Commissioner well be back in 15 minutes at 9 17. Thank you. Thank you. All right. We are on item 11 directors report. Anthony. We are resumeing from recess, the time is 9 17. The next item on the agenda is item 11 directors report. Updates on the department of environmental administrative and operations relating to budget planning, strategic planning, clean air transportation, climate, energy, Public Outreach and Environmental Justice and Habitat Restoration and zero waste and urban forestry. The speaker the plan explanatory this items for instruction. Thank you, thank you. So i think that the packet excuse my brain. I need to wake it up. I think the material in your market are packet are self plan tory. There are wonder wonderful things to notice in there. I want to call your attention to two dates. One is this friday january 26th, where you are invited to join a briefing on how we are trying to accelerate and support the adoption of Hydrogen Fuel cells. Youve got that in your email. Its in the directors report. If you have further questions about that and would like to attend, let anthony know and he can get you more details. In february 7th, i want to call your attention to that in the evening. That is the Green Business awards ceremony. Its going to be at calla academy. Highly recommend you come. If you want to bring a child because you dont have daycare, bringing a child say great thing although its an evening event, so it depends on energetic your kids are. I would say its going to be a particularly special evening, because we very much expanded the Green Business program to try and bring in businesses who cant go all the way to full certification, but are interested in going part of the way. So we have a tiered system. This is the first year we will acknowledge. Its very, very exciting. John foley the director will be greeting us and telling us a little bit about what is going on at calla academy. They are a recipient of a special innovate era ward this year so theyre proud of their accomplishments. And i will end my directors report with a little gift to the commission. Which are our new bags that we got that are made here in San Francisco from recycled fabric. They are being given out as part of our zero waste outreach for the new bin designations and theyre in multiple colors. So before you leave tonight, i would like to invite you to chose from one of the vibrant colors that have been selected. Thank you. Thank you, director. Any questions commissioners . Public comments. Public comments. Hearing none. We move on to the next item. The next item is item 12 on the press and Vice President this is for discussion and action. Ok. So, commissioners, the way that it works is we have control with the City Attorney and so the way it works is that we take nominations for commissioners to nominate other commissioners and nominate themselves for the office and then the person can say a few words. The nominee accepts or declines the nomination and then theres a discussion amongst the commission, Public Comment and a vote. We have to the commissioner has to vote on each individual nomination and we start with the office of the president. So we go in the order of where the positions are in the bylaws. So we start with the office of the president and move on to the office of Vice President. Commissioner walls. Thank you. I would like i would like to nominate commissioner for another term as the president of this commission. I do that for any number of reasons but they include her un failing good humor. Particularly at very long meetings. Her commitment to the department , herren enthusiasm learning everything a department does. All of the challenges that it faces and her willingness to get in there and try to solve or to advance ordeal with those challenges all the while maintaining her wonderful sense of humor. And because i think this is a job that takes well more than a year to master. Ive been really impressed by the degree to which she has mastered the jobs and the inns and outs of the department and the commission and the confidence she shows now in running meetings with lots of people in the room, compared to when she did it in the beginning i think that shes earned another year in this position. I think she deserves another year in in this commission. I think we will all benefit from having her as our president again. I am so humbled. We need a second. Commissioner. Do you accept the nomination . I do, yes. Thank you. [laughter] gladly. I was surprised. Thank you. Any further discussion . It would be wonderful to have you serve another year. Thank you. Commissioners at this late hour speak into the mics. We move slowly back. So, is there no further discussion, is there Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, all those in favor of the im going to do a roll call. On the nomination of the commissioner as president commissioner bermaho. Aye. Commission commissioner waltz aye. Oyoys. Stevenson. Aye. Stevenson aye. The nomination passes. [applause] im very proud. Thank you so much. Did you hear what she said . She has i love this place. And now commissioner stevenson. We are on the next nomination, ok. So as she always does, commissioner waltz takes all the good words and makes them sound perfect. Which is part of why i would like to nominate her to continue as our Vice President of the commission. I think that her lifelong commitment and this category, her devotion to this commission for how many years now . Um teen. A lot. [laughter] has just done nothing but benefit this city day in and day out. Even though she will always steel the beautiful articulate way of saying things, i would like her to continue on as our Vice President. Thank you. I would like to accept. Ok. Is there any discussion . Second. Discussion or second. Id like to second the motion ok. Is there any further discussion . Seeing none. Is there any Public Comment . Seeing none. We will do roll call vote on the nomination of commissioner waltz for Vice President. Aye. Waltz. Yes. Yes. Yes. Commissioner stevenson. Yes. Commissioner juan is excused. Nomination carries. [applause] congratulations. Could i just say something. I want to thank you all. And i also just want to say that i know, this is a very unusual time. Were all in it together. And well see as we march forward with our new mayor and what will happen in six months, i think that the things that i know i want to focus on is the future of the commission and making sure that everybody in San Francisco knows the great work that we do here and how we reach out to so many communities and we dont leave anyone behind i think thats the best of San Francisco. And i look forward to continuing with all of you. So thank you very much. [applause] i just want to say ditto for me. Ok. Thank you. I see no further discussion. We will now move onto the next item which is item 13. Highlights of the january 17th, 2018 Operations Committee meeting and the december 11th, 2017 and january 8th, 2018 policy Committee Meetings. Ok. So we had a meeting last week, most of which you got the highlights today. We did a big dive into the budget and we got to talk about short falls, funding and we went through Department Area by area and saw how the funding was working there. We did our homework. Im glad we passed everything today. We had a great presentation on help me remember the name of th. A presentation but the name of the the Equity Initiative is a cross Departmental Initiative in the city to make sure all of our communities are being considered with all of the different deficient were making as a department. So what i loved was that they now every initiative we undertake as a department there are questions that we have to ask and the questions are things like who does it serve . What are we not thinking about . Making sure that the equity lens over lays everything so we dont have Environmental Justice program that is mostly thinking about Environmental Justice but that everything we do as a department has a justice lens over laid. The several of the staff have been trained in it and the training will be on going over the next year and its actually happening across the city and all the departments, that was very exciting to see that. Thank you. At our december 11th meeting the policy Committee Heard a presentation on the programs or the Movement Towards use of Renewable Fuels and by city agencies in addition to hearing from the department. We heard from the sustainability with the support of San Francisco and San FranciscoInternational Airport discussing their various contributions to december. We also had a presentation by the citizens climate lobby regarding a proposed carbon feet and dividends, its bipartisan support in congress this issue is going to come before the commission shortly. And then just earlier this month on january 8th, we received an update from chris giger and his colleagues regarding the departments december hearing on the implementation of the 2017 reduced risk pesticide list and we received the first version of the 2018 pesticide list. We reviewed a document that summarized the issues raised in Public Comments to date as well as the departments responses and we heard from chris that there has been a 95 reduction in the use of the most hazardous herbicides within city limits. We also began a discussion of the new restrictions under the reduced risk pesticide list and those of you who had been here before, but not you, know that this will come before us as well but not until may, right. July. Ok. We have some work to do. It will be a few months before we actually are finished with the recommendations for you to take action on. Questions for the Committee Report . Thank you for all the hard work. I had a question regarding when the c. C. L. Carbon fee and dividend issue will come before the full commission. Do you know when . I think in march. March should be the earlyest. This Commission Meeting had been full and the february meeting was full so march would be the earliest. Ok. I cant make a comment about it can be . Why not . I just think its interesting i think we need like its a policy Committee Meeting it was one of those passive presentations where you hear what they have to say. I just do know that car been feet and dividend is taking the carbon revenues giving them to the general public like done in alaska around fossil fuels. Theres other groups out there including the 350s of the world and a lot of groups that dont think its the best use of the money. I am a little reluctant to we can have that discussion thats the protocol but i love the opportunity to engage it more before we have to take a vote. I dont know what the process or path pathway is. I dont feel like we got asked at the policy Committee Meeting or did we have a chance to invite other people who feel differently. Theyre smart, committed, aggressive, they got on our agenda. Plus it already passed here a while ago, which is also interesting. Sure. In this conversation it would be kind of a recaping of the conversation that was had in the Committee Meeting. The conversation of the merits of whether or not the action item should come before the commission would be a conversation for new business. Which is later. Which is next. Rafael. I agree with you commissioner at the end of the policy Committee Meeting the policy committee did not affirmly act. He was hoping you would but you did not. I feel like theres room here to talk about whether a resolution would come forward and what it would say. We have not started crafting anything. So if we would like to, we could revisit perhaps at the next policy Committee Meeting. To have a discussion. Id like to do that. Theres a lot of ways to invest carbon revenues and lots of wayt interrogate the other ways and a lot of those ways are ways Environmental Justice allies prefer. Which is investment into low income communities and those kinds of things. And there are other environmental groups have other ideas. New energy. Im going to interrupt the conversation. This has to be just a recap of the conversation that had happened in the Committee Meeting. Again, if we want to have a discussion about the merits of whether or not this discussion should continue at the commission that would be for new business. Which is next. Which is next. Any Public Comments. Or any other comments . Or next item. Seeing no Public Comments seeing no further discussion, well move onto the next item. The next item is announcements. This item is for discussion. All right. Meeting tomorrow. Well meet tomorrow and what is the address . The retirement. Market. Into the microphone. Ok, yes. Let me pull out my calender. I believe its 1145 Market Street on the sixth floor. Ok. Thank you. Seeing no further discussion an announcements, seeing no Public Comments. We move onto the next item, item 15 new business agenda items. The speaker is anthony val december this is for discussion and possible action. Excuse me. Commissioners, the next meeting of the commission will be a special meeting on wednesday february 21st at 2 00 p. M. And we are having it at the port of San Francisco offices bay side Conference Room peer pier 1 weve had a flurry of meeting here at city hall so the department has decided the offer the opportunity to take the meeting out into the community into one of the city facilities there at the beautiful offices there at the port of San Francisco. So at the commissions request the department is doing a deeper dive into the information that was received at the community meetings. So, the Outreach Team will present more of the data received during the community meetings. The commission will also be considering the annual report, the commission on the environment annual report, followed by a discussion with the City Attorney also at the commissioners about meeting laws so if there are any im sorry meeting laws. The brown act and sunshine act rules surrounding meetings. So if any of you have any questions, please submit them to me so the City Attorney can prepare. You may also ask questions at the meeting but just in case theres any particular issues that you would like covered, please let us know. And the commission is also planning on having its regular meeting in march. Right now the date is march 27th , 2018. But we are in the process of polling commissioners to find a date because theres a conflict with that date. So just a headsup we will look to change that date as well. Thank you. So this is new business. So to pick up where i left off. I think i just want to be clear that i feel like we need to investigate, interrogate if you will, examine, other carbon investment pathways before inviting one where theres just a very active and engage organization pushing for it. City resolutions and Commission Resolutions are part of the strategy so they sought us out. I dont think thats a valid reason to invite them to present it here without looking at other investment pathway through revenue and considering the constituency. I am not saying i oppose it but groups and other environmental groups have other investment ideas about how to use carbon revenues. In the state of california has been a leader in an equity based Investment Strategy and its distinct from what citizens lobby is proposing. Having said that, they do really good work around around the bipartisan solution caucus and other exciting things but i didnt feel like we can leap frog from the policy Committee Meeting from this meeting without a broader examination of other policies. Or whether we want to take action on that. I think its just something we have to realize that they were pushing an agenda and we have to discuss what our vision is. Comments . New business. Can i have a clarification question. I understand just, i thought that they said that the supervisors several years ago, had supported a resolution in support of the end dividend. Is that correct . In which case, it might already be on the books and i dont know why we would need to renew that commitment. That is my recollection too. I do agree the chair of the committee can decide whether or not to calender this item at all for discussion or to go deeper and that will be something that we can discuss at the policy committee under new business as well. Ok. Think about it so that you have a view. My view is that i definitely would want to invite other groups up to the plate. I understand that. I just meant whether or not you have a view on whether or not we should do this. Because it doesnt make any sense why think. To begin this process if at the end, you are going to feel that it isnt worth it for us to do it. I dont think its a high priority. Especially if we can get the question answered about whether theres already action on the boo