. >> i am the interim executive officer for san francisco lafco. i have a brief presentation. i know we have thrown a lot of data at you today. i did want to say that this program designed by sfpuc is different from where we originally thought the program would be back when it was adopted by the board of supervisors in 2007. through the process of hiring numerous consultants and having numerous reports, the board adopted a final implementation plan a couple of years ago that revised the original intent of our cca program to say that our rates would be competitive with pg&e, understanding the product we would offer, we would not be able to meet or beat pg&e to be able to offer it to all our citizens at all tiers. marin is only going to the higher tier in their program. we will be targeting in making hours available to all tiers. ordnance still requires we have the low income assistance and follow the care guidelines as well. we will be figuring out how to provide that in this program. the program will be zero dedicated nuclear power, unlike the current pg&e offering. that is an

san francisco. one of the three objections of -- objectives of lafco is to preserve agricultural land resources. what concerns do you have about taking our black box non- recyclable garbage to a local landfill in yuba county, which is surrounded by agricultural land, and which has a large offer for 30 feet from the surface of the land? our concern -- what kind of garbage is recology proposing to send to yuba county? organic or inorganic? at a november meeting, the director and inorganic, but we now know that what goes in the black box includes dog, cat, and the the waste -- baby waste. there are an estimated 120,000 dogs and 100,000 cats in san francisco. public library says there are 25,000 babies two and under. they use an average five or more diapers per day, which means 125 soil baby diapers per day going into the black box. that is a lot of organic matter produced by dogs, cats, and babies. so what? organic matter produces methane, a greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. the concentration of landfill gas must not exceed 5%. the latest site inspection report at the landfill showed 1

san francisco. commissioner campos: thank you. next speaker. >> ♪ well, hello, lafcond recology make it good, recology it is so nice to have you back where you belong the city is looking swell, recology i can tell, recology you are still going you are still growing you are still hauling strong one of those -- i will take up all those old-time landfill garbage from way back when golly, gee, board fellas why don't you recycle it up, and then you will sell them make it better, recology, once again ♪ [applause] >> sometimes you need a song to take all the tension out of the room. commissioner campos: next speaker. >> hello. i cannot very well top that. i was president of sun said scavenger company 1965 through 1985. i work for waste management for 10 years and sanitary service after that. toynbee and we had a tremendous amount of experience working with smaller companies and larger companies. when i became president of the company, san francisco was facing a difficult crisis, filling the day with garbage. we were able to work with the city government of san francisco, and

san francisco? >> i cannot answer that. >> i guess the first step is that this came from money given for this program. we've budgeted money years ago to take care of the expenses of lafco and this program. this did not come from ratepayers. the poll cost about $50,000 to do. it did not come from the ratepayers of san francisco. >> it came from where? >> it came from revenue from power sales to the irrigation district and a variety of other customers we have on the power site. >> the people in the best of pay for this? -- modesto paid for this? >> out of the entire budget, you could pick a line item that paid for it. >> i am not sure the right person is to answer this question. maybe miss hale. commissioner torres was just speaking about the participation rates. what would be the participation rate in a 100% clean program -- green program? i would assume if 100% of the people wanted to sign up, we would not be able to provide power at 100% agreement -- green. i am hoping there is room to grow in that. i am wondering what the target is. >> we are preparing to target at launch 75,000 account holders. the survey information and the slide i set up earlier is indicative. it

we urge the lafco commissioners to support the current refuse system that works for san francisco. thank you very much for your time today. commissioner campos: thank you. i have a quick follow-up -- one of the things that stood out to me was the abatement report. i wonder whether or not you agree or disagree with what they are saying. this is what it says -- "while no apparent service lapses or voids have occurred, it does not appear that recology is contractually obligated to negotiate with san francisco or continue providing services." >> it is true we do not currently have a contract in place. that is true. but again, from our experience, we have not seen any lapses in services for any reason to be concerned about the service that recology is providing. if there was a lapse in service, we could quickly reassigned those permits to another entity to enter the service does not stop in san francisco. commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. i agree with the overture with regard to recology. it does provide an excellent service, and it is a hallmark that it is employee-owned, and it is so