and willie, recology -- and willie recology provides the right books for the rec and park the permanent separate rate books for all other departments, reflecting the rate discounts described. this table utilizes a sampling of prices from the city's great books. any rate increases, as you can see, are applied equally across the rate categories. . this table, again, illustrates the history of price increases over the term of the mou and reflects recology's agreement to waive its right to a cola increase in fiscal year 2011- 2012. our calculations indicate a cumulative increase of 16% for the term of the mou. as of the time this resolution was submitted, all funds remaining on this contract were incumbered. their proposed increase of $5.8 million was estimated by taking the actual amount voucher in fiscal year 2010-2011, which was $5.7 million, plus an additional 2% contingency of $100,000. we think the small amount is reasonable based on fluctuations in usage. further, the not to exceed amount is an agreement cap. it does not obligate the city to spend this amount. the amount departments

today we are at recology. they are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique artist residency programs. we are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. welcome to the show, deborah. tell us how this program began 20 years ago. >> the program began 20 years ago. our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970's. she started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. she started with kids. they had an exhibition at city hall. city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. >> how has the program changed over the years? how has the program -- what can the public has an artist engage with? >> for the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. conceptu

joining us right now is paul giusti, public affairs manager at recology. paul, that program is amazing? >> it'sffective program but one only of the most popular one. >> cheryl: tell me about recology? >> we provide garbage recycling on and come posting services here in san francisco. we have little carts here today. >> cute little buckets or little bins. >> about ten years ago we looked at, we needed to move beyond the curbside recycling programs. the types of material we could accept in our program. we piloted in program with the three separated bins and it gave us a lot more room for recycling and we starred to compost program, food waste composting. >> this is for what we call co-mingled recycling. all your newspapers, envelopes, bottles, cans, plastic, magazines and old days of having to look at the bottom if its one five or seven are gone. any plastic container can go into the bin. green bin is traditional composting,d trim yard trimmingt also food waste and even beyond the vegetables, we take meat, bones, fish, anything like that and make a really gr

supervisor chu: this is really to allow recology pick up the trash. this was initially approved in 2007 for a term of 4.5 years and had two one-year options to extend the contract. when we allowed that to happen, one thing we did not do was to increase or allow for the authority, that is what this does. this a really changes the not to exceed amount, so we really can spend that money. part of it is just the appropriation authority. we sent this out of committee with that recommendation because we wanted the budget analysts to work to make sure we had the proper amount for the contract that will last us through the end of the fiscal year or this current fiscal year, which coincides with the extension that has been exercised already, and i believe that we do have that value, with the comptroller's office working, what they have come together with, so if i can ask a budget analyst to share with us what that is? president chiu: mr. rose? >> just to clarify, originally, we issued a report last night's, and we recommended that you reduce the total authorize

we asked recology spokesman about that. he said the recycling trucks are sealed tight.rensic tour of his own. >> this is intact. it was never in a garbage can. that was just -- someone just threw that out the window of their car. >> reed said recology is just as upset about the dumping as the neighbors. >> this should have gone into a recycling bin. this is fiber that can be made into new paper products. >> the sources for this trash are many. >> save the bay policy associate alison said the stress on wildlife here can't be underestimated. >> especially plastic bags and styrofoam. when they break down into small pieces they look like food to wildlife and that will eventually suffocate wildlife that try to ingest it. >> so what can be done? there is so much trash tossed here that caltran said they can't keep up. they clean the area every other week. >> but there is just so much litter it always looks as if we haven't done anything because we will take care of it and a couple days later it's there again. >> and changing the mindset of dumpers is an up-hill battle and each

one of our main partners, recology, who is here. there will be picking up garbage on time in making sure that the area is restored back to normal everyday. the pilot itself runs from 9:00 in the morning to 7:00 in the evening. and so, during that time -- >> no. >> ok, at 10:00 until 6:00 this and the merchants will be out there. between 9:00 and 10:00 is the preparation time. and between 6:00 and 7:00 this the cleanup time. we will be putting out some barricades along the parking strips. so those will all be within the sidewalk. nobody will be allowed on the street unless you are crossing the street at an intersection. ok, and the police have that information, and the sfmta also have that information because we have promised to allow the buses to run on time, and there will be nobody stopping or impeding the travel of the vehicle's speed up other people i would like to thank, our deputy director for engineering. he has been very helpful. the city administrator, naomi kelly, someone i have been working with for many years, and we're

supervisor chu: this is really to allow recology pick up the trash.

. >> he said recology is just as upset about the dumping as the neighbors. >> this should have gone intoing bin. this is fobber that can be made into new paper products. >> the sources for this trash are many. >> save the bay policy associate alison said the stress on wildlife here can't be underestimated. >> especially plastic bags and styrofoam. when they break down into small pieces they look like food to wildlife and that will eventually suffocate wildlife that try to ingest it. >> so what can be done? there is so much trash tossed here that caltran said they can't keep up. they clean the area every other week. >> but there is just so much litter it always looks as if we haven't done anything because we will take care of it and a couple days later it's there again. >> and changes the mind of dump pers is an up-hill battle and each person we talked to has a different approach. law that is get rid of plastic bags instead of going after people is a big step. >> we are encouraging every bay area city to stop the pennsylvania polluting area at the source by banning their use. >> after we

today we are at recology.celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique artist residency programs. we are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. welcome to the show, deborah. tell us how this program began 20 years ago. >> the program began 20 years ago. our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970's. and an artist in the 1970's. she started these street

just want to note that i will be voting against this amendment, and this is not something against recology. for me, the underlying issue is we still have the case where we have a sole source contracts, and on top of that, we have a company, notwithstanding good performance, -- the only jurisdiction. this was simply as a matter of principle. i will be voting against this today. thank you. president chiu: any additional discussion? roll call vote. clerk calvillo: on the amendment, [reading roll] supervisor mar, supervisor mirkarimi, supervisor wiener, supervisor avalos, supervisor campos, president chiu, supervisor chu, supervisor cohen. there are 10 ayes, one no. president chiu: this item is adopted as amended. item 31. clerk calvillo: item 31, an ordinance amending the san francisco transportation corp. -- code. president chiu: roll call. clerk calvillo: [reading roll] supervisor wiener, supervisor wiener, president chiu, supervisor chu, supervisor cohen, and there are 11 ayes. president chiu: this ordinance is passed on the first reading. next item. clerk calvillo: item 22, a resolution f

considering the amount of attention focused on recology and services provided, contracts, past, present, and future, over the last year, i do not believe anything that is before us is not a surprise and that the budget analyst really needs that extra time. i think that this process is built into that we can at least be updated in time for the board's meeting. supervisor chu: thank you. one final point, this is a contract, and the values in terms of it were part of the 2007 contract that came before us. the one change that did occur in this reup, just a note, is that we would not be paying an additional cola. in essence, the city is getting a better deal than what we had anticipated in 2007. so i want to note that component. i want to thank the budget analyst in advance for your work for getting us to a good number to let that go with that, we have a motion by supervisor mirkarimi does in the item forward without objection. thank you. let's return to item number six, please. >> ordinance amending the san francisco administrative san16 .900 to 16.905 and 21.02 to update provisions regardi

. >> we're here in another recology studio with abel. what attracted you to apply for this special program? >> who would not want to come to the dump? but is the first question. for me, being in a situation that you're not comfortable in has always been the best. >> what materials were you immediately attracted to when you started and so what was available here? >> there are a lot of books. that is one of the thing that hits me the most. books are good for understanding, language, and art in general. also being a graphic designer, going straight to the magazines and seeing all this printed material being discarded has also been part of my work. of course, always wood or any kind of plastic form or anything like that. >> job mr. some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. -- taught me through some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. >> the first thing that attracted me to this was the printed surface. it was actually a poster. it was a silk screen watercolor, about 8 feet long. in terms of the flatwork, i

and welcome to studios of the two current artists at recology this, is the finished work. their resource. the place where people drop off crash. >> i had no idea what i was buying. >> any wood product that seem to have effort and time into it was interesting to me. >> this is like a treasure hunt. look at what terry has done. >> reinterpreting the world and using these materialses in a way to sort of capture ideas i'm thinking about. >> and for me this piece is about consumptionful wait waet on an individual and weight that is having on our environment. >> i'm exploring different ways of telling the story. >> and there is new resource autos it's done by by hand, material that's found here, paper and drawing material autos this hundreds of artists have gone through in 21 years. and they give tours by appointment and hope to works might be inspirational. >> when meeting the artist see what artists are doing with the materials we hope this encourages them to reuse materials. >> and. >> this is very cool its open tomorrow and saturday and near candle stick park. >> postal serv

something burst making the recology worker sick. they were then taken to the hospital.ter learned what kinds of chemicals had been dumped there. >> the hydrochloric acid will chemically burn your skin. and the resin if you get it on you is an irritant. it would cause reaction similar to a very severe sunburn. >> reporter: police are now trying to determine who put the chemicals into the dumpster by trying to identify by serial numbers the manufacturer and business that sold them. >>> only on two, a man from contra costa county got way more than he bargained for. it happened at a home off swanson avenue. >> reporter: a new pittsburg homeowner is learning somebody about his home. >> i have to say that there's been a great cover up in here. they literally came in, cleaned the house so nobody would suspect that anything had ever happened. and we were told we could move right into the house. >> reporter: perhaps worse of all is that the grow accessories and water led to a mold problem. >> this is mold. >> reporter: serious enough that tucker's daughter and real estate owner'

. >> and from recology we got this. >> we'll sent out our workers to pick it up.e are a good neighbor. we help keep the neighborhood clean. >> reporter: good work won't be satisfied until its all gone. >> if this was crissy field it won't be happening. we are surrounded by trash. please, someone give us a hand. >> terry: there is a problem in your neighborhood, send us your a video. we'll help you fix it. click on the ureport link. be sure and include a phone number and e-mail address. >> straight ahead, michael finney puts pedomoters to the death. we'll show you what works best. t >> terry: welcome back. will you look at that. a picture from mount tam looking out to the city. low lying clouds, actually picture perfect shot. wow, that is nice. get a picture with your cellphone camera and now we can move on. >> four miles a day, walking about ten thousand steps is ideal fitness plan. michael finney has a results of a consumer test. >> pedometer has counted every step for the last 25 years. >> it keeps me going. look at me, my age, i'm 86 and i just love it. i love

something burst making the recology worker sick. they were then taken to the hospital. they later learned what kinds of chemicals had been dumped there. >> the hydrochloric acid will chemically burn your skin. and the resin if you get it on you is an irritant. it would cause reaction similar to a very severe sunburn. >> reporter: police are now trying to determine who put the chemicals into the dumpster by trying to identify by serial numbers the manufacturer and business that sold them. >>> only on two, a man from contra costa county got way more than he bargained for. it happened at a home off swanson avenue. >> reporter: a new pittsburg homeowner is learning somebody about his home. >> i have to say that there's been a great cover up in here. they literally came in, cleaned the house so nobody would suspect that anything had ever happened. and we were told we could move right into the house. >> reporter: perhaps worse of all is that the grow accessories and water led to a mold problem. >> this is mold. >> reporter: serious enough that tucker's daughter and real estat

. >> when you are talking about recology, do you have the only sculpture garden at the top? >> it is based on work that was done many years ago in new york. it is the only kind of structured, artist program. weit is beautiful. a lot of the plants you see were pulled out of the garbage, and we use our compost to transplant them. the pathway is lined with rubble from the earthquake from the freeways we tour about 5000 people a year to our facility, adults and children. we talk about recycling and conservation. they can meet the artists. >> fantastic. let's go meet some of your current artists. here we are with lauren. can you tell us how long have been here so far and what you're working on? >> we started our residency on june 1, so we came into the studio then and spent most of the first couple weeks just digging around in the trash. i am continuing my body of work, kind of making these hand- embroidered objects from our day-to-day life. >> can you describe some of the things you have been making here? this is amazing. >> i think i started a lot of my work about the qualities