And the cons and i want to reiterate that i do my own homework and i make up my own mind and i think 20 year ins the legislature ought to indicate to you how i made up my mind and i will put my environmental record on the legislature before and after, thirdly, i think its important for us to understand that there are still concerns that i have after looking at this very carefully. Number one, i do not feel that the labor issues have been fully addressed, thats number one for me, number 2, the table currently on the table as some people argued are fundamentally different from what was proposed and that is also true. Thirdly, the not to exceed rate has come down which is excellent in large part due to the inference of commissioner vietor and we thank her for that, at the same time when we look at the program itself, were not offering a Greener Program that we could, and if you want to define what rec rec are, this is not what San Francisco residents agreed to, ive said it often and often enough that i take this responsibility seriously and i want to make sure that the rate payers are protected here and right now, i dont feel comfortable that this proposal does that. Commissioner caen referenced sp43 by senator will k of santa rosa, that bill is before the Assembly Appropriations commission tomorrow, i checked with the member of that committee, it will pass tomorrow, what that bill does is essentially to allow electricity customers so serve their energy needs with a greater proportion of Renewable Energy by creating an option to receive a portion of their electrical usage from participating independent renewable facilities and the customer will receive a credit on their bill fwr the electricity received from a renewable facility. That bills going to pass and i can assure you that Governor Brown will sign it so i want to reiterate the remarks made by commissioner caen that she is right, there are alternatives out there that we need to be looking at and i want to soeshts myself with her comments regarding the 9. 5 million that we were talking about. These kinds of state policies can certainly help the total picture in my opinion, but the whole purpose was to create a choice i believe, and i dont believe thats really the case, and so i think that at the end of the day, i cannot approve these rates and as commissioner caen, i want to associate myself with her comments on this matter, this is not just about rates today, lets be realistic, its not, if we were to approve these rates today, we are approving the program because if we approve these rates, that would essentially authorize the general manager to sign a contract with shell and move forward, so its not just about the rates, its about the whole program and thats why weve raised many of these concerns. Commissioner vietor, do you have anything else to add . Alright. The motion is before us. Would you restate the motion, please. Or does counsel want to restate it . Im hoping she has or does ms. Vietor want to restate it . Sure i will restate. Today is a historic moment not the entire speech. Of the public ewe tult commission, it shows dedication to a decent Greenhouse Gas emission and is become a leader in combating climate change. I, therefore, i understand the Current Program proposal is not final, todays vote is simply a not to exceed rate vote, can i get confirmation from the deputy City Attorney on that, thats the resolved in the rez lawing as i read it, i know theres other language but thats what were voting on . Thats correct, thats the resolve. I know we cannot determine the Program Details until we set the rate, so it is with a great sense of urgency, responsibility and on noer that i make the motion to approve the not to exceed rates at 11. 5 cents without further delay. Alright, the motion was seconded by commissioner moran, is that still the case . Yes. Inger all those in favor, signify by saying aye . Aye. All those opposed . Nee. The motion fails. Were are going to go to closed session, we need a motion to do so. So moved and seconded by commissioner moran to move to closed session. Are there any Public Comments on matters to be discussed in closed session . Are there matters closed session item number 14, conference with legal counsel, existing claim with the proposed settlement agreement, item 15, conference with legal counsel, proposed settlement agreement, item 16 alright, were back in order, is there a motion . Whether to disclose the discussion . Motion not to disclose. Moved. Second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Other new business . The one that we wanted to put on the record, the settlement, 14 and 15 were approved. Alright. Thank you for making that statement. Any other new business . Alright. This meeting is adjourned. Thank you all very much. Youre watching quick bite, the show that has San Francisco. Were here at one of the many food centric districts of San Francisco, the 18th street corridor which locals have affectionately dubbed the castro. A cross between castro and gastronomic. The bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering food options here. Adding to the culinary delights is the family of business he which includes skylight creamery, skylight and the 18 raisin. Skylight market has been here since 1940. Its been in the family since 1964. His father and uncle bought the market and ran it through sam taking it over in 1998. At that point sam revamped the market. He installed a kitchen in the center of the market and really made it a place where chefs look forward to come. He created community through food. So, we designed our community as having three parts we like to draw as a triangle where its comprised of our producers that make the food, our staff, those who sell it, and our guests who come and buy and eat the food. And we really feel that we wouldnt exist if it werent for all three of those components who really support each other. And thats kind of what we work towards every day. Valley creamery was opened in 2006. The two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sams wife, supplied all the pastries and bakeries for the market. They found a space on the block to do that and the ice cream kind of came as an afterthought. They realized the desire for ice cream and we now have lines around the corner. So, thats been a huge success. In 2008, sam started 18 reasons, which is our community and event space where we do five events a week all around the idea of bringling people closer to where the food comes from and closer to each other in that process. 18 reasons was started almost four years ago as an educational arm of their work. And we would have dinners and a few classes and we understood there what momentum that people wanted this type of engagement and education in a way that allowed for a more indepth conversation. We grew and now we offer i think we had nine, we have a series where adults learned home cooking and we did a teacher Training Workshop where San Francisco unified Public School teachers came and learned to use cooking for the core standards. We range all over the place. We really want everyone to feel like they can be included in the conversation. A lot of organizations i think which say were going to teach cooking or were going to teach gardening, or were going to get in the policy side of the food from conversation. We say all of that is connected and we want to provide a place that feels really Community Oriented where you can be interested in multiple of those things or one of those things and have an entree point to meet people. We want to build community and were using food as a means to that end. We have a wonderful organization to be involved with obviously coming from buy right where really everyone is treated very much like family. Coming into 18 reasons which even more Community Focused is such a treat. We have these events in the evening and we really try and bring people together. People come in in groups, meet friends that they didnt even know they had before. Our whole set up is focused on communal table. You can sit across from someone and start a conversation. Were excited about that. I never worked in catering or food service before. Its been really fun learning about where things are coming from, where things are served from. It is getting really popular. Shes a wonderful teacher and i think it is a Perfect Match for us. It is not about home cooking. Its really about how to facilitate your ease in the kitchen so you can just cook. I have always loved eating food. For me, i love that it brings me into contact with so many wonderful people. Ultimately all of my work that i do intersects at the place where food and community is. Classes or cooking dinner for someone or writing about food. It always come down to empowering people and giving them a wonderful experience. Empower their want to be around people and all the values and reasons the commitment, community and places, were offering a whole spectrum of offerings and other really wide range of places to show that good food is not only for wealthy people and they are super committed to accessibility and to giving people a glimpse of the beauty that really is available to all of us that sometimes we forget in our day to day running around. We have such a philosophical mission around bringing people together around food. Its so natural for me to come here. We want them to walk away feeling like they have the tools to make change in their lives. Whether that change is voting on an issue in a way that they will really confident about, or that change is how to understand why it is important to support our small farmers. Each class has a different purpose, but what we hope is that when people leave here they understand how to achieve that goal and feel that they have the resources necessary to do that. Are you inspired . Maybe you want to learn how to have a patch in your backyard or cook better with fresh ingredients. Or grab a quick bite with organic goodies. Find out more about 18 reasons by going to 18 reasons. Org and learn about buy right market and creamery by going to buy right market. Com. And dont forget to check out our blog for more info on many of our episodes at sf quick bites. Com. Until next time, may the fork be with you. So chocolaty. Mm. Oh, this is awesome. Oh, sorry. I thought we were done rolling. Please call the role. Commissioner afoul . Here. Commissioner low . Here. Commissioner errata . Here. Commissioner [speaker not understood] . [speaker not understood] . Here. Commissioner mc donald . Here. Commissioner levitt son has an excused absence. Real quick, as a reminder if you have any electronic sounding devices, please turn those off so they do not go off during the meet ing. We would also ask that you please take any secondary conversations outside in order to have the meeting proceed as efficiently as possible. If you would like to speak on an item today, we have some blue cards over on the table. If you could please fill those out. And then if you would like to
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