MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING
of the
POTRERO POWER PLANT CITIZENS ADVISORY TASK FORCE
Wednesday, March 15, 2001
Potrero Neighborhood House
953 DeHaro Street, San Francisco
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order by Chair Philip DeAndrade at 6:30 p.m.
Present: Sarah Ames Philip DeAndrade
Greg Asay (Supv. Maxwell) Babette Drefke
Robert Boileau Jim Firth
John Borg Lawrence Klein
Cal Broomhead for Francesca Vietor Richard Lee
Joe Boss Richard Millet
Absent:
Potrero Power Plant
Minutes
March 15, 2001
2. PRESENTATION OF MIRANT’S POTRERO POWER PLANT PLAN-JOHN BORG
Mr. Borg provided an overview of the Mirant proposal for taking over the plant and increasing the generation. He illustrated his presentation with slides of the plant and the surrounding area.
3. ROLE OF TASK FORCE-PHILIP DEANDRADE
Mr. DeAndrade explained the role of the Task Force to members of the community in attendance.
4. INTRODUCTION OF TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND OPENING COMMENTS
Members introduced themselves and expressed their own concerns about the power plant.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
Members of the audience expressed opinions about the power plant. Most of the comments related to concerns about pollution. A few people wanted the City to look into alternative means of energy, e.g., photovoltaics, renewables, distributed generation.
A list of speakers follows:
1. Arthur Feinstein
2. John DeCastro
3. Marsha Sims
4. David Walters
5. Byron Gordon
6. Charles Kalish
7. Gloria Chan
8. Willie Ratcliff
9. Allison Shore
10. Lynn Brown
11. Louis Epstein
12. Dan Berman
13. Rene Timberman
14. A.J. Annapolis
15. Peter Walbert
