supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. then i will bring up dbi. >> i'm ben allison, president of the neighborhood association. we were also outraged when we heard about this happening in our neighborhood. many of us had attended this church and the families had attended the church for a long time. we support you in trying to save the artifacts from the church and we also feel the same way that some of the windows would have not been personal property of the church. anyway, i wanted to state that the neighborhood association did not have any kind of contact with the academy either. we had nothing that came to us to talk about this. that is why we are somewhat shocked. holly support this proposition to try to get the artifacts haulback. supervisor mirkarimi: may i bring up the department of building inspection. are you familiar with what happened? >> i was the one that wrote the notice of violation. we had numerous complaints that there was work without a building permit going on, fixtures being removed. i went up there aro

commissioner mirkarimi: very good. so moved. please read and item five. >> progress report on limited scope performance audit. commissioner mirkarimi: it was earlier this year, colleagues, that we recommended and then we pursued an audit of the municipal transportation authority. with the guidance of commissioner campos, we initiated a two phase process of the mta transportatiotransporta. the first was by our own budget analyst and focused on compliance with state and federal regulation in identifying areas where there could be potential savings to the operating budget. that effort did identify some welcome opportunities, i think it would be fair to characterize those as marginal in terms of how much they could help with the structural deficit in our long-term concerns. when the phase was completed, we discussed the next steps. i proposed to move with a second phase, funded with proposition k dollars. there are opportunities to ensure through the capital program that the mta investment projects that result in better se

commissioner mirkarimi: -- next week. commissioner mirkarimi: would this be in time for the meeting on september 10? that would be interesting. who would asked pg&e permission? would it be sfpuc? >> i know that we have had discussions with them, but i did not know the answer to that. commissioner mirkarimi: what did they say to you? >> they don't have a definitive answer. commissioner mirkarimi: let me come back around. is miss hale circling the wagons on this? >> they have been meeting with pg&e regarding such projects, trying to fill them out about it. i don't know about the specifics. in terms of working with pg&e at trying to allow us to solve these things, i think it is something they will have to work out. >> one issue is the pilot program because we would just be testing the technology to see how it works. the long-term issue of how you would rule out a substantial part in san francisco proper, we don't own any of the distribution infrastructure and it would require working things out. given the challenges, i suspe

commissioner mirkarimi: very good.any comment from seeing none staffseeing -- seeing none, public comment. public comment is closed. we take this -- we did not do roll-call. [roll-call vote] the item passes. commissioner mirkarimi: items seven, please. >> reappoint fran martin to the citizens advisory committee of san francisco county transportation authority for two year. this is an action item. commissioner mirkarimi: we take this without objection. congratulations. item eight. commissioner mirkarimi: public comment is closed. we did this without objection. next item. >> allocate $460 in prop k funds with conditions to san francisco municipal transportation agency for two projects. this is an action item. commissioner mirkarimi: any discussion on this item? erikseeing none, public comment. public comment is closed. item 10, please. commissioner mirkarimi: i just had a quick question to staff on this. the reach of our authority on the climate initiatives program -- can you just explain that a little bit in terms of ho

supervisor chiu: supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: let's start on the gas side. very much appreciate your answers to our questions. we realize your goal is our goal, that you want to fortified those concerns about safety to the utmost ability. we get that. leading up to the explosion in san bruno, what is added to a lot of the concern and dramatization around it is the fact that people have said they had called in for weeks about the smell of gas, and that that is added to the concern about how a municipality like ours, as well as a utility like yours, is able to take those concerns more seriously so there is not a potential repeat of what happened with the san bruno customers? >> if i could speak to that incident, we got reports in the media that there had been a cause of gas leaks. pg&e has reviewed its records. calls are recorded coming into the call center unless the caller opts out of it. we have reviewed those phone calls back to july 1 and there were no calls in that area. we did get two calls discussing voters around the neighborhood, from the out skirtin

commissioner mirkarimi: to m.t. m.t.a., in the information, the documents that we were given, it says that these vehicles have accumulated significant damage due to collisions. is that correct? >> that's correct. commissioner mirkarimi: it also says that the seven vehicles have accumulated between 200,000 and 400,000 since their enactment in between 1997. is it the collision damage or accumulated miles or both that warrant the repairs? >> it is damage due to the collisions that warrant the repairs on these vehicles. commissioner mirkarimi: i didn't see it but i'm curious the origins of the collisions. are these just in one of those dramatic collisions that we have read about in the paper or is it due to what reasons with regard to collisions in that seems to be the operative term but it doesn't give any more information? that seems to be the operative term but it doesn't give any more information? that seems to be the operative term but it doesn't give any more informatiothat seems to be the operative term but it do

supervisor mirkarimi: ok. i am sure some of my colleagues would love to participate in any conversation that looks at the inn has been of policy instruments, legal instruments that get us to a level playing field of expectations by utility so that we are all clear as to what our expectations are. >> i think the chief and i and other department heads that we rely on to work with us can provide this border with recommendations on how to best solidify that effort. supervisor mirkarimi: until there is that a briton level of reciprocity and expectation, our interests will continue to be supportive for pg&e, not that that is what they want, not that i am saying that, but the reality is that could very well be a byproduct of this relationship. >> we have several franchise agreements with the city. certainly, this one is no different than even our franchise with our garbage company. we've always need additional mechanisms to make sure the utilities are doing what we need to make sure we can lift up the standard of saf

supervisor mirkarimi: this is why we are here. based on anecdotal evidence and the planning department, if there was sound intent to work with the community, it still violated what appeared to be the disregard for respecting the city process in the removing of those features. >> i just got through reading my understanding that i obey the law. supervisor mirkarimi: there is a point that there is a difference. but the point of spirit is that we broker the idea that there would be communication. you knew that the community had been partnering with the academy. why had there not been at least the respect to tell them? >> you are talking about a relationship with mr. firth, not with me. supervisor mirkarimi: you are saying he did not require you to do this? >> he did not require it or discuss it with me. the you have anything in writing about this? supervisor mirkarimi: you said this was new information to you, the collaborative spirit that you were to engage in this level where the community was so concerned about the church that this

commissioner mirkarimi: mr. campbell, welcome. >> before i get into the next steps, i wanted to highlight those that were not aware that last tuesday, there was a hearing on issues related to cca. nancy miller was there as well as commissioner mirkarimi. the committee was interested in what legislation might be helpful to promote cca in california. the issues raised were related to some of the challenges you have all heard here, like putting some real teeth into the laws that would -- the law says that pg&e should fully cooperate with cca. there should be some legislative changes to really compel them to cooperate, and what that would mean. we talked about some of the existing rules about benefit fees and the application for energy efficiency. participating customers are creating a subsidy where they are paying for benefits that accrue to the investor-owned portfolio and their energy supply portfolio. it was a well attended hearing, and the senators were very receptive to what they were hearing. a ton of she wan

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supervisor mirkarimi: - -- supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: we have catalogued a number of electoral incidences of outages, which is probably par for the course for many cities around the country. transformers that blew up, manhole covers that were skyrocketing through neighborhoods in downtown. if you could, give us a little bit of an impression on that reality. the feedback that we get from constituents is not as rosy, potentially, as what you intimated. >> i do have one more slide to get through and then i can address your questions for mr. lee. he worked very closely on the issue of transformers and that issue itself. i do not want to make it sound rosy. the san francisco fire department and the city in general has a good and productive working relationship with pacific gas and electric, as evidenced by the request for training and of their responsiveness in this review panel. anything that we asked for talking with other cities in terms of a subpoena and so forth, we have a good working relationship. as fire chief i

supervisor mirkarimi: mr. malkovich. >> this is a follow up your last meeting that took place in june. according to our code, the authority board must provide for the director. the original date or deadline for compensation was june 30. at the september meeting of the board, the board chose of every year. while anticipating a complicated month in september, scheduling board and committee meetings, i figured that i would bring this to you now so that we would comply with the deadline. the last board meeting was the 15th. this seems like a timely moment to consider this. what i brought you, in the spirit of full disclosure, normally this is taken up in the same meeting where you evaluate my performance. but because there was a change requested by the board in the time line for making the determination, you already have done my performance evaluation on june 29. at this time the committee gave a score of 4.5, which is between good and outstanding in our rankings system. at the time the committee chose to defer ac

supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker please? >> i am robert prichard of the sacred heart gospel choir and community. one of three churches to welcome most in our afro- centric worship. our ceiling which only has cosmetic and structural damage, the insurance would have covered at 140,000. not allowed to repair, all we got, and the property was purchased in mid 2005 with the intent of the chapel for the retention of all artifacts. in my personal conversations, he expressed wanting to leave it better than when he purchased it. we have successfully blocked the archdiocese with an injunction from sale or removal of the altars and roads. i gained his trust as well as his vice president. i was allowed to have my keys back to maintain my upkeep of the church since i have in november of 1980. i happily donate my time, my trust, my tools, and personally purchasing supplies to repair the roof. i also did weekly graffiti abatement. i did this so it was not cited and fined by the city. i paid for the repairs and was called. the sale of prope