For. We are also following a close call for philadelphia firefighters today. Two of them went to the hospital after a ladder made contact with power lines. Now, this afternoon we know more about both men and the extent of their injuries. David henry live at temple hospital where one of those firefighters is still being treated right now david. Reporter yeah, brian one of the firefighters has checked out okay. The other firefighter will have to spend the night here at the hospital for treatment of third degree burns to his foot. Two lucky men who survived a very close call today. This could have been a much worse minute when you incident when you think about the. It happened on the 2400 block of west norris street around 10 oclock this morning. The firefighter helped extinguish a small bedroom fire in minutes but disaster struck as they were breaking down their gear. The Department Says two firefighters were taking down this ladder when it hit a 7600volt power line. A witness saw one of
Francisco so im in support of the project and i hope this commission stays in support of it and its something that we can all look forward to. The scope and site is amazing and although we on the north side would love to claim it as a park if the north side but truly the way it looks would be a park for the entire city so go to it. Thank you very much for being here today. Lynn jefferson good afternoon. My name is Lynn Jefferson and i currently serve on the francisco reservoir working group and i have been for 2 and a half years its been truly what i would call a very collaborative effort i serve also as president of the board of directors for cal High Community Center Located on north beach on lombard street every day we serve 6 to 7 hundred people including babies toddlers children, seniors and families coming from chinatown the immediate neighborhood and they would be very served by a park at the reservoir site and im working on a project with the director of after School Programs t
Prior planning . Thats right. Okay so the additional half cent is like 1. 7 million . The additional half cent will be directly on the general fund about 1 dot 4 or 1 dot 5 million for electricity and in addition the mayors proposal full reimbursement then the additional cost to go solar . The additional cost to go solar would be to go solar would be 3 million a year over the next 2 years. Okay so basically most of the half cent goes to go solar . Thats the equivalent, yeah. Thank you. So again shows the dramatic improvement compared to what we started with back in february and it was also with difficult choices so just to be able to assume the one penny over the next 3 years and a half a penny a penny as well as to update it to reflect the Third Quarter Strong Reserve thats slightly more than 15 percent. Sorry stuck on that question so you dont need to attribute a certain pot of money for a program like go go solar that doesnt go back and benefit the public dollar if you will . I know
Benefit the public dollar if you will . I know im not saying that right but arent we subsidizing a Residential Program right . It is a Residential Program and its a program thats not directly our customers currently but its a policy prerogative and so it really is a policy choice. So it doesnt need to be a direct transfer from a certain source of money . My reason for raising the point is that it is sometimes viewed that that hetchy funding a program like go solar is free money, its not. So that you know the more that we do, the more pressure that puts in on general fund power rates and the more pressure that puts on the general fund right. Were at a point now where theres reserves where we used to have cash reserves they are projected to be significantly lowered to what are just what our 15 percent levels are the lowest levels given the volatility that were in. So now that we have to go borrow money to bond fund our capital. Mr. General manager . I just wanted to highlight the fact an
Half of that was part of the prior planning . Thats right. Okay so the additional half cent is like 1. 7 million . The additional half cent will be directly on the general fund about 1 dot 4 or 1 dot 5 million for electricity and in addition the mayors proposal full reimbursement then the additional cost to go solar . The additional cost to go solar would be to go solar would be 3 million a year over the next 2 years. Okay so basically most of the half cent goes to go solar . Thats the equivalent, yeah. Thank you. So again shows the dramatic improvement compared to what we started with back in february and it was also with difficult choices so just to be able to assume the one penny over the next 3 years and a half a penny a penny as well as to update it to reflect the Third Quarter Strong Reserve thats slightly more than 15 percent. Sorry stuck on that question so you dont need to attribute a certain pot of money for a program like go go solar that doesnt go back and benefit the publi