MINUTES
of the
POTRERO POWER PLANT CITIZENS ADVISORY TASK FORCE
February 27, 2003
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 408
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order by Chair Philip DeAndrade at 4:10 p.m.
Present: Bob Boileau Richard Millet
Absent: John Borg
2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
The minutes of the meeting of January 30, 2003 were approved as written.
3. REPORT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Deputy City Attorney Jackie Minor gave a status report on the Mirant application to the CEC. CEC scheduled and cancelled hearings for March at the request of the applicant. Mirant indicated that it has ongoing discussions with the ISO about retrofit of Unit 3, and with the Air District about compliance with the NOX bubble rules that required the reduction of emissions effective 1/1/04 and a further reduction in 1/1/05. Mirant stated that because many of the same people involved in the Potrero 7 case are also involved in the Potrero 3 retrofit, that in order to conserve staff and because of resource constraints, they approached the City and City agreed and both requested a continuance of the hearings.
4. RECOMMENDATION TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RE POTRERO UNIT 7
Mr. DeAndrade announced that the community meeting would take place on Thursday, March 20 at the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.
Mr. Moss moved that the Task Force urge the Board of Supervisors to adopt and the Mayor to support a policy opposing the permitting of Potrero Unit 7 and to pursue all necessary action to implement that policy.
Mr. Dave McKee and Mr. Greg Harris of CBE spoke in favor of the motion. It was seconded and passed unanimously.
The Task Force discussed issues for the March meeting. Mr. DeAndrade said people wanted to know the status of Potrero Unit 7. Another issue might be the siting of the peakers which, pursuant to the Electricity Plan, must be accomplished by the end of the year, and the state of the plots near some of the other grids.
Mr. DeAndrade and Mr. Boss suggested that Mirant be invited to speak at the meeting. Mr. Boss suggested that all of the Interveners be invited to speak.
Ms. Pierce suggested that the regulators be invited.
The Task Force empowered the Chair to make arrangements and set the agenda for the March community meeting.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
6. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 5:55 p.m.
