. >> i live in sutter county, a neighboring city to yuba county. i am a first-generation there, but my kids are there. i owned businesses there, and i am a partner of a minority-owned business, and it is funny how something as simple as trash in landfills can get so complex. my company is working with recology, and we have found them to be very forward thinking, very responsible. there are some potentially complex problems. certainly, but there are issues that need further discussion and review, but this is somewhat of a moving target. as we have seen by the regulatory agencies and their reports and the budget committee, i think the oversight has been good. i think you research has been thorough, and there is mitigation in place, so i am here today to support the facilitation agreement and the proposal that is in front of you today, and this is not an indefinite contract, of course. i believe it is time to act on it responsibly and quickly and to put things into place and review them over time. i do not think we have to hold recology's feet to the

they are going to do right to yuba city. over 35 years. i would like you to say ok to it. chair chu: thank you. next speaker. >> honorable supervisors, my name is -- on of the public relations manager for recology in san francisco. -- i am the public relations manager. i in here to deliver 71 letters in the binders from merchant associations -- i am here to deliver these. restauranteur groups, all across the city. -- restaurant groups. artists. these are the voices of san francisco. people took the time to write these letters. and what do they say? they say that they liked the idea of saving $125 million less than the losing bidder. they like the idea of saving 1 million gallons of fuel, and they like this process. this has been a thorough and transparent process. very strongly. i would like to submit these letters. chair chu: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is mary. i am the president of a tug and barge operator. we are located at pier 50. we have been in business for many years, and part to that, we were where the giants are now, pier 46. we bring it to our docks, an

. >> san francisco has the highest prices in california with gas 13 cents a gallon cheaper in yuba city. the lowest price in california paying a little more. >>> the turmoil in the middle east in africa is not helping. >> right. >>> time now 7:07. let's see what sal is seeing out there to help us get around this morning. sal. >>> one of the things that saves gas is not idling. this morning you probably won't be because it's light out there for the president's day holiday. a lot of people have the day off. if you have to drive it should be a pretty efficient trip for you. this is allocated 80 westbound as you can drive out to the area there. traffic is moving along relatively well. no major problems there this morning as you're coming up to the toll plaza area. the traffic continues to look very good. and again there are no problems there coming into san francisco. i'm having a little trouble with my map so we'll just have to hold it here for a second because it's not coming up. but westbound bay bridge traffic is moving along relatively welcoming in to san francisco. going to toss to st

continue to transport it to a new landfill site in yuba county and transport such refuse primarily by rail instead of the current exclusive trucking message. the city currently has an exclusive landfill agreement with waste management out to the landfill in leavenworth, which allows for the deposits of up to 50 million tons of refuse in that land fill site. the department of environment anticipates that the capacity will be exhausted by 2015, at which time the existing landfill disposal agreement with waste management will expire. the department of environment is now requesting after having conducted a competitive bid process with a new landfill disposal agreement between many parties, that'd be awarded to recology for up to 5 million tons in san francisco to the ostrom road site in new county beginning in 2015 for up to 10 years. -- in yuba county. the department of environment previously entered into an existing facilitation agreement without a competitive bidding process, which required recology to consolidate refuse at its transfer station in san francisco and then transfer such refuse at the landfill site in livermore. the term of the facilita