Fewer. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk please make sure to silence all cellphones and electronic devices. Any speaker cards to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items to be acted on today will appear on the november 12 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Item 1 is the transfer of 1419 bryant street and 1215 street known as the citys Animal Shelter incurred under the jurisdiction of the acc to the mta. The floor is yours. Thank you very much. Good afternoon. I am the Deputy Director of the real estate division. Before you is the transfer of two propertyies, 120015 street and currently used as an office and Animal Shelter and 1419 bryant street under the jurisdiction and former use by the San Francisco municipal use Transportation Agency for 0. Currently the 15 street site is not adequate for a. C. C. s uses. It has 29,000 square rentable feet, while the bryant Street Property has 3300 square feet and would be upgraded to increased to approximately 44,000 square feet by adding a second floor in the existing building structure. Sfmta currently has two sites right near the 15 street parcel, including the maintenance facility. Both departments desire the exchange and entered into discussions in 2016. Appraisals were obtained and the former director of property determined the fair market value was the same of each based on the appraisals. Review appraisals were also performed. An m. O. V. Was drafted and finalized and taken to the commission. A general plan referral was obtained. An exemption from Environmental Review was obtained for the acc project at bryants site in 2016. We ask for your positive recommendation, and i have people from sfmta and acc here with me if you have any questions. So ive looked at the packet. Colleagues, do you have any questions . Not yet. So ive read the packet and im comfortable with this. This may be some questions. You just referenced the fact that the mta owns land near 120015th across the street and i believe directly across 15th as well. I was wondering if what the mta ooess plans are and whether there can be some consolidation there, whether you want to abandon any of that. Im not sure what you use that little triangle to the south for, but there is a building on it as i recall. I think its like a metal shed kind of building that does not in the supervisors opinion have any historical value, but i could be wrong. Thats going to lead me to my next question about 23a, but we can get to that in a minute. Im the manager of real estate for the sfmta. I have with me today also our longrange acid development developer. In terms of our future intent when we initiate this jurisdictional transfer, we plan on relocating our Parking Enforcement group into this new site. So that would become the new headquarters for our Parking Enforcement function. And then Everything Else around it in terms of our yard and our existing parking lot and our nonrevenue vehicle area will remain as it is. That is pretty much where we are right now. I can add, im from the sfmta now, i can add a couple of comments to what jason said. One, the small structure that you alluded to thats to the south of 15 street, thats for tire service for the vehicles. Its a freestanding structure, but part of the flin facility. We have looked at a couple of options to expand the footprint of the site. We worked with public works to do some different test fits. There is a very large drainage culverts that make building on to treat street difficult. For currently for animal control there is a dog run. You mean on the other side of the fence . Yes, thats correct. Technically i think it was part of the right of way and is above that drainage culvert. If you have a passive use, its easy to obviously locate that there. Did that answer all of your questions . Im trying to figure out if you have longterm, viable, efficient plans for the rest of that site, given that you could actually potentially abandon that little piece of 15th that nobody uses goes to nowhere. And we believe that again, we played with a number of concepts with public works, but we believe the Square Footage and i know the total mentioned was a little under 15,000. Either renovating or building a new structure would be adequate for enforcements needs. We dont see a pressing need to enapproach further into the right of way thats there. And as to the bryant site, the overhead power folks went where . They went to our burke warehouse on burke avenue. It was a pretty significant Capital Improvement project that we did. Now theyre in a central warehouse for various functions. Relative to the chapter 23a considerations as to whether or not or why it is not surplus, anything you want to say on the record about that . The only thing that i would say is that we currently our Enforcement Division is in a number of leases. So its essentially been our policy to try and move our functions into permanent sites that are under the jurisdiction of the sfmta, so this is in line with that. Theyre a little bit scattered all over the place. So its a proper place to give them a proper facility in a place that would work better. Youll be getting out of those leases when . When these would be placed in service. Were looking at public works evaluating a number of scenarios. Renovation is one option or construction is another. It is a historic resource. So part of the Environmental Review path will have a better sense as to the timetable. But i would say approximately to put a number on it, maybe starting construction 2022, 2021. Its a vastly different project if you scrape it and start all over than retrofit it . Thats exactly right. Were evaluating the pros and cons. Any members of the public that want to speak on this interjurisdictional exchange between two city departments. Seeing none and given the fair market value is the same and no money is exchanged, i will close Public Comment and make a motion to send this item with recommendation without objection. Clerk item 2 is the hearing on the implementation efforts to make biodiversity a citywide priority. This has been brought to us by supervisor fewer who has joined us. Thank you, chair peskin, for scheduling this hearing. I introduced a resolution to prioritize these goals for the city of San Francisco in partnership with sf planning. Biodiversity is since the accident for a thriving ecosystem upon which we depend on food, health, and clean water. This must be part of the strategy to address Climate Change. In urban areas we do not always prioritize our Natural Environment or think about how to preserve and nurture ecological sustainability. In my neighborhood we are surrounded by natural borders. While not all neighborhoods are surrounded by the same green and open space, we should be working in all districts to ensure that biodiversity and Environmental Protection for the benefit and enjoyment of all our communities. Over the last few years there were policies developed that pertain to the conservation of Natural Resources and supporting biodiversity in San Francisco. There is currently an Interagency Working Group which includes biologically rich ecosystems, community and ecological stewardship, ecological planning and design and resilience in a living city. Many agencies have worked opt on the resolution which the board of supervisor passed for making a biodiversity policy real in San Francisco. The resolution calls for an Interagency Working Group and an implementation report on the establishment of local biodiversity as a citywide policy. It is at todays hearing that we are pleased to receive this report. If i may, chair, call on the next speaker. The hearing is all yours. Go for it. I would like to call up debbie rafel, the director of San Francisco government. Thank you, chair, and members of the committee for welcoming us today to talk about this incredible important issue that feels timely, considering what is on item 3 in your agenda. Clearly in this time of Climate Crisis and impacts of Climate Change, thinking about what possibility we have for Natural Solutions and valuing our natural ecosystems could not be more important. The biodiversity crisis that we are in is clearly on us right now. I am going to spend just a couple minutes reminding us of that global context. Then im going to turn it over to two of my colleagues. They will talk about the follow up that city agencies have been working on since the board of supervisors adopted this last year. They will be followed by comments from city agencies who are bringing to you firstperson stories of their commitment and their experience. So this is important because it puts San Francisco in a global context. These red areas on the map are considered biodiversity hot spots. 2. 4 of the planet accounts for over 50 of the species. The red on this map are areas which are considered key for biodiversity and yet threatened. Less than 30 of the species are still in existence in everywhere you see red on this map. Clearly if you look at north america and the united states, california has an opportunity and an obligation to treasure and take action to preserve its biodiversity. This crisis is obviously not just on those areas in red. We are approaching a mass extinction that we have not seen since the last mass extinction, which was 65 million years ago when the dinosaurs went extinct. We expect to lose 2 million species. In the 19th century, the u. S. Has lost 30 of its birds. If you go into california, this is a picture of a monarch butterfly, just since the passing of this resolution, they have decreased by 85 . The resolution and the work that it entails and San Franciscos response. So clearly this is not an issue that is unique to San Francisco. Scientists and activists, conservationists around the world are saying to us nature needs half. What that means is we need to make sure that half of the worlds surface, whether its water or land, is preserved and supported for the habitat that is needed. Now, how does that mean in a city like San Francisco, a deep urban environment like we are . What opportunities do we have for a Nature Needs Half Movement . Starting with our natural areas and what youre going to hear in item 3 are our parks, the natural areas, the green spaces we have in the city need our attention. In addition, we need to look at creative ways to increase our biodiversity by looking at green roofs and looking at vertical or narrow parks, streets, plazas, any opportunity we have to rip up concrete and support habitat. I want to end with this concept which is very familiar to you in the board of supervisors. Our Climate Action strategy, 080100 roots. I find most of the time when i come before the group im talking about 080100. 80 trips out of cars, 100 Renewal Energy giving off diesel and natural gas and gasoline as well. A big part of our strategy is the lower part, the part that says we must support biodiversitied, we must support open and green spaces, not only in our 7mile border, but also managed in the city and county of San Francisco. Once we do think of roots as part of our Climate Action strategy, we absorb stormwater runoff, we cool our neighborhoods, we improve air quality. The list goes on and on. So 080100 roots is our strategy. Today im pleased that we will be focusing on the roots part. So with that as a response to the call and the detail of the resolution, im going to turn it over to peter to take it from here. Thank you very much, debbie. Good afternoon, everyone, supervisors, peter brasto from the department of the environment. Im going to tell you a little bit about the nuts and bolts of the resolution and what we did with the different departments. And just overall ill say just following up on what debbie said about roots and greening. This resolution is not just about getting more green, but from green to biodiverse. We want our landscapes, gardens, et cetera, to be functional for Climate Resilience and we want them to support wildlife habitat. Overall the resolution did two things. One was to elevate biodiversity as a citywide priority and the second is to set up an interagency collaboration, as you heard from supervisor fewers terrific introduction. So ill talk more about that in a moment. For example oh, ive got to go to the next slide. There we go. One of the things projects like this, are what the resolution promotes. Places like this new linear park in central soma neighborhood which will be planted with local native plants and gardens so folks can connect on their lunch hour. Among our core goals and principles in this work, the 2018 biodiversity resolution calls out an equity and nature connection, equitiability in folks connecting to nature as one of our top priorities. Everyone in San Francisco should have the opportunity to connect to nature every day. And i should say that this work of equity and nature connection and of conservation, regulation restoration and stewardship of the citys areas has been going on. In fact, the resolution highlights this legacy and really calls upon us to expand upon this work. Okay. So again, core to the resolution was the direction for these 15 different city agencies to collaborate together. So weve been doing that ever since weve been doing that since the resolution in 2018, but we got clear direction from the resolution for all 15 to Work Together and to do so on a monthly basis and to proceed through initiatives, which ill talk about. Weve built a Strong Network of biodiversity champions, representatives from the different departments who are enthusiastic about implementing this work. Really, i would say this robust interagency collaboration is someone of the more impressive outcomes of the resolution. Among the actual resolved clauses of the resolution speaking in resolution speak, the departments were asked to make public commitments of how they propose to implement the citys biodiversity vision. So youll see on page 4 of the report thats in your packet, that they had several choices in order to do that. Some many drafted a memo or authored a memo to their leadership. One department made a presentation at their commission with all kinds of materials and it was really well received. That was at the library. And some libraries passed their own resolutions. That was at the port and the airport and of course the Planning Department. Youll hear from lisa fisher later. Another key part of the resolution was us, the department of environment, me, drafting bachl a way to accumulate data and information from all the different departments. So we sent out basically a form, if you will, to all 15 departments and they sent it back to us. We created a compendium of information about what departments are doing now, what theyve done in the past, and what they might propose to do in the future in terms of implementing our biodiversity vision. So im going to talk about a few of kind of our current collaborative efforts, and then lisa is going to talk about some of the proposed new initiatives. So this is a list of four among many things that obviously many of our departments do, but were calling this out specifically because we wanted to highlight these things as collaborations among the departments. So the Planning Department and the department of environment created this plant finder. Its a way to give the public as well as city agencies an easy way to build plant lists to plan habitat in the built environment. Were continuing to perfect that and want to make sure thats working with everybody and everybody buys into how it works so we can make a goto resource for all things plant in San Francisco. Also our department and the Planning Department have worked together what we have called our biodiversity design guidelines. Theyre in a draft form right now and weve been vetting them with a couple of Different Developers from the private sector to see how they could be implemented. As we go forward here with our Department Colleagues, we want to strengthen them and bring them to fru sissing to be something that will be a key tool in implementing bio divedi landscapes. Third to last. Biodiversity training. We have been delivering a beta training to our Department Colleagues over the last couple of years. This is something thats really key in terms of making sure all the employees and the different departments are on the same page in terms of what their understanding is and what tools we have to do it together. Well be expanding that and really trying to up our level of commitment to deliver that training to all the different departments. Finally, well continue meeting as a group and taking what youll hear about today and working on those and bringing them back again in even more developed form. I think that was everything i was going to say. Im going to invite lisa to talk about new initiatives and shes going to mention challenges and next steps. Thank you, peter. Hello, supervisors. Good afternoon. Thank you so much for all your support in the last i guess now year and a half and also your attention today. We ho