Hopefully, youll read that those community are in radical decline due to mismanagement and in a crisis stage go few technologies to arrest the decline and indicia pebble tools used properly the herbicides are safe general public can buy them but the staff must jump through hoops novelist a game humans know how to create and a complex we can only save them preble were losing them by choice we can save them not if we dont change our priorities fewer a particular damaging leave is the cay a total on the diversity of this city and continuing to decimate that system of that in the automation b read it please important you understand lose have been improvise and the commission should doing everything we can to reserve the decline Public Comment people can be fooled into thinking their or their pets may suffer from supposed contact without producing evidence i know of none and the ad acids dont occur in the animals theyre doing a disservice thank you any other comments related to the reduced risk pesticides list the current item okay we need those cards i these are the only ones i had if you could just denise again im sorry, i didnt fill out a card. Hang on a second. I dont follow this natural area thing but i just listening to people and it seems ironic in order to save plans we kill plants in effect were killing plants and hear people talking about the water table and i think that is very important water is life but talking about the drips that is stuff the winds takes a all over the place and this gentleman came up with notes not considering this animals cant read and birds and little bugs cant read and little children cant read so what good is the signs basically, im opposed totally against these pesticides again buying into the corporations as we always do that the worst corporation in the world that whatever remind me of vietnam where we think we burned down a village to save a village that is ridiculous and were buying into those pesticides corporations like we buying into earlier talked about buying into the idea that the manufactures of packaging is good and take on the burden of getting rid of of the packaging thats it thank you thank you linda. And calling names . Good evening commissioners i beacon hill have 3 things to say and do it briefly number one, i hope you all received and were able to look at something that was presented by my friend that came in yesterday talking about the problem with pesticides and glad to see heads nodding Pay Attention to that it is important the second thing i said wanted to add to information that was presented earlier another good source about information about plants considered locally rare an extensive database by michael wood of associates lives in the creek putting this together for years and years and years and it is a wonderful source of an additional way of frost the names and locates of plans that are considered locally rare in San Francisco that is an entire database what he come appealed and add my voice those to who are supporting the urging you to approve the resolution that is before you id like to commend everyone who was involved in that long dialogue that produced the current version of the reduced risk pesticides list it is an ongoing ideology for right now i urge you to approve this so that all of the combaerndz working in all over the city will have the tools in order to effectively manage whatever the lands theyre responsible for so thank you very much. Thank you. calling names you have 3 items and the current items has to do with with the pesticides list. Thank you for hearing us today i wanted to reiterate the freedom of speak and diet and right implied duty if you dont have a duty the right is meaningless city have to look at the principle and the use of pesticides on public land will innovative lawsuits that will future create serious Economic Issues for this city that is about to be divested by the federal government i want to remark on some comments about highest concern and quote unquote the most hazardous herbicides that be safely loobld with blue dye with the labeling and the right addendum want to remind you over 85 percent of public is opposed spelling of the speakers name for the written record, and please deliver it to the secretary prior to and herbicides and want to say a spelling of the speakers name for the written record, and please deliver it to the secretary prior to can dwindle our water supply herbicides the kind that rec and park put on eucalyptus stumbles and in Natural Areas Program should provoke more than concern much more concern from you the aspirin ingredient regulation and protect not enough to mark farrell kickoff or say business as usual like the woman that remarked about the undue corporate influence that is important to note that San Francisco has begun using local green street mixing that with Hetch Hetchy Reservoir water and that your compelling us to use the water at this point Wastewater Treatment plant are not using those to claim that the ground water exposed to herbicides and pesticides opens the city to expensive lawsuits it is danger for those reason alone it can be disruptive and a member and Cellular Health for corrigan that is a tochlg that sdruchz bacteria but alternates the generic code and has birth defects i drank contaminated water and been struggling ever since that was 25 years and a coworker. Thank you. calling names . Im ellen and im a member of the california native Planter Society speaking for myself i am a professional gardener been one for over 20 years in San Francisco im a license pest controller in a Perfect World well not use my assistant president pro tem labonge whatever but not a Perfect World and we need to use the best tools for the job at our disposal im active in the pro Plant Society and again, i would wish we didnt have to use my chemicals whatsoever but our glass lands are going away at a rapid race and this is one of our most important eco systems in california and San Francisco were losing very quickly by the way, coyote brush is a native plant not all native plant are invasive they can get out of their range and the embarrass lanes or taken over by coyote brush and the grarsers are not all around to chow them counsel so some of the things said are not true but basically, we need all the tool in the toolbox including the herbicides and he applaud the efforts as one of my colleagues said earlier of the research that has been done and the limitations and again as a professional geernd and a pest controller an cart im aware the locates and all the restrictions on the products and San Francisco is doing a phenomenal job of going beyond what is required by the labeling with the applications and all this stuff it above and beyond what is required so koudz to this group for those things those identifications what else a huge problem one pesticides no possible way of picking it out it is taking over and need to use the tools to renovate that and using the at least toxic chemicals first thats what we should be doing ill leave you with assistant president pro tem labonge and herbicides that is redundant herbicides is a form of pesticides maybe thats a picky i guess thats most of my points. Again, i urge you to approve that resolution thank you thank you calling names . Hello my name is adrian ive done volunteer work for the habitats in San Francisco a member of the California Native Plants Society but speaking for myself and report for the staff recommendations for the pesticides list there are you know being careful with the use of herbicides theyre necessary not really practical to pull out all the plants and you know we myself you pull that off it leaves and bulk and will come back next year so really cant be done any other practical way and also you know after the extent of cutting down the eucalyptus a lot of people are against that but it is done you dont want to cut the tree and resprout and have it all over again, the pesticides is the practical way of doing things are and thank you. Thank you. calling names all right. I want to thank everyone in the room for participating processed more importantly the message go things are looking good because people care about the enjoyment of all parties my name is matt i work for the rec and Park Department as an integrate Management Specialist my job is to determine and implement the response inform all the past situations that is wellthoughtout and ethical and environmentally responsible i take this task responsibly and understand the impacts of response an example of my examination moving away from the poison in the abatement we switched to traps away from the public and dogs we use a hyper allergy Peanut Butter and request the herbicides if the gardeners and departments on a case by case basis my background is in Habitat Restoration and natural areas for a balance eco system that birds and rare plants and endangered species depend on i look at tampering using a propane i identify and hand remove and muslim with a hyper machine to select the plants that will thrive for future maintenance i study the lifecycle and take action with the blooming time on the ground i make decisions taking autumns details take into consideration and worked for the natural areas and speaking if experience that herbicides plaques are done with declines that greatly exceeds the legal requirement and done by environments the job didnt pay well and is very physically demanding only someone that is passionate would take that i have talked mr. Totiano and patiently whether or not they address me with replace ive spent a lot of time reading about studies on the impact of herbicides and other things on bugs and birds and soil and nontarget plants i care about park yours and their dogs on or off leash if you assess the pest controllers determines a chemical in a low dose applied to a problematic plant that either off trail or negligence off if the public we should respect that determination i can assure you if you allow the department the right to use spelling of the speakers name for the written record, and please deliver it to the secretary prior to that be reasonable for a particular situation well think it be ball park users in the environment thank you for your time anastasia. Hi i want to talk about necessity of tools to being the herbicides and it is a wrong approach people say those tools can be used but shouldnt and couldnt people do all kinds of things to kill for the betterment of mankind and people want to kind of infidelities it is not permissible it is in a civil listed society the talk about herbicides not pesticides it is possible that you forbode to use some pesticides because not using them will be more dangerous because maybe a disease can be spreading you need those pesticides but talking about herbicides because there is ass plants are helping us are hurting people and coming up with the arena shows the assistant president pro tem labonge pesticides is dangerous will be in another now there is talk about the danger of the bio diversity the bio exist that helped develop during the million of years and i guess the gentleman saying that he hears himself that is ridiculous the land we are trying to restore mike has been here and the goal to have the embarrass lands reach are somehow decisions are appreciable for the forest and appreciable to scrubland now restore the grass lands not because of have you had occasion everything that is on earth changes on this list a response of errors i want to point out to the comment that i meant to bring and read but didnt a comment by the mistakes in the amount of years ten times for more natural areas problem that is it is like Natural Areas Programs areas are parks it is my park for one thing and park for people around Golden Gate Park and so using them thank you. Any future Public Comment on this item. So the next thing well go to make the motion have a second and then disclose the discussions. I said motion. Either way either way. Okay so as you may know an action item and so did i have a motion to file 2017 dash 0 one adopting the requirement reduced for the written record, and please deliver it to the secretary prior to for city property. Do i have a second. Because i think. I want to. No. You have to multiple voices . I believe i second that a discussion to go forward. Commissioner stephenson thank you for e cigarette it further discussion commissioners. Yeah first of all, weve seen a lot of you for a long time and he really cant tell you how much i appreciate everyone talks and continued to come and speak up to say what theyre interested in the policy committee has a heavy list and the department has a mother and father list and i want you to know if you look around the room were here because were environments and want the same thing i sat here this afternoon and had your lack up and eric your email up and people comments about this about the pesticides and the count versus scientists on both sides of issue but the idea that people in all the Public Comment that came to us electronically ahead of time said about the principle and so i went back and reread i know that sxald did as well that is about making sure that we take the long view on protecting the environment and Public Safety they Pedestrian Safety have a 5yearold and oneyearold dont want any kids to disrupt their time i care about those things i do i also care about the fact that are plants here that will be not be here if we dont take certain steps we can hold those things that is complicated and gray and not a black and white situation Public Safety is important but chemical use is regulated and sparely and bio Diversity Matters like the Commission Says we care about those things for me personally he thought of was okay with that in mind those things accomplished simultaneously we accomplished what were attempting to do with the attachment all the restrictions saying this is how we do things when you have to apply for an exemptions and alert the public so for me sit here with the goals in mind and how to best got to the goals for that reason he very much support the rigorous approach that went into that and support what came out of that with that said, some of the Public Comment gave me wonder about a couple of things eric your point all treated areas must be cleared noticed that was probably a mistake that line needs to be in there so that is clear they have to be marked im intrigued or interested why we cant rope off or flag the plaques that happen in the Natural Area Program that is worth exploring whether that happens today or in the next month in the conversation or next year im going to weigh in on that right now and also intrigued by the concept of 15 feet so arbitrary i want to know about that the policy committee may have heard and want to know more but for me my focus 0 on how to look at the restrictions so we can keep in mind those things and keep the bio diversity maybe the longest ive spoken here. Director raphael do you want to respond or go to the commission. Oh, no. You lit up on this. I was going to wait. Well, i mean thank you that was actually incredibly inspiring and very turn that off please that was i think i mean, i personally appreciate the two truths that puts this together there it seems to me a lot of confusion chris over the edit can you pertain that i would agree that everyone our intent not to say you dont have to post and have a circle last year argument was that a mistake. Its national a mistake it is required in the ordinance that all statements be posted and then i think we can certainly is a all must be posted im not sure how people are misreading that but posting must be identified set up 3 days that before treatment and identifiable 4 days aftertreatment the rewording to have the detail so we can certainly is a all things must be posted. Your point in the ordinance. In the city ordinance. But not here it didnt take away to reiterate that to make that abundantly clear. No thats fine. Do we need an amendment. Can i and i support that amendment we clearly explained without the blue dye not be required in the areas there is white or marble i do think that it is a pause for confusion not say that all areas that are going to be treated must be be whatever the word. Posted. Post yeah, because in fact, thats what we had. Do we need a motion. I had a followup question. I had a followup question. multiple voices . The next sentence two cart dyes in cases wherewith posting is not required. Do you have that document. I know what we wrote me. I am curious why we removed the requirement for blue dye what hose interpreting i want to crosscheck. So on golf course an issue. He circleed not golf course. Thats the example with the white rock or marble in authenticating you put blue dye on a white rock. I got it it is nebulous language a way for this white march people get that but otherwise dont get it it would be in any the area i dont know if if that would make that more clear. Ill be happy to do that. I think this is a two issues here i want to make sure when you say chris that that is an area that didnt require posting is not otherwise required where give us an example where posting will not be required. Under the ordinance the best ordinance in the. If the law that medium strips if we are talking to change some of those things it has to be done by the board of supervisors the medium strip that posting is required everywhere expect those areas. Im not clarifying we change that but add the specific it for example. Might be to not otherwise required under the law. That refers people back to the law and right. And why youre up here chris, you want to answer commissioner stephensons. Well, you raised two issues. 15 feet where does it come from. That was the result of new york city with the agency a long discussion where whenever we make a change we go back and try to get agreements and think of all the cases that might apply it was a proult of that conversati