uniquely, we're holding this session at recology. if we had known this was the case, it would look like a setup. fleener recycles or repurchases paper -- re- purposes paper for the packing materials that movers use to move people around. this is their busy season. for recology, this business is in your line of work. the idea is what they are about. it is a green business that does things that are environmentally sensitive and friendly in ways that not every business does. fleenor has been doing this. they have been doing this for 50 years. they were recycling before it is part of the vocabulary. this represents a lot of those qualities, a special business, a great employer, expanding business when businesses are struggling. they have been succeeding and expanding. the business is environmentally important. they have been in business 50 years this year. this is the 50th anniversary. the real reason i wanted to recognize them is this is a three-generation family owned and managed business. i think that by itself says this is something

uniquely, we're holding this session at recology.f we had known this was the case, it would look like a setup. fleener recycles or repurchases paper -- re- purposes paper for the packing materials that movers use to move people around. this

members of recology. someone who has been working at the van ness, our office on the first floor across from the house for the blind. every day between 43:30 to 6:30, the caravan starts. there is heated arguments about how much of the cans are worth, and there are pushing and shoving, and i am worried about the escalation of potential violence. i think that is bad for any neighborhood, whether it is near the civic center or in any of the neighborhood. i do not have the answers to solve the problems, but i want to put that out there because i think it is a misperception that it is the elderly lady pushing her cart and picking up cans and bottles on the side of the road. yes, she is doing that, but there's also an element of danger because other people see the value of cans and bottles. i think there is the financial incentive. until you can figure out a way to make that work or not work, we're still going to have that problem. we also get e-mails and phone calls from residents and merchants in this area ab

i would like to hear from recology at this point. >> good morning. my name is paul, the community relations person for recology in san francisco. the illegal buyback operators are the number-one source of complaints from customers. through phone calls to our customer service to permit, through our website, and at community meetings. i am sure supervisors have heard it at their community meetings. these complaints are a source of frustration for our customers. sunset, scavenger, and golden gate recycling or service providers. we're not an enforcement agency or policy-making board. our role is to meet the needs of our customers in a manner that provides for great service and complies with all laws, rules, and regulations. through our recycling and composting programs, we play an important role in helping the city achieved its zero waste goals. under mandates the city and state law, the material put into a recycling bin because the property of the city's recycling program and is used to help offset some of the costs of the program. i have a sticker here

i would like to say that recology has been an outstanding partner and pilot that a composting programh brings in tons of compost and meets the ever- changing demands by the operations staff. because the contract term extends to 10 years since the original agreement, i seek your approval for this the 11th amendment. supervisor chu: thank you. i believe there is no budget analyst report for item number 10. why don't we move forward to item number 11 and the purchaser. >> i'm with the office of contract administration. i and the purchaser and director for the office of contract administration. the resolution before you request an increase in the not to exceed amount of approximately $5.1 million to the agreement between the city and recology. they provide disposal and solid- waste disposal for the city. the agreement as previously approved by the board remains essentially the same. this is the last year of a contract with recology and refuse collection has already been approved by the board in the annual budget process. we're simply requesting the board approval to increase debt cap of t

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

let me join in the chorus of congratulations to all of the award winners tonight and thank recology for hosting us, joining the chamber, and small business leaders tonight. as elizabeth and mark pointed out, they knew our san francisco businesses had started celebrating early. one of the reasons is because san francisco small businesses can smell a party two weeks and dance. -- in a defense -- they can smelly party two weeks in advance. [laughter] they are fun to work with. during our most economically challenging times, it was small businesses that kept coming back. they were so resilience. as i stepped up to take on this responsibility as mayor, it clearly was on my wind -- mind to find some way to register our appreciation. small business by its name, sometimes you are thinking these are people and businesses isolated by themselves. but you are a big topic at city hall these days. you are big because we are getting more people to understand how it is that our small businesses are 50% of all the employees that are hired in our city. 50 2% of the revenue generated in our city. 52% of t

i want to thank the academy of art university, the folks at aecom, comcast, kmd architects, recology. my favorite giver is anonymous. thank you, anonymous, whoever you are. now? if you have a cocktail in your hand, or you are about to find a couple, i want you to find david from the laborers. all the drinks tonight are being brought to you by laborers 261. let's give them a big round of applause. [applause] they are responsible for your hangovers. let's begin this great award. i first want to introduce cory, who is doing -- ok, we're having our first technical difficulty. i want to bring up corey marshall, who has done all the work that goes into the mfac award and the great government consulting as they pick the products to bring a lot of innovation to san francisco. cory? give cory a round of applause. [applause] >> thank you, chris. thank you so much for all of your hard work, chris. none of this could be possible without your efforts. good evening. the good government awards are incredibly important in san francisco. it's a chance for us to honor the tremendous work that happens i

. >> item 1, hearing to request presentation from recology in department of public works regarding impacts of trash and recycle bin scavenging and the solutions to prevent the situation in residential and commercial neighborhoods. supervisor olague: thank you for coming today to this hearing to request presentations regarding impacts of trash and recycle bin scavenging in the solutions to prevent the situation in both residential and commercial neighborhoods. we will alconversation about the impact of recycling centers in san francisco on small businesses and on and neighborhoods. to address a recycling scavenging, it is challenging without talking about the criminal invasion and poverty, so it is a born to be helpful on how we can improve the conditions without making poor people even more disempowered. i hope to have a productive conversation about how we can make san francisco 0 waste by 2020 goal, and encourage social entrepreneurialism, and support small businesses in san francisco around dealing with waste disposal and the need for better options for recycling redemption. we will foc