The shocking document the Chronicle doesn’t want you to see, because if you link to this page or the document, they will delete it from SFGate and possibly ban you. So why would the San Francisco Chronicle not want you to see a commendation signed by the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor?. SF Citizen also has a spiffy writeup and SF Appeal has an article posted now
[Haight Ashbury Recycling Center]
2 COMMENDING THE HAIGHT ASHBURY NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL RECYCLING
3 CENTER FOR THEIR TWENTY SEVEN YEARS OF PROVIDING RECYCLING AND OTHER
4 SERVICES TO HAIGHT ASHBURY RESIDENTS AND THE CITIZENS OF SAN
5 FRANCISCO.
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7 WHEREAS, In 1973 the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council (HANC), pioneers in
8 the national recycling movement, opened the Haight Ashbury Recycling Center; and,
FILE NO. _—..:::..:OO=2=2.:::…07~ _ RESOLUTION NO. __ .3_0_-_()_1 _
SUPERVISORS
**SUE BIERMAN** , NEWSOM
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 1
12/18/00WHEREAS, The Center provides environmental, recreational and educational services
10 in addition to recycling and employment opportunities to the neighborhood and larger
11 community; and,
12 WHEREAS, The Center recycles 220 tons of glass, paper, aluminum and plastic
13 materials monthly and provides recycling services to over 2000 redemption and drop off
14 customers and over 150 commercial and residential accounts and provides recycling for
15 special events at Golden Gate Park each year at no cost to the City; and,
16 WHEREAS, The Center provides educational service to two high schools and 100 to
17 200 students and teaches 40 to 50 community service workers and volunteers annually and
18 offers job skills training to San Francisco Conservation Corps interns; and,
19 WHEREAS, The Center is a tour destination for the Recreation and Parks
20 Department’s “Youth In-Action” and provides physical activity for two programs for the
21 developmentally disabled and materials for teachers and artists; and,
22 WHEREAS, The Center assists and supports the San Francisco Community Recycling
23 Center’s (SFCR) Building Resource facility at the Presidio and services SFCR’s supermarket
24 sights at Church and Market Streets, Webster and Geary Streets, and 7th and Cabrillo; and,
25 WHEREAS, HANC advocated in 1987 and 1999 for the California Bottle Bill and for the
2 source reduction and recycling element of San Francisco’s Recycling Master Plan; now,
3 therefore be it,
4 RESOLVED, that the City and County of San Francisco commends the Haight Ashbury
5 Recycling Center for their invaluable and imaginative contribution to the citizens of San
6 Francisco and the United States.File Number: 002207 Date Passed:
Resolution commending the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council Recycling Center for their twenty
seven years of providing recycling and other services to Haight Ashbury residents and the citizens of
San Francisco.
January 2,2001 Board of Supervisors – SEVERED FROM FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT
COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA
January 2, 2001 Board of Supervisors – ADOPTED
Ayes: 11 – Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Kaufman, Lena, Newsom,
Teng, Yayj, YeeSigned : Mayor Willie Brown, January 12, 2001
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