[Sustain] Further ALERT! SFPUC This Wed Oct 31 To ALSO Hear JPower CT Plant Contract (without Commissioner Sklar!)

[Richard A. Knee]

I urge all of you to pay close attention to the procedural aspects of what  
takes place at the meeting. Be familiar with the city's open-meetings and  
public-records laws, dubbed the Sunshine Ordinance, which you can view at  
http://sfgov.org/sunshine . In particular, you'll want to look at the  
open-meetings provisions, which are in Article 2.

If any of you perceives a violation at the meeting, file a complaint  
immediately with the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, whose administrator,  
Frank Darby, is in city hall room 244, phone 554-7724.

If you do file a complaint or are contemplating filing one, do NOT discuss  
the substance with me, as I'm on the task force and might have to recuse  
myself for prejudice if the matter came before us.

Regards,
Rick


On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:21:51 -0700, Eric Brooks <brookse32 at aim.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I just found out that  the SFPUC is ALSO having a surprise hearing this
> Wednesday to hear and possibly approve the JPower contract to build the
> CT plant. Commissioner Richard Sklar, who has been our most active
> supporter in fighting the plant, will be out of town.
>
> Those of you who have not yet spoken at the SFPUC and those of us in
> leadership of the various campaigns fighting the plant should also
> attend that hearing to restate our opposition and to demand that the
> Commissioners make -no- decisions until Sklar returns.
>
> Here are the details for that meeting:
>
> *AGENDA
> SPECIAL  MEETING
> *
> Wednesday, October 31, 2007
> *2:30 P.M.  NOTE DIFFERENT DAY/START TIME*
> City Hall, Room 400
> 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
>
> *ORDER OF BUSINESS*
>
> 1. Call to Order
>
> 2. Roll Call
>
> *CLOSED SESSION*
>
> 3. Public comments on matters to be discussed in Closed Session.
>
> 4. Motion on whether to assert the attorney-client privilege regarding
> the matters listed below as Conference with Legal Counsel.
>
> THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS
> THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
>
> 5. Conference with Real Property Negotiator -- Pursuant to Sunshine
> Ordinance Section 67.8 (a)(2), Govt. Code section 54956.8: Property:
> located at 25th Street and Maryland in San Francisco, California. (Hale)
>
> Negotiator for the SFPUC:  Barbara Hale Negotiator:  JPower.
>
> 6. Conference with Legal Counsel -- Pursuant to California Government
> Code Section 54956.9 (b) and (c) and San Francisco Administrative Code
> Section 67.10 (d) (2) Anticipated Litigation:  As defendant. (Ambrose)
>
> FOLLOWING THE CLOSED SESSION, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION WILL
> RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.
>
> 7. Announcement following Closed Session.
>
> 8. Motion regarding whether to disclose the discussions during Closed
> Session.
>
> 9. Staff presentation, discussion and action related to matters
> addressed in the SFPUC Resolution No 07-0137, including the proposed San
> Francisco Electric Reliability Project (the Combustion Turbines (CTs)
> and related facilities), the JPower agreements and leases, and any
> related agreements, authorizations and permits required from other City
> Departments or federal, state or local agencies pertaining to this
> Project, and adopting findings pursuant to the California Environmental
> Quality Act. (Leal, Irons, Hale).
>
> ADJOURNMENT of the Special Meeting
>