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MINUTES

Wednesday, August 25, 2004

6:00 P.M.

1800 Oakdale Avenue

San Francisco, CA 94124

 

1.0              Call to Order

Commission President Millard Larkin called the Wednesday, August 25, 2004 meeting to order at 6:10 p.m. in the Alex L. Pitcher Community Room at 1800 Oakdale Avenue.

 

Commissioner Larkin read the Sunshine Ordinance aloud and welcomed everyone.

 

1.2              Roll Call

Commissioner Millard Larkin; Commissioner Bobbrie Brown; Commissioner Louise Jones; Commissioner Willie Kennedy; Commissioner Juan Fuentes; Commissioner Kenneth Sampson

Excused: Commissioner Ronald Person

 

Staff Present : Robert Bryan, Deputy City Attorney; Toye Moses, Executive Director SECFC; Annette Price, Comm.-Sect
           

1.3              Consent Calendar

(a)    RESOLUTION (SECFC-2004-14) Commissioner Larkin tabled the minutes of Thursday, August 12, 2004 until the next full Commission meeting (Sept. 9).

(b)    RESOLUTION (SECFC-2004-15): Be it resolved that the Southeast Community Facility Commission grants leaves of absence for the meeting of August 25, 2004 to the following commissioners: Ronald Person (Passed unanimously).

2.0              Public Comment
There was no public comment offered at this time. 

 

3.0              Communications:

Dir. Moses stated the following correspondence has been sent/received for Commission review: Letter of Congratulations to Susan Leal, SFPUC General Manager; Statement of Incompatible Activities from the Ethics Commission; Letter from Deputy Attorney Robert Bryan re: End of Commission Assignment; Formation of Bayview District 10 Counsel (FYI).

Commissioner Larkin read aloud Deputy City Attorney Bryan’s letter which states in part: His assignment to the Commission will end after the September 9th meeting and Mr. John Roddy, Deputy City Attorney will be taking over his responsibilities.

Commissioner Larkin thanked Attorney Bryan for his dedication, commitment, and unwavering support to the Commission and wished him luck in his new endeavors.


Commissioners Kennedy, Brown, Fuentes, Sampson, Jones, and Dir. Moses echoed the president’s sentiments.

Attorney Bryan humbly thanked the Commission for their praises and stated that working with this Commission has been a wonderful experience. He stated his career move is a lateral one and even though he will be on a new assignment, he assured the Commission that his door will always be open for the Commission as well as Mr. Roddy.

Cedric Jackson, Director of One-Stop Career Center, congratulated Attorney Bryan on his new assignment and wished him luck in future endeavors. 

Comm. Larkin expressed his extreme disappointment at Supt. Ackerman’s cancellation of her presentation scheduled for today. He stated the BVHP district is one of the most troubled communities in the City and it definitely merits a visit from the Superintendent given that the presentation date was confirmed by SFUSD staff and booked so far in advance.

4.0                 Director’s Report
Dir. Moses reported that: The Commission Secretary has been affected by the citywide layoff and her last day of work will be August 31.  As a result of President Larkin’s meeting with Acting GM Cheryl Davis, SFPUC will bring a satellite office to Southeast Facility to provide outreach to BVHP residents. The electric gate is in its final completion stage and staff will begin distributing parking cards to everyone authorized to use the SECF parking lot. Back to School event coordinated by Jeff Adachi in collaboration with many city agencies and nonprofits will take place this Saturday at Martin Luther King Park. City College began classes two days ago and to date everything is running smoothly.

In the meeting last week with Ms. Davis, Comm. Larkin reported that he reiterated many of the concerns that were addressed by the Commission on the August 12th meeting resulting in Ms. Davis directing PUC staff to set up a satellite office at SECFacility twice a week for a 4-hour time period.  This will begin in the next few weeks. Also addressed were bringing the 9916 training positions back to SECF as well as other positions where individuals will have an opportunity to advance in careers such as scientists, etc. City layoffs were addressed as well; however it was understood that topic would not be concluded in that meeting but that the PUC Commission was aware of the issue and that there would be some forward mobility toward that. Comm. Larkin also emphasized that all information must be sent prior to presentations for Commission review and that someone in authority should be sent who is authorized to answer questions, not just a spokesperson.

Comm. Brown asked how PUC plans to communicate the opening of the PUC satellite office to the public? Comm. Larkin stated that he had informed SFPUC of their flawed outreach program and emphasized the importance of an outreach plan in order for the success of the office. PUC’s response was that they would try to put an outreach plan together and return to the Commission for update. Comm. Brown stated that PUC is setting the stage for failure of their satellite office by not having an outreach plan in place and she (Comm. Brown) feels that PUC should return before the Commission with a well-thought-out plan for their program. Comm. Larkin directed staff to write a letter to PUC requesting a return date to address the Commission’s concerns. 

 

5.0                 Introduction of New Business by Commissioners:

Comm. Jones voiced concern and disappointment of the Superintendent’s inability to present before the Commission today. She suggested that the President draft a letter to the Superintendent stressing the importance of her appearing before the Commission
to address pressing community/Commission concerns.

Comm. Fuentes proposed that a letter of invitation be sent to Dennis Herrera, City Attorney for an overview of the newly formed Bayview Neighborhood Rescue Team.

Comm. Brown requested to be excused from the next scheduled SECF Commission meeting of 9/9/04.

Comm. Jones inquired whether the information from Lennar had been sent regarding the African American Market Place. The Comm. Sect reported it would be distributed at the next Commission meeting.

Comm. Larkin directed staff to send a thank you letter to City Attorney Dennis Herrera thanking him for allowing Deputy City Attorney Bryan to sit on the Commission as legal counsel for the past 8 years.

 

6.0                 Public Comment
Ms. Valentino, CCSF gave update on the Community Scholars of Success school program and the success of its recent graduates. She also thanked the Commission for all their support and distributed graduation ceremony pamphlets.

7.0                 Announcements:
Comm. Kennedy announced that on Monday, August 30th, the SEC Facilities Committee meeting will be held @ 12:00 noon in the conference room. On August 28th a workshop dealing with shipyard issues will take place at the Earl P. Mills Center from 10:00 o’clock to 2:00.

Comm. Fuentes announced on September 2nd thru October an exhibition of his artwork will be held at the Meridian Gallery.

Mr. Cedric Jackson informed the Commission that a mitigation grant for the Hunters Point/Potrero Hill Power Plants has been awarded to ARC Ecology and LEJ. He further elaborated that there is a community alert to stop the move of the grant from the BVHP district to the Visitation Valley district. He also reported that vendors have expressed concern regarding access to the facility once the electric gate is functioning and that they have been directed to Dir. Moses.

 

8.0                 Adjournment

Comm. Larkin adjourned the SECF Commission meeting at 7:00 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,
         _____________________

    Commission Secretary