Refuse Rate Board Initial Rate Year 2024 Meeting

MEETING AGENDA
Refuse Rate Board
April 13, 2023
Hearing Room 408, City Hall
12:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Board Members
Carmen Chu
Dennis Herrera

Members of the Refuse Rate Board will attend this meeting in-person. Members of the public are invited to observe the meeting in-person or on WebEx.

Public Comment will be taken before or during the Board's consideration of each agenda item. Speakers may address the Board for up to two minutes.

Members of the public attending the meeting in person will have an opportunity to provide public comment on every item. The Refuse Rate Board will hear up to twenty (20) minutes of remote public comment on each agenda item. Because of the twenty (20) minute time limit, it is possible that not every person in the queue will have an opportunity to provide remote public comment. Remote public comment from people who have received an accommodation due to a disability will not count toward the 20-minute limit.

Board staff and members can be reached at con.refuserates@sfgov.org

Explanatory Documents

Copies of Explanatory Documents listed in this agenda, and other related materials received by the Refuse Rate Board after the posting of the agenda, are available for public inspection and/or copying at City Hall room 316. Please email con.refuserates@sfgov.org to arrange pick up or review.

Public Comment

Public Comment will be taken before or during the Board’s consideration of each agenda item. Speakers may address the Board for up to two minutes. During General Public Comment, members of the public may address the Board on matters that are within the Board's jurisdiction and are not on today’s agenda.

Members of the public attending the meeting in person will have an opportunity to provide public comment on every item. In addition to in-person public comment, the Board will hear up to twenty (20) minutes of remote public comment on each agenda item. The Refuse Rate Board will hear remote public comment in the order that commenters add themselves to the queue to comment on that item. Because of the twenty (20) minute time limit, it is possible that not every person in the queue will have an opportunity to provide remote public comment.

Remote public comment from people who have received an accommodation due to a disability (as described below) will not count toward the 20-minute limit.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance

Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code, Chapter 67) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact by mail Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102; phone at (415) 554-7724; fax at (415) 554-5163; or by email at sotf@sfgov.org. Citizens may obtain a free company of the Sunshine Ordinance by printing the San Francisco Administrative Code, Chapter 67, on the Internet at https://www.sfbos.org/sunshine.

Disability access for regular meetings when the Board is meeting in person

City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, is wheelchair accessible. This meeting will be broadcast and captioned on SFGovTV. Remote public participation is available upon request for individuals who cannot attend in person due to disability. Making a request to participate remotely no later than one (1) hour prior to the start of the meeting helps ensure availability of the meeting link. Sign Language Interpretation is also available upon request.

If requesting remote Sign Language Interpretation, please submit an accommodation request a minimum of 4 business hours prior to the start of the meeting. Allowing a minimum of 48 business hours for all other accommodation requests (for example, for other auxiliary aids and services) helps ensure availability. To request accommodation, please contact Ben Becker at ben.becker@sfgov.org or by phone (628) 239-1087 or Jay Liao at jay.liao@sfgov.org or by phone at (628) 239-1221.

The closest accessible BART Station is Civic Center, three blocks from City Hall. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #47 Van Ness, and the #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call 415-351-7053 / TTY: 415-351-3942 or visit online at https://www.sfmta.com/accessibility-all

There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza and adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex.

To accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical-based products.

Cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices

The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair or the Vice Chair may order the removal from the meeting of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.