: i think also of the words of claudia harrington who works dealing with latino families, who writes, this is not the american dream i believe in. this is not the american dream my father believed in when he immigrated from cuba in the 1960's. i know our country is better than that regardless of political affiliation. and i know that investment in our people and their ability to earn a decent living is a worthwhile policy. . we need a policy that is more safety net than whole and i hope eventually we will work together to achieve that. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from kentucky. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. davis: i thank the gentleman. i believe this should be amended for the tanf supplemental grants programs. it expired in 2011. the democrats crafted louisiana year that president obama signed into law. extending them would be spending more money to revive the program which is beyond the scope of what we are doing today and include only current tanf programs. since it was paid by $4 billion in extr