Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20171209

Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20171209

Any commissioner wanted to make site visits to the places through the acting director i would have very interested. That would be great. Im actually looking forward to visiting all the sites myself because i havent been to them either. Im really looking forward to it. Thank you. Any other comments or question from the commission . Hearing none, mawy i have a motion to approve the contract . So moved. Second. All in favor . Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Thank you very much. Thank you. Any Public Comment . I would like to ask one questions and onetime only funds and add back and as commissioner wallenberg reminded us recently with an email the city is dipping into the reserve fund to supplement ihss services, and we have several new commissioners, so i think perhaps if the other commissioners agree we may have a presentation on ihss and how it works its funding sources, that its an Entitlement Program but the state has recently cutback the way the funding mechanism is determined, which is putting an additional burden on counties across the state. And since we needed a significant amount of reserve money to kind of project with the client population growing, it might be helpful to see how we anticipate continuing funding that really important program. So if my fellow commissioners agree, maybe put that on a future commission calendar. Please. I do agree. The only thing i wanted to add is i wanted to say thank you to the staff. This was the first time that i didnt have to ask a question about a monitor monetary report. Thank you. I took note of that as well. Thank you. Any announcements . Any other Public Comment . Hearing none, motion to adjourn. And happy holidays everyone. Thank you. [gavel]. [gavel] the meeting will come to order. This is november 30, 2017 regular meeting of the commission. I am sandra lee fewer joined by vice chair cynthia pollock on my right and Hillary Ronen on my left. The clerk is alisa somera and id like to thank the staff at sfgovtv what dam clerk. Clerk please submit any documents to the clerk. Supervisor fewer item two. Clerk approve of the lafco minutes from the november 9 2017 special meeting. Supervisor fewer do you commissioners have any changes to the minutes . Seeing no changes, well 0e7 this up for Public Comment. Any members of the public who wish to comment on item 2 . No . Seeing no public speakers, Public Comment is now closed. Do you i have a motion to approve the minutes, please. Wed like commissioner commissioner ronen and seconded by commissioner pollack. These are approved. Clerk item three aggregation activities report, a status update on the cleanpowersf program. I believe we have a brief staff presentation from the San Francisco Public Utilities commission. [off mic] is this working now . Yes. We went to our commission and got authorization for moving forward with those power contracts. That authorization would allow our general manager to execute the supply contracts with certain conditions. Similarly, we are bringing an item to the board of supervisors that would allow us to move through the procurement of supply process at a pace that matches what the market requires. So that we can supply the program and begin serving a new group of customers by july 1 2018. The California Public commission has before it issues regarding the power charge and dairches justment these the fee charges Community Choice aggregation customers to cover the abovemarket costs that pg e incurred on their behalf before they left. Well see decisions there in december. Then well come back to you and to our own commission in the First Quarter of it 2018 with the results of that. We also have been active in a case on the retirement of the dee diablo nuclear facilities. Pg e is proposing in that setting to retire the plant which we support, but theyre proposing to invest 1. 3 billion over the next six years in replacement power and energy efficiency. For us, we think that means since they dont have customers to serve, given the Community Choice aggregation community is supplying customers, that means more pcia costs. Weve been arguing at the galifornia puc to stop that from happening. That will have an impact on our pcia and we expect a decision in early 2018. With that, im happy to take any questions you may have. Supervisor fewer any questions from commissioner . Just as a clarification, you said that you would begin serving new customers july 1, 2018 . Yes. That is our plan. Not 2019 . Were expecting to do two more enrollments, one july 2018 and one july 2019 and by then, everyone will be enrolled in cleanpowersf in san San Francisco. I love this. Are there any members of the public to comment on item three . Thank you. Jeff hoaltsman. I would speak to say if you happen to know any members of the board of supervisors getting the approval of the authority to the sf puc, i know that the monetary value might be higher than usual, but its in line with other cca programs that dont have to get the authority from boards like this and its the only way that the pra fram could move at business pace and make from program could move at business pace and make progress. Thank you very much. Eric brooks, our city and San Francisco green party and californians for Energy Choice i think i might have mentioned this in a previous hearing, but in january, legislation is going to come forward again in sacramento to privatize and regionalize the california electricity grid. Right now the california electricity grid is run by the cal iso which is a california nonprofit. As soon as it becomes regionalized, bircher hathaway which is a coal Energy Corporation will be the biggest gorilla in that room and will get control over that. It will bring cheap coal in and compete with Community Choice a moong other among other things. Even worse because its a we jonl regional grid, that would pument the trump had straition and Regulatory Commission in it charge of californians electricity grid. I dont know if the interim executive officer can do this, but right way in january, that bill was introduced last year and it was a twoyear bill and fought it and stopped it last year, many of us working on the state level, so the text is available and we knee lafco staff to look at it right away and be proactive about that so that as soon as that bill hits the legislature, the lafco can oppose it and encourage the mayor to oppose the bill legislative supervisor fewer any other you be Public Comment . Seeing none public action is closed. Madam clerk call the roll. But miss hill. In light of mr. Brooks comment, is the puc following the regionallation regionalization of the grid and have you taken a position on that . Barbara hail assistant general manager for power. The puc has been following that and following it more through the California Municipal Utilities Association and our publiclyowned eu timent capacity. We are utility capacity. I dont think the city took a position on the regionalization bill in the last session. But its on the table in terms of one of the issues that we expect as mr. Brooks said to see come back and it will go through the legislative position process that the city takes. Do you see that coming in the next two months . Or would it be at a timeframe that we could perhaps just direct staff to, i guess to add on to an existing you said that the regional body of ccas was the regional body of publiclyowned utilities. Thats the California Municipal Utilities Association. Were also members of the california Community Choice association. And this just to give you more information on this effort we jonlation ofregionalization of the grid is one of governor browns pursuits. He sprung some changes changes on everyone in the last legislative session to accomplish this objective of his. But for the fact that it came late and surprised folks, i think it when the governor proposes something and tells everyone its a key priority of his it usually has momentum and passes. This time it didnt i think largely because of the surprise factor. I think well see a more regular order approach to regionalization would be my expectation in the next legislative session and San Francisco will have the opportunity to take positions on bills to arrive at a position and communicate that to the legislative. Okay. I think my only request and chair fewer can weigh in on this is just, in no saks taken at this time, which i think is if no action is taken at this time, which is premature, if a change occurs that you would send just an alert, to send an fyi to the chair. Very good well do that. Thank you. Madam clerk, item four. Clerk item four, the interim Administrative Officers report. Through the chair to the members of the commission angela calvillo. The budget of lafco is currently strong for the duties youre pursuing currently. I do not have a report. Weve been working to get to the workshop and the detail around the workshop, otherwise, to be brief, i do not have a report at this time. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. Now, are there any public speakers that would like to comment on this item . Jason [inaudible] private citizen. I apologize for making this quick comment. I realize that february of next year, wore public seats come up. You might want to give instruction totion the Administrative Officer to start the process for noticing and putting out notifications if the public seat. The clerk as office has the process down. Im looking at how this commission is made up could become an issue on how to figure you can work with Legal Council because two commissioners cannot approve. In it body, you need three commissioners. There is discussion on how youre going to do that next step. I wanted to make sure you were paying attention to that. It will could provide tricky maneuvering of how you do appointments to the public seat. Supervisor fewer any other Public Comments in seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Item five. Clerk item five is discussion on lafcos strategic plan. I would like to express our thanks to Pamela Miller for the local Agency Formation commission that agreed to come today to assist us in our Strategic Planning discussions. Miss miller. Thank you madam chair and members of the commission. Pamela miller, the executive director with cal lafco. I appreciate the opportunity to return in front of you and have the discussion earlier about strategic opportunities for this particular lafco. And with your permission, id like to just summarize what it was that you discussed in terms of ideas that were thrown own out and opportunities and maybe concerns. Supervisor fewer thats the pressure of the chair. Do i have permission to use these flip charts as props . Or should i just read from them. Supervisor fewer you can use them as props. Do you need any assistance . Thank you. So your commission actually came up with four initial items to delve deeper into for future focus of this commission. Out of those four, you actually did a deeper dive in terms of conversation on opportunities and concerns on three of them. The first topic was Sea Level Rise as a result of climate change. The second was Public Private partnership opportunities. The third was Municipal Banking. The fourth that you chose to not explore any further at least for purposes of todays discussion was level of housing and Navigation Centers to solve the homelessness problem. With respect to the Sea Level Rise conversation, the opportunities that this commission identified would be that this would be a collaborative effort. Lots of public discussion regarding the existing plan. What are the effects of the neighborhood . Your commission had indicated that neighborhood flooding is a problem. So an opportunity to explore that. To perhaps look at and enhance a coordinated plan to the creation of a Sea Level Rise adaptation plan. Your commission noted that this problem is inevitable. So it will is time to plan and prepare for the disasters that will occur as a result of Sea Level Rise. It will allow you an opportunity to look at any current existing emergency plan and recommend improvement. Im improvement on those plans. Some of the concerns that your commission talked about should this particular issue be undertaken by this lafco is that there could be a need for additional funding that there are limited funds for this lafco. And so find ago finding additional Revenue Sources that are legal issues to be mindful of and certainly your Legal Council is your guidance in that area. You would need to define a clear scope of this study. This is a huge all of the topics that you discuss are huge. Defining a scope of your study is going to be important for you. That there are existing processes and ownership of those progresseses in place processes in place. Its incumbent upon this lafco to define for yourself the value and the value that you bring as a partner to this conversation. So that was the discussion around Sea Level Rise. The next topic for potential study that you discussed in more detail was the Public Private partnership scement. The opportunities you identified there was that this would be an opportunity to review benefits to the city and county by getting at what is it that how is it that private entities can put im sorry, that is risk analysis. Is the city and county getting the benefits that are appropriate in terms of the partnerships . Also a risk analysis. How can a private ebb at this entity puppet the city and county at risk in terms of this partnership . To explore benefit packages negotiated by hospitals, to take a look at the private and forprofit Transit Companies using the streets of the city. To look at financing, to look at naming rights. This is an opportunity to shine a light on the need to increase transparency in the formation of the partnerships. To gain insight into the depth and breath of the partnerships that exist today. And to for the lafco to be the citywide watchdog and mechanismer it the appropriate governance of the partnership. The concerns that you talked about as it relates to this particular issue were similar to the ones for Sea Level Rise. You have limited funding. You have need to find Revenue Sources. Be mindful of legal issues. You have to define the scope and again, there are existing processes and ownership. So being clear with yourself and being able to define the value of lafco being a partner in these conversations is going to be important as well as an additional concern that was identified, and that is these existing processes, there is a private industry aspect to that that adds a different layer of dimension for your consideration. Finally with respect to Municipal Banking, the opportunities that you identify there was an opportunity to develop and present a scope that will is complimentcliment ri and adds to existing climent ri yousee potential for Revenue Sources for this. You said it allows a several issue focus under one umbrella and in us discussing those, you identified them as cannabis affordable housing, local buildout for cca homelessness and fiberoptic broadband. Then, you talked about diversifying work and focus. You had a belief this adds high value in terms of adding to the interest of the board as well as increasing democracy. Some of the concerns, again the same as Sea Level Rise. Mindful of legal issues. The need to define your scope, the need to define your value as a partner, to be mindful of all of those existing partnerships in the conversations that may be going on. This is really a long term issue. You also indicated that for this particular project, or focus that a high level of expert analysis will be needed on the longer term. And you had conversation around funding for that. There was also the concern identified for a potential high resistance from real estate capital. Those were the three major issues that you identified and discussed in a little bit more detail in terms of opportunities and concerns. And with that, ill turn it back over to thank you miss miller. Is there any comments from the commissioners . First, i wanted to thank miss miller so much for coming and helpings helping us through this process to help us an what could be potential work of the body and i want to thank my fellow commissioners for engaging in this exercise with me which is what i needed to get back engaged in this body and excited about the work ahead of us. It worked, it happened and im looking forward to working with you on all the potential, exciting future work. With that, of all the things that we discussed in weighing both the opportunities and concerns and thinking through capacity and budget, i would suggest that we continue the work that weve been doing with cca that we start a new work area and look into and p define thedefinethe work further to create a bank in San Francisco and work on and pursue a scope of work for analyzing Public Private partnersh

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