Fighting snow before, back in 2003 the city exchanged traditional rock salt for salt brine in efforts to become more eco friendly. Reporting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. Jenna even with plowed roads, it can been slippery. So one thing to make sure before you head out is that your tires have enough grip to handle the snow. Youll want to make sure your tires arent without traction so that you can drive safely in the snow. We really just want to make sure that tires are in good condition, because traction is going to be very important tomorrow with the first snow. And driving techniques definitely need to change as far as tomorrows concerned. Slow down, take a little extra time, make sure that you give yourself plenty of space to get your breaking done says craig mcreynolds, general manager, tires, tires, tires. Jenna mcreynolds adds that its also a good idea to keep a winter survival kit handy in the car. Blankets, flashlights, extra batteries, and a phone charger are all good t
Naibl. To my left is robert brian hes a deputy City Attorney and hell provide the board with any legal advice tonight. At the controls is the boards legal assistant Victor Pa Chen koe, im the executive director well be joined tonight by some of the represents from city departments that had cases before the board i see that raoul shau is here, and also chris buck, urban forester is here also from public works. I believe well be joined shortly by scott sanchez, the city Zoning Administrator who represents the Planning Commission and joseph duffy senior building inspector representing the department of building inspection. Well also be representatives here, perhaps theyre already in the audience from the department of Public Health who will be here for those cases that are related to that department. Mr. Pacheco, if you could please go over the meeting guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. The board requests to turn off all cell phones and pagers so they do not interfere with th
Welfare commission at least until the end of this meeting because after eight years on the commission i have decided not to reapply. I support the reappointment of my fellow commissioners language, tenofsky and johnson and i am here urge you to to my seat, and in her role as a leader of friends of animal care and control, she developed contacts with rescues and Animal Organization and animals throughout the bay area. And she has the issues facing dogs and cats and all of the animals that they handle, and the rats and bunny and all kinds of wild life. And she loves animals and knows, what is happening with all of the animals in San Francisco. She also knows that helping animals often means that helping people deal with issues such as homelessness and Domestic Abuse and drug addiction and things like that. This friends of interests, and knowledge and experience is very unusual, and makes her uniquely qualified applicant and she would be a terrific addition for the commission. And i also
[speaker not understood] the secondlargest owner of land in california or something [multiple voices] quoin i dont know its quite that. Noe there is lots of land here. ~ yes, there are cityowned sites that are suitable for solar projects. Were also looking one type of project i really like is inconduit hydro. We can develop bucket 1 resources within our existing water system. Its inexpensive and environmentally friendly. Do you have numbers on how much that could provide . Yes. I dont have them on the tip of my tongue, but weve done some studies on how much we could do with the existing hetch hetchy system. Could you are those available to share with us . Yes. And have you also done studies on how much power could be produced on cityowned land outside of sort of the run of conduit projects . Yes. And, so, you could also share those with us . I believe so. Great. I think that would be tremendously helpful because those i see no reason why those projects, for instance, couldnt be started
[speaker not understood] the secondlargest owner of land in california or something [multiple voices] quoin i dont know its quite that. Noe there is lots of land here. ~ yes, there are cityowned sites that are suitable for solar projects. Were also looking one type of project i really like is inconduit hydro. We can develop bucket 1 resources within our existing water system. Its inexpensive and environmentally friendly. Do you have numbers on how much that could provide . Yes. I dont have them on the tip of my tongue, but weve done some studies on how much we could do with the existing hetch hetchy system. Could you are those available to share with us . Yes. And have you also done studies on how much power could be produced on cityowned land outside of sort of the run of conduit projects . Yes. And, so, you could also share those with us . I believe so. Great. I think that would be tremendously helpful because those i see no reason why those projects, for instance, couldnt be started