Some of that is going for feed the people who dont have other access to food in the city and it is heartening and fantastic presentation and then finally, we discussed the Community Meeting that we had and we learned as to whether or not the staff could accommodate that level of work, whether it was too much work to put the Community Meetings together and talked about what worked but didnt, and donny said that they had learned a lot from the first two that we had down about nine months apparent and that he felt that while there was a learning curve that made the work and the task for the department had to under taig take harder to know that they had it under their belt a little bit and we could show case what the department is doing would be a good way to go forward, a good meeting great. Thank you. Any meants or questions about the Operations Committee report . Any Public Comment on the Operations Committee report. Next item please. Policy committee report. Chair report highlights of
Residents, to take advantage of their property tax assessment, as a way to pay for energy and in an earthquake, and water upgrades. We have this in the commercial sector but we have not been able to implement it on the residential sector and we have worked on it now for several years and we have reached a very important point in time where the mayor is introduced a resolution, that would authorize the city to join with some existing providers, and we once we work through those, milestones, or those hurtles we expect that in december, it will be taken up by the board of Supervisor Budget Committee once it is adopted by the board of supervisors we can go and start to have the contracts put together with the financing entities and offer this to the residents of San Francisco. So it is a very important piece if we are going to promoting the responsibility that we all have to retrofit our homes, to whether it be for energy or water, or to retrofit in terms of earthquake safety and we need t
Front of us, we could do a simple one. One of the things that i think commissioner arce suggested and what was read into the minutes was that we something about potentially giving approval to write a letter in support and i am very comfortable saying that we subpoena power support the intent of this and maybe we can include the language in the letter and i would be very up for that. So, we could, ask staff including that and many of the suggestions that were made this evening, and do i have a motion to ask staff to draft such a letter . I move. It has been moved and seconded that we ask the staff to draft a letter expressing our support for this measure. And including our comments and suggestions. I guess that we could ask for a row call. Commissioner gravanis. Yes. Stephenson nyes. Wald. Yes. Wan. Yes. Approved. I want to thank everybody who came and spoke and everybody who has worked so hard on this and the similar measures in other areas. And next item please . Directors report, upd
Mayor. Commissioner wald . I was so, i know that i am going to get another chance to say this, but i just have to say what a loss your leaving retiring, will be ruth, even if we get a grateful commission shortly after. You are the best environmentalist on this commission. Your knowledge of the San Francisco environment and the issues that are effect it as well as the broad sweep of relationships that you have built with the activists and the individuals and the environmental organizations and the people in the city departments, and including but not limited to the department of the environment, have been an enormous to the commission, and then have enhanced the work of the department as well as the commission. And we are going to be poorer for your leaving, and i hope you know how much we all have appreciated and benefited from your service on this commission. Thank you, so much. For that. I really appreciate it. Very, very much. And you all will be very much missed, in the capacity in
They had learned a lot from the first two that we had down about nine months apparent and that he felt that while there was a learning curve that made the work and the task for the department had to under taig take harder to know that they had it under their belt a little bit and we could show case what the department is doing would be a good way to go forward, a good meeting great. Thank you. Any meants or questions about the Operations Committee report . Any Public Comment on the Operations Committee report. Next item please. Policy committee report. Chair report highlights of the october 8, november 12 meetings and information and discussion. Commissioner wald . Thank you. On october 8, the two main topics that we addressed were review and approval of the resolution in support of the Municipal Transportation Agency and the Muni Forward Program that kept program that we have a great presentation and a great discussion and provided a very timely resolution, which the muni staff assure