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MINUTES OF THE
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY FACILITY COMMISSION
MEETING THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2008 – 6:00 PM
ALEX L. PITCHER, JR. COMMUNITY ROOM, 1800 OAKDALE AVENUE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124
1.0 CALL TO ORDER
Commission President Bobbrie Brown called the Thursday, August 14, 2008 meeting to order at 6:08 p.m. in the Alex L. Pitcher Community Room at 1800 Oakdale Avenue.
1.1 ROLL CALL
6:09 p.m. Commission Secretary – Carla Vaughn
Commissioners Present: Brown, Jones, Kennedy, Churchwell,
Sampson, Chung, Yang
Staff Present: Toye Moses, Executive Director
Joseph Singh, Management Assistant
Carla Vaughn, Commission Secretary
Cheryl Berne’Adams, Clerk/Receptionist
1.2 SUNSHINE ORDINANCE ANNOUNCEMENT
AND CONSENT CALENDAR
Commission President Bobbrie Brown welcomed all present and announced the Sunshine Ordinance and the Consent Calendar.
Commissioner Kennedy moved to accept the consent calendar. Commissioner Churchwell seconded the motion.
2.0 PUBLIC COMMENT
Ms. Espanola Jackson, Community Activist had comments regarding accessible parking availability.
Mr. Sam Murray, SFPUC Communications announced the formation of a joint task force and asked the Commission to provide someone to attend the task force meeting once a month for one hour. He stated it was crucial for someone from the Southeast Community Facility Commission to be part of the process.
Mr. Murray announced a small community lunch would be held for the small businesses in the community and he invited the Commission to be a part of it.
Ms. Jackson said the event should be hosted by the Commission so the community could become acquainted with the Commission.
3.0 COMMUNICATIONS
Carla Vaughn, Commission Secretary announced the following:
a) Mayor Newsom Signs 2008-2009 Budget
b) Letter of Invitation to Mr. Dave Pearson/HeadStart Program/San Francisco State University
c) Letter of Invitation to Mr. Carlos Garcia, Superintendent of Schools/SFUSD
d) Letter of Invitation to Ms. Cheryl Smith/Lennar BVHP Partners
e) Letter of Invitation to Ms. Lisa Zayas Chin, Project Manager/Hunters’ Point/SF Redevelopment Agency
f) San Francisco Bond Rating Upgrade
g) Mayor Newsom Announces 19% Drop In City’s Litter
h) Bay Area To Receive $37 million In Homeland Security Grant Funding
i) Mayor Newsom Signs Groundbreaking Green Building Ordinance To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
j) Mayor Gavin Newsom Announces New Appointments And Reappointments To City Commissions
k) San Francisco Points To New York’s Success For Sunday Streets
l) Channel 29 Invitation To Televise Community Events
m) Mental Health Board of San Francisco Public Hearing
n) Southeast Community Facility 2008-2009 Budget
o) SECFC Annual Report
Ms. Espanola Jackson, Community Activist, made a request to forward an invitation to Chris Iglesias, Director of the Human Rights Commission requesting he provide an update to the community regarding “The Unfinished Agenda.
4.0 PRESENTATION
Commission Chair Bobbrie Brown introduced Mr. Stephen Moss, Founder/Executive Director, San Francisco Community Power Coop.
Mr. Moss thanked the Commission for the opportunity to speak with them about the San Francisco Community Power Coop programs. He said SF Community Power was founded in 2001 and emerged over the struggle to close the Hunter’s Point and Potrero power plants.
Mr. Moss stated the real focus has been on providing energy efficient devices to low-income families and small businesses. He advised the first focus was on the BayView Hunter’s Point and the Potrero neighborhoods and then more recently expanding to the entire city and several bay area counties.
Mr. Moss said several dozen community members have been trained to do energy efficiency work, also, hundreds of energy efficient refrigerators, thousands of light-bulbs and indoor/outdoor sensors have been given away and installed by community members.
Mr. Moss advised currently there are 3 main programs being offered. One is the demand/response program, which caters to smaller businesses. The second program, which has just been launched, has signed up 500 businesses in 5 bay area counties to voluntarily reduce their electricity use when called upon, and they get paid to do so. The third program is courtesy of the SFPUC and provides free high efficiency toilets to low-income families and small businesses.
Chair Brown asked about the requirements to participate in the free toilet program.
Mr. Moss referred her to the High Efficiency Toilet Program Application that listed income thresholds.
Mr. Moss introduced another program called Climate for Community which provides an audit of energy use and helps people make efficient energy use decisions.
Chair Brown had a question regarding the quality of the toilets in the give-away.
Mr. Moss advised the toilets were high quality and they would be installed which was another perk.
Sam Murray of the PUC stated the initial toilet giveaway in the community was a pilot program and now the process has gotten better. He asked Mr. Moss to talk about the training.
Mr. Moss said the training was for unemployed people to become water and climate change auditors. He stated at the end of the training certificates would be provided. Mr. Moss advised they would also be trained in customer service. He said at the end of the program the trainees would hopefully be placed in jobs. Mr. Moss stated the SFPUC applied directly to the State specifically for this type of program to provide training to low-income residents.
Commissioner Jones asked how the information was disseminated to the various communities so people can avail themselves to the services.
Mr. Moss said part of the point of hiring folks from the community is that their job is to go back to their community and distribute the information.
Commissioner Chung asked if the funding for the program came from the City or the State.
Mr. Moss advised the funding was from the State, through the SFPUC.
Chair Brown asked when the program would be available.
Mr. Moss responded they were in the middle of training the marketers and auditors and people are welcome to submit their applications now.
Executive Director Toye Moses asked what was the success rate.
Mr. Moss said 20,000 energy efficient devices had been given to the residents of BayView Hunter’s Point and the Mission district. He stated one program that he’s particularly proud of is the outdoor sensor program that both saved people energy and increased people’s security.
Mr. Moss reported that 120 commercial refrigerators had been given away, along with 500 residential refrigerators to people in the BayView.
Commissioner Sampson thanked Mr. Moss and added that churches that needed
to update their electrical wiring had the service provided by San Francisco Community Power Coop.
Ms. Espanola Jackson advised the Commission that Mr. Moss from the very beginning, hired from the community. She suggested that flyers be made available and be printed in the various dialects of the community.
Chair Brown thanked Mr. Moss for his presentation.
5.0 AD-HOC COMMITTEE REPORT
Commissioner Sampson reported there was an Ad-Hoc meeting on August 13 at 12 noon. He advised a committee was formed to find ways for members of the BayView Hunter’s Point community to attend Commission meetings. Commissioner Sampson said there was a concern regarding the saturation of meetings in the community. He noted there was PAC, the shipyard, and various others. He stated a lot of the topics are repetitious and a lot of people are talking but no action has been taken.
Commissioner Sampson said a task force was created to inform the public about the meetings, do the marketing, and advise the committee of subjects the community is interested in.
Chair Brown suggested going to the churches to advise the community of the commission. She said the actions taken by the commission would affect future generations.
Ms. Espanola Jackson stated the Commission meeting should be broadcast.
Chair Brown requested bringing the “BayView Unsung Heroes Movie” that premiered at the SF Film Festival to the commission for a showing.
Executive Director Toye Moses announced the addition of WiFi to the community room.
Sam Murray said sometimes committee’s can be too big. He said working under the direction of Commissioner Sampson a draft from a group of professionals would be available.
6.0 STAFF REPORT
Executive Director Toye Moses provided an update on the 08-09 budget and advised the SECFC Resource Directory would be available by the next Commission meeting.
Joseph Singh, Management Assistant provided an update on the ADA project and advised the project would be fully completed in six weeks.
Ms. Espanola Jackson, Community Activist, announced the SFPUC rescinded their vote to accept the peakers moving to Bay View Hunter’s Point.
8.0 NEW BUSINESS
The results of the election of Commission President and Vice President were as follows:
Commission President - Commissioner Willie Kennedy
Commission Vice-President - Commissioner Louise C. Jones
Executive Director Toye Moses thanked Commissioner Brown for her commitment to the commission and for all of her hard work and he welcomed Commissioner Kennedy in her new role as President of the Commission.
Carla Vaughn, Commission Secretary provided an update on the presenters currently invited and their responses to the invitations.
Executive Director Toye Moses suggested sending a letter of invitation to Dr. Don Griffin, the new Chancellor of City College.
Commissioner Brown congratulated Chair Kennedy and Vice President Jones on their election.
9.0 INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS BY COMMISSIONERS
Chair Kennedy congratulated Commissioner Brown for the way she ran the Commission meetings and thanked her for doing a wonderful job over the years.
Chair Kennedy said she wanted to have a community meeting and give certificates to those who worked on behalf of the community, and introduce them to the Commission.
Executive Director Toye Moses referred Chair Kennedy to Item #7, selecting a representative from the Commission to participate on a SFPUC community advisory panel.
Vice President Jones congratulated Chair Kennedy and thanked Commissioner Brown for her efforts to improve the Bay View Community.
Vice President Jones and Commissioner Brown volunteered to represent the Commission on the SFPUC advisory panel.
10 PUBLIC COMMENT
Mr. Samuel Murray of the SFPUC welcomed Chair Kennedy and thanked Commissioner Brown for her work over the years.
11 ANNOUNCEMENTS
Commissioner Kennedy made a request to place on the agenda a discussion to organize a reception to acknowledge community leaders and introduce the Commission to them.
Commissioner Brown said it was a pleasure to work in the community and with the Commission.
12 ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:43 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Carla Vaughn, Commission Secretary
