good afternoon, fellow commissioners, folks in the gallery. the date is august 10, 2010. it is 1:35 p.m. [roll call] i might note that commissioner ellis is excused from this afternoon s meeting. she is out of town. commissioner crowley: all right, 3. i might call your attention to approval of the minutes of july 13. commissioner moran requested modification of two actually, three places. on page 8 in paragraph two in the beginning of the middle, he requested minor clarification of the language here, and on page 9 at the bottom, it said it could be accepted without objection. i do not seem to have a copy of the minutes. commissioner crowley: i will give commissioner caen a moment to look at that. if you could entertain a motion. commissioner crowley: as amended by commissioner moran, entertain a motion to accept. it has been moved and seconded. all those on the question, please signify by saying aye. we had a speaker cards on this item. commissioner crowley: w
commissioner dooley already reported it, and august 3, that was the day we had the new commissioner, commissioner kasselman, sworn in, and commissioner o brien also gets sworn in. so that is it. thank you. clerk: commissioners, items number 13, vice president s report. vice president clyde: i would like to begin my report by recognizing a woman who gave extraordinary service to the small business community and to the san francisco community, joanie chang, who passed away a few weeks ago at age 41. she was a compliance officer with standards enforcement. she was charged with implementing the groundbreaking san francisco law that created healthy san francisco, and the reason i would want to recognize her is that she was a real model in how to educate the community, how to communicate with the small business community. she did it with grace. she did it with just great intelligence and compassion, and i think that the small business community should really an extent note should
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
we the board met in closed session. the board of directors took no action. directors, do you want to disclose or not disclosed? director nolan: i think is important that we may be just indicate who was the present who was present at the meeting. and yes, mr. chairman. in the minutes, we are required to reflect who is involved in the closed session, the minutes will reflect that. director nolan: on the basis of that, is there a motion to disclose or not disclose? director oka: move to not disclosed. director nolan: all in favor? we were not disclosed. with that, we are adjourned. we will not disclosed. with that, we are intent. adjourned. good afternoon, fellow commissioners, folks in the gallery. the date is august 10, 2010. it is 1:35 p.m. [roll call] i might note that commissioner ellis is excused from this afternoon s meeting. she is out of town. commissioner crowley: all right, 3. i might call your attention to approval of the minutes of july 13. commissione
is adjourned. thank you. good afternoon, fellow commissioners, folks in the gallery. the date is august 10, 2010. it is 1:35 p.m. [roll call] i might note that commissioner ellis is excused from this afternoon s meeting. she is out of town. commissioner crowley: all right, 3. i might call your attention to approval of the minutes of july 13. commissioner moran requested modification of two actually, three places. on page 8 in paragraph two in the beginning of the middle, he requested minor clarification of the language here, and on page 9 at the bottom, it said it could be accepted without objection. i do not seem to have a copy of the minutes. commissioner crowley: i will give commissioner caen a moment to look at that. if you could entertain a motion. commissioner crowley: as amended by commissioner moran, entertain a motion to accept. it has been moved and seconded. all those on the question, please signify by saying aye. we had a speaker cards on this item.