in 1983, he moved over to the puc where they built the data center and did all the processing.ut that was the past, and now we are over at left 55 market street, and his temporary job and a commission after 40 years, so we want to thank john for the chance to serve. we will ask all of you to come up at the end. the next is cynthia clark,i7) oy 32 years. starting in 1978, again, the city's data processing group, which was a division of the controller's office, and then, the department of technology and information services. in 2004,]hó cynthia transferredo the puc and has been active in our licensing systems ever sinc, then. i appreciate that. last of days abel, probably the Ñ 't is abel, idçprobably the most recognizable person in the puc, delivering the mail and doing everything we have asked him to do. again, you can always see his happy face going from floor to floor with decorative kinds of things he would carry with him as he moved through the building, so we are saying goodbye with a sad face. if you would all like to come up and take a picture, that would be great. >> [i

regarding our ongoing of instigation of the so-called organic/biosolids compost program, started by the puc staff with the sinegro corporation act in 2007. we have released publicly and nationally the results of new independent scientific testing by dr. robert c. hale for the food rights network. it was found that the sludge product, that the puc has given away free to bay area home and school gardens is contaminated with flame retardants. our attached news release, which you all have or will have quotes dr. michael hansen of consumers union, whose organization is one of the many calling upon san francisco to uphold the precautionary principles and permanently halt these sludging giveaway programs. almost a year has passed since the "san francisco chronicle" first reported on this major controversy. in the past year, and has grown to become an international issue. a major investigation by a journalist with the cbs affiliate here in san francisco, and a city hall protest led by the organic consumers association on march 3 and march 4 respectively forced the city to temporarily suspend the sl

the puc decided to take $20 million, which was going to put solar panels on the top of buildings, and they gave them to rich people. they gave all of the money to rich people. once the rubber hits the road, the only people who are going to have internet in this town is rich people. they did it illegally. they gave that money away, and jay caught him, and the board did absolutely nothing about it, and now they are putting things on top of it to make it legal. what is happening is that public money is going to put private power on top but of which people come in you are rubberstamping it. -- on top of which people -- rich people. chair maxwell: all right, any further public comment? seeing none, then public comment is closed, and, colleagues, without objection, all right, madam clerk, item number two. clerk somera: item number two, an ordinance amending the conditional use recorded for restaurants serving as best latif food, in the castro street commercial district. .-- restaurants serving commercial food. chair maxwell: 80. someone from supervisor dufty;a office is going to speak -- th

it is exciting to work with the puc on this wonderful building. not just the micro windmill that you see here, which a lot of people thought was a model of a building. it is a micro wind turbine. one of many features. photovoltaic panels. we have a concrete frame. there is a waste water treatment -- rainwater capture, utilizing a great water for flushing the toilet, so there is a lot of great features in this building. i am wearing my pink and tied today commemorating the california academy of sciences, -- i am wearing my penguin tie today. we just love working with the department of public works. edgar is in the audience. wonderful partners. we are very excited to repeat the success we had two years ago. this is going to be in the platinum. it is going to be even better. there is going to be a monument not only for a san francisco, but the entire united states as an example of what government buildings should be and how much energy can be saved. thank you for making as part of this. [applause] >> thank you. one of the partners that has been here l

believe it is to notify everyone within 300 feet of the property, so we held the meeting over at the puc for another two weeks to make sure that everyone was notified, and we also ran it through the attorney's office, and they were comfortable that everything was done according to city regulations. chair maxwell: supervisor mar? supervisor mar: can i just say that i think cpuc needs to do a better job in notifying residents, particularly in park merced? -- can i just say that i think the puc needs to do a better job? this is like a relocation agreement that is negotiated between the puc and san francisco state that i am having a hard time understanding how this could lead to a displacement of people, but i would strongly encourage strong notification, especially if the park merced and others -- in the future. chair maxwell: thank you. >> if i can just clarify? this item has absolutely nothing to do with the next step. two totally unrelated issues. one in no way leads to the other. this is a specific contract between the city, the puc, and san francisco state. this has nothing to do with

the puc compost was no different from compost you could buy at just about any hardware store. however, the food rights network did its own study and -- >> it found that the sludge product that the puc has given away free to bay area home and school gardens is contaminated. >> reporter: with flame retardants, detergent come bounds and antibacterial elements and detergent compounds. >> the presence of something doesn't indicate a public health hazard. >> reporter: but san francisco operates under a law which says, lack of full scientific certainty about cause and effect shall not be viewed as sufficient reason for the city to posten to cost effective measures to protect the health of the citizens. the science doesn't have to prove the chemical is dangerous it just has to slow it could be dangerous. studies going back to the 1990s raised health conclusions about all three chemical compounds in the food rights network study. >> if we thought it was a direct public health risk for the compost, we would absolutely stop the giveaway. >> reporter: but you're held to a law that says pot

you can go to the puc's website. from sfgov. org. it's available on line. >> i want to talk about the hydrants. we have 2 types of hydrants in san francisco one is a backup water supply with big black plugs that's not drinking water. on the original roll out of the 100,000 hand outs they put a drinking water drop on the big hydrant. the reprints have the skinny knobby hydrants. the small little you know the british style smaller plugs much the big round one with the smooth head is not drinking water. the smaller standard white hydrant is the drinking water and the new reprint has the correct photo on it. >> that's a good thing to know. >> let me get through this last question of this and then we can open it up. how do a get a consultant to assess what i need to do to improve my building in the event of an earthquake and to help me to find softest spots in my house? >> urn fortunately dbi is not here they have a great table downstairs the dcht building inspection and they do all inspections they often offer classes free to the communit

i have an exand pl in california that's local to the san francisco, puc, the california commission has listed grant under their renewable fuels program and they are reported to supply several millions of dollars to demonstrate the viability of product that can be commercialized. all the good establishments in urban areas to convert to bio diesel fuel. these collaborative opportunities are available and have been used for many years now throughout the various states and, i think the opportunity is right in front of us to take advantage of these opportunities. in this particular case you have the state of california, you have the region nine, epa, so you have a regulator, san francisco ucuc. all contributing to funds offered by the california commission. so i'd like to suggest that we, as a group here, recognize that those opportunities are out there and that we leverage those opportunitys for the sake of reducing the carbon footprint and if we do that, these are near turn gains we can do as we get to the long-term as far as uncertainties and hydrological issues that might take a longer

clerk: we do not need to have that in order for the puc. president crowley: then i would just move the resolution. before we close this debate -- clerk: we have no speaker cards. president crowley: seeing that there is no public comment, all of those in favor, say aye. next item, please. clerk: by a number 11, a discussion and possible action to approve a san francisco operations and maintenance plan for the san francisco sewer water system to address sanitary sewer overflows, which applies only to be approximately 1 mile of sanitary sewage-only surprise in san francisco. -- pipes in san francisco. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am with waste water. this is an operations and maintenance plan. we have to have this as part of our permit. i have my collection system manager with me, mr. harris, and he has a wonderful map showing where these areas are, and he can answer any questions. so this operations plan is required by the state and specifically applies to areas delineated by the map compaq about 5000 linear together. -- delineated by t

in fact, for the watershed studies, this recommended that the puc move ahead with those studies. while we support the idea that both of those are worthwhile, it is not clear that this project is the appropriate vehicle for acknowledging the fact that these studies are important. >> thank you. >> you like to look at the amendments regarding mandatory local hiring have clarified questions on this. >> do you want to do the proposed modifications. >> nothing here in would require the agency or other to make a change. basically, what they're saying, i believe this is true as a matter of law, we will get this existing peace in place. the obligations need to be addressed. my understanding is that there is one of these in place for the hunters point shipyard. i don't believe there's one for candlestick point. part of why we think that is important, i don't know why it broader simmons. >> what about the shipyard? >> i believe the project developer covers the entirety of the shipyard. we understand and i know that miss simmons has been working with many of you on this, but ultimately a solu

discussion to authorized the general manager for applicants on behalf of the puc to authorize the use of portable water supplies. >> another mindreading test. evidently this one did not go through. [laughter] i will have to work on my technique. i asked earlier for information on various projects, and that is somewhere in the works an fhopefully will emerge. i asked about the dollar cost providing that, and for the commission reference, and and i can are criminals of the -- a benchmark. the question for you, putting together -- cost is you had a couple with pretty high numbers here. jefferson off the plaza. what was the thinking that was included? >> we are going forward as part of park improvement projects, even if they aren't the most cost-effective in terms of water. this has come back through the board, and we talk about evaluating how good they are. there is one that is not in here, and that one -- >> the cutoff is somewhere south of 17,000. >> definitely south of 17,000. >> ok. and we did a study 2 years ago now with 10 parks. what could you do differently in those 10 parks that

the other items? >> yes. chairperson avalos: great. a representative from puc? >> my name is betsy tan. this resolution adopts ceqa findings. we came to you in 2006 asking approval to accept the grant. at that time, you did approve of us to do that. that was with the exception of having us come back after we completed the environmental review. we are here today because we have completed the ceqa approval for the project and are back to ask for your approval to extend this grant. we are excited to move forward with this project which would minimize future flooding in the caesar chavis -- caesesar chave area. >> this resolution would simply approve an expenditure you authorized of $477,900 in grant funds from the u.s. epa. those funds would reimburse the puc for a similar amount from waste water revenue bond fund money, which the board of supervisors previously appropriated. we recommend you approve this resolution. chairperson avalos: thanks, mr. rose. public comment on item 7? no public comment. motion from supervisor mirkarimi for approval. that will go to the full board with the recomm

ordered those controversial smart meters installed, finally spoke to the public today in front of the puc, defended himself, defended his company and explained it all. that story straight ahead. >>> the normal little noises i'm used to causes me my heart, chest to kind of go a little faster. >>> sleepless nights for some people living in one east bay apartment complex after several women are attacked. but tonight, we have new information that could lead to the person responsibility, we are getting our first look at a new sketch of the suspect. ktvu's rob roth is live tonight with the latest on the investigation, rob. >> reporter: the three assaults all happened here at the massive park regency apartment complex near walnut creek. and today investigators are saying the same person attacked all three women and they have an idea of what he looks like. the contra costa county sheriff's department released this sketch, they say it resembles the person who rayed one woman and assaulted two others in the same complex. the attacker is described as african american between 20 and 30 years old, app

of course the puc is going to be the one to bear the costs down the road. we encourage the improvements of the watershed approach, and finally and to review to be fundamentally engaged with the waste water management system to insure they will base its of the arts facilities -- they will be state of the art facilities. you will be the ones left to maintain. >> any other public comments? go ahead. >> what are the implications if we waited? other than you would be frustrated and feel unappreciated? when we have a better document if we waited two weeks? >> can we amend its? >> almost all the comments were not addressing this side of the page. a goovirtually all the commentse on this side. that will not get addressed until we moved down the line, so if i actually heard more about a level of service discussion, i would have been much more willing to say, let's go ahead and continue this for a while. i think my suggestion would be if there is an amendment that needs to be made, we can make that at any time. there was at least one comment about adding environmenta

clerk: we do not need to have that in order for the puc. dent crowley: then i would just move the resolution. before we close this debate -- clerk: we have no

clerk: we do not need to have that in order for the puc. ident crowley: then i would just move the resolution. before we close this debate -- clerk: we have no speaker cards. president crowley: seeing that there is no public comment, all of those in favor, say aye. next item, please. clerk: by a number 11, a discussion and possible action to approve a san francisco operations and maintenance plan for the san francisco sewer water system to address sanitary sewer overflows, which applies only to be approximately 1 mile of sanitary sewage-only surprise in san francco