mr. goebel would you mind if we did a two-minute item number 10?t. >> clerk: it's executive officer's report introduction of interns mark bautista and leah tru and a meeting scheduled for 2019. >> thank you. mark had to leave because he had to go to class. mark bautista is our new intern and senior at s.f. state studying mechanical engineering with a minor in electrical engineering and has done course work and i'm impressed with his enthusiasm and i'm already learning a lot from him and will help us plan what the next steps will be on clean pour -- power

mr. goebel. and ms. strictler is leaving the room. >> on august 7th, we issued a request request for proposals for lafco legal services. the commission felt it was time to do that considering the contract has not been updated in almost 20 years. so the deadline to submit proposals is now october 26th, and i do anticipate several proposals. i am currently putting together an energy panel that will consist of the board angela -- a member of the chairs staff and a member from another area lafco and a representative lawyer from the city attorney's office. at this point, we hope to have the interviews wrapped up by mid-november, and i hope to bring a recommendation to you most likely at your january meeting. >> thank you very much. up for public comment? is there any members of the public that would like to comment on number six, which is the update for the request for proposal. okay, mr. wright. >> the proposals, i would like you to include that the shipyard and the whole area is coming further to life. just

mr. goebel, if you could make sure mr. bautista is looped in to conversation the advocates around clean power s.f. to make sure we're on the same page since he's advising you. that would be great, thanks. >> commissioner: new very much. next speaker, please. >> i'll give you background and history of the cab history. >> commissioner: that's the next item on general public comment. >> this is? >> commissioner: this is the executive officer's report. any other public comment on item 10? seeing none. we're closed for public comment. please call item 11. no action was taken on item 10. 11 is public comment. now, please, sir. >> i love these formalities. i'm michael spain and started in '71 as a driver. in 1977 the biggest cab company yellow cab company collapsed and i with 200 people bought it and began to run it as a co-op. we had to drive to pay the note because we bought the company. so everyone before 1977 bought their taxi cabs either the way we did or from anyone who had a cab and want to sell it and get out of the busin