ms. crowley's birthday and i want to thank you for taking part of your day to come here and be a hart of this with it -- is. supervisor maxwell: happy birthy, yes. and i too want to thank the union folks for coming down and looking at this as something you can do. i hope you will consider maybe other projects you can be part of in our estimate i want to thank all of you involved in bringing this together. it's giving a gift. seems like it should be an easy thing but in san francisco there are a lot of people that want to be a part of that giving, that you're giving to so they all want to have a say in that. supervisor mar in supervisor mar: i did have one other question. i want to thank the donors for creating a beautiful spot that gets people out and moving with a sport i'm not that familiar with, but i did see the youtube display of what bocce ball is and i'm looking forward to getting out there and trying it. i'm glad that this hasn't become an issue of pitting bocce ball players with children's playgrounds. i know that's an issue with some of the residents but my hope is that the bus

ms. crowley talked about that. the rail museum would have this equipment and be able to give it out. have you talked to them about this? >> we're looking into that. that's one of the ideas. and i said at the beginning, we'll ask people to bring their own bachi balls. but we're looking into the idea of having one of the adjacent retail frontages have -- much like some other courts i've been to where you drop your driver's license in exchange nor getting the balls and you do the switch back at the end. but we don't have any agreement in place. commissioner harrison: the other agreement with my fellow commissioner sullivan, that there are these blocks that they make for walking on and driving on that you fill them with soil up to a certain point and then grass seeds in and they grow. and you can cut them like grass. but they don't get worn out. you aren't trampling on the soil itself. so that's a suggestion. >> we'll definitely look into that. commissioner harrison: thank you. commissioner buell: commissioner bonilla. commissioner bonilla: yes. i know there -- perhaps there have been co

president crowley: pardon me, would you take the microphone and identify yourself? that is all right. yes. >> ms. harris, damanti -- i wanted to specifically herar the cac. is there something in writing that i could take with me? i did not hear it. president crowley: we will ask mr. richard to come up. i believe you are responsible for the report? to briefly share with this person the carmine report that we have. madam, he is going to briefly report on that for you. thank you, steve. >> you have in your packets a quarterly update report, the first of believe in 2009, the last report to the commission, and it provides the latest information we have. this has been in our system for the last several years. using chloramine, it has resulted in our reduction in the use of will recall by products. when you use a straight chlorine, it forms disinfection byproducts, which in many cases are considered to be carcinogens, so you still love it efficient defection -- so you still love each fission disinfection. there is additional research going on out there. i believe that report is online. there is a repor

president crowley: 80, tom. thank you, ms. campbell. -- thank you, tom.secretary housh: next up is the closure of the pr -- potrero power play. >> and we're going to continue to call a a closure, because that is our plan. the team was going back to develop a plan. they have made the effort, and the project is now in a new testing period. meanwhile, as the clock runs, we are at the time of year when the california independent system operator considers its needs for reliability to obligate this within its control area to continue to run. the iso staff recommended on september 9 to their board of governors, last thursday, to continue to obligate the potrero plant to operate. the iso board unanimously approved that. rmr contracts that you hear us talk about. they did actually update it regularly. this directed the staff to modify the resolution to ensure their desire for closure as soon as possible can be reflected in the formal action they took. the city attorney and supervisor maxwell, the district where it is located, both sent a letter to the iso board of

crowley: questions? ok, thank you very much for a big report. thank you very much. any public comments? ms. jackson. >> i want to thank you very much, and i would like we did consider what has been presented to you. i have been in several meetings with the young ladies in our area. i would like to point out page 13 because that was part of my input. [laughter] so i want to thank you very much. commissioner crowley: any other public comments? mr. brian, welcome. >> i think that the commission has come a long way, spent many years -- 25 years or so, doing business in different direct and indirect ways, and i have to tell you that this is a proud moment for me to look out at this commission and have this commission recognized the need of we are setting the standard not only for san francisco but for the country. this, my fellow friends, is the start of something very special, a start that i think in the and will benefit our community, and will benefit this country as a whole. great job. ladies, great job. and staff. >> i wanted to echo the statements by mr. ryan and ms. jackson. this is such a